Time Out: To Another Arabian Night
As Le Paradox's shock troops swarmed the platform, Murray reacted quickly. Grabbing one of the troops - who was less than half his size - he hefted the rat over his head before hurling him at the nearest defense laser, causing it to spark and wobble from the impact.
"Good thinking!" T-Bone called out as he grabbed one of the rats by their tail, spinning them around in a circle to clear space before sending them flying into the other laser. It, too, sparked and wobbled.
Sly, Coco, Bentley, and Razor immediately went to work keeping the attackers off the heavy hitters. Deik-Beck, meanwhile, raced off the edge of the platform and along the underside, seeking a faster route to the blimp in an attempt to spoke Le Paradox's plan of escape. His claws gleamed as he readied to tear the fabric of the balloon apart. After all, if it couldn't fly, it couldn't leave the dock, and if it couldn't leave the dock, it couldn't initiate time travel.
Just as the lasers shut down - and just as Deik-Beck got into range to attack the blimp - the vessel lifted up. "Ah, just a little too slow, so sad!" Le Paradox taunted playfully. "Too bad, so sad, but what can you do? Though I'd recommend you call off your little bot-friend. The circuitry of my Paradox Machine might well be built into the very structure of my zeppelin, tying the present to many past eras, and there is no telling what might happen if it were disrupted when not in the central anchor point of the present timeline, is there?"
Deik-Beck paused with claws bared, millimeters from the fabric of the balloon. He let out an angry hiss that was unlike any sound the others had heard him make before as he slowly withdrew.
"Now that's a clever bot," Le Paradox teased with a chuckle. "And now all the cards, zey are in my hand, no?" He looked up behind the group. "Bonjour, my large friend! What took you so long?" Sly and T-Bone turned to see what he was talking about while the others kept their eyes on the balloon. "Well, your group is more disciplined than anticipated..." Le Paradox observed to himself.
Behind the group stood Miss Decibel, holding an unconscious figure in one hand. "Hello, Cyrille!" she greeted Le Paradox warmly with a flirtatious wave. "I found this filthy old scoundrel unconscious outside." As she lifted the 'old scoundrel', it could be seen it was Salim.
"Salim!" Sly gasped in shock.
"But how?" Bentley demanded worriedly.
"Ah, now that is an interesting little tidbit," Le Paradox observed as he spun Salim's cane in his hands as the roof of the dock opened. "And since I want to buy time, I shall tell you. You see, everyone has a weakness..."
As Salim, Ca, Carmelita, and Penelope made their way back towards Ca's place of business, Le Paradox stepped out of the shadows, a much younger raccoon held at knife point by his thugs. "I believe I have something of yours, Salim al-Kupar," he observed idly.
"La-di!" Salim and Ca both gasped in fear.
The young raccoon lifted his head. "I'm sorry Father, Mother..." he murmured around a bruised chin, a missing tooth, and a black eye. "He...he had Bu-Bu. I...I had to save him..."
"And this is why I oh so love that heroes gather companions," Le Paradox observed idly. "So many pressure points...for the right kind of pressure." One of the thugs pressed the knife to La-di's throat more firmly. "Unless you want to see your son and heir bleed out before your very eyes, you will do exactly what I say Salim...and you will ensure that everyone else in your party does as well..."
"...and so now I have everything I need," Le Paradox observed happily as fists clenched. "I have the Cooper Canes I need for my Paradox Machine to be fully completed, I have the documentation of my 'noble lineage'..." Sweeping back with the cane, he pulled two bound figures forward, still in rather skimpy outfits. "And a couple of delightful guests aboard to ensure everyone stays on their best behavior..."
"Carmelita!" Sly called out in shock.
"Penelope!" Bentley screamed out in rage.
"Mommy!" Coco wailed.
Le Paradox chuckled darkly. "You know, I actually have the little mouse here to thank for my success," he observed in amusement. "I originally planned to aim for time periods where the Cooper ancestors were single, like with Rioichi Cooper...but how far she was willing to go to save Bentley showed me the better plan. Far better to strike when there are...pressure points to use to manipulate them. Of course, getting that specific required a bit of extra power for the machine...but an extra Cooper Cane and a few rare jewels out of pirate treasure more than took care of that."
"Let them go now, Le Paradox," Sly growled out angrily as he grasped his cane in his hands.
Le Paradox chuckled. "I am thinking not, Cooper. You see, I am but one step away from getting everysing I want. However, I do have, how you say, a proposition for you." He grinned maliciously. "As you can see, I have on board the two ladies of your party, dressed - how you say - less than comfortably? I also have aboard several of my own personal guards hired for muscle...much like those who guarded the dock, but with a bit more brains...and a bit less morals. Now, given that they are kept bound so they cannot defend themselves, I am certain I need not draw a picture of what would happen if I left it to those guards what to do with them, and I am certain none of us would be happy seeing that. And all it will take of you to ensure that does not happen...is to give me your Cane."
"Sly, don't do it!" Penelope screamed out as she chewed through her gag to get her voice out. "Your cane's the last piece he needs to complete the Paradox Machine! If he succeeds, he'll be able to stabilize the alterations to time-"
Le Paradox cut her off by jabbing her in the gut with the butt of Salim's cane before walloping her in the back of the head with the hook. "As you can plainly see, Cooper, I care not for their condition...but you do. What shall it be?"
Sly glared murderously up at Le Paradox for a time, then finally threw his cane up to him. "You're going to regret this," he growled as Le Paradox used Salim's cane to catch Sly's by the hooks.
"I am not thinking so," Le Paradox taunted as the blimp lifted up out of the dock. "I am thinking you will be quite stranded here once my machine is complete, and I will be happy with all I want. Au revoir!" With that, the blimp blazed with light and vanished.
"But Cyrille!" Miss Decibel called out as the blimp vanished. "What about...me...?" Her voice trailed off as she realized she was now at the center of a circle of very angry individuals who suddenly no longer had a reason to hold back at all. "Uh...it was just business?" she offered desperately.
I won't go into details on what happened with Miss Decibel. Needless to say, she wouldn't be getting out of jail anytime soon.
The more serious issue was that Le Paradox had all the cards. He had Mom, Aunt Penelope, the Cooper Canes, Dad's Cane, a near untouchable position he'd falsified for himself in the present, and a near completed Paradox Machine that would make his victory permanent. And all we had was a time travelling giant mech that could transform into vehicles...
...you know, suddenly the situation doesn't seem that hopeless.
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....please tell me Coco rips that fecking skunk's head off.
Well Le Paradox will soon be learning the most important about these kinds of stories, You do not mess with a pony's family, bad things happen when you do.
Rip and Tear until it is Done.
Damn, if Paradox was German I could've made a Hellsing joke...
I get the feeling that this skunk will be having a far worse fate then he did in cannon. Hopefully this new alliance will be ready for Seft when he finally rears his ugly head.
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You never know, maybe he really IS German and just faking being the nationality he is acting as.
Cooper Gang! Transform and Roll Out!
...
Can I snarl like Deik-Beik? I feel the need to.
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Better idea sick Deik-Beik/Clockwerk on him, and watch him paint the walls red
I do believe that by the time they finish with Le Paradox all they'll need is a matchbox and a six inch grave!
I'm surprised he didn't add Coco to the deal. He could have traded Penelope and Carmelita for both Coco and Sly's cane.
Go Go Power Coopers!
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You know, we still haven't seen references to Clockwerk's cameo appearances... Given how all he did in the 4th game was hang out in the background, I do kind of want to see him rip into Le Paradox with a few choice words. Something profound, like...
"Who?"
Almost feel sorry for decibel, emphasis on almost.
Coco has no way to make Paradox immortal to suffer for eternity so will be interesting to see how it pans out, can see them all taking Henriettas words to heart for this occasion.
It is funny with how obsessed La Paradox is with the Coopers he has forgotten how bad it is to piss Coco off. And I love her sudden realization at how the mech evens things back up
8618621 Well, i think that -at least- we've heard Miss Decibel's final performance. Though it ended on a rather sour note.
Well... I hope that skunk is ready to see all his plans and scheme crumbling around him. I can't see the ladies just staying captive, more likely they'll bust out and meet the rescue party half way into the prison as the guys bust in to break them out.
Truly, Paradox is a dirty skunk.
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Right out of my mouth
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Wow I didn't realise until you pointed it out.
...that moment when you realize just how much firepower you REALLY have
^The Cooper Clan in about five minutes^
The last part reminded me of DBZ Abridged when Goku remembered to use Instant Transmission to save Tien and Piccolo
8619139 This
... whelp, he fucked up.
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Welp, time to call reinforcements. Trans-temporal reinforcements.
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At least Paradox didn't make the final mistake and try taking Coco hostage too...
It'd be kind of funny if they got back to the present and found him already dead because his temporal mucking redirected Clockwerk's attention to his family instead of the Cooper's. Gotta watch out for those butterflies.
On the other hand, it'd be way more awesome if Sly and the gang overshot and wound up in an alternate future, ala the scene from Bill and Ted, and picked up what they needed there to unmuck the timeline.
Hey, you cannot have a blue moment with a giant robot on your side.
Chicks dig giant robots.
I dig the MLP:FiM Season 8 opening. Sure the theme is old but the opening... FRESH!
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Why would she do that when she has a time-traveling Metroplex?
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Perhaps, but Coco doing the deed herself...it has a certain visceral satisfaction behind it. I'd love for her to outdo her punishment for Neyla...
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Then this'd be happening to that fecking skunk...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuFNwYaAEyA&t=45s
Something that's been bugging me for a while now. You frequently like to come up with creative ideas to explain away unusual design choices in these games, but I fear you might have gone too far with the shipping. Every Cooper ending up with a fox just goes way beyond coincidence or 'having a type'. The whole thing reeks of someone in the shadows pulling the string to ensure this kind of pairing keeps happening.