05x01 - Punishment and Torcher

[bunniefuu]

- Mom... Hi!

- What is that?! What is it?!
Get away! Go! Get out of here!

- No, it's fine! Stop!

Please! Just... Just calm down!

- What?! Calm down?!

Don't you see what that is?! It's a...

Wow.

It's an actual...

That! What is that?!

- Okay! Mom, Mom.
This is Thunder.

Thunder, this is my mom.

- Thunder is a--
A dragon.

Yes. Thunder is a dragon.

- Wait, you named it? He named you?

- Of course! He's my best friend.

And I know that sounds weird.

I was just as shocked as you are
when I first saw him.

But, come on.
This is the find of the century!

Maybe of all time.

Come on, Mom.

He's a real dragon.

You have to admit, th-this is cool.

- It is.

No.

No, Tom! I am not letting you sweet talk
your way out of this one.

- But, Mom!

It's a dragon!
- Hold up. Nobody move.

- What? Why?

- Something's going on up there.

- Out of my way, dorks.
I'm zonked.

I gotta go to bed.
- Hey! Eugene! Hey!

You gotta know that...

I... No! No, no, I know. You're right.

I should have known
to stay away from here.

- That's right! You should have!

Okay, okay...

- It's Tom's mom!
- Oh! Shh.

- Is my dad there, too?
Oh, he's gonna k*ll me.

- You are going home,
and you are going to your room,

and you are going to be punished
for a very long time!

- Mom, come on! Just promise me

that you won't tell anyone about him.

I need to keep him safe. Please!

- I...

I can't think about that right now!
I'm just so...

We're going home!

- Can I at least say goodbye?
- No!

- Mom, wait!

- Shh. I think they left.

It's safe.

- But for how long?
She's gonna tell our parents.

- And maybe Rakke Corp.

You're sure this is cool?

- He wants us to.

He hasn't been allowed
out of his room for a week.

Uh...
- Hello, Dr. Kullersen.

- He's in his room. Still on restriction.

- For how long?
- Probably forever.

- Hey! Thanks for coming by.

My mom's still super upset.

- Does she suspect that
we have dragons, too?

- Yeah! Spill it, Kullersen!
Did you sell us out or not?

Ah!

Hey!
No.

No. She's just disappointed in me.

She said she'll keep Thunder a secret
until she can figure out how to handle it.

So, I'm doing my best to follow her rules.

I wanted to show you something.
I've been putting my downtime to good use.

- Tom and I found some runes
on the internet.

- Wait, wait, wait.
No, you actually found them.

- Oh no, no, no.

If it wasn't for you
misspelling the word "Viking,"

I never would have stumbled on them.
- Well, that's true.

Anyway, the runes helped us
put together a key

to decode the Book of Dragons.

- You and Jun did this?
- Together?

- Yeah. Mm-hmm! Yep.

A-and there's so much to go through,
but we've made, uh, good progress.

Check it out.

- You remember these guys, right?

According to the translation,
they were called "Gronckles."

- Gronckles? Not a bad name.

- Yeah! And this says

"Gronckle babies feed on puddles alone."

- Tom, I think that says pebbles.

- Oh! Yeah. Yeah, that makes better sense.

Once my mom lets me out again,

we're gonna have tons of new info.

There's so much to go--

- Everyone okay in here?

Swell! Fine! All good!

- Great!
- All good, Mrs. K!

- Wrap it up, Tom.

Thanks for stopping by.
I'll keep on translating the book.

Gives me something to do at least.

- Let me know
if you need more help.

- Will do. You guys sit tight.

This'll be over soonish.
What?

Don't tell me you still want us
to keep that dumb promise.

- Eugene.
- You said you guys were gonna tell him

it wasn't fair.
Uh...

- What?
- Yeah...

I guess we didn't get around to it.

- Look, putting a hold on exploring
until I'm allowed out again,

with my mom knowing
about Thunder and stuff,

is only fair.

Yeah. Only fair to you.

- We get it, man.
We'll stay busy till you get released.

- Just don't narc on us, Kullersen!
I know where you live, okay?

Because... you live here.

- Ladies and gentledragons,

welcome to the new and improved
Dragon's Lair.

We've got a tool wall over there,

a scratching post for these

hard-to-reach itchy places...

...and this a special dragon feeding area

to refuel after a long day
of saving the Hidden World!

And over here, my finest work yet.

A first aid station for...

Plow!

Are you even paying attention?

- You had her at feeding area.

- This is so lame!

Can we please go somewhere
and do something?

Webmaster's bored.

- Enough, Eugene.

- Hey, why do I have to stay here anyway?
I didn't get caught in the lair.

- Tom took the heat for all of us.

- Aw, guys, keep it down.
You're upsetting Thunder.

Sorry, big guy. You miss Tom, don't you?

- The sensors are going off
in the Ice Realm!

- None of you wanna say it,
so I will.

Let's go!
- Eugene...

- Yeah, that wouldn't be cool.

We promised to wait for Tom.

- What if there's a dragon in trouble?

We promised to wait for Tom,

but we also promised to protect dragons.

- Yeah! Gonzo's right.
Uh, protecting dragons and stuff.

Tom would want us to go.

- He obviously wouldn't want us to go.

If he did, he wouldn't have
asked us to promise not to.

- Yeah, and he's our friend.

Who trusts us!

- Guys, this might be something serious.

- Okay, fine. We'll go.

But no exploring! We'll just swoop in,

check the sensors, then back home.

- And nobody breathes a word
about this to Kullersen.

- Sweet! The Kullersen ball and chain
has been taken off!

Whoa.

Huh.

Hey, Jun! Uh, sorry for the voicemail.

Just... nobody's getting back to me
in the group text.

Is something wrong?
Anyway, I translated another page.

Some cool stuff about the Sky Torcher.
Call me back, okay?

- Alright! Eugene and his dragonriders
are back, b-b-baby!

- Stay on task, Eugene.

Remember, this is a quick
in-and-out mission!

- We're coming up on the sensors.

I guess Buzzsaw
has expanded his operation.

- Great. Should've guessed.

- It looks like a Christmas card,

but with dragons held against their will.

We're gone for a little while,
and look what happens.

- Let's do what we do, team.

- Don't worry, guys! We're here to help.

- Whoa, whoa! What is it, girl?

Is Plowhorn okay?
- Something's got her upset.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Look out!

- Defensive circle!

- No, no, no, no, no!
I'm too young and pretty to--

Huh?

Are these things domesticated?

- They're all tethered to the ground.

Oh, look!

The Dragon Middle Schoolers!

It's been a minute.

I see you've met my g*ng of Fire Spitters.

- Actually, they're called Flame Throwers.

- Flame Throwers?
What an idiotic name.

They spit fire out of their mouths,

hence Fire Spitters.

They don't throw flames with their paws.

- They don't have paws.

They have claws!
Enough!

- Oh, great! He carved another whistle!

- One more word,
and I'll have Ol' Jack here

turn you brats into braughts.

- Ugh.

Hello? Yeah, my power's out, too.

It looks like a complete blackout.

Don't worry, I'll head over.

I've gotta run down to the lab.

- Pal!

I was hoping that blackout was you.

What are you doing here?

No, I-I can't.

I'm still punished.

Pal, please.

I'm sorry! You don't understand.

If I get caught leaving with you,
my mom...

Mom!

- I forgot my ID card.

Have you seen-- Ah!

Dragon!

Get out!

Get out! Get out!
No, Mom! Wait!

No, no, no! No, no, no! Mom!

Mom, Mom!

Put that down! I told you, he's my friend.

- Get... him... out of here. Now!

- Pal, I'm sorry.

But you gotta go.

Aw, you...

You have to leave.

What? Come on! You gotta...

He's not... usually... this... stubborn.

He won't go!

Something must be wrong
in the Hidden World.

Did something happen
to the other riders?

Hidden World?

Other riders? What other riders?

What else have you not told me, Tom?

- Okay. Okay.
I didn't tell you everything.

The truth is
Thunder isn't the only dragon.

And I'm not the only kid who has one.

All my friends do, too.

- Tom...

- I know, I know! I know it's a lot,

but if Thunder came up here,
they must be in trouble down there.

And if they are,

Thunder and I are the only ones
that can help them now.

So, I am begging you,
pleading with you, to let me go.

Let me find them
and let me help them.

Please.

- You expect me to just
let you go with a dragon

to rescue your friends

who also have their own dragons?

- I mean, when you put it that way,

it sounds like a bad parenting decision.

But... yeah.

- No way.
- Mom!

- I said no. No rescue mission,

and no dragons in this dome.

Thunder, out!

- Thank you for your cooperation,
Bird Wing.

- That is a Feather-- Never mind!

- You have to let us out of here.

Do I?

Because my Flame Spitters
seem to disagree.

Oh!

Touchy. Eh. They'll learn to love me,

just like Ol' Jack here.

- You don't understand.
These dragons don't work alone.

Wherever they are,
the Sky Torcher isn't far behind!

- Sky Torcher? Ha! Another dumb name.

- Look, you loon. These guys know
what they're talking about.

They, like, understand dragons.

- And we fought the Sky Torcher!

It's the most
dangerous thing down here.

- Please.
You're talking to the Dragon King!

I am the most dangerous thing down here!

I frighten them.

- He can sit there and sulk all night.
I'm not changing my mind.

- Why would I talk to her?

She'll never trust me anyway.

- How ca n I trust someone who lies?

- I lied because I was protecting Thunder!

- From who?

Me? You don't trust me?

- You work for a giant
corporate science lab!

Who knows what they would do
if they found him?

Wouldn't you lie to protect me?

- I would. But it's not the same!

- To me it is.

And sending Thunder away
only proves I was right

to hide him in the first place.

I mean, how am I supposed
to earn your trust

if you don't even
give me a chance to earn it?

- Tom,

I know your heart
is in the right place. It's just...

What if you get hurt?

- And what if you don't let me go?

What about D'Angelo? And Jun? And Alex?

And Eugene?

They need me!

They need us.

- I can't believe I'm about
to say this, but...

- Thunder!
- It's about time!

- Better late than never!

- Tom? How did you--
- My mom let me out.

I just told her everything.

- You what?!

- Th-this isn't the time
to have this conversation.

And what were you guys
even doing out here?

- We were responding to a sensor.
- Our mission is to help dragons.

And we were really bored.

Let's go.

- Uh-uh! Why don't you get in the cage

with the other kindergarteners,
fearless leader?

- No way.

- I'm afraid you don't know
who you're messing with.

See, while your team goes
on missions behind your back,

my dragons do what I say or else.

Watch.

Now, you! Lightning Skunk! Get down here!

See? That's called being a leader.

Now stop wasting my time,
and get in the cage.

- He's here.
- Who's here?

What-- What is that thing?

It's the Sky Torcher.

He will k*ll us, our dragons,

and everything else
in this entire realm.

- Yeah, right.

I know you.
You think all dragons are good!

- Not this one.

And the only way to stop him
is if we all work together.

We might not see eye-to-eye on dragons,

but we all wanna get out of here alive.

So work with us.

Together, we can drive off
the Sky Torcher.

What do you say?

Uh, Tommy...

- What a jerk!
- Uh, Buzzsaw's not wrong.

We should all be running!
- Tom,

last time it took all of us,
the Fault Ripper,

and an army
of Crystal Realm dragons

to chase this thing off.
- But we didn't have this.

- You're gonna read it to death?

- I think...
I think I have a way to beat him.

Hold steady. Steady...

Alright, pal. Now!

- That got his attention!

He's coming!

Look out!

Get to the lake!

- Here he comes! Let's get this over with.

- Keep it together, Eugene.

Let him have it!

- Here it comes!
- Everybody wait.

Wait...

Scatter!

- It worked!

- Uh, maybe not.

- I thought you said the cold water
would squash his blast!

- That's what the book said!
Evasive maneuvers!

We are so dead.

Look out!

Ha! It worked!

The book was right!
- The ice bath temporarily disarmed him!

- But if the Sky Torcher hates the cold,

why come to the Ice Realm?

- Wait. Why haven't
the Flame Throwers tried to blast us?

Huh? They're not trying to get at us.

They're trying to get to him . What if...

Help me free them!
Free them? Are you nuts?

The Flame Throwers weren't
scoping out territory this time.

Buzzsaw lured them here and captured them.
Sky Torcher just wants them back.

- Huh?

- Yeah! He came here to rescue his army.
- Kinda like you, Tom.

They're a team, too.

See?

Whoa.

It's a whole new realm.

It looks like a rain forest.
It's hot down there.

- Just got a little hotter
with that monster.

- Guys, I'm sorry I made you
promise not to come down here.

It was selfish of me.

- Mm. It was.

- But we get it.

I'm an introvert,
and even I can get FOMO pretty bad.

- And it's not like you haven't taken
a midnight flight or two without us.

- I don't know when
I'll be allowed back here,

so you should keep protecting
the Hidden World.

But, if you wouldn't mind...
- Don't worry.

We'll hold off exploring
this new one until you can come.

- Thank you.

- There you are!

Is everybody okay?

- Thanks for letting me go, Mom.

- Was it dangerous? Were you hurt?

- No, no.

They got stuck, helping a dragon.

Let's just say it was good
I showed up.

- Good.
- And thanks for trusting me.

I understand how you must have felt,

to have someone you care about
break a promise.

- From now on, I'm gonna need
you to tell me everything.

- Everything?

- Everything.

- To our old boss.

He was rich and unstable,

but working for him was... stable.

Oh, I'm gonna miss that.

And he had great taste in flannel.

Hold it right there, roughnecks.

I got a new job opportunity for you,

and it's going to require you to relocate.