Author: The following chapters contain a few references to either games or tv shows.
Sly's P.O.V.
Sly: We were nearing home. France was only a couple of countries way. Our current position was Germany. The hills were alive and the sun was shining bright. However, all of it was literally drowned out when we reached the city of Munich. Large brick walls were bordering the town, and for good reason because when we climbed over it we discovered the streets were flooded with at least 5 feet of brownish-green water. We made for shelter high above the it all so we could try and figure out this situation. We contacted Bentley who told us that all of Munich had recently been barricaded and flooded for unknown reasons. He did some research on the previous residents in the city and only one could've pulled it off. Duke Hashton Taggart IV, an upstart little cretin always picked on for his name and size, but the insults were kind of redundant as he was in fact a goldfish. Dubbing himself by the alias of "#4", he lead a crime syndicate across all of Germany, flooding small villages and towns to swim in and out of homes for valuables. Word has it that Munich was currently housing a valuable relic worth millions. My money is on the fact that it's one of the Clockwerk parts. If we want to find it before he does, we'll need a little help. Thankfully, Bentley was already ahead of the game. He said that he has a surprise for us that will make the mission a whole lot easier. Until then, Panda King and I have to do the usual, find information and hit #4 where he lives.
Sly Cooper in:
Going #4
Main Story
Sly left the tall building he and Panda King were hiding out in. When he climbed to the top of it, he pulled out his Binocucom and surveyed the area.
Bentley: Wow Sly, I haven't seen a place this flooded since we took on Dr. M at the Kaine Island.
Sly: It is kind of depressing seeing a good city go to waste at the flippers of a goldfish.
Bentley: Yeah but if we're going to have a crack at that Clockwerk part, I'm going to need some reconnaissance photos. Try looking around and see if there's anything interesting. In the meantime, your 'special surprise' is almost ready. Return to your base when you're done and you should be able to see it.
Sly: Sweet!
Sly put away his Binocucom and started hopping on the floating debris and, in about 10 minutes, found a bunch of broken pipes spewing water from the sewers onto the streets. Sly took a picture and sent it to Bentley. "Eeyuck, all that flooding is coming from the sewer? All of that toilet refuse, sweat and body water? It really makes my shell crawl." Sly hopped a few more city blocks and saw a large clear dome filled with clean water and a singular building inside. Sly took a picture and forwarded it. "That has to be where #4 is hiding out. It's kind of obvious since that's the only clean water in town." Sly hopped a little more and found an upward and open sewage pipe. He snapshotted it and sent it to Bentley. "That may provide a means of entrance. It's probably just a little swimming is all." Sly then replied, "Uh Bentley, neither Panda King and I can swim."
"You won't have to Sly, we've got you covered. Now head back to the base, your 'package deal' has arrived."
"What'd you send us?" asked Sly.
Murray took the mic and said, "You're gonna love it, Sly, so hurry up." Sly immediately headed back to the base, opened the door, and a very familiar voice said, "Hello, buddy."
Job Complete
Sly's P.O.V.
Sly: I headed back to HQ and I couldn't have been happier to what I saw. Inside, right next to Panda King, were Bentley, Murray, and even Dimitri, all geared up and ready to go. Bentley filled me in on the details. Apparently the 3 had gotten jobs to pay off the van's impounding. It wasn't easy for them, especially Murray whose only burger flipping experience involved walking on the ingredients to stack them, but eventually they raised enough cash to pay off the debt. I was happy to see them and all, but Carmelita wasn't among them. Bentley told me that she's been too busy with recent crimes in Paris and that if she wanted to stay on the police force, she had to keep up her work. I understood all of the logic, but the gang just didn't feel complete without her. I know I'll be seeing her soon, and after this Clockwerk business is done with, I can finally return home and live my life in the normal once again.
Bentley Tech
Bentley: Glad to see you again, buddy. It's been way too long. Thanks to you staying put for a bit, as well as our contributions to bringing back the van, the gang is near complete once more. The only 3 missing are Guru, Carmelita, and that no good, 2-faced, lying, deceiving, con artist, Penelope. However, we can get along fine without them. Anyways, here're our assignments. Dimitri, it all starts and ends with you for this phase. We'll need you to enter that sewage pipe that Sly took a picture of and take recon photos of the underground. It may come in handy to know what we're dealing with underneath us. Well this may not have been more thought out, but we're still missing a few pieces, and only our marine iguana can help us out.
Main Story
Dimitri left the hideout and made his way to the sewage pipe. Bentley beeped in and said, "There's your access point, Dimitri. You should easily swim through that disgusting sewage with ease."
Dimitri replied, "No way, Jose! That water's funk will cover up my funk, dig?!"
Bentley responded, "You have no choice. If we want to figure out a plan to flush out #4, we're going to need you to get into that funky water and take a few pictures. Think of it as art."
Dimitri replied, "ARITE! I do it for the art. Dimitri's gonna bring back a masterpiece, bro!" He then put away his Binocucom, put on his scuba mask, and cannon-balled into the sewage. When he opened his eyes, all that was around him was pipe walls. He swam through until he found an opening. When he rose to the surface he found a machine that looked like it was redirecting water. He took a picture of it and sent it to Bentley. "This must be a flow-redirector for the sewage of Munich. Looks to me that it can't be the only one; otherwise the water level would be approximately 1 2/3 feet at the moment. There must be two more. Continue on the pipe route to see if you can find any more." Dimitri plunged back into the stream and continued until he found another machine. He snapshotted it and went back in the water. He found one more and took a picture of it. Bentley then responded, "That's three separate generators alright. It also looks to me that each of those rooms has an access point above ground. That may just come in handy to do a little sabotage. Get back to the hideout so I can give out the whole plan."
Job Complete
Bentley Tech
Bentley: Thanks to Dimitri, we now have full details of how #4's operation is being carried out. Time to get to work.
Dimitri: And time for me to take a shower. Peace Out!
Bentley: Anyways… I've run a full examination of the city and found the entrances to each of the sewage redirection control rooms. Unfortunately however, they're locked down via firewall. That just means I have to do a little hacking is all. Once each door is open, we'll move onto phase 2. Sly, I've did some research and this city used to dump barrels of ice-cold water into the sewers for filtering purposes. Don't ask me why, I don't know all of Germany's culture. Anyways, the barrels are kept inside of a freezer to keep the water from growing bacteria inside. You'll need to dump the entire load into the beginning of the sewage stream.
Bentley: Once they're flowing, we'll send Murray and Panda King into each control room. Each of the machines is protected by an electromagnetic force-field that will instantly stun anyone who touches it. Murray will have to grab a barrel from the stream, when one floats by, and toss it at each of their pylons. That should nullify the electricity long enough for Panda King to slip a high-grade firework into the circuitry of each machine and blow them to kingdom-come. Once those redirectors are finished, come back to the hideout for your final assignments.
Main Story
Sly left the hideout and made for the sewage plant of Munich. When inside he looked around until he found a large freezer. "Okay Bentley, I'm in; now what?"
Bentley replied, "Inside that freezer are the barrels I mentioned. There should be a shoot that leads to the sewage stream. Just hook up the track and let-er-rip!" Sly found the main track and reconnected it to the barrel supply. He then pulled the lever and one-by-one the barrels tumbled onto the track and into the stream. Sly then left the freezer and an alarm went off. "Great, just my luck." he said. The intercom then shouted in an angry voice, similar to that of a drill sergeant, "Attention, my flooding committee, there appears to be an unwanted guest in the sewage plant. If he does anything to thwart my operation, I will strap each of you to one of those freezing barrels and send you down the sewage stream to be filtered!" Immediately afterwards, many fish, about the size of Sly and wearing scuba helmets and tanks filled with water, came in to fight. After 7 minutes of fighting, Sly emerged victorious. His victory was short-lived however when #4's voice was heard on the intercom saying, "You. Are. All. USELESS! Fortunately for you however, I found what I was lookin for. Those razor-sharp jaw'ls were hiding in the museum, Ancient Egypt exhibit to be more precise. So until my boss arrives for the pickup, I want you all to remain on high-alert. I want my dome to remain spit-shined and clean for when that dang blimp arrives! Do you understand me?!"
Job Complete
Bentley Tech
Bentley: Slight change in plans, guys. Apparently #4's found the Clockwerk jaws and is expecting his employer to pick it up. However, he wants his dome to be completely clean. Murray, your part remains the same, but Panda King, I'll need you to use just a basic bottle rocket. I've programmed a little information in these small computer chips. If I attach them to the ends of those rockets, then I should be able to redirect the flow of sewage from onto the city and into that goldfish's dome.
Main Story
Murray and Panda King made their way from the hideout to the first access point. Bentley hacked the terminal and the two made it inside. As expected, there were still barrels flowing in the stream. "Stand back, Panda King, watch a true muscle master at work!" declared Murray. He hoisted a barrel full of ice into the air and tossed it at the first pylon. He then did the same with the other. The security being down, Panda King lit the small bottle rocket into the machine and Bentley rigged the water flow. Bentley then said, "Excellent, at the press of a button that disgusting sewage will be redirected into #4's utopia dome." The two left the control room and the cycle repeated 2 more times. When they left the final room, Bentley beeped in and said, "Eureka, all 3 machines are rigged! Now with one press of a button…" Bentley pressed the button, activating the water redirection.
Meanwhile, at #4's dome, instead of clean water flowing inside, sewage began to spill into it. #4 then said, "Huh, what's this… sewer water!? ACK, CAN'T BREATHE! Get me my suit! GET ME MY SUIT!"
Job Complete
Bentley Tech
Bentley: Without a clean dome, #4 will have no choice but to deliver the Clockwerk jaws in person, so we can't let him get away with that. It appears he's donned a body compromised of mechanical limbs in a diver's suit and an upside-down fish bowl for him to control it from, as well as to breathe. That'll easily reveal him to us. The plan is simple, Sly. All you have to do is tail him until he comes to a halt, and pick-pocket him until you get the jaws. Once obtained, we move on to phase two, draining the city.
Bentley: Dimitri, we'll need you to do a little swimming again, and Murray, we'll need you to drive. You two will have to hook up the plugs from the city walls to the van. Thanks to a little bit of spare money we made, I was able to add a boat function. Once the plugs are uncorked via towing, the city will drain and we can leave #4 to flounder around.
Main Story
Sly left the hideout and made for the roof of a building near #4's dome. He pulled out his Binocucom afterwards.
Bentley: There's #4 right now!
Sly: Eww, I've seen better looking fish as prizes in a carnival game.
Bentley: I agree, but he's vicious nonetheless. Keep close to him and out of sight so you can seize the jaws from him, meanwhile Murray and Dimitri will work on draining the town.
Sly put away his Binocucom and began to follow the fishy fiend. The goldfish had a black bushy unibrow and a big lower jaw with 2 jagged teeth sticking out. After about 20 minutes of walking, #4 eventually came to a stop and overlooked his dome. Sly landed behind him and started pick-pocketing. While Sly was at work, #4 began talking. "My precious dome, violated. It could only have been the Cooper Gang that did this. Why, when I get my fins on them, they'll wish they had been the ones tied to barrels and filtered." Sly had finally picked the jaws out of #4's back pocket, but the fish immediately felt the weight shift in his body. He turned around to see the raccoon holding the jaws. "Huh? YOU! Give me them jaw'ls back!"
Sly replied, "Sorry pal, finders-keepers."
"Then Imabout to make you a loser-weeper!" exclaimed the goldfish, and then he began to chase after Sly. While running he beeped into Murray and said, "Hey uh Murray, when do you think the wall will be unhinged?"
Murray responded, "Working on it, pal!" Dimitri had finished hooking the 3 plugs to the van. He rose to the surface and said, "DRIVE LIKE A-BEEP-BEEP!" Murray hit the gas and in no time the plugs were uncorked, draining the city very slowly, Dimitri holding onto the back of the van for dear life.
Meanwhile, Bentley was looking out the hideout's window at the city's water, and then caught sight of Sly running away from #4. "Egad, I've got to help him!" Bentley pulled out his crossbow and took aim. He hit #4 various times until the suit broke leaving #4 to swim in the filth he had laid onto the city. Sly looked at him and said, "Game Over, fish stick."
#4 grinned wickedly and said, "Game Over alright… for you!" The sewer water had an adverse effect of #4. He turned bluish-green, his eyes turned all yellow, his teeth grew out further and more jagged, his fins grew longer, and finally, he grew an angler fish's light antenna. #4 then continued, "Lemme guess, ya'll thought I was a goldfish? WRONG! I'm the only one left of an unidentified species. When I'm in polluted-enough water I become stronger and more violent! Now then, hand over those jaw'ls and I promise to make your death quick... but still painful."
"I don't think so!" shouted Murray's voice. The van skidded by on the water, picked up Sly, and skidded off again while being pursued by #4, commencing the fight. Bentley then beeped into Murray. "Murray you need to outrun that fish! According to my calculations, he can only remain in that form if he has enough room to swim in it. When the water level is low enough he should return to his original state." Murray kept on driving, avoiding the water's debris. "YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!" the fish shouted in a grotesque voice. Murray then said, "Hey Sly, #4's getting kind of close. Use the van's turret to push him back." Sly got into the turret seat and began firing at #4, pushing him back. "Nice shooting! That should keep him back for a while." Murray said and kept driving past the floating obstacles. #4 came in close again and Sly got in the turret again. He shot at #4, shooting at electric bolts, coming from the antenna, he fired at the van in the process. #4 was knocked back far enough again and Sly went back into the van. #4 began to jump into the air to cause waves and screw up Murray's driving. "Things are kind of getting bumpy. Can't let that mess up my driving!" said Murray who was having a difficult time steering clear of obstacles. Bentley beeped in and said, "The water's about half-way down, keep it up!" #4 came in close again. Sly got in the turret and began firing, trying to keep a lock on #4 while the waves made more miss-fires. #4 was pushed back far enough and Sly got back in the van. "NOT… OVER… YET!" shouted #4, and then he began combining his lightning and wave techniques. Murray's greatest driving challenge was here, avoiding the obstacles in front of him, the lightning behind him, and dealing with the bumpy waters. #4 came in close and Sly readied himself in the turret. Dealing with the lightning and bumpy aiming, he eventually pushed #4 back and went back into the van. Finally, after that last push-back, the ground was touchable again by the van, which had automatically switched into land mode. On the ground behind them was the enlarged #4 who slowly began to shrink back to his small size. Dimitri got out of the van and picked him up by the tail, #4 being worn out and too tired to fight. Dimitri then taunted, "And I thought I looked gruesome-tesque."
Bentley beeped into everyone and said, "Nice work guys, with the Clockwerk jaws in hand, we can finally head home. Whoever this mastermind is can't possibly complete the Clockwerk frame without the-" Bentley was interrupted by a familiar-looking blimp landing near where the van was. The blimp's station doors opened and an elongating robot claw reached out and snatched the jaws right from Sly's hands. A female's voice then said, "Why thank you Sly, I was hoping to find this here."
Sly made a shocked expression. He knew that voice too-well to not know where it came from. "Penelope?!" From the door of the blimp came a pink mouse in an orange long-sleeve t-shirt with dark blue vertical stripes on the sleeves, and pants in the same fashion. She wore orange lab goggles and a red bandana over her long blonde hair. "That's my name; don't wear it out, Cooper." she replied in a snarky attitude. Bentley then said to Sly, "Sweet suffering succotash; she's behind all of this? It was so obvious, and yet I didn't see it!"
Sly then said, "Why are you doing this? You know very well Clockwerk can't be controlled."
"Can't he? He is just a machine, after all. As for the reason why I'm reassembling him is simple, to get rid of you and your gang, all except Bentley who, after you're all out of the way, will have no choice but to take me up on my offer to make it big in the weaponry market." Penelope explained. She then headed inside of the blimp and before she shut the door, she said, "One more piece and it'll be the end of the Cooper Gang!" The blimp then took off, leaving behind Sly, the gang, and #4.
Job Complete
Sly's P.O.V.
Sly: All this time, it was right in front of us; Penelope, Bentley's user and apparent auto-gyro genius. Bentley went through another one of his episodes again, but soon came out of it when he realized Clockwerk was a much bigger threat than a brilliant mouse. Even though we could go straight home, we needed to find out where that last Clockwerk part was hidden. Dimitri had a little fun interrogating #4 to find out where the last piece of Clockwerk was, and after about 5 minutes of dunking the fish in a sour milk and hot sauce blend, he spilled the location, a town in Switzerland, one of two countries that bordered both France and Germany. However, the fish ranted on about the final hired hand of Penelope being her most fearsome Lieutenant. When we got the information we needed, the gang packed up and headed south to find the Clockwerk brain.