Collecting the Blueprints (pt.2)
Sly slowly made his way along the ceiling, watching the guard wielding the key walk with a tired expression on his face. "This shouldn't be hard," Sly whispered. "Once the guard falls asleep, I'll just pickpocket his keys and get back to the meeting spot." Sly noticed the guard fast asleep and jumped down. He slowly made his way behind the guard and nabbed forty-five coins and the key. Sly gave a small grin and crept back to the rendezvous.
Nick snuck under the table and watched as the guard cautiously circled the lab, searching for any intruders. Nick gave a small growl and quickly jumped from under the table. He skillfully nabbed the keys and before the guard knew what was coming was punched clean in the face by Nick and fell unconscious. Nick smirked, "That wasn't too hard." Nick muttered. He dashed for the rendezvous point at the centre hallway. The two came dashing back to find Serena with a grin on her face holding the other key. Sly and Nick stared mouth gaping open. "What took you guys so long?" Serena asked. Nick and Sly just shrugged they unlocked the electronic lock and crept into the room slowly.
Jerry and Bentley were having a nice game of chess, while Murray and Brutis were having an arm wrestling contest. Just then, Bentley's binocucom rang. Bentley signaled Jerry to hang on a second while he got his little binocucom out. "Sly what seems to be the problem?" Bentley asked. "Yeah we got a peek into the rooms and you're not going to believe who we found being tested for mutation," Sly said. "Carmelita Fox and Nick's old pal Johnny Wolfstone." Bentley shook his head and gazed into the tiny screen to see the laser flash as Carmelita and Johnny were turned into bloodthirsty beasts. "Sly, you and your friends need to be careful," Bentley explained. "I have a terrible feeling about this…" "Alright Bentley," Sly replied. "We will…we will."
Nick motioned for them to come inside and check out the three rooms standing before them. Serena and Sly stared inside to find a giant beast slithering, looking for fresh meat. Serena spotted the skull and bones and turned stark white. "We need to work together in order to bring down those beasts," Nick started. "But remember they're still innocent residents so don't kill them, just knock them out, grab the blueprints and get out." Serena and Sly nodded slowly and they entered the room. Nick, Sly and Serena were greeted by Freakshow. "Good evening my guests," Freakshow said. "I'd like you to meet my creation, a mere man turned bloodthirsty monster, and he's hungry…" "Yeah, well you're a bloodthirsty monster yourself Freakshow," Nick growled. "Your little experiments have gone on for too long!" "Aw, Nick there's no need for rage," Freakshow replied. "They are harmless little experiments…and Serena I didn't finish my little experiment on you have I?" Serena took a hesitant step back and growled, revealing her sharp teeth. The monster gave a mighty roar and started to lunge for the trio of heroes. The three leaped out of the way and the battle for the blueprints began.
Bentley waited patiently for a response from Sly and the others. Jerry, Brutis and Murray were playing video games in the living room of the hideout. Bentley sighed, "I feel like something bad is going to happen to them…" Jerry came in and cocked his head, "Hey Bentley, cheer up," Jerry said. "Those three can look after themselves. Come and play video games with us." Bentley stared for a moment and then nodded and grinned, "Okay then, you're right."
Sly grabbed the blueprints and walked towards the others. "First blueprint has been obtained," Sly said with a grin. Nick and Serena smiled and followed Sly towards the next door. The monster looked tougher and had the previous monster's constrictive tail, capable of turning bones into dust. Serena jerked back in surprise and ended up getting a blow to the chest. Serena choked as the tail wrapped tightly around her neck and slammed her into a wall. Nick quickly kicked the monster in its face, causing it to lose grip on Serena and roar a shout of pain. Serena gasped, sucking air into her lungs, "Thanks," Serena choked. "I thought I was going to end up with my head rolling on the floor." Nick nodded with a serious look on his face. He leaped up and slammed his fists into the monster's skull. The monster dropped to the floor, knocked out cold. Nick grabbed the second blueprints, "That's two down, one to go." Nick said hoarsely.
"The last one is going to be the toughest of them all…" Serena said, her voice trailing off. Serena opened the door to reveal a four armed monster with spikes around his body, the snake tail with a more devastating constrictive attack and with jaws capable of crushing anyone and anything in its path. "Meet my last and strongest monster," Freakshow cried. "The Crusher!" the three jerked their heads back in surprise. The monster's jaws came lunging at them. Nick, Serena and Sly recoiled, leaving the monster dazed when it hit the wall. Nick searched desperately for a blind spot in his defenses to hit him. With all those spikes on his body, Nick thought, there's no way we can touch him!