How my life changed

Chapter 28

Hiccup's P.o.v.

I stared at the browns eyes which looked at me full with hope. Could I trust him or was he locked up here for a good reason? Maybe he was a criminal or something like that? Perhaps I could get the keys myself but... what if he really is innocent? I sighed and finally asked him why he was locked up here.

He just grinned at me for a moment. "You ask me why I'm here before you want to help me? Want to keep it safe huh? Smart boy. In fact, I once worked for that Bitch which this prison belongs too." He shook his head slightly. "But one day, she expected from me that I should kill someone and that was too far for me. I would never kill or even hurt anyone. So we had a fight, she got angry and when I woke up the next morning I was locked up in here. But I am here for such a long time now that I even lost the feeling of time."

So he really worked with her but then they fought... Still unsure I finally nodded.

"Okay tell me. How can you help me?", I asked him hopefully.

"Okay, do you see that guy over there?" He pointed to the sleeping figure. "He is totally drunk and tried to sleep it off here. So we do it this way: I'll wake him up with the excuse that I had to go to the bathroom, and while I distract him you will take his keys. His belt is old and it will be easy for you. You just have to pull at it and the belt should break. You aren't able to fight, right?"

"I -" Before I could continue to speak he interrupted me.

"Thought so. Just throw the keys into my cell after you got them. Then I'll get out and help you with that guy."

I looked down and sighed quietly. Could I really trust him?

"Come on, midget? The more time you waste, the sooner they will find out that you are here."

"Okay. But after that you help me look for someone and help me get out of here safely.", I said while staring into his eyes.

"Deal." He grinned widely.

I looked around for a moment then walked a little farther away from the cell and hid as good as I could. If the guy really was drunk then this would be enough for him to not see me. But in the inside I already prepared myself to fight against him. When I was ready I nodded to the prisoner. He nodded back and smirked before he finally called loudly for the guard.

He called him a few times and finally a groaning sound could be heard. A few moments later I could hear how the guard slowly dragged himself in our direction. He went around the corner and didn't even look once in my direction. He really seemed to be pretty drunk...

"What do you want?", he croaked when he arrived the door from the prisoner.

"Oh, I just wanted to talk with you... And I have to pee. Again."

Quietly, I crept over to them while the two discussed about how annoyed the guard was that he had to go to the toilet that often. Even though it was very one-sided.

I glanced to the window in the cell and saw him wink at me slightly. Then I let my eyes wander over the guard and finally saw the keys. I quickly grabbed them and pulled as strong as I could. The old belt ripped, and I finally had the keys in my hand. But I couldn't be happy about it for too long because suddenly the now alerted guard turned around and stared at me. His nose was red and his cheeks too. In his eyes I could see how he already killed me in his mind.

"What are you maggot doing here?!", he yelled and slowly walked towards me. I backed off but eventually my back hit the wall and I couldn't get away any further. The closer he got, the more I could smell his extreme alcoholic breath.

"THROW THEM, YOU IDIOT!", the prisoner from before shouted.

Because of this threatening situation I had almost forgotten the plan we had made but now it slowly came back into my head. First I looked at the big man in front of me and quickly realized that he wanted to hit me because he slowly raised his hand. Thanks to his drunken state his actions were slower and a lot more predictable so I dodged him easily and shortly after I jumped up and threw the keys in the direction of the cell window. I almost missed it but a hand came out of the cell and caught them. The hand went back into the room and I heard him try to find the right key from the inside. I sighed with relief but accidentally dropped my attention. Because of that I realized too late that the guard had grabbed me by my collar and lifted me up. I gasped and moved around, trying to free myself from him but it was useless. He stared at me with his red eyes that were accompanied by dark circles under his eyes. 

"L-Let me go!", I finally said with the rest of courage I had but he just laughed. And that way louder than I had expected. I almost wanted to cover my ears because his laugh really just hurt my ears.

"Why should I let you go? H-How did you get in here in the first place..?" Was all I could understand. He said something else but because of his drunken state I wasn't able to understand anything from it.

"It doesn't matter now anyways.", he said and laughed. "I'll just throw you in a cell somewhere and then my boss will be happy because I did a good job!"

I again started to move as much as I could. I wouldn't give up that fast even though I deep inside knew that I didn't had a chance.

"Stop moving you worm!", he shouted but I didn't stop this time. Suddenly I could hear more voices. Like they would talk with each other. Or more like whispering but still... The other prisoners! It somehow even sounded like they would try to cheer for me even when they didn't really believe in me.

"Shut up!", he shouted and looked around. Again the silence from before filled the room but was interrupted by the click of the opening door. Quickly the door opened and the guard let me fall to the ground while he turned around to the person behind him.

"What are you doing, you piece of shit?!"

"I'm taking care of you.", said the prisoner from before and gave the guard a strong punch right in the face. The guard groaned loudly in pain and fell right next to me on the hard stone floor. In addition he also hit his head at the wall making him loose consciousness. At least for now. I moved away from the guard and waited until I was sure they he would not get up again. After that I finally let my gaze wander up to the person which just had saved me. 

He looked at me slightly worried but a grin played around his lips when he saw that I wasn't hurt.

"Are you okay?", he asked me and held out his hand to me. I nodded and took it. He helped me up and looked around while I just looked at him. Now I really noticed that I probably didn't look pretty tall beside him. Although he was not as tall as Jack or North he still was at least half a head taller than me. His clothes only consisted of a coat which looked like the ones they have in the hospitals but it wasn't white anymore. It was filthy and more yellowish than white. He had many wounds but they already started to heal and didn't seem to be very deep. There wouldn't be any scars in a few weeks or months. His messy hair style reminded me a bit of the one Jack had but that was about it. He looked pretty much like a normal guy.

"Cody.", He finally said.

Confused, I looked up at him. "Huh?"

"My name. My name is  Cody. And yours?" He looked down at me with his brown eyes and smiled a little. 

"H-Hiccup."

He raised his eyebrows. "Is that your name or do you have hiccups?"

"That's my name.", I muttered annoyed.

He laughed and nodded. "Alright Hiccup. Who are you looking for?"