 When Dragon learns that Axel is the son of Sebastian Manning and seeing how Paine was going to kill Axel while he was wearing the inhibitor, Dragon cuts the inhibitor off him, telling Paine that "A Jo-Lan warrior deserves to meet his end with honor" and that he completed his job.Paine was furious and ordered Spydah and Flesh to attack them, but the Alpha Teens found them and helped defeat them and destroy the inhibitor.After Axel and Dragon both briefly fought Paine, Dragon forces Axel into another fight.