I Do or Not

By: JW Comstock

Chapter 1: The Preparation

A few months after Sly left the gang and went with Carmelita, pretending to have lost his memory, Sly and Carmelita were soon to be married. The question had popped up when they were on a date in Italy. Carmelita was completely thrilled and agreed right away. Over the next few months the preparations for the wedding were planned. The church, preacher, pianist, band, reception house, and much more were booked. Carmelita found the perfect dress and Sly found the perfect tux. Everything was going as planned. But Sly just couldn't stop thinking about his glory days in the Cooper Gang. Bentley, the brains, Murray, the brawn, and Sly the Thief. All the fabulous heists they had pulled off through the years. Sometimes he wished he had never left the gang in the first place. But then he thought about the beautiful, charming, thrilling fox he was going to marry and stopped thinking about it.

A day in the process of getting the wedding organized Carmelita popped a question to Sly, "Who are you groomsmen going to be dear?"

Sly wanted to say Bentley Murray and the Panda King but knew if he did that he would blow his cover so he said, "Frank, Bob, and Joe from work."

"That's great honey." Said Carmelita.

Sly worked with Carmelita at the Paris police station. Sly did undercover work since he had so much experience.

One day about three weeks before the wedding Sly got a text message from a "Fat Pink Driver 72" saying, "Is this Sly Copper?"

"Yes," Sly typed in curiosity, "who is this?"

"This is Murray." Sly's heart jumped as he saw the message and he typed,

"Murray! I can't believe it is you! What's up?"

"It's Bently and Penelope, they've been kidnapped." This time Sly's heart sank as he got his message. "I need your help. I can't do this alone." Murray typed. Sly was in a hard place. He wanted to help Murray but his wedding was only three weeks away and there was still a lot to be done. "Well," typed Murray, "are you in or out?" Sly made a hard decision and typed,

"I'm in."