Chapter 5

After Snake Eyes

Le Police HQ

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Carmelita slammed down the morning's newspaper next to my propped up feet. Can't a guy ever get a wink of sleep here? Anyway, I looked at the newspaper as I had to catch myself from laughing. It read "Hot Stuff with a Badge Collars Canine Criminal". "Ugh! First Paris Journalists, now American ones too?!"

"Aaawe come on Inspector." I looked to see that my back was turned in the newspaper, "At least they got your good side…"

"Got any more of that coffee hopefully?..." She prayed. I delivered with holding a tray-full of the coffee cups and smiled. "Heh, at least you're good with this Dylan." She praised while sipping up some of the coffee. "So what is the Contessa saying about all of this?" I asked. The Contessa has to indeed be angry with how we don't even have Sly in custody yet. "Not good…she says if Sly takes down anymore of the Fiendish Five, she's going to throw you back in Solitary Confinement."

"Hmmm…this is indeed a problem." After thinking for some time, me and Carmelita heard a rustle going on outside of the office. Busting through our office door was, "KIP?!" My chipper, little assistant hid behind me as two police officers ran inside. "S-Sorry Inspector Fox. That girl burst through us when we said we couldn't let her see Dylan here." One of the officers admitted.

"Ah, n-no need guys, I know her." I reputed. The two officers saluted and left, but I doubt they didn't hear me when they left. "ARE YOU NUTS KIP?!"

"Hey, you didn't return to the base, so I got worried like a good helper should." She retorted. Carmelita was covering up her laugh with her hand, "So this is how you were still able to obtain info outside of your cell." Kip stared over at Carmelita as her eyes seemed to glow. "Whoa, M-Master Dylan she's so beautiful." Carmelita was indeed taken off guard by this as her face went a little red from Kip's comment. "Wow, such a little gentlewoman you have here Dylan. If only you acted half as sweet as her."

"Haha, yeah, Master Dylan isn't exactly the suave type." Both Kip and Carmelita started to laugh as a vein poked up on my forehead. "Aaaanyway, what've you got here Kip?"

"I think I located the next location of the Fiendish Five. From what you've found out about Panda King being there, I was also able to find out where his partner, Ms. Ruby, is."

"Wait, you saw Panda King in Mesa City?" Carmelita glared at me as I chuckled nervously making a cutting motion at my throat, staring at Ki, who continued, "I was able to discover that Ms. Ruby is somewhere in the Bayous in South America."

"Hehe, good job Kip, now how about you head on back to base and try and find more info." I said while pushing her out of the room. "Huh? But-" Before she could answer, I closed the door, turning to face a very ill-tempered Inspector. "Why didn't you tell me you had a confrontation with the Panda Kin?!"

"Hey, there were some things I needed to find out first like why the Panda King was there. And hey, because of that, we were able to find Ms. Ruby."

"Well let's just hope that Sly doesn't get to her first. I heard that Ms. Ruby is very adept in voodoo magic."

"Heh, Voodoo…next time make sure you try to scare me with something that's at least real, Inspector." However, I couldn't exactly be completely honest with Carmelita about why I kept my confrontation with Panda King a secret. Sly is doing this more than just for revenge. He also seems to be after something. At both Raleigh's and Muggshot's hideouts, there was something stolen from their caches that Cooper wants. I'm bound to find out what it is. "So Carmelita, when do we go?"

"Sorry Dylan, but you may have to go ahead of us."

"Huh?!"

"South America isn't as lenient with having Interpol there as North America is. We still need to get permission to bring forces there. You, however, are strictly off the books. You could go and find Ms. Ruby and take her down while I bring forces in to take her in." Man…why do I have a feeling this isn't going to end well…