The road was long and daunting, as car after car made its way down. The early hours of the morning had a profound effect on the lanscape and the animals inhabiting it. The music played long into the night as inspector fox drove back to the station. A little bit of music simply helped the evening seem endless, with no time constraints or worries of returning. Sly was snoring away on the back seat, jerking whenever she made a turn. She looked out at the road that stretched before her into the dark landscape, and thoughts of interpol came flooding back. Recent days had proven sore, but she would make sure not to breathe a word of it to her husband. But she looked back at his sleeping form on the back seat, and assured herself of the situation. He would'nt remember the years that had haunted thier lives for so long. Every day she had wondered if he really knew, but it wasn't exactly the kind of thing to bring up at breakfast. But this was the least of her worries. Without Sly, how could she compltely finish the job? It looked like she'd have to bring in the mercs again...

the intercom blared into life.

"all units to the louvre! Thief surrounded...need inside officers...repeat, all units..."

Sly awoke, and had to clutch hold of the seat as carmelita swerved to the open road. The sound of a police siren blaring, she grunted with disaproval as she turned off down a backroad, and found herself hurtling down a small road to paris. Sly began to relax. He knew how his wife could be around simple thief cases. Carmelita took a look back to see a very small smile playing about his lips, but suprised to see him ask no questions. Pressing on, the police car soon arrived at the louvre itself.

Sly headed out of the car towards one of the officers.

"whats up here then?" sly saw the cop give a start.

"some idiot tripped the alarm. We haven't got any men in because we could get fried." he narrowed his eyes. "say, aint you the dude who can get through lasers?"

"yeah, I think I could make a way through. carmelita," he turned to his wife, "you stay here. I need to do this one alone." Carmelita nodded, but paused and looked back as he made his way through the open door. Picking up her shock gun, she followed her husband down a backroad.

Sly headed through the front and was immeadiately confronted by a sreies of lasers. He was glad carmelita had not followed him, or he may have shown too much previous knowledge. As he hade his way down the light assemble, he began to think of why he was hiding his abilities. Carmelita still didn't know that sly had never recieved amnesia after his last bought against dr m. After all, he recieved many shots from carmelita...why should Dr Ms have been any different? Coming from a long line of thieves had certainly heightened everything he could take. But he now had wanted a rest...a time to actually make firm contact with his newly found wife. Thier partnership had created an whirlwind romance and a powerful team against the thieves of today. It was everything he ever wanted. Soon he was hoping to really settle down , and continue his legacy. But the cooper emblem piece, if rumors were true, was hidden inside the louvre itself. But he'd have to think about it later-he had police work to do. He suddenly came across the crumpled heap of the supposed thief. Lifting him up he realised it was none other than...

"Dimitri?" The purple lizrd before him brushed himself down.

"Ah, the world turn upside down...cooper is cop, and dimitri is cracker box!" Dimitri stood hunched and coughed loudly.

sly was taken aback. He was expecting a petty thief, but dimitri? it didn't add up.

"Of all people? Didn't bently say something about you being legit?"

"the money is big time, the girls is coming in, but the heart is empty bro! No scuba-fishy-diving life for dimitri, the art, the kinetic esthetic is where Dimitri is greasy sweet!"

Sly sighed. "let me guess..you came here to take a couple of masterpieces and forge them? man, you are stupid. I would've thought you'd just stay with the money!"

Dimitri lost his cool, and began to come down on sly. "Now look cracker box, I know all about you're little emblem piece hunt, I've got people in mucho high places, big cheeses of bread bro. You need to find main man murray and main little guy bently eh? then you come to the right cheese. You gonna have to ditch cop lady..."

Carmelita entered the building to find that evrything was back in its place. Except for...picking up a note she saw that sly wasn't coming back...

And just like that, it was over. I was happy that she had even accepted me, but deep down i knew she wouldn't dare go near me again.and yet...this wasn't about the heists anymore. I knew that I had touched a nerve that made her fear for my safety. But Life was going to be very...well, samey...

I come from a long line of master thieves. People stretching as far back as ancient egypt contributed to the many legacys of the cooper clan, from the thievius racoonus to the cooper vault.Many people are jealous of this, and angry at the way we use our powers. Our policy is that if you can rip off a master criminal, you become a master thief. My childhood was cut pretty short though, as an enemy of my family decided he wanted to take out what was close to me. He probably didn't realise that he'd set me up for life and payback, making friends at the orphanage i ended up in that would become my lifelong pals...bently, the brains, and murray, the brawn. First we would tackle those who hated our reputation, then one who would win me the heart of inspector fox. But ever since then, i'd been doubtful. especialy after a meeting with mcsweeny. ever since i'd become a cop, I was making contact with the guy twenty four seven. A recent bonus was that he'd wanted me to pull off some heists. I said no, being retired and all, but changed my mind when he told me the reason...another cooper family member had been uncovered. My cousin, soon to be found, had recently died, but had left a great wealth of a cooper emblem, which would be passed down to me. But, as always, there was a catch. The parts of the emblem had been scattered all over the world, and i knew I'd need a team to get it back.

I'm gonna need a gang. The old gang. Does Dimitri count as a member?

SLY: THIEVES OF A KIND