Deranged Obsession; by KaliAnn

8. Rescuing the Prisoners

By KaliAnn

The war between the tribes had just gotten underway. The Berkians and Daypeaces plan had been rather straight forward. First, take out the armada so that the Vikings that couldn't ride could land their ships and march up to the compound. Second, have the Whispering Death tunnel all over Dagur's Atoll chewing up the galena so that the Daypeaces could use their powers and manifest without difficulty. Third, have the Timberjacks take out the weapons on the catwalk and slice up the doors so the Berkians could invade. Lastly, have aerial support fly over the compound taking out as many warriors as they could. Most importantly find Hiccup and Nissa so they could rescue them.

So far the plan was working. The armada had been mostly defeated with a great number of the ships sunk and their crews bobbing in the water. The Berkians had landed on the island, charging up the hill with no fear. Some of them had been struck down by the long-range crossbows, but the tribe kept coming. The earth beneath their feet was trembling greatly as the trio of Whispering Deaths continued on their hunt for the galena deposits. Dagur had collected a cache and it was hidden in several different parts of the island so it would take a while to eat it all. Meanwhile, the Timberjacks were having a difficult time taking out the weapons.

"Aim for their large wings! The dragons will have no choice, but to retreat!" the captain of the guard commanded. He ducked behind some stoneware as a steady stream of fire shot at him. Once the fire was gone he leaped out from behind his hiding shooting his crossbow. The arrow zinged through the air embedding itself in one of the Timberjacks tail causing it to let out a yowl of pain. "Fire the catapults now!"

"Yes sir! Take that you ugly beast!" Several boulders flew through the air aimed for the Timberjacks. Just as they were about to hit a blast of orange fire encased the boulders causing them to fall to the ground harmlessly. Confused they looked up to see the Daypeaces flying closer. Four of them opened their mouths and out came a compressed yellow blast of fire. Sensing its danger many of the man rolled out of the way, but a few guards stood their ground hurling their battle axes. The axes nearly hit their mark causing the Daypeaces to bank to the sides, wobbling a bit as they did. They flew back up, but the deed had been done. The Berserkers hit with the yellow attribute flames suddenly lost their strength. They could barely hold their weapons and forget about shooting them straight. The boulders and arrows targeted at the dragons or approaching army missed by a mile.

"Those beast have done something to our men! Get them off the catwalk now! I want those weapons manned by a competent warrior this second ahhhhhhhhhh!" The captain of the guard was hurled through the air as explosion took place. The two Timberjacks, with the help of Thornado, Orli, and Toothless, had taken out the last of the weapons.

"The compounds weapons have been obliterated Nightfury queen! My mate and I have taken serious damage. We need to land and rest otherwise we might bleed out," Pine called out to Orli. The female Nightfury, who was being ridden by Gobber this time, nodded her head jerking it to the far left indicating a safe spot to rest. Pine nodded as she and Fir flew off to recover.

Orli flew closer to compound lining up a shot to take out the gate. Her plasma ball charged ready to strike when a bolt of lighting came out of nowhere.

"Ah, turn turn turn!" Gobber shouted ducking to avoid being struck in the head. The smell of ozone filled his nostrils as he realized how close he was to getting killed. "What in the blazes was that?"

"I'm not quite sure. I'm going to move in for another shot. Tell the army to move out of they wa ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Orli bellowed as several icicles pierced her side. Blood started to ooze from her flank as she twisted about in the air in pain.

Toothless, who had put on the automatic tailfin for the mission, saw his mate in trouble. He zoomed in banking to the side to avoid another blast of energy. Twisting up and then diving down again he fired a serious of plasma shots into the compound. He was aiming for the seiðkonur who had launched this second attack. His plasma shot took out two of them, but the others surprisingly threw up a light screen shield that withstood the power of his plasma shot. A gust of supernatural wind came out of nowhere trying to rip his tail fin off. Toothless rolled over in the air, maneuvering down skimming through the air just above the compound. He spotted more seiðkonur dotted across the village.