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Valka's POV
Dagur looked at Hiccup and smiled. Hiccup only glared daggers back at his old enemy. Valka watched the two of them in silence, although every instinct she had was telling her to run forward and just do something...ANYTHING besides just standing there staring at her son and his enemy.
"I didn't want to have to do this, Hiccup," said Dagur, "but you leave me no choice." He turned around and looked at his men. Nodding, ten of the twenty men put their crossbows down on the ground beside them and drew slingshots. They also grabbed large, fist-sized metal balls and loaded them into the slings.
"Fire at my will," said Dagur, putting up his hand.
"Don't get hit," Hiccup whispered to his mother. "For one thing, they hurt, and for another thing, they knock you clean out almost instantly most the time, depending on where it hits you. And the pain in your head lingers forever...I speak from experience."
Valka didn't reply with words; she just nodded, turning her focus back to Dagur and his men, watching as they pulled back on their slingshots, getting ready to shoot.
"NOW!" shouted Dagur. As soon as Dagur shouted, the men released the stones, sending them flying through the air. Hiccup and Valka were ready for them, which made dodging them fairly simple.
They managed to make it through their first round of fire. Hiccup, watching them reload, ran towards his dragon and began cutting the ropes with Inferno. But the men reloaded, this time aiming for the two thrashing dragons.
Hiccup had just enough time to jump out of the way before the stones were fired. They hit the two dragons, knocking them clean out.
Valka couldn't believe it. It was so easy knocking the two dragons out...how much easier would it be to knock her and Hiccup out?
Hiccup groaned loudly, noticing his and her dragon were out cold.
"Great, just great!" he shouted, running in her direction as the Berserkers fired their third round towards him. "This is perfect, isn't it!?" he shouted sarcastically, stopping when he got beside Valka.
"FIRE!" shouted Dagur again after his men reloaded. They pulled back on the slings and released the stones. Hiccup and Valka both broke out in different directions. Unfortunately, Valka didn't dodge it completely in time. One of the stones grazed the side of her head.
The pain was excruciating, but she wasn't unconscious yet.
Keyword: yet.
She cried out in pain before falling to her knees.
"Mom!" Hiccup called out, trying to race towards her, but failing when Dagur and his men shot more at him. He dodged-wait, did he? She couldn't tell. The world around her was fading quickly; she was losing the battle against consciousness.
No no no no! she yelled at herself in her mind. Get up get up get up get up! Hiccup needs you! Get up!
She couldn't force herself to a stand. She couldn't even force herself to call out to Hiccup. She couldn't force herself to stay awake...
...the last thing she saw, was Hiccup charging towards Dagur. Dagur raised his axe, Hiccup raised Inferno. Just before their weapons parried, Valka lost consciousness all together, and her world went black.