Chapter 10:
Several hours after the dragons were drugged by the dragon nip, they finally woke up groggily, much to the relief of Stoick, the teens and Gobber. Now that the dragons were ready to leave, they wasted no time in departing Berk.
Mildew watched the departing forms and turned away to head back to his house, disgruntled that he couldn't do anything else to delay the rescue party. He sighed and absentmindedly petted his pet sheep Fungus, listening to its pleased bleating.
Hiccup groaned as he awoke from an uneasy sleep. His cheek was throbbing from the punches Alvin had given him and there was a nasty looking bruise on his stomach from Alvin's kick. To make matters worse, the skin on his stump was irritated from how roughly the Outcasts had ripped off his prosthetic, and rubbing it wasn't helping.
The boy uncurled himself from his corner stared blearily at his surroundings. Still the same dirty, dark Outcast cell. And his wrists were still shackled to a chain that was embedded into the wall. Hiccup sighed and wondered if Toothless was okay, if his father and his friends had started a search party, if Beck missed him. He truly didn't blame her for leaving him; after all, she'd only just met him, and she'd probably hadn't had any human interaction in a long time. He knew that Alvin would harm anything that got in his way, and Hiccup hadn't wanted Beck to get hurt. He was almost glad that she had departed when she had. Hiccup felt like he hurt whoever came close to him. He had shot down Toothless to get a better reputation and had left him with half a tail. He had brought peace between dragons and Vikings to Berk and the dragons were causing nothing but destruction. And Hiccup had felt too sorry for himself to notice that him and Toothless were heading into a storm, and Toothless was Gods knew where...
While Hiccup was having his dark thoughts, Beck woke up in the cave by the shore she had collapsed in several hours earlier. She felt well rested, but worried that she had slept too long and that they were hurting Hiccup. She immediately grabbed her trusty sword and crept out of the cave, for she had to be more careful now; it only took one lousy soldier to spot her and sound the alarm. Beck finally arrived at the door to the Outcast prison and tiptoed inside.