“The Drag” is episode seven of season two of Special Unit 2.
Two people are doing a bit of grave robbing in the ancestral sacred Native American burial ground of one of them. He isn’t bothered by the curse. They get a coffin out and hear a sound. Not the truck. The coffin is loaded into the back of the pickup, but the battery is dead. The second gets out and gives it a push start. The first drives off. Leaving the second to be roasted with fire by something coming from above.
Kate and Nick arrive at a fire; the only one who saw the dragon was a homeless guy. They go inside and find a link. A fire fairy according to Nick; a fire devil according to the link, Wesley. Fire devils feed off the ashes of fire, getting drunk on the ashes. Wesley has no intention of cooperating, but sparkling water is like acid to them and he eventually admits it was a dragon. In town for the last week; six fires in so many days. Wesley says the ashes from such fires are superior.
Jonathan talks about the European dragon, the less common Eastern dragon and what they have, the extremely rare Native American dragon. There hasn’t been one in town since 1871. The Great Chicago Fire. They do have an experienced dragonslayer. Carl. Who killed the dragon responsible for the Great Fire of London. Dragons eat gnomes; it’s their favourite food. The attack at the beginning was at the Kolota burial ground. There wasn’t much left of the man.
Kate and Nick head to see the tribe’s head counsel. A lawyer. Nick hates lawyers. Except, perhaps, this one, Jesse. She isn’t dressed like a lawyer at the moment. She’s surprised anyone cares about the incident. Jesse says the robbers were after a piece of jewellery buried with the corpse. Her ancestors practiced ritual sacrifice and this was the Necklace of Placation, part of a ritual carried out after a series of devastating fires to placate the fire god. And the Kolota murdered one of their own and adorned her body with the necklace. The fires stopped. But the legend is just a fairy-tale. According to one, she’s a princess. Jesse does have an idea who’s behind it. George Armstrong, who has acquired every Kolota artefact he can. His ancestor was George Armstrong Custer. But Armstrong won’t admit it if he has the necklace. Outside, Nick and Kate discuss whether Jesse would go out with Nick, then Armstrong.
That night, Carl is armed and suited up in a protective suit whilst Captain Page, Nick and Kate are in the mobile command centre. There’s a sound and Carl’s gun is blown from his hand. The dragon is still too high to show up on the sensors. Carl is nervous and admits there’s more to the story of how he killed the other dragon. He was doing a bit of burglary, the dragon smelled him and landed on the roof. It was raining, the roof was slippery and the dragon slipped and impaled itself on a spire. The dragon is coming in and the other three exit the command centre. The open fire with no effect. The dragon literally opens fire and the command centre is toast.
Carl is being treated for his injuries. Page is not happy about the amount of stuff lost because of Carl’s lies. However, a suspect has been arrested; he’s refusing to talk and Jesse is arranging to have him transferred.
The other graverobber is brought in hooded. The hood is removed and there’s another man next to him. Nick questions the second and, when he refuses to talk, shoots him. The first is now willing to admit everything, from stealing the necklace to dumping the body from the coffin in the river, in any form they’d like. Armstrong paid him to do it. Armstrong has the necklace. He’s taken away and Nick pays the not dead link, Frankie, for his help.
Armstrong doesn’t admit to having the necklace, naturally enough. Which means they need to look for alternative ways of getting the necklace back before the dragon decides to create the Second Great Chicago Fire. It’s not as easy as it seems.