While I did stay inside the hideout for most of the remaining missions there...I did sneak out when Dad, Uncle Murray, and Uncle Bentley all went out to set the last stage in place. Now I didn't get anywhere near the action, or where the water would go...but I was worried, and I wanted to see what was going to happen.
It's a good thing I stayed back. The plan wound up turning the dense jungle into a swampy quagmire! The only dry place I could hide in was the turret Uncle Bentley had used to keep Uncle Murray from getting bombed. He scolded me for coming out, of course, but our focus quickly turned to the fight that unfolded, since Rajan came out of the temple to flee the water.
Rajan stared down at the water pouring out of his temple to flood the land, and angrily thrust his staff - with half the Clockwerk Heart on the top - towards the heavens. "Black Clouds and Thunderbolts!" he proclaimed dramatically. "My Spice Temple...ruined!" He pointed out towards the scenery before him. "I will no longer hide while you villains destroy my hard won empire! This place is mine! Here I am king! Come, face me Cooper! With Clockwerk's black heart, I will show you true power! You are nothing! Come face the mighty Rajan, Lord of these Hills!"
"Did he eat Shakespeare or something?" Coco whispered to Bentley.
"Not enough thees and thous for that," Bentley pointed out. "But yeah, way too dramatic."
To Coco's surprise, Constable Neyla joined Sly in trying to seize the Clockwerk Heart from Rajan, who used it to try and drive them back with bolts of lightning. "What's she doing here?" Coco demanded worriedly. "And...why hasn't Mom shown up?"
"She did help Sly get in to get the other half," Bentley pointed out. "I...think we can trust her."
"I hope you're right," Coco observed worriedly as she watched Sly and Neyla leap from fence top to fence top in Spire Jumps. "I just don't like how many Cooper techniques she seems to know..." Her eyes widened as the pair reached Rajan, only for Neyla to leap away. "What the-?" A blast of lightning knocked Sly from his perch. "Daddy!"
"Quiet, Coco!" Bentley hissed instantly, covering Coco's mouth. "I don't know what's going on now...but we definitely don't want Neyla to know we're here."
As they watched, Murray leapt down to where Sly had been blasted to, only for Rajan to leap after him, trapping them both in a ring of lightning. They talked for a while, then began trading blows.
"Why can't we hear them?" Coco demanded quietly.
"We're a little far away," Bentley explained. "Hold on, while I tune into Sly's Binoc-U-com. We should be able to hear somewhat..."
Before long, the signal was activated, just in time to hear Rajan order several of his guards, "Dispatch this fool!" The guards leapt down to attack Murray, only for him to grab hold of them and use them as bludgeons against Rajan.
"I didn't know Uncle Murray took levels in 'Improvised Weapon: Enemy'," Coco marveled.
"We really need to get everyone together for a family campaign one of these days," Bentley murmured to himself.
It wasn't long before Rajan's best efforts proved ineffective against Murray's strength, leaving Rajan unconscious and the Clockwerk Heart half in Murray's possession...just as Neyla arrived, shortly followed by Carmelita and the Contessa. Sly's Binoc-U-com was in range to pick up what Neyla said.
"There they are, Contessa," Neyla purred. "Just as I promised. The Cooper Gang and Rajan all incapacitated."
Pulling out her own Binoc-U-com, Coco could see Carmelita's eyes take on a worried look, though the rest of her expression remained stoic. The Contessa spoke up. "Excellent work, Constable Neyla. Carmelita's never been able to catch the Cooper Gang, yet you capture them in just a few short weeks."
Carmelita tensed up, but said nothing. However, as it turned out, Neyla was far from finished. "Actually, Contessa, there's a good reason Carmelita's never captured the Cooper Gang...because she's been in league with them the whole time!"
Carmelita visibly tensed from the accusation. "That's a pretty bold claim," she growled out fiercely. "I hope you have some proof."
"Indeed," Contessa agreed calmly. "What proof do you have, Constable Neyla?"
Smirking, Neyla pulled out a large folder. "Quite a bit." She pulled out a picture. "First, here is a picture of Inspector Carmelita dancing with Sly Cooper the night the Clockwerk Wings were stolen." Before Carmelita could respond, she pulled out another picture. "And here they are together at Monaco Beach Bay a week before."
Carmelita's eyes widened in shock.
Grinning widely, Neyla laid out her coup de grace. "And here are a sequence of emails Inspector Carmelita has received from the Cooper Gang, informing her ahead of time where they would be striking and what they'd be after...several of her biggest 'busts', if I'm not mistaken. She was in league with the Cooper Gang and using their exploits to bust lesser criminals to make herself look good!"
Carmelita's stun cannon dropped from her suddenly nerveless grasp, staggering back as she saw her whole life being so expertly unraveled, and presented in the worst possible way.
"That is certainly incontrovertible proof," the Contessa concluded. "Men! Arrest former Inspector Fox, and take her and the Cooper Gang away!" As Carmelita was dragged off, the Contessa shook her head. "Such a shame, when a good officer falls from the light."
"Yes...indeed," Neyla purred softly.
Bentley stared in shock. He wanted to curse, to shake his fists at the sky, to swear vengeance on Constable Neyla...but he had to be there for Coco. Turning to look at her, however, he saw an expression on her face that left him staggering back in terror. After all...he'd seen what her magic could do.
That...that BITCH! She took my Dad...she took my Mom...she took my Uncle Murray...she stole my family!
Well, I wasn't going to stand for that. If looks could kill, she'd have been dead where she stood, along with a swath of grass behind her. One thing was certain. I would get my family back. And I would make her pay.
...and I was going to do it my way.
neyla... you gonna hate your own life fairly soon
*Bows* Praise be Lady Coco, Empress of everything. Please spare me for your rage.
Anyone else here fully expecting Coco to pull a perfect 'to the pain" on Neyla?
Not to kill, but to leave the person so broken that death would seem as bliss...
That part of the game was messed up when I reached it, this spin made it feel like a train hit and ran over my feels...
Wow, you made Carmelita's involvement with the cooper gang, way more tangible than the game did. Rather than it be a simple misunderstand, Inspector Fox did indeed perform these acts.
Considering all that Coco has befriended, even death wont be a safe haven from vengeance.
How many here are now thinking way's on "How to make needle's cause numerous grade's of pain on different way's on Neyla?"
Looking forward for more...
just a random thought considering that Neyla seems to have the skill set of cooper would it be possible that she was former apprentice of Sly's father but, because her methods where where how shall we say to brutal he abandoned her? At which point mister power of hate swooped in and fostered her jealousy......Oh poop I just realized that maybe clockwerk actually intends to use her a living sacrifice just incase sly managed to beat him and that he has done this before as every couple centuries or so he needs a sacrifice so filled with hate that it renews him......Of course that would put this fic into powered by forsaken child territory and I'm not sure if Tats is willing to get that dark.....
I am imagining Sly playing a lawful good paladin and Carmelita an acrobatic rogue, both of them highly romanticized versions of the other. Bently and Murray play their opposites as well, but can't quite manage to play them correctly. Bently acts way too smart for a barbarian warrior and Murray just uses magic to light his fists on [insert element here] and punches things.
Kinda makes me wonder who is GM, since Coco doesn't seem like the type, and Bentley seems like the obvious choice, but the idea of Bentley trying to intentionally act less intelligent is too appealing to pass up.
Holy shit that ending. F*** YEAH! LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!
Or maybe
~Can you feel the new day rising...~
I mean... I know it's not going to be that bloody, but... I can hope.
I get the impression that Neyla is going to quickly find out what happens when you piss off a Cooper enough that they throw out the "thou shalt not kill" rule that they operate under. As in, she's going to get to see that the guards guarding Coco's family suddenly start playing the role of the Colonial Marines from Alien, with Coco playing the role of the Xenomorph hunting them down one by one, intentionally pausing between kills to give them enough time to go "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!" before getting grabbed. Alternatively, she doesn't kill them, but she does haul them out of sight and knock them unconscious, leading Neyla to think that Coco was doing her best xenomorph impression. Either way, she scares the hell out of Neyla, and possibly just leaves her crippled and in immense pain, just to make her life miserable for as long as possible.
Look at it this way Carmelita you can now join Sly on his missions and spend more time with Coco when she busts you out,
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That'll only work if Coco finds a way to pull her out of Clockwerk's body before destroying the Hate Chip. Otherwise, she'll decay away along with the rest of the beast.
I never watched much Sienfeld, but I do recall catching bits of an episode where one of the cast was being threatened by this guy for having supposedly hit on his girlfriend. One of the threats was thus: "I'm going to sew your ass to your face!"
At the very least, I expect Neyla will need prosthetic buttocks if she survives.
Ooooh its on now! Hell hath no fury like a filly scorned!
Nicely done Tat
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The difference is that here, Carmelita was working with criminals with the best of intentions, to stop bigger threats. She kept it all secret for the sake of Coco, and because the less people who know the connection between the Cooper Gang and the Interpol Inspector, the better.
I'm sure if Carmelita had explained the situation to her superiors, they would have understood and blessed the effort.
Neyla, however, is twisting it like it's a conspiracy of greed. The Cooper Gang cuts off criminal masterminds at the knees with their efforts, while giving Carmelita everything she needs to bust them. She makes a show of trying to catch Sly Cooper when he shows up, just to keep up appearances. Carmelita gets the credit for taking down these masterminds, the Coopers get to steal everything that isn't nailed down while having someone on the inside who can sabotage any attempt to have them tracked down.
We the audience, as well as Sly and Carm, know that it's about Justice. But Neyla is making it look like corruption.
I was expecting something in this general direction, but I wasn't prepared for this. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
Yes, 1-800-BODYBAG? You might want to come over quick: we've got a dead Bengal Tiger on our hands...
well, okay: technically, Neyla is a "dead Bengal Tiger WALKING" but you get the point, right?Pick. Up. Objects. And. Throw. Them. At. Your. enemies. Pick. Up. Your. Enemies. And. Throw. Them. At. Your. Other. Enemies.
Mr PoPo, any comments of Neyla's chances?
"SHE DEAD!"
Well said, go back to your pot plants now.
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Echoes act 3?
"Lets kill da hoe!"
Well said.
...wow, well that escalated quickly.
I wonder if Sly will be proud of what happens next or disappointed that she will do what she is planning.
well neyla's toast. the only reason she might survive this is the inherent good within equestrians, or at least she better be hoping coco still has that trait in her
Why do I think Neyla's fate is going to be far different then in the games? Now how much harder will her fall be?
Chapter's a little short, but OMG, there's gonna be hell to pay!
... Nope, not punning here, it was never funny the originally and certainly not this time.
God speed Coco, don't turn into the enemy you're fighting.
7895638 there are plenty of 'non-lethal' torture poisons. Coco is probably going to use that kind of poison to make her targets feel indiscriminate pain as they feel like there being haunted by a being knowing that they all are a bunch of corrupt fucks. I know that some bad guys are superstitious so it would make sense, but I don't know *shrugs*
Mama Bear? Nope. Papa Wolf? Certainly not!
Right now, we're dealing with parents in distress. Why can't they have a badass trope name for the kid? Like 'Vengeful child' or something...
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Given who's raising her, the goodness is still there.
I have a pretty good feeling that the Contessa's really not going to like her plans, along with Neyla... This will be interesting, time to get the popcorn and see what happens.
Squeees sorry but a pissed of coco just seems adorably badass please have her mad more often
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Yeah, something like that. Also adding some hallusinogenic would also do... The kind that makes one see thing's.
welp I should get ready then. ( starts digging a really big & deep hole with a tomestone with 'here lies neyla. she fcked up big time.' ingraved on it )
7896612 yeah pretty much. Let's just hope she keeps it to pain and hallucinations instead of death...I also hope that the gang doesn't magically lose all the clockwork parts. Seriously it makes no sense how the entire gang lost all the clockwork parts in their secret hideout for literally no god damn reason other than 'it happened'.
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Indeed, now that I think of it. What's the point of "secret-hideout", if it's that "secret" that villain finds it? Story-plot I guess.
7896861 story plot hole I suppose.
*megalovania noises.*
It will be a bumpy ride to the prison.
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What? Bison stumbled upon their safehouse, the thing was going to be delivered to Arcpedgio anyway, checked so that everything was in order, found the parts in there.
Next time:
Bentley (and Coco) Save The Gang!
Actually now that I think about it, what happened to Coco's friend in the police force? The one who she beat in the shooting range... Is he ever going to make an appearance again?
You know Coco reminds me of the babe...
rest in pieces constable neyla... you wont be missed....
Oooh! Nightmare Coco? Hmmmm... Nightmare Thread? I like that one. It suggests Coco is a dress, and one of the threads that makes her is evil.
Actually, that gives me a Kill la Kill vibe. Not sure how Sly would react to Coco showing up in skimpy armor and wielding an over-sized scissor half.
7897961 what babe?
Think of this what you will.
7899929 the babe with the power!
7900348 "What power?"
7901868 the power of voodoo.
7902076 "Who do?"
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Is one of you going to explain what this has to do with the story, or are both of you taking this elsewhere?
7902125 I'm just playing along. I like the reference.