Chapter Nine: The Memories

"Good! That takes care of it! Now we stay here and wait."

Sly smiles, hoping that his plan will work.

"You know Sly, that was an awesome idea!" said Marta. "So what do you want to do now? We have enough food... I have no idea what else to do."

"I don't know. Maybe you could do stuff in your room. Its starting to get dark anyways. I'll be in there shortly, I just would like to think to myself, watch the sunset too."

"Okay, no prob', you okay?"

Sly sighed. "Yeah, just need some time alone."

Marta replied, "Okie dokie!" as she walks into the broken time machine.

Sly lies on his back, watching the clouds go by. He became upset by each minute. "Will they look for me? Is it possible to find me, even with my plan? Will they give up?"

Sly sighed again, and places his hands on his face.

"I miss Carmelita... sure the thieving was good but... she's more important to me. I haven't been showing that to her. She knew I was lying about the amnesia... but she still stayed with me. I love her, and I've been such a jerk to her. If I ever see her again, the first thing I'll do is apologize and tell her I love her. The thing is, she wont quit her police work and I can't resist not stealing anything! It's in my blood! She is serious about her work... we are the opposite but both fight for justice. I steal from other thieves, she puts them to jail. Can we live like that? I love her , enough to marry her... I wonder how she feels! Its been a couple of days since I was lost. She must be worried sick... THE TEAM must be worried sick... I miss Bentley and Murray. They have done so much for me. I'm nothing without Bentley's brains and Murray's muscle. We are a team... now a forced separated team instead of a chosen separated team... My plan was all I can do... Will I be stuck here in sandy Egypt, stealing from the Pharaoh? Will I die here? Will Marta die here? Will we die as we are lost in a different time period?"

The sun lowered the more Sly thought, the more depressed he became.

"It's getting dark... I guess I'll-"

Sly gets interrupted by the sound of a guitar and Marta's beautiful singing.

"Wow... how nice." Sly thought.

Sly comes inside the broken time machine but as soon as he steps one foot in, he gets another flashback.

The slow version of this song drifts Sly away into another vision. The lyrics that Marta is singing however are very depressing.

"-I pulled away to face the pain

I close my eyes and drift away

Over the field

That I will never find a way to hear my soul

And I will wonder until the end of time

Torn away from you

My heart is broken."

*Vision*

Sly sees his father put him in the closet as his father says, "Stay safe my boy. I love you, make me proud. I know you will."

The father hesitantly looks at the door as you hear it being broken down. A bright light flashes and he sees himself holding hands with Carmelita.

Another man forcefully takes Carmelita, but she doesn't seem to argue. She waves goodbye to Sly as the man takes her to the dance floor as they dance together. "No..."

Sly is unable to move in the vision as he tries to reach Carmelita. A force makes him drop on his knees as he watches Carmelita.

Marta stops playing as she heard a thud, yet Sly is still watching the vision.

He re-sees Bentley getting crushed by Clock-La's beak, re-lives the moment when he gets almost crushed to death by the monster of Dr. M on Kaine Island, and sees yet again himself going away in time.

Marta goes out her room and sees Sly at the doorway of the time machine, lost in space and kneeling on his knees. "Oh my gosh... oh my... OH NO! Sly wake up please!"

Marta places both of her hands on Sly's shoulders, shaking him.

Sly saw another flash when Marta touched him and sees her talking to The Panda King.

"Oh please may I go see what the outside is like, Panda King? I read about China and it's beauty! I must at least see it! Please?"

"Look Marta, I am very busy with my fireworks! And Cooper is out there now! I can tell... You can't go out until Cooper is finished! He is bad! You must go back in your room, NOW! You have to keep safe while I stand here to be ready to defeat!"

"Yes sir... I just don't understand how he's bad..."

"MARTA!" Panda King exclaimed. "The information is classified! Lets put it this way, he has taken over Raleigh, Muggshot, Mz. Ruby! The Coopers are evil! Look, I'm the one who raised you, you must obey me."

Marta frowned as she walked to her room.

Sly saw one bright flash and blinked his eyes. He gained normal vision as he met eyes with Marta's.

"Sly! Are you okay? Please respond."

Sly closed his eyes. "Ugh, my head..."

"Sly!" Marta shrieked as she hugged Sly. "I'm so sorry... are you okay?"

He opened his eyes again, and exhaled softly.

Marta looked into Sly's eyes.

"What did you see?"

Sly looked at her. "Marta, how long did you stay with Panda King?"

Marta's eyes became bigger, and then sad.

"I don't know... years maybe? Why?"

"I... saw you... with him..." said Sly.

Then he thought to himself. "I just don't know why he never told me about you, even when he joined the gang..."

Marta was silent.

"Let's just go to sleep... and the next time you play music in here, please make it happy..."

"Okay... I'm sorry Sly."

He smirked. "Its okay. Besides, your music and singing is just outstanding. You my friend are very talented in many words that can not explain!"

Marta smiled, very speechless, happy, and started blushing. That was the most greatly she's ever been complimented.

Sly smiled at Marta and yawned.

"Have a good night." he said.

Sly gets up and walks away to lay down.

"Thanks Sly... you too."


*The song mentioned in the chapter is called "My Heart Is Broken" by Evanescence. Thank you for reading so far! More is up next! Enjoy.*