Chapter 10: Breakout

With the dragon knocked out, the Drameta lifted up the little creature, and stared at her with his eyes. He then hinted to another Drameta, pointing at the cages (Drametas don't talk). The Drameta rose up his shoulders, saying that all the cages are full. No matter, thought the first Drameta. He grabbed out two arm chains in a box, and placed each lock around Haley's arm. He then reinforced the chain, on the outside of a wall. He then looked back at his two companions, and vibrated his head, laughing. Soon, the laughing ceased. The leader pointed out his arms, signaling to search the area, for any more intruders. It seems there has been a breakout attempt, by someone…

The leader Drameta stayed behind. He floated back over at the little dragon that suddenly appeared. "You won't get away with this!!" Yelled another dragon in a cage nearby. It seemed to be, the American Dragon. The Drameta passed along the cages, staring at each of the dragons. An uproar of yelling and talking came back into the area. To calm them down, the Drameta pulled down a lever, releasing a dust into their cages. Soon enough, every single dragon was passed out, just as Haley was.

Three hours past, no sign of Haley. "Come on kid, it's been three hours!" Fu Dog yelled, over at Trixie and Spud in the closet. All three of them were becoming impatient, and worried.

"Do you think, she's okay?" Trixie trembled, as she held her knees in this cramped closet sitting next to a mop and a box. That same question was going through everyone's mind.

"I mean it's been three hours. Don't you think if Haley were to find Jake, she would have already?" Spud added.

Fu knew that already. He just wasn't sure if it was safe enough, to walk out and go find Haley. Once they left his room, it would be possible for the Drameta to track them down, and find them. But with all the fear and doubt he had, he couldn't let it get in the way. They need to find Haley, or else this whole rescue mission is a waste. "Hmm…we have 5 hours to stop this whole thing, we better go find Haley now before it's too late." He got up on all fours, and leaned his two paws on the door, preparing to leave.

But just before he opened the door, Trixie stood up and spoke. "But Fu, you said it yourself, if they find us, they can track us down for sure!!" She screamed.

"Well, what other choice do we have?"

"Don't you have some kind of potion, or spell you can use on us so they won't find us?" Trixie asked Fu always had a vast supply of potions; maybe he had something that could be useful.

Fu smiled. "Uhh…no. I'm kind of short supplied since I didn't have time to prepare. This means, we have to do this, ourselves."

Slowly turning the knob, the three of them tip-toed out of the closet, and into the never-ending white hallway. As the made it pasted the first corner, Fu whispered a warning to them, "Remember guys, you must be very quiet. These Drameta have very good hearing, the slightest shriek could send them after us."

Almost right after Fu said that, Spud walked forward, and tripped on his untied shoe lace. He fell forward, crashing face first onto the ground. "OWW!" He yelled, echoing the whole hallway.

An uneasy look appeared on Fu's face. "That was a bad idea." He said. Suddenly, long shadows appeared behind them. The three ran down the hallway, as fast as they could. But they were at a halt, shortly after. Another two shadows appeared in front of them. They looked side to side, stopped at a four way hallway.

"This way!" Fu yelled, pointing to the hallway to the right of them. Quickly, the each trailed down the long hallway, not daring to look back. This new hallway seemed just as long as the last one, and not a door or another hallway in sight.

Their running efforts soon started to decrease, as they started to get tired. It wasn't long, before they stopped running, trying to catch their breathe.

"LOOK!" Spud yelled, pointing down into the hallway more. It was another door, a large door at that matter. The three sucked up their agony, and charged through the doorway.

This strange room was huge! And all around it were cages filled with creatures. But a closer look, they discovered they were dragons. "We found it!" Spud cheered as they all gave a sigh of relief.

Trixie examined around the room, looking from cage to cage. But suddenly she stopped at a blank wall, staring at a dragon trapped in chains on it. "Look, its Haley!" She yelled, the gang walked over. They examined Haley, realizing that she was fasted asleep. Spud shook her, but she didn't wake up. "Now why is Haley asleep, at a time like this?"

"Hmm…" Fu got on two paws, reaching over to get a better look at her. You could tell on her eyes, and dusty sand was covering them. "It's silent dust." He concluded.

"Silent dust?" Trixie pondered.

"Yes. See Drametas have no vocal cords, so they can't talk. So to keep their enemies from hurting them, they use silent dust, to make them instantly fall asleep. They only way to wake them up, is to make a lot of noise."

Trixie bent over her head, leaning toward the pink dragon. "YO HALEY!" She screamed, still no moment from her.

Reaching into his wrinkles, Fu pulled out the small bag filled with unlocking powder. "Here, let me unlock her first." He grabbed a handful of the dust, and splashed it onto both of Haley's arms. She fell downward from being unlocked, but Spud caught her in his arms.

"HALEY! WAKE UP!!" Spud held Haley in front of him, shaking her violently. Suddenly, her eyes started to move.

"Huh?" She yawned. Eventually, she returned to human form, and all of her vision and memories returned. "Fu, Trixie, Spud! The Drameta, they trapped me to a walk!" She shrieked.

Fu patted the freighted little girl on her back. "Yeah, we know. But right now, we need to find a way to free all these dragons." He slowly trotted around the area, looking for some button or key to unlock the cages.

"Yo Fu, can't you just use that unlocking powder you have?" Trixie asked him.

Sadly, Fu pulled out his bag to reveal it not even filled that much. "Sorry, I only have enough to unlock maybe one more cage." He sighed.

"Hey look, I found Jake!" Spud called them over. The four of them looked up at the sleeping American Dragon.

Remembering that Fu only had enough powder to free one person, she figured she knew who to use it on. "We have to free him." Haley said.

"Haley, we don't have time! Right now the Drameta are on their way, and we have to hurry and find a way to free all the dragons before they-"

"We need Jake." Haley cut in. "We can't do it alone."

"Alright, fine." Fu shrugged his eyebrows. He then hopped into Haley's arms, and through the last of his powder on Jake's lock, making it disappear.

Throwing Fu to the ground, Haley dragoned up, and pulled Jake out from his cage. "WAKE, UP!!" She yelled, throwing Jake onto the floor.

The shock of her throw and the screech of her voice suddenly woke Jake Long (along with many more dragons) up. Jake opened his eyes wide, at the sight of his friends staring down at him. "Jake! You're back!" Spud cheered.

"Hey guys, so what's the plan?" He jumped up, ready into action.

"We need to find a way-" Fu started to say.

"Fu, behind you!!" Haley yelled. Four Drametas were behind him. Fu jumped out of the way, just before one grabbed him. Then with a yell of fear, Jake grabbed Trixie and Spud, Haley grabbed Fu, and they all flew out the other door entering back into the hallway.

Will the Drameta's find the crew, in this never-ending hallway? Will Haley and the others find a way, to rescue the dragons? All this and more, next time!!