The three boys were leading Kaia deep into the forest, knowing that they were being followed by Jango.
"Onion is that weird hypnotist guy still behind us?" Carrot asked.
Onion looked behind them. "I don't know, I can't see him anymore. Let's make sure we lose info good."
"There's no way that nut job can catch up to us in our own forest," Pepper smiled.
Onion looked up at Kaia. "Don't worry Miss Kaia, the Snotlout Pirates are going to keep you safe and sound."
"That's right," Carrot nodded. "The Snotlout Pirates stand by their word."
Kaia smiled at the three of them. "Thank you so much."
Then suddenly they heard a noise behind them and saw the trees beginning to shake. They stopped briefly and watched as the trees toppled over one by one. They then quickly hid behind one of the fallen trees as they saw two rings had sliced through the trees and were now spinning towards a dust cloud and a hand shot out of it and caught them. When the dust dispelled standing there was Jango and he was looking towards the fallen trees.
"Well, then not there," he said. "I'm coming to get you! Do you really think you can run from me? We can do this the easy way or I could just level this entire forest."
"Whoa, that guy is really mad," said Pepper.
"And he can do a lot more than just hypnotise people," Carrot added.
Kaia was panting heavily against the tree, she wasn't used to this kind of running and she wasn't exactly in the best health either.
Jango kept on looking through the forest trying to find any trace of the four of them. "Where have you gone?"
Believe it or not he was actually standing next to the fallen tree where the boys and Kaia were hiding. They immediately held their breath and stayed perfectly still until he walked off, but Pepper's nose was being tickled by a leaf from the fallen tree and use trying to hold back a sneeze. Quickly Carrot and onion grabbed his nose and mouth until the sneeze finally subsidised.
Jango was still slicing through the bushes trying to find them. "Come out, come out, where ever you are!"
Elsewhere in the forest, Toothless and Snotlout were trying to catch up to the others and hoping they could beat Jango before he found them.
"Just keep on heading east," Snotlout instructed.
"Let's hope we can get there in time," said Toothless as he ran as quickly as he could.
The boys and Kaia finally managed to lose Jango began making their way through the forest, but then Kaia tripped over her dress and fell over the boys immediately looked at her with concern.
"Miss Kaia," said Onion.
"I'm sorry," she said looking at the three of them. "You should go on without me."
"What are you talking about?" Pepper asked. "We are under strict orders to protect you."
Onion then placed a hand on her forehead and look to the others. "Oh no, she's got a really bad fever."
Pepper's eyes widened. "What? Hang in there Kaia." He then looked at the others. "A doctor, we need a doctor."
Carrot shook his head. "You idiot, we don't have time for that. Someone is trying to kill her."
"But it's dangerous for her to run anymore," Onion pointed out.
Jango was still close by searching for them. "Show yourselves you runts!"
He then tossed his ring at the trees again and more then toppled over. Boys were extremely nervous as it sound as if he was practically on top of them, in fact one of the trees would have crushed them if it hadn't been for the fact they were next to a boulder.
Kaia looked at the three boys. "Thank you, for helping me. Just the thought is more than enough, how go. All of you."
Jango was trying to locate the sound of their voices. "Where did you brats go? It's no use running come on out!"
Boys then immediately looked at another.
"If we ran away and left Kaia right now we would probably survive, right?" said Carrot.
"Yeah, probably," Onion nodded.
"It is the sensible plan," Pepper agreed.
Jango was still walking through the forest trying to locate the man he was starting to get annoyed.
"Those brats think they can mock me?" he said as he walked past a tree and sliced right through it with one of his rings.
The three boys heard the sound of the fallen tree and knew that he was getting closer.
"But our Captain would never run away from such danger," Carrot admitted.
"Even when it looked bleak he stood his ground, he did everything he could to protect us and even lead his life on the line for us" Onion nodded.
"We did swore to protect, Kaia," Pepper sighed.
Carrot Then immediately held out his baseball bat. "All right then prepare yourself Snotlout Pirates."
"We've got a fight," said Onion holding out his spade.
"Let's do it," said Pepper holding out his frying pan.
Kaia looked at the three of them in shock. "Stop this, you're no match for him. Your only kids, you mustn't put your life on the line for my sake."
Pepper looked at her. "If we didn't want to die, we have to fight for our lives. Just like our Captain always said."
Carrot and Onion nodded in agreement.
Jango vent down towards the ground and saw a trail of footprints and they appeared fresh.
He smiled. "Gotta."
Hiccup meanwhile had just struck Hagen with the boulder and it appeared that he was down for the count.
The pirates were completely stunned.
"Wait, he just…"
"He just broke Captain Hagen's cat claw."
Hiccup looked down at him as he placed the boulder down. "That only leaves five more of those blades."
Hagen wasn't down for the count just yet and he was starting to get back onto his feet.
"Don't worry guys, you can still fight plenty!"
"Yeah, he still has that other cat claw."
"You can do it! Rip that guy into shreds Captain Hagen!"
Immediately a pirate looked at him. "Don't use that name any more. He doesn't like it anymore."
"I think in this village is name is Hagan," said one of the pirates.
Immediately the pirates began cheering for Hagen, but they were using his assumed name. However, Hagen still looks furious upon the cheers from his crewmates.
"Shut your mouths," he snarled. "All of you!"
The pirates immediately stopped.
"Soon enough I will deal with you with the only appropriate manner," said Hagen as he stood up. "Extermination! I will also kill that fool Jango."
The pirates immediately looked at him horrified.
"But why kill us Captain?"
"Come on, please don't joke around like that Captain Hagen."
"It's still not too late for us to attack the village, right?"
"Yeah, and if Captain Jango gets her to write her will then your plan should still work perfectly."
Hagen merely smiled. "This plan is no longer of any of your concern. When all of you are dead this village will know who to blame for this atrocity."
The pirates gasped in horror.
"I never intended to allow any of you mongrels to believe this village alive. No one, no one who knows my true identity can be allowed to live to tell about it."
Astrid shook her head. "He wants to kill everyone, because he doesn't want to be a pirate anymore because he couldn't stand to be anyone's servant?"
The pirates just stared at their former Captain.
"No way."
"You had already planned to kill every single one of us at the very beginning?"
Hagen laughed. "That's right. Three years ago I had planned to erase Captain Hagen and every last person who ever knew him. It's all part of my plan."
Hiccup shook his head. "I can't believe I'm hearing this, you're exactly the kind of pirates I hate."
Hagen looked at him. "You hate us? Pirates are hated by everyone, they are savages incapable of rising above the animal nature. Without my plans what could they possibly accomplish, a crew is nothing to me they are simply a means to an end. Crewmembers are just pawns in the captain's game, whether my men live or die is up to me or me alone. If I tell them to fight they will fight and if I order them to die they had better do it. They know the punishment for disobedience."
Hagen then noticed Hiccup was glaring at him with hatred, likes of which he had never seen. He then immediately looked at him in annoyance. "This is how pirates are! Don't you dare talk down to me, boy?"
Hiccup immediately looked at him. "You are possibly the pirate captain in history," he said finally. "My father always taught me, that a captain pirate or navy, even a merchant captain, they have one important goal and that is to protect their own. So in that regard you're a worse captain than Snotlout."
Hagen looked at him furiously. "You fool. Are you saying that I'm inferior to a kid pretending to be a pirate?"
"You heard me," said Hiccup.
Hagen laughed. "Well, aren't you funny? Don't get all cocky just because snapped off one of my cat claws."
He then began to move his feet and a lot of manner and immediately vanished.
"Oh, I'm not being cocky," said Hiccup calmly. "I'm just being realistic." He then suddenly turned around and raised his fist as Hagen appeared behind him.
"How did he know?" Hagen stared.
"Because unlike you, Snotlout has heart!" Hiccup roared and slammed his fist right into Hagen's chest. He then immediately sent him flying and he struck the cliff wall so hard that he was hidden by dust.
The pirates just stared at Hiccup's strength, but Astrid merely smiled. "He never ceases to amaze me."
Pirate you were just dumbfounded.
"Impossible."
"He kept up with Captain Hagen's Pussyfoot Manoeuvre."
"How insulting," said Hagen's voice as the dust cloud dispelled. Hagen was actually on his knees with his back pressing against the cliff wall. "It would appear that you need a lesson about what real pirates are like." He then fixed his hair and smiled menacingly at Hiccup. "It's not pleasant, your first lesson will be about terror. A lesson I learned well when I stared down death."
Then immediately got to his feet and just stood there was if he was in some kind of daze. The pirates immediately grew fearful upon seen this movement.
"Hey, should he be in that state?"
"No, this is bad!"
"Why is he using that technique?"
"He's only fighting one guy, there's no reason to use the Sneak Attack!"
"This isn't a good spot for us, I mean he could get us too!"
"Yeah, you did say that he was going to kill us all earlier."
"Please, Captain Hagen, anything but that technique!"
"We will do anything, Captain!"
"Please, Captain Hagen?"
Astrid just looked at them concerned. "Why are they so fearful, he can barely stand?"
Hiccup also looked very concerned. "I don't like the sound of this." He then looked at Astrid. "Astrid, you'd better prepare yourself."
Astrid nodded and held her axe at the ready.
Meanwhile the pirates were still pleading for their lives, but Hagen just wobbled without acknowledging them.
In Hagen's perspective everyone was slowing down and then there was a gust of wind he finally made his move.
"Sneak Attack!" Hagen yelled.
He then vanished into thin air and Hiccup felt movement as something rushed past him.
Fishlegs then chose that moment to make his way out of the ship pulling a small bag of treasure.
"Talk about a small hull," he said as he reached the deck. "These pirates have the smallest amount of treasure that we've stolen yet. I hope the others had finished the fight."
He then looked over the deck, however the scene before him was a bit unusual. He could only see Hiccup and Astrid and the two of them were just standing there, the pirates on the other hand just stood there completely paralysed in fear and there was no sign of Hagen.
"Why has everyone stopped?" Fishlegs blinked.
Then suddenly a pirate was struck and fell to the ground with large deep gashes across his chest.
Hiccup just stared. "What's he doing over there?"
"He's attacking his crew," Astrid stared.
The pirates were completely panicking as another one of the number was struck mysteriously. Hiccup then noticed several slashes penetrating the rock next to him in the same thing happened to Astrid.
"I don't know how, but he is moving faster than the naked eye," said Hiccup.
Astrid gritted her teeth. "How are we supposed to fight something we can't see?"
A split second later another pirate collapsed after being dealt it with the same blow as the others. He was then followed by two more and then another two.
"Don't do this captain!" a pirate pleaded as another one of the men collapsed. "Please stop!"
Another pirate was attacked. "We're dead, we can't reason with him now that he started. His Sidestep Manoeuvre is so fast that not even he knows what he's cutting."
"But how could he kill so many of us without even—" the pirate was then struck down before he could finish his sentence.
"No!"
Fishlegs just stared in bewilderment. 'What's happening out there? People are just getting cut to ribbons.'
Hiccup just watched as more pirates toppled over one after the other. Every so often he was actually struck by Hagen, but thanks to his scare was he was able to endure it though they still cut a bit deep.
Hiccup just stood there watching. 'Where are you?' He then looked utterly furious at the devastation in front of him. "You're just proving my point, you're not a real captain! You're shrugging off your duties and telling those that are loyal to you!"
Astrid just stared at him. "Hiccup?"
More cuts then appeared across the rock face and Hiccup just stood there and listened breathing in deeply. He then immediately sensed something heading straight towards him from behind him and quickly moved out of the way as something fast ran past. He then immediately reached out his hand and grab the helm of Hagen's jacket and them with all his strength slammed him into the ground as hard as he could.
Hiccup smiled. "The dragon that I've turned into is known as the Night Fury and it's one of the fastest dragons ever to exist it."
Hagen looked at him with a crooked smile. "You bastard. You should have accepted your fate like a good boy. Now look what you've done, thanks to you my little pawns are still alive and in misery. It would have been better just to let them die at the attack."
There was no denying that Hagen's men were in agony from his fierce attacks and some of them were barely conscious.
Hiccup just stood there in silence as Hagen rose to his feet. "So now what? Do you have something to say?"
"I do," said Hiccup forcefully. "No matter what happens to me I'll never be like you."
"Not will," Hagen smiled and pointed his claws directly at Hiccup's face. "Someone like you can't be like me." Hiccup just stood there unflinchingly and it was greatly annoying him. He then began making his way to the top of the slope. "You see you are going to die here today, but first you'll arrive in agony as I hack you up like a fish." Once he reached the top of the slope he adjusted his glasses once more. "I'm going to carve you up and I'm going to enjoy it."
Hagen then began moving in the same manner as he did before.
"No you won't," said Hiccup as he immediately flapped his wings and advanced towards Hagen.
"Sneak Attack!" Hagen yelled as he vanished.
Hiccup just landed on the ground and knew that they were all in danger.
Meanwhile Jango was following the tracks and soon reached the boulder where one of the fallen trees was resting.
"Come out you brats!" Jango yelled. "I know you're hiding! Give yourselves up!"
He then saw the white flag waving behind the fallen tree.
"We surrender," said Carrot's voice. "We will hand her over to you. Come over here and we'll take you to her. Just don't kill us."
Jango shook his head. "You think I'm stupid? I won't fall for that, you silly rugrats."
He then immediately advanced towards the white flag, but Onion chose that moment to pull out a trip wire and he fell face first into the dirt.
"We got him!" Carrot yelled jumping over the fallen tree. "Now!"
Onion then jumped out of the bushes with a mask over his face and was holding a pepper shaker. He then rushed over to Jango and turned him over, then before he could react he immediately pour the pepper over his face.
"Pepper Attack!" Onion yelled.
Jango then found himself sneezing constantly and then pepper jumped out of nowhere and slammed his saucepan right in his crotch. He immediately screamed out in pain as his eyes began to water. Immediately the two boys then ran off into the bushes before he could grab either one of them.
Jango was slowly got to his feet clutching his crotch and sneezing uncontrollably. "I knew those worthless brats were lying to me from the beginning," he groaned.
The three boys then immediately began pushing at the fallen tree with all their strength. Jango looked up in time to see that fallen tree falling straight towards him. Fortunately missed squashing him, but sadly it landed on one of his feet and soon he was jumping around clutching it as he cried out in pain.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" he cried.
The three boys then immediately jumped holding their weapons in their hand. "End of the line hypnotist!"
However at the last second, Jango moved away causing Carrot and Pepper to land the ground and he grabbed Onion's face.
"Looks like you bit of a little more than you can chew," said Jango now looking extremely angry.
"No, we failed," Carrot groaned as he looked up.
"Real pirates don't take kindly to being mocked by the likes of you!" Jango roared and he tossed Onion aside causing him to slam into a tree.
"Onion!" Carrot and Pepper cried.
"You pretend pirates got in over your heads, didn't you?" said Jango as he turned to look at the two of them and they were soon paralysed with fear.
He then grabbed the two of them and toss them into a tree and they landed next to Onion.
"Rich girl, I know you're here!" Jango roared loudly. "Listen, unless you show yourself I'll execute these three little lambs and I will make sure to do it in the most painful fashion. Do not doubt my skill at such a task."
He then picked up his hat and waited for her answer.
He then heard movement and saw Kaia standing there. "There you are."
"No!" Onion cried.
"Miss Kaia run for your life!" Carrot pleaded.
"Run!" Pepper begged.
As fortune would have it, Toothless and Snotlout were close by and they heard their screams.
"Hey," said Toothless.
Snotlout nodded. "Yeah, that's them all right."
"Let's hurry," said Toothless.
Kaia merely stood there and looked at him. "There is no need for that. Please leave the children be, I will write the will."
"No, Kaia!" Carrot cried. "He's going to kill you as soon as you write that will!"
Kaia closed her eyes. "I'm sorry."
Jango smiled. "Silly girl, don't you know that you can't bargain with me. Captain Hagen specifically instructed me to get rid of everyone."
Kaia looked at him horrified. "No!"
She then looked at the ring he was holding and then got an idea. Once he was distracted, she then quickly snatched his ring and placed it next to her throat.
"What?" Jango roared.
"If you don't do exactly as I say then you won't get to kill me and I won't write my will," she threatened.
Jango immediately looked at her panic stricken. "Hold on! Hold on! Just calm down, don't be so hasty. I absolutely have to get you to write that will."
"Stop Kaia," Carrot pleaded.
Kaia ignored the pleas and drew the ring even closer to her throat and eventually Jango gave in.
"All right, fine, I'll let the little brats go," he growled and approached her. "But in their condition they won't be making too quick of a getaway."
He then took the ring from her hand and handed her a quill. "Here." He then placed her will against a tree stump and she began to write upon it. "Don't forget to sign your name."
"I know," said Kaia as she signed the will.
The three boys just sat there feeling utterly helpless.
"This sucks," said Pepper.
Once he was finished Jango looked at it with a broad smile and went over it to make sure that everything was in order. "'I leave my entire fortune to my Butler Hagan.' Yes, very good." He then stuffed the will into his jacket. "This is your will all right, excellent work."
Kaia looked at him. "Now remember we had a deal, you promised me you wouldn't kill them."
Jango then immediately pinned her to the tree with a cruel smile and began spinning the ring on his finger. "Just relax, I know I may not look like it but I'm regarded as an honest man."
"Kaia!" the three boys cried.
It was at that moment that Toothless and Snotlout emerged around the corner.
"Over there!" Snotlout pointed.
"I'm on it!" Toothless yelled and immediately dropped Snotlout and quickly dashed towards them. "That's enough you crazy hypnotist! Let the girl go!"
Jango gritted his teeth upon seen him. "Dammit, looks like I was followed."
Everyone's attention then immediately fell upon Toothless, but in the midst of this Onion grabbed his shovel.
"I suppose I had better finish of the rich girl quickly then," he said as he raised the razor sharp disk.
At the shoreline, Hagen was back dealing carnage slashing through rocks faster than the blink of an eye. Hiccup merely stood there and listen to the wind as attacks struck him every now and then.
