A Fourth Option

Note:

So, the Allies routes of Mission were easily in the top of my favorite (Toppat King/Triple Threat anyone?). But Toppat Civil Warfare and the None option of the Thief/Allies route always left me hanging, with TCW being a cliffhanger and the None option, unfortunately, was a fail.

This short story here is just me writing down from the top of my head of what could have happened instead of what actually happened in the None option. So, I hope you enjoy reading.

Update (8/31/20): So after thinking it through what I've posted, I've decided to rework it, adding what I felt was missing and all. So with that said, I hope you enjoy reading.

Also last thing, Ellie actually has her own theme which can briefly be heard at the beginning of Thief/Allies and during the standoff between the three factions. I actually listened to it as I wrote this. :)

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Ellie sped on out of the Wall with the motorcycle and they landed perfectly on the cold snow-covered ground outside the complex. Henry had only been holding onto her with only one hand so he was surprised that he didn't fall off at all as they did. They remained motionless only for a few seconds when Ellie glanced back at him, checking to see if he was fine, and then she continued to drive off again. Henry now held onto the grip on the back of the bike, giving himself a now more comfortable and firm grip. As they drove away from the Wall, the sounds of the sirens, shouting, and shooting from the complex grew distant.

Henry turned around to see the complex's gate to check if anyone was trailing them, but there was no one else other than two guards. But they were on foot and definitely weren't going to try to give chase through this cold heavy snow (especially since they themselves were on a bike). And the other staff and guards must all be too busy handling the prison outbreak to give chase to just the two of them. Though it would be understandable since they were responsible for the outbreak but no one could've known that it was them that actually caused it.

Well, not 'no one'. The Warden seemed to believe that it was him and Ellie that caused the inmate outbreak if his words in the yard after he tackled him was to go by.

"There has not been an incident here in fifty years. And the day you show up this happens."

So, basically Henry and Ellie just made history on this very night at the Wall by not only causing an incident but also escaping! He was pretty surprised by that very fact himself even though he had shades of getting out of very dangerous situations in the past. He had escaped a prison and got off mostly scot-free after stealing the Tunisian Diamond in a guarded museum. Most recently, he had survived the incident with the Toppat Clan's airship after stealing their ruby which left him in the middle of a fight between them, the government he went rogue against, and some other agency that intervened (that also conveniently helped him indirectly escape by the way).

But this time, Henry had felt different about the Wall even with all that mentioned. He had luck, but that would eventually run out, right? He wondered whether or not his first or next choice would be it, and that included the choice of bringing Ellie with him even after she gave him a boost to escape.

As Henry thought that, he finally faced forward to once again see the back of the red-haired girl herself, her own hair moving as the wind blew in their direction as she continued to steer the bike. Henry always did everything by himself so that was what he was used to. He thought that bringing someone else along would change it, possibly screw everything up. But that didn't happen... It went better than he thought it could have. She was competent in everything (Though Henry had wondered why she had to go full-on choking him with the force, or why she even had it, but that's beside the point).