Chapter 4: Operation - SuperAwesomeRescueMission Tornado
"Alright Murray, I'm in position" Bentley announced. "What's your status?" Murray punched his fist.
"The Murray is ready." He glared at the police officers who patrolled this singular wall.
"Good. All of the preparations are complete. It's time to begin Operation: SuperAwesomeRescueMission Tornado!"
"Alright!" Murray jeered
"You're up Murray. Give it your best shot." Bentley said over the radio.
"Will do Bentley." Murray smiled. He made his way over to the two officers standing guard. "Hey, what are you two 'ladies' doing?" He attempted to provoke them.
"Huh? Oh, we're not ladies, we're guys." One of the guards explained.
"Oh really. You look very lady like"
"Why thank you."
"What? That wasn't a compliment."
"I think I'll take it as one." The guard smiled. "After all, it's better to look at the glass as half-full, right?"
"Yeah." The other guard nodded.
"Besides, women have lots of good features." The first guard said. "Like…"
"They're pretty."
"They have nice hair."
"They tend to be much better bathed and groomed too."
"Yeah, I've seen a lot of guys with hygiene problems."
"Also women tend to be very elusive with their intentions and emotions. I bet that'd be handy."
"They also have attitude." The first guard waved his finger. "Know what I'm sayin' sister!?"
"I don't think that's how women talk."
"Oh really. I thought that's how all women in America talk."
"No, you just got that idea from that play that was on down in the theatre."
"Oh you saw it too!"
"I was sitting next to you when we watched it."
"Oh yeah. How silly of me. Wasn't that a great play!"
"It was! I liked then bit where…" Murray watched the two guards go back and forth in their nonsensical conversation.
"Hey guys! Don't ignore me!" Murray commanded.
"Huh?" The first guard said. "Oh sorry, I guess we got a little carried away." Murray calmed down and was about to speak when…
"Oh, I've just realized. We haven't introduced ourselves yet!" The second guard pointed out.
"I'm Desmond!" The first guard said.
"And I'm Richard!" The second guard said.
"Murray!" Murray immediately slammed both of the guards' heads together. "Nice to meet you." Both of the officers fell to the ground unconscious.
"Well done Murray!" Bentley came out of hiding. "Now you better take those officers somewhere they won't be found until they wake up."
"Done." Murray said as he dropped the officers behind a bush.
"Okay. I guess that'll work. Now let's see if I can calibrate these bombs just right so that… that should do it." Bentley placed three bombs on the wall in a triangle shape. Each bomb was half a metre apart from the others.
"What now Bentley?"
"Take this." Bentley handed Murray some goofy glasses and a moustache. He also put on his own moustache. "Now we look the part. Let's get into the station and begin our little diversion." He smiled as he adjusted his moustache. Murray was finding his disguise difficult to put on, however. The glasses slipped off his nose and the moustache wouldn't stick to his face. Eventually he had to settle for putting the glasses on upside down and wearing the moustache like hair. The two made it to the front of the station and proceeded to make their way inside. The lobby was quite clean looking and had a sort of authority like feel to it.
"I don't know if I like this Bentley." Murray whispered to his tortoise friend.
"It'll be fine Murray." Bentley whispered back. "All we have to do is stick to the plan and everything will go smoothly." He put on a worried expression as he reached the information desk.
"Hello. What can I do for you?" The receptionist asked.
"I'd like to report something horrible." Bentley over acted his shock. Murray rolled his eyes.
"Hmm? What would that b-?"
"We just saw some police officers get beat up by some thugs outside!" Bentley didn't even let the receptionist finish.
"Outside? Where did this take pl-"
"Just now, a couple of streets from the police station!" Bentley shouted in horror. He checked to see if the guards by the staff only door were looking. They were. Bentley smiled.
"Okay, just wait over there please." The receptionist pointed at the seats in the waiting area. She then picked up the office phone and dialled something in. "An assault has just been reported. It sounds bad. You better go check it out… Yeah, the man said that it happened recently, a couple of streets from here. Yep, yep. Thank you." She put the phone down and began to type on her computer. Two police officers came out of the staff door and quickly ran out of the police station.
"Bentley, the guards aren't moving." Murray pointed out.
"I know. That doesn't matter though. We'll get in another way." Bentley explained.
"How?"
"Just be patient. Remember, good things come to those who wait." Murray did not reply to this. After a short whiles wait a police officer beckoned the two into the staff only room. They followed behind him.
"Alright guys." The officer scratched the scruff on his chin and straightened out his moustache. "I'm gonna need to ask you a few questions about this assault you reported." He opened the interrogation room's door. "So which one of you wants to go…" He turned around to see that the Hippo and the Tortoise had disappeared. "…first. What the? Where the heck did they go?"
"Sargent Spike sir!" A police officer stood to attention.
"What is it officer? And stop acting like that, this isn't the army."
"Sorry sir. I erm… have some paper work Miss Carmelita wants you to fill out.
"Carmelita? Since when did she become the boss around here?"
"Sir, she's been captain for a few months now."
"Oh yeah." Spike flicked through the paper work. "Anyway, I'd better get started on this. You see if you can't find those witnesses." He began to walk away.
"Witnesses?" The police officer asked.
"Yes officer erm… what-cha-ma-call-its."
"Officer Biggins sir."
"Yeah. That's it."
"What was that you said about witnesses sir?"
"What. I didn't say anything about witnesses."
"Yes sir, you did."
"When?"
"Just now sir." Biggins said. Spike looked confused and he paused for a moment to recollect his memory.
"Oh yeah! The witnesses."
"Yes, you were saying something about them. What was it sir?"
"Yeah, there are a couple of guys who I was gonna ask some questions of. But I can't seem to find them anywhere."
"You lost them?!"
"No, I think they ran off." Spike scratched his head.
"What!? Should I sound the alarm sir?"
"No, no. It's fine. Besides, I think that this could be interesting."
"Interesting sir?"
"Just a feeling." Spike chuckled. "I think I'll leave the paperwork 'till later." He walked off and waved his hand back and forth. "I want to watch."
"Watch what? Sir." Biggins stood outside the interrogation room as the distance between him and spike became larger. "Sir?"
"Okay Murray, I'm outside Carmelita's office. Are you in position?"
"I'm right here Bentley." Murray stood next to his friend.
"Good." Bentley continued to pretend that he was talking to Murray through radio chat. "It's time to initiate the next part of my brilliant plan." He smiled. Bentley then wheeled himself over to Carmelita's office door and examined it. It was red with a golden fox head emblazoned on its centre. Other than that it seemed like a completely ordinary door. "Well, it's definitely locked, but it shouldn't take long to pick it." He cracked his fingers. "Now if I get just the right positioning, I'll be able to turn the lock just as if I had…" Murray slammed into the door and it swung wide open. This shocked Bentley. Murray then gestured for Bentley to go inside without saying anything. Bentley conceded and pushed his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. "Good work Murray. Just warn me next time, okay."
"Fine, but you'll have to do these things quicker. I don't need all of your explanations."
"You seem a little frustrated Murray." Bentley swiveled his wheelchair around to face his hippo ally.
"It's just that we're here to save our friend. I like our goofy individual styles, I really do." Murray frowned. "But right now, I'm gonna be completely serious. This is too important to be so casual about."
"I know, but it's also too important to get worked up over. We'll be much more efficient if we cool off and treat this like a regular mission. After all, that's how we got this far in the first place."
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
"Now that we've got that out of the way, I'm going to need you to stand guard outside. If Carmelita comes back, warn me."
"The Murray will dominate this task!" Murray flexed and left Carmelita's office, shutting the door behind him.
"Alright then!" Bentley rubbed his hands as his robotic arms fixed the lock and locked the door shut. "That should do it. Now let's find those keys." He searched around the office. Under the desk, on the desk, inside, on top of and behind the bookshelf. He looked around the chair and around the safe.
"Uh, Bentley." Murray sounded over the radio.
"Yes." Bentley cringed as he quickly searched every nook and cranny in the office.
"Carmelita just walked around the corner. She's coming this way!" Bentley froze. "Stall her."
"How?"
"Just talk to her or something. I need more time to find those keys!"
"Excuse me?" Carmelita asked. "You're not supposed to be up here."
"Uh…" Murray looked sided to side. "I'm uh… looking for the restroom."
"The restroom. Then why didn't you use the one by the lobby?"
"Because I uh…" Murray twiddled his fingers. Carmelita looked over the hippo. He looked strange. He wore his glasses upside down and had a funny looking haircut. Yet somehow he looked familiar. "I was going to the room where you get asked questions because I was a witness for this 'thing' and when I got into the office; I went to look for the bathroom but I got lost on the way."
"And you somehow made your way over here?" Carmelita asked. The hippo nodded. "Right… Erm… Have we met before?" Murray froze.
"N-No. I don't think that we've ever met before." He put on a much deeper voice. "Anyway could you direct… Me… to the 'restroom'."
"Murray!" Bentley shouted over the radio. "I can't believe I didn't realize before! The door was locked after all! Carmelita has the keys on her! You'll need to pry them from her somehow."
"I don't know…" Murray said nervously.
"Don't know what?" Carmelita asked. Murray froze again.
"I don't know… where the restrooms are."
"They're down the stairs, to the right, exit the hallway and it'll be the first set of doors on your left."
"Thank you." Murray dashed off.
"Damn. I need to get this window open." Bentley pulled on one of the office windows just as the door handle began to turn. "Oh no!" He began to pull harder. "It's stuck!"
"Oh, silly me." Carmelita smiled. "I forgot that I locked it." She stuck the key in and turned it. The door wouldn't budge. "This key seems a little stickier than normal." She turned the key several more times and twisted the handle.
*Click*
"There we go." She opened the door and looked into her office. She froze. Right there, in her office was… Sly's calling card resting on her desk. Carmelita immediately checked her office to see if anything was stolen. It was then that she realized what had happened. She checked her keys. One was missing. She had a look of horror on her face, then frustration, then anger. "Slyyyyyyyyy!" She ran out of her office.
"Wow Bentley" Murray said as he finished climbing down from one of the windows. "I sure am glad you showed me what the key looked like, otherwise I would have never known which one to take."
"Indeed." Bentley beckoned Murray to follow. "Now we get in position and wait."
Sly rested on his bed as guards swarmed the area outside his cell. Carmelita stood directly outside of the cell, facing the racoon.
"That's a lot of guards. What's the event Carmelita?"
"You know what's going on Sly. Your friends are trying to rescue you, but they'll fail. There is no way that they'll ever get past all of these guards."
"So my pals have made their move have they?" Sly stood up and walked in front of the fox, close enough that he was nearer to her than the back wall, but not close enough that she could grab him through the bars. "You sure you can keep me from escaping."
"One-hundred per-cent."
"Would you bet a kiss on it?" Sly smiled. He just stood there, smiling."
"I don't see how you could ever get out, so sure. I'll bet a kiss, but if you lose, you have to give up crime forever after you finally get out of jail."
"That's not such an exciting bet, but I accept." Sly stood facing Carmelita and his smile grew wider.
'What is he up to?' She thought.
*KABOOM!* The wall exploded from behind Sly. Carmelita stuck her arm in front of her face for protection, and then retracted it. She couldn't believe what she saw. "Sly" She snarled.
"See you later Carmelita." Sly waved her goodbye.
"Someone get this cell door open!" Carmelita shouted. Sly climbed over the rubble and took one last glance at Carmelita.
"Oh, and I'll be expecting that kiss you bet." He smiled and then ran.
"Sly!" Carmelita shouted. She grabbed the metal bars and snarled in frustration. She then, for a moment, cracked a small smile. "Sly." She sighed.
The gang ran through the wood-like area at the back of the Police station with incredible pace.
"Hey, thanks for busting me out!" Sly grinned.
"Well we couldn't leave you to rot in a jail cell. The cooper thieves would collapse without you." Bentley explained. "Besides…"
"You're our friend." Murray smiled. The three smiled and laughed as they made their escape. They wondered what lay in wait for their future. What adventures would they embark on next? What sights would they see? This happy time in their escape was to be short lived however. As they exited the wood-like area they came upon a road filled with police cars and Interpol officers. They even had a helicopter. Sly turned back only to see more officers come out from behind the trees. He turned once more to see the police filled road ahead. Bentley and Murray stared at the officer in the center of the commotion. It was the police officer who they had given the slip before. Sergeant Spike produced a packet of cigars from one of his pockets and took one out. He lit it with his lighter. Spike then inhaled and blew out some smoke.
"You kids never learn, do you?"
Wow, this chapter took a while to get out. My apologies. College stuff. Anyway, hope that you're enjoying this story so far. Also, just to let you know, Officers Desmond, Richard, Biggins and Sergeant spike will all feature in the story as main characters. BTW won't let me use Tornado joined up with the SuperAwesomeRescueMission bit. If anyone knows why, please tell me as it does this with a few other things too.