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Hiccup - Italic
Toothless - Underlined
Red - Bold
Hookfang - ^Word^
Hiccup winced as Meatlug applied some ointment to his forehead. Meatlug mumbled an apology, to which Hiccup just waved her off, understanding that Meatlug couldn't help that it hurt.
Getting the info they needed ended up being a bust. Not only was there no information there, Hookfang decided that it was Hiccup's fault that they wasted their time because Hiccup was the one who told them about the place. Toothless defended Hiccup but ended up having Hookfang turn on him.
Red tried to tell Hookfang to stop, but he ignored her and continued. Hookfang actually had gotten Toothless so mad that Toothless struck him, drawing the police attention onto them, leading for them to run off. However, only Red, Hookfang, Toothless, and Hiccup were able to escape.
Stormfly, Meatlug, Barf, and Belch were among two others who were ending up getting caught, leading Red, Toothless, and Hiccup along with a guilty Hookfang to save them before the Stoick or his followers showed up. They succeeded, getting a couple of injuries, but got away.
Hiccup replayed what happened in his head.
Flashback
Stormfly growled, finding nothing of interest in the cupboards.
"Nothing in here. No secret compartment or anything," Stormfly said, getting up to look at some place else. Toothless grumbled his agreement from where he was.
"Nothing on the computer," Meatlug said, Hiccup on the computer right next to her.
Barf and Belch were on lookout duty along with some other members in this huge office space for an old friend of Stoick's, Gobber the Police Chef of Berk Edge. They were friends in high school and kept in contact over the years even though they spilt apart after they graduated.
Hiccup remembers meeting Gobber only a couple times, his mother meeting Gobber only twice. The chances of Gobber even knowing what Stoick does is low, unless Stoick told him of his plans from the start, so it's a 50/50 with a risk.
Red sighed, shaking her head, "There's nothing here. Best we head back. Look's like Gobber doesn't have anything of interest as of yet."
Hiccup was gonna reply when Meatlug nudged his shoulder. Seeing that Meatlug was pointing something out to him, Hiccup looked at what she found and gestured her to print it seconds later.
"Got something," Toothless asked.
"Gobber remembers my face. He must have seen me on T.V. and called Stoick. Gobber called the Feds in an attempt to 'save' me. And here I was hoping he wouldn't remember me," Hiccup said.
That's when Hookfang spoke up.
"All because of your foolish choice to sing in front of camera's," Hookfang hissed.
Hiccup sighed. He had hoped Hookfang would at least consider what he said, but it turns out he hadn't.
"Hookfang, I did what I do best to help the Dragon Gang. I know the risks, but I got the money you guy's needed. Didn't anything I say to you register in that head of yours? Don't you understand that I'm on your side," Hiccup said.
"Don't try and change the subject. Because of you, we are here. You led us to an office that has nothing in it that could help us. A goose chase. To some friend of your father's," Hookfang snarled.
Hiccup growled, getting out of his seat to look at Hookfang.
"Don't call him that. I hate him being called my father. Why do you treat me like an enemy when I'm not," Hiccup growled quietly, trying to keep his voice down.
"Because you are. Everyone in league or related to Stoick is the enemy. You should not be here when you're just as bad as him. Taking over things that are not yours," Hookfang snarled.
That was when Toothless jumped in.
"Hookfang! Hiccup is not Stoick! Stop acting this way," Toothless yelled in a whisper.
Hookfang turned to Toothless then.
"Shut up! You have no room to speak," Hookfang said louder than the first couple times.
"Hookfang, that's enough," Red ordered but was ignored.
"Stoick should have killed you along with your mother when she killed your supposed abusive father four years ago! But instead, he let you live out of an impossible scenario and now your here, on the top with eyes on everything! Sounds like to me your in league with him as well," Hookfang roared.
Everyone gasped, Red and Hiccup stared in horror at what was said, and Toothless turned red with his face taking on an expression of anger. Toothless clutched his fists, not wanting to strike and draw unwanted attention to them. He was succeeding until Hookfang said one last thing that made him lose it.
"Don't try replacing your mother with Red!"
Toothless reared his fist back and punched Hookfang square on the jaw. Hookfang went sailing back, banging into the bookshelf behind him, the objects falling to the floor. Toothless went to step forward but Hiccup was there, keeping Toothless back.
Hookfang went to attack Toothless, but then Red was in front of him, grabbing him by the front and glaring at him. She looked very displeased and angry.
"Hookfang, you and I are gonna have words when we get back," Red said.
Hookfang huffed, thinking that Red was on his side with what he accused Toothless and Hiccup. Red saw this and opened her mouth to object that it was him she was mad at when a noise from the doors made her whip towards them.
The doors opened, revealing policemen and woman holding up their guns.
"Freeze! Stay where you are," a policeman yelled.
Toothless, forgetting his anger for Hookfang and remembered what Hiccup and Meatlug uncovered, grabbed Hiccup, turning him so his was pressing against his chest and hands behind his back.
"Don't shoot! We got a hostage," Toothless yelled.
Getting over his shock and seeing what Toothless was doing, Hiccup struggled, only for Red to walk up and grab his chin, forcing him still. Red silently grabbed Hiccup's gun, his mothers, from behind his back and making it look like she was taking it out from behind her back, pointed it at the police.
"Don't want to risk hitting him, now don't we," Red said, looking at the police.
Even though the Dragon Gang didn't want to do this, they wanted to prevent a shootout. So seeing the police slowly dropped their guns and step away from the door when Red motioned them to move made them all mentally breath a sigh of relief.
Everything didn't go wrong until Red and Toothless got to a corner and some police jumped them.
Hiccup let out a yelp when he was pulled away from Toothless and Red, police jumping in front of him, protecting him from the 'enemy' when in reality they were separating him from his friends.
Alerted to Hiccup's shout and the sudden appearance of police, the Dragon Gang broke into action, such as fleeing from the police.
Toothless wedged himself between the police and grabbed Hiccup and made for the window. Toothless and Hiccup covered their faces as they jumped out of the window. Landing, Hiccup and Toothless hissed at the cuts they now had, Hiccup sporting a cut on his forehead.
Seeing them escape, Red and Hookfang made for the window and jumped through. The others tried, but the police caught on to what they were doing and blocked the others from escaping, arresting them.
Seeing that they had to flee because cops were coming out of the window, Toothless, Hiccup, Red, and Hookfang fled into the alleys, taking many turns to lose the cops on their tail.
Once they were far enough, Hiccup turned towards Hookfang, who was glaring in his direction. Suspecting that Hookfang was putting the blame on him, Hiccup raised an eyebrow at him and Hookfang burst once again.
"Stop looking at me! It's your fault the other's were captured," Hookfang snarled.
That was it. Hiccup speed walked over and punched Hookfang in the face. Then he grabbed him by the hair and slammed his face against the brick wall of the alley, breaking Hookfang's nose. As Hookfang groaned and fell to the groan, Hiccup backed up and glared. Red and Toothless stood and watched, not helping even when Hookfang turned to them.
Hiccup walked forward and reached down, picking Hookfang up by his collar and seethed at him, truly angry. Hiccup hated being angry because it reminded him of his father and apparently Red, Toothless, and Hookfang to because they flinched.
"STOP PUTTING THE BLAME ON OTHERS HOOKFANG," Hiccup screamed.
Hookfang flinched back, trying to get away, but to no prevail.
"You're the reason they were captured! You're the reason the police caught us! You're the reason they were drawn to us! If you just stayed quiet instead of continuing we would have been safe. But no, you just had to get all that out on the wrong person! Maybe you don't understand, but Red treats us all like a son or daughter, not just you! It appears to me that everything you said about Toothless taking everything you had should be turned around! You didn't have to distance yourself from Red and everyone else, but you did! Didn't anything I say to you enter that head of yours?! Guess not because you're still acting like a brat you are not getting his way," Hiccup exclaimed.
Hiccup released Hookfang, the teen landing on the ground with a grunt. Hookfang looked up at Hiccup in shock. Hiccup just glared down at Hookfang.
"Stop believing your foolishness. Not everything is centered around you. Your the cause and you did the effect, now live with the consequence of your actions," Hiccup said.
Hiccup turned and walked away, exiting the ally.
"Hiccup, where are you going," Toothless asked.
"Going to rescue the others. I', noting leaving them there," Hiccup said.
"Wait for me," Toothless said, racing after Hiccup.
Red stared, watching the two walk off. Hearing noise from Hookfang, Red turned to see him getting up. Hookfang still had a shocked look in his eyes as he turned his gaze to look at Red.
"Red," Hookfang started but stopped when Red held up her hand.
"He's right, Hookfang. I saw your look back there. You thought I was gonna defend you. And what would you do if I didn't? Blame them? Hookfang, I didn't save you because I needed a son, I saved you because didn't want you to go to jail for something you didn't do. Yes, what happened to you was horrible, but Toothless lost his parents because his parent was gonna exposed him and now, their labeled, dead 'conspiracy theorists'. Toothless nearly escaped that same fate, but he is still labeled the same as his parents," Red explained.
Hookfang gasped, not having on known that. Red shook her head and smiled sadly at Hookfang.
"You let your anger and hate for Stoick cloud you. The rest of us feel the same as you, but we don't let it cloud our thoughts. Hiccup may share Stoick's blood and while some may be hesitant around him because of it, he is very kind and compassionate. Did you know that his mother was never let out of the house and she couldn't do anything when her son was beaten up? Valka died in the hospital and Hiccup was the one with her. Hiccup's face was the last thing Valka saw before she died. The scar on Hiccup's chin, that came from Stoick back-handing him when they got home that day," Red says.
Hookfang looked down, not wanting to look Red in the eyes anymore. Red walked forward and gently raised Hookfang's head to look at his face. Hookfang looked at her, regret and shame in his eyes.
"Hiccup has a lot of reasons to hate Stoick like the rest of us," Red states.
Hookfang stays silent after that, but he followed Red to catch up to Hiccup and Toothless. Breaking back into the building was hard since they almost got caught, but they managed to catch up to Hiccup and Toothless, who were breaking the others out of their jail cells.
However, well they were exciting, Hookfang noticed a policeman had seen them and was making a move towards Toothless, who was helping a Dragon Member with a sprained ankle walk. Hookfang jumped the policeman and ended up with a black eye.
Red had knocked the policeman out and helped Hookfang move as they made their escape.
End Flashback
When they got back, Hookfang waited until everyone got treated before letting himself be treated. He still hasn't said a word but "I'm sorry" to Toothless and Hiccup. Hookfang just sat there, silent and looking guilty.
Sharpshot was sitting between Toothless and Hiccup, his head resting on Hiccup's shoulder as he held Toothless's hand.
Toothless watched Hookfang leaned against the wall, his eye's facing away from everyone else. What Hookfang said angered and hurt him and great deal, but now that he calmed down a bit, Toothless saw that Hookfang was now hating himself for what he said.
Sighing, Toothless wondered how to get Hookfang out of his self-hate when an idea came to him. Smiling, he whispered into Hiccup's ear who smiled and nodded. Hiccup got up and walked over to Red. A couple of words were exchanged before Red smiled, giving a nod.
Toothless released Sharpshot's hand and got up. Opening his mouth, he started to sing.
My hands are tied, they're going numb.
I don't know where they've brought me.
My throat's torn raw from all my screams, but no one can hear me.
Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at Toothless. Hookfang, hearing Toothless sing, stopped his thinking and looked up. Hookfang grew surprised at seeing Toothless stare at him.
In the dark, it seems I lose my dignity.
Between the pain and tears, there's only fear.
Toothless smiled and walked over to Hookfang. Hookfang gasped, shocked at Toothless came close to him and to what he was doing.
Escape!
(We don't want to save ourselves!)
We will not be contained!
(Let's fly away with all the angels!)
We're breaking out tonight!
Red joined in, singing loud. Hiccup joined in as well, smiling. Hookfang turned to look at the two. The same two people he angered and disappointed. But it seemed they had forgiven him, but why did they after what he had done when he can't forgive himself?
^Searching for a crack of light but it seems to be changing.
Is the sun leaving the sky or is it me that is fading.
In the dark unseen, I know you search for me.
I feel you drawing near.
You fight my fear.^
Hookfang joined in, uncertainty in his eyes. He looked at Red and Hiccup, seeing nothing but understanding and gentleness. What did he do to deserve that? Hookfang turned to look at Toothless, who gave him a single nod. That was when Hookfang realized it.
Escape!
(We don't want to save ourselves!)
We will not be contained!
(Let's fly away with all the angels!)
We're breaking out tonight!
All this time he was afraid of Stoick taking away something from him. He distanced himself once he saw Toothless was moving to the top, but when Hiccup came he distanced himself even more. His fear made him believe Hiccup was gonna take everything away as Stoick did with him. But Toothless and Hiccup did nothing but try and get close to him, and he turned them away. They were right, it was his fault.
Fear is not our master anymore!
Run with me!
Escape!
We're breaking out tonight!
Hookfang looked at Red, who was now staring at everyone else along with Hiccup. She rescued him just like everyone else. She helped him move along, but at the same time, she helped others. He wasn't the only one that needed her.
This is our time!
We can't let our fear define us!
This is our time!
From this nightmare we're reborn!
This is our time!
This is our time to escape!
And Sharpshot, he reminded Hookfang of him when his birth parents were alive. The Hookfang now came to be over the years of one foster house to another and then the loss of a family willing to adopt them. Hookfang had hardened over those hurtful years, but Sharpshot didn't change. Sharpshot ran when Hookfang didn't, it made Hookfang in envy that he didn't do the same thing. But Sharpshot was still a kid and should be given a chance. Hookfang saw that now.
We will not be contained!
(Let's fly away with all the angels!)
We're breaking out tonight!
Fear is not our master anymore!
Run with me, escape!
We're breaking out tonight!
Why did it take something like what happened tonight to make him see? Make him see his own mistakes that were blind to him. Make him see that he was hurting the ones who were his family. After tonight, Hookfang promised that he wouldn't do that anymore. Hiccup was right in that regard. He needed to let people in again and stop thinking about himself and his side of the story.
You're not hopeless.
(This is our time!)
You're not worthless.
You are loved.
"Understand now," Toothless said, leaning against the wall next to Hookfang.
Hookfang looked at Toothless. He was shocked that Toothless was speaking to him after what he said to him. Toothless smiled, waiting for Hookfang to speak.
(This is our time!)
We can't let our fear define us!
(This is our time!)
You're not hopeless.
You're not worthless.
You are loved.
Hookfang nodded.
"Yes, I understand now. The way I treated everyone wasn't fair when they had even worst things happen to them. I'm not anything special."
Toothless snorted, "Hookfang we're all special in our own right. We're not any different from each other."
(This is our time!)
From this nightmare we're reborn!
(This is our time!)
You're not hopeless.
You're not worthless.
(We don't want to save ourselves!)
You are loved.
Hookfang bit his lip, looking at Toothless, "I'm sorry for what I said. I shouldn't have hurt that way."
Toothless huffed and smirked, shaking his head.
"Don't worry about it. I've gotten over it a while ago because I realized it wasn't what my parents would want. Your parents and the family who was gonna adopt you wouldn't either."
Hookfang sighed, nodding his head.
(This is our time!)
(Let's fly away with all the angels!)
(This is our time!)
You're not hopeless.
You're not worthless.
You are loved.
(We don't want to save ourselves!)
Hookfang looked at Sharpshot.
"The new kid, Sharpshot," Hookfang started. Toothless turned his head to look at Hookfang, waiting to hear what he said.
"He reminds me so much of myself when my birth parents were alive. I guess I was in envy that he ran and got away while I just stood there and got arrested for something I didn't do. It was wrong to do that to the kid."
Toothless raised an eyebrow.
(This is our time!)
From this nightmare we're reborn!
(Let's fly away with all the angels!)
(This is our time!)
You're not hopeless.
You're not worthless.
You are loved.
(We don't want to save ourselves!)
Hookfang looked at Hiccup now.
"When Hiccup came here, I believed that since he was Stoick's son he would be just like him. But I couldn't have been more wrong in that regard. I guess he's more like his mother his father, and I didn't see that."
Hookfang finally looked at Red.
"When Red saved me, I had given up and it was she who told me to keep going. I let her down so much and I didn't even see it until now. I'm gonna fix my mistakes to make her proud of me again."
(This is our time!)
From this nightmare we're reborn!
Toothless laughed as Hiccup finished singing, letting Red take over.
You're not hopeless.
You're not worthless.
You are loved.
Don't give up.
This is your time.
"Oh Hookfang, you already made her proud. Seeing you want to fix your mistakes makes her smile," Toothless says.
Hookfang smiled and turned to look at Toothless.
"Forgive me and start over," Hookfang asked, holding his hand out.
Toothless smiled and took Hookfang's hand, "Let's start over."
As everyone clapped over the song that was just sung, Toothless and Hookfang finally resolved the rivalry and hated they had for each other. After all, they were family now, best they get along as much as they could. Red and Hiccup couldn't have been more proud.
And finally, relieved.
Me: So, how many of you are relieved the tension between Hookfang and Toothless?
I had to end it, but that doesn't any other tension isn't coming!
The sung Toothless, Red, Hiccup, and Hookfang sung was 'Escape' by Fireflight.
Hopefully, this long chapter made up for the chapter I missed getting out last week!
See ya next time!