Chapter 8
Of Suspicions And Drownings
Hiccup was missing,
That much he knew of. According to everyone else besides Astrid.
"What's the meaning of this?" Hiccup heard a man ask them when they approached.
"Rubar has ordered the prisoner to be hidden until farther notice." Hiccup's captor answered smoothly.
The guard didn't responded, most likely deciding what to say next.
"You of all people should know: you need a sign of order to move prisoners off the island."
"And you of all people should know: not to test me."
"I won't be punished if this goes south?"
"If you are, it's won't be of my doing," Hiccup's captor replied. "Now let us pass."
They continued on through the passageway that was blocked by the guard.
"Shall I have the dragon shipped off also?"
The man stopped dead in his tracks, jerking Hiccup back as well from the sudden change of momentum.
"Prepare the dragon for departure, But don't load it on the Fields yet. Wait for my word to do so." He answered with full authority.
"I will do as you say, but I won't lose my hand for it."
"That's all I expect of you." Hiccup heard the man mumble.
And with that, The man gave Hiccup a light shove then continued walking.
"Step up." The Man ordered only seconds after walking away from the guard.
Hiccup did as he was told, and once he stood up strait, he instantly realized they were on a ship.
"Keep walking." The man ordered once again, this time steering him to the right of the ship.
They walked only a minute or so before the man gave his next order,
"Step down, there are stairs."
Now he was suspicious, usually ships were much bigger on Berk. Unless The man was planning on taking Hiccup fishing in secret, He was pretty sure this boat was made for light travel.
Also known as, not back to Berk.
Hiccup tripped suddenly, now aware that the steps had ended.
"Watch your step." The man warned unnecessarily. Hiccup could also hear a light chuckle coming from the man.
Hiccup scowled under the bag over his head, knowing he didn't warn him on purpose.
"Keep walking." The man ordered, switching back to his commanding tone again.
Hiccup, though not wanting too, continued walking.
Being on the ship made Hiccup's balance not as strong as it would be on land. So He swayed a little when the ship tilted left, he almost fell over on his side from the lack of sight and the lack of a left foot.
He felt the man force him upright again with a grunt, but when he forced him up, the ship tilted right, causing Hiccup to fall on top of the man, toppling both of them to the floor.
"Everything alright down there?" A voice shouted from up on deck.
"Everything is fine." The man grunted, Then pushed Hiccup off of him.
Even before Hiccup could take a breath in, he was jerked up by the man again, and was pushed to continue walking. The man continued steering him down the path, Which seemed to be a mini labyrinth hidden beneath the ship.
Hiccup was then shoved into a small room, no bigger then the cell he was place in before. He almost fell face first into the room but some how he caught his balance before that could happen. He then heard The man walk closer to Hiccup, Then a sound of a knife being unsheathed. He tried controlling his breathing, not knowing what the man had planned.
"Hold still."
Panic really started to set in at his point for Hiccup, But he was relieved when he felt the ropes around his wrist loosen and fall to the floor. Almost in a instant, Hiccup ripped the bag over his head to let fresh air flow through his nostrils.
Deep breath in, exhale out. Hiccup kept repeating over and over.
When he looked back over his shoulder, the man with the mask was still standing their.
"Where are you taking me?" Hiccup finally managed to ask.
"What makes you think I would tell you?" The man in the mask snapped. "Just get some rest, and try not to escape or anything. Then I'll have to kill you."
Hiccup just looked away from the man in the mask without any reply, hoping his silence will count as an acceptable answer.
He then heard the man turn around and leave the room, with a slam of the door, and a turn of a lock, Hiccup was trapped in the room. . . Or so the man thought.
Hiccup immediately started searching his surroundings for something that would help him escape. He searched the walls, the floor, ceiling, even the door frame that Hiccup came through.
Nothing, that's what Hiccup found.
Everything had been cleared out of the room, not even a splinter was left sticking out of the old wood the boat was made out of. Obviously, whoever had made this ship was expecting prisoners to be kept in this room,
The room it self was fairly small, with only a single port hole as a window that was locked tight with no edges that stuck out that most older boat would of had. There was a pillow and a scratchy blanket for Hiccup to use when he rested and a bucket in the corner in case he couldn't hold it.
"Sails up!" Hiccup heard someone yell from on deck.
"What should we do about the boy?" Another voice this time, sound like it was coming downstairs.
"Leave him alone!" Someone else snapped. "We want him alive and in his right mind when we get there, so you stay far away from him."
"Oh come on! I won't freak him out too much!" The first voice tried reasoning
"That is what you said the last two times."
"I did, didn't I?" He answered with a chuckle. "But seriously, you know how boring it get's sailing this route, 'Cap! I need something too do."
"Leave. Him. Alone." The second man commanded, making a point with each word. "You can find something else to do while we sail! Understood?"
"If it helps 'ya sleep at night, then, 'ya understood," Another voice answered with a slight accent.
Footsteps could be heard going upstairs after the third man responded.
"So when we go'n in?" He asked once he couldn't hear footsteps anymore.
"Tomorrow night." A response came from the first man.
Then he heard foot steps coming closer to his cell.
"Boo." A man said while sliding the opening over to see him.
All Hiccup could see of the man were his eyes, One silver, one icy blue.
"Who are you?" Hiccup asked without fear.
"'Ya don't need to worry 'bout that right now," He answered with a wink. "Just check'n in on 'ya. Make'n sure 'ya didn't do anything stupid and I'd have to fix later."
Hiccup didn't answer, not even sure if he should.
"'Ya better get com'fy, We've got a long sail ahead. Don't want 'cha stiff as this boat when we dock." He suggested with a nod of his head.
"Where are you taking me?" Hiccup asked, ignoring the suggestion.
"Don't worry 'bout it, I'll make sure 'ya get filled in real soon."
"Why do I get a bad feeling when you say that?"
"Beats me!" He laughed, sounding very weasy. "Maybe, 'yer just suspicious, but we're all friends 'ere. Nothing to worry about."
Then the man shut the opening and walked away.
"This ot'a be interesting." Hiccup said to himself.
Meanwhile on Berk,
"Get inside!" Ivan yelled at all of his men, all of which were preparing to fight.
Ivan and most of his men were still out by the docks, Now a storm had rolled in, giving them all a nice bone soaking feeling.
Each of the men looked at one another, and decided to follow their orders.
"I'm not going down without a fight!" Kath yelled, standing his ground.
"Well, your going down if you don't get inside." Ivan retorted quickly.
They had a silent stare off for a few seconds, But Kath gave in first.
"Alright." He huffed.
Then turned and left to go inside.
"Now, where's did those dragons go?"
"Ivan!" A small boy yelled, running up to him. "Stoick told us, that 'you need to come inside.'"
"Why should I hide while your village get's destroyed?"
"Because we can handle it, we've got tons of experience with this." He answered, but more like he was told to say that.
Ivan picked up on it, but didn't say anything about it. Instead he decided to obey what the boy had told him.
"Know, that I am only going inside because I know of how often you get attacked by dragons and know you have more experience. NOT because I was told too."
"Understood sir." The boy said, with respect.
"Good."
Then Ivan ran towards the Town Hall with his other men away from the dragon fight.
"Ivan!" Kath yelled from bellow the steps that lead into the great hall.
"What is it now?!" He snapped, venom dripping off his voice.
"Some of the men are still at the catapults ready to fire!"
"On who's order?" He questioned, now actually caring what he had to say.
"I was hoping it was yours sir." He answered with a hint of nervousness creeping into his voice.
"Oh by Thor's Hammer, The only order I've given regarding the catapults are 'Not bring them out, unless absolutely necessary.'!" Yelled Ivan.
"Well, I guess they didn't understand that, sir." Kath said, going with a safe answer.
Ivan rolled his eyes and muttered a few colorful words to describe how he felt about those men at the moment before continuing.
"Go and lead the rest of the men to the Great Hall-"
"-What about you sir?" Kath questioned instantly.
Ivan shot him a death glare for interrupting, but continued without commenting on it.
"I'm going to gather the men who might of possibly put all of us inside a prison cell."
"I'll go and lead the men." Kath stated with a nod.
"Thank you." Ivan told him.
Both men parted ways to do their task, And both dreaded dealing with it every step of the way.
"Stoick told everyone 'To go inside the Great Hall.'!" The same boy as earlier told him.
"Apparently not all of my men heard that," Ivan answered, stopping for a moment to face him. "I'm going to gather the rest of my men who have disobeyed my orders."
He left without waiting for a reply.
At least if I can convince enough people that I had nothing to do with this, I won't get punished. Ivan thought, not daring to voice his words out loud.
"Ivan!" Another person shouted after him
He grunted out loud,
"I swear, I one more person tells me to go inside the Great Hall one more time! I'll-"
"I was just going to ask if you needed my help." The man interrupted.
Ivan raised an eyebrow, and after neither of them said anything, Ivan grunted then said,
"Come on then, We don't have all day!"
The man followed Ivan without hesitation, which Ivan found a little strange. Even if he was one of his men.
But he couldn't dwell in that thought while weaving through the dock that he wasn't familiar with.
"These docks are so different from the Fields back home." The man stated from behind him.
Ivan gave a quick nod in agreement, thinking the same thing.
The Fields back home, were literally fields to load anything they put out in the Fields. With a single dock stretched horizontally to allow them to walk over the water and load in the ships. Only a few ports had docks that went out into deeper water for bigger boats that couldn't pull up right in front of the Field.
"I think we all wish that we were back home." Ivan agreed.
"Here, here." The man said cheerfully.
They finally made it to the docks where some of his men were rebelling against his orders.
Everything was in chaos, the men were aiming at two dragons that were flying right over the docks, but Ivan knew that no matter how well his men's aim were, something would go wrong if they fired.
"Stand down!" Ivan ordered
No response.
He ran closer to the ships they were on, the other man accompanying him following right behind and tried again.
"Stand down men! Stoick has ordered everyone inside the Great Hall!"
"What?!" The first one asked.
"Stand down!" He repeated.
"He's telling us to stand down!" The first one said to the other,
"Are you sure?!" The second one questioned,
"Yes!" Ivan answered for him. "Now stand down and get your sorry behinds inside the Great Hall!"
Both men looked at each other, They didn't say anything. Leaving the few seconds to pass with only the sound of the two dragons fighting.
And then, with one swing over the side of the ship, both men were next to Ivan.
"Alright, Ivan." The first one said.
"Let's go!" Ivan commanded.
All men turned and headed towards the Great Hall, like they were told.
"Wait," Ivan said, stopping in his tracks. "I hear something."
All men came to a stop at his words.
"Like what?" The second man from the ship questioned.
"Well I can't hear it if your talking, now can I?" Ivan asked sarcastically.
He ducked his head in embarrassment, Keeping his mouth shut for now.
Ivan rolled his eyes, and tried to listen for the sound again.
Silence rolled by for what felt like minutes.
I know I heard something. Ivan thought to himself.
SNAP!
Even before the men could inhale another breath, the docks exploded right in front of them.
Every man fell to the ground as a dragon leaped out of the hole created in the docks, landing on the opposite side of them.
The two men that were arming the catapults, got up ran back the way they came, while Ivan was still on the ground.
"Ivan!" The man shouted that was still there. "Ivan!"
No response came from him.
The man was starting to panic, So instead of staying and fighting like he usually would, he picked up his Captain draped his arms over his shoulder and trudged him along the opposite way of the dragon.
"I can't believe this is happening." He mumbled to himself in disbelief.
Before he even made it up one of the ramps to higher ground, he stopped in his tracks.
He heard nothing, Usually that would be a good thing, but that meant the dragon wasn't on the docks where it was just a minute ago.
He took a chance and looked behind him to confirm his suspicions, And the dragon was gone.
"Okay," The man said slowly. "where did you go?"
He got his answer sooner then he wanted.
Only about a foot in front of him a hole exploded, the dragon leaping out of it.
He tried getting away from the hole, but he lost his balance and fell into the cold water along with his Captain.
Both him and Ivan sank into the icy depths, and both him and Ivan had a very slim chance of resurfacing.
Edited 11/8/2015
*Dramatically raises up from pit*
I LIVE!
No, I wasn't dead for basically two months. I just completely forgot about this story. (Plus it didn't help I couldn't think of anything.)
Here it is now, I sent this to my beta but I haven't gotten the edited version back yet.
So If it sucks, It's all my fault.
I'm working on the next chapter already, so (Hopefully) it won't take as long to post the next chapter.
FFR!
Or not.
But at least Review please, It always makes my day when someone does!
Even if it's just "Nice job." or "I hate it." I would REALLY appreciate it.
TTFN!
Ta Ta for now!
-MFM
(P.S whoever can guess who originally said "I LIVE!" and the goodbye is SO AWESOME! There two separate characters BTWs)
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THAT ARROW IS POINTING TO SOMETHING YOU SHOULD CLICK ON . . . .
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