"It's gotten so noisy all of a sudden," said Kaia.
"I take it that all the escorts for this mission have been annihilated then," said Burl.
"Well, we weren't expecting much from them to begin with," said Silvernose, not looking surprised in the slightest.
"So it's you, huh?" said Ragnar looking at all four of them. "You all the bastards that kidnapped Heather."
"Be careful; they use some pretty weird moves," Eret warned.
Lael then stepped forward, kicking Wald aside in the process and approached Nero, who somehow was still conscious. He was covered in blood and barely able to move, but he attempted to stand.
"And who is this?" Lael asked.
"Based on what Corgi said, he's probably not a new recruit for CP-9," Silvernose assumed. "His name is Nero; he's gone through training and knows four of the powers."
"Damnit," said Nero glaring at Eret. "You're in for it now, you bastard. Nobody does that to me and gets away with it. I'll show you why they call me the Genius of Fighting. Now prepare to die!"
"Huh?" said Ragnar and Eret.
"Hey, new guy," said Lael.
Nero turned his head and looked at Lael, who was approaching him. "Let me guess, you must be Lael Robson. Sorry that I didn't introduce myself; just give me a moment, and I'll kill this troublemaker."
"Our orders were to bring him in alive," Lael reminded him. "You've let your emotions get the better of you, it would seem. Well, that just won't do. I'll give you three seconds to run for your life."
Nero stared at him, confused.
"Three…"
"Run for my life? Run from who?"
"…two…"
Nero then realised what he was about to do. "What? Stop kidding around okay, it's not funny!"
"…and one!"
"No! Don't do it!" Lael then extended his finger, and Nero realised he wasn't joking around. "Shave!"
He then vanished and ran as quickly as he could away from Lael, but it was too late. Lael somehow managed to catch up with him and stabbed him in the back with a finger pistol.
"You're nothing more than an incompetent piece of trash," said Lael. "You call yourself CP-9, don't make me laugh."
He then tossed Nero's body through the window and out into the open sea.
"You have to master all six powers to be one of us, rookie," said Lael and then turned to Kaia. "Kaia…"
"Yes?"
"On our official report states that the new guy was too weak, he was therefore deemed worthless."
"Understood," said Kaia.
"And these are the agents of justice?" said Ragnar.
"Can't tell which side is evil, huh?" said Eret.
Corgi was still investigating Heather sniffing her strongly.
"Just like all the other government officials, you have some extremely bad manners," said Heather.
"Just doing my job," he said, looking at her from top to bottom.
Then when he looked at her legs, he discovered that she had four of them.
"Ha-ah, I knew it!" he yelled triumphantly. "My intuitive sense of smell has never let me down. Enough of this nonsense, take off the cloak." Heather just sat there in silence, much to Corgi's annoyance. "Do it. Do it! Do it!"
'Dammit, guess I got no choice,' said Snotlout.
Snotlout then jumped out, raising his fists, much to the surprise of both Heather and Corgi. Snotlout then quickly grabbed the hem of Corgi's coat and pulled it towards him.
"Wait, hold on," said Corgi fearfully.
"I'm a Masked Wrestler, and unless you won a knuckle sandwich, you better keep your mouth closed. You got that?" said Snotlout.
"Let's just settle down here; you don't think you'll get away with this, do you?"
"Actually, I do; you should never underestimate a man who goes the distance."
"Lael, help!" Corgi screamed.
Snotlout then punched him hard in the face knocking him out cold.
Back in the second car, Lael was just walking around casually.
"I suppose there's no need to ask what you're doing on this train intruder," said Lael talking to Ragnar. "Judging by the way you've open the door, I know exactly the kind of impatient people we're dealing with."
"Yeah, guess you have to excuse my manners," said Ragnar.
"You come to rescue Heather Owson. That is a mistake."
"Oh?"
"Listen, her problem is one that is beyond your comprehension. You see, there are some people in this world who were just born under a bad sign. People who are, for the sake of everyone else, better off dead."
Ragnar narrowed his eyes. "What are you talking about?"
"For example, suppose there exists a sleeping devil, one that is capable of burning the entire world to the ground. And what if there was someone with the ability to wake that devil, even if this someone happens to be an eight-year-old girl. Don't you think for the lives of every other living being on this planet that girl should be put to death?"
"Stop rambling and get to the point."
"What I just told you is the true story of Heather Owson, her very first transgression, and now she has accumulated an entire life of crime. As far back as she can remember, her very existence has been nothing but a sin. The only good she can do to this world is forfeit her life and disappear forever. That is the misfortune that she carries with her; she's cursed. She has no choice but to accept her fate and die."
Ragnar looked at him rather furiously.
"Honestly, she should have died over 10 years ago. We're merely correcting wrong from the past," Lael continued. "It will be better for everyone else when this is over, and she's dead."
Ragnar heard enough and immediately charged at him. "That's enough!"
He then swung his leg down at him, but Lael was able to block it with his forearm and looked completely unfazed.
"I don't want to hear another word out of you," Ragnar glared.
"Pity, her death won't come as quickly as I would like," said Lael ignoring his remark. He then merely pushed Ragnar back without breaking a single sweat. "Interrogation… torture… Slowly repeatedly. The World Government is going to keep her alive for years, squeezing out all of her knowledge, experiences and intelligence. Show no agony—"
"I'm not going to let that happen!" Ragnar vowed
"Wait, Heather, please don't go in there!" Snotlout yelled from the first car. "Seriously, this is really a bad idea, and I'm an expert on bad ideas."
Everyone's eyes immediately turned towards the door as Heather opened it with Snotlout behind her, trying to drag her back into the car.
"Why does no one ever listen to me?" said Snotlout.
Upon seeing Heather, Ragnar looked immensely relieved. "Heather, thank the gods that you're all right."
"You funny definition of all right," Snotlout muttered.
"Is everything all right back there?" Ragnar asked.
"It would have been if we followed my plan," Snotlout grumbled. "I mean, I went through all the trouble sneaking in from the outside; I even took out that sneaky Government goon."
"So that's Heather Owson, huh?" said Eret looking at her. "She certainly does resemble the girl wanted poster."
"Heather, you have no need to give yourself up, not anymore," said Ragnar. "Just come with us; I promise everything will be all right."
Lael merely smirked.
Then suddenly, arms sprouted from behind Snotlout, which then pulled his head back. A split second later, he was then tossed over towards Ragnar and Eret without warning.
"Snotlout!" Ragnar yelled, jumping over him as he flew by. "Heather, what are you doing?"
Heather's extra arms then disappeared, and she looked at them seriously. "It seems my words mean nothing to you people."
Lael then burst out laughing, which was rather creepy in itself.
Ragnar then immediately looked at Eret. "Eret, get ready to detach the third car."
"Why? What are we going to do?" Eret frowned.
"Play from Hiccup's book, something both stupid and crazy," said Ragnar. "Just get ready to run."
Lael looks somewhat amused.
"We're going to run?" Eret stared.
"What the heck are you talking about?" Snotlout stared.
"Just be ready to grab her when I give the signal," said Ragnar.
"What signal?"
"You won't miss it."
"Make sure that Eret doesn't escape," Silvernose boarded, looking at Burl.
"Right," said Burl cracking his knuckles.
Ragnar then pulled a single bullet from his around his waist and then tossed it in the air.
"Smoke Shot!" he yelled and kicked the bullet as hard as he could.
The moment the bullet hit the ground, a massive smokescreen cover the entire car, catching everyone completely by surprise, especially CP-9.
"What kind of stupid stunt is that?" Silvernose coughed.
Realising that this was the signal that Ragnar was talking about, Snotlout immediately dashed forward and quickly grabbed Heather before she realised what was happening.
"I've got her!" he yelled as he ran back to the third car.
"Put me down! Let go!" Heather ordered.
The moment he entered the third car, Eret quickly detach the cars.
At the same time, Rocketman was funding down the track, and Hiccup was on lookout duty in case they ran into anything else.
"Turn back!" Hiccup yelled.
Inside the car, everyone else was just relaxing when they heard his yells.
"What was that? He wants us to turn back?" Lasse asked.
"Is that so? Well, that's certainly a relief," said Tilestone.
"Right, I suppose we should get ready to turn this thing around then."
"Yep."
It only took a few seconds to realise the gravity of Hiccup's order.
"What?" everyone screamed.
"But we've already come so far," said Fishlegs.
"No way. What about Heather and Snotlout?" Chopper asked.
"That idiot, what in the hell is he thinking?" said Palmer.
"Hiccup, is there a particular reason you want a turn back?" Astrid asked as she stuck her head out the window.
"Answer her!" Teeny yelled.
"Yeah, tell us why? You had better give us a reason!" the female twins yelled at the top of their voices.
"That's not what I meant!" Hiccup yelled.
Everyone then looked at one another, confused.
"I was telling a giant frog Magni that has just jumped into the railway to turn back," Hiccup explained. "It just came out of nowhere!"
Everyone looked outside, and indeed, they saw standing on the rails was Magni.
"It's Magni," said Chimney.
"Magni?" Coco blinked.
"No way, look out, a giant frog is on the track!" said the Eret Family.
"Magni, turn back! Get out of the way!" Hiccup yelled at the top of his voice.
Magni, however, stubbornly stayed put as he braced himself for the collision against Rocketman.
At the same time, Ragnar and the others had just decoupled the cars from the Puffing Tom, which was now puffing away.
"We did it!" Snotlout cheered. "We got Heather back!"
Eret looked at Ragnar. "What kind of crazy bullet was that?"
"Something of my own design," Ragnar explained. "Normally, I would use my pistols to fire it, but since I'm lacking them and decided to use my kicks."
"Have to admit it was certainly a stupid and crazy plan, and I can't believe it worked," said Eret.
"I figured that it would surprise them," Ragnar shrugged.
"Well, at least we managed to avoid a big fight," said Snotlout. "I mean, I doubt the three of us together will be able to handle those four powerhouses by ourselves."
"Don't celebrate just yet; that was far too easy," said Ragnar.
"Yeah," Eret agreed. "These guys aren't like the others; we should let our guard down just yet."
Then just as he said it, the entire car shook violently; they looked around and saw that it was now being held in place by a wipe covered in thorns.
"Once that?" Ragnar asked.
"Those thorny whips again," said Eret knowing who they belong to.
Kaia had used her whips in order to ensnare the car before it got too far away and was now holding it in place.
"I've got them, now Burl," she said.
"Right," he nodded.
"Quick, cut those things!" Eret yelled.
Too late, Burl had already grabbed the whips and was now physically pulling them back to the rest of the train.
"They're pulling us back!" Snotlout yelled as he toppled over.
"Wow, these guys are powerful," said Ragnar.
As if proving this, Burl immediately grabbed hold of the car and held it in place with his bare hands.
"Did you actually think that a smokescreen would stop us?" said Burl.
"I knew that was way too easy," said Ragnar.
"Now remember, don't kill any of the Dragon Riders; that was our agreement," said Lael.
"Masked Wrestler," said Ragnar.
"Yeah?" Snotlout asked.
"Protect Heather with your life, got it?" Ragnar ordered.
"Right," he nodded.
Ragnar then immediately dashed towards Burl. "I'm going to have to ask you to let our car go!"
He then kicked Burl against the neck, but he didn't even flinch.
"What the hell?" Ragnar stared. "His body is like a rock."
"I told you these guys use some weird moves!" Eret yelled.
Ragnar then stole his hands and began spinning as quickly as he could. "Black Death kick!"
He then used the momentum from the spent extra power into his kick and struck Burl's chest. This time he actually felt it nearly stumbled.
"Now that is a pretty powerful kick," said Silvernose looking somewhat impressed. "It almost broke through the Iron Body. Careful, Burl, don't take lightly; he doesn't have a bounty on him, but he's one of their main fighters."
"That martial arts style is crazy, but they're still going down," said Ragnar.
"Heather, hold on a second!" Snotlout yelled. Ragnar turned his head around and saw that Heather had created several arms around Snotlout, holding him in place. "Wait! What are you doing?"
"Eight Flower: Clutch!" said Heather.
The arms and immediately pulled against Snotlout and rendered him unconscious.
"Snotlout!" Eret yelled.
"Hey, Heather, what do you think you're doing?" Ragnar yelled.
"Did you hear me? Stay out of my business! Leave me alone!" she yelled furiously.
Ragnar was completely stunned. "It can't be."
"Hey, buddy, you should learn to pay attention," said Slivernose.
Ragnar turned around in time to see Silvernose had jumped towards him. Before he had time to react, he kicked him as hard as he could, sending him flying across the car.
"Ragnar!" Eret yelled. "You Dragon Riders are nuts; none of you make any damn sense. All of you are so stubborn, especially when it had anything to do with your friends." He then placed his hand against the front of the car. "Well, we've come this far. So you want to escape, huh? Then here's your big chance!"
He then pushed against the wall as hard as he could, in the entire car began to shake. Then the front of the car pretty much broke apart, and Eret went along with it. This effectively separated the two cars, but Eret was now stuck on car 2 with CP-9.
"Eret!" Ragnar yelled when he looked up.
"That was uncalled for," said Slivernose looking down at Eret.
Eret laughed. "Didn't expect that it did ya?"
Lael looked down at him. "I don't understand your intentions. Why cite with them in the first place?"
"I take it anymore," he said, smiling. "No matter what you said or did to those two idiots weren't going to leave here without her."
"That still doesn't explain why you're butting in on this?"
Eret then turned and looked back at Ragnar and Snotlout. "Hey, listen! Get out of here, don't worry about me! I've got a plan; when you meet up with Dragon, find some way to get back to Water 7, okay!"
"Eret!" Snotlout yelled.
"Hold on, I'm not trying to escape! I won't run!" Heather yelled.
"Heather, what's wrong with you?" said Ragnar as he rose to his feet. "Cut it out; there's no point in trying to pretend anymore. We know, okay. We know what you did, and we came here to rescue you. It doesn't matter if they Buster Call us to the ends of the world. We will fight them and win! There's no reason for you to keep obeying them and throw your life away!"
Heather's eyes then widened when the space behind Ragnar began to open like a door, and on the other side of the horizon was Burl.
"You're wrong," he said. "If there's a Buster Call, you'll be obliterated."
Ragnar then slowly turned around in his eyes widened in horror at the moment they laid upon Burl.
