Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons Wolrd Shards

by Mico-J-Ken

Hogwarts, Camp Half Blood, the DWMA. Hunters, Mages, Descendants. You name it and it's most likely here. This is what happens when The Big Four are place in several different AUs. See how their stories unfold in each world. Rating changes depending on each story. Ships- Frostcup/Hijack. Merelsa/Eslerida and Eugen x Rapunzel. Read warnings please, and enjoy.

4. Unnatural Four

Rise of Brave Tangled Dragons World Shards

It was just supposed to be one more hunt. That's what Hiccup told himself when Merida came and pulled him from his apple pie life. Just one more hunt to save Jack and Rapunzel. He should have known that that wasn't going to be the case.

AU- Supernatural

Rating- T

Warning- Strong language and a variation of drug abuse.

Thanks so much to those who read and reviewed this story, it means a lot to me. And to Nesthellshert my extremely helpful editor and beta reader. Your help is immensely appreciated.

The Big Four belongs to Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks. And Supernatural is the creation of Eric Kripke, thank you for helping to ruin my life with feels and tears seriously enjoying it. Destiel is practically cannon and I'm just waiting for officiation… Sorry fangirl rambling.

Anyway please enjoy.

Unnatural Four

The fire was so hot, and no matter how much Jack assured him he was going to be okay Hiccup couldn't help thinking he was going to die.

"Stay together." Jack told him.

But he was faltering. His friends were slipping past him. He couldn't get his legs to move any faster.

"Jack!" he cried desperately. "Merida, Rapunzel! Guys!"

"Aaah!"

The scream had him turning to the flames where he could see a dark figure dragging Elsa and Anna away through the fire. Jack cried for them as Rapunzel kept him from the flames as he tried to go after his sisters. Hiccup wanted to help, wanted to move, do anything that would ease his friend's pain. But he was rooted to the spot. He looked for Merida, knowing that she would be able to help. When he found her she was crying over her parents mutilated corpse.

"This isn't right." Hiccup hiccuped as tears trickled down his cheeks. "Make it stop. I don't want to see it anymore. MAKE IT STOP!"

"Hiccup, wake up."

With a gasp, he sat up nearly knocking heads with the blonde girl hovering over him. He gulped in as much air as his lungs could take, gripping the sheets with shaky hands, sweat dripping from his brow.

"Hey." the girl said softly wiping the hair from his brow. "It's alright, it was just a nightmare."

He shook his head pressing a hand to his face.

"... it was the fire wasn't it?" she asked.

He nodded, slowly.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No." he said shakely.

"I'm here for you, you know that right?" she assured him leaning her head on his shoulder.

"I know." he sighed. "I'm sorry Astrid. I keep waking you up like this."

"It's fine." she shrugged. "I can't expect you not to get night terrors. From what you told me it was an awful night. And besides, the alarm was about to go off anyway."

"Heh, guess it's better to wake up to screaming than that stupid beeping noise." he chuckled.

"I'll get the coffee started." Astrid said giving him a quick kiss to the cheek before getting up and leaving the room.

He watched her with a fond smile on his face- the view wasn't that bad, what with her wearing just a t-shirt and underwear.

All that hell, and now I'm here dating the hottest girl ever and going to the best robotics university. He thought with a sigh. How did I get so lucky?

With a groan he got up and jumped in the shower and let the water wash the residual fear away.

The fire happened when he was young, roughly six or seven. He was in an orphanage and was close with five of the other kids. That night he lost two of them and his friend lost her parents- they ran the orphanage- and he grew up in a world of vengeance and darkness. Now, now he was just a student trying to get through his classes.

Caffeine induced and dressed in his jacket- brown leather vest, green cotton sleeves- over a black t-shirt brown jeans and convers, he gave Astrid a kiss on the cheek and headed out on his bike.

"Hey Hiccup." Tadashi called from his work lab.

"Hey man, how's it going with your baymax thing?" he asked taking a sip from his travel mug.

"Slow." Tadashi groaned.

"I'll get the coffee going." Hiccup promised.

"Thanks."

They had an hour before their next class that time was spent working frantically on their robotics projects. His project was something that was supposed to help the police force. A drone that they could send into any building and use a taser current to incapacitate their perpetrator. He wanted to lessen the tension between the police and the public. So he figured that if there was a way to minimize their interaction and lower the risk of accidental shootings or even the death of cops and civilians he should try to make it.

But unfortunately the hour was up before he got too far and he had to go to his physics class. And on it went. He had lunch with his friends and then went back to his class then had three hours in the lab with Tadashi and the rest of his robotics classmates. After that it was dinner at his place with Astrid, Tadashi his girlfriend Honey Lemon.

"God, this mutton is amazing." Tadashi moaned around a mouthful of food.

"Tadashi." Honey winced.

"I'm glad you like it." Astrid smiled.

"How are things at the academy going?" Hiccup asked Astrid taking a sip of his sweet tea.

"Awesome, things are looking a lot better." Astrid smiled. "At first I thought i wasn't going to make it, but now I'm pretty sure I can do this."

"Yeah you got this babe." he smiled.

KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK!

They all looked up to he door with perplexed frowns.

"Where you expecting someone else tonight?" Honey asked.

"No." Astrid shook her head.

"I'll get it." Hiccup smiled getting up.

Later, when he looked back on this night, Hiccup would always wonder if things would have been different if he hadn't answered the door.

"Merida?" he gawked as he opened the door.

"Hiccup, ah need yur 'elp." the girl with untamed red curls and sea blue eyes, wearing a teal leather Jacket over a white tank top and jeans with biker boots urged looking half mad.

"What are you doing here?" he asked feeling beyond confused.

Her eyes suddenly went from panicked to furious.

"Really?" she growled. "Ah haven't seen ye in five years an' th' furst thing ye say ta meh es 'whit are ye dowin 'ere'?"

"Um, sorry… yeah no, I still want to know what your doing here."

"Ah already said." she growled pulling at her hair. "Ah need yur 'elp."

"With what?"

"Hiccup, who is it?" Astrid called walking into the hall trying to see past his shoulder.

"Astrid, um…"

"Aam Merida." the Scottish girl introduced herself stepping around Hiccup. "Aam an old friend ay Hiccups."

"You were with him in the orphanage?" Astrid asked giving a small smile.

"Aye." Merida nodded. "Mah parents ran it. Hiccup, ah really need yur 'elp."

"What's going on?" he asked finally catching up to her concern. "Where are Jack and Rapunzel."

"Thas whit ah need 'elp with." Merida groaned. "Can we gab oowith?"

"What?" Astrid asked looking to Hiccup.

"She wants to talk outside." He told her before turning back to Merida. "Your slipping into Scottish speak."

"Scottish spick." Merida hissed tensely. "Whit do ye mean by 'at?"

"Your accent gets thicker when your agitated." Hiccup explained now getting more tense himself. "Where are Jack and Rapunzel?"

"They're missin'!" she finally cried. "Ah haven't seen 'em in three weeks. Ah need yer 'elp findin' 'em!"

"What happened?"

"We split up." she hissed looking worriedly at Astrid.

Quickly Hiccup caught on and used the usual cover story.

"Don't worry, I told Astrid about how I used to pretend to be older and hunt people who skipped bale with you and the others." he said giving her a knowing look.

This made her sigh in relief.

"Good." she nodded. "Ah wasn't sure how ta talk aroond thes."

"So you where hunting a bounty, then what?" he asked noticing out of the corner of his eye that Tadashi and Honey where watching them from the living room.

"We waur huntin' in Main, 'en we suddenly got a tip from a buddy 'at th' arsonist was in Montana."

"Wait, the arsonist?" Hiccup's eyes went wide at the code word. "As in the guy that burned the orphanage and took Elsa and Anna?"

"Aye." she nodded playing with her triskelion bear pendant. "But th' info was a bit off. Ah didn't believe it, but Jack was relentless on gowin after it. So he went an' Raps went with 'im. 'At was three weeks ago. Ah haven't heard from 'em since. Ah finished up mah hunt an' called 'em, thes es whit Ah got."

Pulling out her phone she tapped at the screen then held it out for him to hear.

"Raps, where are ye g-"

"Merida listen to me!" Rapunzel's panicked voice came through the receiver. "Don't come to Montana, whatever you do, stay away!"

"Whit are ye talkin' aboot?"

"Don't come to Montana!" Rapunzel urged. "It's not what we thought. We've never seen anything like this before. There so many of them. Too many, we can't fight them."

"Whit do ye mean? Rapuzel whit's gowin on?"

"Just stay away! Please, it's too dangerous… Oh god, there here…"

"Rapunzel! Whits gowin on? Talk ta meh. Hey!"

"JACK BEHIND Y-"

The line cut off then leaving the room in silence.

"Ah haven't heard from 'em since." Merida gritted. "Ah've been callin' 'em both but aw Ah get es a robot sayin' 'at their phones are disconnected. Somethin' happened ta 'em an' ah need yer 'elp ta find 'em. Please Hiccup."

"Merida, I get that your worried." Hiccup said soothingly. "I am too now. But you don't need my help. I've seen you take down three guys at once. Whatever this is-"

"Ah know ye swore off huntin'!" Merida interrupted viciously. "But thes es Rapunzel and Jack, if they coodn't handle it tagether, 'en whit chance da ye think Ah have alone?"

"Merida-"

"Please." Merida urged. "Their our family. Once we save 'em ye can go back ta yer life with yer gurl an' friends. Jist 'elp me please."

He didn't want to go, he really didn't. He had a feeling that if he went something bad would happen. But this was Jack and Rapunzel he couldn't just let whatever bad bump in the night kill them. He owed Rapunzel for so much, and Jack..,

"Alright, just let me pack a bag." he nodded headed for his room.

"Wait, what?" Astrid gawked after him.

"Och thank god." Merida sighed.

"Wait, Hiccup, hold on." Astrid called following him. "Your just gonna up and leave because she says two people you haven't seen in years are in trouble."

"You heard the message." Hiccup told her throwing some clothes in a bag along with his knives and tools. "They're in trouble, I've got to help them. They not just some people I used to know. At one point they were my brother and sister."

"But you said things didn't end well with you and Jack, that Merida and Rapunzel took his side and you walked. Are you really gonna go help them after that?"

"They would do the same for me." he told her throwing another weapon into the bag.

Astrid always knew about his weapons collection, it was one of the things that drew her to him. He had censored his stories enough to keep it close to the truth but without all the true uglies that they faced. This was how he justified his knives, guns, and other sharp objects.

"You don't know that."

"Yes I do."

"Okay, what about classes, and your drone?"

"I'll email the teachers so they can send my assignments to me and Tadashi and Hiro can record all my lessons. And as for the drone, I'll just have to finish it when I get back."

"Just stop for a second, alright." she gritted pressing her fingertips to her temples. "You can't just go off like this and drop everything. Not for these people."

"Astrid," Hiccup sighed. "Things happened but that was years ago. It's all in the past and honestly not worth leaving them hanging. Their my family, I got to help them. It's just for a couple of days, I'll be back before you know it."

She didn't say anything to that, just shook her head and went to the dining room with Tadashi and Honey. Hiccup followed her after throwing some more clothes in the bag. "Hey, Tadashi." he called shouldering the bag. "Can you and Hiro do me a favor, can you guys record the lectures and send me the recordings. I should only be gone for a few days."

"Yeah man, sure thing." the asian nodded. "Hey, is everything alright?"

"Yeah, some old friends need some help." Hiccup shrugged. "I'll see you when i get back, Astrid."

She just glared then looked away. Sighing, he turned back to the red head and nodded. She nodded back and lead the way outside.

"Your still driving the Heritage?" he asked eyeing the softail bike.

"Aye, she's mah babby." She smiled petting the seat. "Ye can strap yer bag around yer chest, right?"

"Yeah, I haven't entirely forgot what it was like to ride with you."

"Guid. Hop oan th' back."

"You got it." he smiled climbing on behind her. "Do you have helmets?"

"Aye." she nodded pulling out two hemlents from her one saddlebags bag.

"I was joking." he said eyeing the head gear. "When did you get those?"

"Ah hud an accident a year ago. Stated ta wear one effter 'at. Put it oan."

He cocked his head to the left and accepted it. Helmets on and packs secured, Merida kick started the Harley Softail and took off full throttle down the road. Hiccup would completely deny it if you asked him, but it had been years since he's been on a motorbike- let alone one with Merida behind the bars- so when she went speeding down the road he quickly wrapped his arms as tightly as possible around her waist and resisted the urge to scream.

"Haven't forgot hoo ta ride, eh." Merida snarked.

"Shut up, it's been a while." he called over the roaring wind.

She laughed wholeheartedly. He rolled his eyes. It would be a long drive from San Francisco to Montana and all they had to keep entertained was the scenery around them. Being on the Harley, with Merida, brought back a lot of memories.

The fire, he and Rapunzel barley dragging Jack and Merida out alive. Going to live with an old hunter and friend of his father and mother, Gobber. Learning how to hunt. Telling himself he was doing it to avenge his parents- who died when he was three in a dragon hunt- but knowing that he wasn't. Pretending to be a bounty hunter after some jackass that skipped bail and did some terrible things. The late nights of black coffee and dusty old tombs. The grave desecrations and crappy diner food. And…

Jack.

Everything about Jack. He remembered when his hair and eyes were brown and then one day, after he found a rare relic of some greek god they turned white and blue. He remembered being possessed by a demon and the five hours it took Jack to exercise it from him. Jack never gave up on him. He remembered how relieved he was when Hiccup was freed. He remembered the kiss. The kisses that followed. The long nights of talks and touch. The fights. The fight.

Jack at one point was Hiccup's entire world.

And it was for that reason he was doing this. For nine years he's been wondering whether his friends where alive or dead. Weather Jack was alive and well. Or if they ever found the thing that took Elsa and Anna. Tonight he got all his answers. Tonight he realised he'll be facing one of his worst fears very soon.

It took a couple of days, a bunch of stops at gas stations, a couple of motels and then hello big sky country. There were pines everywhere, and lots of green. A nice big slice of country if he had to admit. He had gotten so used to the city life he forgot what rural land felt like. The air was definitely cleaner for starters and the air was chilled. Passing through the pass they had to dodge patches of ice- which Merida handled like a pro- apparently winter liked to get an early start in Montana.

"So where do we start?" Hiccup asked as Merida filled up her tank.

"Aam not sure." she sighed adjusting her leather jacket. "Aw Ah know es 'at they were in a mountain range somewhere."

"Really?" he raised a brow. "A mountain range in Montana, that'll be easy."

"Can th' sass." she tsked. "They hud their phones. Maybae we can track 'em 'at way."

"Alright, just get me someplace with wifi." he nodded.

Across the street they sat in a little cafe, ordered some coffee and sat by the window. Firing up his laptop Hiccup went straight to work with all the info that Merida could provide about Jack and Rapunzel's phones. He didn't get a ping off their work phones, which most likely ment they weren't working. So he tried their other phones. Finally he got one off of Jack's third phone.

"Yahtzee." he smiled. "Alright so it looks like their in Phillipsburg, Granite State Park. And I also did a background check on that range and there where a bunch of cases where hikers and campers, nature enthuthiast, went missing. The bodies were never found. The theory was that was a bloodthirsty grizzly had attacked them dragged off the bodies and then scavengers got whatever was left."

"Nothin' aboot arson?" Merida asked taking a sip of her coffee.

"No," he shook his head looking through all possible news reports. "There have been a few small electrical fires, but no mysterious house fires. Whatever took the girls was never in Phillipsburg."

"Okay, so most likely Jack an' Rapunzel came 'ere lookin' fur it, figured it it wasnae 'ere an' foond thes other case an' went tae fin' whit it was."

"Yeah, and now their missing." Hiccup nodded. "I'll hack into some databases and see if they stayed anywhere before they went after it. Maybe we can figure out what they were hunting."

"Ur we can narraw it doon oorselves."

"What do you mean?"

"Thaur ur only sae many things 'at hang it in th' moontains loch thes. But thaur is only a body 'at hunts thes viciously thes close ta winter."

"You thinking windigo?"

"Aye."

"No, that doesn't add up."

"Hoo so?"

"During the call Rapunzel said there were too many of them."

"Windigos dorn't hunt in packs." she sighed.

"Maybe it's a werewolf pack. Like a pack of purebloods."

"Maybae."

"Either way, we know where they are and probably should check it out."

Five minutes later yielded some very interesting results.

"Hey listen to this." Hiccup suddenly said, getting no answer.

Looking up he saw she had ear buds in. Most likely listening to Linkin Park or Zeppelin, or maybe even an audio book… could happen.

"Merida!" he called shaking her.

"Aye." she said looking startled.

"Listen to this, according to the local news reports a hiker named Moana Motunui went hiking with her friend and then went missing. A weak later she came running out of the woods screaming about monsters taking her and her friend Maui into a dark cavern. She watched them tear her friend apart and barely made it out alive."

"So we go talk ta 'er." Merida nodded pulling out a credit card.

"Still scamming." Hiccup sighed.

"Nae, sometimes we actually hunt doon real bail skippers." she shrugged. "Honest livin'."

"Cool." he smiled.

On the road again they reached Phillipsburg in just a few hours and quickly found where Moana lived and knocked on her door.

"Miss Motunui." Hiccup said when she answered the door.

"What do you want?" the curly haired Hawaiian girl said in a small voice.

"We were hopin' ye cood teel us a few things aboot yer time in th' woods." Merida said as gently as her alpha personality could allow.

"I have nothing to say to you." the girl growled shakily. "Leave me alone."

"Moana, please." Hiccup begged pushing on the door to keep it open. "Our friends may have gone up there. We haven't seen them in a few days. Please, your the only person who may know where they are. Please, you have to help us."

This made her pause. Blinking blurry eyes she rubbed her arm then licked her lips. Taking a deep breath she looked him straight in the eye.

"Your friends, a boy and a girl. White hair, blue pullover hoodie. Really long blonde hair, purple leggings?" she asked looking nervous.

"Yeah, you saw them?" he asked looking hopeful.

She nodded.

"They were in the caves with me and... And Maui."

"Were they hurt?" Merida demanded. "What happened."

"I'm sorry." she shook her head. "They helped me get out, but just as we got outside… those- those things, they caught up. They stayed behind to hold them off and told me to run. I haven't seen them since. I-I think… I think they're still there."

"Where is this cavern?" Hiccup asked calmly.

"There's this ghost town, Granite Ghost Town. Maui and I were hiking around there when it grabbed us. Took us up to the old abandoned mines. I've told the police this, but they won't believe me."

"We do." Hiccup assured her.

"Whit did they look loch?" Merida asked. "Th' monsters, whit did they look loch?"

"Tall." Moana squeaked. "Thin, long arms and claws and teeth. Lots of sharp teeth."

"You said thin." Hiccup said getting thoughtful. "How thin?"

"Like skeletal." she whimpered. "I could see their ribs. I could see their spines through their stomachs. And their ears were pointed. Or I think they were, it was really dark."

"Anythin' else?" Merida asked.

"Um… yeah actually." Moana nodded her eyes focusing on something in the past. "Right before… before they grabbed us, there was this roar."

"A roar?" Hiccup wondered tilting his head.

"Yeah. I remember because it's why we diverted from the path. There were things roaring in the trees. We ran away thinking it was a cougar and that's when they caught us."

Merida and Hiccup shared a look. A concerned, confused, and knowing look. Then Hiccup took Moana's hand.

"Thank you." he told her.

"What are you going to go do?" she asked looking between them.

"Go save uir friends." Merida said turning back to her harley.

"You can't go out there." Moana urged shaking her head. "You'll die."

"Moana." Hiccup said in a determine tone getting her attention. "We do this for a living. We'll find our friends then kill those things. You just stay here. They won't come for you here."

This seemed to calm her down just the slightest and she nodded. With a reassuring smile he patted her hand and made his way back to the bike where Merida was smirking. His questioning raised brow only made her giggle.

"What?" he asked.

"Ah forgot ye cood do 'at." she smiled.

"Do what?"

"'At whole oh captain mah captain thing. Thes thing where yur voice gets aw stern an' determined makin' anyone believe whit ye say. Between 'at an' Rap's puppy dog eyes, ye cood get us anythin'."

"Yeah, yeah alright. Can we please focus on the big issue here. What she just described, that was a wendigo. Like to a T."

"Ur maybae it was an aswong."

"I think if it was she would mention the creepy tube tongue or the big bat wings. No it was a wendigo. You were right."

"An' so were ye. Wendigos didn't hunt en packs. They wood tear each other apart."

"What else could it be then?"

"Ah dorn't know. She said it was dark, maybae she didn't it clear enough."

"Well we don't have time to waste. You heard her. Jack and Rapunzel helped Moana get out. That was roughly a week ago. Wendigos keep their victims alive but they also tear them apart slowly. We need to get to our friends."

"Fine, but one problem. Ah dorn't have any ay th' fire weapons. We always kept 'em en th' Jeep."

"Okay well maybe if we go to this ghost town we'll find the Jeep and can get what we need."

This is turning into an unnerving trip. Hiccup thought.

The ghost town wasn't all that hard to find. There were signs everywhere leading you right to it. Thankfully the wagonesk tank Jack called a Jeep was also really easy to spot. It was black and with big wheels and four doors. A piece of crap that needed a ton of work and was barely functioning. And it was home. Hiccup smiled as he placed his hand on the hood. When they were younger and couldn't scrounge up the money for a room or where in the middle of nowhere and too tired to carry on this wagon was their safe haven. They'd sleep in their seats. Sure it wasn't comfortable and would lead to three days of back pain, but the Jeep was warded and safe. After a werewolf pack got Gobber this car was the only home the kids had.

"God I've missed this old tank." Hiccup sighed giving it a pat.

"Loch it's better 'an mah bike." Merida snorted.

"Last time I checked we couldn't sleep in your bike." Hiccup snorted. "I still don't understand why you even got it. I mean Harleys are awesome, but when hunting it's not practical."

"Ah got everythin' Ah need en mah bag."

"You didn't have the flame thrower."

"We cood 'ave stopped by a shop an' grabbed ale fur molotovs."

"Flamethrower vs molotovs." Hiccup tsked holding out his hands as if he were weighing fruit. "Yeah I'm gonna go with flamethrower."

"Whitever." she huffed walking for the back. "Let's jist get whit we need an' go get our mates."

He nodded looking out toward the mountains were his friends most likely were either fighting for their lives or slowly dying. He prayed it wasn't the latter. With Rapunzel up there maybe they had a better chance of survival. Girl had some freaky healing powers. Actually everyone in the group had some kind of power except Hiccup. Rap's heals, Merida gets visions and feelings, and Jack had this staff that freezes things. It was part of the reason Hiccup left. Either way, with these gifts he had some hope for his friends.

"Um, Hiccup, we have a problem." Merida called from the trunk.

Narrowing his eyes he joined her and looked in the secret compartment where the spare tire would normally go in a tiny car. In there were weapons, chalk, spray paint, salt, jugs of water with rosaries floating in them, medallions and books but something was missing.

"They took the flamethrower." He groaned.

"Aye." she hissed. "They knew whit they were fancin' an' took whit they needed."

"So what do we do?"

"Weel, we can use these." she suggested holding a pair of mini propane bottles that were jerry rigged with a nozzle. "We have lighters."

"Better than nothing I guess. And maybe we'll find the flamethrower while we're up there."

"Either way, we shood go befur it gets ta dark."

Loading up everything they would need they set out for the abandoned mines. Along the way Merida made sure to touch almost every tree they passed in the hopes of receiving a vision of their friends or even where the monster is gonna show up next. But so far they got no hits.

"Ah don't lock thes." Merida gritted placing her hand on another tree only to jump back with a gasp.

"What, what did you see?" Hiccup demanded.

"They got caught 'ere." she breathed staring at the tree. "There were so manae."

"Wendigos?"

"Ah think." she closed her eyes trying to see the vision again. "It was dark. Ah coodn't see much. Aam sorry."

"No, it's a lead." He assured her with a small smile. "Did you see which way it went?"

"Aye. Thes way."

Forward they went, following the sun as it sank behind the trees. Every now and then Merida would get another vision and they'de change their course just slightly heading further and further up the mountain. Until finally they came across an abandoned mine.

Gingerly the red head placed her hand on the entrance's edge and let the images flood her eyes.

"Is this it?" Hiccup asked.

"Aye." Merida nodded. "They came through 'ere. Jack was unconscious."

"And Raps?"

"Kickin' an' shriekin' loch a banshee. Threw a few fists ta."

"Yeah, sounds about right."

"So from 'ere on out we go slow an' safe."

He nodded getting the Jerry rigged flamethrower ready to fire. (Pun intended).

Of course it was dark and dank, they were more likely to smell the wendigos den before they saw it. But if they turned on their flashlights it would draw the monsters right to them. That was fine though. They've trained for this. Gobber would have them locked in a dark room while he poked at them and they used their other senses to evade, block and attack him. So this was nothing. Even for Hiccup who hadn't been hunting for nearly five years. Using their training they were able to follow a clear path of struggle to what they assumed was the center of the mountain and as predicted, they smelt the monsters before they saw them.

"Uck." Merida groaned. "Wa diz it reek loch cat piss?"

"No clue, but god." Hiccup gagged.

Grrrr.

They both froze for a split second then plastered themselves against the cavern wall. Waiting for just a second before peeking around the corner and preparing them for the horrors that awaited them. What they saw though was not what they were expecting.

"Whit th' 'ell!" Merida hissed staring at the creatures. "Those arenae wendigos!"

And they weren't. These were just what Moana described, but not what the hunters assumed. They were tall with long arms and thin, skeletal and had lots of sharp teeth and claws. But they also had yellow eyes, short snouts, and pointed triangle ears. It looked like they had no hair but really it was just real fine and smooth. There were five of them all together. And off in the corner, in a cage made of what they assumed was human bones, were a girl in a white hoodie, pink canvas jacket, purple short shorts and purple leggings and a boy wearing a brown canvas jacket over a light blue pullover hoodie, brown jeans and both wearing easy to slip on and off tennis shoes.

"Shit." Hiccup gritted thumping the back of his head on the wall.

"Whit?" Merida demanded. "Whit are they?"

"Ailuranthropes."

"Ailur- whit now?"

"Ailuranthropes. Or werecats."

"Ye mean werewolves?"
"No I mean werecats." he groaned. "They're worse than werewolves. They eat the whole buffalo, and are more monster than animal or human. Most only turn at the fall equinox, when their hunger becomes to much. But others give into their animal side entirely becoming monsters. They can hunt solitarily or in prides. This would be a pride. That's why Moana said they roared. These things can't talk. Either way, you can kill them like a werewolf. Silver to the heart."

"Hoo dae ye know aw thes?"

"My parents hunted one. It was in dad's journal. But that is not important right now." he ticked lifting the flamethrower slightly. "These are useless and we don't have any silver."

"Ye dorn't have any silver." she smirked pushing him back toward the entrance.

Once they were a good distance away she swung her pack off her shoulder and went digging.

"'Ere we are." she said softly pulling out a pistol and three clips. "'Ere take thes."

"You have two of these right?"

"Nay." she shook her head pulling out a fold up bow and a quiver of arrows. "Aam better wi' these."

"There silver tipped?"

"Aye course." she nodded. "Weel, a third aye 'em are."

"How can you tell the difference?"

"Dorn't worry." she shook her head. "Now listen ta meh. Ah'll draw them awa', ye gie Rapunzel an' Jack. Come fin' me 'en we'll tak' caur ay th' pack."

"What, no. What if I don't get to you in time? You could die."

"Ah'll bae fine." she assured. "Look, we dornt stand a chance against these things jist ye an' me. We need Raps an' Jack. Sae follaw th' plan an' gie them out ay thaur."

"Damnit, Merida. You better not die on me."

"Dorn't take sae long an' Ah won't."

With another nod Merida marched forward in the open while Hiccup hid in a little nitch out of sight.

"Oi, beasties?" Merida called shooting one of the cats in the heart with her arrow.

This got the whole prides attention, they snarled and spat at her, but she just smiled.

"'Ello darlins'." she smirked.

"Merida, no!" Rapunzel cried throwing herself against the bones, Jack right next to her.

"You idiot run!" he roared at her.

"'At's th' plan." Merida cried taking off down the tunnels with the whole pride after her.

Hiccup counted them as they went… one...two…three...four… as soon as they all passed by he snuck out of his hiding spot and sprinted for the cage.

"Hiccup!" Jack gaped.

"Hey guys." he smiled sheepishly.

"What are you doing here?" Jack demanded looking angry now. "Get out of here before they come back. They'll kill you."

"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence." he rolled his eyes running his hand along the bones to try and find a week poin.

"I mean it Hiccup." Jack urged grabbing Hiccup's hand through the bars. "You got out, now stay out. Go."

"I'm not leaving you." Hiccup hissed forcing his hand out of the albinos.

"Why can't you ever listen to me."

"Guys enough." Rapunzel interrupted placing a stern hand on Jack's shoulder. "Hiccup what are you doing here."

"Merida came and got me." he told her. "I wasn't about to leave you guys to die."

"Well I'm glad to see you." she smiled.

"Yeah, me too." he smiled back. "Jack where's your staff?"

"The alpha's took it. Did you see them?" Jack asked looking wide eyed.

"What?" Hiccup asked looking confused. "Weren't they with the ones that went after Merida?"

"No." Rapunzel shook her head urgently. "They have their own den-"

"HICCUP, BEHIND YOU!" Jack shouted suddenly.

Pulling out the pistol and turning on his heal Hiccup saw what had Jack so freaked out. Before him, towering over him by several feet, where two werecats salivating and snarling. Quickly taking aim, Hiccup fired off twice (double tap) at the closest one and dove out of the way as the other lunged for him. Getting to his knees he quickly assessed the situation- he killed the one which pissed the other off- and aimed again. But before he could pull the trigger the gun was knocked from his hands and he was thrown against the wall.

"Gawck." he coughed spitting out blood from biting his tongue.

"Hiccup!" Jack cried shaking the bone cage.

Using the wall to balance himself, Hiccup stood and scanned the ground for his gun. He wasn't looking for long before the alpha had him by the neck and was lifting him in the air. He clawed at it's furry arm attempted to make it let go but all it did was snarl and squeeze tighter. He gasped uselessly his vision becoming darker and darker just waiting for the beast to tear out his heart. When suddenly it's eyes went wide and dropped him. Air slammed into his lungs full forces making him cough and wheeze. Eyes teary he watched as the monster fell before him revealing Jack with his staff. He had stabbed it through the cat's heart.

"How did you do that?" Hiccup coughed.

"I froze his heart and shattered it." he said kneeling down to inspect Hiccup's neck. "Jeez, you've been out of the game for too long. Your skills are rusty."

"Shut up." Hiccup rasped.

"Hold still." Rapunzel told him placing two fingers to his neck.

A surge of energy went through him and the ache in his throat was gone.

"Thanks." he smiled at her then furrowed his brows. "How did you guys get out?"

"Rap's hair." Jack shrugged pulling Hiccup to his feet.

"What?"

Smiling sheepishly Rapunzel reeled in her miles long blond hair tightly around her head. He had forgot about this. This was one of Raps odd abilities. For whatever reason he hair was indestructible. The only thing they've seen cut it was an angel blade. Still made a great weapon though.

"What did you do, smash it to smithereens?" Hiccup asked.

"No." she shrugged. "Just used it to grab Jack's staff so he could freeze and shatter the bones."

"Oh is that all." He scoffed.

"Es 'at aw ye git ye bampot numpties." they heard being shouted from down the tunnels.

"Oh shit, Merida." Hiccup said panicked.

Sprinting down the tunnels they followed the sound of colorful curses and yowling cats. Finally they came upon an alcove and an interesting sight. Covered in blood, hair more chaotic than normal, leather jacket ruffled stood Merida with four dead ailuranthropes.

"Holly crap." Hiccup gaped.

"Och hey." Merida smiled whipping some blood from her face. "Whits up."

"Is that an angel blade?" Hiccup asked staring at the shiny silver blade in her hand.

"Aye." she nodded whipping the blade on her pant leg. "Ah ran out ay silver arrows."

"Where did you get an angel blade. Those dicks don't hang around long enough to leave those behind." Hiccup was still gawking.

"Not lately." Jack told leaning against his staff. "They've been attacking in droves this year."

"What why?"

"No one knows." Rapunzel shook her head. "We've tangled with a few that wanted to take my hair. We've been able to fight them off so far."

"What the hell."

"Loch she said, we dorn't know." Merida sighed placing the blade back in her bag. "Now, eff ye dorn't min' ah wood loch ta get out ay 'ere."

The hike back down the mountain was more tiresome than the hike up. Mind you, they just took out a pack of werecatd and were all beyond exhausted. It had been a long couple of days, which begged the question.

"Hey, why where they keeping you alive?" Hiccup asked.

"Dunno." Jack shrugged which looked weird with how he had his staff on his shoulders. "They just took one whiff of us and threw us in the cage. Didn't touch us again after that."

"Weird." Hiccup hummed.

"Yeah, but what's weirder still is you hunting again." the blue clad boy smirked. "So you back in the game then."

Hiccup shook his head.

"No, it was just this once." he said avoiding eye contact.

It was weird being this close to Jack again. Seeing the ice blue of his eyes, smelling the winter air he carried. It was all overwhelming and shaking his resolve just the slightest.

"Oh, yeah, I guess I should have known." Jack huffed glaring ahead.

"What does that mean?" Hiccup demanded turning his moss green eyes on the boy.

"Boys." Rapunzel warned looking between them worriedly. "We haven't seen Hiccup in five years, let's not fight."

"Yeah, we haven't seen him because he's been playing make believe at some school for the last five years." Jack tsked.

"Playing make believe are you kidding me." Hiccup growled. "I've been working my ass off on a future for myself."

"No you're running from the life. You know what's out there and you chose to pretend that it doesn't exist and be normal."

"And what's wrong with that?"

"You left us man." Jack snapped pausing in his step to glare at Hiccup. "You left me."

"Jack." Rapunzel chastised.

"Could you blame me." Hiccup gritted. "This life, it's nothing but blood and loss. I didn't want that, you did."

"You turned your back on me, on my sisters."

"I just wanted a life where I didn't have to worry about seeing you get torn apart by whatever we were hunting. Or worse, being so consumed with vengeance that you would become a monster yourself. I wasn't gonna watch you self destruct."

"So you leave me." Jack scoffed. "Yeah, that seems like a perfect plan. Can't believe I actually thought you loved me."

Finally Hiccup snapped. With a burning look in his eyes he grabbed Jack's stupid frost blue hoodie and shoved him against the nearest tree. Fixing him with that look that said "listen good you little shit".

"I did love you Jack." he roared. "I loved you with everything I had. I wouldn't have given you what I did if I didn't. But I couldn't watch you kill yourself. That's why I left. You were never going to stop hunting, not even after we saved your sisters. I knew I had no right to ask you to stop. You have to find the girls. But I couldn't keep stiching you back up or hold you while you cried over not finding them yet. I couldn't watch you fall apart. Think whatever you want about me for that. I dont' care. I haven't cared since that fight. Since I left. This thing already took so much from me, I wasn't gonna let it take you too. So I left. So screw you and your shit. I'm done."

There was a moment of silence, the girls staring wide eyed at the boys and Jack just staring down at the boy he still loved with his very soul.

"If your so done, then why come back and save me and Rapunzel?"

"Because no matter what, you guys are still my family." Hiccup gritted. "If I can help you then I will."

"Alright, enough." Merida said sternly pulling Hiccup off Jack. "Both ay ye. Ah dorn't want ta 'ear anymore ay thes. Jack, Hiccup came because ah asked 'im ta. Sae staw yer grudge an' let's gie home."

"Shit." Hiccup groaned. "I still have to finish the first phase of my robotics project the day after tomorrow. Astrid's gonna kill me."

"Who's Astrid?" Rapunzel asked pulling Hiccup into a stride.

"My extremely study enthusiast girlfriend." he moaned.

"Girlfriend?" Jack squawked.

Looking over his shoulder boardly Hiccup gave him a look.

"Don't give me that." he snorted. "Before you dated me you were dating that hunter with the fairy obsession and the extremely colorful hair."

"I never claimed to be gay." Jack insisted.

"Neither did I." Hiccup shrugged. "We're bi so what."

"And Titania Tooth was a friend with benefits."

"Whatever Jack." Hiccup sighed as they finally reached the Jeep and Harley. "I'll ride back with Merida."

"Are you sure?" Rapunzel asked. "You could sleep in the back."

"It's not fair that I sleep while the drivers are, well driving. And besides I don't think me and him should be in such a small space together. Let's just drive to the nearest motel get some sleep and I'll catch a plane home tomorrow."

"We could drive you." Jack offered looking offronted. "We're heading out that way anyway. The safe house we've been staying in is that way."

"Thanks, but it took days to get here and I need to be back in hours. Plane is the only way to do it." he yawned. "Let's just hurry and get to a hotel. I'm beat."

Soon enough they were all crashed out on cheep stained beds in a roach motel just absolutely dead to the world. In the morning Hiccup made a call and bought a ticket back to San Francisco. He said a quick goodbye to Rapunzel and Jack then caught a ride from Merida to the airport.

"Cheers again, fur comin' ta help meh." she told him hugging him tight.

"What is family for." he chuckled squeezing her just as tight. "Call me when you can okay, just to let me know you guys are alright."

"Sure thin'." she nodded.

With one last smile he shouldered his pack and headed for his gate. In just a few hours he was back home. He hadn't told Astrid he was coming because he wanted to surprise her. It was Saturday so she should be home. He caught a cab and counted down the minutes till his apartment complex was in sight. Smiling like a loon he slid the key home and turned the knob entering his home.

And that was when his world came crashing down around him.

The smell of decaying meat assaulted his nostrils making him dry heave and his eyes water. He covered his nose doubling over with a gag barely able to see what was going on. When he saw the source of the smell he almost really did vomit.

"Oh, god, Tadashi, Honey…" he sobbed stumbling forward.

Suddenly there was a blinding pain in the back of his head sending him to the ground with a thud.

"Oh yeah, that happened right after you left."

Rolling onto his back and looking up he was confused to find a blurred version of his girlfriend covered in stale blood smiling like the cat that just ate the canary holding rope.

"Astrid?" he asked not understanding what was happening.

"Yeah, about that." she smirked her pupils suddenly growing until they completely blacked out her eyes. "Astrid, hasn't been Astrid for a very long time."

"Demon." Hiccup growled around his grogginess.

"Bingo." she giggled lifting her foot just high enough to slam it down on his face.

Jack pulled the Jeep into the Gas an' Sip, a tired look in his eyes. They had been driving all day and lost Merida on her bike a couple of times. But they knew where they were going so it wasn't that big of a deal. He spotted her at one of the pumps and pulled up behind her. The bright lights of the station hurt his eyes as he got out making him groan.

"You alright?" Rapunzel asked as she stretched.

"Yeah, just tired." he sighed.

"Ur yer missin' yer boyfriend." Merida snickered.

"Shut up." he growled.

"Alright jeez." she relented throwing her hands up in the air.

"Jack." Rapunzel sighed.

"Sorry, can we just get the gas and go. I need to sleep for like a month." he said rubbing his head.

The truth was running into Hiccup like that brought back a lot of memories. Things he had tried to keep buried for years. For him, Hiccup was the one that got away. He had known even when they weren't together that Hiccup never wanted this life. He only stayed because it's all he's ever known. When they finally kissed- after Jack exercised the demon from Hiccup- he had hoped that it would give him reason to stay with them. But as the years went on, not even their love could keep Hiccup with Jack. At least now he knew it wasn't because Hiccup just gave up on Elsa and Anna or him. If he had known what he was putting Hiccup through he would have done something to change it. Well, that's what he would like to think he would do.

But would he really?

Knowing what he is, it was best that Hiccup was far away from him. Really he should just ditch Rapunzel and Merida to protect them, but he couldn't just leave them without an explanation. He already lost two sisters he couldn't lose two more. Which is why he was going to fight tooth and nail and never give in to those assclowns. He would fight them, he would fight his destiny and what he is.

He would not lose to them. Not now. Not ever.

"Oh no." Rapunzel spoke up freeing him from his musings.

"Whit es it?" Merida asked hanging up the nozzle.

"Hiccup left his jacket in the Jeep." she sighed pulling out a jacket with a brown leather vest and green cloth sleeves and holding it up for them to see.

"He never takes that thing off." Jack noted finishing his own gas job.

"Gie it 'ere. Ah'll tak' it back ta 'im-" as soon as her fingers closed around the fabric she gasped her eyes going wide.

"What is it?" Jack demanded. "Merida, what do you see? Is it Hiccup? Is he alright?"

"No." she breathed. "We need ta go, now."

"What did you see?" Rapunzel asked urgently.

"'E needs us. We need ta go!" was all she would say before hopping on her bike and kick starting the engine.

Speeding down the interstate she prayed that they wouldn't be too late.

"Wakey, wakey, little bitch."

With a hard slap Hiccup was shocked back to the world of the waking. Blinking at the pain and groaning at the head ache. And with a lurch in his stomach he remembered why his head hurt and what was happening. He went to launch for the black eyed bitch only to find that he was tied to one of the kitchen chairs. Hissing he struggled but to no avail.

"How long?" he gritted shaking his head to clear it. "How long have you been possessing her?"

"Long enough." The demon smirked.

"Why?"

"Because it's all part of the big plan."

"What."

"We've been planning this for a while now. This will definitely get him on our side."

"Who are you talking about?" He demanded testing his bindings.

"Why your good boy Jack."

"What… what does this have to do with Jack?"

"Oh this has everything to do with Jack." she sighed going to the table and gingerly picking up a syringe. "Tell me, what do you remember about the fire? Like do you remember seeing what took the girls?"

"No." He snarled. "What does this have to do with Jack? What does this have to do with me?"

"I'm getting there." she told him as if speaking to a child. "The thing that took them, that was what you call a Prince of Hell. Or yellow eyed demon. Pitch Black, my boss."

"Yeah, still not following." He sassed narrowing his eyes.

"Keep your organs in, I'm getting there."

Rolling his eyes Hiccup discreetly glanced around for anything that could be useful. That is until she turned around and began swaying her hips as she walked to him. His eyes honed in on the needle then.

"What is that?" He demanded.

"See that night," she began as she straddled him. "Pitch was after two children. Two very powerful children. He didn't give a damn about the others and simply wanted them all to burn because why not right. So he goes in setting the place on fire and what should he find? Two hunters ready to die for a bunch of snot nose pip squeaks."

"So he kills them."

"Well not exactly." she groaned. "The fire was supposed to be a distraction. While Mr. and Mrs. Dunbroch were saving the little kiddies, Pitch would snatch up Jack and Elsa."

"J-Jack and Elsa?" He stammered eyes widening in astonishment. "He wanted Jack? Then why did he take Anna?"

"Now that's the question." she smirked clicking her tongue. "He was supposed to take the twins, but he didn't. He expected the Dunbrochs to be busy rounding up all the kids giving Pitch enough time to grab the twins. He didn't expect for them to start barking orders and for the mini Dunbroch and Jackie boy to follow them blindly. So he had to fight off two very experienced hunters while the building was burning and killing the targets. He grabbed what he could."

Shaking his head to process what was being said.

"Why?" He gritted. "Why did he want the twins? What did he need them for."

"Another good question." she giggled patting his cheek. "I always knew you were the brains of the big four. But enough with the 20/20. We can pick back up after this short break. It's time for your medication."

"What are you-" he began only to freeze as she ripped open his shirt and jabed the needle into his chest. "Gaaah!"

He cried out as she pressed the plunger down. Whatever it was burned. It flooded into his veins, searing every inch of his insides. His heart pumped faster spreading the poison further.

"What the hell is that?" He gritted glaring at the syringe.

"Grade A Prince of Hell blood."

"What?"

"Oh yes." she laughed loudly standing back up. "This was part of the plan. After Pitch lost Jack he came up with a plan B. It was simple, find his weakness and turn it into our little bitch. We thought at first it was his sisters but then low and behold, he had a raging hard on for the nerdy robotics dork."

He glared harder at her only to suddenly be overcome with nausea and fever.

"wh… what is… this…" he whimpered his head lolling onto his chest.

"Yeah, it's kind of like bad acid." she clicked cocking her head as she watch him. "This stuff is supercharged demon blood. It's gonna wreck your system before it makes it stronger. Your gonna feel like crap for a real long while. But it will all be worth it afterwards. You'll be our little soldier. And just to be sure that you'll be safe, just to be by your side, Jack will come to us and achieve his destiny."

He groaned rolling his head back wanting to hear more but at the same time just wanting her to shut up.

"Now, where were we?" she asked picking up another needle. "Oh yeah." she smirked stabbing into his chest again making him cry out as she filled him with more poison. "You wanted to know why. Why does Pitch want the twins? What is their destiny? And what does Rapunzel have to do with it?... oh wait you didn't know about that part, oops." she giggled pulling the needle out. "Ah well I'll tell you anyway. You see, the apocalypse came and went. Lucifer and Michael were getting ready to fight the big battle, but these asshat hunters managed to shove them in Lucifer's cage in hell. Well whatever. Lucifer and Michael knew this was going to happen so they found two human broad bitches and filled them full of… gooey angelic grace." she actually shuddered at that. "Anyway, they birth arch nephilims. Lucifer's had two. Twins. While Michael had one. A baby girl with great blonde hair."

Even though he felt like steamed over crap he could still muster up the strength to look shocked.

"Raps." He murmured horsley.

"Ding ding, we have a winner." she hailed. "Jack, Elsa, and Rapunzel are all arch nephilims. They are destined to fight in the name of their father's… or at least that was the plan. The kids were supposed to be raised by the angels and demons. But even as fetuses they were powerful and cloaked their mothers, then themselves when they were born. Their mothers died of course and they ended up in the same orphanage. Became friends. Became useless human shits. Useless to use in every way. After we finally found them Elsa became trained and Jack… freaking little asshole won't return our calls."

Again he looked surprised.

"Oh yes, he knows what he and Rapunzel are. He knows everything. He's known since I told him using your voice. Oh yeah, by the way I'm a little hurt you didn't recognize me. I mean we shared the same meat suit for like three weeks. But I guess you must have blocked most of it out since you didn't even remember me telling Jackie about his destiny. That was when we figured out what you were to him. That we could use you. So we kept sending him little hints about his sisters and his destiny. Driving a wedge between you. The further he pushed the better hold we were getting on him. Then you made the best decision ever and just left. Now we had a way to get our claws into you. So Pitch had me posses this hot piece and boom." she chuckled. "Now it's time for the grand finale."

Taking another needle and plunging it into his heart making him whine.

"I knew as soon as that red headed hunter bitch showed I was on the verge of losing what little hold I had on you was going to fail. So I have to take whatever chance I have." she sighed tossing the needle away. "And now I have. By the time your friends get here it'll be too late." smiling with pure bliss she leaned on letting her eyes go black. "You'll be our new bitch and Jack will come crawling to us."

Crash!

"Hiccup!" Jack roared bursting through the kicked in door.

Astrid turned to him, her eyes still black, still smiling.

"Hiya Jackie boy." she purred.

"What did you do to him you black eyed bitch?" He snarled clutching his crook.

"You'll see." she chirped snatching a knife from the table and thrusting it into her chest. "Until next time big boy."

And with that she smoked out leaving the corpse to drop.

"Jack…" Hiccup whined weakly rolling his head to the side.

"Hang on I got you." Jack hushed kneeling next to Hiccup undoing the ropes. "Rapunzel! I need you, now!"

"Oh god." The blond gasped seeing how limp Hiccup was.

She helped Jack pull him from the chair and let him cradle the boy in his lap. She checked his pulse and his pupils before placing her ear to his heart.

"Not good." she murmured.

"What's wrong with him?"Jack demanded.

"I'm not sure." she shook her head.

"Well just heal him." He urged wanting this fixed now.

Nodding she placed two fingers to Hiccup's brow and began to sing her lullaby. It only took her a second before she realized it wasn't working. Screwing her eyes shut she focused harder only for nothing to happen.

"It's not working." she breathed flabbergasted.

"What do you mean it isn't working?" Jack pressed.

"I don't know it's just not working." she shook her head getting panicky.

"Merida!" Jack called turning to the girl that stood frozen in the doorway. "What did you see? What did the demon do to him?"

Still she stood there staring at Hiccup in shock.

"MERIDA!" Jack roared getting her attention. "What did it do to him."

"In… injected 'im wit somethin'." she gulped rubbing her arm.

"With what?" Rapunzel urged thankful she now has something to go on.

Shaking her head Merida walked over to the table picking up the syringe. Her eyes went wide and she gasped seeing everything through the demons eyes. She could barely make out what she was saying, but four words stood out.

"Prince ay Heel Blood." she gasped staring wide eyed at Hiccup.

"What's a Prince of Hell?" Rapunzel asked.

"A very powerful yellow eyed demon." Jack answered looking like he was gonna be sick. "The devil created them as his most powerful demons. They were never human like other demons. These are pure evil. It's the same thing that started the fire and took my sisters."

"Hoo dae ye know thes?" Merida asked eyeing him now.

"We can worry about that latter." Rapunzel insisted grabbing Hiccups ankles. "We need to get him to the safe house where I can over see him better."

"How do you even cure something like this?" Jack murmured grabbing Hiccup's shoulders. "Can you cure this?"

Rapunzel have him a sad look.

"I don't know." she said honestly. "But I think I know someone who might."

A couple of hours latter, they had settled the now feverish Hiccup in a cot at the decapitated cabin they were squating in. There was a knock on the door, Rapunzel rushed for it instructing the others to watch Hiccup. She threw it open finding a tall lithe man with brown locks reaching just past his chin, and smoldering brown eyes.

"Took you long enough, Eugene." she hissed pulling him inside.

"Okay blondie, first of all its Flynn Rider and second I was in Germany trying to lift a rare amulet when you called." Eugene sighed folding his arms and looking down on the smaller girl.

"Then how did you get here in like two hours?"

"I used the amulets magic to teleport." He smirked but it faltered when he noticed Rapunzel's own smirk.

"You teleported from Germany just because I called?"

His eyes widened just the slightest before he slipped back into his egotistic smirk.

"No, because you said you had something interesting for me. So what is it?"

"If you help me I'll give you a grigori Angel blade."

"Deal." He nodded. "What can I do for you?"

"What do you know about demon blood?"

"... um what?"

"You heard me."

"It's nasty and toxic."

"What does it do to someone if its injected into their heart."

"Whoa, what?"

"Just answer the question."

"I have never heard of that. I've heard of people drinking it but never injecting it. That's just stupid. It's not heroin, it's that times cancer."

"Okay, what does it do to a person if they ingest it?"

"Well, it makes them stronger, gives them psychic powers, and gives them some major anger management issues."

"But it doesn't kill them?"

"No, but the withdrawals can."

"Withdrawls?"

"Yeah, this is a drug. People need a constant dose or they'll start to get fevers, hallucinate and seize."

"Fevers." she nodded thinking the one burning Hiccup right that second. "If you had to guess, what would you say would happen if someone injected it into their heart."

"... Its being put into the organ that creates blood. It's not being digested and broken down. It's far too potent and pure. They'd die."

She shook her head at that taking a few steps away from him to put some distance between her and his words.

"Is there a cure?" she finally asked wiping away her tears. "A way to flush it out of the system?"

"No they just have to go through the withdrawls." He shook his head watching her worried now. "What's going on blondie?"

CRASH!

"What the hell was that?"

"RAPUNZEL, GET IN HERE NOW!"

Without hesitation she forgot about Eugene and sprinted back to the bedroom where Hiccup was bed ridden… or at least he was supposed to be.

"HICCUP!" she screamed staring at the ceiling where her friend was writhing.

"Holly mother of hell!" Eugene cried.

"He just started shaking and then flying against the walls now he's on the ceiling!" Jack cried panicking.

"Rapunzel, whit dae we dae?" Merida howled.

"Get him down!" Jack stated obviously.

"Hoo!" Merida yelled.

Stepping forward Eugene held up his hand and a necklace with a purple gemstone on the end.

"Tangebat Terram!" he called making the gem glow.

With a strangled groan Hiccup fell to the ground and continued to twitch and shake uncontrollably.

"Strap him down to the bed and get him something to bite down on." Eugene ordered.

Moving quickly they carried him to the bed then fashioned some belts into straps and another into a gag. When they were done Jack grabbed Eugene's by the front of the shirt and shook him.

"How do we fix this!" he demanded.

"You can't!" Eugene insisted pushing Jack away. "He just has to go through it."

"Then how do I make sure he lives." Rapunzel asked petting Hiccups hair.

"Make sure he's hydrated, keep his fever in check. Make him comfortable." He murmured unable to look at Hiccup.

"That's it?" Jack snarled.

"This isn't like the other cases." The brunette growled back. "No one else is stupid enough to inject the stuff into their heart."

"He didn't do this to himself you jackass!" Jack hissed clenching his fists. "A frickin Prince of Hell sent a demon to inject him with its blood."

"Wait, Prince of Hell blood?" Eugene gaped looking to Rapunzel.

"Yeah, what does that mean?" she asked.

"Well that just screwed him over even more than I thought." He sighed rubbing his eyes.

"What?" Jack barked.

"Normal demon blood is bad." He groaned. "Higher up demons like Princes or nights are worse. If he makes it out of this alive- and that is a big if- he'll be changed."

"Changed hoo?" Merida gulped.

"Depends." He shrugged. "Maybe he'll be lucky and just get some freaky power, or maybe he'll go full demon."

"No." Jack breathed.

"NO!" Hiccup echoed louder and more distraught around his gag. "NO STOP! DON'T DO IT. GET AWAY FROM ME! JACK! HELP PLEASE, DON'T LET IT GET ME!"

Springing into action, Jack was at Hiccup's side removing the gag and running his fingers through sweat damp hair.

"I'm here. I got you." He soothed. "I've got you. You'll be alright. Kay I won't let this take you."

"GET AWAY FROM ME! STOP!" Hiccup screamed staring wide eyed at the ceiling.

"He's hallucinating." Eugene told him. "He's just got to go through it."

"Dammit." Jack gritted. "This is all my fault."

"Whit dae ye mean?" Merida asked narrowing her eyes in confusion.

Abruptly, Jack stood and grabbed his bag.

"Where are you going?" Rapunzel called after him.

"Crossroads." He called back.

"Whit dae ye think yer doin'?" Merida asked grabbing his shoulder. "Whit es yer plan?"

"I'm gonna make them tell me how to fix this."

"How?" she pressed.

"Leave that to me." he told her turning to Rapunzel. "Call if anything happens."

"Wait." Merida hissed spinning him back around. "Aam gowin with ye."

"Merida-"

"Even ef ye say nae ah'll jist follow ye on mah bike." She shrugged.

"Whatever." He gritted. "Lets just take your bike so Rap's will have a car."

"Sounds good." she smiled.

With a quick wave they were on the bike and heading for the nearest cross roads. Which took a little longer to find since most roads were paved. They needed dirt to dig up so they could bury a box.

But finally they found one.

"Let me handle this, alright. Just wait here." He told her to which she glared and began to protest. "Don't argue, just wait here."

She growled but nodded, folding her arms and leaning forward on the bike.

He nodded to her and made his way to the center of the cross. Quickly digging a small hole and placing the box with all the necessary ingredients in it. Then waited.

"Well, well, if it isn't the little prince."

Taking a deep breath he turned to face the red eyed bitch.

"Jeez, you're uglier than sin." He snarked.

And she was. Her skin was grey and their were multiple chins under her actual chin and when the red left her eyes they were a sickly yellow.

"Aw, what a sweet talker." she chuckled. "What can I do for you sweety?"

"How do I save Hiccup?" He demanded.

"You don't." she shrugged.

"Then how do I keep him alive?"

"Oh don't worry about that sugar, he'll pull through. The boss has big plans for him."

"What are Pitch's plans?"

"All in good time kiddo. All you really need to know is the time is coming. And when she comes you'll go willingly and when he's ready Hiccup will be by your side just like you always wanted."

"She?" He asked narrowing his eyes. "She who?"

"Oh, your sister. Elsa."

Eyes wide, heart in his stomach Jack became breathless.

"What?" He choked.

"Oh yes, we've got her trained up real good. Now she kills whoever whenever we want. And right now she is after you."

"You son of a bitch.' He growled thumbing the crook tattoo on his forearm. "What did you do to my sister. And where is Anna?"

"Don't worry, Anna will be just fine enough as long as Elsa does whatever we say. And it's Chef."

"Where is she?" He roared.

"On her way to the place where it began."

"... The orphanage." He summarized with a head tilt.

"Bingo." she smiled. "She will be there in just a few days."

He nodded turning his back on the demon- knowing the creature would do nothing considering who he was to them- and began muttering ancient Latin.

"So, I gave you what you wanted. Your sweetheart and sister by your side through the battle and further if you win. So what are you gonna give me as payment."

Smiling he turned around and cocked his head.

"One way trip to Hell." He smirked as the crook materialized.

"You little half breed." she snarled her eyes going red. "You think just because he's your daddy you're safe from my wrath. Please."

"I don't care." He shrugged.

She smirked readying herself to tear him a new one only for her face to morph into shock as a blade was thrusted through back into her heart and out of her chest. Jack watched in confusion as she fell to reveal Merida with her Angel blade.

"Mer-"

"Whit was she talkin' aboot?" she hissed.

"I… look I'll tell you whatever you want to know but first we need to-"

"Go ta th' orphanage ta find Elsa." she finished sheething her blade in the holster on her thigh.

"Yeah… how much did you hear?"

"Aw ay it." she growled. "Thes esn't over. Th' second we get Elsa yer spillin' everythin'. If thes es even a lead ta Elsa."

"It is." He sighed. "Its happening. She's coming to take me away."

"What do you mean your not coming back?" Rapunzel cried over the phone making Jack wince. "Jack I need you guys back here. Hiccups getting worse. I can't get him to keep anything down so I had to Jerry rig an IV. The restraints are barely keeping him in place and he's kicked Eugene in the head. Hiccup needs you."

"The demon said he'd be fine. That the demons have plans for him." He told her running his neck.

"And you believed her." she shrieked.

"She had no reason to lie."

"She's a demon, she has every reason."

"Look, Rap's this is Elsa. I have to check it out."

"... It's always Elsa. That's what nearly got us turned to wolf kibble or don't you remember."

"What the hell are you saying."

"I'm saying that when it comes down to it, when you have to chose your friends or Elsa, you will always chose her. And I understand, believe me I do. She's your sister. But so am I, and Merida. And Hiccup… he is more than a brother and you know it. So this better result in you finding her or I'm ending this whole drop everything and go. Hard facts or nothing you got me. Because I'm getting sick of going after cold leads and bashing teeth. I am not losing you or anymore of our friends."

"Rap-" but before he could get another word out she hung up. "Gentle and sweet caretaker my ass."

"Whit she say?" Merida asked messing with her phone.

"She tore me a new one." he tched.

This had her raising a brow.

"Mess, understandin' an' heart ripped ye a new one?" she asked.

"Yeah, she's a little pissed that I'm putting Elsa before Hiccup."

"Aye, Aam actually pretty pissed about 'at ta." she nodded. "Did ye teel 'er thes might lead us ta what'll save Hiccup?"

"Didn't get a chance." he sighed. "We should go. If we're gone for too long she might actually kill me."

"Aye." she nodded hopping on her bike.

And off again they went. The orphanage was in a town called Burgess in Pennsylvania… which was on the other side of the freaking continent. It would take about three days to get there, two and a half if they drove none stop. Which Merida would do if sleep wasn't required. She would survive on energy drinks and coffee if she had too. But Rapunzel wouldn't have any of it. You would think that her not being here would make her less inclined to listen to her. But now Jack wouldn't let her. Which was driving her nuts. Not only was she days away from finding out whatever It was Jack had been hiding from her and Rapunzel for the last couple of years- It started about when he turned eighteen. He's was irritable and dodgy. He never played any pranks or made any jokes and he was super possessive of Hiccup which drove the Norse descendant nuts. Eventually it got to the point where Hiccup just had enough. They thought it was just the job getting to him, but lately Merida's been having off visions. They were blurry, distorted and all centered around Jack and Rapunzel. She couldn't get them to focus. Every time she tried it would just give her a raging migraine- but now she was also just a few hours away from Elsa. Elsa who- despite not seeing her since they were seven- was the love of her life. Of course when your seven you don't know what love is. But as she grew up there was always this pang in her heart, a longing for the girl that was taken from her. Or she was just projecting feelings on a girl that can't do anything about it. Either way. Soon enough she would see her.

She hoped.

Three days and some uncomfortable vibration induced issues latter they were parked in front of the charred ruins of their childhood home.

"So whit now?" she asked taking off her helmet.

"Now we poke around and wait for my sister." He shrugged.

Shaking her head and sighing she followed her up the hill and to what would be the front door of the Dunbroch manor. They let their minds go blank as they wandered not wanting the memories to touch them and distract them from the mission.

Easier said than done.

Even with their minds numb they still felt nostalgia, images of how the place use to look. How they use to play in the woods or hide in the house from Ellinor. Or how they swarmed Fergus when he got home from a hunt. It was a perfect home. And now it was a pile of ash.

"Well," Jack thought off hand. "All except that bit of gold there… wait what?"

"Merida, come look at this." He called moving the ruble to expose the gold emblem etched into a trap door in the floor.

"Whit th' heel?" she asked kneeling next to him.

"It's a sword with Celtic knot work." He said tracing the pattern with his fingers.

"It's th' Dunbroch family crest." she hummed. "From back when we were kengs an' queens."

"Seriously." Jack clicked.

"Dorn't judge." she shook her head. "Lets open it."

It took a lot of doing. The fire had welded the door shut. They had to get a crowbar from her pack in order to actually pry it open. When they did they found a box… that they had to pry open again with the crowbar.

"Holly mother." Jack huffed as it finally popped open.

"Whoa." Merida gasped picking up the rolled up parchment and iron, silver, and gold infused key. "Thes thin' es etched with enochian and Latin warding." she leaned on closer to give it a whiff. "An' dipped in salt and holly oil. Thes es protected against demons, angels, shapeshifters, anythin' 'at es unholy, holly or unnatural freak."

Hearing this Jack eyed the thing wearily.

"What's it to?" He asked.

"Ah dorn't know." she shrugged in rolling the parchment. "Maybae thes."

It was a painting of a door in a hill. Like a hobbit hole. Only the door was rectangle in shape.

"Hey I recognize that place." Jack said eyes narrowed. "That was the place on the edge of the property your mom caught me and Hiccup at. She nearly brained us for trying to open the door. But it was locked."

"'En 'at's were we're gowin." she said shooting to her feet. "Take meh there."

His memory was a bit foggy but eventually he lead her to the door in the hill. Taking a deep breath she looked back at Jack then slid the key into the door. There was a loud click and the door just pushes open. It was dark inside. She took out her flashlight and took a small step inside… and tripped a wire. "Shit." she hissed backing up.

"You alright." Jack asked.

"Stay ba-" she began just as a puff of green smoke lifted from the ground and took the shape of Ellinor. "Mum."

"Merida." she said softly smiling. "Yer sae beautiful."

"Mum." she cried running forward only to charge threw her.

"Aam sorry." Ellinor murmured turning to face her daughter. "Thes esn't really meh. Thes es jist an astral protection. Ah aam dead. Th' spell will onley last sae long. Mah soul will return soon. Listen, thes place es aw ye will ever need. Thes es th' home oy th' Men of Letters. Our legacy. Ye were meant ta hunt an' record everythin' ye hunt. Thes Thes will bae yer home. Thes will help ye stop Pitch. Everythin' ye need es here."

"Mum." Merida whimpered tears running down her face. "Please, dorn't go."

"Aam sorry mah love." Ellinor whispered already beginning to vanish. "Ah love ye."

"No." Merida sobbed. "Mum!"

"Merida." Jack soothed taking her into his arms to keep her from rushing her mom. "I got you. It's okay."

"NO MUM!" Merida screamed reaching out for her mother.

"Ah love ye Merida. Use th' books. Defeat Pitch, mah wee brave las."

"Mum…" as the last bit of Ellinor was whisked away in the wind Merida turned into Jack's chest and let her tears ruin his shirt.

"I'm sorry." Jack whispered.

"Nay, she's right. We need ta defeat Pitch." she sniffed whipping her face furiously. "C'mon, let's see whit thes place es."

Going further in they found a bunch of old and knew electronics lined up on a table along with a table carved into the shape of North America. Finding the power switch they were able to turn on the lights and see even more.

"Thes place es huge." Merida gasped staring at the floor to ceiling shelves that line the wall for as far as the eye could see. "An' there still doors."

"Should we look in them?" Jack asked his curiosity peeking.

"Nay. Elsa will be here soon." she shook her head. "How are we gonna get her to listen to us?"

"We trap her." He sighed heading back for the door.

It has been years since Elsa walked these halls, or what was left. She was seven and life seemed peaceful. What a little fool she was. She couldn't believe she actually thought she would grow up normal and become a professional ice dancer. Maybe live with Merida in a little apartment and spend the days listening to P!nk and watching Criminal minds or whatever kind of show she was into. She didn't know, being trained as a killing machine by demons all her life didn't leave her much tv time. It was all a pipe dream. She was gonna fight this dumb fight for her father, most likely lose and die then were would she be. She doubted that heaven would welcome the abomination born of Lucifer so that left only one place. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Maybe because of who she was the demons would treat her like royalty. Not that they did that now.

But that wasn't what she was here for. She was here to retrieve her brother. And if he refused to come then she would have to go with plan B.

She really hoped she wouldn't have to use plan B.

"Elsa."

Pausing in her step, the snowy girl slowly turned to find the brother see hasn't seen in fifteen years.

"Hello Jack." she nodded.

She couldn't afford to screw this up. Anna was counting on her. Emotions would only get in the way. So she stomped them down as deep as was possible and put on a mask.

"You look well." she nodded.

"That's all you have to say to me after fifteen years?" He murmured shaking his head.

"What do you want me to say?"

"I don't know, just not that." He shrugged taking a deep breath. "So what now?"

"You know what." she sighed taking a slow step forward. "You quit fighting and come with me. A crew of demons will be sent to collect Hiccup and we prepare for the big fight."

"Is that what you want? To trap our friends? To kill Rapunzel?"

"I don't have a choice." she growled a cold wind picking up around her. "This is how I save Anna. I do what the demons want and they let her go."

"You believe that." He said sadly. "Their demons, Elsa. They lie."

"So do you." Her hiss stopping just a few feet from him.

"What are you talking about?"

"That night, when that monster took us, you swore right before Ellinor put us to bed, you swore nothing would ever hurt us as long as you lived. You lied to us."

"Elsa, I'm sorry." He whimpered.

"It's a little too late for that." she gritted.

"I didn't mean for that."

"'E meant fur thes." Merida said lighting a book of matches and tossing it in front of Elsa.

The ring of holy oil erupted into flames caging her completely making her defenceless.

"It actually worked." Merida gasped.

"Jack, release me." Elsa demanded.

"No." He said resolutely. "I'm ending this once and for all."

"How."

"I'm going to kill Pitch."

"That won't stop them." she roared. "The angels want this too. Why do you think they've been stalking Rapunzel."

"I won't let them take her."

"Does she even know the truth about what she is?"

"... no. She doesn't. But I'll tell her soon."

"Aw'right enough already." Merida getting both of their attention. "Whit es gowin on? Whit es thes big secret? Why are th' Angel afta Rapunzel? Why did th' demons attack Hiccup? Whit are ye hidin' from us, Jack?"

"Yeah, big brother." Elsa smirked crossing her arms. "What are you hiding. If you don't tell her I will."

He glared at her, then spared a sheepish glance at Merida and sighed.

"A few years before all of us were born the biblical apocalypse came and went. Some hunter managed to lock the archangels Michael and Lucifer away in Lucifer's cage in Hell. But both angels knew it was coming, so they went out and found two suitable women and impregnated them. Rapunzel's mother died giving birth to her, but ours was strong. She survived and had another child only to be killed by a drunk driver. That's how we ended up at the Dunbroch manor. The angels and demons have been trying to find us since. Pitch succeeded, but that night he killed everyone, your parents put up a fight and he didn't have time to grab me so he took Anna."

"But… but 'at means…"

He nodded.

"The fire was my fault. Pitch killed everyone because of me. Because I'm Lucifer's son."

"And I'm his daughter." Elsa concluded with a grim look.

The red head looked between the twins not believing what they were saying but knowing it was true.

"Why didn't ye teel us?" she wailed wapping him on the back of the head.

"Ow, really." He groaned rubbing his hair. "Better question is why would I tell you?"

"Whit did ye think we'd resent ye. 'At we'd hate ye?"

The sorrowful look in his eyes said it all.

"Ye numpty." she shrieked again.

"Ow. Stop that."

"Not until ye get it through yer thick head." she gritted spinning him around so he was looking her in the eye. "Ah dorn't give a damn hoo yer father es. Neither does Raps. Yer family yoo bloomin' tit. Yer still our Jack. Thes es nothin' we'll get through it loch we always dae. Ye hide another secret loch thes from us again an' Ah'll through ye into a pit ay holy fire. Dae ye understand meh?"

"Yes ma'am." Jack gulped.

"An' yoo." she rounded on Elsa who actually flinched back. "We will stop thes an' save Anna, bit yer gonna 'ave ta trust us."

"Trust you." she challenged forgetting her fear and snarling at the red head. "Like I'm gonna trust you to save my sister. You can't even protect Hiccup. The demons are on their way now to collect him."

"WHAT!"

He knew what he was.

Shut up!

He knew and he kept it from you.

Stop it!

He didn't trust you. He didn't love you. You were just an easy lay.

SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY.

And when You left him, well he couldn't have that. How dare a little whore like you just walk away from him. So he lead the demons to you and let them kill your new friends and girlfriend.

NO! THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED!

Isn't it? Without him you where happy. You had a life. And then he shows back up and ruins it all. HE DESTROYED EVERYTHING AND YOU LET HIM.

NO!

With a sharp cry Hiccup's eyes opened and he took deep shuddering breaths. Everything was sore. His eyes burned, his head ached, and he was starving. He licked his dry lips and swallowed finding that his throat was dry to.

"Jack…" he called weakly attempting to sit up. "Hey guys, why, why can't I move?... Hello?"

"Hiccup." Rapunzel said cautiously entering the room. "Are you lucid?"

He stated at her with a weakly raised brow.

"Well, I'm not seeing the devil or a big black bouncing dragons if that's what you mean." he rasped out tugging at the restraints.

"So you're not hallucinating, at least at the moment." She nodded. "How do you feel?"

"... well my body isn't burning from the inside out, so that's something. But everything is sore, my eyes are stinging, my head is pounding, I'm starving… and I really gotta pee. So if we could lose the bdms play I'd be very grateful."

She chuckled quickly undoing the straps and directing him to the restroom. Once he was relieved and fed three bacon pepper jack cheese burger, two large fries a milkshake and extra large Dr. Pepper they talked.

"Satisfied there Simpson." Eugene asked looking mildly disgusted.

"You try going through POH blood withdrawal." Hiccup said around a mouthful of burger. "So what happened while I was out? Where are Merida and Jack?"

"Jack was going insane just watching you in pain so he took Merida to torture some demons…" Rapunzel trailed off not really wanting to tell him what their frosty haired friend was doing now.

"And?" Hiccup asked narrowing. "Did you tell him I'm awake. No need to interrogate demons anymore."

"No I haven't called. But he knows you're okay. It at least he knew you were gonna be okay."

"How?"

"Demon said so."

"Okay, so is he on his way here now."

"... nnnnoooo."

"Rapunzel?" He growled. "Where are they?"

"... the- the demon also told him… where to find… Elsa."

"Of course." Hiccup groaned flopping back against his chair. "So where did they go?"

"Back to Burgess."

"To the manor?"

"Yeah. I guess the demons said that he would find her in the place where it all began. That they have this plan for us and Elsa was supposed to take him away."

"Of course they have a dumb plan." He groaned thinking of what Astrid said.

"What do you mean by that?" Eugene asked. "Nothing, um so are we gonna head out to the manor?" He asked wiping his hands together to get rid of the crumbs.

"You want to come with?" she asked looking surprised.

"Yeah, why?"

"Well I just thought that after you got better you would want to go back to school."

"They killed my friends, and possessed my girlfriend. And whatever they want me for isn't resolved. Like it or not I'm in this till the yellow eyed bastard is dead."

This, for whatever reason made her smile.

"Sorry, I shouldn't be happy about this." she shook her head. "I've just missed you so much."

"Yeah," he snorted letting his own smile creep onto his face. "I missed you too, Raps."

"Alright, so looks like you guys got everything under control and you don't need me. So I'll take my payment and be on my way to a museum to nab Ra's scepter." Eugene nodded standing up.

"Oh yeah, it's in the Jeep." she nodded.

"Hey, can I borrow one of the phones?" Hiccup asked carefully standing so as not to get dizzy.

"Yeah, there charging on the window sill." she told him. "Who are you gonna call?"

"A classmate." He sighed. "I need to know whats going on after Tadashi and Honey and explain why I'm not coming back."

"That is not a good idea." Eugene said furrowing his brow. "The cops find three dead bodies in your apartment and you skip town. Your suspect number one."

"I know, but I gotta make sure he's alright." Hiccup nodded.

"Kay, and I'll call Jack and see what's going on at the manor."

He nodded watching her escort Eugene to the Jeep before he made his way to the window. Picking the one he knew couldn't be tracked he quickly dialed the number and held it to his ear and listened it ring.

"Mushi, mushi." a young cracked voice said on the other end.

"Hiro?" Hiccup asked even though he knew it was.

"Hiccup!" the kid cried so loud that Hiccup had to pull the phone from his ear.

"Ow, kid." He hissed. "I would appreciate it if you wouldn't blow out my ear drums."

"Sorry." The kid said sheepishly. "But where the hell have you been man. Astrid, Honey and… and T- Tadashi…"

"... Yeah, I know about that." Hiccup sighed. He needed to explain what happened without saying the truth. Still, better to be as close as possible. "I came home and found them like that. The killer was still there. They tied me down and tried to poison me. But some old friends of mine came and saved me. They had the cure so they brought me to an old cabin in the middle of nowhere and help me through it. Look, Hiro I know the cops most likely think its me, but you know I would never-"

"No I know. You would never do anything like that."

"Alright listen to me. The person who did this is still out there. They smoked out before we could stop them. They're still after me and maybe you. I don't want you going anywhere alone. And I want you to salt the windows and doors of your apartment."

"What? Why?"

"This sicko thinks it's some kind of badass demon and that salt and iron hurt it. Do this and it should keep you safe."

"Okay."

"I'll be out in a few days to take some other counter measures but right now I need to stay away."

"I understand…" he paused for a moment before he said in a cracky voice. "Hiccup, who did this?"

"A monster." Hiccup growled. "Don't worry, I'll find them and I will make them pay."

"Shouldn't we let the police handle this?"

"They can't do anything." Hiccup said sadly. "I'll handle it. Just take care of yourself and your aunt."

"... Hiccup, be careful."

"I will. You stay safe." With that he hung up rubbing at the tension in his neck with a shaky sigh.

"Hiccup!" Rapunzel cried screeching to a stop in the doorway.

"Raps whats wrong?"

"We need to go."

"Why what's wrong?"

"Jack got Elsa-"

"He did?"

"And she said that demons are coming to get you."

"We got to go."

"You think."

They packed up everything and made for the door In less than three minutes.

"Wheres Eugene?" Hiccup asked shouldering a duffle.

"Already gone." Rapunzel told him reaching for the handle. "Jack called right after-" jiggle- jiggle. "The door won't open."

"Yeah, we demons do that."

Spinning around salt rifles in hand.

"Really, what do you think your gonna do with those?" the tall redhead, black eyed man said.

"Pump you full of salt." Hiccup gritted.

"After all the fun we just had, I'm hurt Hic."

"... Astrid?" He growled looking more pissed.

"Ding, ding. Except in this form I'm known as Dagur. Charming boy. Likes to maim things."

"Enough with this game." Hiccup roared. "What do you want with me?"

"I already told you. You're the key to Jackie- boy's heart."

"Oh shut up about that."

"Hiccup." Rapunzel hissed. "Don't provoke it."

"I'm not going with you." He snarled. "And even if I did you would kill Rapunzel as soon as I was gone."

"Yeah, no. We're not aloud to touch a golden hair on her pretty little head so she's safe."

"Why?" Rapunzel demanded.

"Oh Hiccup knows the answer to that." Dagur smirked. "Don't you Hic?"

As an answer Hiccup cocked his gun and pulled the trigger getting the demon in the chest.

"Ow!" Dagur roared with a grimace. "You're really gonna wish you hadn't done that."

With that he whistled a shrill sound. There was a howl and the windows imploded making them shield their eyes. When they looked back up Hiccup's eyes grew to the size of saucers.

"Holy shit." He gasped.

"What?" Rapunzel asked looking left and right. "What is it."

"I- I think it's a Hell hound."

It had to be. Standing on all fours it was as tall as him. Its fur was ink black, it's eyes a glassy red, and it's teeth… well imagine shark teeth times that by the worst thing you can think of and that still isn't close. All in all this beast was a monstrous mutant pitbull ready to strike.

"See, this is just giving pitbulls a bad name." He groaned hoping to hide behind his humor.

"Hiccup?" Rapunzel said looking at him as if he grew another head. "You can see it?"

"Good." Dagur smirked standing and dusting himself off. "That means the blood is working. Your well on you way to becoming a demon soldier. Few more rounds of blood and you'll be perfect."

"You son of a bitch." Hiccup growled still unable to take his eyes off the hellhound. "I won't be your pawn."

"Fine." the demon shrugged. "Then I'll just have to drag you. Fetch!"

Snarling the hellhound lunged for Hiccup. He acted quickly using his gun to fend it off so Rapunzel had a good idea of where it was. She fired off a round of salt making the beast cry and back off. Grabbing her hand Hiccup ran for the back door as Dagur laughed heartily at their feeble attempts. Of course the back door was locked too and now the hellhound had them cornered.

"Get behind me." Hiccup urged pushing her closer to the door.

"Hiccup." she cried.

"I can see it, you can't!" he roared leveling his gun.

He shot and shot, until there were no more shells, and each time the monster dodged. Hiccup cursed grabbing Rapunzel's gun only to have it knocked away by a giant black paw. Now, they were truly screwed.

"I told you, Hic." Dagur smiled hands in his pocket. The image of pure composure. "You could have come quietly, but no. You had to shoot me. Now I'm gonna take you back all chewed up. But don't worry, Pitch'll be able to heal you right up."

Watching helplessly as it came closer Hiccup did his best to shield Rapunzel with his lanky body, closed his eyes, said a little prayer and held his hand out in front of him in a futile attempt to stop it. There was a snarl. They felt the ground shudder as it lept, and again when it landed. But it did not land on them. It landed in front of them. It's nose landing right in Hiccup's waiting palm. Then nothing moved.

Slowly Hiccup opened his eyes and what he saw nearly had him choking. The hellhounds eyes where no longer a glassy red but a vibrant green. And it was panting, like how you see a labrador panting as it smiles at you. And more than that, his heart slowed down and his breathing even out. He was calm, and one with this creature.

"What the hell." he gasped.

"Shit." Dagur hissed backing away. "Why the hell did it have to manifest this way?"

Hearing the demon the hellhound snarled turning and lunging. Dagur cursed again then opened his mouth wide and smoked out. That didn't stop the demonic dog from tearing his vessel to pieces.

"Hey stop!" Hiccup ordered not wanting to see this.

Immediately it did. Cocking its head slightly and panting happily. Hiccup stared at it for a moment before taking a tentative step forward.

"Ah!" he yelped as it bounded forward tackling him to the ground.

"Hiccup!" Rapunzel cried pulling out an angle blade.

"Pla. Wait, Raps don't." he called up around the hound's muzzle. "Don't kill it."

"But it's trying to kill you."

"No, it's grooming me."

A couple of minutes later- after Hiccup managed to push the beast off him and they packed the Jeep back up- they were on the road again heading for Pennsylvania. Three days of driving gave them plenty of time to freak out about their new companion and talk about what lies ahead.

"Where is it now?" Rapunzel asked looking around as she gripped the wheel.

"Where he was the last time you asked." Hiccup sighed leaning his head against the window. "Running alongside the Jeep on my side."

"Tell me again why we didn't just kill it?"

"Look, I don't know how to describe it. We have this, connection. Toothless is on our side. So no killing him."

"Toothless?"
"Yeah." Hiccup smiled. "He's missing a tooth in the first row of teeth. Thought it fit."

"First row of teeth?"

"He has seven." He shrugged.

"Okay, let's forget that you let the hellhound live for a second. How about the fact that you can control it. How is that even possible?"

"... It's the demon blood I think."

"Well obviously." she groaned. "But Eugene said that what happened would change you. I just thought he meant like make you a bit homicidal or angsty. Not taming hellhounds."

"You would rather me be homicidal?"

"No, but it makes sense. This doesn't."

"Demons control hellhounds. I have demon blood in me. Or at least some residue."

She bit her lip as she thought this over before sighing and nodding.

They were quiet for a while. Rapunzel was mumbling to herself a little as she drove, something about not wanting to ruin the Jeep by hitting a six foot dog. Hiccup rolled his eyes and continued to watch Toothless as he bound next to the car looking pleased as punch. He wondered if it would be possible to ride the beast. It certainly was tall enough for it. Something he would have to try latter.

"What do we tell Jack and Merida?" Rapunzel finally asked making him groan.

"We tell Jack nothing." he gritted. "Not until he comes clean about his own little secret."

"What are you talking about?"

"He's hiding something."

"How do you know?"

"Astrid told me everything."

"What." she shrieked. "She's a demon. She lies. You can't trust her."

"They'll tell the truth if they know it will hurt you." he growled back. "This, this was the truth. The reason why he started going off the rails. Why he kept pushing me away. Why I left. Why Pitch took Elsa and Anna. All of it and he knew the whole time."

"What is this secret?"

"It's not my place." he shook his head.

"Seriously?" she groaned.

He watched her for a moment. She didn't seem like a nephilim. She was too nice. But then again, she never had a lasting wound, her hair was like iron and she could heal others. It all made sense now. And dammit, she deserved to know about this.

"You know what, you have a right to know." he sighed. "This involves you as much as it does him. It's why the angels have been coming after you."

He told her everything that Astrid told him. About her father, Jack and Elsa's. About the plan for the children. About the fire and why Pitch took the girls. All of it. And she wasn't happy.

"I mean." she said past a few tears. "It makes sense. Why I can heal people and why I hardly ever get hurt. But why wouldn't Jack tell us any of this."

"We'll have to ask him when we see him." Hiccup said softly. "After I knock his lights out."

Three days passed by pretty quickly after that and soon enough they were parking the Jeep in front of the manor and embracing Merida.

"It's good ta see ye on yer feet agian." she sighed holding Hiccup close.

"Sure is." He agreed keeping an eye on Toothless who was hanging out around the trees.

"Where's this bunker?" Rapunzel asked looking exhausted and in desperate need of some sleep.

"Thes way, follow meh."

She led the way into the woods and to the door in the hill.

"This is-" Hiccup gasped starting wide eyed at the door. "I know this place."

"Aye, ye an' Jack snuck out 'ere once. Mum nearly beat ye raw fur it." Merida nodded with a sad sigh. "C'mon, Jack's waiting inside."

Hiccup looked back to find Toothless still keeping to the trees, he signaled him to stay put before following the girls. He would tell the others about his new pet as soon as Jack came clean. The blood under his skin boiled at the thought of seeing the snowy haired boy again.

But it fizzled out as soon as he walked through the door and was faced with books. Lots, and lots of books. Both he and Rapunzel stared slack jawed, nearly drooling. All this knowledge, and if Merida was right, it was all theirs. It was a bookworm's paradise. There was even a fireplace in between two of the closer shelves on their lefts. And plenty of plush armchairs to curl up in. All they needed was some hot beverages and it would be perfect.

Right on cue Jack showed up with a teapot and cups from one of the many doors between the shelves.

"Guys." he said smiling broadly. "I'm so glad to see you. Hiccup, you look so much better."

Hiccup waited until Jack put the tea set down before he threw a right hook, slamming his fist into his ex's face. Jack cried out stumbling back while the girls lunged to hold Hiccup back. Who, of course was jonesen to throw another punch.

"You lying ass!" He howled.

"Hiccup, calm down." Merida hissed.

"You knew this whole time why Pitch took the girls. Why Astrid came after me. You knew what you were and you lied to me."

"Hiccup enough." Rapunzel cried.

"Why? Why'd you do it, huh?"

"... I didn't want you to hate me." was Jack's soft answer as he rubbed his cheek. "I didn't want to lose you."

"Well you still did." Hiccup spat. "You let this secret eat at you and pushed me away. Congrats on being the world's biggest dumbass."

"SHUT IT!" Merida finally bellowed standing between the two. "Both ay ye, stop bein' numpty tits. We're aw up ta speed on whit es gowin on." she said this eyeing Rapunzel who nodded. "So enough bickerin' loch a couple ay bitties an' more plannin' th' next step."

"She's right." Jack nodded. "The demons and angels won't stop until they have the three of us fighting. We need to find out how to stop them. We need to take out Pitch and whatever angel and fast."

"Great, anybody know how to do that?" Hiccup snorted.

Rapunzel smiled skipping to the nearest bookcase running her fingers along the spines.

"Pick a book and start reading." she chirped grabbing a leather bound and flopping into a chair.

The others nodded going to different shelves and scanning their bindings.

All except Hiccup.

"Where are you going?" Jack called after him.

"To feed my hellhound." he called back.

"Yer whit?" Merida choked.

"Demon blood gave him the power to tame hellhounds." Rapunzel said casually. "He kept one and named it Toothless. Now less talking and more reading."

The good news was the bunker was warded against everything that goes bump in the night and had an endless supply of knowledge. Down side, it was warded against everything that goes bump in the night and had an endless supply of knowledge. It had been two weeks going on three since Rapunzel and Hiccup got there and they were still no closer to finding anything they could use against demons and angels. And as they found out quickly Toothless couldn't get in. They had thought that if the front door was open he could just pass, but nope. That caused him a considerable amount of pain and had Hiccup chasing him in the woods for a couple of hours. Though not being in the bunker didn't seem to bother the hound as he prowled the woods surrounding the bunker hunting small game and chasing squirrels like a normal mutt. He seemed happy and that was good enough for Hiccup. It took them a bit find out why both Jack and Rapunzel where aloud in the bunker, but after finding Elinor Dunroch's journal they found out she changed some of the wardaings so they may enter. She knew what they were and wanted to protect them. That was just like the woman that ran the manor. Always looking out for her children no matter what or who they were.

Currently, they were all in the library pouring over tombes as old as time itself.

Well, at least two of them where.

"Thes es gettin' us nowhere." Merida groaned slamming her head down on the table.

"Yeah I'm not finding anything of use." Jack called from the top most shelf closest to Hiccup- he liked to climb things.

"Well maybe if you would get your butt down here and actually read things would go a lot faster." Hiccup growled back up.

"C'mon Hic, your not still mad at me are you." Jack whined hoping shelf by shelf down till he could land next to said boy. "You know everything now. So you shouldn't be mad anymore."

"Really Jack." Hiccup snorted. "Thanks to your secret I have demon blood in me, my girlfriend and friends are dead and now have a bunch of demons on my ass that want to turn me into a bitch for hell. Yeah, I don't have anything to be mad at you for."

Slamming close the book he was reading he got up going to find another one.

"Just give him time, Jack." Rapunzel murmured sadly.

"To what, plan my slow agonizing death." he groaned rubbing his head.

"Weel ye did keep a massive secret from us. Ye got to expect him to be a little pissed." Merida shrugged. "Aam bored, aam gowin ta th' target room."

"Wait this place had a target room?" Jack asked his interest now thoroughly peeked.

"This place has everything." Hiccup told him less frosty. "I've found the map and hung it up on the wall by the door. There are five floors, this floor is the Living area, library, kitchen, bathrooms, garage, and such. Second floor is amory, target range, dojo and such. Third is laboratory space and forge. Basically where we cook up spells or test whatever and make weapons. Fourth is the dungeon,- where we're keeping Elsa- equipped with cells and torture rooms. Lots of enochian, latin and other warding sigils. And bottom floor is storage and spa room."

"Why is the spa room in the bottom with the storage?" Jack asked.

"Men of Letters priorities." Hiccup shrugged slumping at the desk he has been spending the last fourteen days in.

"Okay well, I'm gonna go find the dojo." the young nephilim nodded with a mischievous smile.

"Ye two let us know when ye found somethin'." Merida called after grabbing her bow.

Hiccup waved them off sipping at his coffee and pouring over his notes.

"Huh." he said thoughtfully.

"What is it?" Rapunzel asked excited.

"Nothing that could help us with the demons and angels." He said scribbling frantically in his notepad. "But it will help you guys see Toothless. Listen to this, 'One can see the damned beasts of hell if they are damned themselves or if looking through objects scorched with holy fire.'"

"So if we scorch a pair of glasses with holy oil on fire we'll be able to see him?"

"I guess. Something we'll have to test later." he nodded slapping a sticky note on the page. "But still nothing that will stop Jack, Elsa and you from ending the world. Or on how to kill a Prince of hell. In other words this is getting us nowhere."

"But we're not giving up?"

"Nope, not until those asshats are dead."

She smiled at his back loving his moxy, but it soon turned sour as she remembered what made him this determined.

"You know, you should go easy on him." she said pouring herself another cup of tea.

"What are you talking about?" he asked not looking up from his notes.

"Jack, your being a bit hard on him."

This got him to turn around.

"Are you kidding me?" he gaped. "After everything he hid from us, after he pushed me into Astrid's arms, you want me to go easy on him."

"He didn't push you to Astrid."

"He might as well have. If he had just been honest with me I wouldn't have left."

"You wouldn't?"

"No."

"Why?"

"Rapunzel."

"No, I want to know." she urged. "You had just found out the guy you love is the son of the source of all evil, so why wouldn't you have left him after that?"

"...Because I still love him."

Her eyes went wide before they softened with understanding.

"Oh, Hiccup."

"I never stopped." he sighed letting his head fall into his hands. "Even after I met Astrid, I knew I was never going to be over him. I don't care if he ended the world. As much as I hate it, my heart has always belonged to him. I just thought that maybe, but I couldn't stand around and watch what that secret was doing to him. You saw. Even with the job we had, no matter how dark it got he always had something up his sleeve to make us smile. That was his bliss, making fun and smiles. But this secret was killing him. And it was turning him into this dark and unforgiving person. It was destroying him. I always thought it was the job, but now I get it. If he had just trusted me, I could've helped him. We could have avoided that fight, that night, I wouldn't have left. I wouldn't have been tainted. And even though he's caused all this hell in my life, practically ruined it, I still love him. If I don't give him a hard time, and stay mad, I'll just give in. And I can't. I can't go through all this again. I can't watch him destroy himself. Cause in the end, he is going to if it means ending all his. I just can't."

"But you won't leave."

He shook his head.

"I won't. Now that he's in my life again, I need to make sure that he survives this. I can't stop myself. I hate this. It's driving me crazy."

"I know." she soothed kneeling and wrapping him in her arms. "That's love sweety. It's pain and bliss. That's just how it is."

"You sound like you know."

"I have an idea." she sighed.

"This sucks."

"I know."

Merida and Jack stepped off the elevator onto the fourth floor with heavy hearts. The image they were about to see wasn't one they ever wanted. Lying to Hiccup and Rapunzel didn't exactly feel good but it was necessary. It was decided that after a week of trying to get her to talk it was better to just leave her alone. And if Rapunzel or Hiccup caught them they would get locked out of the floor entirely. So lying, not wanted, but needed.

"What do you want." Elsa growled as they stopped in front of her cell.

"You know." Jack sighed leaning on the bars. "Just help us sis, we can end this together."

"You're right, we can." She hissed glaring at him. "By killing Rapunzel and taking the demons to heaven. We can end this."

"That's not going to happen." he growled back. "For God's sake, Elsa. Rapunzel is our friend, our cousin. You just want to kill her?"

"If it keeps Anna safe then yes." she nodded. "The more time I spend here the more time she spends alone with those bastards. What do you think their doing to her?"

"Nothin'." Merida said confidently.

"What?" Elsa snarled.

"Th' demons need ye, an' yer brother. Pissin' ye off es not a wise move. So they'll dae nothin'."

"You're sure of that?" she snorted. "Didn't stop them from beating me."

"Yer an arch nephilim, ye heal fast an' they were trainin' ye ta bae a killin' machine. Ay course they were a bit rough with ye."

"You know nothing." she gritted.

"That's not what we're here for." Jack called getting everyone's attention back on him. "What do you know about Pitch's weaknesses?"

"Nothing." she snapped. "It's not like he tells me these things. Just sends me places looking for you and to kill any demon or angel he doesn't like. I'm a mindless soldier. You don't share important secrets with them."

"You have to know something." He insisted.

"... Maybe. But I'm not telling you." she shook her head moving back to the corner.

"Elsa." he snarled.

"Here's how this is gonna work." she told them crossing her arms and jutting out her hip. "I'll tell Merida. But you gotta go big bro."

"Not happening." he shook his head.

"Then your not getting anything from me."

"Why?"

"Because you let me get taken by a Prince of Hell."

The hurt was tangible. Jack's eyes widened shining with years of unshed tears of guilt. He shook his head stuffing his hands in his pockets and glared at his sister.

"Don't you think for a second that I let that bastard do anything." he growled. "I tried to save you. I've been looking for you ever since. And I never gave up on you. So don't you say that. Not to me."

"Jack." Merida soothed gripping his shoulder to give him an anchor. "It's fine. Let meh talk ta 'er."

"Mer." he warned.

"We need th' information an' we dorn't have a lot ay time. I'll bae fine. She's in a ceel. She can't hurt meh."

He took a moment to think it over, looking between the girls before sighing.

"I'll be just outside the door." he told Merida, warned Elsa. "Call me if anything happens."

Merida nodded and watched him go thankful for the moment alone with Elsa but also weary of it.

"Talk." she ordered as soon as he was gone.

"What no foreplay?" Elsa snorted.

"Elsa enough ay thes." Merida sighed. "Th' sooner ye tell meh whit Ah need ta know, th' sooner we can end thes."

"So cold." Elsa sighed. "Not at all like when we were kids."

"Whit are ye gowin on aboot?"

"Oh you know." Elsa smiled. "Our little plan of running away. Getting married and living life to the fullest. Man we were just fools back then."

"We were children."

"Doesn't matter. The fire still killed your parents and Pitch still took me and Anna. We were fools. This was always going to happen. We were never gonna be happy."

"We still can bae." Merida urged. "Ye jist have ta trust meh."

"No, you have to trust me." Elsa insisted, sweating all of a sudden.

"Elsa?" Merida asked noticing. "Whit's wrong."

Without warning Elsa suddenly collapsed into a heap shivering uncontrollably.

"ELSA!" Merida screamed unlocking the door and rushing to her side. "Jack 'elp. Elsa's- gawck."

"Just fine." Elsa hissed grabbing Merida by the throat and slamming her against a wall. "Just an enochian sigil. Weakens me for about a couple of seconds. Used my own nail to carve it into my ankle. The effects are gone now. And I've almost completed my mission."

"Elsa." the Scottish girl choked desperately trying to pry the pale fingers from her neck.

"We need Jack on our side, and the only way to do that is to turn his friends into demons. He'll follow them." she murmured pulling out a rather large needle, about three times the size of the one that Astrid used on Hiccup. "We've already got Hiccup started. Now it's your turn… just so you know, I really wish things had worked out how we wanted them."

With that she plunged the needle into Merida's heart making her scream aloud in pain. As quick as was possible Elsa pushed the plunger down infecting Merida with the same poison as Hiccup. With the same burning venom. Stepping back she let the other girl go and watched as she slipped to the floor groaning and moaning. Merida's body was on fire. But it wasn't like what Hiccup described. It wasn't coursing through her body. It was as if it was trapped in her heart. It burned to the point she swore her body was glowing.

"What the hell." Elsa gasped watching her.

Her body was glowing. A bright white glow. A holy glow. The poison was being burned out of her body making her glow even brighter. And it hurt. It hurt so much. Her moans turned to cries. Then to howls. Then to a blood curdling scream and her light blasted from her body lighting up the whole room. Elsa cover her eyes to protect them and was hit by a massive wave of energy as Merida screamed again. She was slammed into the opposite wall knocking her out as she hit the ground. And then everything was quiet. And Merida was left whimpering on the floor.

"What happened?" Hiccup demanded as he and Rapunzel exited the elevator.

"I don't know." Jack growled slamming against the door again and again. "Merida's in there with Elsa."

"Move." Rapunzel order using her hair like a whip and forcing the door open.

"Merida!" Hiccup called rushing in.

They made it to the cell only to see Elsa, an empty syringe, and Merida all on the floor.

"Oh no." Hiccup gulped kneeling next to the red head. "Merida, talk to me. What happened?"

Merida looked up only to make Hiccup jump back. Her eyes were glowing gold. She looked to Hiccup then to Rapunzel and Jack.

"Th' final battle es comin'." she said in a hollow voice. "As Prophet of the Lord Ah will witness th' end."

"Oh, god." Rapunzel gasped covering her mouth.

"What the hell." Hiccup hissed.

"This complicates things." Jack gulped.

"Mah head hurts." Merida groaned rubbing her temples.

"Yeah, I'm just gonna assume that's what happens when you find out your a prophet." Hiccup said clearing his throat.

This only made Merida groan louder.

"Ah dorn't want ta bae a prophet." she whimpered. "Can't Ah jist bae normal."

"Pretty sure that boat left the second you started having visions." Jack reminded her pressing a cool hand to her head making her sigh in relief.

"Ye know whit Ah mean." she groaned. "Ah mean, Ah knew the visions had ta come from somewhere, but why coodn't they just bae normal psychic visions. Now Aam supposed ta witness th' big battle. Ah dorn't want ta. Ah want ta stop it."

"Then quit whining and crack open a book." Rapunzel teased dropping a pile of books in front of the redhead making her jump.

"But mah head." Merida whined.

Rolling her eyes Rapunzel placed two fingers to the girl's brow and murmured under her breath.

"There good as new." she chirped. "Now you should be good to read."

Puffing out her cheeks Merida made a show of opening the first book in front of her and grumbling the words as she read.

"I'm gonna call Eugene and see if he knows anything that can stop this." she told them heading for her room with her phone.

"And meanwhile we'll be working on the books." Jack sighed grabbing a voluminous tomb and flopping in the nearest chair.

Hiccup sighed going back to his desk and pouring another cup of coffee before getting to work.

"Blondie, I was wondering when you would call." Eugene said on the other end, the smirk evident in his voice.

"Yeah well if I could avoid it I would." she teased with her own smirk.

"You wound me." He chuckled. "What can I do for you?"

"Do you know of anything that can blast away a Prince of Hell and possibly an angel or three?"

"Well… there is the colt. But I don't know if that can kill angels. Not to mention it's missing. No one's seen it since God knows when. I've been looking for years. Not even the spirit of Samuel Colt knows. Thing is warded where ever it is."

"Can you think of anything else?"

"Not off the top of my head, why do you ask. What happened after I left?"

Taking a deep sigh she quickly relayed everything that happened in the last couple of weeks and everything that was revealed.

"So you and two of your friends are Arch nephilims, Hiccup can now see and control hellhound and kept one as a pet, and Merida is a prophet… did not see that coming. Your lives are like one supernatural Soap Opera." He snorted.

"Yeah tell me about it." she sighed.

"Well I don't have anything for you now but I'll start looking and let you know if I find anything."

"Thanks."

"Hey you know, I was thinking, maybe after all this is over you and I can take a break from hunting for a little while and maybe go see like mardi gra or something."

She smiled at this biting her lip before answering.

"Are you asking me on a date?" she teased.

"Well, yes, yes I am." He answered boldly. "You and I have been dancing around each other for like a year now. I say if we survive this you and I should give this a go. I mean we're both in similar lines of work and I now know about your dad so we don't really have a whole lot to surprise each other with. So why not give it a shot."

"You make it sound so simple."

"I find you attractive. You find me attractive. Doesn't get much simpler than that."

"I never said I find You attractive." she huffed.

"Didn't need to." He smirked. "Otherwise I wouldn't ask."

She contiplates it for a moment running a hand over her arm and nibbling at her lip. Would it be so bad to hope that she makes it through this or to want a chance at something that most hunters could only dream about. She wouldn't have to give up life with her family, or saving people, he doesn't think she's a monster and- despite how she said otherwise- he was attractive. Was it wrong to want this? After everything she did for the world, did she care?

"We can try." she finally said with a wistful sigh. "That's all I can promise you."

"I'll take what I can get." He said on the other end. "I'll go sit around. Stay safe."

"Yeah you too."

Hanging up Rapunzel pressed her face into her hands and gave a small squeal of delight.

Now she just had to survive.

"Ah need a break." Merida growled, slamming her book closed. "Ama gowin ta th' target room."

"Like Hell you are." Hiccup called jumping to his feet. "That was the same lame ass lie you used last time to get to Elsa. That's where you're going now."

"Sae whit." she groaned. "We know sh' can't dae anythin' ta me. Bein' a prophet protects meh from bein' injected with demon blood, not 'at sh' would have anymore on her, an' th' sigils keep 'er from usin' 'er powers."

"No just stay away from her." Hiccup ordered.

"He's right, Merida." Jack sighed turning the page of the book he was skimming. "I hate to say it, but he's right. My sister doesn't want to be saved. She thinks whatever she's doing is gonna save Anna. She's not gonna crack. Nothing we say is gonna change her mind. The only thing that's gonna change her mind is if we kill Pitch and save Anna."

"Ah dorn't believe 'at." Merida growled. "Aam gonna go an' try ta talk some sense inta th' las Ah love an' ye two are gonna talk aboot whitever it es ye need ta settle between you two."

"There is nothing for us to talk about. Merida!" Hiccup called to no avail as she ignored him and stepped into the elevator. "Frinken hot head."

Jack chuckled shaking his head looking over at Hiccup who was grumbling to himself as he opened another book. He missed watching Hiccup when he was like this. He was always mumbling to himself and scratching at his head. All while wearing this determined scowl. He was so freaking adorable. And he was so freaking pissed at Jack right now.

Merida was dead set on making Elaa see that she didn't have to be the demons pawn. It was just a matter of getting her to put her faith in Jack and everyone else. She already hated the demons so it couldn't be that hard to convince her.

"Elsa." she called softly, approaching the cell with caution.

Elsa was fine after she attacked Merida. Her nephilim powers healed her of any major injuries so now she was sulking on her cot, head back legs criss crossed hands in her lap. She just looked defeated.

"It didn't work huh." she sighed. "You're still on two feet."

"Aye, seems bein' a prophet protects me from 'at demon-y stuff."

This got a tired laugh from the snowy haired girl.

"Of course, leave it to Jack to make friends not only with the daughter of Michael but also a prophet. Figures."

"Aam not jist 'is mate. Aam also yers."

"You were my friend, now your just a stranger."

"Ye know 'at's not true."

"Isn't it? I don't know anything about you anymore. You probably changed a bunch after I was taken."

"Ah dorn't know, Ah still loch ta ride horses, dorn't have much time fur 'at anymore sae Ah ride motorcycles instead."

"See."

"It's not 'at much different." she shrugged. "Whit aboot ye. Do ye still loch ta ice skate?"

"Haven't really had time for that. Demon training and all."

"If ye were free, wood ye loch ta?"

Elsa eyed her for a moment before snorting and looking away.

"It doesn't matter."

"Aye it does." Merida urged. "Elsa ye cood bae free, ye cood dae whitever ye want. Ye just have ta trust us. We'll end thes an' ye'll bae free ta dae anythin' ye want."

"Free to be with you, you mean."

"If 'at es whit ye want."

"Oh please, you don't care about me, you just want the old Elsa. The one that made that stupid promise with you. Well I hate to break it to you but that girl is long gone. I killed her, along with a lot of people."

"Ah know." Merida sighed leaning against the bars. "Ah know ye had ta dae a lot ay terrible thin's ta protect yer sister. But 'at's jist whit ye were loch when we were children. So ye haven't changed ta much. Yer jist tougher."

"So you're saying that if I were to tell you that I killed a child right in front of its mother you would still love me."

"Aye."

"Why, you don't even know me."

"Because Ah jist do. Ah can't explain it. Ah jist know 'at whitever bad ye did in th' past was because ay Pitch an' no matter whit, mah heart belongs ta ye."

"Why…" Elsa gritted choking back a sob. "Why did it have to turn out this way?"

"Ah dorn't know." Merida sighed. "But we're gowin ta fix it. An' after 'at ye can chose ta stay or go. Ah won't keep us if ye dorn't want ta stay."

"Why?"

"Because Ah love ye."

With that they sat in silence, ignoring the tears trailing down their cheeks.

"Hiccup." Jack called after a while of listening to him grumble. "Can we talk."

"There's nothing to talk about." Hiccup growled from his desk.

"Hic, c'mon-"

"I said no." Hiccup bellowed slamming his book down and reaching for his cup. "Dammit, I'm out of coffee."

Pushing back his chair with a loud screech he grabbed the coffee pot and crossed the room to the kitchen fully aware that Jack was right on his heel just not willing to acknowledge it.

"Hiccup," Jack murmured as the other boy messed with the coffee grounds still not looking at him. "I'm sorry."

At this, Hiccup finally paused in his actions.

"You were right. What happened to your friends, to your girlfriend, to you it all happened because I was too afraid to tell you the truth about my father and my destiny. I'm so sorry. I know you'll never forgive me or love me again, but I just want you to know I'm gonna make this right."

It was quiet, Jack's words just hanging in the air as Hiccup processed them before grabbing a tea cup and chucking it as hard as he could at Jack.

"You bastard!" he roared watching as Jack dodged, so he grabbed another one. "You think saying sorry changes anything?!" dodge, CRASH. "I lost everything because of that stupid secret. And you are sorry. Damn right you should be. My friends are dead because of you. I see Hellhounds and have demon blood in me because of your spineless ass. This is all your fault!"

"Hiccup stop." Jack cried grabbing the boys wrists before he could throw another cup.

"I hate you!" Hiccup sobbed as he fought to get free. "I hate that you didn't trust me enough to tell me the truth. I hate that even after all this crap, I still have feelings for you!"

They both froze at that, Jack's eyes going wide.

"What?" He gasped.

Hiccup merely whimpered.

"I can't take this anymore." He sniffed looking down. "I'm going crazy. You're always so close and I'm so angry. I can't watch this happen again, but I can't just be near you. I'm going crazy trying not to love you."

"Then don't." Jack whisper letting go of his wrist in favor of cupping his face and leaning in close. "Just give in."

The last part was said so softly as he locked his lips with Hiccup's that the other wasn't even sure he heard him right. His mind instantly went into panic mode as their lips touched. He pushed at Jack's chest fruitlessly making small noises of protest as he tried to squirm away. But after just a few moments he just gave in. He forgot how much he missed this. Being this close to Jack, feeling like there was no one else in the world but them. Knowing that Jack would always be there when he needed him. He never felt like this with Astrid. Not even close. Jack smiled into the kiss and moved his hands to the small of his back pulling him closer as Hiccup's hands bunches up the material of his shirt as they clenched.

This was right.

This was how it was supposed to be.

This was what they both needed.

When they ran out of air and pulled apart they were breathing harshly, foreheads pressed together, still holding onto one another for dear life.

"When this is over, when we kill Pitch, I'll give up hunting, if that's what you want." Jack promised between breaths.

Hiccup grimaced shaking his head against Jack's brow.

"No, hunting is apart of us." He insisted. "It may be an awful job, but if we don't do it people will die."

"But-"

"I never hated hunting. I thought I did, but I also thought it was what was making you turn dark. Now I know better. My parents were hunters and your Lucifer's son, this life is meant for us."

"So even after we defeat Pitch-"

"I still want to hunt with you." Hiccup smiled. "But no more secrets, okay."

Jack smiled back and nodded pulling Hiccup even closer.

Both stayed there content in one another's arms unaware of the bubbly blonde just outside the door taking pictures.

About another week later things were finally looking up for the four hunters. Rapunzel was pouring over what must have been the thousandth lore book sipping at some cold tea, when her phone started buzzing. Smiling at the caller ID she cleared her throat and answered ignoring the looks from her friends.

"Hey Eugene." she chirped with a cheery smile. "What's up."

"I got something, or at least a clue to something." he told her all business.

"What is it?" she asked losing her own smile. "It's called a hand of God. Items that God himself touch at one point. They contain a small portion of his power and can nuke anything. There were a couple of them but they're seriously hard to find. My contact had said that he only heard about these things, he doesn't even know if they exist. But I thought that with your massive library-"

"We could check our records and see if the Men of Letters have anything on them." she finished her smile returning. "This is great Eugene, we'll look into it and call you to let you know what's happening next. But don't go anywhere. We might need your expertise here in a few."

"Gotcha." he affermined. "I await your call my lady."

"Stop that." she giggled. "I'll call you soon." feeling lighter than air she hung up and stood from her chair getting everyone's attention. "Hey guys, good news. Eugene found a rumor about this weapon called the Hand of God, it's like a horcrux, well not really but the same concept. God touched something and it contained a little bit of his power. If we can find one of those we'll win this battle for sure. The only problem is that no one knows if they even exist. So redirect all energy into looking for any information on these things."

Nodding and calling out their agreement they all got up and went to the shelves. Jack scoured the top most shelves and tossed down whatever he thought would be helpful to Hiccup who would take them back to his desk and read what he could before Jack called him back over. An hour later they had piles of books stacked in front of them and there was still a bunch more on the shelves. They stuck with what they had though in order to not overwhelm themselves. Still, even with the old tombs towering over them like the leaning tower of head injury, they finally had hope. A light that would hopefully get them through this Hell and get them the revenge that they have been pinning after since they were kids.

This was the ticket to freedom.

Hours of turning pages, and downing caffeine later they finally found something.

"Got something." Jack called suddenly.

"What is it?" Hiccup yawned stretching out his stiff muscles.

"The Men of Letters found what they believed to be a hand of God in Kells Ireland. They were on a mission to check out the Book of Kells when they found this shard of glass that was emanating an immense source of power. They knew this was too much power for even them to hold onto so they warded the shard and hid it with the book."

"Och 'at sounds great." Merida scoffed. "Now we jist have ta find a way ta break in ta meseum in Ireland an' steal a shard ay glass witout anyone knowin' we're not afta th' book. Sound easy."

"Actually the book is in the old library at the Dublin Trinity College." Hiccup corrected. "But yes, it will be hard to get none the less."

"I'll call Eugene." Rapunzel said pulling out her phone. "He'll be able to get it. Hang a sec."

The talk was quick, the plan was already in motion. Eugene was in Italy now and on his way to Ireland. It would take a few days at the least and hopefully he would be able to get the shard to them soon. Then they could end this.

"Alright now we just need to get you two ready." Hiccup said suddenly looking to Rapunzel and Jack.

"What do you mean?" Jack asked.

"You and Rapunzel are the only ones who can use this things power. You're God's grandkids. Normal people or even supernatural people like me and Merida would burn out if we tried to touch the damn thing. Even the Men of Letters didn't want to try. It's too much power."

"Okay, so what should we do?" Rapunzel inquired holding her arm behind her back.

"Well we got to get you two to the point where you can unleash your powers and control them. I've been reading up on theories the MOLs had about Arch Nephilims and you guys aren't even using half your power. I think Elsa can use her's at full capasity but she's been trained to and you guys haven't really known about your hearitages that long."

"Well I haven't." Rapunzel shrugged.

"I didn't want to use my powers." Jack murmured.

"Yeah, well now we need them. If this thing is as powerful as I think it is then your going to need to master your powers completely before you even try to use it. So let's go to the dojo and get some work done."

"Ye aw go." Merida called. "Aam gonna brin' Elsa up ta speed."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Hiccup asked looking tired of this argument. "We don't want her knowing too much about this."

"Look, if somethin' happens an' those two can't perform loch we need 'em ta she may bae th' onley one 'at can wield that thin'. We need her."

"She's right." Jack sighed. "If Rapunzel and I fail Elsa will be the only one strong enough to actually stop all this. Do you think you can talk her into fighting for us?"

"Ah'll do mah best." Merida nodded.

"Then go." he told her looking grave.

With another nod she was gone.

"That was a bad idea." Hiccup groaned.

"We don't have much else to work with." Rapunzel reminded him.

"I know, let's just get on with this." he sighed leading the way to the dojo.

Merida's steps were rushed and heavy as she quickly made her way down to the cell which she had been visiting for the last month or so. So relieved to be delivering some good news to Elsa. It may not have been as good as they had saved her sister, but it was a step in that direction.

"Elsa." she called cheerfully.

"What's going on?" Elsa asked looking concerned from her spot on her cot.

"We found it." Merida smiled. "We found a way ta defeat Pitch an' th' angles."

"What? What is it?"
"A weapon 'at onley ye an' th' other nephilim can use. Dorn't ye see, Elsa, thes es it. We can save yer sister. Ye jist have ta stand with us an' fight."

"Merida…" Elsa shook her head and bit her lip. "How can you be sure that this will work."

"Ah jist know. Ye have ta trust meh."

The snowy princess was still quiet as she thought everything over.

"Ye dorn't have ta give meh an answer now." Merida assured with a soft smile. "Eugene will bae 'ere en a few days with th' weapon. Ye can give meh yer answer 'en."

Training with the two nephilim was proving to be interesting. There was no real clue on what the child of an archangel would be capable of seeing as how there haven't been any in recorded history until these three. It didn't really make sense that both Jack and Elsa's strongest abilities lie in cold and ice creation and manipulation but it turned out that even without the staff Jack was relatively powerful. The crook just acted as a conductor, a way to concentrate his power. He could actually create living moving things out of frost. So he theoretically could make an army of frost demons to do his bidding. He also can alter a person's thoughts with a snowflake, make them see things his way. There was also the control over a chilled wind. He could control it's direction and force with just a playful command. Rapunzel's powers made more sense. Well her healing powers anyway. Angels could heal practically anything. Her hair on the other had was just something else. With a lot of work they found out that it isn't just indestructible, but she can also control it with her mind. Like Medusa from the Inhumans. Her eyes did this thing where they glowed gold when she did it too. Jack glowed two, only silver. They assumed that Elsa's were the same.

Safe to say, when Eugene finally came knocking on the bunker door, they were ready.

"That's it?" Jack asked scrutinizing the tiny thumb size glass shard Eugene had in a glass case.

"Yeah, don't knock it." Eugene warned opening the case.

The air in the room became thicker as the shard hummed with power making them all stiffen in anticipation.

"Holy Hell." Hiccup gasped after Eugene closed the case again.

"Yeah, the thing is dangerous. So no messing around alright. Kill the bastards then lock it away for good." he urged.

"Definitely." Rapunzel nodded.

"So are we doing this?" Jack asked looking to all his friends.

"Better now than later." Hiccup nodded.

"Ah'll go see if Elsas' on our side." Merida said taking her leave of the room.

This time she was slow on making her way to the cell. She didn't want to hear the rejection she was most likely going to receive. It might be better if Elsa stayed here until they got Anna back, but Merida wanted so badly for her to come to their side. To be with her again. She just hoped that when this was all over they could figure it all out.

"Weel?" she asked stopping in front of the cell. "Whit have ye decided?"

Elsa looked up at her slowly, a look of determination in her eyes as she stood.

"If you say that this weapon will destroy Pitch," she started taking a deep breath. "Then I want to be there when it happens."

They drove a good hundred and one miles away from the bunker to be sure that Pitch wouldn't find it should thing go sideways. Once they were a good distance away in an abandoned warehouse they set to work getting everything ready. They would have to summon Pitch but they could just pray to the angels and they should show. So quickly drawing the summoning circle, mixing the herbs and saying the words they set the contents of the bowl on fire and waited.

"Jacky boy."

They all turned resisting the urge to grab their weapons.

"And little Elsa, thought we lost you." This man was huge, with tons of scars and dreads for hair and a left arm missing replaced with a metal prosthetic.

"Astrid." Hiccup snarled. "Or is it still Dagur?"

"Nah." The demon smirked. "This little gem is called Drago. And believe me he wanted this as much as I did. I may have found a permanent meat suit. But we're not here to talk about that are we?"

"No we're not." Jack assured pulling Hiccup to him to try and calm him down. "We didn't summon you. Where is Pitch?"

"On his way." Drago rasped eyeing the group. "Sent me ahead to be sure that your weren't planning anything."

"No, we're done." Jack sighed turning to Rapunzel. "Summon the angels."

She nodded and bowed her head praying quietly to herself.

"We'll go with you do what you want but there are a few conditions."

"Of course." Drago nodded.

"Hiccup, Anna and Eugene are all to be kept safe and out of the fight."

"What!?" Hiccup barked. "No that's not what we agreed on. You said I'd be by your side."

"I lied." Jack hissed. "I'm not letting you anywhere near this fight."

"You son of a bitch." Hiccup growled.

"As much as I'm enjoying this lovers dispute." Drago interrupted in his booming voice. "The other two I can manage, but the thief, he is nothing to you or Elsa so why would I protect him?"

"That part of the deal is meant for us I'm assuming."

Looking behind them they saw three newcomers. Tall slender woman with thick curly black hair and two muscle packed red heads at her flank. They were twins but one was wearing an eye patch.

"An' ye wood bae?" Merida asked stepping in front of Elsa as the newcomers where glaring at her and Jack.

"My name is Gothel, and these are my associates." she smiled stiffly. "I'm the one in charge of heaven until Michael returns."

"You're not an archangel." Rapunzel noted feeling her lack in power.

"No I'm not." Gothel ticked. "Unfortunately, Raphael was destroyed by Lucifer and Gabriel has gone missing. So someone had to step up."

"We're not here to talk politics."

All this spinning around was going to give everyone whiplash.

Turning back to Drago they found that he had been joined by two more demons. One was all muscle and dark hair with one dead eye. The other was tall, thin, gray skinned and had bright yellow eyed.

"Pitch." Jack growled.

"Hello Jack, it's been a long time." The Prince of Hell cooed.

"Too long." Jack hissed taking out the warded case. "NOW!"

On que everyone took position ducking down so that Rapunzel could spread her hair out and tangle it around the demons and angels. Once that was done Merida, Eugene and Hiccup got out of the way hiding behind a dumpster with Toothless, weapons ready just in case.

"It's over Pitch." Jack snarled as he and Elsa let their ice spread up their opponents legs to make double sure they stayed put. Then they stood Jack in the middle with the warded case. "The apocalypse is done. This all ends now."

"Your right." Pitch snickered. "This does end now, but not in the way you think."

"Aah!" Rapunzel gave a shrill scream as her head was wrenched back.

"Raps." Eugene cried watching as a new black eyed bastard took a fist full of her hair and ran an angel blade across it.

With a smirk he backed away from the three as Rapunzel's hand flew to her neck where her hair now suddenly ended. It lost its golden glow and became a dark brown.

"My hair." she murmured shocked.

"Well done Hans." Pitch called wiping the strands of hair from his body. "Now if we are done with the charade…"

Pointing out his hand he started to speak in Enochian, harmful words that had the three nephilim groaning and falling to their knees.

"Jack!" Hiccup cried jumping out and running for Pitch. "Toothless get them!"

Snarling and snapping the massive hound ran a head of Hiccup gunning for Pitch.

"Nice try, but mine's bigger." Drago smirked. "Sick 'em."

Jumping down from the second floor was another bigger stronger hellhound. It landed on Toothless starting a bloody brawl.

"Toothless!" Hiccup cried backtracking.

"Not so fast." Drago chuckled appearing next to the tamer and clothes lining him so he landed on his back he used his foot to pin the boy down.

"Hiccup!" Merida cried finishing her fight with Hans pulling her blade from his chest, to go help him only to have a beefy arm wrap around her chest pulling her against a thick body. "Let meh go!"

"Damn it." Eugene snarled as he was detained by the twins.

"You damn bastard." Hiccup growled trying to push Drago's foot off.

"Nah- uh." Drago shook his head taking a spear and placing it at Hiccup's left leg. "You are the little bastard. You've been a pain in my ass since I beat you up for copping a feel."

"That sounds so wrong coming out of your mouth." Hiccup snarked rolling his eyes. "Also so not what happened."

"Doesn't matter, because now we don't need you." With a wry smile he swung his spear up then brought in back down hard and fast.

"HICCUP!" Jack howled eyes wide as his lover's leg was severed.

Hiccup couldn't scream the pain was too much. Toothless forgot about the massive beast he was fighting in favor of going to his tamers aid only for the hound to pin him down. He whined and huffed as he watched Hiccup stare mouth open in a silent scream.

"Stop, leave him alone." Jack groaned. "Let them go. I'll go with you."

"Me too." Rapunzel promised. "Just let them go."

"Oh no." Gothel chimed patting Eugene's head. "Then how do we make sure you all stay in line. The Enochian spell will only last so long so we need all the leverage we can get on you so you'll hold still."

"What are you talking about?" Elsa whimpered.

"You'll see." Gothel smiled.

In a blink they were no longer in the warehouse but rather a crumbling, decapitated church.

"Where are we?" Rapunzel demanded the spell finally wearing off.

"Uh- ah." The twin without a patch growled pressing a knife to Eugene's neck. "Make a move and he becomes a cherry fountain."

She glared at the Angel wishing she had her hair so she could knock the guy across the room.

"Hiccup." Jack whimpered taking a step toward the shocked boy.

"He's fine." Drago assured pulling Hiccup on his remaining leg and his chest. "Be a good little bastard do what big brother Pitch says and little Hiccy here will die last."

"Jack…" Hiccup whimpered his head lolling forward.

"Hey," Jack cooed softly. "It's gonna be okay your gonna be fine."

"Oh but he really isn't." Pitch groaned staring at the shard in the warded case. "Good on you kids, getting this. It would have ended us all, that is if Elsa hadn't tipped us off."

"Elsa?" Merida gasped watching as the girl avoided looking at anyone. "Tell meh 'e's lyin'. Tell meh ye didn't dae whit 'e says."

"She did." Pitch smirked coming up behind the girl and rubbing her shoulders. "She did everything she was supposed to. Should plan A, bring her brother back, fail she was to go to plan B; seduce the redhead who is still hopelessly in love with her and get her on our side via my blood. Obviously that failed since your a prophet, but she did a Hell of a job improvising. She has made us proud."

"Elsa." Merida whimpered in defeat. "It was aw a lie 'en, Ah see."

Elsa finally looked at her, her eyes shining with unshed tears.

"You made her do this." Jack snarled. "Because if she didn't you were going to hurt Anna.*

"That is true, not that it really matters." Pitch slithering back to Drago.

"What do you mean?" Elsa demanded. "You said if I did what you said you'd let my sister go."

"Well about that." Pitch winced. "You see in order to get the angels to actually work with us- I mean they wanted this as much as we did they're just a bunch of dicks with sticks up their asses- we had to make an arrangement."

"What arrangement?" Jack demanded.

"We'd help them with the end game if they released the innocent into our custody." Gothel affirmed. "So they did."

"Where is she?" Elsa whimpered.

"Safe." she smiled. "We erased her memory and put her in a good home. She has no idea you and your brother even exist."

"She's safe." Elsa murmured eyes wide and streaming tears. "This whole time she's been safe."

"Yes, but the leverage her name held did wonders." Drago chuckled.

"You lied to me." Elsa hissed clenching her fists, a chill running through the room as frost crawled over the windows.

"That's not all we lied to you about." Pitch shrugged.

"What does that mean?" Jack growled keeping an eye on Hiccup from the corner of his vision.

"Well, let's just say you don't let the livestock know your going to butcher them until after it's too late." Gothel smirked.

"... so..." Hiccup groaned glaring at Pitch after about three minutes of confused silence. "That while story about how they were supposed to fight the big battle for their father's was just that. A bullshit story."

"We had to give them something but not the truth." Pitch said soothingly. "The truth is that Michael and Lucifer knew this was coming, so they came up with a plan to spring themselves from the cage. Only the blood of their first borns would break them out."

"Blood of the first born." Rapunzel murmured her eyes going wide. "Your going to sacrifice us to summon the archangels."

"Ding, ding, ding." Drago laughed.

"That makes no sense." Jack growled. "Why go through all the trouble of infecting Hiccup with demon blood if you were just gonna kill us?"

"The blood was supposed to make him come to us." Pitch sighed. "It was supposed to corrupt him and turn him to our side bringing you with him. But he wasn't infected with enough and instead gained some control over the hellhound we sent after him. Overall it was a failed job. Not that it matters you're all here now, we can begin."

"NO!" Merida cried struggling harder against her ditainy."YE TOUCH 'EM AN' AH'LL DROWN YE IN HOLY OIL AN' LIGHT IT ABLAZE!"

"Fisty isn't she?" Gothel chortled.

"Keep a good hold on her Mor'du." Pitch ordered. "She's to witness and record the final battle. She will be the only one who walks out of here alive."

"No." Elsa growled. "The only ones who will die this night are you demons and angels."

The room dropped ten degrees in temperature as ice and frost coated the room making everyone shiver.

"That's enough, Elsa." Pitch warned. "Don't be difficult."

"Don't be difficult!" she shrieked the air around her beginning to swirl and chill. "You used me, abused me. Turned me into a monster. Had me hurt my friends and brother. All to save a sister that doesn't even remember me. You lied to me. So yeah, when you tell me that all this was a big lie just to kill me, I'm gonna be as difficult as possible!"

With an agonized scream she threw her arms out letting the bizard she summoned wreck havoc upon those she deemed her enemy. Seeing his chance, Jack pulled Rapunzel behind him close to his back and held his crook high adding his own power to the blizzard making it fifteen times as powerful. While the storm attacked the angels and demons it gave Merida and Eugene the perfect chance to unsheathe their hidden angel blades and dispatch their captors. Merida was quick and done in a second while Eugene had to chant a curse in Enochian to weaken the twins then slice their throats in one swift motion. Free at last they went to the others. The storm was also attacking the hellhound holding Toothless down giving the perfect chance to rip its throat out and lung for Drago and tear him to pieces making the demon release Hiccup who slumped to the floor.

"Toothless." Hiccup called softly.

Finished with rendering the demon immobile the beast whimpered nosing at his tamer's shoulder.

"I'm okay, bud." He groaned. "I need your help let me on you back."

Giving another whimper Toothless knelt down letting Hiccup crawl onto his back. Clutching at the loose skin around the hounds shoulders, and wrapping his one good leg around Toothless's ribs he prepared himself for a bumpy ride.

"Get me as close to Pitch as you can." He told the hound who huffed and began to run.

The storm parted as Hiccup went almost as if it were trying to give him the best visibility it could. He smiled knowing it was Jack's doing then leaned closer to Toothless as he picked up speed. Pitch was flailing around attempting to escape the storm only for it to thicken around him. Hiccup leaned in so his chest touched Toothless's shoulders and held out his arm, hand reaching.

"Yahtzee." He cheered pulling the warded case to his chest.

They circled around heading back for Jack and the others, dodging Pitch as he tried to grab for them.

"Jack!" he called now back with everyone. "Here's the shard. Hurry and use it."

"Everyone get down!" Jack called to everyone who wasn't an arch nephilim. They covered their eyes and crouched low to the ground as Jack and the girls took their positions; Elsa facing Pitch, Rapunzel facing Gothel one hand from each on Jack's shoulder as he stood in the middle. He took the shard out holding it tight in his hand while raising his crook with the other. Their eyes began to glow white as the power coursed through them intensified by their angel blood. The storm cleared just in time for the angel and demon to see a mass of white energy before it engulfed them. They gave agonized howls then were gone. Disintegrated down to the last molecule. But the shards wasn't done. It glowed brighter pulling something from Jack, Rapunzel, Hiccup and Merida. They wouldn't remember this latter, seeing a ghostly figure of themselves being sucked into the shard. All they remembered was the light dying down and being exhausted. The shard had vanished but they weren't to worried about that. They were just too spent to think too much.

"Is it over?" Hiccup asked his voice muffled as his head was buried in Toothless's fur.

"It's over." Jack assured breathless.

"Indeed it is."

Startled and beyond over it, they all turned to find a tall boney man in a suit and tie.

Obviously an angel.

"Oh come on." Hiccup groaned slumping against Toothless. "Can't you guys take a hint. The apocalypse is not happening."

"And a good thing." The angel agreed waving his hand at the hound tamer closing up his wounded leg to the boys astonishment. "I'm sorry I couldn't reattach the leg, but I'm sure you'll find a way to cope."

"Um, thanks." Hiccup said thankful that he wasn't bleeding out anymore.

"Wait…" Rapunzel started looking confused. "You don't want to start the apocalypse."

"Heavens no." He shook his head. "The only ones who wanted that was Michael and Gothel and a few of their followers. The rest of us wanted only to do the job God left to us. To protect mankind and maintain Heaven."

"So there are still some that want it?" Jack noted.

"Only a few and they are not powerful enough to start anything. Don't worry we'll keep them in line."

"Hoos we?" Merida asked.

"The new council of Heaven. Myself and four others. You would know them as Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny and Sandman."

"Seriously?" Hiccup choked. "Those are all angels?"

"Angels in charge of protecting and helping children just like myself."

"And who are you?" Eugene asked crossing his arms. "Father time?"

"You may call me Manny Moon. My angelic name is a bit too hard for humans to pronounce."

"So your gonna run Heaven now?" Hiccup clarified. "And we don't have to worry about you winged dicks starting this all up again?"

"Well you may have to deal with a few angels that leave Heaven to start trouble but I'm sure your used to that sort of thing. Now, I've delivered my message and will be on my way."

Blink and he was gone and they were back in the warehouse.

"Well that was anticlimactic." Hiccup groaned.

"Who cares." Eugene chuckled. "We're alive and we don't have to worry about apocalypse take three. It's done. Which means," he smiled taking Rapunzel's hand and spinning her around like a princess. "We can go on that little vacation."

"Maybe catch a few days of sleep first." She sighed.

"Hey." Jack said placing a hand gently on Elsa's shoulder. "Are you gonna be okay?"

She sniffles and nodded before shaking her head leaning into him.

"I'm sorry." she whimpered. "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay." He cooed. "You were trying to save Anna."

"Yeah, but she never needed saving. I was just an idiot."

"Ye really weren't." Merida soothed rubbing her arm.

"We can track her down." Jack offered. "Get her to remember."

"No." Elsa shook her head vigorously. "She's living a life away from all this. Its what's best."

"Sae whit are ye gonna dae now?" Merida asked moving some snow colored hair from Elsa's damp brow.

"I don't know." she sighed

"Come back to the bunker, get some rest." Jack urged. "You can figure what to do after that."

She nodded, moving from Jack's shoulder to Merida's. This gave Jack the opportunity to check on Hiccup who was still astride his hellhound and looking less woozy then when they first entered the church. But Jack couldn't see the beast so it just looked like Hiccup was floating mid air with his legs spread.

"I have no idea how to approach you or weather it's safe to do so." He said eyeing the air under Hiccup wearily.

This made the boy chuckle.

"Here, it's safe. Toothless won't bite unless I tell him to." He assured holding out his arm so Jack knew where to go.

Smiling Jack gave the massive dog a wide berth as he made his way to Hiccup's hand so the boy could pull him closer. He smiled up at the brunette before noticing that he was on Hiccup's left and placing a sad hand on Hiccup's stump. Hiccup tensed but calmed down after taking a deep breath and placing his own hand over Jacks.

"I'm sorry." Jack murmured.

"Does it hurt?"

"Not anymore. There was a moment when I thought I was gonna pass out, but I knew if I did you'd be here alone with those assholes. I couldn't leave you alone with them."

"What are you gonna do now then?" Jack wandered. "I don't think hunting with one leg will be easy. Are you gonna ride Toothless around everywhere?"

"As tempting as that sounds, he's not allowed in the bunker. So maybe I'll ride him while chasing monsters but otherwise I think I need to make a prosthetic leg." He shrugged rubbing his thumb lovingly over Jack's knuckles. "We did it. We got our revenge. It doesn't feel as good as I thought. What happened still happened. I still feel bad about it, but at least the demons that did it can't do it to anyone else."

"And the cage can never be opened again." Jack nodded. "We'll make sure it's never opened again."

Hiccup gave his own nod before sighing and laying against Toothless so his eyes were at Jack's level.

"Can we go home now?" He pleaded.

"Yeah." Jack nodded giving the boy a small peck on the lips. "Let's go home."

Weeks later found Hiccup going through some physical therapy with Jack and while Merida and Elsa hunted. He would be good to go a few days later and he and Jack would hunt down a rugaru in Texas with Toothless. Eugene and Rapunzel had a month of peace which they used in Europe before coming home and getting back to business.

Saving whoever.

Hunting whatever.

Just doing what they know and love.

The family business.

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