Hi again! Here is chapter 7! Please review. The more reviews I have, the less lazy I will be and type. : )

But first, here is the answer to a question someone named Retaya had: Hi, Retaya. You asked who Amy was and she is a cat that ruined Sly's heist in chapter 4. You can tell that she isn't a really good thief.

Now on with the story: )

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"Thank you very very very very very very much!" Amy kept thanking them through the whole way back to the hideout and when they got inside. "Thank you! You are the nicest people I have ever met!"

"You don't have to thank us millions of times." Bentley said, getting irritated. Sly put his cane next to the couch and went to go look for Claire. He found her playing video games with Murray.

"Aha! I win again!" She said. "Oh, hi Sly! How was your heist?"

"We ran into someone."

"Who?" Murray asked.

"Amy."

"You mean the cat that we ran into when we went to steal the ruby?" Claire asked.

"Yes." Sly said. "She's downstairs."

"Here?" Murray asked. "Why did you bring her here?"

"She got hurt and we had to run from the cops."

Murray got up and started heading out the door. "You guys go downstairs. I'm gonna call it a night."

Claire and Sly went downstairs and found Bentley and Amy talking.

"Don't worry." Bentley said. "It's just a bad sprain."

"Well I should call my friend." Amy said, searching her pockets. "Well, actually, he's not really my friend. More like a partner. Where is it?" She said still searching her pockets. She pulled out a cell phone. "Aha! Here it is."

"Amy!" Claire said. "What happened?"

"I hurt my ankle."

"Anyways, what were you trying to steal, Amy?" Sly asked.

"Er….nothing….its just that they stole something from us and I had to get it back."

"Oh." Sly had a feeling that it was best that he didn't ask what it was. Amy started dialing on her cell phone.

"Oh, I forgot his number! I think I remember." She started dialing again. She left the room to have some privacy. Bentley stared at her. Sly noticed this and started to laugh.

"What is so funny?" Bentley asked.

"Oh, nothing." Sly answered, innocently. Bentley eyed him suspiciously and left the room.

"You noticed too, huh, Sly?" Claire asked.

"Its so obvious."

"I am so bored. You can't do much around here with an injured arm. By the way, I read the Thievius Raccoonus. It was fascinating! You need to have some serious skills to perform some of those moves! I doubt I'll master them, though."

"Sure you can. I knew some good moves when I was your age." Sly said.

"You mean you practiced at the orphanage?"

"Yeah but it was hard keeping it a secret. Especially when you've go the kind of people that get into other people's business around."

"Nobody knew?"

"Actually, Ms. Puffin found out about it. We had to write an essay on what we wanted to be when we grow up. I was careless when I was your age so I said I wanted to be a thief. She thought it was a joke, though. I bet now that she sees me on the news she realizes it wasn't."

"How did you practice?" Claire asked, inquisitively.

"We'd sneak outside at night. What about you? How was it in that torture prison the Contessa called and orphanage?"

"It was horrible. We'd be starved if we didn't behave. When we were injured nobody would care. She was especially cruel to me. I don't know why. We would get cold at night and kids would disappear and come back days later with empty heads. Our disgusting meals had spice all over it."

"I thought I had it bad." Sly said frowning.

"That's not the worst." Claire said. "I had a friend in there. She was a wolf and was really nice to me. We didn't know exactly what the Contessa was doing to the kids but we wanted to get out of there fast. We had a plan to escape but we had to wait for the right time. Unfortunately, before we could start our plan, she was sent to go see the Contessa. She came back a week later and acted as if she had no mind of her own."

Claire eyes started to water. "You don't know how horrible it is to see your best friend suffer like that. Then, it was my turn. I didn't want them to empty my head, too. It would be too early to escape since there were more guards around, but I didn't care. When I escaped, I was finally able to breathe fresh air instead of the stench of that dump." Claire started to look furious. "I wish I could give the Contessa so much pain! I wish I could murder her for what she did!"

"I felt the same way about Clockwerk." Sly said. "I had so many nightmares about him when I was young. But now that he's dead, they've stopped."

Amy and Bentley walked(Amy was limping) in the room. "I called my partner and he'll be coming to pick me up soon."

"I hope your ankle gets better soon." Claire said. "I know how you feel."

"You're leaving?" Bentley asked Amy.

"I have to get back to my own hideout. I have to go meet him outside since he is always in a rush." She headed for the door. "Good bye and thank you so much for your help!" She waved at them limped outside.

"Wait!" Bentley yelled. "I…..erm…..let me help you. You can't walk so well and don't put so much pressure on your foot. Let me help you outside."

"Oh, thanks Bentley." They both went outside and Claire and Sly did their best to fight down their laughter.

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I hope I didn't keep you waiting long. Please review and thanks to everyone that has.