Hi everyone! I'm really sorry for the long wait. I had a lot to deal with. For example, I got grounded and I can't use the computer while I'm grounded. Well I'm not gonna make you wait any longer. Enjoy chapter 6. : )

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Sly got Claire home safely and was worried about her. She had cuts and a bruise from being thrown to the wall. He had to help her walk because she was limping. They entered the hideout and Murray noticed Claire was bleeding.

"What happened to her?" Murray started to panic.

"Some jerks were picking on her." Sly said, helping Claire walk to the couch.

"I think we have a first-aid kit in the bathroom. I'll be right back." Murray went upstairs and seconds later ran back down with a white box. He opened and took out a few things that made Claire look worried.

"Er. Murray?" Sly asked. "Do you know what you're doing?"

"No."

"Don't you think we should get Bentley, then?"

"Okay." Murray ran back upstairs. He came back with Bentley. He seemed more like he was dragging him.

"What could be so important that you had to drag me away from my computer!" He then saw Claire and gasped. "Claire! What happened! Is she alright?"

"We'll explain later." Sly said, briskly. "First we better do something about that wound before it gets infected."

"Right." Bentley looked in the box and took out some bandages and other materials he needed. "Okay Claire. This liquid will probably sting a bit."

"Ow!" Claire screamed. "A bit? A bit!"

"Calm down! Don't make me get my dart gun!"

Claire kept screaming in pain. After Bentley cleaned the wound, they put some bandages on the wound. Unfortunately, any little thing that touched the wound would hurt. Claire knew she would have trouble sleeping. Sly tried to convince her to go to bed.

"I know you're not tired but you have to get some rest." he said. Claire wouldn't stop shaking either and it wasn't cold.

"I am tired." she answered. "But I still don't want to go to sleep."

"Why?"

"What if they come back? They would try to kill me."

Sly sighed. "This has affected her more than I expected." he thought. He grinned at her politely. "They won't come back. They don't even know where you sleep."

"But….what if they….erm…I dunno. They could somehow find me."

"They won't. This place is well hidden and we're here too."

Claire looked much calmer. "I guess you're right."

"Does this mean you will go to sleep, now?"

Claire laughed. "Fine." She went to her room. Sly sat on the couch and looked at the clock. It was really late. Murray walked in with a bag of chips. "Man, you look tired. Maybe you should go to sleep."

Sly yawned. "Yeah you're right." He went to his room and just sat on his bed staring at the ceiling. There was a knock the door. "Come in."

Bentley walked in the room. "Sly, I have another heist planned out."

"Ok" Sly said, not looking away from the ceiling.

"I don't think Claire should come with us, though. She could make her wound worse and she seems really scared. Did those guys hurt her that bad? Looks worse than bad from my point of view." Bentley said. "Don't worry, Sly. She should be better in no time."

"We can't just leave her alone during our heist." Sly said, finally looking at Bentley.

"Maybe Murray can stay." Bentley answered.

"Who's going to drive?"

"You know I can drive as well as Murray. I can handle two jobs."

Sly sighed. "I do feel kind of guilty about this."

"Why?"

"How can I leave her here all alone while she is so afraid? What kind of brother would I be?"

"We have to steal this loot before anyone else does." Bentley answered. "It's attracting a lot of attention from other thieves."

"How do you know?"

"I have my ways."

"Fine. What are we stealing, anyways?"

Bentley smiled. "A necklace that belonged to a queen." He turned to leave. "Tomorrow night is perfect for the heist." He walked out the door.

The next morning, Sly woke up early and went downstairs for breakfast. He found Bentley sitting at the table with papers scattered everywhere on the table.

"Sorry, Sly. You're gonna have to eat in the living room."

"What are you doing?" Sly asked.

"Making a list of the loot we have stolen." He said and continued writing.

"Why?"

"We need to keep track of everything we have stolen and be organized."

"Why?"

"You are so inquisitive."

"Remember, Bentley, don't piss him off in the morning." Murray said as he walked in the kitchen. He made some toast and took it into the living room. Sly did the same. He thought of waking up Claire but it seemed too early.

While they were eating, Claire came downstairs.

"You're finally awake." Sly said. "Anyways, Bentley has a new heist planned out. I don't know if you'll be able to go unless since your arm hasn't healed yet."

Claire sighed. "I suppose you're right. My arm still hurts and I'll probably make it worse."

"Murray can stay so you won't be alone."

"Okay."

Bentley walked in the room. "I have to tell you something, Sly. I don't know if it's good or bad in your point of view."

"What is it?"

"Someone already stole the necklace."

"Hello, Bentley! Where have you been all these years? I steal from criminals too."

"Oh, right! Sorry, I forgot." Bentley said. Sly rolled his eyes.

"Well I guess I'm going to have to plan everything all over again." As Bentley walked out Claire looked at him distastefully. Obviously, she still had not forgiven him. Bentley took about two hours to make a new plan and to track down the location of the thieves' hideout. He was surprised that he managed to track down their location and not the cops. He found out it was at an old warehouse.

"Everything is planned out. Do you want to go now or at night, Sly?"

"Daytime? Nah. Let's go at night."

"What are you going to do until then?"

Sly didn't answer. He just sat on the couch and decided to pass time by wandering around in his thoughts. He started to wonder why he hadn't remembered much about Claire. Sly wasn't the kind of person who would forget such a thing. Why wasn't she allowed at the orphanage with Sly? Sly had many questions but didn't know where to look for answers.

When the time came to begin the heist, Sly and Bentley started to leave.

"You know how to contact me if anything goes wrong, right?" Sly asked Claire as he put his binocucom in his pouch.

"Yeah, I just call you in your binocu-thingy or on your walkie talkie."

They left and when they arrived Bentley started to explain what to do one he got inside. They also noticed the warehouse had no door. The entrance looked like a giant hole. "What idiots!" Bentley said.

"This is going to be easy." Sly said, smirking.

"Don't get cocky. Go in there and find that necklace. It has more rubies than the jewelry store."

"That's because we stole those already."

"Whatever. Just get your raccoon ass in there." Sly was shocked to hear this from Bentley. He climbed over a gate and walked toward the place where the door used to be. He went inside and it was all black. Sly suspected it had caught fire and that was why it was now a hideout. Inside he also saw a truck and two animals had jumped out of it. It was a rat and hamster. Sly quickly hid in the shadows. They were talking will picking up some boxes and putting them in the truck. "He wants these jewels now, idiot!" the rat yelled.

"Man, who knows how much these jewels are worth." The hamster dropped the box on his foot.

"That's what you get for being and idiot."

"Shut up!" He put the boxes in the truck and returned to get another one. Meanwhile, the rat was opening a box. His eyes grew wide and stared at what was inside.

"Hey! You're not supposed to open it!" the hamster yelled. The rat quickly closed the lid.

"You won't believe what is in there! I never thought Mack would manage to steal something like this! Look!" He took out the necklace. Sly had never seen a necklace with so many rubies on it. "We have to keep it for ourselves!" the rat continued. "It must be worth a fortune!"

"Mack would be furious if we tried."

"Who cares!" the rat said.

"Wouldn't Mack be suspicious why it's missing? He would know it was us."

"We'll put something else in the box." The rat put the necklace on top of a box. "Just look at it."

"We're going to share the money right?" the hamster asked.

The rat looked at the hamster and he seemed to have forgotten he was there. "You'll get 5 of it."

"Hey!"

While the animals were arguing about who got the money Sly grew impatient and used his invisibility move to move closer to the necklace. He normally didn't use this move because he felt it made things too easy but he wasn't going to wait all night for the animals to leave. He picked up the necklace while they weren't looking and ran silently back to the exit. "What morons." he thought. He turned around to look at the animals and saw that they were still arguing.

He kept running until he bumped into someone and fell to the ground. "Oof!" He picked up the necklace and saw who he had bumped into. "Amy!"

"Sly! What are you doing here?" She looked at the necklace in Sly's paws. "The necklace!" Unfortunately, the hamster and rat, who were still arguing, heard them.

"Stop them! They have the necklace! Call the others, you idiot!" The rat yelled and pulled out a long strange looking gun and started shooting while the hamster ran off.

"Quickly run! Before the others come!" Amy yelled.

"Wait! Don't go that way! Amy!" Sly yelled. "It's a dead end!"

Amy stopped running. "Fine. You lead the way!"

"This way!" Sly lead her to the hole where the door was supposed to be. "Quick they're still behind us. Our van is just on the other side of this gate." They reached the gate and Sly quickly climbed over it. "Come on." He told Amy from the other side of the gate.

Amy stared at Sly. "I can't climb over this! It's too high!"

"Just climb! They're getting closer."

"The top part is pointy. I could hurt myself."

"Climb already!" Amy jumped and finally started to climb. When she reached the other side of the gate there was a loud bang which made her jump and fall. "Ow! My ankle! I can't run!"

"Amy! Hold on. Bentley? Can you hear me?" Sly yelled into his walkie talkie.

"Ow!" yelled Bentley's voice. "Not so loud, Sly. What is it?"

"Get the van over here."

"Where are you?"

"By the gate. Hurry."

He waited and in a few seconds Bentley arrived. "I thought we were going to meet on the other side. What's Amy doing here!"

"Help me get her in the van. She can't walk." Sly said, helping Amy up. Bentley and Sly helped Amy in the van and drove back to their hideout.

"Thanks so much, you two." Amy said.

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Hi again. I will try to write the next chapter as fast as I can. Please please please review.