AN: Helloooo ALLLL...... I got a party tonight so I probably will be 'Tipsy' by the time I'd normally upload this.

Chapter 33

"Hiccup are you sure it's in this direction?" Fishlegs asked as he tried not to blush as Heather held on tightly to him from behind. They were all on their dragons, flying low along the sand dunes.

Hiccup bent slightly forward along Toothless and looked down to the man caught in his paws. "So are we still on course?" He asked the squirming man.

"Yes yes yes!!" The man shouted as he clung to Toothless for dear life. "This wasn't part of the deal!!"

"The deal was that you'd show us the way in return for letting your men go." Hiccup chuckled.

"ON A MAP!!" The man shouted. "NOT HANGING FROM A DRAGON!!!"

"Semantics" Hiccup shrugged. "You never did specify how."

"AAAH" The man shouted as they nearly missed a large sand dune. "Whoops" Toothless mentally giggled while Hiccup rolled his eyes at the dragon's antics.

"Can we go over this again please, because you lost me for a bit." Eret asked. "Who builds an underground facility in Egyptian ruins?"

"Only the entrance is in the ruins." The man mumbled. "The facility is below them."

"But archeologist......."

"Think Hamunaptra is nothing more than a myth." The man interrupted. "Years ago an expedition was made to find the city. They found it and then released Imhotep on us all. Almost all of the expedition team died. Imhotep was stopped but he rose again some years later. Now people actively avoid the area because they believe in the curse of the mummy."

"Okay...... I'm just pointing this out here but.... There seem to be an awful lot of mummies being resurrected." Heather grumbled and then glared at her brother who was flying with the twins.

"Hey!! Don't look at me!!" Dagur defended. "I only resurrected one mummy!"

"Ditto" Meixiu commented as well.

"There!" The man pointed between two large red sand dunes. "It is a short walk after you land there."

"Are you playing with us?" Snotlout asked confronting the man after they had landed. He waved his arms about "There is nothing here but sand!!!"

"Of course there is. Most of the city was destroyed when Imhotep was first vanquished. According to my grandfather a large mountain fell in on itself as sand rose up for miles to see."

"Well then how do we find Drago under a mountain of sand?" Snotlout grumbled.

"You just use the elevator."

"Elevator? What elevator?" Snotlout now asked and was then pointed towards a cave in one of the cliff sides. "Hamunaptra had many secret passages. Some survived. You follow the path and you'll find an elevator that will take you straight to Drago's facility."

"Who puts an elevator in the middle of nowhere?!" Eret muttered.

"Megalomaniacs who are bent on world domination?" Fishlegs answered.

"Okay you got a point there." Eret agreed.

"This is where I leave you." The man then said as he looked straight at the group. "Know that if you lied to me about Drago's true intentions, that I will not hesitate to bring the full force of the Medjay down upon you." With that said the man turned around and started walking away.

"You think he's going to be alright?" Meixiu asked. "We are in the middle of a desert."

"He'll be fine." Valka told them. "There was a caravan following us not far from here. I have no doubt that they were associates of the Medjay. They would be here either to pick him up or keep an eye on us."

"How can you be certain?" Meixiu now asked.

"Because this area is considered cursed." Stoick now answered. "We've seen it on digs. The local population actively avoids areas like these. A normal caravan would as well."

"Well there is no use worrying about the Medjay right now." Astrid stated as she gripped her axe tightly. "We have a spear to retrieve."

The group made their way over to the cliff side that was indicated. It took a bit of searching but they eventually found the entrance with the elevator in the back. The chrome of the elevator doors was a stark contrast to the cave wall it was installed in.

"He's not even camouflaged it." Ruffnut commented looking unimpressed. "What's next, a welcome mat saying 'Welcome to Secret lair'?"

"Totally amateurish." Tuffnut agreed.

"It's typical Drago." Astrid sighed. "He's so sure of himself and that no one would find this place that he didn't even bother to hide the door."

"Well then the question begs....." The twins stopped to snigger. "Would his head even fit in that elevator?"

Snotlout rolled his eyes at their antics and then turned to press the UP button before Hiccup stopped him. Snotlout shot him a quizzical look. "Pushing that button will alert them that we're here." Hiccup reasoned. "I doubt they'd have many visitors out here in the middle of nowhere."

"So how do we get inside then?"

"Step aside boys!" Astrid smirked as she walked to the silver doors while cracking her knuckles. She used the power of her armguards to easily force the doors apart. The elevator shaft went down into the darkness as those with dragonic powers summoned some wings to float down.

"Hiccup grabbed his mother and Meixiu while the twins floated Stoick down the shaft. Astrid took a squirming Gobber before flying back up and grabbing Heather and Dagur. Eret clung to Fishlegs like superglue and tried not to look down as they now all stood a bit cramped on the top of the elevator. Hiccup bent down and opened a large grate for them to drop down to while Astrid opened the elevator doors at the bottom. They ended up in some type of lobby with no one around and the twins, Heather and Fishlegs kept guard as the others tried to get Gobber and Stoick through the top of the elevator.

"Stoick you need a diet!!" Valka hissed as she pushed her husband from above while the rest pulled. Stoick huffed and was slightly red-faced from getting stuck.

"Aye that he does." Gobber commented as Valka shot him a glare and motioned for him to help. "Gobber stop agreeing with my wife!"

"Stoick I'd rather not be on her bad side." Gobber mumbled before shuddering at a distant memory.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Fishlegs told them when everybody was down. "Shouldn't there be personnel here?"

"I have no idea how many people Drago has in this facility but I'm inclined to agree with Fishlegs." Eret muttered. "There should at least be guards here."

"I suggest we be ready for anything." Astrid told them as she held her axe at the ready. "As much as I like to clobber Drago right now I have a better idea. Stormfly can find the way."

"What are you thinking about?" Hiccup asked as they sneaked out of the lobby with a tiny Stormfly sniffing the air and leading them. The hallways were stark white and quiet and it was even getting on the twin's as they started trying to headbutt each other out of boredom.

"The dragons have to be here somewhere." Astrid reasoned. "If we sent them back then even if something happens during the fight with Drago, at least a large wrench will be thrown in his plans."

"He can't take over the world without a dragon army.' Heather snickered as she looked at Astrid. "I like how you think."

"So you can send them back without Gungnir?" Hiccup asked. "I thought you'd need that spear to open the way between realms."

"You do." Astrid explained. "I'm not exactly sending them back to their realm. More like storing them in the Dragon ring until we get Odin's spear." Astrid held up the ring on her finger. "It is the most powerful of my items and while it can connect host and dragon across realms it unfortunately can't send back dragons that are unbonded. The ring does have enough space however to keep them save."

"Oh so it's bigger on the inside?" Snotlout asked as Astrid nodded.

"So like a miniature TARDIS?" he then asked.

"A what?" Astrid questioned having never heard that word before. Hiccup however tried to stifle his laughter and explained. "It's from a TV show. Snotlout is a big Doctor Who fan."

"And this tardis thingy is part of it?" Astrid asked confused as Snotlout nodded eagerly. "It stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space and......" Snotlout however was stopped when Stormfly gave him a peck on his head.

"Hush" The little dragon stated, now sitting on Snotlout's head. "We're here." She indicated to the very large blast doors that they now stood in front of.

"Big door. This may take a while." Dagur mumbled. "Anyone got any explosives?"

"I doubt explosives will make a dent in this." Heather thought while indicating for her brother to check her rucksack.

"SWEET!!" Dagur exclaimed as he took out various weapons. "You're the best sis!"

Gobber was about to comment on the sheer amount of weapons that Heather had been carrying, which apparently included several bars of C4. "Don't Gobber. I've learned to expect the weirdest things. This is relatively normal." Hiccup told his godfather. Even the twins now stood crowded around the bag and Tuffnut was giving Heather puppy dog eyes and asking if he could keep several of the knives.

"It never hurts to be prepared." Heather smiled. "Will that be enough?" She asked as the twins were taking out a set of detonators.

"It's more than enough." Ruffnut told them. "We don't necessarily need to blow up the door to get to the other side."

"We don't?" Valka asked as she looked up at the imposing steel door.

"Nope." Tuffnut laughed. "Just leave this to us. We're experts on destruction."

"Of that I have no doubt." Valka whispered as everybody took several steps back as the twins went to work. The twins worked methodically, placing the bars, molded in a particular shape, along the wall before inserting the detonators and telling everybody to take cover.

The explosion rocked the corridor as debris and dust flew up into the air. When the explosion was over the group came out from behind the corner and they raised their eyebrows at the nearly perfect circular hole in the wall next to the blast door. "Told you that we didn't need to blow up the door!" Ruffnut boasted as the flipped a bar of C4 in her hand. "We even have some over." Looking expectantly at Heather they then asked "Can we keep it?"

Heather pursed her lips and frowned as she remembered the mess the twins had caused at the museum with just a set of mops. She opened her backpack and indicated for them to deposit the leftover bars back inside. The twins whined but did as they were told, afraid Heather wouldn't let them play with her weapons anymore.

The group made their way through the hole and they gasped as they saw rows and rows of cages filled with dragons stacked upon each other. "Oh MY!" Hiccup exclaimed as several dragons in their vicinity were either growling at them or just watching them curiously.

"This.......... Is......." Heather and the others had no words for what they were seeing.

"Drago will pay for this." Astrid hissed as she saw how the dragons were being treated. She held up the Dragon ring and made it shine to get all the dragons' attention. Excited growls and yips now filled the large room as the dragons approached the edge of their cages in curiosity.

"They seem friendlier." Eret commented as the dragons close to them that had been snarling now watched with silent curiosity.

"They know what this ring means." Astrid told them. "Every dragon is aware of the treaty their realm has with Asgard, so they know we have come to help them."

"Well that does save us the trouble of dodging fireballs." Dagur commented while Meixiu elbowed him. It took Astrid only a moment to get all the dragons to comply and the ring shone in a blinding light that had everybody covering their eyes. The cages were empty when the light dissipated and Astrid was putting the ring back on her finger.

"Now we go and beat the hell out of Drago." Astrid smiled as she turned around and left through the hole. The others followed closely and Hiccup was sure everybody was wondering where the hell all the guards were. The explosion should have drawn a lot of attention.

It took some searching and Astrid and the others finally stood in front of a set of deep brown mahogany doors. Astrid's frown had deepened when they had finally found out what had happened to the personnel. They had all been found on the upper levels, dead. There were no noticeable wounds or anything. It just looked like they just collapsed and died. That was what was worrying Astrid the most now. Her mind kept asking, had Drago disposed of his own people or was something else happening. Hiccup laid a hand over hers and that was when she realized that she had been gripping the handle of her axe so tightly that her knuckles were wide.

"It's........ finally time." Astrid said as if she couldn't believe that they were about to end it all.

Hiccup, who stood next to her in front of the door, placed his hand under her chin and gave her a passionate kiss. "Whatever happens in there." he whispered softly. "Know that we have got your back."

Astrid nodded as she steeled her resolve. She stole one last kiss from Hiccup before kicking open the wooden doors with a warcry that would have sent any wise man running for the hills. The group charged into the spacious office, hoping to catch Drago by surprise. Yet what they found there stopped them in their tracks.

There on the floor of the office lay Drago, his eyes glazed over and his expression that of pure shock, dead. Blood soaked the carpet and above them stood a hooded figure holding a bloody golden spear while grasping a medallion in their other hand. The individual looked up and smirked wickedly upon seeing the group.

"So we finally meet again." The man said as he lowered his hood.

Several gasps could be heard from around them. Eret mumbled "The Master", while Dagur and Heather had shouted "Father" in shock. Astrid however gripped her axe tighter as she narrowed her eyes.

"YOU!" She hissed as she shifted into a fighting stance.

AN2: *pops out of hiding spot* If you guys kill me for all the cliffies then you'll never find out what's gonna happen  *Tee Hee*  :3