A lot of people were looking forward to Gabriel Fall Fashion Show. Not because of the new clothing line to be revealed, but the man himself would appear in person to showcase them. This meant that the this event was really important and it attracted a lot of attention from the media since Gabriel Agreste hasnt appeared in public since his wife went missing.

And attention was precisely what Sly wanted.

"Explain to me again why we couldnt drive to the place?" Tiff asked.

"Because the only thing that we can drive is my motorcycle. And i dont think i can run away from the cops with a bunch of clothes and a raccoon outfit on me."

"But still… Why did we have to go through the sewers? Its so gross in here" Tiff asked again as he covered his nose.

"Says the guy that emptied the trash can not even an hour ago." Sly teased.

"Its your fault for filling it up!" Tiff argued back. He then changed topics. "Do you need to go over the plan again?"

Sly groaned as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Tiff, we went over the plan a million times. I got it memorized, so dont worry." He said.

"Sorry. I always get nervous on my first heist with a new holder." Tiff.

"Shouldnt it be the other way around, though?" Sly wondered.

"Yeah it should, but for some reason, your family has nerves of steel. I mean one of your ancestors jumped off a cliff without a second thought and lived to brag about it! Almost made me have a heart attack."

"Wish i could have read about it…" Sly said with a sad tone.

Tiff sighed. "Dont worry, after tonight and our name is on the front cover, we will find those bastards and make them pay!" He said. "And you will know about all of your ancestors awesomes lifes."

Sly sad expression was replaced with a happy one as he smiled and nodded. "You're right. Thanks Tiff." He said before he noticed where they were. He stopped near a ladder. "We're here."

"Ready?" Tiff asked.

Sly nodded. "Ready."

"You know the words and so do i." Tiff sang.

Sly chuckled before he raised his gloved hand.

"Tiff, Mask on!"

Tiff spiraled into the glove. The black fingerless glove became a full blue glove where on each knuckle was a white dot. He was now wearing a blue jacket with a yellow hoodie. He had grey pants and black boots. In his back was a coattail, one similar to a raccoon tail. His eyes turned brown with a mask covering his eyes. He wore a blue cap and on the sides were fake ears. He put his hand in the air as a cane with a brown handle and a golden end, forming a ? shape.

(if you want a image, just pictue Sly from the movie trailer.)

Sly checked out his look. "It still feels so weird." He said as he twirled his cane. "Welp, time to get to work." He pu the cane in his mouth and climbed up the ladder. He climbed out and he was in an alley. He closed the sewer lid and made sure no one was around. "Okay, according to the blueprints, there should be a pipe right… here" he put his cane back in his mouth and climbed the pipe, until he reached a vent. Grabbing his cane, he smashed it open and crawled inside. Step one: get inside. Done. Now for step two...

"Girl, are you okay?" Marinette turned to her best friend Alya.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Marinette asked.

"Because A) you're smiling like a kid on a candy shop; and B) you havent stopped shaking like a leaf since we got here." Alya pointed at Marinette, who was like she said, shaking.

"Well, this is the a really important event and im afraid of making myself an complete idiot." She admitted to her friend. "And well im smiling because i think this might be the best week of my life."

She wasnt lying. Marinette week just kept getting better and better. First, there were no akuma attacks this week. While she is worried on what Hawkmoth might be planning, it feels nice to sleep enough hours, not make so much excuses to not hang out with Alya and her other friends and actually have time to work on her designs. Then, she and her class get invited to what could be the most important party of her life. Granted, it was because of Adrien giving invites to everyone that they got in in the first place (she almost fainted when Adrien gave her an invitation and if it wasnt for Alya holding her, she might have). And to add the cherry on top, her childhood friend comes back to Paris and is working at her parents bakery. Whats next? Adrien kissing her? Yeah right… She silently prayed to whatever made her week better to make that last thing happen.

"Relax Marinette. People are here are more focused on what Gabriel Agreste is going to show. They probably dont care that a bunch of high schoolers are here." Alya reassured her.

Marinette looked around. "Yeah, you're probably right Alya." She said, slowly stopping her shaking.

"Wouldnt be the first time." Alya said with a smug look. Marinette rolled her eyes, but kept her smile. The party continued until the lights dimmed down, a few spotlights pointing at the stage.

"Ladies and Gentleman, his first public appearance in years, Gabriel Agreste!" Everyone clapped as the man himself walked on stage. He raised his hand silencing himself.

"The Gabriel brand is proud to present a brand new line of clothing. These clothes are nothing you have ever seen and i can assure you that you wont see anything like it either. Originally, we were going to have models present the clothes, but i believe its better to show you how they look before. Without further ado, i present to you the future." The curtains opened and the floor opened as well, something coming from the bottom. The crowd gasped. Though it was for a different reason.

There were mannequins on stage. And thats it. There no clothes wearing them.

"What is the meaning of this!?" Gabriel Agreste asked, anger in his voice. But he noticed something. One of the mannequins had a mask around it. It was weird. It was shaped like a Diamond in a horizontal shape, the bottom half was white while top part was black with two white parts that are probbably for the eyes and it had two small triangles coming out, probably ears. Is this a calling card? Gabriel thought before he heard laughter. "Who goes there?!"

The spotlights tracked the laughter and it was on top of a chandelier. The spotlights revealed Sly. He was holding a duffel bag on his hand as he did a bow. "Greetings." He said. "Apologies, but i dont have an invitation, but im sure you can make an exception this time."

"Who are you?!" Gabriel questioned him.

"Oh how rude of me. My name is Cooper and ill be your thief tonight. Pleased to make your acquaintance."

Multiple whispers came from the guests, more specifically the older ones.

"Cooper?"

"Why does that name sound familiar?"

"Is he possibly akumatized?"

And other whispers that Cooper couldnt understand.

Gabriel paled a little. Thats impossible! Cooper hasnt been seen in over 20 years! He thought before he composed himself. "Are you the one responsible for stealing these clothes?"

"Why of course i am. What do you think is in this bag? My gym clothes?" Cooper asked by raising his bag. He noticed the people had their attention focused solely on the bag. All according to plan. "A little birdy told me about this party and i just had to get my hands on it. I was dying to try on these clothes."

"Well, why dont you try one of the prison clothes?" Everyone cheered as one of the Paris superheroes, Chat Noir, appeared on a separate chandelier. "I think orange would look great on you."

"Why dont you add a couple of cuffs in there as well?" A female voice said, opposite to Chat Noir. Everyone cheered once again as Ladybug landed on the same chandelier, next to Chat Noir.

"Ahh~~. Ladybug and Chat Noir. And here i thought you werent going to show up." Cooper said turning around. "While i thank you for the suggestion, i dont think i would look good in orange. And the cuffs were probably going to be too tight for my wrists."

"Oh, but we insist." Chat Noir said. "Besides, you wont know unless you tried."

"Its true, but for that to work, i would actually have to be in a situation where i would be wearing them." Cooper said. "And i believe its time i take my leave. Dont mind me, i know the way out." With that, Cooper began to leap the chandeliers, with Chat Noir and Ladybug chasing after him.

He jumped towards one of the windows and crossed his arms, protecting his face as he smashed through it. Ladybug and Chat Noir did the same with two next to the broken one. While they were falling, Cooper landed on a piece of cloth hanging from one of the windows and used it as a bounce pad, managing to get an advantage on the two heroes. But it didnt last long as Chat Noir managed to use his baton to give him a boost and Ladybug used her yoyo to swing towards Cooper.

They began chasing each other across the rooftops, but no matter how far they ran, the heroes couldnt catch up to Cooper.

"Is that all you've got?!" Cooper yelled back as he smirked.

Chat Noir growled. "How is this guy faster than us?!" He asked his partner.

"I dont know, but we cant catch him like this! We need to cut him off!" Ladybug said as she looked at Chat Noir, who nodded.

After a few minutes of chasing, Cooper decided to taunt them again. "You guys okay back there?" He said as he looked back. "Do you need to-" He widnened his eyes when he noticed that Chat Noir is missing. Where did he go? He thought. He wasnt paying attention at what was in front of him because Chat Noir was hiding behind a chimney and when Cooper was about to pass him, he used his baton to trip him.

"Woah!" Sly said as he lost balance and lost grip of the bag he was carrying as it slided away from him.

"Get the bag!" Ladybug shouted as she catched up to him.

"Right!" Chat Noir said as he jumped towards the bag.

"Oh no you dont!" Cooper yelled as he got up and got behind Chat Noir. He heard a sound behind him and he didnt even need to look back to know Ladybug swung her yo-yo at him, probably to restrain him. He ducked, the yo-yo going around and tieing up Chat Noir rather than him. He did a flip above Chat Noir, who was on the ground, restrained, and grabbed the bag with his caneand looked at the two heroes.

Ladybug quickly released Chat Noir and went into a stance. Cooper chuckled as he wiped dust off his shoulder. "Ill admit, you surprised me with that move." He said. "But as you can see, it was useless."

"That was my mistake. Next time, ill aim for the head." Chat Noir said.

"And your second one is assuming you'll get the chance." Cooper said. He took the bag from his cane and put it on his other hand.

Chat Noir twirled his baton before charging at Cooper. He swung his baton, but Cooper blocked it with his cane. He then swung again, but Cooper moved his body slightly and dodged. This kept repeating. Chat Noir would swing and Cooper would block and if he tried and attack him in a way he couldnt block it, he would dodge.

This is getting me nowhere! Chat Noir thought. He then had an idea. He split his baton in two and continued attacking the same way, only this time Cooper had to block one and dodge the other. Chat Noir was waiting for the right time. There! He swung one of his batons and Cooper blocked it and when he swung his other one, Cooper couldnt dodge so he grabbed with his other hand. He didnt hear a sound coming from behind him.

"Almost had me there, kitty." Cooper said before kicking Chat Noir away from him. "But you're way too predictable."

"You okay Chat Noir?" Ladybug asked.

"Im fine now that you're here." He answered, smirking. Ladybug and Cooper rolled their eyes. "But i could use a paw with this guy." He got back up and merged his batons again. Ladybug nodded and they both charged at him, both from opposite sides.

Hmmm, their teamwork isnt bad. Cooper thought as he kept dodging their attacks. Ladybug kept swinging her yo-yo to capture him while Chat Noir tried to him. They were baiting him with their attacks. When he would dodge one, he immediately had to dodge the other, followed by another. He managed to dodge them, but he knew he wasnt going to keep evading them forever.

"I can see why you're considered such a good team. But…" He said as Ladybug swung her yo-yo at him. He flipped over Chat Noir and kicked him in the back, making him tackle Ladybug. The yo-yo went around them and trapped them both. He kicked them again, but this time much harder, sending them off the roof. He stepped his foot on her yo-yo disk as they were left hanging. "You have got a long way to go before you beat me."

The two heroes glared at the thief before they smiled. "Oh really? Arent you forgetting something?" Chat Noir asked.

At Cooper confused expression, Chat Noir chuckled. "Why dont you check your hand? Doesnt it look a little empty?" Ladybug asked.

Cooper checked the hand that wasnt holding his cane widened his eyes. "The bag!" He said as he looked around, not finding it. He heard the two heroes chuckle again as he looked back at them "When did you…" He said before he realized.

"When you grabbed my baton, you let go of your bag…" Chat Noir started

"…and i grabbed it with my yo-yo." Ladybug finished. "Then, i threw it to the police down there."

"The police?" Cooper said in confusion, before a spotlight flashed above him. He covered his eyes a bit as he looked up, a news helicopter flying above him with a camera pointing at him. He also looked at the ground and there were a bunch of police cars in the streets.

"What was that about us having a long way to go?" Chat Noir teased.

Cooper clenched his fist and fumed in anger as he looked at the two heroes. "You two… are so…"

He smirked.

"…predictable."

The smirks on their faces were replaced with confused expressions. "Huh?" They said.

"Look over there." He pointed his cane at one of the police cars. The heroes looked at what he was pointing and looked as one of the officers was opening the bag. To their shock, they found clothes but it wasnt the ones they were expecting. It was a bunch of ordinary clothes stuffed in there, clearly not the ones made from the Gabriel brand.

"You have to thank Gabriel Agreste for this. Since he didnt want the clothes to be leaked, he made sure that no one saw them before he revealed them. It made it easier to steal them. And since i had extra time, i decided to have a little fun and stole some random clothes i found laying around. I already hid the clothes by the time i revealed myself." He said.

"Then that means this whole time…" Chat Noir started, realization starting to kick in.

"…we were on a wild goose chase?" Ladybug finished.

"Like i said: predictable." He said. His ears picked up the sound of footsteps coming up from inside of the building. Lots of them. He also saw Ladybug and Chat Noir trying to break free. "People of Paris! I hope you enjoyed the show! But do not worry! This was just the opening act! Expect to hear a lot from me in the future!" He bowed. "But until then…" The footsteps got louder and the heroes were almost free. "…au revoir." He raised his foot, letting go of the disk. The two heroes were surprised as they suddendly came loose, gravity doing its work and making them fall to the ground. Or in this case, a bunch of open trash cans.

Cooper raised his cane and slammed its base on the ground. "Smoke Bomb!" He yelled, everything around him being covered in a cloud of smoke. The door to the rooftop was busted open as multiple officers came in, aiming at the cloud of smoke and others at the other rooftops. When the cloud disappeared, Cooper was gone and only a small calling card was left, similar to the mask that manequin wore at the party.

Cooper was running along the sewers, whistling a tune. He was already far away from the crime scene, so even if they found he used the sewers, they would never find him, not even where he came out. On the end of his cane there were two bags.

He stopped running and turned to a wall. It looked an ordinary wall, but Sly pushed one of the bricks and the wall split open, revealing a ladder. He walked inside as the wall closed itself behind him. He climbed it and opened a lid on top and continued and climbed out. He hanged the clothes and breathed in relief.

"Mask off." When he said that, his costume disappeared and Sky was back in his normal clothes. Tiff came out and rested on his shoulder. "You okay?"

"Yeah, its just been a while since my holder was transformed for this long." He said. "I just need to eat something and ill be fine."

"Okay, if you say so." Sly said as he looked around.

He was in his secret basement, or as how he likes to call it, his Safehouse. The house was one of his dad secret hideouts. From the outside, it looked like a regular house and the inside as well, but underneath it was a basement, where the true purpose of the house was hidden.

The hole he came out of had a direct connection to the sewers with the entrance at the bottom hidden. There was a small circle on one corner which would go up like an elevator to the garage. The Safehouse itself was also a bit small. A TV was there, along with a table with a lot of notebooks scattered and a computer. But the most important thing were on the walls. There were 5 boards, all of them filled with either photos, reports or a map. There were two that were different, One was completely filled and the other was completely empty.

Sly ignored all of that and went towards the back of the room and walked up a flight of stairs, on top, the wall opening by itself as something slid out of the way, allowing him to walk through. When he passed, the wall closed again, on the other side a painting covering the entrance. He went into the kitchen and grabbed an apple. He gave it to Tiff, who began to munch on it.

"So, any comments about tonight?" Tiff asked between bites.

"Starting with me, i need to be more careful. If Chat Noir had knocked me out, it would have been game over before we even begun." Sly commented.

"Hey, come on, it was your first time. No can blame you for a few mistakes." Tiff tried to Comfort him.

"Mistakes like that can get me killed. If it was someone else, they wouldnt have hesitated to strike me in head, even if it killed me."

"Okay, moving on from that, mind explaining me why you went all actor mode before you disappeared?" Tiff asked.

"Dramatic effect. By leaving that last message, it will make people discuss more the meaning of my words. Before we know it, everyone will know the greatest thief in the world has returned." Sly explained.

"Okay, we are done with you." Tiff said, tossing the remains of his snack to the garbage. "Opinions on the heroes?"

Sly sighed. "Ill admit, from what i have seen so far and some other videos, their teamwork is impressive to say the least, but thats probably the only thing good about them. Most likely, Ladybug is the one that actually uses her head and takes her job seriously. Meanwhile, that Chat Noir seems more interested in getting 'my lady' attention rather than focusing on the task at hand." Sly explained. "I want to know who was the dumbass that thought they were a 'team', like they were equals. Its more like Ladybug is the leader and Chat Noir is her sidekick"

"Sheesh, get a room with her already…" Tiff said.

Sly rolled his eyes. "Oh haha. I can respect someone even if i dont like them." He said before walking towards a window, looking at the city. "But my opinion on them doesnt matter in the long run. We got our name out there and thats what matters. According to my lead, i still have a week left, so ill lay low for a while. After that…" He raised his hand looking at his palm as he clenched it.

"… my revenge can begin."

Chapter 2! Yeah! Wrote this right after the last one. Dont really have to add much after this. The only thing ill say is probably to not expect the next chapter so soon. I wrote half of this before i posted the first one. So ill see you in the next chapter!