Hiya! Wow, the last Chapter was way shorter than I had expected it to be. I am sorry about that and I will write long and hard and use much more time in this one I swear :D. Anyways this is where the crossroads meet. And anyone wondering since my description of Naiya was lackluster. She is 16 but is about 7 months older than Milo. When chapters are short I apologize since it is probably because I like to break things up when significant things happen. So Enjoy!
I sat on the rooftop again staring at the moon. It was mesmerizing. This night was already strange, especially with that girl. I didn't even know why the dogs were after her, but I suppose it didn't matter. The only important thing was that I protected her and that was the end of it. It was now 4;19 a.m and I couldn't get her off my mind. ~I should've walked her back and made sure she was safe. I sat there for what felt like an eternity when I heard a voice coming from a rooftop nearby. My ears perked up at the sound I quickly made my way over to it. I glanced down at my phone quickly seeing it was only 4:20 a.m. and that eternity had been one minute. I arrived about one hundred yards from what appeared to be another raccoon. He seemed fairly young and was wearing a blue shirt and blue hat. He was looking into something that had the appearance of binoculars. ~Binoculars are smaller. I looked at him and saw what appeared to be a cane in his hand. My eyes widened at the sight of it."No…" I gasped. I was still being quiet although I saw his ears perk up at the sound of my voice and I quickly vanished. I had the tendency to disappear suddenly. ~Is that… Sly Cooper? I was beginning to wonder if I was dreaming, this night was already so strange. I was so surprised that when I finally got up, I saw that he was gone.
"Sly Cooper huh?" I spoke. He looked at me with a questionable look on his face. He seemed displeased that his file wasn't in his hands. "Honestly, I am surprised that you came to get your file straight out of Inspector Fox's office." I teased him as he looked slightly angry at that comment causing me to laugh. It wasn't more than five minutes past 4:20 a.m. and I was still wide awake. Well, I was now at least. "I need you to give me that file." He spoke plainly and calm. I looked at him like he had just asked for permission to rob a bank. I was about to open my mouth when he went for the file. I forced it close to my chest and crossed my arms over it as if it was my child. I was surprised to find that instead of grabbing the file he actually grabbed me. He was running down a fire escape while Carmelita was shooting at him and yelling. The shock pistol never actually hit us though. ~Wow Carmelita, I never realized what a lousy shot you were. Sly was surprisingly fast even though he was carrying me. I was fighting against him too. ~This is crazy, one moment I am sleeping in Carmelita's office waiting for her to come back and take me home and the next I am being kidnapped because I wouldn't give up a stupid file. Good going Naiya. I looked up at him and then at the moon. It was so bright tonight it almost seemed to make the stars dull. That was the last thing I saw before I was put in a van of some sort. Well. It was a van. So yeah that's all I really realized at first. I heard a turtle having an anxiety attack and yelling at the Raccoon. "Sly this wasn't a part of the plan! It's bad enough that we broke into Interpol to steal a file but now you kidnapped this girl." Sly stared at me and was clearly irritated. "Well, this one here wouldn't give up the file. I guess she is gonna have to come with us for a bit.
"Why is that?" The turtle asked. I was trying to remember everything in Sly's file and I had remembered that he had a group of three. There was that turtle. I recalled his name was Bentley and he was a genius according to the file. There was also a hippo whom I saw was driving at max speed with no sign of slowing down. Apparently, he was kind and understanding. Although it also said he was a bit slow compared to them, he was also the mechanic and driver and was a kind of expert when it came to that. I stared straight ahead at Sly who was still trying to think of a way to explain my presence to Bentley. Although being a little bit impatient I replied for him. "For god's sake, I threw it into one of Carmelita's shots when he was running from her with me." Bentley looked as if the wasn't enough.
"She also said she memorized it. So I thought that taking her along would be the best idea... At least until she didn't have any information of where we were going." Sly spoke slowly as if he was trying really hard to keep himself calm. I laughed at this. Although this didn't help his anger because he looked like he was about to explode. My laughter was broke by the sound of something hitting the roof of the van. Bentley just muttered something about how the van was beginning to break down. "I mean you didn't have to grab in the first place..." I responded about ten minutes later causing Sly's eye to twitch. I snickered at this reaction and ate the granola bar I had. I looked up at Sly who was grinning evilly at me. I cocked my head then I felt everything going fuzzy. He leaned next to me and whispered... "Sleep tight."
I sat there on top of the van. I heard Bentley having an anxiety attack. I sighed. Then I heard Sly trying to contain his anger. I hadn't ever been this close to them, but I had read their file countless times. I looked at the fake tail that was waving as Murray floored it. I had read about him too. Kind of slow, but still a fantastic mechanic and… driver? I almost fell off the van multiple times as I heard Naiya yelling at him to slow down. I clung for dear life until the van came to a halt. I looked down over the side and heard the door open. I quickly grappled to the building opposite of the open door. They started to walk inside a building when I noticed that Naiya wasn't with them.
~Did they just leave her in the van. Surely she would just leave.
I sat still waiting for her to make her move, but It never came. I had a bad feeling that something had happened to her. I made my way down the building rather quickly. I was concerned, but I felt the need to protect everyone. It was really just because what happened to my family. I didn't want to think of them. I just thought of what I needed to do.
I landed on the ground and quickly looked inside my bag. It was extremely simplistic but I liked it. Just a few changes of clothes, a phone, earphones, and my energy rifle. I always had it on me. I smirked at the energy rifle. It had a light green body and an orange barrel and really packed a punch when I was in a pinch. It was newly passed through my family along with my knives.
I walked over to the van and looked through the window. I was pretty convinced she was dead. But that went against everything the Cooper gang stood for. I tried the door but it was locked. I sighed, "of course, it's locked." I turned around and stared at the building they had gone into. I walked towards the window to see a bunch of maps around the area and a desk where the turtle was seemingly explaining things.
I had to be staring for at least twenty minutes before Sly whipped his head around too fast for me to react. I blinked not knowing how to feel. I didn't notice him start moving. I turned around to run away, but I ran into someone. I stood there dumbfounded. Not only because I ran into someone but also because I basically leaning against them.
It was strange… There was a certain warmth to this person. I backed up after about ten seconds of being completely awkward because I usually wasn't this close to people unless I was on a job. I scanned my eyes up to see a smirking raccoon staring down at me. My eyes widened at the sight of him.
~Is this… Sly… He is so... tall. I guess I just imagined him shorter and what's with his smirk. It is strangely friendly but also terrifying. I got a close look of the raccoon, he was tall, at least six feet, but then again I am also pretty short at only around five foot six. He was strong which I realized when I tried to bolt past him and he grabbed me.
I tried to wiggle out of his grip it was useless so I just stared at him. He gripped my shoulders tightly and gave me a look that said, "Did you really just tried to run away?" I was not in the mood to talk. I was never in the mood to talk. That was mostly because of how long I had been secluded from people and I never really talked to anyone I met. He looked down at me and to my surprise he poked my forehead with quite a bit of force. I flinched slightly before he yelled… a lot.
"WHO ARE YOU?! WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING US AROUND?!" That caused me to look back up at him. I gave him a confused look. The smirk was gone. ~Hmm is someone actually… intimidating me? I started to laugh at the thought. His grip has loosened after the laughter began. I clutched my chest and tried to hug myself as if I was falling apart and I needed something to keep me together. The laughing might've been a bit excessive as I started to cough and slowly collapsed. ~Damnit… I overdid it earlier. I saw some concern in his eyes until eventually my eyes were completely shut.
I finally woke up in the back of that damn van. ~God I am going to kill that raccoon and that turtle. You don't just drug someone's food so they don't know where your hideout is. To be honest I didn't really care about their hideout. I didn't want to be here and I had no intentions of turning them in. All I had really done for Interpol was some reconnaissance and memorizing files. I could memorize things fairly quickly.
"Seems like Sleeping Beauty is up." I instantly started grinding my teeth at that voice. "I was starting to worry that you wouldn't ever wake up." I was so angry that I thought I might physically explode.
"Well you know… not everyone has the same effect towards that drug Sly." I heard Bentley in the front talking.
"I don't know why we couldn't just let her see the hideout guys?" Murray questioned. I sat there glaring at them like I was about to kill someone. Sly turned back to me and smiled. I went to slap the smile off his face, but he caught my hand before it reached him. I settled on growling at him which caused him to release my hand. "So… What's your name?" The air around us was still making my anger almost heat up the inside of the van.
"Wouldn't a criminal like you like to know" I responded, still fuming. Sly put his hands on his heart like something had struck and simply said, "Ouch. Anyways I'm Sly Cooper, this is Bentley and that's Murray…"
"I know who you are already, I memorized your file!" I yelled it at him but not too loud. He began to chuckle at my response and responded with "Well I introduced myself to you, now it's your turn." He gave his classic smirk. I sighed at the sight of it.
"My name is Naiya… Naiya Livingston." I almost cringed at my last name. I never knew why but it always had bothered me, probably because I felt like it had never really fit my first name too well, but I didn't really care.
We sat there awkwardly for hours. I looked away from Sly until I glanced over noticed the mass that was near Sly. I analyzed him. I saw a black jacket and some dark grey shorts. ~I have seen this somewhere. I kept scanning over him until I realized it. -Wait… that glove. I saw the teal and black glove that covered most of his left hand. "Milo?" I whispered. Sly's ears perked up at this and looked down at the boy. He had been unconscious with his head on Sly's leg.
"So you know him?" Sly asked. His voice was soft this time and all of the tension seemed to melt away at this tone.
"Barely" I replied quickly. "He saved last night actually. I was pinned to a wall by these dogs as they tried to rob me and he came." My eyes widened as I started searching around frantically. Sly stared at me while I was seemingly flailing about without words a sound.
"Whatcha lookin' for?" He finally questioned me. "I can't find my bag. I knew I had it earlier when I was in the office." Just like that, the anger was turned back on. "Where is my bag?" I spoke in a deep tone of pure rage but remained calm at the same time.
"Don't worry Bentley has it up front. He was just checking it for weapons and a phone." He replied cooly. I was bothered not having my bag, but I understood. I was angry, but I knew nothing was going to come of it.
"Raleigh is the mechanic…"
~What was that? Why are there so many voices? It's so warm here. I don't really want to wake up… I should though. I need to get ready for today. *sigh* Oh well here we go…
My eyes slowly opened up. I yawned slightly before moving restlessly against whatever is was my head was on. It was warm and felt slightly like fur, but seemed comfortable enough.
"He was last spotted off the coast of the Isle of Wrath in Wales…"
I've heard this voice before. Where have I heard this voice before? Everything was blurry, but I had finally managed to make out the grey lynx, however, her fur was so light that it could be white. I shot up, although the headrush brought crashing back down to where I was. Also just finding out that I was on Sly's lap was a bit too close for my comfort levels. I didn't really enjoy being touched by was far more awkward for me than Sly. I could tell because he was snickering at me instantly falling back down and was smirking at me. That smirk... so annoying.
I got up again, slower this time, to see that Naiya was there. Her eyes were glowing, she had seemed relieved to see I was okay. ~Strange… Does she care? No. No one cares about me. I thought and remained neutral. The thought made me sad, but I would manage through it. I turned towards Sly who looked over me making sure I wouldn't fall over on him, again.
"So you are awake now. How do you feel?" Sly asked. The tone of his voice felt soothing. Although, I could see straight through it. I was still not in the mood to talk. I looked away from him and then back at Naiya who was smiling again. Sly just sighed, "Are you ever going to talk to me… Milo?" I jerked at the sound of my name. My eyes widened.
"Are you ever going to talk to me, Milo?" I shrugged at her and kept walking along the path up the mountain. She looked at down at me and laughed as if I had said something funny which was unlikely. "Well just get into position, we are going go into the mansion down there and see if we can stop the tyrant. Just make sure to provide cover for us." She smiled a wide grin and jumped down with the other girl who was taller than her and slightly more calm. She had yelled up to me, "make sure you stay out trouble." I sent my three fingered salute as they kept walking. "I've got your back," I whispered.
~No… please don't go. I felt the tears rolling down my face. I had snapped back into reality and looked around at the raccoon and lynx that were now seemingly concerned. I huddled and squeezed my knees towards my chest. ~Just forget about the past. I couldn't stop the tears though. I hadn't cried since that night. I felt an arm wrap around my shoulder and looked up to see it was Sly who had done it. I also felt a hand on my knee and looked over to Naiya giving me a comforting look as if she almost understood. ~No one could understand...
The van eventually stopped. I couldn't really tell though I was in such a lurch after being drugged and all that I felt like I was still moving when we clearly weren't. I got out to see a simple motel. "Classy..." I said sarcastically looking over at Sly and Murray. Sly just laughed at that comment. I leaned against the van and saw that Sly was holding Milo tight by his shoulders preventing him from moving. ~Did he try to run and I didn't notice. Bentley came back to us about five minutes later.
"I got us two rooms," he explained, "Although I don't want you two to stay together this time since I don't know what you two will plot against us., also we don't want you to run away."
~Hmph paranoid much…
"You can decide which one of you will stay with Sly and who will stay with me and Murray. At least that way we get to know you two a little bit better." Before I could even open my mouth Sly spoke out. "Milo will come with me, I need to talk to him about something anyways."
"Okay then, Naiya you're with me and Murray," Bentley confirmed. I looked over at Murray who seemed very excited to spend time with a new person. I truthfully thought he was going to explode.
"It's going to be so exciting to spend time with you! We can color if your want." just then he pulled a coloring book and some crayons out of the van and I giggled at this gesture.
"Sure thing Murray… Milo, are you okay?" I looked over at the raccoon who was staring at the ground with his hood on. He looked up at me but I couldn't see his eyes. He nodded slowly at me and I smiled back at him. At least he appeared to be okay… He is just in shock about something.
Well... that's all. Hehe… I know I am going to revise this chapter in the morning because as of right now on July 10, 2016, it is 1:23 in the morning and I can barely see my computer screen so yeah. I will try to get a chapter out as soon as possible. This one will be good if not perfect by the time I am done with it. Anyways… PLEASE Review hehe… I love to read comments and this is far from perfect. Personally, I feel like the dialog I write back and forth between characters is awkward. And to wrap up this long author's note, I tried to make Milo and Naiya completely contrast each other. Milo is quiet and shy whereas Naiya is outspoken and confident. Anyways… Cya!
