"Get to the ships!" exclaimed one of the warriors. "No!" protested Stoick. But it was too late. Kullgen blew a giant cloud of fire, the size of two ship-lengths, all over every single Berkian ship that was visible on the beach. The few Vikings that were on board the ships jumped off the boat and into the water.

Toothless was ten times as desperate when the flames surrounded him. He pulled on the now-unbearably hot chains so hard that the chains rubbed against his scales. Fortunately, the scales of a Night Fury was almost fireproof. So he wasn't harmed badly by the heat.

Gobber couldn't help but comment on the dragon's intelligence, "Smart, that one."

"I was a fool." confessed Stoick. He turned to Spitelout and ordered, "Lead the men to the far side of the island."

As Spitelout ran off to spread the word, Stoick turned to Gobber, "Go with them."

Gobber shook his head, "I'm gonna stay. Just in case you're thinking of doing something crazy."

"I can buy them a few minutes if I give that thing something to hunt." He raised his fist, but Gobber grabbed it and held it tight, "I can double that time."

Stoick smiled. His friend clearly was loyal to the end. He turned to the Red Death, "Here!"

"Oh no." added Gobber, "Here!"

Both Vikings ran up to the Red Death. Stoick grabbed a spear-looking staff and threw it at the Red Death.

The staff struck Kullgen under the eye. "The poor fool." he said to no one. He lowered his head to get a better view of the tiny creature. It was the father that he had caused Hiccup to attack. The small chief jumped up and down yelling, "Come on! Fight me!"

"No!" yelled Gobber, "Me!"

"Very well," mused Kullgen, "If you wish to be the first two to die here. I'm sure it would be more proper if I accepted the orders of a chief." The Red Death drew back his giant head, preparing to burn the two alive. But suddenly, an explosion was caused just behind his neck.

Stoick and Gobber froze. What had happened? As if it were to answer the question, a Zippleback, a Nadder, a Gronckle, and a Monstrous Nightmare flew out from behind the giant beast. It didn't take long for the shocked Vikings to see teenagers riding them. Hiccup and Astro were riding the Nadder, Snotlout rode on the Monstrous Nightmare, Fishlegs was on the Gronckle and the Thorston twins were riding the heads of the Zippleback.

"Look at us!" exclaimed an excited Tuffnut, "We're on dragons! All of us."

Gobber leaned towards Stoick, "Every bit of boar-headed, stubborn Viking you ever were."

Stoick nodded in agreement.

As the teenagers directed the dragons around Kullgen, Hiccup leaned toward the dragon.

Kullen glared evilly when he saw Hiccup, "You just don't know when to give up! Do you?"

"I told you, Kullgen!" yelled Hiccup, "Vikings don't go down without a fight!"

Hiccup looked to Fishlegs, "Okay, Fishlegs. Break it down."

Fishlegs observed the creature and began listing useful facts, "Heavily armoured skull and tail made for bashing and crushing. steer clear of both. Small eyes, large nostrils, relies on hearing and smell!"

"Okay," replied Hiccup, "Lout, Legs, hang in his blind spot. Make some noise, keep him confused. Ruff, Tuff, find out if he has a shot limit! Make him mad!"

Ruffnut smiled, "That's my area of expertise!"

"Since when?" asked Tuffnut, "Everyone knows I'm more irritating!"

"Would you just do what I told you?" exclaimed Hiccup, "I'll be back as soon as I can!"

"Don't worry!" assured Snotlout, "We got it covered!"

The twins flew close to Kullgen so he could hear them as they yelled, "Troll!" "Butt-elf!" "Giant boar!"

Kullgen immediately shot fire at them, missing them by inches. The reason he missed them was because of the endless banging noise. Snotlout and Fishlegs were banging their weapons against their shields as hard as they could.

Fishlegs noticed two more pairs of eyes opening. "This thing doesn't have a blind spot!"

Hiccup scanned the burning ships, quickly finding Toothless.

The Deadly Nadder flew over the ship, letting Hiccup jump down to the black dragon. Hiccup turned to Astro and the Nadder, "Go help the others!"

The Nadder flew away.

Hiccup pulled the muzzle off of Toothless. She grabbed a stick and attempted to pry the chains off of the wooden platform.

Kullgen was completely confused by all the noise that Snotlout and Fishlegs were making.

"It's working!" exclaimed Snotlout. "It's working!" echoed Fishlegs.

Unfortunately, the loud noise was affecting the Monstrous Nightmare and Gronckle as much as affecting Kullgen.

The Monstrous Nightmare was so distracted by the noise that he collided with the Red Death's head, sending Snotlout falling off of his back and onto the Red Death's head.

"I've lost powers on the Gronckle!" exclaimed Fishlegs, "Do something!" he threw his hammer to Snotlout just before the Gronckle fell and crashed in the pebbled beach. "I'm okay!" announced Fishlegs. The Gronckle rolled over, on top of Fishlegs. In a muffled voice, Fishlegs added, "Less okay!"

Kullgen raised his paw to crush the boy. But something kept hitting his eyes. "I can't miss!" yelled Snotlout as he repeatedly slammed the hammer into the giant eyes of the Red Death, "What's wrong buddy? Got something in your eye?" Kullgen missed Fishlegs and the Gronckle.

"Yeah!" yelled Astro to Snotlout, "You're the Viking!"

Snotlout hit Kullgen's eyes one last time before Kullgen jerked his head to the side, sending Snotlout flying over his head. Snotlout grabbed the Dragon's scale to hold on.

Kullgen turned around, his tail hitting the masts of the burning ships. The ships overturned, and Hiccup and Toothless fell into the water.

Toothless was still chained. Hiccup completely ignored the fact that she need to get oxygen, and swam down to Toothless. She tried to pull the chains loose. The result of her refusing to go to the surface for air was falling unconscious. Toothless tried to break free. He saw a large hand grab his friend by the shoulder and pull her up.

"Hiccu-u-u-u-u-up!" he screamed through a muffled voice.

Hiccup opened her eyes and saw a large silhouette of a man dive into the water. "Dad?"

Toothless had now accepted the fact that he was going to die. He then noticed the same figure in front of him. It was Stoick. Stoick grabbed the chains and ripped them off of Toothless' neck. Toothles quickly bolted to the surface, taking Stoick with him. He shot out of the water, dropped Stoick and landed next to Hiccup. "Come on! We gotta help!"

"You got it, Bud." Hiccup mounted onto Toothless. She noticed Stoick walking up to her in the corner of her eye, but she pretended not to notice. She was afraid that he was even more cross now that she had once again helped a dragon. She also pretended not to hear him as he called to her. Instead, she shouted, "C'mon!' and flew up to join the others.

"She's up!" exclaimed Astro. He flew next to the twins, "Get Snotlout out of there!"

"I'm on it!" replied Ruffnut.

Tuffnut glared at her, "I'm on it first!"

Both fought over who would be the ones to save Snotlout. As they fought, Snotlout jumped off the the Red Death's head, letting the Zippleback.

"You betrayed me!" yelled Kullgen. He opened his mouth and growled, "Those who betray their master must pay!" he began to suck in air. The air current began to pull the Deadly Nadder and Astro toward the giant throat.

Hiccup and Toothless saw Astro and the Nadder's lives in trouble. Toothless prepared to shoot at the giant dragon.

"Night Fury!" screamed a Viking from below. "Get down!" All the Vikings ducked under their shields as Toothless shot at Kullgen. The shock wave of the fire knocked Astro off of the Nadder's back. Toothless quickly caught Astro. He looked at the boy and both smiled at each other.

Toothless dropped Astro on the ground.

Hiccup looked at Kullgen, "He has wings! Let's see if he can use them!" Toothless flew down, quickly. He shot at the Red Death with such force that the giant dragon fell down.

There was a brief silence. Then, Kullgen raised two giant wings and began to fly after Hiccup and Toothless.

"Well he can fly!" observed Hiccup. Both flew around sea-stacks, letting Kullgen slam through them. Although they had the advantage in agility, Kullgen was gaining speed.

"Alright, Toothless." said Hiccup, "Time to disappear!" she adjusted her foot pedal to position three, and Toothless flew up into the thick clouds.

Kullgen disappeared after them.

The Vikings below looked up at the sky, straining to see anything through the clouds above them.