Yggdrasil
the tree has many branches
So, I just saw Venom and this happened…
Warnings: spoilers if you haven't seen the movie, Toothless being a little shit, hiccstrid french kissing, grammatical mistakes, implied gore, etc.
Disclaimer: The How to Train Your Dragon franchise is property of Cressida Cowell and Dreamworks Animation, and Venom is property of Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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world 06
venom/symbiote!au
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In retrospect, he should have known things would turn this way. It was a given; trouble always followed where he went. So when he snooped into the enclosed base of the top pharmaceutical company in the entire world, he shouldn't have expected any less. Then again, he hadn't expected to find goo-aliens and human experiments in that underground lab.
"So, uh, where we're going?" They've been walking for quite a while and honestly, his arms were cramping. "You gonna what? Walk me to death?"
"Shut up." came a snarl and the guard (well basically, he was a goon if you thought about it; crazy megalomaniac scientist, alien experiments, secret bases, underground labs; the man was a goon) shoved him forward.
"Hey!" Hiccup shot all three men an indignant look, "Did your moms not love you or something?" They remained silently still, holding their guns trained at him. Hiccup sighed; well, this was a pickle alright.
"Kneel. Hands behind your head." Hiccup complied with a resigned huff. There was nothing else he could do. Dagur was going to destroy the world with his stupidity and his goons were about to kill him in this damp corner of the forest. The only consoling thought was that Toothless was locked at the hospital with Astrid keeping watch. That meant they were both safe. And if he was lucky his boss would find his phone with the necessary evidence to put an end to Dagur before it was too late.
You'll still die, a voice resembling Toothless' echoed in his mind. He ignored it. His dad's brass brogue drifted from his early memories. One of Stoick'e favorite lectures back when he had hopes of Hiccup following his footsteps and taking up the mantle when he finally retired; a chief protects his own. If his dad's Berk got to be saved by Dagur's derangedeness, then he'd gladly give his life up.
So Hiccup swallowed up his rising panic and put his hands behind his head. "You know, it doesn't matter if you kill me anyway. Because there is something afoot way bigger than you and me. Much bigger than me-" Something moves in the back and Hiccup pauses. His eyes flit over the darkness trying to see what caught his attention when one of the goons disappears in black goo.
Hiccup turns back to the main goon and grins."And much, much bigger than you." He barely manages to stifle his laugh as the second goon disappears as well. "Well. Karma's a bitch."
The goon almost bites his mustache. "I don't believe in karma." Then he was gone, black tendrils had wrapped around him, lifting him in the air and turning him to meet his doom.
Hiccup makes a face as the hulking, yet slim, figure of Toothless steps forward. It is almost feminine; just who is he possessing?
"Hi, Hic." Astrid's distort voice makes his eyes almost fall off.
"Whoa. Astrid?" She doesn't answer. Her hips swing when she steps closer and helps him to his feet. Then she's all over him, hugging him and kissing him with a flurry Hiccup almost blushes. His brain is a mess and he almost asks her what was that for, but he can feel a smug trill in his head and a gooey residue on his fingers. Oh, that meddling pest was going to get it later.
Astrid's gasp makes him open his eyes. She is looking around and bitting her lip. "Oh no. I just bit these guys' heads off."
"Yeah..." He ignores Toothless' snickering and tries to comfort his best friend. "I've been there too, it's not fun."
As much as I enjoy this drama, we have to get going. Dagur has Skrill.
Hiccup frowns. "Who is Skrill?"
My current team leader and a pain in my ass. He has a whole arsenal of weapons.
"Okay so. Apparently, Dagur has his own OP tank of a symbiote."
In front of him, Astrid throws her head in the air. "Oh, that's great!"
We have to go and stop him. Now! Toothless tries to take over his body but after a few steps Hiccup almost sprawls to the ground.
"Go where?! You're not making sense!"
Astrid quickly steps forward. "Well wherever you're going, I'm coming with you."
NO! The symbiote snarls in his head. It'll get ugly!
"Oh trust me," Hiccup says, remembering the young woman that had wrestled off his prosthetic to get the last mint-chipped cookie just last week. "She can fight ugly!"
"Trust him, I can fight ugly!"
Then everything is black and smaller as Toothless takes over. They both glare down at Astrid who fearlessly glares back. "Not! Today!"
They try to leave, but the blonde steps in their way. Hiccup feels Toothless' growl, but Astrid snarls right back at the symbiote. "The last time, Hiccup left without me, he came back with you! So, like it or not, I come with."
Hiccup is silent as he watches the two important people (creatures? Was Toothless even considered as a person? He was an entity right? So, maybe?) currently in his life glare and snarl at each other. Surprisingly, it's Toothless that gives first. The hulking symbiote huffs a Fine! and grabs Astrid almost carefully as they take off. "Hiccup, if your mate gets in our way, I'm giving her a piece of our mind!"
Hiccup groans in their head as Astrid sputters and struggles in their arms, trying to turn and give Toothless a piece of her mind. Toothless merely growls a laugh and surges into the woods. They have two lunatics to stop after all.