"It's a nice trick when it works," Saralegui commented dryly with a pointed look at the twisted metal remains of the door, and then unceremoniously ducked through the gap Hiccup had created. At least the air and heat seemed to be working beyond this point, even if the lights were still out.

"Wait," he said, pausing just inside the doorway, voice suddenly low. "Do you hear that?"

It might have been some other piece of machinery malfunctioning or something. But he could swear it had sounded like distant footsteps up ahead.