Chapter 2

A Trap

Several months rolled by and Carmelita returned to her work at Interpol catching criminals and bringing them to justice. But, unfortunately, her work tends to leave criminals injured with shattered collar bones, cracked ribs, missing teeth and broken arms also because they usually tend to make fun of her relationship with Sly thus making her angry. This began to become a growing concern with her co workers including Chief Barkley. One day at Interpol, Carmelita was bringing in a lioness with a black ponytail. The two arrive in front of the receptions desk and the receptionist is in complete surprise.

"Oh my god. What did you do this one, Inspector Fox?!" the receptionist asks.

"Three fractured ribs." she answers. "I'll take her down to the lockup."

"Listen Carmelita, in case you want to talk, I'm available." the receptionist recommended but Carmelita doesn't reply. "No? Oh, okay."

Down in the holding cells, Carmelita escorted her prisoner to her cell. While she passed the other cells, all of the prisoners in those cells began to growl and hiss at her because she not only arrested them, but left them with injuries.

"You're dead when I get out of here, Inspector Fox!"

"You broke my arm, bitch!"

"You better sleep with an eye open, cop hag!"

But even as the inmates growled and hissed at her, Inspector Fox ignored them and escorted her prisoner until they eventually arrive to a cell. She opens the cell door, shoves the lioness in, and slams the cell door shut. Later, she makes her way up to the upper floors and makes her way to her office but is stopped by one of her co workers.

"Inspector Fox, Chief Barkley wants to see you."

"Alright, thanks Knox." she replies and heads for Chief Barkley's office. She arrives to the chief's office and enters inside.

"You wanted to see me, sir?" Carmelita asks.

"Yes, Inspector Fox. The reason I wanted to see you is because the past few months you've arrested and brought in over two dozen criminals." Barkley comments.

"Is that a problem, sir?"

"As a matter of fact it is, Inspector Fox. Most of your arrests have left your catches with fractured collar bones, cracked ribs, broken arms and legs and most importantly, missing teeth." the chief explains.

"Oh yeah, I forgot."

The chief lets out a sigh and says, "Look, you cannot just go and beat up criminals whenever your upset. Not only is it bad for Interpol, it's going to get us sued."

"I'm sorry, sir. I just can't help that they get on my nerves."

"Yes, which is why I want you to put an end to it once and for all. Otherwise, you'll leave me no choice but to take your badge."

"But sir I…"

"No buts!" the chief says raising his voice a little. "Is that understood?"

Feeling defeated, she lets out a sigh and says, "Yes, sir."

"Good. Dismissed."

Later back in her office, Carmelita was sitting at her desk with one of her hands holding her head up. Her facial expression made it clear that she was not happy with the outcome of her conversation with Chief Barkley. But, she put it behind her and turned toward a map with thumbtacks on Venice, Prague, China, Mesa city, and etc. These were the locations of Sly's past jobs with his gang. This was a sign that Carmelita was searching for Sly but had no luck. Most times, she wondered how Sly was doing himself.

Meanwhile, Sly retuned to his gang after breaking up with Carmelita but the break up took a toll on him. His friends tried their hardest to get him out of this funk but nothing helped. But all the while, he tries hard himself to get past the pain. But all of that was going to change. One afternoon, Bentley was in his lab on Thiefnet speaking with his many friends about any potential heists. At first, things seemed fruitless, but one friend came about a potential heist in Hamburg, Germany. After a long drive to Hamburg, establishing a safehouse, and putting together a plan, the Cooper gang was now ready to pull off the job. Later that night, they had arrived to the location but were all in surprise because it was in the warehouse district. Inside one of the warehouses, Sly was walking along the catwalk over many shipping crates below him. After looking for a few minutes, he contacts Bentley and says, "Hey Bentley, I'm looking around at this place and all I'm seeing are nothing but crates. Are you sure this is the right place?"

"This is the right place, Sly. But since you've got the same suspicious feeling like me, I hacked into the security feeds throughout the entire building just to be on the safe side." Bentley replies.

Sly continues walking along the catwalk while Bentley watched the security tapes for minutes from inside the team van. He then began to notice something about one of the crates. He zooms in close, switches to x-ray and spotted an unknown device. He analyzes the device and discovers that it was a bomb and the timer read 15 seconds. He spots Sly on another monitor thus putting the pieces together and needed to get Sly out of there.

"SLY! GET OUT OF THERE NOW!"

"What's wrong, Bentley?" he asks.

"It's all a trap! The whole things been a setup! Get out of there!"

But before Sly could react, a loud explosion sound gets his attention. He turns and sees a massive explosion headed toward him thus causing him to turn and run. He ran as fast he could while the explosion followed behind him, destroying many of the other shipping crates in the warehouse. Eventually, he spots a window dead ahead of him and jumps through it and straight down into the water below. The windows shattered apart because of the explosion until finally the entire warehouse was completely destroyed. Sly pulls himself to the surface and watched as the warehouse was burning, but all he thought about was who attempted to kill him and why. But, he was pulled from his thoughts when he was pulled from the water by his good friend Murray and carried to the team van. The two arrive to the side of the van. The door opens revealing both Bentley and Penelope who pull Sly in and the door closes, engulfinf the entire van in darkness.