Hybrid's Retribution

Chapter 6

*Ember's POV*

My breath was still staggered, and my body shakes. I was still freaked out from the island we ransacked a couple of hours ago. My body hurt like Helheim, but my mental health was worse. It's been five days since Sloan's attack on Berk, and I've destroyed a total of seven islands. Each one chipped away my sanity more than the last. And, what made it worse was that Sloan stored all the supplies he "gathered" in the same room I was held.
I doubt that was the only place to store them, but he probably enjoyed watching me gaze at the fruits of my crumbling mental state. It was easy for me to grab a bite to eat though. Whenever my mind didn't turn the boxes into piles of bodies. Different Vikings from different islands that all faced my wrath. They were all innocent. If I didn't snap, they would all still be alive.
"Wow," I heard a male voice say. "This is so cool, Ember."
"Yeah, after Hiccup made you soft, I figured all the scary qualities were gone," a feminine voice added. "Guess you still had them all along."
I lifted my head to see the twins admiring the piles of dead Vikings.
"Guess you can take a dragon out of the cave, but she's still a dragon. Or, something like that."
"Please leave me alone." I said, placing my head on my knees. I didn't feel like trying to explain to made up twins why massacre wasn't cool. Thankfully, they went away.
Then, Snotlout and Fishlegs showed up.
"I didn't know you had it in you," Snotlout said. I looked at the ground, trying to avoid his gaze. "Never figured you were still capable of killing Vikings after all this time. I still wonder why we decided to bring you back to the village. How long would it have been until you did the same to Berk?"
I look up, and meet Snotlout's angered expression, while Fishlegs was turning green looking at the damage I caused.
"I think I'm gonna be sick," Fishlegs muttered before turning back to me with a fierce expression on his face. "How could you?! We trusted you! We took you in as one of our own! And this is how you repay us? By slaughtering hundreds of innocent people?!"
"You wouldn't understand." I said, sadly.
"I understand that you're a complete monster!" My heart ached at his words. But, I deserved them for what I've done.
"I know... Just please leave me alone..."
They left without another word. I gripped my legs tighter and prayed to Odin to calm my thoughts. I begged and pleaded, but nothing helped. Nothing that Hiccup taught me made the hallucinations end.
"Ember," a voice said with pity. "What have you done?" I turned my head towards the voice, and saw Hiccup standing beside me. A look of disappointment on his face. Tears welled up in my eyes once more as I felt his eyes bore holes into me. My chest tightened as I looked at the floor in shame.
"We helped you..." Hiccup muttered.
"I know..." I muttered back.
"We taught you how to control your abilities..."
"I know..."
"And yet you killed them..."
"I KNOW!!"
I screamed, digging my talons into my scalp, nearly drawing blood. My last effort to make my brain shut up.
"Then why Ember?! I thought you were better than this!"
"You weren't there." I sobbed, covering my face in my hands. "You didn't see them attack me. I didn't want to hurt them. I tried to keep in control, but I couldn't!"
Hiccup was silent for awhile. But, when I moved my hands Hiccup was still standing there.
Holding hands with Astrid.
"I can't believe I fell for a monster like you."
Then he placed his hand on Astrid's face, and kissed her.
I turned my head away from the display. He actually liked me! He returned my feelings?! But now that's all gone. Why did I have to be part dragon? Everything would be so much better if I wasn't part dragon. Everything would be so much better if I wasn't born.
"Please..." I sobbed. "Go away."
But, Hiccup and Astrid didn't go away. They stood their continuing their confessions. I banged my head against the wall, to try to make them stop, and prayed desperately to Odin. Nothing worked.
"I love you so much Astrid." Hiccup whispered in her ear, and glaring evilly at me.
Suddenly, the boat rocks, turning everything back to normal. I silently thanked Odin for making the hallucinations stop and relaxed against the wooden wall. I took a deep breath, tried to prepare myself for the next set of panic attacks I'd have to endure.
The only silver lining in all of this was that Berk was safe. Hiccup and the others don't have to see me like this.
"Give back Ember!" I heard a familiar dragon roar. Followed by a collection of roars of agreement and excitement. My eyes widened in fear. I rushed over to the door, and opened it slightly to see Hiccup and the others battling Sloan's armada.
"No," I muttered, slamming the door shut and clinging onto my hair. "No! They shouldn't be here!"
I felt liquid rose up around my ankles. I looked down and saw a red sticky liquid.
Blood.
My breath quickened at the sight. I looked around to find six bodies floating in the blood.
Tuffnut and Ruffnut face down in the liquid.
Fishlegs with his stomach ripped out.
Snotlout's head dislocated from his body.
Astrid's chest littered in claw marks.
And Hiccup laying in front. His throat ripped out and a blank, lifeless expression on his face.
I sobbed at the sight, covering my face with my bloodstained hands. I'm going to kill the people I care about.
This is what's going to happen if they find me.
The macabre scene fades away as I know what I need to do to keep them safe. I grab the nearest box of supplies, and drag it in front of the door.