Disclaimer: Sly Cooper and the Cooper gang are property of Sucker Punch and I am just using them to entertain the masses with a good story. I only own the characters that I have personally created and the other elements of the story I have created my self.


Chapter 22

Epilogue

After getting Eclipse some medical attention and getting the Sky Serpent repaired the Cooper gang, which now included Carmelita, Destiny, and even Eclipse, headed back to the island so that everyone could see the splendor of the Cooper Family vault. After a complete search of the vault Sly found two finally pages to the Thievius Raccoonus. The first described his fathers addition to the great thieving book, the laser slid. The last page was a complete family tree of the Cooper family. Sly showed everyone each one of his ancestors, and then as a special gift from Sly to everyone, he presented each member of the gang one very special treasure from the vault.

He gave Carmelita a necklace which had been stolen from a British museum by his father. Panda King got some very high grade gun powder that had been stolen by Sly's Chinese ancestor. Murray got his pick of the many thieving vehicles that were contain in the inner sanctum of the Cooper vault. Bentley found a old computer that dated back to before the first computer, and found it was faster then most modern day computers being it was made of magic and technology that was in perfect balance. Guru found a sun stone that interacted perfectly with his moon stone, increasing his mastery of the dream time. Dimitri found a very nice ring that went well with his laser ring, and could even act as an enhancing jewel for the laser ring's laser blasts. Penelope found an old RC miniature pirate ship from one of Sly's more modern ancestors, and it actually had working cannons.

As a gift to Destiny and Eclipse, Sly offered them the choice of several jewels. Destiny looked upon the chest, but Eclipse gently bent down and picked up a very beautiful, but proportioned ring. He then held it out to Destiny before he smiled and said, "I hope you don't mind if I don't go down onto one knee. I am still pretty sore from that battle with Clockwerk."

Destiny took a second to process what Eclipse had said, but when she realized he had just asked her to marry him she took the ring, put it on her ring finger, and then wrapped her arms around Eclipse's neck and kissed him gently on the lips. Eclipse grunted a little under Destiny's weight as he said, "Be careful, I just said I was still sore."

Destiny just giggled as she kissed Eclipse one last time before she got down. They spent a few days relaxing in the Cooper vault, but then it struck Sly that he now had a choice. He would either have to return to his job at Interpol, or pick up his career as a master thief, putting him and Carmelita on opposite sides of the law. Sly couldn't decide what to do, but luckily for him he didn't have to.

The day when everybody was getting back onto the Sky Serpent with their trinkets Sly looked around and noticed Carmelita wasn't any where to be seen. He got onto the train and headed for his and Carmelita's bedroom on the train, thinking to find her stuff all gone. Instead, he found that Eclipse and Destiny were waiting in his bedroom, and they both had big smiled on their faces. When they noticed Sly come in Eclipse said, "Sly, we were wondering when you would get here. Carmelita has a present for you."

Sly sighed as he said, "What did she leave me. A set of hand cuffs and the promise she would see me behind bars one day."

Eclipse shook his head and said, "Nope, Destiny and I were just looking over this paperwork she gave us. Do you remember when Destiny joined the team, and how she gave us a bunch of applications."

Sly nodded his head and turned to Destiny who said, "Well, if we read these papers right it says that a certain fox is looking to become an apprentice to a true master thief, and she will only settle for the best. Do you think we have room for an apprentice on the Sky Serpent?"

Eclipse nodded his head and said, "I do believe we have room. She has been staying with us for quite a while now; we just need to get her a good thieving costume."

Destiny chuckled and pointed to behind Sly and said, "Do you mean one like the one she is wearing right now."

Sly turned around and saw Carmelita standing behind him. She was dressed in some tight black pants and a blue shirt like Sly's. She had blue gloves on and her hair was back in its characteristic style. She had a black strip covering her eyes like Sly's, and as a final touch she was holding a cane exactly like Sly's except for its head was a silvery color. Sly was at a loss for words when Carmelita walked up and said, "So, do you want me to call you my teacher, or can you still be my husband."

Sly just smiled and winked a thank you to Eclipse and Destiny as he and Carmelita began discussing her training. Eclipse and Destiny left them alone and headed for their own room, which Eclipse had just finished transforming from two rooms into one like Sly and Carmelita's. The train continued to fly across the ocean, taking this team of 10 on to new adventures, and good times. Or, should I say a team of 11, after Carmelita told Sly he was going to have himself an heir to the Cooper line.

The End