Here is Chapter 5. Again I do not own Sly Cooper or other official characters except for the ones I made up.
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Sly Cooper and the Space Thieves
Chapter 5- The Games Part 1
The Vapok all laughed when their chief said that Sly and his friends were offered to play in "The Games." Chief Rajz told his people to be silent, and then he spoke to his prisoners. "As you can see, my people don't believe you can survive the games, let alone win them. If you wish to gain my trust and learn of the Aquian's whereabouts, you'll all have to participate. Of course, if you refuse, you will all be tonight's dinner." His people laughed again when he was finished.
Sly had to do something to get his friends out of this jam, so he tried to get the ropes off again. It did not work. "Carmelita, Guru, I am sorry I got you into this mess. If I was alert as I should've been…" Carmelita cut him off. "This is not the time to blame yourself, Ringtail. There is plenty of time to talk about your mistakes when we are back on the ship. Right now, we need to get free and find the Aquians." Guru agreed with her and told Sly to focus on the task at hand. Sly thought about this situation. 'They are right; I can't blame myself in a time like this. These ropes are too strong and even if we got free, those Vapok would just dart us again. We can't reach our communicators with our hands tied up and call Bentley to beam us out. Looks like there is only one way out…'
He looked at Rajz and made his choice. "Chief Rajz, I've decided to take part in your games." His companions looked at Sly and looked shocked. "Very good," the chief said with a nasty looking smile. "Do your comrades wish to participate as well?" He looked at the others and waited for their reply. Carmelita looked at Sly again and he had that look that said "this is the only way." She turned to Rajz. "Alright, I'll play in your games too." Guru decided to participate as well. Rajz looked excited, as well as the rest of his tribe.
"Splendid! Now, before I tell you exactly what the games are, you will need 5 more teammates. Do you think you can bring in a few more of your friends, Sly Cooper?" Sly looked at him and smiled. "Yeah, chief. I think I can make that happen. Just untie me and my companions and I'll call them to play. We promise we won't try to run away." Rajz agreed and ordered his guards to untie him and his friends. Sly used his wrist communicator to get in touch with Bentley. "Sly! How are you and the others doing down there? I've been trying to contact you for over 2 hours! What is going on?" Sly replied with, "You're not going to like it."
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After Sly explained the situation, Bentley got the rest of the team together and prepared to beam them to Sly's location. "I put the Dragon Thief on autopilot so that it will remain in this position. From what Sly said, these games are going to be dangerous. I will beam you guys down first, and then I will follow. Are all of you ready?" They told him they were well prepared, considering that they were bringing their spanking new gear with them just in case. "Good. Let's do it!"
As soon as everyone beamed down to the Vapok village, Chief Rajz spoke loud and clear so that all could hear him. "Now that all of our participants have arrived, it is time to talk about the games! The games involve several events with 2 teams of 8 players, and they have the same goal: To be the best! Each time a player for 1 team wins an event, they receive a horn. To win the games, a team must earn 5 horns in these contests and then survive the final challenge. To keep everyone in suspense, the final challenge is kept a secret until a team has its 5 horns. Only I know what the challenge is." Sly couldn't imagine what this secret challenge could be.
Rajz continued his explanation. "All teams are free to use what they have to win these contests, so don't hold back! I will be the judge during these events, so I will be watching you very carefully! If a contest ends in a tie, I will decide the winner by best performance. Now, it is time for our guests to rest. The first event will begin tomorrow morning at sun rise, so both teams must be here on time. Those are the rules. Sly Cooper, you and your teammates shall follow me to your guest hut." Sly nodded as he and his friends follow the ancient chief to their guest hut. It wasn't much to look at when they got there, but it looked cozy enough. "This is where you will stay during the games. All food and water supplies are in the storage box in the back. Get plenty of rest, you've all got a big day tomorrow. Tomorrow you will meet the team you will compete against. I can assure you, they are no pushovers. Now, good night," Rajz said as he left the hut.
As Sly and the others got into their beds, he looked outside. Tomorrow they go up against a team of big bad rhinos in contests they were not prepared for, and to make matters worse he still had to find Dolphus and the Aquians. No matter what, he would not let his team down again… "Hey, Ringtail," Carmelita spoke out of the silence and sat next to him. "Oh. Hey Carmelita," he said as he looked at her. Carmelita could tell that he looked worried again and spoke calmly but forcefully. "Look Sly, I hope you are not still blaming yourself for all of this. You're not responsible for this mess. None of it is your fault. These things happen to the best of us." Sly looked at her and he smiled. "Nah, it's not that," he told her. "It's our mission. I just want all of us to get home alive." "We all want to go home," she replied. "By the way, before we got caught, what was it you were going to tell me about what was bothering you earlier?"
Sly looked confused for a moment, then he remembered that he was going to tell her something important. "Oh that. I'll tell you that when we find the Aquians. This isn't the right time. Sorry." Carmelita smiled and understood. "Okay. I'll wait. Well, good night Ringtail," Carmelita said as she went to bed. Sly decided it was time for him to get some shut eye as well. As he got into bed, he thought, 'If we survive these games tomorrow, we will have worse problems to deal with.' Then he went to sleep.
To Be Continued…