Attention: Yes! This chapter is now up! With the hectic day I had, who guessed I would of found time to post this one! When you have a tight family like mine (we see each other almost everyday) then you barley find time to do anything! Well, at least I have my fiction!
DISCLAIMER – Oye… I don't own Sly Cooper or anything else Sucker Punch has created… man, you should know this by know guys! For goodness sake, DUH or what! Okay… easy… let's not go blond. ( I am a proud brunette! NO OFFENCE TO BLONDS! I have many blond friends anyway... ;; Hehehe?)
Sly & the Gang In: Adopting Abandoned Allie – Chapter Six
The getaway van pulled up into a small, wore-down parking lot that was well hidden by buildings and signs. The doors of the van slid open and four thieves emerged. Sly – The main man of the whole kit-and-caboodle. Bentley – The brains of the outfit and demotions expert at that! Murray – Also Known As "The Murray" and the major brawn of the gang. Allie – The new recruit who's highly athletic and likes gymnastics and cheerleading but can sometimes be as smart as Bentley even!
"Wow!" Allie's eyes glittered at the sight of Mesa City. It was around 11:25 PM and the dark, starlit sky looked wonderful with all the flashing neon signs. Suspiciously looking rich people wandered from building to building with casino chips bulging from their pockets. "This city is beautiful! It's lined with casinos, night clubs, bars, shopping centers, party halls, apartments-"
Bentley cut Allie off by adding to her list, "And crooks, bad-guys, villains, druggies, psychos, felons, cereal killers, alcoholics, NEED I SAY MORE!" Bentley was looking a bit worried and jumpy… what else was new? He looked like he could scream so loud he'd shatter the windows of the getaway van.
"Come on Bentley, you have to admit Allie's point of view on the city isn't going to send her into a panic attack. Though… she is taking this lighter than she should…" Sly felt as if he would suddenly go anime and perform an anime sweat drop seeing Allie acting…. like the inner Allie. She was jumping around with starry eyes looking at Mesa City thinking it was beautiful and ranting on about how… beautiful she thought it… well… was. (Yeah… The inner Allie can really scare some people… even me)
"Isn't it just wooooooonderful!" Allie fell on her back and sighed happily. "This is as close to a neon lit city as I'll ever get." She spun up and around but then looked to the ground and sniffled. "Boy I wish I could get closer…"
"Well you will be, Allie." Bentley walked over next to her and for the first time, didn't look like he feared nor hated her. He smiled and pointed to the city. "You'll be in it working undercover. I want you to pose as a rich, money-hungry, casino, bar loving psycho like the rest of these weirdoes are."
"Wow that sounds pretty fun! Don't worry; I can be serious on the job so I won't let you guys down. If the Contessa's security is what we need, then I'll be more than happy to help you get it." Allie spun around happy but then looked at herself. "I'm dressed as an average Paris teenager! How do I pass off as a twenty-one year old rich chick?"
About Twenty Minutes Later…
"Bentley, you're a genius!" Allie did another spin and turn as the edges of her long dress rose up off the ground a bit. She was dressed in a cinnamon red, sparkly dress with red, leotard sleeves that led to her wrists which had gold bracelets. She had about three or four gold necklaces with red rubies, and her high heal matching cinnamon red shoes. Her hair was tied up into two pigtails with a few locks of hair that spiraled down past her eyes that were hazel due to contacts. Her nails were also painted cinnamon red.
"Do I know your color or what?" Bentley laughed and clicked away at his computer, looking at a few fashion sites. "We should really get more disguises from this little underground fashion site! I've never seen so many exotic dressings in my life!"
"Don't lose it on me Bentley," Sly smiled and looked to Allie. "Cinnamon red is more your color. Don't hide behind black and dark purple… you'll never be seen." Sly jumped up and spire jumped, landing on a street light that was one in a line down the street which lead to an outskirt city on Mesa City.
"Yeah, I guess you're right on that one Sly!" Allie shouted up to him. Sly returned with a nod and the tip of his hat. He spire jumped from light to light until he got to a rooftop of one of the buildings in the outskirt city.
"Where's he off to Bentley?" Murray sat on the edge of the van next to Bentley who sat in the van with his feet hanging out of it. (You know, he's in the sliding doorway). Bentley clicked a few more keys, cleared his throat, and looked to Murray.
"He's gonna take some reconnaissance photos for me that I'll use to map out a plan for Allie to flow with. Murray, I think I'll need you a lot in these tough back allies with all these crooks to beat up. You're the brawn after all," replied Bentley as he looked up and twitched his glasses.
"So where am I off to all dressed up like this?" Allie modeled her dressings a few more times. Then she sat down next to Bentley and looked at the rough outline map of the outskirt city. She blinked a few times shocked to see it was so much bigger than she thought it was.
"Once Sly comes back with those photos and I take a look at them, we'll be able to pick a few spots for you to go in depth with snooping around. For now you should just head into the city and try to form a few 'friends' for now. Sound good?" Bentley was pulling up pictures of a few hot spots within the outskirt city.
"Alright then, I'll just go and roam around and mingle until you get the goods. Just contact me on the binocucom! I modified it so it's disguised as a compact! Girls know best!" Allie got up and walked off towards the outskirt city. She even flicked her hair and put her hands on her hips feeling pretty good for once in a long time.
"She's really something. I don't know when to hate her and when to give her a high-five!" Bentley rolled his eyes and laughed a bit. Then he typed away again at his computer. He was hacking into a few security cameras observing the type of crowd Allie would have to pose as part of.
Sly was shooting some pictures of his targets and saw Allie walk by. He smiled and put away his binocucom for the moment. "Allie," he called down, "I see you're heading out to the city. Keep an eye out for Rust Bucket. He's a brown and green lizard man who's a tough one. He always smokes. He seems to be in cahoots with the Contessa. See what you can get out of him."
"No problem Sly," Allie stopped and hopped up a few odds and ends until she was on the street lamp directly across from the one Sly was on. She smiled and folded her arms. "Is it just me or are you warming up to me just a bit to fast?"
"What? You got something against trust?" Sly sat on the street light with his feet hanging off it, his arms folded in his lap. Allie shook her head and smiled. She was glad Sly trusted her a lot. She could use that trust in a possible friendship. She slid down the street lamp and landed perfectly on the ground.
"I must say, those gymnastics lessons really perfected my skills. I'll put it to the test right here and now!" Allie began to run towards the outskirt city again and felt like she grew wings and wanted to fly to the city instead. She never felt so happy.
"Make us proud!" Sly called to her as she ran to the horizon and soon became out of site within the city. Sly resumed heading back towards the getaway van. "Make me proud…" He spoke to himself and finished his return trip. He landed right on top of the van and handed Bentley all the photos. "Go nuts, turtle boy." Sly laughed out loud.
"Will do, Sly!" Bentley went to work with those photos and ended up making a really good map of the town with every last detail. He didn't miss a thing! This would surely help Allie out. "I'm going to give Allie some time before I give her the first assignment."
Allie walked down the sidewalk with the hundreds of other fancy dressed and rich looking people. The majority of them were smoking. If they weren't smoking they were mingling with others. It was flirt or smoke in the outskirts of Mesa City. Allie went into a nearby bar and restaurant called The Black Stallion. She sat down at a table and pulled a menu in front of her face, peering from side to side now and then to observe the people.
"Hello Miss….?" A brown and green lizard man sat down at the chair across from where Allie was sitting. He did a flirty eyebrow raise and sat with his face in his hands.
"Miller…. Rebecca Miller is my name." Allie lied and smiled, adoring her cleverness and quick thinking though the name she picked was the name of a fellow classmate of her in gymnastics class. She figured out right away it was Rust Bucket but had to double check. "And your name is…?"
"My name is Jonathan Villa, Becky – Can I call you Becky?" The lizard man crossed his feet under the table and smirked. Allie looked down and seemed to be a bit disappointed. She was almost positive it was Rust Bucket. "But my friends call me by my street name, Rust Bucket."
"Ah, I rather call you Jonathan." Allie (or should I say Becky) extended her hand over the table to Rust Bucket who gladly shook it. "So you hear about the Contessa managing Mugshot's old turf? I find it kind of comical you know."
"Comical? I think she's a pretty serious woman. Then again everyone had their own opinions on everything. I personally wouldn't mind being an assistant of her!" Rust Bucket laughed and Allie joined in though her laugh was fake though good enough to fool Rust Bucket. Allie felt Rust Bucket take her hand and lean forwards.
"Uh, so!" Allie quickly knocked her napkin off the table and ripped her hand out of Rust Bucket's grip to pick it up. She held it in her hands on her lap, trying to avoid Rust Bucket's grip. "How klutzy of me to of dropped my napkin! But just between you and me, I'm working for the Contessa. You speak of wanting to be her assistant when I already am."
"You don't say! I'm one of her people too just so you know." Rust Bucket turned around and snapped his fingers. "Yo, Joe Bob and Melissa over here! I want you to meet a friend of mine!" And with that a gang of two headed towards Allie's table.
One of the people was a dark blue tiger with black stripes wearing a short cut, black dress and golden jewelry decorating her. She had a cigarette in between her pointer and middle finger on her right hand. She had her left hand on her hip the whole time.
Another person was a raccoon wearing a green jacket over a white, dressy t-shirt and dark green pants. He had a lot of rings and his left ear was pierced a few times. His hair had black roots but was white-blond and came over his eyes a bit. His eyes were green as well.
"These are my good friends in Contessa's work. This is Melissa." Rust Bucket pointed to Melissa who nodded and puffed some smoke from the cigarette out her nose. "And this is Joe Bob." Rust Bucket pointed to the raccoon that nodded his head and put his hand out to shake Allie's. "This is my good friend Becky Miller."
"Delighted to meet you Becky," said Joe Bob as he shook Allie's hand. He kissed her hand and winked to her. He put his hands in his pant's pockets and went back to his zoned out look. Allie felt like she was someone else but didn't forget the job she had to do.
"Well I guess I should be going. It's midnight soon and I have a casino game I'm supposed to be going to. I'm planning on winning a nice pot if you know what I mean!" Allie got up fast feeling uncomfortable by the flirty Rust Bucket and even flirtier Joe Bob. The sluttish Melissa wasn't a real nice person either. She began to walk quickly away but a hand grabbed hers.
"Not so fast Miss Miller. You're coming with us!" Rust Bucket grabbed Allie and put his hand over her mouth. She screamed but it was muffled by his hand. She kicked him in the stomach with made him let her go and she ran for the door but was stopped by Melissa who shoved her back into Joe Bob's arms. Joe Bob threw Allie to Rust Bucket who blindfolded Allie and put his hand over her mouth once more. Joe Bob tied Allie's feet together and Melissa tied Allie's hands together. No one else in The Black Stallion seemed to give a dang.
Allie screamed but nothing helped. She was taken out of The Black Stallion and put into the back of a limo where Joe Bob drove, Melissa sat next to Joe Bob, and Rust Bucket kept a close eye on Allie. Rust Bucket tried to hold Allie down because at the rate Allie was squirming, she could break the window open and try to get out. Allie bit Rust Bucket's hand who screamed in pain, and Allie broke the rope around her arms. She untied her legs and took off her blindfold.
"Oh no you don't!" Melissa reached her leg through the space in between the seats in the front and kicked Allie in the back. Allie growled and kicked back, almost hitting Melissa. Allie then opened the door to the limo and ran, kicking her shoes off as she ran. She could run faster without high heals.
"My binocucom!" After feeling around for her binocucom, she realized it fell out in the limo but didn't go back for it. She was too scared to turn back but when she did glace back she saw Rust Bucket chasing her. He cornered Allie into an alleyway which was a dead end and not very wide. Melissa and Joe Bob were close behind Rust Bucket as they prepared to hurt Allie badly.
"Prepare yourself for a hard fight Miss Miller!" Rust Bucket lunged forwards followed by Joe Bob and Melissa who yelled a sort of battle cry and Allie backed up against the wall finding no where else to go. She was so scared she let out a scream and threw up her hands. Her heart raced and sweat rolled down her face. Rust Bucket and his gang just about reached Allie when Rust Bucked pulled out a sharp dagger that had dried blood of others on it. Best bet it was the blood of the others he already must have killed with that same dagger. Allie was cornered without a place to go and left screaming with a dagger moving very fast and only inches away from her pinned body.