Once the limo pulled up to the hotel, Nadeen shot out of the vehical and into the elevator. She pushed the sixth floor button and leaned against the wall, slowly falling to the floor. She put her head in her hands and thought long and hard about how to make this work. Being next to Sly and Carmelita all the time would be very uncomfortable and akward. She thought back to the Cooper Vault. Dr. M was on the ground, the mechanical spider legs he once used sprawled out next to him. Nadeen and Sly just recieved powerful blows by the mad scientist. She sat up and rubbed her head, she felt blood running down her face and over her eye. It would appear as if she wear crying bloody tears. She felt woozy but saw in front of her Carmelita and Sly.
"Wha...what happend? Who am I?"
Carmelita lowered her shock pistol,"You're my partner...Constable Cooper!"
Nadeen wanted to shout that he wasn't but her body hurt and all she could do was watch in pain as her boyfriend was being taken away by her sister before her eyes. Nadeen felt herself being lifted into a round smooth cavern. She felt a splash of cold water on her face and she woke up panting with a dry throat.
"She's awake!!" Kat yelled back to Claire.. She turned back to Nadeen,"You ok Nadeen?"
Nadeen proped herself up and swallowed hard,"Yeah," She wiped the water away from her eyes,"I'm fine. Where am I?"
"We found you on the floor of one of the elevators. Constable Cooper carried you to the hotel room. What happend? Why were you on the floor?"
Nadeen rubbed her foreheaad,"No reason...I was just...tired..."
Kat didn't buy it, but she didn't feel like arguing with her friend,"Whatever you say..."
After Kat and Claire went to bed, Nadeen turned on her laptop. She checked her email. Fanmail filled 20 files of her email space. Then she turned on the IM service. Luckily, her childhood friend Tara was online. She double-clicked her name and a small window popped up and typed into the box.
Foxrocker: Hey Tara
LoVeStInKs: Hey Nadeen, wat's up?
Foxrocker: Nuthin' much, just got back from a cd signing. You'll neva guess what happend
LoVeStInKs: Tell me!!
Foxrocker: 'Member Sly?
LoVeStInKs: No duh.
Fox Rocker: He and Carmelita are our new bodyguards
LoVeStInKs: Ouch...I'm sorry Nadeen
Foxrocker: It's ok...well, I think I better get to bed. We have a concert tomorrow. Bye
LoVeStInKs: k, bye
Foxrocker has left chat
Nadeen turned off her laptop and crawled into bed. She put everything that happend today in the back of her mind and fell asleep.
The next day, Nadeen was the first one to wake up. She stretched and remembered they had a concert that started at four o' clock today. Kat and Claire were still asleep, so she had some time to herself. Nadeen walked to the balcony and jumped to another rooftop. She rested her head in her hands. The sun was just beginning to peek up from the cloudy skies. The horizan looked like a melody of red, orange, and pink. The sunrise brought back Nadeen's old memories of sitting on the rooftop with her best friend, Chloe Cooper. Both girls sat on the roof of the Cooper Gang safehouse in Venice, waiting for the sun to rise. This was before everything that happend at the Cooper Vault.
"I love this time of the morning..." Chloe said, seeming to be entranced by the natural tie-dye design in the sky.
Nadeen smiled,"Me too." the fox sighed.
"Somthing wrong?"
"Huh? Oh...well, I've been thinking about Sly and Carm lately. He's so sweet...but Carmelita doesn't talk to me anymore. I love Sly, but I love my sister too. And I can't help but get the feeling that somthing bad is gonna happen once we get to the Cooper Vault..."
"Well, don't worry Nad, I'm sure everything will turn out alright..."
Nadeen smiled,"Yeah..."
The fox's flashback ended when she heard a male voice,"What are you doing out here?"
Nadeen looked up and saw Sly's unwanted face looking down at her,"What's it to you..."
"I AM supposed to keep watch on you and fight off any fans."
She sighed,"Who are you? My mother? Just leave..."
Sly had to make things right,"Look, Nadeen, I'm-"
"A giant ass-hole? I know already. Now leave me alone."
"Will you just listen for a second?"
Nadeen stood up and faced Sly,"No, I won't. You don't deserve me Sly! You left bleeding and broken hearted next to a deranged monkey and left with my older sister! You had a great life! What the hell were you thinking!?"
He lowered his ears, trying to think of an excuse but nothing came to his head,"Nadeen, you're over reacting!"
"Over reacting? There's a hole in my heart because of you! I was never the same ever since you left!" She ran past him onto the balcony and back in the hotel room.
Carmelita walked into the enormus room to find Nadeen on the bed crying hysterically. The police officer felt uncomfortable around tears and sadness, but somthing about Nadeen seemed familiar to her. She walked to the vixen on the bed. Nadeen raised her tear-stained face and stared at her sister through her dark hazel eyes. Tears ran down her cheeks and onto the satin bed covers. Carmelita placed her hand on Nadeen's shoulder,"Is...somthing wrong Ms. Kris?"
Nadeen blinked away more tears. She whispered,"My name's not Kris..."
"What?"
She stared at her sister, rage engulfing her,"I said, my name isn't Kris!!"
Carmelita was stunned at Nadeen's fury,"Oh, then, what would you like me to call you?"
She sighed and got off the bed. She clenched fist and wiped away tears,"You know what to call me..."
The Interpol officer was very confused now,"Excuse me?"
Nadeen turned on her heel to face her sister, her eyes puffy and wet,"You know what to call me! Nadeen! N-A-D-E-E-N!!" She ran out the door and into the elevator, pushing the ground floor button. She didn't care about anything anymore. Nadeen thought back to when she finally built up the courage to tell Carmelita who she really was.
"Carmelita...I have to tell you somthing important." Nadeen had asked Carmelita to meet her by an abandoned building.
"Sure Sis. What's wrong?"
Nadeen sighed. She had to tell her now,"I've been lying to you...for a long time."
Carmelita seemed confused,"Lying about what? What's going on?"
"I...I'm a member of the Cooper Gang."
The officer's mouth was left open, she couldn't beleive what she was hearing,"But how." She became enraged,"Well this is just great! I bet your gonna tell me that you and Sly are a couple and have made-out or somthing."
"Actually..."
"Oh you've gotta be kidding me...Nadeen how could you do this?"
Nadeen was offended,"Do what? Fall in love? It's actually REALLY easy if you stopped working once in a while!!"
Carmelita felt betrayed,"Now I know why I can't catch Sly...You tell him everything don't you?"
"Carmelita, I don't-"
"Shut it, I don't want to even see you right now." She glared at her sister and walked away. Nadeen felt a pain inside and started the long trek back to the safehouse.