Hiya! I am going to be releasing this chapter a day or two later than usual. This is due to a few things. A. I haven't written it yet and umm… refer to B. B. I want to read some other writing since I read and write at night so I am taking a reading break. C. Releasing a chapter a day is killer because that can be equivalent to 7v pages of writing a day and revision. Welp. That's it Enjoy :).
It was morning… I think. I couldn't really tell. I blinked my eyes sleepily at the dusty wall next to me. I felt groggy and the sleep was still lingering in my eyes. I rubbed them slowly before rising. I got up out of the bed and slipped into some shoes. I turned around to see Sly still sleeping with no real sign of waking up.
~I should probably tell him that I'm going for a walk. If he doesn't wake up I guess it doesn't matter though.
I looked at the door and made a motion to open it before looking back at Sly who had rolled over. I stared at him wondering if he was getting up. It would make things less awkward… or maybe more. I didn't really know. I wasn't going to find out anyways since he settled into place.
I opened the door and took a step outside when I noticed something.
~Is it still night?
I turned around to go back inside for my phone but was surprised to see that Sly was standing in my path looking down at me with a frown.
"What?" Was all I had managed to say before Sly pulled me back inside and shut the door.
"Why…" He yawned. "Are you outside… it's so… early."
I chuckled at his tiredness before shaking my head and walking past him. After picking up my phone I saw it was only four in the morning. I stared for a minute in disbelief before I looked back to see Sly, who had seemed to be more awake, heading back to sit down on his bed. I took a step back towards my bed but ended up tripping and hitting the floor.
~For a carpet… it's really cold."
I laid shivering on the ground for a minute or two stuck with my thoughts. I heard Sly's laugh resonating throughout the room and felt like I should move. I was about to stand up before Sly half picked me up, half dragged me back to my feet.
Once I sat down, after like five minutes of lying on the ground… I looked at Sly. He seemed fully awake now.
~I suppose it's time. "Sly…" I began to say although it was kind of a whisper.
"Yeah, Milo. What it is?" He seemed emotionless.
"I feel like you should know something about me."
I began to tell him the story of my family and the last mission I had gone on with my sisters. He seemed to be completely into the conversation and I had his attention.
Milo finished the story of his family. After about twenty minutes. I was next to him at this point. He stared down at the ground gripping his hand that glove had covered. I didn't know what to say but I heard him muttering to himself about something.
"If only that guard hadn't disabled the glove… I could've fixed everything."
I looked at him wondering if I should ask him about this but I decided this was something best left alone until he was ready to talk about it.
"Anyways," I began with a grin putting my arm around his shoulder while pulling him closer, he was cold which was strange given the fur that he had, "It's about time to get going. We aren't going to get anything done as long as we just sit here."
I got what appeared to be a smirk out of him. I suppose that will have to do for now. I went to the bathroom and changed into a new blue shirt and some pants and we went outside.
I noticed Milo and Sly come out of their room with different expressions. Although both seemed to be happy (Milo is always a wildcard) I could feel both of them were happy for different reasons. Whatever it was, Milo seemed much more comfortable with all of us… or at least with Sly.
~Little steps...
"You two seem to be in a good mood," I grinned at them and Sly returned the grin. Milo just nodded and kept his eyes closed tight before reopening them. I guess he was nocturnal and had to take longer to adjust to the light.
We finished getting our stuff into the van and took off towards the Isle of Wrath.
Sleeping in the back of the van was an… adventure… See, when you are drugged and are sleeping completely against your will is different than trying to force yourself to stay asleep. I just sat there trying to fall asleep against the wall to no avail. With all of the bumps and rocks we went over it was impossible.
Milo also sat in the back next to Sly. He seemed to be content. Although he was silent the whole way towards a ferry that Bentley apparently arranged.
~Does this turtle have connections everywhere he goes?
I was thinking for a while and before I knew it, we were on the island driving towards the center. It wasn't long before we parked after driving down a windy road. The back door swung open and Sly jumped out. I looked at him and back towards Bentley who was talking to him through a communication station. I looked questioningly at him before Murray got out of the van to look at the engine and tires.
Milo and I just sat still not knowing what to do. I hung over the back seat and looked at the laptop that Bentley had. It showed Sly running around and whacking some bottles and a guard that was throwing Sheriff Stars(?) at him. I turned back to Milo who was no longer in the back. I refocused my attention towards Bentley.
"Sooo… is there anything I can do?" I asked trying to seem as innocent as possible. They didn't exactly trust me yet. Bentley just gave me a confused look before readjusting his glasses.
"No, you could go see what Murray or Milo is doing. Maybe they have something you can help them with."
I nodded before putting my backpack on and walking out the door. I looked at Murray who was fixing up the van from the journey here. I stared at him as he screwed in some things and replaced them.
~I have no idea how to anything with mechanics. I would just get in his way.
I looked over to Milo who had put his bag back on. He had his earphones in and was checking his bag over to make sure nothing was missing. I walked over to him and smiled before saying,
"Hi, what are you doing?"
He looked back at me partially confused before glancing at his surroundings before whispering something to me.
"Follow me."
Just like that, he took off. He ran forwards, but not too fast. I gave him a questioning look before jogging after him. He was following the path Sly had taken. We went through a cave and jumped over a fence. I tried to ask him what he was doing, but he just kept going forwards past the security spotlights.
I had finally caught up with him. He was at a gate and there was a hook just above it. I was no longer smiling. Actually, I was kind of angry at why he had made me follow him out this far.
"Why are you here?" I hissed him. He just looked at me. "I mean why did you make me follow you this far. We could've been caught."
I was fuming with anger before he chuckled.
"At what point did I make you follow me?" He spoke clearly and I stared back and blushed slightly before he continued. "You know you wanted to come follow Sly too. You just want to help after all."
"Well… sure. I've never been the one to sit around while someone does something dangerous."
He smiled at this comment and shot a grappling cord at the hook and swinging to the top of the gate where he perched reaching his hand down.
"Neither have I."
We finally made it to the end of the area where a gate had been unlocked. I took out my shock pistol and stayed alert for any guards. Milo seemed to have the same idea as he kept his arms in a position to quickly take out his knives if necessary. We crept along before I heard an irritated voice from behind me.
"What are you doing here?!"
I yelped at the sound of an angry Sly. I went to respond, but a guard had yelled some sort of gibberish. It was some weird language coming from the octo-guard. He fired some sort of explosive slime at us, but Sly pushed me out of the way before diving to the other side. Suddenly the voice stopped and I heard a thud. I looked back up and saw Milo standing over the guard's body with his knives unsheathed.
"You gotta be more careful." He chuckled.
I didn't know how to feel about the situation. I had mixed feelings both on how he got behind the guard so fast, how he didn't get seen by Sly or the guard, or that he was chuckling after having just killed a person. I mean sure they tried to kill us, but he was basically laughing.
Sly just seemed confused about everything. He was also in shock from what had just happened, but Bentley called him in the nick of time telling him to collect more treasure keys.
Sly responded to Bentley by saying that we were here "in the field" with him. Bentley just told him to make us get keys too since it would be faster.
I was questioning this since we weren't exactly master thieves like Sly, well, Milo might've been, but I surely wasn't.
~In the field huh?
I was jumping across the scrap metal of sinking boats and such while the term rung in my head. The whole area seemed simple as I quickly took out two guards and kept going. It wasn't too difficult since the spotlights were easy to avoid and I picked up a key and started heading back.
The rain made getting down and out of the area much more difficult than it should have been. I wasn't the most adept at swimming. Also, the idea of having to swim with scrap metal and broken ship parts everywhere didn't make me excited either. I just kept jumping until I got out. I saw that Naiya had a key and Sly had two.
~He was much faster than I anticipated.
I handed him a schematic of the area that I had found in a safe on my adventure. He looked and it and took a picture for Bentley. I looked up at the storm which kept going.
~I guess the storm machine really does work.
The storm was loud and the thunder and lighting provided perfect cover. The rain made things tedious, but everything couldn't be perfect. We all headed back to Bentley before the night had seemingly set in.
Bentley glared at me and Naiya as we walked behind Sly. Naiya shot him a smile and a mock salute. I just looked at him plain and simple like nothing had changed. I found a spot to sleep just outside the van. It was pretty nice to sleep in the rain.
"Wanna come inside the van?" Sly asked me seemingly genuinely concerned. I just shook my head.
"This is the perfect storm to sleep in. The lightning and thunder isn't too frequent and the rain isn't coming down too hard."
I yawned and fell asleep on a pillow and had a thin blanket over me. Cooper just shook his head at me and I had finally drifted off.
Okay, Well this took some time to write. I was planning on releasing earlier today (yesterday of actual release day) since I wanted to finish the night before. Unfortunately, I got side-tracked at 1:00 a.m. when a giant (2 inch) beetle invaded my room and I had to kill it. I did actually kill it and I decided that I was emotionally rent and slept. Now it is 12:51 a.m. on July 14, 2016, and I have finished it and now I need to revise. Also, I tried to handle dialogue differently so yeah… Review ;). Cya!
