(Ok. In know it was a while since I last updated, but I have a good reason. I was on vacation! And my family didn't want me to bring my laptop so unfortunately I was unable to work on this chapter for a while. But here it is finally! *Throws confetti* )

"Your name is umm... Raphael. Raphael Fox. And I'm your... mother."

Those few words seemed to fill in a few of the gaps the boy had in his memories and he accepted the lie for what it was. He didn't have anything else to hold onto as any knowledge about who he is or where he is now, so I guess 'Raphael' just took any info he had and thought of it as the truth which was a relief for me since it calmed him down a bit, I was just lucky seeing as how I had a similar police badge to the one printed on his shirt and the fact that I'm a fox that the boy then had confidence I was indeed his mother. Poor thing. And seeing as how children don't usually leave their parents in a place they have never been to before I had a feeling that this kid won't be going anywhere so I decided to un-handcuff him rather than leave him there locked up on a chair, as much as I would like to see a certain someone else locked up there.

"So. After I am done working we will head home and get you to bed. Though your mama does work late so be ready to stay up for a while. There are some cookies here if you get hungry." I said thinking that rather than letting the bribery material go to waste, I might as well use it to my advantage. The kid seemed to acknowledge at least the fact that we were going to be here a while as he began to wonder around my office and explore this new place in the time we were spending here while I got to work on reviewing the security tape footage. Interpol let me keep a few security cameras of my own in the museums so then I can keep an eye on any thieves, especially ringtailed ones. So rewinding the clip I found myself looking at the moment that Sly walked into the exhibition room and looked at the item on display, which was a cane similar to what Sly always carried around, but this one had a platinum hook on it instead of ringtail's golden one. I mean he already has a cane, does he really need a second one? Then again he won't be getting it for a while since I brought it back with the Kid. Anyways, there was a bit of wait as he stood there and what looked like talking to himself, which was probably wrong and was speaking to Bentley somehow as he was probably the only one with enough brains to do get a plan going for these heists.

After that I saw the raccoon sneaking up behind me and beginning to reach for the remote I had in between my chest, I thought for sure it would've worked. But then again these are men I'm dealing with, I should've expected that good for nothing raccoon was also a low-down pervert! But what came next was what puzzled me. The cameras cut off just as Sly was going to grab the remote, and then after a bit of static they came back and the kid was there amongst the broken glass and holding onto the cane. So even with the recording software I was unable to see how 'Raphael' got into the museum because of that strange event. That both frustrated me, and intrigued me as it gave me even more reason on finding out on who this kid is and where he came from.

"I'll have to get the forensics do a DNA check on him tomorrow." I said getting up and taking a look at what the kid was doing currently. It seemed my old case files were the most interesting things to him as he was currently reading through them and looked almost absorbed into the information and reading as his eyes were glued to the files. I thought the first thing he'd get interested by would be something shiny in my office, but it seemed he was more interested in reading. At least he remembered how to do that. And it's a good thing as it was going to be a long night for the both of us, but I couldn't shake off the feeling that 'Raphael' was a little too absorbed into the case file, he almost looked like me when I was trying to figure out how Cooper always escapes. I haven't seen a look like that in a while.

*Sly's P.O.V*

We made it back to the Safe House all in one piece and not a single one of us arrested, and we were currently discussing on what events happened back at the museum as apparently Bentley was quite intrigued. "What happened back there Sly? Make sure to tell me everything." Bentley said. And that was a good question. Everything was going normally and just as planned until that little hiccup happened in the room with the case.

"Well things were going to plan. There weren't any lasers at all so I couldn't have tripped over any of those, I then tried to grab the remote from Carmelita's... you know." I replied not wanting to mention the 'b' word.

"Yes I know. A valiant effort and noble sacrifice."

"And then when I was about to grab it there was a flash. Something, or someone, crashed on top of the casing and set of the alarm before I could get the remote which then lead to a certain inspector getting mad at me and pointing her favourite shock pistol straight at my face before the sound of an injured kid interrupted our little meeting and I took that opportunity to scram."

"Yes. Now, if you'll come with me I want to show you something." Me and Murray followed behind Bentley as he lead us over to his lab and brought us to a place where there were tons of computer screens, some of which were on and others were off, with the ones that were on having video footage of multiple of the heist locations. "You see... while Murray and I were in the van I quickly hacked into the security cameras Carmelita always has up and downloaded the footage that was currently on camera and I found something interesting."

"Wait. If you watched the video then why did you need me to tell you what happened?" I asked as the recalling of the events now seemed redundant.

"Well I do like a good story every once in a while. But I also wanted to build a little suspense. Anywho, take a good look at the second screen on the left as it should have the security tape playing." Bentley said. We all began to re-watch the heist take place up until the point when I was making a reach for the remote before the tape went out and the screen went all fuzzy, which got me interested and Murray confused.

"Hey! What happened to the video?" Murray said as Bentley then began to work on typing something into the computer.

"You see Murray... there was a strong electrical disturbance within the museum as all of the electronics shut down for a second." Bentley explained while the video came back on and showed the rest of the film before ending. "Now because of the disturbance there was a distortion in the footage which caused it to go fuzzy like that and be unviewable. But if I can just get this last coding right..." the film began to reverse until just before the glitch happened and Bentley played it again but this time things didn't cut out. "It should be able to play without interference!" We watched again as there was now a flash of light which although blurred the camera a slight bit, we were still able to see what was going on, and what that happened was there was a ball of white light that appeared for a second just above the casing before disappearing again and the alarms went off as the kid had fallen from the light orb and right on top of the cane.

"So that kid fell from the orb of light." I said before my wise and intellectual colleague interrupted me.

"Correction. He appeared from within the orb before falling. Which when you put together with the electrical disturbance can give us a few different answers. Either he was teleported, he jumped between dimensions, the universe is beginning to become unstable and is adding or removing things form existence, he is an alien that teleported, or he used a device somewhat similar to my time-traveling machine judging by the electric waves the orb gave off to the electronics. But in order for the latter to happen, the machine must've been with him when he travelled."

"But it doesn't look like he has one on him."

"Precisely. So either someone else has a time machine and is causing all kinds of mischief, or this kid might be related to someone we may or may not know. Not to mention he along with Carmelita now have your cane."

"So what does this mean exactly?" I asked wondering where this was going.

"Well what this means is that we might have another cane thief, time-traveller, or some kind of other phenomenon happening currently. But whatever it is, that cane and kid are at the centre of it. So we have to get as much information as we can on him one way or another." Bentley said as he moved away from the computer and towards us to speak to us in a more polite way. "Either we go kidnapping and take a look at the kid ourselves, which might be a suicide mission considering Carmelita is probably looking after him. Or we go into Interpol HQ disguised and hopefully be there when they do the forensics test. We need to get information on who we're dealing with one way or another before we go on any other course of action."

"I vote for Plan B. Kidnapping isn't really my thing seeing as how Coopers only steal treasure. And besides, with Carmelita, that kid will be watched 24/7." I said as we all began to understand the plan and what was going down. I got a reassuring nod from both Bentley and shortly afterwards Murray.

"Alrighty then! Prepare yourselves for the next day because... Tomorrow, we infiltrate the one place no thief or criminal ever dares to go... Interpol HQ."

(Third chapter done! *Fist pump* Well, now that I've done that and proven I can count higher than Valve can. I think that's time for me to get working on the next chapter/play some SSB Wii U. And thanks DonTheHero. Whereas for your question I have a single answer for you: Suspense -w- )