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The water raced below them, obscuring their reflections. Elsa looked down from her spot on Toothless at the small base on the island. Several catapults and ballistae were being loaded at the sight of the group of dragons.

Without warning, a volley of arrows shot up from below, a few clattering against the Night Fury's armor. Toothless turned his head to look down and shot a purple blast at the hunters, scattering them.

Looking ahead, Elsa saw a ballista be cranked back, its arms bending backward as a large spear was loaded. Snarling, the Snow Queen punched her fist at the weapon, sending a blast of ice at the base of the structure that supported it. The beams cracked as the ice grew, sending the ballista crashing to the ground, the spear flying into the dirt.

A spear flew at them from one of the other ballistae that were still standing. Brynn snarled and grabbed the projectile as it flew at Stormfly, before spinning it in her hand and throwing it back down from where it came from. She smirked as she nailed a hunter's foot to the wooden deck of a catapult, the man screaming in pain. As another volley flew up, Snotlout and Hookfang raced in front of them, burning the arrows to charred twigs. "Snotlout! Snotlout! Oi! Oi! Oi!"

Fishlegs flew by on Meatlug, who blasted a barrel of dragonroot arrows with a shot of lava. As the twins flew by a catapult, their dragon released a stream of green gas, which Toothless lit with a small shot, initiating a large explosion of flames that engulfed the weapon. The resulting crash made the twins cheer, putting their fists in the air.

Hiccup blocked an arrow with his silver shield made from Gronkle Iron, sending the arrow down to the water.

Elsa snarled and reached around Hiccup, sending consecutive blasts at the hunters, covering their structures in spiked sheets of ice.

Toothless and the other dragons landed and the riders dismounted before Elsa stalked up to the hunter that was closest to her. She grabbed the man by the throat and made him face her. She pushed her face close so that it was just a few inches away.

"I'm only going to ask you this one time," she growled. "Where is Indi Rex?"

The hunter smirked and shoved Elsa away, before turning to run. He was stopped by two waist-high dragons that dropped in front of him, snarling. Behind them, a large blue Deadly Nadder landed, its poisonous spines snapped erect. On its back was a blonde female, brandishing a double-bladed axe. The hunter drew his sword.

Picking herself up off the ground, Elsa punched a bolt of ice at the man, freezing his hand and sword to a tree. She stalked forward, ice crystallizing on the ground beneath her feet.

The man strained, trying to pull his arm free. Toothless stalked forward, baring his teeth.

"He was wearing black armor with a white seal on his chest," Elsa said. "He had white-tipped hair. Where is he?"

"I-I don't know," the man stuttered out. "I'm just a-" He was cut off as his mouth was frozen shut with a thin sheet of ice.

"Shut up," Elsa snarled.

"Riders," Hiccup said. "Fan out and find information."

"Interrogate each and every one of them if you have to," Elsa said. "We're not leaving here without some information about where he was taken."

The Vikings spread out, looking for some form of information. Elsa strode through the wreckage, followed by Hiccup and Toothless. To his credit, the one-legged Viking kept quiet. After some time of searching, Toothless shot a blast at a thick, wooden beam, revealing a metal door. Hiccup reached forward and pulled on the handle. "Locked."

Just as Toothless started to charge up for a shot, the door exploded inward, its frame covered in ice. Elsa stepped wordlessly around Hiccup and entered the building.

Looking around the room's interior, Elsa saw several cages. In each of them was a stinking carcass. Bracing herself, she looked closer and saw that the corpses were quite large and the decomposing skin had scales. She covered her mouth in shock and backpedaled, trying to keep her breakfast inside her stomach. Toothless crooned sadly.

"I'm sorry, bud," Hiccup said, placing a hand on the Night Fury's neck.

"Hiccup," Elsa whispered. "Are these..?" Hiccup nodded silently. "Go get the other riders."

Hiccup nodded and turned. "Toothless, stay here." The dragon crooned, and walked up next to Elsa, rubbing the female with his scaly head. Elsa looked into the deep, green eyes and put her hand on the rough, scaly skin. The pair walked through the halls, shutting out the stench of decay. Soon, they rounded a corner, where a wooden door covered in golden decorations stood. Elsa watched as Toothless' ear plates stood up. Listening carefully, she too heard a scuffling from inside the room. She opened the door and saw a hunter scraping golden coins from the desk into a bag.

Elsa's sorrow instantly switched to rage at seeing that this man- no... this devil was reaping profits from the trapping and killing of dragons. With a vengeful yell, the queen sent a beam of ice at the man, sending him flying backward. He was frozen up at the top of the wall, his helmet touching the ceiling. Elsa walked in, Toothless following her. The dragon growled at the hunter, who stared at both of them with terror in his eyes.

Elsa turned and examined a map that hung on the wall. She soon heard the riders coming down the hall. She turned when they made it to the doorway.

"What did you find, Queen Elsa?" Hiccup said.

"Hiccup, what is this island right here?"

"I don't know," he said.

"Hiccup, this one isn't on our map," Fishlegs said. Brynn walked around the desk and looked up at the man, whose torso was encased in ice.

"It looks like that island is about a three-day flight west from the Edge," Hiccup said.

"We go there then," Elsa said. "We go back to the Edge, then there."

Hiccup nodded, and everyone turned to see Brynn punch the man in the face, before sweeping the rest of the gold coins into the bag.

"What?" Brynn asked, noticing the odd looks in her direction. "They could come in handy."


The beast dragged its claws against the marked-up concrete walls that bound it to this small area, which was insufficient for hunting. Hearing a small bleating, it turned its great white head, peering out through the branches. It watched as a small, white lamb walked into the enclosure through a small door, completely oblivious to its fate as it started to graze on a leafy branch.

The creature stepped forward, cracking a stick beneath its clawed feet. The lamb jerked its head up, looking around. It bleated, and the hunter crept forward slowly. The lamb moved closer, unknowingly towards death. As fast a lightning, the white carnivore burst from the trees, sending the lamb sprawling. The young animal leaped to its feet and ran from its attacker.

Charging, the killer screamed out a high-pitched roar, its teeth slick with saliva. The lamb scurried into the underbrush, in hope of losing its pursuer. The beast was not deterred and simply tore the brambles away with one taloned hand. The lamb immediately ran off and the pursuer continued its chase, its footsteps causing small tremors.

Just as the lamb saw the door to the gate open, a searing pain shot through its side. It felt itself get picked up, twenty feet in the air, before being thrown against the wall of the paddock, ending its life.

The hunter bore over its prey, examining the corpse, before thrusting its head down. It grabbed the body in its fangs and raised its head. It tossed its head back, and the lamb fell into its gullet. It swallowed with a small gulp before it slammed its hands on the ground and roared, demanding more.

Suddenly, it swung its head to and fro, before it threw its head back, screaming into the air.

Indi shut his mouth, ending the primordial yell. He breathed heavily, placing his hands on the ground. He glanced up at Claire Dearing, who had been watching him through the newly repaired glass.

Turning his eyes to looked at the ground, he watched as his blood-laced drool, drop to the dirt beneath him. Shaking his head a final time, he strode over to the window and looked in at the woman. She looked at him for a moment, before writing something on her clipboard.

Indi snorted in disgust, spewing mucous all over the window in front of Dearing, before turning away to lay down beneath a tree. Curling his tail around himself, he looked at the bloody smear on the wall. Indi snarled and tucked his snout behind his tail. With one eye, he lazily watched Dearing turn and leave him in peace.

He woke up to a field of stars above him. Looking over at the bars that divided his paddock from the next, he saw that Hannah was outside. She inhaled, breathing in the cold night air. Indi transformed and walked over to her.

Hannah smiled and walked over to the bars. Indi sat down next to the barrier, Hannah doing the same. They leaned up next to each other, their shoulders touching as they looked up at the sky.

After what must have been several hours (for the stars moved a considerable distance), Hannah spoke. "What is the outside like?"

"It's... wonderful," Indi said. "You can go wherever you want to go, do whatever you want to do. It's absolute freedom."

Hannah was silent for a moment. "Do you think you'll get out again?"

"I want to," Indi said. "But, after going rogue..."

"You probably won't get out again."

Indi nodded. "I got away last time by going rogue on a mission. They probably will let me out, eventually, but with high security and lethal weapons."

Hannah "hm"ed. "You know, there's an auction coming up. You might be able to sneak out."

"They auction you guys off?" Hannah nodded. "That's new. They didn't do that before. But what about you?"

"I'm not being sold," Hannah said, shrugging. "You heard what Miss Dearing said: I'm not lethal enough. Probably for the better..."

"But then you'll be trapped here." Hannah said nothing, choosing only to look up at the stars. "I'll tell you what. If...no...when I get out, I'll come back for you."

Hannah smiled. "Thanks."

The next day, Indi woke to the sound of a cage door opening. He looked and saw a group of hunters enter his paddock, armed with spears and crossbows. He quickly transformed, and watched the men walk in. The men did not train their weapons on him but kept them at the ready. Indi strode over to them slowly. After a moment, Dearing walked in, the men parting to allow her through. She stopped and looked up at Indi. Indi strode over, and the men raised their weapons. Indi snarled and Dearing signaled them to stand down.

"Transform," the woman commanded. Indi snarled, doing nothing of the sort.

"Indi," a voice said. Indi turned and saw that Hannah had woken. She looked at him pleadingly. Indi snorted and slowly changed back to his human form.

"What?" he spat at Dearing.

"Cage," Dearing ordered. Indi walked in, but not without snapping at a man, who jumped back in fear.

Indi walked in and the men and Dearing exited his prison, moving on to Hannah's cell. All Dearing did for Indi's friend was open the large metal door, and Hannah walked in, her head hung in submissiveness.

As the people left them, Indi turned to Hannah, who looked away silently.

"Han-"

"Shush," Hannah said. The door to the hall opened and many men walked in, each armed and armored. One looked in at Indi, as another opened Hannah's cell door. As the men rushed the girl, Hannah yelled, swinging her tail. A man was ready and locked Hannah tail in a metal brace that prevented her spines from being used. Another man stabbed at Hannah's neck with a two-pronged spear, pinning her neck up against the wall with a prong just underneath each side of her jaw. Hannah struggled, pushing back. Two more men came forward and grabbed her wrists, binding them behind her back.

Indi roared and reached through the bars, grabbing a man by the throat. The hunter struggled, and Indi allowed his claws to slide out a bit, slicing into the man's jugular. Suddenly, a terrible pain exploded in his side, and Indi released his captive. Looking to his right, he saw a man in Hannah's cell drawing a spear away, blood dripping from the tip. Beneath the crimson liquid, Indi saw that the tip of the spear had a purple liquid covering it.

Indi went to his knees, clutching his side, before toppling over. His vision blurred as Hannah started screaming to him.

"Indi! Wake up! Indi..!" As his vision went dark, Indi heard Hannah's desperate voice echo around inside his skull.


Indi's eyes snapped open. He looked around and saw that the door to Hannah's cell was open. The door to his own paddock was open, but his cell door was shut. Entering his paddock, he clutched his side. Lifting his shirt up, Indi saw that the spear did not go deep, but it went in enough to give him some of whatever that substance was that was on the spearpoint.

Indi looked over at Hannah's paddock and saw that it was devoid of his friend.

"Hey!" a deep voice said. Indi turned and saw dragon hunter striding towards him. "Get back in your cell." Indi glared at the man, standing firm. "I said get back in your cell!" Indi snarled at the man, baring his teeth. The man produced a metal pole that had small studs on it and swung his weapon at Indi, the youth ducking out of the way. "You damned, dirty son of a-"

Indi grabbed the pole as it swung by him again, drawing the man close, before screaming out one word. "NO!" His voice became a loud growl, extremely gruff and primal. Indi promptly thrust his hand forward and gripped the man's throat, picking him up off the ground. Indi smirked at the man's terrified expression, before slamming him to the ground.

Indi grabbed the rod before turning, leaving the man unconscious and stalking back into his cell. He stepped out of the door into the hall. A guard saw him leave the cell and charged. Indi pulled his fist back and punched the man in the face, sending him sprawling on his back. Indi's eyes immediately changed to amber as he cracked the man across the face, before moving on. He went through the open door, where he hit another guard from behind.

Indi turned another corner and, seeing no guards, strode down the hall, swinging the pole as he walked with a small swagger. Another guard rounded the corner and drew a dragon-proof sword at the sight of the escaping mutant. Indi brandished his bar, before throwing it at the man, scoring a direct hit to the man's skull. Indi advanced, picking up the hunter's sword as he passed the groaning man, before collecting his bludgeon.

Striding through the halls, Indi kept his newly-acquired sword up. Oddly enough, he did not find any more guards. Peering out a window, Indi saw many people gathered around in a small amphitheater. Up on the stage was a number of large cages made of green metal.

Indi snarled and turned, just before freezing at the sight of a group of shadows making their way down the halls. Thinking quickly, Indi ran down the hall and turned a bend. He quickly transformed, casting his fanged shadow on the wall. The men charged down the hall, before stopping at the sight of a large carnivore taking up the entire hall.

Indi roared, making the men step back in fear. He tried to advance, but his large form prevented easy movement in the cramped quarters. Shrugging, Indi shrank down, before quickly grabbing his sword and pole and engaging his adversaries. He stabbed at one man while ducking beneath the axe of another. Punching the axe man in the face, Indi felt the tip of a sword slice his cheek open. Turning to the man who he felt had done it, Indi slapped him with the metal pole. Burying the sword in the chest of another man, Indi watched as the two remaining men fell back to regroup.

After wiping the blood that ran from his cheek, Indi dropped his weapons, snarled, then ran forward, grabbing each man by the front of their tunics, lifting them up off the floor.

"How do I get to the auction?" he asked them calmly. One pointed to a door that was behind them, at the end of the hall. "Thanks." Indi nodded, before cracking their heads together, knocking the dragon hunters unconscious.

Indi dropped his weapons and punched the door open. When he looked out, he saw that the amphitheater was outside, and in the many seats were many wealthy people. They all turned to see what had made the very loud bang.

Indi snarled before transforming. He ran out of the door, smashing the doorway open. He ran through the crowd, the people climbing over each other to get out of the way of the homicidal carnivore.

Indi turned and saw Hannah in one of the cages. Stepping up onto the stone stage, Indi shoved a talon in the lock, tearing the tumblers clean and opening the cage. Hannah immediately darted from the cage and immediately started picking locks with her pointed tail.

Indi nodded and turned, shrieking out at the crowd.

"There's an asset out of containment!"

Indi turned his head to see Claire Dearing ordering a squadron of dragon hunters into the area. Indi looked to see Hannah in her silver draconian form on top of the crate next to him. Looking to either side of him, on top of the rows of crates, Indi saw the youths turn into a colorfully terrifying selection of dragons. Most were Deadly Nadders and Monstrous Nightmares, but Indi also saw a Changewing, a Flightmare, a Whispering Death, and a Skrill.

Twelve dragons and a dinosaur, Indi thought. Excellent.

Growling, Indi bared over their enemies. Indi roared and Hannah shot a blast of blue fire from her mouth, signaling their mutual comrades to attack. The dragon mutants took wing, blasting substances from their mouths and releasing spines from their tails.

Indi ran forward, grabbing a hunter in his jaws, and tossing him in the way of the lethal rings of Whispering Death fire. He watched as Hannah grabbed another man, wrapping her tail around the man's torso, before tossing him into a trio of men. The men staggered to their feet when a blast of Flightmare mist froze them in their tracks. With his muscular tail, Indi slapped another man at the paralyzed hunters, knocking them over, when a shot of Monstrous Nightmare fire came down upon them. A splash of Changewing acid came down on another group of men that were loading their crossbows, making them scream in pain.

Indi roared, directing all his fellow mutants to the sky. The dragons complied and shot upwards. Hannah hung back as Indi changed back to his human form. After leaping over a body and grabbing Hannah's wrappings from the ground, Indi climbed on her back. Hannah stretched out her wings and took flight, shooting into the air.

Once they were safely in the sky, Indi directed the team west. They flew for hours, the previously pent-up hybrids getting new experience flying for long distances. When the sky started to darken, Indi directed everyone down to a small island.