Okay, I know I have more than enough stories on my plate to work on but,...I just couldn't help it. For those of you who don't know, I am a HUGE Sly Cooper fan! These games took up a huge part of my childhood and I love them to pieces. When Sanzaru made Sly 4 after 7 years of waiting I was so HYPED and I absolutely ADORED the game! Some people may have issues with it, which I guess I can understand, but I personally loved it. And on top of that; it deepened my love for the SlyxCarmelita paring. Man, you thought I loved DuncanxGwen off Total Drama? Well my love for them is NOTHING compared to what I feel for these two! These two know how to make my inner fangirl shine! And so with the cliffhanger of an ending that Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time left us with, naturally there's been talk about how a fifth game would go down. This is one of my theories - at least the one I felt strongly enough about to write a story and maybe post a fan comic on my Deviantart. Well enough babbling, let's get this show on the road!

Chapter One: Paris Prologue

It had been close to five months since that night. There had been no trace of Sly Cooper or that cursed blimp. Le Paradox still remained behind bars and the damage he'd done to the past had been fixed; but that hardly made the gang feel any better. Bentley sat in his laboratory, continuously crunching data, looking for any clues as to his lost friend's whereabouts. Again, like every night since the raccoon's disappearance, he had come up with nothing to go on. The turtle pinched the bridge of his nose in utter frustration, even with all his technology and his time machine, he had come no closer to locating his friend. Grabbing his gear, he set out to the river where the blimp had vanished.

Sly had to be out there, he just had to. Bentley refused to consider any alternative. This was Sly he was talking about, the guy who'd lived through situations most people couldn't even dream of. The guy who seemed to be able to handle any obstacle thrown his way. Sly was alright and alive, he could feel it.

As he prepared to head out for the night, Bentley wondered how the other members of the gang were holding up. Dimitri was most likely in the middle of filming season one of 'Disco Diver' and Murray - the last time he'd checked - was moving up rather impressively in the ranks of the professional wrestling, keeping in fighting shape so he'd be ready for action when it was needed. The only one he hadn't heard from in a while was Inspector Carmelita Fox; although she was not officially a member of the gang, she was sure to be notified once they located him.

She had been more determined than ever to find Sly. Though she tried not to show it in public, they could all tell how distraught she was over the disappearance of the raccoon. From what he had heard, she'd began her own investigation into Sly's whereabouts, unfortunately, she also had found nothing. More impressively however, she had nearly single-handedly slowed crime in Paris to almost a hault. She had busted dozens of criminals over the past few months at a highly impressive pace.

Bentley set off into the night, hoping they would be able to track down Sly soon.

Across town, a certain vixen patrolled the dark halls of the new museum. Guard duty. Ugh. Carmelita usually disliked these meager assignments, they were - most of the time - a bit too quiet for her taste. She preferred to be out in the action. However, Chief Barkley believed she deserved the small task after all her hard work. The museum was now full of art and many other ancient artifacts, but was still in the process of getting a proper security system. Now, she was forced to play guard duty, during the sure to be long and uneventful night watch. As she patrolled the museum, a flashlight in one hand, her shock pistol strapped to her belt, Carmelita used her time to think about everything.

Namely one thing.

Sly.

Out of everyone, Carmelita undoubtably took Sly's disappearance the hardest - even though she tried so hard not to show it in public and at work. She was glad to be out of the station whenever she could. Everyone in the department was talking behind her back about the raccoon. How they knew he'd revert back to thieving eventually, how they suspected that her relationship with him had gone on even before he'd gotten "amensia". There was even a betting pool among the other officers on when Cooper would go back to his criminal ways. Hearing them talk like that frustrated her to no end. It felt like her co-workers were never going to let up on the subject.

Then again, Carmelita would be lying if she didn't see their point in some cases. As much as she didn't want to admit it; she had noticed small hints of Sly slipping into a relapse of his thieving ways, but she had ignored them, hoping that he'd changed. That maybe, she had changed him. But Sly was who he was, she had accepted that now. She missed him so much. She wanted nothing more than to talk with him and see where their relationship stood now. At this point, she almost didn't care if he was a thief anymore; she just wanted to get him back...

She had been researching everypiece of evidence that she could that would lead her to finding Sly. She had found nothing. Nada. The only thing she had found at the site was a picture of Sly and herself; which did nothing to calm her fears. She had seen Sly glance at it from time to time along their journeys through time, thinking she wouldn't notice. Now everytime she looked at it, her heart panged with guilt. She never really got to properly reconcile with him; they'd had only mere seconds back on the blimp before the thing started falling apart, she wanted to tell him she was sorry for how she had acted towards him ( albeit with some justification ) and that she still loved him. Now it felt like she never would.

Turning down another dark hallway, she entered a large room marked; Ancient Egypt Wing. All around her were old artifacts covered in hieroglyphics and a couple sarcophaguses scattered around, even a model of a mummy incased in glass. She sighed leaning against a wall, staring at the different artifacts and treasures.

If it hadn't been so dark, she might not have noticed the light blue glow coming off a large slab of stone. Her eyes darted towards it, widening as she witnessed an all-too-familiar symbol begin to appear from the light - as if someone was drawing it. The glow dimmed for just a moment as the work was completed. It was a raccoon symbol - the same Cooper used for his calling cards. Carmelita shined her flashlight onto it in awe as the glow brightened again and words appeared next to the symbol.

Trapped in Ancient Egypt, if you see this please contact Bentley the turtle, Murray the hippo, or Inspector Carmelita Fox. Please help!

Sly Cooper.

Her breath hitched in her throat for a minute. Sly. He was alive, but in ancient Egypt. Carmelita smiled, as she read the message over again. Quickly looking around to make sure she was alone, she snapped a quick photo, broke a piece off the slab that Bentley could use in the time machine and headed towards the exit. She had to contact Bentley and Murray.

"We're coming to get you Ringtail, just hang on."

Bentley arrived not soon afterwards to the site where Sly and Le Paradox's blimp had vanished. He did a quick scan of the area, seeing if anything new had popped up. Exhaustion was already sinking in, just like many nights. As he continued to search up and down the riverside he suddenly became aware of a fastly approaching vehicle coming towards his position. He barely had time to react as a police car came around the corner. He had his back to the water, trapped like a rat. He relaxed slightly as he recognized the blue-haired vixen walking towards him. Carmelita, thankfully not pointing her shock pistol at him.

"Bentley, I was hoping you'd be here." She smiled.

"You're not here to arrest me are you?" The turtle's nasally voice asked cautiously.

"No, but I've got something I think you'll want to see." Carmelita reached into her pocket and pulled out the picture. Bentley's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Y-you mean-!?"

"We've found him, I snagged a piece off the slab at the museum to use in the time machine." She presented the chunk of stone from her pocket as well.

"You stole a piece off an exhibit?" He said, shock filling his voice. Carmelita's ears flattened slightly.

"If Interpol asks about it, I'll say it was for evidence. So, when can we leave?"

"I'll have to contact Murray, and then Dimitri so he can look after the Thievious Raccoonus, so we should be able to get to Egypt by morning." Bentley said turning to head back to the safe house. Carmelita followed him back eager to get into action. They could be reunited with Sly in just a matter of hours.

At nearly six in the morning the gang was ready to leave. Murray was warming up the van, while Bentley made some fast adjustments to the time machine, Dimitri was in the safe house playing his disco music, while Carmelita sat in the passenger seat of the Cooper van ready to leave. She pulled out the picture of her and Sly. The picture had been singed and a bit yellowed from the fire on the blimp but now she could look at it with a smile on her face. Bentley took the piece of slab and placed it in the receptical. And in a flash, the three of them were hurdling through time back to Egypt.

It was time to get Sly back.

AND THERE IS THE PROLOGUE. The next chapter of course will be in Ancient Egypt and will play out more like a mission in the game. But don't think that they'll just use some of that Cooper DNA tracking tech and find Sly in hiding with his ancestor Slytunkhamen II, I don't think it would be THAT easy to find him, if so we would find Sly in the first maybe second mission in Egypt. Which would be very little build up and very much an anti-climatic let down. So expect some twists in this story.

What do you think so far? You think I've got a pretty accurate theory so far? I just pictured Carmelita being the one to find a message that shows where Sly is. Maybe that's just from the fan girl in me, I don't know. So tell me, what do you think the twist to finding Sly is going to be? I want to see if one of you guesses correctly. Review and let me know!