Emma's PoV:
We had crash landed somewhere that was prehistoric, by the looks of it. Fortunately, it was very familiar to me, since I had seen all of the locations my father's friends had been assigned to. So it looked like we were on the right track, finding the ancestors-wise. Unfortunately, on the other hand, the van wasn't working. Shit. Not only were we not able to get back to Paris, we also couldn't even contact Dimitri, so that was fun. Also, YET AGAIN we failed to get back the ancestor's cane from my father's guards. Sly was trying to figure out how exactly my father was able to travel through time through research,but nothing. He tried asking me but I knew nothing as well. Father never tells me anything, and when he does it is mostly lies or he just tries to ingore the question entirely. I frowned. It still hurt to think about. I knew he was a scumbag, but in my heart there was a part of me that still wanted my dad back. The nice, kind and sweet father that I had always known as a child. Sure, he was overprotective and controlling, but atleast he wasn't mean or outwardly cruel back then. He had always said that he was doing it for my best interest and I actually believed it. But now that I knew what he really was, I couldn't be with him anymore. I couldn't just sit there and ignore all the wrong and cruel things that he had done to Sly and the others. It had to stop. I just hope that everything will work out okay for all of us.
I looked outside and saw Carmelita standing outside, alone. I could tell she was still really angry about Sly lying to her about his amnesia. I felt so bad for her. She didn't deserve being lied to and betrayed. Sly is a great guy, but he is also a huge idiot and a doofus sometimes. He does stupid crap, and sometimes that stupid stuff hurts a lot of people. I walked up to her and put my hand on her shoulder and extended the blanket that I wore out to her. She smiled and came closer to me and nuzzled my neck. I blushed. She really was so beautiful when she was happy. I then looked behind me and saw Sly looking at the both of us, confused and then irritated. I knew he wanted to probably talk to Carmelita, but she didn't want to be ANYWHERE near him and I honestly couldn't blame her. After a couple of minutes of cuddling in the blanket, I spoke,"Do you feel any better now Caramel?" Carmelita looked at me and chuckled. She then spoke,"Yes. Thank you...MM." I was surprised for a moment. I then giggled and spoke,"Haha! That's a great nickname! Why didn't I think of that?" Carmelita giggled and spoke," I figured it was only fair to give you a nickname, since you gave me one." I smiled. I then spoke," Carmelita? Since we are already out here alone and stuff, do you mind if I talk to you about something?" Carmelita then looked at me and spoke," Not at all, what's going on Emma?" I spoke," I know we just met recently, and maybe this is too soon but I don't want to hide it any longer. I can't lie to you, not like Sly did. I just need to get this off of my chest before we can move forward." Carmelita looked confused and she then spoke," Emma? I don't...understand. What are you trying to say?" I breathed in and out slowly. I was really nervous. What if she didn't like me back? What if this ruins our friendship? I then summed up all of my courage and then spoke,"Carmelita, I...I'm kind of in love with you." Carmelita blushed and went silent for a moment. I got nervous, I was prepared for the worst. This was a bad idea, I knew I should have waited. She is probably gonna be so weirded out and uncomfortable. She then spoke,"And here I was, fearing you would never return my feelings. Glad to see that I was wrong." I looked at her. I was shocked. I then spoke," W-wait...so does this mean that you...you actually like me? You would actually be okay with being my girlfriend??" Carmelita then smiled and kissed me on the lips. My heart was racing so fast and I closed my eyes as she kissed me. She then spoke,"Does that answer your question?" My face was red. She giggled and spoke," You are so beautiful when you blush." I spoke," So, we are officially girlfriends?" Carmelita then nodded and I shouted happily," YES! WOOHOOO!" Carmelita chuckled. I then heard Sly's voice from by the hideout calling my name. I looked at Carmelita and spoke," We should probably get going. It's getting colder." Carmelita replied," You go ahead. I'm going to stay out here." I looked at her with concern and spoke," Are you sure, Caramel? I don't want you to get sick or get eaten or-"She looked at me and then kissed my cheek. She then spoke," I will be fine. You go out there and help them, Emma. They need you. I am going to do some scouting and maybe get some more info about what is going on here." I nodded and spoke,"Alright. Be careful." She nodded and walked off, with her shock pistol in hand. I walked back into the hideout, processing everything that just happened.
Sly looked at me. I looked at him questioningly, and spoke," Sly? Is there something wrong? You have been staring at me for like 5 minutes." Sly then spoke,"What EXACTLY were you and Carmelita doing out there?? She doesn't even talk to me, and yet she is attached to you and she BARELY even knows you!" I spoke,"We just talked? I mean we talked about our feelings and stuff too and oh..." Sly narrowed his eyes and looked at me again. He then spoke,"What do you mean,'oh'?" I spoke," Me and Carmelita are...uh...girlfriends now." I laughed nervously. Bentley and Murray looked at each other and then looked at me and Sly. No one spoke for a minute. Bentley then broke the silence,"So...you two are a...thing now? Huh. I would have never guessed honestly." Murray then smiled and hugged me," Awww! Congrats, pal! You two will make an adorable couple! I'm so happy for you, I really am!" I smiled back at Murray and spoke," Thanks, Murshmallow. I appreciate it." Murray then looked at me with a confused expression. I laughed and spoke,"Get it? It's a nickname I came up with. I combined your name with Marshmallow. I don't know, I thought it was funny." Murray then laughed and spoke,"I LOVE IT! Ooooh did you make one for Sly and Bentley?!" I spoke,"Yea! For Bentley I couldn't decide between Benny Ruth or Bennerfinger. What do you prefer Benny?" Bentley thought for a moment and spoke," Hmm. Tough choice. Well, I guess if I HAD to choose, I would say Benny Ruth would definitely be the winner for me." We all laughed. I then spoke," For Sly I had a bit of trouble, but I eventually found the perfect nickname, Slurpie. What do you think, Sly?" Sly didn't speak. I then rolled my eyes and spoke,"Sly, oh my freaking god! Can you please stop with the brooding? It's not my fault you messed up with Carmelita, okay? Me and Carmelita love each other and if you can't accept that, then you really must not want us to be happy. Sly you are my friend, okay? That will never change, unless you don't want me to be your friend then that is fine, but I just-" Sly grumbled,"It ...isn't about Carmelita." I looked at him with confusion. Ok? What the hell could he be possibly mad about then?? I spoke to him in a calmer voice,"Sly, do we need to have a private conversation? Because I do not want you to hate me the entire time we are here. Whatever issue you have, we can deal with it right now." Sly spoke," We don't need to do it privately, Benny and Murray already know." I looked at Bentley and Murray and their eyes didn't meet mine. I looked back at Sly and spoke,"What the hell are you talking about? What is even going on? I am legit so freaking confused right now." Murray then spoke,"Ugh, I don't want to keep it a secret anymore! Sly had a crush on you! Ok? There I said it!" Sly glared at Murray and shouted," MURRAY!" Murray spoke,"I'm sorry, Sly. I didn't want to lie to her anymore about it, ok?" I was shocked. I looked at Sly. He was blushing in embarrassment. I spoke to him, calmly"Sly...why didn't you just tell me that? Do you not trust me?" He looked at me and spoke,"N-no! It is not about that! I do trust you! I just...I thought that if I told you how I felt then things would get awkward between us and I didn't want that. I really care about you Emma, and I just wanted you to feel...happy. Please don't hate me." I put my hand on his shoulder and spoke," Sly, we are friends no matter what happens. Even though I don't share those feelings, I am still your bestie. You can count on me! Just...no more secrets,ok?" Sly looked at me and spoke,"R-really? You aren't...mad?" I spoke,"Of course not." Sly then hugged me tightly. I smiled and hugged him back. Bentley then spoke up,"I hate to interrupt you guys and all, but we should probably start scouting out the area and figure out where and when we even are." Sly spoke,"Agreed. Just tell me where you'd like me to go buddy, and I will be on my way." I spoke up,"I'll come with you! You never know when my daggers will come in handy." Sly smiled and spoke,"Alright, just let me get my gear on.We'll leave in a couple minutes."
Me and Sly snuck around the area and we eventually found a guy in a purple outfit with a crown and a paintbrush. Oh no. I recognized him instantly. It was the Grizz. Sly spoke,"That guy DEFINITELY didn't get that bling from around here." I then spoke,"Yea, his name is the Grizz. I saw him speak to my father a couple of times, he is really aggressive. I don't know much of his background though, sorry." Bentley spoke into the binocucom," That's great information right there Emma. Once we search up his name onto the computer I could try and pull up some of his files from Interpol. Sly take a picture of him so we can have some reference of what he actually looks like." Me and Sly then heard a lot of yelling and shouting at a nearby lava lake. Me and him then ran to the location as fast as we could.
Sly found a weird cape on the ground as we were running. He then put it on and did a funny pose in it. I laughed and spoke,"You look like an idiot haha." We then proceeded to go towards the lava lake.
When we finally got there we found a bunch of guards trying to take some kind of stick from a huge muscular man that was tied down. The stick not only looked important to the man it had a familiar curve on the end. Which could only mean ONE thing. Me and Sly knew we needed to get him out of there as fast as we could. All of a sudden some guards jumped on top of the man and tried to yank away the stick from him. Then a loud, deep voice yelled at the guards," Make it quick with that stick the Grizz don't play! I don't got all day!" The guards then finally yanked the stick out of the muscular man's hands and they then threw the stick towards the Grizz. "The Grizz then grabbed the stick and gave it to one of the other guards. He then yelled,"Now THAT'S what I'm talkin about! Now I want to talk to your boss about my goods!" Oh no. Yet another cane stolen by my father's men. I looked at Sly and he gestured for me to follow him.
We jumped onto the place where the muscular man was being held and I cut the ropes that were tying the man down. The man then broke free. Bentley then spoke,"Sly! This is your very first ancestor!" Sly's eyes widened and he spoke," I...uh...it's truly an honor to meet you, sir! My name is Sly Cooper, I am your relative form the far future." The man spoke in absolute gibberish, so there was no way for us to understand what he was even saying. The man then pointed at me with a confused expression on her face. I then spoke," My name is Emma. I am a friend of his." We all then went back to the hideout.
Me and Sly were on the top of a large rock by the Grizz. Bentley had assigned us to follow him, in order to get the access code to his fortress. All the while I couldn't stop thinking about Carmelita. I wondered how she was doing. I hope she was ok. She had not come back to the hideout in some time. I know it has been only a couple days, but I miss her a lot. I just want to be beside her and hold her hand and hug her. I sighed. Oh Caramel, please come back soon.
I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard the Grizz rapping as he was waiting for the phone to dial. Me and Sly listened closely to what he was saying on the phone. The Grizz then spoke," WHAT? Fool, you trying to run some kind of game on the Grizz? I am TIRED of you telling me to walk the straight line, while you're over here walking it all crooked!...No,no,no,no THAT ain't the deal we had! I got you the cane and the big ol hairy dude and you got to hook me up!" Sly then spoke to Bentley in his binocucom,"You catch that Bentley?" Bentley then replied,"Yea, sounds like he is talking to Le paradox, and there is trouble." I spoke,"Agreed. Typical of my father to boss everyone around and not listen to them. He treats them like they are children. I should know." The Grizz then started to walk more and we followed closely behind him, trying not to get caught. The Grizz spoke again,"You there? Good. The eggs are running out, man. I need them for my paint production so I need you to get me the resources!..." Sly then spoke,"Hey Bentley, why don't we have a phone like that to talk to Dimitri?" Bentley replied," You really want Dimitri calling you?" Sly then replied," Good point." The Grizz then spoke again," Oh come on man. I gave you what you wanted, now you give me what I want! Not only THAT, but now I got those crazy Cooper kids messing with my biz right now!
So I got to deal with that and I don't see you giving me any help. No help at all!...Yea, I'll take care of her. What does she look like again, man?" Sly and I looked at each other with annoyed expressions. Ugh. Can't my father just fucking leave me alone? Like WHY can't he just accept the fact that I like being with the Coopers?
We followed Grizz back to his fortress and lost him. Bentley shouted in the binocucom,"No! I was so close!" I spoke,"So, does this mean no luck on the code, Benny?" Bentley replied sadly,"It does. I'm sorry guys."
Then all of a sudden a female voice from behind us spoke,"I guess the big guy got away,huh?" Me and Sly both turned around. I then shouted excitedly,"Carmelita!" I then ran up to her and hugged her. Carmelita laughed and hugged me back. I spoke,"Oh Caramel, I missed you so much! Please don't disappear like that again!" Carmelita smiled at me and spoke,"I won't,darling. I promise, and I'm happy to see you too." She then kissed me gently on the lips. Sly then spoke,"Carmelita! It's...good to see you!" Carmelita looked at him and rolled her eyes. She then spoke,"Uh-huh. I'm only talking to you because I have some information for Bentley. I have been tailing Grizz on my own, and I have the entire code and full schematics for his mountain base." Sly replied, astonished,"Wow, uh thank you." Carmelita replied,"You're welcome. So, you'll get it to Bentley for me?" Sly replied," Of course. Me and Emma are heading back to the hideout right now. But wouldn't you want to hand it to him yourself?" I looked at both of them, you could legit cut the tension with a knife. Carmelita looked like she wanted to punch the living crap out of him. She replied," Maybe I should. After all, you're not exactly TRUSTWORTHY, are you?" Oof. Damn, Caramel definitely knew how to destroy someone with her sass. I actually kind of found it low key sexy though. Sly was taken aback. He then spoke," Ouch. So...we're good, right?" Carmelita rolled her eyes and spoke," Don't push your luck, Ringtail." Carmelita then looked at me and spoke," You coming, Emma?" I looked at Sly, and nodded.
