Disclaimer: I would NEVER own the characters of Sly Cooper. I don't own anyone in this fanfic since they all belong to Sanzaru game companies.
I don't even own Sly's father who is rumored to be named Connor so I'll just go by that name for Sly's dad to make this a good fanfic.
Hope you enjoy it.
Sly and the Cooper Legacy.
Rioichi woken up from his mental repair with a new leash on life. He was still very worried for his daughter but he decided to go on the mission to retrieve Bob and on the way to the cave Raccoon's location, Rioichi was constantly listening to the areas surrounding them as he sniffed the air curiously while Murray drove the van with Bentley, Carmelita, Penelope, Panda king and Guru. Dimitri and Salim stayed behind to steal the Fathom crystal.
The van's gentle bumps was enough to make Rioichi close his eyes in an attempt to sleep as he laid one side of his head against the window while he closed his eyes as he began to heavily drift off. His eyes opened, however, when he saw Henriette's wanted poster sticking upon the nearby brick wall of the bank. The ninja master's eyes widened in shock as he instantly yelled out "Halt!"
Murray immediately stopped the van as he peaked through the rear view mirror and saw Rioichi open the door and leap out in a desperate attempt of finding out if what he saw was true. The large pink hippo was about to go after him as Rioichi ran back into the van just as quickly as he left while clutching a piece of paper tight inside his grip as he stared at it with eyes narrowed into tight slits.
"Whats that you got there, Rio?" Penelope asked while tilting her head to one side. Her confusion knew no bounds as she watched the russet furred ninja master unfold the piece of paper he latched on to and handed it to the genius mouse.
She looked at it with curious eyes as she scanned the paper for a minute until she nodded in understanding as she called to Murray "Murray can you drive to the orphanage you, Sly and Bentley met at?"
The hippo was confused. Why did Rioichi and Penelope want to drive to the orphanage? It appeared to be important as Rioichi gave him a worried look with his rusty brown eyes pleading for the brawny hippo to go to the orphanage, even though he was reluctant. He, Bentley and Sly haven't returned since they stolen Mrs Puffin's cookies and ran away years ago and Mrs Puffin would surely chew them out like yesterdays chilli pizza.
He gave a nod as he seriously looked into the front window as he floored the pedal to perform an illegal U-turn and turned fast on its wheels as the Cooper van sped away in the opposite direction they were heading to Bob from. It took an eerie 7 minutes of driving until Murray had parked the van neatly by the spooky black fence.
The large group stared fearfully at the building that looked more like a haunted mansion than an orphanage as they all swallowed a lump in each of their throats simultaneously as they each stared at the buildings hideous features.
Purple/red stained glass boarded up each and every window of the place, the home was consistently slated with purple tiles that jutted out slightly to sharpen the house slightly, the fences were black with spires at the top of them to prevent any thieves from sneaking in although this was in vain as Rioichi could jump those easily and pull the others up, the roof was black to match the fence below and most of the grass was dead and yellow. The strange thing was, however, that when there used to be children playing in the fresh grass there was now none.
Bentley bit his bottom lip in fear as he tweaked his glasses slightly to adjust his vision. "...The orphanage looks a lot more creepy than I remembered."
"Yeah..." Murray muttered, the fear in his eyes prominent as he stared up at the place that he once called home. It sent shivers down his spine when he recalled being told that his parents never wanted him so left him here. He was all alone until Bentley and Sly came into the picture. Apparently Bentley was too shy to talk while Sly spent most of his time reflecting on the night of his parents death but eventually they stole Mrs Puffin's cookies and they were friends ever since.
Panda king spared a kindly smile to the pink hippo as he patted his shoulder calmly "It is alright, fiercely brave hippo. The past is like a shadow whom follows you wherever you go but if you face passed it, the path will clear itself."
Murray looked down to complate upon what he was just told. It was true that he needed to let his go as he then gave his team a single nod but he still frowned nervously. Nobody could blame him, of course. Rioichi wasted no time as he leaped upon the spires on top and helped the gang over the fence one-by-one, the last one being Murray but even though he was the heaviest; he had little care as he was fuelled by his desperation to be reunited with his daughter.
When Rioichi stepped on the dead grass on the other side of the fence, he felt the sharp bits of yellow blades poke out of the ground stab into the bottom of his feet. He quietly growled in pain as he tried to step over the grass. Everyone carefully made it towards the door and Bentley wheeled up the front four stairs that led up to the front porch, he pressed a finger gingerly against the doorbell, alerting some of the inhabitants to the door.
Someone answered but she was shaking like a leaf and she had a bruised eye. It was a young giraffe who was probably in her Kate teens. Murray instantly opened up to her and asked reluctantly "...Do you know where we can find Mrs Puffin's office?"
The teen nodded as she shakily opened the door to allow them entry. Bentley wheeled in and led the way as he and the rest of the gang followed while slowly scanning their surroundings.
The dark purple wall paper was peeling off easily as if it had become damp over the years, the mirrors and picture frames were cracked and wokily hung upon the wall. There was many walls and rooms that were in this depressing condition and the staff members all had horrible injuries including black eyes and bruises all done their arms. The children were even more horrible but Bentley nor the rest of the team wanted to recall.
When they reached the door of mrs Puffin's office, Rioichi practically tossed himself inside and quickly grabbed the old puffin by the frills of her shirt and shoved his nose and muzzle against her beak aggressively "Where is she!?" He demanded with his wise voice mixed with a burning malice.
"Wh-Who are you?!" Mrs Puffin demanded as she choked a gasp under the ninja master's grip. Rioichi's ears perked at the sound of his friends behind him.
"Rioichi, put her down." Carmelita told the angered ninja master calmly yet sternly. Rioichi was reluctant but he slowly lowered the old puffin to her feet and when he did, she ran for her microphone but only for Carmelita to shoot the microphone out of her hands with her pistol when she got a hold of the item.
"You remember us, Mrs Puffin?" Bentley asked bitterly as he wheeled forwards to show himself and Murray to the old matriarch of the orphanage. Her glare intensified at the sight of the two.
"Hello, cookie thieves." Mrs Puffin sneered.
"Hi, Mrs Puffin." Murray replied as if he was a child in trouble with his school teacher.
Carmelita cleared her throat, smashing the highly uneasy tension of the room with a mere sound to regain their position as she tapped her booted foot to the ground and Penelope asked threateningly "Now. Where is Henriette?"
Mrs Puffin grinned nastily with a venomous glint inside her glasses while she folded her wings across her chest "How should I know and why should I care where that little useless runt is?"
Rioichi felt his fingers twitch and his fatherly instincts kicked in as he once again grabbed Mrs Puffin with a lot of fury burning inside those rusty brown pools he called eyes. Nobody was going to call his daughter 'useless' if he had anything to say about it let alone call her a runt! He darted his ears forwards in anger as he stared right theough her glasses into her cold, heartless eyes "Now you listen here, you rat with wings! I can tolerate with a lot of things but someone calling my child a 'Useless runt' is something I cannot stand. So let me tell you something that should ease your worries:"
He pulled her sharply close to him as both their foreheads locked and they stared into each other's merciless eyes and threatened "If you do not tell me where my little Henriette is located then I will teach you a thousand meanings of pain that shall be brought upon you." He glared colder if it was possible "Do we not understand each other?"
Mrs Puffin nodded fearfully with her stone eyes filled with worry for her own life for the first time ever. Murray nor Bentley could hardly believe what they were seeing as Rioichi 'convinced' Mrs Puffin to talk.
"We found the little thing alone and unconsious in the bushes of the orphanage and found that she was related to Sly Cooper although we could not find her info profile of whom her parents are. We locked her up in a room that was all dusty and-"
"YOU PUT HENRIETTE IN A DUST-FILLED ROOM!?" Rioichi cut her off as he yelled in horror while he once again held a punch back to punch her in the face "SHE IS ALLERGIC TO DUST AND IS VERY SENSITIVE TO SPICE! So help me if she gets very ill from this..." Rioichi started to threaten again but Bentley stood in the way.
"Easy, papa bear, violence isn't needed now." He said to calm Rioichi's unusually boiling temper.
"...Anyways, the girl escaped and knocked out both myself and a guard but she didn't get very far as she was kidnapped by a man playing fancy dress up." Mrs Puffin finished her explanation. Bentley raised a brow in interest "A man playing fancy dress up?" He echoed.
Mrs Puffin nodded once "Yes. He was a strange looking raccoon dressed up in knight's armour."
Bentley, Murray and Carmelita didn't need to know who this was as they shared an eerie silence for a moment before they said as one "...Galleth."
Without much else to say, everyone bar Rioichi left the room and the russet japanese raccoon sauntered towards Mrs Puffin slyly "You know, it is not nice to treat people as any different in an Orphanage so I'll give you a sense of mind."
Rioichi didn't hold back as he punched Mrs Puffin square in the face as she fell backwards unconscious and he grinned evilly at the old bird's unconscious form. He had wanted to do that ever since he laid his eyes upon her and now he managed to do this, a new light was filled inside his heart.
While Henriette maybe out of danger from the protection of Galleth, he and the others still had to find Bob as Murray jumped into the driver's seat and sped out into the road towards Bob's location and he was hidden inside a...Mint chocolate ice cream factory!?
A/N: Looks like we still have to wait for Bob to be found and there maybe also a chapter where we see what happens to Salim and Dimitri later.
Now Rioichi knows that Henriette is in safe hands, at least so some of his conscious could be restored! Also it seems that Bob is hidden inside an ice cream factory! How strangely ironic... Just be aware that I might alter Bob a tiny bit in character. I MIGHT do.
What do you think Tenny and the team are doing while THIS is happening? Find out probably tomorrow!
-Chloemcg