Lola's POV
Carmelita looked a lot better now and I'm sure she would wake up soon. I had to make my decision fast before she really does wake up.
I need to make sure Penelope and Bess agree because if they don't then it's likely to be a no.
Honestly I'm not sure how I feel about that, I'm completely torn part of me wanted to say yes but then the other part keeps saying it's a huge mistake and I should just back out while I can.
Although I did miss the heists with the Cooper gang their approach to theft was just so fun and exhilarating what made it better was we usually won what we came for and it was always expensive.
Plus with Penelope and Bess with me I wouldn't be abandoning them again.
But if they both said no, I wouldn't do much to convince them, okay I wouldn't do anything to convince them, nor would I be upset.
But still if they did agree then fine. Don't mind really. Let's just hope they don't start bringing up old times.
I called Penelope and Bess over to the other side of the circular rock we were using as a camp.
"Hey, well…how would you feel about joining the Cooper gang?" I whispered.
"What?" Penelope asked.
"Sly asked me if we would consider a truce and join teams, apparently he has some huge mission and they need a set of recruits with varying skills, and they need as many as they can get." I explained.
"Well I mean I don't really mind what we do so it's up to you two, I mean Penelope you were already helping them out and well Lola you…you know." Bess replied.
"That's true, but I want to make it clear I wasn't ditching you guys and switching teams, I didn't know who Bentley was, but I do like our intellectual exchanges. I don't really have a problem with it. But I mean Lola I know you and Sly have a bad history so I mean it's your choice we'll go with you." Penelope said.
"I was torn so I was gonna do whatever you guys agreed to but seeing as you want to I guess I'll go tell Sly." I said.
We went back to others, they were getting ready to leave since Bentley estimated that Carmelita could wake any minute now and her police crew should be on the way to find her.
"So, you coming or what?" Sly asked.
"Yeah we're in, as long as you keep your end of the deal and we're not just here for you." I said.
"I promise." He replied.
"You're gonna need something a bit more solid than that."
"Okay Bentley promises. Now let's get going to…err… Bentley where are we headed?" Sly asked.
"Well wherever the Clockwerk pieces are."
"I heard Muggshot talking to some guy on the phone and working as his assistant I had access to all his paperwork, I saw that he was taking his gold to India and from the looks of it he and his business partner are opening some kind of club or casino. I also heard they are expecting some important guests and he mentioned something about some metal wings." Penelope added.
"That could be the Clockwerk wings, but what could Muggshot want with them, I thought the only the Klaww gang had them?" Sly asked.
"Maybe Muggshot's partner is a member to the Klaww gang, either way we should still go and investigate." Bentley suggested.
I said my goodbye to Carl and apologised for the cancellation, with two tech guys now we didn't really need upgrades since we wouldn't be using our stuff.
I offered a lift but he had his own transportation.
Well this was unexpected but I guess we'll be taking a detour to India. Maybe I'll get to eat some real spicy Indian food. I'm starving.
Sly's POV
Well things have turned out better than expected, we now have 4 recruits for the vault, and thanks to a lead from Penelope we now have our next location.
Getting to India was the easy part and thanks to Bentley tracking skills we found Muggshots location at a palace in India, assuming this is owned by his partner.
What I still don't get is why Muggshot would need a partner, he never had one before and India doesn't seem like his first choice for location. His accomplice must be making most of the decisions and chances are his partner is who we should be looking out for.
The palace was huge and very well guarded but I could see behind the palace was a huge club all light up and loud, very Muggshot. This must have been going on while he was in Australia.
We were all settled in the hideout, now all we had to do was go out an investigate the area. Since we weren't surer where to start, unlike our usual operations, we'd just have to search around and see what we could find out.
Lola and I took separate routes me taking the left and she took the right, we would each listen in to guards' conversations and if we saw anything worth reporting we'd capture it in a photo.
I'm not used to sharing my work load but in a case like this it would really help.
Plus working together could be the thing that repairs our friendship. I don't have many female friends and I do miss Lola, of course I've moved on but I certainly don't regret anything and it was fun having a more equal companion on the field.
Anyway, I got to the palace and I saw a tall tiger dressed like Aladdin except he had a large gold staff and along with other gold items such as necklaces and rings all encrusted with gems and jewels.
I decided to tail him, he was walking round most of the palace surveying everything and saying something about a ball, and making sure his operation was running smoothly, I gathered that his name was Rajan, after he bumped into a couple of pale and frightened looking guards, he could possibly be Muggshots partner.
Of course my suspicions were confirmed when I nearly head-butted Lola who had been tailing Muggshot, we watched as Rajan and Muggshot discussed their plans. They were talking about a ball with many mayors and important rich people from all over the world a few Klaww gang members would be stopping by.
We had to find a way to get in and find out more about this ball and operation.
We headed back to the hideout where Penelope and Bentley carried out their research. They found out that Rajan was a member of the Klaww Gang, he started out selling illegal spices on the black market and that's how he earnt his wealth, he also went to great lengths to prove his royalty to others, but it was mainly to prove tit to himself.
We needed a way in to that business, Bess and Penelope had already had face to face contact with Muggshot as have I, but we needed someone working for Rajan to find out what this ball and operation was about, we assumed the operation was only partly linked to the ball and the ball was only a small part of this huge operation.
I saw Bentley beckon Lola over and they were quietly discussing something, I don't know why they feel the need to not share with the rest of the group.
"Hey guys, I have an idea, we could send Lola in as a performer. Rajan is well known for his entertainment in the palace, as a way to impress guests, if Lola becomes a performer she'll have access to the areas inside and always be close to any criminals and especially Rajan and Muggshot." Bentley said.
"But how would she perform?" I asked.
"Well she'll sing." Bentley replied.
"I didn't know you could sing." I turned to Lola.
"Well I don't make it a well-known thing, Bentley just happened to catch me singing one day." Lola said.
I don't know why but it bugged me, how comes Bentley is allowed to know she can sing but no one else, she never even said it was a possible interest. I mean she told me she can dance; I would assume singing would be next to dancing.
"Okay but what story could you use to get the job." Penelope asked.
"Well I've met Muggshot briefly so I'll just say that our previous job didn't go so well and I can't get work anywhere else. He knows I work in criminal circles." Lola replied.
"Well with that settled I guess we'll just have to see how things go." Bentley finished.
