Here's part three. I apologize for the inconvenience from before. I had a problem submitting the chapter recently but it should be up right now. Anyway, for any of you Amphibia fans this might give you a little ptsd. But bare with me on this. It will totally be worth with before this is over. Okay guys, enjoy.
Toothless stood over the human girl as he shielded her from the power-hungry amphibian before him. Ready to defend her with his own life. His teeth bared and his eyes were cat-like. His claws extended and his wings spread halfway. He did not know what his deal was with her, but he would be damned if he laid a finger on her again. The girl on the other hand was horrified upon seeing the king's presence. Every ounce of fear ran through her veins.
"King Andrias?" she questioned. "How did you-"
"Simple," the king spoke with dignity. "We've been watching you the whole time."
Upon saying that, the eye that was on the center of the king's crown started to glow orange. And the next thing they both knew, the sounds of metal swirling sounded off in the area behind them. And with that, a large machine with multiple arms like an octopus came down from the ceiling above.
And before they knew it, a big orange eye appeared from the center as the machine lets out an loud screech. Prompting both girl and dragon to cover their ears.
"What the heck is that?" the girl asked.
Yet instead of an answer, the machine instead started moving towards the girl. Only for its path to be blocked by the Night Fury. Who let out a thunderous roar, warning it to stay away from her. Yet the machine in response shrugged the roar off before smacking the dragon alpha across the room with one of it's tentacles.
"No!" the girl screamed as she watched Toothless hit the wall on the other side of the room.
The distraction allowed the machine to grab the girl from the back of her head and pull her towards it. Upon snatching the girl, the floor started to open up and a chair started to rise from underneath it. From there, the machine sat the girl in the chair and locked both of her arms to prevent her from escape.
"Behold, our ultimate creation," Andrias declared, doing about some usual monologue that bad guys always do. "A collection of Amphibia's greatest minds. Preserved for all eternity."
Meanwhile, Toothless barely had enough time to get up on his feet before gasping in shock of what he is now witnessing. He rushed over to try to protect her, until the amphibian monster stepped in. Blocking his way to her.
"Go no further beast," he commanded. "You may have been able to sneak past my defenses undetected. But there is no guarantee that you'll get past me!"
Upon hearing the statement, Toothless stopped dead in his tracks. In spite of her harsh exchange of words towards the Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death Itself, Toothless was still found himself in a bewilderment. The fact that this further monstrosity of a king would dare challenge him sent a cool chill up the Night Fury's spine. No creature living has ever stood in between him and his quarry like the way this sniveling toad did. And he did so in a confident manner. Not holding back for a single second.
It was something worthy of respect. Perhaps even to be admired. But likewise, the Vanquisher of the Screaming Death found this act to be very offensive. For he too was a king. And not just any king, but the king of all dragons for that matter. To challenge him would mean to challenge his rank and title. A thousand generations that he had worked so hard to preserve being tested by some newt in armor. Which is also a great insult to him personally. And it made his blood boil just thinking about it.
Without breaking eye contact with the amphibian, the Night Fury lifted his tail off the ground and slammed it back into the ground in a attempt to intimidate him into backing down. Though to his surprise, Andrias did not seem in any shape of backing down. Instead, hit unsheathed his great sword and pointed to the Night Fury. Daring him to strike at will. While this was going on, the machine started moving a majority of its tubes towards the trapped girl. Though before it could do anything, the frog king intervened.
"Wait master!" he called to the machine, stopping it with just one hand. "Do not begin the procedure just yet. For now, just let her watch as I break her new friend into pieces."
Though upon hearing that, Toothless fired a plasma blast straight at Andrias's face. Causing him to briefly drop his sword and thus whipping that sadistic smirk off the newt king's face. His apparent gloating to the machine made him draw his guard down, from which opened an opportunity for Toothless to take advantage. Using the newt tyrant's weakness to hurt him even further.
Afterwards, Toothless took a few steps forward with caution as he lets out a long, vocal roar. Challenging King Andrias in the process. Who in return originated his gaze back to the Night Fury in response to this protest. Halfway across the room, Toothless took one more step before stopping, looking past the amphibian ruler and ogled the girl behind him. Before turning back towards King was clear that this was a standoff, and that it wasn't going to end very well. Hate and anger coursed through the blood in his veins. Invigorating him with the murderous intent to rip every single part of this pretender's body. To the Night Fury, Andrias was no king. And he will show him exactly that.
But in spite of that, the King of Dragons could not take his eyes off of the girl. Whom was trapped within the clutches of the core. As the standoff continued the girl shivered, being forced to do nothing but watch this bloody spectacle unfold. She briefly locked eyes with the dragon. The Night Fury barely noticing the fear in her pupils. After a moment he turned back to the false tyrant, growling in anticipation. He would've hated to see her get hurt by the hands of this scoundrel before him. And he would've hated it more if he had to watch. But he won't let that happen. Not while he had anything to say about it.
The alpha dragon locked his gaze with the girl one last time. Before taking another step forward and letting out yet another roar. This time, it was his final warning to King Andrias. A way of telling him that all he wanted was the girl and to step aside. Aggravated by the dragon's protest, Andrias let out a thundering roar of his own. Defying the dragon king's warning and thus denying his access. Only for Toothless to let out his own roar before charging forth, attacking the toad ruler head on. With King Andrias following suit to meet him halfway through the battlefield.
And at a mist, the two kings clashed in an all out rumble. As battle was join, Andrias raised his fist in a attempt to punch the Night Fury's lights out. Yet Toothless responded by dodging the attack and leaping onto the top of his fist. After that he crawled up the frog emperor's arm and onto his back. Where he began to lash at the back of the king's armor in a attempt to find his spinal cord. Andrias in return began to flail his arms around in his attempts to try to shake the Night Fury off. Several of his attempts became futile until he finally got a hold of Toothless's tail with his right hand. From there he swung the Night Fury off his back and slammed him to the ground. Earning a cringing sound from the girl.
Yet to his utter surprise, the Night Fury leapt back onto his feet and pressed his attack. Leaping to his chest to try to pull off his armor from there. Yet the amphibian uses his powerful hands to force him down. Though despite the amounts of pressure, Toothless was able to uplift his strength with his wings and further lunged at him. Taking a chunk of Andrias's beard in his jaws. The king yelped in response before he wrapped his arms around Toothless's waist in order to pull him off. Yet the Night Fury seemed persistent. His vice-like jaws locked onto his thick beard, not letting go for any circumstance.
Then, just like with the deathgrippers, he jerked his head back and ripped a good portion of Andrias's beard. Infuriated, Andrias attempted to squeeze the Night Fury's eyes out of his skull. Yet again he underestimates the alpha dragon as he fires another plasma blast right at his face. The blast temporarily startles the amphibian tyrant, for which Toothless used the opportunity to climb up his back once again.
Though this time, instead of clawing at his armor, the Night Fury grabs the amphibian ruler by the back of his left arm. There, he yanks it backwards and steers Andrias to his left before using all his limbs to push Andrias to the wall. The force of the kick sent the toad dictator tumbling towards it, before eventually smashing head first into it.
The impact caused a tremor in the room. Bringing down of the chandeliers that nearly crashed down on the girl were it not for one of the machine's tentacles. As for Andrias himself, he found it hard to pick himself back up. Hitting that wall nearly gave him a headache. And he never gets those. Or at least he thought he didn't. By the time he was able to lift his head back up, Toothless landed back on the ground where he roared in unison towards him. It was here where he began to taunt him for his misdemeanor. Raising his head high with wings extended out in dominance.
This inflamed Andrias to an extend. Though before he could completely lose it, he calmed himself and spoke in yet another confident manner.
"So you think you have the upper hand beast," he taunted. "Well clearly you are mistakened."
Toothless responded with yet another plasma blast to the face. Making a sneering comment at the toad ruler for talking too much. This caused Andrias to growl profusely at the Night Fury. Now he was just making him angry. He spent most of his life fighting his way to the top.
Whether it was through single combat or not his valor in the battlefield was something to be noticed. And now that valor was to be tested by this mere creature. Which he was infuriated about. Though he did not know that Toothless also fight his way to where he was and too shared a similar record in his recent battles.
Toothless moved in closer to finish him off. He had already given him a chance to back down, yet he wouldn't let up. And the fact that he wasn't ready to submit now meant at there was only one option for the Night Fury. He crouched down, readying himself to take a huge leap. He expected to tackled the king and pin him down to the ground to question why they were tormenting the girl.
But to his surprise, upon leaping forth and sailing towards the downed ruler. The King of Dragons was met with Andrias's right fist connecting with the side of his face. The collision sent him reeling back, though surprisingly did not make him fall. Yet this sudden strike allowed the amphibian tyrant to make his move. He lunges forth and tackles Toothless. In which the Night Fury yelped in surprise before he was thrown to the ground.
By then the frog king had him pinned down where he began to pound the side of his head with his fists. But at amiss, the dragon alpha fights back with a clap to the side of Andria's head with his claws. He then uses that chance to lunge at the newt's head and attempted to bite at his spine. But Andrias blocks the attempt and wraps his massive arms around the Night Fury's neck. The using his strength to slam the dragon back to the ground. Bringing Toothless back to where he started off.
With his advantage back in place, Andrias grabbed Toothless by his tail and drags him up a bit to mobilize him. After that he lifted his huge foot in a attempt to crush the Night Fury's skull. Unfortunately for him though, his efforts still remained futile as the dragon alpha rolls out of the way of the upcoming stomp. Then retaliated by swiping his right wing across the frog ruler's face before continuing his assault.
Only for him to be met again by another one of Andria's huge fists. Disoriented, the dragon lunges forth again, but not before the large newt retaliates with two more punches and clubs the dragon down to the ground. Clearly the dragon was getting tired, which meant that it could mean victory for Andrias. Yet the Night Fury's persistence was beyond any measure. Which also meant that he was not gonna go down that easy.
In another effort to tip the odds, Toothless opened his maw in a attempt to fire another plasma blast. Yet was stopped when Andrias wrapped his arms around his head and closed his mouth shut. By then he was able to immobilize him. Watching the Night Fury attempt to free himself to no avail. Smelling victory, Andrias eventually swung him above his head and slammed him to the ground. Then he brought him over the other side and slammed him back down before stomping on the Night Fury's head.
And it was all for the human girl to bare witness.
"NOOO!" she cried out to her defeated friend.
Andrias grinned with delight. And forced her to watch as he grabbed Toothless by his tail and tossed him across the room yet again. This time the Night Fury was sent tumbling until he came to a stop. The girl nervously looked down upon the defeated body of the Night Fury. Who seemed to not move an inch. She silently prayed that he'd still be alive. And to her luck, he was. Yet he was extremely weak. Completely worn out from Andrias's brutal assault. Who seemed to be enjoying the situation.
"Let that be a lesson for any who seek to defy me!" he insulted. "And let that also be a lesson for those who would seek to call themselves 'heroes'!"
Despite his warning, the girl paid not attention to the toad tyrant and still focused her attention of the downed dragon. Who struggled to get back up on his feet. Though despite the pain, Toothless still managed to pick himself back up. Yet he did not have the strength he once had to continue this fight. But his persistence would not allow him to give into submission. He will continue to fight even if it cost him his life. That was his promise.
In a last ditch effort, Toothless let out a faint roar before lunging straight at the amphibian ruler. Who in return slammed him back to the ground, just like before. The Night Fury tempted to get back up once more, but not before he was pinned down by Andrias as he plants his foot on top of the dragon's neck. There Toothless squirmed as he tried so hard to get back up, yet the sheer weight of Andrias's force kept him from making any rash decisions.
In desperation, Toothless yanked his head back in attempts to bite at him, yet his attempts proved to be useless against the toad king. And then resulted with him roaring out, flailing around like some rabid dog on release. Yet his efforts become total amusement to Andrias. Who chuckled in complete satisfaction.
"You fought well beast," he commented. "But clearly this battle is over. Now, witness the birth of our ultimate creation."
"What are you doing Andrias?" the girl questioned.
"Studying the the Mossman improved our medical technology," he explained. "But it wasn't until we met the shadowfish that we truly learn to conquer death. And thus, the Core was born."
Apparently, it would occur to the wounded Night Fury that he was referring to the machine that was holding the girl hostage.
"Let me go!" she demanded.
Yet the king dismissed it.
"I wish I could," he excused. "But my lord craves a host. And it wanted the best, the smartest, the only one who could beat me at Flipwart."
This earned a gasp from the girl, and prompted Toothless the lash out even more.
"Honestly, Marcy," he king finally revealing the name of the girl. "I like you. Always have. I begged the core to consider an alternative host but..alas."
With that statement tubes began to attach all around Marcy's arms and hips. Toothless with all his might tried to resist, yet Andrias planted his foot firmly against his neck. Reminding him of his place.
"And you, my dear friend," he stated. "You are going to watch this. An honest reward for coming this far."
"What?" Marcy stated nervously as the tubes continued to attach to her. "What is this?"
Afterwards she heard something coming from above her. When she looked up she saw a helmet coming right down on her. She squirmed in fear of what may happen to her. Toothless fought with every inch of his body to free himself but came to no avail. Being subjugated to witness the inevitable. And knowing this, the Night Fury could do nothing more than let out a hopeless roar to the girl. All the while that coward Andrias looked away without a reaction.
Yet before it could fully attach to her head, something sparked within Toothless's heart. Despite the hopelessness of the situation made his blood boil, not knowing what horrors will be inflicted on the girl. It was a spark so massive that it shook the ground with just a simple thought. And drank rivers dry. And it set a fire so hot that it burned everything and everyone that it touched. It was a spark of one thing and one thing only. It was a spark of eternal fury. It was a spark of utter wrath. It was the spark of rage!
And in that moment, Toothless this new urge to protect her from the one that would cause her great same urge that he once had when at Hiccup's side. He did not know what those two girls' deal was with her, but he will be damned if he was to stand and watch her suffer.
Sure he had his own personal torment to deal with, but that meant very little to him now. Especially when a distant memory, one he thought he buried long ago, had returned to the very back of his mind. And for a second, Toothless saw her own wife in the young girl's position. Trapped, surrounded, and no doubt about to become a slave right in front of him, because of her inability to act. And it made him very livid.
His pupils shrunk, his ears laid back. And a burning anger from inside of him reignited his alpha will. Without Andrias taking notice, his back started glowing a faint blue, and the Night Fury's dorsal plates secretly started open up. From outside of the castle, the clouds began to darken. With great flashes of thunder lighting up the sky. They would not be able to notice it from the inside, but it could definitely be heard from a distance.
By then mall bolts of lightning started to spark up. Spreading all across the Night Fury's body. As the helmet was at touching point. Toothless let out low, short mumble-like roars. Struggling to keep the rage inside of him. The screams of Marcy began to sound off when all of a sudden, and he could hear flames bursting out from underneath the floor. And it was at that time when the King of Dragons lifted his head up, and unleashed a bellowing roar in fury.
Then without a warning, lightning bolts began to burst from the ceiling and makes its way towards the three of them. With four large bolts moving around and working like tasers. Electroshocking anything that they touched. That included parts of the Core, the chair from where Marcy sat, and even every single part of King Andrias's body. Who began to scream in great agony as the lightning continued to strike him. Prompting him to remove his foot from the Night Fury's back.
The very touch of the bolts began to burn his skin and armor. Making it just as painful for him as it did for both the girl and the dragon. Even the Core itself began to screech and howl. Stopping whatever it was doing to the girl and lashed about violently. The lightning began to overload its systems. To the point where many of its systems began to blow due to too much energy. Then all of a sudden, Toothless found himself hovering over the air. Flapping his wings gradually as more electricity coursed through his body.
Seconds later, everything stopped and went completely quiet. But not before a blue star-like ball appeared before the Night Fury. Causing the area surrounding him to grow dark. And out of the darkness, the dragon let out a thundering roar, extending his wings as an explosion was triggered. Acting as a mini-supernova and began to spread all across the room and effecting everything and everyone that moved. Shorty after that everything went completely black. And then was still.
And that's it for now. Sorry about the cliffhanger. But again, bare with me, because it's almost over. So stay tuned for more.