In the dance hall, Hogback was laughing at the defeated and worn-out Chopper and Heather.

"So, how does it feel to be captured by the power of your own friends?" Hogback asked.

"Yeah, and this one used and a handed trick to feed me some salt," said Deathwing looking at Heather.

'He's strong,' said Heather looking at him.

"I can't believe Ragnar is so far gone already that he kicked Heather like that," said Chopper looking at the penguin. "You're not our friend anymore; you're just a zombie."

"I don't know this Ragnar is, but no one can save you now," he said.

Hogback laughed. "I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but these two might not have any memories of being your friends left. Upon creation, some zombies do retain some sense of their former selves, but the new body and soul soon synchronise. Not even a shred of humanity remains; they all become obedient zombies that follow my every command. For a zombie, following orders is the pinnacle of existence."

"You finally convinced me you're an evil man all the way to the core Hogback," Chopper glared. "In the past, you were responsible for so many lives; I really looked up to you as a humanitarian and a doctor. I didn't even mind your research on zombies.

"Seeing as how death can happen so suddenly, those who die and those who are left behind always leave so many things left unsaid, things that they never would have a chance to say again. If there was some way to bring the deceased back to life, even for only a moment, that brief time could be spent finding closure. Even if people call you a heretic or mad scientist and denounce all the work you did, it would have been worth it to heal people's hearts."

Chopper then transformed into his hybrid form. "That's why when you said you spent years on this place researching on how to resurrect the dead, I believe that you were doing it for the best intentions."

Hogback laughed. "Fool, who would go to that much trouble to help others? Your naivete is astounding; this is the way it has always been. I'm a genius who deserves the best, money was the driving force behind using my skills, but my notoriety led patients from all over the world to my doorstep.

"There were just too many needy little whiners… 'Save my father', 'save my child', 'save my sweetheart'… nag, nag, what a bother. It was so annoying; I was expected to carry all the burden of the incompetent doctors who couldn't help them. Are you starting to understand the horrors of being a genius? If you wish to idolise me for my work in the medical field, fine, but you have no right to say that you are disappointed in me. If my motives do not live up to your precious ideals, then you can just kiss my ass, you stupid reindeer. How dare you preach to me about how you want to be a doctor."

"That's not what I'm trying to do, you bastard!" Chopper roared. "I try to tell you that I don't even accept you as a doctor anymore! I don't accept the zombies either, they're already dead, yet you still have control over them! You won't let them rest in peace! You made a mockery out of human life!"

Hogback had been taken aback slightly with then laughed. "What a narrowminded thing to say. I gave them a new life, and yet you think that they should just be rotting in the ground."

"Yes, I do!"

"You don't get it, Doctor Chopper," Hogback sighed. "You're missing the scientific breakthrough. I gave them life after death, don't you see. How can you just simply overlook the value of that life… observe."

Both Chopper and Heather watched as he made his way over to Cindry, and to their shock, he kicked her right across the face. Both of them found the instinct to help her, but Deathwing bought his sword towards them.

"Don't move," he said.

Hogback then looked down at Cindry. "Now, while you're down there, lick the floor."

"Yes, Master Hogback," she said and reluctantly licked the floor.

Watching this enraged Chopper, the only time he'd ever been this angry was when he wanted revenge for the death of Doctor Olaf.

"You saw that room, didn't you, Doctor Chopper?" said Hogback.

Chopper knew that he was talking about the room, which had pictures of Cindry all over.

Hogback then looked at him with that dark look. "That was actually my room. The photos on the wall of a deceased stage actress named Cindry Victoria. I was infatuated with her and her charm as long as I could remember. Her beauty and allure captured not only my heart but the hearts of men all over the country."

He then remembered several years ago when he first met Cindry, who came to him as a patient and was kind enough to sew a button on his suit.

"There we are; now it is as good as new, Doctor," she smiled.

"How embarrassing; I can't believe one of my patients would sew a button on for me."

"I'm just happy to help."

Hogback laughed.

Later that afternoon, the two of them bid farewell.

"Thanks to your expert care, I'm as healthy enough to return to the stage," she said gratefully. "Thank you so much for your help. Mother… father, thanks for waiting! Let's go!"

She then dashed over to her parents, and Hogback was truly sad to see her go; he wanted to say something, but it was all tongue-tied. She then looked back at him one more time and smiled with the most radiant smile imaginable.

'She was popular without conceit; she was kind and loving to her family. She was a wonderful woman, thoughtful and generous to everyone, but unfortunately…'

Hogback was so infatuated with her that you went to one of his shows and planned to present you with a bouquet of flowers backstage. He was poised and ready to hand it over just as the curtains began to fall, but before he had a chance, a young man walked by and embraced her, and she did the same.

Hogback just watched, heartbroken, as the two of them left in the bouquet that he was holding fell to the floor.

'…she was also spoken for. After I made my mark as a doctor, I proposed to her, but as she was already engaged, she refused! Soon after, I heard the terrible news about what had happened to her; she had suffered a fatal accident. I was at a loss for words. In the end, I left my job behind, and that's when he found me. He appeared out of nowhere and provided me with a solution for everything, my master, Moria Gecko.'

"I can use a man of your talent; lend it to me, Doctor Hogback," said Moria.

'I accepted his offer and boarded his ship on one condition, that he combining with his amazing abilities with my own would help me bring my Cindry back to life.'

Hogback then remembered digging up Cindry's corpse, it was a dark and stormy night, and he worked tirelessly digging it out. Even as a corpse, she was still beautiful, and he waited with no hesitation, pulling her out of the coffin.

He then made his way over to Breakneck Bog, stumbling and covered in mud. "I missed you, my love."

Once at his newly refitted lab, Hogback went to work fixing and repairing Cindry's body, and once he was ready, Moria was ready to present a shadow to reanimate it.

'I stole her corpse in order to obtain a Cindry that would belong to and obey only me.'

Hogback watched as Moria inserted the chosen shadow into the body. As he watched, stunned, as she began to open her eyes once more.

"She's alive, yes!" Hogback cheered.

Cindry then looked at him with a cold expression. "I wish every last plate in the world would disappear."

Hogback was completely taken aback; this was the response he had not expected.

"Her personality had changed, and it certainly wasn't for the better," Hogback admitted. "However, she was still beautiful, and frankly, that was all that mattered to me. I'm happy, and I'm sure she is as well. I've given her second life, a chance to rejoin this world as a living human being."

Chopper didn't know it was possible, but now he was even more furious than before. "You call that a living human being! Tell her to stop that now!"

Hogback looked at him and then to Cindry and back to him.

"The human being whose heart and body that has been separated is no human at all," said Chopper. "You took a corpse that had no choice in the matter and turned it into nothing more than a monster! Every time you make one of these creatures as a human somewhere, you've been devastated them with pain and sorrow, and I can't let you go unpunished!"

Hogback looked at him furiously. "And what would a stupid reindeer pirated doctor with such a limited medical skill could possibly know about life! Cindry, rise! Rise and kill them all!"

"Yes," said Cindry, finally stopping looking the floor and rose to her feet. Then she conjured up, completely out of nowhere, a vast amount of plates.

"Now you two are next on the zombie list," said Hogback pointing at them. "You should be happy, Doctor Chopper, you may die, but once you're brought back, you'll become the assistant of the .eu idolised so much."

"Square Plate Blades!" said Cindry. Chopper then took on his human form and dashed towards her just as she threw the plates. "One… two… three…"

The plates struck Chopper, and fragments did pierce his skin, but he fought through the pain and continued heading towards her. He then jumped at her grabbing both of her arms, and held her in place.

"Stop it!" he said.

"Let's go!" she yelled, kneeing him in the chest.

Chopper gritted his teeth and bared the pain, but he ended up loosening his grip on her arms. She then slammed every single one of the plates she was holding right on top of his head.

"Chopper!" Heather yelled.

Hogback laughed. "Don't let her size fool you; despite her petite figure, I have modified her to be a killing machine."

"Listen, Cindry, you don't have to take orders from that maniac," said Chopper wincing in pain.

"Kill you," said Chopper and dealt a devastating roundhouse kick into his hip.

Chopper, however, persevered and grabbed her free arm. "I feel so bad for you. Look what Hogback has done to you. What would your family say if they knew about all this?"

"Let go of me!" she yelled and continued to kick him.

"You've been stitched together like a ragdoll forced to serve as an undead slave. Your loved ones would be mortified."

"Unhand me!"

"You were born with both body and soul, but that soul died a long time ago, and yet your body is being forced to follow orders. Where is the meaning of that?"

Hogback laughed. "Don't tell me you doubt your own eyes, Doctor. This is what humans have always dreamed of… resurrection of the dead. Man can live again!"

"Just because it moves doesn't make it alive," said Chopper taking Hogback by surprise. "To be alive, you need to be free! You're treating her like she is not going; anything that exists like that can't be a human being!"

Everyone then immediately looked at stunned, and Cindry stopped attacking him, and Deathwing lowered his sword.

"Heather, hurry up and give her the salt!" Chopper yelled.

"Right!" said Heather and crossed her arms.

Then just like earlier, she sprouted arms on Chopper's chest and took a pinch of salt from the bag around his waist.

"Dog… Deathwing, help her quickly!" Hogback ordered. "Save Cindry; kill the others!"

Heather was just about to force-feed the salt into Cindry's mouth when the penguin swooped in and kicked Chopper away.

"Oh no! Chopper!?" Heather cried.

Deathwing then wielded all three sorts. "Three-Sword Style: 108 Calibre Phoenix!"

He then unleashed his three sword-slashing attack at Chopper, nearly hitting the penguin as well.

"Toothless, stop it!" Chopper yelled.

"Now Twelve Flowers!" Heather yelled.

Twelve arms then suddenly sprouted around Deathwing, holding him in place. "No, you again?"

Deathwing you to strengthen managed to free his left arm. "My master said to kill the others!"

He then swung his sword and unleashed a slashing attack at her, forcing her to jump out of the way.

"What did you do that for?" the penguin zombie yelled. "You nearly killed me with that last attack! If you can't control yourself and stay out of my way!"

Then to everyone's shock, he kicked Deathwing, who was forced to block the attack with his swords.

"Then that you should stay out of my wave. You don't want to be attacked," Deathwing suggested.

"I was doing fine until you barged in!"

"Master told me to kill the others!"

"Yes, I know, we both have the same master. Now back off!"

"You back off!"

"I was told to kill the others, so I'll start with you!"

Everyone stared as the two of them began attacking one another, and no one was more shocked than Hogback.

"Cut it out! What the hell are you idiots doing?" he yelled. "Stop fighting now; we need to work together—"

"Heather!" Chopper yelled.

"Right," said Heather folding her arms, and arms immediately sprouted out of Hogback. Then arms then immediately grabbed his lips, stopping him from talking. "Can't give orders if you can't talk."

She then turned her eyes to Deathwing and the penguin, who were still trying to wipe each other out. "They didn't hear that last order, so there's still on the previous one. Now what was that order again? 'Save Cindry, kill the others'? If the others are everyone but Cindry, who knows what could end up happening."

They just watched as the two zombies continued to battle one another while resting.

"Without traces of their old memories, those two can't seem to get along no matter what they do," said Chopper.

"I guess following any order is not always an advantage," said Heather.

Heather then turned her eyes to Hogback and smiled evilly. Seconds later, she released her grip on Hogback's lips, and he began taking in several deep breaths.

"This tower is rather tall, isn't it?" said Heather. "If only we were under your power, you could kill us by asking us to jump out of it."

"Heather?" Chopper frowned.

"How dare you speak to me that way!" Hogback growled; Heather then winked at Chopper, secretly informing him this was part of her plan. "You'll be under my control once I turn you into zombies." He then pointed straight at them. "And once I do…" Heather and Chopper then sidestepped. "… I'll order you to jump off this tower and put an end to yourselves!"

What he failed to notice was that when Heather and Chopper sidestepped, he ended up pointing straight at Deathwing and the penguin, who immediately stopped their fighting.

"Yes, master," they said obediently.

Hogback then quickly realised his mistake, but it was too late. The two zombies were already dashing towards the nearest window.

"No, wait! That was a mistake!" he yelled.

"I'm going to be the first one of a master's orders!" said Deathwing.

"Not if I hit the ground first!" said the penguin.

Instead of jumping out the window, the two of them ran straight through the wall and began falling towards the ground.

Heather then smiled at Hogback innocently with her hands behind her back. "As for us, we would rather not."

Hogback couldn't believe he'd been outsmarted so easily. "Oh no, damnit! You pathetic excuses for humans tricked me! I'm supposed to be a genius!"

"Now, once Hiccup is done with Moria, all the zombies he created on this island will be purified," said Chopper cracking his knuckles. "Which means the only thing left for me to do around here is kick your ass."

Hogback quickly turned to Cindry. "Cindry, listen! I need you to buy some time while I escape."

However, Cindry didn't seem to move a muscle; in fact, she gave no indication that she had heard Hogback.

"Hey, did you hear me? Get them. It doesn't matter if they purify you; I can just give you another shadow!"

However, both Chopper and Heather looked at her, stunned as tears trickled down her cheeks, but no one was more surprised than Hogback. Cindry herself was having mental images of the real Cindry as well as some of her memories.

"My body, it won't move," she said.

"What, Cindry?" Hogback gasped.

Meanwhile, Hiccup could hear giant footsteps approaching, and Moria sat up excitedly.

"He's back!" Moria cried excitedly.

The entire building shook as Oars grabbed hold of it and pulled himself up towards the giant hole in the refrigerator.

"Now it is finally time! Prepare yourself, Dragon!" Moria smiled.