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Hiccup's POV
My sword collided with Dagur's weapon. He was still cackling like the mad man he was.
"Just give it up Hiccup. You can't possibly win" Dagur said as we leaned into each other, our weapons criss crossing each other.
"I won't let that happen" I said as Dagur pulled his ax away and slashed at me again. I dodged the attack by leaping to the side.
"That's cute." Dagur taunted, twirling the ax in his hands "You think you actually have a choice" he said then sprinting forward and raising his ax above his head.
I lifted one of my swords to block his attack, keeping the other close to my side. As our blades connected I pulled my arm back to attack Dagur but he saw what I was trying to do and leapt to the side.
"Very sneaky Hiccup, trying to get me with that other sword of yours" Dagur sneered.
Dagur sprinted towards me, raising his ax at the same time and swiftly bringing it back down as he neared me. I lifted both of my swords, crossing them as to trap Dagur's weapon in hopes of disarming him. Dagur's ax landed right between my two swords but before I could move to disarm him he lifted his foot and kicked me square in the chest, forcing my back.
"Will have to be quicker than that if you want to defeat me Hiccup" Dagur taunted.
I lifted both of my swords and charged at Dagur. I swung my first sword across, while bringing the second sword down against Dagur. Dagur sunk into a crouch and moved to the side to avoid my simultaneous attacks. He then lifted his ax as to attack my undefended side. I reacted quickly, bringing one of my swords down to stop Dagur's ax from cutting my side.
"Looks like you'er the one who has to be faster, Dagur" I said.
"I wasn't aiming for you Hiccup" Dagur said flashing a grin and jumping back.
"What?" I muttered to myself as I saw a cloud of green smoke float past me. I look down seeing Dagur had cut my extra Zippleback gas containers with a small dagger before I could notice or stop him for that matter.
I looked up to see Dagur grinning evilly "Zippleback gas is extremely explosive isn't it Hiccup?"
Ironclad's POV
I see the smoke rising from Berk and the Deady Nadder flying towards it.
"She will need our help" I said and Black Ice took off in that direction. But before we could get there we were intercepted by Dahlia and her Moon Hunter dragon, Luna.
"Long time no see Ironclad" she sneered.
"Why are you with Dagur?" I shouted back.
"For revenge on you and what you did!" she yelled.
"Then fight me. If you want revenge on me take it, but don't bring my friends into this" I said.
"But that's apart of my plan" Dahlia taunted "Destroy Berk and your little friends and give Black Ice to Dagur effectively leaving you all alone in the world. Then the fun starts"
"I'm not going to let you do that" I growled along with Black Ice.
"We will see about that" Dahlia said "Now!" she yelled and the white hot blast from Luna shot our way.
Black Ice tucked in his wings immediately and dropped to avoid the attack. He then extended his wings and shot a few green plasma blasts upwards at Dahlia who tried to dodge then, but one clipped the Moon Hunter dragon's wings.
The dragon cried out and Dahlia glared at me even more "You will pay for that!" she screamed and dived towards us.
"GO!" I yelled and Black Ice took off, trying to lead Dahlia and her dragon away from the others.
But before we could Ari and her Skrill, Sparks blasted a large amount of lightning at her.
Dahlia and her dragon growled, turning their attention to Ari.
"No!" I yelled, Black Ice turning around as Luna shot three blasts at Ari who tried to dodge but Sparks was hit square in her chest.
The dragon cried out as she fell, with Ari screaming as well.
"Black Ice!" I yell and he dives down, swooping under Sparks and steadying her. The Skrill now had recovered slightly from the blast but was shaking all over.
"Thanks" Ari said patting her dragon.
"Get back. Dahlia won't hesitate the next time. I have this, she wants to hurt you all. She won't kill me yet." I said.
"Alright. Be careful" Ari said, and Sparks turned to head back to the battle with the ships.
I then turned back to Dahlia as she was grinning evilly.
"Sending your little friend away? We were having so much fun" she taunted.
"I don't care if you attack me, but you can't bring my friends into this" I growled and Black Ice shot out two plasma blasts that barely missed Dahlia.
Her head whipped around to see the plasma blast that almost fried her and then glared at me.
"Scared of a little fire Dahlia?" I taunted.
"I'll show you fire!" she retorted and Luna then released a large blast.
Black Ice dodged the white hot fire ball while I reached behind me, grabbing my bow and arrow. I notched the arrow in its placed and aimed right at Dahlia, pulling the string back. I left out a small breath as my fingers released the arrow, sending it flying through the air.
She quickly tries to dodge it.
But she wasn't fast enough.
The arrow grazes past Dahlia, cutting her left cheek.
She touches her face, feeling the streak of crimson on her face.
Dahlia lets out an inhuman growl as she brings her fingers in front of her, seeing her blood on them.
Luna reared back, preparing for another attack when they were hit in the side by a blue plasma blast, knocking them back at least ten feet.
"Toothless!?" I said looking at the Rider-less Night Fury.
"He says he isn't happy about this, but Hiccup wouldn't allow him to stay. So he wants to get rid of Dahlia as quickly as possible so as to get back to Hiccup."
"Then let's take her out of this fight" I said, leaning in as Black Ice released another plasma blast at the same time as Toothless.
Dahlia and Luna were still recovering from Toothless's initial attack, so the second one hit them by surprise. Dahlia was almost knocked off her dragon by the sheer force of the attack, but held onto the Moon Hunter's tail as she tried to climb back to the saddle.
Luna was now firing at us repeatedly. We tried dodging her attacks and retaliating but Luna was firing to fast.
I then heard a loud scream coming from the village down below to see a house engulfed in flames. But one voice stood out to me...
I heard a child crying out for help and I looked to Black Ice.
"Toothless! Distract her!" I shouted, then diving towards the ground. Toothless shot at Luna and Dahlia, keeping their attention off me and Black Ice.
Black Ice dives down to the burning buildings. I see some men trying to put out the fires along with Astrid who is using Stormfly to carry buckets of water to try and save what they could.
I hear the tiny voice in the house below us and stand up on Black Ice
"What are you doing?"
"I'll be fine in this armor. Help Toothless until I call you back okay?" I said.
"Let me help"
"No! Toothless can't hold Dahlia forever" I said and he nodded. I then jumped off, and into the burning building.
"Help!" I heard the little boy yell and I looked around. The ceiling was on fire, as well as most of the floor and walls. Smoke surrounded me as I tried to focuse my hearing to locate the child.
"Where are you!?" I yelled.
"Up here! Help!" the child yelled as I looked up to see the young boy waving up from the second floor.
"Can you jump down?" I shouted.
"I-I can't!" he cried out "I'm to scared!"
"I'll catch you. Please!" I said in a reassuring tone.
"B-but" the boy stuttered as a burning ceiling joint fell down behind him and he cried out in fear.
"Jump now! I shouted, extending my arms.
The little boy, who looked no more than 5 nodded as he closed his eyes and jumped down from the crumbling second story. I moved to catch the child and once I felt him land in my arms I let out a sigh of relief. Which turning out to be a bad idea as smoke started to enter my lungs. I coughed, trying to get the toxic substance out of my lungs and replace it with oxygen. The small boy was coughing as well, his face and body covered in ash.
I tightened my grip around him and looked for a way out. I saw the rays of light, coming from one of the open door and started running towards it.
"Look out!" the kid cried as I was running towards our exit. Right then the ceiling started to collapse on top of us, blocking our only path out.
I muttered a few curses under my breath while trying to fighting back the coughs from the toxic smoke filling my lungs.
"Can you see a way out of here?" I asked looking down at the coughing child.
"I-I can't see anything through this smoke!" he cried out, leaning in closer to my armor.
"Okay...okay...think Ironclad" I muttered to myself. The building was coming down on top of us and we had to get out of here. But how?
"I need you to wrap your arms and legs around me and whatever you do...don't let go" I said and the kid nodded, moving to follow my orders.
I reached back and grabbed my sword.
"There isn't an exit here...so I guess I have to make one" I said, trying to cut through the burning wood. I pushed aside the fiery hot wood supports, thanking Thor for the flame resistant armor and gloves.
As I cut through one more beam I see the light stream into the flaming house. Its a small opening, just enough for a kid to crawl through.
"I need you to crawl through that opening!" I tell the kid who nodded as I set him down.
"Wait! What about you?" he said.
"I'll be right behind you. Just go!" I shout and the kid crawls through the small opening.
I cough more as I struggle to breath through the smoke surrounding me. I blink multiple times as the smoke irritates my already watering eyes.
"Mister! Are you okay!" I hear the kid shout.
"I-I'll be fine! Get help though!" I shout and the kid kid yells that he is going to get some men to help.
I try pushing away some more of the rubble that was this child's home, but it only causes more to to fall down.
"Gods help me" I groan as I cough more and more. My lungs screaming in protest.
As the ceiling collapses around me I see the light above me and look to one of the only beams left standing, but not for long. I run towards it and start climbing the beam towards the opening.
I then hear the ominous creaking noise and curse under my breath. The beam starts to fall as I try to jump off of it to escape being crushed.
I rolled as I hit the hard floor and groaned in pain, rubbing my ankle as it cried out in pain. I tried standing, but my left leg wouldn't allow it. I crawled to try and escape the burning house, but couldn't find an opening.
"Here! Mister! Over here!" I heard the kid I just saved yelled as I saw him pushing aside the rubble of his former house to create a small opening. I scrambled to reach him, but black spots were appearing in my vision. Coughing up what felt like one of my lungs I pushed forward, trying desperately to escape the house.
I felt the small hands pull on my once I got close enough to the kid.
"Th-thanks" I said as I felt the darkness come over me.
Ari's POV
I saw Black Ice and Toothless, both without their Riders fighting Dahlia. Sparks growled as I did the same looking at the aerial battle.
"Let's show that crazy woman and her dragon what we are really made of." I said and Sparks nodded as we flew up.
"Back so soon?" Dahlia taunted.
"This won't go down like the last time" I growled as Sparks released a large lighting strike that hit Dahlia and her Moon Hunter dragon.
Black Ice and Toothless then shot at her, while her defenses were down.
Once her dragon recovered Dahlia glared at me and fired a large white hot fire blast that Sparks dropped down to escape.
"Try and follow us" I said and Sparks shot upwards. I looked back seeing Dahlia follow us and fire multiple blasts at us which we dodged.
"Little more...little more." I said as Sparks still climbed upwards.
"Now!" I yelled and Sparks stopped her ascent and dropped right past Dahlia and Luna.
"Fire!" I shouted and Black Ice, Toothless, and Sparks all released large blasts at Dahlia and her dragon.
She tried dodging most of them but a few hit their marks.
"You'll pay for that" she growled, flying back towards us.
I then heard a loud whistle and Dahlia looked down at the ground, cursing.
"Looks like we will have to reschedule." she said saluting us and taking off.
"Coward!" I yelled, shaking my fist.
"Wait...they...they are retreating!" I said looking at the Beserker fleet, they were fleeing!
"We did it!" I cheered and Sparks shot off a celebratory blast of lightning alongside Toothless and Black Ice.
"Now you two get your riders." I said to Black Ice and Toothless who nodded, then taking off.
3rd Person POV
Dagur grinned as he looked at Hiccup's shocked face.
"Only one spark to set the whole thing off" he said, kicking a small burning piece of wood from on of the explosions into the gaseous cloud.
Hiccup moved to try and escape the cloud but he was too late. The explosion knocked him back into one of the poles. His body collided with the hard wood and he slid down to the ground. His swords were flung from his hands, far away from him. Hiccup slumped to the ground and wasn't moving at all.
Dagur strode over and nudged Hiccup's body with his foot, which elicited a small groan but nothing more.
"Looks like I did win Hiccup" he sneered.
"Dugur!" one of his men yelled running towards the deranged leader of the Beserkers.
"What?!" he snapped.
"O-our fleet...t-the heavy l-lo-losses...w-we have t-to turn back-k" he stuttered.
Dagur growled and punched the man straight in the face, causing his nose to break and blood to spurt everywhere as the man cried out in pain.
"Call a retreat then...and take Hiccup with you. Make sure he is chained up." Dagur ordered and the man nodded, clutching his bleeding nose and grabbing the unconscious dragon rider, putting him over his shoulders.
"Let's see how well they do without their precious leader" Dagur said then cackling as he strode back to the ship.
"Help!" a small child yelled, trying to pull a man from a burning building as adults run around.
Once the man was out, the child then ran off, probably to get the man some help as he had collapsed right after exiting the burning house.
"That's...Ironclad" Dagur said grinning.
He ordered the man who was carrying Hiccup to drag Ironclad's unconscious body to the ship as well.
"Well, well...two Riders for the price of one" Dagur chuckled to himself as he and his men rushed to retreat.
Dagur then whistled loudly and saw Dahlia blast at the Rider she was battling with and fly off to join his fleet.
Astrid's POV
"They're retreating!" the men of Berk cheered as the Beserkers ran from the island and the ships sailed away.
I look down at the still smoldering buildings and sigh. Many of the houses on Berk needed to be rebuilt, but luckily the threat of Dagur was gone. At least for the moment.
I landed and hopped off Stormfly. I saw Ari, Helga, Klint, Heith, Kol, and the other Berk teens all with their dragons. Some were nursing their wounds on themselves and their dragons.
"Where is Hiccup? Is he with Ironclad or something?" I said looking around.
"Astrid..." Helga said looking up at me with a sorrow in her eyes.
"Where is he?" I said again, my voice already shaking and my heart racing.
"He's..." Helga said, the words catching in her throat as the tears filled her eyes.
"Where is Hiccup?" I shouted.
"Gone. Dagur has Hiccup and Ironclad" Klint said glaring at the ground.
"No" I said softly, then falling to my knees as I couldn't fight to stand anymore.
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