(Number 6 let's go! Sorry for not updating in so long, things were getting busy for me IRL and I couldn't really get to work as fast and because of that I had a lack of muse to so I was extra stumped by Writer's Block. But I've finally pulled through and managed to get Chapter 6 up. So enjoy!)
"COOPER!" The one voice that spread throughout the entirety of the Interpol Headquaters was one filled with rage, confusion and many other bad emotions as Carmelita found out along with the rest of us that this Raphael kid, was actually the son of me and the inspector. I found myself both proud and happy along with shocked, confused, in-denial, and most of all, scared mainly from the wrath of the inspector the next time she sees me. And I can't blame her. Seeing as how our relationship is a bit on the dangerous side with her growing a bit agitated at my more recent capers, to learn that the very same person she's been trying to imprison actually knocked her up is not a good thing.
And let's just say that I didn't take the news well either as I happened to faint upon hearing the information myself, which alerted the others and also made my wig come loose unfortunately. Which made the situation even worse.
*Bentley's P.O.V*
It was certainly was interesting seeing the results come up onto the screen. Unexpected? Not really seeing as it was one of the variables on how Raphael even came through that portal, well, the time travel thing seeing as how that makes the most sense. Unless it was something else that happened but my money still is on the time travel hypothesis.
Now usually Sly was the calm one of the group and always kept his cool. But unfortunately since the news was so shocking he went from being as cool as a cucumber to in a pickle as he fainted and his wig came off, which combined with a certain fox policewoman right next to Sly, made Carmelita realise who was under the disguise and her rage increased even further which I doubted was possible. Then again Sly's relationship with her was a bit... hazardous to begin with, so her anger with him might know no bounds, but they'll fix it up later if Raphael is any evidence of that.
I quickly looked over to Bentley and did a head motion to tell him to pick Sly up before decided to grab her shock pistol again, meanwhile I took the cane that Carmelita brought in and got ready to leave. Once Murray got Sly over his shoulder, he also happened to strap Carmelita down to the testing seat before she blew which gave us a bit of time to escape, from her at least. Interpol would be difficult to go through, that is if we weren't on the same side of the building as our van was.
We got out of there as fast as we could and made our way to the end of the hallway where the side of the building was, though we did alert quite a few other Interpol Officers we still managed to get through all of them with Murray's brawn and then with one giant tackle, he even busted down the wall and we fell into the open roof of the van just as we planned our escape. I placed down the cane carefully amongst our other cargo and Sly before Murray spoke once more.
"Hang on little buddy. The Murray is in the driver's seat!" he said as I took that as a signal for 'buckle up and hang on'. I made sure that Sly was buckled into his seat too before doing my strap myself and we sped out of the alleyway to being our escape from the police who might be after our tails. All we had to do was loose them and then we could head back to base. But I had the strange feeling that we were also being watched from somewhere close, somewhere very close.
*Carmelita P.O.V*
Oh I can't BELIVE that damned RACCOON! First of all Sly had the guts to sneak into Interpol HQ AGAIN! Then he has the audacity to dress up like a woman and probably stole those from one of the actual professors, and then I learn that he impregnated me at some point and now we have a kid!... Speaking of which I wonder where my supposed 'son' was as he wasn't in the room with me, did the Cooper gang really stoop as low as to kidnap? No, they wouldn't go that far. But I still needed to get someone to untie the straps on the chair so then I can go look for him, which lead to me waiting there for a bit before someone found me and untied me from the chair. "Gracias, by the way. Did you see a fox boy around HQ? Yellow collar, 10 years old, police badge print on his shirt?" I asked the co-worker as he nodded and gave me a bit of confidence as if this kid is my son then I need to keep a better eye on him and make sure that he doesn't get into any trouble.
"I actually did see him. Though you might not like this..." The man said to me as I was both loosing patience and beginning to get just the slightest bit worried.
"Well? Are you just going to stand there all day or are you going to spit it out?"
"Well when I saw him he was hanging on to the back of that giant hippo that came crashing through the halls of HQ with the other cooper gang members. Though it looked like the hippo, I think his name was Murray as you've said before, didn't notice the kid was on him. So either that kid will hide, or he'll be caught and who knows what will happen. Though I gotta feel sorry for whoever's the parent of that kid. To have your child go away with a gang of thieves that are most wanted, that'd suck pretty ba-" If that man said ONE MORE THING I swear I was going to KILL HIM! At least I managed to get the message across with a glare because he shut up the minute I looked at him, then he ran away and resumed with his work.
As I stood there with my hand on my forehead as I couldn't believe that Raphael was getting into all kinds of troubles now, even more so with the cooper gang. When I get him back I... I... I'll be happy he came back and might give him a hug. Before punishing him and grounding him for what he did. But first I need to find where the Cooper Gang actually was. Those 3 might be good at hiding and getting away but Raphael might've left a clue somewhere along the road. Then if that was the case all we need to do is get a tracker and they can lead us to Sly's base, letting us get back Raphael and forcing the Cooper Gang to go without a roof over their heads and we'll have them practically flushed out. That is unless they actually have houses of their own to sleep in, which they probably would otherwise they'd be hobos.
*Sly's P.O.V*
We managed to make an escape from Interpol HQ even after alerting the whole building full of policemen and policewomen, some of which were still after us but they didn't have a clue where we were, and using that chance, Murray drove us to the safe house in order to plan things out and find out who that kid was. After all, if someone else did use a time machine that means we might have another Le Paradox problem on our hands. But instead of erasing the past, they're erasing the Cooper future.
I talked to Bentley on the matter and he too was puzzled about what was going on, but at least we had a similar idea of what was going on. If someone was going ahead to the future and throwing future Coopers into the past then how are we supposed to track them? Well, my esteemed and well educated friend had an idea. If we were able to get that kid and some of the DNA that's at Interpol HQ, then reverse engineering Bentley's Time Machine should lead us towards the future instead of the past. Though he did say that we'd have to do some tests first, should we not want to experience any... 'side effects'.
Still, when we were making our way to the Safe House I saw the cane that we 'borrowed' was getting into weird angles and even moving in a strange manner, like it was moving without falling to one side as if someone was holding it up. I shook the feeling off however as we finally made it to the one place where we'll be safe for now.
Once I got out I went to the back of the fan to take what was rightfully mine only to see that it was on the other side of the van. Now if I know a thing or two it's that canes don't exactly move around like that, much less on their own, so I had a feeling that something or someone was behind this. I grabbed my cane form my back since if I went to the other side the other cane would probably move back to the other side and we'd be stuck doing the same thing over and over again.
I carefully and quickly hooked my cane onto the other and lifted it up, sure with a bit of hassle since something was weighing it down. And there I found that same Raphael kid from Interpol! Or as I should probably address him now, Raphael my son.
The kid was holding onto the base of the Cane's handle and wasn't letting go even though he was caught and his cover was blown already, instead he held on tight and said to me. "This belongs to Mama and me! Why'd you have to steal it?!" It seems that he really was the son of Carmelita, he's almost as stubborn as her. But for now it seems that we got both of the things we needed to get to work on this case and we can begin to learn who's behind this. But first we needed to get the kid onto our side otherwise he'll just resist and not let go of the cane. To be honest, it's better when Carmelita does it.
(Chapter 6 ended! It seems that things are getting even more hazardous for poor Sly and his relationship with Carmelita. I wonder who could've done that... Oh yeah. Me :3 Anywho, if you liked this chapter then make sure to leave a review down below, fave, follow since it'd mean a lot to me. And I'll see you guys in the next chapter. When and if that comes out that is.)
