See Part 1 for the notes.
"A New Cooper"
A Sly Cooper Fan-Fiction
"Chapter 2 – Tina"
By Dr. Thinker
-T-
Tina Fox was pleased with the vacation idea her father, Mr. Fox come up with. After getting on that bad side of Mr. Fangs, the vampire cop. In reality, she knew that Mr. Fang was a wolf—but when she got into the dangerous neck of that police auction—Mr. Fang acted like Count Dracula at an empty blood bank. Tina was wearing a black shirt that reads: "Where is the 'Cooper Gang' at?" and a black skirt with a hole for her tail. Her bottom paws were in sandals. She was setting on a deck chair on the only cruise ship docks at Cooper Island. They call the Island, Cooper Island since they is a mysterious golden door shape like a Cooper's favorite weapon, a cane with triangle-looking hook.
She looked at her empty drink. It was her favorite commercial root beer. It wasn't too far away from being just another glass with just ice cubes in it. She decided to check the web on her Playstation Portable. Her favorite web site was "Thief Net". Though, Sly Cooper and his gang know that "Thief Net" has a dark side that allowed them to sell stolen idea, most normal animaliods of her Earth know "Thief Net" as a warning tool. She liked to check out accident police reports. Her favorite crime from the past wasn't really all that bad. He was Sly Cooper, a master thief that only stole from other crooks. She wished her father was Sly Cooper, instead of Mr. Fox. It's seems that when either Sly was reported in act of stealing, her mom, who was a Inspector back then—instead of Captain, had a big blow-out in the temper department, making her fur more redder then usual when he escaped from her—though she pull in good amount of crooks—including the four of the Fiendish Five. She also liked some feature articles—when they take about what happen to Mr. Sly Cooper. She known about Sly Cooer's 'sob story' begins. On when Sly was just eight years old, a five member gang know as know as the Fiendish Five, come in and killed Sly Cooper's parents and stolen the "Thievus Racconus", the Cooper's family big book of thieving tricks, and splinted the book into five parts—and feeling to four different areas of the world to do vile deeds. Sly Cooper tracked them down and defeated all five of them—or so he thought. Clockwerk returned in a way in his next big adventure. It's seems that Klaw gang had stole all of Clockwerk's parts from a museum in Cairo, Egypt. Near the end of the adventure, it's seemed Arpeggio, the Klaw's gang tech genius, was going to become Clockwerk the Second, but Captain Neyla, in reality was Klaw member—and become Clock-la, much to the annoyance of the Cooper gang and Inspector Fox. At this time, Clockwerk scored a bit of a victory—as his beak broke the legs of one of Cooper's pal, a turtle named Bentley Temb. Fox destroyed Clockwerk's hate chip by stomping on it. News reports soon after--reveals that Bentley Temb was in a high-tech chair, but still able to give crooks a run for their money. They were collecting for people for a big job. She looked up to Cooper Mountain, and its strange gold safe-like door. Last news reports stated that Sly and the Panda King—a member of the Fiendish Five, where enjoying themselves in China. One of the most common rumors is that Sly Cooper is dead. Many normal people-some of them cops--ended up dead at the hands of the Fiendish Five, so she counts that rumor out. She either thinks Sly married someone or at least having fun with all the loot he collected from other crooks. With Sly still on her mind, she turned off her PSP and took the last slip of her root beer.
A crew member stated "Ms. Fox. We will be docking soon. I hope Bentley give you a good time."
-T-
She saw where's Bentley Shellac's mansion was. This gang was genius. He created a second island not far from Cooper Island.
An unfamiliar voice stated, "You must be Tina, I heard that you got in trouble with the cops."
Tina turned out in see a big pink hippo dressed in Hawaii-type T-shirt. Tina saw that shirt one before on T.V. interview with a race van driver. "You, Murray Van Smith, the stock-van racing champion—for the five years running. Do really bounce clear after every crash you in?"
The hippo turned himself into a ball and jumped a few times around Tina, before unrolling himself and answering Tina's question with "Yes, I do."
To Tina, Murray was easily to talk to despite he look to weight over 800 pounds. Murray explains that he was got his bounce ball move from an Australia's Dreamtime guru. Tina told him that she crawled into a secret room during a police auction. By the time, Tina and Murray got to Bentley's island mansion. Murray was laughing so hard that a female mouse was surprised to hear that laugh again.
The mouse asked, "Murray, is that you?"
Murray replied,"Penelope, the Murray is here. I got on the same boat as Tina Fox did. Bentley's taking care until Mistress Fox until Mr. Fangs forgets about her."
The mouse turned to the red-fur raccoon climbing up the ladder to one of the entrance to her mansion. "You must be Tina Fox then."
Tina joked, "Did my red fur give it away my identity?"
A new laugh joined in. A turtle in a wheel-chair come in. "No, but I was expecting you to join me. I see that you meet my wife, Penelope Shellac. I'm Bentley Shellac."
She looked down—no high-tech wheel-chair. It looked like a regular normal wheel-chair for the regular handicap person. To bad, for thinking this Bentley was the same Bentley that helped Cooper Gang on its heists with his sleeping darts and bombs. Well, at least she out of Mr. Fangs's eye-sights for about a week.
It's seems that seem that Bentley was still easily to talk to. She was showed around much of the location. They were some mysterious crawl space with blue lights dancing around them over all of place. It was the same kind of the light that put her Mr. Fang's bad list. She recalled that she spotted a blue lights near vent shaft by the bathroom doors while her mom in the women's bathroom. She crawled in—and discovered that she was in the venting system for the entire Interpol HQ, looking for a way out. Finally she found on and she dropped about more then 2 floors—but least less then 6 floors. Her best guess was about four floors. She ended up the back-side of the auction stage where the most dangerous items were kept. Mr. Fang discovered her and pulled her out the venting shaft she was in—and give the usual talking to. During this talk, Tina just rolled her eye over and over until Mr. Fang was done. Mr. Fang walked her to her mom, who was sitting down for the auction. She was told after the auction—to make sure the only red-fur he saw for the entire next week was her mom, Captain Fox. Lucky, Mr. Fox had a bright idea to send her to his Bentley's mansion.
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Subject: Tina
Tina arrived just as the same time as Murray. Tina's been looking around the floor. I'm starting to think she's seeing blue "master thieves" auras in some of my area house. That night explain why she's been crawling around like a thief—pun not intended. I'm been working on new improve Hazard Room lately, it will make you sweat laser beams. If she gets the book, I'm going to train her to a master thief—if you can give the OK for it.
Friends Forever,
Bentley Shellac
-E-
Subject: RE: Tina
Thanks for the information, Ben. My wife has been wondering what happen if she didn't follow me to Russia while I was taking down the Fiendish Five. I told her that Clockwerk may have killed me—and the Cooper line would ended with me. I was wondering what might happen if Arpeggio got into Clockwerk instead of Captain Neyla. It could he been the same—or could Clockwerk could have been reborn more easily—since Arpeggio was a bird. Who knows? Puzzling time's possible outcomes is like trying to hack into William "Big Money" Door's bank account. Well, if Tina does get the book, she's free to learn how to come a thief.
Friends Forever,
Mr. S. Fox
-T-
Tina wasn't tired—she's was night owl—and she was bored with "Lumaines" for the Playstation Portable—and when she checked "Thief Net", she discovered that was down for the big nightly server check—and won't be up until the next morning. She saw blue lights dancing near the floor, and touches them. Tina thought it might fun to crawl around—but she got to avoid Murray, Penelope and Bentley. She crawled left, right, left, up and down, so much that she was confused. She wanted some light. She discovered that she in a vent shaft was under a bed with two electric clock lights beaming down on them.
She heard Penelope's voice stated, "I got an e-mail from the Panda King today, Bentley."
That name was familiar. The Panda King was a member of the Fiendish Five. He was the one that joined Sly in China for a big job—even if she didn't know what was that job was.
Then he heard Bentley's voice asked, "What did he have to say?"
Penelope's voice replied, "Well. Recently, some of Panda King's two best guards, showed up with a boy in tow. Jin King fell in love with their boy, Chi Ling. Being the son of the best two guards, Panda King decided to allow Jin King to married Chi Ling."
Bentley's voice asked, "What species is this Chi Ling?"
Penelope's voice replied, "He's a panda like Jin King. The guards allowed no one into Panda King's room. It just lucky that Sly used Panda King's trademark fire-works to tried to get a drop in—but according to you—the Panda King was awake at the time of the meeting."
Bentley's voice stated, "That's right. I recalled that Panda King noticed that Sly carried the cane of the Cooper Clan."
Penelope stated, "I wonder what Tina would think if she known that her father was really Sly Cooper."
Murray's voice was heard, "Must likely she roll her eyes—and shout that was impossible as moon appearing in the day time and the sun appearing at night."
Tina's face was blank as starless night—but her mind was enjoying herself for the first time in since she became a teenage. Tina could believe her father was Sly Cooper. He must have faked an illness or something to get close to her mom. It's the only way, she could have been done. She known were she was know—Bentley's bedroom. She heard Murray's heavy feet walking out the room—into the room across from Bentley. Now, she got to get back to her room with out annoying anyone---but she didn't know what direction to take.
'Why not let fate decide for me." Tina thought to herself as crawled thought more of Bentley's venting shaft.
-T-
Tina was getting tired of all of venting shafts. Tina vowed that next room she enters will fully—even if it was Bentley's bed room again. She saw that she was near an exit. She was in odd location. It's seems to be a hacker's paradise. They were computers—some with regular keyboards—other with blank keys used by hackers just for fun. On the chair set small high-tech wheel-chair. Inside that high-tech wheel-chair was a jungle pit helmet, and a bow without arrows—but with strange darts. She dropped down to the floor—and saw lasers beams pop over expect to where she was standing. She discovered that what she landed on was a number and letter safe. She saw small book near the safe: "Backwards Only: 3M2B1S"
She saw that the safe was digital, she recalled that she need to enter, "S1B2M3" to open the safe. She was wondering what was inside. The door's digital read out: "CORRECT" and open up. Inside was a book. She looked at the title, "Thievus Racconus", wondering what's that book is about—and why all the weird security for it. She saw a door. She didn't care where it led—as long as it's far away from Bentley's room. It turns out end up outside—right next to her room's window. She saw that the window to her door was easier to open from the outside then the inside—and she crawled back into her room.
-O-
Penelope asked, "What's up with your lab top? It lighting up like a Christmas tree."
Bentley replied, "Some got into my safe. My lab-top is making a silent S.O.S. It's connected to the digital safe in my computer room. It's only beeps if the 'Thievus Racconus' had been stolen from the safe."
Penelope stated, "Can you find where it is?"
Bentley replied, "Yes. When I restore Cooper Vaultback tonormal, I was able to put a Cooper tracking deceive on the 'Tennessee Kid Cooper's' page. I would have put in Slyster Cooper's or Sly Cooper's page—but I didn't want a thief to remove my tracking deceive. It won't take me long."
Penelope watched as Bentley did type like he was on fire or something. Soon, the computer found the "Thievus Racconus" location. It wasn't too far away—in was still in Bentley's mansion in Tina's room.
Bentley stated, "Well, Tina must got it. I'm going to check my computer room then I'm going to see Tina."
Murray saw Bentley leaving and asked, "Do you need any help?"
Bentley replied, "Thanks, Murray. I could use two eyes."
-O-
Murray was giving Bentley the father treatment, "You shouldn't leave your password out in the open. Sure, it was backwards. But you make it—worst by writing 'backwards only" back to your code to the vault. By the way, even me—the one with most dead brain cells of the gang-could guess 'S1B2M3' was your password."
Bentley stated, "I just going to change the password this morning before breakfast, since Tina was coming here."
Murray stated, "You should have done that before she arrived."
Bentley stated, "It's was impossible. I was tired-out from that week long hacking job on the Cooper Vault's Restoring Computer. I would neither thought that Cooper could do a fast swipe and get away before the person show up."
Murray replied, "I could. Sly did once a similar trick. You were trying to locate the police file on Fiendish Five. Sly was trying to locate some money so we can fuel for the van to get to the Fiendish Five's five hideouts. He discovered a crook by the named James "Baby Fang" Gator. He was able to steal a few jewels that Gator stole—which we used to get money for the van's gas. Thought, once we found about 'Thief Net', Sly only need to steal about 100 euros for four gas tanks—enough to get us threw most of our adventures."
Tina was up. She was paging thought the '"Thievus Racconus". To both, Bentley and Murray, the look was very familiar. Her face had a similar look when Sly took a look in the "Thievus Racconus" for new tricks. One of her paws was in a closed. As soon, as Tina's eye saw Murray and Bentley, she opened her closed paw as she stated "Looks for this" as she tossed a small fake raccoon-tail at them.
Murray caught it. "Is this the tracking deceive?"
Bentley nodded.
Tina stated,"I found on Tennessee Kid Cooper's page. So you guys worked with my dad when he was Sly Cooper."
Murray and Bentley stated in unison, "Guilty as charged, Judge Fox."
Tina laughed as she "I bet your thought's was going to years you set your eyes before a Cooper clan member."
Bentley stated, "It's been about fourteen years since the events on Cooper Island. Back then, it was called Keile Island and it was home to a mad doctor called Dr. M. Sly wanted to collect members. First up, was Murray who was still quite sorry for me, since one of the results of the Klaw Gang was that I ended up in a wheel-chair—Clock-la's beak—if you want to know what did it. Murray was in Venice, Italy waiting for the black water to run pure, bad news is that…"
Tina finished with the following, "….Octivaco was using tar to sink Italy's landmarks."
Murray, "I think I give removed knock a few teeth out of Octivaco. Next, we got rid of one BIG problem for my Guru, the Mask of Dark Earth—despite the Mask taking over your mom, Inspector Fox—back then. Sly got the mask off—and Inspector Fox's pals at Interpol turned the mask into another more then a memory. We send a night watching over your mom—then we disappear—back then Fox was after our hides for crime around the world."
Penelope entered Tina's room, "Next stop was for the Cooper gang was Holland. I was disguised as the Black Baron, a fighter pilot. I wonder what's up with the teams from Belgium and Iceland during a semi-dog fight match between Belgium, Iceland and Cooper's team. I didn't know what was up—but I had feeling either I was a boss in a Playstation 2 video game or end up in a part of one of the Cooper hi-jinx. It turns out it was the later when I heard Bentley's voice over radio after Cooper got shot out my engine. Cooper and I had a fight on a wing of high-tech airplane—despite my guards and my attacks, Cooper was able to discover that Penelope and the Black Baron were the one and the same."
Bentley stated, "Our next stop was China. Our first stop was Kunklan Mountains, to pick up an old foe of Sly Cooper--one of the Fiendish Five, the Panda King-- to help with the Cooper Vault. We helped save Jin King from General Tsao, and Panda King helps up with the vault."
Tina stated, "I recalled the headline: 'Jail Get Fried Chicken'—that's one of my favorite 'Thief Net' headlines."
Bentley stated, "That was a decent food pun for the Chinese newspapers. In Holland, Sly promised Dimitri, an ex-Klaw gang member, a favor. Soon, after the China caper, Dimitri took us to Blood Bath Bay, home to group of outcasts that main the ways of their pirate forefathers. We got back Dimitri's grandpa's scuba girl—and saved Penelope from LeFwakee as well. Then we attempt a few tried at the Cooper Vault. The first one was failure since Dr. M closed the door. The second one had better luck-despite a few problems with Dr. M. Soon, Sly was in the Cooper Vault—but then we show up just to see Dr. M just stand there like he was a lunatic. Murray got us out of there—and the gang found discovered Sly Cooper's cane, leg pouch, and a calling card. We didn't know all the details—but Dr. M's is deader then a doorknob. Few months after that event-- Murray and me went on our own paths. Soon, I got an e-mail from Sly. It's told us that he married Inspector Fox, and had a baby raccoon—you. He also explained what happen in the Inner Sanctum. Sly meet up with Dr. M and Sly. Sly whacked Dr. M with change for a while, but then Inspector Fox showed up—and Sly got in the way of Dr. M's attack. Dr. M got blasted by Fox's shock gun. Sly faked amnesia as Fox tried to get him. Fox lied to her—and claimed that Sly was her partner. Recently, I learned both then have the same reason—they both face death on that day. Do you have any questions, Tina?"
Tina stated "Just one, Mr. Temb." Tina paused, "Do have permission to come a thief from my dad?"
Bentley replied, "Only if you got the 'Thievus Racconus' out of my safe. Let's go, to tell your dad."
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Subject: "Tina Fox and the Thievus Racconus"
It's been a weird night here. It turns out Tina wasn't tired when she got her bad—and got bored with playing "Lumaines" and "Thief Net" was down for a server check. She decided to crawl around. She discovered me and my wife talking about an up-date e-mail from the Panda King about his daughter, Jin King, finding a good husband. She found my computer room, where I keep my high-tech wheel chair. She got into my digital vault and used my code to get in. She got the "Thievus Racconus". We told him all about the events of Cooper Island, and even about the battle you had with Dr. M on that island.
Friends Forever,
Bentley Shellac.
-E-
Subject: Are You Insane?
Bentley Temb, you should been a shame of yourself. What code did you used? "S1B2M3"? A baby could figure that code out.
Anyway, the new cops are getting too lazy for my taste. Most of my pals at Interpol are planning on retiring soon. Having Cooper stealing again my awake those deadbeats up, thought I want Tina to take a page from the comic book superheroes—if she's planning on being a thief.
Catch you later,
Captain Carmelita Moyatana Fox.
P.S. What in the world is the "Thievus Racconus"?
-E-
Subject: No, I'm not! (Was: Are You Insane?)
Carmelita, you are more embarrassed then I was at the time of discovering of Tina getting the 'Thievus Racconus". In fact, that code was the code I used. I was going to change it—but I was tired out from hacking the Cooper Vault's Restoring Computer.
You mean a secret identity. I see if Tina is up for to doing that. I can't believe you are approving of thieving. I think some Sly Cooper is running off on you. What about those apes you usually hire to do you shoot for you? How are they acting? Decent enough for you taste?
Logging Off:
Bentley Shellac
P.S. The 'Thievus Racconus' is the Cooper Clan's prized book with all of their thieving moves—from the ancient Egypt to the way to the present day—in it.
-E-
Subject: Sorry.
Bentley,
I forget to tell you that Carmelita's computer is connected to my computer—she was able to found your e-mails in my folders. Anyway, I saw her reply to your e-mail, I can't believe it—but a secret identity might help Tina out—if she wants it. If not doesn't matter to me—but Carmelita would have a cow or two.
Friends Forever,
Sly Fox
-T-
The morning breakfast for Tina was surprising decent tasting pancakes and sausages. The talk was everyone's opinion on what happen earlier that night. Soon as Tina got done with one of her pancakes, she asked, "So what did my parents think about that become a thief?"
Bentley replied, "Sly stated that it doesn't matter for him—but your mom wants you take a page from a comic book superhero—if you planning on become a thief."
Tina stated, "You mean like a secret identity. I'm game if that wants she's wants."
Bentley replied, "That's right. Good thing I made a new improved Hazard Room for you to learn all the tricks that Cooper clan was know for."
Tina stated, "I had idea. I'm keep Tina Fox has my regular identity—but if I'm doing thieving you can call me Slytana Cooper."
Bentley stated, "Sounds good enough for me."
Tina stated, "First, let's work on Slytana's outfit."
AUTHOR NOTES
I believe they are two kinds of animals in the "Sly Cooper's" universe. Animals like we had to our own world—and animaliods. An animaliods is an animal that acts like human—such as Sly, Bentley or Murray.
In Sly 1, dunning Ms. Ruby's level, they are voodoo chickens running around. In Sly 3, one of the bosses is a chicken animaliod named General Tsao. Animaliods usually eat animals—though they may a hilariously line like "What species is he or her?" in my story.
Logging off,
Dr. Thinker
