The thief and voodoo

chapter 4

sorry for the wait, but the meeting between Sly and Ruby starts.

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Sly leaned back and let his body relax as the trip to Haiti was taking much longer than anticipated. It felt like forever if they were going to meet his first ever friend. He was hoping with everything in his body that she was not one of the furious five.

While it is true they were going to Haiti to fight a Mz. Ruby, that couldn't mean that it was his friend, right? It just couldn't be. He still remembered her when they first met. She was scared of showing what she could do, so the chances of her actually being a criminal mastermind and joining the organization that attacked his parents was extremely unlikely.

Bentley looked in the back of the van and saw Sly in deep thought. "Sly, you alright?" asked the genius turtle.

Sly snapped out of his train of thought and turned to his pal. "Yeah, just thinking about, you know." replied Sly knowing his two friends would know.

Bentley understood and turned back to the front as Murray continued the drive. It was no secret that Sly revealed that he was friends with a girl during a vacation trip to Haiti when he was a kid. He had told them after he met them at school that his childhood friend was called Ruby. It probably was worrying the young raccoon at who they may meet. For now, he needed some time til they got there.

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Ruby herself was in her throne room if one were to call it that as she gazed into a crystal ball that helped with locating intruders. This however was no intruder as she was viewing the van that Sly and his friends were riding in.

"Seems Clockwerk was right." replied Ruby remembering the owl letting her know that Sly was coming to her base. This caused two reactions out of her. One was happiness at meeting her childhood friend after so many years. The other was nervousness. What if he truly believed that she was a criminal? What if he never wanted to see her again? These thoughts and more caused her to feel cold inside.

She gripped the token he gave her all those years ago and began to take deep breaths to calm herself down. She snapped her fingers and two spirit cats soon levitated from the floor. "You two, keep Sly's friends busy. I want him to get here on his own."

The two spirits nodded before slipping through the floor to complete their mistress's command. Ruby looked back at the crystal ball and smiled as they were drawing closer and closer to her territory. "It'll be nice to see you again, Sly."

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Murray and Bentley could see the thick foliage of the jungle as they were getting closer and closer to their destination. When it seemed like they found a clear path to park the van and let Sly do his job, two see through figures that resembled cats appeared in front of the van and were coming closer and closer.

Murray quickly put the van in reverse and backed up the van as the odd creatures were getting closer. The sudden change of direction told Sly something was going on and he went to the front to see the tow spirits coming for them.

"What are they?" asked Sly who didn't like the looks of this.

"If I had to guess, I'd say that they're a form of ectoplasm manifestation." replied Bentley using the scientific term.

"In English?" asked Sly.

"Ghosts." replied Bentley who held on as Murray had turned the van around and caused Sly to lose his balance. Murray pushed down on the pedal and they down the other path to escape the spirits, while they forgot the backdoor had opened.

Sly saw the doors open but didn't have time to fully catch himself as he ended up falling through the back with his trusty cane in his pack as it fell on top of him.

He saw his friends and the van drive away from the ghosts and apparently didn't notice him missing. He let out a sigh before getting up and putting his pack on and holding his cane.

He looked around his surroundings and began to trek through the dark foliage of the jungle.

He used his cane to help dice away some of the vines and leaves that got in his way. He soon came across what looked like a shore. He looked out to see that water covered most of the floor in front of him.

'Great, I don't suppose a way over this is just gonna pop out of no where.' thought the raccoon who soon saw a vine near him. He smiled at the luck and grabbed it, made sure it was strong by tugging it a little, and began to use his body's weight to swing over the water. As he swung higher, he soon saw another vine and reached out to grab it while abandoning the first.

This soon began to get repetitive as he was now swinging from vine to vine in an attempt to avoid the water. No telling what lay beneath the surface.

He continued to swing and soon began to slow down as he heard something. It sounded like someone whistling a beautiful song. The tune the person was whistling sounded extremely familiar. Sly soon found himself getting closer and closer to the tune.

He soon slid down the vine he was on to land on some surprisingly dry grass and began to head deeper into the foliage. He could hear the whistling much more clearer past this bush.

He pushed the leaves away and could feel his heart get caught in his throat. He was staring at an alligator that sat on a tree stump while her eyes were closed and let her tune waft through the air. He could tell the figure was a she as her long scaly legs were on perfect display for any person to see. He could also see the muscles that were on them and that simply made them appear even more amazing. He was surprised to see her chest straining against her shirt as it looked like it could pop right out. She also had several bracelets on her wrists and ankles. She wasn't wearing any pants, but had a loincloth that covered her lower region. All in all, she looked like a drop dead gorgeous jungle goddess.

The alligator finally seemed to notice him as she stopped her whistling and gazed at Sly with a look that held something in them.

The female alligator gave a smile with her jaw and crossed one of her legs over the other and held her arms under her chest, making Sly feel warm around the face. "Seems like you fulfilled your promise." replied the alligator whose looks could rival Carmelita.

Sly was confused, but soon found an answer as he saw something dangling around her neck. It was a symbol that his clan had used. But it looked like it had been worn for years on account of the age mark son it.

He took a good hard look into the females face and could only mutter one word in astonishment. "Ruby?"

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well people, I know it doesn't have a lot of action, but I guarantee you all that things will start to heat up a bit in the next installment.