Chapter 1.- The past came to bite you in the ass.
It was a warm morning in the city of Los Angeles.
As usual, Sly Cooper was waking up between two girls whose names he had forgotten right after they introduced themselves.
And the reason he was waking up was because he heard that someone was knocking on the door of his expensive bachelor apartment.
Sly woke up groggily and put on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. Then he stumbled towards the entrance, having to kick out of his way some empty bottles of various liquors, including vodka, whiskey, rum and even tequila, and opened the door, finding himself face to face with a blue-haired vixen that looked a bit disheveled and dirty, who was carrying a blue-haired raccoon cub in her arms.
- Sly? - The vixen asked with a slight Mexican accent.
- Yes? - Sly asked while he rubbed his eyes. - Do I know you?
The vixen narrowed her eyes and said:
- Fui tu amor eterno.
- What? - Sly asked. - I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish.
- Yo... Um, I was... Your endless love, like a year ago. I'm Carmelita Fox.
- Oh right, Carmelita! - Sly said while he facepalmed himself. - How have you been? Is that your baby? Did you get married?
After hearing those words, Carmelita glared daggers at the raccoon.
- No, you idiot. This is your daughter.
- Oh. - Sly said before analizing Carmelita's words. - Wait... what?! No, I don't want any kids!
- Don't you dare... I just... *Sigh* do you have ten dollars? I have to pay the taxi.
- Lemme see. - Sly said. - Hold on for a sec.
Sly rumaged in one of the anonymous girls' purses and pulled out a ten dollar bill, then he handed the bill to Carmelita.
- I'll be back soon. - Carmelita said while she handed the cub to Sly.
Carmelita turned and started walking down the aisle. The vixen exited the building in which Sly lived, then Carmelita sighed and got into the taxi that had brought here there, she handed the bill that Sly had given her to the driver and said:
- To the airport, please.
The driver took the bill and nodded, then he started the engine and drove off.
Back at the apartment, the anonymous girls had woken up and were watching the young cub on Sly's table, while the only male there was pacing nervously and sighing heavily.
- You know something, I don't think that your sister is gonna come back for her. - One of the girls said while she gestured at the cub.
- She's so cute. - The other girl said. - Who's her father?
- According to what I know, it's me. - Sly said.
The two girls looked at him with a disgusted look on their faces upon hearing the raccoon's words.
- You slept with your sister?! - The two girls asked him.
- No! No, no, no, no! I lied about the whole sister thing, I swear! Carmelita was an old girlfriend of mine, and according to her, the cub's my daughter.
Both girls shared a worried glance and they gulped hard, then they grabbed their respective purses and headed towards the door.
- Hey, where are you going? You said you'd stay the whole weekend! - Sly snapped.
- Well... I... Um... I forgot that I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow to check my... prostate. - One of the girls said.
- Huh? Wait a second, women have no prostate.
- Really? Well, I better make sure of that.
The two girls got out of Sly's apartment and Sly huffed while he ran a hand across his hair. Then the male raccoon glanced at the cub, who was smiling at him.
- Hey, you know your mother well, don't you? - Sly asked at the baby. - She wouldn't be capable of leaving you here, would she?
The baby tilted her head to the right in confusion and Sly sighed.
- Why am I asking questions to a baby? - Sly wondered aloud.
Then a ringing sound was heard, Sly turned and tried to find the source of the sound, and he realized that it was his cellphone. Sly pulled out his phone from his pocket and answered the call.
- Hello? - Sly said.
- Sly, it's me, Carmelita. - A womanly voice replied on the phone.
- Carm? Carm, where are you?
- Sly, yo... Lo siento, no, no puedo más... - Sly could hear Carmelita holding back tears.
- Carm, I don't understand, where are you?
- I'm deeply sorry, Sly... I... I just can't do this anymore...
- What do you mean? Carm? Where are you?!
- ... Passengers of the flight 265, with destination to Mexico City, please board through door 78. - An automated voice was heard in the background.
- I'm sorry, Sly... Please take care of her, she's just a baby...
Sly heard Carmelita crying over the phone, then he heard her hang up and he closed his cellphone. The male raccoon raced for his jacket and grabbed it, then he grabbed the keys of his bike and dashed to the door, leaving a confused raccoon cub in his table.
Three seconds after Sly had gotten out of his apartment, he went back in and dashed for the baby, he carried her and this made her laugh softly.
- Next time I leave and you don't tell me that you're still here, I'll leave you here, got it? - Sly said to the happy baby.
The girl smiled at him and he couldn't help but say:
- Well, you do are really cute.
Then Sly grabbed the baby tight and hopped on his bike, he ignited the motor and sped off towards the airport.
Luckily Sly was an experienced biker, and thus, he could drive using just one hand.
Ten minutes later, both raccoons had arrived at the airport. Sly parked his vehicle and dashed inside the airport. He started looking for Carmelita but he couldn't find her.
Then he went to the reception and he asked a lady:
- Hey, um, hasn't a blue-haired vixen, a bit dishelved and around my age, registered here?
The lady looked at him with a look that said "You gotta be kidding me" and she gestured at a bunch of disheveled blue-haired vixens that were there.
Sly saw them and he sighed, thinking that he wouldn't be able to locate Carmelita. By a mere twist of fate, Sly glanced at a window and he saw the vixen he was looking for through it. He saw Carmelita boarding a plane along with some other passengers, which made Sly ran towards the window and he started pounding on it as hard as he could, also yelling out Carmelita's name.
- Hey! Carmelita! Your baby! - Sly yelled as loud as he could.
Carmelita somehow felt that someone was calling for her, so she instinctively turned her head and glanced at the raccoon who was still pounding on the crystal. She shed a single tear and boarded the plane, while Sly was still trying to get her attention.
- No! Carmelita! The baby! You can't leave her here! - Sly yelled in his last attempt.
The plane finally lifted off and Sly just glanced at the young cub in his hands.
He felt that his world had made a sudden spin and he could just think of one thing.
- I need help. - Sly said for himself.
Sly walked back to his bike, he hopped on it and ignited it, then he drove off to the only place he could think of right now, the home of his old friend, Bentley Wiseturtle.