Midnight- a time where the city is dead save for the low down and those trying to keep them in check. The City known as Dragon's Edge was anything but silent, whether it be the loud music banging from beyond the walls of a fraternity, the sounds of screaming as another teenage couple got into a fight knowing damn well they weren't ready to move in together, or the sounds of crime seeping through the streets.
Five men stood in an alley just down the way from Deblois Street. The men chatted amongst themselves, two cars pulled into the alley and parked side by side. The trunks were open, with briefcases being shown. One large man, standing at a staggering 6'4 and sporting a somewhat trimmed mustache with a streak of hair going from his lower lip to his chin stood tall wearing a dark brown leather jacket over several gold chains and a black wife beater.
"We doing the deal or what Rykie?" A red headed man asked the taller one. This redhead stood just below Ryker's height at 6' even and had a wild fiery hairstyle to match his personality. He seemed calm on the surface as he looked at his men then at Ryker.
"Hold your horses Dagur, we're waiting on the okay." Ryker replied nonchalantly as he checked his phone. It soon chimed with a message, one that brought a smile to the large man's face. "Now we're good to go… let's see the money." He told Dagur who gave a wave of his right hand to one of the two men standing behind him.
The man moved to the trunk, grabbing their briefcase and walking it over before popping it open to reveal it's contents to Ryker. Ryker nodded, smiling brightly as he observed the currency hidden inside. He snapped his fingers, which led his associate to grab their briefcase and bring it over, opening it to reveal several bags of a white substance.
Dagur smiled at this. "This is it? The stuff they're calling Dragon's Breath? Looks like straight C to me." He notes , eyes moving over the substance.
Ryker chuckled "Yeah this is it. Changes colors when cooked and broken down...we sell it to all types, kids go crazy for the shit. Don't understand it, don't question it. It brings in the profit and that's all I care about...now then, we good or what?"
Dagur looked at the case once more, mulling over the deal before nodding, his briefcase being handed over. The briefcase Ryker had brought was handed to him and placed into their trunk. "We'll make our own steady little profit off this stuff.." the redheaded maniac states.
A high pitched shrieking sound tore through their ears in that moment, causing all five men within the alley to look upwards. "What in Thor's name was that?!?" One of Dagur's men asked as he drew out a 9mm from his coat and readied himself.
"That...was our new neighbor.." Ryker states as he looks over at them, his man loading the briefcase of money into their car in a hurry. As soon as he goes to close the trunk a sharp objects rips through the air and lands in his left hand.
He shrieks in pain and clutches his hand, staring at a black object protruding from his hand. The object is shaped like the letter V, a sleek black metal. "What the Hel?!?!" The man shouts as he tries to remove it.
"Ya know it's filth like you guys that make this city look bad." A modified voice speaks from the shadows. The men look all around before their eyes finally lock onto a dark figure on one of the rooftop above, cape flowing in the wind as he peered down at them with green eyes.
"It's Night Fury!" One of Dagur's men shouted as he aimed at the figure, Dagur drawing his own pistol and doing the same.
"Thunderdrum won't be far behind, look out!" He calls as Ryker draws his pistol, his injured man trying to tend to his hand. Night Fury audibly sighed before leaping off of the roof as the men below searched for an even larger figure. He fired a grappling hook next to the cars, which pulled him at a fast rate.
Using this momentum, he crashed onto one of Dagur's men, sending him flying into the side of their car, head hitting the window and shattering the glass. He slid down the side of the vehicle, a large dent being left behind as he went unconscious, blood slowly coming from his scarred head.
The other men turned their weapons on him, but we're too late as he pounced onto Dagur's other man, slapping his weapon from his hand before slapping him in the face. Dagur and Ryker took aim with their guns, opening fire.
Night Fury moved with a swiftness, dragging the man around and causing one bullet to hit his shoulder as the other hit his left leg. He spun around and tossed the man at Dagur. As he landed , he rolled into a kneeling stance and threw another projectile at Ryker.
It lodged itself into the barrel of his gun, causing it to explode the next time he pulled the trigger. Bits of shrapnel sliced parts of his face and shoulders as he screamed in pain, dropping what was left of the weapon.
Dagur pushed the man off of himself and looked up at Night Fury. Lit up green eyes stared back at him before rushing over and delivering a powerful kick to his jaw, knocking out several teeth and knocking Dagur head first into the other car.
With three men down, Night Fury turned to the injured Ryker and drew out a collapsible bo staff. The staff expanded in his hand, which he used to swing at the side of Ryker's jaw with enough Force to knock out five teeth and send a bit of blood flying to the ground below. As Ryker fell to the ground, his head collided with the hard pavement.
Night Fury jabbed the staff into the side of his head, ensuring both him losing consciousness and gaining a concussion in the process. He looked now to the man who's hand had taken a shuriken earlier and slapped him in the back of the head with the staff, knocking him out as well.
With the men unconscious, Night Fury tapped into the minicomputer installed on his wrist gauntlet before grappling away.
Within minutes, the police had arrived to the scene to make the needed arrests. As three police cars pulled out, from behind the wheel of one came a blonde haired , determined figure.
Officer Hofferson looked around at the bloody mess of criminals, shaking her head slightly as her fellow officers moved in. She turned her attention towards the roof tops, meeting the green eyed gaze of the figure that had done all this.
Her eyes narrowed at him, sending a glare his way. "He'd better be lucky we can't reach him right now" she thought as another officer approached- a blonde dreadheaded female.
"These guys got FUCKED up." Officer Thorston said, Hofferson merely nodding. "Yup...another show of Vigilante Justice." She said, air quoting the last part as she walked towards their squad car. "Let's just get these idiots to the precinct so we can head home." She said as she opened the back door, allowing Thorston to escort two of the men into the back in cuffs.
"I don't know As, I think the Vigilante thing is kinda cool." She says as she closes to the door. Astrid rolls her eyes as she opens the driverside door. "You would think that Ruff, you think everything is cool."
"Not true." Ruffnut replies as she gets into the passenger seat. "I don't think putting pineapple on pizza is cool. Nor is sleeping in your socks."
Astrid rolled her eyes as she started the vehicle and drove off towards the Dragon's Edge Precinct. '' I swear crime has gotten worse since that costumed freak showed up to Dragon's Edge.. like all these criminals come out to try to make their mark.."
"It's simple my dear Astrid, they see hero and they think taking him out boosts their credit. Not realizing that said hero is more serious than they think, I think these two's broken jaws say that much, right guys?" Ruffnut replies, turning her attention to the men in the backseat, both of whom are now awake and in pain.
"Right." She says as she turns to face Astrid once more. "I think it's cool. A costumed stud beating the shit outta the low lives in this town and making my job easier? Perfect."
Astrid rolled her eyes yet again "As I've said before Rachel, you think everything is cool."
"Hey hey don't go slinging my government name in front of these losers." Ruffnut replies whilst nudging a thumb towards the men in the backseat. Astrid chuckled as she turned into the parking lot and parked , then got out to deliver them into the building.
As she made her way in, another figure was making their way in a few steps behind her. She stopped for a moment as she thrusting the man she'd been escorting onto a chair nearby, turning to the Auburn haired figure that entered.
"Detective Haddock, I didn't see you at the crime scene." She said, crossing her arms as her cool blue eyes met his emerald green ones.
Henry "Hiccup" Haddock was a detective at The DEPD, transferred from Berk about three months ago. He chuckled slightly as he looked over at Astrid. "Yeah, I'll admit that's one me. Traffic was killer on the way from my apartment, ya know it was my day off til this shit happened." He replied as his left hand played with the strap of his satchel.
"But here I am, all the information needed locked into my mind and ready to be penned down." He ran a hand through his shaggy hair at that point, turning towards the two men they'd brought in, then back to Astrid and Rachel.
Astrid became slightly amused at that point, raising and eyebrow. "Really now? Please tell me what you've learned oh great detective."
"Well for one thing, those two are nothing more than henchmen in a bigger operation. Ever heard of the Grimborns? You guys picked up one of em, Ryker. Older brother, but second in command to Viggo. Viggo remains at large. They'd been making a deal with Dagur, leader of the Gang known as the Berserkers- a deal that involved Dragon's Breath." Hiccup stated as he opened his satchel and drew out a bottle of water.
"Approximately $50,000 had been traded to Grimborn. We're close to breaking apart their little operation honestly. Just gotta put that last piece together and we'll find em. After questioning that should be very easy."
With that being said, he carried on moving to the desk nearby and speaking with the woman behind it. Astrid's nose scrunched up slightly as she watched the exchange, then turned to Rachel. "Let's just get these guys in for questioning already…"
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It had been about three hours since the men were arrested, Hiccup had finally made his way back home to his apartment. The complex itself was a large building in the upper parts of Dragon's Edge. To call it an apartment was being generous as it resembled a penthouse more closely. He buzzed himself in and stepped through his door, throwing his satchel aside and walking over to the couch.
He didn't sit down or anything of the sort, opting instead to walk over to the shelf that held his television and several other items, including a few soccer trophies and some magazines. Hiccup picked up a black statue of a Viking's head- pushing the head upwards and separating it from the pedestal it was upon. Beneath it was a shiny red button which he firmly pressed and held his finger down upon.
The button gleamed as it scanned his fingerprint, he then leaned in allowing it to scan his retina. With a click, the panel in the wall next to the couch slid open, revealing a small elevator. He stepped inside and awaited it to descend, watching the panel slide shut as he left.
"Most complicated ass hideout ever…" Hiccup thought as the elevator soon dinged and he stepped out, his view now changed to that of a cave with large lights arranged on the ceiling, hard white tiling on the cave floor, a large desk with several large computer monitors set up, a sleekly modelled motorcycle, and several other accutroments.
He shook his head gently as he walked over to the computer and turned it on before looking to his motorcycle. "Seriously dad… of all the ways to hideout, buying a whole apartment building and building this beneath it just seems to be a bit much….of course doing the most seems to be your thing.." Hiccup mutters to himself as he walks over to a glass case nearby.
He stared intently at the case, the item within the case being his focus. There staring back at him stood the suit of the Night Fury, the very same vigilante that struck earlier that night. "I really need to work on that screech." He says as he opens the case via a retinal scan and reached over, disconnecting a small part from the waistline and inspecting it.
"But then again….nah…" he says with a smile as he connects it back into it's proper place. He closes the case and walks over to the computer, taking a seat as a news report begins to play. "Late Night News, one of my favorite programs."
He leans back in his chair, picking up a V shaped shuriken and playing with it whilst watching. Nothing out of the ordinary until about Midway through, when reporter Heather Odswaldson began speaking on the events of the night.
"Known criminal Ryker Grimborn was arrested alongside an associate. With him was… known gang leader Dagur Brzak.." Heather paused for a moment, and Hiccup understood perfectly why. He sighed gently "Sorry Heather.." he said, knowing she couldn't hear him as he leaned back once again.
Soon he changed the channel, an episode of Rick and Morty playing now. "It must suck to be in her shoes right now...I can only imagine how this is gonna go.." he comments, lifting his eyes towards another screen nearby. A map of the entire city, perfectly marked was now on the screen.
As he began to pinpoint certain areas in certain districts, the screen went black. An icon appeared, a black circle with a white dragon in the center pinged as an incoming call came in. "Speak of the devil." He said as he tapped the icon, Heather's face appearing in a video chat.
"So...I see you've been busy." She says , causing Hiccup to smile awkwardly.
"Yeah...sorry Heather...he was just..there at the time." He replies while sitting up straight in his chair. "I know you wanted to be the one to bring him in, but they were talking about slinging Dragon's Breath to kids. I couldn't let him get away and go through with that."
Heather audibly sighed from behind her phone, Hiccup releasing a sigh of his own. "It's...okay...I just wish.. I wish I was there." She starts, Hiccup putting down his shuriken as she speaks. "He's my brother after all. I just wanted to try to appeal to him one last time.."
"Heather I know. And I'm sorry I cost you that but he had to go… you'll be able to visit him though." He says, trying to bring a sense of levity to the situation. "Look, I'm about to head out for the night.. you wanna come with? Have a bit of fun?" He asks, his eyes panning over to his suit and back to her.
Heather giggled softly, pushing her hair behind her ears. "I'm already dressed." She says, moving her camera down her body to show off her suit- a dark gray, light gray, silver and aqua blue themed get-up. She pulled the dark gray hood over her head at the moment, then placed a blue mask over her eyes.
"Ready when you are." She said with a smile as the eyes of the mask lit up a bright blue. Hiccup smiled. "Always two steps ahead, eh Windshear?" He asked, getting a chuckle from his old friend as she ended the call. He rushed over to his suit, staring at the mask for a moment with a smile as he nodded.
"Let's do this.."
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Night Fury and Windshear stood perched upon one of the highest rooftops in Dragon's Edge, looking down into the city below. "Man there is not much going on tonight is there?" Night Fury asked in a modified voice, Auburn hair whipping in the air from the top of his mask.
The lit up green eyes of his mask shined down onto the streets below in a spotlight function, which he soon switched off. Night Fury shook his head. "I really need to put that spotlight somewhere else, fucks with my sight."
Windshear chuckled as she crossed her arms and took a seat on the edge of the roof. "So...how's things with you and Officer Hofferson?" She asked, her voice too being modified by her suit.
He rolled his eyes beneath his mask and scoffed. "I don't like her. She hates me, I think. We're like rivals at this stuff." He replied, walking over and standing next to her.
"Rivals? But you're a detective and she's an officer, your roles are kiiinda different."
"Yeah, but we still find a way to compete. She makes the arrests, oh that's cool but I figure out the important stuff to make more arrests. And she tries to make those arrests before I can crack the case." He says, taking a shuriken from his belt and playing with it.
Windshear looks up at him, smiling. "So….puppy love type thing? Competitive lovers? This is juicy." She comments as she then looks to her wrist. The conversation they'd been having was cut short, by the screams of a woman a block away.
Windshear launched to her feet before jumping off the roof, tapping two fingers on to a pressure plate on the wrist of her gauntlet, which cause a whip to fire out of the gauntlet- edged with a razor. The steel razor sticks into the side of a building nearby, allowing her to swing freely over the streets and on to another roof where she repeats the process.
Night Fury snorts as he watches her. "Spider-Woman much?" He asks before chuckling and doing the same with his grapple launcher, swinging off behind her. As he nears the scene of the crime, his mask scans the area for heat signatures, the green lenses turning red. He releases his grapple and latches both hands onto the red colored inside of his black cape, stretching the material to allow himself to glide overhead.
As he nears the alley, he scopes out the scene, soon hearing Windshear's voice call over to him. "Three men attacking one poor woman...sad really." She says.
He shakes his head and releases the cape, freefalling at that point. He lands on one of the men, hearing a few cracks as he did so. He changed the function of his mask to that of an x-ray, checking the damage. "Fractured collarbone, broken left shoulder, three broken ribs, fractured ankle…. Good landing if I do say so myself." He says as the other two men rush him.
One of them is stopped, as a razor protrudes from his right shoulder. He screams loudly before being zipped back into the grasp of Windshear and slammed into the ground headfirst.
"Two down, one to go." She says
"Dibs!" Night Fury shouts as he turns sharply on his heel, spinning his fist back at the man and slamming it into his jaw with enough Force to knock out five teeth. The man collapses to the ground, blood pooling from his mouth. "Too easy.." he comments before turning to the woman, still scared out of her mind.
The Night Fury, whose lenses had turned blue, switched back to his usual green before walking over slowly. "Are you alright?" He asked? The woman was shaking, backing away slowly as he asked this.
"Ma'am, are you alright?" He repeated the question, the woman still not replying. "Are you- look we just saved you, we need you to call down and answer. Are you alright? Did they hurt you? We're not going to hurt you, because we hurt them...get it?" He asked once more, clarifying for the scared woman.
"I-I'm f-fine…" the woman replied slowly. "I'm fine , thank you.."
Night Fury nodded as Windshear dragged the three unconscious men into a pile whilst retracting her whip. "Did you know them?" She asks as she walks over to them.
The woman shakes her head. "N-no I was j-just on my way home from work." She explains, the fear she felt in the moment was subsiding now, slowly but surely.
Night Fury nodded. "Well the cops are on their way here now if you wanna stick around and tell them what happened, if not , if you just wanna head home that's fine."
The woman shook her head. "No...I'll... I'll stay.." she says, walking over to the heroes,trying to keep a clear mind. Night Fury looked to Windshear then back to them woman. "Well we'll be here with you, but when they get here we gotta go."
The sound of sirens approached blared throughout the city streets, the two looking up then at one another. Night Fury looked to the pile of unconscious men as Windshear fired her whip towards the rooftop above. He turned just as the squad car rounded the corner into the alley, watching it pull to a stop as he reached for his launcher.
Out of the car burst two blonde haired figures, pistols drawn and aimed at the hero. Officer Hofferson shouted over "Put your hands on your head."
The Night Fury paused for a moment, looked at Hofferson and Thorston, and gave a chuckle. "Nah I'm good." He said while launching his grapple at the same roof, zipping upwards and onto the roof.
Officer Hofferson growled lowly, keeping her weapon pointed at him as Officer Thorston walked over to the men. "Dammit…" she cursed as Night Fury and Windshear took off into the night.
"Come on Astrid. You respected Windshear for being a badass woman but you detest Night Fury?" Ruffnut asked as he handcuffed each man.
"I said I respect her sense of justice but still detest her vigilante lifestyle, and it's the same situation with him." She says , making her way to the woman just as another squad car pulled up. "But mark my words...one day I will unmask and bring them in...and I can't wait."
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"Man that chick really has it out for us." Hiccup comments as he rests his legs upon his computer desk, his mask, cape and gloves resting nearby. Heather watched as the male hero chewed on a slice of pizza while she looked over some of his recent investigations on a tablet, her mask, gloves and wing pieces resting on another table nearby.
"You can say that again. But I must thank you, when you showed up you took alot of the attention off of me. Headlines went from badass female hero in the streets to Legendary Sidekick of Thunderdrum hits the city."
"Hey hey hey, please don't call me a Sidekick. That's not what I am anymore and that's why I came here." Hiccup said, standing up and walking over to the same table Heather's gear rested on to grab another slice of pizza.
"Aw did I hurt your feelings? Good thing you heal fast huh?" She asked as he rolled his eyes and smiled at her. "Shut up before I kick you out of the Dragon's Den." he replied
"Dragon's Den, that's what you're calling it now?" she asked, eyebrows raised in interest as he laughed. "Well yeah, I mean... Night Fury is based off a dragon, I fly...or, well, I glide….so.. Dragon's Den made sense alright?!"
"To each their own I suppose." She replies while grabbing a slice of pizza for herself. "You know what I call my hideout? The Hideout. It's simple, straight to the point and not as childish sounding as Dragon's Den. Seriously, that sounds like an amusement park attraction or something."
"Please stop roasting my base." He said as he plopped down into his chair and opened his computer. As he was about to pull up a tab, the screen went black and another icon appeared. "Incoming call from Thunderdrum.'' The computer chimed loudly, Hiccup pausing as he watched this.
"It's been three months Hiccup...you need to talk to him sometime." Heather said, causing him to turn towards her for a moment before turning back to the screen. "Yeah?" He then tapped the red button to cancel the call. "Well sometime isn't today.."
He leaned back in the chair then, Heather watching in silence before letting out a sigh. "He's your father...like it or not you're going to have to talk to him, may not be today or even tomorrow but someday you will.." she says as she picks up her gear, putting on the mask and going over to a sink to wash her hands.
As she did this, Hiccup let his mind think over what she'd said. He bit his bottom lip gently whilst thinking about it. "I know you're right….but I'm just not ready yet.."
"I understand that." She says as she walks back offer to him, putting on her gloves. "But you will be ready someday. I know you will.." she places a supportive hand onto his shoulder and smiles.
"I'll see you later Hic, I gotta be up in the morning." With that, she headed towards the elevator, Hiccup giving a wave as she left before returning to him computer.
"Someday…. But not today.."
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Astrid sighed as she opened the door to ehr apartment, throwing her leather jacket off and onto the rack next to the door. she walks into her kitchen whilst removing her hair from the ponytail it had been in throughout the day. She rested both hands on the side of the kitchen sink before running some warm water.
Astrid shakes her head wildly , splashing a bit of the water onto her now flushed face whike trying to regain her composure. She stands up straight, turning off the water and taking a bretah in, then out. Once done she walks towards the fridge, reaching for it. The lights within her apartment seemed to flicker for a moment as she reached for the door handle.
As her hand wrapped around the handle, the whole apartment went dark save for a brief bright spark from the refrigerator. When they came back on, she looked to see a dark spot, similar to a burn left on the handle. "Oh no..no no no.." she she mumbled while backing away, moving into a fetal position on the floor.
"Please Gods no...not again...not again..." she said, tears streaming from her eyes. As she looked up, her pupils turned the same color as her irises. Pure blue sparked with electricity as a current flowed through heri veins. Her whole body shook beforr dispersing a wave of electrical energy, shutting down power in her apartment.
Astrid sat there for a few minutes before prying open the fridge and reaching inside. She grabbed a vial of clear liquid from inside ans moved completely to her feet, walking out of the Kitchen. The lights came on once again as she walked to her bedroom and reached into a drawer in the dresser next to her bed.
A syringe gleamed in the light of her lamp as she filled it with the clear liquid, then quickly injected herself with it. As she did this, her heart rate began to go down and returned to normal. The brigjt blue coloring of her veins turned back to a normal shade, her eyes returning to normal as well.
She let out a deep sigh and laid back onto her bed, staring at the ceiling while praying to the Gods above.
Yeah I'm back with another story, also with an update for my other HTTYD Story. This is inspired by Titans and will features alot of badass heroes, some dragon based and some not at all.It's main focus is on Hiccup and Stoick's relationship, and the struggles all of them will face. So please , follow, favorite and review for more. I'll see ya all next time.Thanks for reading 3 . OH SHIT! before i forgetfor a look at Night Fury and Windshear and all of the hero costumes when i introduce them, follow me on Instagram @patriot5artagain, thats patriot5art
