Black Rose

Ch.8 Hack Attack

[A\N: I am changing Rae's outfit just a little bit, fair warning]

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"Okay, Bentley, I'm inside. What am I looking for?" Sly asked into his earpiece.

"I heard from a reliable source that the guards keep their security code underneath one of the brake tables. So crawl under each one until you find the code, then type it into the keypad and pull the lever to let all of us in."

"Roger that."

Sly easily avoided the flashlight guards and crawled under a table. Nothing. He crawled another. Blank. Then another, and another, still nothing. The raccoon was becoming slightly annoyed as he crawled under each table, only to find nothing for every single one. He sighed irritably until he crawled under the last table, his eyes lightning up with glee.

"Bentley, I found it!"

"Great, now go enter it into the keypad and let us in."

Sly crawled out from under the table and went over to the laser entranceway, avoiding guards as he went. He gave a small smirk before entering the code he had found, the laser wall in front of him disappearing. His ears perked up when he saw the lever at the other end as he made his way over to it, pulling it down as the double doors upstairs opened and the three entered. But when Sly saw Rae as soon as she entered, a smirk crawled up to his face at her new look. He quietly snuck around behind her, straddling her hips as she glanced back to see the ringtail through the black mesh of her mask.

"Can I help you?"

"Someone's got a new outfit." He teased.

Rae looked down at herself before folding her arms. "Yeah, so?"

The fox had changed from her usual crop top to a white and black trimmed top with extended neck, the sleeves still going to her elbows and a bit less of her midsection exposed. She had also exchanged her shorts for also part of white, skintight jeans and her white boots replaced with black ones. Aside from that, her belt, gloves, mask, and collar remained the same, her cane at hand. "If you don't mind my asking, why'd you change?"

She blushed slightly, fumbling with her cane nervously. "Well that stupid dancer's outfit Bentley had me wear made me realize I'm a bit underdressed, so I changed my outfit to be a bit less...revealing."

Sly crept closer to her ear. "I like it on you." He purred before slipping in front of her, Rae huffing.

"Alright everyone, now that we're inside, it's time to put my hack skills to the test and fan control of the electronic wench above the Clockwerk wings in the ballroom." Bentley said, drawing everyone's attention on him.

"So...why are we here?" Murray asked.

"As soon as I hack into the security mainframe, they'll be onto us. Your job is to cover me until I hack all five levels."

"Hey, Bentley?" Rae spoke up. "Mind if I help you hack? I'm pretty good with bypassing security."

"I forgot that you're a skilled hacker too... Sure! Two heads are better than one, as I always say!"

"Great. Let's get started then."

"Couldn't have said it better myself." Bentley grinned while Sly was trying not to laugh.

"Something wrong, Ringtail?" The fox asked, glaring a bit.

"Not at all. I just forgot you've got smarts in that pretty little head of yours." He winked.