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A/N: Hello everyone, here is the second half to the Jail Break episode with a few surprising twists; Neyla will be taking Murray's place in the Big House Brawl job and Murray will be assisting Bentley during the Disguise Bridge mission.

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Chapter 12: Jail Break Pt. 2

Morning had arrived much sooner than planned as Sly and his team were still sleeping in their own quarters inside the safe house. Bentley and Murray were pleased with themselves for breaking their friend and leader out of the Contessa's prison...but they couldn't help but worry about Neyla. The tigress had been on their minds, especially Sly's as he couldn't help but feel guilty for letting his girlfriend/lover down. He promised his tigress that he would never let Arpeggio or anybody else hurt her...and it was a promise he failed to keep. He could only hope and pray that she was alright in that nightmare of a 'prison', along with his friends.

After Sly and his friends had finally woken up, they had a big breakfast and listened as Bentley had put together a slideshow presentation.

"Okay guys, here's the situation...I've done some serious database hacking in the prison's main computer and discovered that Neyla is being held in Cell Block D." The turtle started off with a slide of a Vulture guard patrolling the uphill path to the prison's main gate and followed by another slide, of a building in the center of prison courtyard.

"Getting her out will be difficult, even though she's proven to hold her own...I overheard the Contessa mention that she's been beaten multiple times by the guards and escorted to the infirmary." Bentley added slowly, as he and Murray had witnessed Sly glance down after he heard him say that his girlfriend had been attacked inside the prison.

"The first step of breaking Neyla out will be by having her moved into an isolated cell far away from the other inmates." The turtle further added, while explaining the plan on breaking their friend out, followed by a slide of the solitary confinement section of the tigress's cell block.

"The second step will be having Sly collecting a sample of the Contessa's encryption algorithm..." He stated with a slide of another Vulture guard posted in front of a security alarm and keypad console.

"...Don't worry...I'll explain later." Bentley added with a deadpan look on his face, after seeing the baffled and clueless expressions on Sly's and Murray's faces.

"For the third step, Sly; you'll need to shadow the Contessa and pickpocket a set of keys and patrol log off her, but watch out for her pack of body guards!" He continued on with the presentation, with two different slides of the spider; one of her alone and the second with two Vultures right behind her.

Both Sly and Murray glared hatefully at the photograph of the Contessa, as they intended to make her pay for what she put the raccoon through and had done to Neyla. Bentley had noticed on how they glared at the photo of the spider and he couldn't really blame them; as he despised the corrupt 'psychiatrist' as well.

"The fourth step; will be Murray watching my back and fending off guards while I plant explosives around the bridge, which will effectively cut off the conduits that supply power into the prison's main security system!" Bentley added, while presenting a slide of the bridge leading to the Contessa's house.

"The fifth and final step, Sly will have to find a way to deactivate the Contessa's giant attack robot." The turtle concluded the presentation with one final slide of the spider's alleged 'attack robot'...which was disguised as a typical water tower!

"Attack...robot?" Murray asked with a confused look on his face, while the raccoon simply rolled his eyes, showing he thought their friend was losing his mind from lack of sleep.

"I'm serious here Sly! The Contessa does have a giant attack robot!" Bentley exclaimed, showing he was dead serious about the 'tower tower' being a threat to their plan!

"She simply had it designed to resemble an actual tower tower!" He added with one last slide of the 'water tower', only this slide had yellow ink markings to resemble 'evil looking eyes' and a mechanical 'mouth with razor sharp teeth'.

After the presentation was over, Sly decided to head out into the field for his job assignments, but was stopped as Murray had placed a gentle and assuring hand on his right shoulder.

"We know you're worried about Neyla, Sly and so are we. We're gonna get her outta there, if it's the last thing we do." The hippo stated, while reassuring his friend that they'd come through for the tigress, especially since he and Bentley knew how much she meant to him.

"Thanks Murray...I appreciate it. You too Bentley." The raccoon answered back, showing he appreciated their devotion into wanting to free his tigress from the Contessa's clutches.

"Don't mention it Sly...we'd do anything you'd ask of us. And there's no way we'd turn our backs on Neyla...especially since she's one of us now." His turtle friend replied, stating he and Murray would do anything the raccoon would ask of them...and they'd do the same for Neyla, as she had proven to be officially part of the Cooper Gang.

After exiting the safe house, Sly had made his way to the first RV point, which was not far too as it located on a boat near a small dock by the river. He pulled out his Binocucom and contacted Bentley.

"Okay Sly, in order to get Neyla out we'll need her to get thrown into solitary confinement. That pipe will most likely lead you to her cell block. Try to locate her and convey the plan." The turtle stated while he and Sly had found his only means to infiltrating the prison; a drain pipe that was flushing water out into the river, which conveniently stopped.

"...After that, it's all up to Neyla." He added and concluded; stating that after Sly delivered the plan to the tigress, it'd be all up to her to get thrown into solitary...assuming if she still had any energy left to fight.

"Alright, I'm headed inside." The raccoon said simply, while hoping that his tigress lover was alright and secretly vowed to make the Contessa pay for whatever she did to his Neyla.

After putting his Binocucom away, Sly had easily crossed the river; Ninja Spire jumping over the logs floating and swinging from the hooks below the prison. He had crawled into the drain pipe and navigated the vents within the concrete walls. It didn't take him long to locate his Neyla's designated cell; after making a right turn he spotted a glimpse of the exercise room of Cell Block D and his tigress lying on a filthy cot.

"Psst, Neyla. Neyla!" The raccoon whispered, hoping his tigress girlfriend could hear him.

"Wha...Sly?" The tigress asked, while slowly siting up after hearing her raccoon lover's voice.

Neyla had groaned and winced in pain from the previous beating she received from the Vultures guards yesterday. But the good news was that she had managed to steal her whip back; which meant she could probably perform her part of the mission.

"Where are you?" She asked while glancing around her empty, single holding cell while trying not to attract any unwanted attention from the Wolf inmates pacing around the workout center.

"I'm over here babe; in the back wall." Sly answered back softly, so his girlfriend knew where he was.

"Sly...you have no idea how glad I am to see you!" Neyla stated after approaching the back wall and smiling after seeing her raccoon after being separated the past four days after India!

"I'm glad to see you too beautiful." The raccoon replied while smiling back, but couldn't help but feel angry and disappointed with himself...especially after seeing how still injured his tigress lover was when she walked up to him in the vent.

Sly's blood was boiling after he saw the current and still forming bruises over her body; mostly around her legs, ankles, chest...and his Neyla's flawless face, along with multiple dried scars. He intended to make the Contessa and every one of her guards for laying a hand on her!

"How did you escape?" The tigress asked, but immediately knew the answer as she witnessed a sneaky smile appear on his face and she smiled in return.

"It was all thanks to Bentley and Murray." Sly stated, which confirmed and answered her suspicion on how he escaped.

"I'm guessing that Bentley has a plan for you chaps to bust me out too, handsome?" Neyla asked, while flirting with her raccoon boyfriend.

"You guessed right beautiful. Bentley's found a weakness in the solitary confinement cell. If you can get into a huge fight, the guards will throw you in there." He stated while explaining the plan and flirting with his tigress lover at the same time.

"Are you positive?" She asked, while already knowing this plan was both her and Sly's one and only shot at being completely reunited.

"Trust me, babe. I'm speaking from personal experience." Sly answered jokingly and it earned a soft chuckle and small smile from his tigress.

"Can you still fight?" He asked, showing concern if she was capable of getting into a large enough scrap to get moved into the solitary confinement section.

"I'm not that injured...and I am looking for a little payback against the Contessa's thugs for all those beatings they gave me." Neyla stated, while glaring angrily at the single Vulture guard operating the main control room.

'That's my girl.' Sly mentally stated, while smiling both softly and proudly on how strong-willed and spirited his tigress lover was.

"But Sly..." The tigress added, with a look of sadness and it could also be detected in her tone.

"What is it?" He asked, showing he was concerned about what caused Neyla to be filled with sadness.

"You, Bentley and Murray need to work fast...because today is going to be my last day here in the 'prison'. Tomorrow afternoon...I'm going to be relocated." Neyla answered, while revealing that today was going to be her last day before being moved somewhere else!

"Where are they moving you to?" Sly asked, completely surprised after hearing the Contessa was planning on moving her to another secure location tomorrow afternoon!

"Her own personal estate, by air on her personal blimp...that's where she's hidden the second half of the Clockwerk Heart." She answered while revealing to her raccoon lover on where and how she was going to be relocated...including where the corrupt spider had hidden Rajan's half of the Heart after India!

"Alright, I'll pass that information along to the guys." The raccoon stated...although there was a sound of discouragement in his voice and matching expression of his face.

Neyla had somehow sensed the deep feeling of discouragement, along with anger and disappointment building up in her raccoon lover. She knew that Sly had blamed himself for failing to keep the promise he made to her before they attempted to steal Rajan's half of the Heart: how he would never let anyone ever harm her...and he failed to keep it. But she didn't blame her raccoon and never would. There was only one person to blame for what happened back in India and for all the pain/suffering they went through...Carmelita!

"Sly, I need you to listen to me..." She started off softly and it was enough to get his attention.

"I don't blame you for not being able to keep your promise, my love. And I never will. What happened back at the Spice Temple was not your fault." The tigress added, showing her raccoon boyfriend that she didn't blame him for her getting hurt back in India or here in the 'prison'.

"I know that Neyla...I just..." The raccoon stated, trying to let his tigress lover's word sink in...but he still felt guilty for not being able to keep his promise.

"Sly...we both know this was going to happen eventually...and I don't blame you Ringtail. There's only one person we should blame and hate for this happening." Neyla continued, showing and reminding her lover that there was one person they should blame for all the pain they went through the past four days.

"There sure is." Sly nodded, agreeing with his girlfriend that there was only one person they should blame; a certain corrupt fox inspector!

"The others and I will break you out Neyla. I'll come back for you, that's a promise." He added, with a new firm and strong determination of rescuing his tigress.

"I'll be waiting for you, my love." She answered back, before pressing the tips of her index and pointer fingers to her lips and sliding them between the small openings of the vent.

Sly had copied the same gesture; putting the gloved covered tips of his index and pointer fingers to his lips and sliding them between the opening. They had pressed their fingers together, and they both closed their eyes as they savored every second of their intimate moment. The raccoon knew this was the closest thing he and his tigress would get to an actual kiss...and they wanted to savor every second as they could.

"I love you Sly." Neyla whispered softly, before she and her boyfriend pulled their fingers back from the between the vent.

"I love you too Neyla. We'll come for you, I promise." The raccoon answered back, softly while feeling downhearted that the reunion with his Neyla was too quick and he crawled backwards to the drain pipe.

'Right...Better get down to it.' The tigress mentally stated as she sighed, while taking in deep breathes to soak up the surge of pain she felt to the right side of her waist .

Knowing she would have to avoid the wolves pounces and overhead slams with their maces...Neyla would have to make good use of the laser security system in the center of the workout room, along with the spikes on the walls and security lights around the corners outside her cell. She also had to use whatever strength she had left for this...because she had discarded every meal covered in illegal spice and the guards had beaten her for all the spice they lost.

"I'll have to make every move count." She muttered softly to herself, but was determined to be rescued and reunited with her raccoon.

Neyla had stepped out of her cell and spotted the three Wolves, lazily napping or pacing back and forth in the center of the room. She had taken out her whip and began twirling her wrist while whistling to gain their attention.

"Oh, boys?" She asked while lassoing the clueless canine closest to her around the waist!

"Who want's to play?" The tigress teasingly asked, after sending the Wolf spinning like a top and crashed through a single weapons rack carrying rusted Medieval hand held weaponry!

The first wolf had collapsed hard dizzy from all the spinning and its two friends snarled angrily at the weakened tigress. They could tell that she was still weakened, by her fatigue and figured she'd be easy prey...but they would learn they were sadly mistaken. Neyla had managed to avoid their attacks with her athletic and acrobatic jumps, but she still visibly winced from the pain she felt from every blow she had avoided. She had defeated five inmates; two with whip after delivering three power strikes and the last three, lassoing them around their waists/wrists and sending them spinning into the spikes.

'Five down...45 inmates to go.' The tigress mentally said to herself, while also knowing that she would have to defeat at least 50 of the other prisoners in order to get thrown into solitary.

Neyla had her work cut out for her, as other prisoners locked up in the upper levels of her cell block had broken out of their cells and joined in the fight! She had lassoed her whip around the waist of another inmate and sent him colliding into another Wolf inmate, making it seven wins. The fighting between Neyla and the inmates had gone on for what appeared to be 5-6 minutes non stop! The tigress had panted softly, as all the fighting and jumping around to evade her opponent's attacks was wearing her out greatly. She had taken out eighteen guards, adding the total of knocked out prisoners and wins up to 25...which meant she was half way down! She just hoped she had the energy to take down the remaining 25 inmates.

The tigress had used what ever furniture or exercise equipment was in the room to her advantage; lassoing some weights and smashing it into the skulls of a few Wolves, giving them a major headache. Neyla had continued fighting bravely against the Wolves who had been itching for a fight after being locked up in their own cells for what might've been weeks, even months! She was taking in deep breathes and nodding off the tiredness that was this close to overcoming her.

'No, I have to stay awake! I cannot fall asleep...not while I'm this close!' Neyla mentally screamed at herself, as she had defeated another fifteen more inmates; giving her a sum total of 40 wins!

Not willing to give up, as she had only ten more inmates to defeat was all the motivation she needed to keep fighting. She had lassoed a Wolf around the waist and sent him spinning towards the spikes and witnessed him being impaled by the deadly sharp metal blades. Neyla had witnessed another inmate attempting to pounce on her...but she was ready as she lassoed her whip around his neck and slammed him down hard on the press bench. The guard was moaning/growling in pain as being slammed down on the metal bar was extremely painful. She had made use of the laser system in the center of the room; stomping her right foot hard on the button which activated the lasers and burnt four of the unlucky wolves whom charged right into it.

'46 down...just four more to go. I can do this!' Neyla mentally stated and yelled at herself, as she nearly collapsed from exhaustion...but sluggishly got back up, as all the fighting was wearing her out.

Knowing that Sly and the others needed her to pull through on her end and that being moved into solitary was her best chance of being rescued by her friends and reunited with her raccoon lover, gave Neyla the strength to finish the job. After making swift work of the last four inmates; lassoing one and sending him crashing into his fellow cellmate, knocking them both out! Lassoing a dumbbell with her whip and smashing it into the skull of the 3rd inmate; knocking him down hard as he collapsed onto the floor while listening to the birdies. With the final inmate...Neyla had waited for the wolf to pounce so she could make her move. Once it was over her, the tigress had swiftly ducked and leaned backwards, while tucking in her stomach and kicking the wolf right in the gut. The unlucky canine had flipped over and...collided back first against the spikes; impaling the inmate upon contact.

"That's fifty wins. Thanks for the...exercise boys." Neyla panted softly, while struggling to stand on her own two wobbly legs.

Fortunately for her, the single Vulture sentry stationed in the guard control room above the room had heard and witnessed everything...and was he unhappy. Neyla had felt she was being watched and glanced up steel walkways to see the Vulture glaring down angrily at the worn out the tigress.

"Care to join the pile of knocked out mutts birdbrain?" She asked sarcastically, while panting hard and struggling to stay conscious.

The vulture, clearly seeing she was no threat to him and was about to pass out from exhaustion had done the one thing she was counting on...activating a switch in the control room that brought a single locked cage down upon her!

"Suckers..." The tigress muttered softly, before collapsing onto the floor exhausted and leaning back against the cold steel bars, as two Wolf guards had leaped down from the upper levels and kept watch over her before they were given the order to escort her to solitary.

~Back with Sly~

After he had passed on the message to Neyla to get thrown into solitary confinement so he, Murray and Bentley could break her out...he couldn't help but feel angry and saddened after learning the Contessa was planning on moving his tigress to her own personal estate. Also seeing the bruises his girlfriend had on her body and beautiful face, also sent his blood boiling!

Knowing that Bentley needed to know about the Contessa's plan, the raccoon had sprinted back to the safe house...while skillfully avoiding being spotted by the Vulture guards, by climbing up the street lamps and using the spider cobwebs to his advantage to reach the roof of the tall houses/buildings. Once he reached the safe house, Sly had entered and was relieved to see that Murray and Bentley hadn't left yet for their assignment at the bridge.

"You guys, we need to talk." Sly stated, as he pulled up his seat around the briefing table.

"Did you see find Neyla and pass on the plan?" Bentley asked, as he could by the troubled look on his friend's face...that seeing Neyla in the state she had been the last couple of days must've been extremely hard for Sly.

"I found her alright...and I passed on the plan; she understood it perfectly clear. But there's a problem...and it's bad." His raccoon friend stated, saying he had found Neyla easily through the prison vents...and still remembered his tigress lover's warning perfectly about the Contessa's plan.

"What's the problem?" The turtle asked, as he and Murray knew whatever Neyla told Sly must've been bad news to have him look so distraught.

"Neyla told me that the Contessa is planning on having her moved to her personal estate tomorrow afternoon." Sly stated, which shocked both the turtle and hippo!

"That deranged spider going to move Neyla to her personal estate?! Not on my watch!" Murray stated shocked after hearing the Contessa was planning on having the tigress to her personal estate, but was determined to make sure it didn't happen!

"Sly...did Neyla say how she was going to be transported from the prison?" Bentley asked, as he knew he could cook up a plan on thwarting the Contessa's method of escaping with Neyla!

"She said the Contessa was going to have her transported on her personal blimp...Neyla also told me its where that crooked spider placed the Clockwerk Heart after capturing us in India." The raccoon informed his friends on how his Neyla was being transported...along with where the Contessa had stashed Rajan's half of the Heart for safe keeping.

"Sly...is something else the matter?" Murray asked, as he and Bentley could tell something else was troubling their friend and leader.

"I...I couldn't keep the promise I made her." Sly answered softly, which he his friends could still hear.

"What promise?" Bentley asked, as he and Murray needed to coax as much as they could without angering/upsetting the raccoon.

"After you guys had left the safe house after the presentation on how to steal Rajan's half of the Heart...Neyla told me that she had a feeling that something horrible would happen. I promised her that I would never let Arpeggio or anyone else hurt her...and I failed to keep it." The raccoon answered while explaining what had happened after they had left the safe house to get Operation: Wet Tiger started...and revealing he had made a promise to his tigress, that he would protect her all costs, which he failed to keep.

"She had horrible bruises all over her body, s-she's been beaten badly guys." He added, telling Murray and Bentley that Neyla had been beaten after he had found her through the vents.

Both the turtle and hippo frowned sadly for both Sly and Neyla...especially after learning what had caused their friend to consumed with distraught. They could not even imagine how much despair, anger and pain Sly must've felt being locked up, separated from the tigress after their capture in India. They knew Sly had felt guilty for not being able to keep his promise to protect Neyla...and it was up to them to lift his spirits.

"We're going to bust her out buddy. Count on it." Murray stated, while walking up his friend and placing a reassuring hand around his shoulder.

"Murray's right Sly, we will rescue Neyla ...and it wasn't just you who failed to protect her. We all did. She's one of us now...and we're not abandoning her." Bentley added, placing a soft reassuring gloved hand over the raccoon's free dominant hand, showing he and the hippo were with him all the way to rescue Neyla.

"Thanks you guys, you're the best." Sly stated with a small, warm grin at his loyal teammates and friends which they returned.

Without wasting another second, Sly, Murray and Bentley exited the safe house and went their separate ways to reach their designated RV points. The raccoon had climbed the street lamp posts and scaled the roof tops to avoid being spotted by the Vultures patrolling the streets...yet had to battle the Wolves and Bats also on the roofs. Fortunately, he wouldn't have to waste valuable time fighting the idiot guards; after activating his Insanity Strike gadget and swatting the Bat guard that foolishly attempted to head him off.

The Bat had groaned as being struck across the face by the purple glowing cane and slowly came to. Sly had climbed up a towering rod on the roof a neighboring building, as the Wolf had eventually caught up and started tossing pebbles upwards at the climbing raccoon...and was soon met by an unsuspecting surprise. The Bat had landed a right hook, knocking the unsuspecting canine out! Sly couldn't help but smirk, as the brainless mutt had then became driven insane and fought back against its crazed fellow guard.

He had stealthily sneaked around the prison grounds, avoiding the prison security search lights shining above and around the walls, along with the Vultures patrolling the grounds. The raccoon had climbed up a lamp post near a building on the right side of the grounds and had to deal with two Bats patrolling the roof. Sly had skillfully dodged the Bat's punches and aerial dives, while dealing swift strong blows with his cane. After dealing two 'uppercuts' with his cane, striking the Bats underneath their jaws he finished them off with his charged up spinning cane strike! The two Bats groaned, laying on the roof in dizziness and pain from the raccoon relentless attack.

Sly had climbed up the antenna and swung across the hooks dangling towards the circular wooden walkway of a tower in the center of the prison. After landing softly and silently on the wooden walkway, he approached the RV point, pulled out his Binocucom and contacted Bentley.

"Okay Sly, that's it! There is the Contessa's giant attack robot!" The turtle stated, after he and the raccoon were looking at 'robot'...which was a typical water tower behind the fence to a separated yard.

"Look Bentley, with all due respect...it looks an awful lot like a water tower." His friend replied back, showing he wasn't convince that the water tower was an actual 'robot'.

"Don't be fooled! That's what she wants you to think! If we try to rescue Neyla while that thing is operational, why..." Bentley replied back, trying to warn the raccoon of a horrible scenario of what would happen if they tried rescuing Neyla with the attack robot still functional, but was cut off by his friend.

"What? We'll have plenty of fresh drinking water?" Sly asked jokingly, showing he wasn't buying or seeing the water tower as a 'threat'.

"I'm serious here Sly!" The turtle snapped, showing he was annoyed by how childish his friend was being and not taking his field job seriously!

"Of course...I do owe you one." The raccoon sighed, showing he was willing to humor his friend's concern for the 'water tower'.

"The lightning rods around the prison are designed to draw lightning strikes away from the water tower...err, I meant, giant attack robot." Bentley stated, while explaining the purpose of the five lightning rods scattered around town...and correcting himself after referring the attack robot to an actual water tower.

"Uh-huh, yeah?" Sly asked, in a monotone voice...while thinking that him running around the town would be a waste of time and energy as he glanced towards a lightning rod being struck by a bolt.

"By turning the valves on the rods, you should be able to redirect the electrical current away from its ground wire...rendering it useless. Simply follow the lightning strikes to find all five rods." The turtle continued, further explaining to Sly on how he was supposed to disable the Contessa's alleged 'giant attack robot'.

"Okay, just to be clear; you want me to break the ground circuit on all these lightning rods so that a bolt will strike 'and destroy' the giant attack robot posing as a water tower?" The raccoon asked, as he needed to clarify the plan with Bentley so he understood perfectly.

"That's an accurate summation of the plan." His friend nodded, confirming the general idea of the plan to cripple the giant attack robot.

~With Bentley and Murray~

The turtle and hippo had sprinted across the town back towards the bridge, but instead of crossing the bridge itself, Murray had followed Bentley across a small bridge that led to the underpass of the large structure. After making swift work of the single Vulture patrolling the underpass; Bentley taking aim with his crossbow and firing a single dart that put the moronic guard to sleep...and Murray landing a swift and powerful punch to its sleeping face, the Vulture was down for the count. Once the coast was clear, they reached the RV point and got right down to business.

"Murray, these giant pipes underneath the bridge feed power to the prison's security systems. I'll need to cut the connection in order to free Neyla." The turtle stated, after he and his hippo friend glanced up at the pipes that ran underneath the bridge and explained how they supplied power to the prison security system.

"I'm guessing you'd like some protection while you plant your bombs?" Murray asked, while softly scratching and massaging the back of his head.

"You guessed it right big guy. The real challenge will be on the bridge...there is literally no cover, which makes us completely exposed." Bentley stated, explaining to his friend that while they were on the bridge there'd be way to hide from patrolling guards.

"No need to worry Bentley. I'll handle the guards, you just focus setting those charges." The hippo stated, while pounding his fists together, showing he'd be looking forward to taking the Vultures, Bats and Wolves head on with nothing but his fists.

Without wasting a second, Bentley had gone straight to work, planting a bomb on the left abutment. While the turtle had secured the explosive tightly, Murray had glanced around, searching for any guards approaching. To his luck, another unsuspecting Vulture was slowly approaching the bridge he and his friend had crossed. He had glanced back towards Bentley and saw that he had finished setting the first charge. The hippo had searched for something he could use against the guard and to his luck; a small wooden crate was near the cobweb that he and the turtle could use to jump and land on top of the bridge.

Murray had walked over to the small wooden crate, picked it up and lifted it over his head. Once the Vulture had crossed over to their side of the bridge, onto the underpass...it was lights for the poor unsuspecting guard. Before it could spot Bentley with its search light, the hippo had tossed the small crate and it exploded into multiple wooden fragments after making contact with the guard's head. The Vulture had gave off a simple squawk of surprise before stumbling on its own two feet and collapsed onto the hard concrete. He had walked up to knocked out guard, picked him and slammed the poor Vulture down hard! While Murray had finished off the guard, Bentley had finished setting up the second charge on the right abutment.

"I'm all done here. Let's head on up top." The turtle stated, claiming he was finished planting the charges on the underpass.

Without wasting a second, both Bentley and Murray had jumped up on the spider web and were surprised by how high they leaped before landing softly on the bridge. After they were on the bridge, the turtle had sprinted across the left side to the 1st bomb. As Bentley was setting the explosive, Murray had waited patiently while glancing around for any guards to fight. Fortunately for him, he wouldn't have to wait long; a Vulture was crossing from the right end, followed by a second. Knowing it would be dicey trying to take on the two Vultures head on, the hippo decided to use his most favorite move; the Fists of Flame! He had simply clapped his hands together and presto, became engulfed by fire!

Murray had charged in towards the first Vulture, whom squawked angrily after the hippo had foolishly ran straight into its torch light! The guard had attempted to fire a bolt from its crossbow, but was missed after Murray sidestepped to the right. Before the Vulture could fire another bolt, it was met by a powerful burning punch to the chest! The poor unlucky guard could only squawk in pain as it's entire feathery body became engulfed in flames. The second Vulture, whom heard its fellow guard squawk in agony sprinted towards the bridge to investigate and fired its crossbow after spotting the hippo. After sidestepping another bolt, Murray had landed a normal powerful punch to the Vulture's beak, which caused it to stumble backwards and he finished it with a strong uppercut, knocking the bird out.

After Bentley had finished setting the first charge, he had sprinted across as fast as he could and started planting the second charge on the right side of the bridge. Murray had spotted three Wolves crossing the bridge and charged in, ready to take them on. All three Wolves had growled/snarled in a threatening manner...but it had little effect on the hippo, as he simply glared angrily back at the canine guards. He had easily knocked out the first two Wolves with a single powerful punch to their faces, which sent them into a dreamy state; gazing at the stars. After the third Wolf attempted to pounce on him, Murray had simply caught the brainless canine in his strong hands and tossed him off the bridge!

Once Bentley had finished with the 2nd charge, he had sprinted back to the left end of the bridge and started planting a third bomb. For the next wave of guards, it was two Vultures and a single Bat. Taking on the three guards at once was more challenging than the three Wolves, as fighting two Vultures was more difficult than fighting a single one on his own. Murray had taken a couple of blows; either a powerful swipe across the face from the Vulture's wing or punch from a Bat's fist...and he bounced right back. After he eliminated the third wave of guards; he defeated a fourth wave of two Wolves and a single Vulture, a fifth wave of two Bats and two Wolves and a sixth final wave of two Vultures.

After Murray had defeated the last Vulture with a powerful right hook and left uppercut, Bentley had planted the last needed explosive to cripple the power to the prison security prison!

"The last charge is set Murray! Let's get out of here!" The turtle shouted and they both sprinted as fast as they could, as the bombs detonated as they got off the bridge!

"And that takes care of the power to the security system!" Bentley stated after he and his friend shared a high-five, congratulating each other for a nice job before they sprinted back to the safe house.

~Back with Sly~

As the raccoon had ran all over town to locate and disable the lightning rods, he made time to pick pocket the guards of any valuables Bentley could sell off ThiefNet on his laptop...and he made off with a huge haul; 15 Gold Medals, 12 Silver Medals, 22 Gold Pens and 18 Silver Pens. He had also found all the necessary clues he'd need to break into the Contessa's personal vault. After Sly had located and disabled all five rods, he made his way back to the prison...and saw something that he couldn't believe with his own eyes; the 'water tower' was a giant attack robot!

'I, uh, guess I owe Bentley an apology for doubting him.' Sly mentally said to himself, after he saw the 'water tower' move and its 'eyes' open...but short-circuited as a lightning bolt had struck and rendered it completely useless!

After recovering from the shock of seeing what the 'water tower' truly was, the raccoon had silently landed softly in the prison grounds and prowled undetected, while avoid the spot lights. Once Sly had climbed up a lamp post near the entrance to Cell Block, he ninja spire jumped on top of the pointy end of the roof and leaped again, this time landing near the RV point. He had pulled out his Binocucom and contacted Bentley for his mission objective.

"Sly, I'm going to need your help in acquiring a sample of the Contessa's encryption algorithm." His computer tech and friend said, leaving him completely confused by what he was saying.

"I'd love to pal...but I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about." The raccoon replied back, showing he had no clue to what the turtle just said.

"Alright, I'll explain it to you one piece at a time." Bentley stated, while sighing as he knew that Sly and Murray had no idea what he meant in highly educational words.

"Do you see that security station? The guard nearby is responsible for its upkeep." He stated slowly starting with the importance of the security station directly near the entrance to Cell Block D.

"I'm with you so far." Sly answered, showing he understood the importance to the locked up security computer.

"First, I need you to pickpocket his key to the terminal and use it to set off the alarm once you have access to the computer." Bentley stated, explaining that he needed his friend to steal the guard's key to the terminal in order to set off the the alarm.

"Wait, hold up...you want me to set off the alarm?" The raccoon asked puzzled by his friend's strange request!

"Yeah, set it off and then clear out as the guard is sure to come running. Once he sees that it's just a false alarm, he'll input the code to deactivate it." The turtle stated, while explaining to Sly that after he set off the alarm, the guard would turn it off with the security code to the terminal.

"So you want me to take a photograph of the code?" Sly asked as he slowly understood what it was that Bentley needed him to photograph!

"You'll need to take the picture at a perfect position in order to get a clean shot of the code once it appears of the screen." The turtle nodded, showing that the security code was what he needed.

"Should I hit all the security stations around the town?" The raccoon asked, while already knowing that the answer would be 'yes'.

"Precisely and once I've got a large enough sample of the Contessa's codes, I should be able to put together a hacking software that'll be useful in order to save Neyla." Bentley stated, revealing the reason why he needed Sly to hit all the security terminals.

"Alright Bent, I'll get you those photos." Sly stated, with a strong look of determination in wanting to save and be reunited with his Neyla before he and Bentley broke contact.

The raccoon had leaped off the roof and landed softly on the soil in the courtyard. He quietly sneaked up behind the Vulture and snaked his cane into the guard's back pocket, easily lifting the key off him. Sly had silently crept away before breaking into a fast sprint, approached the locked up security terminal and activated the alarm. As soon as the Vulture heard the alarm, he came running to check the terminal just like Bentley predicted. The raccoon had climbed back up the lamp post and roof of Cell Block D, which was the best vantage point to get a clear view of the terminal screen. Once the idiot guard had inputted the security code, Sly had took a photo it: 459.

After taking the picture, the raccoon had searched the town for the remaining three security terminals. The second terminal was located by the train tracks not too far from the safe house. Sly had used his newly purchased Alarm Clock gadget; tossing it at a safe distance to lure the guard far enough from the terminal. Once the guard was distracted from the alarm clock, the raccoon had sneaked up behind the Vulture and lifted the key. After Sly had set off the alarm and gotten into the perfect position to take the photo once the Vulture inputted the code: 707.

The third terminal was on the side of a building, near the bridge and staircase leading up to the building where both Bentley and Murray had deployed the turtle's RC chopper. After lifting the key off the Vulture and setting off the alarm, Sly had gotten to a perfect position to take the photo of the code: 417. The fourth and final terminal was located in the back of the Contessa's house. After tossing an alarm clock to distract the guard, he lifted pick-pocketed the last key off the Vulture and set off the alarm on the last terminal. Once Sly had gotten into a perfect position, he took a photo of the final code: 314.

After the raccoon had finished his current job, he noticed a crawl space in the back of the revolted arachnid's house and decided to see if she had anything worth ripping off the corrupt warden/'psychiatrist'...which would tick her off to no end. Once he entered the back of the house, Sly was surprised to see it was practically a dead end! The only items inside the back of the house were a view Medical items; a suit of knight armor and the spider's personal safe. Once he approached the vault, he contacted Bentley before kneeling down.

"You'd need an IQ of at least 140 to figure out the code to this vault. That Contessa is smarter than I anticipated." His turtle friend stated, as he had gone over the clues Sly had collected to get into the safe.

"I believe that the code is...2-4-9." He added, giving his friend the combination.

After Sly had tried the combination that Bentley recommended, he smiled as his friend called it right. He turned the valve to the safe and opened it, revealing another gadget that would prove useful out in the field; the Long Toss gadget. He had snatched the gadget out from the safe and replaced it with his family clan calling card. Once Sly crawled back outside of the Contessa's house, he waited for the tank to pass by and exited the crawl space. After the raccoon had sneaked past the security light, he approached and jumped over the stagecoach placed the front entrance of the despised spider's residence.

After he sprinted along the walkway, Sly had spotted his final RV point, which was located on a high ledge underneath cliff along outside the prison wall. He knew crossing the cable from the edge of the roof to the cliff would be easy...but timing to pass the security light without getting shot? That would be the real challenge. As soon as the spot light passed, Sly made his move; he ninja spire jumped and ran across the cable as fast as he could. Luckily for him, he was able to avoid being spotted by the security light. He leaped from the higher ledge and landed safely onto the lower ledge, pulled out his Binocucom and contacted Bentley.

"In order to free Neyla, I'll need you to steal two tank keys and the tank patrol schedule off of the Contessa." The turtle stated, as he and Sly spotted the corrupt spider strolling across the bridge and stopping in front of her house.

"...No problem. I'm an old hand at hand at pick-pocketing." The raccoon reluctantly replied, while glaring with complete contempt towards the Contessa.

"It won't be exactly easy, Sly. The Contessa is no fool. She had learned about your escape and as a precaution, she doesn't go anywhere without bodyguards. You'll need to deal with them first, if you want to get anywhere near her." Bentley stated, as he could sense the deep ire towards the spider in the raccoon's eyes as he explained that she heard about his escape and had guards to protect to her while she made her daily rounds.

"I should probably use noise to lure those birdbrains away from the Contessa...and I have just the thing is mind." Sly stated as he agreed with his turtle friend that he'd need a distraction to lure the two Vultures away from the spider...and was real glad that he had his Alarm Clock gadget on him.

"Sly...I know you want to make that woman pay for what she did to you and Neyla, but you need to stay calm and focused." The turtle stated while trying to calm his friend down from doing something completely reckless and stupid.

"I know...I know, you're right Bentley. I'll get you those keys and patrol schedule. Thanks." The raccoon answered, slowly nodding as he knew that Bentley was right and thanked him for helping him keep his temper under control.

"Anytime buddy." His friend and tech support replied back before they broke contact.

Just as he and Bentley broke contact, Sly noticed the Contessa about to walk around her house...followed by the two Vultures right behind her. Knowing he could use the lamp posts to his advantage, along with his Smoke Bomb gadget...stealing the keys and patrol schedule wouldn't be that difficult. As the second Vulture was lagging behind, the raccoon had silently and softly landed from the high ledge near the front of the house. He had silently crept up behind the second Vulture, took out an alarm clock and tossed it nearby the lagging bodyguard. Fortunately, the first Vulture was too far ahead to hear it...which was bad news for the second bodyguard; as Sly had finished him off swiftly with his cane slam move!

The raccoon had circled the back of the house and spotted both the Contessa and her remaining bodyguard, nearing the train tunnel. As he waited for the spider to enter the tunnel first, Sly had crept behind the remaining bodyguard but not before putting as much distance between them as he tossed another alarm clock. The Vulture squawked confused as he heard the clock loudly ticking before it broke into many spare parts. Just as the idiot guard realized he had fallen way behind his boss and turn his back, Sly had knocked him out by slamming him down hard! The raccoon had broke into a fast run, in order to catch up with Contessa...and stealthily crept up behind her as she was walking on the tracks. He had snaked his cane in her back pocket and pulled out the first tank key!

"Who goes there?! W-Where are my guards?!" The Contessa demanded as she felt a presence behind and fled, after realizing her bodyguards were nowhere to be seen!

Sly had tracked the cowardly spider down to the courtyard inside the prison, which would make sneaking up on the guards slightly difficult. But he memorized the movement of the security search lights and knew when to move to avoid being spotted. After luring the Contessa's bodyguards away from her one by one with his Alarm Clock gadget as she patrolled the yards, the raccoon made his move; he sneaked up right behind her and lifted the second key!

"Huh? They're gone again!" The corrupt spider stated, after realizing she had been left unprotected a second time!

Sly had tracked the Contessa to the city streets near his gang's safe house...but fortunately for him, Bentley and Murray, the spider and her bodyguards weren't patrolling anywhere their hideout. The Contessa and her remaining three bodyguards were mostly patrolling the empty streets near the small dock. After making quick work of the three idiot guards after luring them away with the Alarm Clock gadget...he had crept up behind the spider and lifted the tank patrol schedule off her!

"Huh? Where are those lazy and incompetent bodyguards! They're all fired!" The Contessa demanded and snarled at the same time, after seeing that her bodyguards had 'disappeared' again before and fled!

"That's some great work Sly! Come on back to the safe house, we'll need to rest up for the big day tomorrow." Bentley stated over the radio and congratulated his friend for getting the items they needed to free Neyla!

"Copy that Bent. I'm on my way back." The raccoon replied back and couldn't help but smile at how much damage he and his friend's did to the Contessa's prison.

After Sly had returned to the safe house, he, Murray and Bentley couldn't help cheer and congratulate each other for a nice job out on the field. The turtle couldn't help but gloat when the raccoon admitted that he was right about the 'water tower' actually being a giant robot. They had decided to turn in for bed, as they needed to be in top form for their rescue operation tomorrow afternoon. Before Sly turned in for bed, he glanced outside the window towards the direction one last time.

'Hold on Neyla. We're coming for you.' The raccoon mentally said to himself, while hoping that his tigress lover was waiting for them in solitary confinement.

A/N: That is the end for the 2nd part to Jailbreak! I would like to deeply apologize to my reviewers for the insanely long wait. The last couple of weeks have been pretty insane; I've been distracted with my job at work, spending quality time with folks and friends and working on my other Fanfic stories. I would like to thank my viewers for their patience. The next chapter for Operation: Trojan Tank will be coming up soon! Please be sure to comment and review.