Chapter 38
Hiccup's POV
I had activated the tracker which showed that they were approaching the isle at an incredible speed.
"Why would they head to the isle of Tomorrow?" I asked Furious.
"It is where the Throne is located." The dragon answered. "The former capital of the Wilderwest. With the compass and arrow they can navigate through the fog and sea stacks with ease. Now tell me human. How did you survive. I heard shots."
"I keep forgetting that dragons have better hearing." I say and then hold up the necklace with the bullet in it. "This thing and Eret saved my life." I answer and pry the bullet out of the crystal.
"That's weird?" I mutter as I see the black color chip off. "Paint?" and with the bullet gone some liquid oozes out of the crystal. I place my finger in it and then taste it.
"Are you crazy!!" Eret suddenly yelled. "You just tasted a completely unknown liquid!!"
"Well we know it's not poison." I stated dryly taking a small container from one of my pockets and letting the liquid drip into it.
Furious simply lets out a snort and an eye-roll. "This is why I don't like to deal with humans."
"Oh don't be like that Furious. After all we'll be together for a while longer." I tell the dragon who balks at the thought.
"What gave you that idea?" Furious demanded.
"Well you said it yourself. The isle of Tomorrow is hard to get to for humans without the help of that compass, but it wouldn't be hard for a dragon to navigate through those obstacles, especially a dragon who's been there before, which also means that you know the island quite well which would save me a lot of trouble searching. Besides, you might not like humans but think of all the dragons you'll be saving from enslavement." I tell Furious in a very sweet tone.
"This is blackmail. Pure and utter blackmail." Furious roared.
"You know you'd make an excellent politician if you wanted." Eret commented as Furious began to sulk.
"The day he becomes a politician, you may color me pink." Furious muttered.
"There is just one tiny problem." Eret said. "Drago will have all his followers with him, most likely armed. You'll need an army."
"Oh I got that part covered." I tell them just as I see Meatlug fly into the grotto.
Meatlug stopped in front of me and gestured that I should follow her. "They're here aren't they."
"Who are?" Furious questioned.
"The dragon trappers and their transport. I'll just go greet our new 'friends' for a moment." I say smirking while walking away.
The trappers had been easy to take care of. Never had I seen men run for the hills faster while avoiding bullets, Nadder spikes, and fireballs.
Furious was currently leading us over the ocean. Eret and I were seated upon Stormfly. Well more precisely I was seated on Stormfly. Eret clung to me with his eyes closed (or more precisely Eret was squeezing the oxygen out of me).
A snort from Furious caught my attention. "You are enjoying this way too much." I mutter.
The other dragons were following close behind as we entered the fog. The isle came into sight after a lot of sharp turns and dives.
Furious had us land close to the castle ruins. "They should be in the throne room up there." Furious told us pointing to a higher part of the ruins.
I put Eret down, who immediately hugged a rock, and had Stormfly quickly circle the castle. I caught Soren's attention through a window and motioned him to be quiet.
Landing back near Furious and Eret I told them about seeing Drago locked up and Alexi calling the shots. "It frankly doesn't surprise me." I tell them.
"What doesn't?" Eret asked curiously.
"The double cross. That woman looked power hungry since the moment I saw her." I explain. "Now is there a backdoor to that room?" I ask Furious.
"The escape tunnels were sealed centuries ago. The only way would be through one of the windows." Furious explained. "Why?" He then asked as I saw his ear-plate twitching. "You are planning something stupid again."
"Most likely." I mutter. "I need you and Eret to sneak in through the back and release Toothless. I'll distract them from the front. Have all the dragons on standby on the roofs." I explain. "I'll send a call when to attack."
Furious huffed. "You are by far the craziest Haddock I ever met. Let's go human." Furious said while taking a squirming Eret in his maw.
I darted through the main entrance towards the throne room where I could hear yelling. I waited just around the bend when I heard Alexi yelling "Find me my jewel!!"
Taking a quick peek I let out a curse as I saw that Eret was now stuck in one of the windows while Furious was trying to push him inside using his paw without making a sound. Soren must have seen it too, because he got Alexi's attention just as she was going to look in Eret's direction. I just wish that Soren's way of getting an enraged sociopaths attention didn't involve goading them.
When Alexi pulled her gun I knew it was time to act. "Big words little boy. And who is going to make me regret anything? Your daddy? Oh wait. He's at the bottom of the ocean." When this was said I immediately shot the gun out of her hand.
Standing there in the doorway I simply said. "What is it with everybody assuming I died?"
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