"archers take out the guards on the second tower on my signal, Snotlout and Ivar you two take out the first tower" all four men nodded and got into position. Hiccup gave green light, Ivar and Snotlout went up the ladder of the tower with knives drawn, the two guards in the tower were talking and laughing. Ivar who was first held up his hand signalling Snotlout to wait, waiting for the second laugh salvo of the two guards felt like forever.

One of the guards walked to the edge of the platform said something to the other and both laughed, Ivar pushed the hatch open and charged to the one on edge of the platform who was just about to take a piss and just when you could hear water hit the ground Ivar was behind him, put his hand on the man's mouth and from behind he slit his throat, he held him for a few seconds just to make sure he wouldn't make a sound.

Less than a second after Ivar was through the hatch Snotlout followed going for the other man, the other man was sitting on a chair and was about to shout something when he saw Ivar come up, but he was silenced by Snotlout who jumped out and lunged himself at the sitting man. Snotlout put his left hand over the sitting guards mouth and with his right he pushed the knife he was holding in the sitting guards chest, the knife went through the man's ribs right into his hart. Snotlout had gone so fast at the man that the chair he was sitting on fell backwards with both of them still on it. Leaving the knife in the now dead man's chest, Snotlout now quickly put his right hand on the ground before the chair hit the ground and let it down slowly so it didn't make a sound.

After signalling Hiccup the all clear, Ivar and Snotlout stayed in the tower so that it looked manned. The two archers nocked their arrows, drew and took aim and the two guards in the second tower, Hiccup slowly raised his hand then lowered it, the archers let go of the arrows. It made no sound beside the soft twang of the bow snare and the soft whooshing of the arrows through the air. The two guards in the second tower weren't paying attention at all, they were sleepy, cold and annoyed that they had to do the night shift. They didn't know what hit them when the first guard got hit in the throat, the second one stood there flabbergasted only to get hit square in the chest with the second arrow.

Hiccup motioned the archers to go forward, both men slung their bows on their shoulder, unsheathed their knives and sprinted towards tower staying in the shadows. The archers climbed the ladder and entered ready to strike a possible survivor but both guards had been instantly killed by the arrows.

Hiccup, walked carefully so that his prosthetic wouldn't make a sound to the tower where on his arrival Ivar and Snotlout were waiting for him to get their next instructions.

When Hiccup reached the others one of the archers came down the other stayed in the tower to warn them if anyone came their way "the second phase will consist out of that the archers will take down towers three and four" this was directed to the archer who nodded then went up again to tell the plan to his brother in arms and then to wait or Hiccup's signal.

The scrawny Viking now turned to the two big ones "you two will be taking down the fifth tower, I want one Outcast alive to interrogate so we will know where their garrison is and where my dad is being held" two quick nods and they were gone. Hiccup knocked on one of poles of the tower to let the archers know it was time to begin the next phase, the reaction he got wasn't in form of words but two near simultaneous twangs coming from bow being fired followed by two others. The hatch was opened and the archers came down "sir, towers three and four are down"

"well done, let's go to tower five and see how Snotlout and Ivar are doing" again their reaction didn't come in words but this time in the form of the sound of steel over leather. Hiccup as well drew his sword and started to walk in the direction of the third tower with the archers, now having put their bows on their backs and changed it for sword and shield, to his right and left so that in case they got attacked they could come to Hiccup's aid.

While the other four towers had been on the outside of town the fifth was on the town square to overlook the town itself and from there could be seen if everyone was sticking to the curfew, it was also the reason that the three men walking through the abandoned streets had their weapons drawn, because someone could easily ambush you when you turned a corner and the you would have enough time to draw your weapon to defend yourself.

Beneath the tower Ivar was standing "well Hiccup we now know where the barracks are" he pointed at what seemed to be a new building on the town square "how are we going to kill them?"

Tapping with his hand on his leg Hiccup looked around thinking "okay are we certain that they are in there?"

"yes we are, I checked before you arrived"

"good but where is Snot?"

"up there with our new friend"

"okay I have a plan, Ivar you and Snotlout will set fire to the back of the building so that they will come through the door and then the archers can pick them of one by one"

"sir I like the idea of picking them of one by one, but won't they be able to see us?"

"no they won't because it is hard to look from light to dark so we only need to make sure that it is a big fire"

"a big fire is easy but what are we going to do with the prisoner?"

"well, usually I'm against killing prisoners but in this case I will make an exception. Hang him from the tower"

Ivar nodded and went up the ladder to tell the plan to Snotlout and hang the imprisoned Outcast, one of the two archers turned to Hiccup "sir what will you be doing?"

"I'll be joining you two and help with the shooting. They probably have a crossbow up there"

On the platform Ivar and Snotlout had just finished talking the plan through and tying a noose around the Outcast's neck.

"Hiccup, do you want to do it?"

"sure" with that Hiccup kicked the Outcast in the back so that he fell off the platform and luckily for him broke his neck.

"well with him taken care of let's get to work" even though Hiccup's words were happy the tone in his voice was dark and deadly.

Snotlout and Ivar quickly made their way to the back of the barrack, the barrack didn't have a back exit what made the job of the two man a lot easier.

"Ivar light our torches already, I want to kill some Outcasts" Snotlout whined "calm down boy we need to do this right the first time"

"yeah, yeah, yeah, just do it already"

In the tower Hiccup gave a few last minute instructions to the two men with him "when they come out we wait until most of them are out of the building then we start taking them down"

Hiccup waved both his hands above his head signalling Snotlout and Ivar who now both were holding a torch in each hand.

Ivar started to chop in the wall of the building "by the gods, Ivar can't you do that any quieter"

"no I can't but I am nearly done so stop complaining" when the hole in the wall was big enough to put an arm through Snotlout threw his torch to the left "now we only need to throw the other three in. I threw my first one to the left"

"good we need to hurry with throwing the other torches because when the Outcast smell the smoke all hell will break lose"

"got it"

"Sir, it sounds like the party has starting" the fire had spread and now smoke could be seen rising from the roof in the light of the moon that was setting on the horizon. "good, we wait until five of them are outside then we open fire" the two men next to him nodded. Preparing themselves each took five arrows out of their quiver, laying them on the balustrade in front of them so they could easily reach them. Hiccup had found a crossbow and about two dozen arrows. It felt like an eternity until the Outcast came out of the building running. They looked shocked and disoriented only few had taken a weapon or shield with them. Hiccup shouldered his crossbow aiming for the middle of the crowd, the two archers aimed at the Outcasts that were getting away. The twang of a bow snare could barely be heard over the shouting of the men below, Hiccup's companions did hear it and also released their arrows. It took the Outcasts a while to figure out what was happening and when they realised what was going on it was too late for eight of them and six others had been wounded. Only a handful were still standing unharmed. That handful couldn't see the shooters and had no shields to defend themselves against incoming arrows. Grabbing any weapon or thing that could serve as a weapon they made a defensive circle, standing back to back.

"you get one chance to surrender" the voice came from beneath the tower.

The Outcasts laughed "who do you think you are that you can come here and attack lands belonging to Alvin the Treacherous"

"because they don't belong to Alvin but to the people of Berk" upon saying this Hiccup stepped out of the shadows, sword drawn "so surrender or face the consequences of warfare"

Hiccup knew that the Outcast would probably wouldn't surrender but this gave Snotlout and Ivar time to get in position at either side of the barracks. Raising his sword and voice "I repeat, surrender or die". When no answer was given Hiccup lowered his sword, the sound of two arrows being released sounded through the air. With a loud battle cry Ivar stormed at the four man still standing like a human battering-ram, he landed on top of one pushed him down with his shield while hauling his axe at the man to his right. The two man standing with their backs to Ivar stumbled when Ivar made contact with the other two, taking advantage of their moment of unbalance Snotlout attacked. Swinging his bludgeon above his head and holding his shield in front of him he charged from the other side, slamming his shield into the man who looked like he had the most fight left in him. As usual Snotlout was wrong, the man of who he had thought that he wasn't up for a fight attacked Snotlout with full force, forcing him with his back against the wall of the burning barrack. Before the assailant could strike again he his back got pierced by two arrows. The last two standing Outcasts realised that they wouldn't stand a chance, threw their weapons on the ground and surrendered.

The sun was peeking over the horizon when as the villagers came out of their house all armed, expecting a fight with new invaders. Gobber was the first one to recognise Hiccup and embraced him in a bone crushing hug "you're back and you've made a fine mess of it like always"

Well this is it.

Ha, just kidding. One more chapter and then this story is done