Here we go the final route for the chapters covering Stealing the Diamond where Makto throws caution to the wind and just drives headlong into it.
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Makoto Naegi: Stealing the Sapphire Chapter 3
Route: Intruder on a Scooter
Nicole finds a universe with the last possible way. She enters it
Makoto looks at the scooter and said "You know, Kirigiri went through the trouble to have Souda build this for me, I'm going to see what it can do"
"So what you're are saying is we're busting it?" Nicole said on the scooter's desplay
"Yeah let's go" Makoto said and gets on the scooter revs it and zooms down the hill towards the museum.
Two guards out front known as Lenny and Carl were standing guard.
Lenny yawns "Well, another boring night of guard duty huh?"
"Yeah, but beats working in the plant" Carl said with a nod and hears something "Hey you here a motor running?"
Lenny door and looks to his left (our right) and sees Makoto heading to them "Hey look! Some guy on a scooter going a full speed!"
"Huh, didn't expect that!" Carl said "We should hold our place he'll stop!"
"There not going to move!" Makoto said concerned
"I have three plans of action for this!" Nicole said and shows them they were Kick, Ram or Jump. He had to pick fast
Timeout
Unnaturally Makoto was unable to think quick enough. Lenny braces for the impact but Makoto drives past them and into a wall crashing
"Woo...for a minute I thought we was going to run us over" Lenny said relieved
"Yeah, crazy drunk drivers" Carl said "Hey after work let's head to Moe's"
"Good idea" Lenny said smiling
Nicole sighs and said sarcastically "Wow, you're off to a good start..." she resets
Kick
Makoto keeps going and Lenny braces for impact. Makoto moves his leg and kicks Lenny sending him flying but lost control of the scooter and crashes as well.
Carl surprised said "Errr...you okay Lenny?"
"I think my entire body is broken" Lenny groans "Crazy driver!"
"Don't worry he appears just as hurt" Carl said going to him
"Well, you got ONE of the guards" Nicole states clearly to Makoto and rewinds
Jump
Makoto gets an idea and keeps focus and at the last minute jumps up off the scooter. Lenny who braced himself is hit by the scooter and crashed into a wall with it.
Makoto unfortunately lands on the ground head first and bounces along the pathway "Owwww"
"Uhhhhh…." Carl said really confused on what happened "I am going to get you both an ambulance" He gets his phone
"Jumping off a speeding vehicle, may not be the best idea..." Nicole said and resets
Ram
"This is it, no slowing down. I am going to charge right in!" Makoto said and keeps going.
"He's not stopping Carl!" Lenny said as he braces himself
Carl seeing him get closer said "Oh he really isn't!" Carl said moving out the way as Makoto smacks into Lenny sending him flying and causing the entrance of the museum to open
"Phew inside" Makoto said relieved as the scooter is paused. He sees Lenny on the ground unconscious. He looks up and sees two more guards one of them named Jon Arbuckle were shocked seeing him suddenly enter.
"Now not the time to rest, we have to keep moving" Nicole said looking at the floor plans "Quick cut through the Medieval section! It will lead us to the Kyogre exhibit"
"Got it!" Makoto said and zooms his scooter past Jon
"Whoa! This is not good!" Jon said and got on his walkie talkie "We have a breach heading towards the Medieval section! And not it's not my cat this time"
"Understood, we're moving to intercept now!" An alien named Tartarus said on the other end
Makoto keeps driving through the medieval section but looks ahead of of him to see three more security guards two named John Marston and Chun-Li who were shooting with pistals and the final one Tartarus stood near the doorway readying his mace to know Makoto off his scooter
"Oh man, there is no other way but through them!" Makoto said worried
"Don't worry I scanned the room and I found three items that can help, choose one quick!" Nicole said and shows the three items he was coming up to a Lance, a shiled or a flail.
"Uhhhhhhh…." Makoto said thinking
Timeout
However Makoto couldn't decide and soon past all of them and sees he was getting closer "Ohhhhh this is going to hurt..."
While Chun-Li and John's shots missed him Tartarus didn't and knocks Makoto off his scooter and onto the floor, knocking him out.
"Hah, pathetic, can't believe this human made it inside so easily, but he was no match for me. Get the police on the phone" He orders the other two
Nicole said "Good thing the janitors just got done buffing the floor. Could you imagine all the germs you'd be rolling in right now if they hadn't" She shudders and rewinds
Lance
Seeing a lance coming up Makoto chooses that "I'll stop the Brute before he gets a chance to swing" He zooms by and grabs the lance and points it at Tartarus
However it was very heavy, so heavy Makoto struggled to keep it up. It points down and touches the ground, that coupled with the speed of the scooter caused Makoto to be propelled off the scooter and slide on the ground hurt before the three security guards
"Huh...well...that was easy" John said with nod
"Waste of time, get this man arrested" Tartarus said shaking his head
"Jousting. It's harder then it looks" Nicole said as she resets
Flail
Makoto seeing the flail, decided to use there "Hopefully it will take down a Brute" Makoto said as he grabs it
He prepares to swing but it gets caught on an over hanging display of a ship and Makoto is pulled off his scooter and is stick while Chun-li stands there pointing a gun at him
"Errr….this isn't really my finest moment" Makoto said laughing nervous
"Yeah...I can see that" Chun-li said rolling her eyes
"Stop hanging around and do something!" Nicole said and giggles "Heh heh….get it? Okay I'll stop" he then resets
Shield
Makoto sees the shield and said "Defence is the best defence for this!" He grabs the shield and holds it up and braces.
The bullets from John and Chun-li bounce off and Tartarus tries to knock him off but his mace bounces off the shield and he is knocked back.
"Damn this guy is unstoppable!" Chun-li noted at how he was getting past them easily
"Yeah but that ain't over yet, you check on the big guy I am going to get the others on alert" John said getting on the radio
Meanwhile Makoto sees the Kyogre exhibit up ahead. He speeds past Knuckles who was asleep but failed to stop in time so hits the display of the Kyogre Sapphire sounding the alarm and waking up Knuckles
"Ah! Oh what's going on?!" Knuckles said looking around
"Damn, we have to move it fast but how?" Makoto said thinking
"I am reviewed the scooter's capabilities and found it has two ways we could try to move the gemstone" Nicole said and hows her two interfaces one for a tow cable the other for a basket
Makoto had to hurry before more guards show up.
Timeout
Makoto struggled to come up with a decision and suddenly guards show up and point there weapons at him saying "Free! Put you hands up boy!" John I heard saying
Makoto puts his hands up as Knuckles is heard saying "Don't you dare move a muscle!"
"I understand!" Makoto said nervous staying still
"C'mon! You don't have time to stand around!" Nicole said shaking her head and resets
Basket
"A basket, sounds simple and easy to carry it around" Makoto said pressing the button. A basket unfolds out from the front of the scooter ready for use
"Okay but the best thing to note is..." Nicole said
But it was too late Makoto picks up the sapphire and drops it in the basket, unfortunately the impact of the drop caused the scooter to catapult Makoto away and crashed into a wall "Ow….." he groans in pain
The security guards run in but stop seeing Makoto on the ground in pain
"Ah torque. I bet you wished you paid more attention in physics class now, huh?" Nicole said and rewinds
Tow Cable
Makoto presses the button for the tow cable and a slot opens near the rear wheel and Makoto pulls out the cable with what was a plunger cup on the end
"You sure this won't damage it?" Makoto said realizing what he was going to be doing, which was dragging the sapphire along the ground
"Positive, I did the calculations now hurry!" Nicole told him
Makoto nods and attaches the cup to the Sapphire, he then revs his engines and drives off before the guards show up
Meanwhile in the storage room, we see Cleveland and Chris talking, unaware of what was going on it seems as Cleveland was telling the new hire his story
"And with the suspicion Leon may have had something to do with the guy that broke into the bank, they just upped and arrested him" Cleveland said to him
"What? Really?" Chris asked interested in this story then keeping watch.
"Yeah, that is why I decided, along with my wife Donna's insistence, to get a different job" Cleveland said with a nod "She figured night guarding here is going to be less dangerous than…."
Suddenly Makoto zooms past them with the Kyogre Sapphire dragging behind him and bursts through the emergency exit surprising the two
"Oh man this isn't good..." Cleveland said sighing
"On the plus side, it proved your wife wrong" Chris said trying to be a bit positive
"It won't be a plus with me" Cleveland said knowing his wife will be mad.
We then come to the road, Makoto was driving like crazy but he could hear police sirens "Woah, that was fast!" Makoto said shocked
"Yeah, almost like Grand Theft Auto, currently it would be like 2-star alert so just cop cars for now" Nicole explained
Makoto looks back seeing a cop car close in on him and to his shock and possible horror, the driver of this car was Scout, the same one from the prison
Scout upon seeing him Makoto said getting on the loudspeaker of his car "Well, well it's you! I was reprimanded by Chief Swanson for your little breakout stunt! My whole department was humiliated well it's payback time kid so get ready, I ain't going easy on you!"
"Figures it would be someone with a grudge" Makoto said and looks and sees Scout's current partner Mcgee moving to be out side the passenger window and aiming his gun
"Ah! I need options here Nicole" Makoto said worried
"Got some!" Nicole said and shows some quick solutions which was a rock or a tree branch.
Timeout
Unfortunatly Makoto couldn't decide quick enough and Mcgee shoots Makoto killing him
"Bullseye!" Mcgee said with a smile
"Yo man that was an awesome shot!" Scout said with a smile and stops the car
Nicole shakes her head "I can see all those hours playing video games with Chiaki have really sharpened your reflexes! Oh wait..." She said and resets
Branch
Makoto sees an overhanging branch "Here goes!" He grabs it and pulls himself into the tree "Ha! Close one" He said smiling to himself
"Errr Makoto..." Nicole said to him
"What? Wait hang on" Makoto said and looks to see his discarded scooter with the sapphire there on the ground
Scout who stopped and got out of his car smirks and waves and said "Hey stupid! Thanks for taking the Kyogre Sapphire for a walk, I'll take it from here" He picks it up and puts it in the police car
"Damn it" Makoto said looking down
"Didn't really think that one through did ya?" Nicole said and resets
Stone
Makoto looks on the the road and spots a stone coming up. He leans down and picks it up
"Hey dodge this!" He said and throws the stone with all his might and it hits Mcgee knocking him out
"No! McGee!" Scout said and gets on the radio "This is Scout in pursuit of suspect, reporting officer down, I repeat officer down! Need back up!"
Nicole said "Uh oh, look out three stars"
"I've seen GTA to know that means choppers" Makoto said worried. He looks back and sees one that other then a pilot it had a hired mercenary known only as Sniper
"Alright sunshine, stay still" Sniper said aiming his rifle at Makoto
"Need more option!" Makoto said seeing the red laser sight
"Okay maybe the scooter has something!" Nicole said and found two a bubble shield or a sticky grenade. "Pick quickly!"
Timeout
Unfortunately Makoto was unable to pick fast enough as Sniper lines up his gun and fires hitting Makoto in the head killing him
"Wave goodbye to your head, wanker!" Sniper said with a smirk
"BOOM! Headshot." Nicole said and resets
Sticky Grenade
"This should take out that copter!" Makoto said hitting the button and dispensing a sticky grenade.
"Quick throw it!" Nicole calls out
Makoto tries to but the grenade wouldn't release. He panics and tries to get it off but too late, it explodes. Sniper lowers his rifle seeing this
"Well...that's a first time for me to see that" Sniper said blinking
"I've always wondered how those things work" Nicole said and resets
Bubble Shield
Makoto said "Hopefully this is like the Sonic one and bounces off small bullets" He hits the button and a bubble shield appears around him
Sniper fires threeroundsand both bounce of the shield "Damn it, how did he have something like that?!"
"Keep going Makoto, the tunnel ahead will prevent the helicopter from following us!" Nicole said
Indeed as they enter the tunnel the chopper was halted but two police cars were still in pursuit. As they exited the tunnel onto a bridge Makoto had to halt as there was a large gap in the bridge two wide to jump with a heavy diamond
"Oh not good" Makoto said worried and looks to see the cop cars have stopped and surrounded him. Scout and another officer Jenny were out there car and pointing there guns at him
"Nicole ideas?" Makoto whispered
"Only three" Nicole said and the three were Drive, Bribe or the Sapphire. "Better choose quickly"
Timeout
As Makoto thinks Jenny said "Sir! Put your hands where I can see them! If you fail to comply I will be forced to fire on you!"
Makoto doesn't raise his hand trying to think up a plan, Jenny took this as refusing to comply "You leave me no choice sir!"
"Huh? No wait…!" Makoto said but too late he is shot dead by Jenny
"Dude, do something!" Nicole calls out as she resets
Drive
Makoto decided to charge on through the blockade. He revs his scooter and drives forward.
Jenny seeing this fires at the scooter which possibly hit the gas tank as we see an explosion from below the bridge
Nicole shakes her head "I don't think you were going to get very far that way." She rewinds time
Bribe
Makoto looks to Scout and tries to make nice with him to get his aid said "Hey, Scout pal. I am so sorry you got in trouble for my escape. What say I make it up with splitting the sapphire with you?"
"You actually think I risk my career for a bribe? I got a future in the Republic military, can't have you messing that up!" Scout said glaring
"Sir, we can add bribery to your charges, which is a federal offence!" Jenny said and shoots killing Makoto
"Strange...That usually works" Nicole said surprised and rewinds.
Sapphire (Diamond)
Makoto knew there was only one way to go, the sapphire was still attached to the tow cable and on the edge of the bridge. He moves his foot and knocks the sapphire off the bridge
Jenny seeing this fires but Makoto and the scooter off so missing the bullet and land in the raging river below. Jenny looks down and said "Well...he is a goner"
"I somehow doubt that" Scout said shaking his head checking on McGee
"Either way the Kyogre Sapphire is lost, we have to inform the mayor" Jenny explained
"So long as I am not involved sure, I got a milatary career coming up" Scout said as they leave
Meanwhile moments away Makoto had washed up on shore and comes to "Ohhhh...did we make it?"
"We did, the scooter is totalled but we got away with the gem!" Nicole said showing him
"Yes! Oh this is great" Makoto said celebrating in accomplishing his girlfriend's request. The scooter proved useful, he has to salvage as much as he can and see if Souda can rebuild it and maybe make some upgrades to it.
Meanwhile in the mayor's office, Sideshow Bob had been informed of what happened in the museum and had sent an email to people who 'helped' him win the recent election. He was now very worried on their reaction and trying to find resources to go and look for the Kyogre Sapphire
Suddenly his TV turned on and a logo of a red alien like skull with the letters L.O.D underneath appeared on it and an electronic voice is heard "Bob, am I reading this email correct, the Kyogre Sapphire has been stolen and not from our operatives?"
"Y-Yes sir" Bob said getting up "We are trying to find it and the individual, but I will need time and..."
The voice cuts him off "Forget it! We can't waste time fixing your mistake, we spent a lot of money and resources to get you this position which turned out a mistake."
The voice continues "Our operatives have located another of the three Hoenn gemstones and I will be observing it's collection, no doubt there will be fall out for this and the discovery of your scheme, that will be your punishment for failure. Good day Bob"
"No wait hang on sir I..." Bob said approaching but he stepped on a rake and it hits him and he grumbles before falling unconscious.
Who are these figures? You will know soon enough.
The End (3/3)
And with that Stealing the Diamond is done, next we will be Infiltrating the Airship but before that, a small interlude.
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