Astrid Pov
"Viggo you filthy troll! let me go!" I yelled.
"You see you my dear, are Hiccups biggest weakness" he said to me as we passed by few guards on our way to the dungeon.
"And since the only reason they accepted me back is because I can manipulate Hiccup well on your name I have to do them good" Viggo said opening the door to the dungeon.
"Your young Astrid and so is Hiccup, you both will eventually learn how to play this game and choose you friends and foes"
"That's one thing your right about Viggo" I growled at him.
"Hiccup will be here soon. Get ready" he said shoving me in a cell and glaring at me.
"Take a good nap and make the best of it" he smirked and left me in this small isolated dungeon.
I smirked back. I'm a trained warrior and I can definitely read signals given to me by others.
"Make the best use of my nap, huh" I smirked as I walked towards the lonely bed in my cell. I looked around to see if anyone was looking and then lifted up the small bedding made out stuffed dragon skin. under it was some body armour and a small Dagur. I used the Dagur to slit open the bedding and in it was my axe and a helmet. I smirked. "I'm learning, Viggo I'm learning"
I lay quietly on the bed. All I have to do is wait for the right time. It's gonna be lights out soon and I have already received a small map of the dungeon for dinner along with a good meal.
Viggo did yell something to the guards at the entrance of the dungeon. He told them to skip petrol near the waters and focus on the ones on the mountain tops and back side of the island.
That means he's lowers the level of guards near the coast and that's where he expects to see me.
"LIGHTS OUT!!" I heard a man yelling and the place was now pitch black. I'll wait for an hour and then begin moving.
You can do this Astrid!
"Hiccup do you think it's the right time to attack?" Fishlegs asked and Hiccup looked at him with a look of anger. "Just saying...I think they'll be expecting us so their guard will be up and heavily armed"
"I know Fishlegs!" Hiccup whisper yelled.
"Wow H man you know that we could be flying into a sucide trap that doesn't just endanger our lives and our dragons life but the life of our victim and her dragon and can cause serious harm and your still letting us fly into it? Oh Loki for the second time this year!" Tuffnut rejoiced.
"No Tuff I'm not doing that. All of you are going to work as a distraction. while you all are attacking, the guards will either move to the mountain tops or on a higher level. They will completely forget about the water. Now toothless and I are going to go on a boat and enter the island through waters. Search for Astrid and get her back. Give you a signal you'll and leave." Hiccup finished.
'okay'
'sounds good'
'fine'
'Hmmm'
we're the responses he got.
''Okay let's go!"
"Yeah" came a unison answer.
It was time...the guard next to my cell was fast asleep. That's my cue. I reached out my hand and tried to take the keys resting on the hook above his pocket but he was still to far away. I struggled a bit more but I still couldn't reach it. Great just great. I'm gonna be stuck in hear because my hands are to short. I reached out again and suddenly a hand took the keys and handed it to me. I looked up and met to shining green orbs.
"Hi M'lady"
I smiled.
HICCUPS POV
We advanced towards the settlement the hunters had built.
"Okay change of plans. Ruff, Tuff you two take the back. Snoutlout you and I the front and Fishlegs hover above the base so you can help us immediately."I said and the we all proceeded. "It looks like we won't need a distraction because they are already waiting for us on the hill top "
I quitely advanced towards the front door. There were two guards there and a squad of five that passed by every five minutes.
This is going to be though. Just then I saw my chance. My opportunity. One of the guard left wanderin into the forest for some reason. I looked at Snoutlout and back at the guard and smirked and turned to a confused Snoutlout.
"What" he whispered.
"You see that guard that just left there" I said pointing to the guard and he nodded. "We'll take him down and your gonna replace him. Buy me some time, so I can get Astrid out and we can just go home." Snoutlout smiled and take soluted.
We slowly crept behind the guard but I accidentally stepped on a twig causing it to break with a crack. The guard turned around and said "Who's there, show yourself and I'll cause you less harm."
"I think you'll be the one harmed if we show ourselves" Hiccup said and the guard turned in all directions, his senses alert.
"Who are you?" he said. "I don't know. Who are you?" Hiccup asked.
"I asked you first" the guard said walking towards Hiccup. He shifted the bush to reveal Hiccups face smirking. "Hey" Hiccup said casually the smirk never leaving his face.
"Y-you!" the guard exclaimed getting ready to run away just then Snoutlout lept out if his hiding spot and knocked him out.
"Oops!" Snoutlout said innocently with a smirk playing on his face.
"You know what to do Snot I'll be waiting for your signal."
...With the twins...
"where do you think they kept Astrid?" Tuffnut said lifting a rock.
"I don't know..." Ruffnut trailed off.
"Now using my detectiv-detectivness I think that they'll have her heavily guarded and her hands are probably locked with a fish on her mouth to keep her quite and well fed. And she probably somewhere somewhere dark so she can't see anything and they have realised that she could escape without our help so she's probably in a cage which is inside a cage" Tuffnut said pointing his pointer finger at absolutely nothing.
"I couldn't agree more with you my dimwitted brother!" she exclaimed.
"Huh who's there?" Tuffnut said pointing towards a silhouette of a person not very tall, walking towards the building to what seemed like a back door.
Ruffnut send a smirk to Tuffnut to receive one back immediately. They ran towards the man but they were too late to catch him but not to late to see his face.
They gasped and shared a glance of worry. The man was the one and only Viggo Grimborn.
"We have to tell Hiccup" Ruffnut said continuously tapping her twin and walking back and running off but Tuffnut stopped her "Not yet" he pointed at Viggo. "We go after him" and with that he took off running after Viggo.
"Where is he going?" Ruffnut whispered to Tuffnut.
"I don't know. Should we ask him?" Tuff jumped up and advanced quickly towards Viggo. He lifted his index finger up about to open his mouth when Ruffnut jerked him behind.
"You mutton head" she wisper yelled.
Tuffnut simply rolled his eyes and continued to follow Ruffnut who was following Viggo.
Suddenly Viggo stopped and Ruffnut stoped to but Tuffnut crashed into her causing both of them to fall face first onto the floor. Ruffnut groaned and shoved her brother off her. 'Muttonhead' she mumbled before getting up and dusting herself, and then turning to her brother and helping him up.
She saw Viggo staring at something or rather someone. She squinted her eyes, trying to get a clearer image of the people standing there. She gasped when she realised who he was staring at, there her friends Hiccup and Astrid were standing hugging each other.
Ruffnut's eyes then diverted to Viggos belt which had a scabbard attached to it, a sword inside.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She wisper to her brother.
"That the lighting doesn't compliment Astrid's blue tunic and red would look better?" He asked which earned him a smack on the head, hard. 'Yeaouch!' he silently yelped.
"No you dimwitt. I ment take down Viggo" she wisper hystericaly, waving her hands around.
"Ohhhhhh" Tuffnut trailed off like a baby watching a shooting start for the first time "yeah that too" he said casually and pulled out Macey, who was strapped to his back.
Ruffnut pulled out her axe.
The twins looked at eachother and smirked before charging towards Viggo.
'Argh!'
...Five minutes earlier...
'AaaaAahH' came the painful yelling from the guard Snoutlout just took care of. Hiccup then ran to position and hid exactly behind the bushes he told Snoutlout he'd be at. Soon he saw Snoutlout walk to the entrance and take the place of the guard they just defeated. Hiccup smirked. He looked at the other guard who was by now practically dozing and hadn't noticed Snoutlout or as that guard might know him, the 'other guard' return. Snoutlout frantically waved his hand infront of the sleeping guard, but still no movement. Just to be safe he put the clothe stained with a triple strike's saliva and placed it on the guards nose, one inhale and now he was sure the guard wasn't going to wake up. He jumped and waved simultaneously at Hiccup and Hiccup facepalmed at his friends ever so obvious actions.
Hiccup then quietly ran towards the entrance and the dashed into the dungeons without even acknowledging Snoutlout.
The dungeon seemed suspiciously empty and the number of guards were to little to zero. He doubted weather her should continue searching this isolated area but saw some light in the distance and then saw a single cell lit with a single guard sitting there fast asleep. He slowly crept closer to see a very familiar hand shuffling out trying to grasp the keys dangling on the belt of the sleeping guard. He smiled and walked near the cell and smiled seeing Astrid's face pressed against the bar, biting her left lower lip. And gosh she looked paler and wounded in some areas but still cute. She hadn't noticed Hiccup walk in yet. Hiccup smiled and took the keys and handed them to her. She looked up at Hiccup and Gods, he thought. I missed those beautiful blue eyes.
"Hi M'lady" Hiccup said and a smile blossomed on her face and if anyone would disagree that she is a goddess after seeing this smile Hiccup would punch them.
She fumbled up and opened the cell.
"Hiccup!" She called out excitedly walking towards him. "Oh you came and you wouldnt believe it. Do you know who's helping me-" she was cut off when Hiccup pulled her in for a tight hug. She smiled and hugged him back.
"Don't do that to me again" he whispered in her ear sending chills throughout her body. Gosh she had missed the feeling of Hiccup so much in these few days.
"I won't" she wispered back burying her head into his shoulder. And smiled.
'Argh!' came a yell which broke the couple apart and Hiccups eyes darkened and a low grow erupted from his throat as he saw the twins tackle Viggo, unsuccessfully.
And then it clicked for Hiccup "You! I thought you would have changed and would have come to us if you lived but you came crawling right back to them!" Hiccup yelled rushing towards Viggo and bought out his sword, flamed up and ready to strike. When-
"STOP!" Astrid yelled halting the Hiccup in his tracks.
Hiccup eyed her suspiciously "I'm sorry what?"
"He helped" Astrid said. And the twins and Hiccup gave her confused looks.
"Wh-why do you think think the guard is knocked out" she pointed to the guard. "And why he's here?" She asked and Hiccup shifted his gaze to Viggo still glaring at him.
"Listen to your girl Hiccup" Viggo said calmly. "I am returning a favour." Seeing Hiccup not move he sighed and continued. "I managed to find a safe spot. A hiding spot as the Skrill electricuted the corridor but I was unconscious however after that. I hadn't fully gained conscience then but I was aware of what was happening and heard them plot against you. When I woke up I started offering myself to their service for saving my life and they bought the act. I convinced them that o did what I did to save my skin. They obviously knew I knew more about you than they did so they kept me. Didn't kill me. I have been spying on them since and promised to help you in whatever way I could." Viggo finished but Hiccup didn't look very convinced yet. Viggo sighed "why do you think she has escaped only with a few bruises?"
Hiccup then looked at Astrid and saw that she was pale and had a small cut on her cheek bone. Her hands had a few bruises and cuts and she probably had more in other places. Hiccup then thought about the other much worse things they could have done to her. Afterall not every girl who is in captive of her enemy gets away with only few bruises and beatings. Hiccup sighed and lowered his sword.
"Thank you" he said sincerely.
"No I must thank you." Viggo said and Hiccup gave him a small nod.
"Wait so you aren't trying to kill is?" Tuffnut asked and Viggo nodded "I suppose not" he said following Hiccup and Astrid who started to walk away.
"Astrid I don't think you should fight hide in that corner it's dark and no one will be able to spot-" "I'm not going to do that"
Hiccup's gaze on her softened "I know but I'm worried.."
Astrid put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't be I survived so long" she said flashing Hiccup a reassuring smile.
"I know just be careful" Hiccup said giving her a kiss in the forehead.
"Okay we need to be careful. Plan our next step" Viggo said.
"I know" Tuffnut perked up "Let's check on Snoutlout maybe he can sneek us out?"
"Oh yes Snoutlout!" Hiccup exclaimed with a smile. "How did I forget? Follow me" he said giddly and started walking in the direction of the back door.
Before they knew it they were there and saw Snoutlout in the guards uniform dozing off. Typical.
They were going to move out but Hiccup stopped them. "Wait" he said pulling out a rope from behind him.
"Called it" Tuffnut said and he got a few glances but was mainly ignored.
"Where did you get the rope from" Astrid asked pointing at the object.
"Oh just saw it on the way and picked it up" Hiccup shrugged. "Thought it might come in use and it will." He said with a goofy grin and then his expression turned serious.
"Babe what are you thinking..." Astrid asked.
"Tuffnut" Hiccup said shifting his gaze to the male twin "I want you to crawl outside and tie together the legs of those two guards" Hiccup said slightly leaning against the threshold and peeping out pointing to the two guards at the other door not so far away.
"Okay" Tuffnut soluted and then snatched the rope and started off before Hiccup could say anything more to him.
"Why?" Astrid asked Hiccup. "The dragons are closest to those guard. While they may be able to make a noise they won't be able to get to us as fast leaving us enought time to help you escape" Hiccup said and Astrid nodded.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to come" Viggo said.
"What? Why?" Hiccup asked turning around.
"They have been suspicious of me for the last few days and have been putting a dose of typhoomerang ficies in my food daily. It's a slow killer and I don't have much time. I already don't feel well so I'm going to stay back" Viggo said and Hiccup gave a saddened look. "Don't frown Hiccup Haddock remember never let death get to you because it tears a person apart in mere seconds. Always avenge it by being the you they would want you to be. And I want you to be calm and collected right now." Viggo said "Now go get your girl and yourself out of here" Viggo said seriously and Hiccup nodded and walked away.
"Thank you" Astrid said and Viggo have an gruff smile "Stay with him lass because you need to be that only constant in his life." Viggo said and Astrid nodded and smiled before following after Hiccup.
"Well I'll just go then" Ruffnut said and rushed behind the two.
Viggo smiled. He knew that he prepared Hiccup a bit for people worse than him because Drago and Grimmnel were still alive.
"C'mon Astrid" Hiccup said protectively holding her hand.
"Yeah coming" she said and started following him.
"Fish is currently in the air hovering around". Hiccup said "we need to get there soon"
"Snoutlout" Ruffnut poked the sleeping stocky man. "Snoutlout" she poked him again.
"Oh for Thor's sake Snoutlout" Ruffnut whisper yelled shoving Snoutlout off the stool.
"Wha-what?" Snoutlout sat up blinking. "Astrid you safe" he then said noticing Astrid near Hiccup and Astrid nodded.
"Okay Tuffs done" Astrid said pointing to the guard on the other side who's legs were tied together.
"Okay let's make a run for it" Hiccup said and Astrid nodded.
"Not so fast Hiccup Haddock!" Krogans voice sounded behind him.
"Johann is going to dock in two minutes and we need those cells filled with you and your petty friends and dragons so come quitely now and nothing will happen to any of you." Krogan said spitefully but Hiccup was determined to escape.
"It was a dumb choice to leave you dragons behind." Krogan said with a smirk.
Hiccups brows furrowed he did not leave his dragons behind, toothless was in the forest. But it was better Krogan didn't know that.
"How did you know" Hiccup asked and Astrid looked at him with wide eyes.
"Viggo told me" Krogan smirked pulling out Viggos head from behind him. Blood still dripping from his chopped off neck. "right before I killed him for his betrayal" Krogan laughed evily.
"He was the only thing keeping your lass safe." Krogan groaned. "Such a waste honestly. She is a really pretty thing" he smirked and Astrid growled.
"You stay away from her" Hiccup yelled and the pulled Astrid and Ruffnut who then pulled Snoutlout who then ran out of there at top speed.
"Get them!" Krogan ordered "They don't have their dragons so they won't be able to go far."
"Tuffnut" Ruffnut called out and he came dashing out from behind the two guards whose legs were tied up. Said guards tried to chase him and ended up falling face first.
"Get to your dragons" Hiccup ordered "now!"
They all started running in different directions each yelling their respective dragon call.
"Hiccup is stormfly?" Astrid asked and he nodded.
"No we left her at the edge" Hiccup sighed "she was a little unstable without her rider and could jeopardize the entire mission"
"Is she okay though?" Astrid asked and Hiccup smiled "She is the same as when you left." Hiccup said and Astrid smiled.
"Ast are you okay" he said taking her hands in his and looking at her with grave concern.
"Yes" she smiled and pecked his lips "don't worry I'm perfectly fine"
"I missed you so much" Hiccup said and hugged her tightly.
AGRRGGR
"Toothless hey!" Hiccup laughed seeing his dragon "Glad you found us bud" he said rubbing his dragons head. The dragons attention then turned to Astrid and gave her a concerned coo.
"I'm fine toothless" Astrid said with a smile and the dragon stuck out his tongue happily puffing air in and out.
"Let's go now shall we?" Hiccup asked getting into toothles and streaching his hand out for Astrid to take. "We shall" she smiled and grabbed his hand and jumped onto toothless behind him.
"Hey stop there!" They heard guards approaching them and Hiccup smirked. "Toothless" and the dragon looked up at gi sideways. "Plasm blast" he said extending his hand in the direction of the noise of the hunters.
And with that a plasm blast rang throughout the forest and the gang rose to the air and so did Hiccup, Astrid and toothless.
"What!" Krogan yelled running outside only to see the gang attack their base and fly away.
"No!" Krogan yelled running out. "NO!" He yelled in anger. "Stupid fool" he said throwing Viggos head onto the floor.
Somewhere far away in Valhalla Viggo sat smiling.
The gang rushed back to the edge on their dragons. All of them smiling happily. It was done. Astrid was home and now they knew more.
About the dragon eye. About Krogan. About eachother in a way too. And about who their friends and foes were.
Everyone was exhausted so as soon as they all landed they each headed to their individual huts.
Except for Astrid and Hiccup who insisted he took care of any wounds on his girlfriend's body and to make sure she had a good meal.
They walked to the club house in silence. Holding hands. Words weren't need to be spoken. Or even exchange. Not even a glance. Just the touch. The feel of eachother. The warmth. Comfort. Everything they bring to eachother.
For it was after a long while that both their souls felt satisfied and at peace. In harmony.
Hiccup carefully tended to his girlfriends wounds. Still no words exchanged. Astrid felt her self relax under his touch. As if her body was designed to automatically let it's guard down around him. Hiccup quitely and determinedly cleaned and bandaged each wound Astrid had even if it was a small scratch. And Astrid didn't complain. She just let him apply gothis herbal medicine on all her bruises.
He then brought to her a hot jug of soup. And one for himself. And they both drank their soups in silence. Astrids head was leaned in Hiccups shoulder and Hiccups head tilted towards Astrid.
When they were done Hiccup took both their jugs in silence washed them and returned to Astrid who was standing infront of her mirror letting her hair loose and slitgtly brushing through it. That means she was tired and planned on sleeping.
Hiccup walked behind her and placed his hands in her shoulder and pulled her closer to him and hugged her. There standing infront of the mirror were Hiccup and Astrid.
Smiling.
"I missed you so much" Hiccup whispered into her years and Astrid hand immediately came up to his that was on her shoulder and held it "Me too"
"Ast I was so scared...I didn't know-i didn't think..I" Hiccup fumbled with his words. "I know" Astrid said stroking his thumb reassuringly.
"Don't let me go through this ever again" Hiccup said wrapping his hands around her waist and burying his head in the crook of her neck. "I don't want to" Astrids hand which was holding Hiccup's now gently stroked Hiccup's hair.
Astrid then yawned. "Sleepy?" Hiccups muffeld voice questioned. "Yeah" Astrid said lazily. "Me too" he said before carrying her up and gently throwing her on her bed before joining her himself.
"Tell you something it wasn't that bad being Captured it taught us important lessons"