"You could even say it was the greatest-" Charles was cut off by an explosion. Henry watched helplessly as the Toppat Orbital Station exploded, with Charles in it.

"No, Charles!" Henry screamed, hitting his fist against the escape pod door. "No..."

Henry sat straight up in bed with a yelp. Another nightmare. He had explored all of his possible options as he broke into the bank, stole the diamond, infiltrated the airship, fled the complex, and completed his mission, and he could remember all of the possible endings to his story. There were some good ones, Toppat King, Special Brovert Ops, and his favorite, Triple Threat, which he had stayed in. However, the bad ones, like Toppat Civil Warfare, The Betrayed, and worst of all, Valiant Hero, often came back to haunt him in his nightmares.

"Henry, are you alright?" Henry glanced over to his bedroom door and saw his roommates and covert-ops partners, Charles and Ellie.

"Yeah, just a dream. Nothing to worry about," Henry answered, trying to convince them, and himself, he was fine. They saw through his lie.

"Are you sure? I heard you screaming," Ellie replied. Great. His problems were bothering them now. He didn't want to tell them about the alternate timelines if he didn't have to. It would only confuse them, and possibly put them in danger.

"Positive. You can go back to bed if you want."

Henry laid awake in bed, afraid to fall asleep and dream his awful dreams again. He eventually drifted off.

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Henry woke up the next morning much better off than he had been earlier in the night.

"Mornin' Henry! Ready for the big mission today?" Charles asked as he walked into the living room. Charles was definitely a morning person,

unlike Henry, who let out a yawn in response.

"C'mon Henry, maybe give me a bit more enthusiasm!" Charles answered.

"Yay, big mission," Henry replied. He was excited, just not in the same way as Charles. First he needed to get something to eat. Ellie walked into the room as well.

"Morning guys! You good Henry?" She asked. Henry nodded. He felt better since his nightmare earlier. She started making some scrambled eggs, while Henry sipped his tea. They ate some breakfast and headed toward the military base.

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Henry and Ellie chuckled as they went into the hangar. Charles stood next to his Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, patting it and giving it a pep talk like it was his child. His nine ton, six million dollar child. Henry heard a bit of Charles' conversation. "You better not get shot or anything today, I just washed and waxed you yesterday!" Henry laughed, and Charles gave him a little glare.

Charles hopped into the pilot's seat, while Henry and Ellie took their normal seats on some crates in the cargo area. Charles started his chopper and wheeled it out to the helipad. The blades started spinning and they flew into the sky, giving Henry a mini adrenaline rush. He'd done this plenty of times, but it would never get boring.

"Let's go over the plan again," Ellie said.

"Okay, so we're flying to the old Toppat Launch Site, since we got some reports that there were a few members still around. You two will go in and scout around. You can parachute in toward the control tower. I'll stay in the helicopter, but if you need backup, I'll be here. Sound good?" Ellie and Henry nodded.

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A few hours later, Team Triple Threat arrived at the former Toppat Launch Site. Henry looked at the vines slowly overtaking the control tower they were about to land at. The jungle was slowly beginning to retake the site. However, it seemed like the process was going slower than normal. Like somebody had been keeping the area cleaned up. Maybe it was just him.

Ellie handed him a parachute,

and he took it with a smile.

"You guys good?" Charles questioned. Ellie answered with a yes. "Alright, be careful."

Henry and Ellie dove out of the helicopter towards the control tower.

"Okay, let's start by scouting the tower," Ellie said as they hit the ground. Henry agreed, and they started walking up the tower's stairs. They reached the top and looked around, but it didn't seem like there had been any people around in a long time.

"Hey, guys?" Charles' voice crackled through Henry and Ellie's earpieces. "I just realized, wasn't the airship just kind of parked here? Since nobody in the government had any idea how to fly it? Well, it's gone!"

"You're right," Henry answered. "Some of the remaining members must have come back for it."

"We'll keep looking around the base for inhabitants, but I think you guys are thinking the same thing as me," Ellie remarked.

"The Toppats are back."