One chilly fall night in Philadelphia, PA. A shadowy raccoon figure is perched upon a statue near the Art Museum, looking for his next objective. No, this is not Sly Cooper, for he is older now, no, this is the next generation of the cooper clan… Rick Cooper.

Born into a family of Master Thieves, Rick Cooper follows the main rule that his father and all his ancestors followed, "You can call yourself a Master Thief, if and only if, you steal from a master criminal." Being the latest cooper in the family, Rick currently owns the Thievious Raccoonus, the legendary book that has been passed down the family line for centuries.

Rick Cooper meets Professor Platypus

By: Mouse-World-Guy

Chapter I

As I was perched on the statue of an old bird, I surveyed my surroundings with my modified version of my father's binoc-u-com. I had it focused along Boat House Row when I noticed my team's van speeding down Kelly Drive.

The van was blue, with the legendary Cooper logo on the front, with flames painted on the side. The van was built and customized by Murray the hippo and Bentley the turtle. My father's two closest friends. I could see Murray in the window with his fierce "speeding" face on. Next to Murray was my father, Sly Cooper. In the back of the van, with all of his gizmos was the world's greatest hacker, Bentley. I work along side with Bentley in the back. Five miles behind the van were the police, desperately trying to catch up to Murray.

I started running towards Kelly Drive to meet up with the van. Murray came ripping around the corner meeting me at the bottom of the art museum. I quickly jumped in through the back with my recon photos of the water works (which can be seen from the top of the museum) the lair of professor Platypus, master criminal and is responsible for the pollution of the river.

"Hey son, did you get the photos?"

"I sure did, dad. It went off without a hitch. Hey Murray, we should probably go, there are cops closing in behind us!" I reported.

"Ok guys. Leave it to me" Murray said

"Rick, hand me your binoc-u-com so I can upload the photos to my laptop." Bentley requested.

"Ok, Bentley, here, catch." I replied