"Drago?" Both Stoick and Eret asked. The man in front of them laughed, holding his empty hand out. His old black staff appeared and just as it did, the Alpha looked at him once again hypnotized.
"That's right," Drago smirked, walking closer to Stoick. "Looks like the gods decided to give me another chance," he grinned, pointing the sharp end of his staff at his throat. Stoick returned the move by taking a step back. "Not as tough as you were back on the battle field, are you?"
"Berkians step back," Stoick commanded. He knew what was happening. He knew what great danger they were in now that Drago was back; unstoppable against human hands. His men followed his orders and retreated a far distance from the man. Though, Stoick stood his ground; the dragon riders hovering over the two.
Drago laughed, looking up. "You really think some dragons will stop me? I'm disappointed," He removed his staff to the right, taking a step back as he began swinging it around in circles while screaming. Stoick stepped backwards as the Alpha roared.
"Everyone!" Astrid yelled from above. "Send your dragons out of here!" She steered the dragon riders in the opposite direction of the Alpha, but it was no use. Their dragons stopped abruptly and began shaking their heads. "Stormfly, down girl!" She kicked her side, but the dragon didn't listen. Stormfly shook her off and she was sent falling from high ground.
"Astrid!" Snotlout yelled, steering Hookfang after her. They just barely managed to catch her before Hookfang lost control. He crashed, sending the two riders a long distance forward. Astrid rolled on to her side, holding her stomach protectively. She looked up and saw Drago smirk down at her.
"You survived, huh," Drago walked over to her, holding his staff on hip's height. "Too bad your boyfriend didn't," He snickers.
"You bastard!" Astrid pushed herself up on her feet. She didn't know what she was planning on doing, but one thing did she know. She couldn't let him go before he paid the consequences of his actions. "You murdered Hiccup!" She ran towards him, drawing her fist, but someone grabbed it and pulled her backwards.
"Calm down woman!" Tuffnut held her fist and Ruffnut her waist. Astrid growled, trying to push herself free.
Snotlout stepped in front of her and pushed her backwards; away from Drago who stopped approaching her and instead watched amused. "It won't do anything good, Astrid! You know that!" Snotlout yelled, pushing her further away.
"I don't care! I'm going to drag his soul to Hel's gate myself!" She tries to push him off too, but Fishlegs held her back as well. "Let me go!" She knew it was useless to ask, or even try, but she wanted them to free her. She wanted to personally kick him back to death's door. But with the situation they were in, she could only imagine how short it would take for his army to rid of Berk's existence. Though, no one really knew if this was the whole Alvin scenario all over again.
Eret shook his head and cheered along with his men. None of them knew how he was still there with them, but they didn't care. Their leader was back, and they had secured themselves victory for good. He walked over to his master, reaching out to rest his hand on Drago's shoulder. "Good to see you back," Eret smirks. "Ready to take care of these-
His hand went through.
Drago turned to him; his eyes full of hate. "Stay out of my way. I don't need useless soldiers like you," he growled. Eret stepped back, looking down at his hand in shock. He took a step forward again, meeting the hateful eyes of his leader. His lips parted and small gasps of letters mixed in a stuttering voice came out. "Back off or I'll kill you too."
"Men, retreat!" Eret called, backing further away from Drago. They nodded shakily, almost dropping their weapons in the process of retreating.
Many of them felt angry inside, causing their nerves to shake because they kept it inside. They caused this attack to let out their anger, to avenge their leader's death. But now, Drago was back and personally threatening them to death if they didn't fall back.
Eret held his hand out to the side as one of his men dared to step forward with his sword raised. He didn't know what situation they were in or why Drago was back. But the way he acted, Eret couldn't think of risking anyone's life for finding out the reasons behind his return.
Eret shook his head at the man, and he instantly obeyed out of seeing the fear building up in Eret's eyes.
Valka jumped off her dragon, landing safely on the ground. She pushed her way through the Berkians defense and to her husband who lead them all. Her hand rested on his shoulder, gently leading him a little backwards as he turned to her.
"What are we going to do?" She asked, looking at Drago, and then back at him. In return, Stoick took her hand and stepped further away from him while also keeping an eye on his enemy.
"Gather up the dragon riders and get to the docks. They'll explain it on the way-
Drago broke into laughter. "You think I'm letting anyone leave this island so easily?" His expression changed to glaring daggers. His voice lower. "I will execute each and everyone one of you; starting from now." He swung his staff above his head, around and around as he screamed out his need of aid from the alpha.
The Alpha crawled up against the land and stood protectively behind its true master. Drago's men scurried out of the way, taking cover as the first blast of pure ice was blown to cover the Berkians.
They hurried out of the way, pushing each other away from the blast that sent chills down their spine as it passed them. Berkians took to higher and lower grounds, not daring to attack as Drago's men didn't. They all had the same dilemma; the alpha was coming too fast.
It blew its icy breath over houses and people, but careful and aware not to hit his human comrades. The Alpha didn't pay attention as more dragons swooped down in front of him, got caught in his ice or crashed to sea. It had control over the situation, and that was all because of his master's return.
Astrid ran along with Snotlout, having lost track of the others when the ice separated them from each other. The two hurried up to their chief, running along with him to safety (wherever that could be). "Chief!" She yelled to get his attention. He turned to her halfway as he kept his attention on getting everyone to safety. "What are we going to do? There's no way we can end this if we don't find Drago's body and soon!"
"I know that very well, Astrid!" Stoick pushed - with assistance from the Vikings - away a few beams to clear a path for them. He stood by to make sure everyone passed before him. "We'll have to find another way. For now, everyone needs to retreat into the woods-
Suddenly, there was a blinding, glowing light on the horizon. A turbulence was cast towards them, pushing everyone off their feet. But once back up, every pair of eyes were set forward. The glowing light slowly faded and a white dragon appeared by the statues.
