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Sly Cooper and the Gang in:

Not the Only One

1. Replaced?

“I’LL FIND YOU, COOPER,” yelled Carmelita, saying the same line as usual, “DON’T YOU FORGET IT!!!”

“I sure won’t Carmelita!” Sly Cooper said back, “I’ll be sure to give you a lead on our next heist!”

Sly and his gang had managed to pull off another great and successful heist. Things had been going well for them in the past week-and-a-half. They have previously stolen a rare painting of France, one of Egypt’s golden Sphinxes, and managed to throw an uprising criminal behind bars. Yep, it seemed like EVERYTHING was nice and orderly with the Cooper Gang.

All except for one person: Inspector Fox. This past week has driven her crazy with rage because the ring-tailed creature has managed to get away with everything. Back at her headquarters, she began filling out paperwork on other cases that needed to be solved. Suddenly…

“Miss Inspector Fox,” Yelled a voice on the P.A., “Please come in my office.”

She sighed out of frustration. It was her boss, Ken Puma, the new head of Interpol and The Contessa’s replacement. He was fairly nice and generous to the cops and criminals alike, unlike Contessa, who used her powers for trickery and deception. Carmelita didn’t want to deal with him at the time. She was highly stressed. In fact, she didn’t want ANYONE bothering her today.

“Carmelita!” called Ken over the P.A. again, this time a bit more serious, “Come in my office, please.”

Now, even more frustrated, Carmelita had no choice but go to his office. Ken can be nice, but he sure can be strict at times too! While entering his office, she opened the door quite abruptly, as if she was trying to tear it off.

“OH! There you are, Carmelita.” Ken said, quite taken aback from the sudden entrance, “Have a seat.”

“Mr. Puma sir, I’d rather stand.” She answered

“Oh, but I insist, please sit.”

Trying her hardest not to anger her boss, and herself, she sat down in the chair with an angry face.

“Do you know why I called you into my office, Miss Fox?”

“Because… I’ve neglected the capture of Sly Cooper. I’ll understand if you want to fire me.”

“FIRE YOU? Are you out of your mind? Carmelita, you’re the best cop we have on the force! That’s the last thing I would ever resort to. So one criminal got away, its no big, right?”

“You really don’t know Sly Cooper do you?”

“What is there that I’m not knowing?”

“I’ve been trying to catch him for over three years and he’s managed to slip past me every time. Not to mention, he’s getting more people in his little gang. He’s not only a criminal here in Paris, but everywhere else around the world and--.”

She stopped herself when she realized something

“And he’s probably robbing something right NOW!!”

While she was talking, her boss was drinking from a cup of coffee. When she said this, her boss turned to the side and spewed the coffee out of his mouth

“MS. FOX!! Calm down, alright?” he exclaimed, “He’s done a heist already. Why would he do another one right now?”

“Because I know that sneaky ring-tail and his gang more than all of you here combined!”

“I’m forbidding you to go out of this office and go after him!”

“WHAT? Cooper is bound to be RIGHT OUTSIDE SOMEWHERE!!”

“This is why I brought you in here, Carmelita. Sly Cooper is controlling your life, your thoughts, your motives, and pretty soon, your future.”

“He will not.”

“Why are you saying that now? Didn’t you just tell me that you were pursuing him for three years already? That’s three years of your life down the drain.”

“I’m not obsessed with the ringtail, Ken”

Showing disrespect to your boss would bring an immediate suspension from the Contessa, but since Ken was nice, he brought her to her small work office. Along the walls of her office were black and white photos of Sly Cooper Murray, and Bentley. There were torn pieces of newspaper that talked of Sly Cooper and his heists. She even held on to the rare stamp that he stole and mailed back to her. She said she uses that as evidence.

“NOW do you see? He’s controlling your life!”

Carmelita sighed and said,” I guess you’re right… and maybe I do need to relax a bit.”

“That’s the spirit! And in the meantime, I’ll find someone else to stay on the Sly Cooper case. You relax.”

“Whom are you replacing me with?”

“Miss Hayate.”

“Have I seen her before?”

“No. She just joined two days ago.”

“YOU’RE GIVING A ROOKIE COP AN EXPERT CRIMINAL?”

“Calm down, Carmelita. You didn’t let me finish. The most elite cops around the world have trained her. She’s also had three other jobs on the force as well. You really didn’t think I’d put someone inexperienced on Cooper’s case, did you?

“O-of course not! I knew you wouldn’t let me down.”

She began laughing uneasy.

‘I sure hope they know what they’re doing…’ she thought