Chapter 12: Pain
Warning this chapter contains strong language! Read at your own risk!
Nico groaned and tried to get up. He cried out in pain as his chest seemed to explode. He lifted his head and saw that he was trapped in a bola while the raid was still taking place.
"Ah shit!" He cried as pain shot through his chest. He tried to get out of the rope but it was wrapped too tightly around him and the slightest movement made his chest burst in agony. His vision started to go fuzzy as a large object came into view moving at a fast pace. As his vision cleared a little Nico noticed it was Stoick and boy did he look pissed. Nico tried moving again but each time he was stopped by the pain coming from his chest.
"Ah Dammit!" He screamed in his head. He looked back over and saw Stoick had almost reached him.
"Maybe he's in a good mood?" He thought hopefully. That thought was dashed as Stoick let out a cry of anger and charged at him.
"Uh oh..." Nico thought as Stoick raised his hammer. Nico closed his eyes. "This is going to hurt." He thought as Stoick brought the hammer down on Nico's right arm, shattering the bone as if it was glass.
Nico screamed in pain feeling as though his arm had exploded. Stoick looked down at him madness written in his eyes.
"You turned my son into a criminal," He breathed heavily like a bull waiting to charge, "I brought you in and you helped dragons our enemies!" He took a step closer and raised his hammer again, "Snotlout told me everything you did," He paused as he brought it down on where he thought Nico's left leg was. He looked down in confusion as he felt the hammer hit the ground instead of his leg. His eyes widened slightly at the sight of Nico's missing leg, they quickly reverted back to their stony glare. "Brainwashing the teens, confiding with the outcasts, Riding! a dragon." He paused again, "Once I'm done with you I'm gonna do what I should've done years ago and get rid of that little 'mistake'." He emphasized the word 'mistake', that's what caused Nico to forget the pain he was in.
"Nobody calls Lyna a mistake! Nobody!" He screamed to himself.
"As for the oth-"
"Don't you dare call her that you bastard!" Nico interrupted. "If you so much as lay a finger on her not even the Red Death will be able to keep me from killing you!" Stoick was visibly taken aback by the sudden outburst but then it turned to a look of confusion.
"If you pulled your head out of your ass and listened to me then maybe just maybe it would get through your thick skull that there IS A MASSIVE BLOODY DRAGON HALF THE SZE OF BERK CONTROLLING THE DRAGONS! JESUS CHRIST DRAGONS DON'T EVEN EAT BLOODY ANIMALS!" Nico was breathing heavily and the look on Stoick's face was priceless. Nico heard looked past Stoick and saw that the battle had ceased as Vikings and dragons alike were staring at him in shock. Nico smiled this was his chance.
"Listen to me dragons don't raid you to feed themselves its to feed their 'queen' who forces them to bring food or they'll be eaten." The Vikings seemed to forget that they were in battle and started whispering to each other.
A Deadly Nadder turned to the rest of its pack and made a few squawking sounds. Suddenly Stormfly landed next to Nico with Toric and Agnes riding on her back. Toric's had a bow notched and was aiming it right at Stoick's face.
"Get away from him!" He said calmly not blinking. Stoick's eyes narrowed but he reluctantly backed up. Without looking away Toric addressed Agnes. "Get Nico." He ordered eyes still locked on Stoick.
Cautiously Agnes slipped off Stormfly and carefully as she could picked up Nico and placed him on Stormfly's back. Suddenly Toothless was flying above warbling to the other dragons. They all seemed to listen to what he was saying as they dropped their haul and took to the skies leaving behind some very confused Vikings. Stoick watched in amazement as the dragons disappeared leaving all their livestock untouched. He turned back around to address Toric but to his surprise they were gone.
"Odin be dammed." he swore as he marched to the center of the village preparing a speech.
Lyna's POV
I waited anxiously, along with Toric and Agnes, for Nico and Toothless to get back. It had been a while since we had freed Hiccup and I was getting worried, he was only supposed to be getting his dragon so why hadn't he come back yet? Then I heard the sound of wings flapping.
"Toothless!" I thought as relief flooded through me. The Night Fury was hard to spot at first due to his camoflague but when he landed I was shocked to see, or not to see, Nico on his back.
"Where's Nico?" I almost screamed.
Toothless made a few warbling sounds and guestured for me to get on his back. I didn't hesitate in complying and soon we were whizzing through the night sky.
"Its was a shame that there was so much at stake right now," I sighed, "I would've loved for me and Nico to go for a flight like this...just the two of us...Wait! What!?" I almost fell off Toothless as I realised what I'd said. I rubbed my forehead with the back of my palm and sighed.
"Why do I care so much about him? Why did I kiss him? And why of all things am I feeling these emotions...what are these emotions?!"
During my thoughts I hadn't realised that Toothless had in fact taken me to the Elder's hut.
"Toothless!" I hissed, not wanting to alert them of my presence. "We're not supposed to be here come on!"
He shook his head and ignored me.
"Stupid overgrown salamander." I muttered. He growled and hit me with his ear flap. "Hey!" I cried forgetting my current situation too late.
He made a rumbling sound that sounded like a laugh.
"I'll get you back for that mark my words." I silently promised.
While I was muttering to Toothless I failed to spot the figure walking out of the hut and by the time I did I almost had a heart attack.
"Gah!" I cried as I turned and saw an old lady standing right next to Toothless.
She rolled her eyes and held something up to me that was in her arms. As I reached out I saw that it was moving and then when I picked it up I realised it was in fact a Terrible Terror. It took all my willpower to not throw the dragon away and reach for my weapon, I took a deep breath and calmly set him behind me on Toothless. I turned back to thank the woman but she had disappeared again. My eyes widened as I looked around for her only to not see a trace of her. I shook my head just as the sounds of battle stopped. I turned and managed to see that the Vikings and dragon had stopped fighting and that someone was shouting at the top of their lungs.
"Come on." I told Toothless as I patted his neck. We flew down to the shouting and I just managed to glimpse Toric and Agnes flying on Stormfly whilst carrying an injured Nico. I felt a great weight lift off my chest as I saw them fly back towards the village. I leaned forward.
"Toothless tell the dragons to drop their kill and retreat." I said patting his neck.
He nodded and let loose a mixture of roars and warbles. I smiled s the dragons one by one dropped their kill and started to fly away.
"Good job bud." I told Toothless as a rare smile lit up my face.
He made happy sounding warble followed by a coo as we headed back towards the village also to meet up with Nico and the gang.
Okay first off sorry for the wait but I gotta lot and I mean a lot of homework this past two weeks so I wasn't able to update last week and I tried on thursday but I had a football game as well so I wasn't able to finish the whole chapter. It is short which is most likely quite disappointing but it is really only a filling chapter (as I call it) so it was just giving extra details for the following chapters. Yes Snotlout is gonna be a bad character in my story because he deserves it and a lot more. I may need to make this updates every two weeks it just depends on homework but I promise to do the best I can. Anyway I'm gonna release a different bio each chapter in order of appearance so first is Nico and next chapter will be Lyna. I hope that this chapter wasn't too much of a let to you guys but I'm thinking of maybe giving Stoick a chance at redeeming himself so we'll see how it goes. I won't be answering to reviews this chapter I'm really sorry but I have taken what you've all said into account so hope this chapter wasn't too bad for you guys and I'll see you next time.
Adios
Bio
Name: Nico Robertson
Age: 16
Appearance: Average height, dark brown she doesn't bother trying to comb or style, green eyes slightly darker than Hiccup's.
Characteristics: Isn't as strong as the Viking teens but is still pretty strong, he's quite clever and has a vivid imagination, he's also quite the daydreamer, he's witty and can usually get out of tricky situations, has a good sense of humor, he's very forgiven and is extremely loyal to his friends and family, and will do anything to protect them.
Weapon Preference: Prefers to use a double sided axe similar to Astrid's one.
If there's anything you want me to add to the bio either PM me or review and I'll make sure to add it.
