We dashed like heck for the bushes after the last of us squeezed out the window, behind us, the Chief had just barely caught a glimpse of my rear end slipping out of the small window in the FCCB building. Within a short time, we were headed to the outside of town, with a plan in our minds. I would act as bait since the cyborg had an interest in killing me, and the others would wait nearby with Inferno and Stormfly II to take it down for long enough to figure out the next step.

"Whew!" Fish sighed when we had paused to catch our breath.

Astrid grinned widely and laughed between pants. "We should do that more often."

"Nearly get caught doing things we shouldn't by the Chief himself? Heck yeah!" Ruff agreed.

"Heck no." I laughed despite myself. "We know we shouldn't be doing this."

"That's why it's fun!" Tuff yelled excitedly.

Shh!" Fish put a finger to his lips. "You want to give away our exact location to everyone in the universe?"

Tuff shook his head no.

"Then let's move quietly and quickly towards that location. Fish, lead the way." I ordered.

Inferno and Stormfly II following quietly, our small group crept through the bushes towards our target destination. No one dared to say a word. It was deathly silent, and when someone stepped on a crackly branch, we all nearly jumped out of our skins or metal parts respectively.

"SHHH!"

"Sorry." Stormfly II apologized, looking sheepish.

I rolled my eyes, and the silence continued.

"We're here." Fishlegs proclaimed at length. I gulped.

"Alright, everyone knows the drill. Go to it." I showed them a thumbs up and they all nodded, moving into position. Fish remained long enough to tell me it would be here in less than a minute at least. I nodded. He gave me a thumbs up and mouthed 'good luck' before disappearing into the shrubbery.

I took deep breaths, standing in a clear spot and holding still, forcing my hands not to reach for a weapon, forcing my feet not to turn around and take me the other direction. I had to remind myself over and over that this was for Hiccup.

I waited. And waited. My heart thumped in my ribcage, my palms were getting sweaty, and I was shaking a little, dare I admit it. Hiccup as a cyborg was terrifying. He had screamed at me, threatened me... but I still knew, deep down that it was him. It had to be.

At first, I thought that maybe he wasn't coming. Or maybe he would ignore me. Or he was waiting right now. My mind was racing. Where was that doggoned cyborg?

It felt like hours passed. My stomach gave me a grumble, my right foot began to cramp, that nasty headache I had from being knocked out a day earlier began to throb anew.

In the bushes, Fish was focused on my form, fidgeting nervously. Ruff and Tuff were silent, waiting. Astrid ran a finger up and down her weapon, a double bladed ax.

Stormfly II was perfectly still, waiting for the right moment with narrowed eyes. She was a larger version of the original Stormfly, Hiccup's best AI that had been destroyed years ago. She was Astrid's AI, a gift from Hiccup from long ago when her other one from the kill ring, Winterblast, quit functioning. Astrid had been somewhat brokenhearted, and Hiccup had known it. Just like he had for Toothless, he had built her in secret for Astrid, meticulously, lovingly, and with everything he could think she would like. He had revealed Stormfly II to Astrid a whole two weeks later, with a wide grin on his face. She had been absolutely astonished, and had hugged him tightly. They had then spent the next week introducing the two, and they had been a perfect team.

Inferno waited with his usual cool, a relaxed expression on his face, ready to hold down the cyborg or tackle it or whatever he had to do. He was a long and somewhat bulky AI, with a tall neck and four large horns on his head, he had two large wings and a long tail. He was powerful in the sky. And, thanks to the brilliant engineering of Hiccup, he had the amazing ability to light himself on fire completely without any damage to his parts. He was strong, quiet, coolheaded, and smart. A perfect parallel of me.

Not to brag or anything. We both have our faults.

My thoughts were interrupted very forcefully by being pinned to the ground by a very frightening cyborg Hiccup. Once again. My heart slammed to a halt. I was staring into the two terrifying eyes of Hiccup. One human, one not. He grinned maliciously down at me.

"Well, well, well. We meet again." He hissed.