Best Friends
Hiccup sat in his chair in front of his base's supercomputer. He'd gone to sleep almost instantaneously the night before after having the dragon robot's head CPU and memory scanned. When he woke up he scanned the surface of the metal for clues. What he'd found wasn't good. Then with some further digging he started piecing things together.
"Dude, slushy machine was a killer idea," Jack said as he walked up behind him while slurping down a blueberry slushy and holding a burger in hand.
"Well I'm glad you think so since you wouldn't stop bothering me about putting one in," Hiccup said dryly as he kept his eyes on the computer screen.
"Hey a guy needs to have a slushy to be at his peak condition when he fights crime," Jack said with a shrug. Suddenly his burger was snatched out of his hand. He scowled down as he saw the giant black wolf dog gobbling down his burger. "Toothless!" he shouted in annoyance.
The wolf dog looked up at him and licked his chops. "Good boy Toothless," Hiccup said with a smirk. Toothless wagged his tail before coming to lie down at Hiccup's feet.
Jack grumbled indignantly before looking up at the screen. "So what did you find brainiac?"
Hiccup sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Unfortunately nothing. Drago is too smart to slip up that easily." Jack nodded in agreement. "But after scanning the surface and inside of the robot, I found something you're not gonna like," he continued.
Jack raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah?" he asked curious.
Hiccup pressed a button on the keyboard of his computer and pulled up a microscopic scan of the robot's metal surface. "Black sand," Hiccup informed him. Jack's eye twitched and he instantly froze the slushy in his hand solid.
"Pitch," Jack growled out.
"Like I said. Not gonna like," Hiccup repeated.
"You think him and Drago are working together?" Jack asked seriously.
"Seems like too much of a coincidence for that not to be the case," Hiccup said with a sigh. "But there's something else," he continued. Jack looked at him and coked his head to the side. "Last night was strange. Drago doesn't normally just send his bots out without some kind of purpose besides causing havoc," Hiccup pointed out. As Jack thought about it, he realized he was right. Usually Drago would attempt to steal something or target something. Last night had been too…random.
"What are you thinking then?" Jack asked.
Hiccup pressed another key on the keyboard and pulled up a news clip about the docks. "It was a distraction. To keep our eyes away from the docks," he said. "There was some kind of scuffle down there last night," he said. He pressed another key and pulled up a clip showing one of Dragon's robots being pulled from underneath a shipping crate in wreckage.
"So something came in last night that Drago wanted?" he asked. "What do you think it was?"
"Well I pulled up a list of all the things that came in last night. Nothing on the list fits the things Drago usually goes after. But when I factor in Pitch's involvement the computer pulled up something it thought he would go after," he said as he hit a few keys. A photo of a sword came up.
"A sword?" Jack asked.
"The Sword of Mor'du. Recently found and on loan from Scotland, it was shipped to be displayed in Berk's museum. It said to be cursed and give the user the strength of ten men," he explained.
"Sounds like dark magic," Jack said in disgust.
"And who do we know that's into the dark arts?" he asked rhetorically. They both knew the answer.
"How sure are you that this was what they were after?" Jack asked.
"The computer is only about sixty percent. So I did some follow up." Hiccup then started rapidly typing in keys before pulling up a live camera feed. "This was a live camera feed from the museum. The sword is on display. And with my facial recognition software, we got a hit," he said as he zoomed into a frozen frame. He zoomed into and focused on two red headed men that looked to be twins. They were tall, ugly, and overall looked like bad men.
"Who are dumb and dumber?" Jack inquired.
"These are the Stabbington brothers. Mercenaries for hire that are into the shadiest of businesses. But they tend to work for one person in particular," he said as he hit a button and pulled up a new picture.
"Whoa. Got milf," Jack said jokingly.
On the screen there was a picture of a woman who looked to be middle aged. She was tall, curvy, with a grey streak in long curly black hair, and wearing a red dress. She was quite attractive in Jack's opinion.
"Meet Gothel. A women with a rap sheet as long and as bad as Drago and Pitch," Hiccup informed.
"So three grade A baddies all focused around one sword," Jack said thoughtfully. "You think they're all working together?" he asked.
"Not sure about Gothel. She could be a competitor. But let's assume worst case scenario that they are," Hiccup said.
"Nice job Sherlock Haddock. So you think they'll go after the sword again?" Jack asked.
"Possibly."
"Should we get it before them?" Jack asked.
Hiccup sighed. "I'd rather avoid stealing a historical piece of museum property thank you. For now we do a stake out and see if we can't catch one of our baddies red handed," he proposed.
"All right, so one more question," Jack began. Hiccup nodded for him to go ahead. "The distraction worked. We must have chased down that last robot for like an hour. So how come they don't have the sword?" he asked.
Hiccup pursed his lips and rubbed his chin. "No idea. There might possibly be another party involved here," he said with a shrug.
"Supers?" Jack offered.
"Or a competitor," Hiccup pointed out. They both remain silent as they processed these new developments. Then suddenly Hiccup's cell phone rang. Jack watched as he looked at the caller ID. He smirked and guessed who it was when his whole face lit up.
"Is that the future Mrs. Haddock?" he asked jokingly.
Hiccup wiped the smile off his face. "Shut up Jack," he said under his breath before he answered his phone. Jack chuckled.
"Hello?"
Merida woke up early the next morning in her condo to a cooked breakfast, courtesy of her bestie who'd spent the night. She walked into the kitchen in a pair of sweat pants and a green tank top before digging into her scrambled eggs, bacon, and sausage breakfast. Glancing out the window onto her balcony, complete with a small pool, she saw her friend laying down on a patio chair and sunbathing. She knew Punz was actually absorbing energy for later.
"So Punz. I was thinking about the sword last night. And I think it's too dangerous to leave with the museum," she said to her friend. She glanced up from her meal when she didn't get a response. "Punz, are you listening?" she said a little louder. Still she got no response.
With an annoyed frown she got up and walked outside and looked at her friend. She was in a purple bikini with some matching purple sunglasses and was listening to her Ipod. With her not using her powers her hair was brown and only reached down to just above her shoulders.
Merida put her hands on her hips and stood directly in front of her, blocking out the sun. Her friend finally seemed to notice as she sat up and lowered her shades before removing her ear buds. She looked up at her with a pair of grass green eyes inquisitively.
"Oh, morning Mer," Rapunzel said with a warm smile.
"Yeah, morning Punz. Now as I was saying," she began. Rapunzel listened intently as Merida explained that she thought it best if they take the sword.
"But isn't that stealing?" Rapunzel asked hesitantly.
Merida sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "Well yes. But if the sword has been found it won't be safe on display for everyone to see. We have no choice but to take it," Merida said firmly.
Rapunzel didn't like the idea, but she trusted Merida. "If you say so Merida." Merida nodded before going back inside. Rapunzel followed after her. As they sat down to some coffee Merida looked at her phone and bit her lip pensively.
"You want to call him up don't you?" Rapunzel said with a smile. She placed her chin in her hands as she looked at her friend with a smirk.
Merida blushed slightly. "Yes," she mumbled softly.
"Well why don't you then? I'd love to meet him," Rapunzel encouraged.
Merida thought about it for a moment before picking up her phone and dialing Hiccup. It range three times before he answered.
"Hello?" came his voice on the other end.
"Hey Hiccup. It's Merida," Merida said. She palmed her face. Of course he'd know that. Caller ID.
"Oh hey Mer. Good morning and how are you?" he asked.
"Oh I'm fine. I'm just calling to see if everything is ok. Especially since you kind of ran out last night."
There was a sigh on his end. "Yeah, I'm really sorry about that. My idiot best friend was having some mechanical problems," he explained. Merida could have sworn she heard an indignant 'Hey!' in the background.
"Oh it's ok. Coincidentally my own best friend flew into town last night and I had to go pick her up," she said as she smiled at a giggling Rapunzel.
"Huh, no kidding?" he said amused. "So anyway. Now that I have you, I was wondering if you wanted to do something today?"
Merida perked up, intrigued at the prospect of going on a date with Hiccup again. "Really now? What did you have in mind?" she asked curiously.
"Well there's an ice hockey game today around 2. Unfortunately I already made plans with my friend for later on tonight, but I thought maybe you'd want to go with me?" he offered. "Unless you don't like hockey?" he asked quickly.
Merida giggled lightly. "No that sounds fine. But do you mind if I bring a friend?" she asked looking to Rapunzel who was practically bouncing up and down in excitement.
"Sure. Should I pick you up or do you want to meet there?"
"We'll meet you there," she said enthusiastically.
"Great, it's a date then," he said, a smile evident in his tone.
"Bye Hiccup," she said sweetly.
"Bye Merida," he said before her hung up.
Rapunzel squealed giddily. "Yes, I get to meet the famous Hiccup who can make even Merida blush," she cried in excitement. Merida scowled at her before walking to her room to take a shower. It was a good thing Hiccup had plans for later tonight already. Because that was when Archer and Limelight would steal the sword.
Hours later Hiccup waited outside the entrance to the arena for Merida and her friend. He wore simple blue jeans with a button up green sports shirt and a leather jacket. He was eager to see Merida again. He only wished he could spend more time with her, but he and Jack had agreed to stake out the museum later tonight after his game.
"Hiccup!" Suddenly came a shout from behind. Hiccup smiled and turned to see a beaming Merida walking up to him. She had on blue jeans with a dark green leather jacket and a green scarf. She rushed up and gave him a hug and a peck on his cheek.
"Hey Merida, good to see you," he said with a smile. She blushed and smiled warmly at him.
"Oh and this is my friend Rapunzel," she said turning and gesturing to a brunet behind him. She was wearing a purple denim jacket with blue jeans and a purple scarf along with purple high heeled boots.
Hiccup smiled in a friendly manner and extended a hand out to her. "Nice to meet you," he said in earnest.
"Nice to meet you too," she said with warm smile while she took his hand. "So you're Hiccup," she said raising an eyebrow.
Hiccup raised an eyebrow of his own and looked at Merida who flushed and looked away shyly. "I guess I am," he said with a shrug. Then he narrowed his eyes he took another look at Rapunzel. "You look familiar," he said curiously.
Rapunzel smirked and shrugged. "I guess I just have one of those faces," she said blankly.
"No, I'm sure I've seen you before," he said as he tapped his chin in thought. And then it hit him. "You're Rachel Punzel," he said in amazement. "The supermodel."
Rapunzel chuckled, "Guilty," she said heartily.
Hiccup was amazed. How did he not know Merida was friends with Rachel Punzel? "How come you never told me your best friend was Rachel Punzel?" he asked Merida incredulously.
Merida narrowed her eyes and placed her hands on her hips. "Is there a reason that's so interesting Hiccup?" she asked with an edge in her voice.
Hiccup flinched nervously. "Reason, no reason, I just…well….I…just interesting," he started to babble. He couldn't stop and he kept going until Merida had enough of seeing him squirm and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled at her gratefully.
Rapunzel giggled. "Aww, you guys are so cute together," she said adoringly. The couple blushed before Hiccup led them inside. And into seats on the first row.
"So who's your home team Hiccup?" Merida asked to be reminded.
"We're the Berk Vikings," he informed her.
"These are some good seats," Rapunzel piped in. "Perks of being rich I guess."
Hiccup smiled and rubbed the back of his neck. "Actually its perks of having a friend on the team," he explained. The girls looked at him inquisitively. "My best friend is Jack Overland. And he plays the center position on the team. But when he's on the ice people tend to call him…"
"JACK FROST! JACK FROST! JACK FROST! JACK FROST! JACK FROST! JACK FROST!" the Berk fans chanted as one of the Berk Vikings scored yet another goal on the opposing team.
Jack smiled and skated across the ice while pumping his fists and smiling to the crowd. Though Jack was rather small in comparison to the average Hockey player his skills on the ice were unparalleled. Being on the ice was second nature to him, as easy as breathing. And in Berk he'd become a fan favorite, practically dominating the rink and always ensuring the Viking's victory.
Outside his Frost persona Jack had brown hair and brown eyes, allowing him to not be recognized. The fans loved him and cheered, wearing Jack Frost tees, holding up homemade fan posters, and just worshiping the ice he skated on.
Jack smiled and glanced over to Hiccup's usual spot to see him sitting next to a red head he assumed to be Merida. They looked to be enjoying themselves as they smiled and talked to each other while Merida had her arm wrapped around his. On Hiccup's other side there was a cute brunette who looked familiar. The brunette seemed to be getting very into the game as she stood in her seat and shouted smack talk at the opposing players.
With a smile Jack leapt back into action. He and the Berk Vikings scored goal after goal. After yet another point Jack skated up to where his friend was sitting.
"Hey Hiccup," he said from behind the boards.
"Hey Jack," Hiccup returned.
"And you must be Merida," he said to the red head. "Hiccup's told me a lot about you," he added at his friend's expense.
Merida smiled and raised an eyebrow as she looked at a blushing Hiccup. "Oh did he now?" She asked curiously. She was very flattered he'd talked about her.
"It's good to meet you," he said with a smirk. She liked to mess with Hiccup too. They would get along just fine. Then he glanced over to the brunette. "Hey there, you must be Merida's friend," he greeted.
Rapunzel nodded. "I'm Rapunzel," she shouted over the crowd.
"Nice to meet you Rapunzel," then he narrowed his eyes at her. "Why do you look familiar?" he asked.
Rapunzel goggled and shrugged.
"FROST!" came a shout from his team mate. Jack turned to see them beckoning him to get back in the game.
"Sorry guys, duty calls. But let's get something to eat after," he suggested, they all nodded before het turned and skated off, back into the game.
"Well he's certainly interesting," Merida said with a smile.
"He's annoying is what he is," Hiccup said with a frown. But then he sighed and his mouth twitched upward into a small smile of his own. "But he's my best friend," he said shrugging an arm.
"I think he's cute," Rapunzel said aloud. Merida and Hiccup glanced over at her curiously. Rapunzel noticed them and turned to them with a blush. "Did I say that out loud?" she asked nervously. They both nodded and smirked before turning their attention back on the game.
Rapunzel did the same. And as she watched the game her eyes were trained on Jack. For she hadn't been lying when she said she thought he was attractive. She bit her lips anxiously and fought back a blush as she watched him play.
After the game the group had gone to a pizza place recommended by Jack. It was a small restaurant with a cozy and mellow atmosphere perfect for decompressing and having a good time.
"No seriously, why do I know you're face?" Jack asked Rapunzel who was sitting right next to him in a booth. Merida and Hiccup his smiled and suppressed laughter from their own side.
"Oh you know, just one of those faces," Rapunzel said nonchalantly.
"You lie. I know you're lying, I see you're faces," Jack said glaring at Hiccup and Merida who sniggered and snorted at his expense. He didn't like being out of the loop. He was going to go nuts if he didn't figure it out.
Rapunzel giggled alongside them and finally decided to let him know. "Well usually you might see me in a bikini and in a magazine," she hinted.
Jack processed her words and gave her another look. He narrowed his eyes and moved his face closer to hers, getting much into her personal space as Rapunzel fought back a blush. Then it finally dawned on him.
"You're Rachel Punzel," he finally said. Rapunzel nodded in confirmation as Hiccup and Merida finally burst out laughing. "Hiccup, how come you didn't tell me Merida knew Rachel Punzel," Jack demanded.
Hiccup took a breath to get his laughter under control before answering. "Cuz I didn't find out till right before the game," Hiccup replied.
Jack accepted his answer before turning back to Rapunzel and giving her his best smile. "Well it's an honor to meet you Miss Punzel," he said a suave as he could.
Merida and Hiccup rolled their eyes.
"Nice to meet you too Jack," Rapunzel replied.
With a smile Jack turned to address Merida. "By the way Merida, I'm sorry about stealing Hiccup from you the other night. I was having some car trouble and my boy Hiccup is like a wiz with cars," he lied.
But Merida didn't catch the lie and accepted his apology with a nod. "Oh it's no problem. I would have had to go anyway to pick up Punz here anyway," she replied.
With that the group settled back and enjoyed each other's company. They spoke of the game, Jack asked about the progress of the merger and also asked Rapunzel about all the places she'd been on her shoot.
He found her very interesting, not to mention attractive. She was bubbly, friendly, and over all a nice girl. He felt the atmosphere shift into what felt like a double date. And he was enjoying himself. But as the hours passed Jack took a look at his watch.
"Yo Hiccup," he said to grab his friend attention. Hiccup looked up from his food at him. "We gotta get going, if we're going to make our thing," he said vaguely. Hiccup immediately knew what he was referring to. He gave him a subtle nod.
"Jack's right. We got our plans after all," he told Merida.
"Yeah, so de we, right Punz?" Merida asked her friend. Rapunzel nodded.
So Hiccup paid for the bill and the group all walked to their respective vehicles. Rapunzel got in Merida's car and let her say goodbye to Hiccup. But as she waited Jack came over to her window, bending over he peeked his head in.
"So, can I give you a call sometime?" he asked with a sly grin.
Rapunzel flushed slightly before nodding. So Jack handed her his phone and she entered it into his address book. He gave her one last smile and a wink before walking back to his car. He mentally cheered for himself and was sure as hell going to call her. Rapunzel watched him go with a small smile. She liked Jack. She was going to be eagerly awaiting his call.
"So what are you two going to do tonight?" Merida asked Hiccup curiously.
"Eh not much. Just guy stuff, probably go to a bar, get into a bar fight and have to drag the guy back home," he said casually. "How about you?" he asked her.
Merida shrugged. "Just catch up. Maybe watch a movie, eat some junk food, maybe do each other's hair, it'll be like a sleep over," she said lightly. Hiccup nodded. Then they both just stood there and held each other's gaze. Merida smiled before stepping forward. Rising on her tip toes she gave Hiccup and kiss on the lips, which he returned.
Pulling away she whispered into his ear. "Maybe next time we can continue where we left off the other night," she said with a sultry voice. Hiccup pulled back and blushed deeply. Merida only winked before stepping back and into her car. Then she drove off with a smitten Hiccup watching her car disappear with a goofy grin.
"Yo partner," Jack said to pull Hiccup from his daze. "We got business," he reminded him. Hiccup turned to him and nodded. With that both men drove back to their hide out to change into their costumes and go over their plan.
As soon as Merida and Rapunzel reached her condo they changed into their respective hero outfits. As Merida walked out of her room she saw Rapunzel already changed into her Limelight outfit.
"I'm ready," Rapunzel said with a smile. Merida cocked an eyebrow.
"Um…Punz, I think you're forgetting something," she said pointing to her hair. It was still brown.
"I know, I was just kidding," Rapunzel chuckled out.
Then Rapunzel closed her eyes and cleared her throat. Then she took a breath.
~Flower gleam and glow~ she began to sing. Her voice activated the magic in side of her and her brown locks began to glow a brilliant gold.
~Let your power shine~ she finished. As she did her hair turned completely gold and lengthened, extending down to her knees.
With her powers fully activated she nodded that she was ready. Merida nodded back and started rechecking her equipment.
"So by the way Merida, I really liked Hiccup," Rapunzel said.
Merida couldn't help but smile. "I know. I like him too," she said honestly.
"Do you think he could be the one?" she asked the red head curiously.
Merida flushed and averted her gaze. She started rubbing her hand together nervously. "I don't ken," she said, her accent slipping out in her nervousness. "Ah think…maybe," she said shrugging.
Rapunzel smiled and clapped excitedly for her.
"But now is nae the time for that," she said getting serious. Rapunzel nodded in agreement. Both women then walked out onto Merida's balcony. Rapunzel picked her friend up bridal style before taking to the air and heading toward the museum.
They had a job to do.
Hiccup and Jack flew over the city side by side on their way to the museum in their super hero guises.
"So I really like Merida man. She's a cool chick," Jack said.
Hiccup smiled underneath his helmet. "I know. She's great," he said in agreement. "And I saw you showing some interest in Rapunzel," Hiccup added.
Frost flushed slightly. "She's a supermodel man. Any guy would be interested," he tried to say to play it off.
"Sure Jack. Whatever you say," Hiccup said with a hint of sarcasm. Then they increased speed as they headed straight for the museum.
Hopefully they could put away a bad person tonight. Maybe three bad people if they were lucky.
New chapter. Hope you like so far. Feel free to review and ask questions. And suggets any other superheros based of disney and dreamworks characters you'd like to make a cameo. Deescrive powers and superhero name.