Disclaimer: I do not own Sly Cooper or any of its characters. Sly Cooper is owned by Sucker Punch, Sony, and Sanzaru Games.

I recently got into the Sly Cooper franchise and decided to write my own fanfiction of his life after escaping Ancient Egypt. Hope you enjoy it. Rate and review.

Sly Cooper and the Gang in: Fatal Extraction

October 18th, 2021

After everyone finished their morning routine, Carmelita left for her flight to Florida, Bentley and Sly dropped off Murray and the twins at school, and headed off for their mission. Bentley turned on the jets of the van and headed to Wales, UK. The two thought it weird that he'd return to the same place he was caught, but didn't complain.

Once they arrived, they saw a medieval Welsh fortress. Sly got out of the van to take recon photos. Looking for a vantage point, he found a large oak tree just 500 feet away from the fortress. He climbed to the top, getting out his binocucom. "Okay, Sly," said Bentley. "You should be able to get some photos from your location, but you'll have to go around every corner so we'll know what we're up against."

"Got it, Wizard." Sly said.

He zoomed in taking pictures of turrets at each post of the fortress walls. He was sure to get some photos of the rhino guards. However, neither he nor Bentley expected to see so many RC Drones flying around. After the raccoon finished running around, he figured getting pictures from outside the fortress was all he could do, so he returned to the van.

A few minutes later

"I certainly didn't expect this." Bentley said. "The air is swarming with RC drones that can shoot up an entire room full of people, and the Rhino Guard Corps. is on patrol."

"Makes me wish Murray was here," said Sly.

"It wouldn't make much of a difference, Sly. Each rhino guard can bench press Muggshot himself."

"Yikes," said Sly, eyes widened.

"And with the turrets and the drones, we can't get in to run the schematics of that old fortress. My RC chopper wouldn't even survive taking "eagle eye" photos."

Knock knock knock

"Who's that," asked Bentley.

"Dunno," said Sly, getting his cane ready as he slowly opened the side door.

"Hey guy." It was Penelope, who still wore the yellow jumpsuit, but she also wore a black face mask with the same symbol on it she used for graffiti in the post cards she sent Bentley.

"Penelope," both Sly and Bentley asked in unison.

Story paused

What in the heck is she doing here?! After her betrayal in medieval times, hasn't she broken my heart enough?!

Story continues

"What are you doing here?" Bentley asked, coldly.

"Well, I heard that you guys got a pardon by catching the Blue Moon Killer, so I thought I'd catch Sir Raleigh. Since I saw your van, I thought I'd come over and say hi."

"Well, hello and goodbye." Bentley said, using one of the metal arms from his wheelchair to close the side door, but the mouse stopped it.

"Wait," she said. "I can help you."

"We don't need your help," said Sly.

"I've taken aerial photos, including x-rays." Penelope said, showing the pictures.

Story paused

Well, that's convenient. Not just the timing, but getting pict of that quality would require an advanced satellite. . . or it could be a set-up.

Story continues

"How did you get those," Bentley asked.

"My RC chopper has an advanced zoom option, and I can make it fly at an airline level." Penelope said, proudly.

"Why would you wanna help us," asked Sly.

"I feel bad about how things went," said Penelope, her head hanging low. She turned to face her ex boyfriend "I still love you, Bentley. I wanna make things right with you."

"Why should we trust you," Bentley asked, crossing his arms.

"I know you don't trust me," she said as a tear fell from her eye. "But please, give me a chance to earn your trust back. Neither of us can do this job separately."

Sly sighed. "I hate to say it, Bentley, but she's got a point."

Bentley exhaled sharply, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Fine, but this better not be some sort of trap."

Penelope smiled. "Thank you, Bentley." She handed the photos to him before entering the van. Sly went in after, keeping an eye on her.

Thirty minutes later, Bentley brought up the slide show presentation. "Okay, here's what we need to do to get through Raleigh's defenses. Penelope will drive the RC car, complete with a chicken disguise, to get to the turrets so I can hack them. After that, I'll be able to shoot down the drones. When the sky is clear, I'll use my RC chopper to bomb the guards. When they're cleared, Sly will sneak in and take down the frog. Alright, let's get started."

Penelope drove her RC car into the fortress, putting on the chicken disguise to avoid suspicion from the rhino guards. She had to drive it to all four posts so Bentley could hack the turrets. As usual, the hacking took the form of a video game, except this time it was Pac Man. After they were under his control, he shot down all the drones hovering around the area.

Bentley launched his RC drone over the layout of the fortress, dropping bombs on all the guards that were outside the interior, causing more guards to come out. He proceeded to bomb them, causing their numbers to diminish. The few remaining were ordered to retreat into the interior to protect their employer. That was Sly's cue to hop out of the van to sneak inside.

As Sly was sneaking around, he found an old Welsh dagger in one of the rooms, which he took as a souvenir. He had to be careful not to run into one of the guards. When he reached the hall that led to the room Bentley told him would be where Raleigh was hiding,there was a rhino guard standing at the door. He threw an alarm clock to distract him so he could sneak around the corridor and enter the room.

With Bentley and Penelope

"Well, that was easy enough." The turtle said.

"Yep," said Penelope. "All according to plan." She grabbed a straw and shot a dart at Bentley, knocking him out.

Story paused

*frustrated sigh* Why am I not surprised?

Story continues

Back with Sly

Sly entered the room to find Raleigh behind a desk with no rhino guards, surprisingly. He looked at the raccoon with a smirk. "Well, it seems you've gotten past my guards. Well done. All according to plan."

Sly looked confused. "Excuse me?"

Behind Sly, Penelope brought Bentley over in his wheelchair, still out cold. He eventually woke up, taking in his surroundings. "Whah? What's going on?"

"Isn't it obvious," asked Raleigh. "Penelope here set you up for my trap. Now I can finish what I started nearly twenty years ago."

"I should've known you were setting us up again," said Bentley. "But wait, how'd you know we were after Raleigh?"

"Oh, I put hidden cameras in all of your rooms, Bentley, and I mean all of them." Penelope smirked.

Bentley's cheeks flushed red.

Story paused

Oh. My. God. This must be what that nerdy guy with the squeaky voice must've felt when his crazy ex girlfriend put a camera in his glasses in that sitcom I watched once!

Story continues

"Now that's just creepy," said Sly.

"OH SHUT UP, COOPER!" Penelope shouted before turning to Bentley, grabbing a large laser cannon. "Bentley, don't you see that I was right? Cooper has made you pull all-nighters for chump change just because he hasn't learned to grow up from his kleptomania! He doesn't care about you. All he does is hold people back and disappoint his wife over and over. He lied to her so she'd go out with him, and she only took him back because he got lost in Ancient Egypt. I should've known he'd find a way back, despite me stealing all those artifacts."

"Wait," said Bentley. "You knew he was in Egypt?"

"Of course," said Penelope. "He left other artifacts, so I stole them and everything else for good measure."

"So that's what those postcards were all about." Bentley said.

"Yep. But now, I can make things right. With Cooper out of the picture, we can turn in Raleigh, collect the money, and invest in weapon designs, or – hell – even WORLD DOMINATION! You. Me. The world."

"Man," said Sly. "You're one sick puppy."

"You DARE betray Me," shouted Raleigh, reaching for his gun. "It'll be hard to be 'together' after I've killed your precious turtle for your INSOLENCE!" He pointed the gun at Bentley, but Sly jumped in the line of fire, getting severely wounded by the shot.

Penelope's eyes widened, shocked by both Raleigh nearly killing Bentley and Sly literally taking a bullet for him. Bentley just used his darts on both the frog and the mouse. He wheeled over to Sly, who was coughing up blood. "Sly," shouted Bentley, worriedly. "Press your hand against the wound! Save your breath!"

I dropped Sly off at the nearest hospital before turning both of them in. It seems that Penelope finally realized he was wrong about him. If there was ever a doubt in my mind that Sly would take a bullet for me, there definitely isn't one now. I could've gotten some money from turning in Penelope, but I decided she doesn't deserve that honor. She forcefully kissed me on the lips, vowing to break out and win me back, but I let her know that she was already dead to me.

Murray defeated a school shooter, and agreed to watch the kids until either Carmelita came back or Sly got out of the hospital. Carmelita caught the middle man, but when she visited Sly, she was furious with him, as you can imagine. He decided he was done bounty hunting, feeling like he was "dragging us all down with his 'selfishness'." We both had to convince him that he was doing it so he doesn't break Carmelita's heart again, and so he doesn't devastate the family overall. I even reminded him that he gave us bigger cuts for our jobs, but I think this is the first time his spirit was genuinely crushed. He'd need some time to recover, both physically and emotionally.

They paid off the penthouse, which makes things easier for them on the bills, but Carmelita warned Sly that he was only not sent back to the couch, or even the balcony, because of his injury. The twins were sad that Sly was injured, but happy that he would be home for a while, especially since they went back to virtual school for a while. Murray stayed ahead of his bills and credit card debts. I, however, decided to just put my cut into the bank. I guess now I can see about getting into rocket science. The bounty hunting business was fun while it lasted, but at least we have each other.

Meanwhile, with Carmelita

Carmelita got a call from Interpol, which she answered. "Hello?"

"Captain Fox. I'm calling about Leatherback."

"What about him?"

"I'm afraid it seems that he was murdered."

"What?!" Carmelita shouted, eyes wide.

"He was found in his cell, impaled by a dagger of some sort. There's a message written on it. They look like coordinates."

Carmelita sighed. "Have them look into it ASAP."

"Understood, Captain. There's one more thing?"

"What's that?"

"The message was made out to you ."

Uh oh! It looks like a trap. LOL Anyway, I threw in a Family Matters reference there btw. Rate and Review.