Fun Fact: GOTK is suppose to be my first story ever. I idea came to me two years ago and the first three chapters were finished about a year later. Then my computer broke down and I lost everything. Then I began to write GOTB and in the middle of the story, I planned to make a sequel. So I use my original idea for the sequel

So, yeah. Now you know more

By the way, Cats and Kittens Alert!

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Chapter 3
The Disease

It was only two days ago when RJ arrived at Berk and everyone took it quite well as that could be seen as everyone greeted him whenever he passing by. Some children even ran up to him to ask for some help or just wanted to ride on his shoulders since he was a very tall man. RJ was a man with a big heart; that was one thing for sure.

But there was something suspicious about him, that Astrid had to say. Every night if there was a leftover meal left on the table at the Great Hall, he quickly took it and put it in a small bag. He then calmly walked into the forest at night. This had been going since he first arrived here.

So, Astrid made a plan on following him into the forest tonight. She wanted to know what he was doing with the leftover meals and what he was doing at the forest in the middle of the night. She knew that curiosity killed the cat. But it ever did make the cat satisfied.

She waited patiently outside the Great Hall where RJ was still in somewhere at night. He was in there for hours now and he hadn't come out yet. Astrid began to think that RJ might not come out tonight and she was regret for wasting her opportunity to sleep in Hiccup's arms tonight. She groaned in displeasure.

Suddenly, the door to the Great Hall slowly swung opened, waking Astrid up from her daydreaming of Hiccup. RJ slowly climbed down the stairs and headed straight to the forest. Once he was far enough, Astrid quickly chased him before she could lose him.

It wasn't long when she spotted him, still walking straight to who know where. She hid behind a tree when he suddenly stopped to a small clearing. Astrid peered in to see clearer as RJ sat down on the base of a tree.

RJ wasn't moving from his spots for quite some time now and Astrid began to think it was a waste of her precious time. She was about to turn away when she heard rustling coming from beside RJ. She pressed herself to a tree so she couldn't get caught. She was waiting to see who or what it was in the bush. When it came out, her eyes widened.

It was a bobcat, with her litter.

The kittens jumped onto RJ, happily nibbling his ear and hair. RJ chuckled as he petted to mother bobcat; making the bell on his right wrist rang beautifully. RJ put down the kittens from him and then opened up the bag, throwing out the leftover meats and bones for the four-legged family to eat.

Not long after that, more cats and kittens appeared and meowed happily at him, like they were greeting a family. RJ happily greeted them back with affectionate pets and hugs and poured the leftovers from the bag.

Soon enough, RJ was surrounded by stray cats, wild cats and kittens. Astrid just watched in awed as kittens ran around and played around RJ who chuckled at their behaviors as the adult cats took a nap around him, one of them took a place on his lap. Astrid silently giggled when a kitten climbed onto RJ's head and rested there.

Astrid gasped in surprise when she felt a small scratch at her leg. Looking down, she spotted a tabby kitten was climbing her via her leg. It was stinging when the kitten was climbing so she took the kitten and placed it in her arms. She was in the middle of belly rubbing the kitten when she heard a voice.

"For someone being the fierce shieldmaiden on Berk, you sure have some soft spots, young lass. One of them is definitely Hiccup," Astrid froze when she heard RJ caught her. "You can come out now," and she obliged.

When she came to the view – luckily Hiccup wasn't around to 'see' the view – everyone… er… everycat was looking at her as they stopped playing. Astrid, still had the kitten in her arms, felt nervous of the stares she received. But RJ gave her a reassured smile.

"So, there's where little Bud gone to. Every kitten was looking for him," the said kitten, Bud, jumped off Astrid arms and played with the other kittens, resuming the previous activity. "So what are you doing here stalking me?" Astrid froze for a moment before she replied.

"Oh, um… Well…"

"Hiccup has been rubbing off on you, hasn't he?" Astrid blushed at that RJ's question. "Like I ask before," RJ paused for a moment to let two kittens passed him. "What are you doing here stalking me?"

"Oh, just… Since you arrived here you've been suspiciously stayed at the hall longer than anybody else. And you secretly went into the forest every night. So I had to check you out to see what you've been up to"

"Well, now you know why," RJ gestured the view where adult cats napped around him – the one on his lap was still there – and the kittens chasing each other around, the one on his head was wide awake now.

"Well, you know, curiosity kills the cat," at the same time she finished those words every cat around RJ woke up and stared at her. The looks they gave looked like they were insulted. RJ coughed to gain her attention.

"Well, it's late, why don't you go back to your home?"

"What about you?"

"I already am where I suppose to be," he stated as he looked around the felines. Astrid looked at him in confusion, and RJ answered her question. "Cats are my family and they are special to me. And I fiercely protect my family. So I have to softly warn you Astrid, and please warn anyone else if you may," RJ stated.

"What is it?" she asked curiously. She was taken aback at the glare she received from RJ. It was the first time she ever saw him glaring at her and it made her body froze.

But what shocked her was that she felt the glare coming entirely from his scarred right eye. The left eye was however, just giving her blank stare like it was emotionless or… dead.

"Harming the cats, you're messing with me. If you say that they're just cats then you better watch your tongue. So I will not tolerant against someone whoever messes with my family. Even if that person is your chief, I don't even give any damn," he stated darkly as her body still froze in fear. "You can go now," he waved her off, making the bell gorgeously rang, as the kittens cooled down and curled around him.

Astrid subconsciously turned her heel and quickly walked back to the village; mind kept repeating the words and showing the glare she received from RJ's green eyes. But, she actually felt the glare coming from his scarred right eye only while the left eye was dead.

"Why?" She let the question hung as she made her way to her home.

The next morning, RJ decided to visit Hiccup so he strolled to the Haddock household. Luckily the chief was already out very early in the morning so he had a lot of time. Also the bodyguards were there, sleeping while Toothless was nowhere to be seen. He just hope that Astrid wasn't busy assaulting Hiccup this morning.

When he arrived at the Haddock household, he politely knocked on the door. When he received nothing after the fifth time he finally decided that Astrid wasn't busy with Hiccup on the bed so RJ went in.

When he closed the door behind him, the house was eerie quiet until a loud painful coughs broke the silence. It came from upstairs where Hiccup's bedroom placed, making RJ worried a bit.

"Young lad?"

"RJ, is that you?" he heard a raspy voice coming from upstairs. It doesn't sound like Hiccup at all. RJ made haste to the second floor and burst open the door.

Hiccup was lying on the bed, heavily breathing and looking very pale.

"Hiccup, what happen to you!?" RJ rushed to his side, placing his green cloth covered right hand on Hiccup's forehead, making the bell rang beautifully. Hiccup was burning hot. "You're overheating!" then he felt something change under his covered palm. Hiccup's temperature suddenly changed from burning hot to freezing cold. "W-what!?" RJ shouted, bewildered.

"What is it?" Hiccup spoke in a raspy voice. Suddenly, he began to cough violently. He then hunched over to the side of the bed… and puked out blood. He was heavily panting when he lay back down on the bed.

What made the situation shocking was that RJ did the same as Hiccup. He coughed violently and puke out blood. His eyes widened in horror as he wiped out the blood from his lips. He took a deep breath and shouted a call.

"COMMANDER!" he shouted as loud as he could between coughs. Less than three second, a heavy thump could be heard outside. "Don't come in!" RJ shouted again and the window shut back.

"What is wrong, RJ!?" a deep voice was heard with a very worry tone. "Is something happen in there!?"

"There's a very contagious disease in this room!" RJ shouted back as he and Hiccup wheezed. "Call in the Army Blockers and tell them to surround the house so no one and I mean no one can enter until I say so! Also call in the Army Medics to check on this disease!"

"Yes sir!" Not long after that, multiple heavy thumps could be heard outside and the front door quickly swung open, soon followed by the bedroom door.

"What's happening? RJ, what's happening to me? Who are these people?" Hiccup asked in a hoarse voice. He knew there were other people in the room because he felt multiple alien touches around his body.

"What is going on?" RJ asked between coughs to the Army Medics. The Army Medic narrowed their eyes in concentration, trying to know what were the disease and the symptoms.

"It's something new to us, Sir, and we can't decipher it just yet," said one of them, checking the pulse on Hiccup.

"RJ?" Hiccup asked again as the Army Medics inspected him and him alone.

"I don't know how to put this delicately, Hiccup, but you and I are diagnosed with a deadly disease," he told him, making Hiccup's eyes widened in horror.

"H-how?" he asked with tremors in his tone. RJ looked at the Army Medics but they shook their heads.

"We don't know, Hiccup"

"Is…" Hiccup got cut off by a violent coughing and puke much more blood than before as RJ did the same thing at the same time. "Is there a cure to this?" again RJ looked at the Army Medics who again shook their head while still doing their works.

"We don't know yet, but we will," he replied. He then coughed violently again but this time didn't puke out blood. Hiccup too coughed violently and too didn't puke out blood.

"Sir…" one of the Army Medics said, gaining RJ's attention. "May we state out the symptoms we've spotted, Sir?"

"Do proceed"

"So far we've been noticed that the victims to this particular disease will violently coughing and occasionally puke out blood. The internal body temperature constantly changed from burning hot to freezing cold. But there is one interesting thing we spotted"

"Yes?" RJ asked hoarsely.

"This particular disease will make its all of its victims have the symptoms at the same time. This means if one is coughing violently every other else also cough violently"