Disclaimer: Same as Chapter 1. By the way, if you do review this, please be honest. I you don't like this, please just say so. If you like it, thank you. I hope you that like this will continue to review. You Sly Cooper fans might want to research up on Star Fox to understand this chapter.









Chapter 5

(Space Wars)





The Great Fox had cleared Corneria's gravitational field, and was about to make the jump into hyper-space, when a group of fighter spaceships came into their view.

" What are those?" Bentley asked as a small group of fighters approached the Great Fox.

" Wolfens." Fox growled aloud.

" Huh?" Murray asked.

" That's Star Wolf, you idiot!" Cried Sly as he grabbed him by the shoulders and looked right at him.

" Their the ones that harass the Arth's military.

" Oh, that Star Wolf." Murray replied sheepishly.

" Oh man, what do they want?" Carmelita asked angrily.

" What else, to fight." Replied Krystal.

" My the radio says that the leader is trying to make contact." Said Slippy, the Star Fox team's mechanic.

" Turn on the radio." Peppy, the team's strategist, commanded.

" Hallo, my old friend." Taunted Wolf over the radio in his slightly English accent.

" You," Katt threatened.

" Calm down, Katt, get ready. I know where this is going." Falco whispered to her.

" SO little man," Taunted Pigma Dengar in his sqeaky accent. " You up for another round?"

" We've got more members this time." Andrew the monkey added.

" Yes, two more allies." A chamaeleon named Leon hinted.

" Hey, look. They have two more members." Krystal observed as she pointed out the huge control rooms window.

" Hello, Carmelita. Remember us?" Came two voices from the two new wolfens.

" It can't be.." Carmelita mumbled.

" Carmelita, what is it?" Sly asked in a tone that relieved her.

" Those two extra wolfens are being driven by a couple of mass murderers know as Jean and Joe."

"Can they drive a space fighter?" Fox asked puzzled.

" I tried to capture them after they shot 10 people at a bar. They caught me and tortured me for two days. Luckily, backup arrived and I was rescued. I spent two days in intensive care." She was near tears. "I was so afraid."

" Carmelita, it's okay." Sly said as he hugged her. " They won't hurt you."

Carmelita just pushed out of the hug, even though she didn't know why.

" Come on, foxy, kill us and save your friends, they crackled over the radio.

" No. You won't hurt anyone here!" She challenged.

Fox, we have your, Krystal's, and Falco's arwings ready." Peppy said. " Take them and challenge those wolfens."

" I'm coming with you." Katt said in a no-arguments tone.

" Hey," Sly complained with a cocky grin, "What about me."

" Can you fly an arwing?" Slippy asked.

" Yes, I had to escaped from a terrorist installation that had captured some. After I stole one for myself." Sly replied with another cocky grin.

" Alright, we've got 2 new arwings, never been flown, ready for you and anyone else who can fly one." Slippy replied worriedly.

" I'm coming with you." Carmelita said as she laid her hand on Sly's shoulder.

" Let's roll!" Commanded Fox.

The heros then left the docking bay and grouped into a V formation. Star Wolf was nowhere to be seen.

" Where are those assholes?" Asked Falco angrily.

" Just then, behind the group, the enemy appeared and unloaded a barrage of lasers on them.

" You and your big mouth, Flyboy." Katt complained.

" Fox, I'll take Leon, you take Wolf!" Krystal commanded.

" Got it." Fox replied as he barrel rolled to avoid the lasers that narrowly missed his ship.

" Sly, take Jean. Carmelita, take Joe." Fox commanded.

" Falco and I'll take Pigma and Andrew." Katt added in a commanding tone.

The dog fight that pursued was to awesome to explain.

Fox and Wolf were turning back flips to try and get behind the others craft. Krystal, who happened to be an outstanding pilot, quickly shot down Leon by executing a back flip and getting behind his ship, unloading her lasers, thereby blowing him to space dust. She then proceeded to help out Fox. Falco and Katt had a tough fight with Pigma and Andrew. They had to keep doing barrel rolls, back flips, and tight turns to keep up. Actually, it was as fair match, as Pigma and Andrew had the same amount of trouble.

Meanwhile, Carmelita was being targeted by both Jean and Joe. They were behind her and no matter how many maneuvers she tried, they stuck to her like glue.

"Help! I can't shake 'em!" She cried frantically over her radio.

" Hold on, I'm on my way!" Sly replied. He u-turned and got behind Joe's ship. He fired 3 shots, but Joe turned tightly and ended up behind him. Joe opened fire, firing over 10 lasers at Sly, but missed, as Sly did a back flip and got behind Joe.

" Hm, persistent, aren't we, coony?" Joe taunted as he tried to break free of Sly's pursuing arwing.

" Ha! Me? You couldn't hit the side of a barn, much less me!" Sly snapped with a grin.

Sly then charged up laser, which had heat seeking abilities. This tracked down Joe's ship and hit it, severely damaging it and disabling his ability to maneuver.

" Shit!" The dalmatian mumbled as his wolfen rocked and began to spark.

Sly fired a round of lasers, this time each beam found it's target. Joe's ship exploded in a brilliant orange flash.

Meanwhile, Carmelita had taken a few hits from Jean, and was having breaking free of his pursuit.

" Sly, Help me out here!" She pleaded.

" Bye Foxy!" Jean laughed as his targeting computer centered on Carmelita's arwing. He started to push the trigger, but was pounded with lasers, and sent crashing into the Great Fox's Docking Bay.

" Thanks Cooper." She sighed with relieve.

" You okay?" Sly asked with a concerned tone.

" I've taken a few hits, but I'm alive. Let's help out Katt and Falco.

" Right behind ya." Sly reassured here.

Katt and Falco, with Carmelita and Sly's help, were able to shoot down Pigma and Andrew.

Wolf noticed that his wing men were down. He didn't have time to consider it, as h had to barrel roll to avoid Fox and Krystal's lasers. He noticed that everyone else was concentrating on him.

" You win this time, Mccloud." He growled. He then jumped into light speed, fleeing the battle.

Before his ship made the jump, he screamed this warning:

"You'll never defeat Zeramon!"

" Who?" Krystal asked puzzled.

"Hey, maybe Link will know. He know's a lot about famous and legendary people." Bill suggested over the radio.

" Excellent idea, Bill." Peppy replied, we'll make adjustments to go to the Medieval Planet now."

" Fox, you and your friends need to hurry and dock." Slippy said over the radio.

" Sly, Carmelita, you guys dock first." Fox commanded. " land in the BACK docking bay."

" Okay, were almost out of fuel anyhow." They both replied.

" There is a wreck in the docking bay." Bentley complained. " If you're careful, you can still dock though."

" Got it." Sly replied.

He and Carmelita then proceeded to dock next to Jean's smoldering wolfen. Murray and Bentley soon appeared as some machinery carried their arwing to the hanger in the front. Soon every pilot was in the docking bay, congratulating each other until a gun clicked.

Jean crawled from his wrecked wolfen and trained a gun on Carmelita.

" I swore I'd kill you before I die!" He screamed.

Everyone else hurriedly tried to produce their guns, but weren't fast enough. He fired.

Carmelita tensed, expecting a laser, but instead felt a heavy shove, as Sly pushed her out of the way, taking the laser directly in the chest.

" Sly, NO!" She cried.

Sly fell to the ground. Blood poured from the wound that he still clutched at.

" Aahhhhh!" He howled in pain.

Fox recovered from his shock and shot the Doberman directly between the eyes. Jean fell to the ground in a dead heap.

Carmelita ran to Sly's side and held his head in her lap, tears of worry in her eyes.

" Why, Sly, why.?" She whined she picked him up and carried him to the ships infirmary. He was out cold at this point. Everyone except Bill followed. Bill put out the fire and used a small forklift to push out the wreck. He to, then went back inside.

In the infirmary, Carmelita laid Sly gently on a operating table as Bentley and Katt followed.

"Will he live?" Carmelita asked with her eyes now glazed with tears.

" Dunno. We'll try to save him." Katt replied solemnly.

" I hope." Sighed Bentley. "Carmelita, you can stay, as he may need some comfort. Even though he's unconscious, his body can still feel pain."

" Sure." Carmelita sighed.

Sly's chest had a black blast mark in the center about 2 inches across.

" Please Sly, pull through." Carmelita whispered into his ear. " I don't know what I'd do without you."

She thought about the days when he was just a normal thief. " Hard to believe we used to play cops and robbers all the time."

She looked at the wound on his chest, witch was pouring crimson blood. Bentley touched the wound with a wet rag. Sly grunted in pain and jumped a little bit, but quickly lay back down. Bentley was right. He COULD still feel the pain even though he was unconscious.

" Carmelita, if you want to leave, leave now. Cause we WILL have to hurt him, but it will undoubtedly help." Katt told her.

" It's okay. I'll stay." Carmelita replied, still weeping.

" Do you think there's any hope?"

" I don't know, Carmelita. I don't know Bentley replied.

With that, Bentley and Katt began to clean and inspect Sly's wound.

" C'mon Sly." Carmelita wept in his ear.

" He'll make it." She tried to reassure herself. " He's got to much to live for. He'll make it."

For everyone's sake, Sly had to make it. He was one of the seven who could wield THEM and stop the dark lord.