Hiccup slid down the side of a ditch and stared down at a green liquid sitting on the ground below. He kneeled down beside it and took out a test tube from a carry-on pouch attached to his suit, then scooped some of it into the tube and placed it away for sampling. He then picked up a stick lying nearby and poked the liquid, watching as it stuck to the stick like gum. The liquid then began to show signs of burning, as the stick began to shorten with a hiss. Heat released from the end of it as it burned away.
Hiccup took out a small journal and wrote down what he'd seen. "Foreign liquid, able to melt through wood.'' his eyes lit up as he quickly opened his pouch and pulled out the tube. The glass was in perfect condition. "Doesn't melt glass" he writes down as Astrid stalks around the area, her eyes glancing every which way.
Hiccup stood and walked over to her, staring off into the distance. "There's something near" Astrid said following his line of sight to a few trees and bushes. The red sky over the planet seemingly provided extra light as they could clearly see trees shaking and bushes being pushed aside
"An invisible dragöön?" Hiccup wondered aloud as Astrid brought a tiger up to her lips, making a shush sound as she moved forward slowly. Hiccup watched and moved behind her, reaching for one of his Blasters as they approached.
The two stopped walking once they were about 15 feet from the first tree and just stood there, waiting.
It didn't take long before whatever invisible creature that was before them, brushed past a tree. Hiccup quickly fired off a beam of ice at the center of it , watching as it's body uncamoflauged the creature.
"Welp, here we go."
The creatures torso was covered in frost, leading it to roar in anger and rush towards the two of them.
{ Fishlegs and Snotlout}
The two heavier set boys ran throughout the Forest as the Thunderdrum chased behind them, it's soundwaves tearing through the forest and tearing through the trees before hitting them and launching them forward. They crashed into the ground and Snotlout quickly recovered, grabbing his gun and opening fire while Fishlegs tapped into the communications tech to alert the others.
''GUYS! WE FOUND IT! GET TO OUR LOCATION WE'RE IN THE FOREST !!" He shouted into the communicator quickly , hoping to alert someone soon.
Hiccup listened in while ducking behind a tree "Kinda busy right now!" He yelled back as Astird swung her axe at the nose of the creature they were faced with, receiving a blast of heat in response. Her suit took the heat from the blast but the force sent her flying into a tree and led her to drop her axe.
Hiccup watched this and fired off both of his Blasters using two streams of ice to freeze the beasts mouth shut. '' Swing for his mouth!!" He shouted to Astrid as he rushed over.
The axe wielding nav cadet grabbed her weapon and did as she was told , crashing the blade through the ice and watching as it shattered. The creature's mouth was still intact but now bore a deep cut from Astrid.
Hiccup fired off an ice beam at it's legs, freezing on of them in place. This left Astrid with another weak point and the maiden lept over, bringing her weapon down onto it's leg with a crash.
That swing actually did more damage, as the beasts leg was hanging on just barely. Hiccup tossed over a small cube shaped device which went off and sent the beast onto it's back in a cloud of dark blue and purple energy.
The beast shook slowly , a sign of it being incapacitated for the time being. Hiccup watched it's movements and looked at it's eyes, a familiar sense of fear instilled within them. In some way he felt sympathy for the dragöön and his own eyes widened as Astrid walked over to deliver a fatal blow. "Astrid wait!" He called out , grabbing her attention as she faced him with an eyebrow raised in question.
Hiccup was lost for words at that moment and shook his head slightly "There's no time...we need to get to Snot and Fish, fighting that beast took most of our time we can't afford to wait any longer." He walked over and looked over at a scale , then picked it up. "This can help the Academy." Astrid placed her axe onto her back and walked past him "Let's get a move on'' she said abruptly as she ran off towards the forest.
{The Twins}
Ruff and Tuff were dragged throughout the Gulch by Treacher and his beast , the two of them grumbling angrily. They weren't even mad that they were captured anymore,they were upset because they had grown bored.
"Are we there yet?"
"Are we there yet?"
Both voices chimed in similtaniously much to the chagrin of Treacher "Will you two please SHUT UP?!?" He spat at the twins who merely stuck their tongues out .
"If you're gonna kidnap someone, at least have something fun for them to do while they wait to die or be cooked alive or whatever" Tuffnut retorts as ruff kicks at the dirt "Yeaah, this is boring!" Treacher brings a palm to his face and drags it from his forehead down to his lips before shaking his head "Startin ta tink it'd been better if I'd just leff ya two back tere"
Ruff grumbled lowly ''Maybe it would've ." She retorted while trying to find a way to free herself. Her hands moved around her suit until she found a small pressure plate on her wrist. She tapped it several times in an attempt to draw some form of reaction. The plate soon projected a hologram showing several options.
"Oooooh'' Tuff marveled at the HUD as Ruff looked back to assure Treacher wasn't looking. "Taser mode. Let's see what you can do" she says as she taps this option , causing several volts of electricity to flow from the suit and into the beast that carried them.
"Wicked!!" Tuff shouted as they were released by the beast who scurried back in pain. "Yeah but my suits battery just went down to like half."
"We have batteries?!" Tuff shouts questioning this. Before his sister could answer, they were fired upon by Treacher, carrying one of their weapons.
"Hey! Watch it we're talking here!" Tuff yelled at their captor. Treacher shouted in response as he fired off a black hole grenade which opened a small black hole that pulled The Twins towards it. "Oh Gods oh God's oh God's oh God's Almighty HELP!!" Tuff shouts as Ruff tries to rasp onto a long strand of grass ''Ugh! This grass is awesome!" She calls out as the single strand holds her. Tuff latches on to her ankle and looks over as Treacher stays away.
''The hole is gonna close soon! Get ready to book it!" Tuff called out to his twin. As the black hole disappeared, the two dropped down and immediately arose, running off .
Treacher gave a call and sent his beast off behind them, the large dragöön soaring at the two. Tuff rushed to activate the taser mode in his own suit and made it just in time to deliver another shock to the creature as it approached.
"YES!" He shots as the creatures course is thrown off, leading it to crash into a large rock wall. "Let's get to the forest!" Ruffnut shouts over to her brother while rounding a corner.
''Where the hel did that dude get a black hole grenade?!" Tuff wondered aloud as they ran towards the forest, the light disappearing from over their heads when they entered it.
''I don't know, let's ask him if we run into him again'' Ruff replied as both skid to a stop, the loudness of the Thunderdrum ringing throughout the area.
"Well at least we're not in it's path" Tuffnut said as Ruff looked around and opened her suit HUD on her wrist once more. "Says they're two hundred feet east. East is left , right?"
"No east is right''
"So I'm right? It's left?"
"No, right!" Tuff shouted back "You're saying I'm right about it being le- oh wait the HUD says right." She replied as she brings a palm to her face before rushing off towards the East.
The Thunderdrum barreled through the forest, trees crashing down with ease as it moved along it's path. Fishlegs backed away as Snotlout tried to get his weapon to work, to no avail.
The beast stalked towards them, almost as if it were playing with it's prey before consuming them whole. "No...no no no..please no" Snotlout said with fear in his eyes as he too backed away.
His mind was moving fast as his adrenaline pumped rapidly. Snotlout grabbed the black hole cannon and threw it into the mouth of the hungered beast, watching as the Thunderdrum bit down upon entry. The cannon burst and sent out a massive wave of energy which tore through the roof of the Thunderdrum's mouth and split it's mouth down the middle, shattering it's teeth in the process. The beast fell down and passed out from the massive pain.
Snotlout blinked before throwing his hands up in joy "Yeah!!! I took down the Thunderdrum!! Snotlout, Snotlout Oi! Oi! Oi!" He shouted arrogantly as he marched over to the downed beast .
Hiccup and Astrid reached the two of them a few minutes later,with the Twins not far behind. ''We came as soon as...we..could...'' Hiccup trailed off as his eyes moved over to the Thunderdrum. " You guys did it? I mean. Hey you guys did it! Great work. Now we just need a few scales" he says as Astrid and the Twins begin to remove some of it's scales.
{Transition}
The crew had gathered a good bit of scales, and looked over at a pile of them. "Alright we've got the scales now let's go before he wakes up. Okay? Okay!" Snotlout says in a worried voice and he picks up some of the scales and rushes off towards the cliff they'd left the ship on.
"Alright our first mission done. And with minimal damage, now I think this calls for a celebration" Hiccup chimes as they enter onto the ship, his teammates passing mixed glances as they went onboard. "I , for once, agree with Hiccup. Let's head to the cantina when we hit Be-" Snotlout began but his sentence was abruptly cut when a loud rumbling noise cut through the air. The ship itself began to shake wildly as the cliff was continously struck with the full might of all of yhe dragoons they'd encountered on the planet.
"Yup, we're getting out of here" Hiccup said as they each rushed to theor own stations. The ship's engine roared to life and they took off, blasting off into the sky.