A Thief's Honor [Book 2]

Ch.6 Bombs and Coffee

Sly head out for his mission, stopping when he reached what seemed to be a firework stand. When the front opened, it was revealed to be his turtle friend behind the counter. "I've taken over this Carnivale firework stand as a base of operations for our next job. We need to take out the sign and balloons advertising Octavio's big comeback, opera recital." Bentley explained.

"I hear ya. If no one shows up for him to extort with his "building sinking" scheme, then why would he bother with the demonstration? Excavating all that tar seems like a big operation, you'd think he'd hold off until he had an audience."

"Exactly." The turtle nodded. "Now, I've cobbled together a few explosives powerful enough to destroy the anchors to those balloons. Unfortunately, I'm a little short on fuses."

"Then...I'll be quick."

Bentley nodded and lit the fuse before handing it off to Sly, quickly making a run for it. He booked it down the street, heading for the anchor. With no time left, Sly attached the bomb to the anchor and leapt out of the way.

BOOM!

"Urgh!" Sly grunted as he crashed to the ground, rolling to a stop. He panted a bit as he got to his feet, dusting himself off. "Geez... Any slower and I would've been blown to bits..." He said aloud.

"Head on back to the firework stand. I've got another stick of TNT ready and the wind is blowing in the right direction for stage two of our assault." Bentley said in his ear, Sly quickly heading back.

Once he returned to the firework stand, he gave a sigh. "That explosive had some kick!" Sly then said.

"It was a child compared to this ferocious beast! Don't dilly-dally with this one, it's got a longer fuse, but you've got farther to run."

""Ferocious beast"?" Sly chuckled.

"Run, Sly, run! Fear the beast!" Bentley said as he handed off the bomb, Sly rolling his eyes as he took off.

He didn't waste time messing with the guards. If they saw him, then oh well, he didn't have the time to deal with them. "Hurry, before the wind changes direction!" Bentley then said.

"I'm trying, but I can only run so fast, you know."

"Well, try harder!"

Sly rolled his eyes again, finally reaching his destination as he placed the bomb. "Got it!"

BOOM!

"Ha-ha! Behold stage two! The balloon, carried by the wind, will impact on the Octavio sign. The combustible gases in the balloon will ignite, and BAM! Hindenburg, part two!"

"Huh?" Sly glanced up, sighing irritably when the balloon got stuck. "Uh, Bentley? The balloon got caught..."

"Ugghh! Drat, and curses! The wind died!"

Sly chuckled. "You want me to go try and manually free the balloon?"

"You really don't have a choice..."

He laughed. "Alright, I'm going. Just give me a couple minutes."

Sly disconnected and head for the tower, going around to one side. When he noticed a wall hook, he hooked his cane onto it and flung himself onto a suspended hook. Sly made quick work of climbing up and around the tower, trying to hurry up so Bentley wouldn't chew him out. Once he reached the top, the raccoon climbed up a pole on the moving arm, but once up, it suddenly dropped down. "Whoa!" He exclaimed in surprise, barely able to hang on. "Damn, that was close..." Sly said before continuing, hopping onto the cigar on the sign.