A New Beginning

New town, New friends, Same problems

Sly huffed and stretched as his alarm clock went off. Got dressed up and headed into the kitchen, Murray and Bentley were sat at the table, coffee and waffles in front of them. Sly smiled, seeing his buddies relax before it was game time, he brewed himself a coffee and sat down with them. "Enjoying breakfast guys?" He asked. Both nodded, Murray finished his plate then responded "The Murray is refueled and ready to rock and roll!" Sly chuckled and finished his coffee. "I'm gonna scope out the place, Dimitri is the person we are looking for right?" Sly asked. Bentley adjusted his glasses "That's correct Sly, but be careful, Dimitri has a lot of guards, and Carmelita sent dispatches through out the city looking for you." Sly picked up his hook and hat, then he opened the door and replied to both of them, "No matter what stands in our way, we'll get through it, we always do."

Sly made his way outside that fresh air filling his lungs, then he leaped off the balcony and clung onto a pole, then onto another one. When he got to the rendezvous point, he pulled up his binoculars. This Dimitri guy had signals placed around the city, so Sly couldn't use the binocucom less risk the possibility that they'd be voice monitored. Dimitri was forcefully kidnapping people all over town, this time Sly could whiteness it and hopefully get a good photo with the cheap camera he stole from a store. Soon the black unmarked van pulled up to the alleyway. And out came a guard with a gun ready to fire, and Dimitri himself, smoking a cigar, and waiting for the "cargo" to arrive. Sly pulled out the camera and took several pictures, the van, the guard, and Dimitri. Then the line of innocent people showed up, he took photos of the guards and of the crowd, one of the people in that crowd looked up, and saw the raccoon staring down at them. The person in question blinked morris code, then was loaded into the van. The van sped off, Sly was stuck there, dumbfounded, he never had something like that happen before. Nor did the person say that he was up there, like most would. Maybe they'd be a valuable asset in the heist.

When Sly got back, Bentley was already on the computer trying to figure out the layout of the building.  Sly gave him the camera and sat down on the couch, his puzzled expression brought curiosity to the other two. Bentley turned around, and asked Sly if he was doing ok. Sly sighed and took off his hat, then he responded. "I was spotted by this guy being taken by the guards. He blinked at me, some sorta morris code. I think they'd be a key part in this heist. I can't explain why..I just feel like it's the right thing to do." Bentley searched through the photos and saw who Sly talked about. Their face looked familiar, he just couldn't piece it together. Murray finished eating his lunch and sat next to Sly, trying to comfort his friend. "The Murray will gladly help break this friend out!" Bentley stopped Murray in his tracks. "No can do Murray, the location where the prisoners are is heavily guarded, you'd be torn to ribbons if you got caught. Me and Sly will have to break in, I'll hack into the mainframe for the electronically controlled prison doors, then Sly can sneak in and free the innocent prisoners and hopefully get this guy out and back to the safe house!" Sly got up and walked to the door "I'll do some more digging around to look for an opening. Then we get to moving on this before Dimitri gets hold of them before us." With that he left, his shadow following suit.

He jumped rooftop to rooftop, looking down at the cobblestone streets crawling with guards. Then he snuck in through a window of the building where the van was parked. He got up and watched the guards load some of the prisoners into a caged room, then separated. One of the guards went outside, the other stood in front of the door to the caged room. In order for him to get that door open he'd have to pickpocket the guard and take them out. He went to work, descending from a pole and using his cane to smash up a chair and table. The guard jumped to action, scanning the area for who caused the noise. The coon snuck up behind the guard and gently dug his cane into the guards pocket, pulling out a set of keys. Then he sprung into action, ranking the guard into the air and smashing them between his cane and the ground. After knocking out the guard he unlocked the door and freed the prisoners. The last to come out was the wolf that noticed him on the rooftops earlier. "Thank you so much sir who knows what they would've done to us!" Sly replied "No problem, but I'm not done yet, I need your help, I'll fill you in once we get to safety. The crowd of prisoners busted through the door, trampling over the other guard. Sly led the way with the new comer, both snuck through the streets. The new guy asked Sly why he picked them in particular, Sly only said that he'd knew that they'd be worth the trouble. The two made it back to the safe house, both sighed in relief, tomorrow was gonna be a interesting day to say the least. Back at the ransacked prison house, Dimitri stopped by and his eyes widened and he clenched his fists in rage. "I'M GONNA TURN THEM ALL INTO FUR COATS!!" The man ran back into o the dance club, preparing for any future confrontation. "They want a fight, they'll get one for sure!"

Chapter 1 - 1 complete
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