The Slayer of Red Death will discover the talented speed of an Nadder and Speed Stinger like never before, in order to escape an untimely death that neither will we have
-Traitor Johann
(A/N: Come on, we all know that Johann is a traitor; it'll only be a matter of time before the Knights find out about his true colors and motives, this is more of an Escape Chapter so don't expect this to be long like the previous one. And no, my names for my Characters are not terrible; they're creative and how many people in real life have you met with names you didn't expect them? Way too fucking many. Besides, the name "Equinox Fury" is better than fucking "Night Lights" like I mentioned before. Enjoy!)
Speedy, the Speed Stinger that had it's wounded leg healed by the work of the Knights awakened from an nightmare involving blood, smoke and a suicide threat before standing up altogether; looking around sluggishly before breathing one out through his snout. He was resting to give his wounded leg some time to heal but couldn't help but feel that something was wrong, that and Drayko whom he owed a debt to for fixing his leg was in danger. He started to fear that he may be too late to save him. His scales were bathed in sweat and felt disoriented, but nevertheless he had to make a run for it; he was not going to let whatever was coming in the way of the Slayer of Red Death as his nightmare involved an fight as well and he'd rather not get into the details
He needed to run right now, no time to think about what might be if he was too late to save him; he needed to run and without anymore further delays, he started doing just that and broke out into a sprint and thanks to his webbed feet that his species now had; he ran across the water. As the land of Mierveia Vde Rallie was a far distance away from Caldera Cay, but a medium distance in between Valka's Sanctuary/Mountain; this would be an easy route for Speedy to take. Tonight, it would be tonight that he makes his way to the Knights; not even the Alpha Speed Stinger would stop him if they ever crossed paths again, because his backstory and history was the reason that he was left alone
As several hours into the night passed by, the Speed Stinger had stopped near the edge of Valka's Sanctuary to make sure that he's following the scent of his savior; the scent of the Redblood coming from Drayko's Right Leg was faint but also very strong, his Night Fury was no exception and his scent was just as strong as the former's. Once he was sure that the scent was leading him to both Drayko and Toothless, he continued forth through the water and wasted no time dashing through hydro waves that formed wherever he stepped in the ocean. Before long he reached the Harbor but didn't stop as he ran through the land of Mierviea Vde Rallie, going through the Old Timely District first before reaching the Modern District
In the meantime with the Knights who followed Drayko, it was at this time that the Dragon Hunters had clearly done something while they encountered Drago; the whole Offshore Fortress was blaring in a red light as the alarms went off. Sparks were blowing out of pipes, the gears were jamming and fires were sprouting in different places; the intercom was giving out an warning that gave them enough time to understand that the entire place was coming down, the building may explode at any moment and they must evacuate immediately. The Dragon Hunters were definitely behind this assassination attempt to kill them by bringing the house down on them, but even this will not stop them from reaching the Chalice of Mandragora first
The Knights all made a run for it as Drayko jumped over the rail and down towards the malfunctioning elevator lift, sliding down the diagonal slope with their Dragons before jumping and landing on the ground hard. This did put some strain on his Right Leg but didn't keep him from running, even with his pain pulsing through him. They jumped off and into the large trolley's tunnelway before breaking out in a sprint towards the exit, just as the rooftop started to crumble above them and crash against the floor. Just as they were about to reach the exit in front of them, the wreckage from above came crashing down and blocked their escape route; but Fishlegs wasn't gonna let anything block their way and use his War Hammer to gain enough swinging power before he slammed through the wreckage, destroying it and allowing them to proceed on through
The long tunnelway that the Knights all ran through was not safe from the danger of the collapsing environment all around them, especially as a group of highly explosive oil tanks blew up and set the path ablaze; but that alone was snuffed out as Maria threw her Axe towards the source of the oil in order to freeze it while using her Bow to shoot the cooling agent canister to freeze the pathway, allowing them to pass through without being burned. Reaching the locked doors at the end that Drayko kicked open and passed through an tiny room, which led them up a very, very tall set of stairs that went in a spiral. None of the Knights took this time to hesitate once as they ran up the steps, slashing and stabbing through any of the Dragon Hunters that came their way with their Dragon Root weaponry; they were getting the hell out of here and no one's stopping them from doing so. Subsequently, the second to end point of the staircase had suffered some collateral damage that caused a crevice gap to be formed in the middle of the area. Raijah launched and fired his Phoenix Talons before swinging across to the other side with his weapon's chains retracting afterwards, busting through the door at the end and jumping across an lava filled half-pipe below. All while Vixen was in his arms to which Drayko had to thank him for protecting her
Valka hastily made it across but the wreckage that came crashing down from above struck in the back, causing her to tumble over and hang from the edge using her Staff; she was about to launch herself back up before Dragur used his Scythe to do it for her, although she couldn't thank him as she needed her help again when more wreckage consisting of burning stone and metal came and blocked their path. He and Rose easily melted it down with their Acid which allowed them to escape, they were almost out of the Offshore Fortress which appeared much bigger from the inside than they expected to be. Nevertheless it was necessary to go here as they needed to know where the Empress was
Meanwhile with Speedy, the Speed Stinger had arrived at the Modern District and came across the site of the Knight's skirmish with Foedissimae; with the walls and road being stained with dried blood as well as some scratch marks being present as well. He continued on through and saw the wreckage and destruction caused by the Dragon Hunter's Catastrophic Tank Prototypes that were no longer present, assumed to be retrieved and taken back to Dragon Hunter Island so that they'll work out the flaws and make them more dangerous for the Knights and the Dragons they encounter. Judging by the scenes of the battleground that took place thanks to the ruined buildings and murdered corpses, he figured this must've been really devastating
It was clear that it wasn't a friendly welcome but then again, since when are the Dragon Hunters ever friendly to the Dragons they kill? As Speedy made his way to the shores and the Docks of the Modern District, the Speed Stinger spotted an fiery offshore fortress out of the enveloping fog and saw that Drago Bludvist was flying away on his twin binded Whispering Death mount; although Viggo, Ryker and Krogan were nowhere to be seen anywhere with him, and what a miracle indeed. Now seeing and understanding that the Dragon Hunters were all behind this act, especially now as the Offshore Fortress was exploding and ripping itself apart; Speedy took no hesitation in running across the ocean and reaching where the Knights were supposedly at. Along the way he spotted an Arrow on the ground and picked it up, examining it as he ran. It's appearance looked like this:
This Arrow's head appeared to look like a sharpened Nadder spike has it sported a Mace's sharp and blunt flanges that were pointed downwards to the center to appear like a sharp piercing arrow; with it's other edges going down like a harpoon of sorts. This Arrow's shaft was thick enough to be gripped, held and strong enough to be used as a knife while it was also thin enough to sail through the air like a homing shot; being that it was also hollow inside to make it much more faster than ever before. This Arrow's fetching went outwards to the sides, going straight upwards for a moment before continuing outwards just like the flanges of an Mace; sporting the colors of dark crimson, dark pebble to shadow grey and midnight black as it was made from the soft but singed fur of the Unknown Dragon that it left behind; sporting an thick and bordered five way spiral pattern with an raven black and golden corn yellow tint when held in the Sun or the Moonlight. Not only was this Arrow split down in the middle and the Mace flanges were long as well, but it also sported four extra blades on the sides just to make sure it fully made their mark. The Napalm TNT variation had an trail of burning pyroclastic clouds from behind whenever fired. Finally, some parts of the Arrow's shaft was adorned with an black brown and charcoal grey checkerboard road pattern that was painted on; representing the Owl Gut Tribe's future additions to it's Village
He decided to bring it with him just in case as he continued running. Nothing is and will stop him from saving Drayko and the Knights as they're apart of HIS Pack now. Who needs the Alpha Stinger's Pack? No one because he's just aggressive, pretending to be fearless just to hide his cowardly nature and he's going that far to try and take on a Night Fury of all Dragons. Yes, there was at least one other Night Fury that appeared before the Alpha Speed Stinger and the latter tried to take him on
Is he just a fucking idiot or does this not add up at all? The answer would be: No, it does because this Night Fury came from the Island of Broken Pride; A.K.A Toothless' former drive that he's only going back there just to settle the score with Voidflier and reclaim Aythro
HTTYD
It seemed that everywhere they turned and made a run for, something would always block their path; but for whatever stood in their way, nothing was left of it as this was what Courage could do while Honor would just be committing suicide just to keep your reputation and say that you died as a hero when in reality: you just sacrificed yourself for nothing, just to selfishly to save yourself from embarrassment. By the time they entered into the Maintenance Room which looked massive, the Dragon Hunter Commander appeared before them as he latched onto a loose piece of the foundation and yanked it; causing it to break apart and crumble as the wreckage became worse than before, blocking the exit as if he dies then they're coming with him
"Archers! Take them out, I'll deal with the Night Fury Rider myself" He ordered as exactly on cue, the Dragon Hunter Archers appeared out of nowhere and fired with their Dragon Hunter Arrows towards the Knights' Dragons; to which their Riders defended them against the raining projectiles. Meanwhile the Commander jumped down and unsheathed his Gronckle Iron sword, rushing towards Drayko and slamming it against Inferno's fiery blade while the Knights took out the Archers
The Commander swung his sword against Inferno, but was parried backwards as Drayko sent a stab towards his leg; igniting both of his gauntlets and boots afterwards to truly take him head on. Swinging their blades against each other and throwing punches to the face and chests, Drayko and the Dragon Hunter Commander continued to face off against each other; delivering a spinning kick towards his face while the Commander launched a uppercut against his lower jaw, the Knights all broke into a running spint to the exit as Dragur melted it down with his Acid Sprayer. But due to the worsening condition of the Offshore Fortress' foundation and the Dragon Hunter Commander with his men causing even more destruction, the door was beginning to close fast; but of course Heather used her Double Axe to keep it open long enough for Drayko to escape with them
With one final kick across the face, Drayko and the Commander both punched at the same time; the latter screaming in pain as the former's fist was on fire and that his knuckles cracked upon contact, the Commander brought out a Crossbow and fired towards Drayko's Right Leg when the Knight made a run for the entrance; it pierced into his leg but ignored the pain as he ran for the door. The Dragon Hunter Commander leaped onto him next, beating him from on his back and trying to rip his head off; which all failed in a miserable attempt to bring him down along with the Offshore Fortress, especially when Drayko brought him down and gave him a headbutt before running for the exit. Leaving the Dragon Hunter Commander trapped inside of the collapsing fortress' Maintenance Room and leaving him for dead
Returning to the Main Room and seeing that the fiery wreckage also blocked their way out of the Offshore Fortress, the only way they saw in order to escape was by sliding down an huge pipe leading to the next room. "God dammit" Drayko spoke to himself, seeing that this was gonna be a pain in the ass just for them to get the hell out of here. Well he ain't complaining as they ran across the Main Room's oil tank tower before reaching the pipe, he allowed and threw his Knights and their Dragons; including Toothless and Vixen down the pipe before the oil tank tower began to explode, forcing Drayko to slide down immediately
As the Knights came riding down with their Dragons and jumping off to land on the ground, Drayko rode down the large pipe that had steam blowing out as the bolts came shooting off with fire sprouting right behind him; but an explosion that erupted in flames from behind forced him to jump off to escape a fiery fate, but at the cost of having the impact cause severe pain to his Right Leg. This had caused him to get down on his knee as the Knights turned to see what happened,"Drayko!" Heather yelled at him, he looked up and began to urge them to go on without him
"Go now! I'll find my way out" He grunted and screamed as he held his acing right leg
"You can't go on with that wound!" Heather argued back
"You went on with more than whatever amount of wounds you had before!" Drayko yelled back
"But not something that severe!" Heather pointed out
"The Fortress' is coming down, MOVE. YOUR. ASS!" Drayko was now screaming
Seeing that there was no other way to change his mind and the fact that the house was coming down, they proceeded on without him towards the exit; leaving Drayko behind as he got up from his leg and seeing half of the roof crashing down on the exit that prevented him from escaping. But he had other plans after seeing the Experimental Weapon that the Dragon Hunters have built: it was based on an Whispering Death and the machine was designed to be used for drilling and ramming down obstructions, though it's body size was more or less like that of a Screaming Death. Drayko limped his way towards the weapon and ignited Infenro from his hand but before he can cut the Gronckle Iron chains just as he activated it, an familiar call echoes through the Fortress that was burning down echoed through and Speedy came running over to him
"Son of a bitch, if I only knew you would be coming here to rescue my ass. Others have escaped without a scratch, that huge tunnel is our only exit now" He pointed to the large tunnel with the spinning fan in front of them before cutting the chains with his burning sword, Speedy proceeded to bite down and weaken them before they finally broke. Together they cut down the chains and rammed the weapon into the large fan, which was sucked in and had it violently crash and puncture a big hole in the tunnel
Understanding that Drayko was limping because of his Right Leg, Speedy grabbed and placed him on his back before using the sheer strength in his legs, his sheer power and speed to run into the exit and run out of the large tunnel. Coming closer and closer to the outside world as the sparks began blowing from the sides and the roof of the large tunnelway, eventually they made it out to the edge and made a huge jump onto the water where the Speed Stinger continued to run on the water. With Speedy taking in the scent of Toothless' location, he brought Drayko over to the safe spot where the Knights were. Which just so happened to be outside of the Offshore Fortress on an road and by making his way to them, he stopped sideways and got Drayko off with Toothless picking him up and placing him on his back in return
"Thanks Speedy..." Drayko looked away as he thanked him calmly, Speedy nodded
"I don't suppose you have a Pack of your own do you?" Fishlegs asked
Speedy only frowned and crowed in a sorrowful but hateful tone, growling as his eyes narrowed at the thought of the reason why he has no Pack of his own to go back to. Fishlegs, thanks to understanding and practicing Dragonese, understood everything he was saying and unnoticably shed a microscopic tear for him. Drayko only looked angry and spat this out
"Dick..." He scowled
"What happened?" Heather asked
"He's an exile, left behind as punishment by the Alpha Speed Stinger just for rebelling against his own kind and for being himself. Him and I have a history between us but we'll confront him another time, the Graveyard of Broken Sorrows awaits" He explained as he turned to Speedy,"Just hope that we can finally stop meeting in situations likese these" Speedy cooed at him in response. Dragon took one last long look at the Offshore Fortress as it was engulfed in flames before taking off with the rest of the Knights, leaving Speedy to run North of the way that Drayko flew off to
Sometime after and later on, Speedy was running along the road with some lights to illuminate the darkness of the sky and light the way for him before hearing the call of a Nadder; looking up and stopping in his tracks to see Spitelout and Kingstail land a distance away from them, as the former got off. He was about to growl at him before he caught a familiar scent on him and felt calm in his presence
"You're looking for Drayko aren't you?" He asked, Speedy nodded
"Alright where did he fly off to? There's something I need to explain to him about, it's urgent" Speedy looked ahead towards the North of Mierveia Vde Rallie as the Graveyard of Broken Sorrow lies beyond
"That way, I've got more than enough time to track him down. Thanks for the information, what I have to tell him is about Berk; it's even more bad news and it's about his Past"
With that done, Speedy nodded and ran off while Spitelout took off on Kingstail; flying off into the night with the ever so urgent news nagging on the back of his mind, as he carried the news of what Berk is planning against his nephew. Unfortunately, this plan against Drayko involves the Teens and it's never a good plan when they have to be involved. If he is not able to reach him in time to tell him the news, then he'll tell him at Draconia; he knows that Stoick will not stand by nor will he not take action against his own brother, but like his nephew he has no brother anymore. He's left the Hooligans but that did not meant he's revealing what he's really up to, they'll already be pissed enough if they ever find out who Drayko really is behind the Mask he wears
Rock on, Speedy for rescuing Drayko from the collapsing Offshore Fortress! At least I showed off some of the Knight's quick thinking in this and no the Dragon Hunter Commander did not perish, he still lives because you'll see him again. As for now, we've got a longer Chapter for next time but until then; I'm gonna go ahead and write an Chapter for Vengeance on Primal Twilight because some of you readers who are either like these kinds of stories or just need something to read while you're looking up stories to fill your interest know that I really want to continue writing the Third Installment of the Trilogy. But when I write it, you will FINALLY know what the Omega Primal Night Fury looks like because I've been mentioning it constantly; so much to the point it's driving you insane. Remember this suggestion: Don't like it, don't read it. Otherwise, Feel free to Review and Until we meet again next time; I will return...
TheLegendaryBlackDragonKnight
P.S: For those who like "God of War: Ascension" and want to know what the World Weapons look like, I've got them all here written down below. Take a look:
Sword: Hemisphere shaped pommel with an curved talon spike on the bottom. Diagonally slanted crossguard going up from the bottom. A diamond shaped ricasso rainguard. Mostly straight blade with the tip curving backwards before shooting outwards in the front like an Hammer. Forged by Greek Blacksmiths and is able to stun those when discarded
Club: A black handle with an gold knob and gold tornado shaped spiral going upwards with the head consisting of three large, stacked and black stone bricks with an gold disc on the top; having an golden spike. Forged by Greek Blacksmiths and is a strong weapon that can disarm enemies and be thrown in an arc before causing an shockwave upon impact when discarded
Javelin: A long spear like weapon with an gold handle cuffed on the end and an upwards cursor shaped spear tip, having another longer gold cuff beneath it that sported sharp spikes on the sides. It was a rapid fire, long ranged weapon with an limited amount of throws and when discarded; it can create a rapid rainfall torrent of javelins upon the user's opponents
Sling: A pentagonal stone and metal shaped lantern with thin horizontal bars connected with an chain. Forged by Greek Blacksmiths and releases an pale banana yellow energy projectile that attaches onto the user's foes before exploding, believed to be the work of Thanatos, the God of Death and also explodes when discarded
Shield: A vertical rectangular shaped shield with curved edges slowing going outward on the bottom sides while the top go inward, both the top and bottom curving out before going towards the top and bottom center like an heather shield; with an oval shaped boss in the center and four of the diagonally curved lines going towards it. Forged by Greek Blacksmiths and acts as a weapon of protection that can stun enemies when discarded