Waking up the next day with a much better attitude Hiccup called his squad to attention as the base commander walked in for inspection.
"Private Haddock front and center." The commander ordered
Not wasting anytime Hiccup hurried out from behind his and stood at attention.
"Private Haddock reporting as requested sir". Hiccup said evenly and confidently
"I want you and your squad to report to the obstacle course on the far side of the camp in two hours you will be the first to run the course do not disappoint me." He ordered viciously.
Hiccup gave a nod and saluted the commander as he walked out of the barracks. Heading back to his bunk Hiccup began to get into his PT gear which was a simple T-shirt with a Mandalorian skull design on the front and a quote on the back "You are only as strong as the warrior standing next to you", a pair of black shorts and running shoes.
As a show of unity they were all provided the same outfit. Snotlout was the only one to complain about not being able to wear his cut off shirt so he could show off. Everyone silenced him glares that could pierce a starship.
They all arrived at the obstacle course two hours later and it looked daunting. Rope walls 10 meters, roped swinging across a 5 meter deep pit, hurdles, army crawling under lasers, and the last obstacle was having to jump over a pit of fire.
"Are they trying to fucking kill us?" Hiccup exclaimed
"Only trying to weed out the weak Private Haddock." The commander said over the intercom
"Now in order to pass this test you ALL must pass the test and if one of you should fail not only will you have lost that member of your squad, but you all will have to repeat the test until the entire squad passes. You have 20 minutes good luck." His voice faded from the intercom
Across from us a big digital clock appeared and started to count down. Before Hiccup could gather everybody and form a plan of action, Snotlout, Dagur, Eret, Ruff and Tuff all sprinted ahead leaving Hiccup, Astrid, Heather, Fishlegs and Cami at the starting line. It didn't take long for Snotlout and his gang to get stuck at the first obstacle a 10 meter high rope wall. Only one problem there was no rope.
Sighing Hiccup and his group ran towards the wall having already wasted precious time he came up behind Snotlout and gave him a smack on the head.
"What the hell was that for?!" Snotlout asked surprised.
Hiccup didn't respond he simply gestured to pile of treble hooks and rope. Moving to grab one Hiccup began to swing it and tossed it up the wall. It managed to catch on the back side of the wall. Pulling the rope taught Hiccup began the climb soon after everyone grabbed their own hook and rope and repeated his actions. When they reached the top of the wall Snotlout just had to get his two cents in.
"Now how are we supposed to get down smart ass." He sneered
"Like this" Hiccup replied calmly.
Swinging one leg over the wall so he was straddling it he shifted the hook so it was hooked onto the front side of the wall and pulled up the rope and dropped it down the other side. Carefully walking down the back the wall everyone managed to get down with no injuries.
Looking at the clock they still had 16 minutes left to complete the course. The next obstacle was the rope swing and this time no one needed any help as it was pretty straight forward on what to do. With everyone gathered on the far side of the rope swing they ran to the hurdles.
To their surprise the hurdles were replaced by lasers. Stopping everyone before they ran into the lasers Hiccup glared up at the platform the commander was standing on.
"Figure it out Private Haddock." The commander bellowed over the intercom
Hiccup looked around frantically trying to figure out a way to get over the hurdles without anybody getting hurt. He was so frantic he didn't notice Astrid and Cami heading over to the walls where the lasers were coming out of.
Astrid and Cami managed to break a panel off and placed it in front of the laser to test it. Seeing that the laser didn't cut through the panel they started to break off more until everyone had one of their own. Holding their make shift shields off to the side they carefully made their way across the laser field.
Coming up to the army crawl they made their way under that no problem it wasn't until they got to the fire pit they noticed a severe problem. It was way too big for anyone to jump across by themselves. Not sure of what to do for the first time since they met Fishlegs spoke.
"Everybody take a running start and come at me when get a few feet before me jump and with your momentum I will launch you across the pit." He said confidently
"What about you who will get you across?" Heather asked with concern.
"Don't worry about me I have a plan." Fishlegs replied grinning ear to ear.
Not questioning it anymore Hiccup took the first leap. He was surprised by Fishlegs strength as he cleared the pit by a good two feet. Everyone else was tossed over the pit with just as much ease until Fishlegs was the only one left on the other side.
"Now what Fishlegs?" Hiccup yelled over to him.
Fishlegs though was one step ahead of him already. He had a long metal rod that he had pulled from the structure that held the army crawl obstacle in hand. It didn't take long for Hiccup to figure out what he was trying to do.
"Oh god he is going to try and pole vault the freaking pit." Hiccup managed to squeak out.
Before anybody could respond Fishlegs was taking a running start and planted the pole into the ground sending him flying through the air towards them. They all remained hopeful that he would make but two thirds of the way across he started to lose height much too quickly. They all gasped in fear as he started to fall.
Before he knew it Hiccup was standing at the edge of the pit ready to reach out and grab Fishlegs to pull him to safety. Hiccup grabbed his arm but Fishlegs momentum brought Hiccup down over the edge of the pit. Before he could scream he felt a pair of arms around his waist and hoist him and Fishlegs over the edge of the pit and on to solid ground. Looking back he saw Astrid, Cami and Heather with each other's arms wrapped around the others waist from behind. They had managed to pull them both out of the jaws of the death and back to safety.
Not wasting anymore time they ran across the finish line with 10 seconds to spare. A clearly irritated commander' voice came over the intercom.
"Well done Nightfury squad report to the library to begin your classroom studies." He grumbled.
Jumping up and down at their success they walked toward the library to see what their first test there would hold for them.
A/N: Okay so let me get some feedback on this idea, i can either
A: tell the story of them going through the 12 week boot camp and go through little stories and side adventures
B: I can fast forward to the end of 12 week boot camp to just before their first training mission where the plot would move along a lot quicker and i could get to some juicy parts and move the story along that way
I am fine doing either i just want to know what you guys would prefer, leave a review or PM me what you think i should. with these options out i will give it a few days time for enough people to voice their opinion.
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