Chapter 14

The battle was on. Elsa, Anna and their team of dragon riders took to the air, flying towards Dagur and his Berserker fleet. The plan was simple. The dragons would split up and use their unique abilities to sink as many Berserker ships as they could, while the alliance fleet kept the enemy fleet contained to the area, also sinking as many as they could. Elsa wasn't worried about the fleet in lines of ship to ship combat. It was that Skrill that worried her.

"Ok!" she yelled out. "Let's split up. Hiccup and I will keep Dagur busy while the rest of you lay it thick on those barbarians!"

Anna contested. "No Elsa!"

Elsa looked over to her. Anna explained.

"My powers are stronger than yours. We could keep Dagur so busy he won't even notice what the rest of you are doing. Besides, I think Astrid wants some payback for him shocking her head!"

Astrid smiled in agreement. Elsa couldn't argue.

"Very well." She replied. "But be careful. I don't want to be an only child!"

"I'll try to bring her back in one piece!" Astrid chuckled. She then turned Stormfly and they set off for Dagur.

"Now," Elsa said to Hiccup, "let's get down there and give the sea floor some new decorations!"

Hiccup replied happily. "You got it, Queen Elsa!"

He gave a series of hand gestures, then the dragon assault began. The Twins dove down between 2 rows of ships, Barf leaving a trail of green gas behind. Then Belch ignited the gas, the explosive force incinerating the 15 closest ships and rolling another 43 on their backs. Fishlegs guided Meatlug towards the catapult ships. As they launched boulders into the air, Meatlug caught and ate them. She then spun around, spewing hot molten rock down onto the Berserker fleet. Then they watched as 37 more ships burst into flame. Snotlout swooped in low and had Hookfang do a wing sweep. This created a wind blast that caught the sails of 14 ships, rolling them over. Hiccup had Toothless fire plasma blasts at the Berserker ships, making large holes in their hulls at the water line and sending them down. And Elsa created large ice blocks at the top of their masts, the heavy ice either breaking the mast and crushing the ship as it fell, or causing the ship to topple over and sink. At the same time the alliance ships lobbed cannonballs into the Berserker fleet, doing plenty of damage.

As the battle raged below, Dagur watched angrily. How could the mighty Berserkers be taking so much damage from just 4 dragons? He patted his dragons head.

"Looks like we'll have to take care of this ourselves." He growled.

Dagur turned toward the alliance fleet, but was quickly sidetracked when a fiery stream passed just in front of him. He looked up just in time to see 2 women on a Nader diving at him.

"So they want to play, do they!" he snarled, dodging another blast. He turned his dragon and fired a lightning blast at the Nadder.

But the fast moving Nader dodged the shot. The 2 dragons tore up the sky as they battled, lightning and fire flashing in all directions. The Skrill was a fast, maneuverable and powerful dragon. The Nadder was more maneuverable, but didn't have the firepower of the Skrill, owing mainly to its limited shot count. The second rider on its back however, didn't have such a limitation.

"Wow!" Anna exclaimed as she fired another round of fireballs. "This guy's good!"

"Yah! Too good!" Astrid replied, dodging another lightning bolt.

Dagur laughed out loud. "You girls have some skills. It's a shame to have to kill you. But, that's how it goes."

But Dagur stopped laughing when Anna fired another shot that passed right between the horns on his helmet. "Ok. Now its getting personal!" he bellowed, charging at his attacker.

From her seat on the Night Fury, Elsa surveyed the scene. And it was an incredible sight. On the sea surface, Berserker ships were broken, burning and sinking. A black cloud of smoke rose from the wrecks high into the sky. There didn't seem to be any more to do as the other Riders joined Hiccup and herself, hovering above the carnage.

"Wow! What a mess!" Fishlegs commented.

"Yah!" Tuff replied. "It's so beautiful."

"Brings a tear to my eye." Ruff added.

Hiccup asked, "Did we miss anything?"

"Are you kidding?" Snotlout replied. "There's no way anything could have survived that!"

Elsa noticed 4 ships still afloat. "I think we missed a few." She said, pointing towards them.

"I think the alliance has those ones covered." Hiccup pointed out, as cannonballs could be seen raining down on the remaining Berserkers.

Elsa giggled. "Good point." Then her face went serious. "Now. Where's Astrid and my sister?" They scanned the sky.

"THERE!" Tuff hollered, pointing.

Far off in the distance, they could see 2 dragons in a fierce arial dogfight. White lighting shooting from one, orange fire streams from the other. And it looked like the one shooting the lightning had the advantage.

"Hiccup," Elsa growled, "Get me in there! My sister needs us!"

Hiccup wasted no time obeying the order. "Riders! Let's go put Dagur in his place!"

Astrid, Anna and Stormfly weaved through the sky with an angry Berserker and his dragon hot on their tail. Anna launched fire streams back at Dagur, but he dodged her shots. Dagur shot lightning bolts at Astrid and Anna, but Astrid evaded. Shot after shot flew back and forth as the 2 combatants tried to take each other out.

"Can't you aim better!?" Astrid yelled at Anna

Anna yelled back. "How am I supposed to aim with you jerking back and forth like that?"

"Maybe you'd rather get zapped? Believe me! It's not fun!"

Another bolt streaked past them. Astrid swerved, but one small tendril of energy reached out, grazing Annas arm. The sudden searing pain made her scream so loudly that even Dagur heard it.

"Ha Ha!" he cheered. "First blood to me!"

Anna held her injured arm. Astrid looked back to her. "How bad is it, Anna?" she asked.

Anna gritted her teeth. "I think it's just a burn. But I can't move my arm!"

"That's the shock effect." Astrid replied. "It'll pass in a few hours. Can you still shoot?"

Anna replied, "I still have one good arm!"

She turned back towards Dagur, trying to line up a shot. But her target suddenly disappeared in a fiery burst. It took a moment for her to realize that Dagur had been hit broadside by a dragon blast. She quickly searched the sky. And what she saw made her cheer so wildly that she almost fell off Stormfly.

"THE RIDERS ARE HERE!"

Snotlout, Fishlegs and the Twins dove on Dagur, while Hiccup brought Toothless alongside Stormfly, Elsa immediately noticing that Anna had been hit.

"Anna! You're hurt!"

Astrid replied, "But she's still in one piece, as promised!"

"I'll be ok, Elsa." Anna winced. "It's just a burn."

But Elsa saw otherwise. "No, you need to have that looked at. Astrid, you've both done great, but we'll take it from here. Get Anna back to the flagship."

Astrid nodded. Before Anna could object, Stormfly banked hard and headed for the alliance fleet.

Hiccup turned Toothless toward the fight, only to see Dagur and his Skrill getting tag teamed by 3 dragons at once. Fishlegs screamed out "GALE FORCE GRONCKLE!" and Meatlug spun, her tail bashing the Skrill over and over. Then Hookfang blasted it with a fire blast. Dagur and his Skrill hovered a moment, trying to shake off the attacks. But Barf and Belch slammed them from below. Dagur screamed in frustration as his dragon struggled to stay aloft.

Elsa decided that now was the time to finish this. "Now Hiccup!"

Toothless put on full speed directly for Dagur. Dagur could see the Night Fury charging at him, but his stunned dragon wasn't obeying his commands. All he could do was watch as Hiccup and Elsa approached, until they were close enough for him to see the hatred in Elsas eyes. He, like everyone else, expected her to freeze him solid. But that's not what happened.

"THIS IS FOR MY SISTER!" Elsa screamed.

Toothless suddenly rolled over, flying inverted above Dagur, and Elsas fist landed squarely on Dagurs mouth as they passed. Dagur fell backwards off the Skrill, spitting teeth, and plummeted to the sea below. The now riderless Skrill had had enough, turning away and flying off into the mid evening sun. The Riders let it go, since it was no longer a threat to them. Regrouping, they cheered victoriously.

"OH YA, ELSA!" Snotlout cheered, "That was an awesome punch you planted."

"Thanks. Something I learned from Anna." Elsa smiled, rubbing her hand.

"Speaking of Anna," Hiccup commented, "We should probably get back to the fleet to make sure she and Astrid are ok."

Elsa agreed. Then the Riders turned and headed for the flagship. As they flew, Elsa eyed the sea. Debris and survivors bobbed on the surface, but no intact ships remained. Many thoughts ran through her mind. But one thought overpowered them all.

'I hope Anna's ok!'