Chapter 12
Sly looked at his reflection in the mirror as he combed his hair to where it would lay to his liking. Unfortunately after he had tried for a few minutes he decided just to keep his hair the way it was. He then decided to focus on his bowtie and once he had straighten it he grinned smugly while he told himself, "Boy am I glad I kept this suit from that heist we pulled off where I danced with Carmelita so Murray could steal the Clockwork wings."
His right ear twitched when he heard the opened door to his room being knocked on. Along with that he heard Aerith's voice as she asked, "Sly, are you ready to leave?"
The raccoon lightly chuckled before he turned around and replied, "Hey, I'm the one who should be asking you that question. But anyway yeah I'm ready to go…." The thief found himself stopping midway when he saw the brunette wearing a strapless red dress that went down to her ankles. Along with that she had a pair of black shoes and a matching red bow. As he stared at her he told her, "Wow, you look amazing."
The hazel eyed raccoon watched a light blush form on the young woman's face as she responded with, "Thank you, Sly. And might I say you look very nice in that suit you're wearing too."
"Thanks beautiful, it's nice to know I still make this old suit look good." Sly commented, while he walked up to the healer and took one of her hands into one of his own.
"So what exactly do you have planned for us to do tonight?" The brunette asked, as the two walked down the hallway towards the main room of the hideout.
Hearing this question caused the hazel eyed thief to look at the young woman with a smug smile before he answered back with "Don't worry it's not going to be anything too out of the ordinary. I just planned on us having dinner and then maybe just walk around for a little bit afterwards."
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Bentley and Murray sat in the front of the van waiting for both Sly and Aerith to get in so they could take them to the restaurant Sly was planning on going to. Or at least get them close enough to it so they did not need to walk a long distance. White the two waited though the turtle heard his friend let out a sigh as he asked "Hey Bentley, do you think this relationship Sly's starting with Aerith will turn out better than the one he tried to have with Carmelita?"
"To be honest Murray I have no idea. But what the three of us do as a group doesn't seem to bother Aerith, so maybe they will last longer together. That is until Penelope comes here with those extra parts to the time machine." The anthro turtle replied, before he adjusted his glasses.
"Huh? What do you mean by extra parts? I thought you time machine was pretty done by now?" The pink hippo questioned, while he tilted his head slightly to the left side.
"Well the time machine for the most part is done, Murray. However, do to the fact that Aerith is obviously from an entirely different planet there's no way time travel would be enough to get her back home." Bentley explained, as he shook his head from side to side.
The anthro turtle could tell that the hippo was going to ask him more questions. But he was unable to because the back doors to the van opened to reveal the human and raccoon. The two turned and watched as their friend got into the van first before he turned around and helped the brunette get in. Once that had been Sly closed the two doors and led Aerith to the back of the seats. He then sat down and after she had done the same he said "Okay Murray, we're good to go."
"Alright then everybody hold on because we are out of here!" The pink hippo announced, before he turned the key therefore starting up the van.
Once the van was speeding down the dirt road however Bentley quickly said, "Murray you might want to slow the speed down a bit. This isn't one of the races you compete in. All we're trying to do is get Sly and Aerith to the restaurant without drawing any attention from the police."
"Don't worry Bentley I know to slow down once we get closer to the city." Murray reassured his friend, as he kept his eyes on the road.
While this was going the turtle took the opportunity to open up the glove compartment and pull out a notepad and a pen. He then proceeded to turn to look at the brunette and once he had clicked the back of the pen once he said, "Aerith, if it's not too much trouble I was wondering if you wouldn't mind telling me what the name of you home planet is. This way once the additional components are added you can easily be returned home."
"The place I came from is called, Gala. However, we normally just refer to it as, The Planet." The young woman stated, while she looked in the turtle's direction. Bentley then saw her gently remove the small metal ear piece out from her ear before she handed it back to him and added, "By the way I forgot to give this back you."
"Oh that's quite alright Aerith, you're more than welcome to keep it." The anthro turtle replied, as he gently closed her hand over the small ear piece.
"That very nice of you to give me this device Bentley, but I don't think I'll have any use for it." The brunette kindly protested with, while she looked at her closed hand.
The turtle was going to protest that statement, however he soon saw that Sly had a different idea when he suggested, "You know if you want I'll hand on to it for you, Aerith."
The raccoon gently opened up the young woman's hand and took the ear piece into his own. Bentley saw her smile at the thief while she said, "Thank you, Sly."
Bentley was going to make some type of comment, but he soon changed his mind once he saw that they were in the city he then said "Oh, I guess we've already made it in the city." He turned his attention towards the hippo while he went on with, "Okay Murray, I think it'd be for the best if we stopped here. We wouldn't want Inspector Fox to find out about this and get curious. If that were to happen it would end up making Sly and Aerith's date more than just a little awkward."
"Right, Bentley." The pink hippo replied, as began to slow down the van before stopping it completely.
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"Alright Sly, this is as far as we're going to go with the van. You and Aerith will have to walk to the restaurant from here." The anthro turtle pointed out, as the young woman looked from the turtle to the raccoon.
The brunette watched as the thief walked up to the back doors to the van before opening them and then exited the vehicle. He then turned around and smiled at her with an outstretched hand while he asked, "You coming, beautiful? I can't really be on a date if I'm by myself."
"I'm coming." The healer responded with, as she made her way to the back of the van. She then took the hazel eyed raccoon's hand into one of her own. He then helped her out of the vehicle and onto the sideway.
Once that had been done along with the back doors being shut the young woman heard the turtle's voice again while he told them, "Now Sly, Murray and I will be back in this exact spot two hours from now. Also it's very important that you-"
'Okay, okay, I get Bentley. I promise to be careful." Sly replied, before he waved his hand dismissively. Aerith then saw him look at her again as he offered her his left arm and added, "Now that, that's out of way shall we get going?"
The green eyed young woman smiled while she accepted the gesture by linking her arm with his and as she did this she answered back with, "Yes, and now I'm starting to wonder if you have any specials planed for me that you won't tell me."
A/N: "sighs" Finally I got this chapter done. It kind of took me longer than I wanted to get this one done. And in the next chapter some more interesting factors come into play. So stay tuned.
