The storm was raging outside of the drop ship. Everyone was forced to stay inside for cover of the storm. The wind was incredibly strong. The parachute sheets that covered the entrance of the drop ship where shaking furiously in the air. Astrid watched as each person ran backwards and forwards out of the drop ship to grab their belongings.
"Come in, Ark Station." Astrid heard in the background. She turned around and walked over to Camicazi who was trying to make contact with the Ark. "This is Camicazi Cowlock calling Ark Station. Please come in. Can anyone hear me?"
"You sure you have the right frequency?" Ruffnut asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Camicazi snapped.
"Cami?" Astrid said to the frustrated girl. Camicazi turned her head to her. "You can do this. Okay?" She then walked away from Camicazi and over to an unconscious Hiccup who was lying on a table. He didn't have his shirt on anymore. Astrid began to clean round the dagger again.
"Calling Ark Station. Ark station, please come in. I'm on the ground with the 100." Camicazi said into the headset. She then turned her head over to Hiccup and Astrid. "We need you." She told them. Astrid turned her head to her.
xXx
"We need to talk about those flares, Stoick." Gobber told Stoick. He and Gobber were sitting in a council meeting room with the rest of the council members.
"No. We don't." Stoick told him.
"I saw them, too." Ingrid told them. "We can't just ignore what we all know it means."
"We don't know what it means." Spitelout told her.
"It means that there is someone alive on earth." She said. "It means that our children might still be alive."
"More false hope." Spitelout muttered. Then a small buffering was heard through the room, though everyone ignored it.
"Ingrid, those flashes could've been anything." Stoick told her. "Lightning. Radiation in the atmosphere."
"In any case, whatever they were, that's a matter for the council to discuss." Gobber told him. Suddenly the same noise as before, buffering, was heard through the room.
"There it is again." Mulch said as he and everyone looked around, listening carefully as to what the noise could be. Suddenly a voice was heard.
"Calling Ark ship. Come to Ark Station."
"Camicazi." Gobber whispered. "She's still alive." Then everyone began to leave to the room and run through the corridors towards the tech room.
"Are you there? Please come in. Calling Ark Station. Can anyone hear me?" Camicazi begged from the ground.
"This is a restricted channel. Who is this? Please identify yourself." It was like time had suddenly stopped. They had made contact. Astrid quickly ran over to Camicazi's side, while the other prisoners gather round.
"This is Camicazi Cowlock." Camicazi explained. "I'm from Mecha Station. I'm transmitting from the ground. The 100 are alive. Please, you need to get Dr. Ingrid Hofferson. Dr. Ingrid Hofferson. Now."
"Hang on, Camicazi. We're trying to boost your signal." The male tech told her. Gobber and Stoick then ran into the room. "Get her off the Ark-wide channel. This room only." He ordered.
"Can she hear me?" Gobber asked as he joined in to try and help.
"Did you confirm the signal's origin?" Stoick asked the male tech.
"Yes, sir. It's coming from Earth." The tech explained. Ingrid then ran into the room.
"Are we in?" She asked.
"Yes. Camicazi. Are you there?" Gobber asked.
"This is Ingrid Hofferson, hello?" Ingrid called out.
"Mom? Mom, it's me." Astrid said through the speaker. That was the first time Ingrid had heard her daughter's voice in nearly a year.
"Astrid?" Ingrid said in dis-belief.
"Mom, I need your help. One of our people was stabbed by a grounder." Astrid explained.
"Astrid, this is the Chief." Stoick said. "Are you saying there are survivors on the ground?"
"Yes." Astrid told her. "The earth is survivable. We're not alone." There was silence through the room. No one knew what to say or do. "Mom, he's dying. The knife's still in his chest."
"Okay, can you patch me through to medical?" Ingrid asked Gobber.
"Of course." Gobber told her as he began to do his job.
"Astrid, is my son with you?" Stoick asked. Astrid froze.
"Sir, its Hiccup." Astrid told him. "He's the one stabbed." Stoick began to panic slightly. He had already lost his wife, he can't lose his son as well. He turned to Ingrid.
"Astrid needs you. Patch her in to me when they're finished." He then left the room.
"I'm gonna talk you through it step by step." Ingrid said. "Astrid, give 5 to medical. Medic."
"What?" Astrid yelled. She couldn't understand a thing. "Camicazi, what's wrong?"
"It's not the radio." Camicazi told her. "It's the storm."
"Dr. Hofferson, you should look at this." The tech said. Ingrid then looked over to the screen to see a large white cloud over the island the prisoners were. "There's a hurricane right on top of them."
"Astrid, we need to hurry." Ingrid told her daughter before quickly leaving the room with Gobber and headed to the medical station.
xXx
Heather walked back into the drop ship with two canisters, Ruffnut right behind her. She walked over to Astrid and handed her a canister. Astrid took it and gave it a quick smell. "Ugh. Tuffnut's' moonshine?"
"Pretty sure no germ can survive it." Heather told her.
"Wait, how did you get this if Tuffnut's not even here?" Astrid asked.
"Ruffnut. Twins really do think alike." Heather told her.
"The storm's getting worse." Astrid said as she looked over at the entrance. "Ruff, close the doors."
"We still have people out there. Snotlout and Tuffnut still aren't back yet." Ruffnut told her.
"Neither is Dagur." Heather said.
"It's all right. They'll find somewhere to ride it out." Astrid told them. Camicazi then came running over to them.
"Look. One suture needle." Camicazi said as she passed the small needle over to Astrid.
"Right. I still need something to close the wound." Astrid told her.
"There's some wire on the second level. I use it for tents." Heather told her.
"Let's see it." Astrid told her. Heather nodded before running to get some.
"Stay away from the blue wires that run through the ceiling. I rigged it to the solar cells in the roof." Camicazi told her. "That means they're hot. You got that?"
"Yeah, I got that." Heather told her. She then turned to Astrid who had just finished washing her hands, and began to shake them.
"Tell me you can do this." Camicazi said to her. Astrid stayed silent. Before either of them could say anything someone called out.
"Hey, they're back." Everyone turned to the entrance to see Dagur, Snotlout and Tuffnut walk into the drop ship. Snotlout and Tuffnut were carrying the grounder.
"What the hell are you doing?" Heather said as she climbed back down from the ladder. The grounder dropped to the floor.
"It's time to get some answers." Dagur told her.
"Oh, you mean revenge?" Heather said.
"I mean Intel." Dagur told her. He then turned to Tuffnut and Snotlout. "Get him upstairs."
"Dagur, she's right." Astrid told him as she walked over to him. Before Dagur could reply a voice ran through the drop ship.
"Astrid, honey, we're ready. Can you hear me?" Dagur stared at the radio in shock.
"Look, this is not who we are." Astrid told him.
"It is now." He said before walking off. Astrid walked over to Hiccup and began to explain his injury.
"The blade is at a sharp upward angle, between the sixth and seventh ribs." She explained.
"Okay, how deep?" Ingrid asked.
"I can't tell how deep it goes." Astrid said. Ingrid sighed.
"That's all right. Just don't remove the knife yet." Ingrid told her. Camicazi began to pace up and down the room.
"Hey, here." Astrid said as she passed the canteen over to Camicazi. "Sterilise your hands." Camicazi took the canteen and began to drink from it. Once she finished drinking some of the alcohol she poured the liquid onto her hands.
"Astrid, can you see any fluid?" Ingrid asked. Before Astrid could reply a small fight broke out.
"Hey, watch it!" People began to push each other out of the way and began to yell.
"Damn it! Clear the room." Astrid told Camicazi.
"Everyone, upstairs! Now! Let's go!" Camicazi yelled to the group. Everyone obeyed and began to move.
"He feels a little warm." Astrid told her mother.
"Okay. That's all right. Fever sometimes accompanies trauma." Ingrid explained. "Astrid, I need you to tell me if there is any fluid leaking from the wound." Astrid quickly knelt down slightly so she could look at the wound from a lower angle.
"Uh... no." Astrid answered.
"Pleura membrane's intact." Ingrid said. "That's good. Actually, really good. He got lucky."
"Hear that? You're lucky." Camicazi said to Hiccup.
xXx
Up stair Tuffnut and Snotlout tied the grounder with chains so his arms and legs were apart. His body made the shape of an X. Suddenly he began to shake out of control.
"Whoa! He's awake." Snotlout pointed out.
"Tie him tighter." Dagur told them as he held a dagger. "The last thing we need is this bastard getting free because you screwed up." Suddenly the grounder stopped shaking when his eyes met Heather's. She was standing a few feet away from him, directly in front. Dagur saw this. "Heather, get out of here."
"I told you he was protecting me." Heather said as she walked over to her brother. "You didn't have to do this."
"This isn't about you." Dagur told her. "I'm doing this for all of us."
"You did that for all of us?" Heather asked as she gestured the grounder's bloody face.
"I did that for Hiccup and Fishlegs and Diggs and John and Roman." Dagur told her.
"It wasn't even him." Heather pointed out.
"You don't know that. We need to know what we're up against." Dagur told her. "How many there are and why they're killing us. And he's gonna tell us right now." He then began to walk over to the grounder but Heather was trying to stop him.
"No, Dagur, please." She begged.
"Snotlout, get her out of here." Dagur ordered.
"I was there!" Heather told him. Snotlout took hold of Heather's arm but she quickly pushed him away. "Hey, get get off of me!" He quickly let her go due to her temper. "I don't even think he speaks English. He won't understand you." Heather told him before climbing down the ladder.
"Oh, I think he will."
xXx
"I think we have a problem." Ingrid whispered to Gobber. He was holding a tablet of what Hiccup's injury would look like. "If she's just a hair off, she could lacerate the aorta when she extracts."
"Is that-?" Gobber asked.
"Bad, really bad." Ingrid told him, Gobber let out a shaky breath. Ingrid then turned her chair back and began talking again. "Okay, Astrid, firm grip on the knife. You're gonna need to angle it upward and to the left, very slightly to the left as it exits the rib cage."
"How very slightly?" Astrid asked as she was slightly confused and now more nervous. Camicazi was pacing again.
"Any less, too-" Ingrid said but was cut off.
"Wait, what was that? You dropped out." Astrid said.
"Astrid, 3 millimetres." Ingrid said with a firm voice. "Got it?"
"Yeah. Okay, I got it." She told her. "Here goes."
"Steady hand, Astrid." Ingrid told her. "You've assisted me on trickier procedures than this. And once that knife is out, the hard part is over."
"All right. Extracting now." Astrid said. She placed one hand on the knife and the other on his chest. As she slowly began to pull the knife from Hiccup's body his eyes suddenly opened and he groaned in pain.
"He's waking up!" Camicazi yelled.
"Uhh!" He began to yell in pain.
"Hold him still." Astrid told her.
"Hiccup, I'm gonna get that knife out of you, okay?" Astrid told him.
"Ahh." He scream as he began to move slightly.
"Hiccup, you can't move. You got it?" Astrid told him. He moaned in pain but his head moved up and down.
"Okay. Here it goes." Astrid said. She slowly began to pull the knife out. Hiccup began to scream louder.
"Nice and slow, Astrid." Ingrid told her.
"Hiccup, do not move." Astrid told him as she carried on pulling the knife out while Camicazi held him down. "Almost got it." Suddenly there was a loud bang and the drop ship shook violently.
"Astrid. Astrid? What's happening?" Ingrid called. There was no answer. Astrid quickly stood up and saw Hiccup was no longer on the table but on the floor. He hand his left hand over the wound and tried to sit up. Astrid held the dagger in her hands. "Astrid, can you hear us? Astrid?"
"It's out." Camicazi called out. "She did it." Astrid and Camicazi quickly rushed over to Hiccup.
xXx
Upstairs Snotlout and Dagur were pick up objects that fell to the floor from the drop ship shaking.
"What the hell was that? We under attack or not?" Dagur asked as he walked over to the ladder. Tuffnut climbed back up.
"Storm damage. We're okay." He told him. Dagur then walked back over to the grounder.
"We're gonna try this one more time. What's your name?" No answer. "Where's your camp? How many of you are there?" Still no answer.
"Hey." Snotlout said. Dagur turned around. "Check it out." Dagur and Tuffnut walked over to see Snotlout holding a small box with viles inside, each containing a different substance. "What is all this stuff?"
"Hell knows with these people." Dagur said. The three men then began to look through the different items the grounder was carrying. Dagur then picked up a small box. As he went to open the it the grounder began to shake again, trying to escape.
"Think we found something he doesn't want us to see." Tuffnut said. Dagur opened the small book to see different drawings.
"These aren't bad." Dagur commented. He then came across a drawing of a face that looked familiar to him. It was Heather. Dagur looked over to the grounder before looking back to the book. He then found another one that looked familiar. "It's our camp." Next to the picture was a single line next to each other. "I'm guessing if I counted all those marks, it would add up to 102. 10 are crossed out."
"That's how many people we've lost." Tuffnut said. Dagur stood up and walked back over to the grounder, who was not looking up at them.
"They've been watching us ever since we got here." Dagur said.
xXx
"Okay. I'm done." Astrid announced as she cut the final stitch.
"Good. Do you have anything to cover the wound?" Ingrid asked.
"We'll make do, like always." Astrid told her.
"Should he be this pale? Warm, too." Camicazi asked as she ran her hand over Hiccup's forehead.
"He's lost a lot of blood, Cami, but if your brother's anywhere near as tough as you, I'm sure he'll be fine." Gobber told her. Astrid then placed her hand on his chest, feeling what Camicazi was feeling.
"Wait, mom, she's right. He's feverish, and his breathing's uneven." Astrid told her.
"You need to give him some time to recover. Let me know if he gets any worse, but I think I think he might just be out of the woods." Ingrid told her.
"Well, down here, there's nothing but woods." Camicazi joked. Astrid sighed and ran her hands through her hair.
"I need a break." Astrid said as she stood up. "Stay with Hiccup."
xXx
Back up stair Dagur continued to look through the Grounder's book when he came across another picture. It was human shaped but all scribbled in. "What the hell is that thing? Friend of yours?" Dagur asked. He didn't answer. The sound of the door opening was heard as Astrid climbed the ladder onto their level. She walked over and stared at the grounder in shock and slight pity.
"Well, if he didn't hate us before, he does now." She said. Dagur grabbed her arm and pulled her away.
"Who cares? How's Hiccup?" Dagur asked.
"Alive." She answered. "His people will care. How long until they figure out where he is? And what happens when they do? I mean, when they come looking for him? They will, Dagur."
"Relax, princess." Snotlout told her. "No one saw us take him. He was chained up in that cave the entire time, and thanks to the storm, we didn't see a soul on the way back." There was a loud bang that echoed through the drop ship.
"Okay. In case you missed it, his people are already killing us." Dagur told her. "How many more of our people need to die until you realise we're fighting a war?"
"We're not soldiers, Dagur." Astrid told him. "Look at him. We can't win."
"You're right." Dagur said. "We can't. If we don't fight."
"Astrid, he's seizing!" Camicazi yelled.
"On my way." Astrid yelled as she rushed over to the ladder and began to climb back down. Once at the bottom she saw Hiccup's body had begun to shake violently.
"He was fine, then-" Camicazi said in shock and tears in her eyes.
"Get my mother on the radio now." Astrid ordered as she rushed over to Hiccup. Camicazi stood their. "Camicazi, now!"
"The radio's dead! Interference from the storm." Camicazi told her. She then walked over to Hiccup, facing Astrid. She began to cry slightly. "Please don't let him die." Astrid looked over to her. She had no idea what to do. Then slowly Hiccup began to stop shaking.
"Okay. It stopped. Quick, help me get him on his side." Astrid said as she tried to turn him over. Camicazi stood they staring at him. "Cami, there is fluid in his lungs. He could choke. Quick." Camicazi quickly snapped out of her thoughts and helped Astrid. Once Hiccup was on his side Astrid began to run her hands on him. "He's burning up."
"Fluid in his lungs. Does that mean the knife hit something?" Camicazi asked in a panicked tone.
"No. This isn't blood." Astrid told her as she wiped away the liquid from his mouth. "It's something else. I did, I did everything she told me." Astrid said like she had failed. Her eyes suddenly. "Wait. I've seen this before. Shortness of breath. Fever. Seizing. It's poison."
"Astrid, you sterilised everything. I watched you do it." Camicazi pointed out. Astrid shook her head.
"Not everything." Astrid then walked over and took the knife that hit Hiccup. "Stay here." She told Camicazi before climbing up the ladder. Once she was on the second floor she saw someone walk over to her.
"Astrid." Heather said as she stood next to her. "They locked the hatch." Astrid ignored her and carried on climbing an till she came to the closed door. She began to bad as hard as she could.
"Hey! Open the door!" She yelled. The door opened but Snotlout blocked her way through. "Get out of my way, Snotlout. Now!" He moved out of the way. Quickly Astrid made it to the level, Heather right behind her. She rushed over to the grounder and held the dagger in front of him. "What's on this?"
"What are you talking about?" Dagur asked.
"He poisoned the blade." Astrid told him. "All this time, you knew Hiccup was gonna die no matter what we did. What is it? Is there an antidote?"
"Astrid, he doesn't understand you." Heather told her.
"Vials." Dagur quickly remembered. "It's gotta be here." He said as he took the small box and passed it to Astrid.
"You'd have to be stupid to have a poison around this long without an antidote." Astrid said. She threw the blade of the floor and moved in front of the grounder. "Which one?"
"Answer the question!" Dagur ordered.
"Show us. Please." Heather begged.
"Which one? Our friend is dying down there and you can stop that." Astrid told him.
"I'll get him to talk." Dagur said as he walked over to the grounder, fist raised. Heather quickly grabbed his arm.
"Dagur, no." Heather begged.
"He wants Hiccup to die. Why can't you see that?" He then turned to Astrid. "Do you want him to live or not?" Astrid stayed silent.
"Astrid, you even said it yourself. This is not who we are! He was protecting me." Heather told her. "He saved my life."
"We're talking about Hiccup's life." Dagur told her.
"Do it." Astrid said. Heather gave her a shocked look. Dagur walked over to the grounder and began to cut his shirt open. His body had many scars and markings over it, but the most stood out would be a burn-like mark at the tom left side of his chest. It was shaped almost like a bird. Heather went to stop him but was held back by Tuffnut and Snotlout.
"Just tell us!" She begged the grounder.
"You're gonna show us the antidote or you're gonna wish you had." Dagur told him as he walked back over to the grounder with one of the straps from the seats.
"Dagur, no. Please." Heather begged. Dagur didn't listen to her and threw the belt across the grounds skin. He groaned in pain. He did it once again. Astrid quickly stopped him from doing it again and knelt down in front of the grounder, laying the viles on the floor.
"Please. Which one's the antidote? Just tell them." Astrid begged. The grounder stayed silent.
"Astrid." Snotlout said. Astrid turned to him. "I'm not letting my cousin die." Astrid sighed before picking up the viles and moving out of the way. Dagur once again threw the belt across the grounders skin.
xXx
"You are the station reps of the Ark, and I don't blame you for losing faith in me." Stoick said. He had called a meeting for the station reps of the Ark. He had decided it was time for no more secrets." Spitelout and the rest of the council, apart from Gobber and Ingrid, were also there with him. "I kept the Ark's oxygen crisis from you. I lied about sending the hundred to the ground. But you can tell your stations that the deception ends here. You now know the whole truth, but there is one truth that stands above all the rest. Earth is survivable. The 320 souls who sacrificed their lives in the culling gifted the rest of us the time that we need to make it to the ground. Mankind is going home." Everyone began to speak with excitement to each other.
"How do we know that's everything?" A male station rep asked, also know as Mildew. "How do we know you're not still lying? To cover up for the culling?"
"This afternoon, I declassified the minutes of all council meetings." Stoick told him.
"Is that supposed to make us feel better? All those people died for nothing." Mildew told him.
"It was not in vain." Phlegam told him. "The 100 went down to the ground, finding out that Earth is survivable. And because of these people's sacrifices, your children will get to come down to the ground. That is not in vain."
xXx
Dagur threw the belt across the grounder's skin once again. This has been happening for the pasr 5 minutes and the grounder still hasn't talked.
"Enough!" Heather yelled to her brother.
"Astrid! He's getting worse!" Camicazi yelled from the bottom floor.
"We're running out of time." Astrid said before kneeling in front of the grounder again and placing the viles down on the floor. "Which one? Which one is it? If you tell us, they'll stop. Please tell us which is the antidote and they'll stop this." The grounder still spoke no word. Dagur threw the belt onto the floor.
"If that doesn't work, maybe this will." Dagur said as he picked up his knife. "Astrid, you don't have to be here for this."
"I'm not leaving until I get that antidote." Astrid told him. Dagur walked in front of the grounder with the knife raised.
"Last chance." Dagur warned the grounder, though he did not speak. Before Dagur could take action Camicazi climbed up the ladder.
"He stopped breathing." Camicazi told them.
"What?" Astrid said, getting ready to run down the ladder.
"He started again, but next time, he might not." Camicazi told her.
"He won't tell us anything." Snotlout told her as he banged his hand against the wall.
"Want to bet?" Camicazi said as she to the wall and pulled out two blue wires.
"What are you doing?" Dagur asked.
"Showing him something new." She told him as she pushed the two wires together, creating a spark. She then quickly placed the wires on the grounder, electrocuting him. The lights in the drop ship flickered. He began to scream
"Which one is it? Come on!" She screamed before placing the wires back on his body. After a couple of seconds she let him go again. "He's all I have!"
"No more!" Heather yelled as she held the grounders knife in her hand.
"He's letting Hiccup die." Camicazi yelled over to her. Heather shook her head before placing the blade on her arm, cutting herself.
"Heather, no!" Dagur yelled. The grounder suddenly leaned forward slightly, breathing heavily.
"He won't let me die." Heather whispered.
"Heather, what the hell did you-" Dagur didn't finish what he was saying because Heather knelt down in front of the grounder, placing the knife in front of the viles.
"This one?" She asked as she pointed to the middle vile. The grounder didn't speak but shook his head. "Good." She told him before moving the knife to the left. The grounder didn't say anything but instead moved his head so he was facing the far right vile. Heather saw this and quickly picked the vile up and held it upwards in front of the grounder. "This one?" He nodded slowly. Heather quickly passed the vile to Astrid.
"Thank you." Astrid said as she took the vile and she and Camicazi quickly left the room. Dagur placed his hand on Heather's shoulder but she quickly shook it off.
"Don't touch me." She snapped at him. Dagur quickly walked away from her, giving her room. Heather and the grounder looked at each other, no speaking a word.
xXx
Astrid has just finished giving Hiccup the antidote. She and Camicazi where standing by his side. "How do we know if it works?" Camicazi asked.
"We'll know when he wakes up." Astrid told her. "He'll need water when he does. Do you mind...?" Astrid asked. Camicazi knew what she meant and nodded.
"Sure." Camicazi soon left and went upstair to get the water. Astrid watched her leave before turning her gaze on Hiccup. He was still sleeping. She then slowly began to have tears form in her eyes and began to sob. She leaned her head on his chest and began to cry.
"I can't do this without you." She told him. She sat up slightly and leaned her forhead on his. She gave him a small his on the forhead while still having tears fall down her face.
"Hello? Astrid? Astrid, can you hear me?" It was Ingrid.
"I'm here." Astrid replied.
"Oh thank Thor. The storm is passing. How's Hiccup doing?" Ingrid asked.
"I think he'll be okay." She told her mother.
"Well that's thanks to you, sweetheart." Ingrid said. "I'm so proud of you. Finn would be so proud of you, too." Astrid smiled.
"You think so?" Astrid asked. Ingrid nodded.
"I know so." Astrid smiled more before looking down at Hiccup once again.
xXx
Heather was up stairs with the grounder, cleaning the wounds his brother had caused him. She carefully wiped the wounds with the cloth. "I'm so sorry." She told him. "You saved my life and look at the thanks you get. I never wanted any of this to happen to you." As she began to clean the blood of his hands he fingers slowly curled round her own. She stopped her movement and looked over to him. In a low and cracked voice he spoke.
"Thank you." He told her. Heather looked at him with amazment. He spoke. He spoke English.
"Hey." Tuffnut said from the otherside of the room. Heather quickly snapped out of her gaze and carried on cleaning. "He just say something?"
"No." Heather told him.
"You know your brother doesn't want you up here, Heather." Tuffnut told her. "Let's go." Heather sighed before turning around and walking over to the ladder. She and the grounder stared at each other for a few more seconds before breaking the contact and climbing down the ladder.
xXx
Astrid sat next to Hiccup, not leaving his side, with her head in her hands. She then heard slight movement. She looked up to see Hiccup's eyes slowly opening.
"Hey." He said. Astrid let out a shaky sigh before quickly standing up and leaning over him.
"Hey." She said to him. He was smiling.
"Good save." He told her. She laughed slightly.
"It wasn't just me." She told him. He gave her a confusing look. "My mom helped."
"Your mom, how?" He asked. She ran her hands through his hair.
"I'll explain it all soon," She told him, "just get your rest." Hiccup nodded before closing his eyes again, letting sleep over take him. Astrid sighed before placing her head on the table, letting her body relax for the first time in hours.
xXx
On the Ark inside of the council meeting room Stoick and the council were all sitting round the table. "The good news is that we are going to the ground." Stoick announced. "The bad news is not all of us are." Everyone but Gobber looked at him with confusion.
"It's a problem we were supposed to have 100 years to fix." Gobber told them.
"What problem?" Ingrid asked.
"There are 2,237 people on this ark and there are only enough drop ships to carry 700." Stoick told them. "We are on a sinking ship, and there aren't enough lifeboats."
