"We lost Johann." Came an obviously despaired Ruffnut.
"YOU WHAT!?!?" Came a shout from a teenaged boy in an orange, red and black fireproof suit. Fanghook's Mind was sent reeling as those words escaped the police commisoner's mouth.
The Immortals had been hailed (Fishlegs' words) to the DEPD building for a meeting with Commisioner Juan and the Twins atop their roof.
The meeting had reminded Hiccup too much of a Batman movie , but he saw the necessity in it as he heard the news that the man delivered.
Commissioner Juan was a 5'9 Latino male, normally seen wearing a white button up and gray tie with brown trousers and smoking a cigar- he had a grudges against the criminal element of Dragon's Edge.
And he actually showed an appreciation towards the efforts and help of the Immortals. Now, being here in the presence of all of them left the man a bit nervous. Twenty two years he'd been on the force, and yet he's never been met with such people before today.
"Yes. Six hours ago, the prisoner transport we'd set up for him was highjacked by a masked figure."
"A masked figure?" Night Fury asked in his modified voice- he needed to know for sure who it was and he needed to know now.
"Yes. The man wore a black suit and a black mask, that's what we saw on footage from the dash cam." The commisioner replied, watching As Night Fury grunted in slight frustration
"It's gotta be Grimborn." He says to himself, the Commisioner looking on in a mixture of shock and confusion.
"Grimborn?! As in Viggo Grimborn?"
Stormfly gave a nod of assurance towards the man. "He's been...messing with us lately."
The Commisioner couldn't help but to chuckle slightly upon hearing that. "A kingpin has been messing with a team of superheroes?" He asks, looking on at their reactions.
"Yup." Came Nightmare as he looked over the city from the edge of the roof, Nightlight looking over to him in slight confusion.
"Viggo Grimborn is a meta human." Windshear says as she approaches the Commisioner. "He managed to detain most of us on his own- he hasn't fought all of us together yet."
"Well let's pray that there's strength in numbers." Juan says while lighting up another cigar. As he did moved to do this, his lighter flickered and sparked "Damn thing." He sword while tapping against it.
"Here, let me." Said Changwing, his right pointer finger flaring up with heat as he approached. A small flame sparked from the finger, and he used it to light the Commisioner's cigar.
"Thanks kid." The Commisioner replied before inhaling. He looked over at the building across the way and sighed. "City's just getting worse and worse." He says finally, Night Fury walking over and looking down at him.
"That it is...but my father always told me something." The hero began.
"What's that?"
"The world may not look the same as you remember...but it's your duty to save it." He concluded, turning and walking back towards the team.
"We'll send a ground team to investigate the area, others will follow up on what leads we have in other locations. Mainly the shipping yard." Night Fury tells the Commisioner, the man still having his back to the heroes and the Twins.
Finally, he turned around "Alright let me kn-" he stopped mid sentence, seeing they had all disappeared. All but Nightlight, who stood there arms crossed. He looked over to him , then the Twins, and then took a look around.
"Really? No one told me?" He exclaimed before taking flight "I'll bet it's because I glow in the dark." He said with a mumble as he shot off into the sky, a green blur ripping over the dark sky.
Shipping Yard
The sounds of Throk grunting as he forced open the large metallic doors to a strange sawfhouse in the area could be heard just past the doors by Jesse and Halstead, both men looking to one another before looking back to the door.
Halstead picked up a handgun and aimed it at the door as the green suited teen walked into the safe house, followed by Stormfly and Fanghook.
"A gun?" Changewing asked as he looked to the men, Halstead shaking slightly. "Are you serious?"
"What do you people want?" Halstead asks as he slowly backs away. He's stopped in his movement as Changewing flies behind him, grabbing his gun and crushing it in his hand.
"We want to talk about Johann." Stormfly said as she walked towards the men. "And you will talk."
"Says who?" Asks Jesse, jumping back as a bolt of lightning struck his computer- courtesy of Astrid's skilled hands.
"Says me."
"Alright.." Halstead says as he holds his hands up in surrender, Jesse smacking the sleeve of his shirt against the computer to put out a small fire that hard sparked.
"Johann the Trader is an associate of you two. Did you have anything to do with his escape?"
"He escaped!?!" Jesse shouted, taking the Immortals aback. Halstead turned to his friend, then looked back to the heroes. "We didn't know he was sprung."
"Wait seriously?" Changewing asked he hovered overhead. The Titan of the team, as he'd been labeled by the media, was looking over everything in their safehouse to find any further ties to Johann, recent ones that is.
And so far, he hadn't seen anything.
"Well then. If you don't know where he's at, tell us this." Astrid began, electricity sparkling over her body as she approached the men. "Have you ever had any dealings with Ryker or Viggo Grimborn."
"Plenty." Halstead replied a bit hastily. He looked to Jesse, who began to pull up several files and more.
"We keep spreadsheets and accounts of all items we sell to people. We've had a good few deals with Ryker but never Viggo."
"If you'd made deals with Ryker, then congrats you've been dealing with Viggo too." Fanghook said as he approached the computer. "And that's a lot of deals at that." He says while downloading the files to his minicomputer.
"We'll be tricking any shipments made to them through this info..thanks for your cooperation."
Berk Speedway- The Next Day
Crowds had swarmed to the speedway, many bearing blue and red tee shirts to show support for the big race at hand. The Immortals has shown up- as both extra security and to cheer on their friend.
"I'm sitting here today with Stormfly and Night Fury- the leader of the Immortals." Heather said with a smile towards the camera as she sat and interviewed the two heroes
"How do you two feel about today's race?"
"Pretty good honestly." Stormfly said with a smile- one that was true to her emotions. Today was sure to go down in the record books.
"Same here. With all the hero biz it's nice to just enjoy a friendly competition between heroes." Night Fury says , his modified voice coming out clear as day to the cameramen and the reporter.
"It's sure to be an amazing race." Heather says she turns towards the monitor behind her. "We have your teammate- The Typhoon, going up against Japan's own racer, Gogo Tomago."
"Blue versus yellow. Love that color mashup." Stormfly says, referring to her own suit with a bright smile as she turned towards the race track.
"Looks like it's time." Night Fury says.
On the track, both speedsters stood at the ready. Cami let out a breath she'd held in before looking over to her opponent.
The yellow clad speedster of San Fransokyo used her skates to propel herself at high speeds, and used her helmet to help her process those speeds. It was more than just impressive, it was amazing to Cami.
But that didn't mean she would go down easily. Nothing was going to beat natural speed here- she was going to prove that today.
"Racers, on your marks." The announcer began, both women taking running stances and eying the end of the track.
"Get set."
{Speed...I am Speed..} Cami thought to herself, the heat of the summer sun not even bothering her enhanced state.
{Gotta go fast} Gogo has thought as she made sure her suit was prepped and ready. Her skates were at their highest speed- and yet she still had some fears for this race. But enough fear...time to woman up
"GO!"
A sonic boom appeared in the place of both women, the crowd being pushed back by the sheer force before leaping to the edge of their seats to watch the race. Their eyes panned from there to the giant monitor at the center of the field.
"They just passed through Dragon's Edge. Now moving through New York City. Now they're passing through Canada. They're circling back!!" Heather shouted as Stormfly and Night Fury smiled at the race.
"Here they come..and in first place is-"
The first blur came to a stop, Cami smiling happily as she looked back to find GoGo pulling up about three seconds later.
"TYPHOON WINS IT!!" The announcer shouts, causing the stadium to go wild.
"I knew our girl could do it." Came Nightlight as he approached the camera- waving to Heather and giving a nod to Stormfly and Night Fury.
"That was amazing." Heather comments, more than ecstatic for her friend.
"Stick around folks, we'll have an exclusive interview with The Immortals and Big Hero Six, after these messages."
The heroes had all met up at the outside of the track, just off the actual pavement to speak with one another and make congratulations where they needed to be made.
"Congratulations Typhoon." Came a young man's voice, Fifteen year old Hiro Hamada held out a hand to her- which she quickly shook.
"Thanks. Gogo you were an amazing opponent." She said to the woman, who at this point had lifted the visor on her helmet and smirked.
"You're pretty damn good yourself Big Blue." She says while offering a fist- bumping with the other speedster.
"I think both of you were amazing." Night Fury says as he, Stormfly, Nightlight and Fanghook approach.
"Aren't you Guys missing a few?" Fred, another member of BH6 asked as he looked over them.
"Some Of us were a bit too busy to make it in today." Fanghook replied while typing away at his minicomputer. "They're busy following leads."
"Leads? On what?"
"Bit of a break out. And an enhanced war vet gone rogue." Stormfly said to sum up the situation. "It's….weird."
"Huh. Well if you guys ever need any help." Wasabi said with a lifted hand .
"We'll be sure to call." Stormfly said with a smile. As they conversed, the whole stadium went dead silent as the Jumbotron went black- a black masked figure appearing.
"Hello all"
"Viggo." Night Fury said as he glared at the screen.
"I have a message for the so called Immortals." Cage would continue speaking, his cold tone putting the entire stadium into fear- save for heroes that stared down the large screen.
"There are twelve explosive charges planted throughout the city- the first of which is in the D-Train Subway tunnel on 5th Street- I will set them all off if Night Fury doesn't meet me at 2701 Wilson Boulevard in twenty minutes- you'd better hurry. Once I see you and only you- then I'll disarm them." He says, before cutting out his video.
Night Fury turned to the Immortals1 eyes locking on Cami- "Get me to that location, the rest of you head to the subway and try to find the other explosives!"
"You need any help?" Hiro asked as the Other team stood by.
Night Fury looked over at them- pondering over asking them for their assistance. Last time they fought Cage, he took down most of them on his own. But with their help…
"I'll keep you guys in contact- call if needed." He decided, walking off the track and towards the stadium exit.
The crowd began to cheer on all of the heroes as they rushed towards their respective areas- Typhoon and Gogo both taking off towards the subway to diffuse the bomb- the Night Fury getting onto his Nightcycle to ride off towards Grimborn.
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It was an incredibly short trip for the two speedster women- both skidding to a stop in front of the device
. Cami immediately moved to vibrate her hand through the lock on its covering, reading it open and getting ready to disarm it.
Both of them looked on in shock at what they'd found...and empty box. Cami looked at Gogo then back at the box.
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Hiccup arrived to the location promptly, walking in with a quiet tone. It was a dark building, no surprise there. He immediately searched the area with his thermal vision, finding no signs of life.
Until the footsteps walked his way. His eyes locked onto the dark clad figure immediately- neither saying a word.
Viggo spoke first "You know what this is correct?" He asks as he draws a sword, Hiccup moving to draw his staff.
"Obviously a fight, what's the odds?" He asks
"Simple- you win, I pull all of my operations and leave Dragons Edge. I win, I continue my work." Is the man's response as he eyes Hiccup from afar.
This left a lot to be questioned- why give it all up in a random fight?
"What's your real ca-" he paused his questioning as his helmet beeped, tapping onto the side to answer his communication device.
"Hiccup! There's no bomb in this casing. It's empty." Cami had nearly shouted into the man's ear, causing him to wince slightly. He cast a flare across the floor at Viggo.
"There's no bomb..," He says, watching as Viggo popped his neck. "So what the hell are you really getting at here?" He asks
"Simple. A challenge to see who's the best. Winner take all."
Their conversation officially ended there. Hiccup stared at the man for a moment- he stared back. Both of their eyes seeming to dare the opposer to make a move first. So Hiccup did just that.
Running full speed at Viggo, he was damn near a blur to the Norma eye, yet Viggo tracked him with ease and ducked below his first punch, coming up to deliver an uppercut to Hiccup's chin.
The Night Fury stumbles back slightly before regaining his composure and spinning towards the man, aiming a kick to the side of his head. He found his ankle being caught with ease and his body was flung aside, he turned and plunged both hands into the floor to launch himself back and delivered a kick with both feet to Viggo's face.
The opposer stumbled back before lunging st Hiccup, who dropped down to avoid the attack and watched as Viggo landed with a roll into a kneeling stance before throwing a shuriken at him.
Hiccup responded with a shuriken of his own/ using a QuickDraw method to match the speed of the other man's weapon. The two eyes each other from their positions on the floor before standing up- hiccup releasing the clips that held his cape in place and letting it drop to the floor as Viggo reaches behind his back and drew his sword.
He took a stance, watching as Hiccup drew his staff. Both men went dead silent before rushing towards one another once again- ready to go to war.
Meta connected with metal in a violent series of slashes and swings- each attack being blocked by the other man's weapon. Until finally Viggo changed his own speed, jabbing the edge of his blade outwards and slashing Hiccup across the chest, before being hit in the chest by the edge of the Night Fury's staff.
Hiccup moved a hand over the spot, a small cut had been formed but it barely broke skin- he'd be fine. Viggo rolled his shoulder slightly before continuing, Hiccup immediately parrying the first blade swing and dropping down to sweep at Viggo's legs.
He saw this and kept over his foot before bringing his own foot down onto Hiccup's with a violent amount of force. Hearing the sharp SNAP brought a smile to his masked face.
He watched as Hiccup visibly grimaced before coming back to a standing point, using his staff as support now.
The two stood silent once again, Viggo analyzing his own blade "This fight is actually keeping me on edge..good for you." He said in a cold tone before rushing st Hiccup one again
Broken ankle and all, the Night Fury still fought on as his healing factor began to heal the broken area- still keeping him slow.
He fought back as best he could , alternations between punches and staff swings, most of which went either dodged or pushed aside as Viggo drew nearer.
It was a dark time- he tried to back away at one point and soon found the man's sword slashing across his helmet in a swift motion- tearing the material open.
"Give up...Hiccup." Viggo said, Hiccup taking a breath. {He knows?!} he wondered to himself as he took another breath. "How.."
"Doesn't matter how...just matters why." Viggo replied before launching forward and taking advantage of the temporary daze he'd left his opponent in from this reveal- driving his knee into Hiccup's sternum and sending him to the floor with a sickening thud.
The Night Fury's helmet finally broke off of his head, pierced scattering across the floor beneath him as he felt a steel toed boot stomp onto the side of his head.
"It seems you won't go down." Viggo comments, lifting up his sword. Hiccup's eyes gleamed brightly, and for the first time in a long time he felt something.
He was scared.
With little to no other choice, he drew his grapnel and fired it towards Viggo's head- watching as the sharp object imbedded itself into the man's right eye.
Viggo dropped his sword and stumbled back as this happened, growling like a caged beast as he tore the hook out and covered his eye.
"Enough of this shit." He cursed as he drew out one of his modified handguns- looking on as Hiccup stood up slowly.
Three shots rang out loud, and Hiccup was left with widened eyes as he felt the liquid falling from his body. His torso and his chest had taken the shots, two to the abdomen and one tore through his ribs and out his back.
He fell to one knee, struggling to breath as he searched for a way out. It was obvious Viggo was worse than he feared- his arsenal could do this much damage with this much ease?
He could heal normally...but this felt different somehow. It felt slower- more painful. Like his powers were struggling to keep up with each wound. What the hell is going on?
He didn't have long to ponder on this- as he soon found another penetration. Looking down, he found the hilt and lower half of Viggo's sword sticking out next to one of his bullet wounds.
Falling back to the floor, he struggled for air now.
"The Night Fury….such a shame really. You left your fathers shadow, just to die by my hands." The man taunted as he stood over the downed hero. Hiccup tried to breathe, tried to fight the urge to close his eyes right there. But it was so damn hard.
He had a way out- but it wasn't sure fire.
He glared at Viggo as the man merely laughed, taking note of the blood that dropped from the left eye hole of his mask, onto Hiccups face.
Hiccup reached down, drawing one last option from his belt and pressing the activator without hesitation.
Viggo's eye widened as he moved back, Hiccul giving all of his energy into one last lungs at the man. Slamming it onto his chest, he flung himself back just as the explosive went off and sent Viggo flying across the room and into a wall.
He struggled to his feet, licking up his staff and steadying himself with it. Every step he took felt like he was walking through the fiery pits of hell on bare feet, needles clogging his veins and looking through every muscle.
He stopped at the door, looking back at Viggo as the man slowly got up.
And with that last look...he ran.
Running on a broken ankle, even for a metahuman of his caliber, was damn near impossible. He made it a half a block away before he fell onto his face next to an alley. Seeing no other way out, he dragged himself into the alley and threw open a dumpster, clenching his teeth as he pulled the sword out of his stomach and tossed it aside.
Falling onto the ground, he looked at a discarded shirt nearby and tore it apart, wrapping it around his torso to contain the bleeding there.
He wasn't going to make it. Even an idiot could see that. This would be it- the end of the Night Fury. With the strength he still in him, he dialed away at Astrid's communication number and waited, leaving his location active for her to see.
"Hello?" Her voice finally called through, a smile coming upon Hiccups now blood soaked lips.
He tried to form the words- tried to say what he needed to say here. To tell her how he loved her, how he wished he hadn't obsessed over so much...how he wished their time together hadn't been so brief.
But nothing came out, nothing but a pained groan.
"Hiccup?! HICCUP!?" She began to scream , silently praying to the Gods above that he was alright.
"HICCUP SAY SOMETHING!! Please!!" She said, her voice cracking as his voice finally came through.
Cracked, broken and raspy- he finally spoke."I...love...you…"
The smile upon his face never left, even as he crawled into the dumpster, slowly . Closing the lid over himself. Even in death, he wanted to assure the Night Fury's secret was kept safe. His team would find his body here, and hopefully this one thing would remain in tact.
He lost it all- his job, his life, and now he was losing his friends and family...this could at least be the one thing he kept.
So as the cloud finally shut over him, his eyes faltered. Until all he saw was the darkness- no words being spoken and no other sounds being heard. He focused on his breathing, until he could not anymore.
Until the pain took over.
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I am so sorry it took me so long to update. Been a bit busy lately, but I've finally returned. I just pray you guys still enjoy this story and this chapter is worth the wait.