Ch19: Sylvia in the His-House
When I managed to get through all of the guards with Murray's and my own skills, I started to shimmy through the vents until I fell into Dimitri's secret room. "Jackpot, Sylvia! The heart of Dimitri's operation!" Bentley said in the Binocucom. "Take some recon photos of the area. Try and get a picture of Dimitri, the Tail Feathers, and any kind of security measurements."
"Copy that, Bentley," I said back quietly so as to not have Dimitri hear me from afar. Once I got a good view through the folding screens, I quickly noticed that Dimitri wasn't walking around like he would've done in the game. It may have been like that because I was doing the job at an earlier time instead of Sly doing it after the antenna job. "Oookay..." I sighed, taking a picture of the Clockwerk tail feathers on the printing sheet and the large generator in the back of the room. Both of these were important and Bentley made some commentary when I took pictures of them, the same as he said in-game.
"This is weird, B," I frowned, looking all around through the blinds to see where Dimitri was. "Dimitri isn't in his facility... you'd think he'd be down here checking up on it by now... I might need to go back without a picture of him..."
"Check one and check two," said a voice suddenly, coming from nearby. Instinctively, because of how fucking close it was, I turned invisible and walked in the direction of said voice. I looked in front of me and saw Dimitri right there! He was in the duct system as well! But... why? Wasn't he supposed to be in his own facility? I made no noise as he let out a deep sigh. "It just ain't the same jib, jab?" he suddenly asked, probably talking to himself.
I readied the camera and got a good distance away as he talked some more. "Them dudes in my hood be layin' down the funky law. If I don'ts get me some funky fresh partner of my own to lay smack wit, my jig's pinched!" Since I happened to know a little bit of his slang via actually looking up online how to talk like him, I knew what that meant and it definitely wasn't part of the story. He was complaining that the other Klaww Gang members saw him as the weak link and were plotting to have his operation shut down themselves if he didn't get any help.
A part of me wanted to help Dimitri, since he became an ally in the 3rd game, but the alterations to the story might get too drastic. I knew it would be risky if I decided to do it, but I had to choose soon, before he left. Either way, I took a picture of him WITHOUT the flash and noise and then got behind him. "Oi... even if I could get a lass to lay smack, I'd be one jammin' bro. Either way... it looks like production should be finito..." "It doesn't have to be, bub," I sighed, finally deciding to reveal myself.
Upon my talking I got major feedback from Bentley, which I turned off my Binocucom so Dimitri didn't get anymore suspicious than he already was. As for me, I stood my ground in front of the purple lizard, trying not to look at his sagging eyes and not inhaling the smoke from his cigar. "Who are you to be bumming up my house and bringing me down lower?" he asked, just as shocked as Bentley and the others were. "I heard you talking about your little problem just now... and I think I could help out a little bit."
"So that's what I'm doing. I don't care what you guys say, it's perfectly vital that Dimitri's operation isn't shut down until we've made our move." That was what I said when the others, particularly Bentley, were asking me nonstop why I decided to be in the role of a double agent.
"Wait... what do you mean that, Sylvia?" Bentley asked, confused for a second. "When he entered the room, I turned invisible and eavesdropped on his conversation he was having with himself," I frowned. "From what I was able to decipher, and he did manage to tell me my deciphering was right, the other Klaww gang members see him as the 'weak link'. If he doesn't get some protection for his production facility and nightclub, the other members are going to come in, shut down everything, and take the tail feathers for themselves.
If I can protect his facility for long enough, I'll be able to gain his trust and therefore, make the heist mission a whole lot easier for everyone. Also, I don't think it to be in the best interest for us to have any of the other members to get more parts than they already have... So? What do you have to say?"
No one said practically anything for a while. The tension could be cut with a knife. That's how tense it felt in that room. "You do realize that you're not only putting your life on the line, but also everyone in this hideout, right?"Bentley frowned. "Do you have a better idea, brainiac?" I asked back.
"If we don't do anything soon, Dimitri's facility will be ransacked by the other Klaww Gang members. I also feel that, if those members see how well I protect Dimitri's facility, they'll believe I'm working for them and therefore have all of them fooled, especially if every member came out to see him. Pretty smart? Any other plans? Cause they're planning to drop in within an hour. I don't think we could move fast enough to pull off a successful heist in one hour, even if we are a solid enough team."
All of the members sighed and gave up by that point. All except for Sly, who simply gave me a kiss on the cheek out of nowhere. "I sure hope you know what you're doing, Sylvia," he sighed. "If I didn't know what I was doing, we'd probably all be in jail by now," I frowned. "You guys just stay here and do your stuff. I'm going to go and defend Dimitri's stuff. Hopefully I can get additional info from him about the Klaww gang."