The Hiccup Astrid soon found themselves in New York and they were standing right in front of a corporate building.

"Time to say hello to mum," Hiccup sighed.

Astrid looked at him curiously. "So what's she like?"

"Truth is I don't know that much, I was only about eight years old until she left to establish the Armstrong Base," said Hiccup as the entered. "Though from what I remember she's inventive, adventurous and a bit stubborn."

Astrid chuckled. "Sounds like someone I know."

Once they entered they found a middle-aged woman with long auburn hair, she was like a female version of Hiccup, minus the eyes which were bright blue. She was smiling broadly at them wearing a black jacket and skirt along with a pair of high heels.

"Hiccup," she said joyously and immediately pulled him into a hug. "Look how much you've grown."

"Hi, mum," said Hiccup looking a bit embarrassed.

Astrid merely giggled.

Valka then looked at her. "And you must be Astrid Hofferson, I'm pleased that you also accepted my offer for an internship. I was very impressed with in the skill you displayed in the tournament."

"Thank you, ma'am," Astrid nodded.

"Call me, Valka," she smiled. "Now if you follow me."

Hiccup and Astrid began to follow her as she gave them a tour of the corporate building pointing things out as they went.

"I'm sure that Hiccup has told you much about Haddock Industries," Valka assumed as she looked at Astrid.

"I know that you're one of the biggest corporate buildings in the world that supports Hero schools around the world," said Astrid.

Valka nodded. "We provide you with all the equipment you need as well as developing your costumes, with the very best material money can buy. We also fund any promising students from the support course and get them to work here."

"This is my first time here," said Hiccup as he looked around.

"From what I understand you got your own little workshop, according to your father," Valka smiled. "I've already examined Toothless was immensely impressed, and AI able to link in with your nervous system as well as able to give you tactical support in battle."

Astrid looked up and looked at Hiccup. "I thought Toothless was on some sort of communication system you developed, but he is actually part of you?"

"It's a symbiotic relationship," Hiccup explained. "Toothless assists me in battle giving me tactical support whenever I need it and he gains my experiences."

"Like I said he is very impressive," Valka nodded.

"Thank you, Valka," said Toothless' voice as he suddenly appeared and holographic form in front of them.

Hiccup blinked. "Bud, you're linked in with the corporate building?"

Valka nodded. "You could say that I extended an invitation. Now, the first thing we must do is to evaluate what you have learned so far and then see where there's needs to be improvement."

Astrid looked up. "You mean that were not going on patrol?"

"We may very well to be doing that later on, but not today," said Valka looking at her.

They then entered into a strange-looking room with high walls.

"Where are we now?" Astrid asked.

"This is a training room, it's in the midst of development, but hopefully soon hero schools everywhere will have one," Valka explained. "Now I want the two of you to put on your costumes."

"Who will be fighting?" Hiccup asked.

Valka smiled. "Me."

Then suddenly they saw arm appearing around her body from out of nowhere. The two of them just stared as a few seconds later she was wearing a dark brown armour with blue highlights. It looked as if she had a pair of long metal components sticking out of her back, but then they immediately formed solid holographic wings. He then was wearing a helmet which resembled an owls head.

Hiccup stared dumbfounded. "Where those nanobots?"

Valka nodded. "Designed by myself, thanks to these little guys I can for my armour from anywhere at any time. Not only that but they can repair any damages to either my armour or my body. Now we show me your costumes."

Soon Hiccup and Astrid were wearing the costumes, ever since the villain attack on the B.A.R.F facility, he had made several improvements that assisted in energy output. Now Hiccup's armour would not run out of energy at the worst possible moments, he also installed his holographic shield and sword into the armour.

Valka nodded. "Now let us begin."

She then immediately flew into the air before any of them could make a single move. A split second later drones shot out of the back of her arm and immediately began to surround them. Almost immediately the drones fired concentrated lasers right at them and they had to move in order to avoid them.

"She's not wasting any time," said Astrid as she somersaulted out of the way.

"No kidding," said Hiccup as he immediately took off.

Technora looked at her son. "It would seem as if you still have not fully master your superstrength. I would have for that your father would have taught you how to use it properly." She then looked at Astrid. "And you my dear need to work on your timing, you need to find a way in order to create your materials at a much faster rate."

Technora then immediately flew around and quickly struck Hiccup in the back with a powerful punch. She then immediately flew down and Astrid quickly jumped out of the way before she landed right on top of her, but she then dealt a devastating kick which sent flying into the air. Hiccup quickly caught her, but the drones were now on his tail and they were not letting up and soon he was forced to fly down and drop onto the ground.

"She's amazing," said Astrid completely stunned.

"Now you know I get my dramatic flair," said Hiccup feeling a little overwhelmed himself. "If we want to overpower her were going to work together."

Astrid nodded. "We can't get anywhere near her so long so long as she's firing those drones."

"I can take care of those," said Hiccup looking at her. "Just prepare yourself to attack."

Technora looked at them. "Don't tell me you're giving up already?"

"Not on your life!" Hiccup yelled and immediately used his technopathic abilities to disrupt the navigation systems on the drones. "I might not have full control over your drones, but I can still cause them to go a little haywire."

"But you are only able to maintain that for about 30 seconds," said Technora as she hovered in midair.

"Which means it gives me just enough time to do that!" Hiccup yelled immediately flew down towards Astrid.

He then grabbed her hand and flew back up into the air, he then began to concentrate his strength into his arm and then began to spin around.

"Good luck trying to dodge this!" Hiccup yelled and immediately released Astrid.

Astrid was now flying through the air and immediately created a metal pole and swung it towards Technora.

Astrid smiled as she flew the air. "You're going down!"

Technora merely smiled. "Excellent for teamwork, but you still have a long way to go." She then summoned a holographic staff and blocked Astrid attack, much to her astonishment. "You have the power, but you certainly lack the speed."

She then pushed Astrid back and she landed right on top of Hiccup, knocking the two of them to the ground.

"I thought we had her," Hiccup groaned.

"So did I," said Astrid as she picked herself up.

Technora then land on the ground and opened her visor. "The two of you are indeed very impressive as well is your ability to work with one another. However, the two of you still have a lot to learn if you want to get your powers to their fullest potential."

"Our full potential?" Hiccup blinked.

"But how can we accomplish that?" Astrid asked.

Valka deactivated her arm and looked the two of them. "By looking deep inside yourself, it's easy to forget that our powers both have a physical and mental strain on our bodies. If you over work too hard you can easily injure yourself and if you're having problems to adjust that just means that you need a new method in your delivery of your powers. Just remember time is against you, because villains won't wait until you have reached your fullest potential."

Hiccup and Astrid looked at one another, clearly they both were unsure how to reach their full potential.

"But how do we do that?" Hiccup asked.

Valka smiled. "The answer will come to you in time, but if you expect me to tell you everything sorry to say that this is something you need to learn to yourselves. You won't always have a teacher with you giving you instructions, sometimes you need to find the answers for yourselves. Now, I heard rooms for the two of you and want to settle in will start by going on patrol."

Hiccup just stood there pondering and wondering what he was doing wrong.

Hiccup was soon in his room was busy thinking about what his mother had said about finding the answers within.

'What could she possibly have meant by that?' Hiccup frowned. 'I admit my movements are a bit stiff when I use my superstrength, but Dad doesn't have a problem. That means I'm doing something wrong.'

His eyes widened as he immediately pulled out his notebook as the answer dawned on him. "I'm only channelling my superstrength from my limbs, but I saw Dad use it constantly throughout his entire body. I keep on forgetting that our powers are merely just an extension of our bodies, which means I need to channel my superstrength through my body."

Valka was watching Hiccup in his room by the security cameras and smiled. 'Now you finally get on it, son.' Her eyes then turned towards Astrid and she was deeply concerned. 'But her I am more concerned about, she appears to have a single objective and I don't think it was a coincidence that she chose me for her internship, considering when there the area where her uncle was attacked.'

A few hours later, the three of them were patrolling the streets and passers-by were waving at them enthusiastically.

"On a normal day, the leaders of the different agencies would be waiting for calls to come in, but when things get hectic like in a big city like New York it is imperative that everybody's hero goes on patrol," Technora explained.

"So you're using street patrols to suppress crime?" Astrid concluded.

"Exactly, our presence deters villains from making a move and it reassures the civilians that we are there to protect them," Technora continued. "Of course that doesn't stop many villains to make a name for themselves by jumping out of the shadows with surprise attacks. Now as far as our work is considered, we leave the day-to-day crime such as theft and assault to the police, but when they deal with the situation they can't handle they contact us for example a villain attack."

"How often do villains are attacking big cities?" Hiccup asked curiously.

"Depends, sometimes it's once a week sometimes it's everyday, virgin have to remain vigilant and keep a close eye on villain movements," Technora explained. "It even more important that we stay active here since were close to the UN, many of villain is a fanatic with the goal of starting a war."

Hiccup looked up. "I've actually heard that heroes do agitate parting wars?"

"That only happens facing a big war like World War III or something and determine on their skill level heroes often gain a rank like lieutenant, captain and sometimes even general," Technora explained. "Unfortunately the government hasn't have a need to invoke this power, in fact we very much doubt they ever will."

Astrid just remain completely quiet as her fort were to Flightmare. 'Flightmare… he's so elusive that he managed to avoid capture for his deplorable crimes. I know I might not find him, but still… I have to try and track the villain down, because I can't forgive him what he's done.'

Flightmare was currently in the villain's hideout in Washington DC and they just explain for his reasons of being there. He was face-to-face with Krogan, Viggo and Ryker as well as their real leader on a TV screen, though only his voice was heard.

"I see you must be the ones who attacked the Berk Academy," he said looking at the three of them. "You want to recruit me in order to build up your little group again."

"Precisely," said Krogan. "Viggo here selected you as you have the most experience."

"And what is your mission?" Flightmare asked.

"At the moment are one true goal is to eliminate Skullcrusher," said Krogan simply. "As well as anyone associated with him, like his son." He then immediately pulled out a photograph of Hiccup from the Thawfest Festival.

Flightmare narrowed his eyes. "I was a fool to think that you could offer me anything. It turns out you're the type of person I hate most in this world." He then immediately reached for his blades. "You're a simple goal is pathetic, you have no desire to do anything after eliminating Skullcrusher and his kin. What meaning is that a killing if you have no convictions."

Viggo looked deeply concerned. 'The framed hero killer, Krogan only cares about spreading fear and destruction. We needed someone to guide him, down the correct path of our desires.' Flightmare then drew his blades. 'Perhaps we made a mistake.'

"Should we intervene?" Ryker asked looking at the TV monitor.

"Let it happen," said a voice. "This may be the only way for him to learn anything. We need him to be the leader that we need, if we are to accomplish our goals and his only then will he reaches fullest potential."

Meanwhile Ragnar was in Boston at his internship, he was face-to-face with the number four hero known to everyone as Best Jeanist. He was a very stylish hero wearing a pair of bright blue jeans, in fired his jacket was made of the same material and in some cases it actually looked like a pair of jeans.

"I must say I was quite impressed with your display in the tournament," he said. "Your ability to work with others in the Cavalry Battle as well as your fighting potential in the tournaments only proves that you have a good handle on your powers and a very decent grasp of its application, I'd say that you're already good enough to take on as a sidekick."

Ragnar nodded. "I don't know what to say, sir."

Best Jeanist nodded. "I imagine that the main reason why you recruited me was so that you gained experience in cities. That is the only reason I can deduce why you chose my agency, I imagine that you are already have the excellent way of fighting in forests and other nature-based areas."

Ragnar nodded. "Nothing gets by you does it?"

Best Jeanist smiled. "Which is exactly why good you need your help, if we want to stop a certain someone…"

Ragnar looked up. "Who?"

Dogsbreath soon reached the agency where his internship was located and to his surprise he found that Tab was also there.

"Tab?" Dogsbreath stared.

"Dogsbreath?" Tab blinked.

The two of them smiled and grasped hands with one another. "Hey, man, what are you doing here?"

Standing in front of a desk was the hero known as Fourth Kind, he wore business suit, but the most notable thing about him was the fact that he had four arms and on each of his hand he was wearing a golden knuckle duster.

"We were able to put into offers this year," Fourth Kind explained. "Now let us begin right away. I was very impressed with the guts to both of you showed at the Thawfest Festival, I'd like you two. However, being a hero isn't easy and you cannot rely on brute force alone so this week you will learn from my experience."

"I'm gonna look forward to this," Tab smiled.

"You and me both," said Dogsbreath.

Fourth Kind then slammed his hand on the table. "Wait for me to finish speaking!"

"Yes, sir," the two of them said quickly.

"It would seem as if I have to teach you two proper manners too," Fourth Kind grumbles. "But first let us talk about why we are even here. Pros received wages from the governments, so we asked civil servants, but there is more to it than that. With our powers our responsibilities are different from regular workers. Now regarding our actual duties…"

In another corner of the world Fishlegs was patrolling the streets with Gunhand. He was a very muscular man, but it was hard to tell what he looks like as he wore a helmet that hid his entire face, though his costume did look an awful lot like an American commando in the old films and he wore a pair of gauntlets that had razor sharp claws and resembled the barrow of a pistol.

"The basic hero goal is to control crime, right?" Gunhand explained. "When a crime occurs the police will contact us. These requests come at once filtered by districts, we file reports on the services we provided, assist with arrests, rescuing people etc… then a special agency looks our work and decides how much we should be paid, you will catch on quickly kiddo."

Fishlegs blinked. 'I never expected him to be so friendly.'

Heather was also an internship which he was sharing with Kaia from Class 1-B, her costume resembled that ku fang master from ancient China, only with a mask and it was far more colourful. Believe it or not the hero they were interning with was Skrill, who turned out to be Heather's older brother.

They were in a film studio and Skrill was playing the part of a stuntman of an action packed battle scene. He was wearing armour with his left arm completely covered in leather armour and his right arm completely bare. He had a crazed look in his eye as if he would shoot a bolt of lightning in the blink of an eye.

"Additionally pros can have side jobs," Skrill explained. "There was a lot of arguments about this when the world of prose was first established, but when he was became so popular the public demanded it. For instance I'm a stuntman of this film studio."

Kaia looked at Heather. "Your brother is a bit unusual?"

Heather sighed. "Try growing up with him."

"If you're concerned about not doing any kind of hero stuff, I can assure you that we will be going on patrol bit later on," Skrill assured. "You see I do the night shifts, villains often attack during the night when everyone is asleep and when everything is very vulnerable. You see hero agencies do not just shut at 5 PM and open up again at nine, we are a 24-hour service and we will take shifts depending on the situation."

"That must mean that you get very little sleep, said Kaia.

Skrill shrugged her off. "I get my sleep about four hours a day."

Heather looked at Kaia. "My brother has always been a bit off."

"A bit?" Kaia questioned.

Ingrid was in an internship with Armstrong and at the moment they were jogging down the streets, much to Ingrid's dismay.

"Heroes must practice and train constantly, you can't take a break even when you're on patrol," Armstrong stated.

"Right, okay! she yelled, but her muscles were screaming. 'Oh man, this is so much harder than class.'

Mt lady was currently lying down on a couch while Agnar was cleaning her room. She was eating a bunch of potato chips while reading the newspaper.

"You know what's a really useful skill?" she asked. "Finding a way to pass the time when you're called out to rescue someone. Got that?"

"Uh, sure," said Agnar, but he was hating every bit of the cleaning he was forced to do. 'This is not the kind of role-play I was hoping for.'

In San Francisco, Hellfire was extremely pleased that to see that his son had chosen his agency for his internship.

"You made a good choice choosing my agency, boyo," Hellfire beamed.

Snotlout smiled. "I'm ready to learn from the best."

"And you will certainly get it," Hellfire assured. "Just remember the life of the hero is not about adoring fans and it is hard and growling work."

Soon it was night and Hiccup and Astrid were relaxing after a hard day of patrol.

"It's a shame we didn't get to see any action," Astrid groaned.

"Even if we did every much doubt that my mum would allow us to join in," said Hiccup as he leaned back on the couch. "We may be interns, but we haven't gotten licences which means we have no authority with attacking villains. If a villain attack did happen we would be in charge of evacuating the people out of the streets."

Astrid groaned. "I can't wait to get my licence, at least then I can take down villains."

Hiccup shook his head. "That's a long way off, I think we should be more focused about what my mother said about our powers. I think I'm starting to understand what she was trying to tell me, what about you?"

Astrid sighed. "She had a point, the main reason why a lost against Snotlout in the tournament was because of his fast attacks. I did had time to concentrate against heat resistant materials, not to mention there's the time needed for me to construct my objects, but I just don't know how."

Hiccup then got up. "Well, I'm going to go and do some training before I turn in. I need understand how to harness my powers."

Astrid shook her head. "You really are dedicated are you?"

Hiccup raised an eyebrow. "Considering who my parents are?"

"Point taken."

Hiccup soon made his way into the training room. "Computer, can you create too long towers side-by-side like in an alleyway?"

Soon the entire room began to change and two walls began to rise from the ground. They were a few feet apart just like an alleyway.

'I already have a good handle on my technopathic powers, but my superstrength is another story. My other classmates are able to use their powers as if they're part of their bodies, but I still have to call upon my strength. I need to find a way to increase my agility or else I'm going to be overpowered every time I face a villain, but before that I need to find a way in order to use it instantly.'

He then made his way into the alleyway he created. "How can a 5% should be enough here, I should be able to make the top with just three jumps."

He then bent his knees and concentrated and then he jumped into the air, he then quickly began to concentrate on his hands in order to cushion his fall. However before he could harness his strength he slammed into the surface and then fell to the ground.

"I knew that could happen, I just need to learn to brace myself and use my arms to cushion the impact. That means for the second jump I need to put power into both my arms and legs, but if I don't do it quickly enough I'll end up crashing on my butt on the floor. The big problem is I cannot take the time to visualise the results like I normally do, but I have to try."

Hiccup then once again launched into the air, but like before he could concentrate in time and slammed into the wall surface and hit the ground once more. Despite this he kept on trying over and over again, but he had the same result each and every time.

The next morning Astrid and Valka were having breakfast when they saw Hiccup come in and he looked a bit battered and bruised.

"Good morning," Valka smiled.

Astrid just stared at his bruises. "What happened to you?"

"I won a little overboard with training," Hiccup groaned. He then looked at his mother. "I tried to take everything you said to me and put into practice, but it was just no good. Obviously I still have a long way to go."

Valka smiled. "It's your first time trying so it is to be expected that is how training works. Mind you your father was able to use his superstrength right away so I guess is a concept that he can't understand."

Astrid looked intrigued. "So what was Skullcrusher like in his youth?"

Valka leaned back. "Still the same stubborn bastard hero he had always been. He and Gobber kept on sparring constantly, me on the other hand I kept on working on my gadgets."

Hiccup sat down and began eating breakfast. "Dad rarely talks about the old days, you know before becoming a hero became a line of work."

Valka looked to the two of them. "Not surprising those were chaotic days back then. People with powers were beginning to be prosecuted just because they existed, there were riots in the streets people vandalise their homes. Metahumans weren't even treated like humans, many of them grew tired of this injustice and began taking matters into their own hands."

Astrid looked grave. "People turn against the own kind, I scarcely believe it."

"It's human nature to fear what we don't understand, that's why me and the others decide to step in before all-out war was raged," said Valka.

Hiccup just leaned back in his seat and began thinking about his father's power. 'Okay, clearly transferring my power to other parts my body is not going to work I just don't have the time to concentrate.' His eyes then widened as he finally realised something and looked at Valka. "Mum, is it possible that can channel my superstrength not just into my arms and legs, but into my entire body?"

Valka smiled at her son. "Now you finally understand and it didn't take you long to find out."

Hiccup then got to his feet and began to concentrate hard, instead of concentrating on a single limb he was concentrating on his entire body. Eventually he began to feel the 5% of power flowing into his body.

Valka got to her feet. "You may be able to bring out that power, but are you able to move?"

"I don't know," said Hiccup honestly.

Valka smiled. "Then let's find out."