01x06 - Fault Ripper

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- Tom! Come on! Come on! Come on!

- This one's got an attitude!

- Thankfully,

domes are the strongest
structures on Earth.

- What's that mean?

Unlike most quakes,

the epicenter of ours

moves in a line,
activating faults as it goes.

Usually down the fissure,
away from ICARIS.

But this last quake shifted
the ground directly beneath us,

and another quake could fracture the wall,

dropping ICARIS and Rakke Town
into the chasm.

And all of us with it.

- So, what do we do?

- We blow it up.

- That's crazy. You're crazy. She's crazy.

- Linda. Olivia's last crazy idea

predicted this fissure
and gave us all jobs.

Crazy away, Olivia.
Thanks, May.

We send a manned probe

a couple miles into the fissure,
near the endpoint of the last quake.

Then, we deploy expl*sives
to blast that spot,

and I believe that will stop
whatever is creating these tremors.

- Seems to me that's just a faster
way to collapse everything.

- There are no caves under the station.

It's why we chose to build
ICARIS on this spot.

So, I believe it will remain stable.

Some of the caves in
the area will collapse, yes,

but that won't affect us.

-

They said at Corporate,

"Olivia's planning on
detonating the fissure."

I didn't believe it.

I should've known better.

-
Oh man. Not her.

- Dr. Sledkin. I didn't know
you were coming.

- That makes two of us.

- They sent her in case I fail.

- Or to talk some sense
into you before you fail.

- Olivia has never steered us wrong.

If she says it will work, I trust her.

- I do, too.

- I hope for everyone's sake
that you're both right.

- When can you be ready, Dr. Kullersen?

- First light.

- Then you drop in the probe at dawn.
- Uh-uh. We drop in the probe at dawn.

Okay, everyone.

Back to work. We have a mission to plan.

- Fingers crossed.

- Okay, this is crazy. Our folks
are gonna blow up the fissure!

How is that a good idea?
- Tom, this is crazy.

- If my mom says it's the only way
to save ICARIS, it's the only way.

Come on. We gotta go check on the dragons.

Sledkin.

I figured you'd show up eventually.
You always loved the spotlight.

- This isn't about me, Kullersen.

We're not in college anymore,
competing for lab time,

dreaming of winning the Vetlesen Prize.

This is about ICARIS falling
into the fissure,

and all
the Rakke Corporation's money with it.

This is about the people who will die,

and all the lawsuits that will follow.

- The people are my only concern.

- You work for the company now.

It should all be your concern.

- You got this, Mom.
- Thanks, boyo.

Plowhorn!
Feathers!

Wu! Wei!

- Whoa...

The earthquake do that?

- I'm glad nobody was
standing underneath it.

- Yeah. This is another good reason

to never leave my room.

- Wait. Wait, that's where Thunder sleeps.

Thunder? Thunder!

You okay, pal?

- Plowhorn?

Aw! Come here, girl!

That mean earthquake freak you out?

Wu and Wei are shaken up, too.

- Where's Feathers?

Feathers!

Whoa! Feathers! You're alive!

Uh, okay. Too much too soon.

I'm a walker, not a flyer.

- Tom, what are we gonna do?

Your mom said blasting the fissure
could collapse the caves around here.

- We send them into the Hidden World.

At least temporarily.
They'll obviously be safer there.

- Are you sure?

- Of course I'm sure!
It's certainly safer than here.

And when the explosions stabilize
the fissure, we can go and get them back.

- Why don't we go with them?

Oh...

Because if the caves do collapse...

- But, they won't.
This is just a precaution.

You have to go.

You have to lead Wu, Wei, Plowhorn,
and Feathers back to the Hidden World.

It's not safe for you here.

Yeah. You know, don't you?

Things are falling too close
for comfort, buddy.

So, take the others
just for a little while.

- Yeah. Just for a little while.

- Just for a little while.
And while you're gone,

you watch yourself, girl,
because, sometimes,

you're just too sweet and gentle

for that crazy world out there.

- I wish I could disappear with you.

- I can't believe we just said
goodbye to our dragons.

- Yeah. Maybe for good.

- Hey! Hey, guys, come on.
My mom's plan will work. You'll see.

Whoa!

- It's a dragon.

This whole time, a dragon
has been causing the quakes!

- Of course! The giant hole in
the wall, the collapsed crystals,

the moving epicenter...

- That's why my mom
couldn't figure it out!

No one knows it exists!

- We gotta tell our parents now.

If they go down there
and start blasting the fissure,

that giant Fault Ripper dragon
might eat them alive!

- Yeah. The secret's not as
important as your parents' lives.

- Wait, wait, wait!
What if there's another way?

A way to chase off
the Fault Ripper, save our parents,

and keep the secret.

But we're gonna need our dragons.

- Didn't we just send them back?

Alright. I'll be your eyes and ears.

You guys get to the probe and go down

and get our dragons back.

- Alex, we need help with the guard.

- Copy that.

I've just uploaded
the instructions to your main screen.

- Yeah, you look all happy now.

Okay. Down to dragon land.

My bad.

Wrong button.

Oh yeah. This is more like it.

After we get the dragons,

we'll meet back in the lair.

Then we'll all chase
away the Fault Ripper.

D'Roger that.

Good luck.

Like, seriously. I'm not being sarcastic,

even though it sounds like I am.

I hope you to see you
at the lair... with Feathers.

Don't forget about Feathers!

- We won't. See you at the lair.

- Blackouts and another
false alarm, Chief.

There's a virus in our system.

- Hm...

- We've reached the lava falls, D.
Wow, you got down there fast.

How's it look at night?
- Even more amazing than during the day.

What an incredible place we live in.

Let's hope we get to keep on living here.

And yes, I meant that both ways.

- Uh, Tom? What's that?
- I don't know.

But, it looks like
it's coming right at us.

Shh...

Can it see us?
- I don't think so.

It's a burrower.
It doesn't need good eyesight.

- That's good, I guess.

Ah!
- Shh!

Look at the size of those ear holes.

It must hunt by sound.

Then maybe, we should shut up.

- I took out the virus,

but it did its damage.

- Then that gives you something
to do, doesn't it, Linda?

- Cameras are down
on the platform.

I'll go check it out.

D'Hey, you guys? We're almost out of cable.

Correction. We are out.

We're gonna have to jump for it.

The dragon world is just
around that corner.

- But we're too far from the wall.

D, use the crane to swing the probe.

We're gonna jump for it.

- Are you nuts?

What am I saying? Of course he's nuts.

It's still too far!

- D! Swing us closer!

Keep your eyes open.
- Uh-oh.

You two are on your own.
I gotta bug out. Over!

- Hey! Why isn't the probe secure?

- Someone's bringing us back up!
It's now or never!

Okay. Yeah. That was nuts.

- So, let's get to the cave
and the dragons. We're losing time.

- Somebody is messing with me,

and when I find out who it is,

I'm gonna squash 'em.

Secure this thing!
And stand watch until morning!

We're locked and loaded.

Ready to blast this sucker.

- Coordinates have been set.

- You come back to me, Phillip Baker.

You hear?
- Always.

- That was a lot farther
than I remembered.

Of course, last time,
I was flying a two-headed dragon.

- Come on. The dragon world is right in...

Wha...
- Is this the wrong cave?

- No. It just collapsed!

The Fault Ripper dragon.

D'Angelo! Alex! Come in!

Guys! Can you hear us?

- Tom, we can't possibly
move these boulders alone,

and nobody can get to us.

- This... is bad.

We're almost there.

Ready with those rockets, Phil?

- Just gimme something to sh**t at.

This is the fault line

where the rock has shifted.
- Proves your theory?

- Makes me feel like it's less crazy.

- Less crazy is good.

Do I get to press the red button?

- You get to press the red button.

The probe is back?

- Tom! Look out!

It must've heard the expl*si*n!
It's heading for the probe!

- Mom...
- Tom!

We need our dragons.

- Come on, pal. Please.

Hear me!

Thunder!

- You think that worked?
- We'll only know if the quakes stop.

- I guess it didn't!

- Bring it up. Bring it up!

- No go! It's stuck on something!

- Thunder! Thunder!

He's gone...

I can't get to him.

Mom... Mom...

Thunder!

No time for joyful reunions,
pal. We got work to do.

Go get D and Alex from the lair.
- On it.

- We're gonna save the parents.

Get outta here!

Ah!

Whoa!

- What the...

- Mom...

Break 'em free, Thunder!

Nice shot, pal.

Oh! Go, go, go!

Oh! I'm open to ideas.

Whoa!

Chicken? That's your idea!?

I didn't say I was open to bad ideas!

Whoa! Ah!

I know, I know. It's nobody's fault,
but we gotta be smarter about this.

Or lucky! I'll settle for lucky!
You got any more speed in you?

Ah! Ah!

Yeah!
Woo!

- Hey there, Kullersen! You miss us?

- Lucky it is.

No Alex?
- She's a walker, not a flyer, remember?

- Alright, well we can
chase him off without her.

- If you say so...

- I say so.

Freeze blast! D, loogie bombs!

- You got it.
- Come on, Thunder.

Let's give this guy a reason to leave.

Ice him up, Wu!

- Wait, what's going on?

What, you can run outta juice?

Ah!

Whoa!

Huh?

Plow's outta a*mo, too!

Woohoo!
Go Alex!

- Is it over? Did we win?

- Not yet, Alex.

Whoa!

- Hit it again!

- Again, Feathers, again!

- Keep at it! Something about
sound is-is messing it up.

Ah! Whoa!

Tom!

- Tom!

- Was that... my fault? Did I... do that?

- No, Alex, no. It was nothing anyone did.

Or could do.

- Tom.

Yeehaw!

That... was insane!

- Ow!

- That's for scaring me to death.

- But what about everything else?

So,

what happened to
the Fault Ripper dragon?

- I don't know, but I hope he's okay.

You did it, Olivia!

The fault appears to have stabilized!

- All I remember
is one very big boom.

- It was quite the boom.
Mom!

You're okay.
- I am. I am, honey.

I'm fine. Just a little groggy.

Ah...

It's so weird. I...

thought I saw something

flying around down there.

- Not this again.

- Congratulations, Kullersen.

This time, crazy worked.

This time.

In almost every ancient story,

the heroes mark their territory.

This is ours.

- Our base of operations.

- My home away from dome.

- Our dragon's lair.

- We are the holders of the secret

and the protectors of
dragons and humans alike.

- And this? This is finally our new home.