To lorde- Have patience! I'm working on it! :P
"But," Hiccup continued, perplexing Drago in a fashion only Hiccup could pull off, "before we fight, I'll give you a chance to let them," He gestured at his captured townspeople, "free." Drago smiled, but his eyes glittered coldly, calculating this small, runt of a man daring to challenge him.
"If you prove yourself a worthy opponent, I'll let them free and you can work for me. If not, I'll them. And then you…" Hiccup pretended to consider this, tilting his head to the side and hunching his shoulders.
"Deal." He said, relaxing and swinging his arms. His carefree attitude astounded the others- he had pretty much signed his life away.
Unless he had one of his Hiccup-plans.
Drago shot at Hiccup again. The young chief dived to the side, rolling and coming up in a crouch. At least his shield didn't weigh him down now.
Raising his fire sword, Hiccup ran at Drago. He was shot at again, but deflected the missile with his shield. Drago drew his own sword and yelled angrily.
He swung at Hiccup, but the chief wasn't there. He had ducked and rolled between Drago's legs, jumping to his feet behind him. With a slash of his sword, Hiccup cut free the demonic cape and then rammed his shield with as much force as he could muster into Drago's back.
Hiccup's strength surprised him more than anyone else. He had successfully knocked Drago flat on his face, despite the older man being thrice his size.
Unfortunately, Drago recovered quickly. He advanced, sword in one hand and loaded crossbow in the other. Dust and dirt speckled his face and made his eyes seem darker.
Drago swung repeatedly at Hiccup, reserving the single bolt of ammunition for a clear shot. Hiccup danced around him, occasionally raising his shield to defend or jabbing at his competitor with his fire sword. Close combat wasn't really his thing, but he had a plan. Of course.
He lost his shield and then, while distracted, his sword. Drago aimed both weapons at him.
"Kneel." He ordered victoriously. Hiccup did.
"No!" Astrid screamed. "Let me out, I'll fight you myself!" Drago sneered.
"Need a girl to fight your battles for you?"
"Girl?!" Astrid spluttered indignantly. "When I get out of here, I'm gonna-!"
"It's OK, Astrid." Hiccup cut across, meeting her eyes and doing his best to look as reassuring as he had sounded. Astrid's anger faded into disbelief for just a moment and then returned. She made to argue, but Hiccup shook his head, silencing her. That had never happened before.
"Any last words?" Drago implored mockingly. Hiccup tilted his head back, a smirk playing through his eyes.
He gave a loud, clear Night Fury call.
The colour drained from Drago's face. He lifted his sword, ready to end the nuisance, but that was not to be. A plasma blast barrelled into his chest and sent him flying.
Hiccup rose carefully. Drago didn't move.
Toothless bounced out of the shadows, over a few of Drago's men and loyally to Hiccup's side. The dragon showed his master the automatic tail and grumbled, displeased. He didn't like the tail, but he liked Hiccup's plan. It involved him not being chained up and muzzled again. Toothless didn't like that.
"Good boy, Toothless." Hiccup praised, scratching the dragon behind the ear. "Extra fish for you." Toothless seemed happy with that, chortling and skipping circles around Hiccup.
The young chief set about freeing the others. He made sure to free Astrid first, but she still tried to kill him.
"You idiot!" Whack. "What-were-you-thinking?!" Whack, whack, whack, floor. "Don't you ever," She kicked him, "do that again!"
"Yes, milady." Hiccup wheezed. She reached for him and yanked him abruptly to his feet, hitting him again. "Don't I get a kiss now?"
"No, you're an idiot!" She stomped off to free the others. When she caught up with Hiccup a few minutes later, he got his kiss then. "You're still an idiot." She muttered, but her temper had cooled now. Hiccup beamed at her, taking her hand.
"I'll try and be good now." He promised, kissing her knuckles. She gave an appeased nod, but nothing else.
Stoick's booming laughter reached Hiccup just as a heavy clap on the shoulder nearly flattened him. Astrid pulled him back before he fell, smirking at his misfortune.
"That's my boy!" Stoick roared proudly. Toothless roared too, a series of differing dragon calls raining down. Dragons fluttered down in dribs and drabs, finding their owners. All of them were armoured, but this was soon changed.
"No!"
Drago was on his feet. And he was mad.
He snatched Astrid away from reuniting with Stormfly and placed a long, wide-bladed knife at her throat. "Surrender or she dies!"
Sorry it's short, but I'm doing this bit in bits before anything else.
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