Chapter 269

Hiccups POV:

It's been three weeks since I did the food and medical supply run for my dad and Gothi and since then I've done four more of them so we'd be prepared for the coming winter. I'm sad to say that it would without a doubt be a rough one how tight Buckets bucket had become and how his screaming had recently been able to be heard on my island. His concerns were proven right three weeks ago when the winter finally arrived and with it came some of the worst blizzards Berk had ever seen. Honestly, I had to have Snotlout lead four fully ignited monstrous nightmares on the back of his own down the roads to clear the snow which had reached eleven feet in height, trapping the people within their huts. After this, my dad had everyone camp out in the Great Hall when Buckets bucket tightened to the point that he was screaming his head off. It was also due to these blizzards that me and the riders spent some of our days delivering food and wood to those isolated parts of the village which were used for farming.

Along with this, Blanca had begun showing even more with her stomach sticking out to the point that her bump was the size of my head and it was something I enjoyed rubbing while me and Blanca sat down in the garden. The best part of it all though was the child had begun kicking and I loved feeling that little bump pops up and sink back down into Blanca's stomach, showing us that the child was strong and healthy. Unfortunately, the downside to this was how it made the days of waiting for the little one to be born even longer since it made the anticipation of Blanca's due date grow even stronger.

My family had tried to help me keep my mind off it though in various ways through training, days out and other such things and it was this that lead to something that shocked not only me but everyone else. Hadasa, asked to be let into the golden dragon armory to see if there was any item that would choose her, despite the fact that she preferred to remain out of combat and tend to the plants while making them attack foes for her. When I asked her about it she told me that when the baby is born, it may be targeted by those who'd wish to hold it for ransom and it's because of this she was hoping to be able to help protect them with something from the golden dragon.

Seeing no harm in it and hearing her reasons, I let her in, but I wasn't expecting anything to choose her since she didn't know how to use any weapons. When she came out though, I was shocked to see she did have something from the armory and that something was a satchel I made from leather given to me by the forge, but it was a light leaf green in color. When it was completed though I understood why since it had vine with leave embroiled on the left and right side next to the golden lining with a golden clasp on the front. Hanging from the bags shoulder strap was also a braid of beads with one large glowing white one, tied up in intricate binds so it looked like a bag made for someone who was gathering plants, perfect for Hadasa. It was when we started testing what it could do that, we learnt it was for plant seeds and spreading them but it wasn't for collecting seeds or plants.

When I asked Hadasa about what it was capable of she revealed that the bag had an unlimited supply of pale-yellow plant pods that were the size of her palm and although they looked the same, they had different colors lining the tops showing the different abilities they had. Brown ones open and release a cloud of gas that could knock a man out instantly, dark yellow ones open to reveal cactus balls that launch needles everywhere with a poison that paralyzes victims, green ones can be thrown onto a person and open, sprouting roots that wrap the victim up to the point there's no skin showing and can also be stuck to surfaces like the ceiling where they'll grab onto the victims and cocoon them after pulling them in, red ones release a massive fiery blast, pink ones much to my shock and amusement, released a gas that made those who breathed it in act drunk, light green ones when tossed in the water create giant lily pads that could be used as steppingstones, black ones have an ability that creeps me out since they open up to reveal some kind of plant and then they leap out of Hadasa's hand and latch onto the victims face covering everything before the victim passes out for seven hours which is when the plant turns to dust. I knew these pods would be helpful to Hadasa if she ever gets into trouble, especially since she was able to control them with her plant powers.

Sadly, besides that, things had been as boring as ever for me just trying to find ways to pass the time while waiting for Blanca to give birth and although my hobbies had kept me busy, they hadn't done much to help me through the days that were dragging on. One of the hobbies I'd been working on is my automatons and created five more serving automatons and seven more canisters of my boom beetle automatons. It wasn't so bad since my serving automatons were able to keep the buildings around the island lot cleaner and the boom beetles would come in handy when I start adventuring again and needed to destroy an enemy base, making them got boring after a while.

It's because of this that I got to work on an automaton that would be used to capture men on docks and leaning on the railings of ships, without causing too much noise which would attract others. These automatons were designed to take the form of large squids which were perfect for restraining the victims and then pulling them into the water where nobody could hear them scream. The tentacles of these automatons were made from gronkle iron, mixed with depths sapphire and had multiple joints with bottoms lined with latch stones to get a good grip on the victims and the joints could lock in place, fully restraining the victims. The head of this automaton was made of flexible glass mixed with depth sapphire with the bottom being open to insert the victims head into it. At the top was a small lid that lifts and lowers which releases the used air and the knockout gas which is released from the collar surrounding the bottom. This collar was lined with bubble stones and a single knockout gas container which releases a small puff of the gas to knockout the victim while the bubble stones provide the air. On the sides of the helmet is the peer stones allowing it to see and allowing me to see what it sees and, on the top, on top of the lid was the life stone which allows it to function. These automatons were called 'Dock Squids' which I had in my automaton storage with the others until they were needed since I hadn't had the chance to use them outside of testing and it was something I was looking forward to.

Now I was sitting in my bamboo forests shrine, sitting down in the lotus position while quietly meditating as Dogame gently rang the gong on his back. I silently meditated while enjoying the peace of the bamboo forest and tried to center my mind and the flow of the chi within my body so I could try to relax my mind. Still though, it was more difficult than usual since no matter how hard I tried to clear my mind of all distractions, it kept wondering back to the little one Blanca was carrying. I couldn't help but worry that I wouldn't be a good father to them even though I feel that I was doing a good job with Brant and Chara, but they'd already gained a few years when they came into my life and this was an entirely new life. This new born life would need me around a lot and I'd often be out doing chiefly duties with my dad, tending to the island and its inhabitants or travelling the world to help Berk and take on some sort of evil. I growled in frustration and stood up while signaling Dogame to stop playing before heading towards the direction of my tea fields where I could have a cup of calming tea which I hoped would help calm my mind.

1 hour later

Berk

Nobodies POV:

It was a peaceful day on Berk with everyone doing their own thing to prepare their huts for the oncoming blizzards that could appear any of the coming days. To prepare for the blizzards, people were stocking up on firewood, blankets, furs, coats, food, boarding up their windows and of course, stocking up on various items that could be used to help pass the time during their long days trapped inside. Presently, making their way down the path leading to the forge was none other than all three of Hiccups wives, all wearing thick coats made of fur with Blanca, resting her hand on the top of her pregnant belly. They made their way into the warmth of the forge where Gobber was hammering at a sword on his forging anvil while Grum lay on his stomach, sleeping by the forge. He turned to the girls when they entered and smiled as he asked.

"Well if it isn't the three beauties of the heir of Berk, and what brings you three to of Gobbers shop?" They smiled but then frowned as Astrid said.

"Gobber, it's good to see you but we came because we wanted to talk to you about Hiccup." He raised an eyebrow.

"Is something wrong with the lad?" Blanca replied.

"We are worried about him." Hadasa then continued.

"He's been acting odd, edgy and constantly doing things for hours that he normally does in a few minutes." Astrid then continued.

"It's like he has cabin fever but he's got the entire island to explore, dragons to ride and so much more to do." Gobber smiled and replied.

"I know exactly what's bothering the lad." He sat down. "The lads become used to the dangers he often faces and seeing the world and he no longer has that since he won't leave in case something happens to the wee one Blanca's carrying and along with that, he's worried about not being a good father." Gobber sighed. "He's acting just like his father when Valka was carrying him." Hadasa asked.

"So, do you have any ideas to help Hiccup with his problem?"

"What the lad needs, is something that's close to home that'll give him a little action." Astrid replied.

"Then we'll find him a new adventure where he can get a little action but still be close enough not to worry." Gobber chuckled.

"Good luck with finding one with this weather." It was then Ragnar walked in and said.

"Gobber, is Hiccup here, we've just got some visitors who are looking for his help." Gobber turned to the girls.

"You girls work fast." They just looked at him before leaving to find Hiccup.

Half-an-hour later

Hiccups POV:

I'd been informed by my wives that there were visitors who want to speak with me which brings us to now with me making me making my way up to the great hall where those requesting help were waiting. I would've bought Toothless but I wasn't sure who it was that was here and for all I know they could not be big fans of dragons and I didn't want them to panic. I pushed the door open and much to my surprise, found my father sitting at the back in his chair, watching none other chief Mogadon of the Meathead tribe pacing in front of him while much to my shock, my aunty Hildegard in tears and being comforted by my uncle Bjark who was gently holding her but I could tell he was barely holding his own tears back. Before I could say anything though, my dad took notice of me and let out a sigh of relief and said.

"Hiccup, thank Thor you've arrived." At the sound of my name my aunt and uncle turned to me and smiled as Aunt Hildegard rushed up and pulled me into a hug as she said.

"Hiccup, it's so good to see you again." I smiled and hugged her back.

"It's good to see you to aunt Hildegard." When she pulled away I looked around. "Did you bring little Will with you?" As soon as my little cousins name left my mouth though, she burst into tears as my uncle rushed to comfort her while she looked up and asked.

"My little Iron Will, what cruel things could they be doing to you?" I raised an eyebrow and turned to my uncle Bjark for answers but he was too busy comforting his wife so I turned to chief Mogadon who walked up and said.

"It's good to see you lad." I nodded.

"Good to see you to Chief Mogadon but what's going on?"

"A few days ago, a group of crooks snuck onto our island and kidnapped my son Thuggory along with your cousin Will who was out playing in the snow." He sighed. "They've demanded a ransom of all my tribe's gold and half our supplies."

"And knowing you can't do that without putting your entire tribe at risk of dying out due to the harsh winter, you came to me for help." He nodded.

"Rest assured, I'll pay you well for your help and start off with-" I held up a hand cutting him off.

"Save your payments, these guys messed with my little cousin, it's free but I'm going to need to know a bit more about these guys first." He smiled and then began telling me all he knew about the ones who kidnapped the boys.

1 day later

It's been a day since I went to meet those who were visiting Berk to get help and since then chief Mogadon had informed me of all he knew about those who took Thuggory and Will. He didn't know much about them other than what the ransom note that was delivered said and all that did was tell what they wanted and what the Meatheads had to do if they ever wanted to see their heir and the child again. Fortunately, they had one week to deliver the ransom and the crooks sent a ship to the same location to see if the Meatheads had decided to pay the ransom and it was also at the same time. This worked out fine for me since it meant I could follow them from below in Tephra's submersible ship so they wouldn't know they were being followed. I also had my dock squids sneak on some jewelwigs by latching onto the ships side and letting them out through the opening at the bottom of the head so they were able to climb up the side of the ship or through the cracks.

This brings us to now, with me and Toothless in Tephra's submersible ship, following the kidnappers ship from beneath and I'd sent out a few Dock squids that had latched onto the bottom of the ship for a later attack if needed. Now we'd been following the ship for over three hours and I was confused since there was meant to be no islands or any form of land in the direction the ship was heading which brought up the question on where they were going. This is what kept my mind occupied as I sat there on the bench by the window while I gently stroked Toothless' head as I watched the ship sail above us. I also kept an eye on what was happening on the ship through the eyes of my jewelwigs that were now all over the ship, listening and watching all that was happening on the ship. I sighed and looked down at Toothless who looked up at me in concern making me smile and say.

"I'm alright bud, just wondering where these pirates are heading since we've gone over this area multiple times and there's no land anywhere for miles." I threw my head back. "Just where are they going."

He crooned but it was then one of the men answered my question by asking how much longer it'd take to get to 'The sea masters fort', telling me where they were going. This is a place I'd heard rumors about during my time as a bounty hunter and was looking for information on where I could find the crooks I was after. From what little is known is that this place, it's supposedly a fortress that's open only to criminals with big time reputations for being not only powerful but smart enough to gain more power. A lot of people have gone searching for this place to destroy it while capturing the crooks who called it home so they could be handed in to those who would pay for the bounties of the crooks. The problem is that this place was never found despite there being numerous sightings, but nobody was able to get to it before it supposedly disappeared, if it was ever there to begin with. Knowing that I was finally going to solve the mystery of this fortress brought a smile to my face, but it was short-lived knowing that this place was crawling with some of the worst criminals in the archipelago. I sighed and gently pushed Toothless' head of my lap, making him croon as I smiled at him and say.

"Sorry bud, but where we're going, I'm going to need to be ready for a big fight, so I need to stretch out before we get there." He nodded and watched as I did my stretches and a few hands to hand moves, made for restraining and knocking out my opponents since if I was to take on these guys, I wanted to take a few down before that.

Nightfall

It's been five hours since we arrived at the 'The sea masters fort' and I had to say that when we arrived, I was shocked but also impressed with what I saw. This fortress was basically a very large floating dock with various houses on it, pathways between them, a thick wall surrounding the buildings with watchtowers and various docks around with ships surrounding the outskirts of the wall. What shocked me though was that at the ends of these docks were chains that were on connected to the docks and the other ends had various tidal class dragons harnessed to the chains which is how they were able to move the fortress. My blood boiled seeing the tidal dragons since they were not in good condition as they looked underfed and had a few scars and scratches on their bodies.

It was because of this places complex design and multiple defenses, I'd spent my entire day using my jewel wigs to scout out the entire place, coming up with a plan and using my aquatic armor to approach the tidal classes, feed them some fish and then train them. I didn't release them though since it would gain the attention of the ones who were controlling the chains that held the dragons but the second this place was dealt with, I was getting them back to my island and into the bewilderbeast nest where they could recover and enjoy their freedom. Besides that, I'd found the building where they were keeping Will and Thuggory and this building was their version of a Great Hall, where the residents would sit to enjoy a meal, discuss things, hold meetings and where they kept the majority of stolen treasures which included Will and Thuggory.

Over the last hour I've swam out towards the ships and docks with my dock squids which is where my silent attack on the base began, by pulling those on the dock or looking over the railings into the water where my dock squids took care of them. Once they were unconscious, I'd have them take the men back to Tephra where I intended to keep them in the storage room until we could drop them off on Outcast island. I originally intended to use my bolas to tie them up for when they regained consciousness only to discover one of the ships abilities that I didn't know about. When the unconscious men were brought in, prison bars rose from the floor and came down from the roof forming a long cell that literally took up the entire left half of the room and although I was surprised, I wasn't complaining.

After putting them in the cell, I decided to begin my infiltration of the fortress and find Will and Thuggory while sending my dock squids to patrol the waters around the ships incase more men showed up and just to be safe, I covered the docks in blackish green makibishi to paralyze those who tried to escape to their ships. This bring us to now with me swimming below the fortress in my aquatic armor, making my way below the fortress towards the bottom of their great hall where the hostages were being kept. I smiled when I reached beneath the hall and after checking things with my jewelwigs, I saw that the place was empty of guards but there were guards keeping an eye on things outside so I'd need to keep quiet inside or they'd come check the room. I placed my hands against the floorboards and took a breath, activating my prosthetics phasing ability and slowly made it possible for me to go through the floorboards and climbed through.

Once I was in, I smiled and looked around seeing it looked mostly like a normal hall with multiple tables and benches for people to sit at, a large bookshelf that took up an entire wall, two portraits of two men who I assumed were the founders of this place, a large unlit fireplace against one wall and a few torches hung up on the walls. Knowing that they wouldn't leave their treasures or hostages out in the open, so chances are they were hidden in a secret room and all I needed to do was find them. This would be no problem but first I needed to bring Toothless out incase I set off some hidden alarm, alerting the guard or accidentally set off any possible traps. I extended my shadow and allowed Toothless to rise up from it before he gave his body a shake making me frown and rub his head as I said.

"I know you don't like being in my shadow bud, but it was the only way we could sneak you in here without anyone seeing you." He growled and looked annoyed. "Alright you big baby, when we get home, I'll make it up to you with your favorite meal." He looked to the side in thought before nodding and growling in approval. "Alright bud, now that that's taken care of, let's begin searching this place for hidden rooms." He growled and nodded as I pulled out my three mystic bells. "Let's see what we can find."

I held out the blue bell and began wondering around the room, using it to try and find any secret rooms and as expected, thanks to my blue bell, I found two behind the paintings of the ones who made this place. I rang my green bell in front of them to disarm any possible traps and then gently rang my blue bell to open them but I am sad to say there weren't any kidnap victims behind it but there were stacks of gold coins behind the first one and various jewels behind the other. I had the feeling there would be other secret rooms like these ones with treasures but not the treasures that the Meathead tribe wanted. Still though, I saw no sense in leaving this stuff behind for the crooks to use when they were more than likely going to just use it to make life miserable for others. I sighed and took off my spiderpack and placed it on the floor before having it expand and release three serving automatons I'd put in it and had them begin loading the treasures up while I continued my search for hidden rooms.

1 hour later

It's been an hour since we began checking every single part of the hall and so far, we've found multiple hidden rooms including behind the bookcase, the fireplace and even in the roof. Sadly, they only held treasures like jewelry, gold, silver and other such treasures but I also found one that detailed the roots multiple pirates take to avoid the patrols of the various tribes and intended to use them to catch the pirates when I was done here. We did have a few issues when the guards came in to check things out from time to time, but we were able to hide in the darkness of the building's rafters, so they never saw us. Now I was opening the last secret door, built into a wall and smiled when it opened and found myself looking at a narrow stairway going up. I had my serving automatons return to my spiderpack before having it close and return to my back as I signaled Toothless to remain quiet and follow closely behind me. He nodded, and we slowly began walking up the stairway while I held out my green bell to warn me of any traps that I might encounter along the stairway but smiled when we encountered none.

Getting to the top of the stairs didn't take that long and found a door waiting for us making me suspicious and using the eye of the dragon, I found there were four men, armed with spears inside, guarding a cell at the back. I put my green bell away and pulled out my red one before gently ringing it by the doors lock, unlocking it and slowly pushed the door open, gaining the attention of the guards. I didn't want to give them the chance to react, so I quickly activated my ox flame boots and rushed in at them, slamming my hand into their bodies, throwing them against the walls, knocking them out in the process. Toothless walked in after that while warbling what I assumed was him calling me a showoff, but I just rolled my eyes at him and turned my attention to the cell bars which went from the right wall to the left.

I walked up to it and saw none other than Thuggory and little Will slowly waking up from the noise I made when I took out the guards and smiled, ringing my bell at the cell doors lock opening it and walking up to them. I kneeled down as Thuggory looked up at me and asked.

"Hiccup?" I smiled and nodded.

"Your dad sent me to come and get you both but first, how are you both." Before he could reply, Will asked.

"Who are you?" I looked down and smiled at him.

"Can't blame you for not remembering me since the last time we saw each other, you were still a toddler in your mommies' arms." I punctuated this last bit by gently tapping his nose with a finger. "I'm your cousin Hiccup." He looked up at me in curiosity.

"The dragon rider?" I smiled and signaled Toothless forward making him walk up. "That's right." He looked up at me in awe until he noticed Toothless, making him yelp and crawl back. "Don't worry, he's my dragon, Toothless." I gently patted Toothless' head who gave a gummy smile making Will giggle and I smiled before I walked up and picked him up. "Now let's get you both out of here." I gently placed him on Toothless' saddle before turning to Thuggory. "You alright Thuggory?" He smiled as I noticed some bruises on his arms and a slight flinch as he stood up.

"Yeah, a little beaten up but I'm okay." I resisted the urge to roll my eyes at his Viking stubbornness not letting him show pain before I pulled out my ganji waters and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Hold still a minute." He raised an eyebrow before I used my waters to heal his wounds as he looked at me in shock. "I've picked up a few things since we last spoke." He nodded as I turned to Will. "Did they hurt you as well?" He shook his head making me smile. "Good!" I put my ganji waters away along with my bells. "Now let's get out of here." It was then a voice from the door said.

"You aren't going anywhere." I immediately turned to the door and saw five men standing there with the two men on either side of the one in the middle who was clearly the leader, wearing a grey tunic and a cloak, all made of sharkskin with the cloaks hood being the sharks head with the teeth covering his upper face, with the only part of his face being a bushy moustache. "My men up here were meant to report to us every hour and when they didn't, it alerted us that something was wrong so we came to investigate."

"I'm guessing you're the one who runs this fortress?" He chuckled.

"Smart man, I am simply known as Sea Master and judging by the dragon the boy is on, I'm guessing you're Hiccup Haddock, the dragon rider and adventurer who's put some of my clients in prison." He shrugged. "No matter though as the ransom I'll get from those two and the money I'll make from selling your dragon will more than make up for it." I smirked.

"And what makes you think I'm going to let you anywhere near them." Sea Master simply clicked his fingers and the men fired at me, but I swept my coat forward, activating my nine tailed shields, absorbing all the arrows while everyone looked at me in shock. "If it were that easy, I'd have been dead a long time ago." He began backing away as I whispered. "Go!" My shadow wolf quickly jumped into his shadow just as he yelled.

"KILL HIM!" As soon as the words left his mouth he ran down the stairs before the men charged at me but Toothless launched a plasma blast at the floor in front of them, throwing them all into the walls and knocking them out making me turn and smile at him.

"Thanks bud." It was then that the sound of a large bell being rang sounded through the area. "I'm guessing that was Sea Master sounding the alarm which is our cue to get out of here." I threw a void arrow at the wall creating an opening. "Toothless and I will fly you to my ship and then come back to deal with this place and all its inhabitants." Thuggory raised an eyebrow.

"Are you sure Hiccup because I'd be happy to help you take these guys on?" I smiled.

"Don't worry Thug, I've been in tougher situations and right now, getting you two off this floating fortress safely is my first priority." I then heard the sound of footsteps coming from the stairs. "Hold on!" I took out four silver Loki balls and threw them through the door that to the stairs and listened to the sound of multiple balls hitting the floor followed by men screaming and yelping in shock before their bodies hit the floor. "That'll keep them busy for a few seconds." I mounted Toothless with Will in front of me and helped Thuggory get on behind me. "Let's get out of here."

With that said, we took off out of the building through the hole in the wall and headed straight towards the waters where Tephra was waiting beneath the waves. When we were close Toothless let out a plasma blast into the water, alerting Tephra of our return and signaling her to emerge from the water as Will and Thuggory looked in shock. The front opened up, allowing us to fly in and land in the main room on top of Tephra's back before I dismounted Toothless and helped Will do the same by picking him up and putting him on the benches lining the wall and then gave his head a pat as I said.

"You'll be safe here while I take care of the fortress." I then began walking away but he grabbed onto my arm, making me look down at him as he said.

"Don't go, please." I smiled at him.

"Don't worry, I'm just going to make sure none of these people hurt anybody again and I'll be back before you know it but until then, Thuggory will be with you." He then hesitantly let me go before I reached into my coat and had my spiderpack pass me a bag which I gave to Will. "These are one of my favorite snacks called sugared dates, a little something to eat while I'm working but if you don't like them then you don't have to eat them." He nodded.

"Thankyou!" I smiled and gave him one last head rub before turning to Thuggory.

"Keep an eye on him while I'm away." He nodded as I mounted Toothless. "Let's go catch us some crooks bud." He growled and nodded before we took off out of the ships open door that closed behind us as Tephra dived beneath the waves once more as I looked at the fortress with a smile knowing this would be fun and good training for both me and Toothless.

1 hour later

It's been an hour since our attack on the floating base had begun and, in that time,, I'd needed to bring out my ship to capture a few ships that had been trying to sail away after the ones on board found out there trouble. Of course, I did get a few laughs when a few groups tried to flee the fortress only to be taken down by my dock squids or makibishi, showing them that there was no way off the fortress. During my attack though I discovered many things such as supplies, livestock, treasures of all sorts but the thing that made my blood boil though, in the form of multiple people who had been kept on this floating fortress for slave labor. Those people I gathered into the main building and had my ninja guard them after promising to get them off their floating prison and back to their tribes.

Now Toothless flying over the fortress, keeping an eye out for any more men who weren't sitting on the docks, where I had gathered and restrained them for the time being. While he did this, I was making my way towards a large house where I knew I could find the Sea Master, thanks to my shadow wolf still being in his shadow. I walked up to the door with my snake nun-chucks in hand and pushed the door open and stepped in but the second I did a man came at me from the side and tried to bring a mace down on my head. I stepped back avoiding the blow and allowing the momentum to carry the man down but before he could get up, I swung the blue snake down onto the back of his neck, knocking him out cold before continuing to make my way in.

When I reached the middle of the room though seven men armed with swords rushed out and surrounded me while I smiled since this would be good practice with my snake nun chucks. I looked around at the men before I begin rapidly swinging my nun chucks and tossing them from one hand to the other and then swinging them around my body, making the men stare in shock. I took advantage of this and quickly swung the blue snake at the nearest man and smiled as the snake sunk its fangs into his shoulder before I pulled it back while the man fell back, completely paralyzed.

This shook the others out of their shock, and they charged right at me with one running ahead of the others and swinging his sword down at me. I quickly swung my nun chucks up to meet his blade with the chain wrapping around it before I grabbed the blue snake and now holding both snakes in my hands, I pulled back towards the ground with my foe falling with me. When I hit the ground though I pulled my legs into my body while pressing my feet against the mans stomach before pulling back and thrusting them out, throwing my foe into another who was coming up behind me, leaving his sword in my chains and taking the two out of the fight while I rolled back onto my feet and stood back up. I looked around at the remaining four men and smiled before rapidly swinging the blue snake around with its mouth lit up with blue flames to spray at the remaining men. The men back up in shock before one works up the courage and charges at me but I quickly swung the snake at him, launching a fist sized blue ball of fire, hitting him in the chest and stepping back to avoid his now paralyzed body. The remaining three took this as a signal and charged at me at the same time from three different directions but I just smirked and quickly swung my nun-chucks around to the point the flames looked like one long stream. The men never got the chance to dodge the flames launched at them and in fifteen seconds, their bodies hit the ground paralyzed, making me smile as I said.

"Well that's them taken care of."

I then extended my shadow and pulled them into it while looking at a staircase leading upstairs where I knew Sea Master was hiding and made my way up as I pulled my shadow back to its original place. As I reached the top of the stairs though, I ducked to avoid an axe blade coming at my head before grabbing the arm of the guy holding it and flipped him over my head, throwing him down the stairs. I ignored his cries of pain and looked at the other end of the room where I found Sea Master, standing there with a harpoon in hand, pointed at me as he glared and said.

"You think this is the end, I can simply recruit more men and get this place up and running again in a matter of weeks." I sighed.

"Listen, it's been a long night so just drop the harpoon and surrender since I would like to go home soon." He chuckled.

"I'll drop this harpoon when my body becomes as cold as a glacier."

"So, it's a fight you want, then I'll gladly take you on." I got into my fighting stance but then lowered it. "On second thought, sick em." Sea Master raised an eyebrow before he screamed in pain as my shadow wolf's head rose up from his shadow and bit his leg until he collapsed to the floor, paralyzed. "Good work." I then had my shadow wolf pull Sea Master into my shadow and sighed. "Boy did that guy leave a huge mess for me to clean up." I turned around and began heading down the stairs. "I've got to tend to all the slaves while finding out where they come from so I can take them back, turn in all these crooks to the various places that have bounties on them, sort through the treasures I looted, tend to the captured tidal classes, figure out what to do with this floating fortress, go through the documents about the various roots the pirates are taking so I could decide where to intercept them and deliver Thuggory and Will back to the Meathead tribe. " I'm not going to be getting any sleep tonight." With that said, I made my way out to get to work.

AN: And that brings an end to this chapter and I have to say it feels good to write again after going on break since it gave me a chance to get my creative juices flowing again or as Austin Powers would say 'I got my mojo back baby' but it's not fully back so I might take next week off as well so sorry if I do. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter more than the last because the last one was me basically scraping the bottom of the barrel and smashing ideas together while this one was planned out like my other chapters so please review kindly to it and have a nice day.