Collecting the Blueprints
"Okay let's see," Nick started. "That Muggshot guy was actually an old enemy of Sly Cooper?" "That would be correct," Jerry replied, finding information on the former member of the Fiendish Five. "It appears he was the gang's muscle on the operation, and currently wanted revenge on Sly for putting him behind bars." Nick thought about a book he read a long time ago when he first entered the village, a book of the greatest thieves of all time. One of them was Sly Cooper, that's where he got most of his moves from (like the ninja spire, the rail walk and all that stuff). Nick quickly went into his backpack and took out the book. He skipped pages until he found some information on the Fiendish Five. It was lead by Clockwerk, someone who held a grudge against the Cooper family for a long time. He read about how he replaced his mortal body with machinery to the murder of Cooper's parents. That Clockwerk reminds me of the guy who came and killed my parents, Nick thought.
"You fools let them escape?!" Freakshow cried. "You're all weak, foolish, monsters! Why did I even bother mutating you?" The mutated residents scratched their heads and whined. Up on the ceiling, a shadow was climbing the pipes towards the vents and leaped towards the vent entrance. He took out his binocucom. "Alright, you'll have to take out that machine by using those blueprints," Bentley said. "They have all the weak points to the machine in order to destroy it." "No problem Bentley," Sly replied, "This shouldn't take long." "Yeah, um, Sly? There's a problem with that," Bentley said in a nervous tone.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, to be honest, the blueprints are heavily guarded and plus the fact that you'll have to pickpocket the keys to the three doors to disable the locked doors."
Sly cocked an eyebrow, "Anything else I should know?" "Well you're going to need someone with skills as equally as cunning as yours in order to pull this one off." Bentley answered. "Guess I need to come back later then?" Sly moaned. "I'm afraid so," Bentley said. "Come on back to the safehouse and we'll discuss the plan to get at those blueprints."
Brutis was lost in the city. He looked around, holding a bag of supplies to bring back. He reached into his pocket and took out his communicator. "Hey Jerry? I'm kind of lost," Brutis called into his communicator. Jerry sighed heavily into the communicator, "Brutis, the map is in your backpack…" Brutis scratched his head, "Y-yeah, a-about that…" "You lost the map," Jerry groaned. "That's just great; it took me days to get it all drawn out…" Brutis simply groaned, and then he heard something behind him. He turned around to find a big pink hippo ready to strike. He ducked to avoid being punched, and he returned the favor with a swift punch. It was a direct blow; the hippo was sent back several feet. "Alright lion boy," the hippo said, "The Murray is going to give you a major beat down!" "Whoa! Hold it there!" Brutis cried. "You're Murray? The guy I've looked up to two years ago?" Murray just smiled. Brutis gave a wide smile and took out his communicator, "Hey guys! Murray from the famous Cooper gang is here!" Brutis cried.
Jerry's eyes popped wide open, "Really? Well I think we could be of some assistance…" Nick and Serena walked up to the computer, "What is it Jerry?" Nick asked. "Brutis here said he found the Cooper gang while trying to find his way back." Jerry replied with a grin. Nick jerked his head back in shock. The Cooper gang's here in Mesa City huh? Nick thought, I should've known they would try to stop Freakshow as well, this operation got a little more interesting… A few hours passed and soon, Sly, Bentley and Murray, along with a bewildered Brutis, came walking through the door. Sly grinned, "This place isn't half bad." "I made the car double as a hideout for our missions." Jerry replied. Bentley looked thoughtfully at the way it was designed: Built in computer…microwave…not bad! "This is some good work," Bentley said with a smile, "Mind if I borrow the blueprints? I could do an update to the main van." Jerry nodded, and quickly ran upstairs. Nick walked p to Sly and smiled. "So you're the famous Sly Cooper, master thief, part of the Cooper clan…" Sly returned a grin. "Read some facts in that book there right?" Nick's ears perked up and he looked to find the book of thieves still in his arms. He shrugged and nodded slowly.
"We need a little help with a mission," Bentley started with a frown. "There are three blueprints, each with three weak spots to the machine. If we can get those blueprints, then we can destroy the machine and turn everyone back to their normal selves. We need someone with skills equal to Sly to help him out in order to cover more ground and grab all three keys faster. Once we have all three keys to the electronically locked doors, you can enter the rooms to grab the blueprints. Now's where things get tough…there's a giant monster guarding each blueprint. You need to work together in order to defeat them and get the blueprints. Nick got up, "I happen to be equal to Sly when it comes to stealth and attack; I'm a ninja after all."
Nick and Sly entered the vents and came out to face three hallways. Serena came out holding a piece of paper. "Why did we let you come with us?" Nick asked. "Because I happen to train in stealth as well," Serena answered. "Besides, I can get that third key with ease." She rolled out a piece of paper with little dumb drawings on it. "First we'll get the keys, and then we disable the locks, defeat the monsters and grab the blueprints," Serena explained. "Anyone have a question or two?" Nick raised his hand, "Yeah, why do your drawings suck?" Nick ended up with a bruise and a couple of doodles on his face. "Anyways, let's just grab those blueprints okay?" Serena muttered. Sly stared over to Nick who was wiping his face with a wet rag. Sly shrugged and dashed towards one end, Nick towards the other and Serena to the last.