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Eret is blocking punch after punch as his opponent continues to just rain blows upon him. His back is pushed against the edge of the ring leaving him with little to no options.
'Dammit!' He thinks to himself. 'Why am I having so much trouble against this asshole!' Eret ducks and aims to kick his opponent off balance however his opponent jumps up and punches him in the face knocking Eret back against the edge and giving him a bloody nose.
"Hahaha, come on! Is this all the infamous Eret can do!" Eret's opponent grins manically as he steps back and signals him to approach him.
Eret glares and rushes towards him in a blind rage. He lifts his arm prepared to pour all his strength into this attack, but the man simply smirks and before Eret could make contact with him he is struck by three heavy blows to the face knocking him back on the floor. Eret struggles to breathe and tries to push himself back up.
The man steps on his stomach and pushes him down crushing Eret. He raises his arm signaling his victory.
"Whelp folks we have a winner! Give it up for the Skrill! Eret just couldn't keep up with his lighting fast jabs now, could he! Now his next opponent is...The Hideous Zipplebacks!"
Eret is dragged off the arena and in come the twins. The male twin enters the arena. "Alright hehe, I'll go first". The sister pulls him back "No I'll go first" she enters the arena and gets into her stance. The brother pulls her by the legs off the arena "No I'll go first!" Both sister and brother continue to fight to see who'll get to go first.
Elsewhere in the private room overlooking the fighting arena, Eret is being treated for his wounds. "Gotta say Eret, that was quite the pathetic display out there." Nightmare says while smirking and crossing his arms.
"Oh piss off, as you could actually do better!" Eret looks down at his fist and says "I couldn't even react in time to see his blows. He moved so fast and his blows were heavy. His fighting style, isn't it-"
"Boxing, a sport where two people wear gloves and fight in a ring for a period of time, normally three minutes. The winner is decided by either knockout or points. Boxing has been around since the time of Ancient Greece and is-" Gronkle is cut off by Nightmare.
"Alright alright we get it, his technique is boxing."
"Not quite, his fighting style uses boxing at its core but his leg muscles tell me he practices another style," Astrid says while looking down at the man who defeated Eret.
"So kickboxing?" Nightmare says.
"No during the fight, he was mostly using his fist and would rarely use his feet," Gronkle says.
Gronkle glares and begins thinking to himself what style best matches the strange man but can't think of anything other than boxing. "I can't think of any fighting styles that match him."
"That's because we haven't fully seen him go all out on someone." Astrid says while glaring at the man.
"That fits. But to think that someone other than you or Night Fury could beat Eret while still holding back." Gronkle says while looking back at Eret.
'Still, though, this man is familiar.' Astrid stares at the man more closely and tries to unveil the mystery man. 'His attitude and body remind me of Dagur however Dagur never once used martial arts. If this man truly is Dagur, then Hiccup is most likely going to lose if they ever fight for real again.'
Gronkle stares worriedly at the twins. "Ruff and tuff might be in some serious trouble if this man is who I think he is." Astrid stares at him and back at the man nodding in agreement.
Back at the arena the masked man sighs annoyed by the twins. "Jesus I'll fight both of you at the same time so just hurry up!"
The twins smirk and face each other. They convey a secret message to each other while grinning. 'Yes our plan worked!'
They both jump into the arena and get in their stance. The male bends his knees and prepares to grapple while the other hangs back.
"Alright folks the Skrill has given them permission to fight all at once so without further ado... fight!" The crowd roars in excitement as the male twin rushes forwards and grapples the Skrill however he doesn't budge an inch.
"Really? If your going to grapple someone then do it correctly!" Skrill wraps his arm around Tuffnuts neck and begins to tighten his grip as he suffocates him. Tuff repeatedly punches Skrill but he doesn't let go. Ruffnut moves in and moves to gouge out Skrills eyes but he moves his head down causing Ruff to hit his forehead instead and breaking her own fingers in the process. Ruff steps back in agony but then rushes forward and jumps on top of Skrill and continues to punch him on the head with her broken fingers. Skrill let's go of Tuff who falls to his knees and catches his breath.
The Skrill grabs Ruff and throws her off of him but before he can do anything else he's tackled to the ground by Tuff who then repeatedly beats down on him. Skrill is left with no choice but to put his arms up and protect his face. After a few seconds Skrill sees an opening and kicks Tuff off of him. Skrill stands back up but is punched by Ruffnut who joins back into the fight.
Skrill dodges her blows and throws a left jab at her striking her on the face. Skrill continues to dodge her attacks and throw jabs at her but is stopped as he's restrained from behind by Tuff.
"Now sis!" Tuff says while grinning.
Ruff smirks and charges forward prepared to knock out skrill. The skrill jumps up and kicks Ruffnut away and then stomps on Tuffnuts feet.
"Ow I'm hurt! I'm very much hurt!" Tuffnut says while hopping on one foot and holding the other.
Skrill hits Tuffnut in the gut knocking the wind out of him and then proceeds to stomp his foot on his head knocking him out cold. He grabs Tuffnut and throws him out of the ring.
"The male twin is out! Can the sister turn this around!"
Skrill looks back at the woman and walks towards her. "So what's next? What clever little trick do you have for me? Come, come and kiLl ME."
Ruffnut stands glares at the man in front of her. Getting angry she charges the man in full sprint as she prepares to deliver an uppercut with her broken fingers.
"Dammit, she's blinded by rage." Gronkle says.
"Not quite" Astrid says while smiling.
Skrill sidesteps but doesn't see the spinning sidekick and gets hit in the gut causing him to stagger back. He looks up to see her charge him once more. He throws a left jab only for her to duck and spin aiming her foot for the Skrills face. He blocks her kick in time. He jumps back.
"What the hell! Where were all these techniques before?" Skrill asks while gritting his teeth.
"Oi when did Ruff learn martial arts!" Nightmare asks while gripping the railing tightly.
"That fighting style...it's capoeira." Gronkle says while glaring at Ruff and then smirking. "That style fits her frame perfectly."
"Capoeira!? What the hell is that!" Nightmare asks while glaring at Ruffnut.
"It's a Brazilian martial art. It's believed that it was developed by African slaves to hide the fact that they were practicing martial arts, making it seem like they were dancing. That's why so much of it revolves around kicks." Gronkle explains.
Astrid smiles and closes her eyes. 'So you've done it. Well done Ruff. Not even Hiccup can deny your strength now.'
"So she can win then." Nightmare says while smiling now at Ruffnut.
"Not necessarily. It's still too early to decide that, especially since her opponent has yet to reveal everything as well."
'I don't know who this man is but one thing for sure, he's about as strong as Night fury...no he's stronger in terms of strength. His martial arts is also no joke but I'm no fool. He's hiding something. What is it? No, I can't think about that now' A memory of her laying down defeated by Hiccup flashes. 'I've trained like hell to get my rematch with you. After this I'll officially challenge you once more.'
She rushes forward but the Skrill throws three left handed fast jabs at her. She moves her upper body and dodges the blows however each one manages to slash her face giving her three cuts. She moves to his side and blocks his elbow. She then flips to a handstand and wraps her legs around him bringing him down. She jumps off of him as he tries to kick her off him.
Skrill stands back up and glares at her but then grins manically behind the mask. He chuckles to himself. 'Yes, it was worth coming back here after all.' He thinks to himself as he brings his right fist up to his chin and his left fist down. He moves forward and throws more jabs at her.
Ruffnut puts her hands on the ground and throws an inverted kick however Skrill blocks it and nearly hits her in the stomach. Ruff backs away and glares at him. She moves in again and puts her hands back on the floor with her feet in the air.
'Tch is that it? You don't have much variety in your strikes when you use capoeira. It's over now' Skrill throws a right uppercut aiming for her side however she suddenly drops down and hits him in the talus causing him to fall to his knees but he catches himself by holding the ground.
Skrill grits his teeth and looks up to see a kick coming for him. He puts his left arm up and barely manages to block it. 'Shit!' Skrill stands up and goes back into his stance. 'No matter, I've already read your movements. You can't escape me now.'
Skrill rushes forward and Ruffnut also begins to charge forward while putting her hands on the ground and begins to move as though she's dancing. She throws a kick for his head but he blocks it. He throws a right hook however she dodges it and throws a kick for his balls. Skrill grabs her foot and pulls on it making her lose her balance. With Ruffnut on her back now skrill mounts her and begins to rain down blows upon her.
"Dammit get out of there!" Yelled Nightmare as he banged on the wall.
"She can't, this is where the weight and strength difference comes into play. She threw that last kick as a desperate attack because Skrill was learning how she moved." Gronkle glares at the pair fighting hoping Ruffnut had some sort of other ace in the hole.
"She took a gambit but now she's in the worse possible situation, if she doesn't get out of it she's done for." Astrid adds on while calmly watching, but inside she was hoping Ruffnut would come through.
Ruff continues to block his attacks however he's moving in such speed and ferocity that it's difficult to find an opening. 'Dammit! At this rate I'll lose before doing anything!' Skrill continues to rain heavy blows on her and is now starting to actually hit her face. Ruff now bleeding struggles to keep conscious.
As her vision fades she remembers a talk she had with Astrid.
Flashback
"And the winner is...The Infamous Deadly Nadder!" The crows roars in excitement as their favorite girl has another victory under her belt.
Astrid walks off the stage and enters the their little private room. She sits down and relaxes her muscles. Ruffnut comes and congratulates her.
"Well done on another successful victory." Ruff sits across from her and smirks.
"Well it's not like there's much competition." Says Astrid while smirking at Ruff.
Ruff glares and stands up "Oh Yeah! How about I kick your ass right here!"
"Forget it, the way you are now you stand no chance against me" Astrid stands up and stands in front of Ruff.
Ruff glares at her and throws a wild punch at her but is grabbed and slammed down on the ground getting the wind knocked out of her. She tries to stand back up but is kicked down again and is put in an arm bar.
'What the hell is this bullshit?!' Ruff thinks to herself.
"This is martial arts idiot" Astrid says as though reading her thoughts. "Martial arts was created to combat stronger foes. Use it!"
Ruffnut's vision fades as she loses conscious.
Present
'Dammit! It's just like she said' Ruff now boiling with frustration slides her legs out from under him and kicks him off with both of her legs sending him back.
She gets herself back up and tries to regain her breathing. However the skrill doesn't give her a break as he picks himself up and throws a right hook. She ducks and backs away however he doesn't let up as he throws more jabs at her and hits her continuously.
Ruff coughs up blood as she backs away. Skrill moves in and begins hitting her in the ribs, face, stomach and shoulder. She reaches the edge of the arena. Her face is bloody, her arms limp, and her vision blurry.
Skrill throws a right punch. His blow connects to her face however he's caught off guard as she puts him into an arm bar aiming to break his arm. 'I've got you now you son of a bitch' Ruff thought. His mask begins to come undone.
"Yes! Now break his goddamn arm!" Nightmare shouts in encouragement.
"Shit" Astrid says while closing her eyes.
Skrill grins as he slams his arm down on to the ground knocking Ruff unconscious as her head banged against the floor. Her legs slide off bringing Skrills masks off off.
The crows gasps with the exception of Astrid and Gronkle.
Dagger stands there high and mighty grinning. "Hahahahaha well guess the cats out of the bag." He looks up at the announcer "Well!? On with the next one!"
"Wow! Ladies and Gentleman it's Dagur the Deranged! The man closest to defeating Night Fury!" The crowd begins cheering as their fan favorite has returned.
"The next challenger is...Deadly Nad- huh? What's this?" The announcer looks down to see Gronkle walk into the ring. "It looks like Gronkle wants a piece of this action!"
Dagur grins and laughs "Ha! You really wanna do this fatty!? You best take your fatass elsewhere. There's a deli down the street. Hahahahaha"
Gronkle glares at him but turns his attention to Ruff who is currently being carried away. He looks at her with sympathy. He then turns his gaze to Dagger and glares. "I'm going to kill you Dagger. What you did was too far"
"Ha! If you think that was something just wait. Ive been holding back this entire time." He looks up to Astrid. "I came here for one person and one person only. The woman who almost defeated Nightfury"
Astrid looks at him and grins with Dagger retuning her grin.
"Sorry Dagger but you won't be getting your wish" Gronkle spreads his legs and picks his left leg straight up while tilting to the right and then slams his leg down shaking the arena.
Dagger whistles "That's a lot of strength in those legs of yours"
Gronkle crouches with his head towards the grown. "This'll be over with one blow."
"You got that right." Skrill gets into his stance but this time both his arms are held up.
"Alright then... 3...2...1... FIGHT!"
Immediately Gronkle rushes forward with amazing speed. 'You were too arrogant Dagur! No one can match my sumo. Not even Nightfury dared to meet me head on! It's over!' With a roar he prepares to slam into Dagger but for some reason he finds himself flat on his ass.
'Wh-what? What happened?' He tried to pick himself up but falls again. 'Why is everything spinning?' Gronkle falls unconscious.
"You were too arrogant Fishlegs. You rushed in not knowing what he was capable of. The man your fighting isn't Hiccup. You idiot." Astrid says while turning and leaving the room with Nightmare following suit.
"Hehehe, your sumo is pretty hardcore but you forget I'm not Nightfury." Dagur says watching as they drag Gronkles body out of the arena. He looks away to see Astrid walk towards him. He grins manically and laughs. "Hahahahaha finally! The main course! Come on, show me what you got" Astrid prepares to jump in but is stopped.
"Wait, ill handle this guy." Nightmare says while jumping in.
"You? Please this won't even take five seconds." Dagger says.
"Don't lump me in with these chicken shits. I'm the man who'll overtake Nightfury."
"Yeah right, looks to me you got some kind of screw loose."
"Are you sure about this? This man is just as strong as Nightfury, maybe even stronger." Astrid says while crossing her arms.
"I know. That's why I have to do this. To surpass him I need to be able to beat Dagur." Nightmare is now face to face with Dagur.
"Hehehehehehe, you ready for this chicken shit?" Dagger asks while chuckling.
"I'm going to kick your ass!"
"Alright folks! These two monsters are finally going to settle the score once and for all! In 3...2...1...FIGHT!"
Nightmare immediately throws blows left and right however Daguerre simply dodges all his blows. Dagur dodges and kisses one of Nightmares blows. This angers Nightmare. He throws a right swipe at Dagur but misses.
'Calm down Snoutlout. Your opponent isn't someone who can be taken down with rage alone.' Astrid says while watching Dagurs every move.
"Hehehe is that all you got? No wonder no one takes you seriously. Well no matter I'll have some fun with you..."
"Shut up!" Snoulout sweats and glares at him. 'I'll kill you!' He thought.
Suddenly Dagur rushes him, Snoutlout tries to to back away but is stopped as Dagur steps on his foot restraining him. Dagur then continues to rain blows down upon him. Snoutlout protects his face but Dagurs blows are strong and heavy.
"Goddamn it!" Snoutlout throws a wild punch but he hits air and leaves himself wide open. Dagur takes advantage and punches him across the face multiple times. Snoutlouts face is now bruised and bloodied.
Astrid sighs to herself. 'Snoutlout...you have strength but your nothing but a brawler. Compared to someone like Dagur you are nothing.'
Dagur continues to rain blows upon Snoutlout. Snoutlouts arms fall to his side and he loses consciousness but this doesn't stop Dagur whose face is now bloody from Snoutlouts blood. Dagur grabs Snoutlout by the neck and slams him down to the ground.
"It's all over! Another one sided fight for the man wanting to be the strongest!"
'No your wrong. Dagur never cared about the title of strongest' Astrid thinks to herself.
'It seems all your pussies got the wrong idea of me!' He raises his foot. 'I don't care about being the strongest! All I care about is one sided dominance!' He smiles gleefully as he smashes Snoutlouts head in over and over.
"Uhhhh... it seems he has no intention of letting up even though the fights over...my god, someone get down there and separate them!"
The bodyguards rush the stage and separate Dagur but the damage was already done. They dragged Snoutlouts limp body out of the arena.
"Hahahahahahaha come one now! What happened?! Deaths happen all the time don't they?! This arena is filled with death! So come on! Bring the next one! Hahahaaha"
The crowd couldn't argue with him. It was true what he said, people had died in the arena but it was during the match not after the match was finished. They witnessed an execution not a fight.
"Dagur" Astrid enters the arena. "I hate you, and I hate everything you do."
Dagur turns to her and giggles uncontrollably at her.
"I don't know what your goal is here but it won't happen"
They stand face to face waiting for the announcer.
"Alright folks! Looks like everyone's fan favorite shield maiden is gunna take on the demon from hell!
Both fighters take their stances with Dagur in his flicker stance and Astrid standing in an upright position and her hands held high while putting little weight on her right foot.
"Hehehhehehe so you also use it don't you...Muay Thai" Dagur without waiting for the start rushes forward and unleashes multiple blows upon her with jabs. Astrid dodges with her upper body left and right while backing up.
"Uh wait hold up! Your suppose to wait for the start! Ah whatever.." The announcer pouts to himself.
Dagur's guard loosens giving her an opportunity so she unleashes a roundhouse kick toward his head however he blocks it in time. He grabs her leg and swings her around until finally tossing her. She manages to catch herself and gets back into position.
Both catch their breath and resume the match. Inside the medical room the fallen watch from the monitors.
"Damn, they're on a whole other level than us." Eret says.
"That kick Dagur used on me. It was Muay Thai" Gronkle says while the nurse wraps bandages around his head. "He's using boxing and Muay Thai making him a striking specialist."
"Man fuck that guy" Ruff says while glaring at the Monitor "I almost had him".
Gronkle smiles at her and says "Yeah you've improved since the last time I've seen you fight"
"Hmph, well I couldn't just keep getting my ass handed by them." She turns and pouts.
"Man I was so close, you guys saw how I knocked him down. I was so cool. Bet a bunch of chicks are waiting outside for me" said Tuff.
Eret rolls his eyes "Oh yeah for sure"
"Hey I don't want to hear lip from you, mister I lost first" Tuff says making fun of Eret's defeat.
"Tch if anything I did way better than you!"
Their argument is cut short as Snoutlought is brought in and being treated for his injuries. Out everyone so far Snoutlought has suffered the most damage.
"That bastard always takes things to far" Gronkle says. He looks to the screen. "C'mon Astrid, beat him."
"Can she?" Asked Eret.
"If any of us can do it, it'd be her" answered Gronkle.
"Hmm are you su-"
"Don't worry about it she's got it under control" Claimed Ruff as she waved her hand back and forth. "She's the strongest out of all of us and only carries one defeat from that bastard Night fury. And since he's not around she's currently the strongest."
"If you say so" Eret says while looking back at the fight.
Gronkle doesn't say anything but wonders to himself. 'I want to believe in Astrid but can she do it? Before sure when he was a brawler but now...I'm not so sure'
Back to the fight Dagur aims and kicks for her thigh however she lifts her leg blocking it. Dagur is out matching her in strikes and pushes forward forcing her back. He then uses a combination of kicks and punches to strike her bruising her arms and legs.
"Dammit! I knew this would happen" Gronkle grits his teeth.
"What?! What would happen?!" Yelled Ruff.
"When it comes to striking Dagur has the upper hand and from the looks of it he's aiming to break her arms and legs. Taking all those blows, she could break down in any second"
Ruff couldn't believe what she was hearing and seeing. 'No way...she can't lose'
Astrids right arm begins to fall from the numb. Dagur seeing his chance throws a right straight arming for her head. The crowd cries out as do the fallen fighters as his fist closes in. Astrids eyes come back to life as she dodges in the last second and slips under his fist, securing a clinch and knocks Dagger to the ground.
"What the hell!" Eret yells.
"Th- that's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!" Gronkle stated factly.
"Woohoo! That's my girl!" Cheered Ruffnut.
Astrid tries to choke him out however he pushes her off him and mounts her but before he can punch her she puts him in an triangle-arm bar. Dagur grits his teeth in pain and tries to stand up intending to slam her however she's quickly catches on and switches to a traditional arm bar while slamming him back to the ground face first.
Dagur can feel his arm cracking and using all his strength he throws Astrid off of him. He gets up but quickly goes on the defensive as Astrid moves in striking. Dagur retaliates however is kicked in the shin causing him to fall down. He rolls away dodging Astrids kick to the ribs.
'Dammit what the hell?!' Astrid zooms forward dodging his jabs. 'She's faster than me in terms of mobility. However my strikes are the best in the world! So why hasn't she broken down yet?!'
Unknown to Dagur Astrid is feeling it. She can feel her bones begin to crack from the amount stress they were put under but that doesn't stop her. She continues to push forward even knowing that she could break down at any moment, because she is the strongest. Her pride allowed her to keep pushing forward. However this could only last for so long.
Both fighters continue their deadly fight, but towards the entrance the doors slams open and in enters the thug who shot Hiccup. The thug looks around and sees Dagur in the ring so he quickly rushes towards it while screaming Dagur's name.
Dagur to focus can't hear his name being shout over the crowds cheer. He continues defending himself until finally Astrids attacks start to lessen. Looking at her he sees her growing more tired so using this chance her pushes forward and strikes her with everything he's got left aiming for places he's already attacked trying to break her body.
'Dammit! I can't beat him in a striking competition.' She moves away trying to create some distance but Dagur pursues giving her no space. 'I can't wait for him to give me an opening! So I'll create one' Astrid goes for a kick however Dagger was waiting for this moment.
Dagur slides closer and with one hand on her chest he kicks her one foot that's currently on the ground and then slams her onto the floor. He mounts her and is about to punch her in the face but is stopped as the thug jumps onto the stage and kneels next to them
"What the hell?! Whose this guy? Security get him off the stage!"
Security moves in while the thug speaks to Dagur. "Dagur."
"This better be good" Dagur says while glaring at the man who ruined his fun. Astrid takes this time to catch her breath but is also confused by this.
"We burned down Hiccups house as ordered"
Astrids eyes shoot open at this 'Burn down?!'
"And?" Dagur asked. "What of Hiccup?"
"Unknown"
"Unknown? Was he not there?!" Dagur asked glaring harder now.
"He was but"
"But what?!"
Astrid also leaned in wanting to know what happened.
"He escaped, however I managed to shoot and injure him"
Dagur backhanded the thug away and stood up from Astrid no longer interested. He walked towards the thug. "Escaped? Shot him?" He lifts him by the shirt. "Your job was to bring him to me alive. I feel like I was very clear on that"
Whimpering the thug says "W-we t-tried to however things got bad" The thug flinches as Dagur pulls up his fist and punches him across the arena.
"So you have no idea where he is right now?" Dagur asks while walking towards him again.
"W-we I have guys out there looking for him as we speak! With a gunshot wound he won't be going far and we have guys at every near by hospital. If he checks in we'll know."
"Hmm for your sake Judas, you better hope they find him" Dagur gets off the stage and leaves. "Sorry Astrid we'll have to continue this some other time." Dagur leaves while the security drag off the thug and throw him out.
"Well this is an unexpected turn of events. Whelp, Deadly Nadder wins the match by forfeit."
Astrid won the match but she didn't feel like a winner. However she didn't care about right now. Hiccup was in trouble and needed help. She quickly gets off the stage and heads to the private room. She looks around for her phone and picks it up. She quickly dials Hiccups phone number but receives no answer. She calls him a few more time before giving up and grabbing her keys. She leaves the building and enters her car. 'Please, please be alright' Pleaded Astrid as she drove off towards Hiccups house not knowing of the car following behind.
Going back 15 minutes before Hiccups place was burned down Elsa can be seen looking at her phone.
'Hmm looks like Hiccup put on the wrist band.' Elsa puts on the earpiece to talk with him but decides against it not wanting for Hiccup to think she's eavesdropping. She puts her phone down and gets up leaving her phone behind. About 10 minutes later the phone starts beeping alarmingly as it shows Hiccup is in critical condition.
Anna enters the room wondering what the noise is and notices Elsas phone. Picking it up she sees that Hiccup is in critical condition so she leaves taking Elsas phone with her to save Hiccup. Elsas walks into the room but finds her phone missing.
Back with Hiccup and Toothless they're both struggling to keeper themselves awake but before Hiccup falls unconscious a familiar voice speaks to him.
"Well we'll well Hiccup. Nice to see your still needing me to stitch you back up." The woman's voice fades away as Hiccup loses consciousness.
30 Minutes later
"Where did you find him!?" Astrid asks while cleaning Hiccups wounds.
"He was bleeding in an alley way about 3 miles away from his house." Replied the dark haired woman as she grabbed a needle.
"Heather! We need to hurry and get him out of here" Astrid says while looking out the window to see anyone suspicious.
"Hiccup is in no condition to move with the amount of blood he's lost. I need to finish these stitches and then we'll see about moving him." Said the now named Heather. She applies the last set of stitches on him while Astrid cleans his body.
Toothless meows worryingly as he lays on top of Hiccups head.
"I know bud." Heather lovingly says.
Astrid and her both sit down and take a breather.
"How is he?" Astrid asks.
"The stitches will hold. So long as he doesn't do any crazy movements. However I don't think we should move him for a while."
"We might not have much choice"
Heather looks at her and asks "What's going on? I doubt he got mugged."
"Your brother happened. Dagur sent his goons to burn Hiccups house and kidnap him."
Heather sighs in frustration at her brothers actions.
Astrid looks to her "What's your brother planning?"
"I don't know, he doesn't tell me anything anymore. Not after I dated Hiccup" Heather looks at him.
"He's gotten stronger. He nearly killed me today in a match"
Heather looks at Astrid in surprise "What?! He almost killed you?!" She looks back to Hiccup "I- Is he stronger than Hiccup?"
"...I don't know. But I don't think Hiccup is in any condition to be fighting."
"Yeah, that wound will take some time to heal."
"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Astrid says while shaking her head.
"What do you mean?"
"He's changed"
"Changed?"
"Or more like changing, like if he's going through some sort of metamorphosis. He's acting differently like if he's got different personality's. He's not himself. Or maybe he's still trying to find out who he is"
They both stare at Hiccup but then hear a car pull up and the sound of doors open. Both stand up and look outside to see Dagger with the Judas, Patchy, and Sideburns exiting the car with him. Judas pulls out a pistol while the Stabbington brothers crack their fingers. Dagur looks up at the apartment in front of him and smiles. The group enters the building.
"We have to leave now!" Astrid yells while lifting hiccup by his armpits and Heather lifting him from his feet. Toothless jumps on Heathers shoulders as they make there way out of the room.
"Where do we go!" Asked Astrid.
"Out through the window and we'll take the stairs down." Heather answered guiding them through the hallways towards the stairwell.
Heather opens the window and steps out while still holding on to hiccup. Astrid follows suit but hears the voices of Dagur and his goons.
They turn the corner and see Astrid and them escaping by the window. They quickly rush to the window.
Astrid and Heather quickly climb down the flight of stairs trying to get to Astrids car.
Dagur points two the twin brothers. "You two go back downstairs and cut them off!" The brothers nodded and went back down the stairs they came up in while Dagur and Judas followed right after Astrid.
Astrid and the others make it to the bottom and rush to enter into Astrids car however they are cut off by the twins. Dagur also makes it to the bottom and now surrounds them.
"Tut tut sister, it's not nice to leave without saying goodbye or even saying hello first."
"That's enough Dagur. Hiccup is in no condition to fight you right now." Heather says while looking for a way out of this predicament.
"Now you see I would have to agree with you on that but right now I'm not too interested in fighting him right now. Oh no you see I didn't realize it then but him and I actually go way back than I thought we did. However he seems to have forgotten completely. So I'm just going to remind him again." He says while grinning like a mad man.
"What the hell are you talking about you crazy bastard?" Asked Astrid.
"Hehe nothing for you to concern yourself. But if you want we can finish our fight right here." He says while signaling for her to come at him.
"Don't Astrid. That's not our priority right now."
"I know but I still just want to kill that bastard" Toothless hisses in agreement.
"Ah yes the cat." Dagur feels the scar across his eye ache because of the cat "Judas I believe I also told you to bring me the cat alive as well. I intend to mount his head on my wall"
"Hmm tell you ladies what, leave Hiccup and the cat here I'll let you off the hook. How about it?" Dagur says while walking towards them slowly.
"Ha! Yeah right. Only a fool strikes a deal with you, for you will take the price but withhold the promise." Astrid and Heather look around but see no alternatives. They'll have to fight there way out while the other drags Hiccup to safety.
"Heather" Astrid whispers "I'll hold them off. Get Hiccup out of here"
"Are you mad! They'll kill you!" Heather exclaims. "I'll hold them off, he'll probably won't kill me" though she didn't actually believe that herself.
"We don't have time" Astrid prepares to charge Dagur but suddenly a car comes screeching. They all turn to see a Mercedes Benz come driving through. Dagur is almost hit by the car as he dodges away from it hitting the floor. The doors open and in revealing Anna.
"Quickly get in!" Anna yells.
Astrid remembers her voice and the talk she had with Hiccup about her. Heather enters first with Hiccup laying on her lap. Astrid closes the door and jumps into the front seat. Anna drives off however one of the twins jumps on the windshield.
"Break!" Astrid yells.
Anna stops the car and sends the brother flying off. She then immediately drives off away from Berk territory.
Dagur watches them drive off and laughs to himself. "Well he's got someone reliable people." Police sirens are heard drawing near. "Hmm time to go" Dagur and Judas enter the car. "Sideburns let's go!"
"But my brother!"
"Leave him." It wasn't a suggestion but an order. Sideburns looks to his brother and enters the car leaving him behind.
As they leave Patchy wakes up and watches them leave. "W-wait" The police arrive and quickly arrest him. A familiar officer arrives as well.
"What to have here?" Natalia asks while looking at Patchy.
One of the officers answered "It's one of the Stabbington brothers, Patchy"
"Well if your here then the other one isn't to far away" She turns to look around. "Block off nearby roads for inspection and check the alleys for Sideburns." She looks back to patchy and asks "What are you doing here? It's not like you to reveal yourself out in the open."
Patchy doesn't answer. "Refusing to answer? Fine then. Bring him back to the station. With all the crimes you've committed you'll be in jail forever."
"Lieutenant!" An officer calls out while pointing to the floor near him.
She walks over and sees what he's pointing at. Blood. She looks and follows a trail of blood leading to the apartment. "Get me the forensics team down here now! I want to know whose blood this is." She walks up the stairs with another officer following after. They enter the apartment and continue to follow the trail. The trail leads to a room that's open.
They enter quietly guns drawn. They look around and find a bed covered in blood. She looks around and sees tools laying about. "Someone got stitched up." She said aloud looking around.
She sees a bullet casing on a tray. 'A gun shot wound?' She wonders. 'First Hiccups house catches on fire then an anonymous call about thugs in the area. Where they targeting Hiccup? Hiccup wasn't seen near the property but there was blood found there. Forensics are dealing with that right now but if this blood matches with the one in his house then that means Hiccup was here.' She tries to look around looking for more clues. 'If that's the case who's trying to kill him? If that thug is here then does that mean that followed him here? Looking around it doesn't seem like a struggle took place more like they left in a hurry. But who helped Hiccup? Or did those thugs manage to kidnap him.'
The officer calls her from the other room. "Um lieutenant is this who I think it is?"
She enters the room and sees a picture of Hiccup and Heather hugging. "Yes, that's Hiccup and Heather. Which means this is Heathers apartment." She turns and leaves while ordering some officers to check the apartment for more clues. 'If Heather rescued Hiccup then it makes sense about who helped him but that still leaves the question on whether or not they managed to escape.' She looks around and notices a security camera across the street on the liquor store. She runs over and asks if she may review the footage. After being allowed access she watches the feed and sees the whole spectacle go down. She asks to borrow the footage and leaves with it.
"So he escaped." She sighs in relief. "Hmm but he had helped from Heather and Astrid. I couldn't get a good look at the driver but it seemed like another woman. No don't worry about that right now. He got out safe and that's what matters right now. For now I'll deal with him." She looks at a Patchy whose now in the back of a police car. "Find his friends and bring them in!"
"Yes sir!"
She enters the car and drives off with Patchy in tow.
Elsewhere with Anna and the gang they seem to be arguing.
"Let's take him to the hospital! He's bleeding" Said Anna.
"We can't Dagur most likely has his goons surrounding the place." Said Astrid whose trying to come up with a place.
"What about his fathers place?" Heather asked however she knew about his relationship with Stoick.
"We can't, Hiccup would rather die than go there."
"He'll die if we keep just driving around and not giving him rest!" Heather exclaimed. She looks to his wound and sees it open up again from all the moving and ruckus. "Dammit, we need to stop somewhere!"
"How about Gobber's place?" Astrid asked.
"No my brother most likely has his house being watched by now" Heather answered.
"How about my place?" Anna asked. The Berk girls look at Anna in confusion. Anna explains saying "It's away from Berk territory and my father has access to private doctors so Hiccup will be able to receive the best medical attention." Both Berk girls look at her then to each other and nodded. Anna getting the nod of approval drives back to her place away from Berk. Heather holds Hiccup head trying to keep him steady as possible.
Deep in Hiccups minds however he's experiencing pain from his heart. A tear slides down his face unbeknownst to Heather whose wiping away the blood from his chest.
A/N: Alright my apologies for updating so late. I though I had updated all my stories in December but it looks like I didn't. From this point on I'll be updating all my stories monthly at the very least and if lucky you'll get two a month. Once again sorry about the late update but from this point on I'll be better about the monthly updates.