A/N Hey guys, nice to see you again. I'd like to thank Slycooper 978 for sending me two ideas and I will make sure to use atleast one, but that one may come a bit later considering what it is. Just wanted to make that shout out now so I don't forget it later(because my mind seems to forget a lot of stuff these days)
Anyway thanks to anyone who decided to come back and read this new chapter, I hope you enjoy this as well any possible future chapters. And if you want to give me any ideas, either send it in a PM or review(if it's a review I'll make sure to PM you and let you know I saw it and tell you if I like the idea)
Lastly if you can't get enough Sly and Carm fluff, check out my other Sly fic "The small things" it may need a few touch ups but I bet you'll enjoy it.
It had been about a month since Sly had stayed the night with Ms Fox. He had been wondering if she'd taken his offer from the note he left but so far there were no signs of her sharing the same idea.
Coming to this conclusion he decided to not ask her again and went back to his normal routine. Since the last month he had spent most nights hanging out with either one or both of his friends depending on their schedule.
More and more recently Bentley had been spending his time on the computer speaking with a new friend he made only called 'RedBaron1337'. From what he could tell 'baron' had revealed they were a girl which gave both Sly and Murray free reign to start teasing their friend that it was his new girlfriend. He obviously denied it and called it 'an online friend'
So some nights Bentley spent more time talking with the Baron then hanging out with Murray and Sly. It didn't bother the two; it was healthy that he was making more friends besides just the raccoon and hippo.
The two others spent most of their time together; Sly even went to a derby to watch the hippo destroy the competition, but this came at a heavy cost to his vehicle. After that Murray spent a lot of time trying to repair his vehicle. He still spent most of his time with the turtle and raccoon, but he wanted to get to the next derby as fast as possible.
These two new pass times for his friends left him alone sometimes, which wasn't bad since it was only for small amount of times.
But tonight was a bit different. Bentley had completely left to go out shopping for tech supplies; while Murray had let Sly know that he was definitely gonna be in the garage for the entire night trying to fix his derby car so it would finally be done.
This made the raccoon decide to head out and see what kind of trouble he could get in. Putting on his thieving equipment and taking his cane; he quickly let Murray know he was heading out then got up onto a building.
Once on the building he did what he always did and jumped from building to building. Eventually he stopped for a few minutes to watch a street. He didn't do it to spy on people, but more to just watch the lights, people and cars.
It was times like these that made him glad he was not a normal person. Doing the same thing every day on a perfect routine; just like the stoplights, always on a specific schedule, never changing. After a few minutes he continued on moving through the city.
Eventually he arrived at where he had been meaning to go, The Louvre. From what he heard an Egyptian necklace was in there. It was actually on tour and had been to a few other museums so far but now it was here in France. He also had heard from connections and research Murray had done that the necklace had been stolen hundreds of years ago from a pharaoh's tomb. This gave the perfect reason to take it and send it out for sale on the .
He'd broken into the Louvre a few times before so he didn't expect this to be much different unless they had upgraded the security systems.
He was easily able to reach the middle building, which was where the necklace was, and after taking out a guard that was near a door got inside. He knew the museum pretty well and skillfully maneuvered around guards so not to raise any suspicion. Finally he reached the room holding the necklace. Inside was one guard.
"Not a problem" he thought and waited until the guard faced away from where he was coming.
When the guard decided to walk around and bit look at the exhibits, not that he had anything better to do, Sly quietly walked over and using his cane knocked him out with ease. He almost fell over and would have knocked over a vase if Sly hadn't caught the man.
He set him down in a sitting position against the wall and said "Sleep tight buddy, I'm sure you'll appreciate the rest"
The raccoon walked to chest high pillar that had the necklace on top, only problem was it was incased in a square glass box.
He looked at the box then took off his backpack. He rummaged around and found a very fine knife. He used the knife to slowly draw a hole. It took him almost ten minutes to cut the hole open but finally it fell over and he caught it before it fell then placed it on top of the box so he wouldn't step on it.
After putting the knife back in his pack he reached inside and gently pulled the necklace from the box. It was mostly gold, with some Egyptian animals carved into spots, he could identify a jackal, crocodile and eagle. Finally in the middle was a gem hanging from necklace.
"Pretty" he said to himself before also placing it in his pack, but unfortunately he heard a guns hammer click back "Crap"
"Put the necklace back Ringtail" he heard a familiar voice.
"Well my night just got more fun" he thought to himself.
"Hello Ms Fox. Long time no see" he said not making any move "Well hopefully see you in a sec" since he was still facing away.
"I said drop it" she said.
"Oh now you want me to drop it? Thought you wanted it intact?" he asked.
He could practically feel her eyes roll as she scoffed "just put it back you idiot"
Sly could tell she wasn't gonna play with him so he needed to make his move carefully "I was gonna see how you looked with it on but I guess not now" he slowly got up but didn't put it back. He knew she'd never try to take him down if he was still holding it, the gem was fragile and Barkley would have her ass if she broke it.
"Put it back Cooper" she growled seeing what he was doing.
"Don't think I will Ms Fox" he smirked finally turning finding his suspicions to be right.
She had her shock pistol aimed right for his chest ready to taze him when she got the chance. Even in the darkened room he found it nice to ogle over her a bit admiring how she looked.
"So how ya been since we last met, how was the breakfast? It wasn't cold right?" he asked wanting to talk a bit while they were stuck in the stale mate.
She knew she had no choice but to talk and said "It was actually quite nice, and it was still warm. Thanks for the breakfast I guess, but don't think that because of that I'm gonna put some pity on you"
"Would never dream of it love" he smiled happy she had a nice breakfast.
She rolled her eyes but said "So, just incase I don't get you in the back of my car in cuffs, was that letter for real? You'd really want to risk hanging out with me again?"
He shrugged "Sure, and I know this is really sappy, but when I see you whether with a gun in my face or otherwise my day gets a bit better" he said truthfully.
Despite it being very corny the fox couldn't help but feel a bit of warmth in her chest "Ya that was corny, and if I have to be honest too, I considered it. The only problem, I had no way of reaching you and making plans"
"I did that on purpose, mostly because I was sure you'd have turned it down" he said surprised she actually considered his offer.
She looked away but kept the gun pointed at him then back "Alright so let's say I actually wanted to doing something with you, how would I even let you know?"
Sly thought it over and said "Well, it would have to be a way that you or anyone else couldn't track or figure out where I'm sending it, so how about this? I'll set up a dead drop spot, where you can leave, a letter or note or whatever. I'll check it about once a week or more so give me at least a week to respond. I'll answer back as soon as I can then leave my answer there where you will come back and see my answer. Sound like a good plan?"
She thought it over and said "Ok, give me the address"
Sly said "Just let me get my backpack, I got paper so I can make some instructions." He was asking permission so she wouldn't assume he was doing anything bad.
She nodded giving him the go ahead and he carefully grabbed a sheet of paper and wrote a quick note. As he got back up he sighed contemplating.
After a second he said "As a gesture of good faith, you can have this too" he said handing over the necklace along with the paper "What you are doing is worth more then some necklace"
She barely held back a smile since that was actually rally sweet but barely managed to keep her stern face "just hand it over"
She reached out with her free hand and took both and said "Alright Sly, get out of here" slowly lowering her pistol.
Sly let out a smile "Never thought I'd hear that, but can I ask you something?"
She cautiously nodded "If I want to make plans, mind if I just drop it directly off at your apartment?"
She sighed holstering her pistol now "Not that I like you breaking into my place but that would be faster… fine" she sighed feeling like she'd regret it.
"Thanks Carm… sooooo…. Um, I can just leave?" he asked cautiously never actually being in this situation where he could just leave.
Carm looked at him annoyed "Yes, dumby"
"Ok" he said about to run off but said "Oh and that guy may need some ice"
After that he ran off barely holding back the disbelief at what just happened. It only occurred to him once he left the museum grounds that maybe she just tricked him. It was also just as possible that she just tricked him to keep the necklace out of his grasp.
This made him chuckle "If so, well played Ms Fox"
This wouldn't stop him from checking the dead drop every so often anyway.
When he got home he found that Bentley had already gone to bed and Murray was still working. Before he went to bed he made sure to write down the instructions to the dead drop location he'd given Carmelita in a journal.
Head to Main Street, find the alleyway south of the intersection with Monroe St. in the alley is an unused air conditioner with an easily opened side door. Wedge the note in inside.
He smiled closing the book and placed it back in its spot. He went to bed to sleep and found it almost impossible to fall asleep. He was too excited to sleep knowing Carm might send a letter. It finally came to him; this might be a very, very long week.
Alright thanks for reading everyone, this wasn't one of the ideas Sly cooper 978 had given me or any of my ideas, this was mostly just a chapter to fill in the gap of how these two started out. I had to quickly find a way for them to be able to secretly communicate with eachother. So this is more of a bridge chapter. Apologies if you wanted to read some fun stuff. Hopefully the next one will be out soon once I decide what their first activity could be. Like I said up top send me ideas if you got any(or want to see more of this) lastly check out my other Sly fic, and if you happen to be a fan of Spyro I got a bunch there too.
PS I know those street names are lame or may not even exist in Paris but I've never been there so I just made it up quickly, don't get on my butt about it.
Thanks for reading
Admiralkirk95
