(SLY VOICE-OVER)
(The four of them walk along the island, water not pouring out, and duck inside the safe-house) We regrouped at the safe-house. Bentley wanted to check everyone for injuries, but more than that, we wanted to stay out of sight for a while. (image of Clockwerk in the cave, rocks falling) Carmelita left Clockwerk underground as everything fell apart, but that doesn't mean much. He'll be back.
He was back? He will be was back? But we know he's still around until I kill him in my time, so this didn't take him out. Still, when the night and the next day pass without any sign of him, we start to relax. (Sly and Bentley play ping-pong while the others watch and cheer.)
With everything else that happened, we didn't get a chance to question Mizz Ruby (picture). But we did have a recording of Murray's fight with her, and none of it makes us happier. (picture of Mizz Ruby talking to Clockwerk in the window.) What did she mean, the 'essence of Clockwerk'? (picture of Mizz Ruby fighting Murray) And... is she really working with a cop? For a cop? That doesn't seem like the sort of thing she'd lie about (Sly scratches his chin, looking out the window of the van as Bentley starts up the time machine)... and Carmelita is ticked. (Sly glances behind him, where Carmelita seems to have acquired several new guns and is cleaning them, ALL of them, with sharp movements, her teeth bared in a snarl.)
As soon as we got back to Interpol, Carmelita and I were congratulated. (image of Carmelita's and Sly's hands being shaken simultaneously by the director of Interpol while another, elderly fox stands in the background, his face in his hands.) Mizz Ruby was being held in the anti-magic wing of the local high-security prison after her newest 'crimes against humanity'. Apparently she was delivered to Interpol, tied up and with zombie parts on her. Not quite sure how we got credit for the bust. (close-up on Sly and Carmelita's puzzled faces.)
Once we received our medals (Sly and Carmelita both throw them in a closet and Carmelita kicks the door shut) we went to spend some time with Carmelita's uncle. Dr. Foxworthy seems to be having a mental breakdown: he's been on the force for over thirty years, rehabilitating criminals, and we've put four of them back in jail in as many months. (image of the elderly fox, orange like Carmelita but with silver in his fur, with his head on the desk; Carmelita reaches to cover his hand with her own and comfort him.) He's considering retiring. It may be for the best, but Carmelita and I are trying to convince him to take a vacation first. Maybe a little rest will let him get his head back on and see all the good he's done with others.
Bentley and Murray cleaned out the van—and the time machine (picture of them doing just that.) We still haven't found Penelope. And somehow, I think everything is only going to get worse when we do.
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Author's Notes:
I'm home sick, you're getting two updates this week anyway, have this a day early.