Fragments of a Broken Timeline [Book 3]

Ch.8 Altitude Sickness

It was time to finish things. After the gang dealt with the guards with the special sushi Yukina and Rioichi had made, it was time to go confront El Jefe, so Bentley decided to go over the plan with everyone.

"Alright, we have all the intel we need -- El Jefe has played dictator for the last time and it's time to bring him down! First, we need to open those Dragon Gates. Thanks to Yukina and Rioichi's special sushi rolls, the guards are out for the count. Sly, you'll need to gain access to the switches inside the dragon's mouths. Next, we'll need to open the Palace Sword Gate, however, the bridge is crawling with guards, so we'll need to create a diversion. Murray, you, Sly, Rae, and myself will need to distract the guards. Once they're occupied with us, Rioichi and Yukina can make their way under the bridge, throw the switch, and open the gate. Then, once we get that gate open, there's nothing stopping us from taking the palace and putting El Jefe in his place. Via la revaloution!"

"Calm down, Napoleon..." Rae said nonchalantly.

Bentley merely rolled his eyes. "Let's just get this thing underway..." He said, everyone getting up as they all head out for the mission, Sly being the first to leave so he could open the Dragon Gates. "Hey, Rae, you should tag along with Sly."

"Why?" She asked, folding her arms.

"To make things go by faster. Look, you don't even have to talk to him, just get the job done as quickly as possible, that's all I'm asking."

The fox sighed. "Fine, whatever..." She then turned to Sly, grabbing his ear as she began to drag him.

"Ouch!! Hey! What are you doing!? Let go of my ear!" He whined.

"Hurry up, we have shit to do." She replied coldly, releasing his ear.

Sly rubbed his ear, regretablly trudging behind the fox. "This is gonna be a long trip..." He muttered to himself.

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When the two got to the Dragon Gate, Rae quietly approached the guard. She snuck up behind him, only to use the bottom of her cane to hit the guard in the back of the head, knocking him out. Once the guard hit the ground, she reached over and took the key from his pocket before walking over toward the left. She spun the key on her finger before grabbing onto it and unlocking the padlock on the rotator. Once unlocked, Rae climbed on top of it and began to walk, spinning the barrel. This caused the mouth of the first dragon to open up. After it was open and locked in place, Rae climbed down and walked toward the mouth, peering inside of it.

"...I'm not seeing a switch in here." Rae said, when suddenly...

Whiiirrr...!

"Huh?" Rae raised an eyebrow, and that's when she got closer, only to see the back of the throat begin to light up.

"Rae, get down!!" Sly shouted.

"What--oof!"

Boom!

The fox was tackled to the ground by Sly, who noticed the dragon was able to spit out a fireball. He glanced back at the dragon head, then Rae, who was pushing herself to sit up, and then the dragon head again, pushing himself to stand. "And you tell me to stop being so reckless..." Sly then said, sounding aggravated.

Rae just glared as Sly pulled a small cube out of his pocket.

"Now let's see if this thing Bentley made to compact that armor works..." Sly said aloud.

He pressed a small button on top of the cube, and seconds later, it unfolded as the armor appeared around him, smirking a bit. "Nice! Man, that Bentley, always thinking."