Hey! Things are gettin' real for Sylvia now! Pretty soon we'll be facing off against the last two members of the Klaww gang!... (I say last 2 because, frankly, Arpeggio dying in my eyes from Neyla's betrayal just makes him subpar for an enemy and therefore, I refuse to recognize him) Anyways, there will be a MAJOR plot twist in one of these upcoming chapters ahead. Ye hath been warned ye scurvy dogs!

Ch25: Train Robbery 101

Once Sly managed to get the train schedules for the trains and cleared the hatches for us to enter them, Bentley and I were soon at work on going through the Iron Horses. While Bentley went for the first Iron Horse, which had guards only as a security measure, I went for Iron Horse 2. Why would I go for Iron Horse 2? The one that had nonstop security all over the fucking train?! Because I could just stay invisible the WHOLE time!

"Attention Iron Horse number two," said Bison over the intercom. "In case you didn't hear right some lucky varmints got away with the Clockwerk lung in Iron Horse 1! 'Already? I may have underestimated that reptile...'

"Though I don't think they'll be able to get through the train's security measures I happen to know one lass that just so happens to be able to go invisible, eh?! She is not to be underestimated and is considered the strongest member of the Klaww Gang's enemies! If you see anything disorderly on Iron Horse 2, then contact me IMMEDIATELY, eh?!"

'Hmm... seems Mr. Gold Rush knows how to be wary of competition, eh?' I smirked in my head, intentionally thinking eh in order to sound funny. "So? What are you doing later on, Neyla?" asked a voice in the car up ahead. 'WHAT?! No WAY!' I gulped, keeping my invisibility intact as I peered into the car in front of me. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Neyla was in the train car with Jean Bison! I didn't know that she worked with him too!

"I think I may just defend your Iron Horse 3," she said in her cockney accent. 'seriously? I like your reserved accent better, even if it's a fraud.' "Besides, I have a feeling that a certain cat may be here... and I'm not talking about me."

Jean Bison growled and I jumped up onto the top of the train, running silently as I ran forward, jumping down and noticing that the guards had the door ahead completely sealed off. 'Crap!' I growled. But then I remembered. 'Hmm...' I slyly grinned, using the time stopper technique. Once I knocked the guards off so they were hovering over nothing, I ran ahead and noticed I was in the engine!

I immediately snagged the lung and ran out, just barely jumping off the train as the time stopper technique ended. "WOOHOO! I exclaimed as I started to roll down the mountain back to base. Since I was using an electric barrier in the roll, barely any snow latched on to me... though a lot of snow attached to the barrier. I aimed for one thing in particular on the way down: the rail car.

With a fast roll and an unstoppable locomotion, I collided with the cage surrounding it, the cage folding up and over like it was nothing. The rail cart, with the exception of a few stray snow patches, was relatively unharmed. "All right!" I exclaimed softly. I met up with the team back in the hideout, showing off the Lung I got and Bentley showing off his. But then I felt strange. I had to tell them what I saw on the train.

"Guys... something else happened to the story..." I frowned. They all looked at me questionably. "Neyla isn't just working for Arpeggio. She's also in cahoots with Jean Bison. I saw and heard them talking in Iron Horse 2. They were in the car right before the engine so you could imagine I barely made it out... but I also made the way for Iron Horse 3 easier for us... I rolled up a massive snowball and freed the rail car before I got here..."

"Okay then... we can use that to our advantage at least..." Bentley said, flabbergasted at how quickly and effectively I demolished the cage around the cart. "So? When's Iron Horse 3 coming in through town?" "It should be arriving in... less than a minute..."

After Murray managed to catch up to the train effectively, Sly and I decided to tackle the train together. I would provide coverage while Sly would continue towards the train engine. I knew what would happen and I was prepared.

Once Sly made it past Jean Bison's car without being spotted, I jumped up to the top and waited for Neyla to appear, flying in a special kind of plane with a lot of firepower in it. "Aw? What's the matter poodle? Why not come up here where all the fun is?" Neyla asked in sarcasm. I was prepared, though.

I activated time stopper and jumped up to the plane while the train was stopped in place. Once I jumped up there, I turned the ignition for the plane off and had Neyla's hands adjusted so she steered off course. 'Evil!' I smirked. I then jumped right back onto the train and made myself visible, time stopper ending when I did so. "YOU! WHAT?! AHH!" Neyla exclaimed, trying to regain control of her plane. She couldn't handle it, however, as she crashed into a large mound of snow.

"HAH! Take that bitch!" I laughed, giving Sly a thumbs up from above the train. "Remind me why I decided not to train myself with that technique?" Sly groaned as we ran ahead once more. "Well, I wondered that too when I played the games... I guess it just makes it have more challenge but, eh, who am I to judge?" I smiled. "Too right, Syl," he said. "Syl?" "Just a little nickname I came up with... plus, it's just the last two letters of my name switched up. Clever, eh?" I smiled at his comment. "Clever, yes. Corny, definitely."

Then we made it to the train engine, where I was surprised to see that the stomach hadn't been bolted down yet... maybe because of how fast we were working on this heist! "One stomach comin' up!" I smirked, grabbing the stomach from the engine and running with Sly back to the rail car. "How awesome are we?" I asked him with a smile. "Pretty damn awesome!" he smirked back as we jumped back onto the rail car.

"Alright guys... hold onto me and I'll get us off here with no trouble." They all slowly complied and I then activated time stopper again. I held onto them all tightly and jumped off the train. I stuck the landing on solid ground just at the town that had the Safehouse. When it ended, I felt myself feeling drained when the gang all looked to me and were pretty amazed that I got them all of right here.

"Alright! RIGHT ON!" Murray exclaimed when he noticed the rail car going off by itself in the distance, only two seconds later going off the track and landing in the thin ice. "Good thing I got us off of that, huh?" I asked. Another thing that could have ended us. "Yeah... that wouldn't have been pleasant..." Bentley said. "I don't know about you, but I don't want to end up like Mr. Gold Rush," I frowned back. We all had a good laugh after that.