Chapter 8

Sly looked helplessly around. He had wandered to the police station, only to find that there was no one there.

"Guys? Guys?" Sly screamed desperately. Suddenly the world began to spin again. "NO! MUST FIGHT IT! NOW!" Sly ran to a wall he slammed his fist against it. It shattered into a thousand pieces. Sly was sucked in.

"AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" Sly wailed as he fell.

Then he saw ground below him. When he landed,he ripped right through it, revealing he was in a circus tent. He did a somersault and landed in a pool of water. He swam until he was in a chair. He was tied up, and half-unconscious.

"Where am I?" Sly asked.

"I knew you would break throgh the dreams." A voice said.

"Wait, you're-"

"I am the old man you have tried to steal from."

"But-"

"I know you have many questions. I can explain. When you tried to steal that suit from me, I snapped. I vowed to finally defeat you and your 'legacy'. Then I concocted a plan. I bribed the police department to fire you after YOU set the prisoners free. I knew you would be obnoxious enough to try and steal again so I found a large enough rock and jammed a rusty key into it. You found it and threw it at your choice of robbery. If my plan has worked it should still be there, and your mind is slowly being destroyed." The old man explained.

"You-you're insane!You were behind all of this?" Sly screamed.

"Yes, but I'm not insane. All of this was just part of a larger plan. one you could never have dreamed of! I could RULE THE WORLD!"

"WHAT? That doesn't even make sense!"

"THEN I WILL MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!"

10 years back, Sly had learned to untie knots at some knot camp (Kamp Knot Lace to be exact). He used this skill to his advantage right at this point in time. He untied the knots and ran into the shadows.

"Where are you hiding, Sly?"

"Uhhhh... nowhere." Sly responded.

"No, you are the key piece in this puzzle. You can ran, but you'll never get out of my fortress."

After about 2 minutes of running, Sly realized the old man was right. There was no way out of this place. He began wandering. He had to get out of here. In the dim light he couldn't see much, so he leaned on a wall for support. He pushed a secret button in the wal by accident, and a trap door fell beneath him. He landed in a room with a lot of monitors, and a big red button. Sly pressed it.

"SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED. " A computer voice said.

"Uh-oh."

Then, the old man burst through a door.

"WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!"

"You won't get away this time."

Sly started pressing random buttons frantically.

What will happen next? Find out in the shocking conclusion in Chapter 9!