At some point, drawn by the noise and the commotion, Zuko had arrived in time to see his best buddy puny student smacked to the ground by an alien thug several times his size.

He didn't stick around to risk getting de-handed himself, and managed to find a doctor right about when the commotion ceased.

"You can probably figure it out from here."

He hung around in case Hiccup needed carrying to the Medbay.