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Mumbles and whispers could be heard around the Toppat Space Station, that there could be a traitor among the Toppat clan. Most ignored the silly idea, after all, the Toppats were a family. But a few Toppats were starting to get suspicious of their fellow members, some engaging in fights and arguments over so called evidence that was found. With the rising stress of the famed Toppat Killer killing more and more Toppats back on Earth and people missing their family and friends, things were getting tense.
Ellie Rose knew that she needed to get the Toppats to chill, that her and Sven couldn't balance Toppats fighting, making sure Reginald took care of himself and having time to relax, so Ellie decided to speak to Henry about everything, hoping he could make some sort of rousing speech to bring the clan together. But as she walked into Henry's office, she saw something that was anything but.
Henry texting some stranger about Macbeth's plans and telling Green he said hello. Ellie shut the door, hoping to grab Henry's attention, but instead he was still calmly texting, telling this stranger that they would be landing soon. Ellie then stomped her way to Henry, screaming at Henry to get his attention. Henry just closed out his text and casually turned around, pressing a button under his desk to cause the entire Space Station to go into lockdown.
"Henry, what in the hell is going on! What the hell is a Green and who were you sending valuable Toppat information to!?" Ellie was pissed and wanted answers from the person she thought she could trust. Henry just smiled an evil smile as he answered "Ellie, dear naive Ellie, do you know what true pain is?" Ellie gave Henry a sharp glare as he continued "True pain is losing someone close to you, like a close relative, to the cold greed of murder."
Henry took out his handgun and aimed it at Ellie, his expression darkening as he continued speaking "A long time ago, I was a young boy living life as a five year old at a Government affiliated neighborhood. My father was off on a mission to infiltrate the Toppats and sabotage them from the inside, with myself being taken care of by a few of dad's friends. As I was playing with my trucks in my yard, a black car pulled up and several people dressed in uniform came out."
"My dad's friend came out and had started crying once he saw the men. The oldest one, Captain Hubert Galeforce, knelt down to where I was and delivered the news, that my father was killed by the Toppats. My heart shattered and I found myself wailing in agony, crying as Galeforce pulled me into a hug. The next few months were probably the hardest for me, as almost anything would remind me of my dad, causing me to just break down crying."
"Eventually I was adopted by dad's friend and stuck close by Galeforce whenever I saw him, seeing him like a dad who had also been through my pain. As I grew older and eventually graduated high school, Galeforce had called me to discuss a plan to take down those murderers. I accepted."
Ellie tried to reach into her pants pocket to grab her own gun, but Henry shot first, striking her hand and then opposite shoulder before casually continuing his speech, Ellie noticing that the station was getting closer to Earth. "With Galeforce's help, I became Henry Stickmin, quick thinking thief that had a true motive behind everything."
"Me getting caught in that vault, was actually exposing that Winston on the many crimes he was committing. Escaping that prison, just showing police corruption and incompetence among the fellows in blue. Stealing the Tunisian Diamond? Exposing the Toppat's little plan and getting a valuable artifact into the safe hands of the Government."
"With everything said and done, Galeforce had "Stickmin" kidnapped and was blackmailed into infiltrating the Toppat Airship. Of course it was all in act, just in case we were being spied on. The plan was to force the leader to hand me leadership, and the next part of our plan could begin."
Henry quickly fired his gun again, snagging Ellie's other hand as he continued "Stickmin had to earn his trust, and what was the best way then to help cause an entire prison break at the world's toughtest prison, the Wall. No hard feelings to Mr Petrov or his hard working crew, but taking down those murderers were far more important. And you know the rest of the story, we go to the Toppat launch site, set Right to be captured by our men and off to space we went."
Henry turned back around to pull out his cellphone and calling someone, knowing Ellie couldn't fight back due to her wounds and was in too much shock to say anything. "General, this is Special Ops Henry Suave speaking. We should be landing in roughly a few minutes. The station is locked down so the armories can't be reached, making it easier on everyone to be rounded up. It feels good to finally enact some justice on these murderers. ...Thank you sir, that means alot coming from you. Henry Suave, out."
Ellie just watched as the Toppat Space Station crash landed into the lush jungle below, with door being blown open and Government soldiers marching in droves. Ellie felt two hands grab her as she just screamed at Henry "You bastard! You two timing son of a bitch!". Henry just watched Ellie get taken away, Henry throwing his hat to the ground and stepping on it.
It was good to get revenge for those that were lost.