Chapter 4: Job hunting part 2
Hiccup stood near the car fidgeting nervously. He saw Astrid come out of the mansion moments later and she looked flushed. "Are you okay?" Hiccup asked which startled Astrid out of her thoughts.
"Yeah....Yeah. I'm fine." Astrid said far too quickly. "Let's check what's next on the list then." She said and grabbed the newspaper. "Wanted: Risk taker, isn't afraid of chemicals, irregular work hours, free medical, and is fireproof."
"Wait what?" Hiccup asked and looked at Astrid surprised. "Fireproof?!"
"Yes. Fireproof." Astrid said. "You are fireproof right."
"Yeah" Hiccup nervously said. "We have the same abilities as the dragons that we are named after. It's just not everyday I get asked if I'm fireproof."
"I know that you guys can fly but I haven't seen you all use fire powers much." Astrid stated curiously.
"Yeah, that's because the others can't control their fires all that well. Take my cousin for example. He can light himself on fire but putting it out is a big problem."
"So you can't control your fire either?" Astrid asked as they got into the car.
"I can." Hiccup sighed. "I'm just not allowed to use it in the field."
"Why not?"
"Orders from above." Hiccup stated. "Apparently sidekicks do not upstage the heroes."
"Does your leader have rocks for brains?" Astrid asked as she frowned.
"No" Hiccup commented. "But when he was younger he hit his head on a rock and according to him the rock split in half."
"Are you serious?!"
"Yes, but personally I think he got a big headache." Hiccup said with a smirk which cause Astrid to guffaw.
"So where too?" Hiccup asked once Astrid had gotten her laughing under control.
"To the south side of town." Astrid said as she inputted the address into the GPS. When they finally arrived Hiccup had to ask "Are you sure this is the right address?" Before then stood an abandoned hospital.
"Yes it's the right address." Astrid said as they started walking towards the entrance.
"There are a lot of cameras here for an abandoned building." Hiccup commented as he looked around the lobby that they had just entered.
"Egh" Astrid said annoyed. "Where is the entrance to the lair?"
"Why not just ask the locals?" Hiccup stated as he formed a small plasma ball in his hand and smirked. Astrid raised an eyebrow when she saw Hiccup throw the ball at one of the cameras. The explosion was small but still impressive. In no time they were surrounded by guards dressed in gray jumpsuits with a familiar logo.
"I think I know who this lair belongs to." Hiccup whispered to Astrid as they held their hands up. "We come in peace!" Hiccup said to the men nervously surrounding them.
The men looked confused when Hiccup said that and one just had to ask "W..Why? You're the hero."
"Eh.... I'm here about the job offer." Hiccup told the man and the guards huddled together to discuss something. After a minute they turned around and nodded to Hiccup and Astrid before putting their weapons away.
"Alright, follow us." One of the men said as they began to lead the way.
"Wait just like that?" Hiccup asked perplexed.
Another guard shrugged. "We have seen weirder things from our boss."
"Yeah like karaoke night last week." Another added which caused the other guards to laugh.
They were guided to an elevator which looked out of order and once inside the lights automatically went on and they descended. They stepped out into what seemed to be a laboratory when the doors opened again.
Astrid was practically drooling over the bunsen burners and other equipment that lay around as one of their men went to get the boss.
"Who's here!!" Echoed through the lab as the owner shouted it in dismay. There was a rush in the back and suddenly a man with long dreadlocks appeared before them.
"Drago." Hiccup said as his eyes narrowed. "I guessed it was you when I saw the logo."
"Night Fury." Drago grumbled as he shot the man a glare. "What are you doing here?"
"Would you believe, looking for a better job?" Hiccup muttered as he crossed his arms.
"And why did you have to bring her?!" Drago now accused as he pointed to Astrid who was busy inspecting a tube of greenish liquid with what appeared to be a large black egg inside. "She destroyed my last lair!"
Hiccup raised an eyebrow at the statement.
"Then don't leave the glycerine laying around!" Astrid countered as she looked at the egg. "Is this what I think it is?"
"Get away from there!!" Drago freaked out as Astrid approached a console. "And yes that is a restored dragon egg which was fossilized. Now back away!! Please!!"
When Drago had Astrid back besides Hiccup he let out a breath of relief. "Here have some oatmeal raisin cookies." Drago said as he offered the two some. "My second in command just baked them."
"Eh... alright." Astrid said as both she and Hiccup took a cookie.
"So yes the job offer." Drago then said but Hiccup had already figured it out.
"Let me guess. Test subject?" He asked looking unimpressed.
"Well yes. I'm running a little short." Drago muttered.
"I knew the free medical was too good to be true." Hiccup said as he looked at Drago. "I don't think this would work out. I've seen what happens to your test subjects."
Drago grumbled but nodded. It was then that he noticed Astrid inching towards a research table. "Stop!" Drago ordered. "I'll not have you blowing up my lab again."
"Shouldn't you be more worried about the big red button you have there in the open with the sign 'Do not push' underneath?" Hiccup asked as he pointed towards the big button.
"Why should I be worried!!" Drago asked as he kept an eye on Astrid. "It says do not push." He now said as he waved his hands dramatically. "You would have to be a complete idiot to push this!"
'Click' Could be heard and Drago looked down. With his dramatic waving he had unconsciously pressed the button when he was trying to prove a point. "Ah Fiddlesticks." Drago mumbled as alarms started blaring through the lab.
"Self Destruct in 60 seconds!" Came a computerized voice and all of Drago's employees rushed to the emergency exits nearly trampling Hiccup and Astrid. Drago grabbed what research he could salvage before running to one of the escape routes.
"Self Destruct in 30 seconds." The computerized voice now announced as Astrid and Hiccup picked themselves up from the floor where they fell during the chaos.
"We need to get out of here." Hiccup said as he looked for an escape route. "Astrid what are you doing?!" Hiccup asked as he saw Astrid freeing the egg from the tube.
"Self Destruct in 20 seconds." Was now announced when Astrid ran towards him and placed the large egg in his hands. "It's priceless!!" She shouted.
Hiccup held the egg with one arm and formed a large plasma blast with the other. He sent the plasma blast towards the elevator and blew a hole straight through the shaft.
"Hiccup what are you doing?" Astrid asked as Hiccup quickly wrapped an arm around her waist.
"Flying" Was all Hiccup muttered as he sped through the shaft with Astrid and the egg in tow.
"Self Destruct in 5....4.....3...2"
The had made it out of the shaft and the building just in time to see it collapse onto itself.
Hiccup set Astrid down near the car and then gave her a look as he still held the egg. "What is so important abou-"
He asked but stopped when the egg started cracking. "Eh....Astrid?"
"This is exciting!" Astrid giggled as she looked towards the egg. "This will be the first dragon seen in over five centuries!!"
Hiccup looked back towards the egg in his arms as the cracks began to widen. Soon a small scaly black head with the greenest eyes peeked out of the egg towards Hiccup. The little dragon gurgled before blowing a little fireball at Hiccup.
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