The Cooper X Gang
By Mutitoon90
Chapter Eleven: Beware of Dogs
It had been two weeks since the gang returned from India, and they were bored. Murry returned to Paris, despite the fact that he would face the fury of his wife, Sam has left Mar's house every other day for an unknown reason, and Belle has been e-mailing her father about the activities of the Fiendish Claws, but no luck.
"I'm tired of this effing waiting!" Luna exclaimed loudly, waking Justin, who was napping on the couch.
"'Effing?'" Belle asked, looking from her laptop.
"Hey, you rather me drop the F-bomb?" The wolf asked the mouse, annoyed.
"No."
"Then, don't make any smart comments!"
"I think she has that right." Mar scoffed at Luna from the safety of the stairway.
"What!?"
"You've said the same thing at least once a day everyday this week!" The rat explained as he retreated to upstairs.
"You want to say that to my face?" Luna asked hotly, "'Cause I want it spoken to my face!"
Mar, in fear, ran up the stairs with Luna closing in from behind. Belle sighed deeply, knowing that the gang does not find some action against the Fiendish Claws soon, they might start having causalities.
"Boy, things are going to get worse, if things don't picking soon." Justin yawned out as he sat up.
"I know." Belle agreed.
Justin looked around and noticed something was off.
"Hey, Belle. Where's Rad?"
Rad was in Little China, following Sam to where she was going. He has been wondering about Sam's activities for the two weeks since the gang returned home. The raccoon decided to follow the cat and see what she was up to.
Now, Sam was in a restaurant, Wong's Restaurant, which is very popular. All kinds of people were going in and out, and Rad was one of them.
Rad looked for Sam when he saw the cat exiting the front door. He reached for the door when he bumped into a panda.
"Excuse me, young man!" The lady panda announced upon seeing the raccoon, "Didn't your mother teach you any manners?"
"Sorry, ma'am." Rad said sincerely, "I was trying to find a friend."
The panda's facial expression soften as she said, "Don't let me caught you without your manners again."
Seeing this as permission to leave Rad ran out of the restaurant and after Sam. The lady looked at the raccoon one more time before the raccoon disappeared in the crowd.
"That child looks just like his father."
Rad, once outside, saw Sam driving away in a SUV, which surprised the raccoon.
"I didn't know she could drive."
Then, the raccoon climbed a building and followed the SUV via rooftops.
At an abandoned pier, the SUV drove in and stopped. Once the engine was off, Sam exited the car.
"I think you're improving." A gruff voice said from the inside of the SUV.
"Sorry about that." Sam said, bowing her head, "I was going too fast."
"Don't worry, you're still learning."
Sam still kept apologizing.
"I know, but still…"
"Enough."
Rad had caught up with the SUV, which was difficult him for since it was going over the speed limit.
"I now know why she doesn't drive." The raccoon complained as he looked for Sam.
Then, he saw the cat and she was fighting with a giant panda! Rad wanted to jump in, but he knew that Sam could take care of herself very well. So, he decided to wait to see if the cat needed help.
The fight was lasted for a few seconds, when Sam ducked from an attack, causing the panda to lose his balance and fall into the water.
"Are you all right?" Sam asked, laughing at the drenched panda.
"Just help me up." The panda groaned.
"Okay." The cat said as she reached for the panda, still laughing, but not for long.
Rad was laughing at seeing Sam becoming drenched herself, because the panda pulled her into the water herself. The raccoon was laughing so hard, that he almost fall to the ground. He was laughing a little too loud as well.
"Sounds like we were followed." Sam said to the panda.
"Let us see that the tracker can avoid this." The panda said, preparing a firework to blast the pursuer to bits.
"I wouldn't try to blow up a member of the Cooper family." The cat said, stopping the panda in his tracks.
"The Cooper family?"
"That's right." Sam grinned.
The panda was shocked at Sam's words.
"I'll go get him." The cat said.
The feline climbed the building, until she saw Rad recovering from his laughing fit.
"Hi, Rad."
The raccoon looked over and saw Sam climbing up.
"Hi, Sam."
"Why are you here?" Sam asked the raccoon.
"Just looking around." Rad answered, hoping the cat would believe him.
"Tell the truth, Cooper." The feline frowned.
"What makes you say that?"
Sam just glared at the raccoon.
"All right, I was following you to see what were you up to." Rad admitted to the cat.
The cat smiled and said, "If you wanted to know, all you had to do was ask."
"I know, but I thought that you wouldn't…"
Sam glared at the raccoon again, insulted by what Rad thought.
"I expected better from you!"
"But, Sam, I didn't mean it that way."
Then the cat grinned mischievously.
"Gottcha!"
Rad was shocked at Sam's prank.
"Not funny, Sam."
"It's hilarious to me." The cat responded with a giggle.
"Ha ha." The raccoon said dryly.
The cat giggled a bit before asking Rad a question.
"Wanna meet the reason why I've been going out?"
"Sure." Rad answered with a grin.
"So, you are the son of Sly Cooper." The Panda King said to the young raccoon.
Rad nodded, too frightened to speak. Sam giggled at the sight of the raccoon's face.
"Don't worry, Rad." The cat said, "He's kinder than he looks."
"I hope so." Rad said, scratching his head.
"Do not worry, young Cooper." The Panda King said to Rad, "Any malice I had towards your father died, when he helped me rescue my daughter, Jing King."
Rad looked at Sam for help.
"Mrs. Wong." The cat said.
"You mean from Wong's Restaurant?" The raccoon asked.
"Yep." The feline grinned brightly.
Rad grinned just as bright, when his cell phone rang.
"Wait a minute!" The raccoon said, retrieving and answering his phone, "Hi, Belle."
"Rad, where are you?" The mouse's voice rang through the speaker.
"With Sam."
"Really!?"
"Yeah." Rad responded.
Sam also confirmed Rad's words.
"Hi, Belle."
"Hi, Sam." Belle answered before talking to Rad again.
"Rad, we have new information about the Fiendish Claws!"
"Really?" The raccoon asked, "We'll be right back!"
Then, Rad hung up and returned the cell phone back into its place.
"We have to go, Panda King."
"I understand." The giant panda said, "Just keep Sam safe."
"Okay." Rad responded, unsure about why the Panda King asked such a favor.
As Rad and Sam dashed off, the cat yelled to the Panda King.
"See ya, Grandpa!"
Rad wanted to asked but knew that would have to wait.
The two returned to the mansion, when Luna confronted them.
"What's the big deal about you running off!?" The white wolf yelled at Sam.
"She's been training." Rad answered for the cat.
"I'm capable for speaking for myself." Sam said.
"Sorry." The raccoon blushed.
"Training, huh?" Luna spoke.
"Yep." The cat answered.
The she-wolf shrugged her shoulders.
"Better than sitting on our tails, doing nothing." Luna said with a hint of envy in her voice. Then, she went to her room.
"She sounds a little scary." Rad commented to Sam.
"Should I be concerned?" The cat asked.
"Never mind." The raccoon said, "Let's find Belle."
"Okay."
"So, Mugshot's kids are in our neck of the woods." Rad said after Belle explained the situation.
"In a manner of speaking." Belle confirmed.
"Where are they exactly?" Sam asked.
"Well, Luna might not like it." The mouse answered.
"We're going to Austin." The cat confirmed.
The 'guess' surprised the green haired mouse.
"That's right." Belle said.
"Luna's really not gonna like this." The cat said, worried.
"WHAT!" The white wolf howled in a great rage.
"Don't blame us!" Mar exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Justin agreed, "Blame Connie and Blyde."
Then, Luna fell to her knees and into a depressed state of mind.
"Why me?" The wolf whined.
Sam thought of something and went to her friend's side.
'At least, you're with friends."
"Yeah." Rad agreed.
Luna looked at the gang and saw that Sam and Rad were right. She dropped her head again and said, "Thanks, guys."
Belle saw tears come down from the wolf's face.
"You're welcome." The mouse said with a kind smile on her face.
Next Chapter: Beware of Dogs, Day One.