AN: Hello everybody I'm back with a new story. Okay, these chapters are longer then what I usually do, so it will be 1 chapter/per day for this story instead of my usual 2. RedHawkdude already asked me if I'm going to work on a sequel for this story, and it is very possible. XD
Astrid's POV
The following day my thoughts still went back to the guy who had the guts to call a super villain Sparky. It made me wonder how he even became that villain's favorite hostage.
Curiosity apparently got the better of me as Stormfly, and I are now standing in front of a mechanics shop called 'The Forge'. Having convinced Snotlout to give me Hiccup's work address.
-Flashback-
I had nearly finished breakfast when Snotlout took a seat at the table.
"Morning babe." He says while pouring chocolate syrup over his waffles.
"Don't call me babe." I grumble, and take a sip of coffee. I wasn't the most patient person before my morning coffee.
"What are you thinking about?" Snotlout asks while adding whipped cream as well.
"Just about yesterday." I mumble. "Hey, what's the deal with your cousin and Deranged?" I ask.
"Why do you want to know about Useless? When you and I can get to know each other." Snotlout asks wiggling his eyebrows in a suggestive manner.
"I'd rather not, and why would you call him useless?" I asked getting annoyed at his flirting.
"He's the only one in the family with a Terrible Terror as a bonded dragon." Snotlout answers casually.
"What's wrong with having a Terror?" I ask getting annoyed.
"Nothing really." He grumbles. "But if you live in a family where everyone has special bonded dragons, and not your run-of-the-mill Terror, you don't get much respect."
Upon hearing that I had to frown. This society was based on class divisions.
Terrible Terrors were the bonded dragons of over 70% of the population. The Terror's abilities allowed a person to float, and gives the user a small fire blast.
The other 30% of the population consisted of much rarer dragon species.
After the Terrors, came the Boulder class dragons. The Gronckles, and Hotburples belonged to this class. It's abilities gave the user super strength, and a lava blast ability. But these dragons were not very fast, because of their bulky bodies.
The Mystery class dragons followed after the Boulder class. Zipplebacks, and Snaptrappers are a few of the examples of dragons belonging here. Not much is known about these dragons, and their abilities differ per type.
The next tier consisted of the Tracker class, and Stoker class dragons with the exception of the Terrors. These two classes were considered equals. The Tracker class prioritized speed before power, while the Stoker class was the opposite. My Deadly Nadder belonged to the Tracker class, and gave me the ability to shoot spikes, or use them as a hand weapon. I could also use Stormfly's magnesium blast. Snotlout's Monstrous Nightmare belonged to the Stoker class, and was all about power. They also gave the user the abilities to create strong gusts of wind.
The last class, and considered the most powerful were those bonded to Strike class dragons. These dragons had amazing speed, accuracy, firepower, and were considered extremely intelligent.
Suddenly there is a hand waving in front of my face. "Earth to Astrid." Snotlout says.
I snap out of my musings, and look at him.
"I was saying, if you want to talk to my cousin I can give you his work address." Snotlout says. "Just don't expect much from the dork."
-End Flashback-
I enter the shop, and I'm greeted by a man with a braided mustache.
"Hello there lassie, names Gobber. What can I do for ya today?" He asks.
"I was wondering if I could speak to Hiccup?" I ask. Gobber gives me a wide smile, and says "Oh, I see." while wiggling his eyebrows.
"HICCUP A LASS IS HERE TO SEE YA. DON'T KEEP HER WAITING!" Gobber shout to the backroom. There is a sound of something heavy falling followed by cursing.
Hiccup comes out of the backroom, and was busy wiping the grease stains from his face when he saw Stormfly, and I. A little green Terror followed him, and sat on his shoulder.
"I'll just leave ya two alone." Gobber says, and then claps Hiccup on the back. "Take all the time ya need lad."
"GOBBER!" Hiccup yells back at the man, but he had already disappeared into a small office. He then turns to me, and realization struck him. "You're that Lady Lancer."
"How did you….. Oh nevermind." I tell him. "I'm Astrid, and this is my Nadder Stormfly." I introduce.
"Well you obviously know my name." He says, and I nod. He then gestures to the Terror on his shoulder. "This is Sharpshot. He's just a Terror." He introduces his dragon.
"Okay, so how did you find out where I worked. You're not some creepy stalker are you? I already have one." Hiccup comments nonchalantly.
My cheeks heat up at the stalker comment. "No I'm not a stalker, and I came to ask you about Deranged. I was just curious as to why he constantly kidnaps you." I tell him. "Your cousin gave me this address."
"Ah" Hiccup said understanding. "No one's ever asked why before." He tells me, and gestures to a pair of comfy guest seats. "Probably because he thinks I saved his life." Hiccup answers when we are seated.
"You saved his life so he kidnaps you? What kind of logic is that?" I ask perplexed.
"He's deranged." Hiccup grumbles. "I don't think logic applies here."
"Valid point." I say.
"So how did you supposedly save his life?" I ask, lacing my fingers together, and putting my chin on my hands.
"I put out a fire." Hiccup simply replies, which causes me to raise an eyebrow. "You put out a fire?"
"Yeah, it was on my day off. I was taking a shortcut through the park when I heard a crash from a nearby tree.
-Flashback-
Hiccup's POV
'CRASH' was the sound coming from the right of the path I was on. Wondering what caused that sound I went over to investigate.
I found Sparky laying face down on the ground with a broken branch on top of him. He groaned, and slowly got up. I cleared my throat to get his attention.
"Oh, come on. Just what I needed. A witness to my humiliation." He mumbled. Small sparks of electricity could be seen around his body, but were slowly dying.
"….Eh, Hey… your…" I try to tell him but he cuts me off.
"Look I have places to be." Deranged said in a huff.
"Will… you just…." I try again only to get cut off once more.
"If you tell anyone….." Deranged began, but this time I cut him off. "WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP SPARKY! I WANTED TO SAY THAT YOUR PANTS ARE ON FIRE!" I yell at him.
Deranged must have suddenly felt the heat because he let out a girlish scream, and tried rolling on the ground to get the fire out. It wasn't helping so much so I grabbed him by the shoulders, and quickly dragged him over to the swan filled lake.
Deranged yelped when I threw him in the lake, and when he resurfaced he just yelled thanks.
-End Flashback-
Astrid's POV
As Hiccup finished his story I couldn't help but clutch my stomach laughing. That was definitely not the tale I was expecting.
"I was gone by the time he got to the edge of the pond, and I still don't know how he managed to track me down." Hiccup grumbled. "Because the next time I met him I woke up tied to an antenna on a skyscraper, and he was going off about needing to impress Phantom."
"How did you escape?" I ask curiously.
"I cut the ropes, and took the elevator down, while Sparky was busy giving his monologue to the other superheroes." Hiccup tells me plainly.
This prompted another fit of giggles from me.
"Now I just have to figure out why he's so obsessed with Phantom." I mumble, but Hiccup hears anyway.
"Oh, I can tell you that. Thor knows I've been kidnapped enough times to hear him rant about it." Hiccup tells me with a smile.
"Apparently Sparky, and another villain Treacherous broke into a tech company hoping to steal a very special computer chip, which they would then sell to the highest bidder. They made it all the way to the vault where the chip was kept, and they had disabled all the security, when they had a disagreement about who would hide the chip until the auction." He tells me with a smirk.
"These two are now fighting, and in waltzes Phantom, right through the front door of the building. Goes into the vault as the fight between those two was still ongoing, and snatches the chip right from under their noses. Sparky, and Treacherous stopped fighting, but before they could get the chip back Phantom had broken a window, and made his escape." Hiccup explains while snickering.
"Ever since that heist Sparky has been trying to impress Phantom. He was seriously impressed by Phantom's audacity to heist a heist." He finishes telling me.
"Well that certainly cleared things up." I say. At that moment my watch started to beep, signaling an emergency. "Shoot, I got to go." I tell Hiccup.
"Hey, Astrid. Before you go, want to have dinner some time?" Hiccup asks me quickly.
A smile begins to form on my lips. "You're an interesting guy. Sure why not. I'll call you." I tell him, and then Stormfly, and I transform, and fly away.
