What do you choose?
Death, death or death?
Grimmel ran to the other side of the room, away from the falling ceiling and couldn't believe his eyes what came flying through. A night fury. Black as night and eyes green as grass. Grimmels eyes widened and his grin came back on his face. He didn't care that his ceiling had a big hole in it and would not be easy to repair, because a night fury was standing on the other side of the room, growling in anger. This would have been perfect if it wasn't for the man sitting on the night fury's back.
"What a surprise!" he announced.
The night fury growled at him, but Grimmel didn't mind. He had had night fury's growl at him before, even been shot at!
A nightmare came in and off jumped a brown haired boy. He ran straight to Ingrid with worried face and checked her breathing before picking her up in his arms.
Grimmel glanced at the night fury rider, who nodded at the brown haired boy before they flew off, leaving Grimmel with the perfect chance to negotiate with the night fury rider who had turned his attention to Grimmel.
"You're from Berk, I assume." Grimmel started. "The girl told me she was from there, so I assumed her own people would come and rescue her. I just thought it would never happen."
Hiccup frowned and felt Toothless tense under him. His eyes glanced around the room and they landed on the death body of Kyria.
"What have you done?" Hiccup growled.
"Oh, when the girl didn't talk," he began but Hiccup interrupted him;
"You killed Kyria as the last resort?" he yelled in anger, "What else have you done to her?"
"Just a little torture, nothing serious." Hiccup clenched his fists in anger. "But enough about her. I want to know about Berk and that night fury of yours."
"There's nothing you need to know about Berk-"
"Oh, but I already know a few things about Berk." Hiccup held his glare at Grimmel, "After hearing that Ingrid was from Berk, I did some research and found out something interesting. You kill dragons, but that didn't make sense when the girl rides a dragon."
Hiccup didn't say anything, he held is glare and Toothless did the same. So Grimmel continued;
"I believe something had happened in the archipelago since my last visit. Berk was only on one of my maps and the information about that place doesn't really match of what I've seen from Ingrid, you and that boy that came riding in here on a monstrous nightmare."
"That's because stuff has happened in the last 26 years-"
"Yes," Grimmel interrupted, "I can see that and that's why I wonder; who are you, riding a night fury of all dragons?"
"Who are you? Killing dragons and torture people like they are nothing." Hiccup shot back.
"Name's Grimmel the Grisly and I've killed every night fury I've gotten my hands on, expect yours. Give him to me and there will no bloodshed." Grimmel said.
"I will never give him up."
"Then I will destroy everything you love and as I assume that boy who came rushing in here on the monstrous nightmare, is your son, I'll start with him." Grimmel took out a small crossbow and shot it at Toothless.
Toothless shot a plasma blast at the arrow. "You will not have Toothless and you will not go near my son."
Grimmel laughed. "You'll see what kind of damaged I can do when Berk is on fire."
Hiccup clenched his jaw. "As the chief of Berk, I will not let that happen."
Grimmel eyes widened. "Chief? But I don't believe you're Stoick the Vast, because he was a dragon killer and you're clearly not." he simply said while he looked up and down at the chief. "You're his son. I must have left before you were born." he whispered the last sentence, which Hiccup didn't hear.
"You make a move on Berk, you'll regret it." Hiccup said harsley.
"No, I think we can make a deal." Grimmel began, "Either a war starts between us and trust me, it won't be pretty or we can make it easy and you give me your night fury. I'll arrange a boat for you so you can safely go back to your village and your family. No harm done to you or your people. Or you can give me Ingrid Ingerman and your son to me, I could see the way he looked at her, love is the greatest pain you can give."
Hiccup couldn't believe this man. Either a war starts or he give away his best friend to this lunatic or he give Ingrid and his son as torture toys to him.
Hiccup shook his slowly and frowned. "You can't expect me to give my best friend up to a dragon killer and I would never give my son or Ingrid to someone like you."
"So a war it is."