Hi again! Thanks to all my reviewers. Here is chapter 10! I hope you like it!

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"Are you sure you know where you're going?" Murray asked as they followed Amy.

"Positive." Amy said, running. Claire looked at Amy. Amy had completely lost Claire's trust and Claire wasn't sure she should be following her. What if she led them into a trap? What if she would lock them up, again? What if she was planning to kill them! What if she had killed Sly! Claire shook her head. She didn't want to think horrible thoughts and continued running.

They stopped at a dead end and Amy walked over to a bookshelf. She pulled a book and the shelf moved out of the way to reveal a door.

"Quickly, and be very quiet." Amy said. "Oh, and Claire no matter what you see do not strike yet."

"I will if I want to." Claire said, coldly.

They went inside and walked down a hallway. They opened a door and Claire saw Sly being tortured. Claire she was getting ready to run toward the Contessa for everything she had done to her best friend and Sly. Amy held her back.

"Let me go!" Claire said in a low voice.

"No." Amy pulled them behind a computer. "Not yet."

Claire looked back at the Contessa and all of her hatred came back. She saw a table behind her and noticed Sly's cane was on the table. She started to sneak across the room to get Sly's cane.

"No." Bentley whispered. "Come back! Claire!"

Claire continued to head toward the table. She quietly put her paws around Sly's cane and picked it up. Suddenly, something hit her from the side and sent her flying across the room. She slammed into the wall. She was still holding Sly's cane. She quickly got up and faced the Contessa. She had hit Claire with her web.

"I knew I would be seeing you very soon." The Contessa said, her red eyes glowing. "I wanted you to see and experience my new project. Turns out I don't need the Clockwerk eyes. I needed rubies. I can't believe I just used spice when you were at the orphanage. Let me show you." She placed the rubies where the Clockwerk eyes should have been and turned on the machine.

"No!" Claire said. She ran forward and hit the rubies with the cane. They fell off and the Contessa yelled in fury.

"You fool!" She yelled and used her webs to pull Claire forward. The web caught her foot and she was dragged forward.

Bentley and Murray ran to free Sly while Amy was just watching with her mouth open. "This is my entire fault."

Amy saw Murray push buttons on the machine to turn it off. "Murray don't! The slightest mistake can blow this place up!" But it was too late. Red rays of light shot out of the machine hitting Amy, Bentley, and Claire. The rays also blew off the roof. Amy and Bentley were knocked out unconscious but Claire was still awake but very weak.

"Oh no!" Murray said. He trembled and continued to break Sly free. "Sly! Wake up!"

"Murray?" Sly said as he opened his eyes. He saw what had happened. He gasped as he saw Bentley and Amy unconscious, and Claire fighting the Contessa. "Murray! Push the button to set me free!" he said, briskly.

Murray pushed the buttons by the chair and helped him up. "Where's my cane?" Sly asked.

"Claire has it."

Sly quickly ran to help Claire but one of the Contessa's webs hit him. "Oof."

Claire got to her feet, still holding the cane. The Contessa looked at Amy. "I never should have trusted that weak, stupid, scared, good for nothing cat!" Then a wicked grin came on her face and with her web dragged Amy and started to run. Claire was too weak to run after her.

"Claire!" Sly ran to help her.

"Sly! She's getting away!" Claire said trying to get up.

"Sly, Claire, we have to get out of here!" Murray said.

"Why?" Sly asked.

"That laser-thingy is going crazy!" Murray said in a panicked voice.

"What about Amy! We can't leave her here." Claire asked. She was surprised she had said that.

"Claire's right, Murray. We should find Amy first."

"Well, alright." Murray said. He woke up Bentley by poking him very hard.

"Bentley, wake up!"

Bentley woke up and looked around him. "Where's Amy?" he asked.

"The Contessa took her. Come on we have to stop her!" They started to run in the direction the Contessa went. They ran down the hall and went outside. They made it outside and they saw the Contessa get on her getaway blimp. She threw Amy on the floor of the blimp and took off.

"No!" Bentley yelled. "We're too late! I know! Sly use your paraglider! Grab on the rope!" He ran over to Sly. "Take this. Put it in your ear. It will be easier to communicate with us. Now get your tail over there and save Amy!"

Sly used his paraglider and flew to the blimp. He grabbed the rope with his cane and started to climb up. He got to the top but the Contessa didn't notice. She was too busy piloting the blimp.

"We have to do something to help!" Bentley yelled, panicked.

"Bentley! Clam down! Sly has everything under control." Claire said.

"Yeah, he's beaten the Contessa before. He could do it again." Murray said but he didn't seem to have much hope.

"This time he won't be so lucky." said a cold voice behind them. They quickly turned around and saw a koala with red eyes standing there.

"You! You're Amy's partner!" Bentley yelled.

"Yes, and I'm afraid you're little friends won't be leaving that blimp alive." Jake took out a flare gun. "Do you idiots know what this is?"

"Of course we know." Bentley said, offended.

"Then you'll know it is for getting help but not for me." He shot the flare gun at the blimp and it caught fire.

"SLY!" Bentley yelled into his walkie talkie. "GET OUT OF THERE!"

"Ow!" Sly heard Bentley scream into the communicator. "Not so loud! You know that thing is in my ear!"

The Contessa yelled as she saw the blimp on fire. "Jake, you fool!"

"Sorry Contessa, but you just didn't pay me enough." Jake said.

The blimp was going down. Sly grabbed Amy and was ready to jump out of the blimp. The Contessa pulled him back.

"No!" The Contessa said. "Not this time Cooper!"

"Sly! Jump out! Jump!" Claire screamed.

Sly hit the Contessa with his cane he grabbed Amy and went to the edge of the blimp. They were close to hitting the ground. He jumped off and held Amy tightly making sure he didn't drop her. He took out his paraglider and started to fall slowly. He saw the blimp hit the ground and cause an explosion. There was no way the Contessa could have survived.

They landed softly on the ground. Claire, Bentley and Murray came rushing toward them.

"Sly!" Claire yelled. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. But I'm not so sure about Amy." Sly said.

"Is s-she still a-alive?" Bentley asked. "Someone check a pulse!"

"I don't feel anything." Murray said.

"No." Bentley said. "You're not checking properly!" He grabbed Amy's wrist. He didn't feel anything. "I'm not c-checking properly either!"

Jake was a few yards away from them. "What fools." he thought. "Don't they realize she's dead? She's not coming back."

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There was chapter 10! What did you think? Don't cry yet. Jake might be wrong. I haven't decided yet, though.