Chapter Two: Things get Hot
Kitty opened her eyes slowly, for she was very dizzy. "What…what…happened…?" she mumbled. "Well, first you fell off a building, then I caught you, then you fainted, then you woke up, and now-" Kitty stopped him. "I get the point! Wow, I can't believe it… "Wha…What do you mean…?" Sly began, but trailed off when he noticed Kitty wasn't listening.
"Kitty? Are you ok?" he asked. "How did you know my name? Am I dead? Am I in Heaven?" Kitty said this very quickly. She looked around. They seemed to be in the team's van. "First of all, before you fainted you told me your name, and second you are not dead. We are taking you home now, so just re-" BBBBRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNG! "AAAARGH! We're being attacked! RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!"Sly began to run around in circles. "Hahahahahaha! No, that's my cell phone!" Kitty said. "Hello?" "KITTY TERULA, WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU! I TOLD YOU TO BE HOME BY TWO, AND IT'S ALMOST FIVE!" This was Kitty's mom, Cerulia.
Cerulia was a lighter shade of black, and mostly wore emerald green shirts and pants. Her hair was brown, but it was streaked with gray. "I'm sorry mom, I got sidetracked", Kitty said. Her mother calmed down a bit. "sigh Where are you?" her mom asked. "I'm almost home; I'm on Garden St.", Kitty said. "Is anyone else with you?" her mother asked suspiciously. "Yes, in fact it's the "master thief" himself!" "Well, invite him in when you get home!" Her mom sounded excited. "Ok mom", Kitty said. "Oh, did you get the diamond?" asked her mother. "Sorry, no", Kitty said, rather sheepishly. The van stopped after a few minutes. "Well, here we are", said Sly. "My mom said you can come in if you want", Kitty said nervously. "Ok", was all Sly said.
When they got to Kitty's house, they were amazed to find that it was a mansion. Sly and Murray got out, but Bentley stayed. He said he didn't feel too good so Sly just shrugged and followed Kitty. When they got inside, Kitty turned left and led them into her living room. An older cat, in about her mid 50's, was sitting in a very old looking leather chair. She looked up when they came in. "Hello, dear, I see you've finally met Sly", she said. "Yup", Kitty said. "Pleased to meet you Mrs. …" Sly stopped. "Just call me Cerulia, Sly", said Cerulia. "Please, make yourself at home. I'm sure that you'll be comfortable in one of these ol' rooms…Dear, would you please show your friends to their rooms? We still have your…" She trailed off, a very sad and angry look in her eyes. She let out a few choked sobs, and then said nothing else. Kitty motioned for Sly and Murray to follow her. She began to walk to the guest room.
When they walked past Kitty's room they were shocked. It was literally filled with pictures. Most of them were hand drawn by her, but a few were actual pictures. She kept on walking, and then when she noticed they weren't following her, she tapped them on their shoulders. That brought them out of their trance. They followed her into another room that was identical to her room except that it had two beds, one on each side of the room. There were two huge TV's at the edge of each bed. "Well, here's your room!" she said cheerfully. "G'night, you two!" "Hmm…maybe this will be OK…" murmured Sly. "Why wouldn't it be?" asked Kitty, rather hostilely. "HMMM? Oh. OH! Uh, no reason. It's just that I'm a master thief being constantly chased by the ever lovely and totally unpredictable INSPECTOR CARMELITA FOX!" he said, getting louder with every word. "Me too", said Kitty. "Er…well wha-" Sly was cut off. "FREEZE, COOPER! YOU TOO, TERULA!" The Latin-American voice rang throughout the room. FZZT! The window suddenly seemed to disintegrate into the night. Inspector Fox appeared in the window frame. "I have a new best friend", she said evilly. "Meet Mr. Flamethrower!" "Now, here you go again with 'best friend firearms!'" Sly said. And with that remark she began to shoot at Sly, Kitty, and Murray. The rug caught fire. "This is getting HOT!" Sly yelled. "NO DUH!" yelled Kitty. "We need to get out!" "But my house-" Kitty started, but Sly cut her off. "We need to find your mom and leave!" The sound of sirens could be heard downstairs.
The three friends went down to find the place swarming with paramedics. Kitty began to panic when she saw her mother. They had her on a stretcher and were carrying her out the door to an ambulance. She stopped one of them and asked what happened. They said she had a heart attack. Kitty was horrified. But she recovered and quickly said to call a fire truck because there was a huge fire upstairs. Sly pulled Kitty out the door and ran into the van with her. Murray followed and drove away as quickly as possible. After a few minutes Kitty looked at Bentley's computer. "Hey guys? I think we forgot Bentley", Kitty said. "No time to go back", said Sly. "Carmelita's turned evil or something and is now trying to KILL US!" The sound of sirens rang out behind them, and when Kitty looked out the window she could make out the red and blue flashing lights of Carmelita's police car. They finally managed to get away and Kitty heard Carmelita screaming at the top of her lungs: "I'LL FIND YOU COOPER!" Her voice echoed away into the night.