Author's Note: I finally found the time to get this chapter up, really busy with the holidays! So I hope everyone had a safe, fun and very merry Christmas and will hopefully enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't any Sly Cooper characters; they belong to Sucker Punch.

Claimer: I own my original characters.

And I know this chapter is a little shorter than the others but the next chapters will be longer and more exciting. This chapter basically starts building more tension. So please read and review and let me know what you think!

Chapter 4: Confrontational

I casually opened the doors to the Interpol station and strolled inside. I didn't really care if the other officers caught on that it was me waltzing in instead of a regular pedestrian, I just wanted to get my stuff back. I was never fond of coming inside this building but I figured I'd suck it up and go ahead with what I had in mind. The elevator was empty when I stepped inside and was somewhat surprised when you take into consideration the number of people in the building. After stepping inside, I pressed the button for my desired floor and waited to be let off. Along with talking with my sister, I would figure out a way to get the gem Carmelita had in her office. The elevator opened with a ding and I stepped out into the empty hallway. I spent at least ten minutes looking for the correct office but finally found it at the end another hall that branched off to the left. I knocked on the door to see if she was in there and was greeted with an answer.

"Come back later!" Carmelita shouted from the other end but I knocked a second time anyway, "Come back later!" I rolled my eyes at the second response and forced the door open and walked in. I shut it behind me before walking up to her desk and placing my paws on the front of it. She removed her reading glasses and put her paperwork aside when I stepped up and waited for me to start talking.

"Give me my stuff back." I was partly hunched over the desk and was starting to get impatient.

"I can't do that. It was confiscated from your apartment for a reason and we plan to search it; if we can ever get it open. Now I highly recommend you get out before I have you escorted out."

"And I highly recommend you give me my stuff back and stay away from my apartment. Did you even have a search warrant?"

"You're a wanted criminal, Ramona. We don't need a warrant for criminals." I backed away from the desk and searched for the gem. She had a bookshelf on one side of the couch and on the other side was a small table that housed a lamp and the pomegranate colored gem. I turned me attention to the bookshelf and messed a bobble head figurine to shift attention from the gem.

"You know," I said as my temper started flaring again, "I just love how you consider me a 'wanted criminal' after you transferred to my case when before I was considered your sister."

"Being a police officer and having a sister as a thief isn't really a positive notation." She leaned into her chair and crossed her arms.

"Being a thief and having a police officer as a thief isn't really a positive thing either, but I still consider you my sister to other people." I turned from the bobble head and shot her an angered glance.

"Fair enough. So tell me, why do you want that safe back so badly?"

"Everything I have worked my tail off for is in that safe. Every crystal, every gem, everything is in that and I will not give it up easily."

"And what do you hope to accomplish with them? What's so special about a bunch of colored rocks?"

"They hold energy, Carmelita. And the energy they hold is powerful to blow this building into the middle of the city so if they get a hold of both the gems and crystals, you can kiss your badge goodbye. The crystals hold a certain amount while the gems vary. The colored ones are much more powerful that the clear ones but either one of them are enough to screw us all over if they get in the hands of Cortex. Remember what happened when we were kids?" she stayed silent but simply nodded. I leaned my hips against the side table with the gem and pulled my tail into my paws. I ran my fingers through the fur in an attempt to straighten it.

"I don't care how bad you think this is," she continued as she stood from her chair, "it's still illegal. Just be thankful I'm giving you a break today." In one quick movement, I brought my paw down and swiped the gem from its holder and placed it in my bag before she could see what happened.

"Giving me a break? I swear you sound just like Mom. She doesn't understand why I'm doing what I'm doing and neither do you. I'm doing this to take down the guy who killed our father. You weren't there the night he died, Inspector. You didn't have to sneak out of the house and run to a neighbor's house while your own brother won't tell you what's going on. Then to top it all off, when you go home to your own mother, you didn't have to wonder daily why she resented you and why you were treated differently. And then when she didn't want you anymore you weren't taken to an orphanage while she took care of your ten other siblings just fine." Seeing that I was going no where with her, I decided to leave.

"You're right, I don't know what happened. But, just because you're my sister doesn't mean I'm giving you a break." I had just reached the door when she said this and I turned afterward.

"I'm not asking for a break. I'm demanding my things back untouched. I'll be back in a few days and I want my safe." I stormed out of the office and marched my way to the elevator. As I rode the elevator down, I realized that this entire thing would be harder that I'd imagined. But at least I got the red gem from Carmelita so that was a plus. I was also surprised that with the large amount of officers in the building, I wasn't recognized so that was also a plus. I had just gotten back onto the streets when my angry sister stepped out onto her fire escape and started yelling. I figured she realized I had swiped the gem but I just brushed it off as I walked. I'd come back in a few days after I got my car fixed and try to reason with her again. But for now, I'd go home and put this gem and the one I stole a few nights ago to my brothers' house and keep them safe there.