Through The Ups & Downs
Couple; Harrison X Briana
Rating; Mature
Disclaimer: I do not own HTTYD or any songs I might use! In addition, from this point in the story and in future chapters, I do not own the character Ella (Eira) Solveig. She belongs to a good friend, ShadowSpirit020.
48) Shock & Fear
All Harrison wanted to do was get home and do whatever he could to stop this Red Death, then capture his target. A man by the name of Dominic Bludvist, who put all this into motion. Everything from the start had been a trick, this guy wasn't helping enemies by lending them dragon support. Dominic used that as a ploy, to start getting others sent towards him to discover the reason for the mass amounts of dragons. Everything else was making it seem like there was a big weapon of destruction being constructed. The truth was the that Red Death was a massive dragon that could destroy whatever it wanted. No one on Arc Isle was safe, and neither were the dragons. Harrison was racing back as fast as Toothless could take them there without getting too tired. The entire flight he was dealing with radio calls and trying to explain his findings, yet, he did not even know if the residents of Arc Isle were warned about this incoming threat or if Red Death and Dominic already arrived and were killing innocent lives.
Reaching Arc Isle, Harrison looked for any sign of Red Death or Dominic. From the sky, Harrison could just about see everything and he spotted where this dragon was. Closest to Berkville, his hometown. Harrison urged Toothless forward as they zoomed home with a whistle sound behind them. Twenty minutes later, he saw everything that was going on and decided to take action instead of wait for orders.
"Alright, Toothless. Let's do this!" Harrison told his friend, receiving a growl of agreement. The two headed right for the large dragon and Toothless prepared a blast as the two sped up in a dive bomb. "NOW!" Harrison called. Toothless fired a blast at the Red Death's wing, effectively knocking it over and then the two of them sped out of sight. On the ground, those who had basically been cornered, were shocked at what happened.
"What…was that?" Addilyn asked.
"I don't know and I don't care, but it got that thing down instead of after us," Frankie said trying to stay calm.
"Spencer, what do we do. This thing is only attacking Berkville, do something!" Viviana demanded her husband. Berkville was not a big town, in fact, it had maybe two hundred and fifty residents. At the moment, all of them were closest to the beach, trying to hide out and stay safe. Suddenly, Harrison hovered over them and landed while getting off Toothless. "Harrison! Thank Odin you're here," she cried.
"What are you doing here?" Glenn asked quickly.
"Get this people off the beach, Dad. Red Death isn't a weapon, it's a dragon and that thing is it. It's my job to take Red Death down, Toothless and I are the only ones fast enough to keep up with it. In addition, that thing can take control of your dragons. Toothless seems to be immune to it, this is what I'm tasked with doing now. Keeping the island safe," Harrison informed.
"You can't take that on by yourself!" Briana said quickly.
"Don't have time to debate this, babe!" Harrison called to her as he got on Toothless's back then shot into the sky as Red Death was recovering; it stood and spread its wings.
"Well, you all heard him. Everyone off the beach," Aaron demanded along with other police officers and soldiers. Harrison was in the sky with Toothless, taking on Red Death by leading it into the sky so it couldn't destroy anything on land. Harrison and Toothless led it around the water, through the maze of sea stacks, and higher up before they starting firing blast and any angles to the enormous dragon's wings and it was too big to keep up with them. Finally, the dragon landed in the water, turning it's head as a man walked out when Toothless landed on a rock, staying ready to fight in case of surprise attacks.
"Fight!" the man demanded the dragon and it refused almost. There was a mass of dragon flying around, the ones belonging to the residents of Arc Isle.
"Give it up, Dominic. Your dragon doesn't want to fight anymore," Harrison yelled to the figure standing on the beach. The man, Dominic whipped the large dragon as it roared out and was ready once more. "Well, that could have gone better. Ready, Toothless? It's time to end this," Harrison patted his neck. Red Death lifted up as Toothless and Harrison charged after it.
"He's going to kill himself," Briana whimpered.
"No, he won't, lass. Just hold faith, Harrison can handle this," Aaron said gently. Harrison and Toothless got ahead of Red Death and pulled it away from being near town.
"Alright, Toothless," Harrison told him as Toothless nodded, understanding what needed to happen. "We can't have that thing on the loose," he added. Toothless shot past Red Death as it tried to snap at them, then chased them straight down towards the water. "Hold, Toothless, almost there," Harrison told him. Just as they were nearing the ocean, Red Death formed a cloud of gas in its mouth prepared to fire at Harrison and Toothless. "NOW!" Harrison yelled. Toothless whipped around and fired a large purple blast into the Red Death's mouth, watching the gas catch and light the large dragon on fire, burning it from the inside out while it plummeted towards the sea. Harrison and Toothless flew past its mouth and up the back as it was burning up. Towards the end, they hadn't been expecting a clubbed tail and the two hit fully force. Harrison fell off Toothless and both of them landing in the sea.
"HARRISON!" Briana screamed with worry. Red Death hit the shallows and exploded, everyone watched the water for a sign of Toothless or Harrison. Finally, emerging from the smoke, Toothless flew over towards the worried group and placed Harrison on the ground, he was unconscious too. "Harrison?" Briana asked slow. Before anyone could reach him, Dominic cut them off and had them surrounded by the people who worked for him, all of which had guns. After a moment or two, Harrison began to awaken slow, coughing a few times and sitting up.
"Too-Toothless?" Harrison asked, his dragon came beside him and licked Harrison's cheeks a few times. "You saved my life. Thank you," he smiled a bit.
"I give you props, boy. I didn't think anyone would be able to defeat Red Death. Bravo on you for doing so. You killed my weapon and saved all the dragons that Red Death had under its control. So tell me, how do you intended on saving all of them?" stated Dominic, Harrison pulled his gun as Dominic chuckled. "I wouldn't, kid. One wrong move and I'll have my people fire," Dominic said coldly, but with a grin as Harrison saw his family, friends, and residents of his hometown were all seemingly locked together in a massive group in the field closest to the beach. Harrison saw all their worried faces, and what was worse was this was on him. If he did anything to upset Dominic, everyone was dead.
Harrison glared, but then he closed his eyes and tossed his gun to the side. "What do you want?" he asked.
"Power over the dragons and it seems your Night Fury has that ability. I saw it happen in Kuwait a few years back. Impressive. So, let's make a deal shall we? You give me your dragon and I'll set all these people free," Dominic told him.
"Toothless will never listen to you," Harrison retorted.
"If he betrays me or doesn't follow orders, I'll come back and kill everyone then. You have the power to make him do ask he's told, tell him to listen," Dominic stated.
"Toothless is my bonded dragon, he will never listen to anyone but me. However, I have a better proposition for you," Harrison stated. His family and friends might hate him for this, but it was the only way. "Let the residents of Berkville go and I'll give you Toothless…and me,"
"Harrison, no!" Aaron said quickly.
"Sorry boss, every soldier knows the ultimate price he or she must pay for the safety of their loved ones and home. If this is the only way to ensure that for all of you, then my time to pay has come," Harrison stated firmly as everyone bit back. "Do we have a deal?"
"Done. Release the residents," Dominic ordered. "Get to the plane," After that, his men began walking and leaving the area. "You're a brave boy indeed. Giving up your freedom for theirs?"
"Whatever it takes for them to be safe," Harrison muttered.
"Grab your dragon and lets go," Dominic demanded firmly. Harrison scowled as he faced everyone and gave a soft smile as if to tell them that it would be alright. Harrison started walking with Toothless, then gave a hand signal as Toothless roared out, taking on the blue glow as the other dragons took their place in front of the residents. Dominic turned around quickly to see what was going on, and then he glared at Harrison.
"You double crossed me!" Dominic yelled.
"Yeah, you see. The funny thing about making a deal is that it is only honored when both people shake on it. Also, one more thing; you threaten my home, you threaten me and I don't let anyone get away with that," Harrison brought his fist back and punched Dominic in the face, making the man stumble back in shock. "How stupid do you think I am to let you take me and my dragon? We both know you were going to kill me, then force Toothless to do as you tell him! I mad the deal so you'd drop your guard and now these dragons will protect everyone from your men,"
Dominic didn't seem to like it one bit, he got up and tackled Harrison to the ground. The two rolled around, fighting one another. However, no one interfered, they couldn't. If one person tried to take a shot, they might accidentally hit Harrison, which wouldn't be good for anyone. The fight went on about fifteen minutes, both fighters taking equal hits from one another. Finally, Harrison got thrown to the ground as he coughed a few times before Harrison and Dominic pulled their guns on one another.
"Give it up, boy. You can't win this one," Dominic said.
"Enough, Dominic. It's over," Harrison said. "Go down with some dignity or pride, whatever you want to call it," he added.
"I don't believe it is," Dominic smirked as he pulled a grenade from his pocket, then pulled the pin. Harrison froze a bit, but never faltered. "You will never take me alive," the man grinned as he shot Harrison in the leg twice, forcing Harrison yell out in pain and fall to the ground.
"Harrison!" his group of family and friends said in fear.
"This is the end for you!" Dominic laughed as he released the grenade to the ground and tried to run.
"Get out of range!" Harrison yelled to everyone as he grabbed his gun and shot Dominic in the back of the head while the others were running. Toothless was about to go after his friend, but suddenly, the grenade went off just as everyone got out of blast range. Everyone knew Dominic was dead, but Harrison had been alive and severely wounded; he couldn't get away when the grenade exploded. The area was silent after the initial explosion wore down leaving only smoke now, everyone was filled with shock and fear; praying to the Gods that Harrison survived somehow.