"Can I get you anything?" asked Savage as he pushed Hiccup back into her cell, "Food? A cosy blanket? Oh! How about some fish? Or maybe some eels too?"
Savage laughed at his last question as he slammed the cell door shut.
As Savage walked away, Hiccup stared at the cuffs, still on her wrists. She knew she wouldn't be able to get them off. There was a small plate of metal that covered her palm. This was how the cuffs kept her from using fire.
After a sudden feeling of electricity, a small bolt burn the metal cuffs, along with Hiccup's hands. Hiccup whimpered at the pain. She still didn't know how to control her lightning powers. This meant one thing. Whenever she lost control of her lightning, she'd suffer a painful burn.
Hiccup lay in the corner of her cell, trying to get some sleep. But her fellow prisoners wouldn't stop calling her. One of them crossed the line when he asked her, "How was the fun? They treat you well?"
Hiccup sat up and glared at the man.
The man smiled, "Oh! Feisty one. are you?"
With a loud growl, Hiccup spread her wings and jumped to the door of her cell, clawing at the air through the bars. The man jumped farther back into his cell.
Hiccup glared at him a second time, "Do me a favour and stop talking to me. I'm not interested in wasting my energy on shutting you up myself."
The man awkwardly looked away.
Hiccup walked back to the corner of her own cell. At least one of the prisoners knew that she wasn't afraid to fight, though she would probably have to deal with the others if Savage escorted her to their arena. Assuming they had one. But she still had to figure out a way to escape.
000
Astro scanned the Isle of Night as he and the others were only half a mile away. He couldn't see any signs of a dragon or human being from all the way up here.
Stoick got everyone's attention as he yelled, "You guys go search the south side of the island. Gobber and I will search the north."
Astro turned to the chief, "Fly low. This island will be crawling with Night Furies, and they're very hostile towards other dragons. If you see any sign of Hiccup, send a signal."
000
"Ugh. C'mon. C'mon... work already." Hiccup tried to use her claws to unlock her cell. But Outcasts locks turned out to be tricky. She wasn't making any progress.
Hiccup heard voices. She quickly pulled her hands away from the lock and stepped to the far side of her cell. She sat down and leaned against the wall as Alvin and Savage walked around the corner, leading Mildew to an empty cell, just across from Hiccup.
"We had a deal, Alvin!" pleaded Mildew.
Alvin closed the door and began locking it, "Well, I didn't like that deal." He threw a small satchel into the cell at Mildew, "I hope you can play with your little doll. It should keep you entertained."
That must be the doll Mildew made for me. thought Hiccup, Guess he didn't tell Alvin about it after all.
"Where's Fungus?"
"Don't worry, Old Man. You'll see him again. He'll return to you as your final meal."
Mildew buried his face in his hands, beginning to cry.
Alvin scoffed, "Berkians. Still softer than ever."
As Alvin and Savage left, Hiccup watched the old man as he had an emotional breakdown, "What have I done?" he repeated, "What have I done? My only friend!"
Hiccup looked at Mildew as he began rubbing his eye. not eyes. Mildew was wearing a rag tied over his left eye. Hiccup remembered being ambushed at the Isle of Night. She had attacked Mildew when he told her about him cutting off her dragon's tail fin. She must have cut out his eye.
Hiccup couldn't believe this, but she was actually beginning to feel pity for the man.
000
Snotlout pointed down into the woods, "There! Toothless!"
The teens landed their dragons near the Night Fury. But they quickly noticed that it wasn't a Night Fury at all.
Snotlout thought that he had fallen for a prank, made by the twins. Fishlegs was amazed at how realistic the dummy looked. Astro only thought of one thing, "Hiccup was lead to a trap."
Astro, Snotlout and Fishlegs heard the voice of Tuffnut yelling, "Night Fury!" just before a cloud of gas was ignited and blew the dummy to pieces.
After the twins landed their dragon, Astro slapped both of them in the face, "What in Odin's green earth did you two muttonheads think you were doing? If that was Toothless, you could've easily killed him!"
"Yeah?" said Tuffnut, "Well, if I were fat and furry, I'd be my yak."
"And if I were weak and girly," added Ruffnut, "I'd be my brother."
Tuffnut laughed, "Yeah! Wait... What?"
Stoick and Gobber landed Thornado next to Stormfly and dismounted quickly. Stoick was the first to speak, "We came here as quickly as we could! Did you find her?"
"Unfortunately no." answered Snotlout. "But we did find a dummy, that looks like a Night Fury, and was blasted out of existence by said muttonheads.
Stoick and Gobber looked to the twins, who only shrugged.
Gobber picked up a piece of the dummy, and sniffed it, "This is dragons skin. It was covered in ash from a charred Loki Tree."
"Loki Tree?" asked Fishlegs, "They really exist?"
"Only on one island, Fishlegs. That island is Outcast Island."
Astro's eyes widened with terror, "Hiccup and Toothless were ambushed by Outcasts!"