Chapter 5
Henry arrived at his vault with Ellie, Sven planning on meeting them at the rocket, where Charles was currently kept. He looked around the vault, wondering what he should take with him to save Charles.
The teleporter? Sure. His scooter? Definitely. Henry went through his gadgets as he figured out the best way to save Charles.
“So, Why did the Toppats kidnap your friend? Are you important to them or something or does it have to do with his job in the government?” Ellie asked, helping him pack away things for the mission.
Henry debated on telling her. On telling her that he was the Toppat Boss’s son. He hadn’t known her for long. Henry felt like he could trust her. Despite not knowing her for very long, breaking out of the wall together could build a lot of trust, especially as she hit the warden with a stop sign for him.
“My dads are… the leader of the Toppat clan and his right-hand man. We had an argument about six and a half years ago. I disappeared and they’ve been looking for me ever since. Recently when I stole the Queen’s jewels, they caught me on camera and started getting closer to finding me. I was going to go into hiding but wanted to see Charlie before I left since I didn’t want to worry. I’m guessing someone saw me with him…” Henry trailed off, frowning softly. It was his fault that Charlie was kidnapped and he was determined to save him. If that meant that he would have to reveal himself to his dads and have to deal with Charlie possibly hating him, so be it. Henry valued Charles more than the guy knew.
Ellie put a hand on Henry’s shoulder, making him look at her as she smiled at him. “We’ll get Charles back from your dads. Now don’t blame yourself. I wanna use that force gun though at least once too.” Ellie joked towards the end, picking up the gun and grinning at him. Henry smiled, following her.
They’ll get Charles back for sure.
The two escapists arrived at the jungle base, looking around at the multiple Toppats moving around the base, working, and going about their daily lives.
Henry sent a text to Sven, wondering how they would be able to get in. “I’m hoping my friend Sven can get us in. He is dating the guy in charge of cameras and surveillance after all.” Henry told her, making her blink.
“Is that the Sven guy that called you?” She asked him curiously, making him nod.
“Yes, it is. Henry you idiot stop telling people about me and Burt. We still get teased about you setting us up.” Sven said, coming up to the two of them as Henry grinned at him, Ellie giggling beside him. Sven sighed before holding his hand out to Ellie. “Hello. I’m Sven Svensson. I’m this reckless idiot’s childhood friend as well.” He introduced himself.
Ellie smiled, taking his hand. “Ellie Rose. Broke out of the wall with Henry.” Ellie introduced back. Sven’s eyes widened slightly before rounding to Henry, who winced slightly.
“The wall?! You never told me about that?! What the fuck Henry?!” Sven yelled. Henry was glad that they were far enough away fro Sven’s yells to be heard.
“Didn’t come up? Come on Sven I wasn’t even in there for a full day!” Henry replied sheepishly, smiling innocently at Sven.
The Toppat sighed, pinching his nose to try and stop the rising headache. “I’m going to kill you myself one day. Now come on you two, the path will be cleared for only five minutes, so we need to hurry.” Sven told them, leading the way. The two quickly followed behind him.
Sven led them through a path to the doors, leading them inside. They didn’t encounter a single Toppat, which meant luck was on their side for now.
“Once you two are inside, I can’t help you anymore. The main cabin where your fathers are at is on the top floor and the cells are right below them, which means that you will be going through a lot of Toppats if you are caught. Henry, you especially are on a ‘capture on sight’ list.” Sven explained to the two, looking at them as they get to the door. Henry and Ellie nod in understanding. “Burt won’t tell them that you’re on the ship, but try to stay out of the cameras sight anyways to make his job easier. Also, he wants to talk to you soon Henry. He wouldn’t tell me why either.”
Sven looked a little sullen at the idea, making Henry chuckle and nod, him and Ellie walking inside and slipping past a few Toppats.
The best part was that when the Toppats built something, they built it making sure they had more than enough space. Meaning that there were several places they could go through and never be seen.
Henry couldn’t help but feel on edge. Even though the spaceship was much bigger than the airship, something felt off. There shouldn’t be this many empty areas. Henry frowned, stopping to look around.
“Henry? What’s wrong?” Ellie asked quietly, looking back at him.
“We need to find a place out of sight. I feel like we are walking into a trap.” Henry signed to her, motioning her into an empty side room, out of the way of cameras before slipping into the vents where Ellie followed him soon after.
“A trap? Did your buddy betray us?” Ellie asked after following him inside. Henry frowned, crawling through the vents before stopping at an opening to see several Toppats watching the hallway they had just been in.
“I don’t think so. I think they just assumed I would come as soon as possible. Sven is really bad at hiding stuff from me. He has a twitch in his hand whenever he lies and I and Burt are the only ones that have ever noticed it.” Henry explained to her. “I had a bad feeling when I saw the hallways and rooms were too empty to be normal. I think we were being watched as well maybe, not sure. They know my go-to is the vents so we need to find a place to get out as soon as possible before we drop into a trap.”
Ellie frowned before nodding, the two of them crawling through the vents before finding a room that was filled with Toppats discussing strategy. Henry handed Ellie some heavy-duty glue, coating his hands in it before sticking to the ceiling of the room, waiting for her to follow before closing the vent quietly.
The two made their way over the Toppats, making sure to stay quiet to not attract attention. Once they got to the doorway, the two quietly hopped down, slipping into the next room quickly to not get caught.
Henry looked over the map he had snatched from a new recruit, finding the quickest way to travel to the cells, heading up. Ellie followed shortly behind him as Henry reached into his pocket dimension and handed her a stun gun. “I don’t want to kill anyone here. But that should help when there’s trouble.” Henry told her, checking the corner. Two guards in front of the cells. Hmm. There would likely be one inside and Henry did not doubt that they also had a sensor specifically set to go off if he came by.
Henry debated his choices before taking out blow darts, breathing in deeply before shooting two, hitting each guard with one.
Once the two were out, Henry sprayed something, making sure there were no lasers before heading to the door, opening it, seeing no guards inside, and the keys hanging up on the wall by the door.
Charles sat in his cell, relaxing on the bed bored as he heard the door open, looking up as his face brightens. “Henry!” He cried out happily as Henry smiled, unlocking the door.
“Hey Charles, heard you needed a break from Toppat jail.” Henry joked, yelping when Charlie suddenly tackled him. Ellie watched the two with a smug smirk on her face and a snicker.
Charles hugged him tightly, making Henry blush hard as the pilot looked at him smiling brightly, making Henry’s heart skip a beat. “Henry! I missed you!” Charles told him. “I didn’t see you for a month and then I get kidnapped by the Toppats asking questions about you. You really did give them the slip huh?”
Henry chuckled, hugging back happily, glad that Charles was alright. “Yeah, must-have. They didn’t hurt you did they?” Henry asked, looking him over as the two got up.
“Nope! The worst they did was throw me in this cell and yell in frustration when I couldn’t answer some stuff. Though a few questions were strange.” Charlie finished, thinking curiously.
Henry could only guess what they asked him.
“Uhh Henry, not wanting to ruin your reunion, but the guards are starting to wake up.” Ellie piped up, making the two look at her and then at the guards that were starting to move.
Henry was quick to drag them through the other set of doors, running through the halls as alarms went off, hopping into an elevator and smashing a button without looking as Toppats started to storm the halls at the sound of an intruder.
The three stayed in the elevator nervously. Henry leaned against the wall, knowing that their cover was blown.
The elevator doors opened and the three hurried out. “Welcome home Henry, it’s been a while son,” Reginald spoke, standing in front of them with a hand on his hip, while Right Hand Man stood beside him with his arms crossed.
Dread filled Henry.