DISCLAIMER: I only own Sammie, Jennifer, Damion and Kyle.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I don't have alot of time left on the computer right now so this one's gonna be kinda short. Thanks for the nice reviews ;)

CHAPTER EIGHT:

THE NAME'S LEON

"Where are those two?" Sly asked himself outloud. He looked through the window of a small house. He grunted angrily when he didn't see them. "I told them to stick together, not wander off?" All of a sudden a huge boom shook the ground, causing Sly to fall on his face. "Another earthquake! This one's not as big at the one before." He got on his feet when the second quake stopped.

"I need to find Jennifer and Sammie and make sure they're okay." He ran through the village, calling out their names, when he rounded a corner and ran smack dab into the young man. They both cried out in surprise as they fell backwards, the man's handgun going off.

"Uh, you again!" The man said as he got back on his feet. He helped Sly up. "Thanks." Sly said, brushing himself off. The man looked him up and down. "So... are you good or evil?" He asked. Sly stopped twindling his cane and looked at the man. "Huh?" Sly asked, totally taken aback by the question. "Are you on my side, or their side?" Sly thought he was talking about Jennifer and Sammie when he said "they", so...

"Their side." He answered. "I knew it!" The young man shouted as he fired two shots at Sly. Sly jumped out of the way of the flying bullets. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Sly shouted. He stood a good distance away and said, "Dude what's your problem?"

"You're my problem!" The man yelled. "You're standing in my way of saving Ashley!"

"Who's Ashley!" Sly yelled back. "I don't know any Ashley!" The young man lowered his gun. "You don't?" Sly shook his head. "If you have a grudge against Sammie and Jennifer that I don't know about, be my guest to annihilate them." The young man laughed good-naturedly and walked over to Sly."I don't know any Sammie or Jennifer. I'm thinkin these are the two girls that were with you earlier when we crossed paths." When Sly nodded, he said, "Where are they now?" His face turned to concern. "They didn't get killed by those things, did they?" Sly shrugged. "I don't know. They... wandered off by themselves, and right after I told them to stay with me." The young man laughed again and held out his hand. "The name's Leon. Leon S. Kennedy." Sly took Leon's offered hand. "Sly. Sly Cooper." Leon smiled.

"So Sly, do you want to go look for them?" Sly shrugged. "I guess."

"Stick close to me then. This village is full of hazards and pissed off villagers, and we could easily get hurt." Leon said. "Noone should get caught in a beartrap, though," Sly added. "I mean, who could miss em? Even a retard could avoid getting caught in one..."

NOTE: Oh look, I have more time...

"Ow! My leg!" Sammie screeched as a bear trap closed on her left leg. Jennifer turned around. "Not again Sammie, jeez!" she said as she walked over to help her friend out of a trap - for the tenth time. Sammie glared at her. "It's not my fault Jennifer. I can't see em before they clamp down on my leg!" Jennifer shook her head. "Sammie, even a retard could avoid gettin caught in one."

Sammie ignored her and struggled to open the jaws of the trap. "Owww!" Sammie screamed as pain jolted through her leg.

A man yelled in spanish from somewhere nearby. "Oh shoot, not them again!" Jennifer said in annoyance as three village men carrying pitchforks came from around a corner.

"I'm outta here!" Jennifer cried as she turned to run away. "Uh excuse me! I'm still in a beartrap over here!" Sammie yelled to the retreating Jennifer. Jennifer spun around just in time to see one of the men knock Sammie unconscious. "Sammie!" Jennifer cried. She started to run to her friend when the same man who knocked her unconscious spotted her. She stopped in tracks when he pointed at her.

"Entender la entrusa!" The other two looked up at her and started jogging towards her.

"Oh crap," she said as one of them raised the blunt end of his pitchfork to hit her in the head.

NOTE: Sieze the intruder. How'd ya like it? Read and review.