Sly Cooper – the Legacy

Chapter 2

Callen woke up from his sleep, still with his head spinning because of his encounter with the mysterious man. He decided to get over it. He had an idea on how to find his friend, Sean. He went over to the living room and talked to his mother, Carmelita. (Yes, Sly and Carmelita got married.)

- Mom, being a cop you have access to the files of every single person in the world, right?

- Yes, why? Do you think you know the thief who stole the emerald? When I get my hands on him, he's gonna regret his theft so much… Ohh!

- N-N-No! – said Callen in a clumsy way, because he was the one who stole it – I just wanted to find a friend I haven't seen in many years. You see, we were best friends.

- Ohh – said Carmelita in a gentler voice – I can help you, just write his full name in a paper, as well as his species and age. And I'll check it out in the Police file records.

- Thank you mom.

Callen left the living room and went outside to see if he could gather some information on the mysterious man.

The first place he went was the "ThiefNet Café", it was the centre of all the information you could get on thieves, besides, Callen had a very nice relationship with the bar owner. As soon as he entered the bar he went directly to the balcony. He really liked the café, it was hidden from everyone, only thieves knew how to get there. It had a secret passage, under the old bridge across the lake, on one of the walls that supported the bridge, was a tiny hole, and under that hole was a grass path all the way down to the ground, beneath the grass, a trigger laid. Pull that trigger and you were in the café. Perfect place, perfect hideout.

As Callen was about to open his mouth to speak, the waitress said:

- Hey, kid. Yesterday someone left this here for you.

Callen received what seemed to be a letter. It was too dangerous to open it there, so Callen left the Café and looked for a safe place to read it.

Meanwhile he decided to check out if his mother had found his friend. He went to the police station to ask his mother, however he hesitated, what if his mother asked him what was the letter about. He decided to wait and ask her when he got home.

While Callen looked for a place to read the letter without anyone around, he remembered, he needed a hideout. But what could it be? He had an excellent idea. The city's clock, nobody ever looked at it, the clock was old and didn't work, it really was a good hideout. Callen had to go all the way up to the top of it. He took out his cane, pressed a switch and the upper part separated from the rest of the cane, the two parts being held by a rope. He started spinning it and threw it into the top of the clock, he pulled it to make sure it was safe and pressed the switch again. The rope retreated, leading him to the top, Callen put the parts back together again and entered the clock through the door.

Now he not only had a hideout, but he also had a place to read the letter safely. He took it out and started reading:

"Callen, first of all, I wanted to thank you again for trying to help me. If you are reading this, then it means you went back to the Café, looking for me, am I right? Anyway, I heard you needed a gang, I would be very pleased if you would let me join you, together, we could be master thieves, just like your father's gang. If you agree with me, come to the City Square at midnight, tonight."

Callen was surprised, the mysterious man had just offered to join his gang, he saw how strong he was back in the Café. This guy could be the muscles he was looking for, he couldn't refuse.

Callen went back home and by dinner time he asked Carmelite, if she already found his friend.

- Yes, son, I found your friend. He doesn't live far from here, you can get there in half an hour.

- Thank you mom. – Said Callen, he now had everything he needed, a Gang, a Hideout, and even a transport. He was on his way to become a real thief.

At midnight, Callen was there, as promised, the man seemed friendly, but taught by his father, Callen couldn't take risks, so he brought his weapons with him. Callen felt a shadow approaching, he looked to his right and saw someone, just when he was about to ask who it was he felt a liquid running down his cheek, it was blood. Callen was amazingly surprised, the character in the darkness had made him bleed in 2 seconds. He quickly reacted and took out his cane shurikens, threw them at the shadow, all of them missed, but one cut the shadow's shoulder. Callen jumped into the air and landed on top of a streetlight. The shadow reached for him and punched his now sore stomach, making him fall on the ground, he tried to stand up and attack his enemy, but all he saw were blurs of the shady character. It was moving way too fast, he remembered what his father had told him: "Everyone has a weakness, no matter who you're fighting, if you find their weakness, you've won the battle". As he remembered these words he focused and tried to catch a glimpse of weakness, hesitation in movement, and even a physical problem. He noticed an hesitation in his left leg, probably from a childhood injury, there was his chance. He had to hit the character when it was going left. Callen took out more shurikens and threw them at the shadow. Once again, all of them missed, when Callen had an idea, He took out more shurikens once again, but this time, he threw them while spinning incredibly fast in the air. The shurikens finally hit and the shady character now laid on the ground.

Callen was now pointing his cane at him when the shady character said:

- Very well, Callen, you passed my test. I am the man who sent you the letter.

- Then why did you attack me?

- Because I wanted to make sure it wouldn't be a mistake to join your gang, I wanted to see if you were worthy to have me in your team.

- Very well then. This was pretty tiring, why don't we talk at my hideout?

- That would be good.