There's always a story to be told. Sometimes, events happen for a reason...and sometimes, they were meant to happen. I guess I should tell you abut myself, shouldn't I? Well, there's nothing really to talk about; I grew up without parents, and I became a criminal. I didn't grow up alone, though; I had greatest friends a guy could ever ask for... their names - well, you'll find out soon enough.

13 years before the Kaine Island heist

Things were getting worse. More and more kids were coming in than were going out; I was getting pushed around, just because i'm different. I'm what you might call a "Wolfcoon." Half Wolf, half Raccoon; anyway, I saw this smallish Raccoon fella come in one day, and he was alone for the most part. One day, I saw him with a hippo...I think his name was Murray, and a turtle...what was his name again? Bruce? Ben? Bentley, that's it! Bentley, was his name. Soon, they started getting to hanging out, and I had no friends, what-so-ever. I decided that, maybe it was time for a change. The next day, at lunch-time, I went over to them, and sat next to them. "Hi, i'm Conner, Conner Lupos," I said, extending my hand for a handshake. Bentley said, "I'm Bentley," and took my hand. Murray took my hand and gave a good squeeze to it, and said, "I'm Murray!" After getting the feeling back in my hand, the raccoon took my it and said, "Sly Cooper." Soon we got to talking, and got to be the best of friends. From that day on, we were inseparable.

Not long after that, I found out that Sly was from a long line of master thieves. He told me about the night his parents were killed and the book he was supposed to inherit was stolen. I felt sorry for the guy, so did Bentley and Murray. I decided that Bentley, Murray and I would stick by this guy, until the end... Of course, I think they had the same thought I did. Bentley and I proposed the idea of becoming a gang of thieves; Bentley was the smart one, so we put him as brains of the outfit, Murray was bigger than me, Sly and Bentley put together, so he was the brawn. Sly and I were put as the field guys. I distracted, while Sly made off with the goods... at least that how it was for a while; then Sly ended up with the same jobs. I remember our first heist well:Steal the cookie jar from Mrs. Puffins desk. Bentley made the perfect plan, and we put it into action. I was look-out for Sly as he was to get the cookie jar. We had 5 minutes, and the Janitor was on the way; we barely made it out before we got caught. Sly said, "This must be the sweetest tasting failed mission ever, huh guys?" We laughed and ate the cookies.

10 years later

We learned a lot during our childhood there. When we were old enough, we left the orphanage and began our life in crime.

When we finally caught wind of Interpol coming after us, we felt as if we accomplished something: we were in the major leagues now. Her name was Carmelita Fox. We first met her in Bombay when we stole the Flaming Stone of India, which fetched a hefty price when we saw the reward for it. It was finally time to get Sly's family name back on track. We all agreed that the fiendish five needed to go. Sly and I into the Police HQ to steal his file, but while I was at it, I swiped Carmelita's file. When Sly and I got out, Carmelita was standing on the adjacent roof. I guess Carmelita didn't notice me. Sly was always flirting with her, and this time, she nearly got him. I slipped by Carmelita, and dove into the van. Sly was close behind, and when Sly got to the van, we sped off into the night. We studied Sir Raleigh the frog. Apparently he grew bored of his life of luxury and privilege. He threw a hand at piracy, and he enjoyed it. He soon grew addicted to crime and was recruited as the Fiendish Five's techno genius. Who knows what might be in store for us on this island he's on. Sly and I scouted out the territory, tight security, electric tunnel leading to a cannon that could get us into that blimp above the island...shouldn't be a problem. "Sly, you're gonna have to get all of Raleigh's security keys to unlock the Generator, and destroy it to get through the tunnel without getting electrocuted!" Bentley exclaimed. Then he went on telling us about holographic markers, but I wasn't really following him, then Sly dumbed it down for me. "I can see that, Bentley," Sly mumbled. "Conner, you take the right side, i'll take the left. We should have all the keys within 20 minutes, depending how big the rooms are and how fast we can get to the keys." I nodded and went along, getting the keys and met Sly at the Generator. When Sly got to the generator, I had pulled a magazine out of my pack, sat on top of it, with some of the locks unlocked. When he coughed, I jumped off and let him unlock the rest of it. We bashed the generator and ran for the cannon. We needed 2 more keys; I told Sly to go straight, and that i'll go up, and we'd meet back at the cannon when we were done. Eventually, we got the keys and we unlocked the cannon... but only one could be fired at a time. I said, "After you," and he shot himself up to the blimp. When I got up there, Raleigh was already defeated, and Sly was reading over the pages he'd recovered. I dropped a call card next to Raleigh, and told him that it was time to go. That's right around to time Carmelita showed up.

When Sly told us we were heading for Mesa City, in Utah; I knew we were going to have fun. Besides, Sly's always wanted to go to that great American boom town. Muggshot...oh what a case! Thing is, he wasn't always the big meathead that he is now. Back when he was a kid, he was the runt of the litter. The only friends that he had, were in movies. From what i've heard, that's where he saw his first gangster; from that moment, that's what he wanted to be. With a lot of time, determination and perspiration, he realized that dream. He became a hard-core, tough as nails gangster. If Mesa city's where he's hold up, then Sly and I are gonna have our hands full.

When we arrived, there was a gate and it was sealed. The rush of traffic wasn't present, and all was quiet. "What happened to this place," I said, getting out of the Van. Sly muttered an I don't know, and scaled the gate. I followed, getting ready to put the Ninja Spire Jump to good use, thanks to Rioichi Cooper. Sly had it nailed the first time he tried it, but for me, it took a few tries to get it. Slowly, but surely we got into Mesa City, and boy was it crawling with Muggshot's thugs. once again, we had to get keys to get into the Casino, which wasn't too hard. Course, we had to get Murray to help. We got the keys and ran into the casino. When we finally got to Muggshot, I hadn't realized how big he was until I was standing right in front of him... I mean whoa!

The Fight with Muggshot will be for next chapter. Right now i'm going to have the writing style to be like this, but once I get past the events of Honor Among Thieves, then it will change to an OC thing. There's just not really a good way of introducing the OC during the first game unless it was when Sly was at the orphanage with Bentley and Murray. Review, rate, and tell me where I could make things better, just say it nicely please!