Constable Neyla

Constable Neyla, Later Captain Neyla, or simply Neyla, is an anthropomotic British cat with Hindu features from the video game Sly 2: Band of Thieves.

History

Neyla grew up poor in New Delhi, India, and scammed her way into a British university, gathering a ring of friends to do her homework for her. She was then caught by Interpol, who thought that she could "get into the mind of the criminal"; rather than arresting her, they offered her a job.

After joining Interpol, Neyla was given the role of constable, and was partnered with Carmelita Fox, who was less than thrilled with working with a former con artist. She had a more accepting view of criminals then Carmalita.

Neyla and Carmelita first caught Sly Cooper in a museum in Cairo, in the introduction to Sly 2: Band of Thieves. Neyla distracted Carmelita by mentioning the Klaww Gang, which caught Sly's attention. After his escape, Sly set off to retrieve the Clockwerk parts.

In Paris, Sly unexpectedly meets Neyla, who says that she wants to help. She hands him a key into Dimitri Lousteau's nightclub after a tireless chase across the rooftops. In episode two, when Sly sneaks into Rajan's ball, he dances with Neyla to impress Carmelita. When this works, Sly is able to dance with Carmelita. Neyla secretley takes a picture of them dancing for later use.

When Sly was at Rajan's temple in episode 3, Neyla showed him where the secret entrance was to one half of the Clockwerk heart, but then showed her true colors by allowing Sly to be electrocuted by Rajan's bolts of electricity and get seriously injured. After Rajan was defeated by Murray, Neyla then led police to the criminals. Neyla also framed Carmelita as their accomplice (using the picture she took earlier); so Sly, Murray, and Carmelita were arrested.

Neyla was later dispatched by Interpol to capture a corrupt Contessa. Commanding an army of mercenaries, she attempted to steal the Clockwerk Eyes for herself. However, interference from both the Contessa and the vengeful Cooper Gang prevented her from succeeding. Placing the Contessa in custody, Neyla was promoted to captain and nicknamed "The Hero of Prauge". She then trailed the Cooper Gang to Canada, where she used a high-tech aircraft against them in an attempt to seize the Clockwerk Stomach. However, her vehicle proved unable to defeat Bentley's RC Chopper.

Later, Neyla was revealed to be Arpeggio's protegé. After revealing his plan to Sly Arpeggio was about to Fuse with the Clockwerk Frame. Neyla knocked him over with her whip. She then jumped into Clockwerk. She took the name Clock-la, and was free to terrorize the world. After destroying the Blimp's power engines, Sly weakened her with helicopter shots. Clock-La then kidnapped Bentley and Murray, forcing Sly to chase after her. When defeated in the air, Clock-La crash landed in Paris.

Murray pried open Clock-La's mouth and revealed a hologram of Neyla's face (just like when she's wearing her hood, her hair isn't exposed in this form). Having been exposed, Neyla expressed her complete hatred for the Cooper Gang. Bentley then took out the Hate Chip. The mouth then unexpectedly dropped on Bentley's legs (which is the cause of Bentley's paralysis in Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves). Murray got him out. Carmelita took the Hate Chip and destroyed it, and the parts became worthless. Neyla's body was never recovered, and she is presumed dead.

Although Neyla doesn't appear in Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves as anything more than flashbacks, she played a major role in the Cooper gang's history, being responsible for many things that happened to them.

While, at first, she appeared to be an ally, Neyla eventually revealed herself as nothing but a scheming, megolamaniacal villain who cared for nothing but her own gain.

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