Bentley dropped the mug onto the wooden floor of the bar and let out a monstrous burp. After recovering, he fixed his glasses and smiled. "We win!" He yelled out before wiping his face of the lemonade. One of the dingos stood up from the table and knocked his mug onto the floor before screaming out. "That's cheatin'! The turtle spilled more than he drank! 'Round here there's only one thing we do with cheaters! Turn 'em on boys!" The dingo yelled out and one of the members ambled over and flipped a switch, turning on an electric grid blocking the doorway out.
"Give me a break!" Chaz yelled out as he stood from the table and took out his staff. The dingo sitting across from Bentley lunged to attack him but Chaz reacted quickly enough to knock him back and into the fence. Bentley and Chaz ran from the area to the middle of the room and watched as Murray threw his target around like a rag doll. Chaz scanned the room for Sly who was also fighting off his own dingo.
Another member of the local soon approached Chaz and Bentley but had his whip tied up and put to his side. Chaz raised an eyebrow and looked over at him. "Throwing in the towel already?" Chaz calmly asked, making the dingo laugh. "Not exactly! I'm here to strike a bit of a deal with ya. I'll let ya little turtle friend walk ...er…roll… if you and me head out to 'ave some fun!" Chaz watched in disgust as he stuck out his tongue and pointed down to his crotch. "If ya catch my drift." The dingo finished.
Bentley looked over at Chaz with a confused look and Chaz gave one shrugged his shoulders and looked back to the dingo. "How do I put this politely… I-" Chaz holds both his hands to his chest before continuing. "Would rather die." He finished and the dingo gave a frown at his response. "Your loss, partner." He pulled out his whip and made a loud snapping noise as he hit the ground with it. Chaz held his staff in his hand and used it to trip the dingo onto the floor. While the dingo tried to stand up, Bentley wheeled himself over before smacking him back down and unconscious with the wheelchair attachment he equipped.
Right as Chaz gave a thumbs up to Bentley, two guards came running at him and he was taken away into his own fight. Bentley tried to help out but was soon blocked off by a guard of his own. Everyone in the gang was in a turf fight with the inhabitants of the bar and they all had their own targets. During their fights, they all called out to each other while fighting to make sure they were all standing.
Chaz soon found himself cornered by two kangaroo guards and had no room to run. Murray noticed his friend caught in the corner and quickly took care of his guard with one punch. He ran over to where a barrel was placed and lifted the liquid filled barrel, aiming it towards the guards surrounding Chaz. He threw it and knocked one back into the other. Chaz took the opportunity to take them both out of the fight. "Thanks, Murray!" Chaz yelled out as he stood by his side. "Anytime, pal." Murray responded back.
Chaz and Murray worked together to take care of another group of guards. The locals stood no chance against the two fighting back to back and in time stopped coming to fight them. Sly and Bentley teamed up for their group and made quick work of anyone who tried to fight them. Together, the gang cleared out the bar and sent everyone else running out of the building and into the canyon.
The gang noticed the bar grow exceptionally quiet after the guards cleared out. They all group up in the middle of the room with wide smiles on their face. "Is it over?" Bentley asked while he wiped his glasses. "I think so. Everyone alright?" Sly asked. "Yup! Chaz and I took out waves of them. It was epic!" Murray yelled out in excitement. "We sure did!" Chaz cheered out. Sly laughed before speaking. "I'm glad you two had fun. Bentley and I had our little moment too. Poor guys couldn't get close." Sly responded back. "Well, they didn't have the best plan of approach." Bentley added.
The gang all shared laughs and talked about their personal battles with the locals. Their victory wasn't claimed however, as another presence made itself known. Chaz stopped talking when his ears picked up heavy footsteps outside. "Uh… I think someone's coming?" Chaz warned the gang. They all looked over at the door and waited for a figure to match the stomping approaching. The noise eventually caught up and made its appearance to the gang. A giant wolf came in wearing a mysterious golden and red glowing mask. He bursted open the door and left out a deafening howl, causing the gang to put their hands over their ears.
"It's that weird mask again! I thought I was just seeing things in that cave!" Murray yelled out with his hands over his ears. The possessed wolf swiftly went into a rampage and threw a broken table at the electric fence, breaking it and shutting it off. "This isn't good… I have a feeling this guy isn't going to go down easily. We need to work together to take him out. You two distract him while Murray and I find something to hit him hard with!" Bentley informed the group before taking off to a corner of a room and adding materials into his bombs.
Sly looked at Chaz with a worried expression. "Uh… who's gonna take the first shift?" Chaz rolled his eyes in response and took a leg from a broken stool and threw it at the giant wolf. The angered monster soon looked Chaz dead in his eyes and growled. He hissed between his teeth as he didn't anticipate the situation. "Yikes…" It didn't take long for the wolf to start chasing Chaz around the room like a cartoon scene.
Meanwhile, Bentley finished his contraption and planted it in the middle of the room. After running back to his corner, he yelled out. "Lead him to the middle! Once he's dazed, you and Sly whack at his face to try to pry off his mask!" Chaz heard everyone screaming out his name and ran over to the middle of the room. "Get down!" Bentley yelled out and Chaz dolphin dived out of the range of the explosion.
Bentley followed through and detonated the bomb, stunning the wolf. Sly and Chaz run over and begin whacking at the mask on his face with their weapons. They were soon shaken off the body of the wolf and thrown onto the floor. This time around the Sly caught the attention of the wolf and began chasing him around the room. Chaz didn't hesitate to go over and help Murray lift up a cover to a cabinet filled with more lemonade barrels. They made quick work of the reinforced wood and Murray picked up the barrel.
Chaz and Murray scream out Sly's name to get his attention. The raccoon soon noticed and caught on to their plan. Sly led the wolf to the two and got hit with a heavy container of lemonade, making him fall onto the floor. The wolf howled while he tried to wipe his eyes clean of the lemonade. Chaz took the opportunity to jump on the wolf and stuck his staff in between the wolf and the mask to try and pry it off. Murray soon joined in and together they were able to take the mask that was controlling the guard.
Chaz and Murray watched in confusion as the wolf began to shrink, soon returning to a normal size. The mask itself rose from the ground and scurried out of the bar, leaving everyone in a baffled state. "Did a mask just…" Chaz asked. "That mask is no joke!" Sly soon followed up. "Yeah... it's weird. I'm sure that's what the Guru was warning us about. Let's get back to the hideout so I can think of something" Bentley said before leaving the bar. The gang followed behind and together they ran back to the hideout so Bentley could begin mapping out the final operation. The next hours were going to mark their end in Australia and an evil mask.
End of chapter 16