"INTRUDER!"
A single figure made his way through the hallway as several men in uniforms pursued him. Every few seconds the person discreetly looked behind him to check the difference in distant between him and the men. He upped his pace as he reached the end of the hallway.
It split into two different paths.
According to the information he'd gathered earlier the left path led to the pilot room and the right towards the cargo room. Without another moment he abruptly turned to the right as he made a split second decision on where to go. The most likely place he'd find his objective was somewhere with lots of space, which meant the pilot room wasn't suited. He glanced back and noticed the distance between him and the men was increasing.
A few minutes earlier he'd been careless and was spotted by one of the guards. If he'd actually been a little more careful he could have prevented all of this but of course it was just his luck that he had to pass by the lab. After all who wouldn't be interested in the newest possible tech? Well him apparently and it had distracted him long enough to get seen. It was doubtful they'd be able to stop him though, the other objectives had already been fulfilled and the last stage of his plan was being executed at that very moment.
He noticed the end of the hallway was approaching quickly as a door locked by password came into view. His eyes narrowed as he tried to get a better view of the mechanism, it worked by entering a seven digit code but he could see that there was also some kind of sleuth where he could insert a card. Relieved he pulled out a card he'd swiped from one of the guards. Within another few seconds he was at the door, with practiced ease he swiped the card and entered through the door making sure to close it. Looking around for anything that might help he quickly found a chair sitting innocently next to the door. Without another thought he jammed it under the door knob hoping it would prevent them from getting in for a while. Even if it would only hamper the guards for a few moments, those few moments were going to be important.
Turning his attention back to his surroundings he noted that the information he'd gathered had been correct. He'd managed to find his way to the cargo room. Quickly he noticed that there weren't any other people or camera's around and took off the mask he'd been wearing and hooked it to his belt. The cargo room was entirely made out of metal. It was filled with electronics, mechanical vehicles and weapons. He was standing much higher than everything else and could overlook almost all of the cargo room. Keyword almost.
He heard a growl and saw a flash of light appear from the corner of his eyes. The unexpected sight made a small smile slide onto his face and he made his way down the metal stairs. He quickly ran forward to where he had seen the flash and as expected a giant cage came into sight just behind a big vehicle. It was positioned to the left of the room just out of sight. Because of the shaking and turbulence they had made sure to fix it to the ground to prevent movement. But it wasn't the cage that had his attention, it was the magnificent beast that was chained up inside of it. It was giving off sparks and light even as the cage itself managed to suppress most of the attempts for more. Despite having expected to come across this he couldn't keep his surprise.
"Wow." He mumbled quietly. But apparently as quiet as he'd hoped as the beast immediately turned to face him and growled menacingly. He didn't react as much to the growling and threat as he had to seeing the beast in the first place. He made his way forward and slowly walked down the metal stairs. The growling only got louder and worse in response but he didn't take any notice of it and only continued to make his way through the room. Absently he heard the men from earlier trying to barge through the door but he knew it would hold for a little while longer. As he made his way around the cage he noticed what he was looking for just behind it. Inconveniently it was close to the cage and the beast didn't seem to be inclined to let him be that close. Sighing he moved as close as he could to both his objective and the beast. Might as well try it the other way then.
"Can you hear me?" He asked in his usual voice, he didn't raise it in any way, trying to be heard over the beasts loud growling. It seemed to do the trick though as the beast quieted slightly to hear. "Can you hear me?" He repeated in the same tone. The beast was still growling but it seemed to be quite a bit quieter, it also had this curious gleam in its eyes. Probably hasn't had much positive interaction lately he mused quietly. "Thank you for growling a little bit quieter. I would like to help you but I cannot reach the control box next to the cage because you're sparking and trying to zap me quite a bit. Mind toning down the electricity?" The voice had a slight sarcastic edge to it but it didn't hold any malice whatsoever. The beast seemed to notice it and it's growling stopped almost entirely, the sparking and light show also lessened considerably. There was an obvious amount of confusion in its eyes now as it looked at the figure in front of it. It couldn't quite seem to figure out something and kept staring. After a few more seconds he finally couldn't stand it any longer and walked towards the control box. On it should be the controls that would let him control most of the cargo room.
It took him a moment to figure out which button did what. Quickly he pressed three different buttons rapidly in success after one another. It couldn't have been a moment sooner as the men from earlier finally burst through the door and stumbled into the room. The ones at the front took a moment to grasp the situation before they started pointing at him. Quickly he reached for his mask and fastened it back onto his face, even if they saw it he could prevent a few others from doing so too. "Quickly get him! Make sure Raikou doesn't escape!" One of the men at the front yelled. But it seemed to be for naught as the cage had opened at the exact same time they'd entered the room. The beast, Raikou, had noticed immediately and made full use of it. He jumped agilely out of the cage and positioned itself in the middle of the room ready to battle. He himself wasn't too far away from the beast but it didn't seem to be paying any more attention to him. It only took a few more seconds before his second command on the control commenced. The men each grabbed onto something as one of the walls of the cargo room opened up. A great amount of Wind and a strong suction force made its way into the room pulling many objects outside. Looking through the opening they were revealed to be in some kind of plane as the ground could be seen miles away below them.
He held onto the cage which was fastened to the ground preventing him from being taken by surprise. Raikou glanced at him for a moment and he met its eyes. They held each other's stares for a few more seconds before he motioned towards the opened hatch. It seemed to understand his notion and without another moment to spare ran towards the door and jumped. It seemed to know what it was doing as it landed safely onto the ground after few moments despite the amazing height they'd been at. It glanced up at the vehicle once more with a nod before disappearing deep into the forest.
Finally the third button started to work as the hatch slowly started to close. Now it was his turn to make his move. Turning back to where the other men were holding onto their lives he held one hand to his mouth. "Next time you have an intruder, do try to actually stop him from escaping!" He yelled sarcastically, adding a cheeky wink to remark he let go of the cage and ran toward the hatch. Jumping down the plane he could see it close just as he made his way out.
The plane slowly became smaller as he continued to fall down. He enjoyed the free fall and the feeling of the wind in his hair. For a moment he closed his eyes. It wasn't long though before he heard a familiar sound, the sound he'd been waiting for. Only seconds after he was caught mid fall and was once more flying. This time though it wasn't in a vehicle.
"Thanks Toothless!" The dragon like creature huffed for a bit in irritation as they turned to fly further away from the plane. The boy, Hiccup, adjusted his hold on the dragon before they both sped up noticeably. It didn't take more than half a minute before they lost sight of the airplane and their pace was once more slowed. It was only when they were finally gone that they were slowly gliding through the air that the dragon actually expressed his feelings and hit the boy on his head with his earflaps.
"OW! What'd you do that for?!" He exclaimed rubbing the spot he was hit. Toothless, as was the name of the dragon, gave him a long incredulous look before glaring at his friend. This time it was Hiccup who huffed before they both fell into an uncomfortable silence. It didn't take long though before the teen couldn't take it any longer. "Okay! Fine, I'm sorry for going in alone without the protection of the Almighty Toothless!" Despite having added heavy sarcasm to that last bit the dragon didn't seem to care. He accepted the answer with a decisive nod. Hiccup sighed in relief and the both of them relaxed slightly.
After a while a small growl pulled his attention back to his friend. The dragon shot him a look and growled something. Hiccup nodded in understanding and leaned forward comfortably onto the dragon. "Yeah Raikou ran back into the forest so our main objective was completed, I gathered quite a bit of intel on their future plans so that's a success but I was seen before I had too much time to inspect their new gadgets so I don't have much information on that part." The dragon listened patiently before nodding.
After flying for another hour they reached a very big and very beautiful lake that was hidden among the mountain. The lake was amazingly clear and seemed to shine in the sun. The shallow water was entirely see through, it was only because of the deeper parts of the lake that reached unthinkable depths that you couldn't see the bottom. It was said that this was once the resting place of Kyogre. Not many people believe it anymore though, there was no water path connecting the lake to the oceans. How would Kyogre have left?
Toothless continued to fly over the lake before they finally reached the other side. It was then that he finally touched the ground and landed. It took Hiccup a moment to get of the dragon before he sagged onto the floor and the grass. Toothless nudged him on his side forcing him to stand up once more.
"Fine!" Hiccup yelled as he finally had enough of all the nudging and stood up. Toothless sent him another look before turning to walk toward the forest. Hiccup rolled his eyes before following. He knew Toothless was right though, he shouldn't sleep there. First of all because the place was entirely visible from everywhere, second because it was unhealthy to just sleep like that in the damp grass and thirdly because he hadn't yet eaten. Mumbling about annoying dragons and their overprotective tendencies he followed his partner into the woods to where they had set up camp fire earlier that day.
Toothless laid down next to the campfire they had made last time, though it had been put out. It only took Toothless a moment though to start it up again. While the dragon got the fire going Hiccup walked to the tree opposite from him and the campfire and stood in front of it. With a few agile movements he'd learned from experience he made his way up the tree. When he finally reached three-fourths of the tree he reached for camouflaged package he'd left there last time. It was tightly wrapped in plastic and leather. He threw it down the tree before following and climbing back down. Toothless eagerly awaited as Hiccup tried to open it.
After a few unsuccessful tried Toothless finally lost his patience and just ripped the cover of the package. Hiccup was annoyed at first but in the end shrugged it off as he took out the food.
That was in it. He passed most of the fish towards the dragon and kept one for himself. It didn't take long though before all the fish had disappeared, this time though into the stomach of dragon. It took Hiccup longer to finish his dinner as he roasted it first on the campfire. It was only after they had dinner that Toothless finally allowed Hiccup to get some well needed sleep. He moved next to the dragon where it was nice and warm before finally falling into a deep slumber.
Toothless watched as the little human crawled up against him before finally also closing his eyes for a long needed rest. His friend really needed to stop worrying him so much or else there wouldn't be much left of his lifespan.