With all the keys and pages they could gather from the grounds collected, the pair made their way to the high voltage tube, opening the gate and shutting off the generator. With the electricity shut off, Sly was able to walk through the tube easily with Coco clinging to his back. As they made their way through, Bentley called them on the Binoc-u-com.
"I've found a way up to Raleigh's hide-out, but..." he began slowly.
"But?" Coco coached cautiously.
"The only way to manage it is...well..."
"Shooting ourselves out of that cannon that's locked down?" Sly prompted, shifting to examine it.
"Yeah, pretty much," Bentley confirmed. "You're going to need all seven of Raleigh's Treasure Keys to access it."
"That's two more to go," Coco spoke up happily. "Good thing we grabbed everything we came across on our way in."
"That's the way of the Master Thief," Sly agreed.
"I'll mark the area where you can find the last two keys," Bentley concluded. "Be careful, you two."
"Says the guy who suggested we shoot ourselves out of a cannon," Sly teased as they broke communications, making Coco giggle.
The first objective marked to collect a Treasure Key was actually inside a submersible at the edge of a dock. Once inside, the sub carried the pair into the depths, where the Treasure Key floated in the center.
"Sly, Coco!" Bentley called out through the Binoc-u-com. "You've found where Raleigh's crab soldiers keep his treasure...but you'll have to fight them off before you can take the Key. The sub is armed, so use its guns to take them down."
"Let me, Daddy," Coco offered. "I'm better at ranged combat than you are."
"Be my guest," Sly allowed as the crabs started to come out. "You take the guns, I'll take the sub."
The division of tasks worked wonderfully as Sly piloted the sub to evade the crabs' assaults while Coco spun the turrets to fire on them. In order to access the Treasure Key, they also needed to break open 40 chests and collect their contents without letting the crabs get any into a tube...which they did so flawlessly.
With Treasure Key acquired, they returned to the surface.
The last mission objective led through an entrance at the top of the main building, to a sea level area filled with crashed ships. Based on what could be heard from Raleigh over the loudspeakers, they were quickly able to determine that this was where Raleigh's men dragged sunken ships so their cargo could be unloaded at their leisure. It also revealed that Raleigh knew that someone was after the Treasure Keys, and wanted them stopped.
"Well it's about time," Sly chuckled in mild amusement as he heard that. "We've only got one key left. Wonder what tipped him off?"
"Probably shutting off the generator," Coco suggested. "Even if alarms didn't go off, he works with machines. He had to have noticed the drop in power."
"Good thing we waited on that until we'd grabbed everything we could on the other side, then," Sly agreed, making his way forward.
As the pair explored the enclosed area, they discovered it wasn't just boats that had been dragged in there. Crashed planes hung from the rafters, their propellers idly spinning in every breeze. Thankfully, the area was relatively small, and it was easy enough for the pair to make their way to the Treasure Key, which was positioned right in front of the safe.
Cracking it open, Coco discovered another page of the Thievius Raccoonus, this one covering Karin Coopergiwa's Coin Magnet Technique, which involved applying a special coat to the metal of the Cooper Hook - or any metal in a thief's possession - to draw the coins used as currency to the Master Thief, making it much easier to gather funds for more complex heists. With the technique memorized, the calling card was left in the page's place, and the Treasure Key was acquired.
With all seven Keys gathered, Sly unlocked the cannon and aimed it straight at the blimp. "Ready Coco?" he asked softly.
"Ready," Coco confirmed confidently.
Smiling, Sly hopped into the cannon, closing them both in just before it went off, propelling them both into the air and safely through the glass window wall of the blimp. As they landed, they found themselves in a wide open chamber filled with machinery. On the opposite side of the room, Raleigh the frog sat upon a red velvet throne, wearing a much patched pirate hat that was taller than his entire body. "How delightful," he proclaimed warmly. "We have a guest. The only thing is..." His voice changed to have a great deal of anger behind it. "I hate unexpected guests!" he proclaimed angrily.
"Listen Raleigh," Sly countered coldly, "wipe out my family and take what's mine, and you'd better expect company."
"Oh, I'm ever so-" Raleigh began.
"Could we skip the pleasantries?" Coco asked hopefully. "Even by Thief hours, it's getting close to my bedtime. I'd like it if we could resolve this - one way or the other - before then. I get really cranky when I miss my bedtime."
Sly couldn't stop himself from chuckling, both at Coco's words and at Raleigh's expression. "Trust me, you wouldn't like her when she's cranky."
"You think I'm just a joke?" Raleigh demanded angrily. "I will crush you both like the insignificant pests you are!"
"How are you going to do that?" Coco asked curiously. "Do you have a mechanical apparatus hooked into the blimp connected to a wand to let you shoot us with lightning, blasts of wind, or frigid rain? Or maybe you've built yourself a robo-exo-suit that's going to fold out of your throne there so you can crush us with hands of steel? Or maybe your throne will drop out of the blimp before sealing the place off with us in it and exploding, letting you use the backup storm-blimp to continue your reign of terror across the tides?"
Raleigh blinked for a time. "...actually, I was just going to bloat myself up to immense size and try to jump on you to squash you, but those sound much better, and I think I could manage the first one. Do you think you could step into the next room for an hour or so and let me get that set up?"
"Unfortunately, Coco's bedtime is in half an hour," Sly teased somewhat playfully. "So it looks like you're out of luck."
"You think I can't handle you with only my own strength?" Raleigh roared in fury. "I can still bloat to massive size and flatten-"
An audible shing sound heralded Coco drawing some of her drugged needles. "So, he doesn't have any body armor...how strong a knock-out dose for something his size, Daddy? A 1, a 2, or a 3?"
"Probably a 1," Sly suggested. "Even if he bloats up, that's mostly air. A 2 would probably be lethal."
"1 it is," Coco agreed as she put the two longer needles away. "And bloated up, he's almost too easy a target. Bet I can get him right between the eyes without damaging either one, even if he moves."
"You're on!" Sly praised. "Once he's out cold, I'll shut off the storm machine and rewire his communicators so Carmelita can find this place."
Even though he hadn't bloated himself up yet, Raleigh seemed to deflate on himself. "...well that's not fair at all..." he whined.
Coco smiled as she took a proper stance to throw the needle. "I'd give a better response to that, but I'm only six. I'm not allowed to use those words." Her needle flew true, embedding right between Raleigh's eyes and knocking him out instantly.
As Sly went to the communicators, Coco went to Raleigh's unconscious form, carefully extracting her needle so as to leave no evidence, while also searching his body. She eventually found a key, allowing her to unlock Raleigh's safe. "Daddy, look!"
Inside the safe, several pages of the Thievius Raccoonus resided, containing detailed instructions on performing Ryoichi Cooper's Spire Jump technique, along with documentation covering the business and base of Muggshot - another of the Fiendish Five - in Utah. "Good find, Coco," Sly praised. "One down, four to go."
This story is just perfect, also good job Coco, you understand how to not swear but still keep the reference funny
I despised that mission so much... you have no idea...
This whole conversation is cute as hell, eheheh!
Awesome update, now onto Muggshot!
Oh no, Coco is already Genre savvy. Look out fiendish five, she already knows what you're going to do before you do it!
That should be "sunken." I'd rate Raleigh about a Magikarp/10. Could've been a threat, in the right circumstances, but these weren't the right circumstances. Not for him, at least.
It does make me wonder what Carmelita would think of what her daughter did here?
SO close to making a reference to that one other story. How did that bit go?
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Actually, I'd bet that both are references to Episode 2 of Team Four Stars Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.
Seems Raleigh's base is built around a pipe dream.
Yep, this chapter confirms we're following cannon events.
Guess we knew Raleigh was all full of hot air.
wow: we REALLY need to get her and Rarity/Batmare to meet up...
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1) how could you pass up a reference to Bruce Banner/The Hulk? 2) how DARE you compare Coco Pommel to Cranky Doodle Donkey...
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yeah, I have to admit that Master Thief Coco Pommel has a nice mixture of awesome and adorable...almost Tim Drake/Robin or Barbara Gordon/Batgirl/Oracle levels of it even...
idea for a possible sequel: Rarity and Coco Pommel: Batmare and Huntress!!! (
because we ALL know how people react will to "Batman and Robin"seriously guys, the dynamic duo is awesome, no matter what generation of the Dark Knight's ward you're talking about: it's not THEIR fault Hollywood couldn't get them a movie with decent reviews...)No matter how many times I see that reference, it never gets old. Must be embarrassing to be so thoroughly burned by a six year old.
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It's a sad day for any villain when the hero comes up with a better idea on how to b them than they do.
And who, might I ask, did she learn those words from?
Shoot! I just realized Carmelita might not be tipped off about the Fiendish Five activities since Coco snuck the files out from under her watch! That means no Carmelita funny headlines when she goes arrest them! Nooooo!
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7656340 i never saw that one. Nor, most likely, will i.
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Sly rigged the communicators so she'd learn Raleigh could be arrested.
7656437 That boss battle was much better than the real version, you have earned an internet cookie!
7656525 Add an E-glass of milk, and a Puntificate from the otter sans
7656448 Yeah, let's Leave Dr. David Banner where he is right now... as a meat puppet for the Hand
7656280 Puh-Leashe! a Magikarp (level 1 first Fishing route) is worth at least 18'750,325 Raleighs!
Honestly, that was a let down of a Boss fight.
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I see what you did there... Referencing Dante's little apple and helping abridged. Bravo!
For the nostalgia.
Saw that Hellsing Ultimate Abridged reference coming a mile away
Love how they treated Raleigh as a joke.
7656437 I probably should have asked this a while ago but does coco act as a lucky charm?
Well, not as heart attacking inducing... anyway, I LIVE!
also good chapter
7656670 That's an… oddly specific number.
7656298 I was thinking of the one from the Applejack one.
Tracking.
7656696 Rayliegh was a letdown of a boss fight in the game. I mean, he's supposed to be this super tech genius, so what do you expect when fighting him? Hi-tech weapons, robot suits, and lots and lots of explosions. Maybe even the blimp crashing in the middle of the fight. What did we get? Inflation and stomping. He doesn't even have any kind of armor for pete's sake! All Coco needed was a straight shot with her knockout needles and he was done.
I am, however, looking forward to the Panda King fight. That one may be interesting, considering the Panda King is both a martial arts expert and has rather unique medium to long range attacks through his fireworks.
7657291 That does make sense...
And given Mugshots fight...
OHOHO!!! I'm suddenly stoked!
I'll bet Coco's analysis of the next guy will be that he was obviously the muscle of the five. 'All muscle, including the one in his head. No one with even half a brain would/should turn to a life of crime simply because it looked fun.'
I love the Spire Jump. One the most used technique's in the Cooper Games.
7656448 fair enough on both counts...
7657444 Also, because he became a member of the Cooper Gang later on in the games, I want to see how Coco wraps him around her hoof.
7657566 WHAT!?
Raleigh never joined them.
I have a feeling she's going to spam the tranq needles.
7657782 Wasn't it the panda?
7657910 Yes, and Dmitri, too.
I'm REALLY looking forward to his appearance in this fic.
This was funny, and quite the finger to a boss fight I always found annoying.
Also, since Coco can't say it, I will:
Has Cocco been reading the Sly Cooper universe version of Girl Genius??? girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/strips/ggmain20071126.jpg
Nice humiliation of the frog, now will Cocco stick around to distract her mommy while Sly makes a getaway or go with him???
Also, how will Panda King, who has a daughter, react to seeing Sly and Cocco??
7658429 I was actually thinking of the Weather Wizard from the Flash. I don't know if there's a blimp involved, but he definitely does cool weather stuff with a high tech wand-looking thing.
That, as always, was fun. Might I have another?
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
To loosely quote Dante's Little Apple Surprise... Applejack : "Too late, we already did that joke."
Coco Pommel & Credo : "Come on! Really?!"
7657971 The power of music. We all need it.
Now that's how you deflate a mission end boss.
thought the 1 2 3 bit was going to be a Tootsie Roll Pop reference.
Sly: "And what words do you know that you're not allowed to use, young lady?"
Coco: "....uhhhhhhhhlookherecomesmommywegottagonow."
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it is and googling it loops back here as the only real result what gives?
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That's a better resolution then being ratted out by this guy.
I'm not the only one who did the frog prince's voice as Kermit the frog in their head... right?
"UM.. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME?" STILL HAUNTS MY DREAMS THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE!
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I played the game so much as a kid, Raleigh's actual voice is ingrained into my memory.
but I really wish I could...