"Okay, now we need some direction. What's the plan, Bentley?" Sly asked into the Binocucom.
Bentley was working on a chalk drawing before smiling as he set up the plan for everybody.
"Okay, listen up! We need to hit the Black Knight where it hurts! And that means taking down the operations he's set up in the village shops! First up, Murray, you and Jing King'll need to visit the Tavern! It's been converted into a fuel production facility for those robotic guards! Get in there and do what you do best: Tear the place apart!"
"Alright! Power Couple time!" Murray said, flexing his biceps as Jing giggled.
"Next, Sly, you, Ben, and Neyla need to revisit the Shoemakers. We're going to shut down the machines fabricating those ginormous parts!"
"I've wired a few explosives of my own design for just such an occasion," Ben smirked.
"Last but certainly not least, Galleth and Lester, you'll both need to infiltrate the Bakery. My instrument readings show it's the main power source for the other production facilities! You're the only one who can reach the second floor, where I believe you'll find a generator. There's no time to waste, so let's get going!"
"ONWARD TO VICTORY, MY FRIENDS!" Sir Galleth shouted.
"TALLY-HO AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING!" Lester joined in as the two Medieval Ancestors leaped out of the hideout first, followed by the others.
Murray and Jing entered the Tavern through the front door as Bentley called them.
"You two need to shut down the mixing system! Try disabling those vats."
"We gotcha, chum! The Murray is gonna rain destruction like a cloud of pain!"
"Fire and Fury shall be cast on these infernal devices. That is the will of the King Family!" Jing added in affirmation. They attacked the guards and used their bodies to damage the vats. After getting rid of all the vats, the couple grabbed their fists together and smiled.
"Nothing can defeat the Pink, White, and Purple Combo!"
"Sly, you, Ben, and Neyla need to return to the Shoemakers. Whatever's being manufactured in there can't be good. Let's shut it down!" Bentley said.
"Consider it done."
As the Thief Trio entered the shop, Ben perked up as a radar in his bionic arm started getting some readings.
"What is it, Ben?" Neyla asked her husband as he hummed.
"I'm getting some unusually strong readings from the upper levels of the shop." Taking out a gyrocopter-like device from his bionic arm, Ben let it loose as it flew through the security of the Shoemakers and to a control box, which allowed Bentley to get at it, soon disabling everything.
"Way to go, Bentley! This place is definitely closed for business." Sly praised.
"Hey, I helped..." Ben pouted as Neyla giggled and pat him on the back.
"Okay, Galleth. You and Lester need to get inside the Bakery. If we shut it down, We can bring the Black Knight's operations to a halt!" Penelope said to the two Medieval Ancestors.
"Fear not! Together, we will smite the source of this plague that corrupts this land!" Galleth declared boldly.
"We'll have them crying in tears while begging for an encore!" Lester said, juggling some of his own hand-crafted explosives in hand.
The two friends entered the Bakery and scaled their ways up to the floor above.
"Alright, this is it. You'll need to shut down those three sub-generators to disable the central device. But be careful, I suspect the system has an auto-reset and you'll need to deactivate them all before that happens!"
"There's two of us, we'll cover this challenge lickety-split!" Lester laughed as he and Galleth with speeds faster than a thistle, disabled all the sub-generators.
"Alright, let us make haste before this building collapses on itself!" Galleth said as he and Lester made their daring escape.
"Remarkable work! You guys did it! We've smashed the Black Knight's operations!" Penelope cheered.
After everyone regrouped, Penelope suddenly noticed the Black Knight on the move from the view of her RC Chopper. Ben, Sly, and Neyla decided to tail him to make sure what he was up to and see what secrets they could learn.
"Ugh! Dealing with Cooper again...I had hoped this would all be so easy like Le Paradox promised! I need to squash him once and for all, then I can get things back on track."
"He seems to know you Sly. Does that give us any clues?" Ben said as Sly rubbed his chin.
"Let's keep tailing him and see just what he's up to."
The trio continued to follow the Black Knight before seeing him enter the Blacksmith Shop.
"Bentley, he's going into the Blacksmith Shop. Should we follow him inside?" Sly asked.
"No. I'll take it from here, Sly. I should be able to get inside through that hatch on the roof. Time to get some answers."
"Be safe, okay Bentley?" Penelope said worriedly to her husband as he smiled reassuringly before heading to the Blacksmith Shop and entering through the hatch and began eavesdropping on the Black Knight.
"Decisions, decisions. Should I feed Cooper to the dragon? Or make him into a rug?" The Black Knight pondered. "Maybe I'll feed him to the dragon first, then make him into a rug with the leftovers. And as for that Shigura...I'll flay him alive and use his skin to make a new hat!"
Bentley narrowed his eyes in disgust. "No way I'm letting this guy get his hands on Sly and Ben. We have to stop him."
The Black Knight started faltering in his movements. It seemed whoever was wearing the armor was having a hard time moving in it.
"Blast it all! I really should have added a coolant system to this bloody thing! I'm drying up! I need air!"
The chest compartment of the Black Knight's armor opened up. Bentley's eyes widened in complete shock as he recognized who hopped out; Sir Raleigh!
"No way...Sir Raleigh?!"
"I'm sorry Bents, I was listening in and I had a hard time hearing just now. Did you just say...Sir Raleigh?!"
"No way! That guy?!" Murray exclaimed in shock.
"How did he break out of prison?!" Carmelita asked before catching herself. "Oh right, of course, Le Paradox..."
"Who's Sir Raleigh?" Penelope asked.
"An old enemy of ours. A member of the Fiendish Five, the gang led by Clockwerk before we took him down." Sly explained. "He was the first criminal we took down in our adventures."
"Looks like, after all these years, he's back for revenge." Ben said. "Bentley, get out of there."
"Y-Yeah got it!" The Turtle Beastkin said as he wheeled himself out before Raleigh could realize he was being watched.