(2/5) RTTE Seasons 2 and The Months Between (AMDH)

Night of the Hunters, part 2

When Ryker and Ann were done with the things they had to do, they ordered the Riders to be taken in. "Heather, get Astrid here. We will have a talk with her." Ann ordered. Heather got her in and they questioned her. Ryker and Ann decided to stay on the sideline while Heather and Dagur tried to get everything out of her.

"Where did you hide the Dragon Eye? We know you have it! My man Ryker here, his tribe has been looking for that thing for decades and, of course, you guys show up and it is immediately found!" Dagur yelled out, acting like a maniac. "It's back on Dragon's Edge, but good luck getting to it. We have a lot of other Riders that we left behind, so we could get onto this mission." Astrid answered like she didn't care at all. "How many exactly?" Heather tried to increase the pressure they were putting on the blondy.

"Like I'm going to give you a number... And why do you want to know anyway?" Astrid retorted to them, but Dagur started to lose his patience. "You better tell us the numbers!" He got up from his chair quickly and leaned over the table he sat behind with a violent and angry look on his face. "Sit down!" Ann called him back into discipline. Dagur obeyed her and calmed himself down. "My brother is right, though. The Dragon Eye is an important object for the Dragon Hunters. Tell us a number of Dragon Riders that are protecting your base." Heather added to what Dagur tried to get out of Astrid.

"Fine!" Astrid sighed out. "There are tens of Riders back at our base. Will be a mission impossible to get through the defences we have built up on the island as well. We have traps, ballista's, you name them and we got them. But I wouldn't be sure about the Dragon Eye's precise location, though. We have hidden it pretty well." Astrid crossed her arms, giving the signal she would not talk any more. "Then there is one question I have for you." Ann started to speak up after being silent the whole time.

"Are you also using the Dragon Eye for your own purposes?" Ryker also got quite interested to that answer as he frowned at Astrid, curious to see if she would answer the question asked. "We have no idea what the Dragon Eye does. We got it off a ship, or at least Hiccup did and we haven't been able to uncover any of its secrets yet." Astrid's behaviour seemed off, but Ann let it go. "I have no more questions for you. You can go." Ann decided. "I'm not finished yet!" Dagur protested, but Ryker came in between and had the final word. "Bring her back to her cell."

It was early in the morning when they let Astrid go and Ann listened to what she had to say to all the other Riders. "I told Ryker what he wanted to know, the location of the Dragon Eye." Astrid started. "They're after the Dragon Eye?" Fishlegs asked. "It's very important to the Dragon Hunters. They've been looking for it for a long time." "And where did you tell them it was, loose lips?" Ruffnut asked. "Back at Dragon's Edge, where it's being guarded by all the Dragon Riders we left behind." Astrid continued.

"What? No one's..." Tuffnut tried to say when Astrid interrupted him. "Supposed to know about it, I know." "Yeah, Dragon's Edge is like a fortress. Lots of Dragon Riders." Fishlegs said a bit loudly. "Under the command of captain Gustav." Astrid said. Ann went back to Ryker. "Ryker, she was bluffing. I hear lots of things being said sarcastically. She has been lying to us!" "Then we get them apart and talk to them ourselves later." He suggested.

"Heather! Get the Riders ready for a chat with us." Ann ordered later that day. The two Berserkers got to them when they got the Riders ready to see them. Ryker stepped out of his chamber first with Ann behind him. "I'm Ryker and this is Ann. This is my ship. You are my prisoners, and your dragons are now my dragons." "And how they get treated is entirely up to you!" Dagur shouted.

They went to the cell compartment where their dragons were used for their own profits. The first cell was the one where the Gronckle was kept to make Gronckle Iron. "Meatlug!" Fishlegs called for his dragon, trying to get to her, but Ryker stopped him. "This Gronckle is being very helpful!" Ryker said. "Her name is Meatlug." Fishlegs said with a hiss. "I don't care! All I care is that it makes me metal. All day and all night." Ryker said with a grim.