It was a week after the dual and the battle the people of Nowhere had suffered only a few casualties. Gulbrand had called a council meeting and he had also invited the teens, in the mead hall they had taken their seats around a table that was on a platform on it was a map of the island.
Gulbrand opened the meeting "we have acquired the locations of their base, their numbers and the location of their defensive positions from one of the prisoners"
He pointed out a location on the map and showed a raw map of a town "this is what we know it is roughly an eight hour walk now all we need is a plan of attack"
All the people nodded in agreement.
"we can't just attack them after their betrayal" Ivar said furiously, his son had been badly wounded in that battle and he wanted payback.
Most of the village elders also had family wounded or they agree that they couldn't just let this kind of thing happen and wanted retribution for that. Al had stood up and were shouting in agreement with Ivar.
Slamming his hand on the table to get silence but it was useless, but they all fell silent when Hiccup rose from his chair "I agree we can't just let them go unpunished for their betrayal, even though it are Outcasts they cannot break such an agreement. But if we want to wipe them from the map we need a solid plan and I think I have an idea that might work"
Hiccup now had the full attention of everyone in the room.
"we'll burn their camp to the ground and slaughter all who resist" now directly speaking to Gulbrand and not the entire council "after capture you punish them accordingly to your law system"
"but how are we going to burn the camp for that we're going to need catapults" Ivar just pointed out the only weak part in Hiccup's plan.
"it's too bad we don't have our dragons, Snotlout you have any ideas"
"I don't know Astrid those aren't my strong suit for ideas you gotta go to Hiccup but if you want a real man lying next to you at night I'm your guy"
Astrid had a nasty look on her face and wanted counter Snotlouts insult but was interrupted by Hiccup "twins you're constantly blowing stuff up, can you think of anything liquid that burns long and sticks to something when you throw it"
"don't know maybe tar" the boy twin said questioningly, his sister nodded in agreement.
"that won't work, the idea is that you put it in a jar with a piece of cloth to close it and when you want to throw it you lit the cloth, you throw it on a building and then watch it burn"
"Hiccup you're as genius as always and I think I found the ideal fuel" Ruffnut kept silent to build suspense "fish oil, it burns like you're in hell and it keeps burning quit long"
This had Hiccup's attention "Gulbrand do you have a lot of fish oil?"
"yes we have a lot of it only the jars are going to be a problem"
"they can be very simple they just need to break on impact"
"that's doable, Ivar set everyone to work either on making jars or filling them" Gulbrand was giving out his orders "Hiccup in how much time do you want to attack?"
"in three days"
"that gives us 2 days to prepare ad on day to rest and ad the finishing touches on the plan.
The day was there all able soldiers were lined up just outside the village in front of them where tables with the with fish oil filled jars, Ivar was standing in front of them and was waiting for Gulbrand or Hiccup to say a few things before they launched their counter attack but to Ivar's surprise it was Astrid who laid out the plan for them "okay this is what we're going to do everyone form pairs one of you takes two jars the other one takes a torch. We'll light the torches when we reach the enemy camp then we storm in and throw the jars against their houses just before you throw it make sure the cloth is lit so when the jar breaks the oil inside caches fire and it begins to burn their houses down" Hiccup now took the stand "when we reach the camp we'll first surround it then launch our attack after all the jars have been thrown we retreat and wait for them to come to us to either fight or surrender"
All the men nodded in understanding and were mentally preparing themselves for the devastation that was soon to come by their hands.
After a walk that was a little longer than eight hours they spread out and waited for Hiccup's signal. Hiccup waited a little longer so he was sure everyone had taken their positions, the sun was getting lower and had nearly reached the three tops when Hiccup drew his sword and lit his torch, around camp you could see the same happening, when he thought every torch was lit he charged out with Astrid and Snoutlout right behind him, behind them the twins both with half a dozen jars and both with a torch and a maniacal grin on their faces.
"this is going to be awesome" Ruffnut stated.
Her brother who had just thrown his first jar let out a laugh that scared away the man that was coming at them "I know sis, we have Hiccup's permission to create mayhem and burn stuff to the ground"
The twins stormed past Hiccup and both threw a jar a group of defenders who had organised themselves. The group defenders scattered when three of them caught fire, the three tried to put out the fires but by trying to pat it out they just spread it to the rest of their bodies, two of them started to run around and the other tried to put it out by rolling over the ground but is was fruitless they all just kept burning.
Hiccup, Snotlout and Astrid had stopped when the twins had rushed past them and had just watched "you know I'm happy they are our crazy people and we don't need to fight them" Snotlout shuttered when he saw a home collapse and he could hear the screams coming from it.
Astrid tapped on Hiccup's shoulder "maybe it is time to withdraw and give them a chance to surrender" Hiccup nodded in agreement then turned to Snotlout "signal withdraw" he turned around and walked out of the burning camp.
The twins walked reluctantly but they understood the importance of sticking to the plan, the men withdrew and surrounded the camp with an impenetrable wall of shields, survivors ran out blinded but the smoke, coughing their lungs out the walked straight in the wall of shields, those who tried to fight were cut down.
The soldiers got a little organised but saw that they were outnumbered five to one so they didn't charge out. Gulbrand stepped forward with Hiccup to his right and Ivar to his left, Astrid wanted to follow Hiccup but he signalled het to stand down.
"all of you have the chance to surrender and be taken captive then you will be trailed for treason" Gulbrand had opened just by stating the facts "all the outcast will be executed for unauthorised entrance on our island" he took his time not liking what he had to say next "if you refuse to surrender we are forced to attack and kill all of you, lay down your arms and walk towards the shield wall you will be taken away you're free to make your own decision but remember those who choose to fight will be killed"
All of the locals laid down their arms and slowly walked to the soldiers careful not to make any move that could startle them, the Outcast on the other hand stood there not willing to die by execution and choose to stand. The twins quickly ordered some of the soldiers that where standing close to them to light the remaining jars an throw them at the Outcasts, the second the jars hit the outcast started running around in panic more than half of them were human torches screaming in agony. Hiccup realised what the twins had done and used the fear they had brought down on the few still willing to fight "surrender and your death will be quick and painless otherwise you'll burn" this scared the remaining Outcast so much that they laid down their weapons and surrendered themselves.
On the way home Gulbrand and Ivar walked up to the teens "thanks for all you have done for us how can we repay you"
The teens looked at each other and nodded in agreement "you help in taking down Alvin, this doesn't need to be in soldiers but mostly in supplies"
"that's acceptable" Ivar looked at his chief in surprise "acceptable, what they have done for us is way more than give us a few supplies they have all risked their lives for us, I think we should give them more" Ivar got a little riled up "I we give them a ship stocked with supplies, besides that I will volunteer to take a small groups of ships with volunteers who also agree that we should do more than give them supplies an help them retake the home"
With a glimpse of a smile on his face Gulbrand patted his friend on the shoulder "I think you're right take as many man and ships as you need as long it are volunteers"
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