Hello, I am sorry for taking so long. Work has been crazy, but I got another chapter for you. I hope it was well worth the wait. This is the end of "Of Mice and Mechs". Plus some real goodness. I hope you enjoy it.

I don't Sly Cooper or any of the known characters or game scenes. I only take credit for the creation of Lauren, Divina, and the King.

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(Sly POV)

When Bentley returned to the hideout, he crawled into his shell and wouldn't come out. Nobody could blame him. Penelope may have betrayed our friendship and trust, but she betrayed Bentley's heart. I knew he blamed himself for the whole predicament, but it wasn't his fault. After Bentley explained that Penelope was responsible for this whole mess, it was like a light flashed on for Lauren, and she began blaming herself for not remembering seeing Penelope in the suit. Divina said that Lauren took so many blows to the head and body when she was held prisoner, that it caused her memory to be blocked. Lauren still blamed herself for not trying to remember, but none of us blamed her. And I knew Bentley wouldn't either. With all of our bonds rebuilt, Lauren was ready to help us take out the Black Knight, but we needed Bentley as well. We all took turns trying to coax him out, but nothing worked. In the end, it seemed that Bentley needed to come back to us on his own. Unfortunately, we couldn't wait around. We had a villain to take down, with or without Bentley's help. This time it was personal, for what she did to my sister and my best friend!

I made my way to the clock tower, where I met up with Galleth and Lauren. Lauren's tail was twitching in rage behind her, as Galleth soothed her in his arms. They turned towards me and I pulled Lauren in my arms, trying to console her and convince her that it's not her fault. She smiled up at me and pulled away. I followed her and Galleth to the edge of the tower.

"We need to take Penelope down, but how? Man, we need Bentley back!" I said, while sadly looking back at the hideout. Lauren placed a paw on my shoulder and I covered it with my own, smiling down at her.

"I'm still a bit bewildered that the black knight was a friend of yours." Galleth said to me and Lauren. She began growling before Galleth took her into his arms again.

"Well obviously, she's no friend of ours now! I can't believe I trusted her. I warned her to not do this to Bentley! She's gonna pay for this!" Lauren growled out. I nodded at her comments. Lauren pulled away from Galleth.

"In the face of such treachery, there is but one option: WE STORM THE CASTLE AND SMASH THIS VILLAIN!" Galleth declared. Lauren rolled her eyes and placed a paw on his shoulder.

"Slow down, Turbo! How do we get inside the castle?" I asked. Galleth slumped a little bit.

"That, I know not. However, I do know how we can create some exceedingly useful explosive devices. The three of us must part ways. I will take Lauren and gather fire bulbs while you will procure a bottle of Merlin's Magic Powder." Galleth explained. Lauren's eyes and smile brightened up at the idea.

"Right, and where do I get this?" I asked. Lauren giggled and I glared at her.

"At the carnival of course, Sly. It's what they call "gunpowder". But your archery skills need to be satisfactory." Lauren explained. I smiled, tossed my cane up and slammed the hook on the ground while leaning on it.

"Don't worry, Lauren. I think I'm up to snuff!" I said. Galleth and Lauren smile and went to the edge of the tower.

"Then the die is cast. Fare thee well!" Galleth said before he and Lauren jumped off and out of sight.

(Galleth POV)

I jumped off the tower, with Lauren right behind me. I knew where to find the fire bulbs, so I led her outside the village.

"Three fire bulbs should be sufficient, Galleth." Lauren said as we made our way out of the village. I smiled at her as we made it to a giant vine that held the fire bulb at the top.

"My thoughts exactly, my dear." I said before I used my catapult crash technique to get to the top. I slashed the stem and Lauren caught the fire bulb below. I smiled and jumped off, landing right in front of her. She handed me the fire bulb and raced off to the next vine. I followed her until she stopped, frozen.

"My love, what's wrong?" I asked. She didn't answer me but continued to stare into space in fear. I followed her gaze until it landed on the entrance to the cave of the slain beast. I pulled Lauren into my arms and stroked her fur, ending at the base of her tail.

"Fear not, my darling. The beast is slain. Carmelita and I destroyed the vile demon when we rescued you." I explained. She shook her head and looked up at me with tear filled eyes.

"It's not that, Galleth. It just reminds me of how close we were to losing each other." She said. I shushed her and continued to stroke her fur.

"Do not worry, love. We are still together. Nothing will keep us apart!" I said. She nodded and then pulled away. I climbed up the vine next to the one that held the fire bulb. Then I jumped over to the intended vine and slashed the stem again, causing the bulb to fall into Lauren's hands.

"We need only one more fire bulb!" I exclaimed as I jumped down. We then dodged the guards and made our way just outside the carnival to the last vine. It was an easy climb and before I could begin, Lauren beat me to it. She easily made her way to the top and used the dagger I gave to her as a gift to cut the stem. I caught the bulb as she jumped down and accidentally landed on top of me. I fell face first with a groan and then began laughing with Lauren. I quickly rolled over and pulled her to my chest, coincidentally landing her lips on mine. I felt her body stiffen, before relaxing and returning the kiss. Our tails wrapped around each other, causing an electrical current to flow within our bodies. The feeling was very addictive. After catching our breaths, I picked myself up off the ground and pulled Lauren to my feet. We smiled and then headed back to the hideout, hand in hand.

"I hope Sly has given his archery much practice." I said. Lauren giggled and I chuckled as I wrapped an arm around her waist.

"You and me both, Galleth!" She said. I was about to say something else, before I heard Sly's voice in my ear.

"I HEARD THAT!"

(Sly POV)

I waited until Galleth and Lauren finished gathering the fire bulbs before making my way to the circus. When I was halfway, I decided to check on Lauren, using my bond as her brother now. And what I heard really irked me.

"I hope Sly has given his archery much practice." I heard Galleth say. I linked up to Lauren to hear her giggle and say "You and me both, Galleth!" My mouth dropped open and my eyes narrowed. I connected to both Galleth and Lauren.

"I HEARD THAT!" I exclaimed. Then I felt Lauren was reaching out to me.

"Sly, you sneaky devil! You were peaking in on me with our bond, weren't you?" Lauren exclaimed. I chuckled at her.

"I'm your brother now, Lauren. It's my job to make sure you are ok." I said. She groaned in annoyance through our link.

"Great, I already had to suffer from your big brother attitude, but now you have a reason! I so hope that Carmelita isn't like you!" She said. I rolled my eyes with humor and disconnected as I approached a tent with a stand showing the powder.

"Step right up ladies and gents. Try your luck at our game of skill!" The owl vendor announced as I walked up to him in my medieval outfit.

"Well, hello Guvnah. Wanna have a go? Do well enough and you could win yourself one genuine bottle of Merlin's Magic Powder. Guaranteed to cure despair, curl your hair and answer your prayer." He announced pointing to the bottles on display. I leaned forward as if to tell him a secret.

"So how is it for making bombs?" I asked. He looked around and then whispered back to me.

"Aye, gather some fire bulbs and it's bang-zoom combustion!" He said ushering me in.

The game was really tricky. I had to score 200 points within a minute and a half. I took some practice, meaning I lost 3 times until I got the hang of it. I had to hit the characters that had the targets on them. They mainly looked like the black knight and her goons. I had to avoid hitting the targets that looked like my friends. I accidentally hit Lauren once, causing me to lose 20 points. I groaned, irritated but kept going. Just before time ran out, I hit the flying vulture, giving 10 points. I finally won with a score of 121. The owl vendor gave me my prize and I rushed back to the hideout. I made it back to see Carmelita, using Bentley's computer trying to come up with a plan. Lauren approached me and kissed my cheek as I handed her the powder. Together, she and Galleth built the bombs. Once they were done, we all made our way to the drawbridge. Carmelita pulled out the computer and explained the plan.

"Ok, listen up! As you know, Bentley is still unavailable. But we need to come up with a plan, so I am calling this meeting for it." She explained.

"Hey Carmelita…"

"Quiet Ringtail! We don't have time for your smart remarks! We gotta hit Penelope before she can finish, whatever she's trying to finish!"

"Yeah, that's kind of what I was about to ask."

"Look it's very simple; We need to get into that castle. We've got the explosives…"

"I was going to bring that up too."

"NOT ANOTHER WORD SLY!" Carmelita and Lauren shouted at the same time.

"Your speech does nothing to lift our spirits, Sly." Galleth Said. I glared at him before turning back towards Carmelita.

"Galleth, do you think that we can plant yours and Lauren's explosives on the bridge controls?" Carmelita asked. Lauren nodded with a smile as Galleth exclaimed.

"ZOUNDS! This plan rings true!" He said. Carmelita nodded but then looked sternly at Lauren.

"Ok everyone, get ready to move out. Lauren, stay close to us. Penelope has been ordered by Le Paradox to bring you back to him, and we can't let that happen. After that bridge comes down, we'll need to get in there fast!" Carmelita explained. Everyone nodded except for me.

"Sorry, I missed the part about what we do once we get inside." I said.

"We'll… have to improvise" Lauren said. Carmelita nodded in agreement as I smiled at her.

"Sounds good to me!" I said before we made our way to the castle. Murray was swimming in the moat after Carmelita and Lauren threw the bombs so they stuck to the controls. They gave Murray the thumbs up and Murray pressed the detonator, causing the bombs to blow up and the bridge came down, hard. We all ran into the castle, to see the black knight suit just standing there. Something did not feel right. But before I could make a move, Galleth rushed forward.

"I'll sally forth and smash that mechanical monstrosity!" Galleth rushed forward and Lauren tried to follow but I grabbed her arms, knowing it was a trap.

"GALLETH NO!" Lauren shouted.

"GALLETH WAIT!" I shouted. When Galleth tried to strike the suit with his cane, an arm came out and caught it. The suit opened up to reveal Penelope. She took the cane and grabbed Galleth by the back of his neck.

"Why thank you, Galleth! I've been looking all over for that!" She said as one of Le Paradox's goons took the cane. She then threw Galleth at our feet. Lauren bent down to comfort Galleth. I looked at him in worry, not noticing the gate coming down on mine and Lauren's head. Carmelita gasped and pushed both of us out of the way. The gate closed, separating me and Lauren from the others. Lauren and Galleth clasped fingers before he looked behind her.

"She's making her escape!" Galleth exclaimed, pointing at Penelope who was walking backward towards a large helmet.

"I don't think so." Lauren said as Penelope walked inside and blew a raspberry at us as the helmet closed. She rose from the ground, revealing that she was controlling a gigantic mech. It bent down and reached its' hands out towards me and Lauren. Lauren looked around fearfully until her eyes came across a platform. She nudged me and I looked at the platform, smirked at Lauren; knowing what she was thinking and we both smirked at the mech.

"I HOPE YOU TWO ARE LASER PROOF" Penelope said as we avoided her lasers and made our way to the trampoline at the first platform. Penelope smashed the floor a few times and Lauren and I had to jump to avoid the effects. Lauren and I jumped up to the platform, where I shot an arrow at the arm with a rope attached. I ran on the rope to the arm and shot arrows at it, causing the armor to fall off and the arm was dysfunctional.

"Yes, score one for the good guys!" I said as Lauren and I ran to avoid Penelope's missiles. Lauren got hit at one time and was knocked off her feet.

"LAUREN!" Galleth and I shouted as I ran back to her.

"DID THAT HURT?!" Penelope asked rhetorically. Lauren and I growled at her as we made it to the platform of the far left. I shot an arrow at the mech's left shoulder. This time, Lauren took my bow, ran across the rope and shot arrows, shutting down the other arm.

"HEY PENELOPE, I JUST SAW SOME RUST SPOTS OVER THERE!" Lauren teased, causing me to laugh as we ran to the middle platform. I shot an arrow with a bomb attached at the chest. It exploded on impact, but the arms started working again.

"Great, looks like we gotta take those arms out again!" Lauren said as I jumped off the platform. Lauren got shocked when she pushed me out of the way of the laser, but she kept running alongside me.

"BE GONE PESTS!" Penelope said. We rolled our eyes as we jumped up to the platform on the far left.

"AIM FOR THE LIMBS TO WEAKEN THE BEAST, LAUREN!" I heard Galleth shout as she shot an arrow at the left shoulder. I ran across and shot arrows at the shoulder. This time, the arm completely came off.

"WHAT'S WRONG PENELOPE? FEELING DISARMED?!" I jabbed back. I heard Penelope groan in annoyance before shooting more missiles at us.

"YOU CAN'T BEAT ME COOPERS!" She shouted. Lauren and I smirked at the fact that she knew that Lauren is a Cooper now. And she should know by now to never mess with a Cooper, unless they want the wrong end of the cane! We made it to the platform on the far right. I shot an arrow hitting the target on the right shoulder.

"NICE ONE RINGTAIL!" Carmelita and Lauren shouted. I smirked as I shot the arrows, completely removing the right arm.

"Now we're getting the hang of this!" I said to Lauren. She nodded and smirked at the mech as Penelope shot missiles everywhere.

"AAARGH! STOP MESSING UP MY MECH!" She shouted as she shot her missiles at us. We easily dodged the missiles and jumped onto the platform. Lauren quickly grabbed an arrow, attached a bomb to it and shot it at the mech's chest. The bomb exploded and the mech began to fall apart.

"NOOOOO!" I heard Penelope shout. The head came off and I pushed Lauren out of the way as it came down on top of me. The dust cleared and I found myself stuck until the large head. Lauren rushed over to me and tried to get the head off of my foot. Suddenly I heard Penelope pick herself up in her black knight suit and walk over to us; and boy did she look mad!

"Do you have any idea of what that suit was worth?! It was one of a kind! You cost too much, Cooper! It's time to pay the fiddler!" She said, holding down the head that was crushing my foot and smacked Lauren away from me. She landed with a hard thud and was unconscious.

"THAT'S ENOUGH PENELOPE!" I heard a voice that I have never been happier to hear. Penelope turned towards the voice.

"What?!" She asked, when she saw Bentley in a mechanical suit.

"You heard me!" He said.

"Bentley? Your suit, is that my… my moat monster?" She asked quietly. Bentley just smirked.

"Yeah, what's left of it anyway. The design was… adequate. I made some adjustments!" He said as he jumped down into the courtyard. He looked around and saw Lauren on the ground with blood spilling from her temple and glared at Penelope. She turned away with a scoff.

"Humph! It was a prototype anyway!" She said as Bentley approached her.

"Why did you do it, Penelope? You at least owe me that much!" Bentley asked, begging for an answer from his now ex-girlfriend.

"Why?! For you, of course! I had to make you see how things could be!" She explained, begging Bentley to understand her motives.

"I'm not going to be one of the bad guys, Penelope!" Bentley said.

"HA! Bad guys? That's funny seeing as how you work for a couple of thieves! But do you know the most important thing Sly and Lauren stole from you? Your potential! Together, we could change the world! But you're still chasing after honor for chump change! When are you going to wake up!" Penelope said, with every word breaking Bentley's heart bit by bit.

"So you sold out to Le Paradox for the money?!" Bentley asked, causing Penelope to facepalm.

"No! You're not listening! He's just a means to an end!" Penelope exclaimed. Bentley shook his head and looked at the sky.

"Wow, and I thought you were smart! You think he's just going to let you go? He owns you now! You're his puppet! And when you served your purpose, he's going to cut your strings!" He said, pretending he's using scissors to cut the strings. Penelope glared at him in resentment.

"I'M NOBODY'S PUPPET! TOO BAD I CAN'T SAY THE SAME THING FOR YOU! I'M SORRY, BENTLEY, BUT I GUESS IT'S TIME TO MAKE THIS BREAK UP OFFICIAL!" She growled out. Bentley put his mechanical hands up in defense and backed away from the traitorous mouse.

"Penelope, wait! We don't have to do it like this!" Bentley tried to compromise.

"Oh I think we do! Time to cut some strings, for good!" Penelope said while putting up her dukes. Bentley dodged her punches and swung true when he had the chance. He built enough steam to boost up and smash Penelope from above. Finally, Bentley knocked Penelope over she came out o the suit disoriented. Bentley walked over to Lauren, who was starting to come to.

"Bentley?" Lauren said groggily. Bentley smiled and nodded his head. He then offered a hand to pull Lauren to her feet. She shook her head, looked at me and ran towards me with Bentley not far behind. Bentley easily lifted the helmet up to where I could move and got out from under the destroyed mech. He and Lauren helped me to my feet. I smiled at Bentley as I stood up.

"Thanks, Bentley. Look, I'm sorry about Penelope." I said. Bentley shook his head.

"No, Sly. I'm sorry! I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you guys the whole time." He said looking away in shame.

"It's ok, Bentley. She fooled us all, pal!" Lauren said.

"I guess. But that's no excuse for not being there! I lost sight of my true friends! That won't happen again!" He vowed. Lauren and I smile and she was about to say something else until we heard our friends.

"UH… HEY GUYS!"

"UH, WE COULD USE SOME HELP OVER HERE!"

"Sounds like they need some help getting out of there! You know anyone that can swing that?" I said pointing behind me.

"Well I do know this one guy, but he's probably busy, so I guess I just have to do it." He said exasperatedly, causing me and Lauren to laugh.

"HAHAHA! It's good to have you back, Bentley!" Lauren said as we walked back to the gate. Lauren and I looked back to see Bentley look at Penelope and shook his head in shame and followed us. He was easily able to lift the gate. As soon as the gate opened, Carmelita threw herself in my arms and I watched as Galleth pulled Lauren into his arms. Murray gathered all of us in a big hugs that suffocated all of us. After regaining air, we all turned to see the king and Divina standing at the castle entrance. Lauren pulled away and ran to her father. It warmed my heart to know that Lauren has people here who love her. They pulled away and the king stepped forward with a smile.

"Now that everything is back to normal, I do believe that a wedding was put off long enough!" He declared. Galleth and Lauren smiled at each other and walked towards me, Carmelita and the gang.

"Guys, I know that you have to stop Le Paradox, but it would mean the world to me if you could stay long enough for the wedding. After all, what is a wedding without the bride's maid of honor?" Lauren said looking at Carmelita. Carmelita gasped and hugged Lauren tightly with a simle.

"And I would be honored, if you could be my best man, Sly!" Galleth said, holding out his hand. I smiled and shook it.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Bentley said. Lauren nodded and pulled Carmelita away, most likely to room to get ready.

(Lauren POV)

We did it! Penelope is defeated, and last I heard, Lord Le Paradox left the village; never to return. Galleth and I can finally be married in peace, and to make it better: Sly and the others are going to be here. That was the only thing that would make the first wedding perfect and now this one will be. I led Carmelita to my chambers, where my backup dress and my surprise for Carmelita were laying on the bed. I smiled as I handed the dress to my speechless sister. It was a night blue, strapless, silk gown that flowed beautifully to the ground.

"I had this made for you, imagining you wearing it at my wedding as my maid of honor. I knew it would look beautiful on you." I told her. Carmelita had tears in her eyes as she laid the gown down on the bed and pulled me into a hug.

"Hermana, it's beautiful. I would love to be your maid of honor." She went behind the shade and quickly changed into the gown. When she walked out, I smiled at how beautiful she looked. I tightened up the corset and she let her hair out of the braid and let it flow with gentle waves. She was perfect. I then changed into my gown. It was the exact same as my first one. I didn't have a veil this time, but I didn't need one. Now that we were ready, we left the bedroom and went to the ballroom. I only saw Sly and my father. Of course Galleth would be in the ballroom waiting for me and Bentley and Murray must be inside as well. As father of the bride, my father would walk me down the aisle and then perform the ceremony as king. Sly and father turned towards us. As expected, Sly was practically drooling over the sight of Carmelita and father walked towards me, and kissed my forehead.

"You both look so beautiful!" Sly said as he wrapped an arm around Carm's waist. I smiled as the music started playing. Sly offered his elbow to Carmelita and she put her hand through it, held the bouquet with both hands as they walked into the ballroom. I took a deep breath with joy and my father looked at me.

"Are you ready to be married, daughter?" He asked. I smiled with tears in my eyes and nodded. The bridal march began to play as I linked an arm through my father's and we walked into the ballroom. I looked around to see all of my family and friends smiling at me and sending their love and joy to me and it washed over me like an emotional flood. My eyes finally laid on my husband-to-be. He may have been wearing his armor, but I never seen him look so handsome. My knees nearly buckled at the love he sent that struck me hard in my heart. I finally reached Galleth and father placed my hand from his elbow, into Galleth's hand, kissed my cheek, shook Galleth's hand and stood in front of the crowd. I handed Carmelita my bouquet and gave both my hands to Galleth as we smiled at each other when father began the ceremony.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here this night to celebrate the union of Princess Lauren Le Beaux Mason and Sir Galleth Cooper. I will not ask if anyone objects or else they will be executed." We all laughed quietly at his humor. "The strength of their commitment is clear, their love, undeniable. Do you, Sir Galleth Cooper, take my daughter, Princess Lauren, as your lawful wedded wife from this day forward?" I looked at Galleth in full confidence. "I do!" He exclaimed, not blinking one eye as he gazed upon me. I smiled tearfully as my father continued. "And do you, Princess Lauren Le Beaux Mason, take Sir Galleth Cooper, to be thy lawful wedded husband from this day forward?" I answered with upmost confidence. "I do." Galleth smiled with nothing but love in his eyes. Bentley rolled forward holding a velvet pillow on his robotic arms with a huge smile. Galleth and I both took the rings from the pillows and faced each other again. "Galleth, place the ring on Lauren's finger and say, "With this ring, I thee wed." Father instructed and Galleth followed instructions. He placed the golden wedding band on my finger. "With this ring, I thee wed." I smiled at the ring circled with diamonds. Father spoke up again, "Lauren, place your ring on Galleth's finger and say, 'With this ring, I thee wed.'" I smiled as I placed the plain gold wedding band on Galleth's finger. "With this ring, I thee wed." We smiled at each other as father finished the ceremony. "By the power vested in me, as king of the land, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Sir Galleth, you may kiss the bride!" And kiss me, he did. I felt nothing but love, peace and joy as I wrapped my arms around Galleth's neck as we sealed our marriage. I was finally married to the knight of my dreams and my family and friends were here to witness it. I couldn't be happier as I pulled away from Galleth's lips to gaze at him with all the love I had for him, and the same he had for me. Everyone began applauding and Murray was literally crying a flood as we turned to face our family and friends as Mr. and Mrs. Cooper. Sly and Carmelita both wrapped me in a hug, then pulled away for Sly to shake Galleth's hand. Bentley launched himself from his wheelchair to wrap his short arms around my neck. I hug him tightly as I could with his shell in the way and placed him back in his wheelchair. Murray then ran up to me and swooped me up into one of his bone breaking hugs. I ignored the leaving of the air as I hugged one of my best friends. Divina came up to me and Galleth, placed both hands on our foreheads and said a prayer. She said she was blessing us with the forces of nature. I smiled as I looked around. Everything was perfect. Even Dimitri came online from the van. He started going on about his "homegirl getting down with another Cooper and how happy he was for his homegirl to be safe and sound" I rolled my eyes at the funky lizard, that later became my friend. But then he called Sly and the others over to the van, where he started going on about sandstorms and camel spit. Of course I could understand Dimitri's unique language and explained to the gang that an ancestor in Ancient Arabia needed their help. Sly concluded that it was his ancestor, Salim Al Kupar. As the gang was suiting up to leave, my heart was breaking at the thought of never seeing the people I care so much about again. Being the closest to me, Sly and Carmelita, sensed my heartache and went over and hugged me for dear life. I felt tears soak my fur but I didn't care. Bentley and Murray must've sensed my grief, for they joined in the hug.

"Don't worry Lauren. We'll make sure to stay in touch, somehow. I promise." Bentley explained. Divina cleared her throat behind us, trying to get our attention.

"If I may, the bonds have strengthened to a point to where you could travel to each other no matter where or when you are. Lauren, you'll be able to time travel to reach the ones you are bonded with, and you all can do the same to reach Lauren." Divina explained with a smile. We all smiled at each other and gathered into a massive group hug.

"You see, we'll always be together Lauren! This is most definitely not goodbye!" Sly said as we all pulled away. I nodded in higher spirits and helped the gang pack up. There was just one problem, how were they going to get to Arabia.

"I have a way to get to Arabia!" We turned to see Carmelita holding an ancient gold coin in her hand with a smirk. I took it into my hands and examined it.

"It's definitely Arabian! But how did you get it Carm?" I asked. She smirked at me.

"I managed to pocket that gold piece as evidence before I was caught by Le Paradox and his goons." She said. I smiled and shook my head at her cleverness. The gang was ready to leave and we all took turns saying goodbye. Carmelita hugged me tightly and spoke her in her Spanish language.

"Tenga cuidado de mi hermana . Te extrañaré y veré pronto ." She said. I nodded as we kissed each other's cheeks.

"Usted también, Carmelita. Te amo y velo por Sly para mí." I said back to her. I was so glad that I took spanish lessons while I was in school. I was then pulled into Sly's arms. I hugged my brother tightly and then moved on to Bentley who threw himself into my arms again. I patted his Shell and placed him back in his wheelchair. Murray then scooped me up into his back breaking hug and I wrapped my arms around his thick neck.

"I'm sure gonne miss you Lauren, but we'll see you son, right?" He asked.

"You bet, big guy! Now you guys get going and give Le Paradox a kick in his tail for me!" I said. They all smiled at me and climbed into the van. Galleth wrapped an arm around my waist as Murray started the van. There was a bright flash that Galleth had to cover my eyes from. The light faded and I looked to see that my Friends, brother and sister were gone, out to stop Le Paradox and make him pay for messing with the Cooper Clan which now includes me.

Phew! This one took me all day to write, but I enjoyed writing it, so I hope you enjoyed reading it. Lauren's new ability will come in very handy later in the story. You'll have to stay tuned to find out what I mean.

I hate to do this, but I will not be posting another chapter for the next 2 weeks. I am going on vacation next Sunday on a cruise to the Bahamas, so I will not have access to a computer to write. I hope this chapter will keep you satisfied until I get back. I will probably post an A.N. to let you guys know that I am back to writing when I return. Thank you so much for your patience. I will miss you guys and see you when I get back

FARE THEE WELL!

Tenga cuidado de mi hermana . Te extrañaré y veré pronto : Take care, my sister. And I will see you very son.

"Usted también, Carmelita. Te amo y velo por Sly para mí." : You too, Carmelita. I love you and be sure to watch over Sly for me.