A Tangled Web

"It looks like we're walking into a full-scale war. But we have to act now before things go from bad to worse."

- Sly Cooper, from the episode's introduction

"A Tangled Web" is the fifth episode of Sly 2: Band of Thieves. It was set at the Contessa's castle estate in Prague, and the main antagonist was once again the Contessa.

The Setup
Now that the Cooper Gang was reunited, it was time for a little payback. They learned that the Contessa, having escaped from them at the prison, was now hiding at her castle estate, a well-fortified gothic nightmare that would make any thief run in terror. Terrible or not, that was where the gang was heading. The gang found out that the Contessa, who until recently a secret Klaww Gang member, was in possession of the Clockwerk eyes to sweeten the deal. The Thievius Raccoonus describes the eyes stopping opponents dead in their tracks, transfixed in their gaze. It was quite obvious what a powerful hypnotist like the Contessa could do with such powerful artifacts.

News of the Contessa's corruption had spread to INTERPOL. Constable Neyla, being closest to the case, was granted a cash allowance to hire an army of local mercenaries and wage war against the corrupt spider. Though the gang was entering a warzone, they had to act right away before things were to go from bad to worse.

The Getaway
The gang still managed to defeat the Contessa, free Carmelita, and retrieve Clockwerk's eyes while their heist did not exactly happen according to plan. The Contessa was arrested and brought to trial for the crimes she committed while working for INTERPOL.

INTERPOL's PR damage control went one step further by promoting Neyla from Prague's "heroine" to the Captain rank. Carmelita, still on the outs with INTERPOL, reluctantly turned to the Cooper Gang (much to Sly's surprise and delight) for help in escaping the police. Sly tried to put it out of his mind. At this point, the gang realized that the Klaww Gang's business was spiraling out of control and that they were at the center of it. They decided to lie low for a while before making their next move.

Map
The vault is located in the tower directly opposite the re-education tower, where Sly obtained the wire tap. The vault's combination is 9-6-9, and upon opening it, Sly receives the Rage Bomb.