Salam and good day my fine readers! I give to you, Salim Al Kupar's story. It took me a while but I finally came up with a story that I really think you will like. I will be a bit busy so it will take a little while for me to post chapters, but I will do my best to get them written and posted for all of you lovely readers to enjoy.
I don't own Sly Cooper or any of the known characters or game scenes. I take credit for the scenes before the game and any unfamiliar characters.
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(Sly Cooper POV)
It was another peaceful night in Paris, France. I was spending a wonderful night in the new museum with the lovely Inspector Carmelita Fox and my dearest sister, Salira Panthera. As I was talking with Carmelita, I kept my eye on the Arabian Leopard as she talked with a male wolf, named Greyson. Ever since Salira ended her engagement with one, Cyrille Le Paradox, Carmelita has been trying to play matchmaker. While I appreciate that Carmelita is looking after my sister, I don't feel comfortable seeing Salira with different men every other night. Salira isn't really my sister. My parents took her in after her mother and father died when she was barely a year old. I can still remember the first day she came into my life.
(Flashback: 20 years ago)
I was asleep in my bed until suddenly, I heard my mother crying. I crept out of bed to the middle of the stairs and saw my mom looking at a baby leopard in my dad's arms.
"Is that little Salira?" My mother asked with paws covering her mouth and tears in her eyes.
"Yes, dear." Father answered. I looked closely at the leopard. She looked pretty even though she was asleep. Her pale white tail popped out of her blanket and was twitching. Looked like she was dreaming.
"But what happened?" Mom asked. Dad looked caringly at the baby and then sadly at mom.
"Clockwerk! I managed to get Salira away before he got to her. Unfortunately, her parents didn't survive the attack." Mom gasped and then took the baby in her arms as she stirred and then began to cry. The sound and sight of her tears tugged at my heart in a way I never knew. I then walked down the stairs as mom soothed Salira.
"Sly? What are you doing awake, son?" Dad asked. I didn't answer as I looked at the baby leopard in mom's arms. She smiled and brought Salira closer so I could see her closely. Salira opened her eyes at me and I saw that they looked like big sapphires, like the ones in my dad's treasure. I placed my paw on her tummy and tickled her. She giggled cutely and grabbed my finger as I tickled her and began purring. I smiled at her and then looked at mom.
"Who is she, mama?" I asked. She was about to answer, but Dad beat her to it.
"Sly, she is your new sister!" He said. Mom gasped and then smiled at him, same with me. I always wanted a sister and now I have one. I ran to Dad and hugged his legs in joy. Dad smiled and wrapped his arms around all of us. We became one big happy family.
(Present time)
From that day on, Salira was my sister and I did everything to protect her and made sure she stayed with me. After Clockwerk caught up with my mom and my dad, Salira and I were thrown into the local orphanage, where we met our best friends and lifetime crew: Bentley the brains and Murray the brawns. Curiously, I remember Clockwerk interrogating my dad, wanting to know where the brat he stole from him was. I instantly knew that he was talking about Salira. What he wanted with her was beyond me, but I was not going to let her fall into the talons of that monster. It wasn't until the whole business with Clock-la that I found out that Salira's blood was a key to Clockwerk's immortality. I had to stop Clock-la from killing Salira, not only to protect her, but to stop Clock-la from becoming immortal. From that day on, I kept Salira at my side and never let her out of my site. It took some convincing, but I allowed Salira to come on all of our adventures. The latest being the Cooper Vault Caper.
It turned out, that Salira's mother was my dad's partner in crime and the same with her ancestors and so the Coopers shared the vault with the Panthera family. Dr. M was about to kill Carmelita if it hadn't been for me and Salira. Salira jumped into Dr. M's line of fire to protect Carmelita and I followed her to stop her but ended up getting hit. After Carmelita and Salira band together to defeat Dr. M, I began to pretend that I had amnesia. Instead of telling me what I knew, Carmelita told me that Salira and I were her partners and we escaped the vault before it came down. Since then, Salira and I stayed with Carmelita and enjoyed life on the other side of the law.
Salira met Cyrille Le Paradox and was about to marry him. But I saw that he changed Salira and she was not happy so she ended it with him. I knew that Le Paradox never moved on from Salira, because he always found ways to approach her and try to woo her. In fact, I saw Greyson kiss Salira's paw and walked off to get her a drink. Shortly after, Le Paradox quickly approached Salira and began talking to her. I saw she was getting angry so I addressed Carmelita and we walked closer to the two, in case something happened.
"Greetings mademoiselle, I do hope you are having a wonderful time." Le Paradox said. I saw Salira roll her eyes and sent a fake smile to him.
"Yes, I am. Thank you Cyrille, the new treasure and exhibits are amazing." She said, while sending a look my way that said "help me".
"Yes, they are ok, but the finest treasure in the world is standing beside me." He said shrugging and kissed her paw. She quickly pulled away and wiped his kiss off her paw.
"Cyrille, how many times must I tell you to stop? We have been over for 3 months and I have no intention of trying again with you. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date to get back to." She said before turning away to walk off. Le Paradox growled and grabbed her arm, making my blood boil at the way my sister was being treated.
"Technically my dear, I never agreed to the termination of our engagement, so you are still mine!" Le Paradox snapped. I saw that he had a tight grip on her arm as she struggled to get away.
"Let go!" She shouted. That's it, I've had enough! I stormed away from Carmelita and pulled Salira out of Le Paradox's grasp and into my arms. Her body was shaking and that made me angrier.
"You have no business here, Cooper! I was simply conversing with my fiancé." Le Paradox stated after gathering his composure.
"If I remember correctly, my sister dumped you because you were changing her into something she's not!" I growled out as I soothed the trembling feline in my arms.
"I was merely forming her into the lady she was meant to be, meaning she was meant to be mine! And she will be, whether she wants to or not!" Le Paradox snapped before taking a step towards Salira. That was when Carmelita and Greyson stepped in.
"Is there a problem here?" Carmelita said as they both pulled out their Interpol badges. Le Paradox froze, quickly stepped back and held his paws up, showing he meant no harm. Salira rolled her eyes before snuggling into my chest as I stroked the exposed fur on her back to keep her calm.
"No trouble at all, Inspector Fox and Constable Wolf. I was just simply having a conversation with my fiancé." He explained. Carmelita's eyes narrowed as she stood in front of me, shielding Salira from the skunk's sight.
"I know that what you say is not true, Salira ended the engagement! I have warned you to stay away from her countless times. And now I hear that you are going to force her, well that is not going to happen. I am putting a restraining order in against you first thing tomorrow!" Carmelita said as she glared at Le Paradox who was gaping.
"You can't do that!" He snapped at her.
"I can and I will. The next time I see you with in 50 ft of Salira, I will have you thrown behind bars! Do I make myself clear?" Carmelita warned. Le Paradox just glared at her and then sneered at my direction as Salira pulled away.
"Fine, But this is not over!" he said as he stormed away from us. No one else but me heard him mutter "A stupid restraining order will not stop me from getting what I want, that feline will be mine!" I narrowed my eyes at his threat. No way in hell, was I going to let my sister fall into that filthy weasel's clutches. I looked over to her, only to see her and Greyson looking back at the Arabian jewels she was looking at before, but this time, she had a look in her eyes that I know all too well.
Oh no, was what I was thinking as I walked away from Carmelita and over to the two of them.
"Greyson, can I talk to Salira alone?" I asked. He nodded and then went over to talk to Carmelita.
"Sal, are you ok?" I asked using my nickname for her. She sighed and looked at me with a sad smile.
"I'm fine, I'd be even better if that Le Paradox left me alone! I don't know what I was thinking when I got together with him!" She huffed before turning towards the jewels. I smiled at her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Hey, we all make mistakes. It's just a good thing that you broke it off with him before he tied you down." I told her and kissed the side of her head. I looked over and saw that thieving glint in her eyes.
"You know, these jewels are so beautiful! Don't you think they should be with someone else than Le Paradox?" She asked. I sighed and looked around to make sure Carmelita or Greyson wasn't listening in on us. Seeing it was safe, I turned Salira to face me by grabbing her shoulders gently.
"Salira Panthera Cooper, I know that look. Don't even think about it! We chose to stop thieving and enjoy life without cops on our tails." I told her. She sighed and looked up at me.
"I know, Sly. But it's so hard! Every time I see something, that itch comes back telling me to pull a heist. And don't you dare lie to me and tell me that you haven't gotten that urge!" Salira said, folding her arms. I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck.
"You're right as always, Sal. That itch is getting very hard to ignore and I think Carmelita is starting to notice." Sigh "Alright, just one heist! Find a criminal and don't get caught!" I caved in, knowing I could never say no to her. She squealed with delight, hugged me tightly and kissed my cheek. I hoped I made the right decision, but I would do anything to make her happy.
"Don't worry Sly, I'm a master thief like you. I only steal from other criminals, you know that." She said. I chuckled as we made our way back over to Carmelita. Greyson said good night and left while I was talking to Salira. Carmelita was bummed out that Greyson wasn't interested in Salira and as usual, She convinced Carmelita that it was ok. Salira is one to believe in true love and soul mates, so I know that she is waiting on her soul mate, wherever he is. I just hope that this soul mate of hers doesn't force us to separate. We all walked back to Carmelita's condo, not knowing an evil force is watching us that could separate the only family I have left from me.
(? POV)
I watch on the Eiffel Tower as my target walks with a female fox and a male raccoon that looks extremely familiar. Quietly flying over them, I discover that the raccoon was a wretched COOPER! OH HOW I HATE THAT CLAN OF FILTHY RACCOONS! For millennia I have hunted down every single cooper and took their pathetic lives, but they always manage to spawn new coopers before I could track them down. But not this time! No, I have always had the ability to time travel but never used it until now. I found Salim Al Kupar's friend who was an oracle and forced her to tell me the location of Cooper's true mate. After telling me out of fear, she escaped me and I ignored her. Now here I am, watching and waiting for the opportune moment to strike. It will be so delicious to just taste the fear as I attack Cooper's mate. And it will be even better as I take her life in front of him. He will be begging me for death when I am through. My target freezes in her step before turning to look in my direction, barely missing me as I hid from her. I can literally taste the fear rolling off of her and it feels so delicious.
"Salira, are you ok?" The young cooper asks. I can see her heartbeat racing against her chest as she catches her breath.
"I thought I saw something! And I can feel that someone or something is watching me, something horrible." She says, her voice trembling with fear. She will never know true fear until she encounters me! The young cooper wraps an arm around her as if to shield her from me, ha!
"Come on, let's get home." The female fox said. My target, Salira, nodded and walked under the young cooper's arm into a house and disappeared from my sight. I laughed as I flew away, knowing that the young leopard already fears me.
"Soon little kitty, soon you will have a reason to fear me. You will be in my talons and not even your precious Cooper will be able to save you!" I said as I went back to the Eiffel Tower, planning my attack with sheer glee.
(Salira POV)
I took a deep sigh in relief as I made it inside. Who or whatever was watching me terrified me. I certainly hope it wasn't who I thought it was. I wasn't going to tell Sly, I didn't want to worry him. I am just going to keep this to myself and pray that it was merely my imagination. Carmelita, or Lita is what I call her, handed me a cup of hot tea and I took it with a smile and sat down on the couch.
"Salira, are you alright? You looked really spooked earlier." She asked as she and Sly sat on either side of me and Sly rubbed my back.
"I'm fine, Lita. I just had this horrible feeling in my heart that something was watching me and it frightens me in a way I haven't felt for years, since…" I didn't finish but Sly understood and took me in his arms.
"You don't have to worry about that, Clockwerk is dead and never coming back! Carmelita made sure of that, remember?" Sly asked. I nodded. I remember that day well. Clock-la knew that she needed to drink my blood in order to begin her immortality. If it hadn't been for Carmelita, then I would be dead and Clock-la would've lived.
"I never did thank you for saving my life that day, Lita." I said, she just laughed and held her hand up.
"No worries, I am just glad that mechanical monster is gone!" Carmelita exclaimed. I nodded my head. The moment was ruined when my ass of a brother opened his mouth.
"Or is he?!" He said eerily. Lita and I glared at him before smashing him with the pillows on Lita's couch. He tried and failed at protecting himself from our wrath and ran from us as we shouted at him.
"GET BACK HERE COOPER!" Lita shouted.
"I'LL KILL YOU SLY COOPER!" I screamed as he hid from us. As we searched for him, he snuck up behind us and wrapped us in his arms. We all fell to the floor in a laughing fit. Sly pulled us up from the ground and wrapped me in a hug.
"Don't worry, Salira. If someone or something is watching you, I won't let them even touch you." Sly said. Lita rubbed my back as I hugged my brother.
"Same here Salira, they will meet my shock pistol before they get to you!" She said, causing me and Sly to laugh.
"You and your shock pistol, Lita!" I said as Sly and I laughed at her as she scowled and crossed her arms. I shook my head and hugged her and Sly wrapped his arms around us.
"Thank you, guys. I don't know what I would do without you." I said. Sly pulled me into a hug.
"Feeling's mutual! You're my sister and I would do anything and everything for you." Sly said and Lita nodded in agreement.
"I love you guys." I said with a smile before yawning, causing Sly to chuckle.
"I think it is time that we all go to bed and get some sleep, especially you missy!" He said as he ruffled my hair. I groaned and swatted his paws away.
"Stop that! You know I hate that and I'm not a little kitten anymore!" I growled out, causing Sly to laugh.
"True, but you are my little sister, so it is within my right." I rolled my eyes at him and made my way to my bedroom.
"By adoption!" I said as I entered my room.
"Doesn't matter!" Sly said. I laughed along with Lita.
"Good night, Sly! Good night, Lita!" I said as Sly and Carmelita went into their room.
"Buenos Noches!" Lita said speaking in her Spanish tongue.
"'Night sis!" Sly said before I closed my door. As I changed into my night gown, that terrifying feeling swept over me again and I spun quickly around and shrieked as I saw that horrible and familiar pair of yellow eyes before he disappeared from my sight.
"SALIRA?!" Sly yelled before slamming the door open. I stood there, frozen, staring out the window until Sly pulled me into his arms and I reached out for Lita's arm as she walked to the window to investigate. She came back to us shaking her head.
"I don't see anything, Salira. What happened?" Lita said as Sly tried and failed at calming me down. Nothing can calm me down after what I just saw.
"I saw him. He was right there, that metallic frame; those horrible yellow eyes filled with evil and hate. He just looked at me and flew off!" I said as I cried into Sly's chest.
"What? Clockwerk?! But he's dead! We all saw his body deteriorate when Carmelita smashed his hate chip!" Sly said. I felt his body start to tremble against my trembling body. He feared and hated Clockwerk as much as I did.
"It must've been your imagination, Salira." Lita said. I glared at her when she said that.
"I know what I saw, Carmelita." I snapped at her and snuggled back into Sly's chest as he hushed me. He looked over at Lita with a worried look.
"I don't think we should rule this out, Carmelita. If all of our adventures have taught us something, it's anything is possible." I sighed as I finally calmed down. Carmelita tried to pull me away from Sly, but I wouldn't let go. Sly sighed and looked at her.
"I'm going to stay with her tonight, she needs me." Sly said. Carmelita nodded and kissed his cheek before saying goodnight and returning to her room. Sly led me over to my bed and I lied down with Sly following. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his chest as I continued to shake in fear. I feel his claws stroking my fur, soothing me so I can try to sleep.
"You believe me, don't you Sly?" I asked as I looked up into his eyes. He smiled softly and kissed my forehead.
"Of course I do, you've never told a lie before. And like I said before, anything is possible." Sly said.
"But what if it was Clockwerk?" I asked, my voice trembling with fear.
"If he somehow found a way to come back, I will dismantle him again before he ever touches you! You are the only family I have left and I will kill anyone or anything that tries to harm you!" Sly swore while tightening his embrace. I smiled and snuggled into his chest.
"I love you, Sly. Promise you will never leave me." I said as I fell asleep after I hear him say "I promise".
Uh oh! Looks like an evil foe has returned and this time, not after a Cooper! What will happen when he attacks and what does he have planned for our Salira? Stay tuned and review if you want to see what happens. I will try and post another chapter as soon as I can. 'Til next time!