Dragon's Edge Shipping Yard- 3 Months Ago
"Unload the truck! Be quick!!" A voice shouted to two men as they moved several items from the back of a black pickup truck in a hurry. The man who called to them had a black scraggly beard and long hair, as well as cold eyes.
"We're moving Johann, we're moving." One of the men said while placing some of the items they'd found onto a metal table. "All this stuff left over from all these big fights- we've got stuff from San Fransokyo, gear from Arrendale, even from Corona." The man stated with a smile as he meddled with a metallic purple gauntlet.
Johann walked over to him and looked over it all, picking up a sword and looking it over. "And all this will be perfect for what I have planned." He says with a toothy grin.
"And what would that be?" The man asks while looking to Johann.
"I'm a trader. I trade things. While most others trade antiques, or information. I personally enjoy finding the rarest of items and selling them off to the highest bidder. With these items my business will skyrocket, as I'll be better equipped against the potential dangers I'll face." He explains, getting a slightly lost look from his ally.
"Why don't ya just take a team with ya?"
Johann rolled his eyes. "And share the profit? Surely you jest." He complains as he points the oddly curved sword at the man, a bit too playfully. "I don't like...sharing."
"Eh..noted." The man replies. "So why did ya need me here?" He asks, the question having prodded at the back of his mind for a while now. He'd helped Johann to procure these items, so what else could he possibly need from him?
"You have degrees in electrical engineering, you're a gifted mechanic and even own a metal shop. You, along with Halstead" Johann says as he points to the Africa American man who'd come along and was still unloading the truck. "Are going to help me build the perfect scavenger suit."
The man couldn't help but to smile as he heard this. "Now that's an idea I could get behind. I never really got the chance to put my skills to work...ya know apart from my actual job." He says, waving off the second part of his statement.
"Get ready gentlemen. Because with our skills, We're going to make a killing." Johann says with a grin as the other two men smile as well.
Now
The Dragon's Edge Shipping Yard was usually a quiet place, as rarely anything or anyone dared to venture out there. Although tonight seemed to be someone's lucky night- or rather unlucky. A man wearing a black suit with a silver diamond on the center of his chest and two silver gauntlets upon his arms had taken to raising havoc there.
He fired out a burst of energy that rippled through the air and almost hit Stormfly, who quickly flew out of the way. As she did this, Changewing charged a burst of heat and sent it towards the man.
"Why the hell is this guy out here again?" Throk asks as he gives chase to the man, who'd taken flight using jet thrusters in his silver boots.
"Apparently he's got a score to settle with some scavenger who operates out here." Came a response from Night Fury who ran along the top of a crane before leaping into a tuck and gliding down onto a shipping container below.
"Okay… and why are ALL of us here to stop him?" Astrid asks as she watches Throk take out one of the man's thrusters, the two tackling one another to the ground below.
As she hovered in the air, a strange whirring sound drew her attention. She swiftly turned around and found severa black and silver drones hovering around her. "Huh. Guess that's why." She commented before clapping her hands together- causing several streams of lighting to strike her immediate area and take down the drones.
As those drones fell, more and more began to appear.
Some of them flew towards the ground and began to conjoin, forming into a robotic being that stood at about 12 feet tall. "Why!?" Snotlout shouted as he began to open fire on the mechanical menace. One of the drones that had formed the forearm, shifted in a strange notion until several blades protruded from its sides. The drone began to spin in a circular motion, forming a buzzsaw for the robot to attack with.
Snotlout sighed as he lept to the side and switched his weapons to his Semi-Automatic- opening fire on the buzzsaw and tearing through the blades with a few precise shots. He then rolled back and loaded up a new clip of ammunition- different from his last one.
Now every shot fired off had an explosive effect to it- and began to tear into the robot's main body components.
As he did this, Windshear rushes towards it and launched out her razor whip, nailing it in its head. She used this swing around to the back of the robot and proceeded to slap two explosive disks onto the back of its head. With a quick backflip and hook release, she landed safely below as they went off, taking off its head.
"This is going rather well." Came Typhoon's voice over their communicator system- she swiftly made her way through the drones in the air by bouncing off of them and delivering Mach 10 punches to the centers while doing so. As she reached the last drone in her path, she smiled while phasing her hand through its systems and tearing out its wearing, then three falling towards the ground below.
"Now how do I wanna do this? Rotate my hands to get some wind flowing? Vibrate my feet? Maybe flap my arms at Mach 7 to hover?" She wondered aloud, giving out a "Yelp" as she was swiftly caught by Night Fury who'd been gliding nearby.
"I say an assist works." He says as they land next to Windshear and Nightmare.
"Alright that takes care of the drones." Night Fury says with a confident smile as Nightmare holsters his weapons and looks to him. "What did you do?" He asks
Night Fury shrugged "Jumped off stuff and punched a few drones while disconnecting the user from all of their systems." He says.
"If they were disconnected, how'd they go all Voltron on us?" Windshear asks as she crosses her arms.
"Isn't that the question of the day?" Night Fury asks- watching as Changewing and Stormfly hover overhead with the man responsible wrapped up in a steel beam.
Changewing proceeds to drop the man onto the ground next to everyone before landing, smiling .
"And I gotta say, good job hiding your identity Throk." Night Fury says, admiring the green mask that Throk wore over his face. It was built similar to Captain America's helmet, ear holes and all. It lacked the wing design but instead offered black lenses over his eyes. He couldn't help but to smile at the compliment, the mask had been a gift from Hiccup after all.
"You just wanted to compliment your own work." Throk comments as he looks over to the downed man. "So what do we do about him?" He asks.
"Jail him." Astrid replies.
"Aw come on!!" Came a shout from above, the heroes turning and watching as Eret landed in a burst of green energy. "I take one nap and miss an entire mission!?" He asks, getting a round of laughs from the other heroes.
As they all carried on with processing the man, a figure wearing a black hoodie lurked around the site of the battle. "Holy shit.." he whispered to himself as he looked at the mess that had been left.
Moving with haste, he looked over to the distracted Immortals who stood about 70 feet away, and moved to pick up one of the downed drones. He took off with it, making note of the area to come back later.
But for now, this one would do.
Trader's Den
The sound of water running in the sink as Johann dragged a razor over the sides of his face were quite loud within the safe house. He then ceased it- turning the knob to stop the water flow- and wiped off his face. His beard now neatly trimmed and teeth bearing bits of gold, Johann smiled at his appearance before walking away from the mirror.
He looked over to the workshop area, where Jesse, his other worker, hadn't moved from that area all day.
"Just what are you working on?" The Trader asks as he slides a white wife beater over his head and tugs lightly on the bottom of it.
"Trying to get the core of this thing you found in Canada. It's some tough shit." Jesse replies as he stops for a moment, the green stone on the table before him glowing slightly. It's outer casing had been cracked, and energy began to seep from inside.
Small bits and bursts here and there, though they did nothing more than burn clothing. "It's pretty damn tough. I'm actually kinda scared to go any further."
"So the damn things releasing energy with every new crack...and you're still drilling into it?" Johan asked, getting a "Yea." In response
He rolled his eyes at this. "That's a horrid idea." He said while reaching into a refrigerator and drawing out a bottle of beer. The Trader then proceeded to crash down onto the couch behind him, flicking on the 52 inch flatscreen television before him.
As he began to watch a simple cartoon, the door burst open with Halstead rushing into the safe house.
"Guys! Look what I got!!" The man said as he slapped the drone down onto a vacant table in the worship, Johann and Jesse walking over to view it.
"Well bloody hell. It's amazing!" Jesse began
"It's astounding!" Johan added
"It's a drone!!" The two finally said in unison, much to Halstead's dismay. "This isn't your simple drone. I just watched those Inmortal yanks fighting a whole army of these things. With enough of them- they match together and shift parts to form a robot!'"
"You mean like Voltron?" Johann asks, his interes having been piqued.
"Yes!" Came Halstead as he sat down at the table and began to remove the outer plating of the drone.
After removing the top plate and setting it aside, Johann picked up the plate and looked over it. "There's barely a scratch on this plating.
"The real damage is on the inner pieces, anything without that plating is pretty much shot." Halstead said with a wave of a screwdriver as he removed the drone's camera and set that off to the side for later.
"And you found this where?" Johann asked.
Outside
The Dragons Edge Police Department has flooded the area, all of the other drones being looked at and marked as evidence.
The theee men stood on a shipping container from a good length away and watched this, Johan cursing "Shit." As the materials were confiscated.
"We've gotta get some more of those drones. We'd make a fortune off the material alone. And those processors, if we could copy that tech we'd be on top in no time.." Jesse said as Halstead looked through a pair of binoculars.
"Looks as though that'll be a pipe dream. There's no way we can get those things now. And the one we have is fried for the most part- all we've got is material and a damaged camera." He says
"Then let's make it work." Johann says as he turns and begins to walk away, leaving the other two in confusion.
"What?" Halstead asks as he begins to follow.
Johann hung over the side of the container before dropping down onto a crate below. "Let's make it work." He said, keeping his movement back towards the safehouse.
"How the hell do we do that?" Jesse asks as he follows the two. Johan opens the door, letting them in before slamming it shut and locking it.
"We upgrade my suit with what little tech and material we've got. With those upgrades I'll go and get some more of those drones from the DEPD evidence room."
Jesse And Halstead paused to look at him, Jesse chuckling as Halstead shook his head. "This is some big time shit you're talking about. We're small timers- scavengers. You're a trader! You're talking about actual breaking and entering! Robbery!!" He shouted as Jesse continued his laughter
"He must be joking." He says to Halstead, while Johann shakes his head. "He must know that's a horrible ide- you know that's a horrible idea right?" He asks as he looks to Johann.
"It's not a horrible idea. It's a damn good one. Where's the harm in going for it?"
"You could get arrested! We all could!! " Jesse shouts as he throws his hands around in anger. "Why would that EVER be a good idea?"
Johann places a hand onto their shoulders and looked both of them in the eye. "I get caught- that's on me. You guys have no ties to me… but if I succeed…" he says, getting annoyed looks from the two.
"We've made a small fortune trading. But I think it's time to go bigger." He says, stepping towards the workshop area.
"And this?" He says, lifting up a piece of plating in reference. "This is bigger."
Jesse And Halstead gave one another a knowing look, then let out a sigh as they moved over to Johann.
Immortals Mansion
Hiccup sat back in his chair while going over bits of evidence for what felt like the millionth time in a row. He'd finally managed to find something, Foote prints at the scene of the crimes. They didn't match his own, they were heavier and a bit wider than his actual prints. With any luck, this could be considered a start to clearing his name.
He looked on as Eret entered the room with Snotlout, the two of them leaning against the computer and looked to Hiccup. "So...how goes the name clearing?" The Brit asked with a smile.
"It's uh...it's going." Hiccup confirmed with a nod as he looked up to them.
"Great! Now let's go." Snotlout said with a fake smile as he looked down at his cousin
"Let's go? Uh...where?" Was Hiccup's response.
"Out. You need to get out more man. You've been raging over this for weeks now and you need a break." Eret says as he steps forward.
"I can't go out. I can't even show my face in public!" Hiccup complains much to their dismay.
"Then let's go somewhere not public." Snotlout says with a smirk. "I know a place from my times slimming with Drago. If we get lucky we'll even find some heads to bust tonight."
Eret looked on in confusion. "I never was told of any such places here." He said, getting a shrug in response.
"Gotta be a top man."
"I was- ya know what never mind." Eret concludes, the both of them looking back to Hiccup who actually seems to be considering it.
"I swear if I get poisoned I'm strangling one of you." He says with a finger pointing their way, both black haired men smiling at this.
"That's fair." Eret said finally. "Alright so the plan is set. We'll head to that strange club, cut a bit loose and if necessary- stop a few crimes."
Snotlout rolled his eyes. "Even though is supposed to be something of a night off."
"Great." Hiccup says with a smile as he turns back to the computer
That Night- DEPD Building
The night was quiet as everyone prepared to change shifts for the night. People behind desks continued with their nightly routine of transferring paperwork while many vehicles dispatched for the nightly patrol.
Nothing new- a few people speeding and small times break ins, all easily resolved.
The real action was on the roof of the building. As an armored figure used two large mechanical arms attached to a rig system on his back to climb up onto the roof.
"I'm at the rooftop." Johann said into a comm device installed in his black plexiglass helmet- his face being hidden underneath the shielding.
"Good. The door over to your right is locked, but unlocking it'll be easy." Halstead replies as he viewed Johann's current status through a new camera installed into his helmet.
"Of course it will." Johann replies as he walks over to the door and reaches for the handle, tearing it clean off due to the enhanced strength of his suit. He smirked as his robotic attachments folded onto the pack on his back, allowing him to walk through the doorway with no issues.
Finding the evidence room was the easiest part yet. Getting past guards and more in that suit proved to be a bit difficult. And yet Johann The Trader has made it in, using his helmet to scan over everything, he found a few drones within a locker and tore the doors off of it before collecting them into a duffel bag he'd brought along.
With five drones collected, he ventured further into the room- smirking as he looked over an interesting suit, seemingly belonging to the man that controlled the drones.
He picked up the gauntlets from the suit along with the helmet, it too had a plexiglass covering. Not too similar to his own though, as it spanned from the forehead down to the eyes. He tucked those items into the bag and zipped it up right before making his way out of the room.
With a good bit of security camera hacking from Jesse and ducking and diving, Johann returned to the roof with the stolen items.
"Got it. All of what we'll need." He says into his communicator as his mechanical arms expanded and latched onto the edge of the roof, carrying down along the side to safety below.
A white van pulled up into the parking lot across the way, he quickly pulled open the back doors and tossed the duffel in before jumping in and closing them.
The van peeled off from the DEPD, with Jesse, Halstead and Johann laughing at the police department's stupidity.
"We actually pulled it off." Jesse says with a happy shout as he steers the van back to the shopping yard, looking on in the rear view as Halstead helped to remove Johann's mech arms from his back.
"You're damn right we did. And now that we've done it, I've got an idea." Johann says, bringing a sour look to Halstead's face. "Let's not get too hasty." The man warns as Johann chuckles.
"I found something else in there. The gear used to control the drones- made of the same material. I wanna add that to my suit." He explains, watching as Halstead opened up the duffel and picked up the helmet from inside.
"This looks pretty cool." He comments as the van parks near the safehouse's loading area. They all get out, Halstead lugging the duffel bag behind the other two before placing it down next to a workbench.
"Alright, let's do this." He says with a smile as he looks to Johann and Jesse- Johann already moving to take the rest of the suit off while sliding the helmet over to him.
It didn't take all that long for them to rewire and reconfigure the stolen helmet- took even less time to install the gauntlets and paint over the items. Now Johann stood tall with a newly enhanced suit, and a smile upon his hidden face.
"Systems Check." Halstead called to Jesse, the two of them standing away from the platform that Johann stood on. His rig whirred lightly as the arms unfolded and expanded, planting themselves securely into the floor before lifting him up about six feet off of the ground.
"Lift is good." Halstead says as he looks over everything on a tablet while Jesse runs things from a computer terminal nearby.
"Let's try something new, I wanna try the lasers." Johann said, causing Halstead to close the tab he'd been on and open a new one that connected to the gauntlets.
"Fire right." He said while Jesse recorded everything from the terminal and controlled the amount of force put out from the gauntlets. They were made to produce concussive force, so rather than using joules or degrees- energy blasts were measured in PSI.
This brought a smile to Johann's face, as this made things far easier for him during his runs. He lifted his right arm and took aim- firing off a burst of energy towards a metal tub that rested about thirty feet away.
The tub was sent flying across the safehouse, Halstead giving a thumbs up as Johann asked. "How much was that?"
Jesse Tyler away at the computer for a moment before answering. "About 800 lbs PsI."
Johann nodded. "Good. Good. Alright fellas. We've got a big one coming up." He begins, bringing looks of confusion to their faces.
"Haddock Industries- they're moving a shipment of tech through the city tonight and heading to Berk. We need to intercept and get some of that for ourselves, then break it down and resell it in new forms." Johann says, using his mechanical arms to walk across the platform and using his real arms to pick up a cup of soda.
The plexiglass helmet popped open, allowing him to bring the straw to his mouth.
Halstead paused, looking at Johan before looking at Jesse. "We never planned to do that. That's tonight- if we were ever going to go that big we should've planned for this weeks ago."
"Luckily I did." Johann says much to their surprise. "So you planned it without us?" Jesse asks as he walks over to the two.
"My plan involves you two. But this new addition of tech makes things much more..simple. So now I'm afraid I won't recquire your aid field wise. Except to regulate power in the suit." He says with a cocky grin.
"D-Do you hear yourself man!?" Halstead asks as he tosses the tablet onto a table nearby. "We're supposed to be a team!!" He shouts angrily
"And we are Hal. I'm just going out and getting my hands a liiiittle dirtier than usual. But the pay off from this will be WORTH IT." Johann fires back, keeping the same nonchalant attitude and grin.
"Johann we cant do this. We won't do this!" Jesse says as Johann ignores him, tapping into his gauntlet to view something else.
"The shipment moves out in twenty- suit is ready to go isn't it?" He asks, not even acknowledging their disapproval of his mission.
Jesse sighed as Halstead began to walk away, throwing up his arms in frustration at the man. "If you want to risk this- that's on you. Have fun out there." Jesse says as he walks over to the computer and removes a flash drive, placing it into his pocket.
"I think I will." Johann conforms as the helmet slides back over his face- he uses the arms to walk back over to the panel before opening the skylight above and climbing up the two steel beams that stood on either side of the panel to exit the light. "Don't worry boys, I'll cut ya a part of the check!!" He says.
East Side- Dragon's Edge
The smell of liquor mixed with sweat and cheap cologne became immediately overwhelming to Hiccup's enhanced nostrils as the three men- along with Tuffnut- entered the underground lounge.
Tuff visibly groaned as he watched someone take a nasty punch to the face in the corner of the room. As the man hit the floor his eyes lit up and he nudged Hiccup
"That's Alfred Bridge!" He whisper/shouted to his friend, whose eyes widened
"He's wanted for like six murders!" Hiccup says, both of them looking to Eret and Snotlout who merely smiled.
"Like I said- bust some heads." Snotlout said with a shrug.
"So that's why you brought your bags in my Car." Hiccup says as they walked over to the bar and take a seat.
The bartender was a younger woman- looking to be about 21 years old. Most likely just working here to pay off some college dead while lying to her parents that she's doing fine. When really she's not.
"What can I get you boys?" She asks, Eret replying with "Four shots of vodka- we'll decide more from there."
The woman nodded and walked away, Hiccup turning to Snot and Eret.
"So we're here to bust criminals? Not have fun?" He asked plainly, the two of them nodding.
"We know how much you like bringing down the criminal element- and this place is as criminal as it gets. Who knows, we might find you know who in here." Eret says with a smile.
Hiccup returned the gesture, then turned to Tuffnut who'd taken to playing with a pair of spoons on the counter. "And a cop as a witness." Hiccup confirms, Tuff lifting a thumbs up in response.
"Alright then. Gentlemen, let's change into our good clothes." Hiccup says, watching as Snot and Eret chuckle to themselves.
The night was just getting started.
"The night was JUST getting started." Gustav complained as he and Throk walked down into the meeting room, flicking a switch to silence the alarm that resounded throughout the mansion.
He wore a blue Batman tee shirt and a pair of black sweatpants currently- his sleepwear for the night.
Throk wore a black tank top and blue shorts, looking on in annoyance asswxurity footage showed The Dragon's Edge Division Of Haddock Industries being broke into by a man in a suit.
"Get a load of Doc Ock over here." Gustav complains to Throk, not realizing he didn't get the reference.
"Alright. Dude in a suit. Shouldn't be too hard. Everyone's either at work or out right now, so I guess it's our time to shine!" Gustav says with a smile as Toothless walks over, licking his loose dangling right hand.
He looked down to the dog and began to scratch behind his ear, whispering "Don't tell Hiccup what we're doing." And getting a lick in the face in response.
"Alright, let's roll!" He said.
Haddock Industries
The break-in was easier than expected, Johann thought shutting down the alarm without Jesse would be a struggle, but it was far easier than he'd originally thought. "Maybe I don't need them." He muttered to himself as he trudged along towards the shipping container- opening the back latch using his mech arms and slipping inside.
Once in, he hid himself among the various gadgets and inventions that had been stockpiled into the shipping container.
As the guards came to do a security check, they opened the container up and shined a light inside. Running the light get everything- they found nothing out of the ordinary and even shined it over a strange plexiglass helmet twice.
Closing it up tight- the men motioned for the truck driver to take off. And he did just that, with Johann inside.
A light on his suit was turned on, allowing him to get a good view at the inside of the container. "So many options to choose from. So little time."
As the driver moved onto the highway, he looked into his mirror and watched as two figures flew towards the truck. "Huh?" He questioned as they landed on the truck in a ball of flames, Fanghook rolling over repeatedly to put his suit out. "Stop doing that!" He shouted to Changewing who gave a shrug.
He leaned over the side of the truck and gave a wave. "Hey sir! I'm Fanghook, this is Changewing. We're uh, from the Immortals. We came because someone triggered a silent alarm and climbed into the back of your shipment!" He shouted to the driver, who looked on in confusion.
The man nodded after seeing an Immortals ID Card from the teen, and began to pull into an exit and off onto the side of the road.
As the truck slowed down, Johann looked around in confusion. "The hells going on here?" He asked himself before sinking back into his hiding position.
The truck moved to a complete stop, leaving the man utterly shocked- just what was about to happen? The door to the container opened and he quickly killed the lights to his suit, watching as two slightly familiar figures entered.
A hand was raised, and was also on fire now- serving as a light for Gustav and Throk.
{It's the teenage Immortals. The hell?} Johann thought as he watched them in silence from his position.
"Nothing looks too out of the nor-" Gustav paused as he looked towards the metallic arm sticking out from behind a box. He walked over to it, staring at it before turning back to Throk.
"This definitely wasn't on the inventory list." He says as he turns back to the arm.
"I think we've found our guy." Throk says as he approaches.
{Shit...Plan B} Johann looks on as the two eyeball his arm, not seeing the other mech arm whirring slowly to life nearby.
It swings at about 120 MpH, sending Throk flying out the back of the truck.
As this happens, Gustav draws his escrima sticks and takes a kali based fighting stance, watching as Johann's helmet lit up a dark blue and he stared down at him while lifting up.
"Should've just left well enough alone kid." Johann complains before swinging a mech arm at Gustav, who backflips out of the way and swings off of the open container door onto the street below.
Johann bursts from the back of the container with both gauntlets aimed at Fanghook, charging up a burst of energy.
"Who the hell are you anyways?" Gustav asks as he cartwheels to his left to avoid the large burst of concussive energy, looking at the hole left in the road from it.
"I'm the Trader. Best scavenger known to man." Johann replied while firing off another shot, this time his aim being thrown off by a sudden punch to the helmet that sent him to the ground.
His mechanized arms swung up and began to swat away at the recovered Changewing who hovered overhead.
As those two tangled, Gustav rushed up to the back of Johann and lept onto his rig, jamming one of his escrima sticks in between a few gears to jam up the left arm.
In doing this, Johann swing a hand behind himself and opened fire, sending Gustav flying into the side of the shipping container.
He tried to pull the stick free, but couldn't reach low enough to do so. This temporary distraction left him open for Changewing to send a burst of flames his way, knocking him into his back.
The rough landing caused the stick to enter its taser mode, sending a wild current through the suit.
Johann groaned as he moved slowly to his feet, trying to override the systems of his suit in order to maintain control- but they were going Haywire.
"You damn kids!!" He cursed at them as Fanghook recovered from the hit he'd taken, tapping the side of his mask to view the situation with Johann's suit.
"The more he tries to fight the system, the less control he's going to get." He says, Throk hovering next to him.
"What's happening?" He asks, Fanghook looking to him then back to Johann. This situation was becoming dire, and he didn't think Johann himself even realizes that. A system overload of this proportion put a lot at risk- including their lives.
"He's trying to get one last burst of energy from the suit, but it's system is too unstable to do it." He complains as he attempts to rush over..
"Trader Wait!!" He shouts with Throk flying off behind him. The two teen heroes rushed over to Johann, Throk flying as fast as he could to reach the man before it was too late. He didn't fully understand the technological terms behind what was happening. But he understood the outcome- BOOM. And that's no good.
The armored man ignored the two, smiling as his gauntlets lit up. They were only a few feet away now- but it didn't matter.
Soon they'd cease to exist anyways. He smirked while raising his hands up towards them- the energy that escaped from the gauntlets releasing in the form of a massive shockwave- that sent the shipping container onto its side and sent Throk and Gustav flying back- Throk throwing himself over the smaller boy to shield him.
As the dust settled, the two looked over to Johann, and found that he'd passed out. His suit was utterly destroyed now- left in tatters with the gauntlets having been blow off. His helmet was shattered, leaving his bare and now bloody face subject to the winds that blew by.
They looked down at him with pity, Gustav shaking head while popping his arm back into place.
"You...are...an idiot." He said through planted breaths while checking Johann's vitals.
The Next Day
"And the Immortals took the city by storm last night, thought Stormfly wasn't involved in either of these cases. " Heather reported with a smile as several images appeared on the television screen.
"Night Fury, Nightmare And Nightlight took down an entire underground club of criminals, gangsters and thugs last night- thanks to a tip off from DEPD's own Officer Tobias Thorston. And hallway across town- Fanghook And Changewing stopped the robbery of a Haddock Industries shipment- The Would be third known as Johann "The Trader" Locknear, is now behind bars after having been treated for wounds sustained in an explosion caused by his own stolen equipment."
Hiccup smirked as he watched this, leaning back in his chair. The sounds of footsteps passing through the living room alerted him, and he didn't even turn around.
"Good job boys." He said, Gustav and Throk smiling upon hearing that and continuing on into the kitchen.
Prisoner Transport
Johan sat there, suitless and ashamed. The orange jumpsuit that he'd managed to avoid his entire life was now a statement to the failure he'd become.
He'd tried to call Jesse and Hal, but both men merely turned him away. Now here he sat- legs and hands cuffed as an armored car delivered him to a Maximum Security prison off the coast. He looked at the two armored guards that sat inside with him, sighing softly.
"So..either of ya wanna bear a story?" He asks, getting looks of annoyance from the men.
"Hey we've got a road block up ahead." Says the driver, getting all of the men's attention.
A car pile-up had been in their way, about four vehicles altogether.
"What the hell?" One of the guards asked as the vehicle slowed to a stop.
"We gotta check this out." He said, ushering to the other guard to move out the back.
As they did this, Johann sighed once again- looong to the panel on the floor that he'd been cuffed to. He wouldn't make it very far even if he did have the freedom to run. But wishful thinking always helped
Suddenly, the wounds of groaning and something hitting the sides of the truck drew his attention, as well as the drivers.
"What the he-" the driver started, his head being stabbed into like a roast beef mid sentence. He slumped over onto the steering wheel- dead.
Johann's eyes widened as he saw this, and he quickly began to tug against the cuffs and try to break free. He found himself being too late, as a dark clad figure walked into the holding area and looked down at him.
"The Trader.." he spoke in a calm voice, sliding a sword into its sheath upon his back.
"I'm Cage...let's talk business."
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Longest chapter yet!! 6013 words not counting this little a/n here! As always I thank you all for reading. And again, I've posted the first chapter of my first spin-off Story. It's about Elsa and its on my account.
Elsa: Ice Queen. Follows what happened to her after she was freed from Drago. I'd really appreciate it if you guys showed it some love , maybe shared it around a bit to people who'd be interested in reading it.
Thanks for sticking around, I'll try to update more and more as the weeks come- this was sparked by a random viewing of Spider-Man: Homecoming and a need to introduce Johann. Idk why but it had to be him. I also have a concept art piece from the MCU that's serving as Johann's suit here - I'll leave a link to view that in my profile.
Love ya!