Disclaimer: Sly Cooper and the Cooper gang are property of Sucker Punch and I am just using them to entertain the masses with a good story. I only own the character Todd and the other elements of the story I have created my self.

Chapter 2

A dark plan uncovered

It was now a Thursday noon hour when Todd was about to leave his tech office for lunch when his phone rang. Against his better judgment he picked it up and said, "Hello, you have reach the Internal Computer tech department, can I ask who is calling."

"Yeah, this is the chief, and this blasted computer is acting up again. I want you up here now, and I expect it to be fixed when I get back from lunch." With that the chief slammed his phone down causing Todd to get a nice final blast at his end. He sighed as he hung up the phone and headed for the elevator the main level. In a few moments he exited the elevator that lead down to his office. He turned to face a key hole that was underneath the call button, and after using his key to shut the elevator down he headed for the main elevators that accessed the upper floors. He soon found him self on the top floor, where many of the higher officers had their offices. He walked down to the end of the hallway, stopping at the one at the very end. He lightly knocked on the door. After a few moments the door opened to reveal a very aggravated chief. The chief just huffed at him and head down the hallway Todd had just come down, heading off to his usually long lunch hour.

Todd had to spend five minutes working on the chief's computer before he found what the problem was and easily corrected it. He was about getting up to leave when an idea popped into his head. He knew the chief would be gone for at least an hour, and so he decided to do a little snooping. He skimmed the chief's files for a few minutes when he came across what seemed to be employ records. Being curious he decided to look up his name in the files. He found his easily enough, and saw that their were several statistics such as days absent from work, a list of complaints, a list of compliments, vacation time available, days called in sick, a overall rating on a scale of 0-5 stars, 5 being the best, and finally a quick comment from the chief. Todd was satisfied with what he saw and decided to do Sly a favor and get him Carmelita's personal file.

After a bit more digging he was able to find Carmelita's file. Unlike many of the other files it had been placed in a folder with only three other's. Unable to guess why her file was in the folder he decided to open up her statistics and see if he could find anything else out. The statistic form for officers was exactly the same except it had one additional field. It was the officer's arrest percentage. He was pleased to see Carmelita had a 99 arrest and conviction rate. He was even happier knowing that the other 1 was none other then his good friend, Sly Cooper. He continued to look and saw she had missed no days of work this year, no valid complaints, several good compliments from colleagues, she had amassed a months worth of vacation time, had called in sick for work only a few times, and had a performance rating of 5 stars. He was sure that was why she was in the folder with only a few other people, but then he read the comment the chief had added at the bottom of the report.

Carmelita has proven to be a valuable asset to Interpol since the day she became an officer, but it is now believed she may be a spy for the Cooper gang. Due to the most recent events of her being pictured with Sly Cooper at the time the Clockwork wings had been stolen, and the fact cooper had escaped the helicopter she was the sole guard of has made many wonder where her allegiance lies. So, on the third Monday of the month of August I will be suspending Inspector Fox for a week so that an investigation may occur. This investigation will help us determine if we can trust Carmelita. If substantial evidence is found against her, upon her return to Interpol I will strip her of her badge and shock pistol.

Todd was flabbergasted, and knew he had to tell Sly about this ASAP. Todd knew that unless they did something to help her, Carmelita was as good as gone. He quickly copied the file and e-mailed it to Bentley, making sure he would check it as soon as he received it. Todd just hoped Bentley was going to check his e-mail when he usually did, otherwise it would go unnoticed until he got back to the house. Todd quickly closed out of anything, left his usually note about what he had done, and left the chief's office exactly as he had found it. Leaving absolutely no trace of what he had discovered. He then quickly, yet casually walked to the elevator, and pressed the button for the second floor, where the cafeteria was located along with the gym and break area.

His heart had calmed down slightly from the rush of his discovery when the elevator doors finally open and he stepped out onto the second floor. He made his usual route of heading straight to the lunch line, getting his food, and heading to his favorite spot. A two person table situated very close to the large windows that allowed light in and everyone to see the beautiful skyline of Paris. He had been munching on his sandwich by himself, enjoying the sight through the window. He was so rapped up in his own thoughts about what he had just discovered that he didn't even notice someone sit down across from him. He continued to gaze into the distance until he heard someone say, "What is so interesting about that view?"

Todd quickly turned his head, and he then finally noticed the Carmelita had just taken a seat across from him. Though he would rather not of, the surprise of her presence had caused him to choke on his sandwich and he had to give a few good coughs to clear his throat. After he had cleared his throat of obstruction he said, "Don't startle me like that. Almost gave me a heart attack."

"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you. Still, what is so interesting about that view?" Carmelita asked as she took a bit out of her own sandwich.

Todd took a sip of his soda and then said, "Well, when you work in an absolutely windowless office, you grow to appreciate how nice it is to see out a window.'

Carmelita nodded and turned her head to look out the window herself. Todd didn't however. He kept looking at Carmelita, debating if he should tell her about what the chief had in store for her. He was about to say something when to burly constables walk up to the table. One was a lion, in a pair of blue jeans and black t-shirt that showed off his muscles. His companion was a black panther Inspector, he war a very formal black business suit, with a white under shirt and black tie, making him look like he was a member of the Men in Black.

Todd had noticed them walking up, and was about to say something when the lion shoved him out of his chair, and sat down in his place. The lion said a romantically as he could, "Hay beautiful, why don't I treat you to dinner later, then maybe we could hit the movies, or take a stroll through this lovely park I know of." Carmelita had turned her head at the strange voice coming from where Todd had just been sitting. She looked over to see Todd was now just standing up from the floor and dusting himself off. Carmelita was about to give the lion a fat lip when Todd shook his head as he walked over and tapped the lion on the shoulder.

The lion turned, looking very anger for someone disturbing him. Todd wasn't fazed by this as he said, "Excuse me; I do believe you are in my chair."

The lion stood up and began to crack his knuckles as he said, "So, what you going to do about it blue boy."

Todd's eyes narrowed slightly at the blue boy comment, but he kept his composure as he said, "I propose we duel, say in the gym, right now."

The lion smiled as he said, "Yeah, sure, why not. I could use some practice with a punching bag." With that Todd motioned toward the gym and the lion walked passed him, the panther following close behind. Todd waited a minute and then followed the to muscle bound officers into the gym. It soon became evident to everyone in the area that there was going to be a fight, and the gym soon began to fill with spectators to this once in a while event. Carmelita had managed to squeeze into the gym and now was standing on the edge of the fighting mat that was in the gym for just such event. The only difference was on a normal occasion when two fought on this it was only so they could practice there martial arts, and hopefully not hurt their sparing partner. This was different though, for Carmelita could see the lion meant business. Todd seemed completely at ease, even though the lion was now popping his knuckles for the pure effect of trying to scare him. Todd showed no signs of worry as he carefully removed his glasses and placed them in his chest pocket. The panther walked up between the two and said, "All right, let's get this started, on the count of three." The panther turned and returned to the edge of the mat before he said, "Okay, One…Two…Three."

The lion charged at Todd the second the fight began, and swung his fist at him with amazing force. Todd just stood there, and then at the last possible moment he dodged the fist flying at his face. Then, while the lion was off balance Todd moved behind him with blinding speed and gave him a strong enough shove in the back to make him fall flat on his face. The crowed erupted with laughter and a bit of cheering from those who had hoped Todd would win the fight. The lion got up after staying on the ground a few moments. He then charged at Todd, fists flailing because of the anger he now had toward the blue fox. Todd simply dodged each punch, and after five minutes of doing that ducked to avoid another punch directed at his head, and drove his own fist into the gut of the lion. Several people cheered as Todd took his glasses out of his pocket, and began to slowly head towards the door as he put them on. Todd then heard click from behind him, and he turned to see the lion had drawn his shock pistol, and was about to fire at him.

There was a dead silence as everyone waited to see what would happen. The lion began to smile as he pulled the trigger of the shock pistol, and sent a powerful electric blast at the calm blue fox. Todd turned around and got the blast square in the chest, causing him to fly back a few feet and hit the mat with quite a bit of force.

The lion had gotten up and was now putting his shock pistol away when he noticed that Todd began to stir. To everyone's amazement Todd slowly got up, holding his right arm across his chest. The lion was seriously spooked by the fact this blue fox had remained conscious, even though his shock pistol had been set to knock out. He took a few steps back as the Todd took off his now cracked glasses and said, "So, this is the honor of an Interpol officer, to shoot a guy when he has his back turn. Well, I am personally appalled by your behavior, and I think its time you learned a lesson." Todd stood still for a few seconds before he ran full speed up to the lion, and grabbed him by his collar, suspending him in the air with one arm. As he glared at the lion he said, "Now, I would hope in the future you would show a better respect for others. You never know when one will just refuse to take your cruddy attitude and teach you a much harsher lesson." Todd then let the message sink into the Lion before he threw him down on the mat. With out another word Todd headed for the door, and as he left he threw his glasses away in the trash.

The spectators soon began to flow out of the gym, Carmelita among them. She looked around the cafeteria and saw that Todd had finished what was left of his lunch and was now throwing his trash away. Carmelita tried to reach him, but the crowd proved to thick and by the time she got free, Todd was no where to be seen. She thought that he must have decided to go home for the day, to get a new pair of glasses and have time to heal from the shock pistol blast. She shrugged as she said, "I'll just have to thank him next time I see him for putting that butt head lion in his place."