Henry Stickmin: The Extended Collection

Stealing the Diamond

July 8th, 2010
Arizona, United States of America

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"As the mayor...I hereby declare...the Tunisian archeological exhibit...open!

I stared at my TV, pondering about stealing that very diamond on my screen...

"Yes, thank you. Myes."

I switched the TV off and grabbed my keys before setting off to the museum for the heist of the century...

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The weather was peaceful under the night sky, perfect for my operation. I had brought my trusty scooter with me, with hopes that it could aid me during the operation. I could see the riches now... the diamond would have me set.

I flicked on my scooter, listening to the exhaust fire up. The descent from the hill overlooking the museum was short but thrilling as I came pummelling towards the two guards protecting the museum entrance. I rammed through the door, wiping out one of the guards in the process.

Two other guards stared at me in confusion as I prepared to continue the journey into the medieval exhibit.

"Whoa!" one of the guards uttered as I zipped by. He quickly flicked on his radio. "Uh, we got a breach headed towards the medieval section."

"Uh, roger that, we're preparing to engage, over." a voice replied on the other end.

I quickly snagged a buff shield off the wall as I zipped through the blockade at the end of the long hallway. My ride flew past a sleeping guard right on the entryway to the diamond's room, but I couldn't stop my scooter in time, in turn breaking the glass shielding the diamond. Quickly, I attached the diamond to a tow cable hooked up to my scooter, before zooming away once again.

"...and after that they just up and arrested him." a guard said to his colleague, having a discussion with him in a neighbouring room, unaware of the events next door.

"Whoa, really?" the colleague replied.

"Yeah. That's when I decided I should probably get a different job. I figure night guarding is much less dangerous than driving a-"

Before he could finish, I drove by on my scooter with the Tunisian diamond dragging behind me.

"Crap." the guard said, witnessing the diamond being stolen.

Now outside and on the road, police cars were in hot pursuit of me and my scooter. One of the officers started firing at me, so with no defences I reached down and grabbed a rock, throwing it back at the shooter. It was a direct hit, as the officer fell unconscious, dead on the spot.

"Officer down! Repeat! Officer down!" the driver yelped into the radio.

A helicopter following alongside the police car had a sniper ready and waiting onboard. He began blasting, so naturally I activated a safety bubble, lasting just long enough to allow me to make it into a tunnel.

But alas, all hope was seemingly lost as I hit the edge of a destroyed bridge. I was surrounded by policemen, all aiming their respective weapons at me.

"Sir! Place your hands where I can see them!" an officer ordered.

As he said this, I kicked the diamond back so I would fall down into the river below. The police rushed to the scene, peering down at the river. I was gone... or so they thought...

I washed up on the riverbank, my scooter in pieces. What wasn't in pieces however, was the diamond. The mission... succeeded? One thing was for sure though, and that was that I needed to use scooters more often.