Here we are guys and gals the final chapter to Ironfury. I'd have to be honest, I never thought it get this far I thought many would hate it calling it a crappy knockoff of the movie, but I'm glad I was wrong. This has lead to more stories like this in the near future, whether it be on my page or on Rumbling Night Cutters, Foxmorgorth or Sousuke Tenki (who will join us in our little quest) so stay tuned on their pages, cause you never know what story will follow next.
Here we go, enjoy.
Chapter 11-SSM
No-one: Two Weeks After the Battle
Everyone from Haddock industries turned up, all here to pay respects to a fellow employee who sacrificed his life to save others.
The room was packed in the large meeting room as everybody was dressed in black to pay their respects.
Even young Astrid Hofferson was in a black dress, but looking more sadder than anyone else.
She felt heart broken, if only she'd got there sooner he might be alive now she thought to herself as she sat in the front row waiting for the thing to start so she could say her final goodbye.
Suddenly she felt a large hand gently lay upon her shoulder as she looked up to see her boss, Stoick, look at her with symphony, he wanted to be upset too, but he needed to be brave for everyone as he slowly made his way up to the podium before clearing his throat to get everyone's attention as each person took a seat and stayed silent out of respect.
"Today, we mourn the loss of one of our very own, who fought hard till the very end of his life" Stoick paused to allow people to take in what he said.
Several nodded.
Most cried.
The rest were too overwhelmed to do anything but listen.
"Now there is one person here who would like to give their own speech about our fallen" he finished off gesturing to the doors which swung open as everybody looked towards the person entering through the door.
Astrid however never looked, she kept her head down before she heard the clunk of metal upon stone become louder with every step.
This time a smaller hand, fully wrapped bandages, gently touched her shoulder as she looked up to the owner and gave a genuine smile, before the hand was removed as it occupier walked slowly, left side supported by a crutch, up the stairs to the podium.
Stoick respectfully moved away as he took a seat next to Astrid as he watch the bandaged up form of Hiccup take a look around the room and smile.
Flashback Several Days Earlier
Beep, Beep, Beep
That's was all the auburn hair boy could hear as he laid there, eyes shut and completely immobile.
Beep, Beep, Beep
As his mind started to re focus inside his head, Hiccup wondered where that sound was coming from.
Beep, Beep, Beep
"Urh, can someone shut that noise off" he whispered with a hoarse voice since his throat was dry, mainly due to lack of fluids. With that in mind he wondered if he was even heard.
But as Hiccup listened on for the continuous beeping sound, it suddenly all went silent.
"Request heard sir" came a familiar, yet annoying, voice that made Hiccup open his eyes up slowly, breaking the wielded up crust surrounding his eyelids as he took in his surroundings.
He was in his room, in his house 'how did I get here?' he wondered to himself, trying to move his body that groaned in protest so he could get a better look around.
Yep this was his room alright, from the posters of old sci-fi movies to his large bookcase to his desk littered with small models he invented over the years.
But as he looked around more he saw a couple of new things unfamiliar to his room.
The first was the several machines he was hooked up to through tubes and wires.
'Well that explains the beeping sound'
The other was very unfamiliar in his room.
This new thing was laying by the side of his bed, asleep in a chair.
It was a person, a person Hiccup could recognise straight away by the long single-braided hair.
'Astrid?'
'Why is she lying next to me? How long had she been there?' he thought to himself as he tried to get his head around this.
But then he remembered the computerized voice, the one that silenced the beeping sound.
And straight away he knew what voice that was.
"Toothless?" he said still with a hoarse voice, realising he needed a drink, he looked to his left to his bed side table and sure enough, there was an empty glass and a jug full of water on top of it.
Ignoring the protest in his arms, he slowly reached out for the jugs and cup and carefully pour himself a glass before taking several small sips before taking a big gulp.
After re-quenching his thirst, he cleared his throat before speaking again.
"Wh-what happened? How did I end up here?" he asked waiting for a response just as the holographic dragon of Toothless appeared at the foot of his bed.
"Sir, you took out Alvin, but you lost all power to the arc reactor, you also sustained multiple fractures, including several cracked ribs, several broken bones to your left arm as well as dislocating your shoulder, not to mention the bruising around your neck and head. All this aside, it was a miracle you weren't permanently disfigured. Although that might make a vast improvement to you face sir"
This earned a glare from Hiccup 'damn sarcastic talking toaster' he though to himself as Toothless carried on.
"As for the reason you're here is once you collapsed, Your father and Miss Hofferson found you and dragged you to a safe area, but they knew without a working reactor, there was no stopping the shrapnel from reaching your heart. Lucky enough the one that Alvin stole was still working...ish but was enough to keep the magnet working long enough to get you medical help. But it came a price sir,we couldn't save your left leg"
Wondering what he meant, Hiccup quickly pulled the sheets off him as he looked down to realise what he said.
"Toothless! I already lost my left leg" Hiccup said with an unamused tone in his voice as the holographic dragon simply smirked.
"Made you look"
Hiccup raised an eyebrow as he smirked "you've been planning that for a while haven't you?"
"You've been out for a few days sir, and I kind of missed your witty humour"
"You didn't seem to miss it while I was gone all those months"
"Not entirely true sir, but seeing you in this state did worry me more"
As Hiccup was taking all the information in, the blond hair was starting to move and groan as Astrid was waking up, wondering what the noise was about. She was about to hit whoever was making that noise until she looked straight into a pair of green eyes.
"Hiccup?" was all she could say as the said boy simple gave her his signature goofy grin.
"Well good morning sleeping beauty, I trust you slept well" Hiccup said in a light tone of voice as Astrid still looked on.
Suddenly Astrid landed a punch to the one remaining shoulder that wasn't damaged.
"Ow! Astrid what the..." was all Hiccup could saying before being cut off by a glaring Astrid point her index finger at him.
"That was for scaring me!"
Hiccup was in shock, he just woke up from pain only to have more pain.
"I-is this going to be a permanent thing? Cause I got to say..." again he was cut off as Astrid smacked her lips against his, stunning him once again, but in a good way in his opinion.
When their lips departed, both were feeling a little flushed but Hiccup was the one showing off a dumbfound grin.
"...I could get used to that"
This earned a giggle from Astrid, one he never heard from her before and one he hoped to hear again.
"Ahem"
Both teens turned around to the now opened bedroom door only to see a smiling Stoick, a amused Agent Coulson and a young black-haired woman, who looked about the same age as Hiccup and Astrid, she wasn't wearing a suit like Coulson, but was wearing a greyish-green under-shirt with long sleeves under a short light brown dress over darker brown pants and over her shirt was a tanned leather vest. What made her stand out more was her piercing green eyes that looked like she could get anyone to talk.
As she was watching them, Astrid somehow felt uneasy with her being close to her, or mainly it was her being near Hiccup? She didn't know.
"Did we catch you two at a bad time?"
This made the two teens blush making Stoick laugh before gesturing to Coulson and the black-haired woman.
"These two would like a word son, if that's alright with you"
Hiccup slowly nodded before being force to lay back down by Astrid with a look that told him she wanted him to rest.
Coulson walked further into the room until he reach the foot of the bed before smiling at him.
"That was some performance back there Haddock, despite your disadvantage"
This confused Hiccup until Coulson pointed to the glowing device in his chest.
"We knew you were using an underpowered reactor in a suit designed for high power usage, yet you still carried on no matter what"
Hiccup just smirked and brushed it off like it was no big deal "well it must be the Viking stubbornness inside of me"
Everyone, besides the black-haired woman, simply nodded in agreement before Coulson spoke again.
"Now back to the reason were here, we've come to inform you that we have seized anything that was related to Alvin Anderson, as well as plans he stole" with that he gestured the woman over to him, who Hiccup saw was holding a tube in one hand and a tablet in the other.
She handed the tube over to him, to which he opened it up revealing several pieces of paper shoved inside of it. Hiccup looked at them for a second before looking back at Coulson as he began to speak again.
"Stolen plans of your armour, we thought the rightful owner would like it back. However all tech that was in the building, including all data on his computers has been seized by the organisation for safe keepings. Can't have that stuff falling into the wrong hands"
Coulson then turned to the woman, who had been standing there quietly all this time.
"This is Junior-Probational Agent Heather Hill, she had been assigned to investigate the area you were found at back when you were kidnapped, she may have something that might interest you"
Hiccup, taking a closer look at the female agent, now that she was close enough, he realized, he had seen her before.
Or more to be precise,was described to him.
And then it hit him "wait a sec, you're that woman that the people at Peppy Grumps funeral home said that dropped off..."
This stop him from carrying on the conversation as his expression changed from surprised to sadness.
He remembered the phone call that he received a couple of days before the occurrence happened down at the docks.
Not the most pleasant of calls to have, especially since he was fending off several attacks from stray outcast.
One of which had a tank.
He looked up at Heather, who had kept her expression emotionless.
"Yes" she simply replied as she held out a piece of paper in front of Hiccup for him to take.
"Usually we don't deal with last will and testament's but this was a special case" Coulson cut in as Heather looked at him before turning back to Hiccup to speak to him again.
"It also states he left you as his next of kin, including all his worldly possession and anything else he had at Haddock Industries"
At this point Stoick walked towards his son, placing his large hand gently upon his shoulder, making Hiccup look up at him "that would include his workshop and garage son"
Hiccup could only stare as his father tells him this before nodding before looking back at the two agents, who by this point had moved to the door, ready to leave.
"We must take our leave, things to do, but we will be in touch again real soon" Coulson said before giving a salute followed by Heather, leaving Hiccup, Astrid and Stoick to ponder in their thoughts.
This was interrupted by a growl coming from Hiccup stomach that broke the tension, making everyone laugh.
"I guess spending all that time asleep builds up an appetite" Hiccup jokingly says.
"Aye son" Stoick laughed as he made his way to the door "I'll get some bacon and eggs on for us"
Hiccup smiled "thanks dad, we'll be down in a few minutes" with that Stoick smiled before departing out of the door, leaving the two teens to sit there in silence for a few minutes before Astrid broke the silence.
"So what you thinking about Hiccup?"
Hiccup thought about it for a moment before staring out of the window.
"I'm thinking it's time to give him a proper send off"
End of Flashback
Hiccup
"Greetings to everyone who turned up today to say our final farewell to Gregory 'Gobber' Belch" I started off as I looked around the room to everyone.
All the staff of Haddock Industries were here.
Several military men who I assume had some part in his life, after all he was in the army before he joined the company.
And even Several agents from that organization that has the awkward name that needs shortening.
Including agent Coulson but not Heather.
"Not only have we lost a fellow employee but, a mentor, a father figure, a brother, an uncle" I take a deep breath before carrying on "a friend"
Looking again around the room, every eye was on me, every one of them showing signs of respect in them as I carry on.
"I have the fortune and misfortune or being by Gobbers side till the very end of his life and I remember the lasts words he said to me 'a hero is someone which sacrifices for those in need'" a stray tear rolled down my cheek as I look around again "and I say that's what Gobber is, a hero!" I shout the last bit startling everyone in the room, including my father.
I raise my hand "to Gobber!"
Everyone else does the same, soon every single hand was up as one large voice echoed throughout the room "to Gobber!"
"May he be welcomed through the gates of Valhalla, like a true warrior deserves"
I turn to the lead everyone out of the building and into a large open area, where Gobbers body, wrapped out in cloth laid on top of a pile of neatly stacked wood, next to it was one lit torch.
I waited for everyone to gather around before speaking once again.
"As per his request, he is to be set aflame upon a pyre, as is tradition in his family" I gestured for my dad to come forward, surprising the overly large man as he makes his way towards me.
As he got closer, I gestured him to pick up the torch and nodded towards him.
Dad threw the flaming torch upon the pyre, setting it alight slowly as we and the others watched on as we watch the flames take Gobbers body to the next world.
In the end I smiled, I gave one of the most important people in my life a proper send off.
I close my eyes before whispering to myself.
"Thank you Gobber, for everything"
The Next Day
I was reading the daily newspaper while waiting for every journalist who arrived to get themselves comfortable.
Something caught my eye that made me grin, mainly the front cover story.
"Who is this Ironfury?" I said as I looked at Astrid who was still looking over my healing wounds, insisting I should have let myself take a bit more of a rest before talking to the press but I just shrugged it off. Ever since I awoke from the whole thing, by some miracle I might add.
Who knew that shock-wave would give some juice back to the reactor, enough for the magnet to do its job.
But still back to the newspaper, I show Astrid who gives me a raised eyebrow and a smirk "Ironfury? Really? That's cheesy even for you"
"What I think it sounds catchy" I replied as I raise my hands in the air as I let them move while I talk "'look out here comes the Ironfury' you gotta admit it is catchy" this earned me an eye roll from the blond bodyguard as agent Coulson walks in with the very newspaper in his hand.
"As long as you remember your story Mr Haddock, you were on a fishing trip with your father and girlfriend at the time of the incident" this earned a glare from Astrid saying that she's not my girlfriend.
Although I did see a slight blush at the mention of it.
Coulson shrugged it off as he carried on "anyway, Alvin was on a private jet at the time but due to some malfunction, his plane crashed leaving no survivors"
"Oh yeah way to keep to the truth to that" I said sarcastically earning a smack round the head from Astrid for it.
I roll my eyes as I look back to the agent "what about the three suits that fought around the public areas, surly someone's going to put something together?" I said as he only shook his head and smiled.
"Not to worry on that one either, we'll simply say three prototypes got loose before crashing and blowing up causing the power to go out" he replied before heading towards the door "now we'll be in touch in the future, good luck today"
"Yeah good luck to you too good luck with the Minister of Official and Obscene Nature" I said as he smiled back at me.
"Yeah we're shortening the name down to MOON" and with that he was gone but not before giving a few last words.
"Don't forget that letter!"
'Letter? Does he mean Gobber's letter?' I thought to myself as I wondered how he would know that.
I looked up to Astrid who was looking at where the agent was before I spoke "well what do you think?"
She just looked at me with an raised eyebrow in confusion as to what I meant.
"About giving this speech?"
Realizing what I meant she simply took a deep breath before wrapping her arms around my neck, causing me to blush.
"Whatever it says in your heart to do Hiccup"
Letting the words sink into my head, I smile as my dad walks through the large conference hall doors as he gestured for me to come through.
Taking one last breath, I slowly stand up, as Astrid comes to my left side, I would have been able to walk easily but the battle caused major damages to my prosthetic, so I couldn't function for the time being, leaving me to walk on my backup one which required a bit of help.
My dad stopped me before I entered. He looked at me with a smile.
"I was wrong son, we didn't need you to change, what this company needs is more of this" he said gesturing to me.
I gave him a smirk before replying back "you just gestured to all of me"
This made him laugh "yes I did son, now you show the world who Henry Horrendous Haddock really is" and with that he scooted me through the doors as I walk slowly up to the podium to address everyone.
"Thank you for being here on such short notice, now many will ask what happened recently near the dockside last week, well due to some technical malfunctions involving several prototypes..."
"Excuse me Mr Haddock but do you really expect us to believe that?" a young female journalist said cutting my rehearsed speech off, to which set off murmurs travelling throughout the room.
Well plan A out the window.
"Well you see the truth is..."
I look around the room as all wait patiently to carry on.
I then look down at the newspaper with the front page article's title right in front of me.
'Well here goes nothing'
"The truth is..."
I give a toothy grin as everyone listens in, microphones zoning in to get what I was about to say.
"I am the Iron Fury"
The End
-Roll Credits-
-Co-writers-
Supersandman86
Rumbling Night Cutter
-Beta Reader-
Foxmorgorth
-Starring Voices-
Jay Baruchel as Henry 'Hiccup' Haddock
America Ferrera as Astrid Hofferson
Mark Hamill as Alvin 'The Treacherous' Anderson
Gerard Butler as Stephen 'Stoick the Vast' Haddock
Craig Ferguson as Gregory 'Gobber' Belch
Clark Gregg as Philip J. Coulson
Mae Whitman as Heather Hill
Paul Rugg as Savage
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fredrick 'Fishlegs' Ingerman
TJ Miller as Trevor 'Tuffnut' Thorston / Fred
Kristen Wiig as Rachel 'Ruffnut' Thorston
Jonah Hill as Stan 'Snotlout' Jorgenson
Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada
Jamie Chung as Gogo
Genesis Rodriguez as Honey Lemon
Damon Wayans Jr as Wasabi
-Also Starring-
Paul Bettany as Toothless
Kerry Condon as Stormfly
Scott Adsit as Baymax
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Okay okay I can't leave you guys hanging just like that, so like anything Marvel wise.
We leave you with the after credits scene or as I like to call...
Epilogue
Hiccup
Gobbers workshop
I walk around the nearly empty, dark, very dusty room gathering my thoughts at whats occurred in the last year alone.
The whole kidnapping by the outcasts.
Losing my left leg to an explosion and pump full of shrapnel at the same time by my fathers own weapons.
Discovering my old mentor was alive all this time.
Building my first set of armour so we could escape.
Losing Gobber once again.
Being found by a surprisingly worried Astrid who actually kissed me, I'll remember that one till the day I die.
Getting back home, discovering my true potential.
Creating my new leg and next mark of armour.
Upgrading to my more recent one.
Fighting off outcasts.
Discovering that it was Alvin all this time.
Getting disowned by my father.
Losing my arc reactor, resulting in me using the one I originally designed in the cave.
Fighting off Alvin
All to now as I recently announced that I am the Ironfury.
All in all not bad for a Hiccup.
As I walked around the last thing that me and Gobber worked on before he was captured, an old nineteen eighty corvette coupe C three sports car.
I remembered him telling about when he first bought it, he was so proud to have it, even though it broke down a few years after he got it, but he was very stubborn, tinkering with it night and day, me helping him out when I could.
Good times.
But as I remembered about working here with Gobber, it made me realise something.
Something he gave me just before he died.
As I scrabble in my pocket where I usually kept it, I pull out a slightly creased and unopened envelope.
The one he gave me to open when the time was right.
Well after everything I've gone through, this seems like the right time for anything.
I carefully open up the envelope, revealing a letter.
As I start to read it, I realise this was no ordinary letter but something more.
Gregory Belch A.K.A Agent Gobber
Specials Agent of
The Ministry of Official and Obscene Nature
(M.O.O.N)
After looking carefully if there was anymore on the paper, only to find non, I take in all what was said on it.
Gobber was part of M.O.O.N?
"Agent Gobber always liked to shorten it down to moon, a habit our younger agents picked up, out of respect for him, we decided to change it" came an unfamiliar voice in the shadows.
I turn around to where the voice came from as a figure in a long white leather coat steps out from the shadows.
"Who the hell are you?" I simply said as he came closer to me.
"Agent Gobber was right about your... dramatic flare, 'I am Ironfury'? You think you're the only superhero in this world? Mr Haddock you just became part of a bigger universe, you just don't know it yet"
The figure smiled as his one remaining eye focuses upon me.
"The names Emanuel Nials A.K.A Manny, director of M.O.O.N, and I'm here to talk about the Guardian initiative"
Samuel L Jackson as Emanuel 'Manny' Nials
And that's it ladies and gentlemen, we have come to the end of Ironfury, but don't be sad...this is only the beginning. remember to favorite and follow the other three writers. The next ironfury will be on rumbles page.
See you later.
Or as they say in the UK
Tarah!