Here we go guys, the final hunt for Jean Bison has begun. I'm going to skip a few of the jobs, including the lumberjack games since Sly is more hunter than thief, but I'll put a few of the jobs in just for fun. Anyway, back to the story guys.
Sly, Neyla, and Scar had gotten to Neyla's headquarters that was near a lumberjack camp. During the week, they realized that something wasn't right. Random acts of violence kept popping up and the northern lights were not right. One night they would be brighter than ever and gone the next. They tracked the disturbance to the lumberjack camp. A vast majority of trees were cut down, which they knew was the work of Jean Bison. They knew he was here and that he had one more Clockwerk part: the Clockwerk talons.
They went to the meeting area and began planning. "If Bison is here and Arpeggio is coming here, then that is good for us. Once they are both here, we will have all the Clockwerk parts and have a chance to kill both of them. There are things we must do before Arpeggio gets here. First, I will scout ahead and see if there is anything that would be useful to us. You 2 will go to get information on what Bison is up to." Scar said.
"Excellent plan, brother." Sly said as they headed to their objectives. Sly and Neyla jumped up on a wall and saw a cabin that must belong to Bison. They then went to other locations and saw a boat that had a WiFi link, old sawmill blades, and a large bear. They went to a nearby lighthouse and went inside through a tunnel. Once inside, they saw Bison and zoomed in on what he was saying.
"Come on Jean, ya got it in ya. Those lumberjack games need some more competition. I bet the Clockwerk talons should attract new competitors. I'll post them as a trophy." Bison said.
Sly and Neyla headed back to the headquarters where Scar was waiting for them. Once they showed each other what they learned, they began planning. "These lumberjack games would just be pointless to us. We do not need to participate in those pathetic games. But there are some things that we could do in order to pass time. Neyla, there are local bears in a cave not far from here. Go and kill them. They will provide excellent food for us. Sly, there is something called an RC combat club not far from here. Go and have some "fun" with the guards there. I will destroy all of the oil mines here with my pod." Scar said.
"Why would we need food for, Scar? We already have food back at the ship." Neyla said.
"They will be extra food for when Sly and I leave Earth after our hunt is complete. Think of it like one of your practiced hunts. But be careful, Neyla. The cave has thin ice and if you make one wrong step, you will most likely sink." Scar said.
"I suppose that makes sense." Neyla said.
"Have fun, Neyla." Sly said giving her a kiss. They left the headquarters and headed to their objectives.
With Neyla
Neyla had gotten to the bear cave and saw 6 sleeping bears. She set her masks to see which place on the ice to step on. Once she saw the safest places, she quietly snuck up on all of the sleeping bears, being very careful to keep her steps quiet. She got out her Combistick and quickly killed 3 of the bears, making them roar in pain before dying. The other 3 bears woke up and saw Neyla. She quickly headed out of the cave and quickly killed 2 of them with her Shurikens. The last one stood up on two feet and roared loudly at Neyla before she quickly threw her Combistick into the bears heart, making it fall to the ground dead.
"Scar, I killed all of the bears. 3 of them are already out of the cave. I'll put the other 3 out and put them with the others." Neyla said.
"Excellent work, Neyla. Use the teleportation device to send them to the ship then come back to the headquarters." Scar said through communications.
"Right." Neyla said as she went back inside the cave and quickly got the other 3 bears. Once they were all pilled up, Neyla activated her teleportation device, sending them to the ship. Once that was done, she headed back to the headquarters.
With Sly
Sly had gotten to the RC combat club and saw all of the guards there. He saw five guards who were in RC combat. She Sly destroyed the cars, making the guards turn to face him. "Who are you!?" One of the guards asked.
"That is of no importance. I hope you have all had fun, because none of you are leaving here alive." Sly said as he charged at the guards, killing them all with his wrist blades and Combistick. Once he was done, he headed back to the headquarters.
With Scar
Scar had gotten into his pod and quickly headed for the oil mines. He quickly found and destroyed all 4 of them with his pod's plasma cannons. Once they were all destroyed, Scar landed his pod and made his way back to the headquarters.
The next day after getting a meal and rest, they began planning their final operation. "The lumberjack games have started. This is our chance to finally kill Bison and get the Clockwerk talons. Neyla, I need you to scout ahead and kill any guards that may try to stop us. Sly and I will go to the games and capture Bison. Once we have him and you have killed the rest of the guards, meet us back here." Scar said.
"Excellent plan, brother. Have fun, Neyla." Sly said kissing her cheek.
"Y-yes, have fun, you two." Neyla said heading to scout the area. She quickly found all of the guards and reluctantly started to kill all of them. By the time she was done, there was only one guard left. She quickly brought him to the ground and stood over him when he pleaded for mercy.
"No, wait, please! Stop, I'm asking you for mercy!" The guard said in fear.
Neyla was hesitating. She knew that it was Sly and Scar's way to keep their presence a secret but she was feeling pity for the man. After much hesitation, Neyla put her weapon away and started to walk away. But after getting a few feet away, the guard used his gun to knock her on the head, knocking her out. She fell to the ground and the guard picked her up to take her to his boss. "Oh, the boss will be happy to see this. He may even increase my pay."
With Sly and Scar
Sly and Scar had gotten to the lumberjack games and they quickly scared the judges away. When they got Bison to the ground, Sly was about to plunge his wrist blades into his stomach when they heard someone. "STOP!"
They looked and saw that one of the guards were holding a knife to Neyla's neck. "I'm sorry, Sly." Neyla said.
"This bitch fell for the old asking for mercy trick. All I had to do was pretend to beg for mercy and she completely fell for it. "The guard said before Bison hit both Sly and Scar with his cane, knocking them out.
Sometime later
Sly, Scar, and Neyla had woken up to find that they were in a room. When they got up, Sly looked at Neyla with disappointment. "Was that guard telling the truth, Neyla? Did you hesitante?"
"Y-y-yes, I did. I had him on the ground and he begged me to spare him. And I completely fell for it." Neyla said.
"Let's worry about this later. For now, let's get out of here." Sly said as he went to pry the door open with Neyla. Once the door was opened enough, Scar rolled through it. After a few minutes, Jean Bison himself came into the room but the Clockwerk talons were not on his cane.
"Hey there, hunter. I should have known you and your friends would get out of there." Bison said.
"Where are the Clockwerk talons?" Scar asked.
"Unfortunately for you hunters, while you were unconscious, Arpeggio came here and I gave them to him. But that ain't all, he found that ship of yours and got the rest of the Clockwerk parts as well. He even threw me a King's ransom for the talons." Bison said with a smirk.
"WHAT!? HE FOUND OUR SHIP!? RRRRRrrrrrhhhh!" Scar roared.
"What's the matter, hunter? You afraid that Arpeggio took your little ship? Don't feel bad, cause you and your friends won't be around to see what happens to it." Bison said before charging at Scar. He tried to punch him but Scar blocked his punch and kneed him in the ribs hard and punched him into a wall. Scar quickly ran up to him, grabbed his right leg and threw him into the floor. Scar jumped up and quickly landed on Bison's back. He then plunged his wrist blades into Bison's back and quickly pulled his spine out all the way to his skull, killing him.
Sly and Neyla quickly ran up to Scar when they heard the guard that Neyla spared from before. "Attention Jean Bison, Arpeggio's blimp will arrive to pick up the northern lights battery in exactly one minute."
"Let's get to that blimp before it leaves!" Sly said. They quickly ran outside and saw that and saw that Arpeggio's blimp had already gotten the battery and was already in the air. "Noooo! At this rate, Clockwerk will be put back together and he'll be brought back to life."
"We can still catch up with them." Neyla said before she was shoved into the wall by Scar.
"Neyla, you fool! We told you to leave no witnesses and now, thanks to your hesitation, Arpeggio has all of the Clockwerk parts and it will not be long before he puts Clockwerk back together and he is brought back to life! Have you learned nothing!?" Sca asked angrily.
"I-I'm so sorry." Neyla said.
Scar let go of Neyla and sighed. He quickly called their pods and they quickly got to their position. "Use Sly's pod to go back to the ship, Neyla. See that nothing but the Clockwerk parts have been taken."
"But I can still help you." Neyla said before Sly looked at her with disappointment.
"Go back to the ship, Neyla. Me and Scar will take care of this on our own." Sly said.
Neyla looked at Sly and Scar and saw that they were both disappointed in her. She sighed. "Alright, I'll go back to the ship. I'm so sorry." She said before getting into the pod and quickly flew back to the ship.
When the pod was gone, Sly was about to enter the pod when scar saw something on his armor. "Brother, wait. There is something on your armor."
"What is it?" Sly asked before Scar pulled the small device off of Sly's armor and looked at it. He then gave it to Sly.
"This is a tracking device. But hope did- Sly asked before he thought back to when he killed the Contessa. "The insect woman. She must have put this on my armor before I killed her. Wait, that must be how Arpeggio found our ship. No. How could I have been so foolish?! I led Arpeggio to our ship and disgraced our race. It's all my fault!" Sly said.
Scar quickly thought about what he said to Neyla and realized that it wasn't all her fault. He looked at Sly and put his hands on his shoulders. "Brother, it is not your fault or Neyla's."
"No. I was so caught up in taking my revenge on the insect woman that I didn't see her put that device on me. I shouldn't have let my rage get the better of me." Sly said.
"Brother, this has happened to many Yautja. We all make mistakes at one point or another in our lifetime. But we all must learn from them in order to ensure that we never make the same mistake again. Father taught that lesson to both of us years ago and we must honor him by remembering what he taught us." Scar said.
Sly knew that his brother was right, he would have to learn from this mistake in order to become a better hunter. Dwelling on it would only cause him to make more mistakes if he didn't learn from them. He looked at Scar and smiled. "You're right, brother. I must not dwell on this mistake. But we don't have much time, we must get to that blimp and destroy Clockwerk's body before he's put back together." Sly said as they quickly got into his pod and chased after Arpeggio's blimp.
With Neyla
Neyla was still flying back to the ship, upset with herself over what she had done. She thought about Sly and Scar how badly she disappointed them. If she'd only killed that guard when she had the chance, none of this would have happened. When the pod landed, she quickly entered the ship and began to search every area in the ship to see if anything had been taken. Thankfully, nothing but the Clockwerk parts were missing. Is seemed that Arpeggio was only interested in the Clockwerk parts. When her search was done, she headed back outside and leaned on the ship. She hoped that Sly and Scar were alright. When she leaned on the ship, she felt something wet and turned around to see a bloody picture of what looked like Clockwerk about to plunging his talons into Sly and Scar, killing them. Neyla knew one person who would do something this and quickly got back into the pod. She had to hurry before anything bad happened to the Raccoon she loved and the alien that felt like the brother she never had.
There you go guys, the final hunt for Jean Bison is complete. Next chapter will have the final showdown with a certain merged Fox and Owl. The story is almost over, but don't worry. In the future there will be a crossover between this story and another series that I loved growing up. Rate and review. See you next chapter guys.