Jake Long III (Season Three)
Chapter/Episode Twenty One: Fight For Our School Part 1
Inside his office at St. Melusine's, Searle Bay was sitting at his desk, lost in thought. Suddenly, the door opened and Mrs. Weaver walked in, closely followed by Archibald Bay. "Searle, we need to talk." Archibald said sternly as he walked over to the desk.
As Archibald reached the desk, Searle leaned back in his chair. "Tuesday says that Kylen called you."
"Close the door." Searle told Weaver. Weaver nodded and turned, walking over to the door and closed it before she turned back around. "Yes, I got a call from Kylen. It was a few days ago."
"How could she have called you from the hospital?"
"She's not in the hospital." Searle said. "She escaped along with a few others. That's why she called. She wants to come here, Archibald. She wants a place to stay."
"That means that all of them are going to have to change their identities." Weaver said, crossing her scaly arms.
"I can get that to happen." Archibald said. "Is she coming here?"
"Not yet." Searle said. "She's expecting a call."
Anger flashed through Archibald's face. "Well, don't keep her waiting!" He said sternly. "Call her and tell her that I'll help her! Tell her to get her tail down here!"
"Very well..." Searle replied as he opened the drawer to his desk. "...I'll get right on it." He pulled out his communication device and set it down on the top of the desk, pressing the call button. Within five seconds, the holographic image of Kylen appeared. As she stared at her Uncle, she did not look happy.
"Took you long enough." She said, her arm twitching.
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A short time later, Archibald was pacing back and forth in his brother's office, communicating with his daughter, who had a smile on his face. "That's wonderful to hear." Kylen said. "So, what openings are there?"
"What openings are there?" Archibald said, stopping in his tracks and turning his head to the side to look at his brother.
"Um..." Searle stalled.
"I believe..." Weaver said, putting her scaly arms behind her back. "...That there are five openings."
Archibald quickly turned his head in the other direction to look at Weaver before he turned his attention back to his daughter. "She says five." Archibald said.
"There are six of us." Kylen said.
"You can't just leave one behind?" Archibald asked.
"I think that would be an incredibly bad idea." Kylen narrowed her eyes. "I'm not leaving Klotid, Tzili, Tunndra, Zephyr and Lotus behind."
"Zephyr?" Searle asked. "Isn't that a boy's name?"
"Yes, Zephyr is male." Kylen turned her head to the side. "So?"
"This is a school for female dragons." Searle drummed his claws against the top of his desk. "Males do not belong here."
"We can make this work." Archibald said as he turned his head to the side to look at his brother. "We really can. If Kylen doesn't want to leave them behind, then I won't let them get left behind."
"What about...his mental...soundness?" Searle asked.
"It doesn't matter!" Archibald insisted. "The hospital wasn't the place for Kylen, but I got her in there anyway."
"Well, what about there not being enough places?"
"Can't you just rid of one of the students?" Kylen asked. "Make room for me?"
"Get rid of?" Searle asked. In response, Kylen brought her clawed hand up to her neck and ran a finger across her neck.
"If that's the only way to make room..." Archibald agreed with his daughter. "...Then I say go through with it. Get rid of one of this school's students. I don't care which one."
"Well, I certainly do." Searle replied. "And besides, how do you suggest that we would do away with this selected student? There would be evidence."
"Sir..." Weaver took a step forward. "...There is a furnace down in the basement. We could get rid of the body that way."
"Or you could just kill them that way." Kylen smirked.
"But who would we get rid of?" Searle asked again.
"I have a suggestion." Weaver crossed her scaly arms. "How about one of those girls that snuck out a few nights ago?"
"It doesn't matter to me, Tuesday." Archibald said as he turned to face Weaver. "Just pick a student so that my daughter can hide here."
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Meanwhile, inside their room, November was sitting up on the side of the bed while Rosie lied on her belly. November slowly started to stand up, but when Rosie moaned, November found herself sitting back down on the side of her bed.
Rosie had been acting strange ever since they had gone out to learn the truth about the dreams she had been having. They had found out that Rosie and her outside-of-St.-Melusine's-friends had been sent back into time and had met her grandmother. After having her memories restored, Rosie had started to act different. She didn't speak much and she never wanted to get out of bed in the morning. November wasn't quite sure why.
"Rosie, are...are you okay?" November asked. "You've been different...these last couple of days. You're worrying me."
"I'm fine, November." Rosie groaned.
"Then why are you acting so quiet?"
November heard Rosie groan with annoyance as Rosie rolled over onto her side. "If you haven't noticed, I just learned that my grandmother was a good woman."
"That's...bad?"
"November, I hated her." Rosie said. "Remember?"
"Um..." November stalled before it finally clicked in her mind that, indeed, Rosie had mentioned her dislike for her grandmother. "...Yes..."
"And now I see that she wasn't really all that bad." Rosie continued. "She really was a pretty good person. It wasn't an act, it was genuine. She really cared for others. For more than half of her life, she was sick, and I was so mean to her, even when she was on her death bed. I remember...the last time we saw her, it was just hours before she died, my parents said that we were going to stay with her and my grandfather that night. I was livid. I was so mean to her, even when it was the last time I saw her. It's too late for me to do anything to make up with her."
"Aw, Rosie..." Came the sound of Amity's voice. Both shocked, November turned her head in Amity's direction, while Rosie rolled over onto her back and quickly sat up. They could see that the door to the room had been opened, and Amity was standing in the doorway, a sad look on her face.
"What are you doing here?" November asked.
"We have a class soon." Amity replied. "Then we have detention before our next class. Come on, we need to get going."
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A short time later, Rosie, November and Amity were walking down the halls of the school, making their way to their first class.
"Rosie, you don't have to feel guilty." Amity told her right before the three of them turned around the corner.
"I don't?" Rosie asked.
"No." Amity smiled. "She was your grandmother. If she really loved you, then she would never hold anything against you. I don't think she'd hold a grudged in death, do you?"
"I don't know." Rosie mumbled. As she said this, they passed by the door to a classroom. As they passed it, the door opened, Sarona Malosi silently coming out of the room and sneaking up behind them.
"I don't think she would." Amity said. "I don't think you need to make anything up to her."
Rosie opened her mouth to respond, but before anything could come out, Sarona grabbed her, putting a clawed hand over her mouth and pulling her back towards the classroom she had just come out of. Neither November nor Amity noticed this; in fact, Amity kept speaking after the brief silence:
"Maybe she's even aware of your change of opinion, somehow." She continued as Sarona got closer and closer to the classroom. "I think that she would tell you that you don't need to feel bad about it. She forgives you. You've made it up to her just by changing your mind." As she finished, Sarona got Rosie into the classroom and closed the classroom door.
"I think she has a point, Rosie." November said as she turned her head to the side, only to freeze when she saw that Rosie was gone. Amity turned her head to the side as well, freezing just as November did when she also realized that Rosie was gone.
"Rosie?" Amity asked, the two of them then turning around to see if Rosie had stopped following them a few steps back. Rosie was nowhere to be seen.
"Wh...Where did she go?" November asked, confused.
"I-" Amity started, but before she could continue, she heard a thud coming from the classroom that Rosie had been pulled into. "Um..." Amity said before she started to walk towards the room. "...I think I heard something in there."
"There's probably a class going on in there." November argued before she hurried after Amity, reaching her side, Amity having stopped in her tracks. As soon as November reached her side, Amity turned her head to the side.
"Then where do you think she went?" Amity asked.
"Um, I-" November started, but before she could finish, Mrs. Weaver, who had snuck up from behind, reached out and grabbed each of them by the arm, forcing them to turn around. Weaver narrowed her eyes as she crossed her scaly arms.
"Don't you have a class to get to?" She asked.
"Well, our friend-" Amity tried to explain, but she was cut off by Weaver.
"Get to your class, now." Weaver said sternly. Amity and November both sighed as they walked by her and started to walk down the hall, heading for their class. To make sure that they were truly going to their class, Weaver turned around to watch them, but once she heard another thud coming from inside the classroom that Rosie had been dragged into, she jerked her head to the side, staring at the door to the classroom.
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Inside the classroom, Rosie was pinned against the wall by Sarona, while Ashni stood behind them. Rosie tried to struggle, but in response, Sarona pulled her away from the wall and slammed her back against it, making her grunt.
"Fighting is useless." Sarona told her with a wicked smile. "Did you miss us, almighty American Dragon?"
"Can't say that I did." Rosie retorted dryly.
"And I can't say that I'll miss you once we've gotten rid of you." Sarona growled before she grunted, pulling Rosie away from the wall and throwing her across the room.
Grunting, Ashni flapped her wings and flew into the air. As Rosie flew by her, Ashni turned around in the air and slammed her tail into Rosie, making her grunt and fly across the room even faster. Turning as she flew through the air, Rosie ended up hitting the wall face-first. Grunting, she bounced off of the wall and landed on the ground on her back, moaning before she lost consciousness.
Ashni landed on the ground as Sarona walked up to her side. "Nicely done." Sarona said with a smile before the two of them started to walk over to Rosie. Just as they reached the unconscious dragon, however, the door to the classroom opened and Mrs. Weaver stepped inside, making both Ashni and Sarona spin around to face her, both shocked.
"What is going on in here?" Weaver demanded before finally spotting Rosie on the ground. Her eyes widening, she quickly started to walk over to them, finally reaching them and shoving herself in-between them, looking down at the unconscious Rosie.
Looking up, Weaver's eyes flashed with anger. Quickly turning around, she grabbed Ashni and Sarona, who were both frozen in place, looking nervous, and started to force them towards the door.
"Get out of here!" Weaver said angrily. "Get back to your rooms!" Finally, she reached the door and shoved Ashni out, quickly forcing Sarona out of the room as well. As the two shocked dragons slowly turned to face her, Weaver grabbed hold of the door. "Don't let me see your faces until morning." Weaver said dangerously before she slammed the classroom door shut, making both Ashni and Sarona flinch.
Alone in the room, Weaver turned around to see that Rosie was still unconscious. Weaver smirked. "I think I just found the disposable dragon..." She said.
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BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
That night, Kylen, Tzili, Zephyr, Lotus, Tunndra and Klotid were all flying through the air, having left the apartment building that they had been hiding in. Kylen had a big smile on her face.
Eventually, they reached St. Melusine's. Kylen dove down towards the school, and all of the others followed her. Kylen landed right in front of the steps to the school first, Tzili, Zephyr, Lotus, Tunndra and Klotid all landing after her. Staring at the porch, they could see Weaver waiting for them, her scaly arms behind her back.
"Your father is waiting for you, Kylen." She said.
LINE BREAK
Inside Searle's office, Searle and Archibald were waiting. The door to the office opened, allowing Weaver to walk in, followed by Kylen, then Tzili, then Zephyr, then Lotus, then Klotid and then Tunndra. Quickly, they all stopped in front of Searle's desk.
"Welcome to St. Melusine's." Searle said.
"Oh, I know that I'm welcome here, Uncle Searle." Kylen gave them a twisted smirk, which Archibald returned with a loving smile.
"This is for your friends, Kylen." Searle replied.
"Uh-huh." Kylen crossed her scaly arms. "You told me that you've chosen the student who will be sacrificed. Where is this girl? Can I see her?"
"Certainly." Archibald said with a smile before Searle sighed and got up from his chair, turning and crouching down. Kylen and the others all heard Searle grunt before he slowly stood up, struggling to hold up Rosie, who was unconscious and tightly bound and gagged with ropes. Sighing, Searle set Rosie face down on his desk before he turned back to face them.
"You're going to dispose of her?" Tzili smiled evilly. "Can I be the one to do it? Can I kill her?"
"We're actually going to dispose of her in a cleaner, more precise manner." Archibald said before he set his sights on Zephyr. "You're Zephyr, right?" He asked.
In response, Lotus, who was right next to him, put a clawed, protective hand on his shoulder. Archibald just smiled. "I just wanted him to watch over this girl as she dies." He says. "Perhaps, if she tries to break free, stop her."
"Can I come with?" Lotus asked dangerously.
"I think it would be best if you come with me and Mrs. Weaver." Archibald said. "We'll get you your school uniforms and then get you settled in." He then turned his head to the side to look at his brother. "Searle, I'd like you to take Zephyr to the basement."
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A short time later, Amity, November, Enfys and Blossom all walked out of the classroom that they had just finished cleaning. Sighing, Amity and November turned to face Blossom and Enfys.
"So, Rosie just vanished?" Blossom asked.
"Yeah." Amity replied. "I was thinking that she went into another classroom, but before I could go and check, Mrs. Weaver forced November and me to get to class. I was hoping that she would show up, but she didn't."
"Why would she just walk into a random classroom?" Enfys asked.
"I don't know." Amity shrugged. "I heard movements from within, so I thought that Rosie could have gone in there."
"I think it was just the class." November said softly.
"You know, maybe Rosie's back at your room, November." Blossom suggested with a shrug.
"You think?" November asked.
"It's worth a try." Enfys said.
"So, you think I should go and see?" November asked.
"That's pretty much what I said, yes." Enfys told her.
"Okay..." November took two steps back. "...I'll go check." Then, she turned and started to head back to the room that she shared with Rosie.
Amity watched with her head turned to the side as November got farther and farther away. Sighing, she turned her head back to normal, staring at Blossom and Enfys. "Maybe we should go with her." Amity suggested.
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Inside the room where Rosie and November had gotten their school badges, Kylen was seated as Mrs. Weaver sewed the school badge to her chest, Archibald, Tzili, Lotus, Klotid and Tunndra all standing in the back of the room, Archibald smiling proudly with his clawed hands on his hips.
"You can have Long's old room." Weaver told Kylen.
"That's the girl's name?" Kylen asked.
"It is." Weaver said as she finished sewing on the badge, pulling her clawed hands away. "Okay, next." After she said this, Kylen got up and turned, starting to walk towards the closed door.
"Um, Kylen." Archibald pointed out, just as his daughter reached the door, reaching out and grabbing the knob.
"Yes, Dad?" She asked as she opened the door a crack, not knowing that Sarona and Ashni, both nervous, were walking down the hall together. They were just passing by the door to the room when they heard the sound of Archibald's voice, making them freeze in their tracks.
"I think it would be best if you and your friends change your names." Archibald said. "For your safety, of course."
Interested, both Ashni and Sarona turned to face the door, hearing Kylen's response: "Don't be absurd, Dad. Just being here will ensure our safety."
"What are they talking about?" Ashni whispered, just as Weaver responded to Kylen:
"Your father is right, Kylen." She said. "Like me, you're an escaped criminal. For me, just being here wasn't enough. I had to change my name. To protect myself, I went from Tuesday Whitley to Mrs. Weaver."
"Escaped criminal?" Ashni muttered in confusion.
"You should let your father help you." Weaver said.
"Okay, whatever." Kylen muttered, the door starting to open. Panicking, Ashni and Sarona turned and fled so that as Kylen stepped out into the hall, she couldn't see them.
As Lotus sat down for Weaver to start working on her, Archibald once again spoke to his daughter: "Why don't you wait out in the hall for your Uncle to return? He'll take you to your new room."
Sighing, Kylen turned around. "Fine." She said before she closed the door behind her, doing as her father said and waiting in the hallway.
LINE BREAK
Meanwhile, Amity, Blossom and Enfys all turned around the corner, following November, only to see that she had disappeared all the way down the hall. "Dang, she really walks fast." Enfys stated.
"Well, maybe we should speed it up." Amity muttered.
However, as they kept walking, they saw Searle and a chuckling Zephyr turning around the corner that was a few feet ahead of them, slowly dragging Rosie's unconscious form across the floor.
Gasping, Amity, Enfys and Blossom all stopped in their tracks, recognizing Rosie as the two dragons slowly dragged her over to one of the doors in the middle of the hall.
"That's Rosie." Blossom whispered.
"I know." Amity whispered back.
"Why is she tied up?" Blossom asked.
"I don't know." Amity replied, just as Searle and Zephyr reached the door. Searle released Rosie and turned to open the door.
"Who is that guy with Dean Bay?" Enfys whispered.
"I don't know." Amity replied, watching as Searle re-took his hold on Rosie. Together, he and Zephyr dragged Rosie into the room, Zephyr starting to chuckle again as they disappeared into the room.
"That's the basement." Enfys said, the tone of her voice raised.
"I know." Amity also raised her voice. "Something strange is going on. I think things are about to get dangerous."
"What should we do?" Blossom asked. "Should we get Mrs. Weaver?"
"No, because by then, it could be too late for Rosie." Amity replied. "We need to keep hidden until after Dean Bay and that other dragon leave. Then, we need to save Rosie."
"What if it's too late by then?" Blossom asked.
"Hopefully..." Amity said, only knowing that at that moment, Searle and the chuckling Zephyr were dragging Rosie down the stairs. "...It won't be."
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Meanwhile, Sarona threw open the door to the door to the room where every students' personal belongings were stored. Both she and Ashni rushed in, but as Ashni stopped and hunched over, trying to catch her breath, Sarona rushed over to the shelves.
After catching her breath, Ashni slowly lifted her head up. "What are you doing?" She asked as Sarona pulled out a suitcase and turned, setting it on the floor as she crouched down onto her knees.
"There are dangerous criminals here." Sarona said as she opened up the suitcase.
"Whose suitcase is that?"
"It's mine." Sarona said as she pulled out an old communication device. "Ashni, we have to do something."
"I vote for going to our room and going to sleep." Ashni said. "We'll be safe that way."
"We're official dragons." Sarona narrowed her eyes. "We're too good for that. We're calling the Dragon Council and reporting what we heard." She looked down and pressed a button on the device.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Ashni asked, just as a holographic image of Councilor Asil appeared.
"Yes?" Asil asked.
"Sir, I'm the Samoan Dr-"
"I know who you are, Dragon Malosi." Asil cut her off. "Why are you contacting the Council? Aren't you supposed to be away at school?"
"I am at school." Sarona explained. "But my friend and I just overheard a school employee talking. There are escaped criminals here. They're hiding right under our noses. One even works here. The other is joining as a student tonight."
"Are you certain?"
"I'm positive." Sarona said. "You have my word as the Samoan Dragon and Ashni's word as the Laotian Dragon."
"Okay, do you have names?" Asil asked.
"Yes!" Sarona smiled.
"Can you give me them?"
"Um, Tuesday Whitley." Sarona smiled. "As for the other, I heard Kylen. I didn't get a last name. I did hear that her father is here, though."
"Okay." Asil said. "I need you to give me a minute. I need to research these names. I'll call you back within the next few minutes. Do you think you could wait?"
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Meanwhile, Amity, Blossom and Enfys were hiding behind the corner, their heads peaking out to watch the open door that led to the basement. "Maybe we should just go down there." Enfys suggested. "It's been aw-"
However, Amity quickly "Shhh"ed her, as they all saw Searle exiting the basement. As he started to walk down the hall, Amity whispered to her friends: "That other dragon is still down there."
"So?" Enfys whispered.
"That probably means that he's watching her." Amity said as Searle turned around the corner and disappeared from view. "Alright, come on." Amity said as she turned and stepped into the hall, Blossom and Enfys following her. "It's now or never." Amity pounded her fist into her open palm. "Let's save Rosie."
The three dragons then started to run towards the door to the basement.
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Back in the storage room, Sarona jolted when she heard her communication device started to ring. Quickly pressing a button, she watched as the holographic image of Councilor Asil appeared.
"And?" Sarona asked.
"Tuesday Whitley escaped from prison a few years ago." Asil said. "We were never able to find her. Not until tonight."
"What was she imprisoned for?"
"All that matters is what she'll be imprisoned for this time." Asil said. In other words, her crime did not concern Sarona. All that was of concern was recapturing her.
"What about Kylen?"
"Kylen Bay." Asil said. "She escaped from a magical mental hospital a few nights ago, accompanied by a few others. I can only assume that they are with her now."
"Yeah, I think I heard 'friends' being mentioned." Sarona nodded.
"And there is a reason why you heard that Kylen's father is here." Asil continued. "Her father funds the school you attend. Her Uncle is Searle Bay, the-"
"The Dean." Sarona finished.
"Yes." Asil said. "Okay, here's what I need you and Dragon Patel to do: I have to contact the hospital that Kylen escaped from and I have to assemble some Agents, amongst other things. It will probably be at least 45 minutes before I can get to your school. I'm going to need to ask you two to try and face Searle and Archibald Bay and Tuesday Whitley. If you can, capture them."
"We'll try." Sarona said, making Ashni's eyes widen.
"If you can capture them, Dragon Malosi..." Asil said. "...You will both be greatly rewarded for your efforts."
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Coming to to the sound of a machine whirring, Rosie groaned as she slowly opened her eyes, finding herself lying on her back, staring up at the ceiling, and...moving. Grunting, she tried to move, only to find that her body was restricted by ropes. Lifting her head up, she found that she had ropes wrapped around her torso, ankles and legs and that her hands were tied behind her back. What's more, as she grunted and tried to struggle, she caught sight of Zephyr, who chuckled evilly as he lifted a clawed hand up and waved at her.
Her eyes widening, Rosie realized that she was moving. Forcing her head back, she found that she was on a conveyor belt, moving towards a furnace.
With a muffled scream, Rosie forced herself to look at Zephyr, who lowered his clawed hand and started to maniacally laugh at her. Terrified, Rosie grunted, trying to roll to the side, off of the conveyor belt.
Seeing this, Zephyr stopped laughing and flapped his wings, flying over to the conveyor belt and landing right on top of Rosie, who had managed to get onto her side. Grunting, Zephyr grabbed her and forced her over onto her back again.
Her terrified protests muffled by the ropes keeping her mouths shut, Rosie could only stare up at the chuckling Zephyr. "ROSIE!" However, the sound of Amity's voice was enough to shut Zephyr up.
Jerking his head to the side, Zephyr could see Amity, Enfys and Blossom all flying towards him. Quickly, Amity wrapped her tail around Zephyr's waist and pulled him back, while Blossom and Enfys landed beside Rosie, pulling her off of the conveyor belt and lying her on her belly on the floor.
Meanwhile, hovering in the air and holding onto Zephyr with her tail, Amity tossed him away, Zephyr slamming face-first onto the steel plate above the blazing inferno. The heat from the plate burning his face, Zephyr howled in pain as he pulled himself away, his ankle twisting to the side as he blindly moved on the moving conveyor belt. Amity, as she hovered in the air, watched as Zephyr shrieked, tumbling off the side of the conveyor belt, his head making contact with the ground first; with a thud, Zephyr's eyes bulged out of his head briefly before he went limp, losing consciousness.
With Zephyr defeated, Amity moved to the side and landed behind Blossom, she and Enfys having untied Rosie, who once free, rolled over onto her back and slowly sat up. "Are you okay, Rosie?" Enfys asked.
"I'm fine." Rosie said softly. "How did I get down here? The last thing I remember is Sarona and Ashni attacking me. I wake up and I'm about to be fed to a furnace."
"Dean Bay and that other dragon brought you down here." Blossom said.
"Yeah, about him..." Rosie said as she turned her head to the side, slowly lifting up the ropes that had, just a few moments earlier, bound her. "...We should probably tie him up so he isn't able to escape."
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A few moments later, Rosie finished tying the ropes that were around Zephyr's snout, keeping his mouth shut. Letting his head drop down, Rosie turned to face Enfys, Amity and Blossom.
"Dean Bay put me down here?" Rosie asked. "Why?"
"Obviously to kill you." Blossom said.
"But why would he want to kill me?" Rosie asked. "What did I do?"
"Rosie, something weird is going on here." Amity told her. "I honestly don't know what to do."
"I'll tell you what we're going to do." Rosie said, narrowing her eyes and putting her clawed hands on her hips. "We're getting out of here. When the principal tries to kill me, I draw the line."
"What about November?" Enfys asked.
"What?" Rosie crossed her scaly arms. "Do you really think I'm going to leave her here to fend for herself? Who knows? She could be next on Bay's list of furnace sacrifices!"
Amity, Blossom and Enfys all turned and started to run out of the basement, Rosie quickly following them, the four dragons leaving Zephyr, who was bound just as Rosie had been, sitting on the floor, unconscious, on the side of the conveyor belt.
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: Please review.