Well well, this is quite the exiting chapter indeed.

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Disclaimer: see Prologue

Chapter 9

Jack's POV

Hiccup…

Hiccup…

Please be safe…

I'm sorry…

'LAND! I SEE LAND!'

I shot up and looked baffled at Tuffnut, the person who yelled so suddenly. This awoke the same reaction with the other riders and their dragons. We followed his finger toward the golden horizon made by the setting sun and saw a disturbance in the sharp line of the still sea, the spiky mountain of Outcast Island.

We all urged our dragons to go faster – not that Toothless needed any urging – and arrived at the east side of the Island at dusk, the sun just disappearing under the horizon.

'We're here.' Stoick said when we landed our dragons between a few rock formations close to the shore. 'Everyone remembers the plan right?'

We all nodded and then turned our heads around to face Ruffnut and Tuffnut with a sarcastic glare. 'You lads sure?' Stoick couldn't resist to ask.

'Yeah sure we do!' They both answered in union. 'We go in, destroy some stuff, free Hiccup and fly back while the island explodes behind us!' A grin began to form on their faces. 'Death and destruction, yeah!' they said as they gave each other a high-five.

I could help but sight at the naïve twins. We're going to attack the Island filled with Outcast Vikings and the most dangerous ex-Berkian alive for goodness sake! Do these two even realise that?!

I felt Toothless stir underneath me and got my priorities back together. Right. No time to hesitate. 'Can we go already?' I asked annoyed.

'Right.' Stoick nodded and that made the rest of the dragon riders stop their arguing and divert their attention back to their chief.

'First, we have to find where they are keeping Hiccup.' The Hooligan chief stated and started to look around in the hope of spotting an unfortunate Outcast who had to pass his rounds through here.

Auntie luck was on our side.

We heard a small sound coming from our right and saw an Outcast walking nonchalantly while whistling a random tune. The moment the guard was walking past the rocks where we were hiding, Soick appeared, grabbed the shocked Viking by his shoulders and pulled him before us.

This seemed to scare the Viking as he started muttering and shaking lightly while he looked towards us with eyes full of worry. Stoick joined us after securing the perimeter, but I noticed Astrid's patience was getting thin.

This is why it was no surprise to me when Astrid charged towards the Outcast before Stoick even had the chance to address the man. She hit him hard with the flat side of her ax and put her face close to the Viking while saying heavily: 'Where's Hiccup you scum? You know, the "Dragon Conqueror".' If looks could kill, then this man would have been standing before the gates of Valhalla, if this could have been considered a death in battle anyway.

This was surprisingly all the Viking could take.

'He- He's in d-dungeons, B-Building next to G-Great H-Hall.' The Outcast Viking said between rattling teeth. I rolled my eyes. Maybe next time I should share Ruffnut and Tuffnut's way of thinking, seeing how easy this is.

'J-Just get her away from me!' he yelled to no one in particular. 'Where exactly you idiot?!'Astrid was ready to torture the Outcast further partly to let out her frustration, but before her fist made contact with the Viking's face, Stoick had already stepped up and grasped Astrid's arm in his hand to give the Outcast the chance to answer.

'In the c-cell m-middle of the d-dungeons. P-please, m-mommy.' Astrid hit the Viking one last time, her boot crushing the scared Viking's genital parts.

The Viking yell loudly before he fell unconscious on his back.

Ouch that's brutal even for an Outcast.

Not long after, agitated voices could be heard from the Vikings squad close by, which this man apparently belonged to, a sign meaning that our presence has been found out.

'Sir, I think we have a problem here.' Fishlegs stated, but the Hooligan chief didn't seem that frightened. 'Well, we – or rather you five – had to attract attention one way or the other, I think this satisfies.'

'But isn't this a bit too sudden.' Fishlegs said again as he slowly started to panic.

'Oh chill out Fishlegs. It's not like it will make a difference if you're the distraction now or later and honestly, I don't think you really have a choice.' I said as I gestured towards the bundles of light that were heading our way.

'But…' He had nothing to say to that.

'Oh is the little Fishy scared? Is the little baby afraid of a few Outcast.' Great Snotlout, just what we need…

'I-I'm not scared! I-I just think t-that we should prepare – hey! Are you even listening?!' But Snotlout wasn't. He tried to parrot Fishlegs while pulling idiotic faces and moving his hand to form a beak which was opening and closing again, all the while turning his back towards the source of his ridulism to face the unimpressed crowd.

That was a big mistake.

Fishlegs suddenly started yelling and ran towards the still joking Snotlout. Said Viking finally noticed the noise behind him and as he attempted to turn around, he came face to face with the fist of a very angry and unexpectedly stronger Viking. The fist collided with the teen Viking and Snotlout stumbled backwards falling onto his butt as he was gripping his face, which was distorted because of the pain.

'That's IT Snotlout!' Even Snotlout could see the murderous intend in the snapped teen's eyes and that was enough to make the grounded Viking close his mouth. 'EVERYTIME I TRY TO PUT IN SOMETHING LIKE AN IDEA OR A SUGGESTION INTO THE GROUP, YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE TO RUIN MY GOOD INTENTIONS.' He was throwing his hands in all direction why still concentrating his glare on the object of his anger. 'WHY CAN'T YOU JUST-'

Stoick suddenly grabbed my shoulder and by doing so, grabbed my attention. I turned my head from the still ongoing 'battlefield' to look at Stoick, whose eyes were calm and calculating, something I strongly recognize as Hiccup has those same eyes all the time.

'I think this could count as the final touch to our distraction, don't you?' I caught his drift as I started mounting Toothless again, who was glad to finally see some action. I saw that the other riders, with the exception of Snotlout and Fishlegs of course, were already hiding in the shadows with their dragons, waiting for the best moment to ambush the ignorant group of Outcast who were approaching slowly as if mesmerized by Fishlegs' scolding. Stoick and I mimicked their action, but we didn't have to keep it up for long.

The moment the group of Vikings hesitantly stepped upon the flat ground which we used as hiding place, they gasped at what they saw before them: two children bickering and lashing out to each other in some sort of kitten-fight. Suddenly someone from the crowd yelled 'LOOK, THERE'S IGOR!' as he pointed toward the unconscious Outcast Astrid had tortured not so long ago.

This was the sign. The dragons started firing and the Viking teens started throwing axes at the surprised group. The Outcasts weren't frozen for long and a few seconds later the dragons and their riders, this time including the calmed Fishlegs and the still baffled Snotlout, flew inland with an angry mob following close on their tails.

When the silence had more or less returned, it was time for Stoick and me to step out of the shadows and after confirming that the coast was clear, we shot up to the sky. Our part of the plan was the recovery of Hiccup, at least that was what I thought.

'You still remember where Hiccup's being held right?' Stoick asked when we were close to his location. 'Yeah of course I still remember!' I exclaimed annoyed. Sure, I know that I am a bit forgetful, but even I have my moments!

'Then you go and get Hiccup out of there. I still have some unfinished business to take care of.' And not a second later, even before I could protest, Stoick made a sharp turn to the left and headed with full speed towards the biggest building on the island that had 'Great Hall' written all over it.

'Hey wait! What the crag?! And here I thought I was bad at following schedules?! What's with that?!' I practically yelled. Toothless grumbled a bit before suddenly slapping me with I guess is his ear, effectively trying to lower my volume.

I looked before me once again. 'Oh I don't care anymore. Let's just save Hiccup and get out of here okay?' I said determined and Toothless answered me by diving towards the dungeons, towards the source of all these problems, my captive 'little brother'.

Guess you guys are noticing that my chapters are getting longer (if not, well you guys have noticed it now;))

Wonder for how long I will keep this up...

See you lovelies next chapter~