Ch50: The Great Train Heist
When we did the necessary tasks to get to the diverted train, I told the guys where they needed to strike. Murray and Opal would handle getting the van freed from the caboose while Bentley and Carmelita handled the car ahead to hack and take control of the whistles for the train. (I was gonna need to keep my ears normal instead of metal in order to work there...) Once done, Tennessee and myself would go rob the train of gold while Sly covers us from the top of the train. And finally, El Jefe, with his acting, would try to talk with Toothpick to delay his forces from getting a hit on us as we robbed the place blind.
It only took a record thirty seconds for Murray and Opal to free the van and only a minute for Carmelita and Bentley to hack the terminal. While they got picked up by Murray, Tennessee and I went forth and robbed the train, starting off in the first one.
"I've been meanin' to ask ya miss, but why do ya sometimes talk to yerself?" Tennessee asked me. "Because she's talking to me," Neyla said, surprising Tennessee when the eye started to blink as she talked. "Huh... I always wondered when ol' Clockwerk'd kick the bucket... looks like this new voice means that he's gone fer good in yer time?" "Better believe it, bub. And also, side note, he also has a vendetta against my family..." I frowned.
"Whaddaya mean?" "Let's just say this: If you meet anyone by the name of Regis Martin and he's a cat, let him be an ally to the Cooper family. Otherwise, I may not even exist." "Hoo boy... time travel sure gets a fella confused, doesn't it?" "You're telling us!" Neyla groaned as we shot at the buttons to turn off the lasers on the floor. We then managed to get to the gold in the first car. I shot a triple blast at the lock and the sliding door opened, allowing Bentley to use a plunger gun to grab the gold and clearing the way for us to keep moving.
When we did the same thing in the other two cars ahead of us, we soon made our way to the train part of the area, where El Jefe smiled and jumped off the train, hopping into the van and leaving Toothpick VERY confused. "Wha-... What's goin' on here?" he asked, noticing that me and Tennessee were right there and Sly on top of the train joining us. "Eat it, Toothpick! We got the gold back and now we're gonna smash yer face in!" Tennessee exclaimed.
"Hah! You think you can still beat me? Last I checked you don't even have yer gun anymore! You couldn't hurt me even if you tried!" Toothpick laughed. I smiled and spread my wings, revealing the many guns on it, making Toothpick make an "eep" sound. "Maybe he can't hurt ya, but I can!" I smiled. I then unleashed a hail of bullets at the armadillo and he began to dance as I hit the metal he was standing on.
"Okay..." I smiled, inhaling a loud breath. I then let out an impressive whistle with my sonic blast that hit the armadillo and made him dizzy, landing him at the front of the smoke stack for the train. I smirked and went over and knocked him into the fire, swiping my cane at him as he roasted in the flames until I pushed him in the rest of the way and Bentley blew the train whistle.
"Oh... my ear holes!" Toothpick gasped as he flew from the whistle to the train car Tennessee had moved to. "Um... guys?" Bentley asked as I grabbed Sly and jumped into the back window of the van. "We're heading for a ravine, right?!" I exclaimed, knowing exactly what awaited us. "Yeah! Do something!" Bentley exclaimed. "Murray! Necklace, now!" I commanded, grabbing it off his neck and throwing it in place of the sheriff badge into the device. "PUNCH IT!" I yelled as Murray hit the accelerator.
We entered the warp zone literally seconds from zooming off the cliff. I saved everyone a whole lot of hassle by warping us that quickly. When we exited the warp tunnel, we were met with a frigid hill that we'd landed on. And it was the hill with the same shack that they'd have used in the game! "Whew! That was WAY too close..." Sly said. "Yeah... now we need to go off and find out about what's screwy with this area, okay?" I sighed. "What do you mean? We got here by accident, didn't we?"
"Yeah... not exactly, Ringtail," Carmelita frowned. "This place is the Ice Ages of 10,000 BC. And this is where your very first ancestor comes from. If I'm right, he should be nearby..." "Then what are we waiting for?!" Sly asked as he rushed out the door. "Don't forget me, partner!" I smiled, rushing out after him. "Aw, what the heck! Wait up!" Carmelita laughed, the first time I'd ever heard her laugh.
"Seems she's in a good mood lately..." Neyla smiled. "Yeah...at least we made it here without any injury to the van, right?" I asked her back. "It may affect the story a bit, but I think I can live with it... not so much the cold temps..." "Yeah... it is pretty chilly..." "Grin and BEAR it?" "Haha very funny!"
