Hey guys sorry for the long wait but thanks to some help from a loyal follower I got some of my shit together. Now one with the story.
Cooper Hideout
"No...no...no way in hell...no..." mumbled Alex as he flipped through different screens on his hideout's computer. After his team's heist at the museum Alex had them take a small break. Now here he was trying to find a heist that his team could pull off with little luck.
While the master thief was doing this his team could be seen all around the hideout doing their own thing.
Max was at his personal workstation fiddling with his next bomb project. While on couldn't really be sure he looked to be stuffing something up the rear end of a stuffed bear. Scattered all around the coyote was numerous bomb making materials strewn haphazardly but not much else.
The giant bear Damien was wailing on a reinforced punching bag repeatedly completely ignorant to the world around him as he focused on his workout. His little section was mostly comprised of gym equipment along with some personal effects from home here and there.
Closest to Alex's position the tech expert Caillen was on his own computer typing while next to him was a dismantled binocucomm and a bag of chips he occasionally ate from. All around his area were scattered pieces of tech and blueprints along with some of his field gear.
Finally on the otherside, farthest from the rest of the team was Shona currently reading a small leatherbound book while laying on her hammock. Her area was decorated with various tribal items from her homeland but also with a small desk with a computer on it that was currently off.
Alex continued to flick through the internet seeing if something would catch his eye until he caught something that got his attention. Clicking on the link the young master thief was nearly drooling at the sight of a beautiful ruby necklace with a dragon carving on the face of it on display. Standing next to the jewelry in question was a tall baboon wearing a grey kimono.
"Hmmm the Dragon's Gem, owned by Pen Delan a Chinese collector, will be on display during his yearly ball in one weeks time. Guys, I think I found us a heist that's right up our alley!" announced Alex as his team quickly crowded around him to get a look see at their next job.
*whistle*"Wow now that's a nice chunk of rock. Gotta say I approve!" said Max with a grin.
"Have to agree with Max on this one. A gem like that is truly a great prize if there ever was one." commented Caillen as he was already running through numerous idea's in his head on how he and his team were gonna acquire the ancient gem.
"I've read about this gem! It's said to hold some magical properties as it used to belong to a Chinese which. Legends have it the Emperor's son killed her and took the gem as a trophy." spoke Shona with enthusiasm at seeing a gem with such an interesting story behind it.
Damien just looked on curiously not thinking anything else needed to be said. He wasn't the most social guy after all.
"Well let's hope there's not a curse placed on it then huh? So Caillen, Shona any ideas on what we can do to add this little number to our growing collection of achievements?"
The next few minutes were just the two geniuses of the team swapping plans back and forth. While Shona was technically the brains and made most of the plans it was up to Caillen to hammer out the finer details. Apart they were good but together their plans were damn near perfect.
"Lookout Pen cause your about to be one gem short." said Alex with a smile as he saved the image before going to get something to eat. By this time next week he was certain that the Dragon gem would be in his hands and then in his teams vault.
The scene changes to show a stoic Allister as he was cleaning the pieces of his pistol in a small area that looked practically Spartan in decorations and luxury save for a few personal photo's of his family. After accepting his new position as team leader to catch the newest Cooper gang he immediately set his team to work in tracking down his targets next possible heist.
To his right was a small gym area/shooting range where Wu was practicing some martial arts and Dawn was firing various weapons at the shooting range hitting bulls eye's each time, though on occasion she would make small pictures with her shot's out of boredom.
The rest of his new team was at Rocko's station which was basically just a mess of computer's as they scanned the web for any possible targets that Cooper may go after. Rocko did the searching while Mig's and his wife Monica scratched them off since they seemed to have an accurate mental file on the master thief.
While they were working surprisingly well together given their different backgrounds it still didn't take away the fact that Allister was getting a bit impatient. A few days out and absolutely no leads on where their target may strike next. The gorilla leader was about to send Wu out to hopefully gather intel from some local crime hub when Monica spoke up.
"Sir I think we may have found our thief's next target!" she said happily as she moved aside so he could see. Walking up to the screen he was quickly followed by Dawn and Wu who were also curious on what may be their targets next heist.
Allister stared for a moment at the Dragon gem and while he could admit that it would be quite the prize for a thief he didn't see exactly why Cooper would go for this item in particular and voiced this thought to Monica and Mig's.
"What we've gathered based on Cooper's actions so far and those of his ancestor's they are always trying to make their mark in the history books of their family. So it stands to reason that they only go after the most dangerous and worthwhile items to steal. As of right now this gem is the biggest target there is so it only stands to reason it would be his next target to increase his reputation." stated Mig's getting a nod of agreement from his leader who looked quickly at Rocko who looked bored at the rather mundane task he had been doing so far.
"How long to get to Japan?"
"Four or five hours depending on weather. Why?" asked Rocko.
"Then we move out immediately! Pack up whatever you need and be ready to move!" Allister ordered as his team rushed to get their gear ready for the mission ahead of them with the only goal of capturing Cooper and his gang in the leaders mind.
1 week later
"So everyone in position?" asked Alex through his comm's as he got confirmations from his team.
It had been one week since him and his team had decided to steal the Dragon gem and in that time they, meaning Shona and Caillen, had thought up a great plan. With Caillen's tech skills he was easily able to hack Pan's system's in order to get everyone save for Damien an invitation to the party under fake names and identities. For Damien he placed the large bear in the security detail for the plan.
Hence why currently Alex, Caillen and Max were dressed in tuxedo's while Shona was wearing a strapless silver dress. All around them the various party goer's continued to mingle amongst themselves none the wiser to what the four of them were planning.
Said plan was simple yet effective if pulled off right. Basically they were taking a page out of Alex's dad's play book as he and Shona would serve as a distraction by dancing which would give Max and Caillen ample time and opportunity to complete their own tasks. Max would set up a bomb near the front door meant to block of any attempt at pursuit once the team had made off with the loot while Caillen would hack into the mansion's security system's so when the time came he could deactivate them. Finally Damien would clear the back entrance of guards and be waiting with the getaway van to get them all out once they had the gem. Simple yet effective.
"Alright Shona I hope your dancing skills are up to snuff or we're gonna be the laughing stock of this party." commented Alex as he took the spotted hyena by the hand and lead her to the dance floor getting an amused huff from the brain's of his gang.
"You make it sound as if I've never danced before?"
"To be fair I have never actually seen you dance before."
"Well your about to now shut up and dance." ordered Shona to which Alex complied as the to began to waltz around the dancefloor.
While this was going on Allister Fisk was dressed in his own Tux as he stood off to the side observing the party from a bystander's perspective. His team had arrived at Pan's home earlier that day and after informing the collector of the possible theft he instantly agreed to have them attend the party undercover.
The only one of his team not present at the party however was Rocko who was providing over watch through the security camera's. Despite having him on his team Fisk didn't trust the wolf at all and would prefer to keep hi as far away from the action as possible if he could help it. Something that annoyed Rocko but not enough for him to care about it for too long.
Wafting through the crowd was Dawn and Wu dressed in traditional formal kimono's but what most didn't know was that Dawn was packing some weapons under her's. Monica and Mig's were busying themselves talking with random guests looking to be both blending in while at the same time looking completely out of place given their opposite statures.
Just as Alex and Shona had stepped on the dance floor the Interpol detective heard Rocko on his comms.
"Hey boss I think I may have something. Facial scans say that the guy on the dancefloor may in fact be Cooper. Guest name though is Tristan Sleen, a small time archeologist. What you want to do?" asked Rocko as he had the camera zoom in on Alex's face while the master thief just continued to dance with Shona as the crowd all stopped to watch.
"Don't do anything yet, we don't want to spook him if it is Cooper. Contact the others and make sure their ready to box him in, I don't want this criminal to even have the slimmest chance of escape." ordered Fisk as he glared at Alex while getting a grumble of agreement from Rocko who quickly turned of his comms to go inform the other members of the team.
Rocko wasn't the only one to notice a familiar face however. Caillen had just hacked into the mansion's systems when he caught something in the corner of his eye and looking at it he felt like he had seen a ghost as he saw Wu walking through the crowd.
Back in his solo day's Wu had been an avid pursuer of him and had nearly caught him many of times. Seeing her here of all places instantly set of warning bells in his mind and he quickly called the others.
"Guys we've got a cop in the bunch and maybe a few more. We gotta speed things up if we want to pull this off without getting ourselves some flashy new wrist bracelet's and a ride to jail." warned Caillen which made Max and Damien go slightly faster to complete their tasks while Alex and Shona continued on as if nothing was wrong but were quietly talking to each-other.
"This isn't good Alex. We were supposed to move during Pan's speech when the time would be the best! Any sooner and we're running some serious risks." she stated sourly at the thought of one of her plans failing.
"It can't be helped Shona. Bad enough one cop is here along with who knows how many others. It wouldn't surprise me if they were here for us but just haven't pointed us out yet. Our best chance now is to take them by surprise and move quickly before they can react." explained Alex while looking out the corner of his eyes at the guest and just catching Allister's glare on him as well as the light from a nearby camera pointing directly at him and Shona.
"Doesn't mean I have to like it. I can't run well in heels." grumbled Shona in annoyance and Alex had to hold back a laugh which got a glare from the spotted hyena.
Another minute of dancing and Alex got the ping in his comm's signaling everything was ready to go from his team. Looking at Shona she gave an almost imperceptible nod as she too got ready for their plan to be set into motion.
"Guess it's show time. Now let's show these lovely folks how the Cooper gang crashes a party." smirked Alex just as the light's went of courtesy of Caillen right before a large boom was heard at the front entrance. The heist was officially underway.
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