I own none of the characters in Sly Cooper or it's sequels.
I only own 1 OC in this fic, her name being Tilly the Rabbit (who is now, at this time, 17 years old).
I will let you know if a new OC will come into play at any point during the fanfic.
With this out of the way, let's begin.


Ch51

"With Carnivale only a few hours away and with Octavio's comeback recital coming up in exactly that time, we're all set for our final mission. Get ready for Operation: Tar Be Gone!" Bruce smiled, his slang not really there anymore. It confused me, until he said the next sentence. "First off, Sly and Tilly will sneak into the singing mansion to go to the tar pumping station wagon. They'll let turtle boy through the side entrance and he'll bomb the areas that the tar is being mass-made. Once this is accomplished, Kiri will go to big lion and challenge him to a singing contest. Since he's a singer, he won't attack while onstage, so that will give plenty of minutes for Henriette and myself to unhinge the ropes hanging up the chandelier and drop it on his head! We'll then swipe his main source of madness, the demolition switch, and the water should be running clear. Then The Murray and Kitchen Kid will be free to join us once again!" Bruce said with his usual enthusiasm back on track.

Our group then made our ways to our different positions with Sly donning his disguise and me simply turning invisible for the whole of his password thing. "Don't be long inside! The boss's opera recital is about to start!" the guard smiled as he let Sly in the door, while unknowingly letting me in as well. We then proceeded to the basement until we came across a double-button door, which Sly didn't worry about since I was with him... what we did worry about, however, was that Octavio came right out of the pump room with an important stern gaze. (Good thing he didn't see Sly in his disguise at the time) I thought to myself.

"You! I don't recognize you... what's the secret soprano password?" he asked. After a brief moment, Sly said the password. How did he know all these passwords? Bentley was helping him out with that and giving him the password via binocucom. "Alto Tenor Tenor Alto," Sly said. "Okay, pass word to the rest of the guards that I am not to be disturbed during my big comeback recital!" Octavio exclaimed. "Yes-a sir! I am really looking forward to the performance. Once I'm done in the pump room, I'll be heading out to the stage... um... if it isn't too much trouble, would you help me with this double-button security door?" Sly asked. I simply frowned at this until I remembered I was still invisible. I'd probably just confuse everyone if the door opened from one man using it.

Octavio happily (and idiotically) complied and soon, the door was open for both of us to enter. And once we were in the basement, I lifted my invisibility and let Bentley in through the side door, surprised that he was actually quite mobile in his little wheelchair. "No time to waste dillydallying. We need to destroy these tar vacuums," I said with a smile. "If any guards come in, I expect you to handle them, Sly," I frowned at him. "And what are you going to do?" Sly and Bentley asked me. "Just watch the presentation of how powerful the Dreamtime spirits are," I smiled as I clapped my hands together and focused my spirit. My eyes then opened and turned bright violet, proving that I was in my 'Zen Mode' as I called it. I immediately sent forth a blast of concentrated energy right at a tar pump, demolishing all of it in one go, tar exploding all over the place. "Wow! That's cool!" Bentley smirked as Sly started to fight off incoming guards. "I'd like some help, if you don't mind, Bentley," I smiled at him as I then began to attack the other tar pumps, my powers actually being quite powerful against them. And when a guard went in front of my one blast, it didn't hurt him at all, instead putting him into a deep sleep that he would stay in so long as I was zenned out.

Once all 6 of the pumps were demolished, we escaped using Neyla's vortex move which we ended up deciding to call 'warp hole' as a technique. We reappeared in Octavio's small side garden and we saw Octavio going to the opera stage with a smile "I'm going invisible to watch in secret. You guys can do so too, just don't draw attention to yourselves," I said to them as I went invisible and jumped to the rooftops to see what would happen. "Ah, a little kid in a thief mask... what would a youth want with opera anyhow?" Octavio asked with a frown. "Oh no, I'm not a spectator, mister. I'm a challenger. You and me, onstage. Let's sing," Kiri smiled. "A young vocalist into opera? Fine! A duet is coming up! We'll sing a-first, and then I'll take you home," Octavio smiled, actually treating Kiri with some kind of respect! "Thanks mister," Kiri smiled as she jumped onto the stage with enthusiasm.

Once the song started, I then heard Octavio and Kiri singing and... I gotta say, both of them sung really well! Octavio was an amazing Tenor and Kiri made a pretty great Soprano! All the while, the duo of Burce and Henriette were unhinging the ropes one by one... until finally, it happened. "NOW" Kiri exclaimed, the last rope falling and the chandelier just about to hit Octavio... until a certain blue-haired fox ruined everything! "FREEZE! The lot of you are going to jail!" Carmelita exclaimed loudly as the chandelier lay broken in pieces. "Hmm..." I frowned, noticing I was still in Zen Mode. "Hold it!" I smirked as I sent a blast of the power right at Carmelita, forcing her to sleep soundly for a much-needed rest.

"Huh?... What was that?" Octavio asked. "Just give us the demolition switch before I wake Carmelita up, Octavio. I guarantee you she isn't one to mess with when she's cranky," I frowned at him. "You're a chasin' me for this? Fine, big shot. It took me six months to prepare this whole thing... but what the hey, I got more where this came from," Octavio smirked... until Murray came out and said something that we would all regret. "Did you guys see that chandelier get busted from electricity alone, too?! Destruction! So COOL!" Murray gawked. I slapped my face at this and didn't want to know what happened next, but had a feeling I'd have to do something. "You think that was cool punk?... HehehehehehahhahahhahaaHAHAHAH Ack.. hack.." Octavio laughed like a madman as he pushed the button and, in the distance, I saw an entire apartment complex sink right into the river! "NO! I'll save you!" I exclaimed in shock as Neyla warped us away to the building itself and I simply dove into the waters, not caring if it would get me covered in tar or not. I swam directly under the waves and grabbed hold of as many people as I could that were trapped in the building, water rising all around them from the ground up. Once I made sure that I had everyone in my grasp, Neyla used her laser in her eye to open a hole in the side of the house by the river, allowing all of us to escape before we lost all our air.

Once we all escaped, I looked over everyone to make sure they weren't hurt. "Is everyone alright?" I asked them with concern in my eyes. "W-We're fine... just very sticky..." the one woman said as she noted she was covered in tar, as were the other people that were in the hotel, including children and even an elder! "Dagummit! Who in their right minds would sink a building filled with innocent people inside of it?" the old man asked with a growl. "Don Octavio. He sunk the building because people went to see his opera recital," I frowned. "He sunk a building because he wants us to hear him sing horrible music?! How idiotic can one man be? Him sinking buildings before an audience won't make them want opera back. It'll make them fear opera to the point of being complete recluses!" another man frowned, this one actually being a spider, much like the Contessa. The tar covered him the most, which we were lucky that it wasn't on fire or that it was red hot, or else they'd all have melting skin right now. "I suggest you go to a treatment area to get this tar off of you... and I think I need to go there too..." I frowned as I noted that I was covered in tar as well, the part of me not having tar on it being my face, which the paint had washed off of.


Once Octavio sunk the building and Tilly went off to save them, he actually attacked Bentley where he stood and the result was Murray getting so furious that he actually lost his temper and got in a fight with him. But luckily, the water stopped getting filled with tar when he threw the first punch, so he wasn't breaking his fulfillment at all. Murray, Rojo, and even Henriette all fought against Octavio until he was bruised and he couldn't walk anymore. Just then, Carmelita woke up, my guess being because Tilly had decided to end her small Dreamtime abilities and we all made a quick exit... Octavio wasn't that lucky, however.

The guy got 30 years behind bars for what he did to Venice... but ironically, he found success as a singer while in jail. After all, most of his old fan base was already in the clink. But the biggest score was bringing our two best friends back. Once they put on those gloves, and those masks, it was clear to everyone, most of all them, that The Murray and The Kitchen Kid had returned!

"Well, that was certainly an experience for me," Tilly smiled as she rinsed off the last of the tar that stuck to her body. "You are very noble, Tilly. You saved all those people from drowning to death in deadly, sticky tar!" I smiled at her. "Thanks, hero," she smiled back at me, calling me by her own nickname for me again... but then she sighed and simply sat on the chair, along with Murray. "What's wrong, guys?" Karin asked them sincerely. "Well... it's just... we can't just up and join you out of the blue... our Master... he's expecting us to return back to him once the black water ran pure," Tilly said again, using that term again. "Well, then let's go visit him, then!" Bentley smirked. Murray jumped off his seat at that and Tilly smiled widely. "Oh hell yeah! Let's go for a plane ride to Aussie!" Neyla said within the eye as we all did a team hand thing and we were all off to the Australian outback. The Coopers minus myself all went and sneaked onto the plane without tickets, while all the rest of us got them and did it the old fashioned way with disguises.