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Rescue and Discovery

Two weeks later…

Gavin sighed as he rested against a tree in his enclosure, dirt and grass stains on his clothes. He'd been in this enclosure for two weeks, and during that time had found no means of escape from his enclosure/prison. Luckily, he hadn't been starving, since Irving had ordered his men to feed him daily. Unfortunately, they were just giving him fruit and raw meat. He ate all of the fruit besides the bananas, since he hated those. As for the meat, he had to make a fire to cook it. Fortunately, he was able to hide signs of his fire from the guards and Irving, but it was getting harder to hide it.

'How long will I have to wait till I'm rescued?' He thought with a sigh. 'I just hope it doesn't take too long. Otherwise, I'm gonna have to eat raw meat and risk getting sick.'

Suddenly, the laser grid barring the entrance of his enclosure shut off, causing him to look up with confusion. "What's going on?" He asked aloud as he slowly stood up and made his way over to the entrance, looking at the doorway with confusion.

Suddenly, two alligator guards ran by, causing him to hide behind the doorway.

"Come on!" He heard one of the guards say. "We gotta get to the power station! Someone's deactivated it!"

Once they had run off, he leaned out the doorway to see if the coast was clear. Upon seeing it was, he ran over to the case holding his phone, took his shoe off, and smashed the thin glass with it. He used his shoe to clear away the broken glass, and placed it back on before taking his phone out. After examining it, he sighed with relief upon seeing that it wasn't tampered or damaged at all.

"Now that I have my phone, I better find a way out of here," He said, placing his phone in his pocket before running down the hallway in the opposite direction the guards had gone.

'I might be going the wrong way, but I don't want to meet with those guards and lose my only chance for freedom,' He thought as he ran. He turned a corner, and continued running some more, not stopping for fear of being caught.

Right as he passed another corner, he tripped on something, causing him to fall forward and faceplant right into the floor. He groaned in pain as he slowly pushed himself off the ground, and shook his head a few times as he got onto his knees and rubbed his face to dull the pain.

"Hey, you okay?" A woman's voice said to him, causing him to arch an eyebrow in confusion. He turned around to see who had spoken, and felt his eyes widen slightly when he saw who it was.

A female raccoon stood there, leaning against the wall as she stared at him. She had gray fur with black stripes on her fluffy tail, brown eyes, and short brown hair. She was wearing a black mask where her natural mask was, a blue elbow-sleeved shirt with a yellow collar that covered her rather large breasts, blue boots, blue gloves with yellow cuffs, grey form-fitting pants, and a blue cap. She was also wearing a belt with a buckle shaped like a cartoon raccoon head, and a red backpack. She was holding a brown staff with a large golden hook on the end, and appeared to be around his age.

"Um…yeah," He said as he slowly got up, noticing that she was about an inch or two below his height, which was 6 foot 2 inches. "Nothing broken, at least." He looked her up and down before he continued. "Let me guess, a thief?"

She nodded. "Yep! One of the best there is! Silvia Cooper's the name!" She said, holding out a hand for him to shake.

"Gavin Woodring," He said, taking her hand and shaking in return. "So you were the one who disabled the lasers?"

Silvia nodded her head. "Yes, but it was due to Bentley, one of my team members, that I was able to do so," She replied. "He's the best when it comes to technology!"

"Okay," He said, not quite sure how to respond to that. He then realized something. "Wait a second! You were the one who tripped me, weren't you!" He stated, glaring at her.

She smiled sheepishly, and nodded. "Sorry about that. I thought you were a guard," She said, causing him to sigh.

"That's understandable," He replied with a nod. "So, how do we get out of here? Or do you still have things to steal?" He figured that since she broke into this mansion, which more than likely had high security, she probably had an escape route already planned.

She shook her head. "No, I got what I came here for," She said with a smile. Her smile turned into an uneasy look as she replied, "As for how we're getting out of here, I'm working on that."

Gavin sighed in frustration as he face palmed. "You don't have a plan, do you," He stated, causing her to shake her head.

"No! I do have a plan!" She said, causing him to sigh again and cross his arms.

"Aright then, what's the plan?" He asked, staring at her.

"The plan is to…," She trailed off as she looked around for a few seconds, before grabbing his arm and pulling him along as she ran down a hallway. "…go this way!" She continued as she placed her cane onto her back and put her hand up to her ear. "Alright Bentley! Me and Gavin here need an escape route. Fast!"

Gavin groaned in frustration as he thought, 'That's not a plan!'

"Silvia! Thank goodness you're alright!" A nasally male voice said, causing Gavin to look around in confusion before noticing what Silvia was doing.

'Wireless communicator in the ear. Nice,' He thought as they stopped at a dead end.

"Of course I'm alright," She said while rolling her eyes. "So about that escape route?"

"Sorry Silvia! Alright, based on your current position, there is a vent on your left," Bentley said, causing them to look up and to the left. Indeed, there was a large vent several feet up on the wall. "Take it."

"Roger that Bentley," Silvia said before she removed her hand from his, and pulled her cane out. She used the hook part of the cane to remove the cover, before replacing it on her back. She then jumped up into the vent, and then turned to look down at him. "Come on Gavin. We don't have all day," She said, reaching a hand out to him.

He reached a hand out, and jumped as high as he could, catching the edge of the vent and her hand with his hands. With her help, he pulled himself into the vent.

"Thanks, and sorry about that," He said as she replaced the vent cover.

"Not a problem," She said, waving it off as she started crawling down the vent. "I'm used to it."

He raised an eyebrow at that as he followed her through the vent, and then found himself in a dilemma as they crawled.

Her tail was directly in his face, making it difficult for him to see.

He opened his mouth to say something about it, but was interrupted when Silvia spoke up. "So, you're the new creature the world's been talking about?" She asked, causing him to sigh and nod.

"That is correct," He replied, not quite sure how she'd react.

"Cool," She said as they arrived at an exit, her reaction surprising him slightly. "Well, here's the exit," She said as she removed the cover and hopped out. He followed her out, and found that they were in a large courtyard located on the side of the mansion. There were topiaries shaped like lions and swans, and flowers covered well-kept bushes, trees, and lawns. In the distance he could see a barbed wire fence on the edge.

A breeze went through the courtyard, causing her tail to flow out behind her as she held her cane on her shoulder.

Gavin felt his heart beat fast again and his breath taken away at the sight. "Beautiful," He said, causing her to smile as she looked out over the courtyard. His eyes widened when he realized what he'd said out loud. 'Please don't take offense to that!'

"Yes it is," She agreed with a smile, knowing full well that he wasn't referring to the scenery.

'Oh thank goodness!' He thought with a silent sigh of relief. 'She thought I was talking about the courtyard. But why did I say that?'

"Come on. Let's get out of here," She said as she started to walk off. He nodded in agreement and followed her, keeping an eye out for any guards along the way as Bentley gave them some more instructions.

They soon came upon a large fountain in the center of the courtyard, with four free standing ornate stone pillars on the edges, and started to walk around it, following what Bentley had told them.

"So, Silvia Cooper has come to steal from me," A familiar voice said from nearby, causing them to freeze in place.

They slowly turned to see who had spoken, and saw Irving Porksworth step out of the shadows, a frown on his face.

"Well, I already got what I came for, so technically, I already stole from you," She said to him, causing his frown to deepen.

"Well, you're here. That's all that matters," He said with a grunt as he rolled up his sleeves, revealing well-muscled arms. "Now I can be the one to end the Cooper line once and for all!"

He pulled up a slab of stone from the courtyard floor, and threw it at them with an amazing display of strength.

"Let's move!" Silvia cried as she pulled him along with her as she ran, the stone missing them and hitting the ground, shattering into pieces. They started running towards a path, only for security gates to shoot up from the ground, sealing the path up. They stopped and turned, looking for another path to take, but saw that they were sealed in with Irving, security gates having risen in front of the other paths and a brick wall having risen around the fountain area as well.

"You're not going anywhere!" He cried as he put a remote into his shirt pocket before charging them. The two of them jumped away from each other, causing him to miss them and run into one of the decorative pillars, making it crack and shatter into hundreds of tiny pieces.

Gavin gulped as he watched the pieces fall to the ground, and Irving got up from the ground with a grunt, shaking his head before turning towards them, eyes burning with anger. He squealed, and took hold of the base of the broken pillar. With a loud grunt, he pulled the base of the pillar out of the ground, and held it over his head before throwing it at Silvia.

Silvia leaped to the side as the rock flew towards her, missing her completely and shattering into tiny pieces when it hit the ground. She then rushed Irving, who was catching his breath from having thrown that extremely heavy pillar base, and hit him several times with her cane, before leaping over him as he tried to grab her, landing in front of Gavin.

Gavin watched this with awe at how acrobatic and athletic Silvia was. It was incredible! But when he thought about it, it made sense that a thief would be athletic.

Irving snorted before lowering his head and charging at them again. They dodged once more, causing him to miss them completely.

"Missed me! Missed me! Now ya gotta-you know what? Never mind," Silvia said mockingly, causing Gavin to chuckle a bit.

"Good one Silvia!" He cried as he started running towards one of the other pillars. "Hey pork belly!" He yelled out to Irving. "Come get me!"

Irving huffed in irritation before he ran after him, planning to teach this creature a thing or two when he got his hands on him.

'Oh I hope this works!' He thought as he glanced back to see if Irving was running after him. Upon seeing that he was, he stopped in front of the pillar and turned towards him.

Irving grinned and held out his arms to grab him as he thought, 'Now I've got you!' Gavin waited and waited for several seconds, before leaping out of the way at the last moment, dodging his outstretched hands and causing Irving to run right into the pillar.

He rolled onto the ground and got back up, before turning to look at Irving. The pillar fell to the ground and shattered, while Irving stumbled around for several seconds before he shook his head and glared angrily at him.

He pulled out the pillar base from the ground, and threw it at him, causing his eyes to widen before he leaped out of the way again. As the base hit the ground and shattered into pieces, completely missing him, Silvia rushed at Irving and hit him several more times with her cane, before leaping away from him and landing by Gavin.

Irving got even madder, his face turning a bright red with his rage as he charged them again, this time moving a bit faster. They dodged his charge by jumping to the side and ran a good distance away while keeping an eye on him.

Irving snorted and charged them again, causing them to dodge once more. 'Man is he mad,' Gavin thought as they dodged him. Irving charged them yet again, and they split up, causing him to miss them and run into another pillar, shattering it into pieces.

'How long is he going to keep this up?' He thought as he dodged the pillar base thrown at him while Silvia attacked Irving some more with her cane. 'It feels like we've been doing this for hours!'

They dodged him a few more times, before he then ran into the fourth and final pillar, shattering it as well. Irving was worn out from all the running he had done, and leaned against a chunk of the pillar still attached to the base to catch his breath. Silvia took this opportunity to attack him once more with her cane, irritating him even more and making his face turn dark red with hatred and fury.

"You will die here Cooper!" He cried as he tried to grab her again, causing her to leap away out of his reach, infuriating him even more. "I swear it!"

As Silvia leaped away from Irving, she landed on some loose debris from the shattered pillars, and fell. Irving grinned when he saw her fall, while Gavin gasped in fright, before he picked up the final pillar base.

"OOF!" Silvia gasped as her back hit the ground, knocking the air out of her. Irving chuckled evilly as he threw the base at her.

"Die Cooper!" He cried as the base flew towards her.

Silvia sat up and looked at the pillar base flying at her with wide eyes. It was coming too fast for her to dodge! She closed her eyes, and held her arms and cane out over her head as she curled into a ball, bracing herself for the pain she was about to feel.

"Look out!" Gavin cried, reaching out towards her.

Suddenly, something long and green shot out and wrapped itself around the pillar base, halting it in its path.

Silvia soon realized that something had happened, and uncurled herself as she opened her eyes, only for her eyes to widen at what she saw.

A large vine had wrapped around the rock and was holding it a few feet above her head.

"What in the world?" She muttered as she stared at the rock with confusion.

"So, you have special abilities creature," Irving called out, catching her attention.

"What does he—oh," She said as she looked at Gavin, only to see that he was staring at his now green hands with wide eyes.

"I did that," He stated with wonder, hardly able to believe it. 'But how am I able to do it?' He thought as he stared at his green hands.

"That makes you even more valuable to me!" Irving cried as he charged at them, sending Gavin into a panic.

'Whatdoidowhatdoido?!' He thought as the boar charged them. His eyes then landed on the rock held by the vine, and he got an idea.

"Special delivery!" Gavin shouted as he pointed at Irving, causing the vine to fling the rock back at him.

Irving's eyes widened in surprise as he quickly brought his hands up to protect himself, but it was coming at him too quickly.

It crashed into his face and knocked him back several feet, causing him to hit his head on the fountain. The wall cracked where his head hit it, causing water to drip out, and the rock rolled off him to reveal that he was still conscious, but was pretty injured, with bruises, cuts, and a cracked tusk.

Irving growled and shook his head, before staring at them with anger and opening his mouth to threaten them again.

'CRACK!'

He looked up to see what had made the loud cracking noise, and his eyes widened as he watched the fountain's centerpiece, which was a stone muscular boar wearing a toga, fall onto him with a "crash!," knocking him out and destroying the remote. With the remote now destroyed, the security gates and brick wall lowered back into the ground, unsealing the courtyard.

"Goodnight and goodbye Irving," Gavin said with a smile as he lowered his hand and turned away from the unconscious boar. 'I'm glad that worked! Though, how exactly did I do it?' He thought as he stared at his hands.

Gavin then felt himself grow weak as his hands returned to their normal color, and started to fall. Suddenly, he felt someone slip their arm around his shoulders and stop his fall, which he was so thankful for! He didn't want to faceplant again!

He looked to see that Silvia was the one who had prevented him from falling, and smiled. "Thanks Silvia," He said with gratitude.

She shook her head. "No, thank you," She replied with a smile. "How did you do it?" She then asked him with a tilt of her head as they slowly walked away from Irving and the fountain, supporting him as they went down a path.

"I don't know," He replied with a shrug of his shoulders as they reached the edge of the courtyard. "This is the first time anything like this has happened to me."

"Seriously?" She asked him incredulously.

He nodded as they left the grounds via a hole in the barbed wire fence, and started heading through the thick jungle. Suddenly, helicopters passed over them, heading towards the mansion.

"That's INTERPOL," Silvia told him as he watched them fly by, causing him to nod in understanding.

They continued making their way through the jungle, stepping over vines and roots, and going under branches.

"So, what kind of thief are you?" He asked her as they went over one particularly large root.

She grinned. "I'm a thief descended from a lineage of thieves who stole only from those undeserving of what they possess, due to underhanded dealings or more sinister arrangements," She replied.

"Cool. So, the name of the clan is Cooper?" He asked her, causing her to nod.

"Indeed it is," She replied as they ducked under a branch. 'Why am I telling him all this?' She thought to herself. 'I hardly know the guy.'

"Are there any other members of the clan alive today?" He asked her. He saw her frown, and added, "You don't have to answer that if you don't want to."

"No, I'll answer it," She replied. She sighed, and then spoke. "I'm the last of the Cooper clan. My parents were killed when I was eight."

Gavin felt his heart ache upon hearing that. "I know how you feel," He told her, causing her to look at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Really?" She asked him as they exited the jungle and started walking down a grassy slope towards some boat docks in the distance.

He nodded with a sigh. "Yeah. I lost my family as well," He said. "All at once."

"Forgive me for asking, but how?" She asked him, curiosity in her voice.

He shook his head with another sigh. "I don't want to talk about it for now," He said, not quite ready to talk about his own death. "I'll tell you about it when I'm ready."

She nodded in understanding.

He took in a deep breath, and then spoke. "So, how are we getting off the island?" He asked Silvia as they made their way to the docks, changing the subject. "By boat or by helicopter?"

"You'll see," She told him with a smirk as they arrived at the docks. Still supporting him, she walked down the docks for a bit, passing several empty police boats.

They then arrived at a large barge, and Gavin saw that there was a large van on it. The van was dark blue in color, and had a cartoon raccoon head on both sides and on the front and back, large lights on the roof along with a small satellite dish, a flame pattern spreading from either side of the front raccoon head to halfway between the tires, and an extendable antenna on the rear.

They got on board, and Silvia whistled, signaling the captain of the boat to shove off.

"How'd you get the boat?" He asked her as they approached the van while the boat started moving away from the docks.

"Paid the captain to bring us here and back," She replied. "He hated working for Irving, so when I told him that I wanted to bring him down, he helped us out."

"That makes sense," He replied as they stopped at the van.

She did a series of knocks on the side door of the van with her cane, and the side door rolled open to reveal a male hippopotamus with brown eyes and pink skin. He had a muscular upper body, a large stomach, and was wearing a blue-green t-shirt, a light blue scarf, a pair of driving goggles, and white shoes.

"Hey Murray!" Silvia said with a wave as she put her cane on her back. "Care to give me a hand with Gavin here?"

"Of course!" Murray replied with a nod as he picked Gavin up with ease and brought him into the van, setting him gently on a backseat as Silvia stepped inside and closed the door behind her.

"Thanks Murray," Gavin said to him with a smile.

"You're welcome!" Murray said as he sat down on the van's floor.

"What is he doing here?!" A familiar nasally male voice said from the front of the van, catching his attention and causing him to look to see who had spoken.

The one who had spoken was a male turtle with green skin, a blue shell with a light brown plastron, and was wearing a red bow tie, a short sleeved dress shirt, a watch on his wrist, and thick brow-line tortoiseshell glasses. He was looking at him with a frightened and shocked expression.

"Ah, so you must be Bentley!" Gavin said with a smile as he held out his hand towards the turtle, recognizing the voice from Silvia's ear piece. "Thanks for helping us escape!"

"Uh…your welcome," Bentley replied without shaking his hand, causing Gavin to lower it with a slight frown. "But what are you doing here?"

"I helped him escape Bentley," Silvia said, catching his attention. Gavin started feeling the toll of all the excitement and tension hit him, and he yawned before he made himself more comfortable on the seat and closed his eyes. "And he helped me beat Irving with a surprising attack of his own, so we're giving him a ride."

"What happened in there Silvia?!" Bentley cried out with confusion. "How'd he help you beat Irving?!"

Silvia smiled. "I'll tell you," She said. "But keep it down. Gavin's asleep."

"Sorry," Bentley apologized as he glanced at Gavin, who was now fast asleep on the back seat of the van.

Murray placed a blanket over him with a smile, and then turned his attention back to Silvia.

"So what happened?" Bentley asked again, quietly this time.

"Okay. Here's what happened," She replied as she began her story.

Well, things are getting interesting now, aren't they?

If you guys couldn't figure it out, I genderbent Sly into Silvia.

Silvia slipping on loose rocks while wearing boots is perfectly reasonable. Don't hate me for doing that to her!

I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Who do you want in the harem? Silvia and Carmelita are definites!

Can't wait to write the next chapter!

PuzzleMaster1998 signing off!