It's 12 years too long…12 years and no sign of Sly. Le Paradox had really messed up this time, but luckily, he has plenty of more years to think about his actions while he sits in a prison cell. Right inside of the prison were what seemed to be thousands of guards, along with an electric barbed wire fence surrounding the building. In the far distance, sitting on an iron pointed fence, sat a mysterious creature. It was sitting in the most famous Cooper position; the ninja spire jump. It didn't really resemble a Cooper, however. The creature was masked and bulky, with a small blue backpack on its back.
The creature leaped over the fence and sneaked over to the gate without the guards noticing. It dodged the flashlights quickly and climbed all the way to the top window Cooper style, sneaking around narrow areas, swinging itself from some wall hooks, and being extra quiet about it of course.
Le Paradox was sitting by himself as always reading what seemed like a Holy Bible. The ventilation vent next to the door was quickly stirred. Le Paradox lowered his book and walked over the vent to investigate. The creature popped right out of the vent and jumped right over to him.
"Tell me where he is, and I might not end your life." The creature had an unnaturally deep voice, almost sounding robotic. It pinned Le Paradox to the wall in a choking position, making it clear it wasn't here to play games.
Le Paradox started sweating. "…who?"
The creature tightened its grip. "Sly Cooper you jackass. Where is he?"
Le Paradox started to shake and sweat excessively. "I…I don't know. I get questioned about it every day. I promise, I'm not lying, I don't know where he is!"
The creature raised a fist up to punch Le Paradox in the face, but when it saw Le Paradox's worrying eyes, it released its grip and let Le Paradox fall to the ground.
"Who are you?" He asked while trying to catch his breath.
"That's not important now." The creature barked. "What is important is where Sly Cooper is. He needs to be found."
"I swear I don't know. Look, I'll just tell you what I saw. When my time machine broke, Sly was taken away with it with a large bang. I'm not sure what time period my time machine was supposed to go. I promise you I'm telling the truth!"
The creature quickly calmed down, realizing Le Paradox's pleading state. It still remained cautious, as a notorious criminal like Le Paradox is bound to be telling a lie somewhere. The creature thought for a moment and asked a different question. "What objects disappeared with the time machine? I know you knew what was in that museum and I know you would have noticed if an artifact was missing."
Le Paradox looked up at the creature's eyes and started studying its features. It was quite small but looked very threatening. It's armor it was wearing appeared to be made of a black metal of some kind, perhaps steel that was painted to be black. Its feet were black boots that appeared to be lightweight, but very durable, complimented with black laces that went all the way up the fairly tall boots. Its face was completely masked, with two eye holes cut out so it could see. The creature had emerald green eyes, but that was the only feature that was showing through the suit.
"You're right. I'll tell you what I know, but please don't kill me."
The creature closed its eyes in frustration. "If I find out you lied to me, I can't make promises."
Le Paradox nodded. "Some Egyptian artifacts went missing from the museum. I think they were from 420 BC, but I'm not completely sure. It was a vase that had went missing, I think."
The creature seemed satisfied with that answer. "Okay, well, I'll certainly be back." It started to walk away from the clearly terrified skunk but turned around to make a final statement. "By the way, if anyone finds out about this, it'll be your head, skunk." The creature made a neck slicing gesture to Le Paradox, who remained sitting on his bed.
The creature leaped outside of the window into the night, quickly lost as its suit blended in with the deep night sky.