(1st Person PoV: Tommy's)

I flew into a nearby alley and slumped against a brick wall.

I took a couple of deep breaths to calm myself down. I have just done something very illegal and something very cool.

I stole from TakenCorp! And what's better is that I stole the infamous Queen Marie Antoinette's necklace!!

The same one that Lupin himself stole!

How can I NOT calm down?

I heard police sirens go off nearby so I had to hurry out.

I made sure the coast was clear and took off the bow tie that I was wearing.

"God...that was something," I said, my voice going back to it's regular pitch.

Wilbur likes to tease me that my voice is much higher than a regular 18 year old but I digress.

I took my mask off and my top hat.

I made sure that the necklace was still in my pocket before running off.

I had my top hat under my arm and I made sure to avoid crowds and people in general so I can make it to the library.

Why the library you may ask? Hold on, I'm getting there.

I snuck through this open window and saw a small light that was at the check up counter.

A man was reading off of something and he looked quite bored.

"Hey Phil," I approached him cautiously.

"You made quite the impression," Phil reached for the nearby remote and turned on the TV that was in the corner.

It was tuned to the news and they were reporting about the very recent robbery.

"The police seemed to have been trying their best but with two men knocked out and two trying to calm the masses, it seem inevitable that something was going to get robbed. The biggest surprise though was a return of a set of thieves that was once thought extinct. That's right everyone, I'm talking about the Phantom Thieves. Well one in particular. We now go to Martyn to tell us more about these thieves. Over to you, Martyn!" A news reporter explained.

"Thank you Pokimane. Now Phantom Thieves-," this Martyn person was cut off by Phil turning off the TV.

"Aww come on! I was watching that!" I complained.

"Listen Toms, you made the impression now you got to keep it up. It's what you wanted right?" Phil asked, glancing from his book.

"Hell yeah I wanted this! It's not every day that Lupin calls out to you from his grave!" I pointed out.

"Then you got to act like an actual Phantom Thief. I told you to read the entire Lupin collection that is in my study," Phil said.

"And I did! I even watched that Netflix series based on this thief in France! It's really good, I recommend it to you," I explained.

"I'll put it on the list. Anyway, the necklace. I know what you're here for," Phil turned a page in his book.

"Oh right!" I got the necklace out of my pockets, which made me drop my top hat, and handed to Phil.

He glanced up and rose an eyebrow.

"You don't have your fingerprints on that do you?" He asked.

"I have f*cking gloves on!" I groaned.

Phil smiled and took out his own gloves from a drawer in the counter before grabbing the necklace carefully.

He got up from the counter, went to a bookshelf and pulled one book out.

The shelf moved to a secret passage that leads to a room with stands for many types of jewelry.

Phil took some tweezers and a microscope.

"I'll get the results to you by tomorrow so go rest up," he told me.

"Ok. Cya until then," I waved but just before I left, I turned to faced him.

"Phil?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you think I'll do a good job at this whole Phantom Thief thing?" I asked and began to fiddle with my fingers.

He looked up from the necklace and smiled genuinely at me.

"You'll do a fantastic job at it, mate," he assured me.

I smiled back and turned to leave.

"Your change of clothes is under counter," Phil called out to me.

"I know!" I called back at him.

I grabbed the duffel bag that was under counter as Phil said, and grabbed my favorite T-shirt, khaki pants and green bandanna.

I went to the bathroom to change from my Phantom Thief clothes to my regular clothes.

I left the library and headed towards Sea Street and towards the apartment complex where I live.

I climbed through the fire escape and through the window of my room and closed it silently so my neighbors don't complain. Well one of my neighbors at least.

We don't get along that well. Not since I ate the heads of the gingerbread men that he made for Christmas two years ago.

It's a long story.

I opened my closet and tossed the duffel bag in. I'll put it in the secret attic room that is above my closet later.

Puffy won't come and bug me about the rent until in the next two days so I wouldn't have to worry about someone finding the duffel bag.

I lay down on the bed and stared at ceiling, finally taking in the situation.

Oh my god...I actually did it...I actually stole the necklace! Holy crap and my debut as a Phantom Thief wasn't too bad! Heh, I can hear myself bragging to Wilbur about it, I thought.

I sat up to grab my phone from the drawer of my nightstand and looked at it.

Oh shoot! Scott's asking me to cover for someone? Who is it this time? Luke? Really? I thought.

I sighed and went to text Scott.

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BigMan😎:

Hey Scott

Didn't see ya message, sure I can cover for Luke

PepsiMan:

You took way too long to answer my message but alright

Be here at like 11 ok!

You know how Jimmy gets when people don't turn up on time

BigMan😎:

Geez can your husband take a chill pill 🙄

PepsiMan:

No he cannot

So get your a*s on time for work

BigMan😎:

Yes sir

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I turn off my phone and placed it on the nightstand.

Guess I have to go to sleep now if I want to make it to work on time, I thought.

But I was too excited to sleep! Way too excited.

But I have to go to sleep. I can't afford to get fired from this job. I have to keep it low-key for my civilian form.

No one, apart from my family, has to know that I'm a Phantom Thief.

Absolutely no one!

I began to hum the Able Sisters under my breath to help me fall asleep.

It took a while but I eventually fell asleep.

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...

Hungry...

I was so hungry...

Where's Mummy and Dada?

Hold on...I haven't use those terms since I was a kid?!

This isn't my apartment?

Where am I?

Then I saw a woman appear in my vision. She gasped when she saw me.

"Oh my god! Where are your parents, little one?" She asked.

I wanted to say that I have no idea where my parents are but all that came from my mouth was crying.

I don't cry! But on those rare occasions that I do, this sounds different. It's almost like I'm crying like a toddler would.

Wait...

The woman scooped me up and I could see that I was in a crib before.

I glanced around. This room isn't familiar?! It's too toddler like!

"Shh Shh it's ok little one. Let's go find your parents together," the woman assured me.

I finally decided to take an actual good look at her.

She had stitches on her face, given her a bit of a zombie look but still the woman was pretty. She had ginger locks swirling around and sitting upon her shoulders. She had green flowers in her hair and her eyes were a dark shade of green.

I don't recognize her though.

The woman took me out of the room and into a hallway towards what I presume the kitchen.

She grabbed a phone and shifted me to her hip so she can dial a number.

Based on what I could tell, I shrunk somehow and this woman could hold me like how someone might hold a ... baby...

Wait one damn moment!

"Ok the police will be here any moment to search for your parents. You can stay with me in the meantime. Don't worry, I'm sure your parents will be found," the woman assured me.

I seemed to have sniffed.

"Want Mummy," I whined.

"You'll have your Mummy soon don't worry," the woman said.

She walked past a mirror and I was able to see my reflection.

....

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Thump!

"Ow!"

I rolled off my bed and hit my head on the floor.

I sat up and rubbed my head.

The hell was that dream? I thought.

This wasn't the first time I had a similar dream to that. Except I was much younger. I looked like I was two years old.

And that woman...who was she? I don't recognize her.

All I know that she isn't Kristin. Kristin has darker hair than that woman and her face doesn't have stitches (last I checked. She's on a business trip).

I shook my head.

Just sitting here isn't going help me figure it out and I have a job to go to.

Speaking of my job...

I checked the time to see if I'll be late for work.

9:45...yeah I got time, I thought.

I changed into some more different clothes and a baseball cap.

I can change into my work uniform when I get there but the cap goes with me.

As I was leaving out the door, my phone rang.

🎶Cause baby toniiiiiiiight!🎶

🎶The Creepers gonna steal our stuff again!🎶

🎶Cause b-

I silently groaned to myself. Why is that my ringtone?

"Hullo Phil!" I answered as cheerfully as I could.

"Sorry mate if I woke you up but this is urgent. Come to the library now," he said.

"Geez not even a how are you?" I asked.

"Hi Tommy, how are you? Hope you slept well so get your a*s over here," Phil sighed.

"But I have work to do...,"

"Tommy it's about the necklace. I found something that you might find interesting," Phil explained.

"..."

This perked up my interest.

Something that I might find interesting?

"Consider me there," I said and hung up.

I left my apartment and went towards the library.

It wasn't open yet and the door is locked but I have a secret method on getting in.

It's called grabbing a hairpin and lock pick your way through!

Never fails!

I didn't see Phil at his counter so that meant that he was in the secret room.

I looked for the bookshelf and sure enough, the passage was open.

"Phiiiil mah friend," I said as I walked up to him.

"Hi mate. Look I have been working nearly all night on picking the necklace apart and putting it back together when I noticed this," he rolled a piece of jewelry towards me.

It was a small bead that came from the necklace.

I rose an eyebrow at this.

"It's a fake. That bead is," Phil tapped it lightly with a pen.

"A fake? Why would that interest me? I'm sure that all of those are fake to preserve the necklace," Tommy noted.

"But you know that they're not. That's why we all prepped for you to steal it. But that bead is a fake. Everything else is real. When I placed it together without the fake bead, there is one gap missing. A bead is missing and it's in that exact place," Phil then pointed to the necklace which was just sitting there in a stand.

"Exact place. You don't mean," I started but then got interrupted by my phone.

🎶Cause baby toniiiiiiiight🎶

"Again!?" I cried.

"You still have that ringtone?" Phil asked.

"F*ck off! Wilbur made Kristin make some kind of code thingie so I couldn't change it," I complained before picking up.

"Hello!"

"Hey Tommy...," it was Scott.

I immediately panicked.

F*ck he must be calling because I'm late! Damn it! I thought but then Scott said something that would both relieve me and shock me at the same time.

"Can you not come into work today? There has been an incident and I don't think it's safe for anyone who has a later shift like you to come into work today," he explained.

"I...wait what happened?" I asked.

A/N: cliff hanger muhahahaha >:3

Anyway I decided to add in lore because I can. Will these chapters be long? Maybe.

Cya in the next one -Flare

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P.S. should I add 3/4 SBI or 4/4  ?