The second that Hiccup fell, was the second that the offender needed to escape.
Maka was next to him in an instant, along with Thor. "What hit him?" Clarissa asked, a second later. "Dead Bolt" She said, like it was one of the worst things in the world.
"Uh, hello? People who know barely anything of your world over here?" Snotlout called.
Jessica turned and quickly told them the situation "The Dead Bolt is what hit Hiccup. It's a specially made bolt to well, to kill the dead. It's only made by the Death Knights, because we do have long range snipes, almost like Hiccup, but he's more short-long range. Anyways, It only kills Dagyrs, so that's good, but we have tested it on brave volenter Death Knights, and sadly, the results were not so good. The earliest model knocked out a Death Knight for almost a thirty years. Luckily, we've improved it sense then, se he won't be asleep for thirty years. So the good news is, it won't kill him, just knock him out for a bit, maybe a day or two, or considering he'sis our strongest member maybe even just a few hours, who knows? But no longer then two days. The bad news, only a Death Knight and hold and use the bolts."
Stoick felt the hand of dread clench his throat. After a few swallows he finally said "So, another Death Knight, did this to him?"
Jessica nodded sadly "Yes. But I can't tell who. Alot of higher ups were angry at how powerful Hiccup was, and only after a few days of training. By the end of the week, Odin named him his second in command right next to Thor. The boys think of eachother as brothers, twins infact, so they have no qurrals againstenst it. Many of the higher ups came to respect Hiccup though, so I don't understand who would…" She paused and her eyes grew wide.
"Marcus." She said. Maka looked up from where she'd been helping Thor just properally remove the bolt quick enough so Hiccup wouldn't heal around it (Hiccup heals exreamly fast). "What about Marcus?" She asked. It quickly became clear to all of the villagers that everyone else forgot they were here.
"Marcus must have been the one to shoot Hiccup!"
Thor looked up surprised also. "Jess, that's a very serious claim. Marcus is third in command, why would he-" "Because Hiccup passed right by him! In a matter of weeks, Hiccup went from novice, to advanced, to private, to commander, to general! And then not a day later, went all the way to Major Second In Command, right past Marcus who took almost thiry-six years to get from Novice to advanced, to private, to commander, and then another five to get to General, and then another seven to get to at first Third In Command, and then Hiccup comes in and it's Fourth yet third in Command! Hiccup past right by him! He's envyous! Jealous even!"
Thor finally nodded "Finally makes sense why he wouldn't care to blow up Berk. He knew it was important to Hiccup. Blow it up, Hiccup gets back, seriously harms Marcus, Hiccup gets thrown out of the spotlight."
Everyone nodded. It did sound like a foolproof plan.
"Except one thing: Odin would never take Hiccup off his spot. He knows how much Hiccup loves this village, how much it means to him, how much the people mean to him, Stoick and Astrid especially, and we all know that Marcus knows that, because he's constantly pushing to see how far Odin will let Hiccup go, and so far, we've seen that Odin will let Hiccup almost kill someone if Hiccup see's fit."
"But Levi, Hiccup can't kill a soul to save his life. I mean, to protect someone elses? He's put a bolt right through his own head-you know, it that would kill him-but the point isit, Hiccup would get someone to the brink of death, he'd fight and fight and fight, but Hiccup will never kill. Remember that time that the one 'Great Warrior' in Valhalla that Hiccup could be very ashamed of himself, that he must be a dishonor and a great shame to all of his family and that he should have just killed himself for befriending a dragon? And a dragon flew off with his mother?"
All of the Death Knight's nodded "Well, we all know that occasionally, the Warriors will get restless from so long without something to get rid energy. Well, Hiccup actually asked if that man was looking for a fight, and when he replied obviously, Hiccup had replied 'Then find one somewhere else, cause it won't be a fight between us. It would be a bloody beat up, and I'd win' and he did win. The second the man attacked, just boop and bam! he was out. Broken nose, black eyes, a few teeth missing, and the thing is, Hiccup could have killed him, like he was supposed to sinceense all fights in Valhalla were always deemed finished when one would die, because everyone would just come back right?"
"Yeah"
"Well, Hiccup never killed him. He just looked at him and said 'I don't have the heart to kill you old man, so run away. And fast before my dragon decides to become what you always thought of them as' and to prove it, Toothless had growled very low and very terrifyingly at the man. And at first he though Hiccup was lying and was just gonna make a fool of him for trusting him, but the second that Toothless took a step forward, he was gone. Like, dust everywhere, it was like a cartoon! It was weird!"
The villagers became confused "Cartoon?" They asked.
Everyone else laughed and was about to explain that things were very different in Valhalla, when Hiccup suddenly sat straight up and gasped "Great Odin that hurt!"
Silence.
"What?" Hiccup asked.
"How are you awake so quickly!?" Everyone demanded.
"Uh… I don't know?" He said, like a question.
Hiccup looked over at Toothless who was looking at him curiously. "Bud. Sniff out the shooter." Toothless was instantly on it. He went to the bolt, sniffed it, and walked away
"Toothless is trained to find. He'll find my shooter." Hiccup explained. He stood and stretched, groaning slightly. "Okay, However shot me, is gonna be in a hell of alot of pain. It hurts like Hel to be shot in the heart!"
Toothless came back a moment later, with a cross bow in his mouth, an angry look in his eyes. Hiccup stared at him for a moment, before saying "He says that Marcus left his bow so he'd find it and not him. He's run off, and probably not going back to Valhalla. Well, that's two leads out."
Stoick nodded "Don't worry. We'll find him. Surely he can't hide from a god and a bunch of people who love to kick other peoples asses."
Everyone laughed as they continued where the night left off.