This is my THIRD update today, sorry in advance for the MASSIVE cliffhanger. Shout-outs:

YowaneHaku: Thank you! And yeah, I LOVE thinking of Astrid and Ruffnut as BFFs, if you know what I mean. I mean, I'm sure Astrid had some kind of girl friend to talk to and mess around with before making peace with the dragons, don't you think? :)

It's one thing to have a prosthetic. It's another thing to know how to use it.

Somehow, while Alvin was speaking to the Berkians, Hiccup had managed to remove his metal leg. As soon as he shouted "THIS", he took it and bashed it against the side of Alvin's head. Alvin recoiled as hiccup reattached his prosthetic, grabbed his sword, and ran forward. The rest of the Berkians followed his lead, the Outcasts battling once again.

Barf accidentally breathed out a bunch of gas, but Belch didn't ignite it because the riders were everywhere. It made it hard to breathe, but it also made Hiccup's plan more reliable.

He gave Barf the breathe gas hand motion with his bad arm (yes it hurt like you wouldn't believe, but he didn't have a choice) while no one was looking. Barf continued to do it.

Hiccup knew what he had to do. He had to get his friends out of there. He just had to, weather he got out with them or not; alive or dead.

You Berkians are no match... Alvin had told him. Match. That one word had sparked his train of thought. Almost literally sparked.

Suddenly, Alvin overwhelmed Hiccup and flung the sword from his hand again. Hiccup dodged Alvin's next blow, just barely missing it. He turned to the other riders and their dragons.

"Mount up!" he ordered. "I'll meet you up!"

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?" shouted Astrid. "I'M NOT LEAVING YOU!"

"YES, you ARE!" shouted Hiccup. He gave Stormfly and the other dragons a command he hadn't told anyone else about; it was a rescue command he had taught the dragons for moments such as this. The dragons grabbed their riders in their paws and shot into the air.

Astrid screamed for Stormfly to let her down, but Stormfly didn't listen. Hiccup had been the one to train her in the first place, so she had more respect for him at times.

"HICCUP!" shouted Astrid.

"BELCH, LIGHT!" shouted Hiccup. The Zippleback gas was still covering the entire area...it was the perfect way to get rid of the bola shooters that were firing at the dragons, and not to mention all the Outcasts there, at least long enough for an escape.

"HICCUP, NO! IT'LL KILL YOU!" shouted Astrid.

"YOU HAVE TO!" screamed Hiccup. "IT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU GUYS HAVE A CHANCE OF GETTING OUT! YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME! LISTEN TO ME! PLEASE!"

"NO! I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN!" said Astrid.

"DO. IT!" Hiccup ordered harshly, parrying with Alvin. "YOU HAVE TO DO IT!"

Astrid felt tears run down her cheeks. She couldn't let it happen...but she didn't have a choice. Her voice got stuck in her throat.

"TUFFNUT, TELL BELCH TO SPARK!" said Hiccup. He could have well done it himself, but his voice was hoarse from screaming, plus he didn't want to take the chance that Belch wouldn't hear him.

"BELCH, SPARK!" shouted Tuffnut.

The world went in slow motion. Belch lit the flammable gas spread over a vast array of Outcast Island. The explosion it caused was massive.

"HICCUP!" screamed Astrid, finally finding her voice. "HICCUP! NO! NO!"

SO yeah, that just happened! I'll post more tomorrow! Probably finish it tomorrow, too, now that I think about it. :)