A theif changed my life-02
India
I yawned quite loudly as we reached our next hideout. This time- a cave. Way less classy than our hotel room in Monaco. But the palace was pretty. We settled in, Murray playing a handheld game while bentley set up a car battery to use for Murray's game system and his computer. Sly was staring out the only window.
"Hey raccoon," I said to him, sitting on the ledge.
"..."
"Something to say, chatterbox?" I inquired.
"Just thinking about what would happen if you were actually caught."
"Remember? You told me that you won't let me. Or did that slip your mind?" I asked, leaning towards him.
"Right. Carmelita can be unpredictable." sly answered.
"Tell me about it" I scoffed.
"You said in Cario that you 'were' a theif, but untill someone caught you" sly said.
"Yeah?" I asked, thinking of what was he getting at.
"Who was it?" he asked.
"Carmelita." I answered after awhile. We sat in silence, the only noises being typing on the computer and Murray's game.
"Mind telling me the story?" He asked.
"Short or long version?" I asked in return.
"We got a while," sly said, sitting with me and nudging me.
"Okay. Well, when I was small, my parents were rarely there. My mother died when I was little, and my father had his 'gang' he would steal with. So, I hung out with Carmelita's family most of the time and when my father was killed by the klaaw gang, I was adopted by Carmelita's family. But thieving was in my blood. So when I got older, I began to steal. Then, I got caught. Instead of turning me in, she made me into a cop. But I always wanted to go back." The hideout was silent. I looked at sly, his eyes never leaving my face. I then turned away, clutching my hands together. Bentley cleared his throat and then began to speak,
"Alright gang, here's the lowdown, spice lord Rajan is in possession of the clockwerk wings. We need to pull off some jobs to get even close to them. first, sly will recon the ballroom while Avery lowers the drawbridge so Murray and I can get access to the palace grounds. I'll brief you as soon as you get there."
"Kay"
After a few minutes of clinging to sly, getting chased by guards, stealing keys, and running to the drawbridge control center, the bridge fell. I sighed in exasperation.
"All done, bentley, what's next?"
Great work. Now, Murray will destroy the chopper so we can have clear skies for the heist. Then I can use my RC chopper to take out the air defense jeep. Then we can come back to the safehouse and plan phase two.
Bentley said in my earpiece.
"So, nothing for me?"
Sly might need your help ransacking the guesthouse for a tux so he can distract Carmelita during the heist.
"Great, where is he?" but then I saw him. I met up with him across the guest house.
"Hey, raccoon." I said.
"Avery. What's up?"
"Bentley wanted me to help you out. You need a tux?"
"Yeah."
"Well then, let's go ransack a guesthouse." I smiled as we went inside. Sly went left, I went right. I know that bentley wouldn't approve, but I wanted in on that party. So I stole an extra dress(it was midnight blue, up to my knees and strapless) from a room along with heels, make up and earrings. I quickly got dressed, and met sly at the door, him in a tux and awestruck.
"Stop staring!" I complained.
"I can't help but stare at a beautiful lady" he commented. He took my arm and knocked.
"You got a tuxedo now, sir?" The guy asked.
"Of course, I'm here to dance, along with my date" he commented.
"You tried to get in without a suit?" I hissed in his ear while we were walking in.
"Yeah, bentley completely overlooked the need for formal wear." He said. Then as we were talking, Carmelita showed up.
"Avery! What a pleasant surprise. I didn't know you were here. "
"Sorry, I just got the call from the contessa. Bad service in Monaco." I lied, smiling.
"Ohh. Well who's this?" she motioned to sly.
"Just a friend from Monaco that likes to follow me."
"I pretty sure you followed me, dear." Sly said, wrapping his arm around me. I resisted the urge to smack the stripes off of him, but Carmelita was right there.
"Excuse me, ladies," sly said smoothly, walking to neyla. They began to dance. I felt a flurry of jealousy as I watched them become closer.
"He's quite the accomplished dancer."
Carmelita noted, but all I was looking at was sly. My heart wavered. What was this feeling? I decided to wave it off. Carmelita walked up to sly, probably to get a dance later. Afterwards, sly offered a dance to me. Shocked because this could blow out mission, I only agreed. We danced slowly, increasing the speed as we went. The wavering feeling in my heart disappeared.
Sly
I caught Avery again as those stupid elephants knocked her off. She had two gems, I had 3.
"One more" she muttered. She changed out of her dress and was back to black hoodie and jeans. I thought she looked way more prettier this way. She blew a strand of hair out of her face and got up, chasing after it. She then jumped down off its back and handed the gems to me. Smiling, she asked-
"What's next partner?"
"We need to get above the ballroom to get control of the winch." i answered
"Me and you? Sounds like a Bentley job"
"We'll let them in, because the only way is a drainpipe"
"Fun" she said as we got there. She seemed more friendly towards me since the dance. Once bentley and Murray arrived, bentley began to crack at the winch controls. Meanwhile, guards swarmed us. Avery was more than happy to fight, taking down more foes than Murray. After what seemed like forever, we finally got control of the winch and was headed back to the safehouse, ready for the heist.
