Althea Sirius : Oh trust me. You'll be seeing Stoick's reaction to these events very soon. Hehehe
"It was almost a surprise honestly. The ceiling caved in and they dropped down, ready to go." He said, eyeing the mug of warm tea that sat on a coaster before him. He had to admit, the coffee table it rested on had a nice design to it- several Nordic inscriptions having been carved into its legs and gone over in golden trim.
Frank "Fishlegs" Ingerman always had a keen eye for good architecture. His best friend since middle school and trusted keeper of the family secret. He'd been his best friend and best advisor for thirteen years now, and Hiccup found himself coming to the man once again.
"Who were they?" Fish asked as he sipped from his own mug, the panting of the bulldog next to his feet momentarily drawing his attention away from the hero who sat across from him. He couldn't quite wrap his head around what he'd been told so far, tales of radioactive men, weather controlling cops and a revived Snotlout?
It all sounded like something out of a comic book to be honest. Origin stories abound.
"Remember Drago? The guy is told you about? It was his guys, Snotlout had been working with them since his revival in order to lure them into a trap. He wanted to kill them and Eret all at once… but his own emotions and a few other details threw that plan off the rails and led to him and my team getting captured." He says, leaning back in the recliner and looking up at the slightly chipped ceiling.
"Cami managed to escape with Gustav and my dog- oh I have a dog by the way- Toothless."
"Toothless? Odd name for a dog." Fishlegs replies as he picks up his own faithful mutt from off of the floor.
"This coming from the guy who named his dog Meatlug?" The dark clad hero responded, hints of a smile coming to his face as he looked over at the two,Fishlegs guffawing at the response.
"Hey! Meatlug is an excellent name!" He says with a playful smile. Hiccup merely nods in response.
"Anyways, I have to contact them and soon. But my suits been damaged and my minicomputer was taken out during the fight." His head began to hang low as he explained this, now moving over the floorboards.
"So you want me repair it? Cause honestly Hiccup there's a lot of items I'd need and I don't think you'd be cool with steal-"
"No… I need you to find a hidden frequency.." Hiccup replies, cutting him off in the middle of his statement. He looked up to his close friend, a look of contempt within his emerald colored eyes.
"It's a frequency in the Far outreaches of Berk… I need you to track it and send a message to it from your phone, it'll automatically add you to a trusted network of communicators…"
Fish looked at him awkwardly, pondering over what he'd just been instructed to do. "You can't be serious." He said, a hint of fear hidden behind his words as Hiccup nodded.
"I need you to track Thunderdrum…"
The sound of water running into a sink was all that could be heard throughout the large area. A heavy footed individual made his way across the floor and over to the sink, running his hands underneath the warm water and watching as the smudges of blood that stained them began to wash away. The red bearded figure looked up-staring into his own reflection for a moment and analyzing his own emerald toned eyes.
They reminded him so much of what he'd lost. Because he was arrogant, or because he was careless. But even still he fought on, having given it time and given him space over the years. Space to grow, to move out into his own and become his own man.
He was thrust out of his thoughts by the sound of his computer beeping. Stoick turned his head from the mirror and exited the well kept restroom, walking out into his personal hideout (a/n: imagine the BvS Batcave but with actual light).
He looked over to the large scale armored tunic that lay on the floor nearby, a few smears of blood freshly adorning the green colored material. The bare chested man walked over, his large fingers moving across the keyboard to intercept the signal that had just been sent.
"Dad….I need your help." He read the message aloud, a look of determination immediately arising upon the man's face. He began to message back, and as he awaited a reply, he began to clean his armor.
(The Thunderdome)
The underground base was hidden by several signal jammers and more, lead lined walls to prevent further detection. Hiccup had at one pint thought his father to be paranoid, but the more he focused and learned the more he realized he was right.
As he and Fishlegs stood on the elevator leading into the base, he bit his tongue softly. It had been a long time since he last laid eyes upon his father, four years since they last spoke in person. Whenever he moved somewhere, his father was always following. But he'd leave before even letting the man get the hands to see him. But somehow, Dragon's Edge was the difference.
What had drawn him there? Crime. But what made him stay? He could've gone anywhere, found work anywhere. So why did he choose there?
He began to smile as flashes of blonde hair and blue eyes made their way into his head . He recalled one of his many conversations with Heather, the topic being the same as many others since he'd moved there: Astrid.
Maybe she was right, maybe he really and truly did like Astrid… maybe more than that.
He was pulled out of his thoughts as the elevator hit the floor, the chrome doors sliding open slowly to reveal the Thunderdome in all of its glory. He clutched the black duffel bag that hung over his shoulder gently, him and Fish both walking out.
He casually rolled his eyes as he watched his childhood friend marvel at the various vehicles, weapons and suits that were inside of the Cave like structure, continuing his trek to the computer area. He sat his bag down beside the computer and pulled out the rolling chair, taking a seat.
On the corner of the large metallic desk sat a framed picture- three costumes images standing in front of the very same computer. He smiled softly as he looked at his ten year old self, accompanied by both parents- Thunderdrum and Cloudjumper, clad in a vibrant orange, red and light yellow themed suit similar to theirs, minus the cape.
His smile widened a bit at the memory,his mother never liked capes."Too bulky..they get in the way." She'd always say. Not like she was wrong, but the material used in their capes offered a good deal of protection from opposing forces.
It seemed he'd never get to be lost in his thoughts, as he found himself being interrupted once again. This time by the sound of large footsteps making their way towards him and Frank. He couldn't help but to feel nervous, trying to wait a moment before he turned around.
"Son…" he spoke first, Hiccup taking a breath before fully facing him.
"Hey dad…" He said, looking upon the face of the man he'd left four years ago. "It's uh...been a while."
Stoick rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, his eyes shifting off to the side to avoid making contact with the younger Haddock.
"Look, I'm sorry." The large man began, struggling to find and piece together the words he wished to say. "I didn't mean any of what I'd said… I was just frustrated and...angry."
"I get it dad." Hiccup interrupts, lifting his hands to stop the man from going any further. This was an awkward confrontation so far. They needed to cut straight to the point, and they needed to get there fast.
"I'm sorry I was so stubborn." Stoick said finally, after a good minute of contemplation over his next few order. These words seemed to be his best bet. Hiccup merely smiled awkwardly and approached the large man, wrapping his arms around his large frame as best he could.
Thunderdrum's vast form soon encompassed Hiccup, a smile upon his face. "It's okay Dad...I'm sorry I was so...childish about it."
"You moved out on your own...only took you twenty years but eh, who's counting?" He asked with a chuckle as he released him , allowing Hiccup to chuckle as well.
He gave a shrug "Yeah well. You gave me the push I needed...and I'd hate to have to ask you for help again...but I could use it.". Nothing more was said from there, as Stoick merely gave a nod , one that Hiccup returned.
(Downtown Dragon's Edge)
Gustav planted his feet firm against the ground as he dropped down from the fire escape, looking around the immediate area before carrying on any further. He held the ragged old backpack upon his back close as he ran down the dimly lit alley and rounded a corner to make his way to a rundown apartment. He entered through the back door and gave a small shout "Hey!" as he closed the door behind himself.
Soon a blur of color whizzed past him, and he found his bag being stripped away before he could even blink. Cami stood across from him now in her Typhoon suit, rummaging through his bag and dumping it out onto a table in the corner. "Not much huh?" She asks as he walks over with a shrug.
"I'm fourteen, how did you expect me to get medical supplies?" He asks with a small huff as he pulls the hood of his gray hoodie over his head and carried on, plopping down onto an old recline nearby. The small apartment had been their Safehouse for the past night and day, since they made their break from the Den.
Since they last saw the others. "It's been twenty four hours and still no word from Hiccup...we should be worry shouldn't we? Cause I'm worried." Gustav says as he scratches behind Toothless' ear.
"I'm worried too..about all of them. I don't know who got away and who….who didn't.." she replies as she sorts out the items he'd brought. It wasn't much but it was enough to ensure they'd be prepared- a first aid kit, some duct tape, some pencils with a notepad, a few boxes of snack cakes, some sodas and bottled water and some pieces of gum.
"What a kit." She says as she looks over the items before turning to face Gustav and Toothless. "Your mom's doing better by the way. Dragon General happily accepted her with Hiccup's insurance plan to back her up."
He smiled as he heard that, smiling more as the dog licked at his face. "Good… we never could afford an actual hospital bed for a night." He says.
Cami smiled as well , but that faded away as she thought more on the situation. "We need to find Hiccup...and we need to do it fast."
"You won't have to look far." A voice says, the heavy modulation coming out surprisingly clear. They swiftly stunned their heads towards the door, smiling as they lay sight upon the dark figure that crowds it.
There stood the Night Fury, in an all new suit and bearing a signature grin. He now wore a cowl that only showed his mouth (similar to Red Robin,as opposed to his previous Kid Flash based one), his usual space for his hair being concealed. Apart from that, everything else looked different than his original suit.
He wore a new suit, more armored than the original and bearing a dragon scale pattern to it. (Hiccup's Armor in HTTYD 3 basically. But add a sleek utility belt to it and a black cape that's red on the inside.)
The Night Fury's symbol shined a vibrant red on the center of his chest as he walked over to them. "We've got some work to do guys."
"Where the hell have you been?" Cami asks, ignoring the other, larger figure that made his way through the door. Fishlegs placed a metallic suitcase down onto a table nearby and walked over to them.
"Hey Cami." He said, getting a quick turn and smile from the speedster "Hey Fish." She swiftly turned to face the Night Fury once again, a look of sheer seriousness planted upon her face now.
"I was with my dad...getting some more gear and uh...reassessing some issues." he said, thinking it best to leave it at that. "Nevermind that now. We've got some friends to go save." He says, turning from her to face his protege.
"And I've got a gift for you.'' he gave a nod towards the table, or more specifically towards the case that rested on the table. "You'll want to open that up as soon as possible."
Gustav couldn't help but wonder what he meant as he walked over. His answer came in the form of a black, yellow and orange suit that was nearly folded into the case. This left the boy in awe, as his eyes ran over the details of the suit. He pulled it out of the case, looking even closer at it.
It matched the design he drew up perfectly- a two pieces suit that consisted of a black zylon breastplate and torso piece, which served as the main piece of armor and went down his front half. A black and orange sleeved top beneath the armored piece held it together, with the black cape connecting to the two small clips at the edges of his clavicle.
The pants were just the same- fitted perfectly to his body and comprised of a special fiber blend, they were orange with yellow lines darting down the sides. The top piece of the suit held a Tunic like design to it, with the black covering having two small flaps that cascaded over the top of his thighs like a tunic. The bronze colored utility belt went over the flaps, and the details within the black and gold plated boots topped it all off.
"Oh my Thor…" Gustav said, a look of sheer astonishment plastered upon his face as he looked at the suit. "It's time for Night Fury and Fanghook's first fight together." Hiccup says with a smile as Gustav looks over to him, simply left at a loss for words at the time.
He simply walked away with the case, leaving the adults and the dog to themselves. "You sure he's ready?" Cami asks as she keeps a small smile and watches as Gustav walks away into another room.
"As ready as he'll ever be. He's got a bit left to learn, but he picks up on stuff fast and he's learned enough for me to trust him out there." Hiccup replies, leaving Fishlegs with a look of confusion upon his face as he gave a subtle cough.
"So..you have a sidekick?" He asks, feigning a look of anger towards his best friend.
Hiccup gives a shrug in response. "Sorry man, the kid needed me." He says , giving a wave and a smile from Fishlegs "It's cool… so long as I get to be your guy in the chair." He says, giving Hiccup a pat on the back.
Hiccup chuckled at that. "Deal." He said, giving the confirmation Fishlegs needed.
"Yes!!" Came a shout from behind them, leading them to turn and face Fanghook as he approached them. "This is badass!!" The boy shouted as he performed a series of spin kicks and punches in the air.
The adults merely smiled at this,Cami and Fish looking on as Hiccup drew out something from behind his belt. It was a pair of escrima sticks, made of metal rather than the wooden ones Gustav used for training.
"Don't forget these." He says as he hands them over for the boy to inspect.
"This is amazing…" Gustav mutters as he begins to mess with them.
"There's a few small functions to them. Twist like so and position your hands properly and.." Hiccup demonstrated the motion as he described it, smirking as the sticks flowed a vibrant blue tone near the tips, electricity sparkling from them.
"Oh my Thor it's just like Nightwing!" Gustav exclaimed, getting a nod of approval from both Hiccup and Fishlegs.
"Kid knows his comics it seems." Fish says, getting an abrupt shove from Cami.
"Look, this nerd fest is nice and all but we really need to get a move on. We need to find Drago's base and we have no idea how." She says , arms crossing over her chest as she looked up at her friends.
"I have an idea on how actually." Hiccup says as he looks to Fishlegs, who lifts an eyebrow .
"Remember when I asked if you could track radioactive energy signatures?" Hiccup asking, hoping Fishlegs would recall.
He got a nod in response. "Yes...why?" He asked as Hiccup rapped onto the minicomputer in his right gauntlet, projecting an X-Ray image of a persons body.
"You're gonna have to track our buddy Eret. We know Drago took him with them and he'll be our best bet at finding them." Hiccup says as he quickly sends all of the information on Eret to Fishlegs laptop.
"Make sure to look for strange weather occurrences in small areas. That'll most likely give us a lead on Astrid as well. Make our chances of finding them even better."
"I'll get right to it." Fishlegs says as he moves to his laptop, setting it up on the table nearby as Night Fury turned to Typhoon and Fanghook.
"Let's go save our friends."
Location: An Underground Base in Canada
Astrid struggles heavily against the chains that kept her bound in the cold cement room, eyes darting around the room in fear of what would come next. Out of all of them she'd been the least calm when they were picked up and tossed into these cells, strange collars kept around their necks to prevent them from accessing their powers.
For those who lacked specific metagenic capabilities (Snotlout and Heather), they were instead being kept in mild contraptions, like metal straight jackets that had sensors that emitted controlled shocks and were chained to the floor.
Eret have a sigh of anger as he looked out of his cell at the dark figure that stalked his way, the familiar dreads and scarred face strumming up a feeling of rage rivaled by very few. Save for Astrid and Snotlout who actively growled upon seeing Drago enter the hall.
"So… a bunch of so called heroes, all mine for the taking." He says, turning to face Snotlout.
"Not to mention a few lab rats that got free..". The sound of spit being collected and shot his way from Snotlout was all that could be heard before the wet substance struck his left cheek.
He wiped it away, looking at him with a look of pity. "Boy, we made a mistake in reviving you."
"No shit Sherlock." Snotlout replies as he struggled with his restraints, finding the controlled shock function soon coming to life and taking him down.
"No worries though...we'll fix that mistake today." Drago says with an evil smile, moving a large arm to the right hip, grabbing a large hook from his belt and allowing it to show to all.
It was stained with dried blood, and there seemed to be a lot of it to say the least.
"You touch them and I'll burn you alive!" Eret shrieked from his cell, getting Drago to cast a glance his way.
"My old dog? I'd nearly forgotten you were here." He says as he walks towards his cell. "Welcome home I should say… I should say that to all of you." He says, turning to face every cell and stopping at Heather's, who sat there maskless and full of rage.
"Except you Miss reporter. You're new here so I'll be sure to get you properly initiated." He says with a smirk, causing Snotlout to buck wildly.
"You leave her alone you damned sadist!!" He screams at him, trying his best to stand against the current that flowed through him. Through strained movements, he put one foot flat down and attempted to push himself up.
He soon fell onto his back with the collars power being too strong for him.
"Ah, I will enjoy watching them dissect you, Jorgensen...sad that Mildew couldn't be here to do the deed himself." He looked to Eret .
"We had a funeral for him..lovely affair. Made sure to mention how you cremated part of him already.". Eret scoffed in response
"Should have done the same to you,freak."
"Sir! We have a breach!" Came a shout of a black helmeted man as he entered the hall carrying an M-16.
Drago looked to him, wondering what could be going on. "How? Aren't all of them here?" He asks, looking as Astrid gave a small smile.
"Not all of us." She says, Drago looked confused as about five more of his men entered the hall. "We need to get you to safety sir!" One of them said, all of them looking on in confusion as a small silver canister rolled across the floor.
It let out a burst of thick smoke, and a dark clad figure Came soon after, pulling men in and avoiding the oncoming gunfire they let out into the smoke.
Soon no one could see, or even be seen save for the dark figure that moved through the hall taking the men down and breaking bones in the process.
With the smoke clearing, all that could be heard was the firing of a grapple launcher and a brief groan.
Soon stood a shorter figure than expected, wearing black, orange and yellow and reeling Drago his way.
As the large man was brought in, Fanghook struck out at his ankles, taking him to his knees. "You're really ugly..definitely a Drago."
Drago showed no fear, but a feeling of disgust at the young figure before him. "And just who the hell are you?"
Fanghook scoffed "My bad. Nice to meet you bro, I'm Fanghook." He says as he lunges behind the man, placing him into a full Nelson and launching himself back , using the momentum to drag the much larger man with him before slamming him headfirst into the floor.
He launched back to his feet with a smile "Newest badass to hit the streets."
"Gustav!" Heather called, gaining the boys attention. "Oh right, sorry!" He replied as he searched Drago and found a set of keys.
After freeing everyone from their cells, he focused on getting them free from their bindings. "Okay so did he like, have a key for this stuff too?" He asks all of them, getting several nods in response.
"Great.." he replied sarcastically.
"Freeze!!" Came a shout from a slightly muffled voice, Gustav turning and watching as about twelve more armed men entered the hall.
"Oh come on! I just did this with like half of you losers." He comments, being cut off by another smoke bomb and the sound of metal sliding about entering his ears.
Another dark clad figure launched into the fray, taking the men out with ease and turning their weapons against one another whenever they tried to fire onto him, before slamming them to the floor.
It took no time for the smoke to clear, showing the newly armored Night Fury in a kneeling stance, bo staff drawn in his left hand and surrounded by unconscious and bleeding men.
Fanghook simply rolled his eyes beneath his mask "Show off." He called as his mentor stood and walked over.
Night Fury smirked as he approached, looking over his friends. "So, how was-" he found himself being cut off by a distraught Astrid, who lept onto him and wrapped her arms around her.
"Hey.." He began, hugging back and holding her close. He'd rarely ever seen the woman so down, so defenseless. It hurt him to watch as she tucked her face away into his shoulder.
"I need to get out of here Hiccup… I can't be here again. Not after last time." She says as she pulls away and allows Hiccup to see her tear stained cheeks. He gives her a warm smile. "I'm getting you out of here..all of you." He says, moving to his utility belt and pulling out a few pieces. He puts them together, making a device that looks like a small torch.
He approached her, activating it and began to burn through her collar. As he did this, Gustav took to doing the same with one of his own to Eret.
"He gave you a torch? Ah that's reckless endangerment at its finest." The Brit commented as Gustav sent a swift kick to his shin, causing him to gasp.
"Little bastard!" He shouted as Gustav chuckled evilly and finally cut his collar off. He moved onto Heather as Hiccup went to work on Snotlout's restraints.
"This seems familiar." Snot says as he looks towards the floor, avoiding the gaze from his cousins as he worked on freeing him.
"Seems like that Chinese finger trap. Cept the pocket knife is being replaced with a torch." Hiccup replies with a small smile, gaining a chuckle in response.
"You always were good with tools." Snot comments as he smiled as well, the large restraints loosened and he brushed them off onto the floor.
He looked around at everyone and then back to Hiccup who began to speak once more. "Alright guys. This is it. This is our chance to take down Drago, and possibly find the rest of his connections." He says, getting a nod of confirmation from Gustav who tapped onto his ear and began to speak.
"We're preparing for escape." He says into his communicator, gaining bewildered looks from all but Hiccup.
"Now let's get the hell out of here an-"
"Wait!" Astrid shouted as she looked past him and down the hall. "Where's Drago?"
Hiccup's eyes widened slightly as he whipped around, all of the heroes finding the unconscious forms of every man but Drago laying throughout the hall.
"...dammit!!"
Drago rushes up the stairs into another room, throwing open the door and being greeted by several scientists who looked to him in surprise. He walked towards the head scientist, Professor Morridun, and grimaced slightly.
"They're free, all of them. And they're coming for us. We need to unleash it and we need to do it now!" He shouted at the man who quickly looked to the tablet in his hands.
"Sir he's incomplete. He's powerful for sure but he's at about 59% power right now. To pull him out this earlier would have a few drawbacks. He'd be too weak to-"
"He'll be fine… unleash him now." He says, staring into the man's eyes as he draws his hook from his side. "And never try to protest my orders again, lest you wish to become a subject yourself."
The doctor merely nodded in response and walked over to a large computer nearby, typing several codes into it and looking beyond a window at the pod that sat in the next room.
The sounds of mechanical whirring and the hiss of air escaping was a bit haunting for the scientists, who were left to watch as the project was release from his containment pod.
All they could see now was a hand reaching out and holding onto the outside of the pod, and a pair of red eyes glowing in the dark pod.