Part 1.- More enemies, more troubles, more members.
Things looked grim, Dudley, Sly, Carmelita, Kitty, Herbert and Barton were incriminated for a crime they haven't commited; and now two things were for sure: 1.- The rest of the Gang was in danger, and 2.- They needed to find a way to rescue Keswick from the TUFF Headquarters.
Right now, they were flying over North Europe, to recruit two members of (as they began to call it) "the Old Cooper Gang", Bentley, the Brains of the Operation, and Penelope, the RC Specialist.
- Do you think they'll help you? - Kitty asked.
- Of course, Bentley, Murray and I have been life long friends since we met at the orphanage. - Sly replied with a tone of concern.
- Why you look upset, Sly? - Carmelita asked worriedly.
- You know I'm not blame of this, right?
- We all know that, ringtail. - Herbert said.
- Well, I'm beginning to think that this is all my fault.
- You've always been a troublemaker, Cooper. - Kitty let out.
- Kitty, for the love of everything that's sane and good, stop blaming my husband. - Carmelita asked.
- Leave her Carm, she's right, if it weren't because of me, Bentley would't be in that wheelchair, the Rebellion would've never happened, and everyone would be better if I hadn't existed.
- Look Sly, I didn't mean to... - Kitty tried to say.
- I think you said enough, Katswell. - Carmelita cut.
- Sly, maybe you're right, but you exist, so swallow up that idiotic thinkings and begin to think of a way to solve all this. If you're blame of this, you must solve this ASAP. - Dudley said.
Everyone stared at Dudley in shock, as they have never thought he would say something like that. But our favorite thief wasn't surprised.
- If you guys ask me why I'm not surprised is because I already got some experience with people that look like idiots, but they got their moments of intelligence. - Sly let out. - By the way, thanks but that didn't made me feel any better.
- Just think of this way, ringtail: if you hadn't been born, I'd be like Kitty and I'd be just a spinster officer. And for Bentley and Murray, their lives would be boring without you. - Carmelita said.
- And for us, we hadn't meet after so long if it weren't because of you. - Barton added as he pointed at Herbert.
- Thank you guys, now I feel a bit better. - Sly said with a weak smile.
- Guys, I think that we're lost. - Dudley said.
- Why? - Kitty asked.
- Because this "SPG" says that we're over a place called "Dnalloh".
- Dudley... - Everyone said while clenching fists.
- What?
- YOU GOT THE GPS UPSIDE DOWN!
- Oh, that clear things up. - Dudley turned the GPS and checked it correctly. - Oh, we're over Holland and a mile away form that Black Baron's castle.
- Get ready, team, we might see some action there. - Sly said as he took his cane.
- Who named you leader, Sly? - Kitty asked with a raised eyebrow.
- Not for nothing this group is called the "Cooper Gang".
Kitty growled and crossed her arms as Sly snickered.
A few minutes later, the New Cooper Gang arrived to the castle, but what they found was nothing but ruble. Sly's heartbeating quickened and he jumped out of the TUFF Mobile. Carmelita tried to stop him, but he was faster than her.
- Ringtail! - Carmelita yelled.
Sly couldn't hear her wife, he was way too worried for Bentley and Penelope's safety.
Sly landed on his feet and began to search his friends in the rubble.
- BENTLEY! PENELOPE! WHERE ARE YOU? - Sly yelled as he moved tons and tons of rubble.
The rest of his new gang got out of the TUFF Mobile and went with Sly to help him find his friends.
- Sly?! Is that you? - A nasal voice asked.
- Bentley?! - Sly replied as he and his new partners turned around.
And there he was, the Brains of the Operation of the Old Cooper Gang, Bentley, he was a bit bruised and had an ice bag in his head but other than that he was ok.
Sly went with Bentley and hugged him tightly, causing that Bentley dropped his ice bag.
- I'm ok Sly, at least I was before you started crushing me. - Bentley said breathlessly.
- Bentley, where's Penelope? - Sly asked.
- She's fine, better than me at least, she went to bring help, but a better question is what are you doing with those TUFF agents? - Bentley replied.
- How did you know that we're TUFF agents? - Herbert asked.
- It's not that difficult to know, I investigated about every crime-fighting organization and their members.
- What do you know about us? - Kitty asked.
- Almost everything, especially about you, Kitty Katswell. - Bentley replied as he took his ice bag. - And it was thanks to someone that sent your diary to everyone in Petropolis.
Kitty glared at Dudley and the latter shrugged and whimpered.
- Anyway, what're you doing with them Sly? Are you joining them or what? - Bentley asked again.
- It's actually the opposite to that, they're gonna join us. - Sly replied.
- They are going to join Interpol?
- No, they are going to join the Cooper Gang. - Carmelita corrected.
- So it's true and we will have to reunite the gang. - A woman voice said.
- Who are you? - Kitty asked.
- My name is Penelope, now I ask who are you?
- I'm Kitty Katswell, I'm an agent, well, was an agent.
- We'll have enough time to presentations later, we have to go recruit Murray, the Guru, Panda King and even if I don't want to, Dimitri. - Sly snapped.
- Do you even know where are they anyway? - Bentley asked.
- I was hoping you had that information.
Everyone groaned in dispair and glared at Sly.
- Hey don't blame me! It's all fault of the writer! - Sly said.
- Don't try to blame me, Cooper. - The writer replied. - And why the heck are you breaking the fourth wall?!
- Ok, my bad. - Sly let out. - So, do you know where they are, Bentley?
- Dimitri is in Paris, the Guru is still in New York, the Panda King still lives in the Kunlun Mountains and Murray is on Monaco, there's a race where Murray competes.
- Ok, everyone to the TUFF Mobile, we got some work to do. - Sly said.
(Some hours later in Monaco)
Dudley was driving the TUFF Mobile, again, while the New Cooper Gang went to recruit the third member of the Original Cooper Gang, Murray, the brawn and getaway driver.
- We should use some disguises. - Carmelita suggested.
- We MUST use disguises, we're fugitives, remember? - Sly corrected.
- And where are we going to get disguises, Cooper? - Kitty asked.
- Sly has the hyper-cube, Jack used to have some disguises handy just in case he or anyone needed. - Bentley explained.
- Exactly, now, what exactly is your choice for costume? - Sly asked as he pulled the bluish cube out of his backpack.
Kitty took the cube in her hands and said:
- How can this small cube carry six disguises for normal people?
- It's kinda complicated to explain, it would take me nearly a month and many multisyllabic words. - Bentley replied.
- Let's just say that it's magic, ok? - Penelope said.
Kitty narrowed her eyes and shrugged. Sly took the cube and began selecting his disguise.
Moments later, Dudley landed the TUFF Mobile near an autodrome. When the got out of the TUFF Mobile, Sly was wearing a beige long coat, a fake mustache, half-moon glasses and a white shirt; Bentley was wearing a tuxedo and a top hat; Penelope wore a lavender dress and black stilettos; Carmelita was using a white A-shirt and green pants; Dudley was wearing his "Tiffany-Rose-Ember-Heather" outfit (curiously); Kitty was wearing her "Vince" disguise; Herbert and Barton had to stay in the TUFF Mobile because Sly didn't had disguises of their sizes.
- Ok guys, we must get into the autodrome, Murray is sure to be there. - Sly said.
- Why your friend had to have a fearful name like that? - Dudley asked.
- Right, Murray is a fearful name and now you'll tell me that you three like that "Quacky the Duck Show".
- Umm... no? - Dudley, Kitty and Herbert said.
- For the love of...! (Sigh) Whatever, just don't do something that might blow our cover.
Sly, Bentley, Dudley, Penelope, Kitty and Carmelita began to walk towards the race track. Once they got inside, they had to buy some tickets to watch the race.
- Why do we have to buy tickets?! I don't even like races! - Kitty complained.
- Just shut up, Kastwell, we must do it because it's the only way to see Murray. - Sly replied.
Carmelita sighed and grabbed Sly by his coat.
- Sly, for the Cooper Vault's sake, be more gentle with Kitty... - Carmelita said while she pulled out her reliable shock pistol. - ...Or I'll fry you again!
- I'll try, is that enough for you?
- For now.
The New Gang entered the race track and they took their respective seats.
- Is your friend still using that old van? - Kitty asked as she pointed the Cooper Team Van.
- That "old van" outran the TUFF Mobile in the past, and it still can do it, Katswell. - Sly replied.
- We better stay sharp, otherwise a villain can attack and hurt Murray. - Bentley snapped.
- Is a fan carrying a bazooka normal in this kind of events? - Dudley asked.
- Absolutely no! - Sly replied as he, Penelope, Carmelita and Bentley pulled out their binocucoms.
Bentley was the first to notice who the carrier of the bazooka was.
- Neyla! - Bentley yelled.
- Darn it! I thought I already killed her! - Carmelita said while she bared her teeth.
- Looks like she's not alone either, Octavio, a moose and a duck are with her. - Penelope said.
- Octavio? Wasn't he at jail? - Sly asked.
- Muggshot and Raliegh are supossed to be at jail too, and Neyla is supossed to be dead. - Bentley replied.
- Will you cut the chit-chat and get to work before they hurt anyone or are you going to wait till someone gets hurt? - Kitty asked sarcastically.
Sly glared at Kitty, which was a big mistake because Neyla took this chance to shoot her bazooka at the track, almost hitting Murray's van. Sly startled and enraged, he gripped his cane tightly and mega-jumped to Neyla's position. Carmelita sighed and followed her husband while Kitty and Dudley evacuated the people, and while Bentley and Penelope went quickly to the Cooper Van.
- NEYLA! - Sly yelled completely mad as he whacked his cane to the ground.
Neyla, Octavio, the Sharing Moose and Quacky the Duck smirked as they saw Sly's reaction.
- So Cooper, how are things at Interpol? I heard that you and your wife got fired. - Neyla mocked.
- Don't you dare to mock of me, Neyla! The last time we fought, I won and Carmelita gave you the final blow, and this time won't be any different. - Sly said.
- This time we're not working alone, you don't even know how many troubles you've got yourself into. - Octavio said.
- I don't care, you know I ALWAYS win, my gang, some new friends that I'm sure you know very well, and I are going to solve this and give you a lesson in the mean time!
- I wouldn't be so sure. - The Sharing Moose said as he tried to punch Sly.
Sly wasn't going to be able to dodge the punch, but something stopped the fist right in front of Sly's face.
- Get away from my friend... or the Murray will have to give you the beating of your life. - Murray said as he crushed the Sharing Moose's fist in his hand.
- You stupid kid! You're trying to mess in our plans again! - Octavio said as he pointed Murray.
- Yeah, we get into a lot of truble because of that. - Carmelita said.
- I wish that we could stay any longer, but we're running outta time and we have a rendezvous very far away from here. - Neyla said.
- You're going nowhere, Neyla. - Sly said firmly.
The Sharing Moose tried to punch Murray but he dodged and returned the blow with twice the strength. Octavio rapidly lunged against Sly, only to be received by a powerful whack to the chin. Neyla used her whip to smack Carmelita in her cheek, which made her angry, so Carmelita started shooting at her left and right.
- I better go away. - Quacky said.
- You're going nowhere, Quacky! - Kitty shouted.
Kitty knocked down Quacky with a graceful slip-kick, while Murray threw the Sharing Moose at Quacky, Sly whacked Octavio once more and Carmelita cornered Neyla with her shock pistol.
- You have nowhere to run now, it's over. - Kitty said.
- Now, tell us who the hell hired you and what's he or she planning to do. - Sly ordered while frowning.
- Oh look at the time now, it's time to go! - Neyla said as she threw a few smoke bombs to the ground.
The New Cooper Gang members had to cover their eyes, and during their blindness, Murray groaned in pain. Once everything had cleared out, they saw that Murray had a Power Inhibitor in his right arm. Sly and Carmelita went with Murray to check his arm.
- Are you ok, Murray? - Carmelita asked.
- (Groan) The Murray may be hurt, but that won't stop me from helping my friends. - Murray replied. - One question though, what is Kitty Katswell doing with you guys?
- You know her? - Sly asked.
- Yeah, I remember that no one has ever followed me the way she did, she is the most challenging driver I've ever met. - Murray said. - She's one of the toughest girls I've ever seen, aside from Carmelita, Parisa and Sally.
- I'll take that as a compliment. - Kitty said.
- So what are we going to do now? - Dudley asked.
- Well, we should get back to the TUFF Mobile and go to Paris, Dimitri is the nearest member. - Penelope said.
- Then let's get moving, we won't recruit him if we're just standing here. - Carmelita snapped.
(Later in Paris)
Now things have changed a bit, Murray was driving the van, which had Sly, Bentley, Carmelita, Penelope and Barton aboard, meanwhile Dudley, Kitty and Herbert were in the TUFF Mobile.
- So it's not just Neyla, Octavio, that Sharing Moose and Quacky huh? - Murray said through a communicator.
- Yes, Raliegh, the Stinkbug, Muggshot and the Chameleon are behind all this too. - Kitty said.
- Then we'll have to be waiting for even more enemies, Octavio said that they weren't working alone. - Carmelita snapped.
- Of course, were are we now? - Sly asked.
- We're above your house, should we pass to take some gear for this mission? - Murray replied.
- We should, I guess we should divide our team, Penelope, Herbert, Barton I will go for Dimitri, while Dudley, Carmelita, Kitty and Sly go to Sly's house for our gear. - Bentley said.
- Ok, but how are we going to do that? You know I suck at driving and Murray won't let anyone but you drive his van. - Sly snapped.
- Oh well, looks like we'll have to land and switch places so my part of the team will be in the van and Sly's part will be at the TUFF Mobile.
Dudley and Murray landed the van and the TUFF Mobile, then Sly and Carmelita changed to the TUFF Mobile while Herbert and Barton went to the van.
- We'll meet at Sly's house, good luck pals. - Bentley said as the van raised the flight again.
- Ok, good luck to you too. - Sly replied.
Dudley raised flight and sped off to Sly's house, completely unaware that they were heading to a trap.
