The Sonicverse Stickmin Collection- We Are Triple Threat

Chapter 3

The Airship raid of months prior was most definitely a setback to Reginald Copperbottom's plans. He had to pull a lot of strings to ensure the safety of himself and his trusted Right hand mobian. But in a matter of hours, it would all be worth it. The Toppat leader himself was currently watching as the final crates of treasure from past raids were being loaded into the rocket. His Right Hand stood beside him, keeping a sharp eye out for any government spies that may have heard about the operation. The clan was too far to be shut down now, and this was a fact that both Reginald and Right knew all too well.

"Right?" The black cat looked to the coyote momentarily, "I need you to be honest with me about something.."

"'f course." Right responded with his usual cockney accent, as he looked to the leader.

"This operation.. I-in the end, do you believe it was truly a good idea? I know, I really shouldn't be having doubts while we're this far with it.. but you know..."

Reginald drifted off with his words, thinking back to a previous time. A time he did not enjoy one bit. Right put a firm hand on his shoulder, and looked him directly in the eye.

"Oi, you aren't lettin' that Mongoose's words get to y'now, are you? 'Yer plans are amazin'.. please stop doubting yer'self." The Toppat leader smiled warmly at his right hand.. right. This was a great plan.. an absolutely wonderous plan..

It couldn't possibly fail.

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"And then I suggested crashing my helicopter into the airship, buuut the Captain and Rupert both kept me from doing it..."
During the whole flight to the DoggoBoggo Jungle, Charles had been telling Ellie all about the last time he and Henry dealt with the Toppats. Talking had been a fantastic distraction from the hours upon hours of flying. It seemed to help Ellie calm down some, even if she had already been calm.
He would've continued, had he not spotted the jungle, as well as the massive rocket that stuck up behind a majority of the trees and hills.

"Alrighty! We're here you two." The hound tossed Ellie and Henry two pairs of headsets, "We'll use those to keep in contact with each other while you're down there..."

The two mobians equipped their headsets and nodded to each other, before Henry slid open the Helicopter's door, looking down at their destination. He looked back at Charles, as he tapped on his headset,

'A-r-e y-o-u c-o-m-i-n-g-?' He tapped in Morse code.

"I would? But someones gotta keep the helicopter in the air! I'll still be keeping an eye on you two, though. Besides, they've got security down there. Any closer and I'll be shot down." Charles chuckled to himself, although the idea of being shot down wasn't entirely funny to him.

"No worries, We can get there from here," Ellie grinned at Henry, then back down at their destination, "Where we droppin', boys?"

Henry put a hand to his chin, silently thinking.. alright, he's been through a couple options already. Wings and parachutes were definite no-go's. He looked to Charles, as he tapped his headset more. Charles took a moment to decipher what Henry was saying, and grinned.

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Of all of the things that could've been thought up for this, a jetpod was the last thing that would've come to mind. In fact, she wondered how one of these had even fit in Charles' helicopter.
The jetpod glided smoothly through the air, up until it crashed into a turret, having almost tried shooting them down. The Fox and hedgehog stumbled out of the crashed AirPod. Ellie turned around to look at the crash, whistling as she crossed her arms.

"That was.. oddly smooth."

Henry nodded, before turning back around to examine the rocket that needed to be infiltrated. He couldn't help but imagine a previous adventure. In another time. A time where he was much more selfish than anything. Took advantage of that Airship raid to steal that ruby.. faking his own death at The Wall.. all leading up to what he would've called his most gutsy heist ever. Stealing an entire rocket! He couldn't help but smile a bit, remembering that view of space. To him, it was an experience that he could never repeat. The sort of experience that loses its magic the more times you see it, like a brand new blockbuster film... not that he saw many of those.

Ellie had spotted Henry seemingly staring off while she was asking him something, and shook him a bit.

"Henry? Henry. I know it's tempting but we don't have time to be day-dreaming." She teased slightly, before repeating her previous question, "Now how are we going to get *in* the rocket..."