Stormfly led them into a foggy, cold area Astrid had never seen or been to.
The winds howled like ghosts and she could see reckages of ships and jagged rocks in the dark sea below. Definitely not a friendly place.
But she knew that this was where the Berserkers were. No doubt the dragons felt it too, because her Stormfly began growling softly, while Camicazi's Stormfly was a pale shade of green again, which Astrid figured meant she was scared.
Even the noisy little Camicazi herself was silent, scanning the air around her with those greengage eyes. Her eyes reminded Astrid of Hiccup's. That was probably the only thing she had in common with him.
"I can't see anything in this dreaded fog. We're going to crash into a pilar in a matter of seconds."
"Thanks for the happy thought."
Astrid grumbled.
The fog grew thicker and thicker.
Astrid couldn't see a thing. She couldn't even see Camicazi.
She gripped her axe. This was a very dangerous situation for them, since their eyesight was limited.
The air grew eerily quiet.
Then-

"Wait, what's th-Hooligan, LOOK OUT!"
Camicazi's loud scream jolted Astrid out of her thoughts,
but it was too late.
A large dragon appeared out of nowhere,
spitting flames at Astrid's direction.
Stormfly tried to dodge as fast as she could,
but the flames grazed her leg.
Astrid winced in pain, but that wasn't important now.
"Stormfly, spine shot!"
She yelled, and Stormfly shot spines out of her tail.
But the fog was too thick, and the spines
missed their target completely.

A bright burst of light appeared in the fog
several feet away from where they were,
and Astrid could hear a lot of snarling.
Camicazi was in danger. But Astrid couldn't help her.
Not in this fog.

More dragons appeared, completely circling
Astrid and Stormfly.
They charged. They tried to fight the best they could,
but then Stormfly gave out a screech of pain.
There was a large
SNAP!
They began to fall.

-0-0-0-

Hiccup was really tired now.
He wasn't given any food or water. He felt really lightheaded, and his throat hurt when he breathed. Staying in one position didn't really help too, his muscles were getting stiff and needed a stretch. There were red burn-marks and bloody scars on his face and wrist.
"Not so talkative anymore, are you?"
Anger surged up in him as Dagur walked in.
"You…Where's Toothless…."
Hiccup rasped, his voice dry as sandpaper.
Dagur grinned.
"Don't worry, you're going to meet him now."

Hiccup was surprised as Dagur released his bonds.
His body screamed as he stood up, all the tightened muscles
stretching. Hiccup almost collapsed again. He tried to get the weight off
his prosthetic leg.

He was led out into a large arena. Hiccup looked around wearily.
There was sand covering the floor,and a large gate on the opposite side.
But the thing that shocked Hiccup out the most were the skulls.
Numerous skulls of humans and dragons were dangling from the net sealing, grinning down at him.
Hiccup could still smell the scent of death and blood in the arena.
What had Dagur done these past years?
Thinking about that made him sick.
"You should probably be wondering WHY I brought you here."
Dagur sneered, his eye glinting like a maniac.
"After I caught you, I thought of a brilliant idea. It was so…Deranged."
His smile grew even wider. Hiccup wanted to smack that grin off his dirty face.
"Enough talking. Let's get started!"
He shut the gates, leaving Hiccup alone in the arena.
Dagur clapped his hands. The other gate burst open,
and there was…

"Toothless?!"
Hiccup could hardly believe it.
His dragon was there, slowly walking out of the arena.
Why had Dagur left them together?
Then Hiccup realized something different with the dragon.
His pupils….They were too wide. Much too wide.
Hiccup had only seen that look once.
Toothless looked confused, and very alert.
His ear plates twitched, like he was listening to something.
The skulls gently moved in the wind.
Toothless's head shot up, snarling.
"Toothless, what's the matt-"
Toothless whipped around and blasted fire just in front of Hiccup's feet.

But it wasn't his blue and purple plasma blast.
It was bright red.

"Dagur….You didn't….You….You fed him…."
Toothless charged at Hiccup,
shooting blast after blast at Hiccup's feet.
Dagur laughed hysterically, enjoying the sight.
"I told you that you would meet him soon, didn't I?
I decided to give him...a little treat."
He cackled, holding up a long, slimy, red-and-black…

Eel.

-0-0-0-

Camicazi poked at the fire, as her Stormfly
cuddled up next to her, purring softly.

"Ugh…."
They both looked up as Astrid sturred,
clutching her forehead.
"Rise and Shine! Welcome to the Middle of Nowhere!"
Camicazi said cheerfully, handing her a fish on a stick.
"Thanks…But what happened? I remember falling…"
"Ooh, yes. One of those dragons-curse those mange pelts-snapped
your Stormfly's wings in half. You both fell, Great Odin, that was terrifying!
Anyway, we managed to break your fall, and we ended up here. End of Story."
She continued poking the fire, chewing her own fish.

Astrid sighed. She looked at her Stormfly, resting in the other side with her wing bandaged up. Astrid looked at her leg to see that it was treated too.
"Did you…"
Camicazi laughed.
"I picked up a few handy skills before coming here. Trust me this once, okay?"
Astrid nodded, rubbing her arm. She looked around. It was still very foggy.
"Where are we?"
Camicazi shrugged.
"Dunno. But we're close enough to the thugs, I can hear the dragons everywhere."
Sure enough, she could hear distant screeches of dragons and wing beating.
"Your dragon's not going anywhere up for a while."
Stormfly whined as she looked at her limp wing. Astrid stroke her dragon comfortingly.
"We have to go. Hiccup doesn't have much time-"
She struggled to stand up, only to wince as she leg flared with pain.

Camicazi pushed her back down.
"You stay here. I'll go there alone."
"What?! But-"
"Hooligan, you're not fit to go to the Beserker base,
let alone sneak in there."
Astrid sniffed.
"What are the odds of YOU sneaking in, then?"
Camicazi smirked.
"I'm a Bog Burglar. I was BORN for this stuff.
I'll leave my dragon to take care of you.
Stay with them, Stormfly, okay?"
For some reason, the dragon turned brilliantly purple,
but she nodded.
"Off I GO!"
Camicazi said brightly, drawing her sword.

"Wait. Camicazi."
Camicazi stopped and looked at Astrid.
"Mmm?"
"Thanks for taking care of my leg."
Camicazi raised an eyebrow.
"Thank YOU for calling me by my name."
Then she sprinted into the fog.

A/N: Remember the 'Eel Effect' from the TV series?
That's how Toothless is right now.