Author's note:
Hi. I would just like to tell you one thing, that isn't even about the chapter! Here goes; I know there are already a lot of stories about Sly and Carmelita getting kids and such, but I get so inspired by them! F. eks one story named the Cooper x gang. That story is great! This story is inspired very much by that, but of course, I try to keep it a little original... (Although I guess I'll fail)
Chapter 2: Caught…or not?
The last thing Carmelita thought she would see when she kicked in the door, was her daughter. "It can't be her that is the thief, for god's sake!" She thought. "Excuse me, inspector Fox, these three are the thieves, we caught them trying to sneak around here." A roughly built guard said. Carmelita turned to her daughter again, and noticed she was with two others too. There was a wolf, and a cat. Caro looked bored, the wolf dissatisfied, and the cat looked slightly hysteric.
"And how do you explain this, Caro?!" Carmelita said. "What is it to explain?" Caro answered calmly. She saw her father coming behind Carmelita. "You are a thief, and you got caught? That's no good." He said. Carmelita got angered of what he said, "You're not supposed to encourage her!" She said so loud that some of the people in the disco wondered what happened up there.
Carmelita turned around to face the guard, "We'll take care of them. Now go back to your job." She said politely. She then pointed her shock gun at the three thieves. "You follow in a nice row into the car, got it?" When Carmelita said that, Caro suddenly got her cane from her back, and hit the ground. Smoke came up from nowhere, and Carmelita started to cough.
Caro waved at Xero and Pio, and they started running. "Sly! Go *cough* after them!" Carmelita shouted. Sly nodded, and ran after the three thieves. As he had been a thief himself, he knew which way they would take, and easily followed them. He came up to the side of Caro, and noticed Carmelita was coming after them too. "Hit me with your staff, so Carmelita stops. Then you might have a chance to get away." He whispered to Caro. Caro didn't look to surprised, and hit him, but not to hard, as he did help them after all.
Sly fell on the ground, and Carmelita gasped. "Sly! Are you okay? I can't believe she would hit her own father!" she said, and jumped down to him. "Don't worry about me, but she used it as a distraction for you…" He said, and a small grin took form. "WHAT!?" Carmelita shouted in rage, and saw her daughter and the other two teens on the roof of a bus. Caro waved, and grinned the way Sly always did before when he got away. "Caro Cooper!!!" Carmelita shouted and tried firing after them, but didn't hit.
"Damn, damn, damn!" Carmelita shouted, and hit the ground with her fist. "Calm down, she'll eventually come back sometime." Sly assured her, but in his mind he was proud of Caro.
Caro and the others had arrived in a town ca. 20 miles away from France. "Wow, that wasn't an easy escape." Xero said, while looking at the way they came from. "Yeah, we wouldn't have made it if it weren't for dad." Caro said with a small smile. "So he told you to hit him!?" Pio exclaimed. "Yes, now, we have to find a place to hide, mom will surely look for us for a while." Caro told them. "Can you see if you find something, Xero?" she asked the wolf, which nodded, and quickly disappeared. "We'll find some food, then." Pio said, and started walking towards a shop. "Wait!" Caro said. "Mom might send out wanted lists of us, so we have to change into something else."
Some while later, Caro and Pio had changed clothes, and hairstyle. Pio had taken on a summer dress with flowers, and tied her hair up in a ponytail. Caro had dressed up with light blue jeans, a black leather jacket, and let her hair flow down, for once. She had also taken of her mask, but there wasn't any big difference, she was still black around her eyes.
Xero came towards them from no where, he too had dressed up different, now he wore a black jacket, and black pants. "Hey, I found a place, you gotten anything eatable yet?" He asked. "No, we're on our way. We'll meet here again in one hour from now." Caro said, before she walked towards the shops.
Some time later, all three of them sat in an apartment, talking, and eating. "Why did you become a thief, Caro? You would've had a nice life as a cop too, you know?" Xero said. "I want to prove for my dad that I am worthy of the Cooper name, and above that, I found some threats towards mom and dad in the mail one day." Caro replied.
"And I am going to find those who sent the threats, and get rid of them. After all, I love my mom and dad, even though they're cops." Pio listened and nodded. "But can't they protect themselves?" She asked. Caro looked at her. "I got dad's cane right? So he has no weapons, and mom can't take on a whole lot of jerks. She is strong, but not strong enough." She explained. Xero nodded, and Pio looked amazed. "So we're here as mere colleagues then?" She asked. But Caro grinned. "Nope, you're my friends!" She said, and that got all three of them smiling.
