"Scout, it's like, time to wake up! Let's go save Jem!" I hear Dill's voice. I slowly open my eyes. Everything comes into view around me. Dill is standing in front of the bed. Avala is still next to me under the blanket. She's still asleep.
I lift the blanket off of me without disturbing Avala, and I get out of the bed. I grab my shoes from where I placed them, and I put them on my feet. I look back towards Avala. I speak: "Do you know when she'll be awake again?"
Dill responds: "According to my calculations, she should be fully conscious in about two days. Don't worry though. After we kill Neo-Hitler, I can take you back here if that's what you'd like."
I respond: "But… What if we lose to Neo-Hitler? I won't even get to say goodbye to her."
Dill smiles at me. "There's no need to say any goodbyes. We're like, not going to lose to Neo-Hitler!"
Dill is so optimistic. Unlike me, he hasn't even been in the same room as Neo-Hitler. He doesn't know what we're going up against. But he's right. I need to get Jem back to Atticus. I need to see Avala finish recovering. I'm not going to lose!
There's a notebook and a pencil on the bedside table. I speak: "In case she wakes up before I get back, I would like to thank her again." I grab the notebook and pencil. I flip through it, looking for a blank page. This notebook is full of shitty drawings of dinosaurs. After going through about nineteen pages, I find a blank page. I begin writing.
"Avala, if you're reading this, then it means you woke up before I could make it back here. Either you recovered faster than expected, or I just plain fucking died. Either way, it's nice to see that you're okay. Thank you for everything you have done for me." I leave the notebook open, and I place it back onto the bedside table.
Dill speaks to me: "I didn't think you were like, capable of making new friends! You've come a long way since our Maycomb days." He pushes up on his glasses. "I already put your guns into my racing kart."
Dill opens the door to this room, and he heads out. I follow him. As I'm going through the door frame, I look back at Avala again. I promise… I'll kill Neo-Hitler! I then close the door behind me and follow Dill outside of this building.
The cold Antarctic winds create a chilling feel on my skin. I see what looks like a vehicle. It looks like a golf cart. However, there appears to be an engine with several exhaust pipes attached to the back of it with duct tape and hot glue. The words "Ultra Turbo Mk III" are written on the side of the frame with a red Sharpie marker. There's a large chest in the back left. Wait… I see something in the other seat behind the chest. I walk towards the passenger side of the cart to get a closer look at what the object in the other seat is. It's Tew's corpse.
I speak: "Dill, why are you bringing Tew with us?"
Dill responds: "Who? Oh, you mean the shy person? He's like, going to help us kill Neo-Hitler!"
I shake my head. Without saying anything, I continue walking towards the racing kart. My footsteps crunch against the snow and ice in the ground. I like this feeling! It's so much better than walking on stupid-ass gravel! In fact, I haven't seen any gravel while I was here in Antarctica. Maybe I'll move here. There aren't really any shitty humans here either. Screw it, I've decided. I'm going to move here after I rescue Jem. I walk to the racing kart's passenger seat, and I get into it. Dill sits in the driver's seat.
Dill speaks: "Remember to put your seatbelt on, or you'll like, get launched out!"
I should let Dill know how I feel about seatbelts. "Seatbelts are for weak-ass bitches."
Dill looks at me while putting his seatbelt on. "I'm not going to leave until you put it on."
"Fiiiiiiiine… I'll put it on." I grab the seatbelt, and I pull it around my body and insert it into the buckle attached to the seat. Dill then rotates the key that is next to the steering wheel, turning on the racing kart. I look back, and I see the duct-taped engine start vibrating, and smoke comes out of the exhaust pipes. Dill then revs up the engine a few times, producing more smoke. It smells like diesel fuel.
Dill speaks: "Hold on!" He then shifts the transmission into reverse, and he quickly spins the steering wheel to the far right. The racing kart then starts moving in circles. As it accelerates, the rotational velocity increases, but it seems like the diameter of the circle is about the same. I feel like my body is about to get flung out of this thing! I could still totally hold on without a seatbelt though.
Suddenly, Dill quickly spins the steering wheel to the left almost instantaneously, straightening the wheels. The racing kart is quickly flung backwards. In front of the racing kart, I see Antarctica getting farther away. It seems like we're driving on top of the ocean right now. The racing kart is driving so quickly that it effortlessly skids across the ocean waves. I look over at the speedometer. The needle is pointing at around 4,000 km/h.
I look in the rear-view mirror, and I see that we are approaching an iceberg. Dill steers straight towards the iceberg. The racing kart then hits the iceberg like a ramp, and it is launched straight into the sky. I look down, and I see the ocean below me. We then pass through the cloud layer. All around me are clouds. Dill then spins the steering wheel to the right again, and the racing kart begins doing rapid backflips in the air. These eventually speed up. There's too much going on! It's hard to tell what's happening anymore! I try to look, but the moment I think I notice something, it's already out of view. I close my eyes. It still feels like my body is being flung all over in every direction. I could still easily hold on without a seatbelt. Seatbelts are still for bitches.
Suddenly, I feel everything come to an abrupt stop. I open my eyes, and I recognize where I'm at instantly. We're on the deck of the Hitler Fortress.
Dill speaks: "Okay Scout, we're like, at the Hitler Fortress now." He looks in the back seat. "Oh no! Where did the shy person go? He must have gotten flung off during that flight!"
I speak: "Thank God." I take off my seatbelt and get out of the kart. Dill then does the same, and he walks towards the back seat where the chest is at.
Dill then opens the chest, and I see my AK-47 and Glock are in it. He grabs them and hands them to me. I equip the holstered Glock to my waist, and I put the AK-47's strap around my shoulders. Dill reaches into the chest, and he pulls out two small boxes. One of them is white with a red cross on it, and the other one is black with a purple skull on it.
Dill opens the black box. There are several syringes filled with a reddish-black fluid. Dill speaks: "These syringes like, contain HIV! Our first goal is to infect Neo-Hitler with this to stop his regenerative properties."
He then opens the white box, which has syringes filled with red fluids. These look like the healing potions he used before. "These syringes will like, be used to heal us!"
Dill removes both sets of syringes. It looks like they are all attached to straps. He equips both of them around his body. He speaks again: "Scout, I'm not as strong as you, so… Can you do all the fighting, and I'll just support you from the backlines?"
I respond: "That's fine. You'd probably just get in my way if you tried fighting alongside me. You were helpful when we fought against The Mockingbird ten years ago, but Neo-Hitler is on a completely different level from him."
Dill then grabs a backpack from the chest. "This backpack has some other stuff that we might need during this fight. Okay Scout, lead the way to Neo-Hitler!"
I look around. I see the area where my airplane crashed into the deck before. It looks like it wasn't even properly repaired. There's just a bunch of cardboard glued to where there used to be a hole. I walk over to it, and I rip the cardboard off, revealing the hole that my airplane blew into this thing. I look down, and I see the gaming room again. I jump down. There's nobody in here. It looks like everything is still intact though. However, the corpses of the Nazis are gone, and their blood stains were cleaned away.
I hear Dill's voice from above me: "Umm… Scout? That's kind of a long fall. Could you like, help me down?"
I respond: "It's only about twelve meters. You'll be fine."
Dill responds: "No! I'll break my legs if I fall from that high up!"
I sigh. I walk over to the sofas, and I push one of them under the hole in the ceiling. The sofa vibrates across the floor as I push it. I speak: "Is this better?"
Dill then jumps down, and he lands on the sofa. He looks unharmed. Dill looks around the room. He looks to where the Nintendo Wii is at, and his eyes slightly widen. "Whoa? Is that Sonic and the Black Knight? I want that!" He then runs over to where the Wii is at, and grabs a copy of Sonic and the Black Knight that was in front of the TV, and he puts it into his backpack.
Dill looks at me: "What are you waiting for, Scout? Let's go to Neo-Hitler!"
I speak: "This way." I point to the door that leads to the hallway.
I walk over to the door, and I equip my AK-47 into my hands. There might be Nazis here. I quickly push the door open, and I rush into the hallway. I look to the left. There's nothing. I look to the right. Also nothing.
I start walking through the hallway, walking past the rooms. At the end of the hallway, I look to the left and right again. There's nothing. I then go to where the stairwell is at, and I enter it, and I go down to the first floor. I walk to the left, and Dill is still following close behind me. I then take the first right, and I see the door that I kicked down before. It's been fixed. The sign is still above it: "Neo-Hitler's Command Room — No Unauthorized Entry."
I feel my whole body shaking. My heart rate has also increased. "It's… It's a good thing I'm authorized in kicking ass…" I say. "Fuck… I don't know if I can do this…"
Dill places his hand onto my right shoulder. "Scout! You can do it! Stop doubting yourself! Come on! Let's kick Neo-Hitler's ass!"
I start taking deep breaths. My heart rate slows down, and my body's shaking is reduced. I step away from the door, and I look straight at it. Neo-Hitler is in there. Once I kill him… I'll rescue Jem and take him back to Atticus. Okay… I can do this… I can do this!
I run at the door, and I quickly plant my left leg into the ground. I leap off of it, and I jump straight into the door. I slam my right leg into it in a counterclockwise roundhouse kick motion, knocking it down.
Inside the room, I see someone sitting on the chair in front of the control panel. It's Neo-Hitler. He turns around to face us. "Scout Finch. I didn't expect you to survive. Even after seeing the difference in our power, you decided to come back to face me. You could have chosen to run away and live the rest of your life peacefully… Have you changed your mind on my offer? Would you like to join me and take over the world?"
My body is shaking. Dammit! I can't get nervous now! If I screw this up, then I'll die! "Go… Go to Hell!" I can feel my legs trembling. My body is telling me to run away. But I know I can't run! If I fail, Jem will be executed! I won't allow that!
I aim my AK-47 at Neo-Hitler, and I begin shooting bullets towards him. He watches the bullets as they get close to him. Without unnecessarily moving any muscles, he effortlessly flicks them away with his right hand.
Neo-Hitler smirks. "You're still too weak." He gets out of the chair, and he quickly rushes up to me. Shit! My body starts trembling heavily again. As he gets close to me, I close my eyes and hold my arms up defensively. Suddenly, Neo-Hitler grabs my right arm, flips me over his body, and slams me into the ground behind him. It feels like the bones in my back started cracking. FUCK! I'm in pain right now!
Neo-Hitler grabs me by the neck and lifts me up. It's hard to breathe. I try to break his grip on me, but he's too strong. "What's wrong, Scout? Do you want to run away? Don't worry. I'll release you from this mortal world." His grip on my neck tightens, locking up my breathing.
Suddenly, the expression on Neo-Hitler's face changed. I look towards his hip, and I see a syringe sticking out of it. I look to where it came from, and I see Dill throwing multiple syringes at Neo-Hitler. These are the HIV syringes. I see at least three hit Neo-Hitler's body, and the fluids are injected into his systems.
Neo-Hitler speaks: "Who's this nerd? Do you really think these needles will do anything to me? I was engineered to be immune to all poisons!"
Dill chuckles. "It's like, a good thing it ain't poison!"
Neo-Hitler has a surprised expression now. "What?!" He releases his grip on me, and I fall to the ground. He pulls the syringes out of his body, and throws them onto the floor. "What… What the fuck did you do to me? Why the fuck can't I regenerate from these wounds!"
Dill throws one of the healing syringes at me, and it pierces my leg. My body feels completely better now. Dill shouts: "Scout! Neo-Hitler's regenerative properties are like, gone now! Take him out as soon as possible!"
Neo-Hitler quickly rushes up to Dill. Neo-Hitler then punches Dill with a right hook, knocking the glasses off of his face. He then grabs Dill by the neck with his left hand and runs up to the wall behind him. Neo-Hitler slams Dill into the wall while pressing against his neck.
Dill speaks: "Scout! You can do it! Consider what will happen if you lose! We'll all die! Neo-Hitler will kill me right here, and then he'll execute Jem! Next he's going to take over the whole world! Think about what will happen to Atticus and Avala!"
My body stops trembling, and I get up from the floor. I pull the empty syringe out of my leg and I throw it behind me. I hear it land onto the floor. I don't feel scared anymore. Dill is right. Although this world is a shitty place, the few friends I have make it worth living in. I will fight! I won't let anyone I care about die! I feel a rush of adrenaline flowing through my body.
"Neo-Hitler! Fuck you!" I shout. I quickly rush up to him. He drops Dill onto the floor, and he looks at me. He holds up his arms in a defensive stance. He shifts his legs so his right half of his body is in the front. His left leg is in a position where he can use it to dodge or attack. This is just like my training session with Avala. The thoughts of Avala flow through my mind. I won't let her training go to waste! I must protect her! I must protect Dill! I must rescue Jem and get him back to Atticus! If I were to recklessly charge at him, he would counterattack me and put me into a disadvantageous situation. Unlike in the training session, I can use my guns now.
As I'm running towards Neo-Hitler, I aim my Glock at him. I immediately stop running, and I hop away from him. While I'm moving backwards, I shoot three bullets towards him. I aim one towards his face, and the other two are to the left of his middle-body. From here, he can either deflect the bullets away like he did earlier, or he's going to dodge to the right. I quickly plant my feet into the floor to stop my backwards hop, and prepare for a forward charge. I push my legs off the ground and start rushing towards his right.
Neo-Hitler dodges the bullets by moving to the right. Just as I predicted. I lift my left leg up, and I slam my knee into Neo-Hitler's chest, knocking him into the wall. The bullets then hit the wall next to him, piercing holes through them. Neo-Hitler then puts his arms and legs against the wall, and rebounds off of it, flying straight towards me. I knew he would do this. He did the same thing in our first fight. I duck down and slide underneath him. As I'm under him, I aim my Glock upwards, and I fire five bullets towards him. Since he's airborne, he doesn't have any movement options. I strategically shot each bullet in such a way that he can't block all of them. He deflects two of the bullets with his arms. Two of the other bullets hit him in the right thigh, and the last bullet hits his left shin.
Neo-Hitler then lands onto the ground with his arms, and he does a quick somersault to get back onto his feet. Although his legs are bleeding, he's still standing on them. His fortitude is insane.
The sight of the blood coming out of his legs is making me feel excited! My heart pumps faster, and I can feel the blood inside my body flowing faster. My entire body slightly heats up.
Dill shouts: "Scout! Don't forget that his blood has HIV in it! Remember not to drink it!"
I respond: "Oh shit, I almost forgot. Thanks for the reminder."
Neo-Hitler looks very angry. His eyes are turning red. "What?! HIV?!… How dare you?! I'll kill all of you!" He then reaches into his coat's front pocket and throws something onto the floor in front of him. It looks like a smaller version of the teleporter pad I used at the beginning of this shitty story. Suddenly, a two-handed longsword appears out of it, and he grabs it. The sword has a spike on each side of the blade that are about ten centimeters away from the hilt. There's a swastika symbol engraved between the spikes and the hilt. The blade is black and luminescent with a red tint; the handle is a dark crimson color. I don't know what kind of sword this is; I'm not really a sword person.
Dill puts his glasses back onto his face. "No way! That Zweihänder… It's not just any ordinary Zweihänder! That's the legendary Karmesin Kaiserin! It was used by King Otto II when he single-handedly defeated the Skeleton Lord Spookbones McCalcium and sealed the Undead Army back into the Umbral Shadowlands!"
Neo-Hitler speaks: "That's right, kid! Karmesin Kaiserin has been passed through the German Monarchy for generations!"
I respond: "Oh, so you have a shitty sword now? That's not going to change the fact that I'm going to kick your ass! I will admit though, that sword looks cool. I'm going to hang it on my wall after I take the Neo-Hitler out of Neo-Hitler! Shit! That sounded stupid! Dill, remind me to practice my insults before speaking them!"
Dill does a thumbs-up motion with his hand.
I've never fought someone who wielded a two-handed sword before. All of the sword users I fought in the past used one-handed swords. I observe Neo-Hitler's stance. His legs are spread apart, and he's holding his sword in near his waist, and the blade is pointing towards me with the tip facing upwards by about 30° from the ground's parallel. This stance mixes offense and defense. He could easily counterattack me if I get too close, and he also has the option of charging towards me and striking.
It's a good thing I don't need to get close to him! I aim my AK-47 at him. My sights are locked onto his torso. I pull the trigger, shooting several bullets towards him. I also shoot bullets to the left and right to limit his dodging options. He's either going to dodge downwards or deflect the bullets with his sword.
I notice him preparing the Zweihänder to deflect the bullets away. This is my chance! I rush up to his right, anticipating him to strike the bullets in a counterclockwise motion. Suddenly, he swiftly ducks down and rushes towards me while moving under the bullets. He quickly uses his counterclockwise sword strike and swings towards my head instead. Shit! My forward momentum is too great right now! I quickly start doing a backflip to dodge, and the sword cuts my cheek just under my right eye.
As I land from the backflip, I see Neo-Hitler vertically swinging his Zweihänder from above in a vertical motion. Dammit! I quickly sidestep to the left to dodge. Neo-Hitler then does a quick sweep with his right leg aimed straight for my legs. I'll have to jump over this! I quickly jump upwards.
Oh fuck, I'm airborne now. The ceiling is too high for me to rebound off of it! Shit! If I can't dodge, I'll just have to attack! I dual-wield my AK-47 in my right hand, and my Glock in my left hand, and I start firing several bullets in Neo-Hitler's direction.
Neo-Hitler dodges most of the bullets while deflecting the other ones with his Zweihänder, and he swings it upwards towards me. Fuck! I won't be able to dodge this!
Suddenly, my body seems to move to the right on its own, and I completely dodge Neo-Hitler's attack. I'm still airborne. I feel something sticking out of my back. I turn around to look behind me. Whoa! I have wings now! They are made of bright orange feathers. How convenient!
Neo-Hitler shouts: "What?! That's impossible! You weren't designed with the ability to generate new limbs! Only the clone of Tsarack Obama was supposed to be able to do that! Even I can't do that!"
I respond: "There's a reason for that… In fact, it's a simple reason! It's because… I'm authorized in kicking ass! And I'm going to unauthorize your life! God fucking dammit! I should just stop trying to make one-liners! Dill, make a list of cool things to say for me to use later!"
Dill just looks at me with a blank expression. "But… I like, thought that one sounded cool!"
I feel myself smiling a little bit. Dill is probably the only person who likes my shitty jokes. This is why he's one of the few humans who I consider to be a friend. The blood from my cheek drips onto my lips, and I lick it off. I don't think my blood tastes as good as other people's blood, but I don't mind the flavor.
I land onto the ground, and I look at Neo-Hitler again. His stance looks weaker; he's clearly losing his composure. I see a weakness in his stance. I quickly rush up to his right side, using my new wings to accelerate faster, and I quickly leap upwards. I do a roundhouse kick, hitting him directly in his temple, knocking him to the ground before he can even react to my movements.
I aim my AK-47 at him, and shoot a barrage of bullets straight at him while he's down. He then drops his Karmesin Kaiserin so he can block the bullets with his arms. I then pick up the Karmesin Kaiserin. Damn, this thing is pretty heavy, but I think I can manage it. I'm going to use Neo-Hitler's own weapon against him as a flex. In a way, this would be more insulting than tea-bagging him.
I quickly step away from Neo-Hitler while holding the Zweihänder with both of my hands. I then jump up to the ceiling, and kick off of it, diving straight down towards Neo-Hitler while aiming the Zweihänder straight at him. I flap my wings to descend faster. He won't be able to dodge this!
As I'm about to hit him, he quickly catches the Karmesin Kaiserin by the flat part on the blade between his hands, and he's holding it up. Shit! I continue flapping my wings faster, to push downwards, and I can feel the sword sliding down his hands.
I then release my left hand from the sword while continuing to push down on it from above. I reach my left hand towards my Glock, and I pull it out. He won't be able to dodge this while blocking the sword at the same time! This is the end! I aim the Glock at Neo-Hitler's forehead, and I fire a single bullet, and it pierces through his skull.
He loses his grip on the sword, and it falls down, piercing him straight through the chest. I can feel the sword even penetrating through the floor, effectively pinning Neo-Hitler to the ground.
Neo-Hitler coughs up some blood. "Scout… You…!" His body is bleeding all over the place. His blood is forming the shape of a butterfly hatching out of a chrysalis. That's so cool!
I speak to Neo-Hitler: "This is what you get for taking Jem from me, you asshole!"
I turn to look at Dill. "Dill, do you want to do anything to him before he dies?"
Dill responds: "Scout! Behind you!"
"What?!" I quickly turn around, and I look at Neo-Hitler. He managed to pull out another pocket-sized teleporter. He places it on the floor next to him, and I see a weird-looking object come out of it. It looks like it is radiating a bright blue light.
Neo-Hitler speaks: "I never thought it would come to this… Using the Hitler Fortress's antimatter reactor core… I'll take you down with me!"
Neo-Hitler grabs the antimatter reactor core, and he swallows it. Suddenly, a huge burst of energy is emitted from his body, knocking me several feet away from him. The Karmesin Kaiserin is still lodged in his chest. Neo-Hitler gets up, and his body is glowing with a bright cyan aura. Neo-Hitler speaks: "Based on my current state… I have ten seconds left! I won't fail! This is for Hitlerland!" By the way, since we are both moving so quickly, ten seconds corresponds to several paragraphs.
I feel the Hitler Fortress shaking. Dill speaks: "Oh no! Without the ship's main power supply, it's going to begin crashing back down to Earth! Scout, you have to finish this quickly!"
Suddenly, Neo-Hitler throws several pocket-sized teleporter pads around the room. He then begins teleporting himself all over the place. Shit! I can't keep track of where he's at! Suddenly, I see a teleporter pad flying past my head. Neo-Hitler then emerges out of it, and he punches my face, knocking me into the wall behind me. Shit!
Neo-Hitler then grabs my body, and throws me into the ground. I feel a needle penetrating my leg. It's another one of Dill's healing syringes. But its effects won't work fast enough to get me out of here! I'm screwed! Neo-Hitler then begins charging a laser with his hands.
"Scout Finch… Take this!" shouts Neo-Hitler. He then fires a laser out of his hands, and it's moving straight towards my face. Shit! It's too fast! I can't do anything about it!
Suddenly, I see something crashing through the ceiling. I recognize it instantly. It's Tew's corpse. It lands between me and the laser, and Tew's corpse tanks the entire laser, blowing his body into several bloody pieces all over the room. I am completely unharmed. Tew's head lands in front of Dill.
Dill starts crying. "Noooooo! Not the shy person! Your noble sacrifice won't be in vain! We shall live on and defeat Neo-Hitler thanks to you! You will be remembered in history as the man who gave his own life to save the world!"
The effects of the healing syringe appear to have finished. I quickly get back up, and I rush up to Neo-Hitler. I shoot several bullets from my Glock at him, aiming for his head. He dodges each of them, and he then teleports around using the teleporter pads again.
I then aim my Glock at the teleporter pads, and I shoot all of them, breaking them. Neo-Hitler then stops teleporting. His movement options are limited again! I quickly rush up to him, and I press my Glock against the side of his head, and I pull the trigger, blowing several pieces of his brain and skull out of his head. His cyan aura begins to fade, and he collapses to the ground. The Karmesin Kaiserin is still sticking out of his chest.
Neo-Hitler speaks: "Dammit! I can't lose to an inferior being! This is impossible! I'm the greatest in the world!" He's struggling to get up. "Scout! You bastard! I'm going to—"
I stomp on his mouth, silencing whatever bullshit he was about to say. I then pull the Karmesin Kaiserin out of his chest. "You talk too much. You're not even… half the man who you think you are." I then slice him in half with the Karmesin Kaiserin, cleanly separating the left and right sides of his body from each other. I drop the sword to the ground so I can facepalm. "Dammit! That pun was stupid!" Neo-Hitler squirms each half of his body around for about five seconds, and then they stop moving. He collapses, completely dead.
Suddenly, I can feel the Hitler Fortress shaking again. I then feel it falling out of the sky. How long has this been happening? I didn't notice this during the fight. I speak: "Shit! Dill, let's find Jem and get the fuck out of here!"
I run up to the control panel, and I look at the controls on it. I saw Neo-Hitler show me Jem's prison cell before. I can use this to find it! I push the button that's labeled as "Prison Cells" on it. I see Jem's cell on one of the televisions. There's text on the screen that's indicating he's in cell 2N75. I hope the naming convention here is standardized. This would mean he's on the second floor near the front of the ship in cell number 75.
Oh yeah, I can't forget about the Karmesin Kaiserin. I don't want to leave it here. I walk back to Neo-Hitler's corpse where I left it, and I grab it with my left hand. I then grab Dill's right hand. I'll pull him with me, since he can't run as fast as me. "This way, Dill!" I run out of the control room, and I go back to the stairwell. I spread my wings out, and I use them to jump up to the second floor while pulling Dill with me. This is faster than climbing up each step.
I kick down the door, and I look around. There's a sign saying the "N" cells are to the right. Without looking at anything else, I quickly run to the right. The entire ship is tilting backwards, making this an upwards climb. Shit! I flap my wings to propel myself and Dill forwards and upwards faster.
We reach the end of the hallway, and I look to the left. That's where cells 1-50 are at. To the right are cells 51-100. I then rush straight right, running past each room. 51, 52, 53… I eventually make it to cell 75. Through the bars, I see Jem.
Jem speaks to me: "Scout and Dill? Why are you here? How are you here? What's going on?! Why is everything shaking?!"
I respond: "I'll explain later! There's no time now!" I let go of Dill's hand, and I step backwards, and I rush up to the cell door, and I kick it with my left foot. Shit! It feels like the bones in my foot just broke.
One of Jem's cellmates speaks: "This door is made of pure Tungsten Carbide… A simple kick like that won't work!"
Dill speaks: "Tungsten Carbide you say… I have just the thing!" He then reaches into his backpack, and he pulls out some flasks containing various fluids and an empty beaker. One flask is labeled "HNO3", and the other one is labeled "HCl". He then pours some fluid from each flask into the beaker, and he swirls it around.
Suddenly, the Hitler Fortress continues shaking, splashing some of Dill's fluid around. Some of it lands onto the floor, and parts of the floor begin dissolving. Dill speaks to Jem: "Get to the back wall! Right now!"
Jem quickly steps to the back wall in the cell. Dill then throws the beaker at the door, and the beaker shatters into several pieces, splashing the fluid all over the door. The cell door then dissolves away.
I run into the cell, and I hand Jem the Karmesin Kaiserin. "Here, hold this for me!" I place it into his left hand, and he grips it. I then grab his right hand with my left hand, and I rush out of the cell with him, completely ignoring the other prisoners in the cell. I grab Dill's arm with my right hand, and I begin running back to the stairwell. My foot is still broken; each step puts massive strain on it. Shit! If the ship wasn't shaking, this would be so much easier! If I make a single mistake, I'll trip and lose time!
Jem speaks: "Wait! What about the other prisoners? We have to help them!"
I respond as I run to the stairwell: "Screw them, they can die for all I care! There's no time! We just need to get the fuck out of here, or all of us will die!"
I open the stairwell, and I jump up while flapping my wings to jump up to the third floor, and then I do the same for the fourth floor. I quickly run back to the gaming room, and the hole is still in the ceiling.
I tighten my grip on Jem and Dill's arms, and I jump up through the hole in the ceiling. I land on the deck above. I run over to where Dill's racing kart was, but it's not here anymore. Instead, there's a sticky note on the ground. I read it.
"This vehicle was parked illegally, so I stole it. Sincerely, Joseph Stalin. P.S. Your mom is fat." What?! Joseph Stalin is still alive?! And he was just here? That bastard…
Dill speaks: "Nooooo! Not my Ultra Turbo Mk III!"
I look to the side of the Hitler Fortress. We are over an ocean. There's not a single mass of land around us. Judging by its current velocity, there are about four seconds left before it crashes into the ocean. I speak: "Dill! Jem! Hold on tight! Don't let go!"
While holding their arms, I quickly run over to the side of the ship, and I jump off of it while holding them. I can feel their hands tightening around my arms. They are both screaming very loudly right now. I probably should've told them about this before committing to it. Whatever, I just hope I can handle this!
I flap my wings very rapidly to slow down my rate of descent. Shit! It's hard to hold both of them! They're too heavy! Whatever! I won't let any of us die! I flap my wings harder. Shit! This is so tiring! But I must endure this!
Suddenly, the Hitler Fortress crashes into the ocean, creating a massive wave. It then sinks to the bottom of the ocean, and then it explodes, launching water everywhere. The sound of the explosion is so loud, that it disorients me, and my ears begin ringing. Suddenly, the water from the splash begins falling from above. The water then hits me, and my flight breaks, causing me to begin rapidly falling.
Dammit! Dill and Jem are still holding on to me as tight as they can, and they scream as we all fall. We land into the ocean, putting us deep into the water. I open my eyes, and I look around. I see the light above. I swim up to the surface while still holding Dill and Jem. I get to the surface, and I quickly breathe. Dill and Jem also take deep breaths.
It's still raining due to the Hitler Fortress splashing so much water into the air. Jem speaks: "No… Those prisoners…"
I respond: "Never mind that. Do you still have the sword I told you to hold?"
Jem has a shocked expression on his face. "Oh no… It seems like I accidentally dropped it!"
"Dammit, Jem. I'm disappointed in you. I was planning on keeping that sword as a trophy, signifying that I killed Neo-Hitler."
Jem speaks: "What?! You killed Neo-Hitler?"
Dill speaks: "Yes! We like, did it! She couldn't have done it without me of course!"
Jem begins crying. These aren't sad tears. It seems like he's happy. He then swims over to me and hugs me. "Scout! I'm proud of you, my little sister!"
I speak: "Cool. Anyway, how the hell are we going to get back to the United States now? Where the hell even are we anyway?"
Dill responds: "According to my calculations, we're like, somewhere east of China. Neo-Hitler was on his way to conquer Asia. Scout, while you were unconscious, he captured several Pacific islands to like, gain an advantage in his mission for world conquest. His plan was to attack Asia from the East to like, avoid being detected or something."
I hear something. It sounds like… A boat horn? I look to where it came from. I see a fishing boat over the horizon. I point to it. "There's a boat over there. Let's go to it."
Dill and Jem look over to where I point. Dill adjusts the glasses on his face. "Umm… I don't see anything over there."
Jem responds: "Yeah, I don't see it either."
I speak: "Dammit! Your shitty human eyes are garbage compared to my Finch Chimera eyes! Just come with me!"
I begin swimming towards the boat. It looks like it's moving towards us. It gradually gets closer.
Jem speaks: "Oh! I see the boat now!"
Good. This confirms I wasn't hallucinating it. The boat then stops in front of us. I climb up the ladder to get onto it, and I look around. This appears to be a personal fishing boat that can probably hold up to five people. The man in the driver's seat speaks: "Nǐ hǎo."
I recognize this man's face instantly. It's Mao Zedong.
