Master of Thieves

(A/N: Hello guys! I'm back with another story for you all; as you can guess, this is a Sly Cooper one. Much like the other stories, this one is stuck in my head for a bit and for good reason too. I'm sincerely curious on the end credit scene at Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, so an idea popped in my head; naturally, it will have Sly and Carmelita moments, as well as a tutorial from the infamous Thievius Raccoonus, but also returning faces as well as new threats, particularly the antagonist, which is another OC. I hope you guys have a good read and if you don't like it, then I apologise if it's not to your liking. Like I mentioned, this story just popped into my head. Anyway, here's the Prologue! ;))

Prologue

It was night-time in the city of Paris, France, but instead of a peaceful night, there was a tumult of screaming, sirens blaring, local police and Interpol officers trying to keep innocents from harm, but what's quite distressing is at the base of the Eiffel Tower. The famous historical wonder of the world had been badly damaged from top to bottom, with a wall of fire barring the sidewalk from the tower and park.

What's also inside is a particular Raccon, who is wearing his traditional thief outfit, but was singed and burnt, even his fur; he looked up and glared venomously at a flying mechanical beast, who had a strong resemblance to Clockwerk. Instead of an owl, it was a draconic being with deep, emissive eyes peering at him back and baring his metallic, yet lethal teeth at him.

Sly gripped his family's cane firmly in anger, before he shouted "There's no way I'm letting you win; you WILL lose!" The draconic being then replied in a deep, menacing, mechanical voice "I have already won… Look around you; can't you see you don't stand a chance against me? With your death, my master will be avenged!" Sly then, with the utmost pain, stood up defiantly and noted "I'm not out just yet…" The draconic being then replied "You will in a few moments… HAHAHAHAHA!"

Despite the damage he had sustained, Sly charged against his foe, though it was fruitless when he was caught in his foe's grip. He then tried to release the grip as his mechanical foe opened his mouth to initiate the coup de grace, when Sly's life flashed before his eyes for the second time.

(Sly's POV)

"My name is Sly Cooper; I was born into a famous clan of international thieves. From the Stone Age, to Feudal Japan, to the Wild West, generation after generation of Coopers wrote down their unique techniques in our most prized possession: The Thievius Raccoonus. I was the son of Connor Cooper and was going to be given the Thievius Raccoonus on my eighth birthday, when tragedy struck…"

"I was hiding in my room, when a group called the Fiendish Five assaulted my home; My father tried his best to protect us, but he was ultimately killed along with my mother. They then took the Thievius Racconus in five parts and I became an orphan. It was there that I met my two best friends: Bentley, the brains of our clan; and Murray, the brawn."

"We were inseperable ever since, even when we left the orphanage; by the time I was 18, we infiltrated the Police Headquaters and managed to get my file from my future girlfriend and love interest, Carmelita Montoya Fox. After evading her and law enforcement, my gang and I reclaimed the Thievius Raccoonus from Sir Raleigh, Muggshot, Ms. Ruby, the Panda King and Clockwerk."

"2 years after I reclaimed the Thievius Raccoonus and avenged my family, we learned that Clockwerk's parts were being exhibited in Cairo, Egypt. Not wanting to repeat my past, the gang and I infiltrated the Cairo Museum, only to find that another group called the Claww Gang took the parts for their own gains."

"In the first few heists, me and my gang were assisted by Constable Neyla, unaware of her true intentions; during our second encounter with Rajan, Neyla turned on us and Carmelita onto The Contessa, leaving Bentley alone. Fortunately, Bentley tracked me and Murray down and broke us out, before travelling to Prague and rescued Carmelita, took down The Contessa and reclaimed another Clockwerk part."

"After coming to Canada and filching 3 Clockwerk parts from Jean Bison's Iron Horse trains, we were unsuccessful in getting the talons from him and shocked to learn he sold it and our acquired Clockwerk parts to Arpeggio, the leader of the Claww Gang. After a few mishaps, Neyla joined into the Clockwerk frame and became Clock-la, which honestly doesn't sound good. With some help from Carmelita, we finally managed to down Clock-la and destroy her, though Bentley was permanently paralysed from the waist down at a cost. Not only that, but Murray left the team as he felt it was his fault for letting Bentley being paraplegic."

"A year later, after a visit from my late father's former partner named McSweeney, me and Bentley were directed to Kaine Island to find the Cooper Vault, but also another former partner of my late father's named Dr. M. Seeing that the way to the Cooper Vault was impenetrable on our own, Bentley and I decided to expand our Gang in order to get to the Cooper Vault."

"We then reclaimed Murray back on our team, then hired Murray's Indigenous teacher, The Guru, before we hired an RC specialist named Penelope, who Bentley has fallen for. Although I was reluctant to take him on the team, we hired the Panda King after rescuing is daughter from a forced marriage by General Tsao, who is much worse than Clockwerk on a personal basis. We then hired Dimitri after reclaiming his grandfather's scuba gear and defeating Captain LeFwee… okay, actually, Penelope defeated him in a sword fight."

"After that, we returned to Kaine Island and stormed Dr. M's fortress, with timely help from Carmelita. When I reached the heart of the Cooper Vault and did battle with Dr. M, Carmelita came in and Dr. M shot at her with a laser shot, though I took the shot for her. After rendering him unconscious for a bit, I pretended to have Amnesia so I can spend time with Carmelita, but not before leaving the Cooper Vault as it caved in and leaving the spoils to my team."

"During my time with Carmelita for a couple of years, I saw some priceless treasures sometimes when we went out, but I opted out for Carmelita's sake. I was surprised when Bentley came by with a jar of cookies, before he informed me that the Thievius Raccoonus was slowly being wiped out from time; seeing my family's timeline is at stake, I rejoined with Bentley and Murray to restore the Cooper Clan's timeline, though not before Carmelita caught on what I was up to."

"After our time in Feudal Japan, me and the gang went to the Wild West and freed Tennesse Kid Cooper from Jail by being jailed myself, an action that I still don't like. Shortly after that, we were surprised to find Carmelita is in the Wild West too, though we managed to save her from a runaway stagecoach as she made it even by freeing me, Murray and Bentley, though she was still hot with me."

"After winding up in the Stone Age after a train we're on derailed off a damaged bridge and Bentley's quick thinking, Carmelita parted with us temporarily as we discovered the very first Cooper; although we named him Bob since we can't understand his actual name. After helping Bob get back into shape and Carmelita rejoining us, we infiltrated The Grizz's paint factory and, after some bumps, Murray managed to beat the Grizz by himself."

"We then time-travelled to Medieval England to restore Sir Galeth Cooper's timeline, although we then discovered that our foe in that time, known as the Black Knight, turned out to be Bentley's girlfriend… well, EX-girlfriend now, Penelope. After we beaten her, with help from Bentley's makeshift exo-suit from the Moat Monster, the gang time-travelled to Arabia to help Saleem Cooper from Ms. Deceibel and her 'fiance', who happens to be the one responsible for destroying my family's timeline, named Lafitte."

"During the Heist in Arabia, which requires Carmelita to wear a belly dancer outfit (much to my pleasure), Lafitte betrayed Ms. Deceibel and kidnapped Carmelita onboard his blimp. After returning to the present, while I was trapped alongside Carmelita after trying to break her out, my gang and my ancestors reclaimed their respective canes and freed me and Carmelita, though Lafitte accidentally damaged his Time-Travel machine."

"I told the others to go so I can face Lafitte alone, as Carmelita and I apologised to each other, before I beaten Lafitte; he then filched my Paraglider and went away, as I was onboard the blimp, accepting my demise. When I woke up, I was in the time of Ancient Egypt, looking at the sphinx in the distance. At the time, I hoped my gang and Carmelita will eventually find me here, but I'd had never anticpated on an ally I didn't even realise I had…"