Tom was in bed having a nightmare about the Fault Ripper, but not about how it almost killed him but how he failed to save it.
Before they got too deep into the poison cloud, Tom was able to use his pickaxe to pry open the Fault Ripper's claw. He was able to open his claws wide enough for him and Thunder to get away, but it soon began to chase after them.
"Thunder, light him up!" Tom ordered.
Thunder began to charge for a massive blast, but the Fault Ripper suddenly stopped in its tracks. Tom looked into his eyes and soon realised that he was afraid, but he didn't stop Thunder from blasting it. He then watched as the Fault Ripper fell to the bottom of the fissure.
Tom woke up with a start panting heavily; he then turned his eyes to the Viking helmet and the symbol on it.
The next day, Tom and the others were now planting sensors within the crystal world. After what happened with the Fault Ripper, they decided they needed to know if another dragon would exit the realm.
Tom, however, just flew around the crystal world, still clutching his sensor as if he was in some sort of dream.
"Watch out! Coming through!" D'Angelo yelled and threw his sensor down at the ground like a harpoon. "Bullseye! Jun! You're up!"
Jun then tossed her sensor to the ground.
"Guess it's my turn," said James as he flew by and tossed his sensor.
Jun turned to Tom, who was still holding his sensor. "All right, Kullersen. You going to stare at it all day or throw it?"
"Right. Yeah," said Tom bringing himself back to reality. "Come on, pal."
Thunder landed on the ground, and Tom plunged his sense into the ground.
"Sensors in place, perimeter set," said D'Angelo. "How are we looking, Alex?"
"They're connected and synced," said Alex looking at her tablet. "These sensors will create a nice virtual barrier to warn us if any dragons get too close to the fissure."
"So, we won't get blindsided by another dragon like the Fault Ripper," said Jun as he dismounted Wei and approached Tom.
"We're lucky ICARUS Station has so many of these sensors they won't miss a few," said James.
Tom was still thinking about the Fault Ripper and how helpless it looked.
Jun looked at him with concern. "You okay, Tom?"
"Yeah, fine," he said and rubbed Thunder. "Right, Pal. All good here."
Jun wasn't convinced. "You know, you can tell me if something's wrong."
Tom just remained quiet in some way, be heard in a massive booming sound and saw a dust cloud not too far away.
"Something's wrong," said Tom.
When they went over to investigate, they saw the three Gembreakers that attacked Plowhorn were turning over some rubble. They then watched as the three of them took off and left.
"What are those gem bullies up to now?" said D'Angelo.
"Let's find out," said James.
They then flew over towards the rubble and could hear something underneath it.
"Careful, Jun," said Tom.
Jun raised an eyebrow. "Like even know the meaning of the word."
"She has you there," said James.
Jun made her way to the rubble, and they heard a high-pitched screech inside when she reached out to touch the box. Wu instantly grabbed Jun and tried to pull her away from the rubble.
"Oh! Wu, Wei, back off," she said. "The Gembreakers trapped something in there."
"I think Jun's right," said Tom. "Okay, everyone. Look out. Open it up, Pal."
Thunder began to charge himself for electricity and then fired a blast of the rubble, demolishing it. When the dust settled, they could see a small cave that had been hidden by the rubble. They saw something moving inside it.
"Friend or foe?" D'Angelo called.
"If-if you're a foe, you're not required to respond with violence," Alex added.
"Careful guys, anything could come out of there," James warned.
Then slowly emerging from the shadows was a teeny tiny unicorn only covered in scales and had a pair of wings on its back.
"Okay, not what I envisioned," said James rubbing the back of his head.
"It's a baby unicorn!" Jun beamed.
She then immediately rushed up to the baby unicorn, much to the annoyance of Wu and Wei. She extended her hand to it, and it immediately jumped at her and began to lick her.
"Oh! Ha-ha, ha-ha!" she laughed.
"It's definitely unicorn adjacent, Jun, but I think it's actually a dragon," said Tom.
"And it might not actually be a baby," James added.
"Ooh! I called dragon dibs!" Jun announced.
"Dragon dibs? Is that a thing?" D'Angelo asked.
"I know he's cute, but we don't know this dragon," Tom reminded her.
"I know he's adorable," she said as the little dragon screeched excitedly.
Wu and Wei, on the other hand, Wu and Wei didn't appear to like they were being overlooked. Jun hugged the little dragon, and then suddenly, purple bubbles shot out of its horn.
"Oh, my gosh!" she said. "It has a bubble horn!"
One of the floating bubbles floated towards D'Angelo. He touched it with his finger, and it immediately popped, creating a small inferno, causing him to scream. Plowhorn was so spooked by the explosion that she jumped from D'Angelo off her back.
"Whoa! The bubbles are weaponised!" D'Angelo warned as one of the bubbles flew towards Alex. "Watch your brows!"
Alex instantly ran away from the bubble and hid behind Feathers. The bubble then popped in front of her, making her jump.
"That little dude's dangerous!" said Tom.
"Well, what did you expect?" said Jun, still smiling at the unicorn dragon. "He's so tiny. Naturally, he developed a way to protect himself."
"Naturally," said Alex, still hiding behind Feathers.
The little dragon then began sucking on Jun's finger when she went to scratch beneath his chin. "Aw, Nibbles is hungry."
"Nibbles?" Tom, James and D'Angelo stared.
"Does anyone have a snack?" Jun asked.
Against her better judgement, Alex reached into her satchel and pulled out a bag of cheesy groups. She then tossed it over towards Jun, but upon seeing the Nibbles flew out of Jun's arms and grabbed the bag himself. Once on the ground, he began tearing the back part reaching for the cheesy loops inside, one of which got stuck on his horn.
"Aw!" said Jun.
The others looked at one another, slightly uneasy, knowing that this was not a good sign.
"She named it; she fed it, she loves it. We're in trouble," Alex summarised.
Jun then picked up Nibbles and fed him the cheesy loop that was stuck on his horn. "I'm going to bring him home, feed him a real meal."
"Jun! Rule number three of Dragon Club. What happens in the Dragon World stays in the Dragon World," D'Angelo reminded her.
"But, he's so small. Nobody will ever know, and I have to protect him from the Gembreakers," she argued.
"I think he'll be okay," said Alex.
"Creatures as small as him often travel in packs, which means the rest of his kind is poorly not too far way," said James.
They could have argued a lot more, but D'Angelo had his alarm go. "Come on, it's getting late."
"We'll check on him first thing tomorrow," Tom promised. "Anyway, the Gembreakers think he's trapped in that case. He'll be fine. Promise."
Jun then looked at Nibbles, who continued to look at her adorably.
Rather reluctantly, she placed him back down on the ground when they found him.
"It almost curfew," D'Angelo reminded them. "We should go."
"Okay, okay," Jun sighed. "Just let me say goodbye."
Tom turned around and looked at her narrowing his eyes.
"Just goodbye. Promise."
Tom nodded and made his way over to Thunder.
Jun looked back at Nibbles, who kept on looking at her with his big baby doll eyes.
"Jun! Come on!" Tom yelled before leaving with the others.
Once he was gone, Jun looked back at Nibbles and smiled cunningly.
Once on the surface, they ran back to town as quickly as possible; it was already dark out. They only stopped when they got into the centre of town to catch their breath.
"Okay! Well…" Jun yawned. "Oh, so tired." She looked at them smiling, but every single one of them noticed her right eye twitching suspiciously. "See you guys tomorrow!"
They all watched as Jun ran off to her dome.
"That was weird," said Tom.
"Of all the things Jun does, you think that was weird?" said Alex and began to head home.
D'Angelo then heard his alarm go again and quickly ran. "Oh! Curfew!"
Tom looked at James, who shrugged and made his way home.
Tom watched as Jun reached her dome and knew something was up, but figured it could wait until morning and made his way home.
Jun managed to get to her dome and snuck inside; she found her mother in her room, organising her books. She quickly dashed off to her bedroom and had just removed her bag when she discovered the room was already occupied.
"What's up, little sis?" said a voice.
Jun looked up and saw a young muscular man with short black hair sitting on her bed.
"Eugene?" Jun stared dumbfounded. "But, what are you… How are you…"
"Well, Dad's going on another epically boring book signing tour around the world," he said and then blew a raspberry. "Drag, party of one. So, he dumped me here. Drag, party of two."
"But why are you in my room?" Jun asked.
"Uh, my room now," he corrected. "You left a real mess, by the way. A bunch of rocks were scattered everywhere. Don't worry, I threw them outside."
"You mean my healing crystals?" Jun roared.
"Ha! Oh, whoops," he said with a small smile.
"Settling in?" said May as he poked her head around the door.
"Mum!" Eugene smiled, jumping to his feet. "I was just telling Jun how pleased I am to be here."
"Isn't it wonderful?" May smiled at Jun. "My baby boy is home."
"But…" Jun protested.
"Oh, you know how he feels about morning sun, so I gave him your room," she explained that she had Eugene.
"Thanks for understanding, Jun Bug," Eugene smiled. "I just can't wait to spend some quality time with my little sis."
"Mm! You were just the sweetest," May smiled at him. "Isn't he just the sweetest?"
"Love you, too, mummy."
Jun's eye twitched with aggravation, but she was immediately interrupted when her bag started to move and screech on its own.
"Great! Can't wait," said Jun and quickly exited the room. "Good night!"
May still clinging onto Eugene, but Eugene found Jun's exit to be rather suspicious.
Jun made her way to her new bedroom and immediately placed her bag on the bed. She unzips the bag revealing Nibbles hiding inside it.
"Welcome to my dome, Nibbles," she said, pulling him out.
She then placed it on her bed and immediately pulled out a notebook and pencil.
"Okay," she said as she began to draw him. "You might not be a real unicorn, but I bet the myths about unicorns originated from dragons like you."
Nibbles then flapped his wings and screeched.
"Sh, sh, sh, sh," Jun hissed as she pointed her pencil at him. "You're a secret. You need to be quiet. And whatever you do, stay away from Eugene."
Nibbles didn't appear to be listening and immediately grabbed her pencil.
"Here. You hungry?" she said as she reached into her bag and pulled out her lunchbox with a sandwich inside. "It's tuna fish."
Nibbles sniffed the sandwich but screeched angrily, clearly not liking the sandwich.
"I thought all dragons like to fish," said Jun surprised and then continued with her drawing.
Nibbles began to sniff around and then saw a bag of cheesy loops. Without hesitation, he flew over and began rummaging through the bag, but it was empty, and the only thing inside was plates of cheesy loops.
"More cheesy loops?" Jun frowned, looking up. "Well, I guess one more bag before bed won't hurt."
She then got on her bed and opened a drawer at the foot of her bed to make a bed for Nibbles.
"Going to make you a place to sleep," she said. "You'll be safe and sound right next to…"
Then suddenly, she noticed that Nibbles had flown over the wall into the living room, no doubt in search of food.
"Nibbles, no!" Jun panicked.
She rushed into the living room and saw nibbles on the fruit bowl making quite a bit of noise.
"Shh, shh!" Jun hissed as he ate an apple. "Quiet! Get back to our room."
Jun reached out to grab him, but he suddenly took off and opened the cupboard door with his horn. Jun immediately went after him, and when she opened the cupboard door, he flew out of it with a bag of popcorn.
"Drop it," she ordered.
Instead, Nibbles tore the bag open and ate the popcorn until it was all gone.
"No!" Jun moaned.
She then attempted to grab him, but what's more, he began flying around the room and began wrecking the place. It took some effort, but she finally managed to nab him.
"Gotcha," she said.
Then suddenly, popcorn shot out of his horn and struck her in the eyes, forcing her to let go of him. Nibbles began flying around the living room, shooting popcorn out of his horn and making a complete mess.
"Stop the pop! Stop the pop!" Jun hissed.
Sadly he wouldn't stop, and he wouldn't stand still. Instead, he ran to her mother's room. If that wasn't bad enough, all the noise woke Eugene.
"Jun?" he yawned. "Have you ever heard of jetlag? Keep it down."
He then saw the living room in a complete mess and grabbed a piece of popcorn on the windowsill. "Uh, what is going on out here?"
"Oh, I, uh, I-I was just making popcorn, and the microwave went crazy," Jun explained quickly. "Like, really crazy. Go back to bed."
She then ran off, leaving a confused Eugene behind.
"Mum's right, you are getting weirder," he said, and for the peace of popcorn he was holding in his mouth.
Jun followed Nibbles into her mother's room; the good news was that she was still asleep; the bad news was that Nibbles was standing on top of her.
"Nibbles, come," Jun whispered.
Nibbles just moved in closer, looking at her mother curiously. Jun saw some popcorn on the floor and immediately grabbed it.
"Nibbles. Here," she said, holding it out to him. "Popcorn."
She then tossed the popcorn out the open window, and Nibbles happily followed it. Unfortunately, this made a new problem, and Jun quickly followed him outside, unaware that Eugene was watching her through the window.
Nibbles was currently sniffing around until he saw a trashcan with a bag of cheesy loops in it. He immediately jumped inside and kissed the bag with his horn but then discovered that it was completely empty.
Upset, he immediately howled loud enough to wake the other teens.
Jun was still looking for Nibbles. "Nibbles! Nibbles!"
She then saw a banana peel on the ground and picked it up. "Ew…"
Her eyes then turned towards the trash bin that had been knocked over, no doubt by Nibbles.
"Jun!" said Tom's voice behind her, making her jump.
"Ah! Oh!" Jun cried. She quickly spun around and saw the others standing there. "Hey, guys."
"You heard that weird noise, too?" D'Angelo asked.
"Noise? Ha… no! No!" she said. "It was just me howling for Bigfoot. You know, like I do."
She then attempted to how, just like Nibbles earlier, though not as well. When she was finishing, she looked at the unconvinced faces of the others and smiled awkwardly.
"You know, that was almost convincing," said James folding his arms.
"Okay, fine," Jun groaned in defeat. "This is what happened."
"You brought the Bubblehorn home," Tom assumed.
"Knew it," said Alex.
"You. Did. What?" D'Angelo stared.
"That's the stupidest thing any of us has ever done, and that's saying something," said James.
"I never should let you alone with him," said Tom disappointingly.
"He was hungry!" said Jun defensively.
"That's no excuse!" said D'Angelo.
"We got a find that little dragon before someone else does," said Tom and gave Jun another disappointing look. "This is bigger than Jun breaking rule number two."
"It was rule three!" D'Angelo yelled, holding out three fingers. "Does no one read my handouts?"
"At least Tom remembers the rules," said James.
"All right," said Tom. "Let's split up and search the grounds."
They then heard the sound of flapping and saw Thunder flying overhead, hovering above them.
"Looks like Thunder is here to help us search," said Tom looking back at Jun.
"Even the dragons knew I took Nibbles?" said Jun incredulously.
"You don't have a very good poker face, Jun. Your eye twitches when you're hiding something," Alex informed her.
"It does not!" Jun argued, covering her right eye.
D'Angelo looked at Alex and James. "It totally does."
James nodded in agreement.
All of them split up and began searching for Nibbles.
"Nibbles? Nibby?" Jun called out, looking through the bushes.
"Come out, where ever you are!" James whispered as he looked around the domes. "Come to Uncle James."
D'Angelo made his way to a trashcan, and when he looked through it, he saw someone had tossed a sneaker inside.
"Who'd throw away a perfectly good sneaker?" he asked as he pulled it out. He then sniffed it. "Linda."
Tom heard rustling from the bushes and immediately assumed that it was Nibbles.
"You're mine!" he said and dived in.
Sadly it was not Nibbles he had grabbed, but the shaved sheep, which growled at him.
"Why? Why?" Tom yelled, looking at the sky.
The sheep then head-butted him right out of the bush.
Alex wandered around until she found an empty bag of cheesy loops. She grabbed it and got an idea; she pressed a hand against the bag allowing the dust that was still inside to scatter.
Seconds later, she heard movement behind and saw Nibbles looking straight at her.
"Ah! Help!" Alex cried out as Nibbles dived at her and straight into the bag of cheesy loops. "I'm being loop mugged!"
All the other teams immediately rushed to her aid.
"Whoa! Cheesy loops like dragon nip!" said D'Angelo as he reached out to Nibbles. "Who knew?"
D'Angelo was able to grab him, but Nibbles then bit down on his finger. James rushed in to nap him only to be head-butted in the stomach.
"Got him!" Tom yelled, grabbing Nibbles, only for him to kick him in the chin.
"Stop it, guys!" Jun hissed as Nibbles flew away. "You're scaring him!"
"Scaring him?" said Tom incredulously as he and the others rubbed their wounds.
He then saw Thunder flying over the general store.
"Nibbles must be in the big dome," Tom assumed.
"But how did he get inside?" D'Angelo asked.
"I think I know," said Jun.
When they went to investigate, they saw a hole in the dome.
"Looks like he bubble-blasted the door," said Jun.
"So, how do we get inside?" D'Angelo asked.
Alex smiled and pulled out a laptop. "Leave that to me."
Alex was able to hack into the security system and got the door open. When they got inside, they could definitely hear Nibbles chirping.
"I hear him, but I don't see him," said Tom.
"I hope he's not afraid of the dark," said Jun.
"Really?" said D'Angelo.
They then made their way inside.
"Split into two groups," D'Angelo ordered. "We'll cover more ground."
They all nodded in agreement, and D'Angelo and Alex left the others.
Jun then turned to Tom, who didn't appear to be best pleased. "You're really mad, huh?"
Tom looked at her. "Why'd you do it, Jun? You know it's against Dragon Club rules."
"And you know I've believed in unicorns my whole life."
"But he's not a unicorn!"
"I know that! But it's the closest I've ever been. I just wanted to spend time with him, study him, see what I can learn."
Tom then turned his back on Jun, still furious.
"Do I regret it now? Yes," she said. "But haven't you ever done something you regret?"
Tom then had a mental image of the Fault Ripper falling into the fissure because of him.
"Yeah," he said, turning to face her.
"See? Neither of us is perfect," said Jun.
James then coughed, and they suddenly remembered he was there with them, causing both of them to blush.
"So now you got all that sort out, how about we shift our focus to the reason we're here," James suggested.
Tom nodded. "All right, well then, let's just…"
"Busted!" said a voice yelled in their ears as someone grabbed their shoulders.
All three of them screamed, and when they spun around, they saw Eugene lapping at them.
"Eugene!" Jun glared.
"Totally got you guys," Eugene sniggered.
"Eugene?" said Tom and James in unison.
"Tommy? Jimmy?" said Eugene looking at the two of them. "Haven't seen either of you since you were six. Nice hair, Tommy. You cut it yourself?"
He then snorted.
"That's funny, Eugene," said Tom dryly. "You haven't changed a bit, either."
"Yeah, you're still arrogant and immature," said James dryly.
"What are you doing here?" Jun asked.
"Well, you weren't in the dome. Figured you're up to no good," said Eugene.
"We're not up to anything," said Jun.
"Yeah, sure you're not. So, what are we doing? TP the station? Grease the floor with lard? Throw a million fizzes into the fissure?"
"No!" Jun snapped.
"You need me to lead this. I'm a pro!" he said. "And there's nothing else to do around here."
"Uh, Eugene?" said Tom grabbing Jun. "Yeah. Can you give us a sec?"
Tom and James then pushed Jun to one side.
"Did you know he was here?" Tom asked her.
"I found out earlier," she admitted.
"Is there anything else you're hiding from us today?" Tom asked.
"Seriously? You're one to talk, Kullersen," Jun snapped.
"Instead of chewing each other's heads off, how about we actually do something practical?" James suggested.
"James is right; if Eugene sees that little dragon, the secret's dead," Tom nodded.
"You two going help D and Alex," said Jun as she walked past them. "I'll handle Eugene."
Jun made her way back to Eugene, who was currently posting something on his phone.
"Okay, Eugene, you want in?" she said.
"Yes! Finally!" Eugene laughed triumphantly. "I always knew you'd follow me to the dark side, little sis."
"How can I help myself?" she said, smiling. "Let's raid the storage closet."
They made their way to the storage closet, and Eugene opened the door.
"Love it," he said as he made his way inside. "Classic move. I've taught you well. So, where do we start?" He then turned around and saw Jun smiling with a hand on the door. "What are you doing?"
"Welcome to ICARUS, big bro," she said and began to close the door.
"No, Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun, don't!" Eugene yelled, but it was too late. She closed the door and locked him in. Eugene then used his phone as a light source. "Well played, little sis. Well played. #stressbutbeautiful."
He then took a selfy of himself.
D'Angelo and Alex were still searching for Nibbles until they spotted him sniffing around the aisles.
"There here is," said Alex and Nibbles looked directly at them. "He's staring right at us."
"No sudden movements, or he'll dart off again," said D'Angelo.
He then jumped when both Tom and James arrived.
Alex then grabbed a bag of cheesy loops.
"Didn't you try that already?" said Tom.
"It ended in disaster!" D'Angelo reminded her.
"Yeah. But this time, when he goes for the loops, you guys grab him," said Alex, waving the bag in front of Nibbles. "Here, dragon, dragon, dragon!"
Nibbles then immediately flew straight at them, and before any of them could react, he knocked them to the ground and grabbed the bag of cheesy loops.
"Well, that was embarrassing," said James as Jun showed up.
"Time to go on the offensive," said Alex.
Alex then immediately grabbed a broom and bin, giving them to Tom and D'Angelo.
Nibbles found a shelf full of cheesy loops, but then he scouted he saw the teenagers beginning to surround him.
"I got a bad feeling about this," said Tom.
Nibbles then roared so loud that all of them were forced to cover their ears. He then dived into a bag of cheesy loops knocking all the other bags onto the floor before falling onto the floor himself.
"D!" Tom yelled, using the broom to send Nibbles flying.
D'Angelo held the bin out, opened the lid, and closed it the moment Nibbles landed inside.
"Goal!" he yelled at the top of his voice.
"Okay, okay, we got him," said Jun and then knelt down to Nibbles. "Be gentle. Aw, poor little guy."
"Poor little guy?" D'Angelo stared at her as she took the bin from him. He then pressed a finger on each side of his head like a pair of horns. "He is the devil incarnate!"
"What are we going to do about Eugene?" Tom asked.
"Wait, I thought his name was Nibbles," Alex frowned.
"It's a long story," said Jun.
"We'll explain once we get this little guy out of ICARUS," said Tom as they began to make their leave.
They began making their way to the fissure, and Jun explained the situation to her brother.
"It's cool you have a brother!" said D'Angelo. "I always wanted one!"
"Really? You can have mine," said Jun.
"I'll bring Nibbles home on Thunder," said Tom as he waved Thunder down.
"Wait a sec," said Jun and looked at Nibbles. "I'll come to check on you tomorrow, okay?"
Then suddenly, they all heard beeping coming from Alex's tablet.
"Uh-oh," she said.
"What-oh?" D'Angelo asked.
"The sensors from the early warning system are going nuts," she informed them. "Something's coming up from the fissure."
They quickly made their way to the fissure and heard noises coming from it. Alex's tablet began beeping faster and judging from the noise, a lot of somethings were coming.
"That's a lot of beeps," said Tom.
"We got movement, 12 o'clock!" D'Angelo pointed.
Suddenly emerging from the fissure was a small army of Bubblehorns, and they began unleashing their explosive bubbles all over. Some merge together, creating even bigger bubbles that then explode; others just explode after a few seconds, creating small fireworks.
Jun laughed nervously. "Looks like everyone gets a unicorn."
"He is not a unicorn!" Tom snapped.
"He called in the cavalry," said D'Angelo. "We are being invaded!"
"I told you they were pack animals," said James narrowing his eyes at Jun.
"I knew anything that you'd had to be evil," said Alex glaring and Nibbles.
Nibbles immediately called out to his brethren, who flew down at the teenagers. Then if that was not bad enough, spikes started to appear all over their bodies.
"Okay, he's not as harmless as I thought," Jun admitted. "Maybe you guys were right."
Then flames appeared on the timber, their horns.
"Maybe?" Tom yelled.
"Retreat!" D'Angelo yelled.
They immediately ran away from the Bubblehorns.
Thunder could see they were having problems and knew he had to get reinforcements, and he flew back down into the fissure.
"Leave me alone! I'm defenceless!" D'Angelo cried.
A pair of Bubblehorns chased after Jun, but then two more appeared before her. They have completely surrounded. She noticed they were looking down at Nibbles.
"They're trying to bring Nibbles!" Jun yelled.
"That's it!" said Tom as he moved in to assist her. "Let's use Nibbles to lead them back to the fissure."
"But how do we get through the platoon of bubblers?" D'Angelo asked.
"We need reinforcements of our own," said James.
Then suddenly arriving in time to save was Thunder and the other dragons. Thunder fired a lightning blast to scare them as he and the other dragons flew downwards, forcing them to scatter.
"Thunder got us air support!" Tom beamed.
The dragons then came back around.
"Clear a path, Pal!" Tom ordered. "Should to stun! Should to stun!"
Thunder then fired low-powered lightning blasts down upon the ground. He didn't hit the Bubblehorns but blasted the ground beneath them enough to put them off.
"Commence with Operation Hot Potato!" D'Angelo commanded.
.They quickly ran towards the fissure quickly as they could, but the Bubblehorn were soon back on top of them and made a beeline for Jun.
"Wu! Wei" Jun yelled.
Wu and Wei then blasted the bubble with their ice and heat blast.
"Incoming!" Tom yelled as three Bubblehorns headed straight towards Jun.
The dragons flew overhead, and Thunder fired more lightning blasts to clear a path, but Tom soon found himself completely surrounded.
"Alex!" Tom yelled and tossed her Nibbles. "Go deep!"
Alex kept on running outstretched hands and closed her eyes, hoping she didn't drop the bin. She then felt something land in her hands. When she opened her eyes, she found she was holding Nibbles, much to her surprise.
"I actually caught it!" she yelled excitedly, stopping in her tracks.
"Run!" Tom yelled.
"Oh, right," she said, remembering they were in danger.
She immediately ran, and a few Bubblehorns followed her, but Feathers flew close behind to distract them.
"Alex, over here!" James yelled, waving his hands.
Alex closed her eyes and tossed him the bin, which he caught. A few Bubblehorns attempted to block his path, but Blade flew past, and his razor-sharp wings caused them to scatter.
"Carlson! I'm wide open!" D'Angelo yelled.
James then tossed Nibbles towards him, who he caught and kept on running. Plowhorn began firing her loogie bombs, causing the Bubblehorns to scatter.
"Oh, Yeah!" said D'Angelo as he danced around the Bubblehorns. "Can't handle this. Spin Move!" He then saw a group of Bubblehorn flying straight towards him. "You think I'm going that way, huh? Swim move! You got nothing…"
D'Angelo then tripped, losing his grip on the bin that contained Nibbles.
"No!" he yelled as Nibbles fell into the fissure.
"Nibbles!" Jun cried as she and the others ran towards the fissure.
The Bubblehorns had already flown down to rescue Nibbles and managed to free him from the bin.
"He's fine," said Alex. "Evil, but fine."
"Okay. Crisis averted," said Tom.
"Now, let's send our dragons back to the Lair and get home before my dad wakes up and busts us," said D'Angelo as they walked away.
Tom then noticed Jun had moved. "You coming, Jun?"
Jun looked at Nibbles sadly and waved. "Bye, Nibbles."
Nibbles then roared, and then he and the other Bubblehorn began to blow bubbles. However, this time they murdered all their bubbles together to form one big one. They then took off, leaving the bubble behind, which began to float out of the fissure.
"Uh, guys?" said Jun.
"You guys hear that, too, right?" Alex asked the others.
They then gasped as the giant bubble flew out of the fissure.
"What is that?" Alex asked.
"They combined their powers to create the ultimate bubble bomb!" said D'Angelo.
"And it seems to be heading straight for ICARUS," James noted.
"Based on the explosive power of one small bubble…" said Alex.
"That one's going to blow up the entire town," Tom finished, then he quickly waved it Thunder. "Quick, Thunder!"
Tom then jumped off the ledge, landed on Thunder's back, and quickly returned to town.
"Thunder! Lights out!" Tom yelled.
Thunder quickly unleashed an electrical burst down upon the town, causing a blackout. The others soon joined up with Tom, hovering over the town.
"What do we do?" Alex asked. "If we blast it, it'll just blow up."
"We somehow have to move it out of town without making it pop," said Tom.
Jun began thinking hard and got an idea. "I got it! You guys get underneath and get ready to catch."
She then swooped down towards the bubble.
"Again?" Alex groaned.
Tom and the others position themselves beneath the bubble, not sure what Jun had planned.
"Wu! Freeze it!" Jun ordered.
Wu then unleashed his ice blast upon the bubble freezing it instantly. With the extra weight, of began to float downwards, and the others quickly caught it.
"Got it. I think," said Tom.
"Good over here!" said D'Angelo on the other side.
"I have it," said James behind it.
"All right. This is another catching for one day," said Alex underneath it.
They then pushed the bubble into the fissure.
"Light it up, Pal," said Tom.
Thunder then fired a lightning blast at the bubble, which caused it to explode harmlessly inside the fissure.
Tom sighed with relief and smiled at Jun.
Moments later, they returned back to the Lair to drop off their dragons.
"Okay, so just to be clear, I'm adding a new rule to Dragon Club," said D'Angelo. "No bringing cute unicorn dragons back home."
"Yeah, they're more trouble than they're worth," James agreed.
"We'll call it the Jun rule," said Alex.
"Okay, fine. I get it," said Jun as she stroked Wei. "But what did you expect me to do? I couldn't just leave Nibbles down there to starve to death."
"Jun's right," said Tom and everyone gave him blank looks. "I mean, she shouldn't have brought it home, but our mission is to protect dragons." He then stroke Thunder smiling at him. "And to never hurt another dragon. That's what it means to be a Dragon Rider."
They then approached one another, bumped fists together, and began to leave.
"Next time we come across a hungry dragon, we'll just grab some cheesy loops from the general store and make a delivery," said D'Angelo.
"Dragon delivery service. I like it," said Alex.
"The general store…" said Jun horrified. "I forgot about Eugene!"
Eugene was still locked in the closet in the general store and fast asleep on the floor after eating everything he could find there. The