Here we go guys, the 3rd hunt has begun. There will be a few changes to the jobs. Sly and Neyla will work together again and something bad will happen at the end of the hunt. Anyway, back to the story guys.
Neyla had returned to India after finding out where Rajan was: the jungle temple where his spice was made. After hearing of it, she rushed to get to the jungle before Sly and Scar got there first. She had to hurry before they got to Rajan because unlike in the city, the jungles were not filled with innocent people to make Sly and Scar restrain themselves. But on the bright side, no innocent people would get hurt. "I don't approve of their methods, but at least innocent people will not be hurt." Neyla thought as she made her way through the jungle to find Sly and Scar.
With Sly and Scar
Sly and Scar had gotten their armor and weapons ready for the next hunt. They had learned that Rajan was in the jungle. They had also learned that he'd turned a long forgotten temple into the center of his spice operation. The temple was also the home of the Clockwerk heart: the beating heart that had a pump so tireless, that it could increase Rajan's operation tenfold. "I hope, for his sake, he has not turned one of our temples with his "spice," brother." Scar said.
"No. It was a temple that the people of Earth built themselves and it does not have the likeness of our race, brother." Sly said.
"Good. Let us get to the jungle and begin our hunt, brother. Rajan may have gotten away from the law of this planet, but he has made a grave mistake: without innocent people to restrain us, we can kill every last one of his guards to get to him." Scar said.
"That is what makes the hunt more thrilling, brother." Sly said.
They got into their pods, flew to the jungle and landed at an area that was near the temple. Once the pods were cloaked, they found a headquarters and set up their equipment. "I will infiltrate the temple and see what Rajan has in store for us,, brother. You scout the jungle and find anything that will be useful to us. Since there are no innocent people here, you can kill any guard that you find." Sly said.
"Excellent, brother. It will be thrilling to kill prey without having to worry about innocent people." Scar said as he went off to scout the jungle.
Sly made his way to the temple and saw an entrance behind the waterfall. He made his way to the entrance while killing any guard that got in his way with his plasmacaster. He was enjoying the thrill of being able to kill his prey without restraining himself. Once he got to the entrance, he went inside. Once inside, he saw an access tube and made his way to it while killing the guards and throwing their bodies in the water. Sly got to the access tube and climbed up the ladder. When he got to the top, he saw that this was part of Rajan's spice operation. Sly's mask recorded the Crane control, an entrance that led Into the room, one half of Clockwerk's heart on the main machine, and Rajan himself carrying the other half of Clockwerk's heart on the staff he was holding.
Sly then contacted Scar. "Brother, I have what we need from the temple. I am coming back to the headquarters." Sly said.
"Excellent, brother. I have found some things that will be a threat to us. I am coming back to our headquarters as well." Scar said.
Sly quickly got out of the temple, joined back up with Scar and headed back to their headquarters. After showing each other what they found, they began planning. "I have found out that Rajan is using half of Clockwerk's heart for his spice and he carries the other half with him at all times. There is an entrance that leads directly to the room, but I don't know where the outside of it is located yet. I'll have to plant a bug in Rajan's office to get more information. I have made a replica of an Indian water bug that will blend in so Rajan does not suspect us." Sly said.
"I have found out that Rajan takes tours of the temple to inspect his operation. While he is taking his next tour, I will steal the blueprints for his operation. But he also has a satellite that is driven by what the people of Earth call an "elephant." The satellite will let Rajan be able to listen in on our communications. I'll destroy the satellite by releasing the creature and making it run away. After that, I will go to Rajan and secretly steal his blueprints." Scar said.
"Excellent plan, brother. While you're doing that, I will look for the entrance to the room that has half of Clockwerk's heart." Sly said
"Excellent, brother. When I have the blueprints, I'll meet you back here." Scar said as they left the headquarters and spit up.
With Sly
Sly made his way to Rajan's office tt plant the bug, killing any guard that got in his way with his Shurikens and his wrist blades. Fortunately, Sly had made the bug so that it would not make any noise from being out of water for too long. When Sly got inside the temple, he got past the laser floor and planted the bug in the pool. When the bug was planted, Sly went back outside and went to find the entrance to the room that held the other half of the Clockwerk heart.
With Scar
Scar had found the elephant and jumped in front of him. He the uncloaked himself, took off his mask and roared loudly at the elephant, making the creature back away in fear. The elephant broke the lines to the satellite, destroying it as the elephant ran away.
Scar then went to find Rajan. When he found him, he cloaked himself, got behind him and used his whip to get all 3 sets of blueprints. When he got the blueprints, Scar quickly got away from Rajan and went back to the headquarters.
After a meal, Sly and Scar began planning. "It appears that Rajan has went into hiding somewhere in the Temple after I stole his blueprints and destroyed his satellite. If we are going to get the other half of Clockwerk's heart, we must draw him out. To do that, we will have to make the coward angry." Scar said.
"And I know just how to do that. First, we will destroy his Spice Grinder, the center of his operation. While I find the entrance, I'll use my pod to destroy the dam and flood Rajan out." Sly said.
"Excellent plan, brother. Once our objectives are complete, we will come back here and plan our final operation." Scar said. They then headed to their objectives.
With Sly
Sly was searching for the entrance to the room holding half of Clockwerk's heart when Neyla suddenly appeared again. "I knew that I would find you somewhere near here, Sly." Neyla said.
"I was wondering when you would show up Neyla." Sly said taking off his mask.
"Where's Scar?" Neyla asked.
"He's heading to his objective to try and lure Rajan out of hiding. I know where the Clockwerk heart is. One half is with Rajan and the other half is operating a machine that is helping to grow the spice around here. The only problem is I don't know where the entrance that directly leads into the room." Sly said.
"I know where the entrance is, Sly. I found it while I was looking for you and Scar. How about we have a little race?" Neyla asked.
"You read my mind, Neyla." Sly said. Neyla began running with Sly to the hidden entrance. As expected, they were evenly matched in speed and jumping skills. But unknown to them, a certain fox was secretly following them.
They finally got to the entrance and Neyla turned to Sly. "This is the entrance, Sly. And if you're right, half of Clockwerk's heart is in there."
"Neyla, why don't you come inside with me? I know you're doing your job, and I respect that but I'm doing this to ensure that Clockwerk is destroyed for good." Sly said.
Neyla sighed. "Because I'm an honest cop, and an honest person, Sly. If I went in there without a warrant, not only will I be punished for it, but I'd also have to lie to my boss. I hate lying, Sly."
Sly embraced her in a hug. "Neyla, you're one of the most honest people that I know on Earth, besides my parents. I respect your honesty and your commitment to your job, but sometimes you've got to make your own law and do the right thing, regardless of what other people say that you should do."
Neyla hugged Sly tightly as she started to cry. "Sly, I love you." Neyla said.
Sly put his hand under her chin and pulled her head up to look into her eyes. "I love you too, Neyla." Sly said as he deeply kissed her. But unknown to them, a certain fox saw the kiss and quickly took a picture of the whole thing.
She then left to go back to the Contessa and await the right moment to reveal everything. "This is perfect for me, I can get rid of the hunter and that bitch. I just have to wait until the time is right."
After Sly and Neyla separated, they touched their foreheads together. "Sly, I can't let you go, but I also can't go in there without a warrant, so I'll let you go just this once."
"Neyla, I know that you're a very honest person, but I have a feeling that even the rules of your job won't stop you from doing what is right." Sly said.
"And I have a feeling that it will happen very soon, Sly." Neyla said as she began to leave. "I know you'll be long gone by the time I get back here with a warrant, but when I do see you again, I'll have no choice but to arrest you."
"Do whatever you think is right, Neyla." Sly said as he went inside the entrance.
Once inside, he saw the other half of Clockwerk's heart, two guards, and the crane holding the half of Clockwerk's heart up. "Seeing as how I've wasted enough time already, I'll just kill the guards, destroy the crane and get the heart." Sly thought. He then jumped to the floor, killed the guards with his Shurikens, destroyed the crane operator, got the half of Clockwerk's heart, went back outside and headed back to the headquarters.
With Scar
Scar had gotten to his pod and was already in the air. He headed for dam and quickly started firing his plasma cannons at it. After a few minutes, helicopters sent by Rajan to protect the dam headed in the pod's direction. Scar quickly destroyed them all and once they were all destroyed, Scar continued to shoot the dam. Water started cracking the dam until it burst, flooding the temple only parcully. Scar quickly landed the pod and went back to the headquarters.
After a half hour of gathering their equipment, Scar set his pod to take it all back to the ship. Once that was done, Sly and Scar began planning. "Destroying the dam only flooded the temple parcully. We'll need to blow up the temples elephant mouth if we are to fully flood the temple and draw Rajan to us. I'll set my pod to cover you while you pry open the mouth. Then when the mouth is open, it will blow up the throat with it's plasma cannons. Once Rajan is drawn out of hiding, I'll kill him, grab the other half of Clockwerk's heart, and then we leave this jungle." Sly said.
"Excellent plan, brother. But I have a feeling that something will happen during our final operation, and it is most likely that you will get captured." Scar said.
"If something does happen, escape in my pod and find a way to free me in case I get captured. If you cannot escape, you know what to do, brother." Sly said touching his wrist gauntlet.
"Let us hope that it does not come to that, brother." Scar said heading to the elephant's mouth while killing any guard that got in his way. Once Scar got to the mouth, he began to pry it open while Sly's pod destroyed all of the Hunter-Seeker bombs that Rajan tried to drop on him. Once Scar got the mouth open, Sly's pod got to his position and he entered it. Scar took over the controls and destroyed the throat, fully flooding the temple as Scar piloted the pod a distance away from the temple.
Rajan came out of the temple and jumped up to the roof, watching as his temple was flooded. "Black clouds and Thunderbolts, my spice temple... ruined! I will no longer hide while you villains destroy my hard earned empire! This place is mine! Whoever you are, come and face me! With Clockwerk's black heart I will show you true power. Come, face the mighty Rajan Lord of these hills!"
"The only thing I see is a spineless coward, Rajan!" Sly said as Neyla appeared again.
"Sly, I can't let you kill him. Let me take him in after we deal with him and I'll see that he pays for what he's done." Neyla said.
"I'll make you a deal, whoever gets to him first, decides his fate, but either way, the other half of Clockwerk's heart goes with me." Sly said.
"Alright, we have a deal." Neyla said. They both began jumping from pole to pole until they got to where Rajan was. When Neyla got to the final pole, a shock blast suddenly hit her and she fell in a hole.
"Neyla!" Sly said jumping to her location and checking her pulse, which she thankfully still had. Rajan jumped to their location as lasers came on. Sly stood up.
"So you're the one who has been interfering with my affairs? Pathetic, I will not even break a sweat." Rajan said.
"The only one who is pathetic is you, Rajan. You're not royalty, you're a pretender! Your skull will make a fine addition to my collection." Sly said getting out his Combistick.
Rajan tried using lightning attacks from Clockwerk's heart to shock Sly but his armor protected him. A few of Rajan's goons tried to get Sly, but he quickly killed them. Sly then used his whip to grab Rajan's staff and threw him into the lasers, shocking him into unconsciousness. Sly quickly pulled out Rajan's spine as Neyla woke up.
"Guess I'm too late to stop you from killing Rajan." Neyla said as she got up.
"Where did that shock blast come from, Neyla? It wasn't Rajan and it wasn't you. So where did it come from?" Sly asked.
Suddenly, Carmelita jumped down behind Neyla and held a knife to her throat. "From me, Hunter. Here they are, Contessa, just like I said. The Hunter and the traitor. But it looks like Rajan is dead." She said as a female spider woman came up to them with other officers.
"Excellent police work, Inspector Carmelita. You've managed to do what inspector Neyla never could: capture the Hunter.
"And there's a reason why this bitch hasn't ever captured him, Contessa. It's because Neyla has been working with him the whole time and I have proof." Carmelita said giving the Contessa the picture of Sly and Neyla kissing.
"Well, they do look like a pair of lovers in this picture. Men, place inspector Neyla and the Hunter under arrest." Contessa said.
"You little bitch! I'll get you for this and don't think for a second that I won't!" Neyla said.
"I will not let you hurt Neyla or capture me." Sly said aiming his plasmacasters at Carmelita and the Contessa.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Hunter. If you want this bitch to still be breathing, lose the weapons, armor and mask." Carmelita said holding the knife close to Neyla's throat.
Sly looked at Neyla and knew that if he blasted either the incompetent fool and the spider woman, they would kill her. Sly slowly took off his mask, armor and weapons. He put his hands behind his back and secretly activated his self-destruct device so it would destroy his armor and weapons to keep them from falling into the wrong hands. Sly dropped his self-destruct device and the other officers took him away with Neyla as the self-destruct device detonated, destroying the armor, weapons, and mask.
While this was happening, Scar was watching everything from a distance. "Those fools are going to pay for this! I swear that I will rip out their skulls for their transgressions against my brother and my potential sister!" Scar said as he got into his pod, went back to the ship while trying to think of a way to save his brother and potential sister.
There you go guys, the 3rd hunt is complete. Next chapter will involve Scar rescuing his brother and trying to save Neyla as well. Rate and review. See you next chapter guys.