Chapter 12: Telling the partner and packing up the kids

AN:

NG: *Walks into a dorm room after saying goodnight to a friend, a slight limp is noticeable in her strides. After sitting her butt down in a nearby chair, she pulls her laptop out of her backpack and starts booting it up. Rachel and Joseph float in through the open third story window. She gives a soft stretch before turning to the camera with a big smile.* Well I am now a college girl, and it is exhausting. If you are younger than me, enjoy your childhood. If you are older and is in/gone through college, I now understand your pain. I have been going to sleep at one in the morning every day and waking up at seven thirty. It's hard but rather fun! Anyway, this chapter is in the title. Simple and easy.

Rachel: All that is fine and well but I do have a question. What happened to your leg?

NG: Oh… *Rubs the back of her head in shame* I was getting out of the bunkbed I made with my roommate early in the morning this last Monday and…

Rachel and Joseph: *In a typical parent voice* And?

NG: My hand slipped. *Turns her arm so the bottom is visible. A scratch mark can be seen from the middle of her thumb to right above her elbow on the opposite side.* Along with that, I sprained my left thigh muscle, which is why i have a limp.

*The parents start freaking out and she just hits a mute button on her remote* I wish I knew I could do that before. *She then pulls out a vacuum and sucks up Joseph, making Rachel shut up. She then unmutes the two, redoing it to Joseph once she realized what he was saying.* OK. Now that most of us have calmed down, we can continue. *Joseph phases out of the discarded device and silently explores the new room, unnoticed by the two girls.* Anyway, since I am in college, my nonexistent update schedule will get even worse. It may be a long time before before you see me again. College rocks! Now we can do disclaimers, Rachel, if you don't mind?

Rachel: You know I don't mind. *Looks at readers* NG does not own anything Sly Cooper related aside from her own characters and ideas. Sly and the gang belong to their amazing creators and producers. If she did own the series, not only would Sara be a character but a fifth game would already be out by this point. *Joseph floats behind them as the screen goes to a blue Cooper logo*

Joseph: *Off screen* Hi girls! *Screaming is heard before the sound of a vacuum follows.*

Rachel: How did he get out?

NG: That was a normal vac. This is the Poltergust 3000.

Rachel: ...You have played too much Luigi's Mansion, haven't you.

NG: No, my brother took it earlier, but I have been watching playthroughs of it. * Cash and gems are suddenly heard popping out of the appliance* Hay! He was a boss ghost!

Rachel: *Gulps nervously* NG? What's with that look? NG? *The vacuum and gem sound is heard again. Now muffled* Really?

NG: I really am a geek… and I have no issues with that! *Begins to count her newly obtained cash and resources*

Sara(12:01pm)

As the men waited for our choice, the cat came up to me. Sly shifted closer to me on reflex as she got down on her knee in front of my face. "I know you two have a big choice to make, so how about you guys go pack some things you know you can't leave."

"Will we have to give our home up? I love it here!" I sniffled and snuggled with my still bloody doll. "I can't remember a place where I've been happier." The woman gave a quiet 'aww' at my words before placing a soft hand on my shoulder.

"If you really want to keep the house, I will buy it for you now and keep it in good condition until one of you reclaims it. You two will have to share, but it will be yours." She softly pet my head before glancing at my doll. "What is that?"

"It's my daddy doll. Mamma made it for me!" I glanced at the torn fabric toy as a drop of blood fell between my feet. "Something happened to it while I was gone. It's all torn and bloody now." The woman gave another pet on the head before extending her hand out.

"How about I clean it up while you two pack? That way two things will be done at the same time." She kept a sad smile on her face, but I pulled back reflexively. I hugged the dripping treasure closer to my chest and looked at the only person I trusted at that point. Sly placed his hand on my shoulder and gave a silent nod. He leaned closer to me and whispered into my ear.

"If you don't get it fixed somehow, it may be lost forever." He sent a glance toward the adults in front of us before continuing. "Plus if they don't give it back, do you know what we can do?"

"What?"

"We can take it back!" With that, I passed my little treasure over to the strange cat before we were escorted from the room.

I took one last glance at the people we are leaving behind. The cat was already working on my doll, calling out for heavy duty thread and a needle to stitch the fabric up. The badger was yelling at someone over the phone and the phone was shattering in his grasp. The only one who was doing nothing was the fox. He was watching us and as his amber brown caught my own, his phone rang with the song 'A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes '. I was nudged out of the room at that point, but I felt like things were going to get better.

Aden (12:03pm)

I jumped at the soft melody that was the ringtone for my family. It was really girly, cutesy, and just not me. So why did I have that song on my phone? Well, my daughter wanted to pick the song and she picked her favorite song from her favorite movie.

Anyway, the voice I heard wasn't a part of my family; it was my partner. Well, I had to tell him the news one way or another.

"Hay! Where are you? Tonight is bowling night and you are nowhere to be found. Where are you?"

"Hay Michel. I'm gonna have to skip out on bowling for a while."

"What? Why? Is Barks getting on your rump about paperwork again? I told you I would do them so you can spend time with your family. If he is getting on your tail, just tell him to talk to me. I can handle his flaming attitude".

"No, it's not that. We… You remember how we made that bet?"

"The one about finding Cooper?"

"Yeah, well I won."

"WHAT?! So you found him? I can't wait to finally put him behind bars!

"Well…"

"Well what?"

"I already knew where he and his family lived. But that isn't important right now. We can't jail Joseph."

"And why is that, cheater?"

"Well.. he's… ha and his wife I mean… they have been… murdered.

"Murdered?"

"Yes. Their children are still alive. I'm might be caring for them until everything with the nearby orphanage is all set up for them."

"Might?"

"Yeah. They have the choice between Commander Barkley or me."

"Well I hope they choose you. I would never wish his yelling on my worst enemy."

"Agreed, but it really a shame about Cooper."

"Yeah, I wanted to put him in jail, not dead. I just hope the kids won't be to scared from this experience."

"Well they are now packing as they make their…" A female wolverine cop waived to get my attention. "Wait a sec. I'm needed. I'll call you later and let you know what happened. See you!" With that I hang up and walk over to the attention grabbing wesel. "Yes? How can I help you?"

"The children are requesting help with their packing and you are the only person who has something going on right now."

"All right, could you show me where the kids are?" The lady gave a nod and began walking away.

It didn't take all that long to find the pair when we heard voices in the distance. The kids were in a large room, grabbing random items and throwing them to the two beds in the room. The floor was covered in unwanted belongings and the piles just grew as they kept going through their stuff. They would often shout something at each other, but it was in some language I've never heard of.

"Hey guys!" Once they heard my voice, they paused and looked at me in silence. "I heard you might need help, so what can I do?" They blinked before Sly handed me a large suitcase.

"We need to start with packing some clothes. I've already started picking mine out. All I need is some help in putting it in the bags." I blinked at his commanding attitude but grabbed the bag anyways. I spotted Sara leaving the room but before I could do anything, clothing began falling on my face.

It took a while to pack away all of Sly's clothes, but Sara hadn't returned yet. I took a glance around the room but the girl was nowhere to be found. "Hay, Sly!" He turned from his pile of stuff and faced me. "Do you have any clue where your sister is?" At that, he looked around as well and went to the door.

"Dove sei sorella?" I recognized that he was speaking Italian, but… where did he learn that?"

"Chambre de maman et de papa! Where is mom's necklace?"

"What?"

"Where is mom's necklace?"

"Why do you need to know?"

"I need it!"

"Uh-huh"

"Sly! Gest get over here and help me look"

"I think she was wearing it!" At that, Sara ran past the door in a blur of gray. It looked like she was heading to the living room, but I really couldn't tell. She moved faster than anything I had ever seen before. I'm certain she even moved faster than her father. She was gone in a second, and back just as quickly. Well… it was actually a few minutes later, but I could have sworn she just teleported in front of me.

She gave my arm a little shake and pulled me back into their shared room to continue packing. While I was packing with her, Sly kept going in and out of the room. He always brought in random items, but Sara kept distracting me, so I never really knew what anything really was.

By the time they finished with their room, Sara had a huge bag of cloths and two smaller boxes filled with random stuff. She also held a wrapped package and a cane with a silver tip and dark purple hook that he had found while I was focused on Sara. Speaking of Sly, he had about the same amount of belongings without the package in his arms.

Once we had everything in hand, most of it being carried by me, we walked back to the other room. The two chattered to each other, and I could tell they had made a decision. One that would change their life forever.

AN

NG: *Fumbling with the Poltergust 3000 as Rachel and Joseph grumble inside.* Stupid piece of… *Notices that the camera is on* OH! Hi… well…

Joseph: Have you figured it out yet?

NG: No but I will by the next chapter. *Gets up and sits in a chair* Anyway, time for some serious stuff. Is I said before, I am currently in college and I have a semi hectic schedule. I have some time on Tuesday, Thursday, and on the weekends. I'm usually having a me day, homework, or being social. I basically have no time. I've been going to sleep around one and waking up around seven thirty. I'm tired.

Rachel: Then stop typing.

NG: NO! *Utter silence before She gets back to work on the vacuum.*

Anyway, One of my reviewers mentioned that my chapters tend to be kind of short. I know they are. This was meant to be a story, but it has become a one shot series. I'm basically making this up as I go, so when I run out of Ideas, I stop typing. Please don't get offended, but this is how this 'story' is going to go. I will rewrite this once I'm fully finished with it and make it more of a story, but for now, it's just a series of oneshots. Please continue to enjoy it and I will continue to update. Thank you. See you next time!

*Off screen* An explosion is heard with a scream from NG.

Joseph: Whoops