Hey everyone,
Here it is, as promised. Story Plan #10, with extra content, chapters and everything, including the same hint as before. While Plan #8 took place at the end of Sly 3, will this story take place after the Panda King joins the Cooper Gang in Sly 3.
Also, a quick warning ahead of time. The first two chapters might be a little short as chapter one only consists of little under 4 pages on Word and only 2.300 words, but I do more than make up for that with the chapter about the Cooper Vault, which I believe will be chapter 4 of this whole story, which has 4 chapters and an epilogue.
Hope you, enjoy,

Venquine1990

Parental Intervention

Amelia's POV

The news I received from Interpol only a few days ago, that my precious daughter, my Carmelita, could have almost been forced into a wedding with a criminal for a husband, one who deals in ghosts and zombies no less, was news that had me more reeling than any other news I have received since she started working there.
Yes, the news of her kidnap by Clockwerk had worried me, the news of her siding with Cooper and being an Outlaw had made me furious at Interpol for even thinking this and the news that she had been proven innocent had made me look at the delivery boy with a look that asked: Did you expect anything else, perhaps?
The delivery boy, an Interpol Inspector that was just a few ranks under Carmelita's own rank, had been showing through his facial features that he had and this had been the last time he had come, other officers telling me of Carmelita's other adventures; her arrests in the Australian Outback, in Holland and the Italian city of Venice.

But now, to hear how Carmelita had believed herself to be able to catch Cooper if she pretended to be someone's bride and instead almost married herself off to some cracked-up cook with feathers who could control vampires and used this to gain unjust control over a small village in China was something I never expected.
Because of this have I invited my daughter over, not even accepting her claims that she has to keep being on the job in case Sly Cooper tries anything and telling her that an unexpected, unplanned wedding is a little more important than some international criminal, which had made my daughter blush red, but concede.
She, her father and I myself are now seated in our simple small farm house, that actually houses the world's largest Virtual Reality Room of the world in its basement, and all have a simple cup of coffee and a small shot of wine standing on our glass coffee table in front of us, Carmelita looking slightly embarrassed and worried.

"Carmelita, what happened? We heard some tales, but you know your father and I no longer trust those dumb delivery boys, at least not since that ridiculous framing incident last year." I then tell her gently and the younger vixen regains some of her own natural color as the redness of her cheeks recedes and she says:
"Mama, I was on the hunt for Cooper. I traced him to China and there I heard him talk with Bentley about how he was planning to kidnap someone's bride. I just really wanted to trap the Ringtail with his own plans, so I donned myself as this so-called bride and went along with this so-called wedding, believing it was all part of Cooper's plan.
I then felt someone grab me and because I could barely see anything through the mask I was wearing, did I just start to shoot my Shotgun fire and did I hit that strange General, that I – after frying him – discovered had kidnapped his bride-to-be and had been controlling the people of the Kunlun Mountain Village through vampires.
I had to arrest him, mama, Cooper had escaped me and the bride was nowhere to be found. I couldn't show up empty-handed and the guy I arrested had a record the size of dad's basement on his name." At this I smile, glad to finally hear the whole story and I ask: "So Cooper tricked you in order to aid you in arresting another criminal?"

And while the younger vixen rolls her eyes, do I already know that part of her agrees with me as this definitely isn't the first time where I came to this conclusion after hearing Carmelita's stories. My husband then hums with his eyes closed and his arms crossed over his laidback chest, making us look at him as I ask:
"Andrew?" The man looks at me with only one eye, indicating that he seems to be thinking deeply about something very important to him and Carmelita, who sits besides him on the couch, lays a hand on his arm as she worriedly asks: "Daddy?" Making me smile as Carmelita might be brutal as a cop, she is always caring to me and my partner.

"Carmelita, I – I agree with your mother. This is – the umpteenth time that you have been able to capture some terrible, world class criminal, all because you were chasing Cooper and he led you to find all the evidence you need to lay down a legal arrest. I don't know what to think of it, but that man has more intentions than he lets on."
At this Carmelita really looks worried and I know she takes her father's approval for her work seriously, but the man sighs and asks: "Can't you try and invite him over? Even once, Carm-Carm? I have been hearing these tales of how he uses his silver tongue to escape you and how he helps you arrest those guys long enough.
That guy is messing with you and walking in circles around you and then I'm not even talking about him as a criminal, because you being able to constantly trace him down and all those times that you nearly caught him definitely have me very, very impressed, but the way he has such an interest in you – has me deeply, deeply concerned."
At this I cringe as I can't help but agree with my husband and then my daughter sighs and says: "Papa, if I can't even trace him enough to catch him or find his actual hideout, then how I ever supposed to try and invite him?" To this Andrew repeats his daughter's actions as he sighs, admitting her to be right before I ask:
"Why not try the next time you find him somewhere else? Might even throw him off his guard enough you can catch him." And while the prospect of this makes my daughter smile, do I sincerely hope that either my husband gets proven wrong about that Raccoon's interest in my daughter or that his intentions are proven acceptable.

Okay, quick An in-between. I know that between Panda King and Dimitri nothing really happens in Cannon, but this isn't Cannon, so let's pretend that Sly and the others decide on a little test Heist to see how well their new team can work together.

Sly's POV

The way that we can make use of Penelope's RC Chopper and Car to distract our foes, Panda King's fire and fireworks to blind them and Guru's control of actual animals to – together with Murray's muscles – get past them and get to our target went better than either Bentley or I had expected when we planned this test heist.
It had been to make certain that the whole team could work together once we got to the Cooper Vault on Kaine Island, yet Bentley had confided in me his fear that we might need more than one test Heist, a fear that the others had amazingly well proven to be wrong as I am already out of the target's location, treasure in hand.
The treasure itself had been a simple one, a forged painting that was supposed to take the place of a very, very famous painting that adorns one of Paris' most famous and well-known museums and while Penelope hadn't understood why we would want to go for a fake, had she accepted the fact that it was just a test run for everyone.
Personally, I don't get why anyone would consider this blotch of green, aquamarine, opal and sea-bluish green stripes that are merged together like a flower made of crystal and then kept up to the sun to be art, but Bentley had always told me that I was more of a real-life appreciator than a crafted one – whatever that meant.

I can't really say I care all that much, but that is mostly because I – again – have the luck to have the ever-gorgeous Carmelita Montoya Fox chasing me, the furious way her eyes light up with the determination to catch me, her near-precise aim and her incredible use of muscles as she chases after me almost distracting me from my run.
I, of course, have no doubt that she has recognized the painting as a forged and I know for certain that she is already aware that it's not my own as we have been playing the game of cops and robbers long enough that the fox knows what is and what is not my area of expertise and profession, yet just having her chase me makes me enjoy this test Heist.

I make sure to scurry over the most impossible buildings of Paris, even going so far as to slide over one part of the glass-stained, pyramid-shaped roof of the Louvre before running at super speed from the ever-enticing vixen that had stopped shooting me when I had dropped onto the roof and had restarted as soon as she slid off herself.
However, I do have one issue on my hand and that is that the area around the Louvre is one I barely ever venture into and this – unfortunately enough – causes for me to run into a dead end, just when I want to press my ear-communicator and ask Bentley for directions. Looking around for an escape do I gulp as I turn to face the fox.

Carmelita's POV

"I don't believe this. There's no way out for the ringtail. I can finally catch him. I – I can finally have justice punish him for all the crimes he has committed over the years. I – I – I need to give him that dumb invitation my parents asked me to send him. I have to let him go. WHY? Why did my parents ask this of me?"
Goes through my mind, my eyes having been wide with shock when I realized I had chased Cooper into a dead end, the walls on all sides too high for the Raccoon to climb and no fire-escape or other form of ladder for the Ringtail to reach and while I had been ecstatic at first, do I now feel pure defeat as I realize this.
I groan and let my shock-pistol drop alongside my head, knowing just fine that I must have confused the living daylights out of the criminal in front of me and while amazed that he isn't using my defeated pose to run past me, do I instead hear his suave voice reach my ears as he asks: "Something bothering you, Inspector?"

And the voice only makes me groan harder before I look up, glare at him in defeat and say: "My parents want to meet with you." And the way that his eyes widen, his lower lip almost sags down and he even drops the forged art actually makes the hate I feel for having to let him go just when I finally have him caught lessen slightly.
"So - no arresting me?" The Raccoon asks, while I had actually expected of him to just flee after hearing me say this and I sigh, retaking my earlier pose but keeping my shock-pistol aimed at the ground and say: "No Cooper, not this time. I will remember that you can easily get lost around the Louvre, but I'm not arresting you."
At this a playful smirk appears on the Ringtail's face and while I feel confused over the fact that he has yet to make a run for it, does he pull his cane out the holder on his back and lean against it as he asks: "Any reason your folks want to see me?" And while I wonder when this chase turned into some kind of meeting, do I answer:

"They're getting uncertain over your motives – regarding me." This seems to, again, throw the Ringtail of guard as he pulls himself up from leaning against his weapon and asks guardedly: "Why?" Making me roll my eyes as I say: "Because they wonder why you keep leading me to bad guys to arrest, why else?"
At this the Ringtail seems to regain his earlier confidence as he smirks at me once again and asks: "Why shouldn't I?" Making me glare at him in defiance and say: "Why don't you just visit them and ask it then?" To which the Ringtail makes me want to scream as he smoothly answers: "Because I don't know their address?"
I glare at him and throw him the paper on which dad had written his home address before I say: "I'm due to meeting with them in three days from now, don't be late." And with that I storm out of the dead end street way, the reminder that I finally had Cooper and that I had to let him get away doing nothing to my temper.
But then suddenly does something swish past me and when I take a closer look at it, do I see that it's the forged painting with a note attached to the back of the canvas that says Thanks for the test, I'll come unguarded. Should I bring anything? And the usual signature card, but also – shockingly enough – the address of the forger on it.

Okay, that's it!
Trust me, I loved writing Carmelita's part here. She finally found a way to trap her target, that she had been hunting worldwide and that she had nearly caught little over 2 years ago, and then she has to let him go because he can't visit her parents like she promised when he's in prison – unfair, don't you think?
Speaking of the two year thing that apparently takes place between Sly 2 and 3, I'm not entirely certain if it was really 2 years that transpired between the two games. I'm basing that off of the Sly Cooper Series that are shown on Youtube, yet if you look at the introduction of Murray's chapter in Sly 3 it does kind of make sense.
You catching my drift here?

Venquine1990