~Location: Last Confirmed Location of Le Paradox's Blimp - Paris, France~

~Date/Time: Present Day, 1:30 PM~

The hippo sighs as he looks out in to the view. From where he stood, he had a great vantage point of the City of Paris, seeing the magnificent Eiffel Tower in the distance. As the hippo looked out it to nothing specific, a turtle confined to a wheelchair approached. The hippo smiled, knowing that the turtle was his good friend, Bentley.

They waited there, neither of them saying anything. Just a few feet away, a fox clad in a tan leather jacket and navy blue jeans stood looking over the same vantage point and in the same direction. The turtle notices her and smiles, breaking the silence. "It's great to see you, Inspector."

"Likewise." The fox smiled at them, having been recognized by these close acquaintances that she was growing to consider as family. Murray and Bentley grew up with Sly as his brothers and she grew to become infatuated with Sly. It's only natural if two groups secretly become allies.

They've done so in the past, so why not now?

Bentley turned for the first time since the conversation began, rolling over to where the fox stood. He had a frown on his face as he notices that the fox arrived empty-handed.

Carmelita notices his frown and sighs, her tail swaying back and forth. "I was hoping that you have something... I guess I was wrong."

"Well..." As the turtle began, the fox perked her ears, turning and kneeling to Bentley's height.

"You know something! What do you know?"

"I don't have an exact knowledge, just general theories. It'll make you feel worse if you hear them."

"Let me be the judge of that."

"Alright... The design of Le Paradox's time tunnel was not much different from ours. There's a key difference though. While our design needed a physical object, the blimp did not. Theoretically, Sly could be any point in time. We can only hope he survived the journey. For all we know-" The turtle stopped when the hippo placed a hand on his shoulder, looking to see that the fox had tears in her eyes.

"I haven't lost hope either, Inspector..."

"Can you give any good news?"

"As a matter of fact- mind you, this is another theory- I wager that Sly cannot be any point in the future. If he was sent to the future, then he'd find the future versions of us and the time machine. He'd already be with us if that was the case."

"Run that by me again..."

"Sly's lost in the past. As to how far back, I don't know."

"Well... What can we do?"

"If I know Sly as well as I should, then he's bound to tell us some-way or another. Murray and I will see if Sly left a message in his belongings. Inspector, I would like your help tracking down the remaining team members. They might have some information for us."

"Who would that be?" Carmelita said, pulling out a notebook.

"Aside from Sly's ancestors, there were multiple persons that were official Cooper Gang members. You, the Panda King, Dimitri, the Guru... Penelope... I can actually narrow your search down quite a bit. The Panda King wasn't involved in the chase against Le Paradox. Last I heard of him was that he returned home to China to oversee his daughter's suitors."

"What else?"

"The Guru wasn't involved either. He returned home shortly after our last mission."

"You mean the overly-complicated mission of getting Sly and I closer together?"

"Well... Yeah."

"Well... Your mission succeeded..."

"Glad to know."

"So the only people involved were Dimitri and Penelope?"

"Yes. Last I heard of Dimitri was that he relocated his dance club shortly after realizing that you were involved. As far of Penelope, she escaped her prison cell and her whereabouts are currently unknown."

"Unknown for not much longer... Count on that."

"I wish you good luck, Inspector. Oh and... One favor..."

"What would that be?"

The hippo glanced at his friend and the two of them shared a nod. "You're the most capable of us to track down Dimitri. If you wouldn't mind... Murray and I will track Penelope."

"You want me to find Dimitri? Why?"

"I think it'd be easier if you went. You're more persuasive against him."

"Fair enough."

"Alright. I'll get in contact with you if we find anything."

"I'll do the same." The two went their separate ways, Carmelita returned back to her car and contacted her superiors. "Barkley. I have a lead on the Cooper Case. I'll keep in touch. Fox is on the hunt..."