Chapter 12: The Battle
On the battlefield, Valka's dragons swoop down to engage the attackers, picking up soldiers and carrying them off while Drago stands in the line of fire, unflinching.
The catapults continue to bring down the icy defenses of dragon mountain. Drago's men pour into the tunnels.
"Whatever comes, keep hitting the mountain!" Drago ordered his men. "We need to draw the alpha out." he told them as the dragons continues to snag some of his men away.
Drago's armored Dragon Army takes wing, clashing with Valka's dragons in the skies.
Drago turns to his men in the back "Ready the traps!" he called out.
Iron jaws are opened like bear traps, revealing screeching `bait' dragons within. Valka's dragons swoop down to rescue them, only to be snapped up in the fearsome jaws.
A second set of traps are cocked open, but instead of dragon cries, Zippleback gas seeps out... followed by an explosion. The Thorstons Twins rocket out of the trap, riding Barf and Belch.
"Surprise! Yeah!" Tuffnut called out to the army in mocking them.
"WHAT?!" Drago yelled in shock and anger.
They're joined by Astrid and the rest of the gang, bursting out of the traps atop Meatlug and Hookfang. Sparkfire came in with Raeda on her back, she sends out spine shots that were close to Drago, who he manage to dodge out of the way as she flew to her friends.
Eret comes flying out last, wailing aboard Stormfly. He struggles to hold on, as she rejoins Astrid (riding Meatlug, along with Fishlegs). He gives them a sheepish shrug.
Astrid turned to him with a smile. "You really are full of surprises." he admitted as she leaps onto Stormfly, steadying them. "Let's go!" she called out to the other riders.
Together, the riders rocket across the sky. "Dragon Riders coming through!" Tuffnut announce as they charge at Drago's army.
"Fire!" Fishlegs called out to Meatlug as she shoots one of Drago's machines.
Snotlout laughs as he let Hookfang burns one of Drago's Catapults.
The Thorston Twins dived-bomb the traps with Zippleback gas, Stormfly and Sparkfire then setting them aflame. The yokes and leather bindings restraining the bait dragons are incinerated, freeing them to fly away, unharmed thanks to their dragon scales.
"CUT THEM DOWN!" Drago ordered his men in rage to get rid of the riders.
Projectiles are launched, one of which knocks Ruffnut off her dragon. She plummets past Eret toward the rocky shore below.
"Eret, son of Eret!" Ruffnut called out to him as she suddenly grabbed by both arms before hitting the rocks. She looked up and sees Snotlout on one side... and Fishlegs on the other. Soft and romanticized as her epiphany dawns.
Above them, more catapults fire, bringing down massive spires of ice, directly over Raeda, Astrid and Eret.
"Up girl! To the left, Eret! That's it!" Astrid told him how to steer Stormfly as they dodge the spires and catapults from Drago's army.
Raeda stay near them as their wing partner. She then sees a spire coming down on them. "Look out!" she called to them about the spire.
It's about to crush them when... it's blown to pieces by a Night Fury fireball. Hiccup, Hicca, Henry, Stoick, and Gobber come bursting through the flames on their dragons.
Hiccup, Hicca, Midnight and Toothless arc across the sky triumphantly and set their sights on a downed dragon surrounded by soldiers.
Toothless blasts one one of Drago's net launchers, knocking it onto its side. "Yeah baby!" Hiccup cheered.
Midnight blasts some of the soldiers around the launcher. "Good job girl!" she cheered to her dragon.
Stoick then chops the trigger line, firing the catapult and netting the throng of soldiers, freeing the dragon.
Some archers came into positions. "Take them down!" the archer ordered as they are readying their arrows.
Gobber came flying to them. "Heads up!" he called to them as he flies up from behind, knocking the archers out with Grump's tail. Gobber chuckles.
Drago hears Toothless and Midnight's tell-tale banshee screams and turns to see them streaking across the sky.
"Dragon Master and Dragon Healer." Drago muttered to himself with narrows eyes.
Hiccup and Hicca to Astrid and Eret on Stormfly with Raeda on Sparkfire next to them.
"Welcome aboard, dragon rider!" Hiccup announce to Eret.
"Thanks. I think." Eret said nervously in still trying to get used to Stormfly's saddle.
Astrid and Raeda glares, both relieved and annoyed to see Hiccup and Hicca.
"Where have you two been?" Astrid ask the two.
"Yeah. We've been worried about you two." Raeda added as she shot her arrow at a nearby soldier without looking.
"Oh you know." Hiccup began as he let his sister finished.
"Catching up with Mom." Hicca finished as that led Astrid and Raeda shoots a confusing glare at them. They nods skywards.
Astrid, Raeda and Eret look up to see… Valka, in full warrior garb, rising from the towering ice spikes, atop Cloudjumper.
"Whoa..." Eret simply said in shock and awed.
An earth-trembling roar follows as the Bewilderbeast rises behind Valka, ready to fight for the protection of the nest.
"That's your mother?!" Astrid said to the Haddock Twins in shock and amazement.
"Yes, she is." Hicca simply said with a smile,
"You know that is explains so much to you two." Raeda commented.
"Well, now you two know where we get our dramatic flairs." Hiccup added as he and his sister spread out to back into the fight.
On the ground, Drago saw, gawking in awe as the great Bewilderbeast blasts an epic explosion of ice upon the attackers.
"The alpha! Now we have a fight!" Drago stated wit a determined look on now it time to get serious.
Valka blasts overhead on Cloudjumper, commanding swarms of dragons to swoop down and attack Drago's army. A swarm of Zipplebacks set themselves aflame and roll like fiery wagon wheels through the battlefield, scattering soldiers and destroying war machines.
One of them gets caught under a Dragon Swatter, but Hiccup, Hicca, Midnight and Toothless double-back for a rescue. "There! Come on, guys! Show them what we got, guys!" Hiccup called out.
"Right behind you, bro!" Hicca stated as the Haddock Twins flew down for an attack.
Toothless and Midnight dive-bombs the swatter and destroys it completely with a combined plasma-bolt, freeing the dragon.
Hiccup and Hicca cheered. "Thatta boy!" Hiccup said to Toothless.
"Nice shot girl!" Hicca cheered to Midnight as they continue the fight.
With Valka, on Cloudjumper as they pry Drago's armored dragons off of the flailing wild ones. A net suddenly envelops Cloudjumper. They crash heavily, but Valka cuts herself free, sliding to a stop just paces away from Drago.
"I've waited a long time for this!" Drago declared to her as he cocks his bull hook, ready to strike, but Valka deflects Drago's hit and attacks him.
"You cannot take our dragons!" Valka declared as she kicked Drago back. "They are controlled by the alpha!" she added.
Drago simply smug at that. "Then it's a good thing I brought a challenger." he said casualty. He turns to the flagship and yells savagely, whirling his bullhook overhead.
The heavy chains are released. The underwater creature, now freed, breaks the surface in an epic cascade of seawater. It rises toward the shoreline, revealing itself to be… A Second Bewilderbeast-bigger, meaner, and covered in scars that indicate years of training and abuse. The chains fall away from iron cuffs fastened to its massive tusks.
Valka gasps in shock and realization on what Drago's plan with that poor Bewilderbeast.
Hiccup and the others riders looked in shock and horrified. "Another one?" Hiccup asked horrified.
"I WAS WAY OFF! THAT IS A CLASS TEN! CLASS TEN!" Fishlegs called out in fear.
"And judging by it's scars and and chains on it tusks, I'm guessing that Drago found it as a hatchling and abuse it for training into his own command!" Hicca added in horror and feeling sorry for that poor creature for something Drago did to it.
Toothless and Midnight grimace in rage, imagining what would happen to their hatchlings if Drago gotten his hands on them. Now determined to finish Drago if they can get by this battle.
Drago's challenger lumbers onto the beach, focused on Valka's Bewilderbeast.
Valka saw this in is worried. "No. No." she said as she need to stop Drago.
"Come on! Take down the alpha!" Drago demanded his Bewilderbeast to get it to take down Valka's.
Valka attacks Drago with her bullhook, trying to stop his commands, but Drago strikes back, knocking her forcefully onto her back. He pins her as she struggles, removing her mask and staff. He's about to finish her off, when WHAM! He's knocked to the ground. He looks up, fuming, to see Stoick helping Valka to her feet.
"Thank you." Valka thanks her husband.
"For you, my dear... anything." Stoick said to her in determined voice as he got his axe battle ready for Drago.
As Drago gathers his weapon and drops his heavy cloak revealing a metallic prosthetic arm, circling Stoick, Drago's Bewilderbeast confronts Valka's in a threat display.
"Val, do you think you can stop them?" Stoick asked his wife, in knowing that her Bewilderbeast is having a losing battle.
"I'll do my best! Come on, Cloudjumper!" Valka called out to her dragon as she cuts the nets away and hops onto Cloudjumper, flying off toward the Bewilderbeasts as they charge each other, clashing tusks.
Drago lunges at Stoick, swiping his bullhook. "You... I watch you burn!" Drago said in shock in seeing his past enemy return, in believing that he was dead this whole time as Stoick holds Drago's prosthetic arm.
"It takes more then a little fire to kill me!" Stoick said in rage as in 'I've been waiting a long time for this' or as in 'it's time for some pay back!' as the two imposing warriors clash weapons, slashing and landing punches on each other.
Valka flies between the Bewilderbeasts, waving her staff commandingly, but to no effect as the two Bewilderbeast continue fighting.
On the ground at the exact same time with the bewilderbeasts, Drago and Stoick continues fighting each other as Drago hooks and yanks the axe out of Stoick's hands and hurls Stoick to the ground.
"Stoick!" Gobber said to his friend as he flies by and hurls his mace attachment.
Stoick catches it and lands a direct hit on Drago as Drago stumbles back from the hit.
Everyone watches as the two Bewilderbeasts fought. But, with a devastating swipe, Drago's Bewilderbeast takes down Valka's, plunging in its tusks and burying its opponent's lifeless body under an avalanche.
"No!" Valka cried out in shock and sadness to see the king she lived among for twenty years, go down by Drago's.
Hiccup, Hicca and the others watch in horror as dragons everywhere land and bow their heads in acknowledgement of the new alpha -DRAGO'S ALPHA.
"We lost." Hicca said in a shock voice.
Drago smiled triumply at his Bewilderbeast and sees Valka's died. "We won." he called out as points his bullhook toward Valka and Cloudjumper. "Now finish her!" he ordered his Bewilderbeast to get rid of Valka.
Stoick whirls around, spotting Valka and Cloudjumper in the alpha's sight. "No!" he yelled out in fear.
Drago's Bewilderbeast inhales... and blasts! Valka steers Cloudjumper out of the way, but ice hits his tail, causing them to spiral out of control toward the icy spires.
"Hold on!" Stoick called out to his wife as he leaps onto Skullcrusher, spurring him into the air. "Skullcrusher, go! Come on, Gobber!" he called out to his friend as he tosses the mace back to Gobber in passing, who follows brazenly, waving it aloft.
"Right behind ya, Stoick!" Gobber announce as they flew to save Valka and hopely stop the Bewilderbeast.