PLAYSTATION

ALL-STARS

BATTLE ROYALE

Episode 5

Treasure Hunt Race

Chapter 1

"What do you mean they don't remember?" Fat Princess asked in a concerned way. She was having a conversation with Parappa, Spike, Jak, Raiden, Ratchet, Clank, Sly and Nariko. They were all in the breakfast room having a conversation about characters in their home worlds not remembering some of the experience they had with meeting the All-Stars and having their world mixed with others.

Nariko crossed her legs on the couch and replied, "I'm saying my clan, my father and my friend Kai don't remember there being a race track from Wipeout in our world. Even Kai doesn't remember jumping around close to the track and seeing those vehicles flying by"

Parappa who was sitting next to her spoke next "The same goes for me with my Dad and my friends; they said they don't remember a huge robot invading the town and Chop Chop Master Onion taking it down which is kind of weird"

From where Parappa, Spike, Fat Princess and Nariko were sitting, Ratchet, Clank, Jak and Sly were at the table and Raiden was laying his back against a wall with his arms crossed. "This doesn't sound right" said Clank, "We all live in the Playstation universe, I don't see how that some of our worlds have been mixed with others and yet people can't remember them"

"I agree with you Clank" said Ratchet, the other All-Stars agreed with him as well. "It's like back at Metropolis when we encountered those Hydra's from God of War, Qwark doesn't remember being knocked into the water by them and then almost got eaten by one. He said it must've been a dream but clearly that's not true"

"I hear you" said Spike, "My girlfriend, I mean my friend Helga doesn't remember Specter opening a portal which brought out that huge spider thingy from Resistance I think it was called, even the Professor didn't know what I was talking about. I'm also not sure if Specter can remember his small invasion in Killzone"

"Same with me but about the rift gate" said Jak, he had something like the Time Station in Ape Escape but no huge spider came and attacked Sandover Village. "Just like you Spike with the Time Station but instead these people were from a world called Hot Shots Golf, I doubt Keira and Samos would ever know about it because they left through the rift gate before they could even see them"

Sly was thinking about when he met up with his gang and Carmelita back in Paris...

Flashback

It was night time in Paris and the city was filled with lots of beautiful lights with the full moon in the sky. Sly jumped from many roofs to other buildings being very stealthy to not attract attention. He wanted to meet up with Carmelita but he needed to dress up smart first so he headed to his base where Bentley and Murray were at.

Meanwhile at the base Murray was eating popcorn feeling a little upset, same with Bentley who was on his laptop searching for Slys whereabouts.

"I really miss Sly" said Murray finishing the last of his popcorn, "Have you found out where he is yet?"

"I'm working on it I should have his exact location in less than a minute and I feel the same way this team is never complete without him" said Bentley typing down so many words on his computer.

Bentley and Murray were Slys teammates for when they go out on heists, but Sly felt they were more like a family to him and they felt the same way. They made their first ever successful heist when they were orphans trying to steal some cookies but Murray ate them all.

Bentley was the brain to the operations they have, the mastermind, always coming up with good plans. Murray was the muscle to the team who also entered the demolition derby who remained undefeated.

"I found his location" Bentley cheered, Murray felt happy instantly and ran up to Bentley's computer. "Where is he?" Murray asked. "Well it says he's...right here?" said Bentley who looked confused at Slys location.

"That's right". Bentley and Murray looked behind them to see Sly Cooper leaning against the wall crossing his arms and smiled, "Good to see you again guys". Murray ran up to Sly and hugged him so hard that he was having trouble breathing. Bentley shook his hand happily; he was so glad that Sly had returned.

"We were wondering where you've been all this time Sly, are you ok." Bentley asked with a bit of concern. "Relax Bentley, I'm fine" Sly replied with a smile. "Well where were you?" Murray asked.

Sly held his cane over his back, "I'm living with the All-Stars, but don't worry it's not like I'm going to live there forever you know. I've got you guys, I'd never forget or abandon you"

Bentley and Murray looked at each other in confusion, "Uh who are these All-Stars may I ask?" Bentley asked. Sly looked puzzled, "You never heard of them?" he asked. They both shook their heads.

"Don't you remember seeing anything weird in Paris like this huge snake thing that was sucking a water tank and antennas from a roof, I think its name was Negativitron and some of the All-Stars were fighting it?" Sly asked again, surely they would remember that. But they both shook their heads again.

Sly couldn't understand it, "Why can't they remember?" Sly thought to himself. Murray walked towards Sly, "Hey Sly, is this All-Star group like a league filled with other thieves?" he asked.

"Well there's one named Nathan Drake who's looking for the treasure of his ancestor but-" Sly was then interrupted by Murray who cheered out loud. "I knew it Sly; you're at the top with some of the great thieves. But they're nothing compared to you and your skills" said Murray giving him another hug but not too tightly.

Sly smiled a bit, he wanted to tell them what the All-Stars really were but decided to let it pass. "Uh hey, I know this is a short meeting but do you know where my suit is?"

"Well sure Sly it's in the next room, may I ask why?" Bentley asked. "Well let's just say I'm going out with the hottest inspector in Paris for Valentine's Day" said Sly with a grin.

Murray laughed, "I knew you were going out with Carmelita, we better get you looking smart for your date". Murray led the way to the other room with Sly following him. Bentley stared at Sly walking off and then started thinking to himself. "He did answer our question on where he was but who are these All-Stars that he was talking about; I do know one thing is that they can't be a league of thieves. I need to look into this"

And with that Bentley started searching for this particular group that Sly was talking about.

Carmelita was looking out from the balcony into the vast distance of the lights that was turned on in the city and at the Eiffel Tower. She was a bit tired from today's work and needed to get some fresh air. She rested her head on her arms which were on a railing and closed her eyes for a while. She didn't notice that she was being watched by a thieving raccoon from above her.

Sly smiled just looking down on her, he missed her for quite some time so he decided to surprise her. He jumped off the roof and landed down on his feet quietly like a ninja. He made sure he'd done his tie up properly before he could do anything else.

"Hello Carmelita" said Sly. This caused her to freak out, she turned around quickly. Carmelita was now standing infront of him with their noses only a few centimetres away. "Well my dear, I didn't think you were this into me" Sly teased with a big grin on his face.

Carmelita didn't take this politely; she pulled out her shock pistol and aimed it at Sly Coopers chest. Sly put his hands up in a joking way but he also did it to show he wasn't going to cause her any harm. Carmelita lowered her pistol putting it back in her holster.

"Sly Cooper, I'm not in the mood for any of your games" Carmelita said angrily and then she asked "Although I must ask where have you been all this time, you haven't been causing any trouble or heists for a while so something must be up?"

Sly smiled again, "I also didn't think you cared about me that much, were you worried that something bad happened to me?" he asked teasingly. Carmelita's cheeks were a bright red, "I said I'm not in the mood for your games" she said angrily trying her hardest not to blush even though it was hard not to, Sly was her secret lover.

Sly chuckled, "Don't worry I'm not doing anything bad this time I can assure you of that", "Then where were you Sly?" Carmelita asked. Sly was about to answer but then remembered about his friends at the base not knowing what the All-Stars were, so he closed his mouth.

Carmelita thought he was whispering, she couldn't hear what he said, "What was that Sly?"

"Sorry I said nowhere much really, I wasn't doing anything at all I just stayed in Paris and did...nothing" said Sly, he didn't know what else to say besides he didn't want her to think he was crazy by saying that he's with a group called the All-Stars.

Carmelita looked at him for a while, she knew this didn't sound like him and started wondering if she should start investigating on Sly. "Nothing" she asked. Sly looked at her and replied "Yeah just nothing"

Now Carmelita was filled with suspicion, she knew that something was up with him but decided to leave it for a while.

"Well why don't we do something since its Valentine's Day and you've dressed up very smart for it" said Carmelita with a smile; she pointed her pistol at him, "Take me out for dinner or I'll arrest you"

Sly smiled back and replied "Who am I to refuse to a beautiful vixen like you" Carmelita blushed again and still pointed her gun at him, "Just keep moving ringtail" she laughed. So did Sly, he hoped that one day he'd get to spend a bit more time with her.

End of flashback

Sly woke up from his thoughts as he was being asked a question by Fat Princess, "Oh sorry, what was that you asked?"

"I said it's strange that worlds from parts of the universe have collided into each other and now everything seems like it never happened, don't you think so?" Fat Princess asked.

Sly stood up using his cane to scratch his back, "Yes I agree but there's something that's bugging me a bit"

"What's that?" Parappa asked.

"Well if we're all saying that people from our homeworlds don't remember anything, then how come some other worlds like LocoRoco and Patapon found each other and mixed together because that was part of the news before?" Sly asked, it was an interesting question after all.

"I think it's more of how their worlds look like and their gameplay" said Spike bringing out a point, "The LocoRocos and Patapons worlds are 2D based and they fight off enemies in the same kind of fighting style, singing and music. The Patapons can only move and attack by the beat of the drums, like a rhythm and the LocoRocos sing to save their planet from the Moja Mojas, so maybe both their worlds collided and then they formed an alliance. Wow they'd be perfect as All-Stars and Rivals for each other but I wonder what their attacks and supers would be like?"

"I guess that could be an option" said Clank.

"Yeah but let's stay focus on the topic" said Ratchet, "How, or who do you think has caused this?"

There was moment of silence for a while, then Raiden answered "What about the Polygon Man, maybe he could've done it"

"That sounds likely" said Nariko, "But we sealed him away after that huge battle we had with him"

"Then who else would've caused this?" Jak asked.

There was another moment of silence. Fat Princess got up to say something for the All-Stars when she had finished her fourteenth slice of cake.

"We may not know who had caused this and it feels weird for all of us that our homeworlds have been mixed together and people can't remember it but I can tell you all one thing though, we are the All-Stars. Even though P-Man is sealed away and won't threaten this universe again we can try and save it in other ways as possible, we can go to others and our homeworlds and try and help them in any way we can that way it can not only boost our reputation but all the worlds in this universe will then mix together and form as one and we can get more to join our group. Then we'll be known as the Play Station All-Stars"

Everyone smiled and nodded their heads in agreement with Fat Princess; she had never made a good speech like that before. They all knew that her idea will work, but they need to find a start.