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A helicopter lands on the heli-pad at the government camp.
And after it landed, the two friends head out of it and walks to the tent where he general is.
And once they do, it seems like that he was already waiting for them to appear.
“Hey there General. What’s going on?” Charles said.
“Ah, hello Charlie and Henry. I got another mission for you two today.” General Galeforce said.
“What is the mission General?” Henry said by doing sign languages.
“Well do you guys remember when we sent all those Toppats to jail and even stopped their plans to launch themselves into outer space?” The General asked.
“Yeah, thanks to my awesome gadgets and Henry’s predictability,” Charles replied while grabbing his friend.
“Well turns out that 2 days ago, 3 Toppats members escaped from jail and are now planning on hacking into the security system to shut off all of it’s powers and causing the remaining ones to escape. Also here’s the ones that have escaped from jail.” The General said but not before he gives one of the friends a file which contains pictures of the 3 escaped Toppats.
And when both Charles and Henry look at it, they see the names of who escaped from jail.
And their names are Carol Cross, Earrings and The Witch.
“So did the witch used her powers to teleport herself and the other 2 out of jail? since from what I recall she does have a magic wand which she might’ve been able to sneak in when the Toppats were arrested.” Charles said in confusion.
“That’s right Charlie. And I think that you and Henry here will do another great job taking them down before it’s too late. I believe in you boys.” General Galeforce said.
“Thanks. As you can always count on us to save the day.” Henry said while doing sign languages.
And so afte that the 2 friends run out of the tent and back onto the helicopter.
Where Charles pilots it to the forest.
As that’s where the 3 escaped Toppats are.
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After a few hours of flying, the helicopter was finally at it’s destination.
And just in time too as Charles sees that the 3 escaped Toppats have also set up camp some how.
“Hey Henry, I think you might want to take a look at this. Yeah it appears that these convicts set up a little camp. And by the looks of it that must be Carol with a laptop that would certainly help them with freeing the others.” Charles said to his friend while also pointing at the one who is holding a laptop.
So realising that they have reached their destination,
Henry uses a parachute to fall to the ground safely.
But then when he tries to run towards the 3 Toppats, he is stopped by the river.
As it turns out that their camp is on the other side of the river.
And the reason that Henry can’t go through it is because well he can’t swim. {which is proven by one of the fails of Cleaned Em Out and in that Fan game Surviving the Seas which takes place after The Betrayed}
But thankfully Charles checks on him on the earpiece.
“Hey there, you look kinda pale, what’s the matter? You can’t swim? Oh I get it, especially if you have a massive fear of drowning. But don’t worry because I have something that will help.” Charles said to his friend.
And so he presses a button on the control panel which causes a tightrope to appear from the helicopter {The same one from the Special Brovent Ops ending}
And remembering how helpful it was during that rocket mission,
Henry jumps and grabs onto the tightrope.
Just as the helicopter flies towards the camp.
“Oh right, time for Operation: Black Magic to be put into action once we get there.” Charles said confidently.
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Meanwhile
At the little campsite, Carol was busy hacking the security system at the prison.
While Earrings looks at her hardwork with amazement.
While The Witch was still practicing on her magic with her wand.
“It’s almost completely ladies, the hacking is at 80% now. Once it get’s to 100% all of the security system will be down and all of the captured Toppats will be freed to continue on our plans of world dominance.” Carol said to the two others.
“And why do you care about it? Isn’t Sven our leader?” The Witch asked.
“Actually and because when he sees that it was my idea of freeing the Toppats, he’ll be so impressed that he will make the newest leader of the Toppat Clan!” Carol replied as she even does an evil laugh.
“You, leader come on? Don’t forget that I was the one who freed you and Earrings from jail thanks to my magic, so I should be the new leader.” The Witch said.
“Actually, have there ever been a female Toppat clan leader before?” Earrings asked one of them.
“No, I don’t think so. But it will be a huge achievement for me of becoming the first. Isn’t that right The Bitch?” Carol said.
Leaving The Witch annoyed.
“First my name’s not The Bitch it’s The Witch. And secondly I should be the first female Toppat leader, you’ll just abuse your powers.” The Witch said to Carol angrily.
“Oh fuck no bitch! You’ll just use your magic to make everything more easier to you and to make everything harder for everyone!” Carol said in an angry tone of voice.
And so while the two of them have an argument about who will be the first female leader of the Toppat clan.
Earrings look at the sky and sees the government helicopter {alongside Charles and Henry} flying towards their camp.
“Uh guys? We got the government coming to our asses at 10 o’clock stat!” She said to the other two.
Causing them to stop arguing and look at what’s going on too.
“Oh great, it’s those dummies who locked up everyone in the clan. Man your battle station ladies, I gotta go get my bazooka.” Carol said as she runs to her tent.
And while she’s gone, both The Witch and Earrings try to shoot Henry down with their guns.
But thankfully he was able to let go of the tightrope and land on the ground with a superhero landing.
“Aah! He’s here!” Earrings said in fear.
“Alright! Let’s go take out the girls and destroy the laptop before the hacking reaches to 100%! We can do this!” Charles said to Henry with a happy tone.
“Don’t run to the laptop or else I’ll turn you into a slimy frog!” The Witch said as she pulls out her wand in a scared tone.
But then just when he was about to run towards the laptop,
Carol runs towards him while screaming and punches him in the face.
“Yay Carol!” Earrings said in happiness.
“Get Rekt, you rotten boy!” The Witch said.
And then he falls to the ground thanks to that punch.
And just when things couldn’t get any worse,
Suddenly Henry sees that Carol is holding a bazooka to his face.
As it’s almost like she’s going to shoot him with it.
But after a few seconds of thinking, she decides not to.
“You know, I would’ve just shoot you with my bazooka and you would be dead. But instead I’m gonna shoot the helicopter so that it won’t bother us with our plans.” Carol said to the boy.
And then she shoots the bazooka at the helicopter as it hits the main engine of it.
Causing the helicopter to start flying out of control with Charles trying his best to keep it under control.
“Oh no, I’m losing control. I’m losing control Henry! I don’t know where it will land but hopefully I’ll survive, hopefully I’ll-“ Charles said to his friend while trying to stay calm.
But not before the helicopter crash lands into the river.
Where it fully sinks into the water.
Much to Henry’s worries and fears for his friend.
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It didn’t take long before Charles regained conscious after the helicopter crashed land.
As he sees that he was covered in bloods and a few bits of glass.
And it took him a while to realise that the helicopter was now underwater.
A worst case scenario for anyone in a vehicle accident.
But thankfully he’s calm about the situation and that he needs to escape.
So he tries to open the door, to his side.
But because of the water it was too hard to budge.
So he tries to get to the one in the back,
But when he tries to get the seatbelt off him, he sees that they also won’t budge.
And just when things couldn’t get any worse.
He felt something on his feet.
“Wait, why are my shoes getting wet?” Charles asked in confusion.
And that’s when he sees it,
The damage from the bazooka must’ve caused a hole to appear.
And is now flooding the entire inside of the helicopter.
Which freaks out the young pilot.
Only thing to do now before it’s too late is to call out to Henry through the headphones.
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Also Meanwhile
After getting back up from the ground,
Henry decides to fight with the 3 female Toppats,
While also trying to get to the laptop and destory it before the hacking is complete.
But Carol isn’t going to let anyone touch her stuff,
So she tries to shoot him down with her bazooka!
And everything was going fine,
Until suddenly he hears a distress call from Charles.
“Henry are you there? Listen, I’m trapped underwater and the helicopter is starting to get flooded with water, plus I don’t think I have that much time to live. And even though I know that you can’t swim, try to send a distress call to the government and hopefully they’ll come and rescue me. So please save me! I’m too young to die man!”
But before he can respond to what his friend was saying,
This distracted him long enough to get hit by Carol’s bazooka.
Causing him to drop the earpiece.
“Aw, what’s the matter? Worried that your friend might die? Well that’s too bad buddy.” Carol said to the boy.
But despite this, Henry tries to get to the laptop to destroy it.
But was stopped by The Witch as she uses a levitation spell on him,
Which causes him to get knocked into a nearby tree.
“Hah! Your almost too late you son of a bitch! The hacking’s at 90% now! Give up now or face our wrath!” Carol said but not before she, The Witch and Earrings all do a evil laugh together.
All the while, Henry hears his friend’s panicked voice on the earpiece.
“Hello? Henry? Anybody?”
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“Please respond? I know that we need to stop the hacking but help me first!” Charles said in a panic.
As the helicopter was nearly flooded from the water.
With the young pilot trying to keep his head up from the water.
As even though he’s been on dangerous missions before,
It was still scary for him to drown.
“Please!”
After saying that, he holds his breathe and dives underwater as the helicopter becomes fully flooded by water.
And even though it was starting to freak him out.
He remembered that when the water is full, the door would be able to budge.
So he tries the door to his side again,
But it still doesn’t budge.
So he tries to take the seatbelts off him in order to check the middle door.
And after a few failed attempts, he hears a click.
Meaning that he was able to have the seatbelt off him and is now able to check out the middle door.
But just like with the other one, it didn’t budge.
But he doesn’t want to give up,
So he tries again, and again, and again, and again.
Until his lungs couldn’t take it anymore and force him to not only let go off the door handle.
But also force him to release all of the air he had in it.
And then began to inhale water which he is unable to stop.
As even though he did tried to cough it out, it just resulted in more water going into his lungs.
And did I mentioned that the burning sensation in the lungs felt like it was on fire the whole time.
Until eventually he starts to lose conscious.
But he still hopes that his best friend Henry will save him from this painful death right?
Right?
“Someone help, please I need help. Henry, please help me.”
Those were his last thoughts before eventually,
He blacks out.
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After recovering from getting knocked into a tree,
Henry was forced to listen to Charles drowning underwater as there was nothing he could do to stop it.
And those were the last things he hears from the earpiece,
As a few seconds later Carol crushes it with her foot.
“Oh no it seems like your friend has died from drowning how sad isn’t it? Anyways your too late! In less then 2 minutes the hacking will be completed and the Toppats will be free once more!” Carol said to the boy as she pulls out her laptop.
Showing him that the hacking has now reached 90%.
But the fact that his friend has drowned because of them had really pissed him off.
So while they do their victory laughs, Henry grabs a time stopping hat from his pocket,
And puts it on.
Causing the 3 Toppats to stop laughing and be confused about what he’s doing.
“Wait a minute? Why does that Top Hat look like it belonged to our Hat Kid?” The Witch asked.
“Nevermind that, as it seems like that son of a bitch right there can’t seem the give up even though we beaten him up and killed his friend.” Carol said.
“Don’t worry I’ll catch him, because I’ve got the net right here!” Earrings said as she pulls out a net.
Then she runs towards him while doing a funny scream.
But then she trips on a rock and was about to catch him because of it.
But Henry uses the hat to slow down time and dodge the capture.
Causing Earrings to fall down and be trapped by her own net.
“Hah, you might’ve catch Earrings but you’ll never capture us. Bitch, use your magic wand on him.” Carol said to The Witch in a commanding voice.
“For the last time, my name is not The Bitch, it’s The Witch!” The Witch said angrily.
And so she points her wand at Henry and starts shooting some spells at him.
But just like with Earrings, he dodges the attacks by using the hat’s time stopping power.
And even kicks The Witch in the back where she wasn’t looking.
Then he grabs her wand and snaps it in half like it was a barn h or something.
Leaving Carol to be the only one left.
Except it wasn’t that hard.
As he kicks her in the face.
And snaps the laptop in half while the hacking was at 99%.
Meaning that he stopped the security system from being hacked in a nick of time.
“No! My laptop! Oh you’ll so pay for that! As this will be the last time you mess with us Toppats!” Carol angrily said to the boy.
As just when she was about to pull out her bazooka,
Henry teleports out of her sight.
And teleports right behind her while holding her bazooka.
“Nothing personal Carol.” He said to her in a serious tone of voice.
And just when she was about to turn around,
Henry shoots her in the face with the bazooka.
And just like that all of the 3 Toppats were knocked out and defeated.
Then after calming himself down for a bit,
Henry dropped the bazooka and runs towards the surface of the river.
As he’s still worried about his friend Charles’s life,
And the fact that he might already be dead.
And even though he still can’t swim,
He’ll still try to rescue his friend from the river.
So he seeing a giant rock next to the unconscious Earrings,
Henry picks it up, holds his breathe.
And dives into the water while holding it.
Hopefully the rescue mission won’t end in disaster right?
Right?
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Upon reaching the bottom of the river,
Henry lets go of the giant rock, and swims towards the helicopter.
To find where Charles is and hopefully bring him back to the surface.
As the first thing he does when approaching the helicopter is opening one of the doors.
And even though it was a bit hard to open due to the water.
Eventually after a few more tries,
The door budges and upon going inside the helicopter, he sees it and becomes scared.
It was Charles, having already drowned and might be on the brink of death already.
And despite his mind telling him to panic about his friend being dead.
Henry managed to stay calm, grab Charles and swim out of the helicopter while carrying his friend.
But then while trying to swim back to the surface {due to how deep the river is}
Henry started to feel his lungs burning,
As it turns out that he can only hold his breathe for 2 minutes.
So he swims faster to avoid a similar fate.
But each time he’s closer to the surface, the more harder it gets for him to hold his breathe.
And then just when he was about to release all of the remaining air he had in his lungs.
He reaches the surface.
And then.
{SPLASH!}
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Upon reaching the surface, Henry was able to take deep breathes but not before he starts to cough like he had a bit of waters in his lungs.
But thankfully that didn’t stop him from carrying himself and Charles onto the sandy surface.
And while lying on it, Henry was able to start breathing again,
But not before he sees that although they had reached the surface in time,
Charles didn’t wake up, cough or even move.
It was almost like he was actually dead.
And this realisation scared Henry a lot and feared for his friend’s life.
As ever since he gotten to know about the pilot {during one of the endings from Infiltrating the Airship} and becoming friends with him,
Henry always had nightmares of Charles dying in brutal ways {with one example being the Valiant Hero ending where Charles sacrifices himslef to save Henry from the orbital station blowing up}
And now that it’s becoming a reality, he doesn’t know what to do now.
But that was when he checked the pilot’s heartbeat and pulse.
And after trying to locate them for a few seconds,
Henry was relieved to see that not only was Charles’s heart was still beating.
But his pulse was still there.
Faint but it’s still there and it’s going strong.
But that didn’t the change the fact that Charles is still unconscious.
And needs medical help.
And although the general did they say that he and the others will come to give them some medical help.
It will take them a few hours to show up and that’s no good.
So Henry decides to give his friend CPR in order to help him breathe again.
The first step was chest compression,
And although Henry did messed up a few times, he was able to get into the hang of the rhythm of it.
But despite that his friend doesn’t wake up.
Then next up was the mouth to mouth procedure,
Which Henry was extremely embarrassed about because who would want to kiss their friend by accident.
But he sucks it up as sometimes it’s ok it give your homie some oxygen.
But despite this Charles still didn’t wake up and his pulse was starting to fade.
Which makes Henry repeat the process all over again,
So that his friend doesn’t die on him.
Until eventually after 4 more rounds,
Henry hears a sound of someone choking , and realsied that it was coming from Charles.
He wondered if he was imagining it or not.
But turns out it was true as he sees his friend waking up and starting to cough up a lot of water he had in his lungs.
He did it,
He actually resuscitated his friend.
He felt proud of himself for doing that.
But he could tell that the coughing sound was a bit too harsh.
Which was understandable considering that Charles was underwater for a few minutes.
So he helps his friend out by rubbing his back in order for more water to be out of his lungs.
Then after a minute of coughing up water,
Charles was finally able to start breathing again much to Henry’s relief.
And it didn’t took a while until his vision started to become normal again.
And realised what happened as he sees Henry smile at him.
“Henry? You saved me, thanks. I knew I could always count on you.” Charles said happily while still doing little coughs.
“You’re welcome.” Henry said to his friend.
Then the pilot see the 3 Toppat members unconscious on the ground.
And realised that Henry took them out and stopped the hacking from being complete upon seeing the broken laptop as well.
And upon seeing those things, the pilot smiles at his friend.
But not before they both lie on the ground feeling exhausted from what happened during the mission.
“So will the convicts still be unconscious by the time General arrives with the other squads?” Charles asked his friend.
Which Henry responds with him nodding his head {which means yes}
“Well that’s good to know.” The Pilot said.
Then they wait for a few hours.
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Until eventually they see a bunch of Government helicopters appearing to pick them up and take the 3 Toppat members back to jail.
And so while some soldiers deal with cuffing the 3 convicts again,
The General escort both Henry and Charles into his helicopter upon hearing what happened to the two.
And then after that the helicopters all fly back to their base.
With one of them {holding Carol Cross, Earrings and The Witch} flying back to the prison.
While the General has a talk with the two friends.
“Can’t believe you nearly drowned back there Charlie. But I’m glad that Henry was there to rescue you, seems like he’s not a bad guy after all.” The General said.
“But what about The Witch, General? Even though her wand was broken she still has some magic to spawn another one.” Charles asked him.
“Don’t worry about it Charlie. As I told the prison to cuff her with some very special minerals known as Vengestones. Thus nullifying her magic and making sure that no Toppat members can escape from jail again.” The General replied.
“Well that’s good to hear. And Henry? Thanks again for saving me back there, I would’ve been a goner without you.” Charles said to his friend as he lifts his fist up to him.
Which Henry does the same.
And just like that the 2 friends do a fist bump to celebrate completing the mission.
Or you can say it was a Mission Complete.