The Cooper X Gang
By Mutitoon90
Chapter Twelve: Beware of Dogs, Day One.
Austin, Texas, 10:01 a.m.
"I hate this…" Luna moaned as the gang approached the front door of a mansion.
"Quit complaining." Mar said.
"Yeah, we only staying here at your place until the Mugshots are in jail." Belle replied.
Rad let out a loud whistle, impressed by the size of the mansion.
Sam came up behind Rad.
"You can say that again."
"I think I will." The raccoon joked.
The cat laughed as the door opened before Mar had the chance of ring the bell.
"LUNANNA!"
"Oh, great!" The white, lavender-haired wolf grumbled before being smothered by an older white she-wolf.
"Is that…?" Mar asked.
"I believe so." Belle said, unsure herself.
"Hi, mom." Luna groaned.
"Hi, Lunanna." The mother said to her daughter.
"I'm to think that Luna finds her mother's affections tortuous." Belle analyzed.
"Yeah." Sam agreed.
The mother released Luna and looked at the gang.
"You must be Lunanna's friends."
"Yep!" Rad answered.
The she-wolf giggled a bit.
"Nice to meet you."
"I thought it's intros first, then the 'nice to meet yous.'" Sam said.
"Oh!" Luna's mother said, noticing her mistake that the cat pointed out, "You're right. I'm Victoria Lupinia-Lousteau."
The gang introduced themselves one at a time.
"Sly Cooper."
"Samantha Down."
"Justin Thunder."
"Belle Genius."
"Mar Warren."
"Nice to meet ya'll right now." The white wolf grinned.
"I think it's time to go inside." Mar pointed out.
"Yeah!" Luna agreed, rushing to the mansion.
"What's wrong with Lunie?" Victoria asked her daughter's friends.
The gang shrugged their shoulders.
Once in the mansion, each member of the gang was given a room, and the gang went to the rooms to sleep, but a few things were discussed before they went to bed.
Sam was getting ready to sleep on the floor, when Rad entered her room and saw the self-made bed.
"Sam?" The raccoon asked the cat.
"Yeah?" Sam replied without looking.
"I have a few questions." Rad said, still looking at the bed that Sam made herself.
"Ask away, Rad." The feline said.
"Okay." The raccoon replied, "Why are you making a bed on the floor?"
"Because." The cat said.
"Because…?"
"I don't like taking a bed that isn't mine."
"Why?" Rad asked, confused at the answer and the action.
"I always have thought that it's rude to take someone else's bed." Sam said, getting up to her feet, having finished making the makeshift bed.
"But, Sam, it's a guest bed. It's supposed to be slept in by a guest, and you're a guest." Rad explained slowly.
"Oh!" The cat laughed at herself, "I didn't think about it that way." Sam went back to her knees and started to put away the self-made bed, when she said, "And, the next time you talk to me like I was an idiot, you will be hurting for a week."
Rad jumped back.
"Okay! That's fair! Sorry."
The cat giggled a little and said, "It's okay. Anymore questions?"
"Yeah." Rad confirmed, "When we left the Panda King, I heard you call him 'Grandpa.'"
"And you want to know why." Sam guessed with a grin.
"Yeah." The raccoon confirmed.
"It's a long story." The feline warned.
"I have a law enforcer for a mother and an ex-thief for a father. What do you think?" Rad chuckled loudly.
"Don't say that I didn't warn ya." Sam giggled.
"I won't." Rad said.
"Okay." The cat said, "I met the Panda King when I was nine. I was getting into trouble with that monkey, your parents arrested. He was trying to catch me to traffic to the Middle East, and I wasn't planning to go any farther than my parents' grave. For a few weeks, I keep his men at bay and away. Then, one day, I messed up on a getaway and tripped over my own two feet and landed on the ground…hard."
"Ow!" The raccoon said.
"That's what I said at the time." Sam said before returning to telling her story, "So, there I was, on the ground with a bleeding knee and surrounded by a five thugs."
"Five?" Rad asked the feline.
"Yeah," Sam confirmed, "four men was a piece of cake to me at that age."
"I get it." The Cooper heir said, "Back to the story."
"Thanks." The cat shook her head as she returned to the story, "I thought I was done for, when the next thing I knew was the thugs were out cold and a giant was standing over me."
"The Panda King." Rad guessed, even though he knew that he was correct.
"Right." Sam said, "He picked me up, took me to his daughter's home, had me bandaged and taken care of, and gave me a chance to have a family, but I felt like I was a burden to them. Don't get me wrong; I love the Panda King and his family, but I felt that I was being unfaithful to my parents."
"You really felt that way about being unfaithful to your dead parents?" The raccoon asked the cat.
"I was nine and still recovering from the shock from the loss of my parents, at least that's what I thought at the time."
"It's a long time ago." Rad said to the cat.
"Man, I miss my parents." Sam's voice was breaking with tears started to roll from her eyes and down her cheeks.
Rad could understand; he left his parents to protect them from the Fiendish Claws. So, he embraced Sam to comfort her. "It's okay to cry."
Then, Sam felt something warm and wet on her fur.
"Rad, are you crying?"
Rad did not answer, but he tightened his arms around the cat. Seeing that, Sam warped her arms around Rad to comfort him.
"Rad…"
Meanwhile in Belle's room, the mouse was trying to work out the plan for getting the Mugshot's arrested, when a knock was heard.
"Who is it?" Belle asked.
"It's Mar."
"Come in." The mouse answered, allowing the rat to enter her room.
"I was wondering about…uhhh."
"Spit it out." Belle said.
"I'm sorry." Mar said, "I wanted to talk to you."
"Now was that hard?" The mouse asked.
"Yeah." Mar answered, "I wanted to tell you in a graceful manner."
Belle giggled a bit.
"Just talk to me like a normal person."
"I know I can but…"
"What?" Belle asked.
"I don't know." Mar said, "Lately, I've wanted to talk to you."
"And…?"
"And I wanted to impress you." The rat admitted.
"You're joking." Belle said, not believing her ears.
"I'm not."
Belle scoffed a bit before talking.
"You've have impressed me already."
Mar was shocked by the mouse's words.
"What!?"
"You're a very powerful student of the Dreamtime." Belle said, "You're a real team player, and you help out whenever the gang started trying to kill each other."
The rat blushed, and asked, "Is that all?"
"Well," the mouse said, "you're bright, intelligent, and not a bad dresser."
"Belle." Mar said shaking his head as he laughed.
"Mar?"
"Yes?" The rat replied.
"Are you interested in me?" The green haired mouse asked, blushing a little.
Mar blushed again.
"What makes you say that?"
Then, Belle kissed Mar on the face, causing the rat to glow neon red.
"That." The mouse grinned.
In Luna's room, Luna was trying to pack her stuff, when Justin entered her room.
"Luna, what are you doing?"
"I'm leaving." The white wolf replied.
"You can't!" The husky protested.
"Watch me!" Luna growled, lifting her backpack to her shoulder.
Justin went towards the wolf and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Let me go!" Luna howled, kicking and struggling to free herself from the husky's grip.
"No!" The husky growled.
Then, Justin kissed her, which ceased Luna's struggling and brought confusion to the wolf's face.
"What…? How…? Why?" Luna stuttered.
"I just don't want you to leave." The husky said, sadly.
Luna blushed when Luna's mother entered the room and saw the sight.
"Uh, oh." The wolf said.
"This is NOT what it looks like." Justin said, trying to avoid trouble.
"I know." The pure-white wolf said, and exited the room.
"That was weird." Both canines asked, confused at Victoria's behavior.
Victoria placed her hands together, and gave a 'Thank you,' and went to her room, very happy.
Next Chapter: Beware of Dogs, Day Two.