Hi again! Here is chapter 9! Oh, this is gonna get good!

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Claire, Murray, and Bentley were all locked up in separate cells across from each other. Claire woke up and her head was really hurting.

"Ow, my head!" She rubbed her eyes and saw Bentley lying on the floor in the cell across from her. "Bentley! Wake up!"

Bentley got strait up. "Where are we? What happened? Where's Sly and Murray?"

"I'm over here!" Murray yelled. "In the cell next to you!"

"I think I know where we are." Claire said, scowling. "I never thought I would be stuck back here again."

"We have to find Sly and get out of here!" Bentley said. "But how? I don't think we'll be able to squeeze through these bars."

"Don't worry, Bentley. The Contessa put us in these when we were in detention. I snuck out of them all the time. I stole the key from her once. I think I still have it in my bag after all these years." She looked in her bag and pulled out an old silver key and put it in the keyhole. The door opened.

"Excellent!" Bentley said. "Hurry, let us out."

Meanwhile, Sly was in another room tied to a chair made out of metal, unconscious. He finally woke up and felt really dizzy. Everything was blurry and he saw a red and blue figure standing in front of him.

"You're finally awake, Cooper." The Contessa said.

"You!" Sly yelled. "How! You were arrested!"

"I easily broke out. I wanted to have revenge on both you and your sister." She answered.

"Why Claire? Leave her out of this!"

"Let's just say she was lucky enough to escape my wrath." She walked over to a large computer near by. Sly finally noticed all of the technology surrounding him. He thought it must have taken her years to do it all. He started to panic as he saw the large machine in front of him. It was hanging from the ceiling and was sort of like a giant laser. Sly noticed it looked similar to the ones she used on Carmelita. The only difference was that there were no Clockwerk eyes.

"You will soon be working for me, Cooper." The Contessa started typing on the computer and the machine lowered and pointed directly at Sly. Then, Amy walked into the room.

"Contessa, the others are in the cells locked safely. Who will you want to do next? The other raccoon?"

"Of course. I can't wait to see her suffer."

Sly scowled and tried to get free but couldn't. The Contessa laughed. "You'll never be able to break out of those. Lets start out 'experiment', shall we."

Amy didn't answer. She looked at Sly, who glared back. "Traitor." he said.

"I am so sorry, Sly. I have no choice." She walked over to the computer where the Contessa was typing on the large computer and she started typing too.

"Get the rubies." The Contessa said.

"Rubies?" Sly thought.

Amy walked searched in her bag and pulled out the necklace that belonged to a queen that Sly had stole from other thieves. She placed them where the Clockwerk eyes would have been.

"Wait." The Contessa said. "Take the rubies out. I think we should torture him a bit."

"What!" Amy yelled. "No! Why? Are you crazy? No. I won't do it."

The Contessa slowly turned to face Amy. She looked furious. "What did you say? You know I saved your ungrateful tail and I can easily hypnotize you and toss you into the ocean. I realized a while ago that hypnotized guards are no use. They are easily fooled. Do you want to be hypnotized? Do you?"

Amy was trembling and silently said, "No."

"Clever choice. Begin the machine without the rubies. Without the rubies he will feel so much pain."

Amy looked at Sly with a guilty look on her face. She walked over to the button on the wall. She placed her paw gently on the button and hesitated. Sly tried his best to set himself free. "No, Amy. Please don't!" he thought desperately.

"Blaire, just start the machine and go patrol the halls. I don't want anyone to interfere."

Amy pushed the button and quickly turned to face Sly. She didn't want to look so she quickly left the room. Sly saw red lights come from the tip of the machine. They hit Sly and he knew he wasn't being hypnotized yet. He felt as if though a huge electric shock had hit him. He yelled in pain. The Contessa laughed and raised the power of the shock.

Meanwhile, Claire, Murray, and Bentley were lost somewhere in the Contessa's hideout. They made a few turns but kept getting lost. They felt as if they were in a maze.

"Lets go this way!" Murray suggested.

"No, that's where we came from. This way!" Bentley said.

"You're both wrong. We should go this way." Claire said.

"This is ridiculous!" Bentley said.

"Shh! Someone's coming!" Claire pulled both of them behind a statue of the Contessa. They saw Amy walking down the hall with tears silently falling down her cheeks.

"It was wrong," she muttered to herself. "Why did I do it? Sly's doomed."

Bentley's face grew furious. He jumped out from behind the statue and yelled, "Traitor!" Murray and Claire also came out from behind the statue. Claire grabbed her from the collar of her shirt. "WHERE IS MY BROTHER? WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HIM?"

Amy burst out crying. "I am so sorry! I didn't m-mean to! The Contessa w-would have killed me.!"

"So you gave her Sly to save yourself!"

Amy started crying harder. Bentley pulled Claire away from her and said, "Claire, don't. She feels bad enough already."

"This is a waste of time." Claire said. "I'm going to go look for Sly!" She started to run in the direction Amy came from.

"No!" Amy said. "Don't go that w-way. She'll see you."

"And why should I trust you, again?"

"Because I am the only one who can take you to him! By the time you find him it will be too late! Please! Forgive me! Let me help you!"

Claire glared at her. She didn't want to trust Amy again. But then, she would lead her to Sly. "Alright."

Amy got strait up. "Hurry! This w-way!" They all followed Amy.

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There was chapter 9. AngelLadyG, you were correct! )