CHAPTER TWO- Back at Home?
PARIS, FRANCE- 6:41 A.M.
Sly and his friends finally arrive at their destination, a pitiful, run-down old building in downtown Paris. They are to enter through the back door.
"Hey! Wake up you two lovebirds!" Sly called out. Casey and Veronica had fallen asleep in each other's arms.
Casey awakes. "Uhhh......" He yawns, stretches, and sits up. Veronica remains asleep as Casey puts his shirt and hat back on. "I'm ready," he says, lifting up the stolen article they intend to steal.
"OK. Let's get going," said Sly. "You two guys stay here."
"OK," said Murray as he devoured a bag of chips.
Casey takes the shield and tucks it under his shirt. He and Sly then step out into the cold morning. They approach the run-down building. Sly knocks on the door in a particular rhythym.
"Sly?" a voice calls from inside. "Come on in." The door opens. Sly and Casey are greeted by a mountain goat. "So good to see you again."
"How have things been, Percy?" Sly asked.
"Good," responded the goat. "So, what have you got for me today?"
Casey lifts the stolen shield from underneath his shirt.
"Wow, this is a rare one," Percy said, taking the artifact from Casey. "This one will fetch me a fortune." He goes behind a counter and opens a cash register. ""Here you go, Sly. Keep up the good work." He hands Sly some money.
Sly smiles as he takes it. "Thank you. Goodbye for now."
"Bye," said Percy. Sly and Casey then exit. They then return to the van. Sly counts up the money and gives Casey half.
"Thanks," said the bird.
"No, thank you," Sly said as he put away his money.
"It's been good meeting you," Sly then says. "Can we give you a ride home?"
"I have no home," Casey responded.
"What?" asked a stunned Sly. "Where do you stay?"
"Wherever I can," said the bird. "Hotels, boarding houses, abandoned buildings...."
"Would you like to stay with us for a while?" Sly then asked.
"You're too kind, but I don't think I should...."
"Come on," said Sly. "It'll be fun."
"Well, OK," Casey said. "I guess I can."
Bentley groaned. "Just great..."
"You shut up," Sly said angrily.
"I could use a ride to pick up my stuff, however," Casey then said.
"Sure," said Sly. "Where is it?"
"In a locker at the Athens airport," Casye responded.
Bentley was outraged. "Why didn't you say something about this earlier?! It's so ridiculous to go all the way back there! What an idiot."
"Quit your whining, Bentley," said Sly. "It's no problem. Let's get going, Murray."
"You got it," the hippo said. The van started up and off they drove.
"This is a joke," said Bentley.
Just then, Veronica woke up. "Enjoy your little nap, sweetie?" Casey asked.
"You bet," she responded, kissing him. He smiled and snuggled back up with her.
ATHENS, GREECE- 8:27 A.M.
Once again, Inspector Carmelita Fox had arrived at a crime scene too late to catch her nemesis Sly Cooper. "This definately looks like the work of Cooper," she said, examining the scene.
"But doesn't he work alone?" asked her new partner, a female owl.
"Why would you ask that?" said Fox.
"Because there's two sets of muddy footprints leading out the back door," her partner said. "This set looks like it might belong to a bird."
"Unusual," Carmelita said. "Perhaps he's added another member to his little mob."
"That could be," the owl responded. Puzzled, the two continued to collect evidence. Just then, Carmelita's cell phone rang.
"Hello," the detective said into it.
"Fox, get back here. Cooper's been spotted back in Paris," the voice on the other end said.
"What?" said Carmelita. "Damn him!!"
"Come on, Margaret," she said to her partner. "We've got to get back to Paris in a hurry."
"What? Why?" the owl asked.
"Cooper's already back there," Fox said.
"Wow."
The two of them then ran out , climbed into their squad car, and zoomed off.
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT- 10:21 A.M.
Sly and his gang were now back in Greece to pick up Casey's things at the airport. "OK, you guys, we've got to make this quick, as the cops are sure to pick up our trail soon," Sly said as he opened the door to the van and stepped out.
"OK," Casey said, climbing out himself.
"I'm coming along," said Bentley.
"What? Why?" Sly said.
"I'm tired of sitting in this stinky van," the turtle whined.
"No way," Sly said. "We've taken enough risk by coming here. We don't need your slow ass making things worse."
"Come on, Sly," he begged. "I never get to go anywhere with you."
"That's because you're a whining little pussy," Sly responded.
"Will you let me come if I promise I won't complain about anything for the rest of our trip?" The turtle then said.
"OH, OK," said Sly. "But you'd better keep your word."
"Oh, I will," Bentley said as he got out of the van. The three of them then went into the airport as Murray and Veronica stayed back at the van.
Sly, Casey and Bentley stepped into the airport and headed to where the lockers were. Casey went over to one and unlocked it. He took out a blue jacket and a duffle bag. He then unzipped the bag and took out a clean shirt and undershirt. He quickly changed clothes.
"Undressing in public? That's uncivilized!" Bentley said.
"You broke your promise," Sly said, once again striking the turtle with his cane.
"Ow! Stop hitting me, you stupid bitch!" Bentley exclaimed.
"Not until you stop acting like an idiot," said Sly. "Hey, where's Casey?"
The young cardinal had slipped into a restroom as his two associates were bickering. He washed the crusted-up mud off his feet, sprayed on some deodorant, combed his feathers, and then departed.
"You two have fun while I was gone?" he asked Bentley and Sly.
"Where were you?" asked Sly.
"I just went into the bathroom to clean myself up," the bird responded. "Are we ready to go?"
"Sure," Sly responded. The three of them now make their way out of the airport and back to the van. They then pile in and drive off.
PARIS, FRANCE- 6:41 A.M.
Sly and his friends finally arrive at their destination, a pitiful, run-down old building in downtown Paris. They are to enter through the back door.
"Hey! Wake up you two lovebirds!" Sly called out. Casey and Veronica had fallen asleep in each other's arms.
Casey awakes. "Uhhh......" He yawns, stretches, and sits up. Veronica remains asleep as Casey puts his shirt and hat back on. "I'm ready," he says, lifting up the stolen article they intend to steal.
"OK. Let's get going," said Sly. "You two guys stay here."
"OK," said Murray as he devoured a bag of chips.
Casey takes the shield and tucks it under his shirt. He and Sly then step out into the cold morning. They approach the run-down building. Sly knocks on the door in a particular rhythym.
"Sly?" a voice calls from inside. "Come on in." The door opens. Sly and Casey are greeted by a mountain goat. "So good to see you again."
"How have things been, Percy?" Sly asked.
"Good," responded the goat. "So, what have you got for me today?"
Casey lifts the stolen shield from underneath his shirt.
"Wow, this is a rare one," Percy said, taking the artifact from Casey. "This one will fetch me a fortune." He goes behind a counter and opens a cash register. ""Here you go, Sly. Keep up the good work." He hands Sly some money.
Sly smiles as he takes it. "Thank you. Goodbye for now."
"Bye," said Percy. Sly and Casey then exit. They then return to the van. Sly counts up the money and gives Casey half.
"Thanks," said the bird.
"No, thank you," Sly said as he put away his money.
"It's been good meeting you," Sly then says. "Can we give you a ride home?"
"I have no home," Casey responded.
"What?" asked a stunned Sly. "Where do you stay?"
"Wherever I can," said the bird. "Hotels, boarding houses, abandoned buildings...."
"Would you like to stay with us for a while?" Sly then asked.
"You're too kind, but I don't think I should...."
"Come on," said Sly. "It'll be fun."
"Well, OK," Casey said. "I guess I can."
Bentley groaned. "Just great..."
"You shut up," Sly said angrily.
"I could use a ride to pick up my stuff, however," Casey then said.
"Sure," said Sly. "Where is it?"
"In a locker at the Athens airport," Casye responded.
Bentley was outraged. "Why didn't you say something about this earlier?! It's so ridiculous to go all the way back there! What an idiot."
"Quit your whining, Bentley," said Sly. "It's no problem. Let's get going, Murray."
"You got it," the hippo said. The van started up and off they drove.
"This is a joke," said Bentley.
Just then, Veronica woke up. "Enjoy your little nap, sweetie?" Casey asked.
"You bet," she responded, kissing him. He smiled and snuggled back up with her.
ATHENS, GREECE- 8:27 A.M.
Once again, Inspector Carmelita Fox had arrived at a crime scene too late to catch her nemesis Sly Cooper. "This definately looks like the work of Cooper," she said, examining the scene.
"But doesn't he work alone?" asked her new partner, a female owl.
"Why would you ask that?" said Fox.
"Because there's two sets of muddy footprints leading out the back door," her partner said. "This set looks like it might belong to a bird."
"Unusual," Carmelita said. "Perhaps he's added another member to his little mob."
"That could be," the owl responded. Puzzled, the two continued to collect evidence. Just then, Carmelita's cell phone rang.
"Hello," the detective said into it.
"Fox, get back here. Cooper's been spotted back in Paris," the voice on the other end said.
"What?" said Carmelita. "Damn him!!"
"Come on, Margaret," she said to her partner. "We've got to get back to Paris in a hurry."
"What? Why?" the owl asked.
"Cooper's already back there," Fox said.
"Wow."
The two of them then ran out , climbed into their squad car, and zoomed off.
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT- 10:21 A.M.
Sly and his gang were now back in Greece to pick up Casey's things at the airport. "OK, you guys, we've got to make this quick, as the cops are sure to pick up our trail soon," Sly said as he opened the door to the van and stepped out.
"OK," Casey said, climbing out himself.
"I'm coming along," said Bentley.
"What? Why?" Sly said.
"I'm tired of sitting in this stinky van," the turtle whined.
"No way," Sly said. "We've taken enough risk by coming here. We don't need your slow ass making things worse."
"Come on, Sly," he begged. "I never get to go anywhere with you."
"That's because you're a whining little pussy," Sly responded.
"Will you let me come if I promise I won't complain about anything for the rest of our trip?" The turtle then said.
"OH, OK," said Sly. "But you'd better keep your word."
"Oh, I will," Bentley said as he got out of the van. The three of them then went into the airport as Murray and Veronica stayed back at the van.
Sly, Casey and Bentley stepped into the airport and headed to where the lockers were. Casey went over to one and unlocked it. He took out a blue jacket and a duffle bag. He then unzipped the bag and took out a clean shirt and undershirt. He quickly changed clothes.
"Undressing in public? That's uncivilized!" Bentley said.
"You broke your promise," Sly said, once again striking the turtle with his cane.
"Ow! Stop hitting me, you stupid bitch!" Bentley exclaimed.
"Not until you stop acting like an idiot," said Sly. "Hey, where's Casey?"
The young cardinal had slipped into a restroom as his two associates were bickering. He washed the crusted-up mud off his feet, sprayed on some deodorant, combed his feathers, and then departed.
"You two have fun while I was gone?" he asked Bentley and Sly.
"Where were you?" asked Sly.
"I just went into the bathroom to clean myself up," the bird responded. "Are we ready to go?"
"Sure," Sly responded. The three of them now make their way out of the airport and back to the van. They then pile in and drive off.