The Prototype

~-Chapter_3-~

<Ghost's POV>

I woke up, I was still with Dusk. I materialised and looked around, we are in a vast forest. I turned back to Dusk and scanned over his mostly broken body. My shell separated and then snapped back together as I resurrected Dusk.

<Dusk's POV>

My optics powered back on and I sit up. Breathing heavily. "Guardian..Are you ok?" Ghost asked. "I...I don't..Know..What happened?" I asked. "Your internal systems and components were damaged, and we were struck by lightning which overclocked your systems. I have no idea where we are" Ghost responded as he glanced around.

We were in a forest, a massive one from what I can tell. I picked the Ace of Spades up and put it to my hip and I stood up. "So, what now. Guardian?" Ghost asked. "No idea, we'll just wander?" I asked. Ghost nodded before de-materialising.

I started to walk in a random direction. Though I tripped several times, I decided to rest and take a seat on a fallen tree.

<???'s POV>

"Why are we out here again?" Toothless asked, tired. The shine from the sun reflected off of his beautiful dark scales. "Well, there was a flash of light, and a flash of orange lightning" I responded. "Point taken" he responded.

We reached a area close to the cove we saw a...At first I thought I was seeing things. Then I thought it was armour.

<Dusk's POV>

"Uh..Guardian? We're being watched.." Ghost said, I stood up and looked around and I saw a human and my shoulder weapon-arm thing extended out and I fired at the human out of instinct, he ducked down behind a log.

I quickly drew the Ace and took aim and shot at the log. 

"Wait wait!" the human shouted.

"Why? How do we know you wont..Do..Something" Ghost said, slowly getting unsure.

Suddenly a black dragon jumped out from behind the log, snarling at me. I backed away. "Toothless stop!" the human shouted to the dragon. The human jumped up from behind the log.

I charged up the laser shot and took aim. "Wait! Guardian!" Ghost said, I stopped charging and powered down the laser shot.

We stood in silence for a moment. "Who are you?" Ghost asked. "I should be asking you that" the human said.

"Well, I am a Ghost, and this is Dusk. He's a Vanguard Night Fury Android unit" Ghost said. "A...What?" the human asked.

"Where are we?" Ghost asked. "Berk?" the human responded. "Scanning archives.." Ghost said, looking away. "Oh...I think I know where we are, thanks" Ghost said, looking back. "Now..Who are you?" Ghost asked the human.

"I'm Hiccup Haddock the third, and this is Toothless" The human said, petting the dragon on the head, calming him.

"What are you?" Hiccup asked us. "I'm a Ghost, as I said. From what I know you don't have anywhere near as good tech that you would need to make us. But we are from another Universe" Ghost tried to explain. "What?" Hiccup asked. "Nevermind" Ghost said.

We stood there in silence for a moment. "Anyways, we should try get back home, Dusk" Ghost said, looking to me. I nodded and tried to shift back to my Universe. But something went wrong and my gut-area sparked like hell and I fell onto the ground in pain.

"Guardian?!" Ghost exclaimed in surprise. I put my hand to where the parts that were sparking were in a vain attempt to stop the pain.

My systems shut down due to the pain..

<Ghost's POV>

Hiccup had taken us to his village, and to his home. Currently Dusk is laying in Hiccup's bed while I got some information from Hiccup, his dad Stoic the vast, and Gobber. Who was the local blacksmith.

I was also repairing Dusk's body. Though some of his systems I can't fix, like the unique parts that allow him to shift between universes, so we're stuck here.

Due to the lightning bolt strike from the storm, some of his plating was damaged, and was digging into some of his systems, so Stoic and Gobber removed them by ripping them off carefully. Thankfully they didn't break anything that wasn't already broken.

<Dusk's POV>

>/System Reboot

/Power_Supply . . . ONLINE

/Core_Systems . . . ONLINE

/Data_Core . . . ONLINE

/Optical_Sensors . . . ONLINE

/Limb_Systems . . . ONLINE

/A.I . . . ONLINE

[Vanguard Mk.1 . . . ONLINE]

Urg...What..Happened?

I opened my eyes slowly as my eyes powered back on. What happened?

"Guardian!" Ghost said, he quickly floated over. "Thank the Light your okay!" he said, happily. "What happened?" I asked, sitting up. "I don't know, I think the components that let you slip between Universes are heavily damaged. And caused a total system failure" Ghost responded.

I looked around my surroundings, we were in a hut of sorts from what I can tell. "Where are we?" I asked. "Hiccup's hut, in his Village. He brought us here" Ghost responded.  looked around again, my vision getting better. I saw Hiccup and two other figures, along with Toothless.

"Again, thank you for letting us stay" Ghost said to one of the figures. "Don't worry about it. Ghost" the figure responded. 

Ghost introduced me to to two figures. Stoic and Gobber. They were nice. 

"You get some rest now, okay?" Stoic asked, I nodded and he and Gobber left.

Hiccup sat down on the bed next to me. "Dusk, where did you come from?" Hiccup asked. "My Universe, I was created as a combat unit, as a prototype" I responded. He looked confused. "Created? Prototype?" he asked.

Ghost explained as best as he could to Hiccup. Though I could tell he was struggling to. Eventually Hiccup got it a bit, Ghost then told me that Hiccup's village is made from Vikings, and are Vikings. So they don't have much tech or anything.

As Hiccup and Ghost spoke I looked around the room again, to see if there was anything interesting that I wouldn't see in my world.

"Guardian, are you alright?" Ghost asked, noticing how I was staring at a wall. "Huh? Oh..Yeah I'm fine" I responded, looking back at Ghost. Giving him a little smile, if he had a mouth he'd smile back. Probably.

I noticed the Ace of Spades on the table next to the bed, along with my cloak, which is a bit burnt. I picked the Ace up and sat it on my lap. Hiccup looked at the gun. "What's that?" He asked.

"It's the Ace of Spades, it's a revolver, which is a weapon from our world. It's like a bow or crossbow, but made of metal and more...Effective" Ghost told him. "It looks cool" Hiccup said. "Yeah, it does" Ghost responded.

I laid back and sighed, feeling tired. "So..Hiccup, you said earlier that there were lots of dragon types. And you mentioned a 'Book of Dragons', can I see it?" Ghost asked Hiccup. "Alright" Hiccup responded as he got of the bed and reached under it, then pulled a large leather-covered book out from under the bed then sit it on the bed then sat down next to it. 

Hiccup showed Ghost the book and I fell asleep. I needed the rest.