As soon as the airship landed, Sven busted open the door and the whole of the Toppat clan spilled out, immediately shooting their guns.
Except for Sven.
"What are you doing?! SHOOT!" Carol screamed, aiming their shotgun at one of the soldiers.
"I need to know Burt's okay!" Sven cried.
"He's fine! But you won't be if you don't shoot!" Carol spat.
"You don't know that!" Sven, despite this, shot at a soldier.
He turned to the airship, again and with joy, spotted Burt scaling the stairs with a rifle.
"Burt! You're okay!" the Swede exclaimed.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Burt tilted his head.
"No reason..." Sven lied.
He shot his pistol at one of the government soldiers, only to have them shoot back.
He quickly avoided it.
"I do-don't know if we can win this f-fight!" he stammered to Carol.
"You can't give up just because you missed once!" Carol contradicted.
"I-I-"
"Don't give up, Sven!" Burt wasn't shooting.
"Wh-Why are you not shooting?" Sven asked quietly.
Burt didn't reply.
"Burt... Please... We can't do this without you." Sven clutched Burt's jacket with one hand while shooting some nearing soldiers with his pistol.
"I-I can't..."
"Why..?"
"G-Guns..."
"Are you... Scared of guns..?"
Burt nodded silently.
Would've been nice to know that earlier.
"Please, just try! We need you!"
"Why?! What good is a new recruit to the Toppat clan who can't pull a trigger?!"
"You're important for more things than just shooting a gun!"
"Like what?! I can't protect you!"
Not 'I can't protect the Toppat clan'? Just... Me..?
Sven shook his head.
"And bringing a knife to a gun fight isn't useful either!"
"Burt! They're just weapons!"
"Weapons that killed my family!"
Sven stopped.
"What..?"
"When I was part of the government, my parents died when I was young," Burt growled.
"I-I knew that! Hat Girl told me! B-But... The Toppat clan... Killed your parents..?"
"Mhm. My pregnant mother."
Sven sighed and trembled.
He didn't know the Toppats had killed his family.
So...
Burt was loyal to the people that had killed his parents.
And Sven...
Was the leader.
He had a crush on somebody who's entire family had died because of his clan.
"I-I'm so sorry..." Sven whispered.
"Y'know..." Burt began lowly. "It's the people that matter, not the clan. It can be good one day and awful the other. And that's because of the attitudes of the people."
"But the Toppat clan killed your family," Sven protested. "You must have a grudge against them!"
"Correction; I had a grudge against the people that killed my family. But, like I said, the people matter. I can have a grudge against the people that killed my family, but not the Toppat clan," Burt told him.
"Who killed your family..?"
"Someone called Reginald Copperbottom."
Sven froze.
He numbly stepped away, frosty blue eyes tearful and heartbroken.
In that moment, he was yanked back and a gun pointed at his head from behind.
Burt's eyes widened. He stared at the person.
Who... Who is it..?
"Ch..."
The head of communications shook his head and began shakily again.
"Ch-Charles..?"
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The New Toppat (Curtisson)
FanfictionThe government is on their tail. Sven's so overworked and stressed, and nothing can help him. Everybody's assuring him but none are getting to him. He believes that it's all his fault because he failed to be the leader they thought he would be. He i...
