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16. New Enemy P2

"What? No ones-"

Astrid cut Tuff of so he couldn't ruin our plan, "Supposed to know about it. I know."

"Yeah." Fishlegs played into our lie. "Dragon's Edge is like a fortress. Lots of Dragon Riders."

"Under the command of 'Captain Gustav'." Astrid added. I grimaced thinking about Gustav commanding everyone at the Edge.

"Wait. 'Captain Gustav'? He outranks me?" Tuff questioned.

"I know, right?" I muttered with a smile.

"Only thing we could think of to keep them from taking over Dragon's Edge." Astrid lowered her voice to a whisper.

"Ha! And they bought it?" Ruff asked.

"For now. Eventually, Ryker will send someone there to check it out." I said.

"Y'all bought us time." Fishlegs smiled at my girlfriend and I.

"Exactly. We need to get out of here before they find out we were bluffing. Any ideas?" Astrid asked.

"Oh, I'm way ahead of you." Tuffnut declared. "I have the perfect plan." He pulled a cup out of Thor knows where. "We tunnel out." He started scooping at the ground.

"Through the bottom of the boat?"

"Into the middle of the sea?"

"Exactly. They will never see it coming. Even I won't!" Tuff said, making me tilt my head in confusion. "Especially because I don't know how or swim. Okay, mental note, learn to swim. By tomorrow, or mid next week."

Ruff and Fishlegs fought over the cup, while Astrid and I looked through the bars. Tuff walked up to us, "How about this? We set our cell on fire and-"

"Uh, no!"

"I have an idea! We-" Before Ruff could even start her idea, Fishlegs interupted.

"How about psychological warfare? We learn our guards' names. Get them to like us. And then eventually they'll lower their guard and..."

"Boring!" Tuff drawed out.

"And that would take about..." I counted on my fingers, "A million years!"

"What if-" Ruff tried to start.

"Acid!" Tuffnut yelled.

"Ugh! Okay, fine. Shutting down the Ruffnut idea farm. No milk served here." She complained.

"But the Tuffnut idea farm has a mighty fine harvest. We use acid to cut through the bars!" Tuff exclaimed.

"And where do we get the acid?"

"I'm still working that out."

"My idea farm is dead." I frowned and crossed my arms.

"Don't pout." Astrid grinned at me.

"What? I'm not."

"Uh-huh."

"Ryker wants to see you." Heather walked to the door.

"Me?"

"No. All of you. Let's go." Heather opened the cell door and we all walked out. This time, she put her arm around my shoulders as we walked. I could see Astrid glaring at her from the corner of my eye.

"I am Ryker." The ugly man told us. "This I my ship. You are my prisoners. And your dragons are now my dragons."

I couldn't help but let out a laugh. I immediately slapped my hand over my mouth. "You think that's funny, do you?" Ryker eyed me.