Gamelover41592- Because only Sly would have fought her
Shadow Joestar- Stinky indeed
Bloodyninja88- I think all fans want a game five
Anyways, it's time for the final chapter of the final game(so far). Let's begin.
Duncan barely recognized the place he called home. Le Paradox had taken over, seeing how his face covered the city of Paris like a virus. On the way to his blimp, Bentley did a little dirt digging and learned that Le Paradox was actually from a family of thieves himself. Unlike the Coopers however….they weren't very good at it. Then a major discovery was made. Sly's father had become famous, or rather infamous for his theft of the world largest diamond. However Le Paradox's father was going to steal it first along with framing Sly's father for the crime. But he was caught after Sly's father stole it and fled. With no one to teach him the skills, it wasn't long until Le Paradox landed himself in jail. The contacts he had here were what truly helped him become the thief he was. He needed to be stopped but first, they needed to save Carmelita and Penelope.
"This could not be a more obvious trap if there was a glowing sign that said 'this is a trap' on it," Hunter snarked, once he climbed into the blimp along with Sly, Duncan, Maverick, and Buck. The 'trap' in question was a tied up Carmelita and Penelope(who were back in their normal clothes….for some reason. All it did was make Duncan very concerned) with the only light in a pitch black room.
"I know, but I think one of us may need to fall for it," Sly said as he started walking forward, only for Duncan to stop him.
"I have a better idea," Duncan revealed. "Hunter, aim a shot above them," With a smirk, Hunter fired, hitting Le Paradox dead on. His stench was clear to the wolf. This turned the lights on, revealing he had a large glass jar ready to capture Sly.
"How did you foil my clever trap?!" Le Paradox asked.
"Um, that wasn't clever at all," Maverick said in a surprisingly deadpan voice.
"No kidding," Duncan replied as he finished helping Sly untie Carmelita and Penelope.
"No matter! I still hold all of the canes!" Le Paradox bragged before fleeing.
"That's what he thinks!" Murray said as he and Bentley arrived, the Cooper ancestors in tow.
"Now we are talking!" Duncan cheered.
From there, it wasn't too hard to gather everyone's canes. Either because Le Paradox liked irony or because he was a moron(Duncan had a strong feeling for the latter), all of the cane's holding spots were guarded by obstacles that at least one of the ancestors could reach. After getting their own and helping reach another, the ancestors were returned to their correct time period. Finally they reached Le Paradox with Tennessee's help.
"Reckon my time here is up," He said before tipping his hat and fading away.
"Take care Tennessee!" Bentley called after him.
"You Coopers are very good at foiling my plans," Le Paradox noted.
"What's your problem with us?" Duncan asked.
"The problem?! The problem is you Coopers! You destroyed my father and you almost got me! But not quite. And when I rebuilt myself, I swore I would erase the Cooper name from history completely! And so today, my revenge will be complete!" Le Paradox vowed. "Behold!" Everyone turned to see an open time vortex.
"What is that?" Buck asked, sounding a bit afraid.
"That, you ignorant weasel, is the time tunnel. It was yet another amazing work of your little friend, Penelope, before her unfortunate defection," Le Paradox explained as Penelope started trying to make herself look small. Seeing this, Bentley grabbed her hand and Duncan placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Defection?" Duncan asked. "You kidnapped her!"
"Bah, it doesn't matter! What matters is that will never have to deal with any of you ever again. Once I send you through, you will be sent all over time...if you survive the journey that is," Le Paradox said as started moving a claw towards the gang, only to hit the time tunnel. "NO!" The tunnel started sucking up anything it could.
"Everyone! Get out of here!" Sly ordered.
"We all need to go right now! That manic just tore a hole in time-space!" Bentley replied.
"I know, but I need to finish this! For the whole Cooper clan!" Sly answered. "Plus, I'm the only one who can glide out of here!"
"Dad, I'm staying!" Duncan told him. "I need to be in this fight just as much as you!"
"Fine, but only you! Everyone else go!" Sly ordered. He and Carmelita shared a quick kiss before she feld and Duncan and Sly headed up to Le Paradox. He was a skilled fencer, but with two Coopers fighting him, he was mostly reduced to running. Finally, Duncan and Sly cornered on the tip of the blimp.
"So let us just get one thing straight," Duncan said. "You came after the Coopers because of what happened to your father?"
"No, you imbecile! I came after the Coopers to prove that Le Paradox is the greatest thief who has ever lived! Is there any doubt?" Le Paradox explained.
Yes," Scruffy mumbled from under Duncan's hat.
"Ask yourselves this: if the Coopers were truly the greatest thieves in history, and I have stolen their most valued possessions, then what does that make me?" Le Paradox asked.
"Um...an idiot?" Duncan replied.
"You had it made! You could have been the biggest thief of all time, but you had to target my ancestors and blow your own cover. You exposed your operation because of your ego! No Cooper would've done that," Sly elaborated.
"Also, for the record, can you really say you stole the canes? Seems like all your 'friends' did all the real work," Duncan added in.
"Enjoy your words, Coopers! For they will be your last!" Le Paradox replied. But he was soon eating his own words when Duncan and Sly beat him yet again leaving him hanging for his life off the blimp.
"Oh yeah!" Duncan cheered as he and his father shared a high five.
"Coopers! Please help me!" Le Paradox asked.
"Why should we?" Duncan asked.
"I do not wish to die!" Le Paradox whimpered.
"Well, I guess you can't do much harm from a prison cell," Sly said as he helped him up, only for Le Paradox to steal his paraglider.
"So predictable," Le Paradox taunted.
"We'll find you!" Sly vowed.
"Au contraire, Coopers. I do not believe we will meet again," Le Paradox replied as he jumped off.
"Dad, hang on!" Duncan said as he tackled his father off the blimp, before grabbing onto him and using his own paraglider to land safely near his family.
Three Weeks Later
Duncan smiled as he finished his latest entry in the Thievius Raccoonus. Le Paradox had been caught and arrested. Everything was back to the way it should have been.
And Duncan still had his family.
Bentley had offered to try and build a portal to find Duncan's home dimension, but he refused the offer. After all, why go back to a world where almost nothing went your way? Duncan smiled as he climbed up the roof of the mansion. He passed by Sly and Carmelita snuggling up with a movie, Bentley and Penelope laughing over something blowing up in their face, and Hunter, Buck, Maverick, and Murray playing video games. This was what a real family did.
"I never want to go back!" Duncan announced to the heavens with more pride and glee then should have been possible, before letting off a mighty roar.
"Did you fix it?" The cloaked figure asked his partner as he reappeared in the dark building, The Contessa, General Tsao, and El Jefe behind him.
"No, but I was able to convert much of the remaining energy into a very powerful source of power," The partner, a female replied.
"Very well, but we will still need more for this plan," The cloaked figure said as he looked over the remains of Clockwerk before laughing.
So Duncan's story has come to an end and that mystery villain has added The Contessa, General Tsao and El Jefe to his little band of villains. As for my thoughts on this job and the main villain? I loved the job itself and it was great to see every single ancestor back for one last hurrah. As for Le Paradox, lame, bland, and with stupid motivations. I kinda wish it was one of Sly's former villains out for revenge. And his boss fight was a glorified quick-time event. As for the next story, go back to chapter 38. We saw Duncan's side and now it's time for Dawn's. See ya then!