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.

42. Julius's mother gets hypnotized

Sly P.O.V.

Time for a little payback. The Contessa, having escaped us in the prison, is now hiding out in her castle estate. It's a well-fortified gothic nightmare that would make any thief run in terror. Terrible or not, that's where we're headed. To sweeten the deal, we've learned that the Contessa, who until recently was a secret member of the Klaww Gang, is in possession of the Clockwerk eyes. The Thievius Raccoonus describes the eyes stopping opponents dead in their tracks, transfixed in their gaze. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what an accomplished hypnotist could do with such powerful artifacts. News of the Contessa's corruption has spread to Interpol. Constable Neyla, being closest to the case, was granted a cash allowance to hire an army of local mercenaries. It looks like we're walking into a full-scale war, but we have to act now before things go from bad to worse.

Julius P.O.V.

I headed to the Contessa's "re-education" tower in Prague. I was kind of glad to be back in Prague. After a few weeks hanging out with my favorite video game characters: the Cooper Gang, I began to see them more of like a second family to me, even though I have a normal human family in the real world. I debated about whether or not I wanted to stay in the Sly Cooper world or return to the real world. Don't get me wrong, I loved hanging out with the Cooper Gang in my world, but things were starting to be too much for me. It was already bad enough that me and my brother Tommy got zapped into the Sly Cooper world, but now my best friend Savannah was in the Sly Cooper world with me as well. It was starting to be too much. We don't need a whole bunch of my other family members winding up in the Sly Cooper world as well.

"Okay, here's the plan. First, take some recon photos around the area, - then make your way up to the re-education tower." Bentley said to me.

"Re-education tower? What, is the Contessa a schoolteacher?" Savannah chimed into our conversation.

"It's not that kind of education that the Contessa specializes in, Savannah. It's got more to do with hypnosis." I said.

"You serious?" Savannah asked.

"I'm serious. Dead serious." I said to Savannah. She left the binocucom conversation.

"Stay clear of tanks. You know, so you don't get blown up into little sticky pieces." the turtle said to me.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious." I said to Bentley. I set out to take some recon photos for my job. The first photo I took was of a boat.

"The Contessa has these boats out on patrol against Neyla's army. They could be useful to hitch a ride." Bentley said to me. The next photo I took of was a blimp that was patrolling the skies. It kind of reminded me of Cyrille LeParadox's blimp from the end of the fourth Sly game.

"That's the blimp the Contessa used to escape from the prison. Maybe we can use it to our advantage around all these high towers." Bentley said.

I then took another picture of an assault tank. I don't even want to know how that cocksucking bitch Neyla got a hold of these tanks. She probably made a deal with El Jefe to get the tanks.

"The Contessa's all geared up for war. Just our luck." Bentley said.

I didn't like the sound of that. The last thing we need is Neyla starting up the Cold War. That would be trouble for the other countries that surrounded the Czech Republic. It could start the beginning of World War 3! I next took a picture of Neyla's headquarters, which looked like an old bank.

"Neyla's made a headquarters out of that old bank. It's a pretty secure location. It'll take some doing to drive her out." Bentley said to me.

"I hope that bitch rots in that castle!" I said. I meant it. I hope that bitch Neyla fucking dies. She is a demon sent from hell. She was worse than Reagan McNeil in The Exorcist. I couldn't wait to go into the Contessa's "re-education" tower and rip the Contessa a new asshole! After I was done taking all of the pictures I needed, Bentley said to me, "Okay, Sly, head up to the re-education tower. I suspect that's where we'll find the Clockwerk eyes."

I headed for the tower. I noticed that the tower was locked from the inside. Bentley told me to work my way toward the window, which I did. Once I'd entered the tower through the open window, I took a look around the tower. Inside of a small window there was a human woman strapped to a gurney. Her wrists and ankles were clamped in metal clamps. The woman had blonde hair and blue eyes. The woman was wearing a University of Nashville T-Shirt on her. My mother grew up in Nashville, Tennesee for 23 years before moving to New Jersey in the year 1998. I was shocked upon seeing this woman. I recognized almost immediately because of her Burger King cap that she always wore. The woman strapped to the gurney was my mother. I was crying. This was surreal.

"Guys! I know who that woman strapped to the gurney is. That's my mother!" I screamed out loud to the Cooper Gang. I couldn't believe that my mother was being hypnotized by the Contessa using the Clockwerk eyes!