Hiccstrid: An American Love Story

Chapter 42: Great One

"Okay boys move in and clear all students" The police is currently planing how to approach the situation. 20 minutes ago the alarm center got a call about an intruder at the university of Los Angeles.

"Okay we're going in. If necessary shoot to kill"

With a team on foot and snipers on the roofs around the building making sure that if the intruder tried to shoot a student they would get him first.

"We have identified the intruder to be a 22 year old male wearing black jeans and a black hoodie" Numerous of calls has helped the police enforcement put together a description of the intruder.

As the enforcement officer was telling the plan a brown haired man was listening closely. He was standing as close as he could behind the barrier tape and tried his hardest to hear about their plans and the number of injured.

But the police didn't know that number either. 5 or 6 gunshots had been heard fired in the building but no deaths or injuries had been confirmed, yet.

As the police planned out their attack. New reporters were gathering up standing just like Hiccup Haddock as close as they could.
Here they told the camera all the information they had which was very little. It's ironic how journalism was Astrid Hofferson's dream and now as the building she's in is surrounded by them her biggest dream is to get out alive.

And on the sideline of all of this was Hiccup Haddock. He stood there more afraid than ever.

"Ruff do you think we should call Astrid's parents?" Hiccup turns his head to see his friends in a dilemma.

"I don't know Heather" She replies. Ruffnut's eyes are red and puffy. Tears are still rolling down her cheeks in a uncertain pattern. Ruff is looking at a note on her phone. Her and Astrid made a bucket list freshman year of college with all the things they had to do before graduation. And now Astrid might not graduate at all.

"Would this be on the news in Missouri?" Tuff is sitting besides his sister trying to comfort her. But truth be told he too cared for Astrid and is very worried and unsettled as well.

"Worse things happen in St Louis" He mumbles afterwards responding his own question. Heather puts her phone in her pocket and sighs.

"She's Astrid" Tuff says making the little group look at him "She'll make it".

The others nodded along as they replayed those three words over and over in their minds to try and calm down.

Luckily, the officers are ready to go inside and hunt the intruder down like a deer. But they have to be careful like it's a hostage situation.

"Clear" they yell out to each other as they enter the building. On the first floor all the students cleared out when they heard a gunshot on one of the higher floors. But the officers checks the classrooms anyways.

"Over here" a officer yells as they reach the second floor. In one of the classrooms they find the first body.

"Check everyone's pulse" the policemen walks around and checks who's still breathing. Those who still are, are rushed down to the ambulances waiting downstairs.

While some officers are taking care of the survivors others are on a mission to find the intruder.

"You son of a-" they hear a scream coming from a room down the hall. A officer signals for the others to follow him.

In the meanwhile in that exact classroom. Astrid Hofferson just sprayed the intruder with mace. Everything is followed by the sniper on the roof across from the college. Where a sniper finally can see the intruder through the window.