Alright, here's chapter 2, and FTR (For The Record) this takes place between Riders of Berk and HTTYD 2
*Authors Note - I do not own any of the How to Train Your Dragon characters or the Halo series. Shadow Squadron was created by me.
Also - 'This is Thinking' - "This is Talking"
Chapter 2 - That was a Little Closer Than I'd Like
Meanwhile, in the skies just off Berks coast, in the middle of the day.
Hiccup and Astrid were flying on Toothless and Stormfly doing their daily patrol. The twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, Snotlout, and Fishlegs were patrolling the other parts of Berk watching for a Berserker attack. They were in the middle of a conversation at the time.
"But why Astrid?" Hiccup asked.
"I don't know why, he just doesn't." Astrid replied.
"There must be a reason".
"He...he just doesn't think you're viking material. My Dad thinks I'll be better off with someone like Snotlout."
"What, e-even after I beat the Red Death and brought peace to Berk?" Just then Toothless looked back and gave a low growl. "What is it bud?"
Stormfly looked back as well and chattered. "What's wrong girl?" Both riders chose this moment to look back. What appeared to be a ball of fire was flying through the air.
"Hookfang probably just ignited under Snotlout again." Hiccup said. Then the ball of fire started to get closer to them, and more elongated.
"That's not Hookfang." Astrid said. By the time the object had grown to massive proportions, both riders realized they were in its line of sight.
"Astrid! Move!" Hiccup yelled. Both riders and their dragons moved out-of-the-way just in time to avoid being hit by the massive object, but just barely. "Ok, that was a little closer than I'd like," Hiccup said.
"What do you think it is?" Astrid asked as they witnessed the object crash into a nearby island.
"I don't know, but I think we may need more fire power." Hiccup replied. And with that, both of them headed back to Berk.
Back aboard the UNSC Flagstaff.
The bridge was in disarray. Wires hanging everywhere, electronics scattered, and the occupants inside had been launched forward hard. Underneath some debris the arm of the Spartan designated Ghost-257 appeared. He crawled up out of it, coughed, and said, "Captain, report."
"Both engines are dead, we have to repair them," Captain Mendoza said, "We have limited control on our outside weaponry, our MAC Cannon isn't operable yet, and in terms of personnel we have several dead and many more injured."
"Thank you Captain," he activated his Tacpad on his wrist and spoke, "Shadow Squad, status."
"We're all good here Commander, nothing Jinx can't patch up." Fives replied.
"Good. Jinx, when your done with Shadow head over to the infirmary and triage the soldiers. Those that can survive without your help let the others handle. Understood?"
"Yes sir." Ghost then turned back to the Captain and said, "Send the injured to the infirmary, Jinx will be there to assist in healing them."
"Of course Spartan."
"Igor, assist the mechanics in getting our engines and weapons ready. We're dead in the water out here."
"Copy that Commander."
"Fives, Echo, Sandman, you're with me, we'll scout out the damage to the exterior of the ship and check for hostiles."
"Yes sir, meet you outside." Sandman said.
Meanwhile at Berk's Dragon Academy.
Ruff, Tuff, Snotlout, and Fishlegs were at the academy already. They asked Hiccup and Astrid if they saw the object in the sky. To which the teens replied, "Saw it? We were nearly hit by it." Astrid replied.
"So what was it?" Snotlout asked.
"I'm not sure, but it carved out a huge section of land when it landed." Hiccup replied.
"Sounds like our kind of creature." Tuffnut said.
"Yeah, we should go look for it." Ruffnut added.
"Agreed, and that's why we came back. We need help due to the size of it." Hiccup said.
Snotlout and the Twins mounted their dragons and said, "Then what are we waiting for?" The teens then departed to the island where the object fell.
They arrived at the island within 5 minutes and what they saw amazed them. A nearly half a kilometer chunk of land was carved out. And there were more impressions in the ground further ahead.
"It's almost like something skipped across the land when it crashed," Fishlegs said.
"Yeah, but what?" Hiccup asked.
"We won't know until we find it." Astrid said.
"I just hope we find it before it finds us." Fishlegs said.
"Come on," Snotlout said, "what could possibly be more frightening than 5 vikings on...dra...gons..." he tried to say. They came to a clearing in the forest and what they saw amazed them.
Well, they've found a crashed ship. The question is, is it the UNSC Flagstaff, or is it The Inquisitor.
Will post next chapter soonish.