A/N: With Harley Keener/Neyla in the present day being out of commission for now, I feel like it'd be appropriate to focusthe next few chapters focusing on the Neyla that's inside of Harley Keener's original human body in the past during the events of Sly 2: Band of Thieves. I've decided that this is going to be a slight rehash of A Human's Descent Into Madness from Neyla's point of view. I'll maintain Emily's knowledge that Neyla is really Harley in disguise from chapter 3 in this chapter and the following chapters. It'd be too confusing if there were to be two identical versions of Harley Keener physically.
Neyla/Harley P.O.V.
Museum of Natural History. Cairo, Egypt.
It was getting dark being inside the sarcophagus. Me and Carmelita Fox were there to surprise a raccoon thief named Sly Cooper to prevent him and his gang from trying to steal the Clockwerk parts, even though I already knew that the Klaww Gang had stolen the Clockwerk parts prior. It's funny, Sly could've easily have prevented the Klaww Gang from stealing the Clockwerk parts if he'd been at the museum earlier. They could've fought the Klaww Gang, stolen the Clockwerk parts and everything would've been normal. He should've known that the Clockwerk parts were eventually going to be stolen by somebody else. Sly should've never have left the Clockwerk parts behind at the Krakov Volcano in Russia. I don't know how the Clockwerk parts were recovered from the lava of the volcano.
I think Clockwerk's decision to place his lair at the site of an active volcano was the stupidest idea ever. Why would Clockwerk want a volcano as his base of operations? That'd be like saying if he wanted his base of operations to be in Siberia or the North Pole. I geuss Clockwerk didn't give a shit if the volcano erupted and him being destroyed in the process. I also don't like how Carmelita and Sly decided it would be a good idea to have a ten second "head start" between them at the site of the volcano. Carmelita told me that Sly had kissed her at the volcano. Why in the world would Sly think it'd be a good idea for him to kiss Carmelita on top of a balcony overlooking a volcano? What if the volcano suddenly erupted right then and there? Sly Cooper and Carmelita Fox would've been obliterated on the spot. They would've both been cremated from the molten lava. Everything would've turned out different.
Luckilly, the Krakov Volcano didn't erupt at the moment where both Sly and Carmelita had shared their kiss. Fast foward two years later, the Clockwerk parts were recovered from the Krakov Volcano in Russia and been put on display at the Museum of Natural History in Cairo. Why anybody would've thought it would be a good idea to display the Clockwerk parts in a museum is beyond me. Which brings us to this moment now inside the museum. I was starting to feel claustrophobic inside the sarcophagus. I hoped that Sly would show up soon. I'd hate to be stuck inside the sarcophagus for a long time. I then heard some footsteps nearby. I couldn't tell if it was Sly or not. We both bursted out of the sarcophagi. It was Sly Cooper who was standing theee. There was no sign of Harley Keener or his little sister. I guess they haven't arrived yet.
"Inspector Fox... as beautiful and unpredictable as ever." Sly said cockily to Carmelita.
"Whereas you crooks are so predictable, you always return to the scene of the crime." Carmelita said to Sly.
"Crime? I haven't stolen anything... yet." Sly said. I didn't understand why Carmelita was blaming Sly for him already stealing the Clockwerk parts. I already knew it was the Klaww Gang who'd already stolen the Clockwerk parts beforehand.
"Oh really? Then who broke in last night and made off with all the Clockwerk parts?" Carmelita asked Sly.
"It was the Klaww Gang who'd already stolen the Clockwerk parts last night." I said. I figured I might as well tell Sly Cooper and Carmelita Fox the truth about who really stole the Clockwerk parts.
"Somebody already stole the parts?" Sly asked incredulously.
"Yeah. Looks like the Klaww Gang beat you to it." I said to Sly.
"The Klaww Gang?" Sly asked.
"Constable Harley. I allowed you to sit in on this stakeout as a favor to the Contessa. I really don't need your help." Carmelita said to me.
"You don't have to act like every theft in the universe involves Sly." I said. "Look at the facts."
"Facts?! Sly Cooper is right here! I've caught him red-handed." Carmelita said.
"I'm just saying that there are other thieves in the world than-" I started to say to Carmelita before she interrupted me and finished my sentence for me.
"Sly Cooper! After him!" Carmelita shouted before pursuing the raccoon thief. I decided to meet Carmelita by her police car. I headed out of the museum and I went looking for the police car that belonged to me and Carmelita Fox. I headed out into the museum parking lot and I spotted our police car. I waited beside it. I waited for Carmelita to show up. A few minutes later, my comms picked up Carmelita's frequency.
"Neyla! Where the hell are you?!" Carmelita asked.
"I'm near the parking lot of the museum." I told Carmelita. "I'm waiting for you by the car."
"I'll be there in a minute." Carmelita said. Soon, the vixen showed up in the parking lot of the museum. We both got into our police car. Carmelita started the engine and sped off away from the museum. We didn't talk that much on the way back to Paris. I was having second thoughts about being evil. Being inside Harley Keener's body has given me a new perspective on life. It allowed me to see the good side of life. Maybe me gaining immortality wasn't such a good idea. I just stared out the window of the police car as I contenplated myself.
Later on, I was patrolling the rooftops of Paris France. It felt so good to patrol the streets of Paris France. This was where Sly Cooper stopped Dimitri's plan of using the Clockwerk tail feathers as a printing press for forging counterfeit money. I could see Sly Cooper tailing Dimitri now. I stood there at the ready, waiting for Sly to show up. I know he's bound to show up sometime. I knew how all this will play out, since I'd technically already talked to Sly before. I didn't want to show my true intentions of my involvement with the Clockwerk parts. It's deja vu all over again. Ten minutes later, I saw the raccoon thief heading my way. This was my chance to talk to Sly Cooper once again like I had before.
I dropped down to the lower roof. Sly stopped in his tracks. I was intially nervous talk to Sly again. Would he know the fact that I wasn't really male?
"Hold it, Cooper!" I told the raccoon thief.
"Constable Harley, another policeman on my tail." Sly said.
"I'm not really exactly on your tail so much as I'm trying to help you and your gang take down Clockwerk." I said to Sly. "Besides, I'm the one that led you here."
"So the Klaww Gang slip was a clue... why are you helping me out?" Sly questioned.
"Thought it'd be nice. I'm not as black-and-white as Carmelita. She can be a bit of an asshole sometimes. I know what a menace those Clockwerk parts are, and I don't want the likes of the Klaww Gang putting them to use." I said.
"So, what? It takes a thief to catch a thief?" questioned Sly.
"Something like that, but if I'm going to trust you, in this case, I need to know if you can keep up with me, literally." I offered Sly to beat me in a race. See if he could keep up with me.
"Literally?" Sly asked.
"Yeah, literally. What, did you think I meant it metaphorically? Don't fall behind." I said. I then took off running ahead of Sly. It felt good to finally run. Males sure do run fast, I can tell you that. I sprinted all over Paris to the rendezvous point. I headed there first and then I waited for Sly to catch up. Sly eventually caught up with me. I was surprised by that. I though that he wouldn't be able to catch up with me.
"Well done, Sly, we should work well together." I said to Sly. I was impressed by the fact that Sly was able to catch up with me.
"Glad you approve." said Sly.
"Now, legally, I can't enter Dimitri's nightclub without a warrant, but thankfully I just so happen to have acquired a key to his backdoor... which a person like youself can use however he pleases." I say to Sly before giving him the access key to Dimitri's nightclub.
"Oh, we are absolutely going to work well together." Sly said.
Suddenly, I couldn't see Sly anymore. I suddenly found myself laying on a hospital bed with a EKG being hooked up to me. I had no idea where I was or how I ended up in the hospital. I don't recall me being injured or hurt in any way whatsoever. I had no idea where I was. I sat up on the bed. I was no longer wearing my hijab and blue shirt with my shorts and boots. I was in a hospital gown. I walked into the bathroom to check myself in the mirror to see if I was okay or not. I turned on the light to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. I stared at myself in the bathroom mirror. Harley Keener's teenage human masculine face stared back at me, indicating that I still in Harley Keener's human body as opposed to my own female tiger body. I turned off the lights and I exited the bathroom. I walked toward the front door of the hospital room and opened it.
The hallway outside the room was thrown into total choas. I could hear heavy, tremendous footsteps in the distance. I ran to a nearby window to see what was going on as I had no clue what was going on at the moment. I saw a 15 foot tall human girl who looked to be around the age of twelve who had long beach blonde hair that wore some sort of a donimo mask over her eyes. She wore glasses over the mask. I recognized that girl as none other than Harley Keener's little sister Emily. Emily was now the size of Godzilla, terrorizing the city. I stil had no idea where I was. I don't know how I ended uo here. I ended up having to ask someone who worked at the hospital where I was at. The doctor told me that I was in Sydney, Australia. I've never been to Australia before. I had no idea what I was doing in Australia or why i was there. All I knew was that I went from Paris, France to Sydney, Australia in a blink of an eye.