Hi! Hyena King here! This is the next part of the game before the final battle between Sly and Clockwerk! So, without further ado, here's chapter 25!
The group quickly made it outside, where Carmelita confronted Sly.
"I don't get it Cooper," Carmelita said, sounding sincere in her confusion. "I,ve hunted you for years, tried to throw you behind bars, but when you get a chance to leave me in a cage, you set me free. Why."
"I think I can think of a reason." Thunder said jokingly. Sadly, nobody noticed his attempt at humor.
"Carmelita," Sly began. "we may be on opposite sides of the law, but you're not my enemy. Now, the homicidal robotic owl that built this death ray and nearly gassed us to death, that guy's on my list."
"I see your point." Carmelita conceded. "Alright. Until Clockwerk and his evil schemes are destroyed, I suggest we work together."
"I second that motion!" Lightning said eagerly, earning himself a kick in the ribs by Rainbow.
"Together at last!" Sly said joyously. At that moment, a robo-falcon swooped down and grabbed Sly's cane, taking it from him. The robotic avian then flew off to another part of the area, before Carmelita shot it down with her pistol.
"Huh...what?" Sly stammered before getting a grip on himself. "I need that cane! It's been in the family for generations."
"I got it!" Lightning cried, flying towards the place where they saw it fall. Thunder gave a groan and followed after him.
"Go ahead, Ringtail. I'll cover you while you get it back. If you can, you and those freaky friends of yours get to the top of the death ray. I stashed my jet-pack there before Clockwerk nabbed me."
"No that we're a team and all," Sly said rather suggestively. "I,d hate to leave your side."
"Hold on, this truce is only temporary. Once we beat Clockwerk, I,m coming after you."
"Really?"
"Well...Maybe I'll give you a ten second head start."
As Sly ran off to help the boys get his cane, Rainbow suddenly shot into the air.
"Well, we're not just going to sit around and do nothing! Come on, Twilight, we got to-"
The pegasus was cut off as yet another purple explosion occurred in front of the remaining trio. The explosion cleared to reveal...
The Elements of Harmony?!
Yes it was indeed the Elements, all wrapped up in a bag neatly in front of Twilight.
"How'd those get there?!" Rainbow asked, complete surprise on her face.
"It doesn't matter." Twilight replied. "Come on, let's get back to the others. We may be able to use the Elements to help."
"Does that happen to you guys a lot?" Carmelita asked, having recovered from the explosion.
"This is probably the fifth or sixth time." Twilight admitted. Then she and Rainbow went off to find the van.
"Freaks." Carmelita said, then turned her attention to what was happening in front of her.
Sly quickly climbed, jumped and slid to the top of the wall where his cane had fallen. Whenever a Robo-Falcon or a Fire slug appeared, Carmelita would shot it before it got close to Sly. At the top, Sly saw Thunder and Lightning engaging a group of Robo-Falcons at the top. Sly joined the fight and, between the three of them, defeated the vicious birds.
The trio then made there way to the death ray, which was situated in the middle of a lava pool.
"There's Carmelita's jet-pack, right where she said it would be!" Bentley spoke up. "The magnatronic support field for the death ray was destroyed as you were making a run for your cane. You'd better hurry, this whole thing is about to fall apart."
"We're on it." Sly assured the turtle. He was about to go do what he did best when Thunder stopped him.
"Why climb when you can fly?" Thunder asked with a smile. Sly smiled back, then hopped onto Thunders back. Together the trio flew up to the top of the death ray. Sly quickly put on the Jetpack and took to the air, joining Thunder and Lightning.
Before they could do anything else, a shadow fell upon them. The trio turned around to look into the face of evil itself; Clockwerk.
There you go. Don't worry, the best is yet to come! R&R please!