"We've got a hurry," said Ragnar placing a hand on Viv's shoulder. "Take me to Hiccup and the others."

"Sure," said Vivi still looking confused as she guided him to the VIP room. "But Ragnar I thought that you were shot earlier."

Ragnar smiled.


Five minutes earlier, Ragnar had fired his own pistol and tripped a Million agent he had captured onto the ground. He then quickly lifted the Million's face up to the transponder snail.

"Uh, hello," the agent groaned. "We've got him sir and don't worry, he won't be going anywhere."

"So where are you?" Viggo asked. "Speak up."

"I'm at the front of the big casino with the alligator on top at Rainbase… Raindinners," he groaned.

Ragnar then deactivated the transponder snail. "Nice job, that was such a convincing performance that your boss is on the way. You really should consider career in acting."

"Really? Gee, thanks." He then looked at Ragnar nervously. "You are going to let me go now, right?"

"Nope," said Ragnar and then punched him hard in the stomach knocking the wind right out of him. He then turned to Chopper, who had already put on his disguise. "Those Million creeps are going to be checking out our handiwork, you had better get going. You know what to do, Chopper?"

Chopper nodded. "I'm going to do whatever I can manage."

"Right, I'm counting on you."

Many Million agents one the other side of the bridge looking at the unconscious agents on the ground. Then suddenly they saw Chopper approaching them.

"Who are you supposed to be?"

"My name is Mr Prince," said Chopper.

"Did you see who did this to our friends?" He then looked up and frowned. "Hey, wait a minute. Was it you? Did you take them down?"

Chopper was terrified, but he swallowed his fear. "Yes, I did! It was me, Mr Prince!"

Chopper then immediately charged at the Million agents swinging his massive fists at them. He was carving right through them as if he was cutting wheat and he kept on shouting his name at them.

About a minute later, Viggo appeared with Miss All Sunday and saw the carnage. One of the conscious agents then informed him that Mr Prince was the one that took them down. Chopper stocking still flying out in the open so that Viggo could see him and then dashed off starting the chase.

Seconds later after he was gone the bridge the casino was destroyed and Miss All Sunday notice that while everyone was outside staring at the broken bridge, one person was entering calmly into the casino.


"And that's how Chopper and I did it more or less," said Ragnar as they ran.

"But is Chopper going to be all right?" Vivi asked concerned.

"Yeah, he's got a few tricks up his sleeve," Ragnar assured her.


Viggo had managed to enter the square following Mr Prince, or rather Chopper, but somehow he had completely lost him.

"You bastard," he growled. "I know you're here somewhere, Mr Prince. When I find you going to make you pay for crossing me."

Due to the fact that he was unaware of Chopper's abilities, he didn't notice that Chopper had transformed back into his hybrid form and was now sneaking behind him.


Meanwhile in their prison cell, Hiccup and the others were watching as the water was rising quickly. Fishlegs and Snotlout were in an utter panic and no one was certain whether it was because of the rising water or the giant alligator in the room.

"Come on you big stupid reptile! Come and get us!" Astrid challenged.

"What are you doing?" Snotlout stared.

"Trying to get that alligator close enough so that he can bite this cage off," Astrid snapped.

"That's not a bad idea," said Fishlegs.

"Then leave it to the experts on how to annoy people," said Ruffnut.

"Yeah, we get on everyone's nerve," Tuffnut nodded.

"Come and get some!" Ruffnut yelled mockingly patting her butt.

"That is unless you're too afraid," Tuffnut yelled.

The alligator then slammed its mouth against the cage, but already accomplished was breaking its fangs.

"The cage is too tough," Astrid cursed.

"Of course it is," said Hiccup. "Why do you think I haven't tried a fire plasma blast? I had a feeling this thing was too sturdy for that."

"You could mention that earlier," Snotlout grumbled.

"Hey, Dragon Riders," said Smoker as he sat there quietly.

"We're about to die and you're just sitting?" Snotlout stared.

"What is it?" Hiccup asked.

"Tell me something, how much do you guys know, what exactly is Viggo after?" Smoker asked. "The woman at Viggo's side, did you know that the World Government has had a sizeable price on her head for 10 years? As I recall over 70 million Gil."

"70 million?" Snotlout stared with his mouth wide open. "But why is it so much?"

"That's almost as much as Viggo's bounty," said Fishlegs stunned.

"The moment there is to join forces, this insurrection became more than just a simple coup," Smoker continued. "If they're not stopped here and now this could very likely turn into something the whole world could get dragged into."

"The whole world?" Astrid blinked. "What do you mean?"

"This is starting to sound like a bunch of yak dung," Snotlout muttered.

"Viggo doesn't seem the type that he would do all this for a throne," said Hiccup folding his arms. "He practically mentioned as much when I questioned him. There's something in the capital that he wants, something other than the throne. This just means that we have more of a reason to stop him."

"I see," said Smoker. "But how do you intend on getting out of here?"

"The only thing we can do is wait," said Hiccup solemnly.

"That's your brilliant plan!" Snotlout roared furiously.

Astrid knew what Hiccup had in mind and look to the staircase. 'Vivi, I know you're doing all you can, but please hurry back.'

Toothless grimaced and looked at is three swords. "Dammit, if only my swordsmanship was better I could cut through this stupid cage."

Then suddenly they heard a noise and turned and found that something powerful had struck the alligator in the chest. That's when they saw that Ragnar had appeared out of nowhere and kicked it right in the stomach as hard as he could.

"Looks like I got here in the nick of time, Black Death Fury!" he yelled.

They all watch as the alligator slammed back down onto the floor.

"I hope I haven't kept you waiting," Ragnar smiled at them.

"No, your timing is quite perfect actually," Astrid smiled.

"Just find the key and get as out of here," said Toothless.

Hiccup looked up the staircase and saw Vivi looking down at them. "Nice going, Vivi," he said raising his thumb.

Vivi smiled and did the same.

Unfortunately their troubles had ended as the other crocodiles outside had made their way inside.

"Great, more alligators," said Ragnar.

"Just take them down hard and fast!" Snotlout yelled.

"The third one who just came in as the key," said Smoker.

"How do you know that?" Hiccup asked looking at him.

"That one's growl is exactly is the same one that swallowed the key."

"They sound all the same to me?" Fishlegs frowned.


Viggo and Miss All Sunday were back in the casino making their way to the VIP room.

"Smart thinking collapsing the bridge to buy time like that," said Viggo. "Obviously there are more Dragon Riders than we thought."

"So that was all done to lure us away so they can rescue their friends," Miss All Sunday concluded.

"Of course it was," said Viggo.


Back in the chamber Ragnar had just struck the third alligator with a powerful kick, so hard in fact that it's something out.

"It's the key, get it!" Snotlout yelled.

However it was far too large to be a key, in fact it was larger than Ragnar and it was in a sphere shape.

"Wait a minute," said Fishlegs.

"That doesn't look like a key to me," Ruffnut frowned.

"Yeah, you can never think fit that in a lock," Tuffnut nodded.

"Wax-Wax Ball!" said a voice inside the sphere.

Then suddenly broke apart and they came face-to-face with Mr 3.

"What the?" everyone stared.

"Yes, water," said Mr 3 with overwhelming relief. "Such relief. It's a miracle!"

"It's him," said Toothless.

"Mr 3," said Hiccup.

"Mr 3?" Vivi stared. "What was he doing in the belly of a Grand Alligator?"

Mr 3 wasted no time in swallowed good chunk of water and moments later he was back to his old self, for better or for worse.

"I'm alive again," he cheered. "I thought that I was a goner. Stupid, Viggo, you thought you could get rid of me but you didn't try hard enough. The moment I was swallowed I used the last of my power to create that Wax-Wax Ball. That is how I survived."

He then noticed for the first time that Viggo was nowhere to be seen and he saw the key within the remains of his ball.

"A key?" he blinked as he picked it up.

Snotlout and the twins then immediately started yelling reaching their hands through the bars in order to get the key.

"Not you guys again!" Mr 3 cried noticing for the first time that the Dragon Riders were here. 'Wait, why do they want this key so bad? Hold on, a room that is surrounded and flooded by water, a cage filled with Dragon Riders and their swimming like mad for this key.'

He smiled viciously at the Dragon Riders. "Now I see what's happening here."

"Mr 3, I presume," said Ragnar as he stepped forward.

Mr 3 stared at him. "How do you know who I was?"

"Your hairstyle kinds of give it away, now I'll take that key from you now," said Ragnar extending his hand.

"Sure thing, here goes!" Mr 3 and he tossed the key into the air.

Everyone stared hopelessly as the key fell into the water and Mr 3 laughed.

He then turned and looked at Ragnar. "I don't know who you are, but if you want the Dragon Riders out your no friend of mine. You want the key, go and find it. Good luck, you'll need it with all those alligators around. Trust me, I know."

"Jerk," Ragnar glared.


Viggo and Miss All Sunday were still making their way to the hidden chamber.

"So what happens if their rescuer is able to ascertain which Grand Alligator swallowed the key?" Miss All Sunday asked.

"Well, even if they were able to get the key it would make any difference," Viggo smiled and then pulled out a key in his pocket. "I've had the real one with me. The key in the gator's belly is a fraud, but that's for me to know and then to find out."

Miss All Sunday shook her head. "You're bad."


At that moment is in really care whether the key was a forgery are not, because it had slipped out of Ragnar's fingers.

"You had better find it soon, that water is rising," Mr 3 smiled.

"That bastard," Toothless grumbled.

"We're running out of time," said Astrid.

"Lousy good for nothing wax guy," Ragnar muttered under his breath.

Fishlegs' eyes then lit up. "Wait a minute, Ragnar! He might be good for something like using those wax powers to make a key."

Ragnar smiled. "You're right."

Mr 3 had no choice but to do what Ragnar asked of him, due to the fact that the wart in the room was weakening his powers. So he formed a key with his finger and at gunpoint he inserted it in the lock and opened the cage.

"Nicely done, now there's only just two things left to do," said Ragnar.

Ragnar then placed a note on his chest and then kicked him so hard that he was sent flying into the wall.

Ragnar then looked at the others. "We need to move, I'm sure that Viggo has figured out that the whole mess outside was a distraction."

"Right, we got to stop the rebels before they attack Alubarna," said Fishlegs. "We should be able to get out through that hallway."

"There's a problem with that, namely dozens of Grand Alligator's," Vivi reminded.

However, the Grand Alligators had already been taken care of by Hiccup, Astrid and Toothless.

"Well, that's done," said Hiccup as he reverted from his hybrid form to his human form.

"Uh, that problem is solved," Fishlegs blinked.

"And I had so much trouble with just one of them," Vivi groaned.

"Don't be so hard on yourself, those guys are just crazy strong," Snotlout assured her.

"I would be even stronger was in fact I was soaked right now," said Hiccup.

They still had a problem with the water rushing into the room and to make matters worse it was breaking apart. The windows shattered as did chunks of the wall and water began to rush inside.

"This place is falling apart," said Hiccup.

"It's amazing it didn't break apart sooner," said Ragnar.

"The passageway is crumbling to!" Snotlout pointed.

"We have to get out of here right now!" said Astrid.

Unfortunately before any of them could do anything they were immediately struck by a massive wave.


Moments later Viggo had entered the room and slammed the door wide open.

"All right, Hiccup, I'm afraid inside an end to you," he said. "That of course if the Grand Alligators haven't even you already and if they have and you're going to wish that they had by the time I'm through with you."

However, he found the entire room was in ruins, the cage was wide open, the Grand Alligators were unconscious and Mr 3 was swimming in the water with a note on his chest saying, 'Courtesy of Mr Prince.'

"This can't be," he said stunned.

He then dropped key to the cage onto the ground and clenched his teeth furiously.


The sun was now beginning to set when Hiccup and the others managed to resurface. They decided that the quickest route was to swim through the broken windows and had their way to the surface.

Astrid had grabbed Hiccup and helped him to the surface. "I thought you were immune to the negative side-effects of a Devil Fruit user."

"Not entirely, I'm immune to the effects of water for about five minutes and we were standing water a lot longer than that," Hiccup panted.

Snotlout had been hit by a bit of rubble and was not out cold fortunately for him Ragnar had grabbed him and pulled into the surface.

"I wish his head was harder," Ragnar panted.

"Yeah, everyone says that his hardheaded," Ruffnut nodded.

"More like brittle head," said Tuffnut.

"I can never understand why a pirate would want Devil Fruit powers if he can't swim," said Astrid looking at Hiccup.

"There are advantages in losing the ability to swim is small price to pay considering the power you receive in return," Hiccup explained. "Many of the big shot pirate sound and the sea have Devil Fruit powers, it's merely a question how you use them."

Toothless then exited the water with Smoker in tow much to everyone's surprise.

"You rescued Smoker?" Ragnar stared. "In case you forgot, this is the guy was been hunting us down since Lougetwon."

"Believe me, I can't believe that I rescued him," said Toothless taking in several deep breaths.

"We need to get moving, guys," said Astrid as she looked up at the sunset. "We've lost too much time." She then looked at Vivi. "Vivi, can we still make it?"

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

Ragnar looked at Astrid. "Astrid do you think you can care that perfume I got from Naahun?"

Astrid blinked. "Why do you want me to wear perfume?"

"I have my reasons," he said.

Astrid didn't argue and place the perfume on her.

"Toothless!" Smoker roared and pulled out his staff. Toothless quickly drew one of his swords and blocked his attack. "Why did you save my life?"


Toothless began to remember when everything fell apart within that secret chamber.

"Toothless, grab Smoker!" Hiccup ordered.

"What? He is our enemy, he can take care of himself!" Toothless yelled in bewilderment.

"He can't, he has Devil Fruit powers so he can't swim! He'll drown if you don't help him!"

"But why? Why do would you want to rescue a Marine?"

"Just do it!"


Toothless then pulled away from Smoker. "All I did was follow my captain's orders. That's it. So I wouldn't put too much into it if I were you. I don't know why you ordered me, that is something you have to ask him yourself."

"So you don't have a problem of me carrying out my duty in arresting you?" Smoker questioned.

"And this is what you get for saving a Marine," Ragnar sighed.


Soon word of the reappearance of the Dragon Riders and Smoker reached the Marines in town.

"They're here? The Dragon Rider Pirates?"

"Yes, sir. And it looks like they have Captain Smoker surrounded."

"Not for long they won't."


Hiccup rose to his feet.

"We need to get going," said Hiccup and he looked at Smoker. "That is unless you wish to fight?"

"I assured," said Smoker looking at them. "But you did just save my life and I want to know why."

"Maybe because you have my respect and you deserve more than to die in a prison cell flooded by water," said Hiccup.

Smoker closes eyes. "Go. This is the one and only time that I'm going to let you Dragon Riders off, got it? The next time we meet, it's going to be as enemies."

"I wouldn't have it any other way," said Hiccup.

It was at that moment they saw the Marines charging in towards them.

"Reinforcements arrived, Captain Smoker! Hold on!"

"Don't let them escape!"

"Cut them off!"

"Guess that's que," said Ragnar and he looked at Vivi. "So Vivi, which way to Alubarna?"

"That way," Vivi pointed. "Due East, across the desert."

They then immediately followed her directions just as the Marines arrived.

"They're running away! After them!"

"Don't worry Captain Smoker, we won't let those pirates get away!"

Smoker just stood there enough to silence as the Marines continue to chase after Hiccup and the others.

"The least he could have done was order the Marines to stop chasing us," Snotlout grumbled.

"It would be a Marine if he did that, we should be grateful that he's not chasing after us personally," said Hiccup. "We have a lot to do and we can't stop until we get to Alubarna. Are you with me!"

"Yeah!" they all cheered.