Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Family of Thieves. Enjoy the 1020-word chapter. I don't own Sly Cooper, Sony and Sucker Punch do.

(Isle of Wrath, Wales.)

"So, run me through this plan again, Bentley? You want us to sneak into the boat, make it past all of Raleigh's death traps, defeat Raleigh and then recover his section of the Thievius Raccoonus? I love this plan already, let's get to work!"

Ray said before Sly placed a hand on his 15-year old brother's shoulder.

"Ray, let me bypass the security, you might be a Cooper but you didn't spend 10 years training for this."

Sly said as Ray groaned.

"I trained for 8 years, Sly, I can handle myself, we're thieves, stuff like this is what we do."

Ray countered as Sly shook his head.

"Trust me, we're take down the Fiendish Five…. But I'm not losing the only family member I still have, please trust me?"

Sly asked as Ray sighed before nodding and turning to face his older brother.

"Ok, but your letting me fight Raleigh with you, that frog killed our parents, he's meeting the business end of my cane before we leave."

Ray said as Sly nodded and ran off as Ray sighed.

"Ray, he only has your safety at heart, he is your big brother after all."

Ben said, leaning against his truck as Ray sighed.

"I'm 15, Ben, I don't need to be babysat by anyone, I'm going to find a way to get onboard that boat then sneak to the heart of the ship, that's where Raleigh would be."

Ray said as he ran off into the jungle, he leapt, caught a tree with his cane and swung up onto a cliff before leaping into the air as he could see his brother had just started infiltrating the ship as Ray sighed and looked up at the Storm Machine Blimp hovering above the island.

"Ben, you said Bentley told you Raleigh is on the Storm Machine, right?"

Ray asked as he pointed his cane at the Storm Machine, his finger hovering over the button to fire the grappling hook.

"Bentley said its either he's on the ship where Sly went, or the Storm Machine, as it is his trump care, Ray…"

Ben replied, Ray could hear the warning in his voice as he chuckled.

"Don't worry, the best security in the world can't stop a member of the Cooper Clan, Ben, tell Sly to meet me on the Storm Machine when he gets those security keys."

Ray said as he fired the grappling hook part of his cane at the blimp, catching onto it and lifting himself off the ground as Ray was glad he packed a parachute in case it would be needed at the island.

He landed on a back deck of the blimp as an alarm began to blare.

"It seems we have an uninvited guest, lads, I wish for you to greet our guest accordingly."

Ray heard an intercom said as his crystal blue eyes narrowed in anger.

"Raleigh, hiding behind his guards and tech, that frog is going to pay for killing our parents, big brother."

Ray muttered as a half dozen Walruses barged out of a door in front of Ray as the Raccoon spun his cane and cracked his neck.

"One of you tell me where your boss is and your walk away."

Ray said as the Walruses laughed and charged as Ray swung his cane at them, knocking one to the side.

(With Ben, Murray, and Bentley)

Ben paced in front of the truck, he could bet money that Ray had gone after Raleigh without waiting for his older brother, Ray never seemed content to wait for a plan to be thought up, Ben hated his friend's 'make it up as I go along' type strategy.

"Ben, I'm starting to think that recklessness runs in the family with the Coopers, the alarm on the Storm Machine has been triggered, every guard on that blimp is after Ray… And Sly's still getting the last of the keys…"

Bentley pointed out as Ben cursed under his breath as he gazed up at the Storm Machine.

'Ray, why do you always have to jump the gun?'

Ben thought as he sighed.

(Sir Raleigh's Storm Machine.)

Ray knocked another guard unconscious with a backswing from his cane before ducking under the punch from another guard as he caught the Walrus's arm with the hook end of his cane before slamming the goon into a third Walrus, taking out both thugs as 3 more charged at Ray.

He shot the grappling hook into the middle goon's chest, knocking him into the 2 others as Ray finished off the trio with a swing to their heads with his cane.

Ray flipped over the final goon before grabbing his leg with the cane and swinging the cane around his back, slamming the Walrus into the pile of defeated goons as he heard a sigh over the intercom.

"It's so hard to find good help these days, I will deal with you myself, thief. Come and confront me… If you are stupid enough to attempt it."

Raleigh cackled over the intercom as Ray growled in anger.

'Oh, you're going to wish you weren't so arrogant, you bloated windbag.'

Ray thought to himself as he slipped inside and began to make his way towards the first member of the Fiendish Five.

(With Sly.)

Sly climbed out of the water as he pulled out the Binocucom to speak to Bentley.

"Bentley, I have the last of those keys, where's Ray?"

Sly asked as the turtle was silent for a minute before speaking.

"Sly, he's on Raleigh's Storm Machine, you need to get up there to help him stop Raleigh!"

Bentley yelled to Sly as Sly shook his head.

Author notes

Ok, I want to point out that the reason each villain is going to be fought and defeated within 3 or so chapters is because Sly is going to be stopping Ray from trying to do most of the dangerous jobs, limiting him to wait until they could take out each member of the Fiendish Five.

Next chapter will be the battle between Raleigh and the Cooper brothers. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!