"Wait your Lucem. Who or what are you?" The white raccoon stepped forward coming closer to Lily. "I am one of many who came together to stop a threat. A threat that still exists even now." She pointed at the endless darkness below them which began to ripple. The floor then showed what could only be described as apocalyptic. Lily gazed down seeing nothing but fire, ash, and scarred lands. "What is this?"

"This is the land where it sleeps."

"It sleeps, what is "it?" The floor rippled again showing a orb with a giant creature inside. "The hell is that?!"

"The one that everyone shall fear, he who can travel from one to the next. He is by far a god, but only wishes for death and destruction."

"A god, no way that's insane this is just a dream this can't be real." But Lucem then walked to her punching the raccoons shoulder. "Ow! W-what I felt that? How is this possible?"

"Because I took you from the dimension you know and took you into another. But I can only do this though dreams."

"Dimension what are you going on about!?"

"This is worse then I thought. Ok let me quickly explain too you I only have a few minutes. You see we exists in our own universe but there is a wall, an invisible wall that can be breached using the right technology."

"And you have this technology I'm guessing." Lucem laughed and quickly shook her head. "Nope I was born with this power." Lily mind was blown, she couldn't comprehend that anything like this could ever exist. "This has to be a dream. There's no way this can be real."

"Sorry but this is all real now where was I ah yes. Once you breach this wall you enter a place called "Dimension space" a realm that mirrors the place you live in except you are only visible to those of that time, anyone from any other time will not see or hear you."

"What do you mean by people from different times?"

"One may travel though time to another. If you travel into the dimension space only those from said time can see you others from other times will not see you."

"Ok fine say I believe you, what's all of this stuff got to do with me and all of this!?"

"Well it's got everything to do with this. After all you are within a special place only known to some. A little place outside the walls of Dimension space which can only entered with dreams." Lily looked around a little more only seeing the gentle lights shining. "Wait, you said you made this world so we can talk."

"Yes I did didn't I." Lily turned to the white raccoon with a confident gleam. "So your saying you created all of this whatever just to talk with me? There's more to this is there!?" Lucem just giggled and walked backwards as her body began to glow. "Wait what's happening?"

"Times up I'm afraid I have to go." She walked backwards with Lily walked towards her, she then hit an invisible wall. "Hey what the hell?"

"Sorry Lily but you can't come with me after all this is just a dream." As she morphed back into a ball of light the raccoon could hear a faint whisper coming from the ball. "Do not worry I will protect you in the shadows. But beware of the wondering shade, do not trust anything she says."

"W-WAIT!" Lucem shun brightly, blinding the raccoon.


Rivia's house

"N-no don't go!" Lily then woke up and got up quickly shaking her head. "Wow what a dream, it almost seemed real." However the raccoon was taken by surprise when she turned seeing a piece of paper on the end of her bed. She reach out grabbing the paper and opened it.

"I send you this to show you are not alone, remember do not trust the shade. She will only lead you to darkness. You are our only hope Lily."

She began to shake and then heard a knock on the door, quickly she placed the paper under her bed cover. "Who is it?"

"It's dad who else."

"Well it could have been mum."

"True, can I come in?" Lily walked to the door opening it. "Of course but don't think I'm not angry still."

"I know and that's why I wanted to take you somewhere." The raccoons curiosity was tickled by this, her father wouldn't just say this without a reason. "Ok you got me. What's going on?"

"Nothing sweet heart I felt bad about last night and I wanted to make up for it."

"By doing?" Malcolm gave the trade Cooper smile and winked. "You'll have to find out later, after all school comes first." Lily sighed and then remembered what today was. "Ah! I have isolation."

"Doesn't matter when you come home you'll see." She smiled and hugged her father who then rubbed her hair messing it up. "Hey don't do that, do you know how long it take to get my hair ready?" Malcolm laughed and walked away. "I'll see you later dear."

"Yeah you too." Lily got dressed quickly and then headed out to school.


Outside the school

Lily waited outside the school looking for both Bethany and Trevor, she impatiently tapped her foot on the ground whilst looking at her watch. "Come on guys I thought we agreed to come at this time so we can discuses the plan."

Flashback

Lily was in her room last night when she felt a vibration on her leg, she then quickly grabbed her phone seeing who was calling. "Hey Beth what's happening?"

"Lily I wanted to decuse the plan quickly."

"Ok how about we talk tomorrow in front of the school at eight how's that?"

"Sounds good to me, I'll call Trevor and tell him. See you at eight." Beth then hung up leaving the raccoon to herself.

Back at the school

"Come on, come on what's taking so long?" The raccoon turned seeing two figures running towards her. "About time. Hey Trev, Beth what took you so long!?" The three all grouped with Bethany and Trevor quickly catching their breath. "S-sorry Lil I h-had a idea and wanted t-to go somewhere quick."

"A plan? Ok what is it?" Bethany then pulled from her bag a old looking device. "Uh what's that?"

"This is or was dad's old binocucom until he got an upgraded one. I though it might come in handy." Bethany then gave it to the raccoon while she pulled out another. "This was uncle Murray's old binocucom here Trevor you take it."

"Thanks." Bethany then pulled the last one out. "Last but not least is uncle Bentley's old binocucom. That reminds me we should test these out." Lily nodded and activated it and then looked though hers. "Ok everything looks somewhat fine but it still works."

"Same with this one Beth." Bethany then examined hers . "Perfect they all still work, dad and the others won't miss then, after all their being put to good use."

"Ok so what's the plan?"

"Step one Lily will be put in isolation which means she's out of commission but try to sneak out if possible."

"Got it, nothing's gonna keep me out."

"While that's happening both me and Trev will do whatever we can to examine the principals office and look for clues. But most likely will have to do two things, if this happens I handle pickpocketing after all my dad taught me a lot. And Trev you handle-well whatever you do best."

"Talking to girls?"

"Well now you mention it, talking around might help in fact yes do that."

"Wow for once talking to girls is the right move."

"Of course if you can try getting sent to his office on purpose."

"WHAT! Why?"

"Because you'll be able to get a front row seat of the situation. You'll be able to see if there are any locks on anything that seems secure. If so that means he has a key on him, which then means I can pickpocket him." Trevor sighed. "Fine in the honour of thieves I'll take one for the team but you owe me!"

"Fine let's get in there quickly." The three then proceed inside with a shadow watching them from a distends. "Hmm this could be interesting, I might get closer and see what's happening."

Inside the school

The three walked in with a teacher standing next to a row of lockers. "Ah miss Cooper come with me." Lily breathed in and turned to the raccoon and tiger, nodding as they did as well. She was then escorted to the room leaving Bethany and Trevor to it. "Ok let's get moving to class and start the plan."

"Ok but hopefully todays not math or history, I had enough of history from both mum and dad." The tiger cringed as Bethany walked away.

The isolation room

Lily walked into the room seeing rows of sections with, the teacher then pointed to the nearest room. "Come on the quicker you get moving the quicker it'll be over."

"You can say that again." She moved to the room with the badger placing a few pieces of paper on the table. "This is your work for today, I'll be coming back at break to see is you have finished. If so I'll give you another set of work understood?" She nodded as the badger closed the door behind her leaving Lily in the small room with only a table and a chair. "And I thought the stories about these rooms where made up, oh well guess the next step is to find a way out." She looked around only seeing the top of the small room, she glanced at the floor like Bethany said there where gaps. "Ok time to see if I can fit." Lily got on the floor and tried to fit though the gap, only just getting though. "Wow never thought I'd get though that. Ok next step finding a way to the principals office though the ventilation system." The raccoon gazed around seeing nothing in site. She quickly but quietly moved around looking for anything until she remembered what her cousin said. "The vents may be above the rooms." She quickly gazed up seeing the vent seeing one part of the vent going down into one room which luckily wasn't being used. "Must be my lucky day." Lily then entered the room seeing it would take some skill to get up to the vent. "Ok Lily use you brain for once." She jumped up on the table and then picked up the chair, placing it on the table and again got up on it. "Still not enough, I need another chair." She got down and grabbed her rooms chair and placed it on the chair, not providing the height she wanted she gritted her teeth and jumped hoping she could grab hold of the vent. She managed to grab the vent and pull of the rusty hinges leaving it dangling as she then used it to climb up into the vent. "Right principals office here I come."

Hallway

The class exited out leaving Bethany and Trevor to talk. "Ok remember try to find someone who can give you information or try to get into the principals office."

"Got it. What are you doing?" Bethany then quickly put on a pair of yellow gloves. "I'm going fishing and the targets are the teachers and the principal himself. That reminds me if you get in trouble use the binocucom and call me. Don't forget to contact Lily too."

"Got it, well I'm on the move." The tiger then ran of leaving the raccoon who turned clicking her fingers. "Oooook. Who will be the first victim? Ah how about you miss Yen."

Back in the vent

Lily slowly made her way though the vent covered in dust and cobwebs. "Uh I hate dark tight spaces and most of all I hate spiders." A small spider crawled on her arm as she brushed it away. "Yuck, be brave girl there's worse things then spiders like a weeks worth of detention." She then began to hear things below her seeing vent near her she crawled to it looking down. "It's the hallway." She gazed down seeing people walk by and others just talking until she heard something that caught her attention. "Excuse me sir I must speak too you about Mr Cooper."

"What? Cooper." Lily looked seeing a parrot and the principal walking into a room nearby. Lily then crawled quickly to the room hoping to find a vent to look though.

She got to the room looking down and quickly got out her binocucom and took a look around the room. "Sir you ask me to get information on Mr Cooper and Mrs Meadow."

"Mum? What's this about."

The parrot handed a letter to the bear who opened it quickly, he then grinned and patted the parrot. "Well done my friend your efforts was commendable."

"What do you me.." The parrot then felt a jab in his back as he clasped to the ground. "OH MY GOD!" The bear then pulled out a knife from the parrot and pulled up the bird body, making sure he wasn't breathing. "What a shame, if you'd died like that you would have to die like this." Principal then placed the knife on the birds neck slowly cutting the birds throat enjoying every moment of it. The teachers wings began to twitch as he began to chock on his own blood much to the horror of Lily who watched the whole thing. "T-this guy is crazy! Forget stealing from this guy he needs to get locked up." The raccoon then used the binocucoms to take photos of principal Artair. Before he left he quickly placed the letter on the table before calling someone to clean the mess, he left quickly clearing of the blood on him. Lily then tried to open the vent however she couldn't do anything. "Wait a minute the binocucom." Lily then called Bethany."

Hallway

Bethany's pockets where filled with many things from the teachers mostly coins, jewellery, and notes. "Not a single thing that might help oh well then guess I'll go pick the principals pocket." She paused as her pocket began to vibrate. She then pulled the binocucom out and activate it. "Bethany! I need your help and fast!"

"Whoa, whoa slow down what's happening?"

"T-the principal he, he just killed one of the teachers over some letter."

"What a-are you sure?"

"Trust me I'm still in the vent above the room looking at the mess. He left the letter on the table I need you to grab it and fast."

"O-ok what room is it?"

"Ah damn from what I can see it's room... 4B? Perhaps 5B."

"That's good enough for me I'll get right to it." Bethany put the gadget in her pocket and then ran down the hallway searching for the room. "C4, C2, C, ah ha B5 and B4." She opened B5 first seeing nothing inside. "Ok not this one then." She then ran to the next room and opened it. "Oh god it's like she said." Bethany saw the parrot laying on the floor, the blood soaked his cloths as it pooled around him. "Beth, Beth up here." The raccoon gazed up at the vent seeing a shadowy figure. "Lily is that you?"

"Sure is. The letter is on the table. Grab it and get out fast." Bethany looked at the table and saw the letter. She quickly grabbed it and ran fast. "Ok I better make it back for the isolation room. Here I thought we where stealing from a normal person." Lily then crawled her way back to the small room.

"So you girls haven't seen anything strange at all."

"For the last time Trevor no we haven't now get lost!" The group of girls walked away with Trevor gazing at the oldest girls skirt. "Wow what a great arse." She turned with a angry glare. "I HEARD THAT!" She then ran at the tiger who then began running away. Trevor then crashed into Bethany. "Hey watch where your going. Oh it's just you Trev."

"Why does everyone say that too me?" The two got up but the tiger was then hit by the cat who chased him. "Next time keep your thoughts to yourself." She walked away with Bethany looking down at Trevor. "Hitting on girls with terrible lines ha."

"No! I gave her a complement and she took it negatively. I can't help it you girls are a strange people." Bethany help him up and the two then got closer both gazed at each other for a few seconds. Bethany then pushed him away. "Ahem anyway I got something important we need to talk about it after we finish." The raccoon walked back to the classroom but Trevor just gazed at her confusingly. "Weird I feel warm, strange. Probably just something I ate."

Isolation room

Lily quickly placed everything back into place not long before the door opened leaving her a few seconds to get into her room. With some luck and quickness Lily made it into her room and sat down, her door then opened with the teacher unimpressed. "You have done nothing what so ever!" She shrugged her shoulders with a unsure grin. "I got stuck on the questions." The teacher looked at the first question. "What is 5+5?" Lily gave a cocky smile. "Ooooh five plus five. I thought it meant something else."

"Something else?" She had to think quickly. "Uh I thought it meant what is fifty five plus blank that's why I waited to convers with you about." The badger was still unimpressed by her excuse. "Nice try Cooper but not good enough detention after school."

"WHAT!? Can't I just have another isolation tomorrow?"

"No you heard me an hour detention after school." The badger walked out the room leaving Lily to calm down. "Look on the Brightside, we have something that's even bigger then we could have realised that effects uncle Sly and mum. After this is over we can see what it is." The raccoon sighed and picked up the pencil next to her and began to work.


Classroom

The day was over but not for Lily who went to her classroom with her teacher Mr Hilburn watching her. "Not to be mean or anything sir but don't you have anything better you could be doing besides doing detention?"

"If I do it's got nothing to do with you Lily now be quiet." Lily sighed starring up at the clock seeing she had to wait another fifteen minutes. The waiting made her annoyed as she wanted to see what her father had planned. "Come on clock go faster!"

"Starring at the clock won't make it go fast. Believe me I've tried that." Lily just slouched on the desk waiting what seemed like an eternity. She then slightly opened her desk seeing if she had anything interesting inside. She then pulled out from her a piece of paper with a name on it. "S.M? weird no one in this class name begins with s or surname begins with m. So who does this belong to?" Her curiosity got the better of her, she opened it reading slowly.


Meet me outside near the trees, I've been watching you and we need to speak.

A friend

V


"V whose V?" She put the letter in her pocket and then gazed at the clock seeing it's now ten-to-five making her feel a bit better. She looked though her desk for anything else aggressed to S.M but nothing could be found, the bell rung much to the raccoons delight. Lily then walked out of the room as Hilburn quickly began writing on a paper. "Cooper!" Lily turned back to the class grunting. "What now!?"

"Take this." The hedgehog gave her a note which she took. "Don't read it here go somewhere else with it." The whispers made her quite nervous making her think something more sinister was happening besides the principal. "Ok thank you sir." She ran off leaving the hedgehog. Before he could walked off to his room he was grabbed from behind by principal Artair. "What did you tell her?"

"I-I didn't say anything."

"A likely story but I saw the note you handed to her. What did it say?"

"Nothing It's just a reminder to her parents." The bear grinned. "I'm very sorry Hilburn, you where a good employee until now." He then snapped his neck, the hedgehog then flopped to on the floor. Artair reached down to his pocket grabbing a walky-talky. "Yes it's me... No I don't think the Coopers know yet... Of course you idiot I'll make sure everything go according to plan... Yes, yes oh that reminds me we need two more men to poses as teachers two went rogue so I had to kill them... Good I'll meet you later goodbye."


Outside the school

Lily walked around the area searching for any sign that someone was around but there was nothing. "I guess no ones here. Oh well never mind."

"I was waiting for you." Lily turned to see a raccoon behind her. "W-who are you!?"

"Yes I guess you wouldn't recognise me after all these years." The raccoon turned around facing Lily. "I'm call Vitalis, but most of everyone calls me Vivi or Vi." Lily then started to recall the name. "Yeah mum told me about you a raccoon who disappeared never to be seen again."

"Hmm stories change after time and time again. Your mother told you I disappeared when really I was here the whole time."

"Why? Why didn't you go see mum?" Vitalis then turned sighing. "Because your mother wouldn't want to see me."

"What? Why's that?"

"You see this world this dimension there's something wrong with it. It makes you think things changes things about you and worst of all it takes the unhappiness and leaves you with happiness."

"What's so wrong with taking everyone's unhappiness?"

"Because it takes it and feeds it to someone or should I say something in another place." Lily began to remember the dream she had last night everything the raccoon said began to make sence to her. "Do you know who Lucem is?" Vitalis turned to Lily surprisingly. "You know of her?"

"She talked to me in a dream telling me about some "god" who wants to destroy things."

"Yes the god who wishes destruction but is stuck in a place he can't even escape from and yet he is here with us."

"What?" The raccoon then raised her arm out to Lily. "Take my hand." Though she felt scared a feeling inside of her told her to do it, she placed a hand on her as she then changed. Her body morphed from her raccoon fur to a smooth metallic body. "W-what are you!?"

"I am a robotic model of a raccoon the project that I was named after was "Project Walking Shade." From that moment on I was labelled PWS." Images then poured into Lily mind seeing a clear image of a giant bird with a monsters appearance battling several shady apparitions. "What is all of this?!"

"That is the beast and several others along with myself who tried to stop him but failed."

"You failed but that doesn't make sence your here." Vitalis laughed at the comment. "Just like your mother naïve. The beast wishes to travels from one dimension to the other absorbing himself over and over until he has completed his cycle. To destroy the place call "The centre of Time space."

"Centre of time space?" The images stopped and the metallic form changed back into her furry raccoon form again. "What was that about."

"What you saw was a memory from my data chip this took place twelve years ago, however my data tells me it never took place."

"How is that possible?"

"The events took place in another dimension so this proves one thing, we are no longer what we were before the others have changed somehow."

"What on earth are you talking about!?" Vitalis turned back to Lily and walked to her. "You must listen, the world you live in is not like the original. Me your mother, Sly and the others come from another dimension this is not our home and yet we have merged into this place, how is this possible." Lily pulled her hands out from Vitalis's grasp. "Tell me is Bentley still around?"

"Y-yes why do you want to know?!"

"Good then I'll have a word with him then, goodbye until next time." The robot then dropped a object on the floor which then filled the area with smoke. Lily was shortly blinded allowing Vitalis to escape. "W-what's (cough) going on? (cough)" She ran out of the cloud of smoke and quickly looked around. "Gone so much for asking, I guess the best thing is to just go home." Her leg then began to vibrate. She activated her binocucom. "Lily where are you? We've been waiting for ages!"

"Sorry Bethany I ran into some trouble but I'll talk too you later ok."

"Whoa trouble what happened?"

"It's a long story but I'll tell you later." Lily placed the device back and took a deep breath. "Of all the people on this planet. Why did I have to have the unusual family that has some strange connection with some monster."


Outside Rivia's house

Lily finally made it home as the sun began to set she then noticed something outside the house. "D-dad what going on?" The raccoon began to pack stuff into a car. "Where going somewhere like I said didn't matter what time you return. Now are you ready?" She nodded with a smile and Malcolm got into the car. "Ok let's go." The two then setted off.

Unknown location

Malcolm parked the car outside a forest leaving Lily with a strange feeling. "What is this place dad?"

"This is where your going to train." She gave a confusing look. "Train? But I thought."

"I said so many times that I'll do things with you but never do anything and times when I go on heist I never take you. Well now I think it's time you come with me and Sly, but first you need to train." Lily's eyes began to water with joy as she hugged the raccoon. "Oh thank you dad your the best."

The forest was pitched black with nothing to be seen, it was cold and the sound of bugs could be heard. Malcolm then stopped grabbing the younger raccoon shoulder. "Over here we made it." He walked into a bush, Lily then walked though becoming amazed by what she saw. She looked around seeing gentle glowing lights decorating the area, on the ground close by was a small stream flowing smoothly. She looked up to the sky seeing only the night sky littered with stars dotting the darkness above. "What is this place?"

"This my daughter is grotto that only I know of when I was a child. My few times I came was to improve my skills I then carved the Cooper family symbol here into this rock signifying this place belongs to us. This is where I propose to your mother, we came here a lot but we came here to train and that what we shall do." The older raccoon then pointed up in the air. "Ok Lily see the trees."

"Yeah."

"I want you to climb up and then jump from one to the other." She gave a confused look at her father. "But that sounds easy."

"If so then do it." She turned to a tree and climbed up with ease, she then turned and prepared to jump. As she jumped she then bashed into a tree causing her to fall to the ground. "You ok?"

"Uh I-I'm ok. What happened I jumped to a branch but hit something." Malcolm began to laugh as the raccoon got up of the floor.

"That is the beauty of this place. You see when you are high up in the air the lights are dim and they create shadows making you think what you are aiming at is a branch but instead another tree." Lily then got up and climbed the tree again failing again and again. "She has good determination I give her that. She may have what it take to be a Cooper with more training of cause." Malcolm watched her as she got up again and again until finally she had succeeded. "D-dad I did it!" He smiled with delight. "Fantastic now come on down that's enough for today will come back tomorrow." Lily then swung down to the ground impressing her father. "When did you learn to do moves like that?"

"When your away on heists mum likes to teach me stuff." Malcolm grinned and grabbed Lily. "So that's what you and you mother where doing!" He began to tickle her. "NO STOP IT! HA, HA, HA!" He picked the girl up and placed her on his shoulders as they walked back to the car. "Ah dad." He put her down and looked at the girl. "Yeah?"

"Thanks for this. I thought you didn't want to bring me along cause I'd get in the way and stuff."

"What? That's not it at all." He bent down to her high placing both hands on her shoulders. "I didn't want you involved because I didn't want you getting hurt, put in jail or worse dead." Lily knew the consequences and how a life of the thief is but she wanted to pursue it. "I don't care dad, even if I break my arm or get caught you or mum would save me." She hugged him as he looked on giving a sad look. "I'm sorry Lily for everything."


Rivia's house

The car parked outside the house, Lily then quickly got indoors as Malcolm locked the door a bit of wind brushed up against him. "Hello is someone there?" With no one in site he shrugged and then went inside. Little did he know that the shade was watching him from a distends. "Soon my dear Malcolm soon your part will be played."

Lily then ran upstairs past her mother who greeted the two. "Hey what's the matter?"

"Have to do something quickly I'll come back down in a minute." Rivia shook her head. "What is going though that girls mind?"

"Well I know one thing. That girl has some talent." The raccoon wrapped his arms around the leopard holding her there. "What's got you into this mood?"

"Let's just say that I think I getting to know my little girl better." Rivia smiled and closed her eyes. "Good I never though I'd here those words." Malcolm kissed Rivia's cheek and walked into the kitchen. "Now then what's for dinner?"

"Ha is that all you can think about."

Meanwhile Lily pulled out the binocucom and called Bethany. "Hey Beth I'm ready to talk."

"Took you long enough. Anyway the letter that principal Artair was given links him to a group called "The blackmarket gang."

"I remember that gang, uncle Markus runs it but what this Artair guy doing here?"

"The letter says that some of the group dispand and didn't approve of Markus so they setted up a new organisation, the letter names them. "The Rising Boar."

"What's with the name "Rising Boar?"

"Apparently your mum along with my dad, Trevor's dad, Bentley, Murray, and some other helped take down the leader called Desmond. After that Markus took over and lead the gang into an information team, hunting down items and gaver information for people one of these people is your mother who has been listed as "Ghost."

"Weird mum never mentioned being called that. In fact no one seemed to mentioned any of this."

"It could be cause all of this was burred a long time ago. This happened around fifteen years ago."

"Whoa still why hasn't anyone mention anything I mean someone had to find out sooner or later right?"

"Exactly and this is what this letter is. You see the teachers are actual undercover "Rising Boar" agents hunting down the person who killed Desmond and so far they only know my dads involved and your mother and your uncle."

"So what are we going to do?"

"This maybe out of our hands Lil we may need to tell someone."

"What no way! We can stop this group and save our parents with ease."

"Lily! You saw Artair kill one of the agents in cold blood for delivering a letter for him. Do you really think we can do anything against these people?" Lily grunted under her breath. "Y-your right. Let's tell our parents tomorrow and then meet up at school and talk about, did you tell Trev?" Bethany hesitated a second leaving Lily confused. "Uh Bethany what's wrong?"

"N-nothings wrong I'm gonna tell him right now, see you later." The link went dead but Lily was left confused by Bethany's actions. "What is with that girl? Oh well she'll be better by tomorrow." She placed the device under her bed and then went down stairs.

One hour later

Lily then opened her room and switched on the lights. "Feels weird going to bed around this time." She looked at the clock on her wall reading half-nine. She stretched and then opened her draws putting on a pair of pajamas. She then turned of the light and jumped into bed, slowly shutting her eyes she began to hear a faint noise in her room. She arose up from her covers searching the room seeing nothing at all until a small whispering could be heard.

"Lily, Lily." The raccoon turned seeing a strange apparition in the centre of her room swirling around in a spiral. "What the?"

"Don't be afraid of me, I won't hurt you." Strangely Lily seemed enticed by the black swirling object, her body was fighting trying to stop her moving closer but her mind felt a strange feeling of warmth and kindness. "That's right come closer I wont bite."

"N-no." Lily then began to fight back as her hand got closer and closer, she could feel the coldness of the black swirl on her fingertips. "Do not fight it this is what you are meant to do. This is your destiny."

"I-I don't believe you!"

"It doe not matter whether you believe me or not. What is important is I have the next piece of the puzzle." The swirl changed into a raccoon which looked exactly like Lucem but her fur was the exact opposite. The grey was instead pure black like ink, her black fur was more of a dull silver. "Your soul will awake the might Clocklord." Lily coward in fear. "NO!" But nothing happened when she looked, something was before her. "What? Lucem is that you?"

"When will you realise that I am more powerful then you fool!"

"I believe that when I see it." The light filled the room casting the shade out the room. "Are you ok?" Lily then looked up seeing the raccoon there. "But I thought you could only appear in dreams?"

"I can but I can come here only for a short while as long a she is in the same place as well."

"Who was that and who is Clocklord?" Lucem then turned around. "Will talk more in your dreams, go to sleep." She nodded and then slowly drifted of to sleep.

Lily's dream

The raccoon then opened her eyes seeing she was inside the dark room filled with lights. "How come I'm in here?"

"You have been here before that was enough for you to dream and think about it."

"Ok down to business, who was that and who is Clocklord?"

"The being you saw is a shadow, a thing that I created by mistake."

"What you created that thing!?"

"Intentionally no. Like I said before It is a shadow of myself. It was formed when I spitted myself into another being to send into this dimension."

"Ok fine so who is Clocklord?"

"It is a monster, the god who carves destruction that is what Clocklord is and I guard it."

"You call it "it" yet I talked to someone earlier who said him. Why do you call this creature "it."

"Because it has no gender and has change beyond what it was. He is no longer anything but a machine hybrid longing to kill everything for power and control."

"Ok but what about that whatever it is. What is it besides a shadow?"

"How to say this, it is me another me." Lily noticed the world rippled around her. The surroundings changed to the world she saw before, she looked down seeing the bright glowing orb. "That's Clocklord the creature inside the orb?" Lucem nodded with a glum look. "I thought this was the end of it but I was wrong, so very wrong. After the battle I sealed it in the same dimension and then used whatever energy from both myself and it in attempt to create a new dimension. However I could not do it no matter how much power I had, so I placed the spirits of the team into a new dimension."

"You sealed the spirits of my mum and the others in this dimension. How can that even be possible?" Lucem chuckled softly. "It's hard to explain but it's like this." The white raccoon walked to the raccoon and then placed her hand out, a glowing white aura surrounded her hand. "Whoa that amazing!"

"It is. You see we have a spirit within us and within each of our "other selves" because of this we can transfer one spirit to the other combining the two together to create one being." Lily then walked forward and raised her arm out which Lucem then gently held. "Everyone has this spiritual energy which can be absorbed into another version of our "other selves." I then found a dimension which resembled the same as the one the gang came from even your spirit came from that dimension."

"Me really I came from a different dimension?" She shook her head and smile. "It's a little bit complicated you see in every dimension there is always something different with the exception of a few things like there's always a Cooper and a Meadow family. An example of this is Malcolm wasn't your father."

"Really I wasn't a Cooper?"

"You where still a Cooper, your father was your ancestor Tennessee "kid" Cooper." Lily cringed at the sentence. "Tennessee was my father in another dimension? What the hell was my mum thinking!?"

"Technically you would have still been his daughter if it wasn't for the fact a certain few things changed in this timeline. For one Malcolm was with Sly to which your mother meet him. Secondly the events that would lead up to your uncle traveling in time thought certain events. Because of this a skunk named Le Paradox never went back in time, come to think of it wonder where he is in this dimension? And finally the events that lead up to the battle against Clocklord never happened cause Clocklord is trapped but not for long."

"Not for long, what going to happen if this "Clocklord" gets out?" Lucem then turned quickly pointing at the darkness in the distends, the black emptiness changed into a bright orangey-red as Lily's eyes began to glow with a furious orange light. "No this can't be."

"Sadly it's true, this is how this world will end should Clocklord escape and many others." Lily shook her head seeing the world burn and turn to ash and rubble. "There has to be a way!"

"The only way to stop this is to stop the shade."

"So how do we stop her?" However the white racoon bit down on her lip. "You don't know how to stop her don't you." She began to shine brightly signalling her time was up. "I must return to my prison but have faith I shall find a way to quell her darkness and free all of you."

"Wait "free us" what do you mean by that!?" But it was to late the light burst out sending the raccoon flying into the dark.


Bentley's hideout

"I'm sorry but I can't help you Vi. I'd like to but I just can't."

"You don't understand Bentley this isn't our home we live in another dimension." Bentley spun around as he began typing on his laptop. "I'm sorry Vi I don't know how to make a dimension machine. I don't even know how you got this idea in your head." The robot grunted and walked to the balcony grabbing the railing, she looked out at Paris the city glow brightly at night, the cold wind hit against her. "Look Bentley please can you at least look into it for me." The turtle sighed turning the chair toward the robo raccoon. "Look I don't know why you want me to do this but I'll look at whatever I can."

"Thanks Bentley I owe you one."

"What's going on Bentley?" Vitalis turned to see Penelope walking in the room to Bentley. "What's she doing here?"

"I'm here talking to Bentley not you bitch." The two walked next to each other glaring into the others eyes. "Please that's enough both of you." Bentley rolled in between the two, Vitalis then walked out to the balcony, jumping on the railing. "Just tell me when you get any information." She then chucked a small device which landed on the turtles lap, Vitalis then jumped off the railing. As she fell she aimed her arm and used a special grappling hook slinging from one building to the next. The mouse turned to the turtle. "What was she talking about?"

"She said something about a dimension machine so I promised I'd look into it."

"That sounds strange why would she want that?" Bentley then rolled slowly off to the next room. "Who knows but I guess it can't hurt to look." As he left the room the black whirl formed behind the mouse. "You seemed troubled." Penelope turned looking for the voice. "Who's there?"

"Hush now do not fret all will be delt with but first I need your aid." The mouse turned again feeling cold all of a sudden. "Who are you and what do you want!?" The black mist swirled around her as the shade rubbed the mouse's cheek. "All will be explained but first I need something from you." All went black for Penelope and then she rewove with Bentley above her. "Thank goodness your ok. What happened to you?" She rubbed her head with a confused glance. "I-I don't remember I must had clasped I guess. Anyway about that project the dimension machine I'd like to help." Bentley felt off by the way she came out with that sentence not just the forgetting and clasped part but how eager she was to do this. "Ok I guess we can get started on some stuff but I need some parts and some other things."

"That's ok I'll get right to it." Penelope then ran got off the ground kissing the turtle on the nose as she ran off Bentley glared at her. "Yeah... let's get to it." He slowly rolled behind her. "I think I'll keep an eye on her."

Just as he left the room the black whirl appeard in the room forming the dark raccoon. "Soon I will bring you back and then the cycle will commence but first I need that machine. With it my plans will be put in motion." She then vanished into the air laughing.


That's that done sorry it took so long to do I had a few things bothering me but there out of the way so I can work on the next part. Until then thanks for reading and see you next time.