Hiccup was dressed in an expensive tux and was currently sitting by himself in a restaurant, sipping on champagne. While looking at his menu, he cast a glance over at a group of men walking in.
Dagur and the Grimborns along with Alvin the Treacherous. Accompanying them was Hiccup's former best friend Eret and his cousin Steven.
Hiccup closed his eyes to collect himself before throwing a charming smile at the waitress.
He had installed eavesdropping devices everywhere and waited until his adversaries had settled down before activating them.
It would have been so easy to just blow this entire place up and take all of them out at once but he resisted. He wanted them to feel the pain he endured and had made a plan for each of them.
"Calm down, Dagur!" Viggo commented. "You are letting your anger get ahead of you."
"Calm down?! You want me to stay calm? Did you see what that bastard did to my sister?! We should have burnt him alive while we had the chance!"
Hiccup smirked to himself. It's not like they didn't try, it was only sheer luck that he managed to make it out in time.
"He must be working with someone," Eret interjected. "Heather is a clever woman, he must have planned this out carefully."
Hiccup curled his fists. This betrayal might have hurt the most.
Eret had been his best friend and like a big brother to him after his father Stan had died. They had grown up together, attended the same schools and college, and even fallen in love with the same girl. Hiccup being the selfless, unassuming friend, had stepped aside and let Eret have the girl in the end even though Astrid had actually wanted him, not Eret. But Hiccup had pushed her away for Eret's sake, because he had thought of him as his brother.
How wrong and foolish he had been. Now he had no family, friends or even as much as a future left. There was only vengeance to take.
"No doubt he is coming for us next," his cousin Steven muttered. "And our families."
"Our families are innocent in this!" Eret protested. "They didn't do anything wrong, we did."
"Wrong?" Dagur spat. "We did nothing wrong! That pathetic piece of shit deserved what came for him when he decided to blabbermouth to the police. And that whore of a mother of his, good-riddance, I say!"
Hiccup felt his nose flare up and hatred rush through him.
"What he did to my sister is unforgivable, I want to kill him myself," Dagur declared. "Bring him straight to me when you catch him."
Hiccup sipped on his champagne again and smirked. "Oh, I would like to see you try," he whispered.