So what else can happen after that huge fight? Might as well have some character interactions! I know I'm saying a lot of times how much I enjoyed writing a chapter, but this really is among my top 3!
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As Eggman and Razorbeard returned to the black void where they met, Orbot and Cubot were the first to greet them.
"How did it go, boss?" Cubot was the first to speak.
"They have defeated us." Both villains said silently.
Orbot leaned near Cubot's head and whispered "Nothing out of the ordinary."
Eggman, who heard his robot's words, wasn't amused by them. "What was that?" He glared at the tiny robot angrily.
"What you have heard." The feminine robotic voice sounded, causing everyone to look around them as the voice echoed. "Did I authorize you 2 to go after them?" It asked, still monotony.
"We thought that if we ambush them, we could have taken them down; especially when they were mostly at each other's throats." Razorbeard explained their actions.
"It would have been logical for the human to come up with such a stupid plan." The monotone voice said, causing Eggman to growl. "When they put together that you are their enemies, they teamed up against us, exactly what we didn't want to happen." For some reason, the monotone made those words sound both calming, and threatening.
"We can still take them out!" Eggman insisted. "If we only had other sources which will allow us to power up our robots, we could make them so strong it will be impossible for them to beat us!"
"I might have a solution to that, but you will have to be quick, as the turtle figured out a way to get to us." The voice said.
"What do you have in mind?" Razorbeard asked.
"If you gather those Chaos Emeralds, some lums, and some stuff from the guy with the long eras' planet called eco, you could use all of those as energy resources." It explained.
"Well, let's go get those things then!" Eggman declared, ready for another fight.
A few long moments passed, and the team had managed to set a small camp for the night. Seeing how no one had any tents, or any sleeping equipment with them, everyone settled with either sleeping against the trees, or on top of them.
The only thing the group of heroes could have done properly was getting food and water. Sonic ran through the forest to get some blueberries, taking Merida with him as a guide to what's poisonous and what's eatable. Michelangelo used his Kusarigma chain near the lake to impale some fish for dinner; Ratchet was helping out with that by grabbing more fish with his wrench.
As the sun was about to set, the group has made a fire thanks to Toothless's plasma blast, and they were now cooking the fish they got while munching on some blueberries.
During that time, there was somewhat of an awkward silence between everyone. Nobody knew what to say or do during that time. While some of the presents worked together before, and even considered them friends, there was not much common for the unlikely team.
The silent broke down as after a few minutes, Toothless started staring at Daxter again, as he was supper. The ottsel caught sight of the dragon staring at him and quickly began to tense. "Um… Does he always stare at ottsels like that? Or am I a special occasion?" He asked Hiccup, who was obviously the most connected to the black dragon.
"Toothless, don't stare." The teen calmed him down. "You have a nice pile of fish right there." He pointed in the direction of the promised fish, which Toothless leaped happily towards.
Michelangelo signed. "He seems to have something he likes. I miss pizza." He said sadly.
Everyone, with the exception of Sonic, Tails and Sly, were looking at him with wired looks. "What's pizza?" Rayman asked.
The turtle signed as he explained. "It's round baked dough with cheese and tomato sauce on top of it, as well as anything you want." He described the food to the best he could.
"Sounds good." Hiccup said.
"We really need to find a way to make this back home." Ratchet also stated.
"It's good, but not chili dog good." Sonic piped in with a smirk, Tails sharing the smile.
"And what's that?" Jak was the one who asked this time.
"It's a hotdog being put in a bun with a bunch of chili, which is basically a spicy sauce." Tails said.
"I tried it once, it was tasty." Sly also added.
"Ye're faud saunds sa delicias." Merida murmured in. "We have haggis, and the list ah will say, the better."
Hiccup growled. "I heard horror stories about this thing."
"What is this, haggis?" Clank asked them.
"Sheip stamch." Merida answered.
Everyone's faces turned green with disgust at what the Scottish princess just said.
"I think I preferred it before you asked what it was, pal." Ratchet pointed out as Michelangelo tried not to hurl after what Merida said. Both turtle and the lombax's sarcastic mark made the group laugh a bit, the first time since the entire thing happened when some of them actually smiled.
After that, the silence came back to the area; it was broken quickly when Sly signed. "This all reminds me of some of the times I and the guys went camping in the woods. I sure hope they are okay." He said.
"Don't worry," Sonic reassured him. "We will get them out of there." The hedgehog said with confidence.
"Sonic is right." Rayman was the next to speak. "Each of us had faced those guys before. If they couldn't beat 2 of us, or even 1 of us; they don't have a chance." The creature's words seemed to put more confidence in everyone.
Soon after, night started to fall and everyone thought this was a good time to retire to sleep.
"Ah will take first watch." Merida volunteered to guard in case Eggman and Razorbeard will strike again.
As everyone found their comfortable spots against or on top of some of the trees, Hiccup prepared to spend the night curled up in Toothless's wing. When he was about to lay down, he saw Merida taking her position and starting her watch.
"Go to sleep, bud." Hiccup told Toothless. "I need to do something first; I'll come over later." He told his dragon before making his way towards the Scottish princess. Toothless just rolled his eyes and went to sleep.
Hiccup reached Merida and cleared his throat, making her turn to face him. "Um… Hey…" He said awkwardly, waving his hand a bit.
Merida looked at him with a confused look. "Hi?" She said questionably. "What de ye want?" She asked him quite aggressively. They may have a common enemy, but that doesn't mean they are friends just yet.
"Uh… I… You… Today…" Hiccup tried to find a way to start the sentence but he always had problem with keeping a cohesive sentence together. "I just wanted to thank you again… You know, for saving my life in the fight." He finally managed to say.
The princess shrugged. "Na prablem. Jist dan't think ye are aff the haak ance we save aur families and friends." She warned.
"Hey, who knows?" He sat down near her. "If we Vikings made peace with dragons, maybe we could stop fighting you guys as well." He told her.
"Ah actually wanted ta ask ye aboot this tammaraw." She suddenly said. "Whit caused this that naw ye are in peace with them? Ah always hird they were yer enemies." She asked.
Hiccup took a deep breath as he told her how he met Toothless, how he found out he was tamable and friendly and how he and Astrid discovered the nest. Throughout the retelling of his adventure, he sometimes felt the need to throw a dry sarcastic comment on something, like his father not listening to him, causing Merida to laugh at it; his cheeks turning a bit pink every time a giggle escaped her mouth.
When Hiccup reached the part he and Toothless fought the queen of the nest, referred to as The Red Death, he pointed to his prosthetic leg; causing Merida to gasp a bit. Losing your leg because of it being burnt sounded much more painful than it being eating by a bear, like her father's case. "From what I've heard Toothless did his best to save me, but apparently it wasn't enough to save all of me." He said as the memory of waking up to find him with 1 less leg came back with a vengeance. "So, I guess you could say Toothless got me back for that tail fin." He finished with another cynical remark.
"That's… Amazing, Hiccup." Merida told him. For a Viking, he wasn't all that bad. "Ah miself changed tridditian ance." She then said.
Hiccup turned to her, giving her a look that said "Go on". Why was she flushing because of it was beyond her, but she didn't really care honestly. She started to tell him how her mother arranged her to marry one of the other Scottish lords' sons but she didn't want to, so she ran away and bought a spell from a witch that turned her mother into a bear. Hiccup couldn't help but laugh at that revelation, but he managed to stop himself once she glared at him.
"Eventually, we managed ta mend aur baund, defeat Mor'du and bring her back ta narmal." Merida finished her story.
"And I take it, the marriage plan was canceled?" He asked.
"Aye, it was." She replied with a smile. "Ah am free like the wind!" She exclaimed happily and he could only smile at her and how passionate about freedom she was, kind of like himself.
They did have a lot in common it turned out, from both being the children of their leaders but not really being like them, to change the way their kingdoms lived and operated.
After they were done with their personal stories, Hiccup asked Merida "So, how did you end up in this entire multi-universe thingy?"
"Ah guess it was when Sonic, Tails and anather friend af theirs came here ta laak fer sameane; wha ah belive was Rayman." She told him. "What abaut ye?"
"Well, I met Rayman not too long ago. It turned out a Viking princess who we believed was just an old kids story, was real and alive in Rayman's world." He told her and Merida's eyes widened at the explanation. "They came to our universe to look for her home, and once we found out she was the princess, she was crowned queen of all Vikings and all tribes combined to one kingdom." He went on. "Eventually, however, she wanted to live with Rayman in the other universe; so she crowned my dad the king instead of her. And then, she made me war strategist and here we are, wanting to fight you." He finished.
The 2 continued to talk back and forth about more stuff, enjoying their conversation surprisingly. Merida found out that Hiccup was a pretty nice guy who wasn't anything she ever heard about Vikings. He was funny, he understood her problems as he experienced them as well, and he was actually… Sweet?
Hiccup also found out that Merida wasn't just a pretty face. She was passionate, energetic and streaming with self-confidence. He could even say that she reminds him of Astrid, his ex-girlfriend; only much more beautiful now that he was comparing the 2 in his mind.
The 2 were so into their conversation, they didn't even notice Jak and Ratchet coming up to them. "Hey, guys." Ratchet was the first to speak. "You were watching us for quite a while."
"You might as well get some sleep; you will need all the energy you can get." Jak added.
They both nodded as they got up and went towards where the others were asleep. "Thank ye." Merida told them as Ratchet raised his hand as if to say "Don't mention it".
As Hiccup made it back to where Toothless slept, he turned to Merida. "Hey, Merida?" She turned to face him. "If you want… You can sleep with me and Toothless. He wouldn't mind." He quickly added.
Merida was skeptical about the offer at first, but decided that she would probably prefer the warmth of the dragon than the hard trees. "Uh… Akay, sure. Thanks." She quickly answered as she made it under the dragon's massive wing.
"Good night, Merida." Hiccup told her.
"Gaad night, Hiccup." She replied
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