With the Treasure Keys in hand, Sly and Coco made their way back to the area in front of Muggshot's building. Seeing nowhere else they could explore from there, they unlocked the revving car Sly had spotted when they first arrived, setting it loose to crash into the wall around the hotel entrance. With the wall smashed, they made their way inside, knocking out the guards until they came to a wall with Muggshot's face jutting out from it larger than life, jutting teeth, cigar, and all. Bentley managed to find something interesting about it, however.
"Sly, my X-Ray detection reveals a secret elevator behind that massive face," Bentley revealed over the Binoc-u-com. "It goes straight to the penthouse, which is where we should find Muggshot."
"So how do we get in?" Sly demanded quickly.
"I'm guessing that wall locked with seven Treasure Locks," Coco offered, pointing off to the corner where she'd spotted said wall.
"That's right, Coco!" Bentley confirmed. "There's a lever behind it that summons the elevator."
"Meaning Muggshot will know it's us before we even get to the top," Sly muttered worriedly. "Still, it's our only option..."
"Key hunting time!" Coco whispered happily.
The first area they went to in search of Treasure Keys was the roof access, where a key was plainly visible in a trapped skylight. Sly made his way to the neon signs along the roof, climbing across them in search of the way to disable the security system. The roof was sparsely patrolled, with only a couple guards and some guard dogs. All were dealt with readily and silently.
Coco clung tightly to Sly's back as they explored the roof, knowing that if she moved too much she could upset his balance, and one or both of them might go tumbling off the roof and to the ground far below, barring sturdy flagpoles to catch with their canes. As they made their way to the top of the building, Muggshot started threatening 'the thieves making off with all his Treasure Keys', but neither of them really paid much attention to it, leaving it to Bentley and Murray to analyze the broadcast for any clues to help them with their heist.
At the very top, they found the vault, which Coco quickly cracked. Inside were the blueprints for Muggshot's alterations to Mesa City, which were quickly pocketed as they filled in everything Bentley didn't know about the place. There weren't any controls for the security system as they'd hoped, but there was a crane with a heavy weight hanging out directly above the Treasure Key skylight. Riding the weight down, the pair grabbed the Treasure Key with no problems.
The next area the pair explored was the rooftops of the back alley behind the hotel, clambering up and down the outside of the buildings as they made their way in the direction Bentley's scanners indicated the Treasure Key waited in. As they moved, the greatest threat to them proved to be spotlights - backed up by machine guns - that swept across the sides and roofs of the buildings in regular patterns. What few guards there were patrolling the area were easy enough to deal with.
At the very edge of the rooftops, they found both the vault and the Treasure Key. Inside the Vault was a technique developed by Suzanne Cooper to kick off the surface of the water - whether flat or turbulent - to regain dry land without getting wet or leaving a trace of passage. "This is going to be very useful," Coco murmured happily as they memorized the technique. Taking it and the Treasure Key, the pair made their way back inside.
The final Treasure Key was in another area of the rooftops, specifically in a jewel case near Muggshot's penthouse. This forced the pair to detour over another section of rooftops, which at first seemed relatively clear. However, this proved a mistaken impression as Carmelita dropped in on the rooftops across the road.
"Sly, you aren't really carrying Coco around across rooftops like this, are you?" she demanded coldly. "Do you have any idea how dangerous that is?"
"Come now, Miss Fox," Sly offered teasingly. "You should know by now I don't misstep when it counts. What took you so long? I was afraid you took a wrong turn on your way here. I thought we'd left plenty of clues."
"How did you even know where to go?" Carmelita demanded coldly. "You weren't in long enough to copy the pages in the file."
"I'm afraid that was Coco's doing," Sly apologized. "Her plan A was to keep you distracted with reading her a story while I swiped the file. Her plan B was to photograph the file using the camera hidden in her storybook. I was rather disappointed she'd pull tricks like that on you, and for punishment she's not getting any dessert until the whole Thievius Raccoonus is recovered."
Carmelita chuckled softly. "Classic sting there. She learned too well from both of us."
"That she did," Sly agreed. "You aren't mad?"
"It's sapient nature for children to try and trick their parents," Carmelita responded readily. "It's part of growing up and testing limits. With how accommodating and obedient she'd been otherwise, I was worried she wouldn't develop a spine when she needed it. I'm honestly relieved to know she will take independent action when she thinks it's warranted. And at least her motives were noble."
"I'm glad to hear that didn't upset you," Sly offered warmly. "I'll do my best to keep her on a shorter leash in the future, though."
"I think it's you who needs to be kept chained, ringtail," Carmelita taunted as she leveled her shock pistol. "Take one step forward, and you'll be in range for me to start shooting. Once I have you stunned, I'll drag you straight off to jail."
"Then it's a good thing it's time to take a step back, huh?" Coco asked softly, climbing back up to Sly's shoulders.
"Coco?" Sly gasped, shocked. "Where did you go? When did you go?"
"Once you and Mom started flirting, I went off after the vault and Treasure Key," Coco explained gently, holding out a page of the Thievius Raccoonus. "I was light enough I could cross the weaker paths without collapsing them, so I made it safely back."
Sly grinned as he took the page - covering Sir Andrew Cooper's Thief Replica Technique, which allowed the user to make convincing inanimate body doubles to confuse pursuers - and quickly memorized it before pocketing it and the Key. "Good girl, Coco. Very impressive. You didn't take any risks, did you? Or leave any evidence?"
"Nope!" Coco offered proudly. "I even closed up the jewelry case and vault behind me! No one will even know I was there for a while."
Chuckling, Sly waved to Carmelita. "Guess we'll be doing this some other time," he offered, leaping back off the roof.
"Bye Mommy!" Coco called out as they disappeared out of sight.
Sighing, Carmelita holstered her shock pistol and shook her head ruefully. "That girl..." she whispered affectionately.