AN Ah, I'm finally back. Sorry it took so long, but I had a bug in my system deleting everything I typed, and family affairs prevented me from fixing it for awhile. Now, if I recall the events of the previous chapter correctly, we left off as Sly was about to have his first heist with the ACES suit. Lets see how a suit of armor that grants him super-human, er super-animal, abilities can aid him. And its time for one of the games running gags, the almighty circle button! And as before, all credit for Dr. Wenzel goes to MoleFreak23 from the Sly Cooper Wiki. And without further a due, we begin the operation.

Sly 5: Return of the Thievious Raccoonus

Ch 5: Her Dokter's Thieving Remedy

As I looked over at the warehouse district that held my mark, a familiar feeling swept through my veins, the rush of adrenaline coursing through me. This was what I lived for, this was my calling. It would be a simple heist, at least, I'm hoping that it will be. Looking at my surroundings, I could see one clear path to the building that I needed to enter. It even had most of the things I needed to use my thieving abilities on, as the mysterious blue sparkles were present all around the place. There were also some new kind of markers, but these were appearing on my HUD, not the actual area. I figured that meant that some of my suits abilities would be useful there. "Well, I'll get to those soon, now it is time to re-grasp the basics", I told myself. With that, I lunged of the roof top and and on to another.

I ran across the rooftop and to the edge, but I didn't stop, just used my speed to lunge across to the next roof top, oblivious to the guards below, and I was thankful for that. The big, burly owls had some weird kind of spray rig hooked to their backs that shot some type of acid. Fortunately, it was to heavy to let them fly. If figured my armor could take it, but I didn't want to be painfully proven wrong. I came to the edge of the next roof top on my way. It was to far to jump, as there wasn't enough room to pick up speed, even with the suit. However, there was a power line leading to the next roof, and to a thief's eyes, it would be encased in a sea of sparkles. "Time for old Tennessee Kid Cooper's Rail walk. Just jump and hit the circle button. One of these days, I need to find out what that means." I mused. But I had no time for those thoughts as my next building required wall hooks to climb. Once more, I leaped and hit whatever the circle button was to climb the wall. When I reached the top, It seemed that there was nowhere to go, as all the surrounding buildings were much taller than the one that I stood on. My suit had the answerer in the form of a grappling hook. Looking at a point on the neighboring building, I pressed the circle button to launch the grappling hook. This wasn't as vexing, as the suit literally had a button in it with a red circle on it as the trigger for whatever I had chosen to use. I swung across the gap and scaled the building. I stopped at the top when I saw a guard waiting up there, his back turned. I could see that his back pocket was glowing, meaning that he was a prime target for pick-pocketing. Silently sneaking up behind him, I pulled out my cane and slid it into his pocket and pulled out a key and a small diamond, worth a few coin, at least 200. "God thing this suit has a Theifnet account." I mumbled. Well, this guard was of no use anymore, so I might as well knock his lights out. "Lets see, uppercut into the air, place hook in collar, and spin like a tornado for Silent Obliteration." I said aloud as I did each of these steps on the poor thug. Never knew what hit him. I looked at his uniform and saw that he was the head goon for this Dokter's little army, so I figured that the key must be important. Well, I could reach the warehouse from here with the glider pack on my suit. I just run off the building, leapt forward, and hit the circle button. A quick glide latter, I was beside a locked skylight, and wouldn't you know it, the key had had seemed to fit perfectly. Slipping in, I landed in a office like room. Judging from the amount of decor, this had to be the good Dokter's room. I figured that he must keep that weird eye of his in here somewhere, probably in a wall safe. A lovely painting of the Rhine River hanging on the wall confirmed my suspicions. A four digit dial safe greeted me. Normally, this would take a bit of hunting to find the code, but my suit had an answer to this it the form of a x-ray setting that could identify what numbers each dial was set to. The number 1871 was the combination, a good one for a German.

As the door tumbled open, a sight from my flashback earlier greeted me. A single yellow metal eye, straight off the face of the monster from my memory. Images flashed in front of my eyes, of a fight above a volcano, a demented spider, a pair of green legs crushed under an immense weight. In each of these, the same woman appeared. In the first, she stood on a walkway, shooting the monster. In the second, she was strapped to the table under some machine that the eye was hooked to, the spider laughing evilly. In the last, she was... by my side, as the hippo I fought earlier tried to pry the monster's mouth open with the vixen and my help? What is with my memory? The hippo had tried to get me, so why was I trying to help him? And for that matter, who was the girl? She was in almost every flashback I had had, she must be important. A final image went before me, a large red ruby on a pedestal in a private collectors home, seemingly out of place until I took it, the same woman on my tail. That may be important, as the eye brought back some of my memories, so should that rock..I set the computer in the suit to find the ruby. It was worth a shot anyways, as it would be something new to steal, as long as a thief had it. But first, I need to e vac, as I realized that I had tried a silent alarm! This was bad. A window provided an escape route with the grappling hook to send me out. But before that, I grabed a few documents from his old company, and left my calling card, a blue raccoon's head wearing a mask, something that was feared around the world. As I went through the window, the Cassowary entered, a weird gun in hand, screaming curses in English and German. I would make sure Interpol had his location shortly, but these documents would also prove what he had said before he went criminal, that his former employers were to blame. These would find their way into Interpol's hands as well.

Dr. Wenzel's POV: "Well," I said after I had calmed down," I'm ruined. That card is is Cooper's, he has probably called the cops by now. I need to get out of here." But first, I need to make a call to someone who I knew could make use of my services. The phone rang once and was promptly picked up.

"Helo?"

"It's me, Dr. Wenzel. I remember that you had contacted me, asking for my services. Well, they are yours now, Fraulein. Cooper has returned and stolen the Clock-Werk eye."

"Come to these coordinates, I'm actually near Paris"

"Ya, Fraulein. My chemical compositions and potions are at your services, Fraulien Penelope."

Sly's POV : The on-board computer head apperaed, with information on the ruby I had seen. It was the Fire Stone of India, a massive 50 lb ruby worth several million. It had recently been stolen from Bombay by a insane mad woman by the name of Li-Chan, current location, Tokyo. Not much info was on her was pulled up, so I would do my research on her on my way to the Land of the Rising Sun.

With memory in part whole, the last Cooper

shall make his way to the Orient, an

ancient land now on the forefront

of the modern day. But how

much is from now, and

how much is of the

future yet to be?

All will unfold

in due time.

AN: Well, a bit shorter than I liked, but hey, it was meant as a tutorial. Well, my next chapter will contain an OC of my own design, but not the one given here. Also, little challenge. Find out why the number 1871 is important to Germany. Trust me, it is easier to find out than my previous ones. Well, net time will be a bit different. Indded, some might even think it is from another story entirely. Ponder over what I meant with the next time part my good readers, and I hope to see you all soon. If you got something to say, put it all in that box at the bottom. Sayonara readers, Fannus Obscurus signing off.