Unhinged // Lego City Adventures

Chapter Nine: The Plan

The broken doors room was quiet. The rebellion was really stumped trying to think of a plan out of Paradoors. They have thought of various plans such as sneaking into the palace at night, or purposely capturing and taking over the palace. But those plans had two main problems: it was dangerous because so far anyone who confronted Tippy had disappeared, and no one even knew the layout of the palace.

     They were all silent, trying to brainstorm, when Harl stood up. "I think I have a plan."

     Duke was sitting on a crate; he had one leg up on the crate and one leg placed on the dusty floor. He knew what Harl was probably going to say, but he still allowed him to speak.

"Ok, I think what needs to happen is that I need to help Tippy! I know him very well, so I think I could get through to him!"

     Everyone in the meeting groaned. Duke pinched the bridge of his nose.  "Harl, how many times do we have to tell you? We can't help Tippy. No one can. He's too far gone. I mean, didn't you see him when he locked us all in the bunker to starve? He even turned Cluster against us just to get what he wants."

     Harl looked at the ground and softly kicked at the dust at his feet. "We could always try."

     Duke stood up. "No, that would be too dangerous. We don't want anything to happen to you. It's my responsibility to protect everyone."

     Harl sat back down, looking dejected, and the room fell silent once more

     Someone barged through the gaping hole that was being guarded by Morris and Morris. Bob ran up to everyone, panting.

     "I found Clemmons!" He was barely able to get the words out.

     Freya immediately stood up and covered her mouth in shock, speechless.

     Duke approached Bob, urgent. "How did you find him?"

     "Tippy brought me there. Clemmons somewhere in the palace."

     "And you are sure it wasn't a trap."

     Bob looked down at himself. "Nothing happened to me."

     Mayor Fleck stood up "Hmmm. That's odd."

     Duke looked back at Fleck through his sunglasses "Agreed. Nobody has seen Tippy without disappearing." He turned his attention back to Bob. "But I am glad you are safe and know where he is." 

     "Yes" said Bob, "but now that we know where he is we can break him out and leave this place!"

     "Slow down there partner." There was a shadowy figure in the back leaning against the wall. Even though it was hard to see him, it was quite obviously Snake Rattler.

     "Even with Clemmons, Tippy will be too powerful with all the doors around." Snake stepped forward with his hands on his sides, gripping his belt.

      Duke spoke. "Snake has a point."

     Freya had recovered from her shock and spoke. "Well what if we got rid of all the doors?"

     Duke was curious. "It would take years to break every single door, plus I'm sure Tippy would catch on by then."

     They were all stumped until Freya's eyes lit up. "But what if we got rid of them all at once?"

     Duke had his finger on his chin. "Go on."

     "Almost all of the doors are made out of wood, this whole world is a fire hazard. If I were to start a fire, it would spread very quickly considering just how many doors there are. Tippy can't get through a singed door"