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Chapter 7: Saving a Damsel in Distress is My Specialty

(A few minutes ago)

Hiccup pulled the cart that caused them to nearly have a heart attack through the messy isle of preserved foods. The floor was littered with so much junk that he felt like he had to literally plow through them. He kicked away the packed food with his foot to make way for the trolley to pass through. But at the same time, he salvaged whatever he could and threw them into the cart behind him. In truth, there wasn't all that to salvage from. Most of it was already either destroyed or covered in blood.

"Now… Gotta find something for Toothless," Hiccup whispered to himself. Maybe the meat section would have something he could take with him for his dog. Hiccup left the cart behind and crept to where he assumed the fresh meat was kept. He stopped dead in his tracks at what he saw beside the cash-out counters.

A boy and a girl lay beside each other; shredded to so many pieces that it was hard to make out if they were even human once. Their faces where mangled to the point where even dental records couldn't be used to identify them. But Hiccup knew who they were…

The boy's name was Gregory. He came to him for help with his studies sometimes. The kid was two years younger than him and was terrible at math in particular. Thanks to Hiccup's effective tutoring skills he was able to pass the subject with a 'C-' which the latter was more than happy with. The only way Hiccup was able to recognize him now was because of the tattoo on his bloodied ankle. Gregory had showed it to him proudly one day while he was being tutored. Poor kid… He didn't deserve this.

And the girl? Her name was Geneviève; a foreign exchange student. Hiccup didn't know all that much about her but she was like Rapunzel. Very popular; mostly because of the French accent that everyone thought was cute. He knew it was her from her skin tone plus he had heard that she was going out with Gregory. So it had to be her.

Looks like this was their last date… Hiccup thought sadly as he walked past them trying very hard not to throw up at the extremely unpleasant slight.

Hiccup pulled out the bottle of perfume and lighter, that Jack had given him, from inside his brown Jacket pockets and held onto it tightly. The racket he had accidently caused verified that there were no Zombies in the store. He knew that… but something was telling him that he had to be careful; especially after the gory scene he just witnessed.

He spotted the meat counter and ran over to it in a hurry. Something felt wrong, the hair on the back of his neck stood on ends. A gasp left his lips when he saw a Zombie lumbering behind the meat counter; mindlessly. It was a female Zombie; it wore a uniform; which was, of course covered with blood stains. Hiccup could barely see the name tag… It read something like Mari- or Meri- or Mera-… Miranda, maybe? It slowly tilted its unsteady head in his direction and groaned.

Hiccup's fear reached new heights when he saw the Zombie notice him. He fumbled with the lighter in his hand trying to get the flame started while keeping an eye on the dead-girl-Zombie at the same time. It wasn't exactly attacking with enthusiasm; which confused him. Any other Zombie would be at his throat right now. He could see it lazily stumbling towards him from the corner of his eye. He glared at the silver lighter in his hand. "C'mon! Come on!" Darn these Zippo lighters!

He flicked at the lighter continuously and relentlessly till he got a small flame going. "YES!" He yelled in triumph, hurriedly pulled off the bottle's top and began spraying it in the Zombie's direction. It was still a good ten feet away from him but he didn't want to chance it suddenly gaining some sort of super speed and tackling him.

Hiccup held the flame to the spray and it instantly caught on fire. He almost dropped the bottle in shock at the sudden burst of heat; the heat was very intense too. Jack was right; it is like a flamethrower…

Hiccup frowned at the strange behavior of the Zombie that was coming towards him. It seemed lazy and dull just moments ago but now it was coming at him with more gusto and anger. Its white glassy eyes reflected the flame, making it look like red marbles. It looked just like a demon; a she-demon charging at him like a raging bull. The brunette boy held the flame up higher but stepped back a few steps involuntarily as it came at him.

Unfortunately for him, Zombies began pouring in from all sides. The girl Zombie-Miranda or… whatever her name is was being followed by two other Zombies and behind him, another set of Zombies were charging at him; all with equal gusto and enlivenment. They weren't lumbering or stumbling anymore.

Hiccup dropped the spray bottle; which landed close to his feet before rolling off somewhere. It wasn't working! He broke out in cold-sweat; too fear-stricken to yell for help. He couldn't get his voice to work and his body was paralyzed with terror! This time he was sure he was dead! Jack and Rapunzel are god knows where right now! He wished that the makeshift flamethrower could have been loud and noisy… at least then; they would have heard it and come to his rescue. But they didn't know he was in trouble… No one was going to save him! He was going to die here! He prayed that they'd take good care of Toothless…

Oh God! I don't want to die like this!

Bang!

Hiccup flinched at the gunshot sound… But it was at a distance, which means it wasn't for any of the Zombies near him; which means he was still going to die. Oh God! Jack! Rapunzel! They must be in trouble too. Hiccup hoped they were okay. He hoped that at least they would make it out of this mess alive… for his dog's sake at least. They had locked the car and raised all the windows; leaving only a slit for the animal to breathe through before coming into the store. If they all died here, then Toothless was doomed too. He would starve to death in the car. Tears sprung his eyes at the thought of Toothless dying alone in the backseat of some damn car.

Hiccup shut his eyes and waited for the inevitable but instead he heard barking sounds getting closer to him… Toothless…? Oh great! Now he was hearing things…He must be crossing over the Vail or something… Wait, that can't be right. That only happens if I'm half dead… And if I am, then where's the pain?

The barking got closer. But it can't be Toothless. He was locked it the car and it was impossible for him to have squeezed through that gap so how did he manage to get out? He opened his eyes to narrow slits just to see his ever faithful companion run over to him and stand in front of him protectively. Just at that second, he felt something whiz past his ear; twice and then one more time. One by one he saw the Zombies drop dead. But…but how…?

What the hell is going on!?

"Yah!" A girl's voice yelled out excitedly "I got every one of 'em,"

That accent!

Hiccup shakily turned his head to find the source of the voice. He saw a teenage girl standing proudly at the start of the isle where he had been just moments ago. She stood there smirking at him; one hand on her hip and the other holding a bow loosely at his side.

"Aye… Ta name's Merida Dunbroch. In other words, yer savior," She told him with a thick Scottish accent "Please, hold yer applause, there's nae need ta thank meh."

Hiccup stared for a few moments; too dumb-struck to speak before his eyes rolled back and he fell unconscious.

That's it for now! I hope you enjoyed!

Shout-Outs!

AvaniAcrux: Haha... Well, I'm not gonna reveal anything yet. And about the smocking thing David does, you'll know more about it as the story goes. And as for your dad, just hang in there sweetie! Here are some extra cookies specially for you (::)(::)(::)(::)(::)
ivylene.h: Ummm... I can't say anything that's not gonna sound like a spoiler so I'm gonna keep my mouth shut on this one. But here are some cookies instead. All will be known soon. (::)(::)
Dreamer: HEY! If it isn't my awesome reviewer! Glad to hear from you too! Lol, I'm really happy you desided to give this fic a try. It really means a lot to me! You have no idea! And also, I'm gonna pretend I didn't read that spoiler. XD And that's pretty understandable... I don't want to emotionally damage my lovely readers... too much... XD It's David but yeah... like I said in the before shout out. All will be revealed soon. And don't worry about it. Please take good care of yourself. (::)(::)

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