Chapter 5

Prompt: What if the doctors discovered the Vampire's secret of immortality?

Pairings: Astrid/Hiccup

Warning: Character deaths

Astrid sighed as she closed the blinds of the small apartment she and Hiccup shared. "Honey don't sigh so much. You'll get wrinkles." Hiccup teased as he beckoned her to the bed he was sitting on.

"Hardy Har har." Astrid swatted his shoulder playfully as she snuggled next to Hiccup.

"Honey, where are the dragons?" She asked.

"Safe underground. They'll at least have a chance to survive this." He told her as he gave Astrid a kiss.

"Do you think it was a mistake not to join them?" Astrid asked as Hiccup used the remote to flip on the TV. A new cast was playing in the background as he looked at his lovely wife. Neither of them had aged a day.

"This isn't our world anymore Astrid." Hiccup told her as he tried to avoid having his eyes turn red. "Our time is over."

"Babe you don't need to fight it."

"I do." Hiccup told her with a sad smile. "I'd still want my humanity to stay intact at the end. I'm not going to give in to the bloodlust."

"It's all my fault." Astrid lamented. "If I had just stopped that doctor in time from taking a blood sample......"

"No one could have predicted this outcome Astrid." Hiccup told her.

"I still feel it's my fault." Astrid mumbled as she snuggled closer to Hiccup on the bed.

"Did you develop the immortality serum?" Hiccup asked her pointedly.

"No" Astrid sighed as her head laid on his chest. It had been centuries since she could hear Hiccup's heartbeat but laying like this still comforted her.

"Did you distribute it to the populace?" Hiccup then asked.

"No" Astrid mumbled. She could still remember that day. That Doctor Lambert had gotten away with Hiccup's blood. It was false hope for her that the humans wouldn't be able to crack the Vampire's immortality secret. Years later the drug was distributed in mass to the world, or more accurately to those who could afford it. People began to sell even their bodies for the serum. But the drug had a delayed effect that the scientists didn't discover until it was too late.

"Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the BNN. Here is Berk's News Network anchorwoman......" The newscast trailed off as Astrid was still lost in thought. When the immortality drug first hit the market it was in limited numbers since they did not have the active ingredient in bulk. Vampire hunters soon emerged to catch the vampires living in seclusion. Berk wasn't spared either but Astrid, Hiccup, Mala, Dagur and Heather managed to get out of town before that. It was only recently that they returned.

As more Vampire communities were discovered and captured only to be treated like cattle a not-so-surprising side effect emerged. At least it wasn't so surprising to Astrid and other vampires. The drug being made of deluded vampire blood caused a mutation within the populace turning them into a feral version of the vampires, unable to control their bloodlust.

What was left of the still mortal human population fought back, but it was a losing battle. The feral vampires outnumbered them three to one and many of the vampires freed from human captivity did not want to help their captors. Soon there weren't even many humans left for the feral vampires to feed on. In a last-ditch effort the last rebel cell had set out a bold plan that would be carried out today.

"Hiccup......" Astrid said getting her husband's attention. "Kiss me one last time." Hiccup complied as he pulled Astrid into a passionate kiss while the woman on the television reported "On this day, October 31 2467, we, Humanity, celebrate our last Halloween. We hope that any surviving future generations may forgive our actions and live to see a new Earth. The impact of the nuclear weapons is expected in ten seconds. This is humanity's final broadcast. Farewell and Godspeed." Hiccup continued kissing Astrid as bright lights engulfed the Earth.