A/N: To prevent any confusion when ever you see Toothless spelled in Italics I am talking about the Sniper rifle that Hiccup has. When it is spelled normally I am talking about the dragon. Well here we are Hiccup and Astrid are given a new mission and a few new friends hope you like it. leave a review and let me know.
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The explosions had created quite the distraction. They had the base scrambling to put out the fires which gave them more than enough time escape. Hiccup and Astrid had hopped on Toothless and set out for the horizon.
The Mandalorian Warriors were wearing their jet packs from earlier so they led the way. Night had fallen since they were captured so they didn't have to worry too much about being followed since they were flying at break neck speed and the city was soon little more than a small dot behind them.
When the city completely disappeared they slowed down and flew for another two hours far into the jungle. A mountain range came into view as they flew towards it. To Hiccup and Astrid's horror they never slowed down or moved to go around the mountains they kept flying straight at them.
"Toothless what are you doing go around the mountains." Hiccup screamed at him.
Toothless merely grunted and picked up speed as the mountains drew closer and closer. Just as they were about to hit the mountain Hiccup and Astrid let out screams of terror and threw their arms up in an attempt to protect themselves from the impact. They waited for it but it never came. They had flown right through the mountains.
"Wha- what?" was all Hiccup could get out
A Mandalorian Warrior had flown up next to them.
"Holographic projection to hide our base. When you guys were chasing us the other night you never would have found us." He said his voice muffled by his helmet.
Hiccup looked around and sure enough you could see out of the mountains but it was obvious from earlier that you could not see into them.
"That is incredible" Hiccup said in awe
At the center of the mountain was a medium sized base that had several hangars, a command center, a landing platform and numerous other buildings that had to be the barracks and the armory they guessed. Gliding down onto the landing platform they were instantly surrounded by multiple warriors all hovering over them blasters drawn. Hiccup and Astrid on reflex drew their own blasters. Though Hiccup had to draw his pistol since his sniper Toothless was still in need of a new barrel.
Toothless however roared out at the warriors who all looked at one another at what to do. For a moment no one did anything daring the other to make the first move.
A figure walked out onto to the landing platform. They were dressed in blue Mandalorians armor had a small cape over their right shoulder and had small crown of spikes on their helmet. Hiccup, Astrid and Toothless turned their attention to the person walking towards them since it seemed they were in charge.
"Who are you and why did you break us out of Jyrenne base." Astrid asked with Stormfly pointed her the figures direction.
Without removing their helmet the figure spoke.
"I freed you because we were going to free the Basiliskan when we saw him get captured. When we got to him he asked us to free you as well that is why" The person said evenly
A little shocked that Toothless had had asked for them to be freed Hiccup and Astrid each thanked the dragon for saving their lives. Turing their attention back to the leader Hiccup had a question on the tip of his tongue.
"So what do you plan to do with the three of us." He asked with baited breath
"Well that depends what you are going to do now that you both are traitors to the Empire?" The leader asked smugly
Astrid and Hiccup now were faced with a choice. They knew they couldn't go back to Courscant their faces would be plastered all over the holo-boards. They couldn't walk back into Iziz they would never get through the city gates. Lowering their weapons at this realization the leader let out a deep sigh.
"Come with me to the barracks we will give you some time to figure it out."
"But you make one move to try and give our location away or destroy the base nothing in the galaxy will save from excruciating death. Is that clear?" The leader threatened.
"Crystal" They both replied sarcastically
The leader huffed and led them to the barracks.
"Here is where you will stay for the night in the morning one of my men will come and get and bring you to the command center where we discuss your imminent future. Now rest up and no wandering my men won't hesitate to shoot you on sight."
Hiccup and Astrid gave a small nod and with that the leader was out the door. Toothless had followed them in the barracks and was able to squeeze up against the far wall and fell right to sleep.
Hiccup and Astrid were finally able to get a grasp on what had just happened in the past few hours. They were supposed to be awaiting their executions in a cell but now they had been rescued by the very people they had been sent to fight. It was all physically and emotionally exhausting.
"Let's get some sleep babe like the leader said we can figure out what to do in the morning" Astrid suggested motioning to one of the beds.
Hiccup nodded and took off his shirt and climbed into bed, Astrid followed in suite and as soon as their heads hit the pillows they were out.
(0500 the next morning)
Hiccup and Astrid slept like rocks and were still up early the following morning. No one had come to get them yet so they got dressed and tried to figure out what they would say before the meeting.
"What are we going to do babe?" Astrid asked
"Well there are some pretty obvious things we can't do. Can't go back to the city or Coruscant we will be captured or killed on site. We could roam the galaxy find a planet to settle on and live out our lives that way. Get revenge and join them." Hiccup rattled off.
"But either way it will involve eventually getting off this planet so we are somehow going to have to get the Nightfury back which means we will have to break into the base and steal it back." He said grimly
"What about the others Cami, Heather, Fishlegs, The twins." Astrid asked.
Hiccup gave a sigh
"I don't know sweetie. They might see us as the enemy now so who knows I guess we cross that bridge when it comes." He said trying to smile.
Before Astrid could respond a female warrior had come through the doors.
"The Boss wants to see you both." She said firmly
Standing up and walking towards the door Hiccup turned back to Toothless.
"Be safe yell if there's trouble"
"No Problem Hiccup"
The walk to the command center was no more than a couple of minutes. On the way over dozens of warriors were walking and flying through the air carrying crates and weapons. To Hiccup his theory had been correct they were preparing for a massive assault on the base.
Before he could observe more of their movements they arrived at the command center. The female who had been escorting them stepped to the side and followed them through the door. The leader was identified by the same helmet they had worn the night before.
The leader turned toward them and motioned for them to come closer. Whoever it was turned off the holo-table and stood opposite side of the table from them.
"So just what is it that you two plan on doing?" The leader asked spitefully.
"Well we know what we can't do and what we have to do. What we can't do is return to our home planet or Iziz. But what we have to do is break back into the base to take back our ship so that way we can get off planet. Now from what I saw walking over here you are planning an all-out assault on the base. Now if you want in exchange for letting Astrid, Toothless, and myself go we will help you with your attack so that way we can escape. How does that sound?" Hiccup stated.
His response seemed to have caught the leader off guard as the leader was left speechless.
"I suppose that is fair deal." The leader said after a few moments
The leader walked around the table and shook hands with Hiccup sealing the deal.
"Now I would like to know we are working for if you don't mind?" Astrid asked from behind
The warrior nodded and removed the helmet. Hiccup and Astrid were shocked to see a woman come out from underneath the helmet. Mainly because when she spoke she did not sound like a woman at all.
"My name is Avida Joorrall welcome to Te Cerar"(A/N: This means The Mountain in the Mandalorian Language) she beamed with pride.
"Since you seem so eager to get off planet and maybe a little revenge perhaps, how's about we see how the attack goes and we will talk about a more stable plan of where you three could stay. We could always use someone who has inside knowledge about how the Imperial forces work" She suggested.
Her suggestion had caught both of them off guard. They had essentially been offered to join the Mandalorian rebels to fight the Empire! Hiccup's head was swirling he didn't know how to respond, luckily Astrid noticed this and spoke up for him.
"Let's just get through this before we talk about who may or may not be joining you. Now when do you plan to attack?" She asked
"Later on tonight actually. Breaking you three out has caused the base to thrown in chaos they will not see it coming." Avida said with grandeur.
Hiccup and Astrid nodded at this plan. It was a good one indeed they base would be focused on getting everything back to normal so they would indeed never see an attack coming.
"Alright then how can we help?" Hiccup asked having regained his composure from earlier.
"Well now that you mention it we have noticed that Mandalorian sniper rifle on your back their perhaps you could provide an over watch for us" Avida suggested
"As much as I would like to Toothless here is in need of a new barrel and at the moment out of commission." Hiccup said.
Avida motioned for one of her warriors to step forward.
"Ahh yes one of my warriors noticed this and brought it to my attention." She said grabbing something from the warrior.
Turning to face Hiccup she revealed to him a new barrel that would fix Toothless.
"What the- how did you guys get this?" Hiccup stammered out.
"We intercepted a cargo crate the other day that had it on board coming from Mandalore." Avida said with a shrug
"This is the barrel I ordered not two days how the hell did it get here so fast it wasn't supposed to be here for another eight days?" Hiccup said with a confused look on his face examining the barrel
" Not sure perhaps the ship it was on had a new hyperdrive but it's here and pulled it out of a crate that was addressed to you so…" Avida said again with a shrug
Swapping out the barrels Hiccup put Toothless up on his shoulder and turned to Avida
"Alright so what's the plan?"
