Here we go guys, Sly's 3rd hunt has begun. There will be a big change in this one then in the original game, and Neyla will start feeling conflicted about Sly. Anyway back to the story, guys.
Neyla and Carmelita were in their office, going over the latest case of the Hunter. They put all the bodies that he killed in Mesa City in the morgue, and it had taken all they had not to puke for the next few nights. Neyla knew that he was a killer, but she had no idea that he would go so far as to skin people and rip out someone's spine. It was even more sick than the bodies she found on the Isle of Wrath. But some good had come of it: all of the evaluated Mesa City population had returned home shortly afterwards, and some of the people had even called the hunter a hero. Those people had lost their families when Muggshot took over the city, and it looked like the people had gotten their revenge and justice, through the hunter.
"The more I think about the hunter, the more I start obsessing over him." Neyla thought.
"That maniac psychopath is going pay for making me look like a fool by beating me like that!" Carmelita thought.
Suddenly, Bentley and Murray came in the office. "Inspectors Neyla and Carmelita, Chief wants to see you both in his office." Murray said.
"Is it about the hunter and Mesa City?" Neyla asked.
"Yes, it is, ma'am. Me and Murray are getting close to finding the third member of the Fiendish Five. We'll let you know when we have the location." Bentley said.
Neyla and Carmelita went to Barkley's office and sat down in front of him. "You wanted to see us, Sir?" Neyla asked.
"Yes, I did. I want to show you both these." Barkley said handing them the most wanted list and the paper.
Neyla looked at the paper. "Murderous psychopath hunter escapes again, police or press have no leads." Neyla said. She then looked at the picture, it was blurry but Neyla could see that it was no doubt, a picture of the hunter, jumping from a rooftop. She then looked at the list saw that the hunter was put on the number 1 part.
"When you eventually catch this hunter, I want him put on death row for all the killings that he's done. We cannot let him have the chance to escape eventually and kill more people again. And if he tries to escape when you two encounter him again, either take him in or shoot him down!" Barkley said.
"I completely agree, Sir, at some point it's the only way to stop someone like him. If I can't bring him in, I'll gladly shoot him until he stops breathing." Carmelita said.
Neyla didn't have anything to say. She didn't want to think about putting the hunter on death row or shooting him down before she found out who he was. "I can't let this bitch shoot the hunter down. There must be a reason for what he does, and I won't let some arrogant bitch like Carmelita take that from me by shooting him down.
Suddenly, Bentley and Murray came in the office. "Chef, Inspectors, we have the third Fiendish Five member's name and location. This one is Ms Ruby, the voodoo priestess." Bentley said.
"She's in the Haitian jungle and she's been up to some very nasty stuff out there. We've got a chopper waiting to take you there." Murray said.
"Good, you two, go to Haiti. If Ms Ruby's there, then that's where the hunter will more than likely go next. Get there before he does, I want Ms Ruby alive, and the hunter dead or alive." Barkley said.
"Yes Sir." Neyla and Carmelita said. While they were heading to the chopper, they both had different thoughts about the hunter. "I have to get to the hunter before this bitch shoots him down, because after beating her like that, I doubt that she wants to take him alive." Neyla thought.
"When I see that murderous psychopath, I'm not going to even try to take him in alive, I'm going to kill him for making a fool of me!" Carmelita thought.
With Sly
Sly had already gotten his armor, weapons and mask ready. He then brought up the Crocodile's file: Her name was Ms Ruby, and from the looks of it, she had been born into a family of mystics. While she was growing up, the other children found her scary. Despite trying to fit in, the other children feared he'd due to her powers and teaching herself to summon the undead provided her with what little friends she could have. After she became an adult, she decided to punish the world for fearing her as a child. When she was recruited into the Fiendish Five, it allowed them to break both the laws of Man and Nature at the same time. Despite the success of her youth, she managed to fade into obscurity. And the last sightings of her claimed that she headed out of civilization and deep into the Haitian jungle. The file also said that she was even raising an army of undead creatures to do her bidding.
"Old fool, tampering with powers that she can't possibly understand, and tampering with the laws of Man and Nature, monstrous. Well, looks like I'll be doing the planet a favor by killing her." Sly said as he got into his pod and set the coordinates for the Haitian jungle. When the pod landed in a safe place, Sly cloaked it and saw the swamp. "This swamp's environment looks like one of the planets that I went to on a hunt for one of the Great Serpent Queens years ago, whatever my prey is doing here, It can't be good. Maybe when I kill my prey I'll use my self destruct device to destroy her lair." Sly said as he began his hunt.
Sly jumped through the ledges and saw a big purple mosquito coming at him but he used his Shuriken to slice it in half. "This insect isn't normal, either this is want the mosquitos are supposed to look like in this jungle or it must my prey's magic. Either way, these insects and anything else that my prey has at her command will not stop me from reaching her." Sly said.
Sly then used the tree roots and vines to get to some places that were too far even for his skills, gathering clues and dealing with more mosquitos, and big spiders. When Sly got to a tunnel, he found that there was some sort of monster guarding it. Fortunately, Sly had killed a lot of Xenomorphs over the years so the monster didn't scare him. Sly used his Shuriken to cut off it's head, but it was still alive. Sly then used his plasmacasters to destroy the head and body of the monster and decided that he would destroy Ms Ruby's lair once his hunt was complete to keep these creatures from possibly spreading to other places on Earth. Sly then got to a cut down tree with 2 more monsters on it. Sly used his Shurikens to cut off their heads and used his plasmacasters to destroy them. Sly gathered the clues there and continued on his way, dealing with another goon guarding what looked like a gate. He then saw the 1st treasure key in what looked like purple magic and a camp with goons in it and saw what looked like Ms Ruby's lair. "I think those candles are the source of that magic holding the key, and if I destroy them, I get the key." Sly said. Sly the. Went to the camp, killing the goons with his Combistick, gathering the rest of the clues, and destroying the candles with his Shurikens.
Sly found the vault and opened it revealing another page from the Thievius Raccoonus. "Hmm, sounds useful, but I'm not cowardly enough to hide behind a technique like this." Sly said. He then got the 1st treasure key, unlocked the entrance to the lair and headed inside.
Once he got to the center, he saw a large crocodile head at the upper left side. "Hmm, that must be where my prey is hiding, and if I'm right, it must be where her magic is strongest. If I'm going to get to her, I'll need to find a way into that temple. And I think that the areas around here will provide me that, and far better challenges then in Mesa City." Sly said as he went to the upper left area, set up his teleportation device and headed into the area.
Sly then saw a giant gate and found it a bit odd. "Hmm, I wonder what creature could make my prey so scared that she'd build a gate like this? Something huge and something that even my prey's magic can't control. Well, whatever it is, it'll make a great addition to my collection." Sly said as he gathered the 3 clues outside the gate jumped on the tree at the left side of the gate. Sly then went through the area, gathering clues and dealing with more mosquitos and spiders along the way. Once he got to a cage like structure, a giant snake-like creature burst from it and looked at Sly. "So you're what my prey was trying to keep in here. You're not want I'm after, but you'll be an added bonus to my hunt!" Sly said as he started running from the creature while collecting the rest of the clues. What Sly got to a ledge with enough space, Sly got out his retractable whip and when the creature got close enough, Sly wrapped his whip around its neck and pulled, the blades cut through the creature's neck and when Sly pulled hard enough, the creature's head was cut clean off.
Sly then looked at the head, got out his personal sword and started skinning it. The skinning took some time but he finally got it skinned down to the bone. "Hmm, it's too big to carry back to my pod, but luckily I prepared for this kind of thing years ago." Sly then opened his wrist gauntlet and pushed a few buttons. Sly pod eventually got to his position and when the pod opened, Sly put the skull in the pod and set it to fly back to his ship, and then come back once the skull was at the ship. Fortunately, the pod was faster than any other vehicle and would be back in its place in just a few hours. Once the pod was in the air, it started flying back to the ship.
Sly then found the vault, deciphered the code and opened it revealing another page from the Thievius Raccoonus. "Humh, that's what my mask is for, I have no use for information on the guards." Sly said putting the page into his container and getting the 2nd treasure key. He activated his teleportation device, sending him back to the main area.
"Well, that is a surprisingly great challenge, and the creature's skull will make an excellent addition to my collection." Sly said going to be upper right area, killing a goon with his wrist blades and heading out.
Sly got out of the tunnel and saw a blue ghost coming his way. Sly destroyed it with his plasmacaster and once he got the first clue, he destroyed another monster and went through another tunnel. Sly saw more ghosts coming at him but he destroyed them with his plasmacaster. He then saw a graveyard stone and destroyed it with his plasmacaster, making the ghosts stop coming. "Those ghosts must be the result of my prey's magic, and those monsters as well. When I kill her and destroy her lair, these atrocities should stop." Sly said. Sly then continued on his way. He went through 2 more tunnels, dealing with more ghosts and monsters. Sly got to a white voodoo floor and saw 3 more gravestones. Sly used his Shurikens and right plasmacaster to destroy them while using his Combistick and left to deal with the ghosts. Sly then went to the upper level, gathering the clues there. Sly then jumped on what looked like a Lilypad tree and jumped from them, gathering 3 more clues and dealing with more ghosts and destroying the gravestone. When he got to the other side, he killed 3 mosquitos and jumped to another ledge, destroying 2 more gravestones and gathered the rest of the clues.
Sly deciphered the code, found the vault and opened it, revealing the blueprints for Ms Ruby's facility. "Humh, useless." Sly said throwing the paper away and getting the 3rd treasure key. He activated his teleportation device, sending him back to the main area.
"Well, that was a good challenge for me. I hope that the other areas of this place provide me with some challenges." Sly said going to the lower left area.
Sly saw another voodoo gate that was protected by a lake of piranhas. "Hmm, looks like the key is behind that gate. Luckily I've encountered this kind of problem before." Sly said getting out a special device that he made years ago. It was a device that when thrown in the air, could spin and shoot fire at the intended targets. Sly set the device to aim inside the tiki torches mouths, threw it in the air and the device shot ball of fire into all of the tiki mouths, making the gate open. Sly then jumped to the other side of the lake and grabbed the 4th treasure key. He then activated his teleportation device, sending him back to the main area.
"That was just a waste of my time, the other areas had better not disappoint me." Sly said. He then saw the 4 locks and looked at the gate on the other side of the area. "Hmm, that gate must have been the the other side of the area that the creature was in, and that wall must be blocking the path to my prey. No matter, I already have what I need to get through the wall." Sly went to the wall and used his power punch glove to break through it. He then saw a spinning voodoo device. "Hmm, that device looks like the only way to get to my prey's lair, but I'll need three more keys to access it. Good, that means more challenges for me." Sly said killing the goons with his plasmacasters, going to the west ledge and going into the area.
Sly went through the tunnel and collected the first 3 clues. When he got out, he saw a green waterfall overflowing with bones and body parts. "I don't know what my prey had done to those bodies, but it wasn't anything good. God rest all of your souls. I promise you all that I will make that monster suffer for whatever she did to you." Sly said. Sly then jumped on the nearby platform and used his Shuriken to kill the goon and the other one on the next platform. Sly got the clues on both platforms and got 2 more clues at the end. Sly then jumped on another set of platforms and used his Shuriken and plasmacaster to kill the flaming goon and destroy the candle magic blocking his path. Sly then jumped on the arm of a giant crocodile statue and after dealing with a spider, jumped to a three row platform that had old broken wood in between them. Sly gathered all the clues on the platforms and climbed up a rope to the upper level. Sly then dealt with two more goons with his plasmacaster and continued on his way, gathering the rest of the clues, but he suddenly heard a voice in his head, it was Ms Ruby.
"Hey there, Hunter, or should I say, Sly Cooper, that's right I know you're here. I'm in your mind, Raccoon. and I know why you're here, you want to kill me, right? Well, you're not going to get anywhere near me. My voodoo children will find you and kill you before you ever get near me." Ms Ruby said.
"You old fool, you will pay for this transgression and everything else you've done once I get to you. I'll kill every last one of your "children" to get to you. Enjoy the time you have left in this world while you can, because when I get to you, I'll make sure you suffer!" Sly said in his mind.
Sly continued on his way, gathering the other clues and dealing with goons, fire goons and spiders. He then jumped across the mucky waters using the flame poles once the flames temporarily stopped. After getting the clues and dealing with another goon, Sly rail-slided to the vault, got the final 2 clues and deciphered the code. He then opened the vault, revealing another page from the Thievius Raccoonus.
"Hugh, are all the techniques on these pages of any use to me?" Sly asked putting the page into his container, rail-sliding to the 5th treasure key and teleporting back to the main area.
"Well, at least the area was challenging, and my prey also knows I'm coming for her. Good, once I've gotten the last 2 keys, her skull will make a great addition to my collection." Sly said going to another ledge and spotting a vehicle in front of it. Sly decided to put his plasmacasters into the turrets on the vehicle, making them shoot plasmablasts. Sly got on the vehicle and went inside the area.
Sly rode the vehicle to the giant raft and it floated to the other side of the mucky water. While the raft moved, Sly destroyed more ghosts, fire monsters, and tree branches that got in his way. Once the raft stopped, Sly began riding the vehicle to the treasure key while destroying more ghosts and their gravestones, more fire monsters, and debris blocking his way. Sly then got to 3 gravestones and quickly destroyed them with his plasmacasters. Once they were destroyed, Sly got the treasure key and put his plasmacasters back on him. Sly then activated his teleportation device, sending him back to the main area.
"Well, that was a good challenge for me. Just one last key, and then that transgresser is mine." Sly said going to the final area and heading inside.
Sly went inside a room that was full of chickens and saw a ghost floating around the ceiling. Sly used his plasmacaster to destroy the ghost and got the key, headed back to the main area.
"That was just a waste of my time, but at least I finally have all of the key. At last, that witch will pay for her transgressions against the laws of Man and Nature, the atrocities she's done to all of those people, and the transgression against me." Sly said. He went to the upper level of the device and unlocked it. He then jumped on the center of it, causing the pressure of the platform to rise up and send Sly flying into Ms Ruby's lair.
Sly then landed on a platform in the lair not far from where Ms Ruby was. "Impossible, how did you get past my voodoo children?!" Ms Ruby said in fear.
"Your magic is nothing to me but a nuisance, witch, it's time to pay for your crimes, and I will make sure that your death is agonizing!" Sly said destroyed the stone teeth with his plasmacaster and jumping to where Ms Ruby was. When Sly jumped into the air, he tried to shoot Ms Ruby with his plasmacaster but she teleported to another location.
"Come back here, you won't escape me so easily." Sly said.
"Ha! You don't understand the magic I have, Sly Cooper, but why don't I have my servant escort you over here while we play a little game? I'll unleash my magic upon you, and if you repeat what I do, you dodge it just fine." Ms Ruby said.
"You're a cowardly old fool, hiding behind your pathetic powers. If you were so powerful, you would face me head on!" Sly said jumping to the area where Ms Ruby was and destroying her magic with his plasmacaster.
Ms Ruby teleported to another location. "I see you're not one for games, Sly Cooper, I was looking forward to playing that game with you like I have done with all my annoying guests." Ms Ruby said.
"YOU COWARD!" Sly said jumping to Ms Ruby, but when he was halfway, Ms Ruby sent red magic at Sly. The magic seemed to restrain him.
"Hahahahahaha, I told you, you don't understand the magic I have, Cooper, I think I'll have a little bit of fun with you before I kill you." Ms Ruby said using her magic to bring Sly to her. "Let's see that face of yours, Cooper, I wanna look into your eyes as you die, and I already know how to take it off." Ms Ruby said taking out the tubes from Sly's mask and pulling it off of him. Ms Ruby was a little disgused at the mark on his forehead. "Man, that Mark is ugly, just like you. At least your parents had better looks before they died. But the only thing uglier than you, is that freak alien you call a father and the rest of his ugly race! Hahahahahaha!" Ms Ruby said as she laughed.
Sly thought back to everyone he loved, his parents, his adopted father, and the entire Yautja race. Sly then gave a mighty roar and used all of his strength to break out of the hold of Ms Ruby's magic. When he was free, his eyes had were fuming with rage and hatred, scaring Ms Ruby.
"W-wait, please, don't do this!" Ms Ruby said as Sly plunged his wrist blades into her stomach making her feel agonizing pain.
"This is for all the innocent people you've ever hurt or killed, my parents, and especially for your transgressions against me and my adopted race!" Sly said as he slowly pulled Ms Ruby's spine out of her all the way to her skull. "Ah, my newest trophy on Earth, there will be many more to come. But for now, I have to finish my work here." Sly said retrieving his mask.
Sly quickly got to where the last of Ms Ruby's pages from the Thievius Raccoonus were and got them. It was about Sly ancestor in ancient times. He had learned to turn invisible for a short time. "Hmm, luckily for me I already have my cloaking device, otherwise this would be of use to me." Sly said, putting the pages into his container and setting his self destruct device. He put it down and quickly got out of the lair. He started running back to his pod.
With Neyla
Neyla and Carmelita were almost to Ms Ruby's lair and once the helicopter got close enough, Sly's self destruct device detonated, she aftershocks sent the helicopter spinning out of control and was about to crash. Neyla and Carmelita quickly jumped out of the helicopter and landed on the ground as the helicopter blow up from the crash. The blast threw them away, and knocked them out.
With Sly
Sly had made it back to his pod when he saw a helicopter crash down from the aftershocks of his self-destruct device. He zoomed in and saw Neyla and her incompetent friend jump out of the vehicle as the helicopter went down. "Neyla. I can't let this happen!" Sly said as he started running to the crash. When Sly got to the crash, he saw Neyla and her incompetent friend knocked out. He walked to Neyla and kneeled down. He the checked her pulse and found it.
"I can't leave her here alone like this, I have to get her back to Paris." Sly said picking up Neyla and looking at her incompetent friend. He was tempted to just leave her here and just leave with Neyla, but it was against the Yautja code. He walked up to her and picked her up as well. Sly made it to his pod and set the coordinates for Paris. Soon, the pod was into the air and got to Paris in an hour. Sly quickly found a hospital and put the two inspectors on the ground. As he put Neyla down, he ran his hand through her cheek, stroking it gently. When Neyla began to stir, Sly stood up and got into his pod as the doctors started running towards them. Neyla's vision was blurry but she could have sworn she saw the hunter as he was leaving. "Did he save me? If he's a killer, why didn't he just leave me in that Jungle? Maybe he's not just some merciless killer." Neyla thought as she blacked out.
With Sly
Sly had gotten back to his ship, putting his armor and weapons away. After cleaning his latest thorpy, he put it into his collection and put Ms Ruby's pages into the book. He then went to clean up and when he was through, he went to rest for his next hunt. "Why did I save Neyla? Why? Could I be in love with her?" Sly asked before falling into a deep sleep.
There you go guys, the 3rd hunt is complete. Sorry for the wait, I've had a busy week. Next chapter will involve a certain Panda, and Neyla will get a surprise during her next encounter with the hunter. Rate and review, and I'll see you next chapter guys.