Chapter 20: A deal brought forth

Astrid's POV

I was on my dragon searching around the beach area when I saw several boats full of men on the beach sharpening their weapons and preparing for something. Most likely for an ambush.

I landed Stormfly with enough distance to not be spotted and sneak behind a boulder by the war camp.

I seen my son and Kaiya being dragged out from a cave with their hands binder behind their backs. What didn't expect was to see a ghost from my past also in binds. Eira. Last time I saw her she was pale and thin. Now she's even more pale and thin. To the point that she almost looks like a corpse.

" Alright men!" A man that was obviously their leader called to rest of the men. " When we take over Berk. Slaughter all the dragons and the people who refuse to cooperate. Take everyone else to the center of the town. I'll decide what to do with them later."

" Stop right there!" I heard a voice from the sky. It was then that I see my husband fly down in the center of the war camp on Toothless.

" Well it seems the chief of Berk has graced me with his presence." The man sneered as the rest of the men start to laugh.

" Hiccup. What are doing?" I whispered to myself.

" Let them go." He demanded. Everyone roar in laughter as a response.

" Ohhhhhh.. You make me laugh so much. You're practically a joke. And you expect me to just back down after all that I worked for." The man said. " You and I have history. My father's dream of a better future was destroyed because of you and your precious dragons. Now I'm taking your future. Grufrumpuy! Get me the girl!"

I watched in horror as Kaiya was dragged by a man and the leader grabs hold of her bound arms. She gasps at the pain and from the fear as he held a knife to her pregnant belly.

" Hiccup. I'm a reasonable man and I don't want to come to this. I'm willing to offer you a deal and this is the only opportunity you'll get, so make a wise choice."

Hiccup gulps as he looked in fear at Kaiya like he knows something about her. He turns his attention back to the leader and said, " What deal?"

The leader gives him a nasty smile as he said, " I want your head and the head of your dragon's. Now that seems fair."

I gasped. "No. No! Hiccup Don't listen to him!" I wanted to say.

Hiccup takes a deep breath and says, " If I agree to let you only kill me, you leave everyone alone."

" No!" Kaiya screams then gasps in pain as the guy restraining her yanks hard on her binds.

" I keep my mouth shut if were you." The leader threatened Kaiya before he thrusts her back to one of his men to restrain her. " Any more disruptions from you and it's bye bye baby." He threatens be he turns to my husband. " I said both you and your dragon. Not just you."

" I won't let you kill Toothless and I won't let you kill my kids." He said. Wait. What?!

" Kids?!" I shouted giving away my hiding place. Nice going Astrid.

" Who said that!?" The leader said angrily. " Search the area!" He ordered his right hand men. "Looks like we have company! No one moves unless I say so!"

I immediately stoop low behind the bolder as a couple of men search among the rest as they get closer to my hiding place. I grab my axe to get ready to defend myself. I'm not going down without putting up a fight.

By then a man in heavy armor grabbed my shoulder and covered my mouth before I could scream. At first I thought it was one of the leader's henchmen, but after looking closer in his gray eyes I realized it was Roedd.

Roedd's POV

I want to kill him. I want to kill the bastard who was threatening my wife and my child in front of the chief. I love my family and I never wanted anything like this to happen to them. Unfortunately my worst nightmare was coming true.

I knew that I can't risk exposing myself to Holger. My disguise is the only thing that can get me close to my wife and if Holger found out that I followed him back to Berk, he'll kill her.

When I was back on Bavelin, I overheard someone talking about Holger getting revenge on Chief Hiccup while I was getting a mug from the local bar. It was then that I found out what he was planning to do. He was planning to use my wife to kill the chief and destroy the entire village.

I had to get back to my wife. She was going to be in danger. In fact my entire family is in danger. My wife, my daughter, and my future child. I have to stop Holger.

I followed the man who I heard from the bar to a dark alleyway and knocked him out cold with the hilt of my knife. I dragged him to a tool shed and stole his armor before locking him up. I put on his armor and followed Holger's friends to the dock where he was preparing a ship. I was lucky enough to sneak on board and since then he hasn't found me out.

I forced myself to take his order to find the person who shouted. I recognize the voice belonging to Hiccup's wife, Astrid.

While I was going through the crowd of men 'looking' for her, I actually was setting off the plan my wife and I came up with while I was escorting her out of the cave we were in. We whispered the plan to each other in a way that seemed like I was threatening her and she was begging. Good enough not to attract unwanted attention. The plan was simple, but ingenious. It will do the trick.

I went around the huge boulder that revealed Astrid. She doesn't realize that I'm behind her and I grab her shoulder gently and covered her mouth the moment she turned her face towards me. Her eyes grow wide in alarm before she relaxes when she recognized me.

" Roedd!" She whispered once I took my hand off her mouth. " You came back!"

" I wasn't about to let this man hurt Kaiya." I said.

" But he has her in his grip." She said.

" Not much longer."

" What do you mean?" She asked.

" How much do you trust me?" I asked.

" I don't like the sound of this."

" Well it's about to get messy." I said before I grabs her arm and go around the boulder with her trapped in my grip. I take a deep breath and shouted in anger " Where's my binds?!" Setting off a chain reaction.

" My knife's gone!" One man said.

" My Bow!?" Another one shouted.

" My Leg!?"

A bunch of raiders realized that their weapons or tools have mysteriously disappear into thin air. At the same time, a bunch of men suddenly discover new items on themselves.

" Wait this isn't mine!"

" How did this get on me?!"

" What in thor's name!?"

It didn't take too long for the men that were mysteriously robbed to get an idea in their heads what's going on.

" You stole it!" A man accused another.

" Me!? I don't know what you're talking about!" The guy shouted. This is the start of the plan unfolding.

I am really sorry about taking so long to update this story. I had some setbacks with school and I was writing my Big Hero 6 stories. The main issue was figuring out how to arrange this story. It took way longer than expected. For that again I am sorry.

I will devote my spare time to finishing this story whether I like it or not. I want to see a complete status on this story, not an abandoned project. I'll even put the rest of my stories on hold if I have to. I've come too far to give up.

I also decided to keep the poll up till the baby's gender is revealed. I realized people might find out the gender too early if I close it and the results get posted.

Please Review and I will finish this!