A theif changed my life-03

Operation hippo drop

I stood in the ballroom, keeping an ear out for bentley, for he was blowing up a bridge. Murray was above, ready for the signal from me when the guards are gone and Rajan was distracted. The ballroom was crowded, and I was surrounded by cops and klaww gang members. I noticed that guards walked up to Rajan.

"What? The bridge is out? Send every guard to investigate!" Rajan exclaimed. As sly walked in, I was about to walk to him. But someone tapped on my shoulder. I turned, recognizing him on the spot. He was a cheetah, wearing a dark suit.

"May I have this dance, miss miller?" he asked, offering his hand.

"Alex! I thought that you were caught by interpol. " I said. But there was more to it than that.

"So did I." He said.

"That was true. But that was the past. Now I wish to take you up on that dance." I said, taking his hand. We began to dance, all eyes(including Sly's) were on us. We were in sync, just like before I was turned into a cop. I began to remember the days before Carmelita caught me, when Alex and I Would steal from corrupt nobleman. Alex rested his face on my neck, murmuring

"I've missed you has happened to you?"

"I grew up." I whispered, he facing me. I kissed him softly on the cheek, putting a calling card in his pocket.

"The clockwerk wings! They have been stolen!" Rajan exclaimed. Alex turned to me, but I was already gone. I made it to the van, exhausted from running in heels. Sly was there too, Murray walked in with the wings. Excited, we all drove away. Sly just looked at me.

"I thought I told you to stop staring!" I complained, looking away and blushing.

"Who were you dancing with?"

"An old partner from my thieving days."

"It looked like more than a old partner." He commented. Was that jealousy in his voice?

"Whatever it looked like is not what it actually was!" I snapped, tears welling in my eyes as I looked out the window. We were silent the entire trip.

Bollywood

Sly

Avery did not want to talk. She was even avoiding me. I tried to talk to her, but she was hmph at me and turn away.

"Hey, Avery, we're going to sneak Murray into a musical if you wanna come." I asked, she just looked at me and nodded, going to her room and changing into tights and a Indian dress. She walked out, I following her to the sight, where Murray was dancing and singing. She smiled a little, and when she caught me looking, she cleared her throat and looked away. Bentley even noticed the tension. She was helping him with finding Rajan, when I walked over. She scoffed and walked away.

"What's with her?" I asked.

"Really sly?" He asked.

"What?!" I asked.

"You obviously upset her, so go apologize. She was clearly hurt when she saw you with Carmelia and was shocked when you played with her feelings" bentley explained.

"I'll go talk to her." I sighed, finding her on the balcony. She was still in her indian dress. She saw me and went to leave, but I caught her arm and pulled her against me.

"Sly-" she began, but I only hugged her. She wrapped her arms around my neck. I noticed that she was crying. She pulled away, smiling.

"Thank you, sly."

"No, thank you."

Avery

It has been three days since sly hugged me, and we were kinder towards each other. We left Bollywood, heading to a remote temple in the Indian jungle. We were forced to walk, the brush being to thick to drive through. After some complications, we finally made it. The air was thick with spice, and it constantly rained. I sneezed, afraid I caught a cold. I shook my head in our new safehouse, in a stone dragonhead. We were safe. Untill Rajan or Carmelia found us. Sly wrapped a blanket around me. I smiled at him, he ruffling my hair.

"Hey!" I complained as he sat with me on a small couch that bentley had brought with us. I only smiled though and leaned against him. I sneezed once again.

"You alright, Avery?" Sly asked. I nodded, accepting a tissue from Murray.

"So, what's the plan, bentley?"

"Recon of rajan's spice operation and bugging his office."

"I got the recon" I said, standing.

"Calm down, we just got here."

"Right. Sorry, I wasn't used to sitting around" I sat, sighing dejectily.

"But didn't you used to be a cop?"

"to be honest, yeah I was. Remember what I said? When Alex betrayed me to Carmelia, it was during a crazy heist. I got caught, and he didn't. See he was a cop to begin with, and he faked the entire thing to get the gold and pin it on me."

"Then?" Bentley prompted, eager to hear more. I sighed heavily and looked at sly. He squeezed my hand in reassurance. I didn't realize that he was holding it.

"Then Carmelia let me go on one condition. I would be made into a cop. Put under the name 'Avery Fox' to trick people into thinking that the thief side of me was never there. But it came back." I said.

"What's your real name?"

"Elizabeth Avery miller" I said, getting back up and leaning against the wall.

"Huh." Sly said.

"Look, I need rest. Where's my room?"

"The third door" bentley pointed to it,

" Murray and I will have the second, and sly'll have the first."

"Right. night gang." I yawned and then went in my room. It had a simple mirror and desk, having a hammock with pillows and blankets for sleeping. I changed into pj's, about to sleep when I heard a knock. I opened it up to see sly in pajamas. It was a weird sight.

"Sly, what are doing in my room?"

"Can't sleep. Mind if I bunk with you?" He asked. I cleared my throat and nodded.

"But don't try anything, cooper, or we'll see if Rajan likes fried raccoon." I warned, getting into the hammock with sly. He blew out the candle, leaving us in complete darkness. After awhile of silence, sly said-

"I'm glad you agreed to stay with us In Paris."

"Me too." I said, feeling better with sly holding me.