Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the Sly Cooper franchise. Sly Cooper belongs to Sucker Punch/Sanzaru. All original characters are, in fact, mine.

This story takes place after Sly 3. By the way, if you are offended by the fact that Carmelita is not an outstanding citizen in this story, then perhaps this is not for you. Rated M just to be safe.

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Favors

Chapter 1

I checked my disguise in the reflective glass of Interpol Headquarters. It was so weird looking at my reflection and not being able to recognize my own face. The person staring back at me was in no way, shape or form the girl I have grown used to. My raven black hair was now a bleached blonde, my light gray fur was a horrifyingly fake orange and to top it off, my usually blue eyes were now green. I could hardly look at the girl in the mirror. I will never understand how men find a fake orange tan to be attractive. But that doesn't matter now; what matters is the success of the mission ahead of me. I smirked at myself before pulling open the door to Hell on Earth, or more commonly known as Interpol Headquarters.

The trick to doing something as dangerous as walking straight into a den full of cops, is to walk with a purpose. One must pretend like they own the place and give no one else the time of day. Lucky for me, all of the male cops seemed too preoccupied with my fake tan to really notice me, and the female cops were preoccupied with the male cops. Everyone wins. I tried to hide a smirk as I marched to office number 642. I stopped in front of the door, took a deep, calming breath, and then knocked. "Come in" Constable Cooper said with that sexy, authoritative voice of his. God, the things that that voice did to a girl. "Why hello" Cooper smiled at me.

I pretended not to notice the fact that he followed his male coworkers' example. I briefly turned away from him, closed the door, and then locked it. "Cut the crap, Cooper. I loathe to admit this, but I need your expertise" He gave me a shocked look in reply. "Oh right, it's me, your favorite criminal" His eyes narrowed as he reached for his shock pistol. "Whoa there, boy. You give me away and I'll tell Miss Carmelita about that kiss we shared at the Louvre, you remember?"

He was suddenly angry, "Are you seriously black mailing me?"

It took an extreme amount of will power to swallow my pride, "If that what it takes to get you to help me, then yes". I reconciled myself with the fact that I was just attempting to reason with him.

He relaxed slightly, well he took his hand off of his shock pistol and leaned forward on his desk, "Alright, Ravenscar, I'm hooked. What's the deal?" Excellent, everything is going as planned.

I beamed at him, "Fantastic. So awhile back I asked for a favor from a few friends of mine" He raised his eyebrow at the word "friends". "Now they want me to do something for them, as retribution of sorts. What they want me to do is to steal a certain something from a certain chief of Interpol. That's right, Barkley. All that I need you for is a distraction. Just keep Barkley's attention long enough for me to get what I need. I'd say about two to three minutes, tops". He didn't reply right away so I prompted him by saying, "So what's it going to be?"

"If I don't, will you tell Carmelita?" I gave him a look that I sincerely hoped said 'really?!' or something of that sorts. "Wow, that's a shocker" and queue eye roll now. "I'll only help you on one condition" Now it was my turn to raise an eyebrow. "If I help you return this favor, then you'll owe me a favor".

He seemed pretty self-satisfied by this so I decided to give him some sass, "I'll tell you what you'll get" he looked at me shocked that I would speak to him that way. "You'll get my silence about the events at the Louvre".

"I don't need your silence. Inspector Fox and I are through. I found her cheating on me" He held up a hand as I was about to speak. "I didn't shoot you because I wanted to hear what you had to say. Well that and you look damn fine. And yes, I'll help you. Just keep in mind that now, you'll owe me a favor" Cooper smiled, obviously pretty satisfied with his little speech.

"Yeah, whatever. I'll contact you whenever I plan out the details. Just expect my call very soon" And with that I walked out of his office with my head held high.

Well, my head was high before I heard that sultry voice of his say, "See you around, beautiful".

AN: Sorry it's a little short; just consider this a prologue of sorts. Don't worry if you're confused, everything will be explained in time. Oh by the way, all kinds of reviews are appreciated, though not necessary for the continuation of the story. By the way, I'm pretty serious about that Beta, so please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks for reading.