Fragments of a Broken Timeline [Book 3]

Ch.2 Not According to Plan

"Rae, are you coming?" Sly called as everyone was climbing into Murray's van.

"It's not like you're giving me much a choice..." She replied from behind a closed door.

"Look, I know you're angry, but--"

"Angry? Tch... Yeah, no, I'm much more than just "angry," Sly, so I suggest you don't push it with me. You're just lucky I even agreed to do this at all."

"Well, it's like you said, you kinda didn't have much choice."

Sly heard a scoff from behind the door. "What did I just get through saying, or do I have to beat it into your thick skull for you to remember?"

"Right... I'll be quiet then..."

"That's what I thought."

Suddenly, the door finally opened, Rae exiting the room in her black and white thief outfit she had worn back when they were on the Cooper/Vixen Vault heist. Rae straightened her clothes out, fidgeting with them a bit before pushing her hair off her shoulder and heading toward the van. "Oh, here's your--" Rae cut Sly off, snatching her cane from his hand as she climbed in the back of the van. "...cane." He then sighed. "I'm never going to hear the end of this, am I...?" The raccoon muttered.

"No, you aren't." He heard Rae reply.

The fox then flopped down on the bench in the back, folding her arms and crossing her legs as she turned her gaze away from everyone. However, just as Sly started to climb in the back, Rae immediately turned her head to glare at him. "Sit in the front." She basically commanded.

"But, I--"

"I said, sit in the front, now, Sly." She hissed.

Sly sighed again, climbing up to the front seat, and in that moment, both Bentley and Murray could feel the tension between the two of them. "Um, are you two--"

"Don't worry about it." Rae cut Bentley off, closing her eyes as she spoke.

Bentley could tell that was a sore spot for her, so he decided not to persist any further and just let the subject be, especially since he knew how Rae got when she was angry. Still though, he couldn't deny the unwavering edge between the two of them.

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~Museum Heist~

The van pulled to a slow stop, the side door opening up as the four climbed out of the van, beginning to move forward. "Okay, you three remember the plan, right?" Bentley was the first to ask.

"Of course! My mind is like a steel cap!" Murray said confidently.

"Uhh, that's "trap," Big Guy." Sly cut in. "And everybody relax! We've been over it a million times. What could possibly go wrong?"

"Famous last words!" Bentley proclaimed.

"Hmph..." Rae just folded her arms, making it pretty clear that she wanted no part of this.

"Look, we're only gonna get one shot at this, so we can't mess up!" The turtle then said.

"Alright, no messing up allowed, now stop worrying!" Said Sly, just ready to put this plan into motion already. "This is gonna be a piece of cake. I'll see you both inside, now let's get going! Come on, Ra--"

"Yeah, yeah..." She waved him off, being the first to move before everyone split up, Sly quickly following after her.

Sly and Rae went on to their destination, climbing up a pole on the side of a building to get over the wall so they could get to their destination. The two didn't say a word to each other as they made their way forward. Sly wanted to say something just to break the thick tension between the two of them, but at the same time, he also knew it probably wasn't the best idea right now. However, despite this, he still wanted make things right with the two of them, when suddenly--