Avery
"There's too many!" I exclaimed, whacking guards into mugshot. He just laughed.
"You can't beat me, pipsqueak!"
"Watch me you big jerk!" I yelled, slamming my hand on the button, causing the engine that attacked me earlier to slam into him. Smiling triumphantly, I cracked my knuckles and swung my staff at him, knocking him out of the hangar.
"Never mess with the Cooper gang!" I yelled.
"Smile why you can, Miller. My boys will bring you down!"
"Keep talking tough, you steroid- induced puppy!" I yelled back as the doors closed.
"Avery!" Sly yelled. I smiled.
"Hey ringtail. Welcome to the party." I ssaid, walking to the room where Bentley was. I looked at him, and then at the screen. I then noticed that a lot of guards came running to the hangar underground. bentley took care of them, using his new security system. I was impressed. As soon as they were all gone, We got a call from Penelope. I held my breath, I wasn't going to give her secret away yet. Apparently mugshot paid the guards to attack us. They were now attacking the outside, using tanks. Penelope used her chopper to help us. She then looked at me.
"Long time no see, Aves." Penelope said to me.
"Yeah, its been awhile," I said, crossing my arms. I mouthed the words- call me later. She nodded, and then we headed back to the hotel room. I offered to stay at the hangar, just in case more guys showed up. Sly hung back as everyone else left.
"Hey Avery." Sly said.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Why do you keep doing this? Separating from the group." He asked in return.
"I- I don't want to be involved in the gang as much as you want me to sly." I said, turning away. I felt his arms wrap around my waist, pulling me close.
"I love you. Will you stay after the Cooper vault job?" He asked. My head said no, but my heart said otherwise.
"Cooper..." I began, but he just spun me around and kissed me. I didn't pull away, nor smack him. He wanted to make sure I had a reason to stay. He broke away after awhile, and I just pushed him lightly.
"You got a long day tomorrow. Shooting down some hostile planes."
"Wish you would be up there with me."
"Go to bed, Cooper." I said. He gave me the cocky grin I loved so much before leaving me alone. I sighed, and then sat down. A few moments later, Penelope appeared on the screen.
"Avery. What's up?"
"Nice to see you too. I was wondering, why are you the black Baron?"
"Y-you saw me?! How?"
"I'm a world class thief and part of a allusive clan of Assassins. Locked doors and windows don't stop me. Look, just answer the question."
"Fine. I wanted to be a part of the ACES competition, and the age limit prevented me. So I dressed up as him, and I never wanted to stop."
"I see. Well, I also want to know all the things you know about the Miller Ruby."
"Not much. Only that Connor Cooper stole it a long time ago."
"I figured that! Just- I need it."
"Well, its probably in the cooper vault."
"Great. Well thanks for the info, Penople. I'll contact you later."
"No problem, Aves." She said and disconnected.
"Avery?" Sly asked, walking to me. I sat alone on the balcony overlooking Bollywood. I wore my red Indian dress, he in a button down shirt and khakis. I smiled as he offered a Indian lily. I took it, setting it beside me. I looked at him as he now offered a hand. I didn't hesitate to take it.
"May I have this dance, Miss. Miller?"
"Of course, ." I said in return. He pulled me up, and we began to dance. There was no music; only the sound of the city. We danced for what seemed forever.
The dream faded, and I snapped awake when sly shook me. I looked at him.
"Hey. It's go time. Wish me luck?"
"Just don't be-*yawn* cocky, ringtail."
"Jeez you sound like Bentley."
"Be careful. " I said as I walked out. He nodded as he jumped in the plane, taking off in the sky. As soon as he was off, I turned to Bentley.
"Time to get to work." I said, stretching. I joined the gang at the hotel room: all except for sly.
"If sly makes it through, we need to up our game. First up, mugshot. "
"You're confidence in sly keeps dropping. Why is that?" I asked, placing my feet on the table. Bentley looked at me, then continued-
"We have to get him out. But how?"
"Ill just kick his sorry butt back to mesa city." I said.
"Besides violence. We don't want to get kicked out of the race."
"Just get Carmalita to do it. I saw her around earlier."
"Great idea." Bentley said.
"Now, if the baron decides to cheat... Sly has no chance."
"I have a plan for that. We'll wait till sly gets back."
I was trying to not get attacked by crashing planes, and it was hard not to track attention. The guru was attacking guards with the local wolf, sly was preparing for the later race by placing trackers on the blimps. Bentley was working on a weapon for later. Apparently it had to do with the local windmills. I however was in the hangar, working on the Cooper plane. I added some new weapons, and increased the defense. I then sat at the desk, working on hacking into the baron's airwaves. With everything set, we were ready to win that trophy and a new aly.
