The Cooper X Gang
By Mutitoon90
Chapter Eighteen: A Year Later.
Paris, France 10:00 p.m.
Rad was on the top of the Eiffel Tower, writing in the Thievius Raccoonus.
'This is the one year anniversary of Neyla's big defeat after my dad, and everything's good.'
The raccoon stopped to collect his thoughts before he returned to his writing.
'I can't believe how much things have changed within a year. Justin and Luna are now newlyweds; they're now racing on land and on sea, which is wonderful for the dads, Murry and Dimitri.'
Rad pulled out a postcard, which had Luna and Justin holding a gold trophy in the middle of the ocean, and placed in the giant book.
"Those two lovebirds." The raccoon smiled happily before he started writing again.
'Belle and Mar are dating now, as well as co-workers, but they are working in Mar's family business. Belle gave up the crush on me, and she went to someone who had more in common. I miss those two.'
"Hey, Rad."
The raccoon turned around and saw Sam, who was dressed in a black dress, which made the cat look like a Goth.
"Hi, Sam." The raccoon greeted the cat.
"Hi, Rad, look what we got from Belle and Mar." The cat announced, pulling a piece of paper out of her pants pocket.
Rad took the paper and saw the writing.
"Belle and Mar are getting married?" The raccoon exclaimed.
"That's right." Sam said calmly, "I can finally stop worrying about her and Mar."
"Me too." Rad agreed.
Then, the raccoon wrote down a new part in his paragraph.
'Now they engaged, and we've been invited, but I better be careful about going to the wedding, knowing Mom and Dad.'
Sam looked over Rad's shoulder and saw what he wrote.
"You still writing, or you're done?" The cat asked.
"Still." Rad answered.
"Sorry." The feline backed away from the raccoon.
Rad smiled as he said, "It's all right."
Sam smiled before she turned around and saw the lights of the city of Paris.
"Amazing." The cat mewed under her breath.
Rad resumed his writing.
'Sam and I are still together on the thieving business. Mom and Dad are after me both as parents and as law enforcers.'
Rad exited the book and thought some more and remembered something and wrote it down.
'Baron Lubos has been keeping an eye on Neyla. We've been visiting him, despite his demands to be left alone, and he has told us that Neyla was recovering (that's the term that he said) quicker than he excepted. We even gave a cell phone, just in case of emergencies.'
Then, a ring was heard from Sam's pants pocket. The cat pulled out her cell phone and answered it.
"Hello?" Sam asked.
Rad watched as the feline talked on the phone.
"Okay." The cat said, "Bye."
"Who was it?" Rad asked.
"Baron Lubos." Sam replied, "He was checking up on us."
"Okay." Rad said. Then, he turned back to the heirloom.
'We got him a cell phone, but it's so he could call us, if Neyla should regain her mortal-like form.'
Rad put his name at the bottom and closed the book.
"We're going now?" The cat asked, still looking at the lights.
"Yeah." Rad said with a smile.
As the duo was starting to leave, a familiar voice shouted at them.
"Freeze!"
Rad and Sam turned and saw Carmelita and Sly Cooper.
"The in-laws again." Sam joked as the inspector and the constable announced their intentions.
"You two are under arrest!" Sly yelled at the two thieves.
"Shouldn't you say that after you put the handcuffs on us?" Rad spoke to his parents in a joking manner.
Then, Rad and Sam jumped off the landmark and entered a freefall.
"Rad!" The parents of Conrad Cooper yelled in parental shock, but their surprise turned to fury when Rad and Sam pulled out their parachutes.
Rad and Sam laughed until they had reached the ground, when they started running away.
"Rad, get back here!" Carmelita yelled at her son.
"We would like a word with you!" Sly growled loudly at his child.
Rad and Sam, however, knew that was not a wise idea to return to enraged parents, so they ran until they reached the van.
"We made it!" Sam shouted, when a bolt hit the ground just a foot away from the cat's body.
"Not yet!" Rad announced as he and the cat entered the van and drove off.
"That was close." Rad grinned as he drove the van.
Sam looked in the rearview mirror and saw the lights of police cars right behind them.
"Guess again." The cat announced, pointing at the police cars.
Rad looked at the rearview mirror and saw the cars as well.
"Those guys are always thinking ahead." The raccoon grinned as he sped up the van.
The van weaved in and out of lanes, evading the police and avoiding the bystanders until it reached a bridge.
"We're here!" Rad announced to his partner.
"I know." The cat replied, pulling out a rectangle box out of her pocket.
The sirens of the police grew louder as the van sat idly near the bridge. Among the law enforcement vehicles was a red sports car with a siren on it, and Sly and Carmelita Cooper drove it.
"We got them now!" Carmelita shouted to her husband.
Sly smiled as he thought about the planned actions of his son.
In the van, Sam saw Rad's parents.
"They're here." The cat announced.
"I know." Rad grinned as he revved the engine.
Sam grinned and opened the box, which had a red button.
"Push the button." The raccoon said.
"Right!" The cat replied as she pressed the button.
On the other side of the bridge, a red light flashed in the booth.
"What's that?" The inspector asked her partner.
"A re-enactment." Sly answered.
"What do you mean?" The vixen asked.
Then, she saw the bridge starting to rise.
"Rad's not crazy enough to do that!" The detective announced.
Then, the sound of squealing tires was heard.
"Oh, no!" The fox exclaimed at the sound. She turned to the police force and yelled out, "After them!"
The officers obeyed and sped after the van.
In the van, Rad and Sam grinned at each other as the cat opened a secret compartment, which revealed switch.
"Ready?" Rad asked his accomplice.
"Born ready." The cat grinned at the raccoon.
As they drove up the bridge, Rad yelled to his partner.
"Now!"
Sam nearly punched the button.
On the van, boosters appeared and blasted out, pushing the van over the bridge and the empty air between the two halves of the bridge.
The Coopers and the police force were awestricken when they saw the van jump over the bridge with boosters and landed safely to the other side.
"I can't believe it!" Carmelita shouted.
" I can." Sly said under his mouse.
Midnight
Sam and Rad were relaxing by the outskirts of the city of Paris.
"I wish that I got a chance to look at your mom's face." Sam giggled from the mental image of the enraged vixen's face.
"I can imagine my dad's face." Rad said, grinning at himself.
"Yeah!" The cat said, "Every time you look at the mirror."
"Hey!" The raccoon laughed.
The two laughed as they watched the stars.
"Hey, a shooting star!" Rad pointed at the sky.
"Make a wish." Sam hollered.
The two closed their eyes and made a wish.
"What did you wish for?" Rad asked, opening an eye to look at the cat.
"Like I'm telling you." The feline replied, also opening an eye to see the raccoon before blow a raspberry at him.
"Oh, yeah?" Rad asked. Then, he blew a raspberry.
The two laughed again until they lost their breath. It was a few minutes until they spoke again; Sam was the first to speak.
"This is nice, isn't it?"
Rad smiled, because he knew what the feline was talking about.
"Yeah, Sam, it is."
Then, Rad asked a question.
"What is your wish?"
Sam remained quiet for a moment.
"Well?" The raccoon asked.
"Well…" The cat said, "My only wish has come true."
Rad became curious.
"And that would be?"
"To have a family again." Sam answered.
Rad was shocked; Sam was rarely this opened to anyone.
"Really?" The raccoon said with his ears went up.
"Yeah, I never thought that I would find that family again." Sam confessed, "I know that the family that I lost can never be replaced, but I found a new family."
"Anything else?" Rad asked.
"There is something else." The cat grinned.
"What?" The raccoon asked.
Then, the feline stuck out her tongue, saying, "I'm not telling you that."
Rad sighed out of annoyance and said, "Fine, but I better hear that it has came true when it does happen."
"Okay." The cat agreed, returning her tongue to her mouth.
The raccoon smiled, seeing that Sam has changed for the better since he first met her. Sam's sadness was nearly gone, and her fury has been cooled down to a mild roar, but Rad still was worried about Sam, due to the fact that Neyla was still technically alive. Overall, Sam was much happier.
"Sam?" Rad asked.
"Yeah?" Sam answered.
"I hope your wish comes true." The raccoon announced.
The cat was pleasantly surprised at the raccoon and smiled at him.
"Thanks." Sam smiled sweetly
"No problem." Rad said.
The duo was about to return to being silence when sirens were heard.
"Here we go again." Rad grinned with mischief on his face, like a mask.
"Time to run." Sam announced as she and her co-worker hopped off the van to enter it.
Once in the van, Rad kissed Sam on the lips before he started up the van.
"Rad, Sam, stop now, and we'll go easy on you." Sly's voice rang out to the duo.
Rad and Sam looked at each other as if asking each other, 'Does he really think we're gonna to that?'
Rad shifted the gears and drove off with a pack of police cars after the van.
As Rad drove, Sam smiled with a single thought in her mind: The hope that Rad and Sam would be together for a very long time.
The End