Attention: I'm gonna be pretty busy just so you guys know. I'll try to post a chapter the day after tomorrow (haha, movie pun) unless something unfortunate happens like I die or something… O.o Now, let's not jinx myself! Well, maybe I'll try to post tomorrow too but… I'm gonna need luck for that.

DISCLAIMER – I don't own Sly Cooper, The Day After Tomorrow (hahahaha), or anything Sucker Punch or Hollywood has made (but boy do I wish I did) so I guess that's as disclaiming as things can get, eh?

Sly & the Gang In: Adopting Abandoned Allie – Chapter Five

"ALLIE! DON'T!" Bentley shouted and knocked the gun out of her hand. He looked to Sly and nodded as if it was part of a quickly thought up plan that both of them knew through instinct. Sly nodded in return and slightly knocked Allie at one of her pressure points, causing her to collapse onto the ground.

"I feel pretty bad about doing that Bentley…" Sly went to his seat and buckled himself in as he leaned to the side resting his head on his hand. Bentley could only shake his head or sigh. He didn't want to do it either but they needed to for all their sakes.

"Pretty high tense stuff, eh guys?" Murray had slowed down to a reasonable getaway speed (which is still around the 100's in MPH so… heh heh heh) and they all rode off to the Contessa's newest empire and prison "sanctuary" (tch, so she thinks) in Mesa City (sound familiar? that's where Mugshot in the original Sly Cooper sets up his little HQ… that crazy dog drove all those people out of the city! meh, oh well. Contessa just did the same…. hahaha).

Later…

Allie opened her eyes weakly and looked around to find herself tied up on a tree outside of the van. "What the- LET ME GO THIS INSTANT! EEEEEEYAH!" She kicked and screamed trying to break free.

"Shuuuuush! Do you want the cops to hear us!" Murray waved his hands in a downward formation to signal for Allie to lower her voice about ten thousand decimals (which is a lot for all you stupid people to know, heh heh).

"What? The cops? YES! THEY SHALL COME! OOOOOOOOOH COPS! ALLIE BAXTER, MISS INNOCENT GIRL OVER HERE! THE SLY COOPER GANG HAS TIED ME TO A TREE AND THEY'RE GONNA-" Allie was cut off by Sly placing his hand over her mouth.

"Shut up unless you want us ALL do die!" Sly glared Allie angered and went over to the van, hopped up onto the roof, and folded his arms while turning away from Allie. The Cooper hate for Baxters was getting to him. He didn't mean it, but it was instinct.

"Sheesh, back off thief boy!" Allie tried to nibble through the ropes that secured her to the tree but wasn't getting anywhere anytime soon. She finally gave up, sighed, and just stayed there not making a sound. She looked calm yet sorrowful like she felt bad for something. She looked like she would cry but never did.

"What's your deal anyway? You're not making any sense. Admit it, you're not after any Napolitano and that's for sure. Revenge seems like one of your weakest qualities. What do you want with the infamous Cooper Gang?" Sly still had his back to Allie. He thought, out of instinct, she didn't deserve eye contact.

"I want revenge on Napolitano and Vivian for KILLING MY MOTHER!" Allie soon went from angry to wide-eyed and tried not to cry. "I'm sorry I'm so desperate and all but I knew you guys were heading to where Napolitano and Vivian would be so I just HAD to come along too… I'm sorry." Allie tried to hold back a few tears but they pushed their way out and she eventually cried.

Sly got off the van and walked over to her. He didn't know what to say so he didn't say anything. He untied Allie and brushed off some fragments of rope on her right shoulder. Then he shrugged and went into the van, buckling himself in.

There was an eerie silence until Murray coughed purposely and then said, "Well, the tired are fixed so we can go now." He got in the van and Bentley followed him not saying a word. Sly looked to Allie and signaled for her to come in the van too.

"I'm invited along?" Allie smiled and stood up straight. Sly nodded and Allie jumped up with happiness. She ran straight into the van the first time on her way in. "Ouch…" She got up and could swear birds were flying around her head. Sly, Bentley, and Murray just laughed and opened the van door for her. She got in, this time without hitting her head, and sat down to buckle herself in. "Thanks guys, I owe you."

"Just remember one thing Allie," Sly began, "that when you travel with us, you're considered a thief… welcome to the Cooper Gang." He extended his hand for Allie to shake it but he looked at her questionably.

"But…" Allie tried to hold back her thieving want. It tugged at her and made her sweat. She tried to fight it, but she gave it. She shook Sly's hand with pride. "I'm honored to be a member." She pulled back quickly and wiped her forehead.

"Something wrong, Allie?" asked Bentley as he turned away from his laptop to face Allie. His hands still clicked away at the keys but he wasn't looking anywhere near the keyboard. For a moment or two, the only noise that filled the van was the clicking of the keys.

"Heh, it's all overwhelming you know? I go from any cop's best friend to their worst nightmare all in a matter of seconds. I guess you can say Yolanda Baxter has a good thieving influence on me…" Allie looked to the ceiling for a moment, thinking about the time Yolanda had taken her on a heist in Montreal. Though Allie was only four when Yolanda took her out on the mission, she remembered it vividly. Allie had almost been caught along with Yolanda but the two made an amazing escape.

"Yolanda Baxter? That name sounds familiar," Sly turned around to face Allie as Bentley had done earlier. "My dad mentioned something about a Yolanda and Mariah Baxter years ago. I'm gonna guess they're relatives of yours."

"And bingo was his name-o," Allie smiled and nodded. "Yolanda was my grandmother and Mariah was my mother. Even though the Baxter line was in the males through blood and not marriage, the females always seemed to have the upper hand. Like the way the males in the Cooper Clan had the fancier twist-and-pull routine."

"So what's the story with you Baxter? You have to have a bit of a family origin," Sly asked a question that led to a long talk. Allie had told Sly, Bentley, and Murray everything that she told Carmelita before. She explained the Cooper-Baxter duos, great heists that took place, and the reason why she was after Napolitano.

"Napolitano was the one who killed my mom. I tried to rebel back but I was just a thirteen year old and since my mother tried to hold be back from thieving and such, I had poor skills. I was able to chase Napoli out to the point where he hid in Cairo and worked with that treasure every thief and any thief would want. It was all my fault my mother died… if it wasn't for me falling off the branch and giving away our position, we wouldn't of been spotted, and my mother wouldn't of got killed by the forces Napoli had. I have to get revenge… it's all I was raised to do. My only purpose in life is to get revenge. Nothing more, nothing less." Allie sighed and took a few breaths in after telling that whole story. Her family history was a real tricky one.

"Wow, so you're saying you want revenge because of how Napoli tainted your family. He made your dad despise thieves which caused your mother to raise you against thieves. When Mariah dropped you off at my father's doorstep, he took you over to Mariah after she got to Napolitano and Vivian. That's pretty complicated and harsh," Sly was shocked to see himself recite what Allie had just said but in his own words.

"Yeah… then my mom got killed and your father took me back to Paris. He gave me a few words of wisdom and advice. Then he left and I started my life as a crime free girl. I never thought I'd grow up to be a thief. What can I say, it's in my blood. Not my non-thief dad and my sometimes-thief-sometimes-not mom's blood, but my true Baxter blood. The Baxter that dared to work alongside a Cooper and elude the cops once more… that Baxter had the blood I have." Allie smiled again and pulled out a handful of throwing starts her mother used to use.

"Sadly the first stop isn't Napolitano, Allie." Bentley still clicked at the computer. "We're heading to the Contessa's new empire in Mesa City where Mugshot used to have his domain. Who knew she'd be the one to use a casino hut. It just doesn't seem her style. She's probably in it for the mass amounts of money she's getting for it. None the less, she's got some vital stuff we'll need to penetrate Napolitano's forces. Napoli has all these defense grids and security measures. What the problem is, is the fact that none of the computers and systems in Napoli's domain have any connection to the security so there's no way we can get in. Since he's teamed up with the Contessa for security purposes, he lent the main systems to her. In other words, we have to hack out Contessa before we go for Napolitano."

"Sounds like a plan," Sly did one of those famous smile-smirks and looked to Bentley's computer. Allie looked over too and Murray pulled into another safe area and looked as well. Bentley had a map of the Contessa's Mesa City domain. The entire thing looked pretty tricky to get through put with a team of four like Sly, Bentley, Murray, and Allie nothing could hold them back… but was Allie on a truthful scale? Or did she have friends in "money-full" places?