Jack stood before the aliens with his hockey stick and golf club in hand. He looked back at Elsa who was wearing a surprised expression on her face. "Hey, are you okay?" Elsa simply stared at him for a few moments before nodding. "Good. I'll just take care of these guys, and then we can get out of here." He said preparing to charge.
The alien in the front roared, and then charged. Jack skated forward and then spun around, hitting the creature with both the club and the hockey stick. The alien stumbled to the side and landed against the wall. Jack rushed towards it, and it swung one of its arms. He ducked dodging the blow, and then rose back up, hitting it with both weapons once more.
Elsa heard a snap, and then the monster fell to the ground. She couldn't believe it. This boy had actually managed to kill one of those things. "One down, four to go!" Jack said smirking.
The others roared and all prepared to charge, but suddenly the one in the back was struck with a metal bat. It fell over and revealed Hiccup. "Three." He corrected. Toothless ran past him and then jumped onto the closest of the remaining aliens. He bit down onto the back of its neck and it flailed about trying to shake him off.
Jack jumped up and kicked another, sending it tumbling back. "Hey Hiccup, I thought you would have headed off with the girls by now." He said hitting the creature with the club.
Hiccup ran over to help him, but another cut him off and swung one of its claws. He leaned back barely avoiding the attack, and then swung the back hitting it in the arm. It howled out in pain. "You knew we couldn't just leave you here?! Jack, what were you thinking?!"
Jack skated backwards as the creature lunged at him. He felt his back hit the wall and it lunged at him one more. It tried to bite him, but he quickly dropped the golf club and then jammed the hockey stick into its mouth, keeping it at bay. "I was thinking I had to save someone!" He said trying to push the alien back.
Elsa looked at the scene unfolding before her with a mix of fear and confusion. What was going on here? These two were actually fighting these things. And they were arguing while doing it. "You could have at least waited for the rest of us!" Hiccup said as he struck the creature in the head. It looked dazed, but it was still clearly on the attack.
Jack saw the hockey stick beginning to crack, and then frowned. He ducked down just as the creature's teeth snapped the hockey stick in two. "That was my favorite stick you asshole!" He said using the two broken pieces to stab it in the sides of its next. Wailed out in pain and then fell over. A pool of blood began forming around it.
Hiccup dodged the alien's claws, and then swung the bat again. This time when he hit its head snapped around and it fell down dead. He looked over towards the last one, which Toothless was still hanging on to. "Jack!" He called. Jack lifted the gold club, and Hiccup lifted his bat. "Toothless, move!" Toothless jumped off the alien just as the two boys swung their weapons.
Both hit the aliens on opposite sides of its head, and Elsa heard what she assumed was the cracking of its skull. They both let out a sigh of relief. Jack turned towards Elsa and then walked over to her. He offered his hand. She looked at his hand, and then hesitantly took it. He pulled her up to her feet. "Hey there, names Jack Frost."
"Um… Elsa." She said meekly.
Hiccup stepped in between them. "Yeah, he already knows your name. I don't mean to be rude Elsa, but we really need to get back to the care before more of those thing show up."
"Not cool dude." Jack said shaking his head.
"No one said staying alive would be cool."
The two boys began moving, and Elsa simply looked at them stunned. Jack turned back and looked at him. "Hey, we really should get going."
She shook her head and then ran after them. Right as they left the alleyway, they heard a growl from behind. Elsa turned around and saw one of the aliens getting back up. She gasped as it lunged towards her. Suddenly blur rushed by her, and landed right in between the aliens eyes. It was an arrow. "Bullseye!" Merida said from the car.
Jack whistled. "Okay, I have to admit, you got some wicked aim with that thing." Jack complimented. Hiccup ran around to the front seat and Rapunzel opened her door and scooted over to the other side. Toothless jumped inside and Jack was about to follow. He suddenly stopped and then stepped aside. "Ladies first."
Elsa looked at him, then the car. "Thanks."
"Thank em later! There are more of those nasties comin'!" Merida shouted.
They looked over and saw more of the aliens rushing towards the car. Elsa quickly got inside and Jack followed her. He slammed the door and Hiccup stomped on the accelerator. Once they got some distance Hiccup let out a sigh of relief. He then turned back and glared at Jack. "What the hell is wrong with you?! You could've gotten us all killed!"
Jack frowned. "Hey! I was just trying to save her! Did you just expect me to let her get taken?!"
"I expected you to wait for us! What if there were more of them Jack?! Did you even think about that?! Did you think about what would happen to me or Punzie or Merida before you just rushed off to play hero?!"
"If I'd have waited she'd be done for right now!"
"Both of ye! Stop it!" Merida shouted. "The last thing we need te be doin' is arguing! We need te jist be glad tha' we all survived! Jack, don't do something so stupid an reckless, and least not without tellin' us first! And Hiccup, ease up! If it'd been any of us ye would have rushed in too!"
The two boys remained silent for a moment. "Sorry." Hiccup said sighing.
"Me too." Jack said honestly surprised that Merida had stuck up for him.
"Good. Ah swear ye boys can be so stupid sometimes." She said before turning back towards Elsa. "Are ye alright lass?"
Elsa wasn't sure how to feel about being called lass, seeing as she was older then the girl. But they had just saved her so she had no right to complain. "I'm fine. Thank you all for saving me."
"No problem." Jack said winking at her.
She simply looked at him eyebrow raised, and then turned back towards Merida. "I don't mean to be rude, especially considering you just saved me, but who are you people?" She asked.
Jack frowned. "What? You seriously don't recognize me?"
Elsa shook her head. Rapunzel rolled her eyes. "We go to school together. I'm Rapunzel, I take a class with your little sister Anna." She explained.
Elsa nodded. "Oh yeah, I remember you now…" She never really kept up with Anna's group of friends, but this girl did looked familiar to her. And she seemed like the type to get along with Anna.
"That's Hiccup Haddock."
Hiccup gave a small wave. "Hello."
"Merida Dunbroch."
Merida smiled. "Nice te meet ye."
"And-"
"Jack Frost." He said wiggling his eyebrows at her. Suddenly Toothles crawled over and licked his face. "Aw! That's totally nasty!"
"That's Toothless." Rapunzel said patting the big black dog.
Elsa looked around at all of them. "Well, it's very nice to meet you all, and I definitely owe you for thanking me, but I have no idea what's going on right now. So if someone could please explain why there are hordes of monsters running around on the streets, then that would be really nice."
"They're not monsters, their aliens." Hiccup corrected.
She looked at him as if he were crazy. "Aliens?" She said, doubt evident in her voice.
"Yeah, I know how ridiculous is sounds. If I hadn't seen them fall from the sky I wouldn't believe it either." Hiccup said adjusting the rear view mirror. "Looks like they finally gave up."
Jack placed his hands behind his head. "Yeah, they probably got scared of my awesome hockey skills." He said chuckling.
"Or they smelt yer skates and decided they did nae want te risk bringing such a stinky odor back to their den." Merida said rolling her eyes. Jack scowled while Hiccup and Rapunzel laughed.
Elsa looked at them confused. What was wrong with these guys? There was a horde of monster, or aliens, or whatever they were infesting the town, and they were joking and laughing about it. "Look, I don't mean to be rude, but where are we going? Is there like a safe house or shelter that you know about?" She asked.
"We're going to the school." Rapunzel said.
She blinked a few times. "Excuse me?"
"She said we're going to the school. Hiccup said it's a good idea since it can lock down and we'll have plenty of food." Jack explained.
She sat up. "You can't possibly think the school will be any safer than the rest of the town, can you?" She asked. "What makes you think they're not already there? For all we know the place is already overflowed with them!"
Hiccup shrugged. "You may be right. But we can't just sit here. Unless you have a better place we can go to?" He asked.
"How about to the police station or something?!" She shouted.
Rapunzel frowned. "Elsa, these things are all over the town. We already passed a bunch of wrecked police cars on the way here. Any of the cops that haven't been taken by those things yet are probably hiding."
A look of shock suddenly hit Elsa's face. All over town? "Oh no! Anna!" She had gone over her boyfriend's house. Was she okay? Had those things captured her yet? She quickly pulled out her cell phone and began calling her. "Come on… come on…" She muttered waiting for her to answer.
It went to voice mail and Elsa gripped the phone tighter. Why wasn't answering? She tried calling a few more times, but nothing. Her stomach drop. "Anna, its Elsa! Please be okay! Just… just stay inside and call me back as soon as possible! I'll come get you as soon as I can!"
She hung up the phone, and looked towards Hiccup. He knew what she was thinking. "We have to go to the school Elsa. Between the supplies and all of us, we don't have enough room for anyone else." He said looking guilty. Elsa looked like she was on the verge of crying.
"Hiccup…" Merida said looking at him. He saw Jack giving him the same stare. They both had siblings of their own, so they knew what Elsa was feeling.
He sighed. "Okay, here's the new plan. We go to the school first, make sure it's safe, drop off the supplies, and then go pick up our families. Starting with Elsa's sister. Sound good?" Merida and Jack smiled. He looked towards Rapunzel. Merida and Jack were clearly on board with this, but he didn't want to force her into putting herself in danger just because they were.
Rapunzel nodded and smiled as well. Elsa wiped a tear from her eye. "Thank you."
"No problem." He said turning back towards the road. He could see the school coming up. He stop the car in front of the gates, which were locked.
"Well, that just threw a big monkey wrench in our plan." Jack said.
"No it didn't." Hiccup pulled out a key from his pocket. They all looked at him confused. "I sometimes stay in the metal shop room to do some extra work. Gobber gave me the keys to lock up the room and the gate."
Jack frowned. "You mean to tell me you've had the keys to the school with you since, like freshmen year, and we haven't pulled one prank with them?" He asked.
"This is why I didn't tell you. Merida, take the wheel for a sec while I unlocked the gate." He said opening the door. He got out and Merida moved over into the driver's seat. He unlocked the gate, and Merida moved the car forward. Once they were through, he closed the gate back and locked it. Then they drove the car to the parking lot.
Jack got out and grabbed his golf club. "We're going to scout the place out first. You ladies stay here." He said slipping his skates out.
Merdia snorted. "As if." She said getting out of the car. "Ye can nae really jist expect us to keep stayin' in the car. Stop tryin' te be so macho all the time."
"Merida, it could be dangerous." Hiccup warned.
She lifted her crossbow. "Then we had best stick together than, shouldn't we?"
There was no arguing with her when she was like this. "Let's get going." Hiccup said grabbing his rifle.
Rapunzel picked up a bat, and then turned then turned towards Elsa. "Here you go." She said handing her a hunting knife. Elsa looked at her like she was crazy. "Oh, sorry. Did you want the frying pan instead?" She asked.
Elsa shook her head nervously. "Uh, the knife is fine." She said taking the blade in her hand.
They began making their way inside the school. Hiccup noticed the door wasn't unlocked. He hoped this hadn't mean they weren't already inside. Elsa was holding up her knife shakily. Jack leaned forward and placed a hand on her shoulder. She jumped slightly.
"Hey, hey, don't worry, everything will be fine." He assured. "Anything shows up, I'll handle it."
Merida rolled her eyes. "This really the time te be flirtin' frost?"
Hiccup shushed them both. "Keep it down. If there is something here, I'd like to find it before it finds us." They all stopped when they heard footsteps. "Everyone, back to back, now." Hiccup whispered. They all turned around and formed a small circle.
They looked around trying to spot whatever it was coming towards them, but it was too dark. Elsa could feel her hands shaking. This whole situation was nerve wrecking for her. "Calm down lass." Merida said, eyes sharp. She was ready to fire at the first thing that moved.
Suddenly something came flying towards her from the darkness. It knocked the crossbow out of her hands. She stumbled back. "Merida!" Hiccup turned around and prepared to fire down the hall, but suddenly felt some something grab him from behind.
Jack turned around to help him, but was tackled against the wall nearby. Rapunzel and Elsa both felt someone grabbing their arms and forcing them behind their back. Merida looked around and then growled. She heard footsteps coming towards her, and then turned back to see a figure running at her.
She lifted her fist and swung, but the figure easily avoided it. It punched out hitting Merida in the face. She fell back onto the ground. "Merida!" Hiccup shouted. Toothless charged at the figure ready to attack, but when he got near, he stopped. Suddenly he began barking happily and wagging his tail. "Toothless?"
"Merida? Toothless? Wait, Hiccup?"
Hiccup blinked a few times. He recognized that voice. "Astrid?"
The figure reached down and suddenly turned out a flashlight. It was indeed Astrid. "Hiccup, it really is you." She said smiling. "Sorry, we heard someone coming and we thought it was more of those… things."
The pair of arms let him go. "Oh man, I'm so sorry! I had no idea!"
Hiccup turned and smiled at the large boy. "Oh man, if that you Fishlegs?! Long time no see!" He said patting him on the shoulder. Jack coughed to get their attention. "Oh, sorry! These guys are all with me."
Astrid nodded. "Let em go."
Jack, Elsa, and Rapunzel were all let go. Jack rubbed his neck and glared at the taller boy who had tackled him to the wall. "Next time tackle me a little harder, you didn't quite break my neck." He said sarcastically.
"I'll keep that in mind." The boy said walking towards Hiccup. "Hey cuz."
Hiccup turned towards him and smirked. "Hey, how's uncle." The boy just shrugged. Their attackers all walked to Astrid, and Hiccup turned towards his friends. "These guys are in the metal shop club with me." He explained.
Jack looked confused. "Wait, there's a metal shop club."
Hiccup rolled his eyes. "This is Snotlout, my cousin. Fishlegs, one of the smartest guys in school, the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut, and Astrid, she's…" Hiccup paused, not really sure how to approach this.
"I was his girlfriend in middle school." She said bluntly.
Merida grew wide eyed and Jack smiled. "Oh, this is going to be just rich." He said chuckling. He then felt Rapunzel elbow him. He grunted. "What, you were thinking it too."
Astrid walked over and offered her hand to Merida. "Sorry about punching you, thought you were, you know, a monster." She said. "Must have been the hair."
Merida frowned but took her hand. "Do nae worry about it. Ye jist caught me off guard." She said as the blonde pulled her took her feet. She was strong.
"So, what are you guys going here?" Hiccup asked.
"We were down at the garage with Gobber, when those things attacked. We fought them off for as long as we could, but there were too many. Gobber distracted them so we could get away. Told us to come here and lock the place down." Astrid explained.
Hiccup frowned. "They got Gobber?"
"We did everything we could. We tried to get him to come with us but…" Fishlegs looked down sadly. The others shared hurt looks as well. Gobber was their mentor, and friend. Losing him was a big lost.
Astrid looked determined. "I don't know about you, but I'm not planning on letting his sacrifice go to waste. We need to hold out until help arrives, and then we can make sure we get Gobber back." She said balling her fist up.
Hiccup nodded. "Well, it's good to have you guys with us. We could always use some more help. We have some food and other supplies back in the SUV. Mind helping us unload it."
"Sure."
After unloading all their supplies, they decided to try and get the power back on. Hiccup, Fishlegs, and Snotlout had gone to the maintenance room, while the others stayed in the main office. They were taking shifts in the security room to make sure none of the aliens snuck in. Right now it was Merida's shift. She kept a close eye on the cameras. Everything looked clear.
She looked out of the door and saw Astird rubbing Toothless stomach. She rolled her eyes and looked back towards the scream. Merida wasn't the jealous type, not in the slightest. But she'd be lying if she said she wasn't a little annoyed at how happy Hiccup seemed when he saw her. She sighed. She was being ridiculous. In a crisis like this, you'd be happy to see anyone you knew still alive and well.
The door opened and Hiccup and Fishlegs walked in. "Okay, the power should be working now, but remember, only turn on the freezer, lights, and kitchen. If we turn on anything outside of the building, it'll attract attention." Fishlegs advised.
Jack got up to his feet. "Okay then, now that we've got everything settled, we can go grab your sister." He said turning towards Elsa.
Astrid looked surprised. "You guys are going back out their?" He nodded. "Look, I know you guys are probably worried about your families, so am I, but going back out there is pretty much suicide. We're lucky we even made it here. Hiccup, you really gonna let them go back out there?"
"I have to go get my sister." Elsa said sternly.
"We're not asking you guys to go, but we promised her that we would go get Anna." Rapunzel said crossing her arms. "We're going."
Hiccup placed his hands on his chin. "We're going back out there, but I want to stop by the metal shop first. Bats and clubs are fine, but we're going to need something a little more… lethal. Don't leave until I get back." He said before walking out.
Astrid sighed. "I knew he was going to go. He's always got to do things the crazy way."
Merida frowned. "Did ye want us te jist abandon her sister?"
"I'm not saying that. I'm just saying we need to think things through a little more." She snapped. "Hiccup is the only one who knows how to lock down the school if those things get in. I think he and some of us should stay here and hold the school down, while the others go out and get her sister."
"Let me guess, yer gonna be one of the ones te stay behind?" Merida sked.
Astrid got up from her seat. "Do you have a problem with me ginger snap?"
"Ye punched me in the face! Ah'd say tha' something to be a little pissed aboot!"
"I thought you were one of those aliens! How was I supposed to know?!"
They glared at each other until Jack stepped in between them. "Hey, everybody needs to just calm down for a second." He said. "Merida, I think Astrid is right. There's no point going to get Anna if we come back and the school is overrun with aliens. I'll go get her, the rest of you can stay here." He said.
Elsa frowned. "Wait a second, she's my sister! I'm going too!"
Astrid glared at Merida for another second before turning towards them. "The two of you aren't enough." She said. "I'm going too."
"Astrid…" Fishlegs said worriedly.
"Fishlegs, I'm fine." She said looking at him annoyed.
Merida looked back and forth between the two confused, but then noticed Astrid's ankle. It was covered in torn piece of cloth. "Is… is yer leg injured?" She asked.
Astrid looked surprised. "No." She said sternly.
"It is! Ye been fightin' those thing with a busted ankle this whole time?" She asked in disbelief.
"It's just a scratch one of them gave me back at the garage. I'm fine."
Rapunzel walked over and kneeled down in front of her. She grabbed her foot and then looked closer at the injury. It was bleeding. "It's not nothing! It's bleeding out!" She said before pushing her back down into her chair. "Elsa, go grab me a first aid kit, some bandages, and some alcohol from the nurses office."
Elsa nodded and then headed towards the nurses office. "I can't believe you've been fighting like this the whole time. With a wound like this, you should have been putting as little pressure on this as possible."
"Not like I had time to stop and rest." Astrid muttered.
Elsa came back with the first aid kit, and Rapunzel began taking the cloth off. She doused the wound with alcohol and Astrid winced. They watched as Rapunzel cleaned up the round and replaced the dirty bandages.
"Wow Punzie, when did you learn to do all this stuff?" Jack asked.
She looked surprised. "Oh, this? My mother taught me. She used to patch up my dad whenever he came back from his hunting trips. He always ended up getting hurt some way or another." She explained.
Snotlout snorted. "Yeah, really nice. Anyway, seeing as Astrid isn't going anywhere anytime soon, me and Tuff will help you guys get your sister."
Tuff cracked his neck. "Sounds like fun."
Jack looked at the two and shrugged. They seemed tough enough to hold their own. "Okay then, we'll wait until Hiccup gets back, and then get going." He said putting his golf club over his shoulder.
"You sisters single right?" Snotlout asked.
"No." Elsa said narrowing her eyes at him.
He snapped his fingers. "Damn!"
A/N: Alright, chapter 3! They made it to the school, and now they have Astrid and the others on their side! But, will that be enough to help them survive this invasion? Will they been able to rescue Anna? What characters will they run into next? Keep reading to find out.
