Chapter 4: Sly?
It was a long story. Eric managed to get every little detail into the story, it was his idea of stalling. But he just ended with a unnecessarily detailed story. He figured that Carmelita would get angry and start to argue with him. But once the story was done, she sat in her seat silent. Nobody dared to say a word to her, they were all afraid that they would say the wrong thing. Especially Eric.
Eric felt guilty, he didn't want to show it, but it was written all over his face. His office was on the same floor as her's, he should of kept a watch on it. Plus the fact that he was doing what Carmelita got fired for. He wondered if she had a grudge for him. Would she tell the boss once they got back to the present? He would loose his career of being an inside man. Eric knew he had to make it up somehow.
The van had finally landed in Ancient Egypt. Sand as far as the eye can see, with a small civilization in front of large pyramids and the sphinx. Bentley pulled out his binocucom, and tried to connect with Sly.
"Sly? Sly? Are you there?" he said.
"Ben...is...you?" Bentley could hardly understand what Sly was saying, but he still could tell by the voice that it was Sly.
"Sly? Where are you?"
"I'm... -rmids"
"Sly, go to the sphinx, we'll rendezvous there."
"On it." Bentley had closed the binocucom and put it in his pocket. He turned to the team.
"We're going to meet Sly at the Sphinx"
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Murray yelled. As they walked they each wondered how Sly would react to them, especially Eric. While the other members have known Sly for most of their life, except Carmelita, but they love each other. Eric was the new person that Sly didn't know. Bentley reassured him that Sly would like him, but Eric knew that Sly has had a history of disliking people that the other gang members liked. Eric traveled at the back of the group, to make sure he was seen last. As they got closer to the sphinx, a mysterious man leaped out of nowhere and grabbed Eric, Eric let out a quick yelp. Bentley, Murray, and Carmelita quickly turned around, as Sly ran out.
"Guys, look out." Sly yelled as he joined the mysterious man. It took Bentley a moment to realize what was happening, but eventually he put the pieces together.
"Sly! Sly! Stop, he's with us!" Bentley yelled. Sly looked up and told the man to stop. Sly helped Eric up, he was dazed at what just happened.
"Talk about first impressions." Eric said.
"Who is this guy?" Sly asked.
"He's Eric our 'inside man'." said Bentley
"Inside Man?"
"He works for us, he is in Interpol, he tells us about what is going on there."
Sly took a moment before finally saying, "Alright." If Sly was actually okay with Eric was anybody's guess.
"Who's the person with you?" Murray asked.
"He's my ancestor, Slytankhamen." Sly said. "Slytankhamen, this is Bentley..."
"Pleased to meet you."
"this is Murray..."
"Hey there."
"And this is Carmelita." Carmelita was about to say her greeting, but Slytankhamen interrupted her.
"This one is the love of your life?" he asked. Sly turned towards Slytankhamen, he wasn't expecting him to say that. Carmelita blushed a little. I mean, it wasn't a secret. "Here, let me show you my hideout." he continued.
"We would love to see you hideout but we really need to take Sly and head back to the present." Bentley said.
"Why?" asked Sly.
"Someone has been trying to break into the cooper vault, and we have to find out who." Eric said.
"Alright, let's go." Sly said. Sly said his farewell to Slytankhamen, and the five of them left. As they were walking away Slytankhamen said to himself:
"A Cooper vault, that sound like a great idea"