1. Thief in the Night (1/2)

travels of the guardians

it was a cold night on angel island. that night vector and mighty sat back to back on opposite sides of the master emerald.

espio had taken the night off and knuckles was out with julie-su. so needless to say the two were slightly annoyed with being left out and projected their anger to their companion.

"this is bullshit." complained mighty." why'd we get stuck on this stupid watch?"

"i don't know." said vector." luck of the draw or something like that." the two continued to argue unaware of how that a figure stood above the master emerald.

the figure tried to grab the emerald and pick it up but found it to be a futile effort. he tried to remain silent as well as so mighty and vector didn't notice him. the figure scratched his head as he stood atop the emerald to think of a way he could move it.

but then it was at this time that vector heard something strange. the sound of slight grunting coming from above him. so the crocodile turned and looked up and there he saw someone on top of the master emerald.

"hey!" exclaimed vector as he jumped to his feet. mighty did the same as he saw the thief. the two stood on opposite sides of the thief atop the master emerald.

just then mighty jumped up at the thief. but then the thief jumped up into the sky avoiding mighty. so mighty jumped past him and flew down onto vector, and then the two fell onto the ground.

just then the two got up and prepared to jump the thief. but then the thief raised a strange object in his hand, vector and mighty prepared themselves to be attacked with his weapon.

but then the thief

ought down his weapon and smashed the master emerald much to vector and mighty's surprise. then the master emerald shattered into several smaller pieces.

it was at this time that the thief grabbed the pieces as they flew into the air. the thief put them into his pocket and quickly dashed off.

"hey!" shouted mighty." stop right there." then he quickly gave chase.

the thief was fast, and mighty was having trouble keeping him in eyesight due to the darkness of night. but mighty followed him all the way to the island's edge, but when he expected to find the thief he found nothing. then looking up in the sky he could make out the outline of the thief parachuting away.

"damn." grunted mighty as he stomped his foot to the ground. mighty quickly returned to vector and found him looking over the scene of the crime.

several pieces of the master emerald were still there, but they were only small pieces.

"knuckles is not going to be happy about this." said vector as he held one of the smaller pieces in his hand.

meanwhile at that time the thief parachuted across the sky and landed on the ground on the other side.

then he began running into the darkness, as he ran faint glows of the moonlight flashed down on him revealing him for a short time. he was a raccoon with a strange cane in his hand.

the raccoon continued to run the pieces of the master emerald jingling in his pockets. he ran up until he came to a road.

then suddenly a large truck drove up in front of him. the door suddenly slid open and a turtle in a wheelchair was seen with a hippo at the wheel. the raccoon quickly jumped in and the van drove off.

"did you get it sly?" asked the turtle.

"you bet bentley." said the raccoon named sly as he pulled the bag holding the master emerald in it. then he turned in upside down and spread it over the van floor.

"nice sly." said the hippo as he turned his head to see the jewels. looking past him you could see the van driving all over the road.

"murray." exclaimed bentley." keep your eyes on the road." murray turned his attention back to the wheel and drove back on track. then sly and bentley turned to each other.

"did you encounter any trouble while getting it sly?" asked bentley.

"some." replied sly as he sat down." but nothing i couldn't handle."

"really?" asked bentley." was carmelita there so soon?"