Fight or Flight

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With Ragnar's camouflage abilities he began firing at the Red Death with Urd distracting it with her throwing knives and catching them. They appeared to get it's attention as Toothless and Hiccup dive in to take their shot repeatedly. Urd then got up slowly trying not to fall as Ragnar got above the Red Death and jumped up raising her knives up to stab it into the back. The Red death let out a loud roar and bucked Urd off while Toothless blasted away without hurting her. Urd took out her knives running on it's back but it reached over with it's claws. Slash. Screaming. Urd felt a sudden pain on her back and warm liquid pouring down her body. "Urd!" Hiccup screamed seeing her falling straight down into the sea barely hitting the sharp rocks. Ragnar looked down seeing the splash where Urd landed turn red before he dived down after her. Everyone back on the island looked worried after seeing Urd fall and Ragnar going in without hesitation. Some of the villagers watched the sky and the others at the sea waiting for Urd and Ragnar to resurface. Ragnar managed to find Urd seeing her motionless while her own blood surrounded them. He swam over to get her on his back and got them above the water swimming to the shore for everyone to see Urds injury. "Get her to the ship now!" Said Stoick seeing Urd turning pale and her breathing slowing down. He looked to see a very deep scratch on her back going from her neck down to her lower back. The men carried her carefully and quickly to the remaining ships with the gang and Astrid watch in worry. Ragnar looked over at Urd in fear then at the fight going on and growled before flying back to help Hiccup and Toothless. He dodged the flames with Toothless who unfortunately got hit by his fake fin. "Okay times up. Toothless. Ragnar wait for my signal." Said Hiccup.

The three flew down with the Red Death following close ready to produce its flames while sucking them back towards its mouth. "Hold on just bit longer." Said Hiccup looking back seeing the gas building up. "Now!" He yelled as Toothless and Ragnar faced it. They blasted their plasmas at the same time to its mouth lighting the Red Death in flames from the inside and flew off. The Red Death soon saw the ground getting closer and tried to use its wings but the cuts from Urds knives and the blast damaged them so badly it ripped and burned more causing it to fall straight to its death. It began to explode into huge flames as Toothless and Hiccup trued not to get hit but soon saw the tail aim towards them knocking them off while Ragnar crashed into the ground from the strong blast of the wind. Ragnar slowly got up shaking off the rocks and dirt then looked up to see Toothless close by laying on his side. He walked over with Stoick and the others to check on him and see where Hiccup went. "Wheres Hiccup?" Said Stoick looking at Toothless. Toothless looked at him and opened his wing to show Hiccup unconscious. Stoick checked Hiccups heart sighing in relief and held him in his arms while looking back at the night furies. "Thank you both for saving my children." Said Stoick as Goober looked at Hiccup. "Well most of Hiccup. As for Urd will be getting one hell of a scar." Said Gobber. He heard a soft grunt from Ragnar giving him a 'Seriously' glance. "Be lucky we have plenty of wraps for these two." Said Gobber. "Lets get the ships ready." Said Stoick holding Hiccup in his arms. Ragnar and Toothless looked at each other before walking with him to the ships what survived the attack and the other ships that Urd mentioned. Stoick barged into the room where Urd laid still getting cleaned up and stitched. He looked at her sadly placing Hiccup down on the other bed as the healers came in to take care of them.

Its been three days as Urd woke up from her bed feeling sore on her back once she began sitting up. She felt something on her torso looking down to see the wrappings. Urd slowly got out of her bed feeling her back and flinched a bit and looked around seeing one in the house. The last thing remembered was her fighting alongside Hiccup and Toothless against the Red Death before getting knocked off then about the news Stoick told her before that really hit her. Grabbing her boots Urd walked through the back door seeing dragons everywhere and the villagers getting along with them on her way to her spot on the huge hill over viewing the sea. Stoick and Hiccup came home an hour later to check on Udd but saw she wasnt there making them worried. "Where could she be?" Said Stoick. "I'll go look in the woods and around Berk with Toothless." Said Hiccup. Stoick nodded and head out looking around asking where Urd was before one of the vikings told where she is. He walked all the way up to the hill seeing her sitting on the edge looking at the sea in silence. "Urd?" Said Stoick looking at her. "Did you mean it? About me not being your daughter." Said Urd not looking at him. "Oh. i guess its an early time for you to know." Said Stoick sitting down next to her. "It was during one of the heavy rainstorms we had and gone out gathering the animals or anyone to the grand hall for safety. Gobber and i searched for hours until i heard a sound of a baby crying loudly through the heavy winds. Thought i go find out where it came from and began heading the shores not far from the docks. And there laying between the tides and the pointed rocks was your mother holding on with one arm and the other was a baby wrapped in a woven blanket." Said Stoick as Urd glanced at him.

"Upon looking closer to there was a hunting knife stuck deeply into her back where her heart should be. Looked to me its been there for days. Your mother then began to looked at us very weak offering you to me to take first which i hand you to Gobber but as soon i turned to grab your mother. She was gone. We didnt have time to search as the weather was getting too strong so i took you with me to the Great Hall. You were so smaller than Hiccup when i put you in his crib next to him and couldnt keep my eyes off you since the storm was over. Everyone even began searching for any sign of how you two ended up on the island. That was all we could do until i decided to take you in. Im sorry for saying you werent my daughter. Valka wouldve loved you." Stoick finished looking down at Urd. "Thanks for telling me and i get why you were overprotective of me when Gobber told me what happened to her. Ragnar is that way too like Hiccup and Toothless are." Said Urd. "Do you want to look for him? Your father." Said Stoick. "I dont know. Just got alot to think about after everything that just happened to us." Said Urd as Stoick stood up. "Alright. I'll leave you two be for now. I'll be having a meeting and no flying until the stitches get taken out and your back is no longer hurting. Understood?" Said Stoick looking at her. "Yes. Tell Hiccup I'll meet him later." Said Urd looking up at him. "Alright Lass." Said Stoick walking away.