Part 3: A STARRY EYED ENCOUNTER
Another Clockwerk Part had been located in India and Team Thievius Raccoonus were on their way. They were after the spice lord Rajan - an Anthropomorphic Bengal Tiger.
His background reveiled a strange story. He grew up poor on the streets of Calcutta and he started his life of crime by selling illegal spices in the black market. Which eventually grew from a small outfit to a sizable operation and it earned himself a seat in the Klaww Gang.
He since crowned himself "Lord of The Hills" and while he goes to great lengths to convince others of his great Royalty, it's mostly to convince himself.
They got word that Rajan was holding a lavish ball in his new purchased ancestral palace and it's there that he's going to show off his latest acquisition: The Clockwerk Wings, the symbol of Pure Evil Incarnate. If you saw the wings silhouetted against the night sky, it was already too late for you. Especially if your name was Cooper. Rajan believes that displaying the wings will bring him prestige and maybe they will. But they are also bringing Team Thievius Raccoonus.
Brittney: The Clockwerk Wings are the symbol of pure evil incarnate. If anyone saw the wings at night, they would die instantly.
Laney: How are we gonna get the wings without being seen?
Sly: I have a plan.
Bentley: Lets hope it's a good one.
Maria: We're gonna kick some butt while we're at it.
Carmen: We sure are sis. We're gonna Get Help.
Maria: No Carmen.
Carmen: Aw come on sis.
Maria ignored that.
They went around the palace and did some looking around. They saw that Rajan had the wings on display as a decoration for the Klaww Gang Crest.
Maria: This is gonna take a lot of work.
Sly: Yeah.
On the roofs of the houses they ran into Constable Neyla.
Brittney: Constable Neyla. What a pleasent treat.
Laney: Wait. I sense an energy imbalance in her.
Laney walked up to her. Her squirrel tail sprouted and it was flicking.
Laney: Neyla I can sense that you've had a very dark background like so many people we know.
Neyla: How do you know that?
Laney: I have a way of knowing these things. You're going to double cross Arpeggio when we go after him.
Neyla: Yes. I am.
Lana: But why Neyla?
Neyla: Because my life has been one lie after another. I can't control myself.
Sly: What do you mean Neyla?
Neyla: It's because there's something inside me that takes control whenever it wants.
Maria: Like a split-personality of some kind?
Carmen: That's hardcore.
Neyla: Yes. I can't control it. It's too strong and filled with evil. I lied my way to get to where I am in Interpol. It's because of this evil persona that I became a monster.
Sakura: You have the power to fight this Neyla. You can also cast this evil side of yours aside to make sure that it never terrorizes your life again.
Neyla: But how?
Brittney: I can help with that. Let me work my magic.
Brittney fired a beam of darkness at her and a blob of pitch black darkness came out of Neyla and it flew away.
Lucy: Gasp! That was intense.
Lana: It sure was. We purified her.
Neyla: (Panting) Yes. I'm now pure thanks to all of you. And I want to redeem myself by helping you all.
Sly: How will we know if Dark Neyla is out there?
Brittney: We'll have to wait and see. But for now welcome to Team Thievius Raccoonus Neyla.
Neyla: Thank you.
They shook hands.
Carmen: Lets go get the guards while Sly distracts everyone.
Brittney: Okay.
Maria and Carmen were watching the guards around the palace.
Carmen: Hey, sis. Let's do 'Get Help'.
Maria: What?
Carmen: 'Get Help'.
Maria: No.
Carmen: Come on. You love it.
Maria: I hate it.
Carmen: It's great. It works every time.
Maria: It's humiliating.
Carmen: Do you have a better plan?
Maria: No.
Carmen (smirking): Then we're doing it.
Maria (annoyed): Look, sis. We're not doing 'Get Help'.
[Carmen carries Maria off of the roof in front of the guards]
Carmen: Get help! Please! My sister's dying! Get help! Help her!
[as the guards approach them, Carmen throws Maria at them, knocking them down]
Carmen: Works everytime.
Maria (gets up and glares at Carmen): Well, I still hate it. It's humiliating.
Carmen: Not for me, it's not.
Bentley: That was very clever. Good job girls.
Carmen: Thanks Bentley.
In the palace they saw Sly dancing with an undercover Inspector Fox and he was really good at it. While they were going at it they quietly took the Clockwerk Wings without anyone noticing a thing. After it was done, Sly vanished and slipped Inspector Fox a calling card and a bouquet of roses. They got the Clockwerk Wings and sped off to the hideout. Inspector Fox blew her cover and made arrests left and right. Rajan's reputation was in shambles and he went into hiding somewhere in the jungles of India. They took a break in Bollywood and it was great. But Rajan was still out there and he was still a threat.
Continues in part 4
