A Human in a Thief's World

by Ruby-Spears

On a dark and stormy night in New Jersey, a 15 year old human named Julius Kore and his brother start to play The Sly Collection on the PS3. Suddenly, Julius and his brother Tommy find themselves in the world of Sly Cooper, both waking up at the start of the second Sly Cooper game. With material inspired from the story: A Human Among Animal Thieves by jumbochamploonrules.

20. Dominating the Ballroom

Julius P.O.V.

Rajan's ballroom party was lit. It looked like one of those raves you would see in clubs and bars. Everybody was dressing stylish. The song Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO played in my head. I desperately wanted to play that song. I went over to where the DJ was. The music was horrendous, so horrendous that it almost caused me to vomit. I took the vinyl record of bullshit and took out my phone and hooked it up to my Bluetooth speaker. Once the Bluetooth speaker was connected to my phone, I selected the song Love Bites by Def Leppard. I then walked over to the crowd of people. I noticed Carmelita in a stunning blood red dress just standing there.

I wanted to dance there with Carmelita, since it wasn't everyday that a 15 year old kid like me got a chance to dance with a female police officer in a video game. I saw Sly dancing with that cock sucking skank Neyla. Neyla's dress was stunning, to say the least. I walked over toward the orange vixen. Carmelita noticed me. She smiled at me. I took her hands and I slow danced with her. She smelt wonderful. She had no doubt doused herself with perfume before attending Rajan's party. Me dancing with Carmelita Fox was an enthralling experience.

"What's your name?" Carmelita asked me.

"Tom Clancy." I said. Tom Clancy is one of my favorite authors, second only to Shirley Jackson, H.P. Lovecraft and George Orwell. Tom Clancy's novels are awesome. They are exciting. I've read almost every single Tom Clancy novel in existence. I decided to use the Tom Clancy moniker as a pseudonym for the time being. I could've used my real name, but then Carmelita would've tracked me down. I didn't want that.

"So, Tom." Carmelita said to me. "Have you ever danced with a woman like me before?"

"No." I said.

"Ok." Carmelita said.

We danced there for a while. Then, Sly was done with dancing with Neyla. I had to tell Carmelita that I would dance with her later. I grabbed my phone and Bluetooth speaker. I exited the club with Sly.

Regular P.O.V.

The next job was for Murray to take down the security choppers that surrounded the sky near Rajan's palace. Murray noticed a turret on a rooftop. He shot bullets at the choppers. The chopper tried to fire back at Murray's turret, but he fired back at the chopper. Eventually, the chopper fell apart, and as expected, the skies were all clear.

The next job was the Boardroom Brawl, which required Bentley to hack into the server room of Rajan's boardroom in order to gain control of the electronic winch in the ballroom. Sly crawled into the boardroom via a drainpipe.

"Murray's rotund features prevent him from fitting through the drain pipe, so we'll need you to unlock the vault room from the inside. I've heard through a reliable source that the guards keep the vault combination written beneath one of their break tables." Bentley said to Sly.

"So, you want me to crawl under each till I find it?" Sly asked Bentley.

"That's the idea." Bentley said to Sly.

Sly crawled underneath all four of the tables, both looking for the code and using them to hide from the roaming flashlight guards. While he did so, Rajan addressed his men over the loudspeaker to remind them not to allow any trespassers into the inner workings of his palace.

Once Sly crawled underneath the last table, he found the code, which was "46583271." After he input the code, the lasers shut off, allowing the raccoon to sneak his way through the laser-filled vault room. He pulled the security lockdown switch that sat next to a vault. This unlatched a door upstairs, letting in both Bentley and Murray. Sly jumped up to the top to join them. Bentley reminded them that he needed to hack both of the security terminals in order to get control of the electronic winch above the ballroom and that he needed Sly and Murray to protect him from the guards that were sure to come.

Bentley began hacking through the level six barrier and was immediately onset by guards. Sly and Murray defended him as he switched back and forth between the two terminals, eventually hacking through all six barriers and gaining control of the winch. Bentley told Murray that they needed to hook up the direct feed and exit the area while the coast was clear.