When Sly got back to the safe house, he assumed that Bentley would go over the plans for the recon mission that night. However, Bentley had something else on his mind... "Sly, where have you been? We've got a problem... I can't find Murray anywhere!" "Chill out, Bentley... he probably just went to get something to eat. You know how he is when it comes to food." "Yes... but he always tells us whenever he does that... but he didn't say anything to me! In fact, I didn't even see him leave the safe house! "OK... now THAT'S a problem."
Unfortunately, Sly couldn't risk leaving to look for Murray now... the people of New York City were up and about now, and while there was a good chance that an officer would have taken a glance at Murray and just continued on their way, Sly wouldn't be able to count on that happening if an officer spotted him. Besides, the only danger would be if Inspector Carmelita happened to spot Murray... and considering that she was assigned to managing the security around the Cat's Eye, that was a virtual impossibility. After, Murray wouldn't be foolish enough to go to the museum. However, Sly had no idea how wrong he was on that last point.
Inspector Carmelita was looking at the TV monitors that were linked to the security cameras around the museum. She was still a bit annoyed about that mishap with that security system, and it didn't help her temper any that one of the monitors was off, a constant reminder of the camera that had been damaged thanks to that drunk guard. "I could be out searching for the Cooper Gang right now. Instead I'm stuck monitoring security cameras, having to put up with imcompetent guards and security systems that are active when they shouldn't be!" Carmelita shifted her glance from the screen she was currently looking at to another screen, which was connected to a security camera which overlooked part of the long line of people who had come to view the Cat's Eye. "This is really boring... huh? Oh, this is great, just great... I'm so bored that I'm starting to see things! My eyes are telling me that Cooper's hippo friend is in line to view the Cat's Eye! I can't wait until this job is finally over with..."
However, the Inspector WASN'T seeing things... yes, Murray was actually in the line at that very moment. "This is great... I'll actually get a good look at the Cat's Eye, and I won't have to worry about getting caught!" Of course, while Murray isn't as smart as Bentley or Sly, Murray wasn't dumb enough to say that out loud. He didn't have any intention of stealing the Cat's Eye either... just getting a look at it and then getting some lunch at the museum cafeteria. Needless to say, he accomplished his "mission" successfully, and headed back to the safe house. "The guys are really going to be surprised by THIS!" The real surprise was that Murray had no idea how incredibly stupid his actions were, and how lucky he had been that he hadn't blown the Cooper Gang's cover!
Bentley was absolutely speechless when Murray returned and told him and Sly what he'd done "I can't believe this... it defies not just mere logic, but common sense as well!" That was what Bentley was thinking to himself at the moment. On the other hand, Sly completely lost it and pulled a "Furious Inspector Fox." The downside to that was that by the time Sly had cooled down, he'd given everybody splitting headaches that ended up making it impossible from them to perform the recon mission scheduled for that night.
"Ohhhh... my head hurts..." "Could you keep it down, Murray? You're not the only one with a headache." "Sorry Bentley... now I know how someone feels like after they tick off Inspector Fox... and I wish that I still didn't know that." "Guys, could you keep it down? After all, I've also got a headache!" "Sly, you have nobody but yourself to blame! You're the one that did all the... owww! I shouldn't have done that... now my headache is even worse." "Well, you have nobody to blame for that except yourself, Bentley." "Could you two please stop talking? If my headache gets any worse, I think I'm going to be sick..." Sly and Bentley immedietely shut up; they didn't need to deal with THAT on top of their headaches.
The next morning, everybody was feeling better. That wasn't too much of a surprise considering what COULD have happened to them due to Murray's excursion to the museum... and that their headaches were gone. After breakfast, Bentley was about to start going over the plan for the recon mission which was now scheduled for that night, and detail the preparations that would need to be made to ensure the success of that mission... when Sly suddenly got an idea. "Hey Murray... you had to purchase an admission ticket at the museum, right?" "Well, yeah... I did have to purchase a ticket. Did I do something wrong by doing that?" "Considering that we're not all in jail cells right now, I don't think so. Second, you bought some food at the museum's cafeteria, right? Do you still have the receipt?" "Yep... never got around to throwing it away. But what does this have to do with...?" "What does this have to do with the mission tonight?" "Nothing... nothing at all to do with tonight's mission, Bentley." "So what on earth are you... ok, don't answer that... you're going to use those to mess with Inspector Fox." To the end of that statement, Bentley and Murray both added mentally: "... for the 100th time."