Chapter 18 is here, whoopee.
Heiduska: I ask that question frequently.
Shark: They're brothers in that when Fred crashed and died, his brain split most of his traits into two beings in his head. According to genetics, they're brothers.
Lt. Cooper: You are incredible if you can get that up-to-date that quick. Thanks, and oh yeah, AH!
RatchetSlyBurnout: I'd like to read your stuff, and I can still go weirder.
Snake-4c-merc: I get a lot of compliments for my fight scenes, and he's evil both. I don't know, but tell me when you figure it out.
Saberwolf3: I get a lot of peoples with my unexpected twists, and I will.
Sucker Punch owns Sly not me, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Chapter 18 Chasing Cooper
A lone shadow spire jumped onto a flag pole and jumped off onto a cable line. It stopped halfway across to pull out a binocular looking device (you'll never guess who it is).
"Hey Bentley, I'm close to the hideout of Jack Peron." Sly said into his binoc-u-com. Jack Peron was a wealthy American business man who lost everything in a divorce, and strike of his workers. To get back at them, he began an elite gang of assassins and muggers. His mission was to kill his ex-wife and all his workers who went on strike. Even after that was done, he continued in his endeavors, lowering the amount of assassins he used to three. He lived in France now, mugging hundreds with his gang and still evading Interpol due to his widespread activity.
Sly was there to steal the pharaoh's sword, a sword passed down by ten pharaohs for two centuries. It was worth 36.5 million dollars on the Thief net.
"Sly, you are going to be in a building with three of the world's best assassins. Doesn't that scare you?"
"Bentley, we've had worse than assassins on our tail before. Don't worry, I'll be fine, and so will that sword."
"All right, all the windows have a silent alarm on them, and have to be opened by computer inside. The good news is I was able to hack one open. The bad news is it's on the top floor of the business building in front of you."
"He's in a business building?"
"He prefers to consider himself a business man instead of a gangster."
"Uh-huh"
"The sword is on the top floor lucky for you. But you will need to go through the room the window is in to get there."
"What's so bad about the room?"
"The reason this one was so easy to hack is because they want you to. Behind that room is some of the best security in the world. The guards have infrared goggles, and there are spotlights everywhere."
"So why didn't you open a different one?"
"You always liked challenges better than I did."
"True, now warm up the van, I'll be back in a minute."
Sly put the bin away and rail walked up several cable wires to get to the roof next to the business building. Sly then used the feral jump to go from roof to roof. Sly dropped down into the window and entered the building.
Bentley was right, there were 5 guards all sporting infrared goggles, and at least 14 spotlights in the room. The good part was it was the dining hall. There were long tables all through the room.
Sly didn't bother Bentley for this one, it was obvious. Sly slipped under the first table and crawled over until there was a part in the tables. Now, when Sly thought the tables would protect him, he didn't think of the infrared goggles. He only noticed that when a guard looked at him and yelled "Hey someone's here."
All five guards started running at the table. Sly, seeing as how he was trapped jumped out the first guard and knocked him unconscious with a strong uppercut. The second came for Sly, but Sly knocked him on conscious with a direct hit to the head. Sly then jumped over another guard and grabbed him from behind with his cane and flipped him over Sly's head right into guard number four. Both of them fell unconscious as Sly jumped up and hit the last guard in the head just like the second. All of the guards were on the floor unconscious, so Sly stopped to catch his breath.
Sly stealthily opened the door to the next room, and looked inside. There was the sword, surrounded by lasers, but that wasn't the attention grabber. On the edge of the laser field was a German Shepard, dressed in a business suit. Sly brought out the bin and looked at him.
"Oh no Sly, that's Yusaf Dimitri Smirken, one of the best Russian assassins in the world! He'll kill you before you can get out with the sword. You better get out of there."
"If we leave, we won't have this opportunity again."
"Sly, if you don't leave you'll die!"
"Sly Cooper, you and your friend should talk quieter" a Russian accented voice said, coming from Yusaf. Yusaf pulled out a pistol. "You can run and let me catch you, or you can have the dignity to die fighting me."
"I don't plan on dying anytime soon" Sly said with his famous grin that shouldn't being showing in cases like this but still is.
Yusaf was a fast man, but we all know that Sly can outstrip anyone. Yusaf went to raise his pistol, but Sly knocked it out of his hands before it was halfway up. Sly then hit Yusaf in the gut, and walked towards the lasers. He should have known Yusaf was tougher than that.
Yusaf rose behind Sly and grabbed his collar and dragged him back with a yelp. Yusaf then slammed Sly against the wall. Sly still had his cane and hit Yusaf in the throat. Yusaf started gagging as Sly thought up a plan. Yusaf dropped Sly, and Sly took off his hat. Sly covered Yusaf's face with his hat, and waited behind him. Yusaf got the hat off his face and turned around to get a straight hit to the skull, but he wasn't down yet. He punched Sly five times in the face faster than Sly thought he could. Blood was trickling from Sly's lip and nose. Sly hit Yusaf in one side of the head with his cane and then hit the other. Yusaf fell back unconscious. Sly whipped out the bin.
"See Bentley, I told you I could take him." He said.
"Sly, your face is bleeding, but I guess you are alive."
"Yes and the sword is in my grasp." Sly said and turned off his bin before leaping through the lasers with ease. He grabbed the sword, put it on his back, and jumped out just as quickly and easily.
Sly went back out through the window he had come in, and jumped on the roof. There he met a familiar sight, but the familiar feeling he got when he saw the inspector was gone. It was replaced by a need to prove her wrong. To prove he came from a long line of master thieves, and make her remember it.
"Freeze Cooper" Carmelita said with a raised shock pistol. Sly looked at her, the twinkle gone from his eyes. He then simply dashed off along the rooftops. The lack of his usual flirting slowed Carmelita's reaction considerably. She was surprised then started shooting at him. She couldn't help but be puzzled still by why he didn't flirt with her. He never gave up a chance to flirt with her.
Carmelita was blasting chimneys left and right, as Sly was hopping from chimney to chimney. Sly got back on the rooftops and continued his sprint without so much as a backward glance. Sly stopped at the edge of a rooftop two roofs away from where the van was parked. He looked back to see Inspector Fox was three roofs behind. She was still shooting, but dodging the bullets was easy. When she got to his roof, she was exhausted.
"All right Cooper" she said between gasps for air "what's wrong with you tonight?"
Sly leaned forward on his cane "Impressed?" was all he said.
Down on the street below
Robert had been following the pair as they ran along the rooftops. More like following Carmelita, Sly had been a bullet racing along those roofs. It started to rain as he got to the roof where Sly and Carmelita were. He climbed a ladder onto the roof, and saw Carmelita practically dying from the chase. He pulled out his silenced pistol, and began to aim for Sly's head.
Now, the ladder he was on was pretty rusty, and the rain wasn't too helpful. As Robert pulled the trigger, the ladder bar he was standing on gave way. He fell to the ground, but had gotten a shot off. He was rewarded with a yell from Cooper, and a thud on something metal in the alley Sly had been standing in front of.
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