Hey everyone,
WHOOPS, almost forgot about this chapter. I had finished A New Era and thought I was done with my chapters for April, but the number of chapters in Doc Manager was only fifteen and I thought; wait, that's not right. So I checked my schedule and list of stories that need updates and felt stupid, cause I almost forgot this one.
Sorry,

Venquine1990
PS. Credits for this story's existence go to Kitty Petro

Carmelita's POV

"I have never been more ashamed to have been working for this bad security dump. How was Interpol able to keep all those prisoners locked up when their security system is actually this – crap?" Goes through my mind as I follow Sly and brother, who got picked to give Sly and me backup in case we would need it.
Guru is taking a different route with dad who is further mapping out possible escape routes whereas Guru's job is to spot locations where we can hide away once we reach the actual vault that we will steal from, while outside Bentley is monitoring us on his pc and Murray, mum and Helena are all ready as backup and getaway.
The stupid thing is that Interpol actually has a weak spot that makes it impossible for both those across the street as well as anyone inside the building to spot intruders and that is the actual spot we have used to get in; the location being an upstairs office that has long since been out of use and which leads straight to the ventilation.
The reason for this being impossible to see is because the window is framed into the corner of the building and there is a small alleyway between Interpol office and the building next to it, which is closer to the Eifel Tower and is two stories higher, meaning that if the Tower is light, the corner is shrouded in darkness.

The only thing that would sabotage this part of the mission would be if the person trying to break in would be terrible in stealth, yet my brother and I have trained endlessly on this after hearing what the Cooper Gang had planned and of course Sly was known for his stealthy movement more than any other of his abilities.
Still, the fact that we had jumped from the higher building's top to a window with large extended sill and then to the corner window, which Sly had needed no more than 14 seconds to pick and we had then followed him inside and into the vent which was shockingly located into the floor, all without being seen had astounded me.
Sly himself had smirked and looked deeply elated with getting this job done and had obviously enjoyed every moment, especially when he got the lock picked so easily as he had pinched his muzzle close to muffle a snort of amusement, yet the part of me that was once a worker here feels utterly and absolutely horrified and humiliated.

"We seriously made the right decision leaving this dump." Cheren then whispers while we move through the ventilation system, Sly pressing a finger to his ear whenever we near a crossroad and Bentley, who has an eye on our location through our new Binocucoms, telling him which air vent to take each time and I nod at him.
"And we are all very happy to have you on the team. However, be quiet, you are approaching a bat, cougar and fox officer. Keep still if you feel you need to and I will tell you when it is safe." Bentley then tells me and I follow his advice, Sly moving only a little further ahead, but halting once he turns a corner to keep his tail in sight.
I myself look down and my blood runs cold as the bat is actually a senior assistant to Barkley and he had often been present when Barkley laid into me for not catching Sly and making comments on how I had used the wrong techniques and should just listen to him and his advice about my body and how to use it in battle.
The things Barkley had said had often made it very clear that the bat got turned on by his boss' words and he had even been one of the few people I had been allowed to decline an invitation to dating as his voiced beliefs of the term dating had even abhorred those that believed I was stealing away their potential boyfriends.

And it seems as if my resignation – and that of my family – from Interpol has not affected the winged demon in the slightest as I hear his colleague, who he often bragged with in my presence, ask: "Aren't you bumped that hot smoke fox isn't around anymore or hasn't been seen in several months?" To which the bat answers:
"Nah, I mean, yeah my boss is in a cave load of trouble, but he's determined to get that dumb bint back and get Interpol back to how it was before her supposed resignation. He even promised I could have her come her first night back on the job – as long as he got the first go, he said." And his cruel laugh makes me hold back a gasp.
The two and their laughing partner then round a corner and then suddenly something happens that almost makes me blow cover as I yelp in fright when I hear Bentley: "Carmelita, I have that all on tape. Permission to send it to the Superiors?" And while my whole body trembles in absolute fright, do I whimper: "Granted."

Before Cheren moves over to crouch in the vent on my side and he wraps a warm arm around my trembling body as he puts his other hand to his ear and hisses: "Leader, daughter in peril. I repeat, daughter in emotional peril. Return to our position." And instantly Sly's tail gets replaced by his worried looking face.
Yet that worry is only around the corner for a second before, without even making a single sound in the whole vent, the raccoon crouches over to us with lightning speed and he asks: "Carm, gorgeous, what's wrong? Did you recognize our potential hazards?" And I nod, my body still trembling in fear over what I heard.
"You're not employed here anymore, sis. And we both know you never will again. Just think of this as further motivation. This is the sole reason we are doing this. Remember that, Carm. Please." Cheren then whispers at me and these words do exactly what I need them as my body stops trembling and I take a deep breath before I hiss:
"Murray, when that bastard gets arrested, I want him locked in a different hide out here in town. I will show him hot smoke fox." And the Hippo gives me the affirmative through my ear piece before I look at a worried looking Ringtail and say: "Later. Let's go, we have a mission." And while concerned, does Sly nod at me.

He then turns around, but then I can hear Bentley in both my own and my brother's ear piece and he says: "Sly, you keep escorting Carmelita to the vault. Cheren, I'm going to break you from the team and give you a little lesson in how to take pictures with the Binocucom. Let's bring the ultimate evidence together."
And while slightly worried for my brother, do I still love Bentley's quick thinking and Cheren nods and kisses me on the cheek before he takes a tunnel left while Sly and I go right and then I suddenly hear a different voice and Helena says: "Carm, it's me. Bentley is now leading Cheren and mum is guiding dad and Guru."
I nod and under the guidance of my sister do we avoid both the disgusting bat as well as Barkley, who my sister spots just before we turn into the tunnel that would lead to the path he is taking and while I wonder if I would have another episode or get filled with rage when seeing the Badger, am I still grateful for my sister's diversion.

Then we reach it, the very center of the building, which is on the second floor and build just behind the elevator and as we do, do we come across our second obstacle as the air vent itself stops half a hallway and a corner away from where the vault is actually located, yet before either of us can think of a solution, do I hear mum:
"Carm, Sly, Guru and your dad are already in the hallway. Look for Guru and he will lead you to father. He will then back you up and give you the distraction needed to keep the attention from the vault so you can sneak in and get our target. All in all, you will have no more than seven minutes to get in and out after meeting father."

This alone worries me as I have noticed to need at least ten to fifteen minutes to get through our usual training route, which we have come to make a daily thing and part of the schedule we have put up together everything else mum got Sly and the others to agree with, but then Sly distracts me from my thoughts by saying:
"This is not the route. Just follow me in, let me pick the lock, get the item and follow me out. No obstacles, no hazards, just in, action, out. We can do this." And both his confident tone as well as the fact that he didn't compliment me once proves both his trust in me as well as how serious the raccoon takes this mission.

I nod at the leader of my team and the both of us check through the bars that allow air to escape the vent to see if we see anyone come around. "Coast is clear." Bentley whispers and while part of me finally understands how Sly can maneuver all over the place so smoothly, do I also very much appreciate the turtle's help.
Sly unlocks the vent door with his cane and with his finger between the lid, does he put his cane back in its holster before he looks up at me and when I give him a self-confident nod, does he smile at me before sliding down through the door, me following him once I see him having found a good spot to hide behind.
The two of us then crouch behind a water fountain and Sly's eyes roam the hallway before he draws my attention and motions for a plant that would have looked perfectly random, were it not for the purple pot with brown stripes that go from the top right down to the bottom left, which I know is the Guru in disguise.

I nod and take the lead, keeping my ears strained for any noise that isn't the rustling of Guru's disguised leafs or coming from my leader and a few minutes after I have hidden myself perfectly behind the small koala, does Sly join me before the whispering voice of the koala comes from the plant and says:
"Father around the corner. Me take you there then me and father draw others attention." At this I nod, while part of me starts to worry as we – in huddled position – start to follow our disguised partner, seeing the amazing reputation my father used to have, but when we reach the man himself, do I get a shock I hadn't been expecting.
Dad seems to have visited the Under-Cover division before coming here as he no longer looks like the Fox that snuck in a few minutes after Sly and I did. Instead of that does he look like a Jack Russell Terrier with a small birthmark on the left side of his face, just under his sky blue eyes, one of which is hidden under soft blond hair.

The man smiles at me before he motions for his side, where a Terrier who he seems to perfectly resemble now, but who is knocked out cold and tied up as he says: "Brains warned me that our buddy here was on guard duty, so I made use of my years of experience working here and made a detour before you guys came."
Sly smiles and asks: "How long will he be out?" To this the man shrugs and asks: "How long would you be if someone came running at you and used the blunt side of his cane on your head? Which I did just before Guru changed form, so I'd say – four minutes ago." To this Sly nods and says: "So he won't bother us.
Good, start the distraction and we'll do the rest. Guru, stay close to where we met so you can keep an eye on our entrance." The two nod and leave again, Guru having changed his disguise to help my dad carry him and after the two have turned the corner, do I spare a last look at the knocked-out guard before turning to Sly.

The look in his eyes proves that he absolutely loves all of this and I smile back at him before we share a nod and then we move over to the wall where I know the vault is hidden and while moving over to the simple looking set of awards that are hung up on the wall opposite of where our knocked out friend was seated behind his desk.
"Hiding a vault behind regular awards that can easily be earned by every day citizen. Interpol must really think their targets to be dumb idiots if they believe this isn't an overly obvious hiding place, especially seeing the guarding desk here at the end of a dead end hallway. Though I will admit, I would search the bookcase first."
Bentley whispers in my ear as I try to remember behind where the vault was hidden and I mutter back: "That is exactly what they are hoping for. The bookcase is build onto a weight-based alarm, a very sensitive one. Just removing a single book would set off the alarm. Plus, our target isn't even commonly known around office."

The turtle hums and then I notice the difference between the awards as one of them has a triangle of a dark red, a blue and a brown spot in the bottom right corner of the award in the bottom right of the set and I smirk as I remember what I found out when first taking a secret look at this and I mutter to myself as I move for the awards.
"Red is three letters, blue is four and brown is five. That together makes 12, which is 1 and 2 put next to each other, so the third award –." And with that to I pull the award on the right top corner from the wall, while clearly sensing the confusion coming from my leader and beloved and while I allow him near the vault, do I say:
"It's a system that has been set up for all Interpol officers who have promoted enough to get vaults and lockers of their own. It's both a test to see how great they are with memorizing small details and how to discern even the strangest clues as well as to make sure our valuables don't get stolen when we're out in the field.
The way they developed this system – don't ask. I found out and I wish I didn't." The raccoon nods and then places a small device that looks like a locket pendant against the vault door, the bottom of the pendant sticking to the wall, while from the top a small satellite comes out of the doors and Sly whispers: "Brains, it's all yours."

"Roger, time for a hack-attack." This makes my partner smile and just when he does, do I hear something loud happening several hallways down and while I can only hope that dad will be careful, do I suddenly remember something and I hiss: "Sly, we can't just leave once we get the file." Making the raccoon ask:
"Why not?" To which I answer: "The Superiors. They were all in for punishing Barkley and were furious with him. We have to at least give them a warning, so they can claim immunity once this comes out. Just because one group in Interpol is in the wrong, does that not mean we can harm the ones in Interpol fighting them."
The Raccoon nods and draws one of his signature cards from his backpack, while my eyes stray from him to the device and back, hoping Bentley will be able to get into the vault without tripping other vault alarms and while Sly hands me the paper and a pen, do I whisper at Bentley: "Brains, be careful, the vaults are linked."
"Roger." Bentley whispers back before he gasps and whispers: "Thanks for the warning, steel one, I almost accidentally tripped one of them." And while relieved that I was just in time, do I then press the signature card against the wall and write: We have info to ruin Barkley. You deserve not to be ruined. Watch the papers.

I then quickly turn the card around and in the bottom of the symbol do I put the initials CMF together with the symbol of Interpol to give the Superiors a hint as to who left them the card and just when I put it in my own outfit, do I hear my brother: "I'm with Guru." To which I press my ear communicator and whisper:
"Get over here. I have another side mission for you." My brother arrives and I quickly let him in on the details, before the boy nods, takes the card from me and Sly whispers: "Take that to the Superior's office and then return to Murray and the others. We'll be with you shortly." And as he says that, does Bentley squeal and say:
"Bingo, the lock has been broken." And with that do we all smile as we see the vault door creak open, a whole group of files lying behind the door and Sly winces as he says: "This – might take longer than planned." Yet while Cheren dashes off to perform his own mission, do I calmly walk over and after a single glance reach out.

I push the articles and a few fake magazines away and then grab one that looks fake, were it not for the fact that the front cover is a perfect duplicate of a magazine that got published several years ago and I take the magazine and then pull the front cover off, smiling in victory when, under the front page, I see an actual file appear.
I had also grabbed one other magazine and quickly put the second magazine into the front cover of the hidden file and then look into the vault, feeling very proud of how I had slid another file in the place of the original file, making sure not to spring the weight-sensitive alarm and then switch this file for the fake magazine.
After this do I gently and silently close the vault door and just when I share a proud smile with my partner, do I hear dad whisper: "Leader, daughter, head for the exit. Distraction has ended, I repeat, distraction has ended." And after a shocked look we share, do we turn and dash for where Guru is waiting for us.

The koala helps me back up into the air vent and while he then helps Sly as well, does he also grab onto Sly's cane, which the raccoon had pulled out while dashing and while holding onto his leader's weapon, do they both vanish into the air vent with me, just when a whole group of officers dash into the hallway, one of them shouting:
"I saw movement, that traitor went this way, come on!" Which makes me smile as it means that us vanishing into the air vent distracted the officers away from my father, allowing him more chance to make an escape of his own and while one of them shouts: "WHAT THE HECK?" Do my leader, Guru and I happily crawl through the vent.

And that is that!
I will be honest, I didn't always know what I was going to do, I was kind of just letting my fingers write out parts that made it easier to keep the story flowing – without really knowing how to write an action scene like this. I know it doesn't really comply with Cannon, but then again; that's what fanfiction is all about.
So next chapter will be another time jump to maybe a week after and will mostly be the team recapping how the papers and Interpol – especially Barkley and his superiors – respond to the file becoming public. And yes, I will reveal exactly what was written in the file during the recap of next chapter, that I promise.
Okay, see yah,

Venquine1990
PS. Credits for this story's existence go to Kitty Petro