And here's the final chapter. It's nothing spectacular (in my opinion anyway) but it's something.
A Fox's Feeling's
The roar of a motor rang in her ears as she drove the motorboat down the Seine. It was nighttime, and Carmelita Fox was doing an investigation on the whereabouts of the notorious thief (and her love interest) Sly Cooper. Three weeks have passed since she last saw him, and all that time she has spent worrying about him, wondering where and when he is.
"Sly, you ring-tailed idiot!" She thought to herself "Why did you have to play hero? Why didn't you come with us?!" These thoughts and more were whirling about in her head as she drove down the river. "Why? Why did I have to fall in love with a thief?" she thought to herself. Ever since she was little, she wanted to become a cop. Back then all she could think about was that the cops were heroes protecting the innocent from dastardly thief's and criminals.
But as she got older, she started to see thing's differently. During her long career as a cop she's seen her fair share of corrupt cops who in secret did some less than legal things. From smuggling drugs to using their position to get rid of evidence against their criminal friends and even beating up people they had a grudge with or simply didn't like. And she was more than happy to put those guy's behind bars.
But then there were those on the other side of the law. Carmelita may have had a mostly black and white outlook on criminal activity, but there were times when she started questioning those views. She's had to deal with ordinary people getting involved with criminals because of either gambling debts or a promise of solving some situation at home. Sometimes she's even come across people who steal food or other essentials because of poverty.
Of course, she had to arrest a few of those people and while she insisted to her coworkers when asked that she thought them no different then the rest, she began to realize that the world isn't as black and white as it may seem. And no one proved that to her more than Sly Cooper.
He was a thief, sure, but he didn't steal from innocents, he stole from other criminals, and he didn't steal for money, he stole from them just to prove himself as the greatest thief there ever was. While she started out seeing him as just another thief, she started (as much as she tried to deny it) to fall for his charm.
She was brought out of her thoughts when she spotted some weird object in the river. Slowing down and eventually stopping near the object, she took out her flashlight and shined it on the object. It looked like some debris from the blimp that probably fell of during that eventful night. Then she noticed something on top of it, a piece of paper or something.
Picking it up she looked at it and gasped. It was a picture, but one she recognized. It was her and Sly standing in front of the Eifel tower, she was holding a rose and had a surprised look on her face due to Sly giving her a surprise kiss. It was a picture they took on one of their breaks between work.
"He… he kept it? She thought to herself. "He kept it after all this time. He brought it with him on his trip. He… he really did care." Then she started to do something she rarely did, she started to cry, and Carmelita did not cry. She held the picture to her chest as tears started pouring.
It was then that she made herself a promise: she was going to find Sly no matter what, even if she had to look her whole life, she was going to find her ring-tailed love. Looking up at the full moon with tear stained eyes, she said to herself, "Sly Cooper, I will find you. No matter where in the world or where in time you are, I'm going to find you… my criminal."
She took the picture and gently put it in her wallet before turning the boat back on and started heading home. Carmelita thought to herself, "Who would have ever thought that a cop would fall for a thief."
Well, that's all folks. If you thought the chapter was going to be longer… well no. I've been working on another story these past weeks (my first serious story, I might add) and I've been having some computer problems recently. Also, because of the coronavirus, I've had to do all my schoolwork at home, so I've been busy with other things. But I'll try to upload my new story as soon as possible. So, until next time, excelsior!