American Dragon: Haley Long (Season One)
Chapter/Episode Nine: Trapped Like A Dog
Anyone within one hundred miles of a tall, dirty and run-down looking building could hear, and therefore would cower at the sound of the loud roar coming from the inside. Inside the building, the masked thief stood backed against the wall of the room as the cloaked dragon paced around, occasionally letting loose a blast of fire that would hit the wall. "Would you be careful?" the thief demanded. "I don't want to be trapped inside here when you burn it down with your temper!"
The cloaked dragon ignored her. "How can it be possible?" he ranted. "How could she defeat me? She doesn't have nearly the amount of experience that I have!" Then, he growled. "It won't happen again..."
"Of course it won't happen again..." the masked thief said sarcastically. "And why do you think it won't happen again? She's done it before, and I'm sure she'll do it again. Listen to me closely, just give up on your stupid quest...and give me the money you owe me."
"Give up?" The cloaked dragon roared, turning on the thief and starting to walk toward her. "I will never give up! And you won't either..."
"Yeah, I'll only give up when you repay me..."
"Oh, I don't think so..." The cloaked dragon was now right in front of her, and the thief could hear the angry warning tone. "No...you aren't serving me for the money, you're serving me for you freedom..." Then, the cloaked dragon turned.
"What?" the thief demanded. "How dare you? I'm not some slave that belongs to you! You owe me, I don't owe you!"
"But you are now mine..." The cloaked dragon turned back to face her. "You can try to leave here, but just remember..." He then raised his clawed hand, and the next thing the thief knew, her hand was starting to glow that bright green color again. "So..." the cloaked dragon spoke again. "Any ideas for my next plan?"
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Lu Dog opened her eyes and looked up from the couch after a couple hours asleep. The golden retriever could see that it was still pitch black outside, but still, she decided to get up. Hopping off of the couch, Lu Dog trotted across the room and out into the front, where she could see Fu Dog still sleeping on the counter. Slowly, the golden retriever made her way over to the shar-pei and sat down beside him.
"Fu..." she said quietly. In response, Fu Dog did not open his eyes, and he did not move. The only response that the golden got was a moan coming from the older dog. "Fu Dog, can you please just wake up?"
A snore was the dog's only answer.
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Lu Dog had fallen asleep while waiting for the shar-pei, and the next thing she knew, she was being nudged awake by Fu Dog. Opening her eyes, Lu could see Fu standing over her. "Today's the day, puppy..." he said. "Are you ready for this?"
"As ready as I'll ever be..." Lu answered. "I'm just a little nervous. What if they don't fire me?"
"What, are you kidding?" Fu chuckled. "They'll have no choice but to fire you as soon as you pull off what I'm planning! It's sure-fire!"
"What's your plan?"
"Puppy, all will be revealed in good time!" Fu chuckled, just as the bell above the door rang out as Haley opened the door and stepped inside. "Hey, kid..." Fu greeted her.
"Hey, Fu. Hey Lu..." Haley smiled at the two. "Is Sun here?"
"I think she's still asleep." Fu answered. "Now kid, if you don't mind leaving us alone, we have business to take care of today."
"Ooh, what kind of business?" Haley smiled slightly. "Are you two going to get into trouble?"
"Who?" Fu feigned a hurt look. "Little, loyal us? I'm hurt!"
Haley's smile widened, and she was just about to say something else when Sun Park entered the room. Haley had never seen Sun after she had woken up, and as of this moment in time, she was rather glad she had never seen her like this before. Sun looked tired, and her hair wasn't combed. "Oh, Haley..." Sun greeted her. "What are you doing here so early?"
"Well, I was wondering if we could get an early start with my training today..."
"Is there a specific reason as to why?" Sun smiled slightly. "It's Saturday, you don't have to go to school..."
"Well, Leah kind of invited me to see a movie with her..."
"Well, it's nice to see that you two have become pretty good friends..." Sun said. "I understand, Haley. I am sure we can make something work. Let me get ready."
"Well actually, Sun..." Fu spoke. "The puppy can't help the kid today. We have something we need to take care of."
"You're not trying to get her to help you pay off your gambling debts, are you?" Sun raised her eye at him.
"What?" Fu asked. "No! I would never do that to her! But what we do need to do is go visit the Dragon Council. You know, as a little check up. The Dragon Council wants to see how the puppy is behaving. So, I'm taking her."
"Really?" Sun smiled cynically at the shar-pei. "Well, I wasn't aware that the Council wanted check-ups. Well Fu, I'm glad to see that you have decided to take responsibility for this. Very well, but be back as soon as you can."
"Oh, you can count on that, Sun!" Fu replied as she and Lu Dog turned and walked out of the door. As soon as the two dogs had left, Haley turned to Sun with a surprised look on her face. "Sun..." she said. "Did you actually believe that Fu Dog was telling the truth?"
"Of course not, Haley."
"Then why did you let them go?" Haley asked. "Clearly they must be up to no good!"
"Well..." Sun answered. "Sooner or later, Fu Dog is going to have to learn to take responsibility for his own actions. I don't think he's learned that yet, even after all the years he has spent as an animal guardian."
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Fu Dog sighed with relief as he and Lu stepped outside of the shop and started to walk down the sidewalk. "Whoo!" Fu exclaimed. "That was a close one! I thought Sun was seeing through my fib, there."
"How do you know she didn't?' Lu asked.
"Are you kidding, puppy?" Fu smiled. "If she knew, she wouldn't let me go. Sun isn't like the old man. Well actually, the old man wouldn't let me go through with this if he knew, either."
"Who was the old man?"
"The old man was one of my best friends..." Fu Dog answered. "He was the Chinese Dragon and he was the grandfather of Haley. He is the one who got me the job of animal guardian. He was a great dragon and a great master."
"What happened to him?"
"He got old..." Fu answered sadly. "He probably aged even faster as Jake was forced to leave. He passed away a few years ago. He left his shop to Sun and Haley so they could train there..."
"Well, that was nice of him..." Lu replied just as she noticed that they had arrived at the bart station. "Let's go." she added, and the two dogs turned and walked down the stairs and quickly made their way over to an elevator. "Okay, puppy." Fu said. "Let me up onto your back and I'll get the buttons..."Lu had a nervous look on her face when Fu told her this, but nonetheless, she lowered herself, allowing Fu onto her back.
"Ughh..." Lu groaned under his weight. "How much do you weigh?"
"Oh, can it puppy!" Fu barked back as he hopped up, putting his two front paws on the wall, leaving it so that he was standing on Lu using only his back paws. "I've almost got it!"
"Yeah, you might want to hurry it up..." Lu informed him as her legs started to shake under Fu's weight. "Because I don't think I can handle you much longer! Please, just hurry!"
"Alright, quit your whining, puppy!" Fu called, and using his paws, he managed to press in the code that made the elevator door open. And it was with good timing too, because just as Fu Dog entered the code, Lu Dog's legs gave in, and both dogs crumpled to the ground with two grunts. "Hey, could you give me a little warning next time?" Fu growled.
"I did!" Lu replied coldly, just as goblin exited the elevator.
"Welcome to Enchanted Elevators, where service comes with a smile..." the goblin grinned at them as the two dogs slowly got up and walked over to the elevator and got inside. "I hate this part..." Lu muttered as the doors slid closed, keeping them inside.
"I do too, puppy..." Fu agreed. "I do too..."
Then, the shaft shot down into the ground, causing Lu Dog to scream and causing Fu to hurl.
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Back in the abandoned and dark building, the cloaked dragon growled with anger as he slashed his claws into the wall, pieces of plaster falling to the ground. As the cloaked dragon continued, the thief entered the room. "Well, I think you'll be happy to know that I have an idea..."
The cloaked dragon immediately stopped tearing up the wall and turned to the thief. "What?' he asked.
"I said I had an idea." the thief repeated. "And I'm certain that it will not fail."
"What makes you so certain?"
"Because we can pull this off without having to face the dragons..."
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Lu Dog continued to scream as the elevator shaft continued to plummet into the earth. Finally, the shaft came to an abrupt halt, and the doors opened, Lu and Fu both scrambling out of the elevator shaft and onto the cool, green grass that was the Island of Draco.
"Welcome to the Isle of Draco-" the goblin started, but Fu Dog cut him off. "Yeah, yeah! We get it! Come on puppy!" Then, both took off, running as far away from the elevator as possible.
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Both dogs ran into the cafeteria, which was fortunately empty. Lu Dog panted as Fu turned and closed the doors behind them. Then, turning to Lu, he spoke. "Are you ready for this, puppy?"
"I told you this morning..." Lu answered. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be."
"Then we should prepare." Fu told her. "It's going to take a while, though. We need to be on the exact right place, and we need the stuff."
"You didn't bring it?"
"I'm a dog!" Fu defended himself. "I wouldn't be able to carry it all. Fortunately, I was able to find someone who would be willing to do it..."
"Who?"
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"Who is that?" Lu Dog asked as she looked at a very light blue dragon with dyed black hair. The dragon wore a chain around his neck and also looked very annoyed. "Puppy..." Fu spoke. "Meet the Scottish Dragon. He's agreed to help us out..."
"Yeah..." the Scottish Dragon muttered. "But I thought that you would be here by now. You're late."
"We're not that late!" Fu growled.
"Whatever..." the dragon retorted.
"Yeah, whatever..." Fu replied. "So, what do you have for us..." After Fu finished speaking, the Scottish Dragon turned, and Lu could see that behind him, was a big bag. The Scottish Dragon reached inside and pulled out what looked like a pie. "Fresh from Ha-Ha's Magical Prank Shop..." the dragon reported.
"What does it do?" Lu asked, looking at it. "It just looks like a regular pie to me..."
"It is a pie..." the Scottish Dragon rolled his eyes. "But it's a special kind of pie. Just throw it in somebody's face, and you'll see what happens. Here, take it dog." Lu just stared at the dragon for a moment before she nodded and took the pie in her teeth.
"Puppy, throw it into the face of someone who would get mad..." Fu advised her. "Leading to you being fired..."
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Sun sat in the back of Canal Street Electronics reading a book when she heard the door to the shop open, the bell from above ringing. The next thing Sun knew, Haley entered the room, closely followed by Leah. Sun closed the book and smiled at the two girls. "Hello, Leah..." Sun greeted her. "How was the movie?"
"It was pretty good..." Haley said.
"You mean to say that you loved it!" Leah shot back, a small grin on her face.
"I liked it..." Haley replied. "Okay? I liked it. Are you happy now?"
Sun smiled as she closed her book and stood up. "It's nice to see that you two are getting along..." Sun then walked out of the room and into the front. Sun had just passed by the front door when she heard startled shouts coming from outside. Turning her head and looking out the door, Sun's eyes widened in surprise as she saw cars outside jerking in odd ways and light-poles snapping in half, the metal poles shooting into the air. Sun could also see what looked like small pieces of jewelry flying through the air.
Sun's eyes then widened as she heard a sound coming from the back room! The safe! But what was going on? Suddenly, both Haley and Leah ran out of the room, which was a good thing, seeing as the large safe came flying out of the room. In a flash of blue light, Sun transformed into her dragon form and flew up to the safe, catching it, and trying to keep it from slamming into the wall and out into the night.
"Sun, what's going on?" Haley asked as Leah rejoined her.
"I...I don't..." Sun grunted as whatever had hold of the safe threatened to throw Sun back against the wall where she would be squashed like an insect. "I...I don't kn...know, Haley!" Sun finally made her answer out. "D...Do you think...I coul...could get a little help, Leah?"
"Why me?" Leah asked. "I'm not strong enough..."
"Just try!" Sun replied. "Tha...That's all I c...can ask for!"
"Alright..." Leah said is a very small voice after glancing at Haley, then she rushed around the safe to where Sun was, but just as she put her hand on the safe, it flew up above both of their grips and smashed into the wall, leaving behind a large hole as it went off into the night. "Well, that can't be good..." Leah muttered.
"Haley!" Sun turned her attention to her student. "You have to go after that safe! It has very powerful magical artifacts inside! If it fell into the wrong hands..."
"Sun..." Haley cut her off. "Say no more. DRAGON UP!" Transforming into her dragon form, Haley lifted off of her feet and flew out the hole after the safe.
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Lu Dog wandered along the area of Draco Island, the pie still in her mouth. She had been looking for one of the councilors, but so far she had had no luck. Lu was just about to give up, but then she heard panting as Fu and the Scottish Dragon rushed up to her, Fred Nerk following them. "Where is it?" Nerk asked. "Where is the dragon that fell over the ledge? Where?"
However, Lu Dog was not looking at Nerk, she was only looking at Fu Dog, just as the shar-pei gave her a look that screamed: DO IT NOW!
Just as Nerk looked toward Lu, the golden tossed the pie at the council member, the pie smacking him in his face. As the Scottish Dragon struggled not to laugh, Fu growled: "Lu Dog, how could you do that? I'm appalled!"
Lu Dog pretended to ignore the shar-pei and she walked over to Nerk, who was frantically getting the dough and cream off of his face. "I'm so sorry, Councilor Nerk!" Lu apologized sweetly. "I wasn't aiming for you, I was aiming for one of the dragon students. I would completely understand if you wanted to fire me from my job..."
But to the golden retriever's surprise, Nerk was completely ignoring her, and she understood why. Nerk's face was all red and his eyes were now watering. "MY FACE!" he shouted in agony. "IT BURNS! MY FACE!" Then, Nerk turned and rushed off, leaving Lu and Fu shocked as the Scottish Dragon burst into laughter.
"That wasn't funny!" Lu berated the dragon. "That could have hurt him!"
"No, it's just a harmless prank..." the Scottish Dragon told them as soon as he had calmed down. "I told you it was a special pie. It makes the victim's skin agitated. It's completely harmless and will wear off in a few hours..."
"Well, next time have her use something that won't hurt her victim, okay..." Fu growled.
The Scottish Dragon's eyes widened and he looked into his bag. "Well, there are only two things in here that will cause no physical harm." he said. "But seeing as they're pranks, they're bound to cause some emotional agony...So, how about this?" The Scottish Dragon then reached into the bag and pulled out a rather large water balloon.
"What does it do?" Lu asked.
"Why don't you take it and find out?"
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Lu Dog trotted across the grass with the balloon held gently in her mouth, looking for someone to pull the prank on; all she knew was that it had to be a member of the council. What she didn't know was that Fu Dog and the Scottish Dragon were following her from a semi-far away distance.
Lu Dog sighed; there was no sign of any council member. This was a lot more frustrating than she thought it was going to be. Just when she thought she wasn't going to be able to find someone, she finally found Councilor Callum, sitting on the grass trying to meditate. He must have heard Lu's footsteps, for the English Dragon opened his eyes and smiled at her.
"Hello, Lu Dog..." he said warmly, but that was when Lu struck. She let the balloon out, and it broke on his face, water spilling down his face and onto his robes. His smile faded and he stood u[p quickly. "What was that for!"
"Don't you want to fire me?" Lu asked.
"It's not my decision..." Callum scowled. "But if it were my decision, you just might be!" Then, the English Dragon turned and stormed off. Lu's eyes widened and she looked down as Fu and the Scottish Dragon walked up behind her.
"Okay..." the Scottish Dragon said after a moment. "I didn't want to have you do this, but there is one more prank you could pull..."
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A large hole was on the ground in a deserted area. A couple feet below the hole was a glowing green force that was about the size of a very small safe, which led even deeper into the hole; as the metal objects come flying to the area, were sucked onto; once the metal objects hit the green shield, the objects slowly sank into the hole under the force.
Looking down at the hole, the cloaked dragon laughed evilly as the thief stood behind him, pulling off her belt, which was made of metal. Then, the thief walked up to him as he spoke: "You are sure that the dragons keep it in a safe smaller than that trap?"
"Yes..."
The cloaked dragon laughed again. "This is my greatest plan ever!"
"Your plan?" the thief growled, frowning.
"Yes, my plan..." the cloaked dragon repeated as he looked back down at the objects being sucked into the hole and then pulled below the green trap. "Tonight, I shall finally have my prize..."
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It had taken Haley a couple of minutes before she had found the escaping safe, but she had finally found it and was now following it, trying to see where it was headed. Suddenly, Haley gasped in surprise as the safe shot down to the ground below; Haley looked down and saw it heading for some green thing on the ground. But that was not what surprised her the most; what surprised her the most was who was standing at the foot of the hole as the safe started to get sucked into the hole: the dragon she though she and Spud had put down for good.
Slowly landing as far away as she could, Haley could hear the cloaked dragon laugh as his tail moved to a switch on the ground. Once it was switched off, all of the other metal items in the sky fell back down to the ground, and the cloaked dragon jumped into the hole after the safe. Haley was about to reveal herself, but before she could, she felt someone tapping on her shoulder. Slowly turning around, Haley's eyes widened in fear as she saw the thief pointing her gun at her. "So, you're the dragon that defeated him?" she asked. "Hey,!" she suddenly called over to the hole. "There's a dragon that wants to see you!" Then, the thief turned back to Haley and forced her to walk over to the hole, just as the cloaked dragon appeared out of the hole, struggling to lift the safe.
The cloaked dragon sighed with relief as he dropped the safe on the ground, and he looked up to see the thief return with Haley. "You survived..." was all Haley said. "How?"
"Of course I survived!" the cloaked dragon roared. "I'm too powerful to be slain that way..." Then, the dragon grabbed Haley's claws and growled: "Open the safe..."
Haley scowled as she yanked her hand free. "And if I say no?"
"Then I'll destroy you..." the thief said from behind, and Haley could feel the barrel of the gun against the back of her head.
"Fine..." Haley growled, and she bent down, entering the code on the safe. As soon as she entered it, she could hear a click, and she pulled open the door, where she could see several magical artifacts... "Give me the hourglass..." the cloaked dragon growled.
Haley stared into the safe, and she quickly caught sight of the hourglass, and right next to it was a metal helmet, the Helmet of Truth, Haley believed it was. "Well, what's taking so long?" she could hear the cloaked dragon's impatient voice from behind her.
Quickly making up her mind, Haley grabbed the Helmet of Truth and pulled out, swinging it right into the side of the thief's face before she could react. The thief stumbled briefly and dropped her gun before she fell backwards onto the ground. Haley could hear a roar of rage coming from behind her, and she could hear whistling wind as the cloaked dragon swung one of his claws at her.
Haley reacted quickly, and she flew out of the way, landing a couple feet away. The cloaked dragon growled and he lifted off his feet, flying over to her, landing as he tried to swipe furiously at her. Haley tried to avoid the dragon's attacks, but soon, she grunted as she found herself lying on her back as the cloaked dragon raised his claws into the air.
"Now..." he growled. "Now I slay you and take the hourglass for myself! It is over!"
Haley's eyes widened in fear as she saw the claw; frantically looking for something to save herself, Haley turned her head in both directions; the first time, she saw nothing, but on the second turn, she found all that she needed: in arm's reach was the thief's metal belt. Haley quickly reached out and grabbed it; once it was in her claws she shot up and wrapped it around the cloaked dragon's wrist just as he was bringing his claws down. The belt wrapped around his wrist, and as he just stared in surprise, Haley locked the belt before bringing up her tail and slamming it into his stomach, throwing him backwards on the ground on his back as she flew over to the hole. Finding the switch, she flipped it on, before getting in front of the safe, trying to hold it back with her strength. "Come on..." Haley grunted as she fought. "Not much longer..."
Haley then heard a panicked shout, and she looked up to see the cloaked dragon being sucked into the hole, along with the other metal objects, struggling futilely. Haley watched as the dragon was sucked into the hole, and she peeked into the hole as the dragon hit the green trap, slowly sinking under it seconds later. Relieved, Haley used her tail to flip the switch off, and she stood up, looking into the green trap, that was still there. The cloaked roared with rage, only it came out as rather muffled due to the "wall" he was behind, as he pounded at the green wall keeping him in.
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Lu Dog stood nervously in the main hall beside Fu, as the Scottish Dragon applied glue to all of the seats belonging to the council members. The Scottish Dragon chuckled as he put the glue back into the bag. "Well, this is it..." he told the two dogs. "This is it. This will get you fired for sure."
"Yeah, but are you sure that it won't get her put away for a long time?" Fu asked.
"Oh, don't be joy killers!" The Scottish Dragon moaned. "Come on. We need to get out of her before the council members come in here. And that will be soon..." The Scottish Dragon then lifted off his feet and grabbed the two dogs, flying them out back just as the front doors opened and Councilor Fachtna, Ulixes, Callum, Greggy and Holly walked in, each walking over to their respective seats and sitting down.
Meanwhile, the Scottish Dragon landed on the roof, letting go of Fu and Lu. "Now stand back..." the Scottish Dragon said as he put his claws to the roof and started to saw away part of it. Just as it started to fall, the Scottish Dragon reached down and grabbed it. Lu and Fu both looked down at the room, both surprised to see that none of the council members hadn't noticed.
"We need to decide on the dates for our inspections of the dragons and their masters..." Fachtna was saying as he poured himself a cup of tea. "I was thinking about sometime next month."
"That sounds perfect..." Ulixes agreed. "Sounds good to me." Callum said. "No better time..." Greggy agreed.
"And what about you, Councilor?" Fachtna asked, looking right at Holly. Holly shrugged. "It's going to happen anyway, isn't it? It doesn't matter to me exactly when."
Fachtna just glared at Holly for a moment, but he then turned his attention back to the others. "Then it is settled..."
Back on the roof, the Scottish Dragon grinned as he reached into his bag and pulled out a large launching gun. "Watch this..." he smiled at the two dogs as he pointed the gun down at the councilors. Then, the dragon pulled the trigger, making the gun shoot out medium pizzas, which shot down and landed on each of the council member's heads.
Councilor Ulixes quickly reacted with rage; tearing the pizza off of her head, she looked up with a fire in her eyes that made the Scottish Dragon drop the launching gun and Fu and Lu both widen their eyes.
"GET DOWN HER NOW!" Ulixes roared.
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Lu Dog found herself shaking violently as she stood next to Fu and the Scottish Dragon as they all stood in front of the Council. Fachtna faced before them as the others stood behind him; Greggy, Callum, Ulixes and even Holly were all scowling.
"Did you really think that you could get away with this?" Fachtna demanded as he stopped pacing, now looking each in the eyes. "Well, did you?"
"We weren't trying to get away with it..." Lu said slowly.
"Then what were you trying to do?" Fachtna seemed to be struggling to control his temper. "I have half a mind to throw you all in a prison cell!"
"No!" Lu suddenly shouted, and she found herself walking over to Fachtna. "Don't punish them; if you have to punish someone, punish me..."
"What were you thinking?" Lu could hear Holly ask from behind.
"I feel trapped..." Lu answered. "You're forcing me to do something that I don't want to do anymore. Something that I never wanted to do! And it isn't fair to Fu, either. I was trying to get you to fire me. I want to go home...to my family..."
"You should have thought of that before you tried to rob Sun Park's shop!" Ulixes declared coldly. "I thought it was made clear, dog, that you can either serve your time as an animal guardian, or rot in a prison cell. We were giving you the best option..."
"I was desperate for food!" the golden tried to defend herself. "That's all I wanted..."
"And why do you think that we should care?" Fachtna asked, and before Lu Dog could respond, he added: "All three of you go down to the cafeteria and wait there until I arrive. The rest of the Council and I must decide on your punishment."
"But..." Lu tried one more time.
"Go now..." Fachtna growled. Sighing sadly, both dogs and the Scottish Dragon turned and made their way out the door. While Lu Dog and the Scottish Dragon continued on their way, Fu Dog stopped as he heard the Council talking. Stopping abruptly, Fu Dog made his way to the side of the door and listened:
"You should have just threw them all in a cell..." Callum growled.
"We couldn't do that..." Fachtna responded.
"Why not?" Callum demanded. "It would teach them a lesson. They would learn to think twice about pulling a prank like that..."
"But that would get in the way with our job..." Fachtna told him.
"What job?"
"Our job..." Ulixes answered for Fachtna. "Our job is to make sure that Haley Long does not turn out like her brother."
"I fail to see how that has anything to do with-" Callum tried to say, but once again, Ulixes cut him off.
"Don't you get it?" Ulixes growled. "Jake Long turned into a traitor of the order! Councilor Fachtna and I are doing everything in our power to make sure that his sister does not follow in his paths. That means that there has to be some changes..."
"I don't follow..."
"Of course you don't!" Ulixes exclaimed. "Of course you don't follow! We have to make sure that there is nothing that will tempt the American Dragon. That is why we cannot throw that dog into a cell. She must be Dragon Long's animal guardian."
"You're not blaming the shar-pei for what happened?" Callum asked.
"Everyone who was an influence on Jake Long cannot be an influence on Haley's..." Ulixes stated dangerously. "The shar-pei had to go. Wouldn't you agree, Councilor Jennings?"
Fu Dog listened closely for the answer, and the shar-pei's eyes widened as he heard a very small and quiet "Yes..." from Holly.
"Holly, how could you?" Fu muttered to himself before he rushed off.
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Haley grunted as she carried the safe back into Canal Street Electronics. "Careful now..." Sun told her as she held the door open for her pupil. Haley continued back into the room and set the safe down before she reverted to her human form and turned to face the wall, as Sun stepped up to it.
"I was going to wait for Lu and Fu Dog to get back..." Sun said. "...so they could help out..." But then she changed the subject. "Is the hourglass safe?"
"Why don't you see for yourself?" Haley smiled as she pulled open the safe and pulled out both the Ucrono and the Helmet of Truth. "Sorry, Sun..." she added. "The Helmet of truth got a little banged up."
Sun just stared at both of them for a minute before she smiled and took both of the artifacts. "That is okay, Haley..." Sun told her. "What truly matters is that the Ucrono Hourglass is safe. The Helmet of Truth can be repaired, which you can do while I fix the wall..."
If Haley had been smiling before, she wasn't anymore. "Aw man!" She couldn't help but moan out her brother's old catchphrase.
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By the time Fu Dog returned to the cafeteria where Lu and the Scottish Dragon were waiting, he was panting. "Puppy!" he exclaimed, making Lu turn her head toward him. "You'll never guess what I just heard!"
"We're all in a lot of trouble?"
"No, I said you'd never guess..."
"Can this wait until we're back at the shop?" Lu asked.
"Um, can I be perfectly honest with you, puppy?" Fu asked, and after a stiff nod from the golden, he told her: "It's probably going to be a while until we get back to the shop..."
At first, Lu looked shocked, but then she nodded again. "Alright..." she caved. "What is it?"
"I heard that the council hired you for a specific reason!"
"Yeah, to punish me..."
"No!" Fu cut her off. "They want me out of the way so that Haley won't end up like Jake! That's the real reason they won't let go of you."
"So it's true..." Lu suddenly said quietly.
"You knew about this?" Fu asked, surprised. "You could have told me...or Sun or Haley for that matter!"
"No!" the golden snapped. "Haley told me that you have a bad habit of twisting stories around so that it makes you look like the hero of the mission."
Before Fu Dog could respond, the doors opened wide as Councilor Fachtna, Councilor Ulixes, and Greggy all walked inside. Ulixes grinned and the Scottish Dragon's eyes widened as he realized that she had his bag.
"Oh, this is going to be fun..." Ulixes taunted.
"Don't be too cruel to them..." Fachtna ordered as he turned and walked out the door, the doors closing behind him.
"Oh, we won't be too cruel to them..." Ulixes grinned again as she opened the bag, allowing Greggy and herself to pull something out. As they both chuckled, the three trouble makers moaned with anxiety as they waited. Then, Ulixes took out a pie, like the one that had been used on Nerk, and threw it at the three...
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: So, there's the episode. What do you think? I'm not fond of the ending, but I thought it would be important to show you all that pranksters will get their just desserts... :P
Please review...