It was night at the Western Air Temple and Eret was treating everyone to several cups of tea.

"No one can make tea like uncle, but hopefully I've learned a thing or two," said Eret as he pour the teapot. "Would you like to hear uncle's favourite tea joke?"

"Sure," said Astrid.

"I like jokes," said Fishlegs.

"Bring it," said Snotlout.

"Okay, I can't remember how it starts, but the punchline is leaf me alone I'm bushed," said Eret as he began to serve the tea. Everyone just looked at him blankly, it was hard to understand the punchline when they didn't know the entire joke. "Well, it's funnier when uncle tells it."

"Right, maybe that's because he remembers the whole thing," said Heather dubiously.

Ragnar chuckled and soon everyone followed.

"I'm just grateful we have a chance to relax a little," said Hiccup. "It hardly ever happens."

Eret then made his way over to Dagur and presented him with the tea tray. Dagur was the furthest away from everyone and it would seem as if something was on his mind.

"Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" he asked.

Confused Eret followed him. "What's the matter?"

"If someone was captured by the Empire, where would they be taken?" Dagur asked.

Eret frowned. "What do you mean? Who was captured?"

"When the invasion plan failed most of our troops were taken, I just want to know where they might be."

Eret look to the ground. "I can't tell you."

Dagur looked at him. "What? Why not?"

"Trust me, knowing will only make you feel worse," said Eret and he began to turn around.

Dagur then immediately placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's my dad, he was captured too. I need to know what I put him through neither Astrid nor Hiccup will tell me."

"For good reason," said Eret looking at him.

"Please."

"My guess is they were taken to Outcast Island."

"What's that?"

"The highest security prison in the entire Empire. It's on an island, in the middle of a boiling lake, it's inescapable."

"So where is this place?" Dagur asked curiously.

Eret looked up. "Why do you need to know? What are you planning?"

"Nothing," Dagur assured. "Geez, you're so paranoid."

Eret looked at him curiously. "It's in the middle of a volcano between here and the Empire, you guys actually flew past it on your way here."

"Thanks, Eret," said Dagur gratefully. He then yawned and walked off. "Just knowing makes me feel better."

Eret didn't look convinced. "Yeah, I'm sure it does."

It was dawn and Dagur was sneaking past everyone as they were fast asleep towards the dragons. He then made his way over to Windshear, planning to use her to get to Outcast Island, but standing there crossing their arms were Eret and Astrid.

"Not up to anything, huh?" said Eret raising an eyebrow.

"I knew you would do something like this," said Astrid shaking her head and looked at Eret. "It's a good thing you told me about this."

"All right, I'm going to rescue my dad," said Dagur.

Astrid shook her head. "Dagur, it's not possible the place is a fortress."

"I have to do this, I have to rescue my dad," said Dagur bluntly and then he looked at Astrid. "I wasted our time chasing after Devi when we should use that time to find the Emperor."

Astrid closed her eyes. "Dagur, I know how you feel, I was the one who voted to stay put when we should use the time to leave the capital. However, I know how dangerous Outcast Island is and there's no way you can rescue him on your own."

Dagur moved past the two of them and began to ready Windshear. "I have to regain my honour."

Eret looked at him. "You want to regain your honour, I get it. I'm going with you."

"No," said Dagur. "I have to do this alone."

"How are you going to get there? On Windshear?" Eret questioned. "The prison has no stables for dragons, is considered a security risk."

Astrid looked at him. "You're serious?"

"I am."

Astrid sighed. "Then I'm coming with, someone has to keep you two out of trouble, but that still leaves the question on how were going to get there."

"Before I left the capital, I took enough supplies with me to make a war balloon and Hiccup has been helping me put it together," Eret explained.

By the time everyone awoke they noticed that Astrid, Eret and Dagur were nowhere to be seen. Heather had managed to find a note attached to Windshear's saddle.

"What does it say?" Ragnar asked.

Heather looked at it. "Went out hunting, be back in a few days. Astrid, Eret and Dagur."

Hiccup frowned. "That's a weird combination."

Fishlegs looked at him. "You don't think they went out hunting, do you?"

Hiccup folded his arms. "I don't know, but the most of taken the war balloon I made."

Up in the sky, Astrid and the others were inside Eret's war balloon making their way to Outcast Island. Astrid was acting as a navigator while Eret was maintaining the fire to keep them aloft and all three of them were been very quiet.

"Pretty clouds," said Dagur.

"Yeah, fluffy," Eret nodded.

"This has got an awkward quite quickly," said Astrid.

"Yeah, very," Dagur and Eret agreed.

Astrid looked at Dagur. "You know Hiccup helped design these war balloons."

"No kidding," said Dagur.

"Devi was behind the project of airships along with Minister Krogan," said Eret. "Sometimes I wonder what my father would think of all this. After he was executed my uncle became a second father to me and I ended up betraying him."

"Your uncle would be proud of you and it's not like you wanted to betray him," said Astrid.

"She's right, worming your way in to the Emperor's graces just to find out his future plans that takes a lot of courage" said Dagur.

"It wasn't that hard," Eret admitted.

"So you didn't leave anyone behind?" Dagur questioned.

"Well, I did have a girlfriend… May," Eret admitted.

Astrid looked up. "That gloomy girl, who sighs a lot?"

Eret smiled blissfully. "Yeah." He then closed his eyes. "Everyone in the Empire things that I'm a traitor, I couldn't drag her into it."

"My first girlfriend turned into the moon," said Dagur folding his arms.

"That's rough, buddy," said Eret.

"You think that he has a rough?" said Astrid as she leaned back. "I've got a crush on a boy that is technically 20 years older than me and used to have a crush on my mother."

Dagur whistled. "That's awkward."

It was soon dark and they were still flying, Dagur was fast asleep as Astrid kept on charting their course and Eret continue to ignite the flames.

"There it is!" Astrid announced looking out of her spyglass.

Dagur immediately awoke and rushed over towards the edge and that's when he saw an island in the distance. There was indeed a volcano and they could see steam emerging from the very centre of it.

"There's plenty of steam to keep us covered, as long as required we should be able to navigate through it without being caught," said Eret.

Soon they made their way towards the volcano and they entered the steam. Inside the stain they could see a shape in the very centre of the volcano which looks like some sort of fortress. However, before they could get a clearer look the flames in the war balloon distinguished and they began falling.

"We're going down," said Eret as he tried to ignite the flames. "The balloon is not working anymore."

Since he could not ignite the stogie he then tried to produce fire hot air into the balloon hoping to keep them aloft.

"The air outside is just as hot as inside so we can't fly," said Dagur as he immediately took control over the rudder.

"So what are we supposed to do?" Astrid asked.

"I don't know," said Dagur. "Crash landing?"

They then began to skip across the water in the volcano towards the fortress and Dagur's hand got struck by it. Immediately he held back a scream because the water was boiling hot.

Then suddenly they struck the stone surface of the island surrounding the fortress and were immediately shot out of the balloon.

"Now how we supposed to get off the island the balloon won't work?" Eret asked.

"We'll figure something out," Dagur assured. "I suspected that it might have been a one-way ticket."

"You knew this would happen and you wanted to come anyway?" said Astrid in disbelief.

"My dad might be here," said Dagur as he made his way to the remains of the balloon. "I had to come and see."

"My uncle said that I never thought things through, but this…" said Eret shaking his head. "This is just crazy."

"He's right, you should affordable way to get off the island," said Astrid.

"Hey, I didn't want you two do come along in the first place," Dagur reminded as he began to stuff everything into the basket. "And for the record I always think things through, but my plans have never exactly worked this time so I'm playing it by ear. So there."

He then attempted to push the basket, but winced as the metal was red-hot. He then decided to kick the basket end soon it fell into the boiling lake.

"What are you doing?" Eret asked.

"It doesn't work anyway and we don't want anyone to find it," said Dagur.

"I hope you know what you're doing," said Astrid folding her arms.

"There's no turning back now," said Eret as he looked up at the fortress.

It was now morning and the three of them had managed to sneak into the prison and steal a few uniforms.

"I hope these disguises work," said Eret as he and Dagur waited for Astrid to get changed.

"We just need to lay low and find my dad as soon as possible," said Dagur.

"Let's just hope that he's here," said Astrid as she exited the room.

They then saw several guards running past and one of them immediately looked at the three of them.

"Guards, there is a scuffle in the yard come on!" he said.

Three of them looked at one another decided it was best to follow the guards, it also would give them a good chance to get to know the prison layout.

When they got outside they saw a massive circle of prisoners in the yard.

In the very centre of the circle was a prisoner who appear to be standing off against the guard. The guards began pushing their way through the prisoners so they were in a better position in case of riot happened.

The prisoner was quite large and muscular with a thick dark brown beard and piercing blue eyes. The guard on the other hand looked overweight and had a smug look behind his helmet.

The prisoner looked to the guard. "I didn't do anything, I'm going back to my cell."

The prison guard then immediately unleashed a fire with striking the ground in front of the prisoner. "Start right there Alvin."

Eret attempted to intervene, but Astrid grabbed his arm. "We can't blow our cover."

"I've had it with your unruly behaviour," said the guard.

"What did I do?" Alvin questioned.

The guard smirked. "He wants to know what he did, isn't that cute," he said looking at Dagur, Eret and Astrid.

The three of them just remain silent and the guard gave them a curious look.

"Very cute, sir," said Eret.

"Super cute," Astrid added.

The guard smiled and turns attention back on Alvin. "You didn't bow down when I walked by Alvin."

"What?" said Alvin looking outraged. "That is not a prison rule."

"Do it," the guard ordered.

"Make me," Alvin challenged.

The guard then walked off, but a small smile appeared on his face and then he immediately unleashed a fire with upon Alvin. Alvin must have sensed this and immediately ducked avoiding the fire whip and then slammed his palm right into the guard's chest pushing him back.

The guard shook his head with disappointment. "Attacking a guard is prohibited, you're going in the cooler."

Alvin didn't look like he cared and the guard immediately pointed at Dagur.

"You, help me take him in," he said.

"We'll meet back here in an hour," Astrid whispered.

Dagur nodded and immediately rushed over towards the guard as he began to escort Alvin away.

Dagur noticed that several doors were lining up against the prison wall and could tell that they led to ice covered containers. They soon stopped at one and Dagur began to open the door.

"The warden will deal with you soon," said the guard and shut him inside.

Dagur then began to close the cooler.

"Can you believe this guy?" said the guard looking at Dagur.

Dagur shrugged. "The prisoners, am I right?"

"Tell me about it," the guard grumbled.

Eret and Astrid found themselves at the canteen with the other guards, not wanting to blow their cover they kept their helmets on. Astrid was positive that she was safe, but Eret was another as his wanted poster was posted around the barracks.

Several guards noticed the two of them and looked up.

"Hey, newbies, I know that it's the wall to have your helmet on old times, but this is the lounge," the guard pointed out. "Relax."

"What if there is an incident?" said Astrid quickly. "If we are not prepared someone could strike is on the head."

The guard immediately laughed.

"Give it a week, they'll loosen up," said a female guard.

They then sat down and looked at the guards curiously.

"Then how about us newbies ask you veterans about the prison?" Eret enquired.

The female guard shook her head. "No, you can't date the female guards."

"Trust me, you don't want to," said one of the male guards leaning in towards him.

The female guard responded by tossing her covered his head.

"Looks like you should've kept your helmet on," Astrid smirked.

A guard then chuckled.

"Actually I want to know more about Outcast Island," said Eret as he leaned in close. "It holds the Empire's most dangerous criminals, right?" The guards nodded. "So what about war prisoners?"

The only link to the fortress was a gondola which had just stopped at the fortress and exiting it was the warden. He was a middle-aged man with the rank of brigadier and he was well known for keeping prisoners on a tight leash.

Dagur meanwhile was examining the cooler which was pumping cold air inside and Alvin was shaking incredibly.

"It sure looks cold in there," Dagur noted.

"That's why we call it the cooler, it's designed to keep our Firebending prisoners at bay, but we do use it on the other prisoners if they get a bit hot tempered," the guard smirked. He then immediately looked up and saw the warden approaching them. "It's the warden, look alive."

Dagur immediately stood to attention and watched as the warden opened the cooler and he looked down at Alvin.

"So Alvin, I hear that you struck one of my guards in an attempt to escape," he said narrowing his eyes. "You should know better."

"I wasn't trying," Alvin growled.

"He's lying, I saw him with my own eyes," said the guard.

Warden looked at him. "No one has ever escaped from here, I would sooner join in the boiling lake myself than let that record fall. Don't forget it, now go back to your shivering."

Alvin then left the cooler and Dagur closed behind him.

Soon the three of them met up at one of the towers that overlooked the Plaza.

"Did you guys find anything useful?" Dagur asked.

"We asked around the lounge, there are no Water Tribe prisoners," said Eret. "I'm afraid your father is not here."

Dagur's eyes widened. "What? Are you sure did you doublecheck?"

"Yeah, I'm sure," Eret nodded.

"In fact no one from the invasion force is here," Astrid sighed.

"No," Dagur cursed and slammed his hands against the wall. "No!"

"I'm really sorry, Dagur," said Astrid.

"So we came all this way for nothing?" said Dagur annoyed. "I failed again."

"What would uncle say?" Eret pondered. He then immediately looked up at the clouds. "Sometimes clouds have two sides, a dark and light and a silver lining in between. It's like a silver sandwich so when life seems hard take a bite of the silver sandwich."

Astrid was looking down into the Plaza and her eyes widened. "Maybe we haven't failed after all."

Eret smiled. "That's the spirit." He then frowned slightly and folded his arms. "I can't believe that worked, I didn't even know what I was saying."

"No what you said made no sense whatsoever, but look," Astrid pointed directly at a tall blonde woman. "It's Mala!"

"What?" Dagur gasped as he immediately went over towards the railings and indeed saw Mala sitting in the Plaza.

"Prisoners, back in your cell!" a guard yelled ringing a bell.

He then watched as the prisoners began making their way back inside.

Dagur wasted no time finding Mala's cell, Eret agreed to act as lookout in case any guards appeared and Astrid began studying the fortress for any chance of escape.

Mala was currently in her cell lying in her bed and then Dagur entered. She initially didn't recognise him since he was still wearing his helmet.

"What is it?" she said as she sat up. "Did I do something wrong?"

"You mean you don't recognise me," said Dagur.

"You people all look the same to me," Mala spat.

"Oh, then maybe you will recognise this," Dagur smiled and then moved in for a kiss forgetting about the helmet.

Mala wasted no time and punched him in the chest so hard he struck the door and his helmet fell off.

Mala's eyes widened when she recognised him. "Dagur?" She then immediately rushed over towards him and gave them a hug. "It's you."

They soon got back to their feet and Dagur looked at her hard. "What about Thork and the rest of the Defenders of the Wing? Are they here?"

Mala shook her head. "No, I don't know where they are. They locked me in here because I was their leader."

"Well, you won't be here for long, I'm busting you out," Dagur promised.

"I'm so glad to see you, Dagur," said Mala taking his hand. "I knew you'd come."

The two of them then kissed.

Eret was standing outside the prison cell and immediately saw a female guard climbing up the stairs. He then quickly tapped on the door to signal Dagur.

The guard then approached him. "Excuse me, I need to get into that cell," she said gesturing to Mala's cell.

"No, you can't go in there," said Eret quickly. "The lights are out, the prisoner could sneak up on you."

The guard rolled her eyes. "Step aside, fool."

She then attempted to push him aside, but with no other choice Eret grabbed her arm and slammed her against the door.

"What are you telling?" she yelled and quickly got out of the hold and slammed him against the door.

Dagur and Mala press themselves against the door and could hear the scuffle outside and Dagur quickly placed his helmet back on. He then used the commotion in order to sneak out while Eret had the guard contained, but the guard noticed him as he left.

"Guard help! I think he's an impostor! Arrest him!" she yelled.

Regretfully Dagur found he had no choice and immediately apprehended Eret which would make their escape plan even more difficult.

"You're under arrest," he said pinning him to the ground and pulled him close to his ear. "Don't worry me and Astrid will figure it out."

Eret's identity was soon discovered and found himself in prison clothes in a cell. The door of his cell old and standing there was the warden.

"Well, well, well, I never for that I would find you in here, Colonel Eret," he said.

Eret raised an eyebrow. "How did you know who I am?"

"How could I not, you broke my nieces heart."

Eret looked up. "Your May's uncle? I never meant to hurt her."

"Quiet," the warden snapped. "You're my special prisoner now and you best behave if these criminals find out who you are, a deserter that led his Empire down, why they would tear you to shreds."

Eret folded his arms. "So what's in it for you? Why don't you go ahead and tell the Emperor where I am and collect the reward?"

"All in due time, believe me, I intend to collect," he assured.

He then walked out of the cell and the door was closed behind him.

Dagur had met up with Astrid informed of the situation.

"So Eret's been captured?" Astrid sighed. "That makes escaping even more difficult, especially if Drago finds out."

"We need to get out of here before that happens," said Dagur looking at her. "You do have an escape plan?"

Astrid nodded. "Let's meet up with Eret and Mala."

Eret and Mala were currently mopping the floor behind some stairs as Astrid and Dagur made their way down.

"Quite the family reunion," said Dagur.

"I can't believe that the man who burned down my village is also my cousin," said Mala in disbelief.

"Hey, I only found out that these of information until recently," Eret admitted.

They then quickly stops mopping the floor and once they make sure the coast was clear they began to discuss the escape plan.

"Listen, I think I have an escape plan," said Astrid. "I checked out the coolers, the entire point of them is to keep Firebenders contained right?"

"Yeah," said Eret wondering with the trail of thought was leading.

"So there completely insulated and sealed the cold," Astrid explained. "And in order to keep the cold in it has to keep the heat out. That means it makes a perfect boat to getting through the boiling water."

Everyone looked at one another than back at Astrid.

"The cooler as a boat, are you sure?" Eret asked.

"I've already tested it, it will work," Astrid assured. "I walked around the perimeter and discovered a blind spot between two towers, it's the perfect launching point. I've even tested the current, we just have to roll the cooler into the water and just float with the current, it will take a straight across as long as we don't make a sound no one will notice."

"But how are you going to get cooler out?" Mala asked.

"Yeah, how are you going to get the cooler out?" said a voice above them.

They immediately looked up and saw Alvin staring down at them, he then immediately jumped down in front of them.

"W-what?" Astrid gulped. "W-we didn't say that."

"Yeah, you heard wrong," said Eret narrowing his eyes.

"I heard you hatching an escape plan and I want in," said Alvin.

"There is nothing to get in on," said Eret.

"I can either come with you or I can tell the warden about this," Alvin threatened.

Mala looked at the others. "I guess we have no choice."

Astrid nodded. "Okay, you're in." She then pulled out a wrench and handed over to Eret. "First we need someone to unbolt the cooler from the inside."

Alvin smiled. "Oh, I can get you inside."

They soon discuss the plan in more detail and then began the operation. Firstly Alvin just exited from behind the staircase and stood there with his arms crossed. Eret then continue to mop the floor and purposely bumped into Alvin.

"Hey, what are you stupid?" Alvin growled and immediately the two of them were wrestling. "What were you're going!"

Then with his strength he tossed Eret several metres across the room and he quickly landed on his feet.

"Hey, you watch your shoving," said Eret and then slammed a powerful shoulder into his chest.

Alvin was pushed back and soon they were in the centre of the chamber and everyone's eyes were upon them.

"You mean whom I'm shoving," Alvin corrected.

Once again the two of them were in a wrestling match and the prisoners began to cheer them on. Eret then tried to make a swing at Alvin, who then immediately tossed them over his shoulder and slammed him into the floor.

Astrid and Dagur made their way through the prisoners and immediately looked up to the guards.

"We need back up over here!" Dagur yelled.

Alvin then try to slam his elbow into Eret, who then quickly rolled out of the way. Eret launched his fist firing a fireball at Alvin and he quickly jumped into the air to avoid it.

A guard immediately stepped forward. "No Firebending, into the cooler!"

Guards then immediately pinned Eret to the ground and they began dragging him away. Mala looked at Astrid and Dagur briefly, before they went their separate ways.

Several hours later, Astrid and Dagur made their way to the cooler which had Eret inside and opened it. Eret was sitting on the floor shivering like crazy, hugging himself just to try and stay warm.

"We can take you back to your cell if you've learned your lesson," said Dagur folding his arms.

Eret breathed out a burst of fire to keep himself warm. "Yes, I have." He then held out his shirt and there was a lot of bolts resting inside of it. "Completely."

"I've managed to get Mala and Alvin out of the cells a few minutes ago, they will be waiting for us at the shore," Astrid informed them.

Eret then heard footsteps. "Someone is coming then quickly."

Eret then quickly grabbed the two of them and pulled them inside the cooler and close the first door. Just in time, because a couple of guards were walking past and were talking to one another.

"Yeah, new arrivals coming in at dawn."

"Anybody interesting?" said the female guard. "Nah, just the usual. Some robbers, a couple of traitors, some war prisoners, though I did hear that there might be a pirate."

"No fooling?"

Immediately the three of them looked at one another the moment they heard war prisoners.

"War prisoners? It could be your father," said Eret.

"I know," said Dagur solemnly.

"What should we do? Are we going ahead with the plan or are we waiting another night?" Astrid asked.

"I don't know," said Dagur. "Is it right for me to risk Mala's freedom? All of our freedom on the slim chance that my dad is going to show up?"

"It's your call, Dagur," said Eret.

Dagur just sat there quietly as he made his decision.

Mala and Alvin were waiting at the shore and then they looked up to see Astrid, Dagur and Eret making their way down the slope holding back the cooler. Immediately the two of them rushed up the slope and helped them down.

"It took you guys long enough," Alvin grunted.

"There was a slight complication," said Dagur.

They soon reached the shore and they began positioning the cooler towards the late.

"Everyone into the cooler," said Astrid.

Dagur then removed the boulder revealing both his and Astrid's clothing.

"Are you sure you want to go?" Eret asked looking at Dagur. "You said you were the one that wanted to redeem yourself? Redeem your honour."

"Your dad might be coming," Astrid pointed out.

Mala looked up and turned to Dagur. "Your dad?"

Dagur looked at them. "If I hadn't lost my temper during the invasion maybe we wouldn't be in this mess."

Astrid nodded. "I'm partially to blame myself, I should cut our losses when we had the chance."

"None of you are to blame," said Eret bluntly. "Believe me you're going to fail a lot before things get better."

"Is that supposed to make us feel better?" Dagur questioned.

"Even though you might probably fail over and over and over again," Eret continued.

Astrid rolled his eyes. "You're not helping."

"I'm just saying that you have to try every time, you can't quit just because you might fail," said Eret.

Alvin folded his arms. "Look if were done cuddling let's get a move on."

Dagur closed his eyes. "No, I'm staying." He then looked at everyone else. "You guys go." He then placed a hand on Mala's shoulder. "You've been here long enough."

"I'm not leaving without you, Dagur," said Mala placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Same here," Astrid nodded.

"I'm staying as well," said Eret.

Alvin rolled his eyes. "Well, I'm out. I was captured trying to protect the woman I loved and I need to know whether she still alive."

Alvin then climbed into the cooler and pushed from the shore.

Dagur sighed. "We gave up our only chance of escaping, I just hope we haven't made a huge mistake."

It was soon dawn and the gondola was making its way towards the fortress at the same time Alvin was sailing in the cooler. He was getting a bit impatient and very hot due to the temperature and finally cracked.

"This current is to slow," he said and immediately pulled some metal plating out of the cooler. "I can use this to paddle."

He then began to paddle, which was a mistake, as he paddled it caused the water to be flung into the air and some of it landed on his hand. He immediately tried to holdback is scream, but it was too much and it soon draw the attention of everyone in the fortress including the warden.

Immediately alarms well been sounded all over the prison.

"Guards secure the perimeter and hold down the prisoners! Now!" the warden ordered.

The prison guards then immediately created flame whips and force the prisoners back into the complex.

At the same time Astrid and the others were pressing themselves against the wall when all the commotion had started.

"The plan failed, he's caught," Astrid cursed.

Despite the dangers they continue to make their way towards the gondola to get a good look at the prisoners coming in.

The warden immediately reached a ballista and turned to the guard manning it.

"Get the fugitives and throw them in the cooler!" he ordered.

The guard frowned. "Uh, they are in a cooler, sir."

The warden looked at him furiously. "One that's bolted down and not floating in the water! This is a lockdown, we have new prisoners arriving! Everything must be completely secure!"

The guard immediately aimed the ballista and pointed it straight down towards the cooler and fired. His aim was dead on and he struck the cooler with a cable bolt and then began pulling it back to the fortress.

"The gondola is moving," said Dagur.

Gondola was getting closer towards the fortress they waited in bated breath to see who was on it.

"This is it," said Dagur feeling a bit anxious. "If my dad is not on there then we risk everything for nothing."

"We had to," said Mala grasping his hand.

"Come on, come on," Dagur pleaded.

They watched as the guard opened the gondola door and one by one prisoners began exiting it, but none of them were Oswald.

"Where is he?" said Dagur looking even more anxious.

Finally the last prisoner exited the gondola and it was Oswald.

Dagur just stood there in shock. "Is that it? That can't be it."

Mala looked at Dagur apologetically. "I'm sorry, Dagur."

Dagur just looked down at the ground.

"Hey, you," said a guard and immediately they looked up. "Get off the gondola!"

Everyone waited in bated breath to see who was left on the gondola and Dagur's eyes widened, because it was none other than Oswald, his father.

"Dad."