I'm a Berserker [Hiccup Haddock x OC] HTTYD/RTTE

«Defenders Of The Wing»

♠️Hiccup♠️

We fly down lower circling the island. "There's Viggo," Heather calls out and I turn to see her pointing down at him with her index finger. "No place near him for men to hide," Ivy assess as she sweeps the space around him. "He'd be easy to pick off from here," Heather suggests and I shake my head.

"You seriously think Viggo would leave himself exposed without a plan, sister?" Ivy asks her and Heather shakes her head. "No, he wouldn't."

"I'm gonna see what he has to say. Keep an eye on that ship for me," I ask and they nod. "Ivy, be my backup?" I ask her and she gives me a nod as she turns her gaze on Viggo. I know she won't let her anger and grief from Dagur's death stop her from protecting me.

I dive down toward Viggo and the flowers spread out everywhere get clearer and I jerk back on Toothless' saddle when I realize what it is. "No, no, no, no! Blue Oleander!" Nightwing growls as she stops short of the flower poisonous to dragons. "Unfortunately, he's smarter than his hunters."

I nod in agreement and we back up, landing in a clear space away from the Oleander. I hop off his back and Toothless presses his head into the palm of my hand. "You stay here, bud." I look back at Ivy as she dismounts from her saddle. "If he makes a move, you know what to do."

She nods and pats Nightwing's head as she growls lowly. Toothless stares at Viggo with slitted eyes and I walk through the field of flowers, glancing at them, before moving around Viggo, who's back is to me. He's looking down at a Maces and Talons board. I set the piece he left behind down on the board.

"I think you're missing a piece."

"You came. I'm surprised," he says with a pleasant smile as if this is a meeting between old friends. "No, you're not. Otherwise, you wouldn't be sitting in a field of flowers that are poisonous to dragons."

I watch Toothless' pacing behind Viggo as Ivy stands by Nightwing eyes glued to the head hunter. "A man has to take precautions. I notice you arrived with friends." I watch as Toothless continues to circle and hear him moving behind me along with the wing flaps of Stormfly and Windshear.

"Like you said, "precautions". Look, what do you want, Viggo?"

"To compliment you, Hiccup. Your little group has had some impressive victories recently. Put quite the dent in my bottom line."

"Glad to hear it," I deadpan as Toothless' low growl reaches my ears. Viggo places another piece across from the one I returned. "You are a worthy opponent. And, as such, this battle between us could continue for years to come. Or…" He trails off and I curl my hand in frustration. Make your point!

"Or? Or what?" He lifts his head up to look at me. "Or it could end today." I smile and tilt my head at him. "I accept your surrender." He starts laughing and I narrow my eyes at him.

"Oh, it's good to see your sense of humor is still intact. But I am offering a truce. With very generous terms," he says as he shoves the pieces off the center of the board and places a map down on with a red line going across the middle. "You stay south of this line. And my men and I will stay above it."

He stands up and I follow the movement. "We never have to fight again. Hiccup, I'm not unreasonable. I have no desire to rule the world like… some people. I'm a businessman, and fighting is bad for business."

"What about the Dragon Eye?"

"I'm afraid that's not part of the deal. I'm offering you the chance to save the life of every dragon below this line, not to mention those of your fellow Riders. I am willing to memorialize this deal now and end the bloodshed," he says pulling out a red charcoal pen and signing the bottom left corner of the map.