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AN: Jornamber: Oops… sorry dude. I was already half finished with my last chapter after you posted your comment so I forgot to update this little note here…

Needle King: Don't worry. I don't intend to increase the days anymore. The reason why I did because when I reread my previous chapters I kept facepalming because of the mistakes I made.

Arc: The Retrieval

Days Until Wedding: 24 days

Music I'm Listenting To At The Moment: Life's Too Short – Frozen… T^T I'm addicted to it!

"Do You Wanna Play A Game"

Hiccup and the others spent the rest of the day inside the prison. They couldn't tell if it was nighttime already because there were no open windows around for them to look at and the door towards the outside was always locked.

Hiccup, Thuggory and Eret shared a cell while Astrid and Cami were separated from them for obvious reasons.

"This is all your fault!" Eret snapped at Hiccup and pointed an accusing finger at him

Hiccup glared at him and swatted his hand away "Me? Why are you blaming me?"

"If it wasn't for you and the others, I wouldn't be in here in the first place!"

"I'm not the one who opened his big fat mouth, you were!"

"Well I-"

"Shut up!" Thuggory shouted and was able to silence the two "Fighting each other won't solve anything. We need to have a calm mind and think of a way to get out of here"

Eret snorted as he sat down on his bed and crossed his arms "What's the point? We're as good as dead."

"Don't say that! There must be a way out!" Astrid shouted from the other cell

"He's right" Cami sighed and calmly said "There's no way out for us. This prison is designed to let people in but never come out."

"What'll happen to us?" Astrid asked as she hugged herself

"Same as the others…" Eret said as laid on his bed

"Fight to the death…" Cami finished

Hiccup gulped. What did they got themselves into again? Why did this always happen to them?

"We could try and reason with him…" Thuggory offered

Cami snorted "Good luck with that… Dagur is known to be easily distracted and had the tendency to bend the truth. Just like what he's called, Dagur may act and talk like a deranged viking but in actuality, he's far from it." Cami glared at the wall infront of her "Dagur is cunning, ruthless and downright sadistic. He loves to toy with his victims and make them beg for their lives before killing them"

"Which technically means us…" Hiccup sighed. It was a statement and not a question.

"Well I still think we need to find a way out of here" Thuggory said as he stood from his spot and started looking for some kind of flaw on their cage.

While Thuggory was searching, Hiccup was thinking of ways to outsmart men guarding them. Maybe he could trick them by giving him the keys to their cage. He looked towards Astrid as she stared sadly at the ground. Hiccup thought that maybe Astrid could use her beauty to lure the guards so that they could ambush them.

Hiccup shook his head. Astrid was not in the condition to try and seduce them. They needed something else or they would be stuck here for Odin knew how long.

It wasn't until a few hours later when the doors open and Dagur and his men entered the room.

"Well?" Dagur asked as he approached Hiccup

"Well what?" Hiccup feighed

"Don't play with me boy" Dagur said with gritted teeth.

Hiccup sighed "Look. How many times do I have to tell you that I don't know! This is madness!" he pointed an accusing finger at Dagur "You're mad!"

Dagur's glare intensified and motioned for one of his men to approach him

"Ready the arena" he murmured "It looks like we have a challenger here" hi grinned menacingly at Hiccup before leaving them alone again.

"What did he meant about readying the arena?" Astrid asked worriedly. "Hiccup! What did he mean?!"

"I don't know, ok?!" Hiccup snapped "we're in a very dangerous situation right now and you panicking isn't helping!"

"I-I..." Tears were gathering in her eyes when she felt a hand on her shoulder. When she turned, she saw Cami glaring at Hiccup

"Hey! You didn't have to do that! Me and Astrid might not be at good terms at the moment but that doesn't mean I won't look after her!"

Cami and Hiccup had a glaring contest when Hiccup heard a sniffle. He looked at Astrid and noticed she was holding back tears. His glare softened and all the tension he gathers dissipated just like that.

Hiccup sighed as he slumped down on the floor "I'm sorry"

"It's ok… all of us are stressed at the moment. I think it's best if we rest for now" Cami said as she guided Astrid towards her bed "There. Rest for now. This isn't my first time in prison so I have more experience than you" she smiled softly at Astrid

Astrid returned the smile and hugged the fellow blonde "Thank you" she whispered

"No problem" Cami said before she let her go and went to her bed and to go to sleep.

The others followed her example and slept as well, awaiting what Dagur had planned for them.

-Morning-

"Wake up!" Hiccup was forcefully being shaken "You're needed outside, now!" the guard pushed Hiccup so hard that he fell on the floor

Hiccup groaned as he came back to the land of the living "Ok, ok. I'm up, I'm up! Sheesh!"

"Come on!" he grabbed Hiccup by his tunic and started dragging him out of the prison.

"Wait, what about the others?!" he shouted back and saw Astrid just in time when she peeked through the bars to see him

The guard chuckled "You won't need them where you're going"

Hiccup furrowed his brows. He didn't know what was waiting for him so he must stay vigilant.

-Prison Cells-

"Where are they taking him?!" Astrid demanded as she slammed her fists on the bars

"Probably to the arena" Cami said as she stretched her arms above her head "That is where we'll be fighting"

"Fightihg?" Thuggory asked confused

"Didn't you remember what I said before?" Cami shrugged "I said that Dagur's main source of entertainment is seeing us struggle to survive and what better way than to force us to fight one another to live."

Cami gave Astrid a hard look

"To him this is just a past time while for us this is a game of survival. From what I've heard, he'll make us fight in a series of matches and the last person to stand would have a chance to fight him"

Thuggory raised his hand in uncertainty "Define the last person to stand… does that mean that when you give up you would lose?" he asked hopefully. He may be big but he was a pacifist… if he was calm, that is.

"Not exactly" Eret sighed from the his bed "If you fight on, you die. If you give up, you die. If you, miraculously, happen to defeat everyone and get the chance to fight Dagur then you're definitely dead. All in all, you die" he sighed once again while dragging his hand across his face.

Astrid furrowed her brows. They must find a way out, fast.

-Arena-

"Welcome everyone! Today, I have a special treat for you!" Dagur boomed as the vikings on the stand shouted.

"Today, that boy on the ring will take Lockjaw!" as soon as Dagur finished saying the name, the people screamed even more.

"Whoever this Lockjaw guys is, he must be popular, or scary." Hiccup murmured to himself as he tried to adjust his armor. It was a good thing they didn't confiscate his weapons and armor because if they did then he was good as dead.

"Open the gate!" Dagur ordered.

Hiccup looked towards the gate that was raised. To say that Hiccup was surprised was an understatement. The person, or rather the giant, who entered the arena looked like he was 7ft tall. He was twice Fishlegs' size. His fists were the size of Hiccup's head while his arms were the size of tree trunks. He was also wielding a 5ft long mace with spikes around it and he was carrying it around like it was nothing. But that wasn't his most notable feature. No, it was his jaws. Instead of teeth, his mouth was lined with razor-sharp metal braces.

"So that's why he's called Lockjaw!" Hiccup nodded his head in understanding. He was so dead. He knew he didn't stand a chance. That is, if he didn't have a strategy of course.

Dagur silenced the crowd so he could talk again "Let the battle begin!" he shouted and Lockjaw did a war cry as he ran towards Hiccup. As he swung his mace down, Hiccup made a ducking roll to the side and stood back up. Lockjaw glared at Hiccup and swung his mace horizontally and Hiccup ducked, completely missing the blow.

"Is that the best you got?" Hiccup taunted as he faked a yawn

Lockjaw gritted his iron braces and it made grinding noises as he clenched them. He let go of his mace and launched himself at Hiccup, trying to get him with his bare hands.

Hiccup saw this a mile away and skipped to the side while Lockjaw tripped on himself, falling flat on his face. The people on the stands starting laughing at the giant, enraging him even more. Lockjaw was seeing red and he was focusing on Hiccup and him alone.

He shouted even louder and started running towards the small boy. Hiccup started running around the arena while Lockjaw was chasing him. To Hiccup's dismay, he made the mistake of tripping and end up being caught by Lockjaw.

"I finally got you…" he growled. "I'm going to have so much fun chewing your bones to dust"

Hiccup glared at him "That… is disgusting and as much as I want to see that happen, I've got other things to do" he said dryly while he kneed Lockjaw on the balls. Lockjaw let go of Hiccup and hunched forward because of the blow.

Hiccup took this as the perfect opportunity to fight back. Hiccup put his hands together to make a giant fist and brought it down on Lockjaw's head. The impact actually made a critical hit and Lockjaw slammed on the ground, unconscious.

Silence filled the arena as everyone absorbed everything that had happened. Mere moments later, everyone cheered for Hiccup. Hiccup raised his arm in acknowledgement. He hated what he did but it was the only way for him to survive. It was a good thing that Lockjaw didn't die because, normally, that blow would have been able to kill a typical viking. Some vikings entered the arena and collected the unconscious Lockjaw.

While everyone was celebrating, Dagur had his eyes on Hiccup and a smile slowly tugged on his lips. He finally found a worthy adversary. That is, if he could survive till the very end.

AN: Another chapter guys! Hope you'll like it! Enjoy and Review!