Sorry for the wait. I was on a trip last week and I couldn't work on the chapter.

I don't own Sly Cooper

Over the next few days, Sly and the gang continued to put together final points of their operation to obtain the Clockwork Wings. No one had seen Crystal since the night of the first dance. As the night of the heist came upon them, the team split off to take care of their tasks. After getting Murray set up above the statue where the wings were held, Sly got back into his tuxedo and went down to the dance floor.

"Everything you and your gang were doing has really scared the stripes off of Rajan." A familiar voice told Sly as he looked for Carmelita. He turned around to see the snow white fur of Crystal Feline. "Because you're here I take it that you're planning to take the wings tonight?"

Sly nodded. "Yep. Still going to dance with Rajan?" he asked, hoping she would say yes.

Crystal sighed quietly. "Sadly yes. As much as I hate to do this, I want those wings out of his position. Besides, I'm suspecting something else about him and I'm going to need to get up close to find out."

"Suspecting what?" He wondered.

"Nothing important.' She hissed silently. 'Sorry. I'm not usually like this. You're dance partners waiting for you on the floor. Good luck." She said before walking towards where the large tiger was waiting. Sly watched as Crystal approached the tiger. The two exchanged a few words before Rajan led her to the dance floor. He took that as a signal and approached Carmelita.

"Miss Fox. I believe that you owe me a dance." He told her holding out his hand.

As the music started, the fox didn't complain as she took his hands. As the couples started to dance, Murray dropped down from the ceiling and started to detach the wings.

"You are quite the dancer." Rajan told Crystal.

Crystal gave him a smile. "You are an amazing dancer as well Lord Rajan." Someone please kill me now. She thought to herself as the tiger began to flirt with her. She shot her eyes towards the statue and was relieved to see Murray disappear with the final wing. She saw Sly give a barely noticeable nod in her direction. She took it as the hint to get out of there and she took full advantage of it. "You know, I really like that statue of yours." She told him as the music ended and everyone around them began clapping.

Rajan looked at his statue proudly. "It's one of my greatest pieces in the palace. The wings I added-Wait! Where are the wings?" He roared, getting everyone's attention.

Crystal used the distraction to get out of Rajan's sight then sprinted to the door with Sly following behind before anyone could notice. The two burst out of the palace and ran on top of buildings towards the outer walls, where Sly said his team van was waiting. Armed guards chased after them as they neared the wall. Guards surrounded the drawbridge, blocking their only exit.

"Hop on my back." Crystal demanded as she put on her fingerless gloves.

"Why?" Sly asked, curious to what the snow leopard was planning.

"If you want to live to steal for another day just do it!" She hissed as she unsheathed her claws. Sly, not wanting to argue with her, hopped onto her back. Crystal stumbled for a second but quickly recovered as she saw the wall approaching. As the last bit of roof ended, Crystal jumped and shot her hands out towards the wall. The claws dug into the concrete and allowed her to climb up the wall with ease. As they reached the top, Sly jumped off and pulled Crystal up with him. They saw the van waiting for them at the edge of the trees but still out of sight of the guards.

"Care for a quick getaway?" Sly asked as he gestured to the van.

Crystal nodded. "Thought you would never ask." At this, the two thieves jumped off the wall and to the river below them. Both landed on one of the pointed rocks with ease and hopped over to the other side of the river quickly. As they both landed on solid ground once again, they took off towards the waiting van. Behind them, shouts and gun shots were fired as they ran. The back doors of the van slammed open as they approached. The two jumped in, the doors slammed shut, and the van took off leaving a cloud of dust behind it.

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"What a rush." Sly said as he sat in one of the back seats of the van. "We work well together." He told Crystal who was sitting next to the Clockwork wings.

She let out a yawn. "You're telling me. Nice work bandit boy." Everyone stifled laughs at Sly's new nickname except the raccoon himself, who only stuck his tongue out at the snow leopard. Crystal rolled her eyes and saw that they were pulling into a small village. She then turned to Murray. "You can just drop me off here if you want."

"Wait. Before, you said that you were suspecting Rajan of hiding something. Care to explain what?" Sly asked with a raised eyebrow.

As the van pulled to a stop, Crystal opened the back door and then turned back to Sly. "Ask yourselves this, if Rajan is a spice lord, where were all the spices?" with that, she jumped out of the van and closed the door behind her. She went towards the market as the van pulled slowly away, as if expecting her to run back. When the van was finally out of sight, Crystal let out a small sigh. She walked around till she found a small motel for the night. After changing out of her dress and into a tank top and sweatpants, she lay down on the bed and brought out a small laptop from her bag. She opened it and the screen revealed a map of India. On the map was a small blinking red dot, making its way away from the palace. "Gotcha." Crystal said with a smirk.

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Over the next few days, Crystal watched the dot move across the map, tracing the path until it stopped moving, three days since the ball and dancing with Rajan. Crystal packed her things and did supply shopping in the market place before heading out towards the jungle. She spent most of the journey on foot through the thick jungle or by jumping through the tree tops. To blend in with the natives of the jungle, Crystal had connected the spots on her fur, giving her the appearance of a white tiger instead of a leopard. She traveled for two days before coming across a large temple. The first person she saw was Rajan.

"Looks like I'm in the right place." She said to herself as she disappeared into the trees behind her.

I know its short but I'm working on longer chapters.