An Army of Thieves

After a little more than two years of searching for Sly Cooper, I was beginning to get frustrated. But it's not like all I did was search for him. I trained my cousin, Skip, and we went on many missions together, and got quite a bit of money along the way. He is also helping me search for Sly Cooper. One thing we found was that a former policewoman, Carmelita Fox, who was framed for supposedly being in league with the Cooper gang, had captured Sly, and her name was cleared. But shortly afterward, Sly had managed to escape yet again, and remains as elusive as ever.

Then one day, Skip surprised me. It started out like any other day, when I heard Skip's voice over our walkie-talkies.

"Hey Ace, There's something here that you should see. Hurry over to the lab, quickly!"

Whatever was going on, it was really important. The note of excitement in Skip's voice! "I'm on my way," I said into the walkie-talkie. I ran towards the lab, and when I got there I saw Skip on one of the computers.

"Look!" he said, pointing at the screen. At the top of the screen I saw the word ThiefNet. Looking farther down, I saw the following ad. Requesting assistance. We are in need of an army of world class Thieves to break into an island fortress. Please come to the location marked on this link. The Cooper Gang.

"Okay Skip, get your things ready. We're going to join them. This Island fortress must be heavily guarded if they need an army of thieves."

A Week Later

Since they didn't have to prove themselves to us, we had to prove ourselves to them. After countless tests, they decided that Skip and me were good for the job, and briefed us about what was going on. Apparently, Sly went to an island were there was something called the Cooper vault, but found that someone named Dr. M was already there, and had been trying to get into the Cooper vault for years, growing very paranoid as the years went by. He had built a giant fortress to keep people out.

"And let me get this straight. Why's Dr. M so determined to get in to the Cooper vault, if only a Cooper can get into it?" I asked.

"Because he thinks that there has to be some way, even if he's no closer to opening it than he was when he started trying to crack it." Said Sly.

"So we've got to try and get him out of there, incase he might someday find a way in?" Skip asked.

"There is that chance, however small it might be." Said Bentley.

"Well, me and Skip are ready to tackle that fortress." I said.

"Yes, but we should continue getting more thieves to help out. You can never be to careful." Bentley said.

"Okay, we can wait." I said, although I was eager for action.