With ship at warp and no need for her services, Heather went down to check on Ragnar, who was busy going through their medical supplies.
"Don't tell me you're injured already," he joked.
"No," Heather smiled as she sat down on his desk. "Though I think Hiccup might have some issues."
Ragnar placed his datapad down and looked at her. "Gobber, was his godfather so he's bound to be upset that he's dead. In Hiccup's mind it's his fault."
"How could it be his fault?" Heather frowned.
"Well, he thinks that he could have saved him if he had moved a little," Ragnar frowned.
"I suppose I can see why he blamed himself," Heather nodded. "Still don't you think it's risky having him lead us?"
"He's not entirely emotionally compromise," said Ragnar. "Our original mission was to fire the torpedoes from orbit and certainly not to bring him back alive."
"I suppose Toothless had something to do with it."
"That would be my guess and I'm willing to bet Astrid had something to do with it as well."
Heather nodded and got up. "Well, I've head back to the bridge."
Ragnar smiled. "I'll come with you."
Heather leaned in towards him and kissed him. "I thought you might."
Meanwhile, Windshear was scanning the torpedoes as they were being loaded into the weapons bay. She then turned around and saw Toothless standing behind her.
"Commander Toothless, is there anything I can do to help you?" she asked.
"For starters you could tell me what you're doing," said Toothless rising an eyebrow.
"The finding of the torpedoe's internal—"
"You misunderstand." Toothless then leaned in towards her. "What are you doing aboard this ship? There is no record of you being assigned to the Dragon's Edge."
"Really? That must be some sort of mistake."
"Don't try and fool me Windshear," said Toothless. "I know from you clan markings that you belong to the same family as Fleet Admiral Razorblade. Judging by his age and yours I can deduce that you are father and daughter."
Windshear was slightly taken aback, but regained her composer. "Commander Toothless. I'm aware that I have no right to ask this of you. But please, he cannot know that I'm here…"
Suddenly the ship struck violently and seconds later it was dropped out of warp.
"Engines manually drop out of warp," Snotlout stared.
Hiccup reached for the comm. "Fishlegs? What happens?"
"Sorry, sir. I don't know what happened!" said Fishlegs as he began to examine the engine. "The core overheated. I have to activate the emergency stop. It must be a coolant leak. I need time to find. Sorry, Hiccup."
"Great, just perfect," Hiccup moaned. He then looked over towards Snotlout. "Snotlout, time to our destination."
"Twenty minutes. That twenty minutes in enemy space we weren't counting on."
"Looks like we better act fast," said Hiccup. He then looked at Astrid, Heather and Ragnar. "Where's Toothless?"
"Here, Captain," said Toothless emerged onto the bridge.
"You're coming with me to Kronos," said Hiccup. He then looked on Astrid. "You too, Astrid."
Astrid nodded. "I'll get the twins to meet us at the shuttle bay."
"Good," Hiccup nodded. He then turned to Heather. "Lieutenant, how's your Kingon?"
"It's rusty, but it's good," said Heather.
"Good, you're coming too. I'll bet you at the shuttle bay."
Ragnar then approached him as he watched the three of them making their way towards the elevator. "Hiccup, are you sure about this?"
"I don't have much of a choice, Rag," said Hiccup. "Every second we waste is a second the Klingon find us. We were already risking discovery in neutral space, we can't afford to wait." Hiccup then activated the comm. "I'm sure engineering will have us patched up by the time we get back. Isn't that right, Fishlegs?"
"Yes, Captain," said Fishlegs' voice. "I'll do my best, sir."
"And how's taking charge while you, Astrid and Toothless are on the planet?" Ragnar asked.
"You are," said Hiccup.
"Me?" Ragnar stared.
"Once we're en route, I want you to transmit a target comm burst to Viggo and Ryker's location. You will tell you have a bunch of highly explosive torpedoes pointed at their heads and if they don't play nice, you're not afraid to use them."
Ragnar just stared at him. "Hiccup, I'm this chief medical officer," he reminded. "My duties are in med bay."
"We currently don't have anyone gravely injured," said Hiccup. "I saw your medical staff can handle the simple stuff. In case of an emergency you which command over towards Snotlout."
"Why not give him command at the beginning?"
Hiccup raised an eyebrow. "You really think I can trust him with 72 highly experimental and highly dangerous torpedoes?"
The two of them then turned and looked at Snotlout, who was right at the moment picking his noise and smuggling it on his controls.
"Good point," said Ragnar.
"You're going to do great, Rag," Hiccup assured. "Make sure that K'normian ship is ready to fly."
Ragnar watched as Hiccup entered into the elevator and vanished. He then sat down in the chair and looked at the screen before reaching the comm.
"Acting Captain Ragnar to Shuttle Bay 2. Please have the trade ship we confiscated during the Mudd incident last month fuelled and flight ready," said Ragnar. "Captain Hiccup en route to you now."
Hiccup and the others were making their way to the shuttle bay now dressed up as traders. The thing they wanted was for the Klingon to tire themselves to Starfleet. The twins were already at their shuttle, which had no Starfleet colours.
"Ready to deploy, Captain," said the twins.
"Lieutenants, lose the black uniform," said Hiccup handing them each a backpack. "You are K'normain arms dealers. Put those on."
The twins just stared at him. "Sir?" they said.
"Look, if this thing goes south, there can be nothing tying us to Starfleet." He then looked at the both. "Unless of course you want to start a war."
"I don't know that could be fun," said Ruffnut.
"I don't know, sounds too crazy even for us," said Tuffnut.
"Will you just get those on and get into the shuttle," said Hiccup tiredly.
They soon entered from the shuttle bay and towards Kronos.
"I am attacking two lifeforms in the Ketha Province," said Toothless looking over the life form scanner. "Giving the information provided by Skull, it is most likely Viggo and Ryker."
Hiccup then reached for radio. "Rag, I think we found our man. You left him know you mean business."
"Okay dokey," said Ragnar. He then sent a transmission down towards the Ketha Province. "Attention, Viggo and Ryker Grimborn. This is Acting Captain Ragnar Keatson of the USS Dragon's Edge. A shuttle of highly trained officers is on its way to your location. If you do not surrender to them immediately, I will unleash the entire payload of advanced long-range torpedoes currently lock onto your location. You have two minutes to confirm your compliance. Refuse to do so will result in your obliteration. If you test me, you will fail."
Ragnar then ended the transmission.
Snotlout turned round and looked at him. "Ragnar, remind me never to piss you off."
Meanwhile, Hiccup and the rest of his team had entered the planet's atmosphere.
"We will arrive at Viggo and Ryker's location in three minutes, Captain," said Toothless. "It is unlikely that they will come in willingly. I calculate the odds of him attempting to killer us 91.6%."
"Wonderful," said Hiccup.
The twins then saw the devastated city they were heading towards.
"What happened here?" said Ruffnut.
"So much destruction," said Tuffnut.
"And we didn't course it," said Ruffnut looking slightly jealous.
"Don't the two of you studying history?" said Astrid.
"Astrid, remember who you're talking to," said Heather.
"This was the final battle in the Klingon Wars," said Hiccup. "Ketha Province used to be Klingons capital city."
"How did we attack the Klingon homeworld?" Ruffnut frowned. "Weren't we on the defensive?"
"We were," said Astrid. "But Admiral Razorblade organisation a sneak attack that devastated the Klingon. They didn't anticipated that someone would attack them head on."
"After which the Treaty of Hamia took place and the galaxy was divided," said Hiccup. "The Klingons didn't realise that we were on the verge of defeat. Which is why we want to avoid another war, our ships are designed for exploration not combat."
"I'm still surprised that Viggo and Ryker could go the Kronos," Heather frowned. "Klingons like to attack humans on site."
"Which is why he decided to hide in the Ketha Province," said Toothless. "The Klingons hate to revisit places where they had been defeated."
Suddenly the ship shook and blaster fire was heard.
"What the hell was that?" said Hiccup.
On the Dragon's Edge lost contact with Hiccup.
"What happened?" said Ragnar. "Where's their signal?"
"It cut out," said replacement communication officer. "I'm working to get them back."
"Hurry it up," said Ragnar. "We need to know if they're in trouble."
On the planet Hiccup and the others were being attacked by Klingon warbirds.
"We are being pursued a D-4 class Klingon vessel," said Toothless.
"I thought this sector was abandoned!" said Hiccup.
"It must be a random patrol," said Heather.
"Probably a good thing we did by those torpedoes then," said Astrid.
"Hold on!" said Hiccup.
He then pushed the ship into a nosedive towards the city and warbirds was following them close behind.
"This ship had no offensive capability," said Toothless.
"It's got us," said Hiccup. "Give me all six fuel cells."
"Aye, Captain."
Toothless rerouted the power and the ship shot forward and deep into the complex of the ruined city. The warbirds continue to pursue them with no sign of giving up. It soon began to fire at them and Hiccup it is that manoeuvred the ship to dodge each and every blast. Unfortunately, even a pilot is as skilled as he was unable to avoid getting hit.
"Damn it!" Hiccup cursed.
"They're closing fast, bearing 285!" Astrid yelled.
Hiccup then noticed two structures in front of them and a small opening.
"We lose them in there!" Hiccup pointed.
Hiccup then began to manoeuvre the ship towards the passageway as the warbirds continue to fire at them.
"If you are suggesting that we utilise the passage between the approaching structures, this ship will not fit," said Toothless.
"We'll fit," said Hiccup.
"Captain, we'll not fit."
"We'll fit, we'll fit!"
Hiccup then turned the ship on its side of the fit and the passageway and entered into. The warbirds wasn't as lucky, because I unable to stop in time and collided with the structures.
Hiccup did his best to keep the shift straight, but now it is easier said than done. They kept on scraping against the structures as they followed the passageway. Everyone was quite tense as they heard the scraping sound.
Eventually they managed to make the passageway in one piece much to the relief of everyone inside.
"I told you we'd fit," said Hiccup looking over at Toothless.
"I'm not sure that qualifies," said Toothless.
Hiccup began to navigate across the city. "Any more of them?"
"No. Which worries me," said Heather.
"Maybe it was just a single patrol," said Astrid hopefully.
"Or maybe then jamming our scanners," said Heather.
"Let's try and look positive," said Hiccup.
However when they turn round the corner, Hiccup stopped the ship. They were surrounded by four Klingon vessel and they heard a radio transmission in Klingon.
"Great, that's just perfect," said Hiccup.
"They're ordering us to land," said Heather. She then looked at Hiccup. "Captain, they're gonna want to know why we're here. And they're gonna torture us. Question us. And they're gonna kill us."
"Oh, it that all," said Hiccup. "For a moment I thought we had something to worry about."
"We should come out shooting," Astrid suggested.
Heather remove her seatbelt and approach Hiccup. "Captain, we're outnumbered, outgunned. No way we survive if we attack first. You brought me here because I speak Klingon. Then let me speak Klingon."
"Well, we're dead," said Tuffnut.
"I'm too beautiful to die," Ruffnut cried.
"Since when?"
Seeing how he had very little choice, he lowered the shift towards the ground and they Klingon warbirds landed well while the other three hovered above them. He then opened the hatch door and Heather walked out.
A squadron of Klingon edges the warbirds he approached them.
"This isn't going to work," said Astrid.
"It's our only option," said Toothless. "And if we interrupt her now, will we not only not only incur the wrath of the Klingon and in danger Lieutenant Heather as well."
They watched from a distance at Heather made her way towards the Klingons and their leader from the crowd.
"I am here to help you," said Heather in Klingon.
The Klingons in react, but then their leader slowly approached her.
Hiccup had a bad feeling about this and open the compartment that contains their blasters. He then handed them out to the others.
"Just in case," said Hiccup.
Heather was now face-to-face with the Klingon leader.
"With respect," said Heather in Klingon. "There are criminals hiding in these ruins he has killed many of our people."
The Klingon then removed his helmet. The Klingons were humanoid based, but had armour plated skulls. There were also far stronger to humans and were as thick skinned as dragkains.
The Klingon looked at Heather. "Why should I care about a human killing humans?" he replied in Klingon.
"Because you care about honour," she replies in Klingon. "And these men have not. You are your people are in danger."
The Klingon looked at Heather and grasped her face and lifted her off her feet. He then pulled her closer towards him and reached for his knife which was concealed in his boot.
Suddenly out of nowhere lasers fired taking a couple of them out. They saw the silhouette of two men, each holding heavy glasses in hand. Heather took advantage of this distraction and grabbed the Klingons' knife and stabbed him in his leg.
"So much for negotiations," said Hiccup as he and Astrid rushed to the hatch.
The two of them then fired their blasters at the Klingon. Soon they were in a firefight with the Klingon against them and Viggo and Ryker. Toothless and the twins soon joined them firing their blasters.
The Klingon warbirds moved into position to blast them, but Ryker fired his heavy blaster and destroying one of them. While Viggo provided cover fire as he fired down upon the platoon of Klingon.
Hiccup made his way into the ruins holding his blaster firmly in his hand. Then, from out of nowhere, a Klingon appeared swinging his war staff at him. Hiccup managed to dodge it and pulled out his sword.
Soon the two of them were in a duel with one another. Unfortunately, the Klingon had the clear advantage being more physically stronger and taller. Hiccup was being pushed backwards as the Klingon swung his staff at them.
Astrid was using her drakenain axe as a means of defence against a Klingon warrior. She ducked and slammed her axe at him only for him to block. She then kicked him in the knee making lose his balance and she took advantage of that by plunging the axe down upon his shoulder.
Toothless and the twins meanwhile were shooting Klingon from behind cover, but Toothless attention was upon Viggo and Ryker. The two brothers were fighting back to back against Klingons that tried to overrun their position. In fact the two of them together killed more Klingons than all of them put together.
Hiccup finally lost his balance and his sword skidded out of his hand. The Klingon raised his staff ready to deal the final blow, but Hiccup found that he had landed next to his blaster. He quickly picked it up and shot the Klingon. He got to his feet only to be tackled by another Klingon on and the two of them began to wrestle.
The remaining warbirds began to drop more troops onto the ruins, but that matters very little to Viggo and Ryker. No matter how many Klingon charge at them they kept on blasting them as if they were nothing more than a nuisance.
Hiccup found himself in a headlock with the Klingon, but he elbowed him in the gut forcing him to release him. He then grabbed his blaster and shot him, but then a Klingon structure with the butt of his rifle.
Soon he found himself completely surrounded and he probably would have died right there if Viggo and Ryker hadn't shot his captures. Toothless and Astrid rushed to his position and help him up and soon they join the twins and Heather, who had managed to get to their position.
They then watched as Viggo and Ryker destroyed the remaining warbirds and saw them slowly eliminating the Klingons one by one. They didn't even slow them down as they jumped into the pathway below firing their blasters.
Viggo pulled out a knife and tossed it at a Klingon while Ryker grabbed the wrist of another and twisted it before punching him hard in the head. Viggo grabbed his knife and plunged it into the chest of another Klingon and Ryker pulled out a sword and plunged it into the chest of another.
With all the Klingon dead the two of them approached Hiccup and the others. Astrid and Toothless aimed a pair of Klingon blasters they took from the battle at them.
"Stand down," said Toothless.
"How many torpedoes," said Viggo looking at Hiccup.
"Stand down!" Astrid repeated.
Suddenly Viggo and Ryker fired their blasters disarming them.
Viggo then looked at Hiccup. "The torpedoes, the weapons you threatened use with in your message. How many are there?"
"Seventy-two," said Hiccup.
Viggo and Ryker's eyes widened and surprisingly they drop their weapons.
"We surrender," said Viggo.
Astrid and Toothless grab their blasters and aimed them at them. Hiccup slowly pulled himself up and looked at them.
"On behalf of Gobber Belchson, my friend, my godfather, I accept your surrender," said Hiccup glaring at them.