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Hi everyone, so… long time no talk. Please don't hurt me. I have been busy with other stuff and am truly sorry about that, but I really have no excuse. But I stand by what I said; I will never abandon a story and will continue to write even if I don't write for months. IM SORRY!

Couple of things I have to say. If you haven't seen them I recommend reading my other stories and tell me what you think. I now have a Facebook Page, if you want to find it just search Fenozzel12, I will be talking with my readers and I will be telling people when I have finished writing a new chapter and it is being reviewed by my beta.

Also on this story I will probably end it around the 20 to 25 chapter mark, good goal and I'm aiming for 25 to 30 thousand words for it.

So that's all I have to say so I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 11: Clockwork's Resurrection.

The two factions just stood standing, looking at each other for a minute before their brains kicked in and the Cooper Gang jumped behind a downed column that Murray had knocked down in his hypnotic rage. The Destructive Seven started to blast away the column.

"Anyone got any ideas?" Sly asked as he pulled out Carmelita's Shock Pistol. She had given it to him when they left the ship. He hit Murray by accident but it knocked him out of his rage

"Not in the slightest. Panda King could always fire rockets at them and make them want to flee for the hills." Bentley said. Sly and Bentley looked at the Panda King who had heard them talking and started to load his launcher. Sly looked over the column and let off a few rounds from the shock blaster. It was at that moment they saw all of The Destructive Seven practically on top of them. Raleigh and Clockwork hadn't moved from where they were.

"Scatter!" Sly yelled. All the Cooper Gang ran off in different directions in the tomb, The Destructive Seven went after them but Raleigh and Clockwork moved to the empty owl shell to place Clockworks weakened mind into it.

"Hurry, I can feel my consciousness slipping." Clockwork said weakly. Raleigh started to mess with the robotic shell and connect Clockwork's mind to the shell. He started the download and hoped that the others would keep the Cooper Gang busy.

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With Murray

Murray ran off down a corridor not even looking back. He had heard Sly yell scatter so he ran off in a random direction. He was aware someone was following him but didn't look back. He soon found himself in another open room and paused for a breather. He may be strong but he isn't use to running long distances. He was about to take off again but found himself face to face with Rajan

"Ah, the fat hippo. I have been hoping for a chance to set things right from our little fight last time." Rajan said with a smile on his face.

"Well Chump, The Murray will just have to wipe the floor with you again." Murray said before running at Rajan. Rajan Jumped on Murray's back and proceed to punch him. Murray grabbed him by his tail, pull him around and throw him at one of the columns in the room. The column broke under the impact and started to fall. Rajan just managed to get out of the way in time. Murray started to run to Rajan when he was tackled from behind. He looked around and found himself staring into the eyes of Muggshot. Murray gave Muggshot a punch to the face, Muggshot let him go and found himself being lifted off the ground and thrown over to where Rajan was. Muggshot landed on Rajan causing him pain but they both stood back up and got ready to charge at Murray, they started to running but when they were close to Murray he just knocked them back down on the ground. Murray climbed up on one of the columns and preceded to thunderflop the two. Muggshot and Rajan were seeing stars and were unable to stand and were soon knocked out.

"The Murray takes the gold from this fight. You chumps will never win a fight against The Murray." Murray said as he dusted off his hands. He left the two there and ran off to see if he could find the others.

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With Panda King and Tony

"You see where the others want?" Tony asked as they were running.

"No I didn't, but I am sure we will meet up with them eventually. In the meantime I'm sure we will have to deal with whoever is following us." Panda King said as they entered a burial chamber. They took up defensive positions near a couple of the sarcophaguses.

"Not Bad, Panda King. But you and your fellow Cooper friend are going to have to deal with me." Someone said from the shadow.

"Show yourself, now." Tony yelled out as he pulled out his shock pistol. Mz Ruby walked out of the shadows. Tony let off a couple of shots while Panda King loaded his firework launcher. The blasts from the shock pistol were only absorbed by a voodoo shield Mz Ruby created.

"You're going to have to do better than that. Maybe I should introduce you to some friends for you two play with." Mz Ruby said before using her voodoo powers to reanimate the mummies inside the sarcophaguses. While Tony was shooting them with his shock pistol and Panda King was blasting them with his fireworks, Mz Ruby only laughed an evil laugh they were not going to survive the onslaught.

"I never liked that annoying pain." Panda King said before firing a huge load of fireworks at Mz Ruby. She was caught completely unaware and was blasted back against the wall and fell into unconsciousness. Having the puppet master knocked out, the spell that was causing the mummies to be reanimated was broken and they fell to the ground.

"Perhaps we should find the others." Panda King stated. Tony just gave him a knowing look.

"You just don't want to be here in case the mummies become animated again." Tony said with a smile.

"That too." Panda King said before they both ran out of the burial chamber.

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With Dimitri and The Guru.

"Keep running bro, Bison be on us." Dimitri yelled like a scared wuss. They came into a room filled with valuables and scrolls. The Guru instantly ran over to one of the corners and used his dreamtime to transform himself into a bookshelf to hide himself.

"Coward." Dimitri said while shaking his fist. Dimitri tried to find another way out but was unable to. He was boxed in. Bison ran into the room and found Dimitri trapped.

"Ah there you are you little varmint. You ready to get a whooping." Bison said as he raised his club ready to smash Dimitri to a pulp.

"Ah… No." Dimitri said before using super speed to run around the room missing the swing Bison took at him with his club. Bison was getting tired from missing all those times. And was completely unprepared for when The Guru jumped on his back and started to control him through Dreamtime. He may have been able to throw off The Contessa's hypnosis but had not even experienced Dreamtime controlling so was unable to throw it off.

"Ah, thanks mystic dude. I can't run like I use to." Dimitri said bent over and drawing breath. The Guru said something in Aboriginal while still having a firm hold on Bison's mind. "Yes I was able to run fast, but it's all about stamina bro. My spiffy suit helped give me the motivation to run though, being hit with a club would defiantly leave wrinkles" Dimitri said while running a hand over his suit.

The Guru just rolled his eyes before making Bison charge into a column and make it fall on him knocking him out. Guru stared at Dimitri for a minute.

"What, you a freaking me out bro." Dimitri said feeling uncomfortable. The Guru spook in Aboriginal. "Yes I called you a coward but how was I supposed to know you were going to flank and control him." Dimitri said before leaving the room. The Guru struck when Dimitri's back was turned and jumped on his back and started to control him before making Dimitri run into a wall. The Guru hobbled away and Dimitri jumped up and followed him knowing The Guru could easily beat him if he was able to get into his mind.

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With Sly

Sly was running flat out down the corridors. Running through tombs, climbing up walls and generally just trying to escape The Contessa.

"Come and face your doom Cooper, if you stop running I might make it quick and painless. Well mostly painless." Sly could hear from behind him, he just ran faster. Soon he had running into a room with no other exits and turned to see the Contessa enter the room.

"You are a worthy adversary Cooper; I will certainly miss you when you are gone." The Contessa said as her she used a device to try to hypnotise Sly. Sly just blew it apart with the shock pistol. Contessa threw the remains to the ground before charging at Sly and attempting to hurt him. Sly just dodged The Contessa's charge and pulled his cane off his back and swung it at the Contessa taking her legs out from under her. She tumbled to the ground but quickly got back up but found Sly waiting for her and he smashed the cane into her head knocking her out. She tumbled once again to the ground and this time didn't get back up.

"Next time, stay out of my mind." Sly said before running out and back to where Clockwork was.

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With Bentley and Penelope.

Bentley and Penelope hadn't got far; as a matter of fact they didn't even leave the statue room. They had hid and were completely missed by everyone. After everyone had left the chamber, they snuck back out and found Raleigh tinkering with a control panel on the owl body.

"Hurry, I must be reawakening in the body soon or I will fade." Clockwork said in a weak voice.

"It shouldn't be long now, I only need about a minute and you will be transferred into your new body." Raleigh said.

"We need to disrupt that transfer or we will have serious trouble." Bentley said.

"I have an idea, we can distract them with my RC car and you can disrupt the download." Penelope said.

"Sounds good, get your RC car out." Bentley said. Penelope nodded and pulled the car out of her bag and booted it up. She drove it over to the Raleigh and Clockwork and used the blaster to distract them. Raleigh jumped in shock but that shock soon changed to anger, we pulled a fly out of a bag and ate it before growing to super-size.

"I never knew he could do that." Penelope said.

"Neither did I, I better be quick." Bentley said before wheeling over to the control panel and started to type fast. The transfer was at 95% and only had seventeen seconds till it was complete. Bentley was typing as fast as he could but was knocked out of his chair by Raleigh.

"Well look what we have here, a weak, pathetic, miserable excuse of a being trying to play hero." Raleigh said. They heard a sound coming from the control panel and saw the screen now said.

Download 100% Complete, Transferring subconscious.

"HA, you're too late." Raleigh said. Penelope ran over to Bentley and pulled him back into his wheelchair. The others all ran back into the room just in time to see the body move. The wings moved up and Clockwork picked himself up off the floor.

"You're too late Sly Cooper, and now I shall finish what I started all those years ago. I will finally eclipse the Cooper Clan and Clockwork shall be the greatest criminal mind this world has ever seen." Clockwork said. The Destructive Seven came back into the room and saw Clockwork moving again. They looked on with triumph, dreaming about how they will rule the world. Clockwork picked up on this. "You think I will share the world with all of you? You have been beaten by the Cooper Gang again and you have failed me for the last time. This Tomb will be yours to rest in for all eternity." Clockwork said before destroying pillars holding the celling up. The roof started to crumble in and large chucks of rock started to fall.

"RUN!" Sly yelled and the Cooper Gang ran off in the direction they came in.

"You will not escape today Sly Cooper." Clockwork said and started to chase after them. They ran through the halls and up the ancient stairs, Sly would try to shot Clockwork with the shock pistol like Carmelita did when they faced Clockwork the first time, but he was unable to dint the metallic owl. Soon they came out on the surface and the tunnel caved in behind them. Clockwork clawed his way out and flew off into the distance. None of the other members of the Destructive Seven survived the cave in. Sly climbed back to his feet but leaned on the cane to hold himself up.

"Things have just gone from bad to worse; this is going to be harder than last time." Sly said. The others all agreed with him.

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Till Next Time Folk