It had been three days since they encountered the Speed Stingers, and now a massive cooled front had hit Icarus. Sledkin had finally recovered from the venom but wasn't too happy that she was forced to remain in the infirmary under observation.
"Dr Sledkin, please calm down," said Angela, trying to keep her on the bed.
"Calm down? It's been three days," she spat. "How much longer do I need to be observed? This is ridiculous! I'm fine."
"Dr Sledkin, we still don't know what happened to you. You say something stung you, but we don't know what it was."
"I told you what it was," said Sledkin irritably. "There is a creature out there, a very large creature. And until we find it, we are all in danger."
Olivia had heard everything and immediately pulled out her phone to call Tom. "Tom, we need to talk."
Tom then gathered everyone in the Lair, informing them of his mother's final decision.
"So that's it," he said. "My mom's going to tell everyone about the dragons. Tonight. She says she doesn't tell the adult her way; Sledkin's going to find the dragons eventually. There's got to be a way to stop her, right?"
He looked at the others, hoping for some support, but saw them all looking at one another awkwardly.
"Wait. Are you guys…? Do you want the secret to come out?" Tom asked then, stunned.
"Well, you know I like keeping secrets…" said D'Angelo.
"And my moms miss Glowmer and…" said Alex.
"It might not be so bad," said Jun.
"And your mum does have a point," said James.
"Unbelievable!" said Tom, looking at them disappointed. "I thought we all agreed on this."
Eugene then arrived shivering. "Woo! It is frosty out there! What's up with that?" He then saw the serious looks on everyone's faces. "Whoa! What'd I miss?"
"They were all just telling me they wanna spill the dragon secret," said Tom.
"Huh. Well, I don't know about you guys, but I like having a secret Dragon Rider identity," said Eugene. "Makes me mysterious."
"Uh," Jun groaned.
"Way to your priorities straight," said James, rolling his eyes.
"That's a-a great reason, Eugene," said Tom dryly. "But once the other adults know, there's no turning back. More people will find out. Some good, sure. But also more Buzzsaws. Dragons will be in danger. Are you sure you're ready to risk that?"
"I think we have much of a choice, Tom," said James. "Your mum is going to tell them whether we like it or not."
Tom's phone then suddenly rang. "This is probably it. She's gonna tell them."
Everyone then looked at their dragons, really not sure how this was going to turn out.
Everyone had now gathered in the visitor centre, and Tom saw his mother whispering to Philip.
"Phil, try not to scare them," she said.
"If she thinks I'm just gonna be cool with this, she can forget it," said Tom.
"All right, all right!" Philip yelled, getting everyone's attention. "Settle down, please. I'm not one to sugarcoat, so I'm going to level with you all. I was just informed about something. Something that puts us all in real danger. The winter storm isn't over."In fact, it is only going to get worse.
Tom sighed in relief and smiled, which earned him a few strange looks from the Gonzalezs.
"A severe deep freeze is headed this way, and temperatures are going to plummet," Philip continued. "The batteries that store ICARUS' power or already frozen and…"
Then suddenly, the power went off, and the lights flickered.
"What was that?" May asked.
"The auxiliary power failing," said Philip. "Make no mistake, people, this is an emergency situation. Given our remote position and limited resources, we are extremely vulnerable. No power means no heat. We need to see to it that the data and samples in the lab are shielded from the cold. Otherwise, all the research we have done so far will have been for nothing. We'll be using blankets and anything we can find for that purpose.
Our communications are down, but Director Wong will remain in the operation centre in hopes we can update the nearest ranger outpost and receive aid. Dr Sledkin continues to recover in the infirmary. We'll update as necessary. Linda, last we checked, is on her way from a supply outpost with winter coats and other gear for all of us. Dr Kullersen, Chief Engineer Colson and myself will be attempting to bring the emergency generator back online.
The line that connects us to civilisation is a thin one, and if we're going to survive this, we all need to work together. Lastly, I need all of you kids to stay in one place so we don't have to worry about your safety while we handle this. You are to remain in Dr Kullersen's dome and wait for word from us."
Everyone in ICARUS Station immediately went to their posts; the Gonzalezs went to the lab and began covering all the samples with blankets. May went to the observation centre, trying to get a message out to the closest ranger outpost. Sledkin, on the other hand, was disobeying orders and ventured outside. Olivia, Clara and Philip tried their best to get the backup generator operational.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Riders followed the chief's instructions and hunkered down in Tom's dome, though none of them were too happy about it.
"A trip to the Fire Realm would be really nice right about now," said Jun.
"Yeah. I could work on my tan," Eugene agreed.
"At least the dragons are safe down below," said Tom. "And my mom is waiting until this is over to let the secret out. One less thing we have to worry about."
"Actually, we still have a lot to worry about," said James. "In case you didn't notice, there's an arctic wind blowing around us."
"I'm sure Linda will be back with winter gear soon," said D'Angelo positively.
"Yeah," Alex agreed. "No need to panic. Linda's totally reliable."
Linder was currently making her way back but was a little more concentrated on listening to Tchaikovsky loudly on the radio. She was so focused on moving her hands and humming to the music that she wasn't watching when she was going until she saw the turn.
She instantly pressed hard on the break but skidded across the icy road and crashed into a ditch, causing the horn to go off constantly.
"Oh, come on!" she said, switching off the horn.
It didn't take a genius to realise that she was not going anywhere any time soon and hit her head on the wheel.
Olivia and Clara tried to fix the generator while Philip tried to communicate with Linda, but the message was all gargled over the radio.
"I can't hear you," said Philip as he walked around, trying to get a better reception. "Linda! You're breaking…"
"I got a whole box…" said Linda.
"Where are you? Linda?"
"Im… fine…"
"Linda!" Philip yelled and then groaned when he lost the signal. "Dang it! Lost her."
"What?" Olivia gasped.
"She slid off the road. Van won't start," he said frustratingly. "That she was listening to Tchaikovsky again. She says she's fine. She's got plenty of winter gear. It's us who have to worry."
"I wish we had better news, but…" Olivia then turned to the generator, which lost power.
Tom and the others were listening to the adults on the radio, which depressed them greatly.
"So the winter gear is not coming," said May. "How about the generators? Any luck?"
"The circuits are completely frozen; this equipment wasn't designed to deal with arctic conditions," said Clara.
"Just turn it off, Alex," said Tom as he grabbed the Book of Dragons.
"You don't wanna hear what's going on?" Alex asked.
Tom shook his head.
Eugene began raiding the fridge. "Ah… Hey, does spicy mustard freeze? You know, since, by nature, it's hot."
"We're all gonna freeze to death with him," said Jun.
"Not like we have much of a choice," said James.
"We can't just sit here," said Alex. "We need to do something!"
"The dragons could help," said Jun. "They could start a fire and warm everyone up."
"I don't know, Jun," said Tom, putting the book down. "Adults are all over the place. One wrong move, and there goes the secret."
"Tom is going to blab the secret if we survive this," James pointed out.
"Yeah, and it's really bad out there, Tom," D'Angelo added. "The power's out; Linda is who knows where with all the winter gear, and the temperature is dropping by the minute. We're talking about life and death."
"And no Wi-Fi," Alex added. "Life and death."
Tom saw that every single one of the Riders were looking at him, and he had to concede they had a point. "Okay. You guys are right. Our dragons have the ability to help everyone get through this, but we can't risk them being seen."
"Super stealth mode. Got it," said D'Angelo.
"We need to keep humans and dragons safe."
Tom then opened the front door, and once they saw that the coast was clear, he gestured for everyone to follow him. However, unbeknownst to them, Sledkin spotted them leaving the dome.
They eventually made it to the Dragon's Lair and began discussing tactics.
"There's only one road to Rakke Town," said Tom. "If Linda's anywhere, she'll be there. D, Eugene, can you guys search the road? Make sure to…"
"Stay low," D'Angelo finished. "I know. Don't worry. Nobody will see us."
"Which is a shame because my hair is on point!" said Eugene.
Tom then looked at Thunder. "I think a lightning blast from Thunder could power up the generator's battery."
"Wu, Wei and I will go with you," said Jun, then saw a problem. "Wait. How do we get your mom, Clara and Phil away from the generator?"
"We'll run interference," said Alex, gesturing to herself and James.
"How?" Tom asked.
"Leave that to us," said Alex.
"Don't worry, we'll make sure to give you the time you need," said James.
Moments later, Feathers and Blade began attacking the wind turbines, damaging them, which was not part of the plan.
"Rakke Corp has insurance, right?" Alex asked.
"We are gonna get in so much trouble," said Jun.
"I think I have enough pocket money to fix that," James grimaced.
"Who will they blame? Dragons?" said Alex. "Dragons don't exist, right?"
"Uh, my mom knows they exist," Tom pointed out.
"Tom is gonna get in so much trouble," said Jun.
Alex then snorted.
"Actually, we'll all be in trouble by tomorrow once the adults find out about the dragons," said James and Alex stopped snorting.
Olivia and her team were still to get the generator operational, but it was completely frozen over.
"The temperature in the lab is dropping," said Hazel over the radio. "Our samples are starting to freeze over."
"We're doing everything we can," said Olivia, looking at Clara. "Any luck?"
"All bad," she said frantically. "Everything is shot…"
They were suddenly interrupted when they heard banging from the wind turbines. When they turned to look, they saw the propeller falling off one of them, followed by the turbine itself.
"This just went from really bad to worse," said Philip.
"We should check it out," said Olivia. "Make sure nobody's hurt."
The three of them then rushed over towards the turbine.
Meanwhile, D'Angelo and Eugene were still looking for Linda. They were following the road away from town but couldn't find a trace of the van.
"It's freezing up here!" Eugene shivered. "And pitch-black down there! I can barely see anything."
"Who needs to see when you've got Plowhron's trusty knows?" said D'Angelo, stroking her. "Right, girl?"
"Uh, I need to see," said Eugene. "Me! I do! I like seeing. So does Webmaster."
"It's all good. When you know Plow like I do, that worry goes away." He then looked up and saw that they were about to crash into some trees. "Look out!"
They quickly swirled out of the way to avoid the trees, but Eugene collided with one.
"D! My dude!" said Eugene as he looked down, noticing the road was gone. "We're supposed to be following the road, right? Looking for Linda?"
"Uh, girl?" said D'Angelo, looking slightly embarrassed. "Take us down."
They then landed on the ground, but there was no sign of the road or Linda.
"I don't see the road," said Eugene as they walked on foot. "Lemme guess. She's lost the scent?"
"Yeah…" said D'Angelo slowly. "Her sense of smell gets weak in the cold. I thought it would hold up a little longer. She's been doing okay in the Ice Realm, but…" He then struck her reassuringly. "It's okay, girl. You tried."
"So, we're lost as the world becomes one giant ice box?!" Eugene yelled. "Fan-freaking-tastic."
"We're not lost!" said D'Angelo. "We just gotta find our way back to the road. In the dark…"
"We don't have time to wander around! It's freezing out here!"
"Well, our dragons don't come standard with headlights!"
Eugene then suddenly got an idea. "Wait. But what if they did?"
D'Angelo frowned, not sure what he was getting at.
A few seconds later, they were walking through the forest with torches strapped to the horns of their dragons.
"I gotta admit, Eugene. This is a pretty ingenious idea," D'Angelo admitted.
"Yeah, I know it is," he said. "I'm full of great ideas. Dragon armour. Wheeled dragon boots for smooth landings. Dragon jet packs."
"They already fly," D'Angelo pointed out.
"Yeah, but dragons with jet packs would fly even faster. See? Fasting is cooler. You gotta have vision, my man."
Webmaster then growled.
"Webmaster gets it."
"No. I think he sees something," said D'Angelo, pointing ahead of them. "Look."
Eugene looked ahead. He could see something amongst the trees, and it looked like the main road.
Meanwhile, Tom and Jun were sneaking their way over towards the generator with their dragons.
"You know how these things work?" Jun asked once they reached the generator.
Tom looked at the generator. "Never seen one this big before, but they all work the same. Let's get the battery restarted."
Tom then tried to pull down on the lever to start the generator, but it was completely frozen in place.
"It's completely frozen," he said, looking back at Jun. "Can't do a thing until it's thawed."
"Leave that to me," said Jun, looking up at Wei. "Wei, thaw the sucker out. Gimme a heat blast."
Wei then unleashed his heat blast upon the generator, melting the ice around it.
"It worked!" Tom beamed. "Nice job, Wei."
None of them knew they were being watched by Sledkin, who looked at them suspiciously.
"What are you doing?" she frowned. Then her eyes suddenly laid on Thunder. "There you are! Whatever you are."
Back in the forest, D'Angelo and Eugene managed to find the road and Linda's van.
"We should kill the lights," D'Angelo advised.
Eugene immediately ignored that suggestion and advanced towards the van.
"Eugene, what are you doing?!" D'Angelo yelled.
"I'm going for a closer look!" he said.
"She might see Webmaster!"
"Relax. The windows are frosted over."
Linda was in the van getting some sleep when she was woken up by a light coming through the window. She turned but couldn't see anything due to the frost covering the window; she could definitely make the outline of something big outside.
She was about to scream but quickly closed her mouth and pretended to be asleep.
Outside, Eugene was looking for the window and then looked back at D'Angelo. "I can't really see, but I think she's asleep. She seems to be breathing."
"Good. Don't wake," said D'Angelo, hopping off Plowhorn. "The less she's aware of this, the better."
Back at ICARUS, Tom and his group were about to power up the generator.
"All right. Light it up, Pal," said Tom.
Thunder then fired a low-powered lightning blast at the generator.
No one was aware that Sledkin was hiding close, holding a tranquil gun.
"Make a fool outta me, huh?" she said as she loaded a tranquilliser dart in the gun. "Let's see how you like a tranquilliser dart?"
Wu and Wei then sensed something close by and tried to warn Jun.
"Quiet, you two," she said. That's when she noticed Sledkin aiming at Thunder and gasped. "Wu, we need cover now!"
Wu then quickly unleashed an ice blast, creating a cloud of fog that hid Thunder from view.
"You can't hide from me," said Sledkin as she ain't carefully. "That's the thing about stinging this scientist. She stings back."
She then noticed Thunder's tail sticking out of the fog, which was slowly lifting.
"Hurry!" Jun panicked.
"Almost. Almost…" said Tom. The generator was now powered up, and Thunder ceased his lightning blast. "We got power!"
The entire town began to light up.
"Way to go, Pal," said Tom, stroking Thunder.
Sledkin then fired a dart, which struck Thunder, who suddenly fired a lightning blast in retaliation. His lightning blast hit the generator, overloading it, and it exploded. Almost instantly, all the lights around town began to power down.
"Bull's eye," said Sledkin as she stood up. "Now, one more of these should put you fast asleep."
"Hey, you!" Alex yelled.
"Get away from our dragons!" James yelled.
Sledkin looked up and saw Alex and James flying down towards her. Feathers then quickly fired a sonic blast, hitting her with so much force that she fell to the ground and was rendered unconscious.
"Alex! James!" Jun gasped.
Sledkin lay on the ground, groaning.
"Don't worry," said Alex, looking at the others. "She's, uh, she's alive. Mostly."
"We're just sorry we didn't notice sooner," said James.
Tom then rushed over to Thunder, who groaned. "Are you okay, Pal?"
"What happened?" Jun asked.
Tom then found a tranquilliser dart. "Tranquilliser dart."
They then heard the generator sparking.
"The generator!" Jun gasped.
"Oh, we fried it. This is bad," said Tom and looked back at Thunder. "It's okay, Pal. It's not your fault."
"Let's check the generator again," said Phillip's voice. "Something's going…"
"We gotta go," said Jun. "Someone's coming."
Tom tried to move Thunder but wouldn't budge an inch, and he looked quite dazed. "I can't move him. The dart, it-it made him woozy."
"Not surprising," said James as he examined the dart. "These darts were meant to subdue fully grown bears. We're looking at a dragon's metabolism, which is stronger, but he's going to be like this for a while."
"We can't just stay here," said Alex.
"Well, I can't carry him!" said Tom. "That's why I'm the Rider and not the other way around."
Thunder gave Tom a weak growl.
Meanwhile, D'Angelo and Eugene were having far better luck with the van. Eugene had just used Webmaster's webs to tie around the towbar of the van and gave the thumbs up to D'Angelo.
"That's the signal, Plowhorn," he said. "Pull with all your might!"
Plowhorn then began pulling the van out of the ditch, but inside, Linda was very much awake and now utterly terrified. She was even more terrified when she saw the light from Webmaster's torch shining through the window as she was towed by him.
"Eh… what?" she gasped and reached for her radio. "Come in, ICARUS. I don't know if you can hear me, but I think I'm being abducted…" She then saw another flash of light and the shadow of something big flying through the front windscreen. "…by aliens."
Plowhorn pulled the van back onto the road and began making their way back to ICARUS.
At ICARUS, Thunder was still woozy from the tranquilliser dart, but he was now able to stand up on his own 4 feet.
"He's improving," said Tom. "Attaboy, Thunder."
"The dart that size won't affect him too long," said Jun.
"Guys, guys, guys," said Alex frantically.
"We may have another problem," James winced.
Tom and Jun turned and saw Olivia standing there, not looking too pleased.
"Tom! What did you do?" she asked.
"Mom! I know this looks bad, but… okay, I admit this is pretty bad," Tom admitted.
"Did you destroy the windmill, too? Was that you?" Olivia demanded. "The generator is fried. Now, we have no hope of restoring power."
"That was not on purpose," said Tom.
"Tom! Don't you see that keeping this secret puts everyone at risk? I've nearly been killed. Your friends, you, everyone. Now, the generator! Dr Sledkin!"
"She was attacking us…"
"Enough is enough!"
Everyone looked at one another, uneasy.
"Olivia! Everything okay down there?" Philip called.
"Not really!" Olivia yelled.
"Stay put. We're coming!" said Clara.
"Mom," said Tom, looking at her pleadingly. "I'm sorry. Please. Don't say anything. They can't learn like this."
Olivia looked reluctant, but she could see his point. "Take the dragons below. I've got enough to worry about now with cleaning up your mess."
Tom nodded, looking slightly ashamed and turned to the other Riders. "Come on, everyone."
Philip and Clara had just arrived, and the first thing they saw was the unconscious Sledkin on the ground and the busted generator.
"Dr Sledkin?" Philip gasped.
"The generator!" said Clara.
"Wh…what happened?" Philip asked.
"Did you see them?" said a dazed Sledkin. "The giant lizards."
"Oh, boy," said Philip. "She's hallucinating again. Better get her back to the infirmary stat."
Clara examined the generator and shook her head. "It's beyond repair; all of the circuits are fried, and I don't have any spare components. What on earth happened here, Olivia?"
Olivia just stood there in silence.
It was morning, and Tom and the others were returning to the Lair.
"Way to keep up, Thunder," said Jun, looking at Tom. "Sledkin's dart's wearing off, so that's good."
"Yeah, I guess," said Tom, looking at everyone. "My mom could be right. The harder I tried to keep the dragons secret, th-the more likely everyone in danger."
"Then, maybe it's time for the secret to come out," said Jun.
"But that could be worse. I'm no Hiccup. I can't bring humans and dragons together."
"We're humans," Jun pointed out. "We get along with the dragons."
"And that's kind of thanks to you," said Alex.
"No one said it was going to be easy, but the right thing often isn't," said James.
Tom looked at them and smiled, and Thunder nuzzled him.
Then, suddenly, they heard the sound of a helicopter engine and quickly looked up towards the helipad.
Olivia, Philip and Clara were boarding the helicopter, hoping to get some aid.
"Are you sure this is the best course of action?" May asked.
"It's the only course of action we've got," said Clara.
"With the generator completely out of commission, all communications down, Linda's van crashed, our best bet for getting everyone through this is to go for help ourselves," said Olivia.
"The nearest ranger station isn't too far away by air," said Philip. "Hopefully, they'll have some spare parts for the generator, supplies and winter gear."
"I thought those winds were too harsh up, therefore take-off," said Mary.
"They are," said Clara.
"We can't afford to risk not going," said Philip. "The temperature is dropping, and every minute that passes, the risk grows."
May sighed. "Good luck."
"We're definitely going to need it," said Clara.
Olivia then closed the door, and moments later, they took off.
They didn't get very far when the helicopter began shaking.
"Whoa! Keep her steady," said Philip.
"I'm doing my best!" said Olivia as she struggled with the controls. "But Mother Nature is giving me a hard time."
The shaking started to get worse.
"What was that?" Olivia asked.
Philip looked at the controls and immediately saw the problem. "We got a problem!" The rotor's freezing!"
On the ground, Tom and the others saw the helicopter flying out of control.
"Look!" Tom yelled.
Everyone in ICARUS was also where the situation rushed outside.
"What's going on?" Hazel asked.
"Oh, no!" said Carla.
"Phil!" Angela cried.
"Somebody do something!" May yelled.
Unfortunately, there was nothing anyone could do when they could only watch as Olivia desperately tried to regain control.
"The blade's jammed!" she yelled. "It must be frozen!"
"Can you land?" Clara asked.
Olivia grimaced and had a hard enough time keeping them upright, let alone trying to land.
"Oh, no!" said Tom as he and the others watched from the canyon.
"I can't look!" said Carla, covering her eyes.
"I can't stabilise it!" Olivia yelled.
Then, the helicopter's tail hit the canyon wall and began spinning out of control.
"Hold on!" Philip yelled, but it was too late; both Olivia and Clara fell through the door. "Olivia! Clara!"
As Olivia fell into the canyon, everything went in slow motion, but suddenly, there was a flash of purple light. A split second later, Thunder flew underneath and caught her, and Blade arrived a split second later, grabbing Clara with his claws.
"What was that?!" May stared.
"Tom!" Olivia gasped. "Thunder! You…"
She then hugged Tom, smiling.
Clara looked up and practically screamed when she saw Blade.
James then poked his head out, smiling. "Hi, Mum!"
"J-James?" Clara stared. "W-What is going on?"
"It's a long story, but I want you to meet my friend Blade," said James.
Blade lowered his head to look at Clara and growled happily. She, on the other hand, just stared, trying to figure out what just happened.
The helicopter was now falling towards the canyon with Philip still inside, and everyone watched in horror as he closed his eyes, accepting his fate. Then, suddenly, the helicopter stopped right in its tracks.
"What? How?" Philip stared.
Wu, Wei and Feathers were able to grab the helicopter, though they were struggling to keep it aloft.
"Hold on, you two. You can do it!" said Jun.
"You got this Feathers! Come on!" said Alex.
However, the helicopter was too heavy for the two dragons; it slipped out of their grip. They quickly managed to grab hold of it again, but Philip fell out of his seat. He would have plummeted into the canyon if he hadn't grabbed hold of the door, but then he saw Wu and Wei's heads through the window.
"What?" he gasped.
He was so shocked that he lost his grip and began plummeting towards the ground.
"No!" Angela cried.
She quickly moved towards the ledge and looked down into the canyon, fearing the worst. But then suddenly, flying out of the canyon was Plowhorn, and Philip was clutching her horn desperately.
"Uh… Hiya, Pop," said D'Angelo, weaving awkwardly.
"D'Angelo?!" he stared. "What is this thing?!"
"Her name is Plowhorn," said D'Angelo softly.
"Ah…" said Philip, not sure what else to say.
"Don't worry, girl. He means thank you," D'Angelo assured her.
Angela sighed in relief, and everyone just stared at the dragons.
Jun and Alex were still having problems holding onto the helicopter, and it looked as if it was going to slip through their dragons' claws again. Certainly, some webbing shot out of nowhere, latching onto the helicopter.
"Need some help?" Eugene asked.
"I'm so glad to see you," said Jun relieved.
"You know, this would be a lot easier if I dragons had jet packs," said Eugene. "Swoosh!"
"What?" Alex stared.
"Let that one percolate," he said.
"Tom?" said Olivia, looking down at everyone. "You… Everyone can see us."
"It's okay," Tom smiled at her. "Someone told me it was best that the secret comes out now, anyway."
Olivia smiled at him proudly.
The Riders then flew down onto the platform, where everyone stared blankly at them. Philip immediately rushed over to his wife and hugged her, which she returned in kind.
May looked at her children, astonished. "Wha…?"
"Hi, Mom!" Jun waved as if everything was perfectly normal. "So… I have a dragon."
"Oh, me, too!" said Eugene excitedly, began flicking the torch on Webmaster's horn. "And look. See the headlights? I invented them."
May just stared at them, speechless, and nodded.
Clara looked up at James, looking completely astonished. "So, you've got a dragon."
James stressed the back of his head awkwardly. "Yeah, you might want to sit down."
"Alejandra," said Carla as she and Hazel approached their daughter.
"You have a lot of explaining to do," said Hazel.
Feathers then suddenly cloaked, much to the astonishment of everyone.
"Uh…" Alex smiled awkwardly.
"Uh… Hey, everyone!" said Tom as he dismounted Thunder. "I'd like to introduce you all to our friends, the dragons. I know they look big and fearsome, but they can be great friends and allies if we show them respect. And protect them."
"And luckily, all Rakke employees are under strict secrecy guidelines," D'Angelo added. "And that means no telling anyone outside of here about dragons. Right?"
May instantly looked at Philip, who merely shrugged.
"Out of my way! Move it!" Linda yelled as she finally arrived. "I made it back, and I got plenty of winter coa…" She then saw the dragons. "…ts."
Sledkin then began pushing past everyone. "Everyone, listen! There are dragons! We have to do something! I saw…"
She then stopped when she saw the dragons standing in front of everyone in broad daylight.
Linda then approached her. "You're not gonna believe this, but there are also aliens in the forest."
Sledkin just remained completely silent.
Tom merely folded his arms and smiled triumphantly.
He then noticed that everyone was still shivering due to the cold. "Hey, Riders! Let's warm this place up."
"Light it up, Plow," said D'Angelo.
Plowhorn then fired off a loopy blast at their feet, creating a small fire, much to everyone's relief.
Eugene scoffed. "Webs can help warm everyone up, too. Flame it out, Webmaster!"
Webmaster then began firing fire webs all over the place, which caused quite a bit of panic.
"Look out!" Philip yelled as he ducked.
Everyone immediately screamed as they ran in all different directions.
"No! Wait!" said Jun as he tried to calm everyone down.
Unfortunately, she accidentally knocked into the helicopter, which fell into the canyon, and a small explosion quickly followed.
Philip looked over the edge and merely grunted, narrowing his eyes at the Riders. A security officer then suddenly ran past with his butt on fire.
"Uh… This is gonna take some work," said Tom, scratching his head.