Disclaimer: I don't own httyd

AN: For those who got confused on how Hiccup did a one-hit KO on Lockjaw, he did have his trusty metallic left arm to help him ;)

Jonamber: Really?! O.o Can you point them out? I can't seem to find them…

Arc: The Retrieval

Days Until Wedding: 24 days

Music I'm Listenting To At The Moment: After Ever After 2! Yeah! I love this song! Actually, it's a mash up…

"Do You Want A Second Chance"

While everyone was clapping for Hiccup, Dagur went down towards the basement to deal some "business" where the losers were currently located. On the way there, he passed by people who gave him money for the entertainment they just witnessed. Dagur wasn't just a sadist; he was also a business man who took advantage of everything that could help him gain money.

He went down a flight of stairs, passing a few cells where prisoners were being tortured by his personal guards. Prisoners' nails were being pulled forcefully, tongues were being cut in half and eyeballs were being penetrated with small sharp rusty nails. Screams of pain and horror echoed everywhere and Dagur reveled in it. For him, nothing was better than hearing someone else's screams of pain and sorrow.

After arriving at the foot of the stairs, there was a long corridor between him and his destination. As he walked, prisoners tried to reach for him and begged him to let them out. Each one of them was insignificant and was only used for his pleasure. The prisoners he used for the arena was located in the upper level, more specifically the place where the boy, Hiccup, and his friends were currently located.

He finally arrived at his destination and the viking guarding the door nodded at him and he opened it for Dagur to enter. Inside was Lockjaw tied to a chair and being beaten to a pulp by two huge vikings. But to their dismay, Lockjaw was not affected because he was already used to this kind of torture. Lockjaw was one of the most experienced fighters Dagur had and he was going to make sure that he was going to stay in top if he still wanted to live.

"That's enough… for now" Dagur calmly said as his guards stopped punching Lockjaw and stood behind Dagur. "You know why I'm here, right?" Dagur asked Lockjaw.

Said prisoner tsked "Are you here to kill me? If you are then make it quick because I'm already sick and tired of this bullshit" he grumbled while giving Dagur a very harsh glare

Dagur shook his head "Now, now. Is that how you're going to thank me after all I've done for you?" Dagur mocked hurt "After I saved you from the brink of death?"

Lockjaw growled "The only reason why I'm doing these fights is because you're threatening in killing my family if I don't cooperate." He spat that Dagur's foot "And one more thing, you didn't save me from dying, you just made everything worse by letting me live!" he practically growled at the deranged man who just smiled at him.

"Don't you still get it?" Dagur laughed "You wanna know why I spared you? It's because people actually pay to see you fight. More importantly, people pay to see you murdering all those spare parts I have lying around in my prison!" he laughed even louder which echoed outside and scaring the living daylights out of the prisoners there.

"You don't have any right in calling them spare parts! They risk their lives just to give you money! They risk their lives just to entertain the people out there!"

Dagur stopped laughing and frowned at Lockjaw. He inched his face closer until they were mere inches apart. Dagur slowly smiled at him "You know that's a lie. These so called risk takers belong to me. They used to be criminals, killers and hijackers. Even if I didn't take them in, they were still going to be executed for their crimes. I'm just making their lives a little bit interesting, don't you think?"

"You make me sick" Lockjaw murmured

Dagur just smiled and stood on his full height before punching Lockjaw on the face. The force of the blow was too strong that Lockjaw fell on his side and blood was oozing from his mouth.

Dagur wiped the blood of his hand with a piece of cloth as he prepared to leave. "Remember, the only reason I'm keeping you alive is because people love you." He glared at Lockjaw and left before muttering "Don't make me regret it."

-Arena-

Hiccup was still being applauded at and all he wanted was to get back to Astrid and the others. He didn't know what happened to that Lockjaw guy but he just hoped that he didn't hurt him that much. Just as he was going to ask a nearby guard, Dagur reappeared again and shouted towards the people on the stands.

"Everyone! Wasn't that a great fight or what?" he received even more applause and he raised his hands to silence them "I think it's time for round two for our brave challenger here…"

Dagur smiled briefly at Hiccup before looking at the gate "Bring in, Brickwall!"

Hiccup gulped. With a name like that, he wondered if he was literally going to fight one. When the gate opened, in came a guy even larger than Lockjaw but looked like he was too slow if the way he walked had anything to say about it.

"I know Brickwall is not as strong or as fast as Lockjaw but with his record, our boy Hiccup here should have a pretty hard time in fighting him!" Dagur explained to the crowd which they responded with even more screaming.

"You're kidding me right?" Hiccup muttered to himself as the guy stood before him. The guy was practically twice his height! Hiccup didn't know how he was going to handle him without actually using his hidden weapons.

-Prison Cells-

"I hear shouting" Astrid said as she craned her neck towards the entrance of the prison.

"Somebody probably already won." Cami guessed

"I hope it's Hiccup" Astrid said as she hugged herself

"I guess we have to wait. The only we would find out is if Dagur or Hiccup show up here" Cami started stretching her body

"Why Dagur? I mean, I understand Hiccup coming back here but why him?" Astrid asked "And why are you stretching all of a sudden?"

"Well, if Dagur was the one who informed us then it's obvious that Hiccup bit the dust and he would also come here to get another one of us to fight in his place." Cami explained off-handedly "Oh, and the reason I'm stretching because whether Hiccup is defeated or not, Dagur would still come here and pick someone else to fight while Hiccup rests"

"Don't sound so casual about Hiccup dying!" Astrid whined. It was bad enough that she was worried that he would get hurt.

"Hey, just stating facts here" Cami shrugged

Astrid sighed. Camicazi was busy stretching and the guys on the other side were asleep. She was the only one worried about her fiancé at this very moment.

-Arena-

"Woah!" Hiccup ducked as the massive warrior tried to hit him with his equally massive fist "Can't we, you know, talk about this or something?" Hiccup said as he rolled away from the giant. What he received in return was a few grunts. Hiccup just gave him a deadpan look "What? You too big to talk to a little guy?" Hiccup tsked "You know what they say, the bigger they are the harder the- woah!" Hiccup once again dodged and backed towards the wall. He ducked on more and Brickwall's fist connected with the wall and his fist actually went through it like paper.

"Ok" Hiccup sighed "I know… I kind of… offended you… with the whole… 'too big' thing… but I gotta… do what I gotta… do, you know?" Hiccup said as he kept on dodging Brickwall's fists. As Brickwall was about to throw a punch again, Hiccup jumped towards him and climbed up his torso and sat behind Brickwall's neck. "Hey, here's an idea, how about we stop fighting and we both go away unscathed! How about that?"

Brickwall had enough. He tried grabbing Hiccup but he was too quick for him and jumped off before his hands could touch the boy. "That is enough!" Brickwall said in a growl

"Oh? So you do talk. Well, that makes things easier" Hiccup mocked the giant

"Don't you get it?!" Brick wall snapped. "This isn't a game!" He pointed towards Dagur, who was having the time of his life because people kept on giving him money. "That guy over there killed my whole family! He tortured me for years because of fun!" Brickwall then turned his glare towards Hiccup "The only reason why I'm fighting is because I want to continue on living and someday be able to fight and kill Dagur" he muttered darkly. "But you, you think this is just a pastime. You think this is nothing but a game, don't you?"

Hiccup's eyes widened and waved his hands frantically "No, wait! Please let me explain!"

Brickwall just smashed his fist on the ground and created a giant crack "No. Time for talk is over. It's time for you to dieeee!" he said as he rushed towards Hiccup.

Hiccup once again dodged by rolling under his giant foe. The only reason why he taunted the guy was because he was hoping to tire out the giant of a man. But from the looks of things, that was not happening.

"Time to go for the offensive" Hiccup muttered to himself as he stood in a stance.

The crowd cheered because they noticed this as well. They were tired of watching Lockjaw and Brickwall dominating their fights. What they wanted was an underdog, someone who stood no chance but ended up winning anyway.

Hiccup waited for the right moment. As Brickwall's punch missed him, he grabbed a finger with his left hand and bent it towards the opposite direction. Brickwall screamed in pain as he tried to massage the broken finger. Brickwall looked at it and it was now colored purpled, probably because of blood loss. He gaved Hiccup a death glare as the boy just gave him a passive look.

Brickwall screamed as he readjusted his finger and also stood in a stance. Both fighters had a glaring contest and none of them dared to make the first move. It was Hiccup who dashed towards him first. He was quick when he unsheathed his swords. He brought them down towards Brickwall when he tried to defend it with his massive arm.

Blood started dripping at the ground as Hiccup's sword made impact. Hiccup's eyes widened when he noticed that his swords barely scratched the guy and Brickwall smirked at him as he tried to grab Hiccup. Hiccup, on the other hand, jumped out of his reach and remove the blood from his swords by flinging them.

Brickwall laughed hoarsely "Now you know why they call me Brickwall" as the muscles around his arms tightened and the veins around them bulged.

Hiccup smirked as he positioned himself for another attack. "This should be interesting then"

AN: Aaand a cliffy! Enjoy and Review!