Big Man on Berk
After they've set up shop on their new island, Dragon's Edge, they received a transmission from Ratchet saying that Berk has been having a Scauldron problem. Apparently, the dragon has been swimming in Berk's fishing lanes and any ship that dares to get close were soon destroyed by the dragon.
Currently the dragon riders were flying above the open ocean with the Jackhammer, which carried Wheeljack and Arcee, following.
"All right, gang, we'll buzz pass the Scauldron and draw its attention so Astrid, Ruff and Tuff can net it from behind and drag it out to sea." Hiccup instructed. "Wheeljack and Arcee, if it attempts to swim away then we need you to use the Jackhammer's weapons to frighten it right back towards us."
"You got it, Hiccup." Wheeljack said.
"I still think we should take the Jackhammer and blast it." Tuffnut complained.
"You want to blast everything you see." Arcee said while rolling her eyes.
"What's your point?" Tuffnut asked.
"Stoic just wants us to move the Scauldron out of Berk's fishing lanes, so don't get any crazy ideas." Astrid said.
"Crazy is what we do Astrid, duh!" Ruffnut said.
"You guys do realize that a Scauldron's hot water blast can melt the scales off a Screaming Death, right?" Fishlegs said nervously.
Pretty soon the each saw the Scauldron peeking its head out of the water.
"There it is. Alright guys, stay focus." Hiccup instructed as Astrid tossed the rope of the net over to Ruffnut as they flew down from behind the dragon.
"As usual, nobody listens to Fishlegs." Fishlegs muttered.
The dragon riders and the Autobots followed the beast silently as Hiccup counted down to the signal, all the while, Fishlegs seemed to be holding back a big sneeze.
"One...two...three!" Hiccup exclaimed.
It was then that Fishlegs sneezed so hard that it pushed Meatlug back a bit and crashed right into Snotloud and Hookfang, causing the rider to fall off his dragon. It got even worse as the Scauldron heard the sneeze and looked at them with an enrages expression.
"Oh, scrap." Wheeljack and Arcee cursed.
Snotloud soon landed in the net while they were heading towards the Scauldron. "Help me!" Snotloud exclaimed.
"Abort, abort!" Hiccup exclaimed before Fishlegs and Meatlug crashed into him and Toothless.
"I knew I hated this mission!" Snotloud screamed as he was getting closer to the Scauldron's opened jaws.
Fortunately, Toothless circled around the Scauldron, confusing it, which gave Astrid and Ruffnut time to pull the net up and save Snotloud. The Jackhammer soon came in close and deployed its Energon cannons.
"Remember, set your blasters to stun." Arcee reminded the Wrecker.
"You got it." Wheeljack said as he pressed a button on the handle.
The blasters began to hit the Scauldron with a barrage of laser fire. It didn't hurt it, due to it not being at full power, but it did drive the Scauldron away. As it was swimming away, Hiccup and Toothless watched it leave, and before it dived back down, Hiccup thought he saw something on the back of its head.
"What the..." Hiccup muttered in confusion before the dragon swam away.
"Oh, I see how it is. You're allowed to blast it." Tuffnut complained.
"You know it." Wheeljack said with a smirk.
/
The riders and the two Autobots soon landed back on Berk and were soon met up with Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Jazz. They saw the state they were in and were confused.
"You guys are back early." Bumblebee beeped.
"What happened to you guys out there?" Jazz asked.
"Oh, I'll tell you what happened." Snotloud said as he turned angrily at Fishlegs. "You and your snot-rockets almost got me killed!"
"Calm down, Snotloud." Arcee said.
"Yeah, you lived, yay us." Astrid said without a hint of enthusiasm.
"No thanks to Itch-legs over here." Snotloud said as he pointed to Fishlegs, who seemed to be scratching himself furiously.
"It's so weird. I mean I never..." Fishlegs tried to speak, but he ended sneezing all over Meatlug. "...get sick." He then started to scratch himself even more furiously, which got the other riders and Autobots to look at him in concern.
"Looks like your pretty sick to me." Wheeljack said.
"What do you think, Ratchet?" Arcee asked.
"I only barely scratched the surface of a humans immune system, but it would appear he is suffering an allergic reaction to something." Ratchet noted.
"I'm not allergic to anything, and I don't see what the big deal is, okay. Everyone sneezes and scratches sometimes." Fishlegs said firmly.
"Not like a honey covered yak on an anthill." Tuffnut said, which caused everyone to stare at him strangely. "What? You've never seen a honey covered yak on an anthill? Well, those things scratch, it's terrifying. The horrors haunt my dreams." Tuffnut said with a shiver.
"That is so weird, I actually want to see what it looks like." Jazz said with Bumblebee nodding in agreement.
"I really don't feel sick, okay?" Fishlegs said as he began to scratch his back on Meatlug, which caused everyone to look on in disgust.
"Well maybe Ratchet is right and you are allergic to something." Hiccup said.
"That's impossible." Fishlegs denied. "Allergies don't run in the Ingerman family. I'm clean, serene, and-"
"And an itching machine." Ruffnut and Jazz finished at the same time.
"Might I interject? We at the Thorston house have a very simple allergen detection system, it never fails." Tuffnut said.
"I'm almost afraid to ask but, what is it?" Arcee said with a grimace.
"You'll see." The twins said with eagerness as they both took Fishlets away.
/
Moments later the group found themselves on the old dragon training academy arena and Tuffnut was presenting Fishlegs a very large, but also a very old egg.
"Thousand-year-old egg. Slam this down your gullet." Tuffnut said.
"I may be a doctor for Cybertronians, but even I have to interject that this is completely ridiculous." Ratchet said.
"You may interject, but you know I'm just going to ignore you." Tuffnut said, to which Ratchet face-palmed in frustration.
Fishlegs soon took the egg and actually ate it. The strange thing about it though, was that he seemed to like it. "Oh, could use a little sea salt." Fishlegs said.
Tuffnut sighed in disappointment, but then Ruffnut stepped forward and slapped Fishlegs with a brush of yak hair.
"Yak hair, takes the itchy to a whole new level." Ruffnut said.
"I thought we were trying to take the itchy away." Arcee said to Bumblebee, who shrugged his shoulders.
When she was finished, Fishlegs face was covered in yak hair. "Not really, feels like my old Aunt Gerda. You know, she used to-"
"No, I'd like to sleep tonight." Hiccup quickly interjected.
"We all would." Wheeljack said in agreement.
Tuffnut then handed him a mug of...something. "Spoiled coagulated goat milk with just a pinch of hoof jam. I find it changed the whole experience." Tuffnut said.
Then, much to the disgust of every rider and Autobot present, Fishlegs lifted the mug up and let the block of spoiled milk fall right into his gaping mouth. He swallowed the whole thing and then started making weird faces.
"Oh, that is...cheesy and delicious!" Fishlegs said happily, which caused all the dragon riders and Autobots to look like they were about to throw up.
"I may not have a stomach, but I found that utterly repulsive." Ratchet said in disgust.
"I'm telling you; I've never been allergic to anything." Fishlegs said as he walked over to Meatlug and fed her a rock. He then proceeded to sneeze all over her.
Hiccup saw this and looked closely between the two.
Fishlegs saw this and was worried by it. "What? What is it?"
"Fishlegs...I think you might be allergic to...Meatlug." Hiccup said.
"That's impossible. You guys said that you've known your dragons for years, so why would he be allergic to Meatlug all of a sudden?" Arcee asked skeptically.
"Yeah, it doesn't make sense." Bumblebee chimed in.
"Perhaps it's just a simple case of adult-onset allergies." Tuffnut suggested.
"Ah, I concur with your diagnosis, Dr. Nut." Ruffnut said in her smart voice.
"I concur with your concuration." Tuffnut said in his smart choice as well.
"Adult-onset allergies develop in your elder years when your immune system mistakenly identifies a dangerous substance." Ruffnut finished.
Everyone stared at them, having trouble believing that the twins actually said something that made legitimate sense to them.
"And I thought you were supposed to be the doc of the group." Wheeljack said to Ratchet with a smirk, causing the medic to give him an annoyed glare.
"Don't be silly." Fishlegs said as he scratched Meatlug, all the while trying to hold back a sneeze. "There's no way I'm...allergic to Meat-"
Ruffnut then grabbed Fishlegs head and shoved right into Meatlug, causing him to sneeze uncontrollably.
"Oh yeah, diagnosis confirmed." Ruffnut said before releasing him.
"Hmmm, unfortunately my knowledge of human allergies is limited, so I don't have the answer." Ratchet said in thought.
"Good thing we know an old lady who probably does." Astrid said as they all went towards Gothi's hut. Astrid paused when she saw Hiccup looking down in thought with Toothless right next to him. "Aren't you coming, Hiccup?"
Hearing her voice seemed to snap Hiccup back to reality. "What? Oh, yeah, I'm coming."
"You alright? Looked like something was on your mind." Astrid said as they walked together.
"It's about that Scauldron. I don't know what it was, but it looked like something was attached to the back of its head." Hiccup said.
"Probably just a stray barnacle. Those dragons spend so much time underwater they're bound to pick up a few stragglers." Astrid reasoned
"Yeah...maybe." Hiccup said, though he didn't feel convinced.
/
Pretty soon, Hiccup, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Snotloud, and Gobber made it to Gothi's hut. Snotloud was there because he wanted to see the treatment method, while Gobber was there as usual to be Gothi's translator. Gothi then began to write in the dirt.
"What's she saying?" Fishlegs asked.
"Huh." Was all Gobber said.
"What? What?!" Fishlegs said in panick.
She want to paralyze ya." Gobber said simply.
Fishlegs backed away in fear, while Snotloud cheered in excitement.
Gothi then smacked Gobber with her staff, causing him to look at the dirt again. "Check that, hypnotize. She wants to hypnotize ya."
"Uhh, come on." Snotloud complained.
Gothi then pointed her staff at Fishlegs and started to move, with his eyes following it's every move. "Unfortunately, guys, this is never gonna work on me. I'm way too-" Fishlegs soon stopped talking and and fell to the ground in a deep sleep.
Snotloud smiled in glee. "Unconcious? Quick, let's put his hand in warm water."
"We're not going to do that." Hiccup said firmly.
"Okay, now that he's under, she wants you to tell him that he's not allergic to Meatlug." Gobber said, while reading the rest of Gothi's writing.
"Does that really work?" Snotloud asked skeptically.
"I guess we'll find out." Hiccup said as he approached the sleeping Fishlegs and spoke in a somewhat mystical voice. "Fishlegs, you are not allergic to Meatlug. You are not allergic to Meatlug."
Snotloud just stared at this display, not at all impressed. "So, that's it?"
"Hypnosis is very powerful." Hiccup said. "Okay, let's bring him out of it."
"Now, now, now, hang on a second." Snotloud said as he clapped his hands together evilly. "We've got an opportunity here. We can rebuild Fish-face. We can turn him into a worshiped Viking, a fearless godlike hero as strong as three yaks! A Viking who commands attention! In other words, a Viking worthy of my friendship."
Unknown to any of them, Fishlegs heard everything that Snotloud had said. He soon got on his feet and had a stern and viscous expression on his face.
"Snotloud, we're not doing any of that." Hiccup said firmly before turning to Gothi. "You can bring him out of it now."
Gothi walked up to Fishlegs and snapped her fingers in front of his face. When he opened his eyes, the others could immediately tell something wasn't right as he started flexing his shoulders.
"Fishlegs?" Hiccup asked cautiously.
"Fishlegs? There is no Fishlegs here." Fishlegs said in a deeper voice. He walked past them while pushing them aside and stared down at Meatlug. "Who's this pudgy little reptile?"
"That was bit harsh." Gobber said as Meatlug whimpered.
"Fishlegs, are you alright?" Hiccup asked.
"Are you deaf, skinny, one-legged boy? The name's Bonedrusher!" Fishlegs proceeded to grab Gothi's staff and snapped it in two. "Thor Bonecrusher!"
"Snotloud do you realize what you've done?" Hiccup asked in horror while shaking the black-haired Viking. "You fool, you've created-"
"My very own super Viking!" Snotloud interrupted with glee. "Thor Flipping Bonecrusher! I love it!"
/
Later on in the day, Fishlegs, who still thought he was Thor Bonecrusher, and Snotloud were walking through the village. The villagers immediately noticed the change in the once timid young Viking. Fishlegs gave thumbs up and winks to any villager he walked by and that confused them.
Behind them were Hiccup, Astrid, Bumblebee, Arcee, and Jazz. Hiccup explained to them the situation and needless to say, they were pretty shocked.
"And Gothi can't just turn him back?" Astrid asked.
"Not without her staff, which 'Thor Bonecrusher' crushed and threw off the cliff." Hiccup answered.
"So, wait, until she can find another way to cure him, we're stuck with this for a while?" Arcee asked.
"Yes, so we'll have to make sure he stays out of trouble." Hiccup said.
"Good thing Optimus isn't here to see this." Bumblebee beeped before turning to Jazz. "Speaking of which, where is Optimus and the others?
"The Boss Bot is with Elita, and the others on a supposed Energon hunt in the neighboring islands. Crosshairs and Smokescreen went off for a drive." Jazz said.
Snotloud rushed over to Fishlegs. "So, TB, you're not afraid of anything, huh?" He asked eagerly. He then jumped up and tried to slice him with his sword, but Fishlegs caught it in the palm of his hand and tossed it aside.
"Ha! Child's play." Fishlegs scoffed.
How about fire?" Snotloud said, pointing a lit torch at him.
"I scoff at fire!" Fishlegs said as he knocked it away. That proved to be a mistake as the torch was knocked into a house and set it on fire.
"Fire! My house is on fire! Someone threw a torch on my house!" A woman yelled.
"Quick, we need water, ASAP!" Arcee said as she and the other Autobots were about to spring into action.
"No need Autobots, Thor Bonecrusher has got this." Fishlegs said in determination.
Fishlegs ran into the burning house without fear. A few seconds late he kicked oped the door and ran out with a sheep and a woman in each arm. Snotloud stared in amazement while while the people started cheering.
"Dang, it's not just his personality that's changed, it's also his courage." Jazz said in amazement as the Autobots couldn't believe what they just saw.
"Please hold your applause until the end of the resue." Fishlegs said. He then grabbed a barrel full of water and tossed it into the house and the water splashed everywhere. No more then a second the the fire was doused. "You may commence." Everyone then continued to cheer.
"Fishlegs..." The said with awe.
"Fishlegs? Why does everyone keep calling me Fishlegs?" Fishlegs asked.
"But you're Fishlegs, Fishlegs." The woman said in confusion.
"Nonsense, crone!" Fishlegs yelled as he hopped on a stump to address everyone. "People of Berk, it is with great pleasure that I announce the arrival of me, Thor Bonecrusher! The most universally fears and loved Viking in all the land is here to enchant you with my presence!"
"He's more full of himself then twenty Snotloud's." Arcee said as the riders and Autobots knew this wasn't good.
What followed next was a series of events that Thor leaped into action to. The first was that a barrel of apples were rolling down the hill and was about to hit a baby. Fishlegs leaped and a series of flips before he came in between the cart. The slammed into the palm of his hand and he tossed the baby back to his mother safely.
What happened next was that a frightened baby yak was running right towards a cliff and was about to fall off. Fishlegs did a series of flips and ran alongside many different to get in front of the baby yak. He then proceeded to pinch the baby yak on a pressure point, causing it to fall asleep. This caused the whole village to cheer for him, but none cheered louder then Snotloud, which caused Astrid to comment that he was falling in love with Fishlegs.
"What's next, Thor?" A villager called out.
"Show us more amazing feats of bravery!" Another villager yelled.
"Ha ha ha! I shall citizen, I shall!" Fishlegs called back. "But first, I must claim a weapon befitting a god!"
Snotloud ran up next to him with a giddy expression on his face. "Thor, you have to teach me that Viking yak pinch."
Fishlegs obliged, but he did so by pinching Snotloud instead. "All in the wrist Snotman."
/
Pretty soon the group made it to Gobber's forge, where they saw the blacksmith singing while he was sharpening Stoic's axe.
"You, simple Blacksmith!" Fishlegs called out.
"Simple blacksmith?" Gobber said, taking offense to that comment.
"Uh, how about this one?" Snotloud asked as he handed Fishlegs a knife.
"Oh, that's perfect...for removing splinters." Fishlegs said, tossing the knife aside.
"What about this one? You can use it to annihilate your enemies." Snotloud said as he handed him a sword.
"That's a nice handle, I suppose...if I had wee lady hands." Fishlegs scoffed, tossing the sword away and narrowly missing Gobber in the process.
"I'll have you know; I made that handle with my best leather." Gobber said angrily.
Fishlegs didn't pay attention to Gobber, but rather the axe he was holding. "Now this is an axe for a Viking." Fishlegs said as he took it out of Gobber's hand. "If I recall correctly, this is the axe that felled the mighty Decepticon known as Shockwave. A perfect weapon for Thor Bonecrusher."
"That's Stoic's axe." Gobber said.
"Correction: this was Stoic's axe." Fishlegs said as he started practice swinging the axe.
"Oh, this is not going to end well." Arcee said.
"You can say that again." Bumblebee beeped.
"Uh, okay Fishlegs?" Hiccup tried speaking, but stopped when Fishlegs glared at him. "I mean, Bonecrusher, Stoic isn't exactly the kind of chief who likes to share his things, especially his axe."
"Neither do I." Fishlegs said as he walked away. "If this Stoic fellow wants it, he can always try and take it back from me."
"Oh, man! He's totally calling out Stoic!" Snotloud said in excitement. "How much do we love this guy?"
Meatlug continued to follow after Fishlegs, but was feeling sad that her rider was still ignoring her.
"This is starting to get out of hand." Arcee said.
"You're right. We need to get Thor Bonecrusher back to Gothi before we lose Fishlegs forever." Hiccup said.
"I totally agree, but just one question. Where'd he go?" Gobber asked.
/
Fishlegs was found inside the Great Hall with every villager listening to his supposed amazing tale about the battle against the Scauldron. Meatlug was lying in the corner looking very depressed. Among the villagers were also Crosshairs and Smokescreen, who were listening as well.
"So, there I was, Thor Bonecrusher, perched on an inferior dragon as we approach the vicious Scauldron, faster than Odin on his eight-legged horse." Fishlegs said dramatically.
"You can have Hookfang next time." Snotloud interjected. "He's a Monstrous Nightmare, scariest dragon of all."
"Monstrous Nightmare? Sounds like a post-mutton trip to the outhouse." Fishlegs mocked.
All the villagers began to laugh at that joke, and seeing this happening, Snotloud laughed as well to try and get out of his embarrassment, not noticing Hookfang glaring at him.
"I am so confused right now." Smokescreen said, not really understanding what was going on.
"You and me both, but I'm having the time of my life." Crosshairs said as he laughed as well.
Hiccup, Gobber, and Bumblebee entered the Great Hall and noticed the depressed looking Meatlug. "Poor Meatlug, wouldn't even where her saddle." Gobber said. "Look at her; so lonely. We've got to do so something with her."
"I'll take care of Meatlug." Hiccup said.
"We've still need to think of something to get Fishlegs back." Bumblebee beeped.
"My chances of survival were slim. I only had one option." Fishlegs said as he continued his tale.
"Ooh, ooh, fly away?" A Viking asked.
Fishlegs glared at the Viking. "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that."
"Sorry."
"No, I had something very special in store for the Scauldron." Fishlegs said. He then went on to tell on how he rode on top of Meatlug and charged at the Scauldron, all the while the other riders quivered in fear. He then jumped right off the table and sliced another table with the axe. "He narrowly escaped, however, next time, victory shall be mine!"
"Put me in the next story! Please?" Snotloud said hopefully.
"Fishlegs!"
Everyone turned to the entrance of the Great Hall and gasped when they saw Stoic standing there. By the look on his face, he was not happy.
"Is that my axe?!" Stoic demanded as all the villagers backed away in fear.
"Oh, this is going to be good." Crosshairs said as he leaned against the wall to enjoy the show.
Stoic approached Fishlegs, who didn't look scared at all. Hiccup stepped in front of his dad in order to detour the upcoming conflict.
"Uh, dad, that's not Fishlegs." Hiccup said.
"Don't be daft, I'm looking right at him. Holding my axe, by the way!" Stoic said angrily.
"Ah, you must be Stoic the Vast-" Fishlegs said before giving him a dirty look. "-ly overrated."
"What did you call me? What did he call me?!" Stoic demanded.
"That's what I wanted to tell you. He's not himself." Hiccup tried to reason.
"Yeah, hadn't noticed." Smokescreen said from the side.
"Give me back my axe!" Stoic demanded.
"Don't you mean my axe." Fishlegs said smugly.
Stoic gave Fishlegs a murderous look and cracked his knuckles, ready to tear the young Viking apart.
"I'm bigger than him and even I find that look scary." Smokescreen said as he didn't like where this was going.
"He was just polishing it for ya, chief." Gobber said quickly.
"Let me handle this. I will get your axe back, I promise." Hiccup assured.
"Fine,but make it quick, or I will take it from him myself." Stoic said angrily.
"Chief, let's get out of here. How about a nice piece of mutton?" Gobber said as he led Stoic out of the Great Hall.
/
It took a while, but Hiccup managed to get Fishlegs to Gothi's hut where Astrid and Gobber were also there waiting for them. Gothi was currently concocting a potion for the hypnotized Viking.
"I hope this won't take long, sorceress. I like a nap after a feast of boar and mead." Fishlegs said.
"Thanks, Gothi, we really need Fishlegs back." Hiccup said in relief.
Gothi then wrenched open Fishlegs' mouth and poured the entire potion into his mouth. Fishlegs then went to the nearest barrel in order to vomit the entire contents of his stomach.
"Ugh, what was in that potion?" Astrid asked in disgust.
Gothi wrote in the dirt and Gobber began to translate. "It wasn't a potion, just spiked yak butter. She says, 'that'll teach him to break her staff.'"
Fishlegs took deep breaths before speaking. "Not the most delicate delicacy."
"What about getting Fishlegs back." Astrid asked.
Gothi wrote in the dirt again, and Gobber translated. "She can't re-hypnotize him without her staff."
"Great, now what?" Astrid asked exasperatedly.
"Fear. Only a feat of utter terror can shock Fishlegs back to normal." Gobber said as he read the next thing Gothi wrote.
"But Mr. Thor Bonecrusher isn't afraid of anything." Astrid pointed out.
"Truer words have never been spoken, my fair Viking lady." Fishlegs said flirtatiously as he wrapped an arm around Astrid's shoulder.
"Ugh." Astrid said in disgust. She already had to deal with Snotloud's flirting, so this was too much for her.
"Now where is that Snotty fellow. We have business to disgust." Fishlegs said as he walked off.
"Hiccup, you may want to swing by the old homestead. Your father is in a bit of a...state." Gobber said, which Hiccup didn't like the sound of.
/
Minutes later, Hiccup arrived back home, with Bumblebee peaking inside the open door. They were able to see Meatlug cuddling and licking Stoic on the floor.
"Well, this is quite a sight." Bumblebee beeped.
"Get this dragon off me!" Stoic demanded.
"Dad, she's just lonely." Hiccup said.
"If she doesn't get off me, we'll be having Gronkle for breakfast." Stoic said.
"We need to get Fishlegs back before things get worse." Hiccup said.
"You're probably gonna regret saying that." Bumblebee beeped.
"Yeah, you're probably right." Hiccup said.
"Hiccup!" Astrid called out as she came running in with Arcee running up besides Bumblebee.
"Let me guess, Thor?" Hiccup asked rhetorically.
"Yeah, and Snotloud." Astrid said.
"And you're not going to believe what those two idiots are doing." Arcee said in frustration.
/
Turns out that Snotloud and Fishlegs were on top of Hookfang and flying across the open ocean. Their goal was to find that Scauldron and take it down once and for all.
"Can't this dragon fly faster." Fishlegs demanded.
"Come on, Hookfang, you're embarrassing me." Snotloud whispered into his dragon's ear. The response he got was just Hookfang snorting at him.
"Onward, Snot-man! We must find a dragon worthy of my command. My destiny awaits!" Fishlegs declared.
Snotloud laughed nervously as he really didn't want to do this, but if it means being in 'Thor's' good graces, then he was willing to risk it.
/
Not that far behind, Hiccup, the other riders, and Bumblebee, Arcee, and Wheeljack in the Jackhammer were flying in to try and catch up to the two other riders. As they were flying, thunderclouds began to gather in the sky, meaning that a huge storm was coming.
"They have to be down there somewhere. What was Snotloud thinking?" Hiccup asked in exasperation.
"He wasn't. He's in love." Astrid said as if she was talking to a baby. "He'd do anything for his big hunk of bone-crushing love."
"And you also have to understand, he doesn't really think ahead." Arcee commented.
"Well, we'd better find them before they find the Scauldron." Hiccup said as they all flew faster.
/
Up ahead, Fishlegs and Snotloud continued searching for the Scauldron.
"Just think, Snotloud, at any moment the giant will emerge from the water, and I will tame him, or he'll kill you." Fishlegs said without a care.
That seemed to scare Snotloud a bit. "Ha! You're funny TB! Ha ha ha!" Snotloud laughed nervously. "Listen, let me throw something out there. What if we, I don't know, head back, call it a day, relax at the Great Hall to tell some more cool stories. You know, I've heard that a Scauldron's hot water blast can rip the scales off a Screaming Death."
"What gutless fool told you that?" Fishlegs said as he slammed the knob of the axe on Snotloud's helmet. "Nonsense. Thor Bonecrusher cannot return to Berk dragon-less. Negative Snot-man. I am not leaving these waters without my prize."
They didn't have to wait too long as the Scauldron bursts out of the water and roared angrily at them.
"Aha! Time to engage my quarry." Fishlegs declared as he slammed the knob of the axe on Snotloud's helmet again. "Dive, dragon, dive!"
Hookfang did just that and dived right towards the water dragon, all the while Snotloud was screaming his lungs out. "Aahh! My super-Viking's gimme rogue!"
"Fire!" Fishlegs said as he stomped on Hookfang.
Hookfang fired several balls of fire at the Scauldron, but they avoided it. One blast did manage to hit it right in the face, though.
"Okay, that ought to do it, right TB?" Snotloud asked fearfully.
Fishlegs didn't answer, as he instead jumped off of Hookfang and fell towards the Scauldron. The water dragon fired its hot-water blast at the falling Viking, but it missed him. The water blast narrowly missed Snotloud, as well, but it caused him to get thrown off of Hookfang and he fell into the water screaming.
Fishlegs soon landed on the Scauldron's neck and held on. "Dance, big boy!" Fishlegs said.
The Scauldron roars in defiance and flew straight up into the air as it began to rain. It wasn't long until Hiccup, the other riders, and the Autobots arrived.
"There they are! Come on!" Hiccup ordered as they flew towards the Scauldron.
"Ugh, easy now, big fella!" Fishlegs exclaimed as he still tried to hang on. During the struggle he lost his grip on Stoic's axe and it fell into the water.
Meanwhile, Snotloud was trying to stay afloat in the water, but the storm wasn't making it easy. "Help me!" Snotloud yelled.
Astrid heard him and noticed him in the water. "Snotloud's in the water!" Astrid yelled.
"You and the twins grab him. Me and the Autobots will go after Fishlegs." Hiccup said.
Astrid agreed as she and the twins dived down to get to Snotloud. Hiccup and the Autobots saw that the Scauldron was still trying to throw Fishlegs off. The young Viking still held strong, but his luck was sure to run out.
"Ha ha ha! This is what I live for!" Fishlegs declared in excitement.
"Wish we can just stun that dragon right now." Wheeljack said in frustration.
"We can't risk hitting Fishlegs." Bumblebee beeped.
"He's right. For now, just wait for the moment to strike." Arcee advised.
Meanwhile, Astrid and the twins continued flying above the water in search for Snotloud.
"Keep looking, he must be here somewhere." Astrid ordered.
"So, how hard do you think we need to look?" Tuffnut asked his sister. "I'm thinking some passing glances might do the trick."
"Well, the sooner we rescue Snotloud, the sooner we can watch Fishlegs get eaten by the Scauldron." Ruffnut said.
"Well, if you put it that way, let's go!" Tuffnut said enthusiastically as they continued the search.
Meanwhile, Hiccup and the Autobots still couldn't find the opportunity to stun the Scauldron as it continued to try and throw Fishlegs off.
"It will be so much easier if you just submit to your new master." Fishlegs declared.
The Scauldron then dived down into the water, with Hiccup and Toothless following them. They repeated this a couple of times with the Scauldron diving in the water and rising back up to the surface.
"Hookfang!" Snotloud yelled as he was still in the water. "Oh, can this possibly get any worse?" He got his answer when the Scauldron popped out of the water and went straight for him. "Worse! Way worse!" Snotloud screamed, but thankfully Hookfang swooped in and grabbed him before the Scauldron could get to him. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! I will never try to give you away again!"
The Scauldron flew up into the sky, with Fishlegs still hanging on. Hiccup and Toothless went to follow him, but the. Scauldron saw them coming and fired a hot water blast.
"Toothless, watch out!" Hiccup yelled as they dodged the water blast. They then flew in close around the Scauldron and managed to get close to Fishlegs. "Came on, jump over!" Hiccup exclaimed.
"Retreat? In my moment of glory? Never!" Fishlegs denied.
Scauldron noticed Hiccup and Toothless behind him and fired another hot water blast at him. They were able to dodge it, but it managed to get them away from Fishlegs. It then fired multiple blast at the Autobot ship, but all it did was shake it up a bit, without doing significant damage. The Scauldron then managed to fling the young Viking off his neck, but he managed to grab onto its tail. The Scauldron was about to fire another hot water blast at him, but Fishlegs wasn't scared.
Suddenly, coming out of the clouds, was none other than Meatlug. She flew in past Hiccup and the Autobots at top speed and flew straight towards the Scauldron. She rammed right into its head, causing it to miss Fishlegs.
"Yes, Meatlug!" Hiccup cheered with a smile. The Scauldron then set its sights on the Gronkle and charged right towards her. "No, Meatlug!"
"That thing is going to tear her apart!" Wheeljack said in alarm.
"After it!" Arcee ordered as Wheeljack flew towards the two dragons as they flew up higher into the air.
Fishlegs soon got up from the tail and stood on the Scauldron's back and saw it chasing Meatlug. "Stop dragon. I, Thor Bonecrusher, command you."
The Scauldron didn't heed his words as it continued after Meatlug, and prepared to fire a hot water blast at her.
"No!" Fishlegs said as a look of horror appeared on his face as he started speaking in his normal voice. "No! Not my Meatlug! You leave my dragon alone!"
Fishlegs ran up the Scauldron's neck and hopped right off its head to land right on Meatlug's neck. Before the Scauldron could fire its hot water blast, Astrid and the twins swooped in and trapped the large dragon in the net. It struggled and roared angrily at them, but it could not get out.
"That was a little too close." Hiccup said.
"Speak for yourself. That was freakin' awesome!" Tuffnut said in excitement.
"That was definitely a sight to see." Wheeljack said.
"Let's just hope something like that doesn't happen again." Bumble beeped.
Pretty soon the dragon riders and Autobots were escorting the captured Scauldron out of Berk's fishing lanes. Fishlegs was so happy to be reunited with his dragon.
"Oh, I'm so sorry girl, I don't know what happened to me. I just wasn't myself." Fishlegs apologized. Fishlegs licked him across the face, saying all is forgiven. "Oh, I missed you to." He then looked around and had a look of confusion. "How did I-"
"Long story. We'll explain later." Hiccup said.
The Scauldron wasn't out of it yet as it thrashed around the net and tried to snap at them, but the net still held strong. This still managed to freak the riders out.
"Everything okay down there?" Arcee asked.
"Yeah, we're good. This dragon's just being a bit of a sore loser." Astrid said.
"Seriously, what is its problem?" Snotloud asked.
"Scauldron's can be aggressive, but this one just seems to be even more aggressive than usual." Fishlegs said.
Hiccup had Toothless fly in close and he was able to see something. It seemed something was sparking up on the back of its head, so Hiccup reached in, grabbed it, and tore it off the Scauldron's head. The moment he did, the dragon seemed to calmed down.
"What the..." Hiccup muttered as he looked at what he pulled off the dragon. It looked like a purple disc that had some wires sticking out of it due to how damaged it was.
"What is that?" Fishlegs asked.
"I don't know, but maybe Ratchet could tell us." Hiccup said they continued flying over the ocean.
/
Later on, the dragon riders and the Autobots managed to return to Berk. All the villagers cheered when they landed and Stoic stood up front to address them.
"So, what happened to the Scauldron?" Stoic asked.
"He's been relocated." Hiccup said.
"And my axe?" Stoic asked expectantly.
"Uh...also relocated." Hiccup asked sheepishly.
Stoic glared at that, but didn't press on. One of the villagers stepped forward with an expectant look on his face. "What of Thor Bonecrusher?"
It was that moment that Fishlegs fell out of the sky and lender right in front of the crowd. All the villagers looked at him which caused him to get a little nervous. "Uh...hello."
That caused the villagers to sigh in disappointment and they soon dispersed, knowing their favorite Viking was gone.
"You know, Fishlegs, you didn't sneeze once the whole ride back." Astrid pointed out.
"Yeah, and my legs don't itch anymore." Fishlegs said.
"So what changed?" Wheeljack asked.
"Well, Meatlug isn't wearing her saddle." Hiccup noted.
"So, it was never her, but actually her saddle?" Bumblebee beeped in confusion.
Gobber then came forward and was cleaning out his ear with his hook. "Well, I've been using a different type of wax on the saddles." He then pulled out a big chunk of earwax from his ear. "Look at that." Everyone looked on in disgust. "What? I never run out of this stuff." Gobber said proudly.
"I'm allergic to Gobber's earwax?" Fishlegs asked stunned after he sneezed. "I'm both relieved and disgusted."
"I'm just plain disgusted." Wheeljack said.
Fishlegs then noticed Snotloud was looking at him with a sad expression. "What? What is it?" Fishlegs asked.
"I'm just thinking about what might have been. You broke my heart, Thor. You broke it in two." Snotloud said before grabbing Fishlegs head and kissing on the cheek. He then took off on Hookfang and flying across the sky.
"Okay, that was creepy, right?" Fishlegs asked the others dumbfounded.
"You don't know the half of it." Hiccup said before looking at the device he pulled from the Scauldron. "Now we just need to find out what this thing is."
"Better get to Ratchet." Astrid said as they made their way to the Autobot base in the mountain.
They made it to the Autobot base and presented the device to the medic-bot. He inspected it under a scanning device where an image of its circuitry appeared on the computer.
"So what do you think it is, Ratchet?" Arcee asked.
"It appears to be a sonic emitter of some kind. It seems capable of producing a high frequency sound." Ratchet explained.
"I didn't hear anything." Tuffnut commented.
"Maybe your ears didn't pick up anything, but perhaps it could have only been heard through that Scauldron." Ratchet stated. "Seems that when Meatlug head butted the Scauldron, it damaged the device, allowing Hiccup to remove it so easily."
"The sound it made must have been so unbearable that it caused it great pain." Hiccup realized.
"That's why it was so agressive. It wasn't trying to attack us to hurt us, it just wanted the pain to stop." Fishlegs followed along.
"Well, it's off now, so case closed." Ruffnut said confidently.
"Case not closed." Arcee said. "How did that device get on the Scauldron anyway?"
"I've checked its inner workings and there is no doubt in my mind that this Cybertronian technology." Ratchet said.
"Uh oh." Astrid said not liking where this was going.
"Then the only ones who could've done this..." Hiccup said as he figured it out.
"...are the Decepticons." Ratchet finished grimly.
/
On the Nemesis, Starscream stood on the bridge and was staring at the main computer. It showed an entire map of the archipelago and had a blip appear on the ocean. The blip then disappeared, causing Starscream to sigh in disappointment.
Knockout came walking on the bridge and smirked. "Looks like your little plan to use that beast was a bust."
Instead of being angry at that remark, Starscream turned and looked at the mad doctor with a smirk. "Whoever said that was my plan."
"Come again?" Knockout asked in confusion.
"Follow me." Starscream ordered as the two of them walked down the hallway.
Starscream led Knockout to the detention center and opened a door to the containment cell. Once the door was opened Knockout was a little frightened.
Inside was a glowing electrified force field that contained the Death Song. It glared at them the moment it saw the Dcepticons and it roared at them. It slammed it's head on the force field, but it got a shock and felled down unconscious.
"This was the beast that Breakdown and Drag Strip discovered on their last encounter with the Autobots." Starscream said.
"Okay, but what's it doing here?" Knockout asked in confusion.
"When those two Stunticons told me about how it projects a sound that allows it to control other dragons, I've had Soundwave work on this." Starscream pulled out a disc that displayed a hologram that showed a tower with a satellite dish on top. "This tower projects an amplified frequency of this creature's roar, allowing only those beasts to hear it. That other dragon was merely..."
"...a test subject." Knockout said in realization.
Starscream chuckled evilly. "Oh, I wish I could see the looks on the Autobot's faces, as well as their human allies, when their pet dragons destroy their base, from the inside out."
/
Hey everybody, here's the next chapter for this story!
I wish I could've skipped this one so I could get back to the main story, but this episode paved the way for a pretty interesting part of the story in the next chapter. Speaking of which, just a quick heads up, the next chapter isn't based on an episode of Race to the Edge, it's going to be an original chapter.
I should also clear something up, whatever you're thinking for what I have planned for the sequel to this story, Dragons and Transformers: Beast Wars, trust me when I say, it's going to be something completely out of the ordinary. It's not going to be an adaptation of the cartoon show Beast Wars, but rather something completely different.
I know I have to get through this story first, but I have big plans for the sequel that I am literally giddy for what is to come.
Until then, see you all next time!