Sly meets Gizmo
I was never the son my father wanted. I had no desire to harm his enemies, why should I? They had done nothing to me…..But…my father was mad…..he built a machine and sent me to a time where I don't belong….I first came here on a cold night about three years ago. That was how I met my new and dearest friend…Sly Cooper.
It was cold that dreary and rainy night in Paris. I had been flying for nearly three hours trying to find my former mansion that my mother and I shared with my father…..I never found it. What I did find that night was a sad and broken young man. I spotted him standing on the railing of a suspension bridge over the freezing river below…..I knew he would try to harm himself…You see, I was born with the ability to hear and see the emotions of others…even when they can't see it themselves. This young man looked like he had his heart ripped out. He stared at the river for a while. I lighted down next to him and spoke.
"Excuse sir…..but are you sad about something?" I asked.
The man whirled and his eyes widened in fear. He muttered a single word.
"Clockwork."
At first I was confused as to how this raccoon knew my father….Then I saw his memories….All the cruelty of his life flooded my mind. I saw my father kill his parents, harm a friend……but then I saw a memory more recent…one that broke my heart.
The young man was standing in an office. A lovely young vixen was yelling at him, demanded why he had lied to her. The raccoon tried to explain, but the vixen would not hear it. She shot at him and cursed his name, calling him things I dare not to repeat then I saw a second memory. The vixen was hugging a young wolf who gave her an engagement ring. I could feel the heartache of this man…This vixen had caused him a great deal of torture…
"You poor man…..how could that fox do such a terrible thing to you?" I said.
"Why do you care? Nobody else does….the world would be better off without me anyways….I lost everything I love…I lied to the women I love more than anything…..she never loved me and never will...I abandoned my friends…the only family I had for that damn vixen…I gave up everything for her.." The man broke down and sobbed. I sheltered him from the freezing rain with my wing. He looked up at me, his face filled with confusion.
"You're the son of Clockwork aren't you?" he asked.
"Yes….but….I am NOTHING like that...that...Monster…I unlike my….father have a real heart...i know empathy and compassion for others….Come my friend lets get you out of this rain…..Your life may see empty now..But in time you will find it has more to it than you could ever imagine…I and Gizmodious but you may call me Gizmo..."
"….Thank you…My names Sly…Sly Cooper."
That is how our friendship and our greatest adventure began.