WHO Hiccup Haddock & Erik Lehnsherr WHAT Rescuing WHEN Saturday night [backdated] WHERE Erik's house WARNINGS TBD, will update if needed STATUS Closed | Incomplete
Hiccup hadn't thought much of Erik's distance over the past few days. They both had bouts of needing time apart so he tried not to take it too personally and focused on spending time with the dragons or working at the shelter. It helped some, but sleep definitely hadn't come easy and it showed. Even Toothless was getting restless and when the network started buzzing about something taking over the town and needing fire to root it out, they'd jumped at the chance to do something.
They'd cleared out more than a few of the creature's root systems before Hiccup even thought to check on Erik to see if that was why he'd been more distant than usual. He and Toothless flew over to the house and Hiccup ran inside. He didn't spare a second thought as he burst into Erik's room, his sword at the ready and lit. The pod was startling up close and he advanced cautiously. It was clear that Erik was inside of it. Hiccup put his hand up to the outside of it for a moment and felt the weight of his failure for a moment. He was going to have to make this up to his friend somehow, but it would have to start with a rescue.
Hiccup stepped back and sliced through the root system, which caused the shell to start disintegrating. All he could do now was wait for Erik to wake up.