Sorry I messed up the chapters guys! I made this chapter first, but then forgot to put it on, and then I redid the chapter to make chapter 5! Please forgive my foolishness! I'll make it up I swear!
Ch4: The Engine Room
"Better close those furnace doors!" Bentley told me over the binocucom. "No worries! I'll just slam 'em shut with my cane you made for me!" I smirked. I did just that, jumping and slamming the pink cane against the door and surprised to see it was actually easy.
After Sly and I made it onto Raleigh's ship, we decided it would be best if we split up, going to different areas to get the treasure keys easier. Sly chose the high-stakes art room filled with lasers while I chose to go to my favorite level, the engine room.
Once I got clear of the fire doors, I knocked out the beaver ahead, sending him into the waters below. "Sorry! Gotta help the family!" I exclaimed, a smirk on my face. That was when I started to remember my old family. Though I still worried, I knew they would be okay. After all, of all of us I was the most dead weight back home. But now that I was a cat in Sly's world and I could actually do some decent thieving, I felt like I... actually belonged.
"Eureka! We're in the engine room!" Bentley exclaimed as I got the one bottle from under the bridge. "I bet if you trace the spinning mechanism all the way back to its source, you'll find Raleigh's treasure key and sabotage his machine while you're at it!" "Thanks bub! I'll do just that!" I smirked, knocking out the pyrotechnic and whack-a-beaver with one hit each. "Sorry again!" I smiled, being sarcastic.
I then ran around the large tube, grabbed the loot, and began climbing the rope. "We are Family!" I started to sing. "The Fiendish Five shall be history! We are family!" "I have never heard anyone singing while they stole from people..." I heard a voice say from the platform above. 'crap! Crap! CRAP!' I thought, recognizing the voice as I lifted my head up.
It was Raleigh, in all his slimy grossness. "Um... hi?" I said, hoping he didn't hear the lyrics. "How disappointing that you'd try and play the dumb game, Miss Sylvia..." His words made me shudder. He knew my name right off the bat?! How?! "I... I don't know what you say?" I gulped. "Oh please... did you really think your little world hopping stunt would go unnoticed?"
'Shit! He knows about my travelling between worlds?! All kindsa FUCK!' I thought. "Ever since you came to our world... my robotic master has decided to keep tabs on you... did you really think we'd let your... talents go unnoticed?" I knew exactly what he meant even if Bentley was on the other end not making heads or tails of it. Clockwerk knew who I was and wanted me dead.
"Why don't you just go back to your little blimp of water and wait for us there, froggy?" I asked, making him a little annoyed with the nickname. "But where would the fun be in that?" he asked. I didn't wait for him to make a move as I did one of my own. I leaped off of the rope, ran across the wall to get the clues, and then ran intentionally into Raleigh, spinning him around like a top. "Sorry! Gotta go!" I yelled out as I ran ahead, getting clues and going into the pipe ahead.
"Sly! Come in! This is bad!" I exclaimed into the Binocucom. "What? What's wrong?" he asked worriedly. "The Fiendish Five know who I am! Raleigh appeared in the engine room and knew who and where I came from! I have a feeling this won't be pretty at all!" "Don't worry, Sylvia," he said, sounding calm as ever. "We won't let those guys get you too." "Th-Thanks partner..."
"Attention dock hands! I would normally congratulate the lot of you for unloading cargo but... we have a bit of a slight problem..." Raleigh's voice said over the intercom as I neared the electric fan room. I slowly inched forward as he continued. "We have a bit of a pesky feline in the engine room on this ship. If she so much as makes it out in one piece, I'll proceed to have the lot of you in the graveyard of ships picking seaweed for an entire fortnight!"
That was when things got more hectic. Enemies attacked from all angles as I made my way into the engine room's power source. I quickly dealt with most of them, but some just chased after me like it was the only thing they could do. "Crap!" I exclaimed, grabbing the last of the clue bottles as I ran around the large structure. Bentley told me the code, I put it in, and I grabbed the piece o' paper, knowing it was the raccoon roll. I placed the calling card there and did an almost gravity-defying leap up to the top of the structure, grabbing the hook in an instant.
It was a perfect execution, exactly as it would be in the game. "Jump and slam, jump and slam, jump and slam and jump and slam," I quickly sung as I did just that to the furnaces. I then spotted the treasure key, grabbing it from its case and feeling quite relieved.
Then I saw a bright flash of light as soon as I did that, the scenery switching to that of the pirate ship exterior. I was confused for a moment, but quickly realized who did it. "Thanks Bentley," I said into the device. "My way of making sure you guys don't get a butt whoopin'," Bentley frowned at me. "But... how did they even know where you were?"
It was then that I heard a slight beeping noise come from my tail. I instantly frowned and picked it off, knowing exactly what it was by the mark and machinery of it. "I think I found it just now..." I frowned. "They somehow got a tracker on me... and I just noticed it... Okay. New rule. From now on, remind me before and after I go to an area to check myself for trackers. Also, sweep the entire van and hideout for bugs whenever we go there. I know they want as much info on me as they can get."
Bentley sighed as did Sly when I met him at the power tube generator. "Okay. I'll post reminders on your Binocucom every time, okay?" Bentley said. "Good. After all, if they want to put a tracker on me, they must want to get me at some point..." I frowned. "Don't worry. I won't let anyone hurt you, okay, Sylvia?" Sly smirked. He'd unlocked the power generator and I quickly demolished it instantly. "Thanks Sly." I smiled. "Oh. I found a page for the book. Did you find one?" Sly shook his head. "Nope. But I did find Raleigh's blueprints." "Even better."