A/N: Here it is! Chapter 5! Okay, so now we're up to the point where I'll be making chapters again, so the wait time may be longer between chapters. However, I am also graduating high school this Saturday too, so it won't be much longer between. And without further ado, let's begin!


Chapter 5: A Miracle


The Big sister was bent down to the ground, memorizing a foot print that was a week old. Normally, this would go without interest for her, but these were very strange footprints. They reminded her of a dog, though much bigger, and it had long claws at each toe. The Big Sister looked around to see if there was anything that might suggest something. She then noticed the welding on the plates near a pillar. She stood up and walked cautiously towards it. When she was close enough, she traced the welding pattern with her finger. Surprisingly, the plating was cold, nearly freezing.

"There must have been a break in the outer shell." She thought to herself. She turned around and walked back to the odd footprint. She noticed it was headed out of the room, only the footprints after it were all shoeprints. Her yellow glow darkened a bit as she headed out of the room.

"I last saw that smaller one near the Dumbwaiter. He must have escaped through here." She thought. She began to follow them out of the room. She would find her prey. She would make sure her revenge was taken.


"Okay, so I've covered Claws, hardened skin, and Fire breathing," Hiccup listed off. "What's next?"

"It's up to you. I only give you the power. You need to decide if you need one or more when the time comes."Hiccup sighed.

"Yeah, you're right. I'm just nervous is all. I mean, this is the first time I was out on my own. And since I'm the one who needs to make decisions on how to survive…" Toothless hummed in agreement. They just walked for a bit longer. Finally, Hiccup felt the need to take a break. Miraculously he found a bench that had escaped Rapture's fall. He sat down as soon as he reached it and sighed.

"Finally, rest!" He said in relief.

"I would have thought you'd be more adapted to walking, since that's what you did most of the time in your group." Hiccup laughed.

"Yeah, well even we would take breaks now and then." Toothless sighed.

"So, what is it you humans DO on breaks?" He asked. Hiccup laughed.

"Seriously." Toothless said. Hiccup raised an eyebrow.

"You've never had time to yourself?"

"I have a few times, but I was too preoccupied with survival than playing."

"But what about when you were in the plasmid vial? Didn't anyone talk about anything outside of work?"

"A few times, but none of them seemed like the ideal thing for me."Hiccup nodded.

"Well, I'm not really sure how to explain it…well, there is I-Spy."

"I-Spy?" Toothless asked. Hiccup swore that Toothless' head would be tilted to the right asking this.

"Well, I-Spy is a game when someone tells the other to look for an object in the area. The person can't say the objects name though, and can only give one clue for it."

"Oh, okay." Toothless said.

"For example," Hiccup stated. He looked around and saw a lamp post.

"I-Spy something tall." Toothless didn't answer at first.

"Is it the sign over us?" He asked. Hiccup shook his head.

"Nope. You get two more tries and you lose." Toothless guessed again, this time on a train car stuck vertically in the ground. The third time he guessed a nearby Vita Chamber.

"Nope, it was the lamp post over there." Hiccup said. Toothless growled.

"Come-on, I almost had it!" He shouted. Hiccup laughed.

"Your turn." He said. Toothless was silent. Then.

"I-Spy something…THAT WILL KILL US! RUN!" Hiccup jumped and rolled off the bench just moments before it exploded.

"You can't catch me! You can't catch me!" Someone shouted behind him. Hiccup turned to see a Nitro Splicer, a lit bomb in his hand. He threw it directly at Hiccup, a whistle emanating from it. He dodged to the right, and his mouth formed into Toothless' snout. He let loose a large blast of fire, its blue glow lighting up the room as it struck its target. The splicer howled in agony as he was lit up. He began to run all over the place to look for water, before collapsing in a charred heap on the floor. Hiccup's face returned to normal, a look of satisfaction on it mixed with sadness.

"I really wish there was a better way of surviving without killing." He said to Toothless.

"Do humans not use dead animals to survive?"Toothless asked.

"Well it's different when you're killing one of your own species." Hiccup said.

"Not so much."

He looked around to see if anyone else was hiding in the shadows.

"Well, so much for relaxing." Hiccup remarked.

"We should keep going. You don't want to be caught in another trap." Hiccup nodded and started adventuring again, following the tracks down the trolley tunnel. But as he neared, he heard something.

"Hop hop Mr. B! The angels are waiting." A tiny voice was talking at the end, only it was mixed with a deep demonic voice. There was another noise.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

".." A deep moan sound came from the same direction.

"Okay, even being down here, I never heard that. What is it?" Toothless asked in a nervous tone.

"That's a Big Daddy and a Little Sister." Hiccup whispered. Toothless gave a small chuckle.

"They can't be that bad with those names."

"Oh you'd think that wouldn't you." Hiccup retorted. "Little Sisters are girls ages 8 and under who have Adam slugs in their stomachs. They were made that way so they could produce more Adam for scientists. However, they were soon put to the task of draining Adam from dead bodies. And in order to protect them from Splicers, scientists created Big Daddies. They're men who have been stitched into Diving suits with thick armor. Bouncers usually have a spear or drill to protect them, along with fast speed, while Rosies have a nail gun and Proximity mines."

"So basically, bad news, right?" Toothless summed up. Hiccup nodded.

"Well, even so, we need to go through that way. It's our only route so far."

Hiccup sighed.

"Okay, but keep my sixth sense up. I don't want to be surprised." Toothless hummed an agreement. Hiccup slowly walked towards the opening. As he neared, he sensed a small shape and a large one moving around. When he arrived near the entrance, he looked out a bit to scan the area. He saw the two of them, a blonde haired girl in a tattered blue dress, and a large diver with a drill. He noticed the eyes on its helmet. They were still yellow. Hiccup sighed. They hadn't noticed him yet. He formed Toothless' scales on his body. He carefully walked around the room, his scales blending into the shadows.

"So far so good." He thought. He was almost near the trolley tunnel opposite his entrance, when his sense went off.

"Uncivilized, uncouth and uncultivated!" He turned to see dust and stones falling from the ceiling as a clanking sound came from above. He looked up just in time to see a Spider Splicer toss her razors at him. He ran to the side, avoiding them as he formed his scales. The Splicer shrieked and dropped from the ceiling, charging at Hiccup. He backed off, raising his arms to block before slamming into something hard. Suddenly the Splicer stopped running, and jumped up to the ceiling, crawling away as fast as possible.

"What was that?" He wondered.

"ERRRRR! ERRRRR! WAAAAOOOOO!" Hiccup felt something slam into him, sending him flying across the half-way station. He landed on his back, but fortunately he was left unhurt with his scales. He quickly stood up to see thee Bouncer Big Daddy charging at him, eyes now a deep red!

"HOLY CRAP!" Hiccup shouted. He rolled to the side as it nearly pile-drived him into the wall.

"Great! Of all things I could've bumped into it had to be him!" He noticed the Little Sister nearby. She was shouting at Hiccup.

"Go away!" She cried at him. "Mr. Bubbles!" He heard the Bouncer roar behind him. He quickly formed Toothless' arms and legs. As the bouncer ran down, he jumped up high with his legs, going right over him. As he went over, he slashed at the helmet with his claws. Pieces of metal broke off of the helmet. Some of the Bouncer's innards were exposed. The Bouncer howled in pain. Hiccup landed behind it, forming his dragon maw. Retracting his teeth, he fire a bolt of fire at the Bouncer just as it was turning around to ram Hiccup. The fire hit the exposed portion. The Bouncer started to shriek in pain as his body caught fire. It ran around for a while, crashing into walls, and almost running into Hiccup and the Little Sister. It finally ran straight into a wall and fell down. Hiccup waited. It didn't move. The little Sister ran up to the corpse, crying.

"Mr. Bubbles!" She wailed. Hiccup watched as the Little Sister tried pushing the corpse, as if to wake it up. She finally fell to her knees and sobbed. Hiccup felt terrible.

"Why couldn't I have just run from it?" He asked himself.

"It would have ended up the same way. It would have followed you, and you would have either gotten killed or killed it anyway." Hiccup sighed. He walked over to the Little Sister.

"I'm sorry." He said to her. She looked up at him and grew afraid.

"Stay away! Monster!" She shouted. She was about to run off.

"Wait! You can't survive out there alone!" Hiccup shouted to her. He quickly ran up to her, grabbing her by her shoulders.

"NO! No! NONONO!" She shouted, struggling to break free. Hiccup looked at her. Her skin was pale with revealing veins all over, and her eyes were lit up like fire.

"My god! Why did those people do this to you?" Hiccup gasped.

"Hiccup. Try using the Cure-all plasmid." Hiccup waited a moment. He began concentrating, holding on to the Little Sister. His Plasmid activated, only the energy was being transported through his arms. He placed one hand on top of the Little Sister's forehead, to calm her. Her pale skin began to gain color. Her veins were engulfed in a pink glow before disappearing beneath her skin. Her eyes finally began to dim, the orange turning white, and the yellow turning into blue eyes. She stopped struggling. Hiccup felt the energy flow back into him, with a red glowing substance following it into his body. He stopped concentrating. He saw her limp form in his arms.

"Wait, I thought this would cure her! I killed her!" He shouted.

"No, look at her chest." Toothless said. Hiccup looked down, and saw her chest rising and falling steadily. Hiccup let loose the breath he was holding.

"Thanks Toothless. At least she's normal again." Toothless purred. The Little Sister suddenly stirred. Hiccup realized he still had Toothless' appearance. He quickly shifted back to normal as the Little Sister's eyes opened.

"W-what?" She groaned. "What happened?"

"It's okay. You're safe." He said. She looked up at him.

"Where am I?" She asked. "I want to go home." Hiccup looked around, and saw a vent nearby.

"Come on, I'll take you home." Hiccup said to her. She smiled at him. He picked her up and carried her over to it. He patted her hair as they neared.

"Here you go." He said as he lifted her up to the ledge. She pulled herself up into it.

"Ooooh…I'm ready for (yawn) dream time Mr. B." She said sleepily. Hiccup gave a small frown at this.

"I guess I can't change everything." He said.

"The world would be in chaos today if everyone tried to change everything." Toothless remarked. "There will always be corruption in any choice someone makes. Although her mind may be corrupted, she is still better than she was before." Hiccup smiled at this.

"Thanks bud." He walked over to the corpse. There was a pouch on its belt. He rummaged through it and found $120.

"Well, at least we have something to get food with." He said, stuffing it into his pocket.

"How will we get food with this?" Toothless asked.

"There are boxes around here called vending machines. If I put a certain amount of this money into them, I can get food from it." Toothless gave off an emotion of happiness.

"Finally! We don't have to survive off of dead rats." Hiccup laughed.

"Don't get too excited. We still have to find a Vending Machine." He began to walk down the other trolley tunnel.


The Big Sister walked through a hallway in a lab-building. She was keeping an eye out for any signs of trouble or danger.

"Where could that little Splicer have gone too?" She wondered. Suddenly, there was a noise to her right! She whirled around, her fingers catching on fire for Incinerate! She looked around. There was a Little Sister Vent nearby. A figure was looking out of it. The Big Sister lowered her hand and walked over. The Little Sister looked up at her, though when she did, The Big Sister got a surprise. The Little Sister looked…normal.

"Hi Big Sister!" She called to her. The Big Sister walked over, shaking her head.

"Big Sister! I feel so much better! A nice man helped me!" The Big Sister tilted her head in confusion.

"Yeah! He had messy hair and a green shirt, like a leprechaun!" Big Sister suddenly grew alarmed. Her glow changed from yellow to red. The Little Sister became scared and crawled back down the vent. The Big Sister noticed this and calmed down, turning yellow again.

"That guy. It has to be him."She thought. But now, instead of revenge, she felt…strange.

"Why did he save her? HOW did he?" This new information began to affect her mind. As if her whole reason of existence was being challenged. She was told she had to kill to survive, that everyone killed to survive. And yet, here was a guy who preserved life instead of taking it. The Big sister shook her head, trying to get these thoughts out of her head.

"No! He may have helped my sister, but he still escaped me, and I wouldn't stop trying to find him until one of us is dead." She backed up from the vent and jumped up to the ceiling, scurrying through the room up to the door. She jumped down and ran though, her bronze armor gleaming in the flickering lights.


Hiccup was lying under a derailed trolley car. He was in a relaxed position, with a few wrappers around him.

"Hey, Toothless." He asked him.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"What was life like? When you were alive I mean." He waited.

"Well, I can't say it was an easy life. Every day I constantly had to survive in a harsh environment. Humans were only starting to evolve, and we were always being overrun by them."

"But I thought Dragon Scales were stronger than Diamond, so how could they kill you?" Hiccup stated.

"To a point they are. Dragons usually fought each other, and killed one another since they were equal in power and toughness. But the big flaw of dragons is pressure. Those humans would use primitive launching devices that threw nets to pin us down, and giant rocks to crush us. It was one of the many ways humans killed us." Hiccup felt bad.

"So, do you still have…resentment towards my kind?"

"I'll admit I was angry when I saw humans in multiple numbers around me. I actually felt pleasure hearing the genocide of them outside the safe. But, when you injected me into you, I found that humans were capable of more than just violence. You may have said you wanted to kill things, but you never truly did. You felt grief over dead bodies. You even talked to me instead of trying to get me out of your head." Hiccup smiled.

"It may not seem like much to you, but it holds a lot of meaning for me. Today's humans are a lot different from what I remember." Hiccup frowned at this.

"Well, I wouldn't say that. I mean, look at Rapture. Humans have been reduced to insane monsters that scavenge off others. Every day is a constant battle for survival. I can't imagine what humans were like back then, but they can't be too far behind those today."

"Hiccup, look at yourself. You spared lives, and killed them when it couldn't be helped. You only pick-pocketed something that wasn't truly alive anymore. Don't say humans haven't changed. You're proof enough they have." Toothless speeched. Hiccup felt warm inside.

"Thanks buddy." He said. And with that, the two of them fell asleep under the protection of the trolley.


Well? Pretty Awesome, right? R&R!