The Thief and Voodoo

chapter 3

well people I'm back, and I'm sure you're all confused about a few things. Let me explain the points I'm talking about.

I changed the age difference to have them both be the same age, that way it would be more realistic for a relationship.

The fiendish five have not yet attempted to end Sly's parents, and they have not stolen the thievius raccoonus.

Sly's parents are alive, but the reason Sly is already out being a thief is because his parents suggested he get a head start.

And finally, he met Murray and Bentley when he was a young boy.

So now that everything is covered, let's get on with the story.

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Ruby didn't know what the expect as she decided to take up Raleigh's offer and was given the instructions to getting to an undisclosed location. When she got there, she was surprised to see Raleigh, and a few others already there. After she was offered a seat by the one who appeared to be a mechanical owl, she was given the opportunity to hear why they became part of the group.

Raleigh was the first to go as he sat on the table for everyone to see him. He went on to explain that he had become a wealthy frog since he was young. But overtime, he grew bored with the wealthy lifestyle and turned to a life of crime and caused ships to crash by making it constantly rain where he was.

The large dog named Muggshot was the next to go. He went on to explain that he use to be the runt of the litter and was constantly picked on because of it. It wasn't until he watched gangster movie that he was motivated to be like them and eventually grew tough and strong, before he took over a local city and filled it full of casino's for anyone to gamble.

The third one to go was Panda King. He explained that he had been fascinated with fireworks as a child, and spent his whole life perfecting in the art. When he went to present his work to the noblemen, they rejected him due to him having nothing but ragged clothing on. That had caused him to become furious with them and intended to make them all pay.

The fourth one was the mechanical owl that seemed to be the most dangerous from what she could tell. His name was Clockwerk. The only thing he explained was that He would wipe out the Cooper clan. Hearing this caused Ruby to narrow her eyes. Luckily she was able to keep her temper in check as she needed to keep cool.

Soon the four members turned to her to hear her history. She thought about whether or not she should tell the truth. If she did that, they would probably try and get rid of her considering she was friends with a member of the Cooper clan. Luckily, she was able to easily come up with a lie that involved her being picked on as a child and creating an army of ghosts to take vengeance. That seemed to be good enough with them as they didn't seem to acknowledge it was a lie.

"Well Mz. Ruby, before you can join our group, you must pass a test first." replied Clockwerk who pressed a red button on the table as several doors opened up and various thugs of different kinds came into the room with different weapons. "You must defeat all of these criminals."

Ruby stood up and gave the mechanical owl a glare before turning around and getting in a ready stance. The thugs chose that as the opportunity to strike and charged at her with their weapons at the ready.

Ruby's hands glowed with a light blue glow as she brought them up and several spirit cat arose from the ground and began to fight against the criminals. They didn't do much damage as each of their strikes merely passed through their bodies.

Ruby merely stood there and let the spirits fight for her and took a glance at the table with the other criminals. Each one seemed to like it as it looked like she made others fight for her. But she already knew that she would have to fight directly to make it seem real. So when one of the criminals got close enough, she ducked his sloppy punch and delivered an open palm strike to his stomach. The strike knocked the air out of him and gave Ruby an opening to deliver a roundhouse kick that sent him into a group of others that had been surrounded by her spirit cats.

She soon looked around her to see that all the thugs and criminals were either knocked out, or were shaking in fright from her spirits. She heard clapping and turned to see the members applauding her work. All except Clockwerk.

Clockwork merely sat there as he stared at the alligator that easily passed the test. No doubt she would be a valuable asset to the group. But what was this foreboding feeling he was having?

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(Skip ahead to after Sly defeats Muggshot.)

"This is impossible. A little pipsqueak like you, beating a big strong bruiser like me? It ain't right. You want all of that stupid picture book, you gonna have to go down to Haiti, and cross paths with Mz. Ruby. And believe me, you don't want to be you." Replied Muggshot as he lied on the chandelier of his very own hideout.

Sly on the other hand, blocked out the rest of what the dog was saying as soon as he heard the name Ruby. The only Ruby he knew was his first childhood friend. But it couldn't be her that Muggshot was talking about. The Ruby he had known his whole life was sweet and shy.

If he was however talking about the same Ruby, he didn't want to think about that for one second. The main focus was that he and his pals needed to head to Haiti, and try to reclaim more parts of the thievius raccoonus.

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sorry people for there not being enough action in this for ya. I'll try to make the next chapter have a lot of fluff between the two considering he's heading her way. Anyways, enjoy and keep reading.