Triple cross

"I can't believe you went to see Viggo alone! You are always going on about being safe and you go and pull this muttonheaded scheme! What makes it worse is you lied to me! Knowing it wasn't Stoick and saying you'd 'be careful'!" Astrid had been ranting for five minutes. He knew when he got back, she would be angry. He would be if the situation were reversed. So he let her get some of the anger out so he could finish the story.

"Hey uh Astrid," Tuff said weakly. "Hiccup didn't go alone."

"What?" Slightly taken back Astrid blinked.

"Yeah we were trailing them the whole time."

"After I said goodbye to you, I found the twins. They stayed far enough away so that Viggo never knew they were there. We set up a signal in case I needed help. So I met Viggo on the island, he said that Johan and Krogan tried to kill him. His plan was to get the Skrill and unleash him on Johan's base. We would sneak in to get the Dragon Eye lenses. He would seem to betray me to Johan, then when he caused an explosion with the Zippleback gas from his sword, I would escape. Then I'd go for the lenses. Unfortunately the lenses were gone already and I thought Viggo had triple crossed me, but that's when he came in with the Skrill. He," Hiccup took a deep breath. "Viggo had taken six arrows to the back. He covered our exit and the Skrill sent out a huge wave as we left." He looked at Astrid. Her hand was in front of her mouth. "Johan got us when we got out of the cave. That's when we signaled Ruff and Tuff to come in."

Later that night Hiccup couldn't sleep. Never did he think that Viggo would sacrifice himself for him. Others had put themselves on the line to protect him but this was different. He got out of bed and went to the forge. Sitting with some paper he began to sketch Viggo's sword and then from there he made it more his style. He didn't even realize that the sun was rising till he felt a familiar hand on his shoulder. "Up all night?"

"Yeah."

"What are you working on?"

"A variation on Viggo's sword. I think we can agree I'm not that flashy."

Astrid laughed, "Your right. So explain this." She pointed to his ideas on the inner chamber.

"That is were the cartiges of monstrous nightmare jell and zippleback gas would go. There will be separate buttons. One would deploy the blade and set it on fire and the other would release the gas and ignite it. I'm thinking of making a collapsible blade so it's easy to carry."

"Maybe make sure the blade is away before releasing the gas? I would really prefer you don't blow off another body part."

"Good idea."

"You know it's ok to mourn him. He did some pretty despicable things, but in the end he saved you and Toothless." She put her hand on his cheek, " I'll always be grateful for that."

He leaned into her hand, "I know. It's just hard to process. I mean when it was the volcano, it was a complete accident. But this…"

" I know. I don't think any loss is ok. I'm glad your ok." she kissed his cheek. "Come on lets get some breakfast."

"Ok." He held her hand as they walked to the clubhouse.

"What do you want to call the sword?"

"I haven't even thought about it yet."

"How about The Dragon Blade?"

"Perfect."