The Canine Gang
Chapter 3 - The Unseen Threat
Once Lucas and Casey had lost the quite frustrated Inspector, they made their way back to the hideout that they had established on the outskirts of Paris; In an cellar of an abandon winery. It was very cozy and once they had cleared out all of the junk it was quite livable. They had all of the essentials, running water, a oven, and fridge. Lucas had even stolen a old TV and satellite. He hacked it and managed to get them over 500 free channels. Despite his athletic appearance Lucas was actually much more comfortable on his computer exploring the interwebz then almost getting his tail fried out in the field. That was how he found out about TheifNet and it had proved a invaluable tool over the last couple months, letting him find contracts, possible one time jobs, even fencing stolen items.
When they finally made it home Lucas dropped himself onto the couch while his sister stormed into the bathroom too look at herself in the mirror. Lucas was trying to hold in his laughter, although his sister was starting make it very difficult.

"That stupid, temperamental, psychotic... Bitch!"

Casey was furious, not only had Inspector Fox singed a large patch of fur on Casey's tail, her getaway motorcycle had been totaled. One of the shots from her shock pistol had hit the gas tank on her bike causing it to explode.

"Why the fuck didn't she shoot at you?!" She wailed at her ever calm brother. "She must have noticed me tossing the diamond to you when she was chasing us!"

Lucas could no longer contain his laughter "Of course she saw! I told you to read her profile, she has become extremely... aggressive as of late. Ever since Mr. Cooper began thieving again"

Casey eyed him angrily "Well that still doesn't explain why she didn't shoot at you and focused on me!"

"No but you giving her the middle finger and constantly yelling puta at her probably had something to do with it." he scolded her, his smile had disappeared back to their normal grimace.

Casey's ears flattened against her skull "Guess you heard me?" she smiled weakly,

"You remember the last thing dad said me before he left?" Lucas said suddenly "He told me to look after you, to make sure nothing happened to you and that he would come back. He never kept his end of it but i intend to, Casey promise me if we run into Inspector Fox on another job you wont go out of your way to piss her off?" Lucas pleaded his sister, he had learned long ago it was easier to ask his sister politely then order her around. He chuckled, it would be easier to put a fire out with gasoline.

Casey just stared at her feet, she knew what Lucas was trying to pull, every time she did something he viewed as "dangerous" he would bring up their dad, and then try and guilt trip her. God he is more of a parent then a brother she thought. He is only older then me by a couple minutes and he acts like I'm some retarded teenager! She still couldn't suppress a small smile, but i love him all the same.

Casey's thoughts were interrupted by a very loud knock on the cellar door. The De La Ronde twins bodies became tense from head to tail. Only three people would have had the slightest chance of finding them in their hideout. Sly Cooper, Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox, (Oh in the Lord's name let it be one of them thought Lucas.) or their current "employer" Kona Caron, a very large female malamute who had found Casey and Lucas pulling jobs on the streets for Toronto, Canada.

The fourteen year old husky put on her best puppy dog eyes, "Please sir could i have some change to feed my younger brother?"

The very wealthy badger narrowed his dark beady eyes, glaring the small dog infront of him. The tears that escaped her pushed him over the edge and he sighed.

"Alright young lady, but promise me you will only use this for food."He smiled and pulled out his wallet handing Casey a five dollar bill.
"Of course Mister!" Casey squealed as excitedly as she could make it seem.

Unknown to the large badger, Lucas had snuck up behind him and seen which pocket the wallet had been placed in, and with and amazing amount of dexterity Lucas picked the wallet out of the badger's pocket and ran off with Casey right on his heels. Unfortunately neither of the twins the very large woman in a dark trench coat following them.

The Twins had almost reached the abandoned warehouse that they were living in when a they bumped into the large figure on the unlit alleyway leading to their makeshift home.
"So what are you two runts doing running around here by yourselves?" a cruel voice demanded from the shadows of the alley.

Casey had already decided she didn't like the woman in the trench coat and toque, in the darkness of the alleyway it was impossible to make out any of her facial features except her snout which suggested that she was of canine or possibly lupine decent.

Lucas could see the a familiar flame of anger in his twin's eyes and quickly tried to save face,
"We were just heading home mame, this is a shortcut to our house." Lucas was lying through his teeth. An annoyed glare from the newcomer was enough of and explanation. She knew he was lying.

"Really? Is that what the two of you were doing? So you went going to spend the money that you stole from the badger back there you dirty two bit thief!" Lucas felt like her eyes were burrowing him, he had begun to openly sweat and his tail was lashing from side to side vigorously.
It was around this time Casey had decided that the large canine had been bothering them for long enough.

"Leave him alone you whore!" Casey shouted as she threw herself at the much larger woman. Before Casey knew what happened she found herself at Lucas's feed with her vision beginning to tunnel until there was nothing but darkness.

Lucas could believe what he had just saw. He knew his sister didn't really get into many fights, but living alone in a large city always meant that there was someone trying to get in a scrap. Lucas had seen his sister put a couple people on the ground and he knew she could take care of herself in that department, but the way the woman had redirected Casey's punch, hit her on the temple and toss her aside like a rag doll was unbelievable!

It was then when the woman decided to give the twins (well Lucas actually due to the fact Casey was out cold) her ultimatum,
"Alright boy," she spat at Lucas " here is the deal, i have a group that needs a couple people with your specific skill set..." This change of attitude surprised Lucas due to the fact that not a minute ago she had be accusing them of theft and his sister was still unconscious in the cold Canadian snow.

"You still listening boy?"

"Yes mame"

"As i was saying, for your age and without any training you and your... what is she your sister? Ah whatever you both have potential and i would like to be the one that helps the two of you become the best you can be. Who knows one good haul in this business an you may never have to work again."

Lucas didn't know what to say, his mind had been racing form simply being called a thief. Now some random stranger was offing to make himself and Casey better thieves, but she had also knocked out his poor little sister. He didn't like it but the deal was far to good to pass up, they were stealing to survive and this was a possible way out.

"Alright mame, we accept" Lucas declared picking up the dead weight that was his sister.

"One more thing boy, try and teach your sister to control her tongue. It could be the death of her."

The next 4 years of their lives had been quite repetitive, they trained 7 hours a day learning everything a thief could possibly need to know. They learned how to pick hundreds of different types of locks, how to hotwire cars, how to lie like it was a second language, how to tell the difference between authentic and fake artwork antiques ect. , and weapons training with everything from sticks and stones to assault rifles and explosives. They had even gotten masters of many different martial arts to help defend themselves if they got stuck in between a rock and a hard place. The Twins had become master Everything had been funded by the woman they had met that night in Toronto.

The now eighteen year old Lucas made his way to the cellar door silently praying to himself. He held his breath as he opened it.

"Well look at this, two rats holed up in a cellar!" chuckled the large woman who Lucas now knew as Kona Caron.

A malamute who always seemed to be in a dark trench coat, she had short black hair which just seemed to blend in with the rest of the fur on the back of her body. Even for a malamute she had a lot of dark fur, in fact almost all of her body fur was black except for her snout and around her eyes.

Casey felt the resentment boiling up inside her, no matter how much Kona had done for herself and Lucas, Casey knew she would never really like her.

"So i take it the job went well?" Kona asked in a much more serious tone.
"Of course it did! Were not amateurs you know!"Casey said sweetly, but there was venom in her tone, with that she tossed the diamond to Kona.

Casey rolled her eyes when she noticed how Kona just stared at the diamond, like a child getting a new toy.
"Not bad you two." Kona stated gruffly "Not bad at all, check your ThiefNet later this week, you should find more money transferred to you account to get you two by until the next job."

With that Kona mad her leave slamming the door on her way out.
Lucas's knees almost buckled form the immense amount of relief, he sighed and smiled at his sister.
"Lucas?"

"Hmm what is it Casey?"

"Why didn't you tell he about Cooper? Or Inspector Fox for that matter?"

This time it was Lucas turn to laugh "Because the last thing we need is that woman breathing down our necks. Believe me when she hears SOMEONE managed to piss off the most notorious criminal in the world right now, as well as the top Inspector at Interpol for that matter. Another reason to avoid talking about Ms. Fox would be because Kona will have to buy you a new motorcycle!"

"FUCK she is going to kill me!" Casey was suddenly reminded about who was paying for all of their necessities, comforts, and as well a vehicles, and if memory served correctly that bitch loved her money...

"Its fine sis!" Lucas knew his sister was hated Ms. Caron, but she could absolutely never admit it otherwise they would have no assents, resources or shelter for that matter.

"She cares about making money so i doubt she is gonna come check up on us until were are done the next job. We can just share my bike until then."Lucas pulled his sister into a brotherly hug,

"Its gonna be fine sis, we are the gonna do a couple jobs until we have enough money the we can disappear."

Casey sighed and simply whispered "Okay Dad." a quiet laugh escaped her and Casey realised how tired she actually was. She had quite a busy night and it was a great feeling to know it was over. Lucas laid his sister down on the couch they had "borrowed" from a pub down the street, then threw himself down on his sleeping bag.

"I know you wouldn't have wanted us to do this Dad, but i don't have a choice. It's keeping us alive and we may actually be able to make enough money to live like normal people someday. I just wish you were here to tell me what to..." Lucas fell asleep before he could finish his thought.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sly cooper characters! i own my own OC characters an the plot that is it!

A/N sorry for the wait, just took a while to write simply because i am not a creative person, i had to think of all this and that is a accomplishment for me, anyway not reall