Ragnar was completely exhausted, Gunner had taken a lot out of him, but there was no time to rest as Heather was in danger. He made his way over towards Gunner and retrieved his key, which had the number seven on it.

"I don't think you will be needing that," he said, smiling down at Gunner.

In the garden, Toothless and Silvernose were still battling it out. Toothless was now wielding all three of his swords.

"Triple Tiger Fang!" Toothless yelled.

His swords clash with Silvernose's nose pistol creating a massive shock wave that rippled across the entire tower. This caused the top of the tower to shift once more; it looked as if the entire tower would fall down at any moment.

"This fight continues to bring down the entire tower," said Ragnar.

He then noticed a trail of yellow arrows pointing down a nearby corridor, and someone had some words over them as well.

"Who wrote this?" Ragnar frowned. "It says, 'Gates of Justice.' I guess I might as well follow it. Astrid and Fishlegs are probably on their way to Heather already. "He then pulled out the key here retrieved from Gunner. "And if this is the key they need, I can't keep them waiting. I better hurry."

Spandam had finally managed to drag Heather all the way to the top of the stairs to the bridge.

"Can't you move any faster!" Spandam snapped as they finally stepped onto the bridge. "This is it! At long last, the Bridge of Hesitation!" He then pulled Heather, forcing her to look down the bridge. "Look, Heather Owson."

Heather's eyes widened when she saw that the Gates of Justice were beginning to open; it was now wide enough for was shipped to enter.

Spandam laughed. "That's right! The Gates of Justice are opening! It took long enough, and I admit it was scary for a while there, but I finally made it! Once I step through those gates, I will be the Government's hero! No, I will be a hero to the entire world!"

He then began dragging him across the bridge. "The bridge leading to the gate is rising as we speak. Can you hear it? It's calling out to its hero!"

Sure enough, the other half of the bridge that reached the platform on the other side of the gates began to rise.

"It's beautiful, a path into the horizon as radiant as my shining future," Spandam smiled triumphantly and then sneered at Heather. "Although, for you, it must look like a path straight to hell, right? That's what you're thinking, isn't it? Well, take a good look."

"No!" Heather yelled.

"Hey, stop squirming around!"

Heather then head-butted him across the face causing both of them to fall.

"Ow, that hurt!" Spandam yelled. "Stupid woman!" Heather then began running back towards the stairs. "Get back here!"

Unfortunately for Heather, she was still wounded from Spandam's attack early and collapsed.

"Enough!" Spandam growled, marching up to her and pressed his foot against her head. "I am sick of chasing you around, damnit! For the last time, you can't escape, so give it a rest, you obstinate cow! Are you stupid? Do I need to remind you who I am, huh? I am the hero of the entire world, the whole damn world, and that means I am different than you! Better than you! While I have a bright future ahead, you are condemned to die without a shred of hope! You are nothing more than a steppingstone to me! Have I finally got through that thick skull, or do I have to keep on grinding it in for you?"

Spandam then carried on laughing as he pressed his foot against Heather.

'Hiccup… everyone, I still believe in you,' she said.

"Now get up!" Spandam snapped, pulling her by her hair. "Show some dignity; you're not going to ruin this for me."

Eret and the twins were making their way down the passageway as quickly as they could, knowing that time was of the essence.

"Come on, hurry!" Eret yelled.

"We're hurrying, we're hurrying!" said Tuffnut.

"There's no point if we don't make it in time!" Eret yelled.

"Hey, I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel," Ruffnut pointed.

Eret looked ahead, and sure enough, they could see the light. "Is that the exit?"

At the same time, 10 battleships were now making their way towards Enies Lobby.

"10 minutes until we arrive, all hands already, sir!" a Marine saluted. "All ships confirmed positions and prepared for attack."

"Yes, sir!"

Eret and the twins soon entered the storage facility.

"Did we make it?" Eret asked.

Then suddenly, there was a huge explosion right next to them; when the dust cleared, they saw Hiccup had been tossed into the wall.

"Hiccup?" said the twins.

"You all right, Dragon?" Eret asked.

Hiccup turned his head and saw them. "What are you guys doing here?"

"To help you what else," said Eret, and then he saw Lael. "Lael, huh? He giving you a hard time?"

"You could say that," said Hiccup getting to his feet.

"I've never seen Hiccup struggle like this before," said Tuffnut.

"That guy must be a force to be reckoned," said Ruffnut.

"By the way, we bought you three keys, but I guess Heather is not here," Eret noted. "Do you want us to lend you a hand?"

"No, leave this guy to me," said Hiccup. "The three of you to go after Heather, you can get to the Gates of Justice through that door behind Lael. Heather left a while back, so we're running out of time. Keep going, and don't look back."

"You can count on me," said Eret.

"And us," said the twins.

Lael just smiled at them.

Meanwhile, Jabez was still chasing Snotlout around the tower. He used his Shaved technique to get close and attempted to strike with a Finger Pistol.

However, Snotlout ducked, avoiding the attack and then dealt a powerful uppercut knocking him back.

"Iron Hammer!" Snotlout yelled, charging at him, clenching his fist.

"Iron Body Advance!" said Jabez preparing himself.

Snotlout, however, nearly spun around him and then performed a leg sweep to knock him off his feet. He then immediately jumped into the air and then slammed his elbow right down on his chest.

"Iron Dive!" he yelled.

Jabez quickly rolled out of the way to avoid the attack, which cracked the floor.

"Damn twerp," Jabez snarled. "Now I'm pissed off! If you want to get hurt that bad, I'll oblige you, and the easiest way to do that is to reveal the true power of my Iron Body Advance." He then went down on all fours. "Iron Body Advance! Wolf Plantain Stance!" He then suddenly moved with incredible speed, so much that he was a blur. "Wolf Hunt High-Speed Scratch!"

"Crap!" said Snotlout dodging his slashing attacks.

Then suddenly, Jabez appeared right in front of him. "Heavy Wolf Paw!"

He then struck Snotlout in the chest, sending him flying into the wall.

"How does that iron body punch feel, probably going to take for the rest of your short pathetic life," Jabez laughed.

Snotlout then began pulling himself up, smirking. "You call that a punch? My captain hit harder than you."

Jabez snarled. "You're only making it worse for yourself."

Snotlout glared at him. "I wore this mask because I couldn't bear to show myself to the crew I abandoned. However, I'll be damned if I'm going to be the reason we failed to save a member of our crew! I'm gonna keep on fighting until I win!"

"You mean until you lose," said Jabez and took up a fighting stance. "Moonlight Ten Finger Pistol!"

He then charged at Snotlout with an incredible speed and swung all 10 of his fingers towards his chest. However, at the last moment, Snotlout ducked, causing his attack to miss.

"What?" Jabez stared.

Snotlout smiled up at him. "I was waiting for you to make that move." He then rolled forward between Jabez's legs and then grabbed his waist. "Iron Simplex!"

He then leaned back and slammed Jabez's head into the ground and then quickly grabbed his waist before your chance to recover. He then jumped into the air making sure that Jabez was still upside down.

"No! You can't!" Jabez yelled.

"I can and I will! Iron Driver!" Snotlout yelled, performing a powerful piledriver.

Jabez's head went straight through the floor, knocking him out cold, and the rest of his body stuck out from the ground looking upside-down chandelier.

It was at that point that Ragnar came up the stairs. "I see you've managed to deal with your opponent."

"Yeah," said Snotlout looking at him. "And judging from had looks like you've done the same."

"Guess that only leaves Toothless now," said Ragnar.

"I wonder how things are going?" Snotlout wondered.

Toothless was still battling against Silvernose in the garden, swinging his sword down upon his nose. This created a small shockwave causing the two of them to be pushed back.

"I don't have time for this; I got a get that key," said Toothless. "If I don't make it in time, this is all for nothing."

He then spun his swords around, so they were pointing sideways. "Two-Sword Style: Wolf Stance!"

"Are you suggesting you weren't serious before?" said Silvernose.

"No, I'm just more serious now," said Toothless.

He then quickly launched himself at Silvernose and got right up to him in the short space of a few seconds.

"Tower Climb!" Toothless yelled, swinging his swords with an upward uppercut. Silvernose was able to lean his neck back to avoid the attack and then saw that he was now right above him. "Tower Climb Return!" He then swung his swords down, and once again, Silvernose managed to dodge the attack. "Flash!" Toothless swung his blade towards him now, and Silvernose was able to block it with his nose. Toothless then rolled and swung his swords. "Rebel!"

Silvernose was able to duck in time to avoid the attack. "You've given yourself a blind spot. Giraffe Scythe!"

Toothless then saw Silvernose swinging his neck towards him and struck him sending him flying across the room.

"Iron Body Edgewise!" said Silvernose.

Toothless then watched as he hardened his body and his body began transforming again.

"What?" Toothless stared.

Within moments Silvernose had somehow managed to twist his neck around to form the perfect square.

"There were no blind spots on a square," he said.

"So what?" Toothless stared in bewilderment. "If you can't move, who cares?"

"You're so naïve," Silvernose smirked. "Perhaps I should remind you of something?"

"Yeah?"

"Giraffes have four legs," he said and then began moving all four of his legs up and down with blinding speed. "Tempest Kick!"

"Are you just going to fight me or just sit there?" said Toothless, starting to look annoying.

"What do you mean? Take a look; my attack has already begun," he said, pointing his eyes upwards.

Toothless looked up and saw that Silvernose had sent several tiny Tempest Kick up into the air directly above them.

"First the slashes go up, deflect off the ceiling and then finally they come raining down. Giraffe Shower!"

The slashes hit the ceiling and then bounced off it heading back down towards the ground. Toothless began swinging his blades as quickly as he could to deflect the blows, but there were just too many of them. It was like 1000 needles raining down from the sky, piercing through his body.

"Iron Body!" said Silvernose hardening his body so that the attack would have no effect on him.

Toothless could do nothing but withstand the attack; his scales shielded him from the worst of it though slashes were quite sharp piercing through his scales.

'There's too many of them,' he said through gritted teeth. 'Dammit, I can't block.'

Finally, the attack came to a stop, but Toothless was severely injured and barely able to move.

"Nose Pistol!" Silvernose yelled.

Toothless barely had time to block his attack, but he was able to shield himself from the blow. However, the force of the attack sent him flying across the room. Toothless was completely worn out, but he managed to get back on his feet.

"Bastard," he growled.

"You're quite resilient," Silvernose noted.

"I told you that I would keep on fighting, did I not?" said Toothless as he sheathed his sword and pulled out Light Fury.

"And so far, I'm the one overpowering you, so excuse me if I don't feel threatened."

"But that's all about to change," said Toothless narrowing his eyes. "I'm about to cut right through you, and even if you use your Iron Body, I'll cut through that too."

"You're quite the comedian, aren't you?" said Silvernose looking sceptical. "So you'll cut through my Iron Body? I can't imagine how."

"Just sit back and watch; I'll show you." He then began spinning Light Fury around. "One-Sword Style: Sword Drew! Lion Song!"

"Tempest Kick Dragon Cut!"

The two of them then attacked each other at the same time and soon had them back to one another. Silvernose then turned his head, looking quite confident.

"Iron Body isn't the only issue," Silvernose pointed out. "If you can't cut me at all, it doesn't matter if my body is iron or not."

"You're right," Toothless admitted. "I'll have to take a different approach."

He then turned around to face him and then took a deep breath. "One Gorilla! Two Gorilla!" Suddenly the muscles in his arms began to expand. "Now, again." He then placed Light Fury within his mouth into his other two blades. "Three-Sword Style!"

"A test of strength, this time is it?" Silvernose smiled and then began stretching his neck back. "Sounds fun to me. Nose Pistol!"

Toothless then immediately jumped and swung all three blades. "Two Gorilla Flash!"

Their attacks collided, and it looked as if they were evenly matched; Silvernose found himself struggling to overpower Toothless.

'This is truly a fierce attack,' he said.

Toothless, however, turned out to be the one that was triumphant and managed to push him back, sending him flying across the room and into the wall.

"You never for that you might lose, did you?" said Toothless. "You never even imagined that I might be stronger than you. Well, it's time to wake up. I'll make you face the truth."

"I could say the same thing," said Silvernose.

Meanwhile, in the storage room, Hiccup quickly charged at Lael.

"Eat this!" Hiccup yelled. "Dragon Combat!"

"Paper Art!" said Lael and easily managed to dodge each and every one of Hiccup's attacks.

Hiccup then swung his fist, and Lael swung his leg, but both were able to cash their opponent's attacks.

"Dragon Fist!" Hiccup yelled, swinging his fist.

"Shave!" said Lael disappearing before the attack could hit.

He then reappeared directly behind Hiccup and then quickly performed a backward spinning kick, but Hiccup was able to block it in time. However, Lael then spun around and performed a back kick, this time hitting him in the chest and aiming them directly at Eret and the twins, who had been trying to get around him.

Eret and the twins were able to avoid Hiccup slamming into them. Eret rolled across the floor but could land on his feet; the twins landed face-first on the ground.

"Dragon!" Eret yelled.

"This guy is like a one-man army," said Ruffnut.

"Yeah, and he's brought in the heavy artillery," said Tuffnut.

They quickly picked themselves up and continued running towards the door, but Lael wasn't about to let them escape.

"Tempest Kick!" he yelled, launching three slashes at them.

All three slashes struck all three of them, and Lael smiled, believing that he had dispatched them. Then suddenly, he saw Eret jumping out of the smoke, who had expanded his left forearm as a shield to block the attack.

"Weapons Left!" he yelled, transforming his left arm into a gun and firing a cannonball directly at him.

"Shave!" said Lael disappearing, avoiding the attack.

"Uh-oh," said Eret as he reappeared in front of him.

"Dive Bomb!" Hiccup yelled, flying directly at him from out of nowhere.

Lael's attacks collided with Hiccup, whose scales managed to soften the blow. This created a shock wave knocking all three of them back.

"What happened?" Eret stared.

"I think Hiccup used the kinetic force of his attack to absorb the punch," Ruffnut theorised.

"But the sudden impact created a blowback effect that caused all of us to be pushed back," said Tuffnut.

Eret just stared at them, blinking. "Okay."

Hiccup then immediately got up close, holding Lael in place.

"Hey, you got him," said Eret and held up his gun. "Good, hold him right, then I'll blast him."

"Forget it!" Hiccup yelled, and Eret, the twins, stared at him. "I'd said that I take care of him, right? Just go! Stick to the plan and leave this guy to me!"

"This dude is too strong!" Eret pointed out. "We all have to work as a team on this one."

"Yeah, you can't beat this guy without backup," said Ruffnut.

"With all us helping you to stand a much better chance," said Tuffnut.

"That's enough!" Hiccup yelled. "This is my fight, not yours! I won't lose to him! And now, for the last time, you've got a get out of here and find Heather now! I'm counting on the three of you, you can't help, but she's gone for good. This is the only chance we're going to get."

"Dragon," Eret stared.

"He does make a good point," said Ruffnut.

"Yeah, I'm willing to bet that the Gates of Justice are already opening," said Tuffnut.

"Ridiculous," Lael scoffed and kneed Hiccup under the chin. He then quickly used the shaved technique to get past it and advanced towards them. "You can't escape."

Hiccup then quickly grabbed hold of him, preventing him from moving.

"Are you sure?" Eret asked.

"Of course I am!" Hiccup yelled. "Go!"

"All right then," Eret nodded. "Good luck then."

"You can count on us!" Tuffnut yelled.

"When I that those damn Marines take Heather away from us!" Ruffnut promised.

The three of them then immediately ran towards the door.

"I already told you, you can't escape!" Lael yelled, jumping into the air. "Moonwalk!"

He then used the Moonwalk technique to propel himself downwards, slamming Hiccup into the floor and loosening his grip.

"Shave!" Lael yelled, vanishing the second that Hiccup's grip loosened.

He then suddenly appeared right in front of Eret and the twins, blocking their path.

"Damnit," Eret growled.

"Finger Pistol!" said Lael thrusting his finger towards Eret.

Hiccup then appeared out of nowhere and grabbed his arm, stopping him.

"Your fight is with me," Hiccup glared.

In the garden, Toothless was looking down at Silvernose.

"You still haven't seen the truly wild, strength all a giraffe," said Silvernose.

"Then stop talking and show me already," said Toothless.

"It would be my pleasure," he said, getting to his feet. "Observe! For this is the power of nature!" He went down on all fours and retracted his neck deep into his body. "Giraffe Cannon!"

"There's nothing natural about that," said Toothless.

"Extreme Nose Pistol: Giraffe Blast!"

His head then immediately shot out of his body like a cannonball, and Toothless quickly sidestepped to avoid the attack.

"It stretched?" Toothless stared. "But it's like I said, that of yours is your weak point!"

"Keep telling yourself that," said Silvernose. "Tempest Kick: Spinning White Blade!"

He then pulled, and the rest of his body began spinning like a top; Toothless was able to block the attack with his blades, but it was pretty close.

"Why don't you worry about your own weak points instead of mine," said Silvernose spinning around to face him.

"What's with this guy?" Toothless stared. "His attacks just keep getting weirder."

"You won't get away next time," said Silvernose pulling his neck back in. "Giraffe Cannon!"

Then suddenly, to their surprise, Silvernose's arms and legs got longer.

"Dammit! I pushed my neck in so far that it made my arms and legs pop out!" said Silvernose.

"What kind of messed up body do you have?" Toothless yelled.

"It's like when you cram dough through a little hole, and it comes out like noodles like a pasta machine," he explained. He then suddenly stood up straight and took on a fighting stance. "Pasta Machine!"

"Don't act like you did that on purpose!" Toothless snapped.

"A long neck is nice, but long limbs like these are handy as well," said Silvernose. "A pro like me can turn even the most unexpected situations into fresh opportunities. The holders I unleash a devastating new long-range technique."

Toothless raised himself, not sure what was going to happen next.

"Giraffe Blast!" Silvernose yelled, launching his neck just like before.

"That's the same attack you did before!" Toothless yelled. "I've just had enough of this nonsense. Three-Sword Style: Dragon Twister!"

"Iron Body!" Silvernose yelled.

Toothless then swung all three swords creating a massive whirlwind that struck Silvernose. The attack was fierce, and to Silvernose's surprise, it was breaking through his Iron Body.

"It's too strong! Shave!" he yelled and disappeared.

The attack continued going upwards and created a hole in the ceiling.

"Moonwalk!" Silvernose yelled and began jumping up through the hole.

"Now what?" Toothless moaned. "He can't be running away."

A few seconds later, he watched as Silvernose returned; he had only gone out there to retrieve his swords. Toothless quickly raised the two blades in his hand and quickly blocked Silvernose's attack.

"Thank you for waiting," he said. Toothless pushed back and managed to disengage with him. "Never mind the neck. If I can control the reach of all four limbs, my blade will be unstoppable."

He then immediately jumped towards Toothless began swinging his blades as well as his legs, forcing him to go on the defensive.

"Perhaps you have so distracted by my giraffe powers that you forgot that I'm a master of the Four-Sword Style. You've done thus far, but this battle is over now!"

"Even if you have a powerful wild animal, even if you can attack with that long neck of yours, even if you can use the Four-Sword Style…"

Toothless then managed to break through Silvernose's guard with a mighty push, much to his surprise.

"What?" Silvernose stared. "He deflected all four blades?"

"…none of those things will give you the strength to be me," said Toothless.