Sly opened his eyes slowly and sat up. He was in a different room, but could see the tunnel on the side of one of the walls.There was sludge on the ground. He turned around to see Bentley and Murray already awake. Sly realized they were in a sewer.
"Oh, Sly. You're awake. That's good." Bentley said quietly.
"Murray!" Sly said, standing up and walking to Murray. "Why did you have do drag us down that tunnel? WHY did you have to agree to join Carmelita? WE could have planned this out but, no, you had to be all, "I'm hungry, and thirsty all of the time because I eat checkers," Well, Murray. You listen to me. You don't make the decisions around here. I do. So shut up and stop being a useless moron who can't do anything!"
"Geez, Sly. Lay off him." Bentley said.
Murray turned around to sit in a corner and started whimpering. Sly almost felt sorry for Murray. But Murray got up and walked over to Bentley without a tear in his eyes. "Hey, Bentley, could'ya open this pickle jar for me?"
"Murray, you're much, much stronger than me. Why can't you open it yourself!" Bentley wheezed.
"Because my fingers are greasy,"
"From what!" Sly screamed.
"From the potato chips I just ate!"
Bentley buried his head in his hands. "You had chips and pickles, but you didn't tell us?"
"Don't forget dip." Murray added."Oh, I mean, I found them in this crate of stuff over here."
"Who in the right mind puts a crate of food in a sewer!" Sly yelled.
"I do." A voice said from behind them.Sly and his friends turned around to see a brown racoon wearing a plaid vest and a black t-shirt."Howdy doo everybody. I'm Raco."
"What?" Bentley said, confused.
"If your ears were as big as your nose, maybe you'd hear what I just said."Raco replied.smugly.
"Look, I have a big nose, yes, but that doesn't mean you have to point it out to my friends."Bentley said.
"Are you gonna shut him up or do have to?" Raco said to Sly.
"Both of you quit acting like kids." Sly said."So, how'd you get here anyway, Raco?"
"I think I fell through there," Raco started, looking at a gaping hole in the ceiling."But I can't remember too well..."
"Well you can help us out of here, can't you?" Murray asked looking more confused than usual.
"Yeah...that ladder might help."Raco said while pointing to a rusty ladder.The four proceded to climb the ladder.
"Hey watch where you're stepping!" Bentley yelled as Raco stepped on Bentley's fingers.
"Oh..sorry."Raco said sarcastically.
Carmelita had been running around, trying to escape from a hooded figure, only to realize that she was on a giant wheel, somewhat like a hamster wheel.
"Try all you like to escape, the wheels have walls that are sealed shut. This building needs energy. If you stop, you will get zapped." The hooded figure said."Oh, real original." Carmelita thought.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"Wrong answer," The figure said, and shocked Carmelita.
"Now I know how Sly felt." Carmelita thought as she kept running.
"Code alpha-niner."A voice said over the intercom."The tunnel flood didn't work.The racoon and his friends escaped."
"NO!" the hooded figure yelled."That wasn't supposed to happen!"
"What wasn't supposed to happen?"Carmelita asked.
"Wrong answer!" the figure said as more electricity entered Carmelita's body,"Keep running. I have to deal with that demon racoon, he's almost impossible to catch."
"I know."
"Wrong answer."
Carmelita was shocked yet again as the hooded figure left the room.Carmelita stopped running but the power didn't stop."Powered by me alright..." she thought.She reached her shock pistol on instinct and was suprised it was still there."What's with all these moronic criminals?" She used the pistol to blast through the "hamster wheel" walls. She walked out and fired one more shot at the hamster wheel, destroying it."Better find Cooper, this Cub Scouts business is getting out of hand"Sly, Bentley, Murray, and Raco climbed up the ladder and started walking through yet another corridor.
"Guys, we should really find Carmelita, it's been a long time since we last saw her." Sly said."I miss her..."
"Me too." Bentley said. Murray stopped walking and turned around to Bentley.
"Two words, Bentley," he said, holding up three fingers. "Penelope."
"Oh my glory, you're right!"
"Well congratulations, you've finally learned something." Raco said to Bentley.
Bentley glared at Raco."Thanks for ruining my glory,jerk." he mumbled.
"You're welcome." Raco said as they came up to where the corridor divided into three different paths.
"Hey gang.."Murray began."We should split up."
"Good plan, Murray." Sly said."Me and Raco will go this way, Murray can take this path, and Bentley can go that way."
The four went thier seperate ways.
Bentley went down his corridor for about 3 minutes until he came up to a door that ended his path."Should I open it or blow it open?" he thought. Bentley slowly pushed the door open.Luckily, he didn't have to blow it up."Rats, I wanted to blow stuff up." The door automatically locked behind him. Bentley looked ahead and couldn't believe what he saw.
"Uhhh...hi, Carmelita..." he said, nervously.
Sly and Raco continued their walk down the dark corridor.
"Wouldn't it kill them to put some lights in here?" Sly said as they contiued walking.
"Wouldn't it kill you if a brick fell on your head?" Raco asked, sarcastically.
"Probably..I mean, hey!" Sly said as he looked at Raco. Raco grinned back at Sly.
"Cool down, I'm just kidding." Raco said.
"Who are you anyway?" Sly asked, hoping to finally learn something about the mysterious racoon.
"Oh me."Raco said." I'm your father."
"WHAT?" Sly exclaimed."No way, that's impossible."
"Pysche! Oh, you were all like' Oh daddy, you're my daddy!" Raco said, giggling."You're so gullible! What is that like?"
"Shut up. Do you even know anything about this place?" Sly asked.
"A lot," Raco answered. "I live here."
"Well, then why don't you help me get around?"
"I'm having too much fun."
Before Sly could come up with a snappy one-liner, a sound up ahead interupted his thoughts. He quickened his pace, while Raco didn't.
"Come on!" Sly yelled. He stopped abruptly. "What if he just knocks me out when I least excpect it?" He turned around on instinct, but Raco wasn't there. Sly froze.
"What are you doing? Mr. Amazingo has spotted something from behind and uses his molasses-slow reflexes to stop the danger." Raco said mockingly from ahead.
"Do you know what that sound was?" Sly asked.
"Yes."
"Well, then, what was it?"
"Most likely the flimsy ceiling dropping heavy machinery from above into the stone floor."
"Ah, I see, I guess." Sly mumbled."I hate this place"
"Oh, it's you turtle." Carmelita said, noticing Bentley." I need someone smart like you to hack this computer." Bentley looked over to a computer in the corner of the small room.
"Well, for starters." Bentley began. "I have a name you know. It's Bentley."
"Good for you. Now hack the computer already."
"Okay, Carmelita...anything for you." Bentley thought to himself.He went over to the console."This shouldn't be a problem. This computer's just a BETA-SYSTEM 900, I can hack it in my sleep, with my arms tied, blindfolded, knife to my-"
"Just do it already." Carmelita snapped.
"Don't inturupt me, Carmelita. It's very rude." Bentley started hacking into files for about half an hour."Oh my gawd..."
"What is it?"
"Did you know about this?" Bentley yelled."The..the C.U.B. Scouts have 5 missles aimed at Paris and they'll launch in 1 day!"
"Yeah, I knew already. I thought you and your friends would figure out by now."
"Well we didn't..."Bentley said as he began hacking again."No not this!"
"What now?"
"Let me put it simply: If I finish hacking in 1 hour, the walls will close on us and we'll die. A cliche' yes, but a deadly cliche' as well." Bentley explained as he stopped hacking.
"Well start hacking again." Carmelita said."We don't have much time."
"I-I can't. My finger a-are..sweaty.I don't want my hands to slip. What if I-"
Carmelita slammed Bentley's head on the computer.
"I'm sorry I had to do that, but you need to calm down and start hacking again."
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" Bentley shrieked as tears fell down his face."THAT HURT! I CAN'T HACK WHEN A CRAZY COP LIKE YOU IS ALWAYS TRYING TO-"
Carmelita slammed his head on the computer again.This time it shook the whole building and knocked Bentley out.He started to have another flashback...
But that flashback will have to wait until Chapter 6:The Flashback