This choice: Start her training on the road. • Go Back... "Okay Carmelita, the first thing is to give you an Out," said Sly. "Once this is over, it might be a good idea to have a way for you to reenter Interpol."
"Being an agent was everything I ever wanted to be," Carmelita said, with a sigh. "But, with Neyla and the Contessa both being dirty, I don't know whom to trust."
"What about that fella you were working with when we first met back during the Theater heist, when we first met?" Sly asked. "Always yelling at you, until you caught the real thief."
"Chief Barkley?" Carmelita asked.
"That's the one," said Sly. "Always struck me as honest, and decent enough. Don't you say so Bentley?"
"Pulling his files right now," the turtle said. "Over fifty years as an agent. Carmelita's mentor. Well, that's touching."
"What's touching?" Carmelita asked.
"He says that there's no way that you'd just turn into a criminal, and join up with a band of thieves like the Cooper Gang," said Bentley. "Claims that, despite the evidence against you, which, quite literally, is just a picture Neyla took of you dancing with Sly while he was, more or less disguised, you're trying to lure us into a trap."
"We can work with that," said Sly. "We bring the Klaww Gang down, expose Neyla for corruption, and then Carmelita arrests me, for my crimes."
"Are you serious about that?" Carmelita asked.
"I can escape later," said Sly. "If that badger believes that you'd never turn on the agency, it will keep your record clear. We can even make sure that you don't actually get your paws dirty - make sure that he believes that you're still the inspector he trained, let him know that you've infiltrated the Cooper Gang, that we think that you're dirty, and all that other stuff. As it is, let him know that you're suspicious about Neyla - maybe she's connected to the Klaww Gang - I think something's going on where she's concerned.."
"Been getting that feeling too," said Carmelita.
"Here," Bentley said, as he tossed something back.
Carmelita caught it. It looked like a cellphone. "A cellphone?"
"Modified that so that you can't be traced on it," said Bentley. "Useful in case Neyla is listening in."
"Thanks," said Carmelita.
"Let me find a spot that we can stop at," said Murry. "Got to make sure that you can have some privacy while you talk to your boss."
"Good idea," said Sly. "Don't want that badger to know that we know that Carmelita isn't really a dirty cop."   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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