Escape

by Skylene

After battling against the biggest threat Berk have ever come across, Hiccup is no where to be found, and he's assumed dead. But then Alvin the Treacherous was spotted by the Berkians not far from the island where the fight had just happened. Alvin gets his hands on the dragon conqerour and since he's held hostile, the Berkians need to get him back.

38. Chapter 38

After long hours of sweating, panting and working, the Vikings finally arrived on the shores of Berk, getting greeted by the leftovers. Hiccup was being carried on a wooden board, passing through town and up to his house where they lay him in his bed. Gothi had followed with some of the Vikings who healed Hiccup on the ship.

His leg was amputated and bandaged, but more was needed to be done. Hiccup was getting weaker by the blood loss and the healers believed that most of his wounds, especially his leg, were infected. The symptoms, like fever and nausea, became intense and they were afraid they would lose him once again, but his father never doubted. He said he would become the strongest of them all, just like he told his wife when she almost lost hope after giving birth to Hiccup. From the moment she saw the small body of her son, she was afraid he wouldn't make it.

lay peacefully in bed with Stoick's fur coat blocking out the cold winter nights. Stoick would stay inside every possible minute he could, but his people needed him and chief duties became harder.

Sometimes he wouldn't have time to eat or sleep, only because of his hard work. He would stay inside, feeding himself after feeding his son just to make sure he would heal properly. The healers visited them once or twice a day as it became less work to do for every day passing by. Sometimes the healers had to take care of Stoick after they noticed his bags under his eyes and the snobby walking, even if he refused to being taken care of as he kept telling them he was alright. He kept telling them he was fine just to make them continue on his son. All that was important was to get his son back on his feet and they would both be fine.

One day, realization hit him. Gobber had tried to make him eat and sleep, but he refused like always. He began thinking of how Hiccup would react to his shape once he woke up from his slumber sleep. It would probably freak him out, and that's one of the last things he would want him to. After thinking clearly after spending two weeks in his same routine every single day, he decided to take care of himself as well.