Sly Cooper Gang Returns, Chapter 3 – The Winds of Change
"My plan worked perfectly, we had gotten into the Interpol, Leon and I were just inside Carmelita's office and were ready to go ahead with the plan, when we were surprised by Carmelita's chair flipping in our direction, revealing a very familiar raccoon."
"Sly; I know you don't know who I am, but you have to trust me." Bentley said, but the shadow in the chair made but no move, when Sly finally said:
"I give you exactly 10 seconds to leave the police station or else I'll shoot you right here and now."
"No! Wait, Sly, take a look at this, maybe you'll remember something." Bentley took out the Thievius Raccoonus and his cane. He handed them over to Sly, who, in the desk, held the items and something seemed to cross his mind.
"Do-Do you remember anything?"
"I had just a glimpse of my past, but it was nothing special, leave the station, NOW."
"Sly, you have to listen to me, You have to come with me, I know this is awkward but if you come with me I will explain everything in detail. Please, Sly, I'm begging you."
"Hmph, Pathetic… Goodbye, Bentley." With this, Sly shot his gun, but missed on purpose and only then Bentley realized.
"Wait a minute, I never told you my name! Sly, you-you faker." Bentley said, angrily.
"Oh Come on Bentley, I was just toying with you around a little bit."
"Why the hell did you do that, YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK!"
"Geez, will you relax, fine, I'll go with you, but I worked very hard on this relationship with Carmelita, we're gonna have to pretend you guys kidnapped me ok?"
"What? And how will we do that?"
"Just write a note." said Sly while handing him a pen and a piece of paper.
"But what do I say?"
"Say whatever you want, tell them you needed me for testing or whatever and that you will let me come back in a couple of months."
"You really think they'll just sit around and wait for you to come back without investigating things through?"
"Of course not, but she will never find us."
"Hmm… You're probably right. Let's go before the guards get back in."
"Right" Said Sly "Uhh, hey, I'm Sly, who are you?"
"I am Leon. Nice to meet you." He said.
They got outside and that's when Bentley actually got a good look at Sly. The raccoon didn't seem much older, but there was a scar in the diagonal on his right eye and he now wore more… good guy clothes (LOL). It was kind of weird for Bentley to see him without his mask, it just didn't feel the same.
Hotel Room
Everyone was gathered in the living room and Bentley was still shocked with Sly faking amnesia.
"Why the hell did you fake your amnesia, Sly?"
"Because… I was tired of being a thief, and… I love her."
"Couldn't you at least have left a note or something? You made us so worried, we thought you were dead, and then what do I see? I see you on TV, safe and sound. How could you."
"Calm down Bentley will ya? I agreed to come with you 'cause being the good guy was starting to get boring, stop these guys, arrest these ones, and most of them didn't even have the smallest notion of how to steal. Pathetic thieves."
"Sly, you should know that not everyone is as good as the Cooper. Well anyway, we want you to come with us to steal something."
"And what might that be?" Sly asked
"Leon, here first has to remember where and what it is. You see, apparently he has the ability to see the future, but he can't control when he has his flashforwards, so we will have to be patient." Bentley said pointing at the leopard.
"Wait" Said Leon, he was twitching on the ground with his head in his hands.
"What's wrong?" Asked Bentley
"I-I'm having a flashforward." He said and the people in the room waited patiently.
After a couple of minutes, Leon went back to normal and told them what he saw.
"I saw both me and Sly getting into… some place, I didn't know where it was, but I did see a…"
"What, what did you see?"
"I'm trying to remember, Hmm… It was a big sign that said… It was in another language. Yes, it was in Spanish. I think it said… Damn, I don't remember, but it was in Spanish, I'm sure of that."
"Well at least we know where we have to go, it's either Spain or Mexico, tell me Leon, was the weather dry or did it have some plants, trees or river nearby?.
"I think I saw some trees, and I'm positive that I heard the sound of the stream." He answered, Bentley, smiled.
"Well, Spain it is. Everybody pack up, we're going to Spain."
Later, At the Police station
"Everyone, look for evidence, turn this dump upside down if you have to, but I'm not resting until we find any clues leading to Sly!" Yelled the Vixen, Carmelita had recently found out about what happened and saw the note on her desk. She was angrier than ever and was willing to continue her search for Sly until every single cell in her body ran out of energy. The police station was thriving with officers, there were "No Trespassing" and "Crime Scene" tapes scattered around the station, Helicopters were roaming the area, and dozens of investigators were inside to search the place for clues.
"Damn. When I let my sight on who did this I'm going to kick their asses like hell. Nobody takes away MY husband!"
Carmelita looked impatiently into her office, they were only examining the center yet, but Carmelita looked at the wall near the door and she saw a bullet hole with a bullet in it. She took the bullet out and immediately recognized what gun had shot it.
"Hey, you guys, this bullet is from Sly's pistol."
She handed them the bullet and was about to leave the office when something on the ground called her attention, she crouched and picked up a green shed.
"Hmm… I've got a bad feeling about this. Hey." She said to a scientist that was examining the spot. "Analyze this shed, and I want to know which species it belongs to, but I bet it belongs to a turtle."
"Very well Inspector Fox." He answered, placing the shed into an evidence bag.
Carmelita walked outside and passed through the guards, she looked at the stars in worry.
"Oh Sly, where are you?"
Tears ran down her eyes as she let out a huge sigh.
Chapter 3 ends here, Hope you liked it! I have started to work on this fanfiction again, after almost an year of inactivity, Forgive me but I had a HUGE Writer's Block, but I'm back with the whole story in my mind. R&R and I'll be back soon with another chapter.