(Evil says: Ok, I had to work very hard to make this chapter, it was a tough job but someone had to do it. You may wonder why I had to work hard? Well, I wanna say, Happy Birthday CuteNerd! I really hope you like this chapter, consider it as my birthday gift to you. Thanks for reading my story and for letting me use your OC. Now, let's begin the chapter)

Chapter 4.- Operation: TUFF work.

Part 2.- I quit.

- How much time left do we have?! - Asked Kitty while she was downloading the last files.
- Thirty seconds! - Carmelita answered.
- C'mon, Kit! Hurry up you stupid computer! - Sly said while inserting some kind of USB device in a the main computer.
- What are you doing? - Kitty asked.
- McCullen controlled the whole building, he must have had some sort of control device, if I can get this thing to connect with it, maybe I can hack it and find out who is the real planner of all this madness. - Sly replied.
- Do you know how to do that?
- Not as much as Bentley, but I can do it.

15 seconds.

Kitty and Sly typed furiously in the keyboards, they were decided to make it, they would not allow Dudley and Carmelita to die because of their decision.

10 seconds.

Sly had finally found McCullen's source of control, he was downloading all the files he could get.

5 seconds.

Kitty had finished and Sly's connection had broken, so they were done.

3 seconds.

- Let's get the hell out of here! - Kitty and Sly yelled.
Dudley and Carmelita nodded and they began running towards the nearest window.

2 seconds.

Sly knew they weren't going to make it, so he dug in his leg pouch, pulled out some kind of device and stopped Kitty, Carmelita and Dudley.

1 second.

He activated the device and hugged his three companions tight.

0 seconds.

The building explodes, while outside the Gang watches in horror as Sly, Kitty, Carmelita and Dudley were still inside.

The Gang was completely horrified, the villains had finally did what they wanted... they had finally got rid of Sly Cooper, Kitty Katswell, Dudley Puppy and Carmelita Montoya Fox.
Everyone was devastated, even Mz. Ruby, they were all crying in front of what used to be TUFF headquarters.
- This is all my fault! - Bentley yelled.
- You couldn't have done anything to avoid it, Bentley. - Penelope said.
- Of course I could have! - The turtle replied.
- Bentley, it's not your fault, it was McCullen's. - Murray said while clenching his fist.
- Murray is right, that hideous raccoon is the only blame of their death. - Jing said with sorrow and anger.
- We're not dead yet! - Someone yelled from the debris.
The Gang's eyes went wide and shaked their heads because they thought they had heard Sly's voice.
- Hey guys! We could use a little help here! - A woman yelled from the rubble.
Now they checked their ears, they could have sworn they heard Kitty's voice too.
Some shadows could be seen soming from the rubble, they tried to see whoever or whatever was coming from the rubble, and their eyes went wide when they saw that Sly, Kitty, Carmelita and Dudley were still alive and kicking.
To say that the Gang was ecstatic was an understatement, they were astonished and completely overwhelmed by happiness.
- Hi guys. - Sly let out weakly.
- How did you...?! - Murray said.
- This thing. - Sly said while he pulled out another device from his leg pouch. - Bubble shields, I knew that this would come in handy someday. Good thing that I stole a few from the UNSC.
- What the heck is the UNSC? - Asked Kitty.
- Sorry my old friend, it's classified. - Sly replied with a weak smile.
- What are you, a soldier? - Kitty asked with some annoyance in her tone.
- Not at all, but kinda.
Kitty and most of the gang stared at Sly in confusion, only Bentley, Carmelita, Murray and Penelope knew what he had meant.
- Sly, you idiot! - Bentley yelled, startling everyone. - I thought for a second that you guys were done for!
- Calm down, buddy, I also thought we weren't gonna make it. - Sly said while scratching his neck.
- Wait a second, I just heard you call that cat "old friend", since when do you know her? - Scarlett asked.
- We don't even know who are you and you're asking me that like if I knew you? - Sly snapped at the tigress.
- I'm Scarlett, and I'm somewhat related to you, Sly Cooper. - Scarlett replied.
- We'll have time for that later, now , respond, since when do you know Kitty? - Carmelita snapped.
- Since we were both sixteen. - Kitty replied.
- What?! - Everyone said.
- She's right, Bentley, Murray and I began our reputation here in Petropolis, a reputation which I lost a few minutes ago. - Sly said in defeat.
- Why do you sound so depressed, Mr Cooper? - Jing asked.
- McCullen was right, me and Kitty would be dead if it weren't because of you.
- Sly stop thinking that, you know we'll always be there to help you, besides, he said that because he has no friends, unlike you or Kitty. - Dudley said.
- Dudley, McCullen could have killed me and Kitty without any problem! - Sly yelled. - I can't beat him, if we ever find the villains, they will kill us all.
- C'mon Sly, it's not the first time we've been through hard situa... - Bentley said.
- NO! Not even Clockwerk during the Rebellion was so fucking dificult to face! - Sly snapped.
- What is "the Rebellion"? - Herbert asked.
- Does it really matter now?! - Sly yelled. - I give up, I can't fight without my powers, I'm useless.
Carmelita was angry, she had never heard her husband gave up, not when Clockwerk had captured her in the Krak Karov volcano, not when the Klaww Gang stole the Clockwerk parts from under the Cooper Gang's noses, not even when the same mechnical bird took over the galaxy along with other six villains.
- That's enough, ringtail! - Carmelita yelled. - You have never gave up before and I will not let you do it now!
Sly was about to reply when the debris of the TUFF building began shaking, the Gang startled and got in battle stance.
The ground began to crack, the Gang backed away and watched as the debris and pieces of the ground went flying, while a cloud of dust raised, along with a gigantic figure, a shadow which was rapidly aknowledged.
- No... NO! IT CAN'T BE! - Kitty and Sly said.
The cloud of dust and smoke was wiped by the flapping of wings of a mechanical being, whom everybody believed had been dead for some time. The gang couldn't believe it, it was sad but true, Clockwerk had returned once again.
Kitty and Sly looked directly in the machine's eyes and paralyzed due to the fear that coursed through their bodies.
- Hello Cooper Gang, I'm back to destroy you once and for all! - The ancient and supposedly dead old bird mocked.
- EVERYBODY RUN TO THE VEHICLES! - Dudley yelled.
Neither Sly nor Kitty could move a single muscle, they were both too terrified to do it. Clockwerk tried to attack his archnemesis and the former agent but Mz. Ruby, Penelope and Jing attacked the heinous owl with magic, the new RC plane and fireworks respectively, luring his attention to them. Clockwerk tried to attack the three girls, but the Van crashed against him, but there was something odd inside the van because Murray wasn't driving it, it was Carmelita. She and Dudley distracted Clockwerk with the vehicles and engaged the ancient bird in some kind of dog-fight in the air.
Meanwhile Murray and Scarlett decided then to carry Sly and Kitty to somewhere safe, while the rest of the Gang tried to figure a way to hop aboard the flying vehicles and support their comrades.
- What happened to them?! - Asked a confused Scarlet.
- I dunno, I've never seen Sly like this! - Murray replied.
- Let's worry 'bout it later, we have to find a way to defeat Clockwerk! - Scarlett said while clenching her teeth.
- If Clockwerk has the same abilities he had during the Rebellion, we're as good as dead. - Murray muttered.
- What the hell is the "Rebellion" and the "UNSC"?! - Scarlett asked quite exasperated.
- We'll tell you later! - Murray said.
Then a loud noise is heard, along with many sirens and firearm shots. To add insult to injury, the Cooper Gang was not only going to face the diabolical machine, but also the WHOLE Petropolis Police Department AND the human FBI agents.
- Oh great! - Murray yelled. - Can this get any worse?!
And to Murray and the Gang's disgrace, three choppers appeared in view.
- Oh for the love of the Force! - Murray complained while he and Scarlett lifted Kitty and Sly again.
- You should keep your mouth shut big guy! - Scarlett said.
- Murray, you and that unknown tigress must come to the debris! - Bentey's nasal voice was heard through the ear coms.
- We're en route little buddy! - Murray said while he and Scarlett started running.
- I have a name, you know? - Scarlett snapped at the turtle.
- How does everyone keeps messing with our frecuencies?! - Bentley complained.
- We have bigger troubles than that, Bentley! - Carmelita snapped at the genius.
And Carmelita was right, Clockwerk was one heck of a fight, not even the two vehicles could match with the old bird.
- We're gonna need you guys to help us shoot thins thing down. - Carmelita said. - Dudley, can you distract Clockwerk so I can land and get the team inside the van?
- I guess so, but who's "Clockwise"? - Dudley asked.
- It's Clockwerk and it's the mechanic owl right in front of you!
- Oh, that clear things up!
Carmelita resisted the urge to facepalm herself and centered her attention in finding a safe landing zone.
Meanwhile the rest of the Gang was fighting against the police officers and the FBI agents.
- This wasn't part of the plan! - Bentley yelled as hordes and hordes of enemies kept coming form ll directions.
- We can't give up! - Penelope said.
- Where are Murray, Kitty, Sly and the unknown tigress? We could really use their help here. - Barton said.
- Sly and Kitty are in shock, they're quite useless right now. - Herbert said.
- Why? The cracker-box and agent-spinsty are always up for some action-reaction. - Asked Dimitri.
- No one knows! - Bentley said.
"If only ya guys knew..." Mz. Ruby thought.
(Nine years ago)
A sixteen year old cat with tan fur and black hair, wearing a white t-shirt and green tight pants, who is a young trainee of the Turbo Undercover Fighting Force, was chasing her first criminal, a sixteen year old raccoon wearing a blue t-shirt, boots and cap, and a belt with a logo, who came from a long line of master raccoon thieves.
- You can't catch me, Katswell! - The raccoon mocked while he was chased over the rooftops of Petropolis.
- That's what you think, Cooper! - The cat replied.
The name of the trainee is Kitty Katswell, while the thief is called Sly Cooper. Kitty was hot on Sly's heels, when suddenly something caught her eye, as well as Sly's. Five cloaked figures were entering an abandoned warehouse, looking very suspicious. Sly and Kitty stopped and went to the warehouse, unaware of each other. Once they arrived to where they had seen the figures, they realize they're in front of each other.
- Cooper! What do you think you're doing?! - Kitty snapped quietly at the raccoon.
- I should be asking you the same thing. - Sly replied quietly while folding his arms. - Aren't you supposed to chase me down until you put me behind the bars?
- Just shut up, ringtail, this looks more important.
- What could be more important than capture the new Cooper Master Thief?
- I don't know, but I think that I've seen these guys somewhere. - Kitty said while she and Sly leaned close to a skylight.
- You know, my life has been a lot more interesting since I met you. - Sly let out nonchalantly. - I should thank that Snaptrap guy but since he stole my precious cane once, I won't do it.
- Cooper, I can't hear anything with your voice so high! - Kitty snapped quite exasperately.
- Ok, ok, I'll shut up. - Sly said while faking to close a zipper on his mouth.
The trainee and the young thief leaned a bit closer to listen to the conversation between the individuals inside the warehouse.
Sly took a glance at each person inside the warehouse and gasped, they were the Fiendish Five, the five persons that killed his parents and stole the Thievius Raccoonus. The young thief felt a fit of rage and tried to open the skylight, but Kitty took Sly's wrist before he could do so.
- What do you think you're doing?! - Kitty snapped.
- Those idiots killed my parents! - Sly said.
- You can't beat them alone Cooper, I'll call Jack and maybe we can beat them together.
Before Kitty could even raise her wrist communicator, a tongue enveloped both the trainee and the thief, and dragged them inside the warehouse. The two youngsters fell face first and were released once they touched the ground.
- Hehehe, I never thought I'd find you again, Sly Cooper. - A cold-hearted voiced said.
Sly and Kitty froze once they noticed that the Fiendish Five had just found them.
- I say it's time we end what we started eight years ago. - Muggshot said while cracking his knuckles.
- Hey, haven't we seen the kitten somewhere? - Mz. Ruby said.
- I think she is related to that cat which was friends with Connor Cooper. - Panda King deduced.
- Then let's squash this little runts! - Muggshot said.
- While eliminating the last Cooper would be great, no harm will be done to him, I still have plans for him. - Clockwerk stated, making the other criminals frown. - But, the girl is an intruder, and by what I see in her t-shirt, she's part of the Turbo Undercover Fighting Force, a crime-fighting asociation, she must be eliminated.
The rest of the Fiendish Five chuckled and prepared to kill the young trainee, until Sly stood up in front of them and glared at the criminals. Clockwerk narrowed his eyes at the raccoon, and then he chuckled evilly.
- Perhaps I'm being too merciful, Cooper is mine, you can do whatever you want with the kitten. - Clockwerk said.
Both youngsters gulped hard but got ready to face the worst criminals at that time...
(Present day)
The Cooper Gang was between a rock and a hard place, they were facing at least a hundred enemies at the same time, and their best fighters were too shocked to do anything else than mutter inaudible pleas and shake in fear. Everyone was very busy, while Bentley, Herbert, Barton, Jing and Dimitri faced the cops; Penelope, Murray, Scarlett and Mz. Ruby faced the agents; Dudley was facing Clockwerk, and Carmelita was facing the choppers that the PPD and the FBI had brought. Kitty and Sly were put behind one of the remaining walls of the former TUFF headquarters, the rest of the gang left them there while they hoped the two infiltrators could finally snap out of their thoughts.
- How can we escape from this?! - Dudley said while he shot his last missile at Clockwerk, failing at the target.
- I don't know! - Bentley said. - There's nothing we can do now!
- We've been through worse Bentley, we can survive this! - Murray said.
- I highly doubt it! Only the Flood is worse than this! - Carmelita said while she evaded two missiles.
- You mean like the Bible? - Scarlett asked.
- No. The Flood she's talking about is way worse than that. - Sly said while he and Kitty joined the fight.
- Sly! Kitty! You guys are ok! - Dudley said happily.
- Yeah, and guess that we have to find a solution to all this. - Kitty let out while unsheatting her claws.
Sly and Kitty shared a glance, then the two of them double-jumped over the cops and the agents. Once they landed, the thief and the agent grabbed their wrists and began spinning at a neck-breaking speed, hitting the law enforcements with Sly's cane and slashing them with Kitty's claws. Though a bit bloody, Sly and Kitty's plan worked to perfection, and the law enforcements were just going to need a few medical cares.
Once they finished, Sly and Kitty stopped and looked at their astonished pals.
- What are you waiting for? We still have to destroy Clockwerk for umpteenth time. - Sly said while he and Kitty started to run to caught up with Dudley and Carmelita.
The Gang nodded and ran after the two infiltrators. Meanwhile, Kitty activated her wrist communicator and said:
- Dudley, you and Carmelita must land, we'll help you shoot down Clockwerk.
- Call the press, Kitty and Sly are fine once again. - Carmelita said sarcastically.
- I love you too Carm, but right now we need to destroy that machine for the umpteenth time in our lives. - Sly said.
- You're right ringtail, but after we shoot him down you two have a lot to explain.
- Of course, we'll tell you everything about us, but we must stop Clockwerk NOW! - Kitty said.
- Do you mean that you two had a relationship or something?! - Dudley asked very confused and stunned, but more than anything else, angry and jealous.
- Sort of. - The two infiltrators replied.
To say that Carmelita was angry was an understatement. "ABOUT US?! RINGTAIL, KATSWELL, YOU TWO ARE SO GODDAMN DEAD!" Carmelita thought while her mind was filled with tortures to punish her so called friend and his liar husband.
The two vehicles landed and the whole team got inside them, then Sly took the van's turret and Kitty took the TUFF mobile's wheel (Evil says: I'm not sure if I should call it that). The rest of the team took blasters and MZ7PL's, then all pointed at the old bird. Clockwerk shoot two of his electric rings, Sly rapidly took care of them and the Gang returned the fire. Though Clockwerk's metal armor could resist bullets, the plasma-laser rounds used by the turret and the Gang's guns were a lot more powerful. After a few minutes, the diabolical machine was finally defeated.
The Gang sighed in relief and put their guns away, before glaring at Sly and Kitty.
- You two have a lot to tell us. - Everyone said, making Kitty and Sly blush and low their heads in shame.