Sly Monologue
"I returned to the safehouse, and Bentley showed me the blank pages where Henriette's section should be. He was also prepared to travel back to her time using some of the vault's gold coins left over from the rest he spent for the time machine's parts, and we once again would zip through the fabric of time. Our arrival in the Age of Pirates was something that met many of our expectations. Just looking at the place told us that Penelope had a lot of influence here, what with her logo on every flag in town and all. We searched high and low for my pirate ancestor, Henriette "One-Eye" Cooper, but found nothing. Henriette was not only the best pirate in the Seven Seas, but also the most famous female Cooper in Cooper Clan history. Quite an accomplishment, if you ask me. And as it turned out, we were greeted by a strange albatross named "Red Rum Roger" who told us all about what happened to her. According to him, a mysterious phantom pirate calling himself "Black Beard" invaded Topaz Lagoon and bought off Henriette's crew, leaving Roger, her first mate, the only loyal shipmate One-Eye had left. Roger elaborated on the details, and much to our surprise, he described what he called "Armored Pelicans". While it wouldn't seem too suspicious to us at first, the dark realization of what Black Beard actually was began to sink in. Black Beard, a.k.a. Edward Teach, was a real pirate. I guess that's what she was counting on. But she's just insulting our intelligence now. Come on, Penelope. Is that really the best name you could think of?"
Title Card: Sly Cooper and the Gang in: Coopers of the Caribbean
Chapter 4: Freedom and Betrayal
"Is he done with his monologue?" Bentley asked.
"I think so," Murray said, "he's been doing that since after he stole his own police file."
"Although I got into it before," Bentley mentioned.
"How come I never get to do one?" Murray moped, "Even Carmelita got a turn."
"I'm glad ya came here," he said in a Jamaican accent, "dey call me Red Rum Roger, and I've been waitin' for ya."
"You have?" Sly asked, skeptical and confused.
"Yeah," Red Rum Roger said, "my captain Henriette One Eye Cooper has been captured. I know where she's bein' kept, but I'm going to need some help with getting her free."
"And where would that be?" Sly asked as his ancestor was mentioned.
"Across de lagoon. Black Beard came and had his guards tie her up and throw her in dat cave on de island."
The four sailed across the lagoon and made it to the shore on the other side.
"Okay, Red Rum," said Bentley, "Are you sure below us is the cave prison where they're keeping Henriette?"
"Right I am, matey," replied the albatross, "Saw 'em drag de Captain in there with me own swaggled eyes."
"If the first mate don't lie," said Sly, "I say we get moving."
The gang, excluding Sly, left with the albatross to head down to the coast. There was a cave at the bottom. Everyone else suddenly appears. They all enter the cave, which was strangely devoid of guards.
"No guards or high-tech security?" Puzzled Sly as he noticed the cave's vacancy, "Bentley, I thought you said this place will be packed with mercinary thugs."
"Agree," Bentley agreed, "something's off here. But this is where Henriette is, so we have to move on."
Sly, went down the lantern lit passage in the cave with the others following him and soon came across five different tunnels that look almost identical.
"The compass won't work here," said Bentley with slight worry in his voice, "this is bad."
"You know," Red Rum Roger injected, "I actually overheard a few sea rats mentioning somethin' about a 'chamber with a scar'. Don't know what that hogwash could mean, though."
Sly took out his Binocucom and spotted an almost invisible scratch mark at the entrance of the fourth tunnel, the group then headed towards it and came to a one-room cell bay. Henriette was inside the cell laying against the cave wall with her arms crossed and legs stretched out. Beside the door to the cell was an attached computer. The five ran to the cell.
"Henriette!" Sly called out to his ancestor.
Henriette looked up with a slight scowl and didn't seem to notice her first mate.
"And who are you landlubbers?"
"Captain!" Exclaimed Red Rum Roger, "These mates have come from de future, or so they claim. We have come to break you out before you dance with Jack Ketch."
"Well, yo ho ho, First Mate," Henriette said sarcastically, "If yer here to get me out, do it. Though I doubht you can get into that cursed box."
"THAT?" Bentley said confidently, "Don't make me laugh. That model is SOOO old fashioned. It'll only take a minute."
So then Bentley got to work hacking in a sequence that can be described as a more complicated Spark Runner Arcade.
"Password... piece of cake..." said Bentley, "overriding security... rerouting lock in three, two, one."
And with that, the lock to the cell fell off and the door swung open, revealing a wid eyed and impressed Henriette.
'Well, swaggle me one eye!"
Sly walked in and held a hand out to his ancestor and with a pirate accent said, "Shall we leave, Captain One-Eye?"
"My," said Henriette, clearly flattered, "for a sea dog, you sure know your manners to a wench."
The two raccoons walked out of the cell, when Henriette notices Roger about to stab Murray. Her first instinct was to snatch Sly's cane from him and dash forward.
"Look out, blubberball!" She cried out as she pushed Murray aside and used the hook of the cane to stop Roger's sword. Unfortunately, this caused Murray to crash into the gang and they all fell into the cell.
As the door closes, Roger takes out a tiny hand cannon and blasted a small cannonball at the ceiling, causing rocks to fall in front of the cell.
"What 'tis the meaning of this, Red Rum?" Henriette demanded.
Red Rum Roger just laughed, "Awe, Cooper, you're cute when you're naive and angry. Let me ask you something. Who do you think sold the Emerald Eclipse along with its sea rovers to the great Black Beard? Who turned you in?"
Henriette realized it was him that was behind it all, angering her in the process, "Why you double-crossing, no good scallywag! Explain yourself!"
"'Tings change, One-Eye," was the albatross' reply, "An so will de color of yer fur when run ya through!"
"I'm gonna throw ya into a dead man's chest and then down to Davy Jones' Locker when I'm done with you, traitor!" Henriette threatened, ready to do battle with him as he stuck out his sword and herself still holding Sly's cane.
Roger attempted to stab straight through Henriette, but she parried it and attempted to slash Roger, but he blocked it. The sword fight continued as they both were glaring at each other, both their weapons clashing, until, with a quick, upward swipe, Henriette managed to knock Roger's sword out of his hand, with its blade landing downwards that poked right through the sand.
Red Rum Roger's face fell into a look of shock and disappointment before changing to a more hardened expression.
"This ain't over, wench!" Red Rum Roger said, "Black Beard shall rule the Seven Seas and you and those buccaneers shall be poxed!" With that, he fled, leaving his sword behind. The rock wall is knocked down by a punch from Murray, surprising the pirate raccoon.
"Shiver me Timbers!" She marveled, "Such strength!"
"Thanks, Captain," said the hippo, "Murray reporting for duty!"
-"I'm Bentley, Henriette,"
-"The name's Sly. Sly Cooper."
Henriette's ears twitched at the mention of the name "Cooper", and looks at Sly in disbelief, then inspected the cane.
"Hm, solid gold... fine woodwork... real Cooper quality, not to mention that you look slightly like my father," she shrugged, "Hm, seems safe to believe you sea rovers." She turned to the tunnel, "Now, it's best we depart! Handsomely now!"she concluded, marching down the tunnel
The Cooper Gang give each other confused looks before following the captain.
Job Complete
Sly Monologue
Henriette wasn't exactly pleased to know that I was related to her, but she managed to get over it rather quickly. We asked her to tell us about Red Rum Roger, and she gave us the goods. According to her, Roger was on the run from the law when the two of them met each other. When the Wandering Trident, Roger's ship, crashed into the harbor in Jamaica, Roger tried to steal Henriette's ship, which resulted in a sword fight. Roger lost the battle, but agreed to join Henriette as her first mate. Eventually, the two of them gained a following and that following became her crew. Unfortunately, they were only so loyal, seeing how easily they were bought off by "Black Beard". I could see the depressed look on Henriette's face. It reminded everyone about what Penelope did to Bentley, and that made each of us angry. Surprisingly, it was Murray who reacted to this the most. He actually threw a whole box of pastries he had brought with him out the window of the hideout! We knew he had been stewing about Penelope ever since the Celtic Scotland affair, but at this point, he was ready to snap! He wanted to defeat Penelope so badly... We could tell just by looking at him that things were going to get tough. And it wasn't just because of Penelope.