Shelia Hellstorms favour coincidentally led us to the next place where a cooper emblem piece had been located...a ruin of Aztec temples in new Mexico, a tourist trap and home to a hotel preoccupied by great explorers. Apparently, Shelias crew of explorers had taken up a special tour where they would excavate the ruins, but instead got a nasty suprise in the form of Aztec ghosts. However, the cooper emblem piece apparently has the ability to repel ghosts, and it was believed to have been investigated by the tour guide, Reptil.

Reptil apparently used to be a young tour guide who hated his posistion and wished for more. A readup of his family tree one day revealed himself as a great decendant of an ancient Aztec king, and his name became famous as the real live aztec. Instead of using it for his tours he'd set up while looking for work, he'd used it to worm his way into a lodge named 'the hotel mayan'. He soon found himself running the lodging house for different members of the aristocracy, who spread fame of his hotel. If Shelias was friends with him at the time, and if her instincts are right, He might be a useful source of information. I guess we could do a little heist...I need to add Aztec treasure to my families already growing wealth and gold.

SLY AND THE GANG IN:

HAUNTING OF HOTEL MAYAN

Penelope set Panda Kings hat up immeadiately. As she did so, she took a look into the lobby where a few of the cooper members had already set them selves up in thier disguises. Dimitri was the lounge lizard, in his red puffer jacket smoking, while Sly and the others were dressesd in really upper-class monacles,pith helmets or berets. She quickly ushered him in,closed the door, and everyone turned to her.

"Right, now only me and Shelia have ever been on one of these kind of aristocratic get-togethers. We might as well be all either english or french...french in Dimitris case. Please listen to everything Reptil says or does...it will either prove important or interesting. Bently?" she smiled at her companion, and he nodded.

"Correct. We must all get into character like I taught you. Murray, you can keep quiet for now...no offense but he might suspect somethings up. I must admit that this is going to be pretty fun!" Sly smiled. He hadn't really had a good conversation with Bently lately.

"I hear you, pal, didn't you do something like this at one of those murder mystery parties?"
"yeah, and incidentally, I might decide to interrogate Reptil if anything goes wrong. Sly, I think this will be my favourite search ever! I've always wanted to be a private eye, mixing hydrochloric acid with bicarbonate in the crime lab to see who stole the femur of the great ankylon and how the..."

Sly sighed. "Pal, you lost me on the word hydro...hydronoric."

Bently burst out laughing and so did Sly, but they quickly hushed themselves as the shadow of Reptil entered the room. When he finally appeared, it was easy to see that he was no ordinary hotel owner. His family legacy had obviously had a great influence on him, as he wore a beautiful coloured feather head-dress, a purple tunic and gold bracelets round his ankles. His reptillian frill skin stood out on his head to add even more to his decorated head as he flapped them to cool himself. I f was obvious that if he was ever angry he would probably flash them even wider with rage. But he bore a very charming and proud expression, and his voice was slightly deep and firm.

"Evening, members of our world of rich-folk, I am Reptil, and I emplore you to understand my posistion here. I am your host, and you will be spending two nights here. In the days following we will see many sights, and perhaps even the ruins of my ancestor for your research. As you sleep, I warn you that Aztec ghosts have been seen lately, and one of our guests is already spooked. Thta is a word, yes? Anyway, if you have any questions do not hesitate to ask. I will be dining with you shortly." And with that the great man left. Bently watched him walk out of view and turned to the others.

"Someones already spooked, eh? Maybe I should get Sly to interrogate? Panda King, you're a noble, if you distract the rich guys outside, Sly can get afew shots of who we're dealing with. You may even be able to get good conversation from them, king!"

Panda king bowed, and headed out to the ballroom. Sly smiled, whipped off his disguise, and crwle to the ceiling, through a vent, and onto the party chandellier. He noticed King was talking to a large black toucan, who had a moustache, pithelmet, monacle and a very suave green tie and light brown shirt and hunting shorts.Sly took a shot. Bently looked it over on the binnocucom.

"Ah, that's Sir Raltio Watson, big-time aristocratic crime boss of the RALTIO, a high class gang. He's probably here on a proposistion. He's certainly impressed alot of guests here with Reptils hosting skills."

Suddenly, Sly gasped as he saw Gasilja walk in, Carrying Raleigh on his shoulder. Sly took a shot and Bently instantly picked it up.

"GADZOOKS! It looks like Gasilja and Raleigh are in on it too! They must've known about the cooper pieces because...It's just a theory but...The RALTIO must be after your cooper emblem! Listen in on Kings conversation with them." So Sly did.

Raliegh began to look long and hard at the Panda king. He narrowed his eyes and looked closer, then cleared his throat.

"Excuse me sir but..have we met? You look awfully familliar?" Panda King adopted a french accent, but thinking quickly changed it.

"uh...Well Gosh, er, no. So..."

Raltio began ushering in the Panda king. Gasilja was also looking a little closer, but both he and Raltio had had far too much to drink, with Raltio glass by glass and Gasilja barrel by barrel. Raltio hiccuped and gave a drunken laugh, then shushed himself and spoke in a quiet yet high pitched english tone.

"We've got a crime ring, y'know, and 'hiccup' a job to do. Did...did you know about the cooper emblem, what-what?"

"Uh, golly gosh no uh, partner?"

Raltio reclined in a nearby chair. He tipped up his empty cup, peered into it, and threw it away.

"I need it, because,...did you know I'm the richest man here...we need it because I'm going to get more money and..."

In a flash Raleigh had whacked Raltio with his tongue. He flicked it back and smiled apologetically.

"I would tell you what he's trying to say, but he does it better, and you can see he's far from that now..."

Gasilja took the oppurtunity to sit Raleigh down and put his arm around King, leading him away while Raleigh rubbed his smooth chin thoughtfully. Sly took in every word in his binoccucom record, and kept listning.

"Raltio, that mass of americanism might've known too much if you'd kept you're mouth open any longer. He looks familliar..." Raleigh jumped as Raltio sat up, alert and awake.

"Whu?...Sorry old boy, my alchohol never affects me for long...special immunity you know. I mest consume less next time...You never know what I'll spout next what? And if you could do an investigation on that poor spooked chap in room one two one, I feel she needs to be assured after her dreadful experiences."

With the room name in mind, Sly hopped off to visit the guest. The room was very easy to find, and Sly carefully opened the door to see a poor little squirrell in her twenties, looking incredibly jumpy. Sly went over to her, and the squirrell jumped.

"What are you doing here! This is my room!"

Sly flapped his hands up and down. "Calm down, my name's Sly, and I'm investigating what happened to you. I'm...a member of the hotel staff...the chimeny sweep." The Squirrell looked confused but nodded.

"Two nights ago I was down at the lodge. Suddenly this ghost came and followed me to my room, and wouldn't go away. The funny thing was how rigid he looked, but I'd seen him before. I'm all in a muddle...I saw him first after going down the temple. Reptil had assured me I must have been seeing things, but he investigated all the same. He then came running out as an army of ghosts attacked him. I only wish Reptil was still here to help me...he and me are friends. We go back a long way, and I know many people are jealous..." Suddenly, a huge ghost arrived manically laughing, took its head off and displayed it to the squirrell, who in an instant screamed and was whisked away. Sly stood there, unable to ove, thinking of the brief monstrosoty he had just witnessed. The footsteps came just as the scream died away, and Sly crept out of the room.

Reptil came to see the gang, all in a fluster. He came over to Sly and Bently and wept.

"My beautiful friend Rosa, a young squirrell, has been taken from me." Sly was confused. Reptil sniffed straightened up, and coughed. "My dear friend Rosa recently came to visit the lodge. I was very happy to see her again, and wanted to ask her to marry me. She has been whisked away before I could even say a word. I have decided to send my chamelon gurds round the temple for a look, but they may be there for some time."

Bently patted his back, and rolled over to his laptop, searching for awnsers. He came back quickly with a 'missing' poster, and rolled it up.

"Reptil, if we have any info you'll be the first to know. right Dimitri?"

Dimitri gave a puff of smoke in a nonchelant sort of way.

"Hey, it's cool, Dimitri is number one with the life saving and the Reptil helping. It's cool, bro." Dimitri now spoke in a deep,slow and very french voice. With that said Reptil nodded confusedly and left.

As morning broke, The guru welcomed the hot sun as it gleamed through the curtains. He turned to see murray and Bently packing thier gear, Sly eating breakfast while simultaniously trying several different monocles, and the others brushing thier teeth or thier hair. Guru began to chant, and his moonstone glowed. Reptil could be heard padding up and down outside, muttering while Bently had turned to thoughts of Raltio. I t was clear in everyones mind that Raltio had done it, but Sly looked uneasy as he saw Bently give a look to...but he had turned away. Dimitri was still in the mini lobby chatting up ladies on his couch, the posistion of sitting which he had not moved. The entire gang was soon ready, and they all sat in tentative waiting for Reptils announcement.

"Today, my friends, we explore the temples not only to tour, but to discover. Follow me, everybody, to an adventure that will excite your eyes!"

And Reptil was right. The tour was a treat, with so much to see. Reptil had shown them a huge Panda shaped temple. As the left, the Panda king turned to it and bowed low, and the Guru stifled a smile. Reptil had stopped in front of a huge temple, with it's decorations glistning, and Penelope took pictures.

"This is a huge sacraficial temple, one used to cut out the hearts of the aztec people. The legend goes that the great god Nanahuatzin became the sun, and he claimed thta he would only ever pass over the sky for night if other aztecs sacraficed themselves as he had. It was abolished when Cortez the great Spaniel came and converted them. The temple is large enough to hold many secret twists and turns...archeologists are still searching for each one! I must now advise you to be careful as my guards have set up traps against those who try to tresspass. Now, as you can see..."

Sly turned to see Bently taking everything in, and was happy to see that his mind was relaxing now. Suddenly Reptil started, as a noise came from the bushes, although Sly noticed that this was only a couple of birds. After a few more minutes Reptil bid them a good evening, and Bently suddenly began frantically pointing. Behind them was Carmelita, wandering in disguise with her new constable Gwen. Sly nodded and led the gang to a small safehouse Bently had set up in the course of the night. It was only big enough for Sly and Bently, and they entered and sat facing each other.

"Sly, this ghost could be anyone. There are so many suspects now that i'd need more evidence. Poor Reptil must be very depressed at the situation. I suggest that we get the gang to check out the temple against those chameleon guards...you overheard yourself as to who really controls the guards round here." Sly agreed. Raltio had certainly shown traits proving his kidnapping antics.

The entire gang found themselves outside of the Fwelte mines, and Sly took a look in. Panda king had already set up the explosives to clean out the entrance. Bently motioned for sly to talk with him.

"Sly, as we go through the next couple of days, I'll be getting people to set up several activities in case my theories are right. It's too early to say now, but I'll be doing a few interviews."

"Right, while you're getting info, we're..."

Panda king recoiled with a yell, and everyone turned. Not only had the cavern entrance lock been destroyed (along with several guards) but the huge, ghostly apparition stood before them. It was the same sly had seen before, and it leered evily as it played with its head. About ten guards were alerted to its presence, and all of them were soon over the ghost, who flung them off as if they were fisbees. The ghost then laughed and flew into the mine. Before the gang could even think, there was a sudden screeching of breaks as Murray, who no-one had noticed missing yet, rolled up in the team van.

"Hop in Sly! We've got to do some ghostbustin!"

Bently and everyone except Panda king hopped in. The van burst into life, and the wheels could be heard spinning long after they'd dissappeared. Panda King began to set up his ammunition stand, and once again his yang self peered at him through a mirror on his launcher. It made a sneering face, and laughed a long hollow laugh.

"Ha! Raleigh recognised you didn't he? He wouldn't even look at you let alone talk if he knew what you were doing now. You should be more like him...at least he respected you!" Panda King once again ignored the reflection, but began to think back to his first meeting with Raleigh. A simple meeting, with all the info on the cooper household in front of him. It wasn't like they had become firm friends...

The gang hopped out of the van (as easily as they had hopped in) and began to search around. Penelope pointed to the cieling to reveal a huge decorative statue. The ghost appeared above it, and yelled down in an odd language. Murray lost his temper, and lost his newly found vocal approach.

"Thats it! I've had it up to here with chasing!" He suddenly threw a huge barrel from nearby at the creature. To everyones amazement, the ghost fell to the ground, and began buzzing and making robotic noises. Bently made a further inspection.

"Well, this sheds some new light on the subject. Sly, we better remember this place for later...I may need you to do some wiring..."

That evening, Dimitri had still not moved from his couch and although he was putting on a geourgeous smile, he smelt of smoke and only drove the ladies away. That and the cramp in his back from his sitting at the sofa or the bar. Sly was listning in as the Panda King and Bently interrogated Reptil.

"...You must admit that it was very disturbing for you, right?" Bently looked up before the awnser at Panda King, who had begun to pick up afew documents and paperweights.

"It was. Rosa isn't the first, several have been abducted, as Shelia will probably tell you. I'm just so angry that it would happen here, and I will do anything my money can do to bring her back."

" Well sir, I actually have a suspicion that Shelia could be the kidnapper...She arrives before a kidnapping, joins the team, possibly a way from keeping us to think it was her. And then there's you..."

Reptil stood up angrily. As predicted, his frills quivered with anger.

"Now if you're suggesting that I would kidnap my own fiancee, then you have definitely got your facts wrong. Good day, gentlemen."

The Ballroom dinner and dance had gone even better. Penelope danced witha couple of men to see if any had info on the disappearances. Many had claimed to have seen the ghosts themselves, all giving several different descriptions. Eventually one of them gave a good enough description, and Penelope gathered the gang together.

"Okay, We need to go on a little safari tommorrow, because those guards...they're not guards. There's a river down south being dried up and it looks like there's a vapour machine downstairs. A few are located in the mines, and maybe we should actually check the main temple. I'm guessing that if you throw in a couple of crud costumes and poof...instant ghost look-a-like. And we're also going to have to spy on a recent guest who's a friend of Reptils...A man named Cornel Yusef. Can you guys remember all that?" The gang members nodded in turn. The doors to the ballroom then opened, revealing the cornel himself, a strong, albeit posh rhino with his chin in the air. Bently decided to head over to him.

"Greetings, Cornel, I am Bently of the Hellstorm party, and I'm very happy to make your aquaintance."

"The pleasure is all mine, my dear chap." His voice was low and he emmunicated every word he spoke. Bently was now very suspicious of the little red strip in his pocket. The material matched that of her dress from the photos. He began to ask questions.

"Have you been here long?"

"Since last week, I've been stuck indoors, dammit, and I'm jolly bored as you can see." Bently knew the mud on his shoes told both a diffent story and the leaf in his hat, hidden at the rims back.

"Well, I have to be going now...enjoy."

"You too and...and talk to too many people about the ghosts like you did to me...Yo may get someone spooked! Visit me whenever, I've got no schedule."

Bently returned to the gang, and readied himself. Suddenly, the Guru scuttled off sniffing like a tracker dog, and Bently stopped murray from following.

"Don't worry ,I'm sure he'll be fine. The Guru can easily take care of himself." Murray suddenly tapped the shoulder of Bently very gently, and began to whisper.

" I found a guest who stayed here two days ago. Apparently in this very room the lights cut out, and the entire Ballroom was filled with cold air. Creepy huh? As it was, a huge apparition appeared and laughed manically. This one was not robotic, according to the guest. The ghost then began to give chase to loads of people around the room, and one brave tourist took a shot. The ghost then floated above the room and diasappeared. Totally Awsome." Bently ignored this, but Panda king laughed and took in every word. Bently sighed and waited for the guru to return.

But the Guru didn't come back. After three hours they began to consider searching. But Reptil and Cornel Yusef had already begun thier walk about of the hotel, and the guards protecting them from supposed ghosts were en-route. Bently grabbed Sly and pulled him into a room containing several maps. He then pulled out some blueprints and laid them on the table.

"So what's up, Bently?"

"Sly, I've just discovered the Emblem piece, and i'm gonna help retrieve it for this small task. First I need you and Murray to open all the entrances and destroy the obstacles through the security around the big temple. Then head Inside and find it while Murray fends off the guards who are bound to come down on him. Finally at dinner we'll grill Cornel Yuesef."

"Why? He's not done anything?" Sly remarked. Bently was firm.

"I know, but he needs to be tailed. He may just help us to help him. Now we better get to work tommorrow afternoon. Get some rest now."

Slys brain was spinning...It wasn't right that they had wasted time at the hotel. They could have easily solved it by now. He then saw Shelia, and decided it was time for a few questions...

The gang kept to themselves the next day. They ignored each other at breakfast, and were all anxious to hear Bentlys revelation as to the identity of Rosas kidnapper. Shelia looked around suspiciously, But bently brought everyone together.

"As you know, I believe I have a lead as to the kidnappers identity. Let me first say that I want to wait until dinner, I have some strong points to my incriminating evidence." Suddenly Bently noticed a single solitary photo on the newsboard. One of the tourists had pinned it up to show the ghost. Bently looked carefully...

Murray finished lifting the entrance for Sly, and ushered him in. The minute he did, a huge siren went off. Sly turned back and cupped his hands to his mouth.

"YOU TAKE DOWN THE GUARDS, I'LL BE JUST THROUGH HERE IN SECONDS!"

As Sly dissappeared, Murray looked on as a small mass of chameleon guards came his way. He cracked his knuckles and smiled.

"Fear, me, pathetic chameleons, you're about to expeience the pain of FIST-IN-FACE!" The guards started yelling and ran on, only to be flicked away like flys each time. Murray wondered if it would ever stop, but even more kept coming. It was more than he could bear, but he kept on, and quickly tightened his gloves. All the while Sly was yet again dodging the obstacles. The cooper emblem piece could be seen just ahead, but he began to think about the case. Had Shelia really done it? Or Raleigh? Raltio? He grapped the piece just as he ebbed to the end, but stopped stock still as he heard chatter from the floor below. He saw that the floor was glass, and as he looked down he saw...He listened closer. Murray could then be heard yelling for Sly to come back, but Sly wanted to just listen a bit more...and an angry expression appeared across his face. He destroyed the security controls and dashed outside to meet Murray, who was standing on top of a mountain of guards, his arms up in triumph. Sly then grabbed him, and they headed back to the lodge.

Bently watched as the chef cuckoo delivered his dinner, and he began to eat delicately with others. Dimitri was still smoking, but now smelled and his hair looked bedragled. Bently began to make conversation.

"Well, it's been a fine trip. It's a shame that after tonight we'll have to leave."

"Actually..." Shelia bit her lip. Bently raised an eyebrow, but went on.

"Cornel, how was your first day here?"

The cornel coughed deeply and adjusted his helmet. "Well, it was very interesting.Reptil showed me many, many sights, and I particuarly liked the big temple. Then he showed mr the quetzacoatal statue, the temple of coaticule and the pyramid conversion temple."

"Intersesting mr Yeusef, you've named three places we havent seen yet. I thought Reptil gave all the same tours?" Bently smiled as he saw Yusef gulp. Reptil caught on to the idea.

"So you did enjoy yesterdays tours, huh? Must have been a great pleasure to see the temple."

Yeusef was now dripping with sweat. "Well...uh...I..."

"Yesterday, surely he arrived three weeks ago? And I didn't think you ever went out. I must have been wrong." Bently hid a chortle as Yusef began to wave his arm. Panda King sat forward and wiped his monocle.

"It must have been interesting to see the ghosts on your visit, or am I mistaken."

Yusef settled. He began to give weak smile. "Well, I for one haven't seen any ghosts. It been quite an ordeal..."

"Really..." The panda king held up the photo from the newsboard. "This was taken the night the ghost appeared in the ballroom. According to my friend Murray this was two days ago and...well, I believe that there can't be two rhinocerouses with the same shaped horn running around, eh?" The picture did indeed show yusef in the background. Yusef stood and cried.

"Just say what you want to say! OUT WITH IT!"

Shelia was about to talk, when Bently stopped her."I believe you know a little about it miss hellstorm. Did you perhaps plan to steal the emblem pieces for yourself! You were quite happy to rat us out in Norway, and your mind for ghosts might have made you want to scare us away..."

Sly burst in. He was panting and held up the body of Rosa. Rosas lifeless hands were limp, and she looked so peaceful and still. Lightning flashed outside as Sly pointed menacingly.

"Rosas dead...And Reptil killed her!"

Reptil was aghast with speechlessness. The gang couldn't understand...Yusef was so clearly the villain. Sly also pressed the play back button on his binnocucom. The voices were Reptil on the other end, and Raltio on the firat where Sly had been.

"Well, how soon do you want the shipment watson?"

"Immeadiately, Reptil. As long as I protect your precious family legacy treasure from the

Locals, you can use the money to keep tracking those cooper emblem pieces. I'll expect you to deliver the first shipment of gases will help kill the food and cause a famine. Then once the rivers completely blocked, we shall have to force the locals to come to us for food"

"And then I shall rule the country as Reptil, the new Montezuma?"

"Yes, I do wish we'd focus on the plan but...a little harmless eco-destruction will work too."

Sly switched it off and glared at Reptil, who was currently held up by the Panda King.

"Reptil killed Rosa because she knew too much. He invited Yusef because he's the only one who KNEW we were the Cooper gang. Yusefs a scatterbrain, and Reptil eanted all of blame lifted to someone who would take the fall. He even planted evidence on him. Shelia wanted to leave when I spoke to her because she was scared. Reptil is a member of ther Raltio gang who will soon be wanted for illegal venture with his treasure." But Sly wasn't so sure this would stop Reptil who had now adopted an oily, evil smile.

"You are correct... but not quite! The ghosts are real, and I have learnt the arts of necromancy! My small villiage is ruled by me, but it is actual fact a secret city! From there I command guards to bring in people to sacrafice, to fuel my powerful ghost rituals. You will all be SACRAFICED, just as Rosa was!" A nautious green gas appeared, and the team fainted as Reptil remove his breathing device from his teeth. He invited the guards, and pointed to the crumpled bodies.

"Take them to the temples. Tonight we awaken Coatlicue herself. Then my word will be LAW! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Gwen finished the dance with her very, very short partner, and patted him on the head. The dance partner spoke in a strange language, and she couldn't understand a word. Heading back to Carmelita, she sat down.

"Any sign of Cooper?"

"None. I know he's somewhere here. But we've got bigger problems right now. Reptil has just been see leaving with a few bodies. I'm going to investigte further." Carmelita walked out, but stopped and looked back at her new partner. Gwen was looking around vaccantly until she fianlly noticed the urgency in Carmelitas face.

"Oh! Right." She walked, with the little dance partner secretly following.

Sly struggled to get free...no use. Reptil grinned evily as he held the Cooper piece in hand. This was it. This was going to be the true test of it. Sly was shocked however to see Murray not even struggling, but just staring at his feet and sighing. It wasn't fair...It wasn't going to end this way. The Raltio gang had to be beaten at thier own game. But only Murray could help, and he was too upset to do anything. Bently was struggling for dear life from his wheelchair, but it was no use. Reptil stepped out and looked down at his colliseum, which was filled with specators who had been forced there by the guards. He lughed evily and the entire Cooper gang was held out into the sun to witness the event. Shelia turned to Bently and gave an apologetic nod. Bently made an assuring one back, and strained his head back to the colliseum. Reptil pulled out a statue and set it in the centre.

"Now normally we sacrafice people to Coatlicue herself. But the power of recent sacrafices means that she herself will now perform the killing herself!" The crowd watched as the statue crumbled to reveal a strange and scary looking being, with the two snakes for her head now replaced by one, and her arms as snakes as well. She looked intently and monstorously at the cooper gang, as she became a writing monster ready to pounce on her victims. Reptil untied Shelia and threw her to the monster. He muttered something about 'false friends' and sat back in his throne of bones. Murray had suddenly taken note, and broke out of his bonds, and bounced in his ball form into the arena. The crowd cheered, and the monsters head jerked up, and its pupils shrank. It caught Murrays scent and roared loudly. Murray pointed a finger, and began speaking in his deep voice once more.

"Roar all you want, lady, because 'the Murray' and Shelia are here to make your day a living nightmare like the mare of night...and stuff, I guess." Murray recovered from this set back and punched the monster who seemed highly susceptable to the attack. Shelia watched as the guards came closer, but Sly had used the rays of the sun to activate Bentlys solar cutter. The bonds were cut, and Sly leaped out of the slab and landed a long sock right on the nose of a chameleon guard. Soon, the rest of the gang was free, and even the crowd had started attacking. Reptil watched in horror as his entire plan fell apart. Angry, he fled, and had just reached the entrance when...

"FREEZE!" he found himself buzzing after a short electrocution from the end of a shock pistol. He slumped, and Carmelita picked him up and cuffed him.

"Reptil, you are under arrest for murder, fraud and anything else we can pin on you."

Murray pounded away at the monster, avoiding the snakes that lashed out at him. The heads all hissed wnd even laughed as they delighted in the suffering of this young mortal. He looked around frantcally, as the Guru would've easily...The roaring stopped, and Murray looked up to see the Guru on the head of the monster. He began to chant, and as he did the monster screamed and became a statue once more. Sly mopped his brow.

"Fantastic Guru, now we've got to get to the van, quickly!" As they did, Carmelita and Gwen appeared over the top of the arena. The spectators ran, separating the gang from Murray. Sly tried to go back, but the crush of people was just too much. Sly quicky grbbed Murrays hand when he was close enough and gave him his binnoccucom, before being carried off. Murray ran through the crowd and hid, waiting for the two police to leave...and fell into the stream nearby.

Later as Sly and the gang followed the stream down, Murray rolled up beside them. His face was grinning immensely, and was soaked from head to toe...

Reptil got his comeuppance in the form of Carmelita. From the clearing, we began to cheer as he got into the helicopter, but we kinda realised it was too good to be true as Gwen and Carmelita were forced to parachute out. I tlooks like we havent seen the last of the RALTIO. Things were just getting worse, and I knew they would be after the next emblem piece. Luckily they weren't heading in our vans direction. We finally got a chance to see what was inside the temple...perhaps the biggest stash of Aztec treasure we'd ever seen. A short hiest later, and we were outta there.

Apologizing to Shelia wasn't easy, but eventually we made up for it by getting to visit the other parts of Mexico. Bently came back with a pinata, and we got ready for our next job.