The guards saluted, then quickly turned around and scampered down the corridor right behind them... just as another guard turned on the security system for that hallway, not having been told that it had already been turned off by someone else. By the way, that someone else wasn't supposed to have turned it off... that was the job of the guard who had just unknowingly turned the system back on. "Uh, a little help here?" Inspector Fox had a hard time from keeping herself from bursting into a fit of rage right then and there.
An hour later, Inspector Fox was once again watching the TV monitors that were connected to the museum's security cameras and talking angrilyto herself... or so she thought. "I can't believe I'm stuck with these pathetic excuses for guards! I bet that I couldn't find guards any stupider than this anywhere in the world!" Listening from the nearby air vent, Sly smiled and thought to himself: "Carmelita, Carmelita, Carmelita... That's a bet that you'll ALWAYS lose... in my experience, guards are always chosen because of their BRAWN and not their BRAINS." Suddenly Sly realized something... that would be just perfect for messing with the Inspector, leaving behind a note with that line. "Thanks for the inspiration, Inspector...you always know just what to say to charm a man."
Back at the Safehouse, Bentley went over the plan for the heist the next night. "Now the Cat's Eye will still be on display after the museum closes tomorrow night, as I've discovered that the armored car company that was hired to transport the Cat's Eye to and from the museum doesn't operate during the nighttime. Don't ask me why that is, but it's good news for us as if they did operate at nighttime we'd have to pull off the heist while the museum was open... not a viable option under any circumstances. Sly, the point of entry will be that hole you cut in the ceiling..." "Hold on a minute, if the hole hasn't been sealed off, then Carmelita will have placed a ton of guards nearby. I'll be busted the moment I touch the floor." Bentley just smiled and said to Murray: "Murray, bring in the Sly Snoozer."
A few moments later, Murray brought in what appeared to be a crude life-size replica of Sly, but it wasn't your standard decoy... considering the decoy didn't look like Sly having been squashed flat as a sheet of paper and with actual feet. "What's the deal with the upgraded decoy, Bentley? Those guards aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed, so something like that seems a little unneccesary." "Ah, but then I wouldn't have been able to place several of my new "Trigger Snooze Bombs" inside the decoy." A few seconds passed, and then all three thieves burst into laughter. "That's real sneaky, Bentley... "The Murray" approves!" "I get it now... I'll lower the decoy down through the hole in the ceiling first, the guards attack it, and then you trigger the bombs inside. It's going to be a long and sleepy night for those guards!" "Ah, but that's just the beginning... part two of my scheme for dealing with the guards..."
Bentley pulled out what appeared to be a tape recorder. "What's that, Bentley? It looks like a tape recorder." "Sly, that's because it is a tape recorder... but it's not just a tape recorder. It also doubles as a reusable sleep gas deployment unit. The triggering device for this is connected to a retractable poly-fiber cord with a length of 10 feet. Just say something into the recorder, then throw the device to where you want to activate it from. Once the guards come to investigate, use the triggering device, and it's "lights out" for the guards!" "Thanks Bentley... I can see how this will be useful... and amusing as well!" "Not so fast Sly, you need to be careful... if you're too close to the device when you trigger it, you'll find yourself in a jail cell when you wake up. The sleep gas utilized in this device is highly potent." "I'll try to keep that in mind."
The rest of the plan was nothing out of the ordinary: steal the Cat's Eye, avoid being busted by Inspector Fox and make it back to the Safehouse for a quick getaway. However, things wouldn't be quite that simple... what Bentley didn't realize was that he'd made the sleep gas in the device a bit TOO potent, and when the gas diffused it would spread over a larger area than had been anticipated. Of course, this would end up creating some problems for Sly. Fortunately, it wouldn't end up resulting in him waking up in a jail cell... but it would end up being a VERY close shave.