Chapter 17

Hiccup bolted upright startling those who were still in his house. "Arg" Hiccup groaned as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Hiccup are you alright?" Astrid asked as she looked Hiccup over.

"I'll be fine. There is just a crick in my neck." Hiccup told her as he stretched. He looked around the room and only saw Toothless, Heather, Dagur and Eret.

"Don't tell me that they've gone to the location." Hiccup grumbled as he stood up.

"Sorry Hiccup." Astrid said. "Your father told them that they would be getting their people back and he didn't take no for an answer."

"If it's any consolation, the cute cubby one was hesitant to follow." Heather stated.

Hiccup cursed under his breath and muttered "Boar-headed stubborn.... Can't even listen." as he hastily started undressing and grabbing his armor.

Astrid blushed and turned around quickly. "Hiccup seriously!" Astrid shouted as her cheeks turned red. Hiccup was just about to take off his pants when he too blushed. He had forgotten, in his haste, that he had guests. Both Dagur and Eret sported bemused looks while Heather took out her hand fan.

"Don't mind me." Heather said as she 'innocently' fanned while wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

Hiccup, doing a great impersonation of a strawberry, grabbed his clothes before running to his room while yelling "Sorry, excuse me!"

"He's way too easy to tease." Heather commented as Astrid rolled her eyes before she too smirked.

When Hiccup emerged from the room he was dressed in his black armor. He held the mask in his hand before placing it on the table. "It's useless now" He said while pulling out a device that looked smaller than a smartphone.

"So what are we going to do now?" Astrid asked.

"We?" Hiccup asked as his head snapped up.

"Yes we." Astrid stated as she crossed her arms. "You aren't going anywhere without backup."

"I couldn't possibly ask you to endanger yourselves." Hiccup now said.

"What are friends for." Astrid now said as the others nodded. "I say we go kick Drago's behind." This brought out a happy holler from Dagur.

"Alright" Hiccup agreed as he had a feeling that they would either follow him in secret or Astrid would superglue him to the ceiling if he refused.

"So what are we going to do?" Eret asked. "Are you going after your father?"

"No, we're already too late." Hiccup mumbled as he showed them the device he had. It showed two blips, one yellow and one red. The yellow one was stationary while the other was moving in that direction.

"Hiccup is that a tracker?" Astrid asked as she looked at the screen.

Hiccup nodded. "Gobber is the yellow dot. That is the most likely location of Drago's lair. The red one is my father."

"You snuck a tracker on them?! When?" Heather now asked.

"Gobber knows I have a tracker on him. He even placed it in his necklace." Hiccup explained. "I placed one in dad's cufflink a few years ago just incase."

"Dude, you are paranoid." Dagur cackled.

"No, I'm just cautious." Hiccup said. "The location Drago gave was a trap. If that red dot is moving towards where Gobber is then Drago's men must have captured them."

"It looks like Drago's lair is on one of the tiny islands off the coast." Astrid muttered. "Which might be a problem since we can't fly."

"Oh I know how to get us some transportation!" Eret said before he dialed a number on his phone. It ringed a few times before an enthusiastic 'Hello' came from the other end of the line.

"Hi it's Eret." Eret said over the phone. "I need a favor. Do you still have your boat?"

Hiccup looked to Astrid as Eret talked amicably with the other person before giving them the 'okay' sign. He soon hung up and told them. "That was my friend from cooking class. He'll give us a ride."

The others quickly headed to their cars to get the gear they always had on hand. Heather dressed in her signature black catsuit with her utility belt hanging off the side. Eret and Dagur had both donned their own costumes while Astrid flicked on her labcoat and stuffed her purse with her cotton candy bombs.

"Is that all you're going to wear?" Eret asked as he laced his combat boots.

Astrid opened her coat to reveal vials of chemicals nestled inside. "I can melt anything from a plant to solid titanium with these babies." She stated smugly. "Besides my purse holds a lot more than just the candy bombs."

"I'm afraid to ask." Hiccup stated as he grabbed his car keys. He turned to Toothless who had been watching all the events curiously. "Guard the house Toothless. If anyone that you don't know comes in then you may blast them."

Toothless let out a warble of excitement and wagged his tail when Hiccup said that and Dagur whispered to his sister. "Isn't that dragon a little too trigger happy?"

Heather raised an eyebrow before shrugging. They then all piled into Hiccup's car and headed for the marina. Once there they got out of the car and followed Eret who had gotten directions from his friend. They stopped in front of a huge yacht and their eyes widened.

"Eret you said boat!" Astrid exclaimed while waving her hands towards their transportation. "This is a freaking yacht!"

"Hello there friends!" Came from the deck and the gang looked up to see Kronk waving at them. "Hop onboard."

"Kronk is your friend from cooking class?" Astrid asked to which Eret nodded. "Huh, small world."

"Come, take a seat. Yzma should come out of her cabin soon." Kronk invited. "I just made some lemon meringue cupcakes."

The gang had all taken a cupcake and nearly choked when they caught sight of Yzma.

"Well what do you think?!" Yzma asked as she posed in her two piece white bikini which looked suspiciously like the one from Dr. No. "I hope this doesn't make me look fat."

"No, definitely not fat." The all assured as Kronk started the motor of the ship and they pulled away from the pier.

Dagur, being ever the curious one, had taken a look at the name of the ship. "This thing is called 'The unsinkable IV' what happened to the other three?" He asked and both Yzma and Kronk looked a bit sheepish.

"They... eh... sunk." Kronk simply said while Yzma muttered "Damn llamas." as she grabbed a cupcake.  

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