NON Sam and max stories (mostly THSC)

Toppat civil war part 2: toppat takedown (end)

(art by PopTevin on reddit) 

~2 days before operation "sinking the airship" (henry chose the name)~

It was morning, and Henry and Galeforce were busy planning out their upcoming raid on the airship.

"So what exactly is your plan to 'take them out' as you put it?" the general asks.

Henry smiles. "Well one of my guys actually came up with a pretty brilliant plan, it was just poorly thought out. So I made some modifications to it." he says, setting down a piece of paper, which was a diagram he had drawn of the airship. "Okay, so basically, my guys and your guys are all gonna fly up there in the choppers, and be brought in at different points." Henry explains, circling some spots on the airship with his finger. "We're gonna drop off, so we have them surrounded at all sides, and take out any toppats that we see."

He smiles. "But then when I get on the ship, I'm gonna confront their new leader, or as I like to call her, 'rosebush'." He says.

"And while I'm busy doing that, my and your guys will plant explosives all over the ship. Then, once everyone on our side is safely off, we press the button and blow the sucker sky high!" he giggles. "Well, even higher than it already is."

Galeforce considers this. "Hmm... and you're 100% sure that's the plan you wanna go with?"

Henry nods. "Yes. I think it's the best way to clean up this mess."

Galeforce shrugs. "Alright, it's your operation," he says. "We'll help you out with it the best we can."

Henry gives him a big smile. "Thanks sir, it means a lot."

Later that evening, Henry was relaxing at the edge of the base, looking over the cliff at the jungle.

"S-sir?" Thomas's voice says.

Henry turns around, seeing he'd just walked up.

"Oh hello, thomas. How are you?" he asks with a smile.

"I... I'm..." Thomas looks nervous.

"I'm... not ok..."

He answers, wringing his hands and looking at the ground.

Henry's smile fades. "What's wrong...?" he asks.

"I... I'm scared about the mission..." Thomas says, looking up at henry.

"i-i'm just... What if the operation doesn't succeed...? What if we all die...?"

He says, tears in his eyes.

Henry sighs, and hugs him gently. "Hey, hey, calm down tommy..." he strokes his back gently. "Everything is going to be okay. It's a really well thought out plan, and everything is planned out down to the wire. There's no way it'll fail."

Thomas blushes a little bit, hugging back. "W-well, i-It's not just that..." he says. "I'm mostly scared about what'll happen to you..."

He pulls back, taking Henry's hands and looking in his eyes.

"I'm mostly afraid that... when you confront rosebush... she's gonna kill you."

Henry then laughs. "What, do you think I'm not strong enough to take down that wench?"

Thomas's eyes widened. "N-no, it's just that... she might be stronger than you expect..."

He lets go of Henry's hands. "A-as you know, i..." he blushes a bit. "care for you deeply, sir, and..."

He looks into his eyes. "I don't know what I'll do if we lose you..." he says, tearing up again.

Henry was silent for a moment.