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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Another chappy. Will more than likely be short.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN:
ASHELY!
Murray followed Leon up a path and they both stopped when they saw a demon dog peering over at them curiously. Murray got ready to turn around and run like hell, but Leon stopped him. "Dude, they can't see far away, you're fine - for now." Murray calmed down, then looked worried. "What do you mean 'for now' ?" Leon smiled playfully. And got out his sniper rifle. He aimed it at the wolf's head and fired twice. The wolf whined loudly and two others came running to it's rescue. Leon got his shotgun and fired four rounds into two of them, but the first one he shot avoided the shots Leon fired and charged at Murray. Murray screamed like a little school girl and ran halfway back the way they came from, until he heard four shots and then a dying whine behind him. He stopped, huffin and puffin, and turned around to see Leon jogging over to him with a smile on his face, his eyes laughing.
Murray glared at him. "What are you laughing about?" He asked, angry that Leon was smiling and laughing like everything that was happening was a joke and not reality. Leon shook his head, still smiling widely. "Nothing. It's just." He then started cracking up with hysterical laughter. Murray huffed angrily, making Leon stopped. Leon put his hand on Murray's shoulder. "Sorry dude. It's just that you screamed like a little girl and ran with arms flailing. I mean, I know it's scary sometimes, but show some freakin back bone!" Murray at first glared at him, but then his eyes suddenly shone and he started laughing along with Leon.
"Now come on, Murr. Lets get in that church and save Ashley." Murray obediently nodded and followed Leon back up the path and to the church doors. Leon got out the symbol piece and placed it into the crevice in the door. The sound of a door unlocking and then it opened.Leon and Murray walked in, both very cautious. "Sly!" Indeed, there was the 5'7'' raccoon bound up and gagged, laying on his stomach on a small table in the center of the church. Sly turned his head at the sound. Murray and Leon ran over to him, and Murray grabbed him up and squeezed Sly, taking the breath out of him.
"Sly! I missed ya dude!" Murray said through tears, so happy that he was crying. Leon hid his smile and put another round into his magazine. "Uh, Murray, don't mean to interrupt or anything, but uh, I think Sly would appreciate it much if we untied him before squeezing his guts out." Murray looked at Leon and nodded. They unbound Sly and when SLy had his hands and feet clear he reached up and removed the tape and disgusting sock from his mouth.
SLy spat several times and said, "Anybody got a mint or some gum?" Leon and Murray laughed. "Hey! How would you like it if you had to go about 3 hours with a dirty sock in your mouth! Sly then turned to Leon. "Dude, Leon, what happened? You didn't come back to get after four to five hours. Did you forget me?" Leon shook his head violently. "No I did not Sly. I passed out in a cabin as soon as I got to the other side. When I woke up and came back to get you, you were gone." Sly nodded understanding. So Leon hadn't been trouble... He shook his head. Didn't want to start getting all sentimental.
Leon looked around. "I KNOW Ashley's in here somewhere. But where?" He spotted a balcony in the small church and climbed up the ladder, closely followed by Sly and Murray. They curved around the small balcony and stopped in front of a gap with a very large chandelier. Leon put his shotgun away and concentrated on jumping on it. He jumped on it and the thing started swinging back and forth. He timed it right and jumped to the other side. Leon looked back to where SLy and Murray stood, both looking uncertainly at the chandelier. Sly then got up the courage and jumped on and off the chandelier. No sweat. Then it was Murray's turn. Murray concentrated hard enough, but apparently he just wasn't good enough since he ended up landing very hard on his fat belly on the floor below. Leon and SLy smothered the laughter, then concentrated on the mechanism.
Leon pressed a large red button, and instantly three panels, one red, one blue, and one green, appeared right beside the huge insignia symbol. "A puzzle?" SLy asked. Leon nodded. "What is with all these freakin puzzles on this freakin island!" Sly asked hysterically, throwing his hands in the air. Leon was concentrating intently on the panels and ignored Sly. He turned the red one thrice, the blue twice, and the green once, then pressed another button. Instantly the bars blocking the way into the only room on the balcony moved up and they now had access to the room. Leon glanced back at Sly, and Sly nodded.
They walked over to the door and opened it. "No get away!" A blonde girl around twenty yelled, making a feeble attempt at throwing a piece of wood at them to protect herself. Leon easily caught it and tossed it aside. He and Sly moved forward. The girl cowered in the corner. "No, please! Leave!"
"Whoa." Leon said soothingly, kneeling down next to the girl. "It's alright. I was sent by the President to rescue you -"
"My father!" The girl was instantly excited, sitting up straighter. Leon nodded."That's right. Now come with me." She got up, then froze when she saw Sly. "What is that!" She yelled backing up into her corner again. "Oh, that's Sly Cooper, he's a good guy." Leon looked at Sly. "Sly, this is Ashley Graham." Sly nodded. "Hey." He said. Ashley nodded back, still looking nervous as they existed the room. They climbed down from the balcony, first having to catch Ashley who then slapped Sly saying he had looked up her skirt. They walked from beneath the pillars holding the balcony and saw Saddler standing over Murray, looking at him strangely.
"Who are you!" Leon asked angrily. "That's Osmund Saddler. He thinks he can rule the world." Sly answered for Saddler. Saddler smirked. "I can rule the world, but I can't yet. Not until I recieve the true princes..."
"Look I don't care who you think you are. But I do want to know where Sammie and Jennifer are. AND LEAVE MURRAY ALONE!" Murray then sat up and looked around sleepily, before laying back down on his stomach, snoring loudly. "I was doing and didn't plan on doing anything to this "Murray". I merely came from the back door and found a fat purple hippo snoring up my church, and then I ran into you three. Now hand over the girl." Ashley stepped back. Leon and Sly glared at him. "Hell no." Leon said stubbornly. Suddenly two monks with bowguns busted open the church door and aimed at them. Leon grabbed Ashley and Sly and led them over to a huge window, all three jumping out.
"What about Murray!" Sly asked, looking up worriedly at the broken window. A snore escaped into the still and quiet night. Sly and Leon looked at eachother. "He'll be fine." They both said.
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