Black Rose

Ch.15 Rescue Mission

"I've got it!"

"Hmm?" Sly looked over to Bentley. "Something on your mind, pal?"

"I know how to bust Rae out!"

His ears perked up. "I'm listening."

"So I figured out that Rae is being held in a special cell, but it's on the very far side of the prison. However, knowing you, it shouldn't be much of an issue. Anyway, there's a small tunnel you can crawl through in order to get inside, but once you're in, you'll have to go up through the ventilation shaft so you're not spotted, and trust me, security has been turned up since you escaped. Rae has a "punishment session" that ranges from three to fives times a day, but it varies. You'll have to wait until she's back in her cell to get her out because from there, I can bomb the back wall so you two can escape on the zip line connected above. And no matter what, if Rae is not in her cell when you get there and you manage to find where she's being held for her "punishment session," do not, under any circumstances go down there to stop it or you will be caught because the Contessa is the one running it. Ya got all that?"

"Sadly, yes..." He said.

"Then good luck. Contact me when you've got Rae so I can blow the wall. While you find her, I'll set up the explosives and then you just give me the word, just be sure to stand clear of the blast."

"Roger that."

Before Sly could turn and leave, Bentley grabbed Sly's wrist, the raccoon looking back to see a serious glint in his eyes. "Please bring her back, Sly... I don't want to lose anyone else..."

Sly nodded, and though shielded by his bulky glasses, he knew Bentley meant those words before he took off into the darkened night of Prague, heading for the prison to bring Rae back...

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He crept along the wall, staying out of sight to avoid the spotlights. The raccoon carefully stayed hidden, searching for that little entranceway Bentley had told him about that would lead to a tunnel. After a few minutes of creeping along the wall, Sly finally spotted something. He got down and pushed some wood planks out of the way to reveal a small tunnel big enough for him to fit through. He quickly glanced around before slipping inside, making his way to the inner walls of the prison. Once through the small tunnel, the raccoon crawled out and looked around before taking out his binocucom as he scanned the area. Suddenly, a point lit up on the screen, indicating that was Rae's binocucom chip Bentley had tracked for him. Putting the device away, Sly quickly put his cane in his mouth and climbed up a pole so he could find the ventilation shaft he would have to crawl through. Jumping onto a wire, Sly took his cane from his teeth and ran along the thin wire, heading for the location he was told to go to in order to find said shaft to crawl through. When Sly finally found the ventilation shaft, he moved the cover aside and slipped inside, crawling through the small metal space. He followed where it led, knowing where the end destination would be as he made sure to keep both an eye and and ear out for either the Contessa's voice or Rae's. But suddenly, an ear piercing screech rang in ears. They twitched before his eyes widened, knowing exactly what that screeching sound was as the raccoon quickly followed it. However, when he finally found the source, it was all but pleasant.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!"

Rae was screaming at the top of her lungs as shockwaves coursed throughout her body. Sly's body trembled in shock and anger at the mere sight of having to watch this horror show playing out right before his eyes since he could see through the slots in the shaft. Both the shocks and the blistering screams continued for almost thirty whole minutes before they finally stopped, and when they did, Sly could see she had been crying due to the pain. Her fur was stained with tears and she looked like she could barely even walk anymore, much less stand on her own two feet. When the metal clasps bounding her to the table released, causing her to fall and hit the hard floor, Sly flinched, but he had to force himself to stay quite and not jump down through that shaft. All the while Sly watched that nightmare play out in front of him, Bentley could hear those screams in agony through Sly's earpiece as he was setting his bombs. Bentley felt sick to his stomach having to listen to Rae's screams and cries of pain and agony, but he had no choice in case Sly had to contact him. Sly was suddenly pulled away from his thoughts of how he would murder that evil spider when Rae was being dragged back to her room. He quickly followed the shaft again, heading for its end. Once the raccoon reached the end of the shaft, he waited patiently as he watched one of the guards just throw Rae into her cell before slamming and locking the door. Sly waited for several long minutes just to make sure no one would come by, until something caught his ears. He gazed back at Rae, the fox laying on her side with her back facing him, but he heard something. It was faint, but it was still there.