Gamelover41592(Sometimes I wish you weren't the only person who comments)- Yeah, Duncan seems to have a thing for villains with rough lives that only turned to crime because of those lives. (Foreshadowing?)

So as I'm sure many of you could tell, I'm skipping the first mission for plot reasons. Also, here's a hint, Duncan doesn't have any fur.

Sly, Duncan and the gang in...FIRE IN THE SKY

On the way to the Panda King, Duncan and Sly both began to look over both the new page of Thievius Raccoonus, written by Slytunkhamen Cooper I, who had started Thievius Raccoonus. His special technique was how to turn invisible. Something that that a very mischievous Duncan had no issues pranking Bentley and Murray with on the way into the China Mountains. After a while, they got wise to his antics, which took a while seeing as Duncan couldn't move while invisible. But Duncan spent the rest of the trip looking over the files on the Panda King.

"Is this why we only steal from corrupt people?" Duncan asked as he pointed to a sentence in the Panda King's backstory. He was inspired by the various firework shows that the nobles threw and wanted to create his own, only to be turned away because of his shabby clothes. As such, he vowed to use his creations for crime.

"Basically," Sly admitted. Once again, he wanted to know if Panda King truly had no intentions of harming his father. But he also had a feeling Carmelita was getting another note.

"We're here!" Murray called out from the front. He opened up the back doors of the van, Sly and Duncan jumped out.

And problems started.

Duncan was shivering. He was clearly freezing. Sly was about to ask why, before he realized what the problem was.

"You don't have fur," Sly realized.

"Y-y-yeah," Duncan replied, his teeth chattering.

"Look, you should stay at the van before you freeze," Sly ordered. Instead whining or protesting, Duncan nodded and just walked back into the van. He climbed back in, grabbed a blanket, and made his way over to Bentley, who was watching Sly through a monitor. All them watched in terror as the Panda King launched fireworks at a nearby mountain, burying a village under it in snow.

"Oh my gosh, that's awful! That poor village just got buried in freezing snow!" Bentley exclaimed.

"The rocket came from that giant statue, and you can bet the Panda King lit the fuse. I've got to find my way up there fast before that lunatic squashes another town," Sly said. Duncan watched as he made his way up the mountain, even making use for the new invisibility trick he learned. Duncan couldn't help but be in awe. He really wanted to be like Sly when was older.

"Nice move, dad!" Duncan cheered as his father took out a guard.

"Thanks, Duncan," Sly said.

"Attention to all of my guards. As you know, the village refused to buy firework explosion insurance from me. As such, they have met their fate. Make sure to defeat any who come for revenge," The Panda King announced.

"Seems he's expecting guests," Bentley noted. Sly nodded as he continued. He quickly got the key and the pages in the vault. However, this time there were two pages.

"What are they?" Duncan asked.

"This just gets better and better. I'd always heard that one of your Southern ancestors, Huckleberry Cooper developed a technique to move while staying invisible!" Bentley explained.

"Thanks, and what's the second one?" Sly asked. Truth be told, he didn't remember this one.

"Huh, it seems that your scottish ancestor, Slaigh MacCooper created a technique that allows people to control their body temperatures," Bentley said.

"Gimme!" Duncan cried. He was already getting cabin fever.

"Okay, I'll be back in a minute," Sly said as he made his way back.

To Duncan, it took forever for Sly to come back. In actuality, he took about three minutes. Either way, as Murray moved closer to the Panda King's stronghold, Duncan took the time to learn the moves. Both of them came easy to him. The only thing that annoyed him was that for invisibility tricks, you could only walk if you were invisible. Still it didn't bother him that much. After a while, Murray arrived and Duncan and Sly headed into the stronghold. After scanning the area, Bentley radioed them.

"Okay, you two, I think I have an idea to get you both up to the statue. But you're going to need to destroy that barrier. Unfortunately, it's reinforced, so you're gonna need something really tough to smash through it," Bentley said.

"How about blowing them up?" Sly offered as his eyes fell onto a set of fireworks aimed right at the barrier. They were locked up by three treasure key locks.

"That could work," Bentley said. "I've marked the location of three treasure keys on your maps,"

"See you later," Sly said as he walked off.

"Not if I see you first!" Duncan challenged as he walked off in the other direction.

Job 1: The Unseen foe

Once Duncan reached the location of the key, a pagoda, Bentley radioed him.

"Duncan! This pagoda is some kind of huge gunpowder production plant. Judging by the scale, the Panda King must be making tons of explosives," Bentley exclaimed.

"All the more reason to shut this guy down," Duncan said as he began. Right ahead, there was a guard staring at the conveyor belt blocking the way. Thankfully for Duncan, he had his new invisibility moves and the guard would often doze off. As such, he was easily able to make it across and take the guard out. Two more guards were on a watch tower, meaning Duncan had to just sneak across. He would take them out later. Once he cleared the bridge, there were laser walls this time.

"Hmm, maybe," Duncan began to say. He turned his hand invisible and stuck it into the laser. As he thought, the laser didn't sense him. With that, he turned himself fully invisible and made his way through the lasers.

"You are very lucky that you didn't set the lasers off," Bentley chastised him.

"Dad would have liked it," Duncan replied back.

"You and Sly both will get yourselves killed," Bentley deadpanned as Duncan headed out of the pagoda. He made his way across the bridge and the watchtower, taking out the guards in the process.

"Are the guards really this dumb?" Duncan asked. He was standing right in front of a guard blocking another conveyor belt, but because he wasn't in the guard's light, the guard didn't attack. Duncan turned invisible, made his way across, took out the guard, and smashed a safe with some clue bottles in it. He then rail slid down to another pagoda, which he climbed up floor by floor. A cold wind picked, making Duncan very happy he could now control his body temperature. He couldn't dwell on that for too long, as the guards were still around, even if they couldn't see Duncan unless he was in the spotlight. The invisibility tricks were really helping.

"How are they not seeing you?!" Bentley asked as Duncan waited until the guard's light was less then an inch from him. He turned invisible and the guard turned around, allowing Duncan to knock him out.

"It sounds like you want me killed," Duncan said as he walked across a rope to reach another pagoda. After clearing some laser floors(again being able to turn invisible helped), Duncan hooked himself onto a moving hook.

Which brought him right back to the pagoda he was just on.

"Okay, why did I need to go back? Couldn't I have just reached the top without the detour?!" Duncan ranted.

"You wouldn't have been able to find all the clues," Bentley pointed out.

"Whatever," Duncan groaned. Speaking of clues, he had found the vault and was kneeling beside it.

"It was a challenge, but this vault's combination has got to be 6-6-7," Bentley deduced. Duncan opened up the safe and pulled out what was inside. "Incredible! I would have never thought this was possible! Sir Augustine Cooper's technique to briefly defy gravity!"

"Hold on, I need to try this!" Duncan said. After studying how, he did the trick and for a few seconds, he was floating off the ground.

"Incredible…" Bentley mused. Duncan jumped back into the pagoda, landing on some safe platforms to dodge the lasers. He made it to the bottom with ease and smashed the case the key was in, before grabbing it.

Job complete

Duncan met up with Sly near the fireworks. Once again, Sly had found the blueprints.

"Nice," Sly said as he tested the new technique that Duncan had found. He was able to float a little higher, but he could only hold it for a few seconds.

"So the last job is over by where I was," Duncan said. He grabbed Sly's hand. "Come on!"

"Slow down, kiddo!" Sly laughed as Duncan dragged him over to where the next job was.

Job 2: The King Of The Hill.

"Okay, you two, Murray is ready to make another run for this key. Provide cover for him using the turret," Bentley explained.

"Roger that, Bentley," Sly said. He and Duncan grabbed the turret, blasting the lock on the gate keeping Murray out of the treasure key area.

"Here I go, guys," Murray said nervously. He would run anytime a guard came near, but Duncan and Sly were both quick with their shots and kept him safe. Because of his, he was able to quickly reach the key.

"Way to go!" Duncan cheered as Murray held up the key.

And with that, the first part is done! Sorry for skipping the opening mission, but I needed a way to introduce that power to control your body temperature. It will have a purpose seeing as they go to a bunch of snowy areas and Duncan lacks fur(and before I forget, they showed it to Bentley and Murray). Also I changed the gravity move because Duncan and Sly don't fall into pits because you aren't playing as them. Either way, next time, we finish up the chapter and face the Panda King himself.