Henry and Tobias stood up in the rafters, looking down at different Toppat members casually walking through the ship's hallways. Henry sat as far away from Tobias as possible, to avoid any 'funny business'.

"Psst..."

Henry looked up at the boy, who was pointing down to his left.

"That's the Right Hand's office," he whispered. "If your gizmo-thing isn't in there, then it may be in the chief's quarters."

Henry signaled to him. "What makes you so sure?"

Tobias shrugged. "I guess I remember the layout of the ship pretty well, considering I've been here a while." He chuckled a bit, then cleared his throat, quietly as to avoid being caught. "So, since you're the one who made it this far, what do you think we should do?"

Henry scratched at his chin, considering his options.

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Ellie had woken up. It was still quite dark outside the helicopter, so she checked the time on her phone.

2:30AM.

"Ugh..." she groaned, placing her phone back into her pocket. She decided to get up and check up on Charles.

She got to the cockpit, seeing Charles still sitting in the pilot's seat.

"Charles, I thought I told you to put the helicopter on auto..."

"I did."

Charles didn't even turn around. But from the scratchiness of his voice, Ellie could tell he wasn't his usual happy self.

The red head placed a hand on Charles's shoulder. "You've been crying, haven't you?"

Charles turned in his chair, his chocolate Brown eyes reddened from tears, and his cheeks were wet. He nodded slowly.

Ellie attempted to comfort him. "Im worried about Henry, too, budd-"

"It's not just about Henry ..." Charles interrupted her. "The General ... he called a few hours ago ..."

"Really?" Ellie sat down in the co-pilot seat. "What about?"

The pilot seemed to hesitate. "He ... was mad ... like,reallymad ... I didn't have the heart to ... tell him the truth ..."

The girl leaned foward. "What did you do about it?"

"I hung up on him ..." Charles's entire body began to quiver as he burst out intouncontrollable sobs.

Ellie sighed, and gave the distressed pilot a hug. "Hey, hey, it's alright. Sometimes, people do the wrong things for the right reasons. I mean, look at me!" She laughed, and that made Charles let out a small giggle.

"How about you get some sleep, bud?" Ellie suggested. "I'll keep look out this time."

Charles unbuckled his seat belt, sitting up. "Alright."

"Atta boy!" Ellie pushed passed Charles and sat in his seat. "If you don't sleep, you could end up like Henry."

At leastIdon'thave nightmares like Henry does, Charles thought to himself as me made his way to the back of the helicopter, getting comfortable on the bench before eventually drifting off.