Here is the second part of chapter 4. Hope you all like it. I'm trying to get these chapters up at least every week or every 2 weeks but life sometimes has other plans.

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Chapter 4 pt 2: Daddy

"Cooper." Sly heard and immediately froze in his tracks.

He turned to see the chair he thought was empty slow turn around reveling Chief Barkley who was smoking a cigar. He looked at him and then thought out loud.

"How is it that your smoking and I didn't smell anything?"

Barkley laughed and then turned sideways to reveal that he had an ash tray sitting on an opened windowsill. Smoke heading out of the office and through the window.

"I caught your father the same way." Sly's ears shot up when he heard this.

"You caught my father?"

"Yeah, same trick and everything. He was trying to grab some files for your mother and I caught him there right next to…"

"Wait, files for my mother?" This confused Sly more.

"Yeah, she worked for me as an investigator. Or private eye if you will. And that time they were actually seeing each other and she left files here in her office and your father thought he could get in and get out. How wrong he was." He laughed even more.

"But, mom always said she was an expert authenticator. Not someone who worked for the police."

"In a sense she was. She would be called in to authenticate stolen artifacts and such. But she also had a knack for finding things. Looking for missing or runaway animals was one of her specialties. And then that's when she started to work for us. To look for your father and bring him to justice. Boy did that plan ever backfire in our faces." He put out his cigar.

"It did?"

"Of course it did. She fell for that thief. I knew she would, but I thought it wouldn't happen."

"You knew?"

"Yeah I knew. I saw it when I handed her your father's file. The way she looked at his head shot. I saw it during their first meeting. How they both had that look in their eyes. I then thought I lost one of my best workers."

Sly sat down on a box of files. "She didn't leave after that?"

"Nope, she stayed with us for many years. Never caught your father after that but did start receiving strange drop offs after that."

Sly watched Barkley get up and walked over to a file cabinet. "What kind of drop offs?"

Barkley grabbed a folder and then took out pictures and then handed them to Sly. Sly took them and then started to laugh. "Bad guys we were after started showing up tied up with a single note tied to them. I would read the note but all there was on it was just a ink drawing of a raccoon head. I would look at your mother because she would work on their cases just the week before, and then they would suddenly show up like this. She would just look away and say she had nothing to do with it. I laughed every time and said what deal did you make this time. She then would mumble something like, a date, dinner, a walk, small stuff like that in exchange for help on her case."

"And you didn't do anything to her for not being able to catch him? You seem to do it to Carmelita."

"That's what you see when she leaves. I just give her a stern warning. When she came to work for me I knew she would do great. I thought she would be able to catch you easily. But…."

Sly just looked at him and then placed the photos on his desk.

"She gave that same look that your mother did. I knew that I would never have you or your gang behind bars." He paused and then turned quickly towards Sly who froze again in fear. "I knew she tried hard to get you, I saw it. But when she came back empty handed she would make up the worst excuses. That's when I knew she had let you go. But then when she finally caught you back when that backstabbing Neyla was destroyed. Clock-la, what kind of evil name is that?"

Sly snickered a bit and caused Barkley to look at him once more causing sly to stop laughing. "Sorry." Barkley just wiggled his mustache side to side and grunted.

"I had a hunch that you only got yourself captured in order to get her job back. I know this because when she came into my office she said it with a smile. That you got away and that there was nothing she could have done. It frustrated me so much that you were still out there. But as time went on Carmelita started to change. That was around the time her parents were….well, you must know by now."

"Why would I know anything?" Sly tried to be…well, sly.

"Oh please. I may be old but I am not blind. Even though it says that on my license. It is clear that you are seeing each other. Why else would she be acting all weird?"

"What do you mean by weird? She seems to be acting normal to me." Sly then slapped his hand over his mouth. Barkley smiled.

"Ha! Got ya. Anyways, she has been very cheerful. Saying that Katrina has been more cheerful than ever because of a certain friend of hers." He looks at Sly. "That this person bring their friends over to play and watch TV and sometimes nap together."

"Ha, that would be Murray. He always gets tired after eating and then watching his favorite show."

"That….and the fact that Subaru told me everything as well." Barkley looked away while playing with his mustache. Sly's ears shot up, then went flat against his head.

"Subaru. I should have known. Or more like guessed. That sneak can't hold a secret."

"You can't trust her as far as you can throw her."

"Tell me about it." Both Sly and Barkley stopped moving and then looked at each other. Their eyes squinted and ears toned to one another. "Strange." Sly said first.

"Quite."

"You and I…."

"Both having something in common."

""Hmmmm….."" Both said in unison.

"She ratted on me to Carmelita when I was talking to another girl at the mall when I was doing some shopping. I was merely giving directions to the build a animal store. Next thing I knew I was being ignored for a week."

"Lucky you, she outted me to the wife when I forgot her birthday. I didn't forget, her gift was late coming in the mail and I had to buy her dinner for a week. And still give her her gift."

"That doesn't sound too bad."

"The restaurant was called 'la belle colibri'." (The Lovely Humming Bird)

"Whoa, it takes almost a year to get reservations to that place. And a steak there is like what, $23?"

"$45 an oz." He placed his head in his hands and shook his head. "I had to lie and say that I was staking out the place for a criminal who was planning to make a drop in order to get a decent table." He then looked up at Sly through his fingers. His eyes giving the expression of seeking revenge.

"It looks like we will have to continue this…another time." Sly said. Eyes still half closed.

Barkley looked up and nodded. "I look forward to our next….meeting. But until then, if you make one of those two girls cry, I will have your head. Those girls are like family to me. And I own their parents. Don't make me regret letting you leave this office without any handcuffs." He turned in his chair and lit another cigar.

Sly just gave a small smile and then turned to leave.

"You might want to leave through Carmelita's office window." Sly turned around. "The boys will be back in like 2 minutes and I thought the roof top might be a better place for you. And remember, if it wasn't for me, you might not even be here boy. Don't disappoint me."

Sly just said thank you and left the old badger in peace.

"Where is it?!" Carmelita yelled in frustration.

"Where is what Momma?" Katrina said innocently while playing with her push dolls.

"Oh, a file I needed to take to work."

"Oh, you mean the one on Mugshot?" Bentley looked up from his book on quantum physics.

"Yeah, how do you know about that?"

"Sly found it and took off after you no more than ten minutes after you left."

"So that's where he went?"

"Yeah, he should have been back by now. Wonder what is taking him so long." He went back to his book.

Carmelita wondered too. Then it hit her. 'Maybe he got himself arrested.'

"I'll be back."

With that she grabbed her coat and ran out the door. Bentley just said ok and where she was going but was cut off by the slamming door. She ran down her steps and was about to turn the corner when she ran into someone.

"Owww…" she said as she hit the floor. "sorry about that. I'm kinda in a hurry."

"That's quite alright." She heard a laugh after that sentence. She looked up to see the raccoon that had scared her. "Did you miss me?" He gave her his cheeky side grin and held out a hand.

She took it. "Sly?! You have any idea what I thought just now? I thought you were arrested and in jail. You took forever."

"Huh?"

"I got home like fifteen minutes ago. Well, more like half an hour ago. I was looking for a file and then asked where you were. Then I was told you went after me to give me a file but we somehow missed each other. I thought…." She trailed off. She then grabbed Sly into a hug and just held him.

Sly returned the favor and hugged back. "Sorry, you must have gone a different path than I did and we just missed each other. But the file was delivered and I had a very nice talk with your boss."

Carmelita's ears shot up and her eyes went wide. "What?!"

"Yeah, seems we have a common enemy in our lives." Sly smiled.

"What?!" She said again. "Who?"

Then Sly's happy attitude disappeared and it turned into murder mode. It kinda scared Carmelita a little. She never seen this face of Sly before.

"Subaru…" He said in a whisper.

Carmelita just went from scared, to confused, to bursting out laughing.

"That Ferret is making enemies out of everyone." She just grabbed Sly into a hug. "God Sly, I thought something bad happened to you."

"I was only gone for like….twenty minutes." He laughed as he hugged her back.

"It seemed longer to me." She rubbed her muzzle into his chest and her tail wrapped around the two of them. Sly just smiled and held her closer. He then felt right in saying these next few words.

"I love you." This caused Carmelita's eyes shoot open and her ears to stand up and she pushed back. Sly just smiled.

"What?" Her eyes stung with tears.

"I do. I know I have said it before in the past and it was more like a joke but then again it wasn't. you must have taken it as harassment and I get that, but…I really truly love you Carmelita. And I mean it in every sense of the word." He closed his eyes and leaned his forehead on hers and his ears drooped down waiting for a response. His hands grabbing hers and he started to rub circles around on her knuckles.

Carmelita was flabbergasted. She didn't know what to say. She has heard these words so many times before. Not just from Sly but from other male animals that just wanted a one night stand. Before the word just sounded like another word. But hearing Sly say it this time, it just made time stop all around her. She could hear nothing but the sound of her heart beat.

She looked at him with his eyes closed and she couldn't help but smile. She felt her tears well up and started to fall down her cheeks. She reached up and grabbed Sly's face in her hands. She felt him flinch when she did so but never opened his eyes. She then whispered his name and brought him in closer.

Sly's eyes never opened up when Carmelita placed her lips on his. He just frowned into his passion and hugged her tightly that she grunted from the tightness. They stood there out in the night air giving in to each other's passion. Sly was surprised by Carmelita who started to lick his lips and just smiled as he gave into her.

Unbeknown to them someone was watching this scene play out from the top of the roofs. Slowly did this creature back away and disappear into the shadows.

"Buurrrr…" Sly shook away from the kiss. "Man is it cold out here tonight." He laughed causing Carmelita to laugh as well. She was also trying to catch her breath from the breath taking kiss that they just shared. She hugged him again and rubbed her face in his chest.

"Oh Sly, I don't know what I ever did in this world to deserve someone as special as you."

"You don't deserve me." This caused her to push away from him with fear in her eyes. He smiled. "You and I were meant to be together, from the very beginning. I don't deserve you, we were destined to meet, we were destined to fall for each other, we are destined to grow old together."

More tears just fell from her eyes and then she socked Sly in the chest yelling for him to never do that again and he just laughed. The two then walked back towards her house and entered the warm home.

I had been a week since that night. Both Carmelita and her sister were running through the Disney park. Well, Katrina was and Carmelita was holding onto a street lamp trying to catch her breath. She looked up at her sister who managed to jump on top of a lamp post and searched the area for more Disney characters.

"Man, and I thought I was in shape. This is just ridiculous." She laughed at herself. She then heard Katrina scream with joy.

"Momma! I found her! I found tangled. I found her!" Carmelita just laughed.

"I think you mean Rapunzel sweetie."

"Yeah yeah, but look she is right there. Let's go momma." She jumped of her post and grabbed her mother's hand.

She started to pull her and then let her go and ran off. Carmelita called to her to slow down otherwise she will run into someone but it was too late. She ran full force into someone.

"Owww…sorry." She rubbed her face. "I need to hurry and go see tangled." She got up and ran off.

"Oh, so I'm not important anymore?!" This person called out. This caused Katrina to skid to a stop.

She turned around and saw Sly. She smiled ear to ear and ran over to him. Her tail wagging back and forth. She screamed in joy and called out. "Daddy!" She jumped into his arms and he caught her.

Carmelita came to a stop as well from Katrina's outburst. She looked on at Sly holding her.

Sly pulled back from the hug and gave Katrina a questioned look. "Daddy?"

Katrina's eyes went wide and her ears went down. Her tail stopped moving and just went limp. "Sorry, I didn't mean it. I just…." Her head went down. Sly smiled at her and brought her back into a tight hug.

"That makes me so happy to hear that." This shocked Katrina. "I was hoping that just maybe….maybe one day you could call on me for anything. I even had it in the back of my mind that you might just even call me dad." He looked up and over at Carmelita and saw her staring wide-eyed at him. "Uh….." he pulled back from his hug. "That is with your mother's approval of course. Nothing can happen without her saying yes to it." He smiles at her. Katrina looks over at her mom.

Carmelita shook herself out of her daze and walked over to the two while smiling. She reached both of them and gave Sly a kiss. She then looked over at Katrina and kissed her forehead. "I was hoping you would approve of him Katrina." Sly smiled big time.

"You mean, he can be my daddy?" Katrina smiled.

"I was waiting for you. I wanted you to give me an ok, but if you didn't like him then it would have been a no go." Sly's ears drooped. But agreed.

"That's right. If you didn't like me then I would have always and forever….been your friend. Nothing would keep me away from you unless you didn't want me around or didn't need me anymore." He nuzzled her face with his nose.

Katrina just smiled and hugged Sly even more. "How could I not love you. You make me feel special. You make mommy smile and she has more energy when you leave and then she plays with me."

"What? What do you mean I have more energy? I've always had energy when I'm with you."

"Do I have to remind mommy about the park? Or the ice cream polar, or that time you promised to get me Naga from the toy store?"

"Oooo….blackmailer on hand." Sly snickered and then got a glare from Carmelita. "Sorry."

"Na-who?" Carmelita gave her a weird look.

"It's or more like she is a polar bear dog. Backside of a dog and front side of a bear. Or polar bear. Polar bear dog." Sly filled her in.

"And you know this how?"

Sly's face went a little red. "Well, I wanted something to talk about with Katrina and so I watched Murray's DVD collection of Korra and that's that." He rubbed the back of his head with a free hand.

She just shook her head and said sorry to Katrina. She then smiled at the two of them and brought them both in for a group hug. Carmelita then said that she loved the two of them. Katrina then giggled.

"I love you both. Momma and….my daddy." She nuzzled them both. It was a sweet moment. Up until they heard crying and sniffling in the background. They all turn to see the gang holding each other.

Murray holding Bentley in his arms. Bentley opening up his hat umbrella to stop Murray's tears from falling on him. Murray then wiping his tears with his mouse gloves.

"What…what a great family photo." Bentley managed to get out.

"Great indeed. Group shot for you guys?" A photographer of the park asked.

They agreed and they took a few shots. One of the new family of three and then one of just Katrina and her mom and then one with her new dad. Then they took on group shot. Then both Bentley and Murray took one of themselves and cried saying that they will be the best uncles ever.

The rest of the day was spent with laughter and joy, with a side of Bentley hurling in practically every dumpster. Katrina finally then asked him why and he said he can't stand rollercoaster's. She then pointed out that most of them were kiddy rides and didn't even brake three miles an hour. He then said that for a turtle that is fast.

After most of the rides the gang was now eating. Murray throwing different foods together calling it a buffet. Bentley eating a kids meal pizza, saying that it was the smallest meal they had there for him. Katrina was eating a cheese burger that was bigger than her own head. Murray asked if she needed help and she just said that she didn't. That she could eat three of these herself.

Both Carmelita and Sly were on the merry-go-round enjoying their time together alone. Carmelita sat on a black horse that had a huge mane and its mouth was open while standing on its hind legs. Sly stood next to her holding onto the backend of the horse.

"This is so nice." Carmelita said while closing her eyes and leaning on the pole holding the horse still. Sly looked up at her and smiled. He just watched as her cobalt hair blew in the wind as the ride went in circles.

He reached up and tucked a piece of flyaway hair behind her ear and this caused her to look at him. "I love you." Her eyes widened and her ears stood up. Then her facial features softened and she gave him a soft smile.

"I never thought I would ever hear those words in my lifetime." This caused Sly to chuckle.

"Oh please. You probably heard these words many times before."

"I have. From my parents, from guys that never really meant it at all. But never in my wildest dreams would I hear them from the one that I love most in this world, beside Katrina."

"Well, get used to it." He got closer to her. "Cause I will be saying these three words to you for many more days to come. You can count on that." He grabbed her hand and kissed her knuckles.

Suddenly Carmelita's ears did a one eighty and listened to some girls behind them giggle and snicker. She heard them talking about them.

"Isn't that raccoon fellow there so handsome?"

"He is isn't he?"

"We should go and talk to him."

"But isn't he with that fox lady? She is probably dating him already." Carmelita smiled a bit.

"Who cares, we are way hotter than she is."

One of Carmelita's ears bent in a ninety degree angle. Her eyes narrowed. She was filling with rage but then looked at Sly who looked like he hadn't heard anything at all. He just smiled at her. Then suddenly the world around her just disappeared. She smiled back at him and laughed.

"What's the matter?" He continued to smile.

"Oh Sly, if only you listened to the world around you."

"Ha, I really don't get that but okay."

Carmelita looked up at a mirror that was just above her and saw the girls behind her started to move towards them. She was about to turn around to look at them when they heard someone cry out.

"Daddy?!" They turn to see Katrina waving at them while riding on Murray's shoulders.

Sly's face lit up. "Hi sweetie!" He waved at her and Carmelita looked at the two cat girls that stopped in their tracks.

"Why did you leave us like that?!" Katrina said really fast as the ride spun. Sly waited until they were coming back around.

"I just wanted some time alone with momma. Just for a bit." He said back.

"But you spend time with her a lot at home already."

People around them started to giggle at the conversation. This cause Carmelita's cheeks to turn a little red. She then heard the girls behind her.

"Oh my god. He already has a kid?!"

"She is so cute but that sucks."

"I know right. We are so much better suited from him then that trampy looking fox."

The ride started to slow down and Carmelita had had it. She jumped off her horse and was about to walk back to the two feline witches when Sly grabbed her hand.

"Come on Carmelita, our daughter is waiting." He kind of said aloud for everyone to hear. He then looked back at the two girls and smiled. "Say what you want but I'm the one walking away with her. And not the two of you. Good day to you both." He waved at them and walked on.

Carmelita just laughed and asked if he heard them before.

"Yeah I did. I paid no mind to them. I was more distracted by you to even bother with them. But when they said what they did I just couldn't sit by and listen. Sorry if I embarrassed you." His ears drooped and he gave her his best puppy dog face.

Carmelita grabbed his face and brought her forehead to his. She sighed and just laughed. "You never embarrassed me. Well, actually you did that one time you hand cuffed me to that railing back when you defeated Clockwork. That was a little hard to explain to the guys when they found me." Her face went red. Sly just laughed and said sorry again.

They just walked hand in hand towards the group. Bentley was yelling for help for Murray was trying to eat the cotton candy man. Murray made his candy maker explode and it covered the poor snake in candy and Murray went after him.

Sly hit his forehead in disbelief while Carmelita laughed at her sister sitting on the floor eating her own stick of candy. Everyone else just took pictures thinking it was some side attraction.

AHHHH! Done. Hope you guys like this chapter. Took me a while to write. Hopefully the next one will be up in 2 weeks. Hopefully, being the key word. Spring break is almost upon me.