It was safe to say that Mildew was not expecting the riders, for as soon as he saw the approaching dragons, he turned to hurry inside. Snotlout was not keen on letting that happen though. He pulled on Hookfang's reigns, and the large dragon dove down. Hiccup and the others watched, as the dragon grabbed the old viking in its' claws, lifting him high up into the air.
"Snotlout" Hiccup spoke, keeping on guard to make sure the other did not do anything stupid.
Snotlout did not even acknowledge him, as he looked down at Mildew cowering a bit in the dragon's claws.
"First and only chance old man, tell me what you and Alvin are up to" he snarled.
"I have no idea what yer talking about" Mildew snapped.
Snotlout shrugged, "to bad, Hookfang.."
The large dragon let the old viking slip from his claws a bit, Hiccup's hands tightened on Toothless' saddle.
"Gah!" Mildew grabbed ahold of Hookfang's legs.
The dragon tightened its' grip, and Snotlout smirked.
"You have one minute to spill, or you will be a splat on the ground"
Mildew looked over at Hiccup, "you can't honestly let him do this."
Hiccup looked over at Snotlout. It was a long shot, but he had to trust the other knew at least partly what he was doing. Hiccup leaned back a bit casually in the saddle, and pretended to examine his nails a bit.
"I don't know...Snotlout never really listens to me anyways, and I'd hate to be the one on his bad side holding back information" he said casually.
Snotlout smiled a bit more, and the older viking looked between the two. The others seemed to catch on a bit.
"Oh yeah" Astrid spoke, "it's not like Hiccup or any of us are his keeper."
"Plus no one likes you anyways" Tuffnut laughed.
"Could always say it was an accident" Snotlout said, "You just...slipped."
Mildew swallowed, and looked at them all. He glared, even though he probably knew Hiccup and the others really wouldn't let Snotlout do that, he was not ready to stake his life on it.
"Agh! Fine! Just put me down!" he yelled.
Hiccup smiled, and slowly they landed. Mildew seemed very happy to be back on solid ground, but as he leaned on his staff, he glared at them all. His eyes coldly went to Hiccup.
"Your father will be hearing about this...if he survives that is" he gave a slight toothy yellow smile.
"What do you mean" Hiccup asked, stepping a bit closer.
Snotlout grabbed onto the front of Mildew's clothes.
"Spill it old man" he glared.
Mildew laughed, "Isn't it obvious, the meeting was a trap, and dear old daddy fell for it."
Hiccup glared, "What is Alvin planning?"
Mildew only smiled, and Snotlout shook him a bit, but he would say nothing more.
"We have to go...now" Hiccup turned.
The others slowly began following him, and Mildew laughed once more.
"You wont make it, and besides, who's gonna believe you all after this. You have no proof at all" he cackled.
Hiccup paused, clenching his hands and closing his eyes. The anger, the worry, the fear inside of him all bubbling up. Mildew's laughter was the last straw. He turned, walking forward.
"They may not believe us, but they wont really believe you either...and there is something I have always wanted to do" he said.
Mildew's laugher paused for a moment as Hiccup spoke.
"Wat do you-"
He didn't get to finish, as Hiccup clenched his fist, and pulled it back. Hitting Mildew was like hitting a wall in many ways. The force knocking the older viking back and onto the ground, while sending a ripple effect up Hiccup's arm. For a moment, the all just stood there in silence, Mildew did not get up, out cold. Hiccup glared a bit, before coming to his senses. He hissed a bit in pain, and shook his hand a bit.
"Ow...ok...not my best idea" he said.
The others moved forward, Snotlout and the twins laughing.
"Whoa..." Ruffnut nudged Mildew with her toe.
"I can't believe you just did that" Astrid said.
"Niether can I" Hiccup said, lightly rubbing his knuckles.
He looked down at the viking, it had been very unlike him, but the other had deserved it in far more ways than one.
Snotlout laughed, "there may be hope for you yet."
Hiccup gave a small smile, that was one of the first complements the other had ever given him.
"Uh...will he be ok?" Fishlegs asked.
Astrid kneeled by the older viking for a moment, looking him over.
"Mildew is sadly tougher then he looks...He will be fine, just out for a bit" she smiled a bit.
Hiccup was glad to hear that, though they could not wait around any more. If Alvin had a plan, he had almost three full days head start, and with the time it would take them to get out there, maybe more. He turned away, moving back to Toothless.
"We have to go...now.." he said.
Toothless gave a slight roar, and the other nodded. The moved to their dragons, and the group took off into the sky. They made the slightest stop for supplies, before they were on their way.
"We're coming dad" Hiccup whispered as they flew away from Berk, "I just hope we're not to late.."