Disclaimer: Same as chapter 1, of course. Hey reviewers, I'm in a bit of a spot. After I finish this story (Which won't be for a while) I can't decide whether to do a Sly Cooper "James Bond" deal or a another short comedy. I'm more for the Bond thing, but let me know what you people want! I also must admit, I'm not much for keeping the characters the way they are in the game. I write them to act the way I feel best. I hope that this fact doesn't ruin the story. Please read and review.
And about this chapter, I hope I'm not making a rushed romance. Later!
A PLAN IS MADE AND A QUESTION IS ASKED
Zeramon awoke from the trance he was in. During his trance, he saw the realm. It was empty except for two beings. A shefox and a raccoon. He saw the empty sword pedestals. He was to late. He should have killed them earlier. Now they'd found them. He snarled in hatred at the swords of his bane. Then he remembered a small detail. Only the wielder of the Excalibur could kill him. He then realized that the raccoon hadn't pulled up on of the swords. He looked weak, as though he'd just absorbed something so powerful it could challenge his power. Then it hit the dark lord. The raccoon could kill him. He had to kill the raccoon first or get him to surrender.
"Damn You Slytenkumen! For creating those accursed swords!" Zeramon cursed under his breath.
"Sir, we are ready for the capture of the final chief planet in Lylat. The Medieval Planet." Ganandorf said as he approached the demon of darkness.
"Very well." Zeramon replied.
"Sir, but our army that did number in the ten millions has been reduced to a mere twenty thousand." Clockwerk added. Zeramon's body sprouted fire as he looked angrily at the owl.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS SWORD IS CAPABLE OF?" He roared as the fire sprouting fom his body grew taller and brighter. He held his sword up.
"I destroyed Cerinia with this blade! I could conquer Lylat single handedly, but since you do have the same goal, I decided to cut you some slack and let you join me!' He shouted.
"I'm sorry master!" Clockwerk cried as he knelt on his knees to beg for mercy. The other's followed his lead.
"Very well. You are forgiven." Zeramon chuckled as the fire disappeared. "But still, you will be suited up in armor and will join the fight. Then after you begin the attack I will join you 1 day later."
"But I thought you could conquer the planet single handedly." Raleigh question. Everyone looked at him as if to say "YOU STUPID IDIOT!". Zeramon then picked Raliegh in one hand and squeezed hard.
"YOU INSULANT PUNY AMPHIBIAN! YOU YOU HAVE COST YOUR FRIENDS AND YOURSELF! YOU WILL ALL BE IN THE FRONT LINE!" Zeramon scowled. He then threw Raleigh onto the ground. Hard. Then the dark lord disappeared and left the group with their orders.
"You dumbass!" Mz. Ruby scolded.
"Why'd you do this to us?" Ganandorf questioned angrily.
"Man, yous really is stoopid ain't ya?" Muggshot asked.
"This not good." The Panda King added.
".....Sorry?" Raleigh shrugged. Then everyone jumped on him and beat him up.
Meanwhile in the realm, Sly lay on the floor, sweating even though it was freezing in the realm.
"Man, I need some water." Sly though to himself. Them some water wash splashed in his face. "Oh that's better."
He cracked his eyes open halfway. The worried eyes of Carmelita were staring at him.
"Sly, we've got to get you out of here." She stated. "I know your weak, but you have to get your sword."
"Okay."Sly replied weakly. He tried to push himself up, but he fell back down.
"Sly, don't move, I'll get your sword." Carmelita assured him as she started for the beautiful sword. Sly felt energy surge through his body. His loved one was in danger. She couldn't pull the sword up. Only he could. Sly jumped up.
"NO CARMELITA! DON'T TOUCH IT!" He screamed. He was to late. The second Carmelita's hand touched the lead sword, blue lightning flashed all around the sword and she was blown ten feet back from the great sword.
"NO!" Sly cried as the surge grew stronger. He ran over to Carmelita lying on the floor cringing in pain. He knelt down beside her and took her body in his arms.
"Carmelita, baby, are you okay?" Sly cried.
"Sly, we've got to get out of here." Carmelita sighed right before she passed out.
"NO!" Sly cried. Then the whole realm began to tremble. The realm was caving in. Sly rushed to grab his sword carrying Carmelita as he ran for it. He then pulled it up easily and the two were transported out of the real in a cloud of blue energy just as the sacred place caved in. In the field the rest of the group felt the earthquake.
"Oh no! You guys feel that?" Krystal cried as she clung to Fox for support who was clinging to a tree.
"Yeah of course we feel it!" Falco replied at the top of his lungs.
"What about Sly and Carmelita?" Katt screeched.
"I don't know." Bill replied.
Then the quake stopped and Sly appeared in a cloud of blue energy with Carmelita laid across his shoulder and a sword in his other hand. He just looked at his friends and laid Carmelita down.
"She's unconscious!" Sly cried. Carmelita had a large cut on her arm from when the lightning threw her across the room. Her blood was pouring from the wound.
"She's dying! What'da I do!" He cried in panic. Krystal pushed him away from her body and touched the side of her sword lightly on Carmelita's wound. Sly started to jump up to help, but Falco sat him back down.
"She'll be okay kid!" He told him.
"No! I love her! I have to go to her!" Sly fought.
"Look kid! Krystal's gonna help her!" Falco continued.
"What'da you care?! You never care'd about anyone else!" Sly screamed angrily at him, his eyes glazed with tears and a worried look.
"Since I decided my friends actually mean something to me and that I want Lylat to stay in one piece and to do that you have to let Krystal help her! Her sword has healing powers and your s doesn't!" Falco screamed back at the young raccoon. Sly stared at him a moment and then decided he was right.
Krystal's sword glowed light blue as she touched Carmelita's would lightly. As the glowing sword touched the young fox's wound, the wound closed up and healed completely. Carmelita's pained expression disappeared and she just seemed to fall into a peaceful sleep.
"She'll be alright." Krystal stated. "She just needs some time to rest."
"Hey Katt, your sword has the power to teleport us don't it?" Fox asked the pink feline.
"Yeah, but It can only transport three people once every two hours and there's 7 of us." Katt replied.
"That wont' be a problem." Sly told her.
"Why? Asked Katt puzzled.
"I think I pulled up the more powerful of all the swords. Maybe I ca lend you enough of my energy to teleport us all." Sly added.
"It's worth a try." Bill said.
Katt and Sly touched their swords together and as everyone gathered around them they beggan to say a chant. When they said the last word, the whole group disappeared in a cloud of blue pure energy, which is a combination of all forms of energy, including magic and spirit energy. They reappeared outside the castle in Hyrule, where everyone was waiting for them.
"Your alright!" Bentley cried in relief.
"Wow Fox, your alight!" Slippy and Peppy cried.
"Hey, you'ns made!" Murry added happily.
"Link and Robin are waiting for you guys in the main comference room." Marian told them.
"Follow us." John said.
"Hey guys, I've got to find somewhere for Carmelita can rest for a few hours." Sly said as Krystal handed Carmelita to him.
"That's no problem. Follow me." Zelda said as she motioned for the young hero to follow her.
As he started to walk in Zelda's direction, Fox's hand caught his free shoulder.
"Hey Sly, stay with her a I'll let you know what were gonna do." He said
"Thanks, I really don't want to leave her side." Sly admitted.
"You really care about her, don't you?" Fox asked.
"No.... I love her." Sly replied.
Fox chuckled and followed everyone else to the main conference room. Sly caught Murray and Bentley.
"Hey guys, I want you to take her to a room and watch her. I've... got to go do something." Sly said nervously.
"Why? What do you need to do in town thats so imporant?" Bentley questioned. Murray slapped his hand over Bentley's mouth.
"Don't worry Sly, we'll watch her." Murray answered his friends question.
"Thanks guys. What I'm about to do I may never get another chance." Sly sighed as he left for town.
"What'da ya think he's up to?" Murray asked as he followed Zelda to a bed room with Carmelita in his arms.
"And what did he mean by he may never get another chance to do it?" Bentley added.
"Well, since theres a war comin' up...." Zelda started to say.
"I lnow that, but do you think that he's about to...." Bentley started to say when he got an idea. Murray thought of the same thing. His eyes widened. Then Zelda knew what they were thinking. The three looked at each other for a second.
"Naa." Murray finally ended the silence as Zelda showed them the room and left for the meeting.
Murray laid Carmelita on the bed and left fo the kitchen, leaving Benley to watch the young vixen.
"Thanks a lot pal." Bentley sighed as he sat down beside the bed.
Meanwhile in the main conference room. Link and Robin told of their plan for defeating Zeramon's orc army. The plan called for all planets to sent any soldiers to the Medieval Planet's chief city. The only flaw was that the other planets were afraid to resist the dark lord. Only the Arth and Coneria sent a few resisters, and most were just slaves who had excaped.
"Thats a fine plan, but how large will our army be including our army?" Link questioned Robin's plan.
"Our army will only number eighteen thousand." Robin replied solemly.
"That's two thousand short of the enemy orc army." Falco complained.
"So, we've got the seven swords." Fox said in a cocky voice.
"So. They've got Zeramon." Bill stated.
"Oh... I forgot." Fox said as he sat back down in his chair at the end of the long oak table.
"Well, we'll deal with him when that time comes." Krystal said as she leaned on one of the marble pillars that lined each side of the wooded florred room.
"Yeah, but he's supposed to be more powerful than all of us put together." Katt added.
"True he IS more powerful than all of you until you find out how to form the Excalibur." Robin told them.
"Hey guys!" Marian cried as she busted through the rooms oak double doors. "Captain Falcon and the Marios are back and they've got some blue haired girl with them.
"Boton!" Link gasped. "Send 'em in!"
"Yeah, we need to know if she's alright." Zelda added.
Everyone ran outside. Captain Falcon and Mario were around the young girls shoulders. She had been terrible beaten. Her face hade many cuts on it. He shirt was ripped an her jeans had many rips in them. The cuts look as though they'd been made with demon claws or a sword. Or both.
"She's lost a lot of blood, she's gotten weak and she'll need a transfusion." Captain Falcon said as he laid the girl down on the soft grass.
"No she won't." Krystal said a she touched her sword gently to the young girl cheek. The blade glowed even more brightly than when she'd healed Carmelita. Boton's wounds healed, but she was still really weak.
"Evil... man... captured.... Yusake...coming...Medieval.. Next..." Boton gasped before she passed out.
"We'll take her and take care of her, Krystal." Zelda said as she took the young blue haired spirit guide to the medical room.
"Great." Fox sighed. "He's probably taken their powers."
"Most likely." Link added.
"We've gotta act fast." Robin stated. "John, go back to Sherwood and bring back all of our men."
"Got it Rob!" John said as he departed on a horse.
"Slippy, go back to Corneriatld her teammate.
"Got it!" Slippy said.
"Hold on there, frog. That's dangerous territory. Were goin' with ya." Falco, Bill, and Katt assured Slippy.
"Me too. Lord knows you kids need someone to watch ya." Peppy added.
"Hey!" Falco joked as he and the others departed in the landmaster to get to the Great Fox.
"Hey, what's going on? Came a racoons voice. The group looked and running up the hill came the lead swordsman. Namely, Sly.
"You just missed the fun." Link said sarcastically. The group spent the rest of the day explaining the plan to Sly and then Link and Robin went off rally the troops. Fox and Krystal decided to go on a date, since it could be their last few days alive. Sly had a more important thing on his mind. He went to the room where Carmelita was. He found her sitting on the bed looking at the shield that hang on the wall opposite of the bed.
"Sly!" She said happily as she ran into his arms and kissed him.
" Carmelita, will you come with me? There's...something I want to ask you." Sly said to her nervously.
"Sure baby." Carmelita replied. The two young lovers then walked to the lake on the outside of the city. The water was calm and the sky was clear, revealing the twinkling stars that filled the sky. The moon was full and it cast a romantic reflection in the water. Sly and Carmelita sat on a rock that jutted out a little over the water. They were sitting close together, kissing and cuddling.
Sly looked into Carmelita's eyes.
"You are so beautiful." He told her.
"Really? You think I'm beautiful?" Carmelita asked in a joking tone.
"No. Your smart, athletic, brave...." Sly started to say.
"Oh go on!" Carmelita laughed a she nuzzled his muzzle.
Sly sighed inside his mind and looked at he beautiful scene around them. Now was the time. He checked his pocket to make sure the contents were safe. He then took Carmelita's hands in his and helped her stand up. They just stod there a minute, holding hands and then they embraced in a loving kiss one more time. Then Sly Knelt down on one knee and took Carmelita's hand in his.
"Carmelita, I know we've only been dating for 4 months and that we only admitted our love a week ago, but I realized that we could lose each other very easily so I'm about to ask the most important question I'll ever ask you." Sly told her as he looked up right into her eyes as he spoke. Then he let her hands go and dug into his pocket. Carmelita lost her breath as she watched him produce a small black box. Then he held it up to her and asked 5 words she'd always wanted to hear him say.
"Carmelita, will you marry me?" Sly asked seriously as he opened the small box and revealed the contents. A diamond ring. Carmelita lost her breath. Her eyes watered with tears of joy as she watched Sly slip the ring on her finger. She picked him up and squeezed him in a tight hug.
"Yes." She whispered softly in his ear. Sly's eyes widened and he to began crying out of joy. He hugged her tighter.
"I love you Sly. Forever and for always." Carmelita cried into his ear.
"I love you too, Carmelita, and nothing can take that away. No even the Zeramon." Sly told her with his eyes now glazed with tears of joy.
"I know Sly. No one could destroy our love." Carmelita added, her eyes also glazed with tears of joy.
"We'll always be together Carmelita." Sly whispered to her.
"Always Sly. Always." Carmelita replied. Sly then pulled a sleeping bag out of his backpack that was big enough for them both to squeeze into, and they got in and cuddled up and went to sleep. Carmelita lay awake staring at her ring. It glistened in the moonlight. Then she fell asleep with her future husbands arm around her.