Emily Keener was happy that her brother Harley was okay. Her body was slowly fading in and out of consciousness from the poison dart that was injected into her when she ran away from the Wamponoag Indian tribe in the Indian jungle. Emily tried her best to stay focused during the Cooper Gang's mission to free Murray from the Contessa's prison. It appeared that her body wouldn't be able to handle the poison for much longer. She needed to go to a hospital as soon as possible before it was too late. Emily would have to wait until after Sly, Harley and Bentley freed Murray from the prison for her to go to the hospital. Their mission was far too dire and crucial to just suddenly drop what they were doing to attend to Emily who was slowly dying of poison.
Harley P.O.V.
My first job was to strike lightning onto the Contessa's water tower, which according to Bentley, is a giant attack robot. I had no problem conjuring up lightning since I now had electrokinetic powers thanks to the lightning strike I received back in India shortly before being captured by Neyla and The Contessa. Murray had to go to solitary confinement for beating up fifty guys. I was now going to use my electrokinetic powers to activate the Contessa's water tower/attack robot.
"Okay, Sly, that's it! The Contessa's giant attack robot!" Bentley said to Sly.
"Look, Bentley, with all due respect, it looks an awful lot like a water tower." Sly said.
"By giant attack robot, do you mean like Optimus Prime from Transformers?" I said.
"It's kinda like that, except it's not a vehicle." Bentley said.
"Oh. At least we'll be able to have plenty of drinking water." Sly said.
"I'm serious, Sly. I ain't joking around." Bentley said.
"How dare you deny Sly's thirst? He's probably pretty dehydrated. Why would you assume that a water tower is actually alive? This is not Harry Potter, where you can transfigure things into life." I said.
"Trust me when I say that the water tower is really alive. It isn't a scene from a Harry Potter novel." Bentley said to me. "I'm not denying Sly's thirst. I'm sure he's pretty thirsty from being held in captivity for so long."
"The lightning rods around the prison are designed to draw lightning strikes away from the water tower... er giant attack robot." Bentley explained to Sly and me.
"That's where I come in. I have electrokinetic powers now. Remember when Rajan used the power of the Clockwerk heart to conjure up a bolt of lightning that struck me and Sly shortly before we were captured by Neyla and the Contessa? Well, that bolt of lightning gave me the ability to control, harness and absorb electricity." I said.
"You have electric superpowers? That's cool!" Sly said to me.
"When Sly turns the wheel on the rod, he should be able to redirect the electrical current away from the ground wire, rendering it completely useless." Bentley said. "That's when Harley will come in with the lightning using his newfound powers of electricity. I want you to follow the lightning strikes to locate all five rods, Sly."
"Okay, so want me to break the ground circuit on all three lightning rods so that Harley will use his electricity powers to activate and "destroy" the giant attack robot that's posing as a water tower?" Sly questioned Bentley.
"That's an accurate summation." Bentley said. "Get clear when the lightning rod starts glowing red. That means a lightning bolt from Harley will be incoming."
Sly went about locating the lightning rods that will harness the electricity from the lightning I will conjure up using my electrokinetic powers. I used my electrokinetic powers to hover my body above the ground. I harnessed the lightning bolts coming from the sky and directed it toward the first lightning rod. Sly deactivated the lightning rod by turning the wheel. The lightning stike struck the rod which redirected it toward the water tower. When Sly deactivated the first lightning rod, Bentley said to him, "Nice work. The lightning rod is now out of commission. Look around for lightning stikes to find the other rods."
I used my lightning powers on the remaining four lightning rods, which Sly deactivated in return. Once all five lightning rods were all deactivated, a huge bolt of lightning struck the water tower like it was Frankenstein's monster. Bentley's claim of the water tower being a giant attack robot in disguise waa correct. It really was a giant attack robot!
Me and Sly's next job was to head over to the bridge that led to the gates of the Contessa's prison. It was heavily guarded as if it were Alcatraz or Guantanamo Bay.
"Sly, those giant pipes underneath the bridge feeds the power to the prison security system. I'll need to cut the connection to free Murray. Bentley explained to his raccoon friend.
"Sounds like a plan, what do you need me for?" Sly asked Bentley.
"As you guys know, the bridge is heavily guarded." Bentley said to me and Sly.
"You'd like me and Harley to provide you a little protection while you plant the bombs." Sly said to Bentley.
"That's correct." the turtle said.
"We'd like to help you out, but there's nowhere to hide on the bridge. We'd be totally exposed." Sly said.
"That's true. To fool the guards, you and Harley will have to break the statues on the bridge and take their places." Bentley said.
"Me and Harley will pose like we're statues so that when the guards walk by, he won't be able to detect us." Sly said.
"Posing like a statue sounds like fun. As long as I get to pose however I want, I'm in. What's the worst that can happen?" i said.
As it turns out, posing like a statue wasn't as fun as I hoped it would be. It was difficult for me to maintain my balance whilst trying to act like a statue at the same time. I had to be completely still while I posed. There were a couple of times where I almost lost my balance and fell into the water. Sly surprisingly didn't lose his balance while posing as a statue. Bentley took care of the guards while also trying to bomb the bridge. By the end of the job, my limbs were stiff and sore. I hope to god that I never have to pose like a statue ever again. How dare Bentley disregard the loss of balance!
Regular P.O.V.
Sly's next job was to take pictures of the Contessa's encryption algorithm. Harley went back to the safehouse. Sly had to pickpocket the keys from the guards to the terminal. That way he could use the key to turn on the alarm on the security station. After he did that, he would then have to pull out his binocucom to take pictures of the security codes so that Bentley would be able to crack the Contessa's algorithm. Sly pickpocketed the security station key off the guard.
"Nice work. Use the key to set off the alarm to the security station." Bentley said to Sly after he pickpocketed the key from the guard. The raccoon headed over to the security station and used the key to set off the security station alarm. Sly then hid in the shadows as the guard ran over to the security station upon hearing the alarm go off. Sly pulled out his binocucom and waited for the security codes to appear to take a picture of them. Once the security codes went up, Sly took a picture of the codes and sent it to Bentley to decipher. Sly had to take four pictures of the security codes. Sly repeated the process of pickpocketing the keys from the guards while activating the alarm to then take a photo of the security codes. He did this three more times.
Once Sly took photos of all the security codes, Bentley said to him, "Okay. That should be enough codes." Then it was Harley's turn to shine. Harley had to get up close and personal with the Contessa. Something that he hated the sound of.
"To get at Murray, I'll need you to steal two tank keys and the tank patrol schedule from the Contessa." Bentley said to Harley.
"I'm not going anywhere near that bitch. Hell no. I wouldn't go near her even if you paid me a trillion dollars to do it. I refuse!' Harley said to Bentley. There was no way in hell that Harley wanted to go anywhere near the Contessa after what she did to him. He refused to go near the Contessa. Not after what she tried to do to him.
"I'm afraid you have no choice but to go near the Contessa, as much as you don't want to go near her. We have to steal the tank keys and the tank schedule in order to break Murray out of solitary confinement." Bentley said to Harley.
"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT! I REFUSE TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BITCH! NOT AFTER WHAT SHE AND THAT SKANK NEYLA DID TO ME! Fuck that!" Harley yelled vehemently at the top of his lungs to Bentley.
"Calm down, Harley!" Bentley said.
"I'm not gonna calm down. I refuse to go anywhere near the Contessa. She is beyond evil!" Harley said to Bentley.
"I understand why you don't really want to go anywhere near the Contessa. But you have no choice but to go near the Contessa. It's the only way to free Murray and get out of here." Bentley said to Harley. After pondering the situation, Harley said, "Fine! I'll go near the Contessa just this once. But if you ever force me to go anywhere near that bitch again, i'm going to literally kick your ass. I ain't playing. If Murray has the balls to interfere, it'll be worse than a Mortal Kombat fight."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Murray's a pretty tough fighter." Sly said to Harley.
"Alright. So you want me to pickpocket the two tank keys and the tank patrol schedule from the Contessa?" Harley asked Bentley.
"It's going to be tougher than you think, Harley. The Contessa's no fool, since you and Sly's escape she never goes anywhere without bodyguards. You'll have to take them out one at a time in order to get close to her." Bentley said to the human boy.
"I can manage that. At least that's better than having Neyla by her side." Harley said. Harley then proceded to take the guards out. He threw an empty bottle to distract the guard. The vulture guard heard a bottle break nearby. He walked to where he thought the bottle was thrown from. Harley tackled the vulture guard and suffocated him until he was knocked out. He distracted the other guard by throwing a small pebble at the guard. Harley then tackled the other guard and suffocated him as well. Harley then went after the spider lady. He was initially afraid of going near the Contessa. He went behind the Contessa and proceeded to pickpocket the key from her. Once Harley got the key, he then had to hide from the Contessa. He hid behind a hedge. Once the Contessa knew the coast was clear, she went to a new location.
This time the Contessa was accompanied by three guards instead of two. Harley had to get creative about taking out the guards this time around. He decided to repeat the first two tactics he did with the previous two guards. To distract the third and final guard, he decided to throw a smoke bomb to distract him. Harley threw the smoke bomb at the direction of the third guard. A thick cloud of smoke covered the air in a blanket like fog. Harley used the smoke to his advantage to knock out the last guard and to pickpocket the second tank key from the spider lady. The Contessa couldn't see anything through the cloud of smoke. Harley then had to hide from the Contessa again.
The Contessa then relocated to yet another location. She had another three guards with her again. Harley hoped thst this would be the last time he would have to deal with the Contessa and her guards. Harley wished he could turn invisible. That would make his job a thousand times easier. He then distracted and knocked out three of the Contessa's guards one last time. He followed the Contessa to steal the tank patrol schedule from her. Just as he came close to the spider lady, he suddenly couldn't see his body anymore. Harley could see the outside world around him, but he couldn't see his own body. It was then that Harley realized he had turned himself invisible. Harley didn't have the time to wonder why or how he became invisible. Harley successfully managed to steal the tank patrol schedule from the Contessa. Once Harley got the schedule from the Contessa, he sprinted back toward the safehouse, leaving the Contessa bewildered as to who stole the keys and the tank schedule from her.
"Good job, Harley. Now we're all set to steal a tank." Bentley said to the invisible Harley on his way back to the safehouse.
"Don't ever make me do that shit ever again!" Harley said to Bentley. He turned visible again upon reaching the safehouse.
Bentley P.O.V.
Thanks to you guys's recent efforts, we're ready to free Murray from the prison. I call thd plan "Trojan Tank". Step one: we use the Contessa's keys to steal one of her tanks. I'll jump in and drive while you and Harley keep out of sight by crawling underneath. With some luck, the guards won't notice anything unusual and open the prison gates for us. We casually stroll in and blast the security doors wide open to Murray's cell block. Once inside, you and Harley will have to improvise your way up to the guard control center and open the doors that lead to solitary confinement. I want Emily to watch over the hideout while we're gone. Let's hope that Murray hasn't cracked under the Contessa's hypnosis.