Hey everyone,
Well, this is it. The final battle between Voldemort and a gang of thieves that will all have some level of respect for the Cooper Line. I decided to pick one villain from each of the four existing Cooper Games and make them work together – a little like Honor Among Thieves – to take down Rin-Gin's greatest threat.
I will be honest that I am not entirely sure how this battle scene will play out, but I do want to dish out one single warning: Death Eaters that didn't get their just desserts in Canon might just get them in here or next chapter. I just feel that some of them deserve to pass on like they did to so many good characters in the Canon Final Battle.
You've been warned,
Venquine1990
Chapter 15
The Experts At Work
Three days later
Hidden Location, Europe
18th of August 1995
El Jefe's POV
Cooper may have been the one to put me behind bars and I may have, at one point in time, been known for reigning wars against countries that clients of mine wanted to have for their own, yet being in prison has wiped that desire out of me and since then, while still a criminal, have I been causing the opposite of my previous deeds.
So to hear that one bastard had kidnapped the child of the Raccoon that started my change and that another – who is apparently a war-lord himself – has apparently wanted said hybrid child dead is not something I can accept. That however doesn't stop me from wondering why my three compadres have asked to meet with me.
The first is a bulldog of epic proportions with muscles that would make most Olympic attendees cower in feared shame and with a deadly looking overbite who has two automatic rifles stuck to his back. The bulldog is known as Mugshot and has been in battle with Cooper since the Raccoon's first great adventure.
The next is a huge spider with dark triangular shaped red eyes that have the ability to hypnotize whoever the female spider desires, which she had been using for both the good of the International police force as well as her own personal finances as she always made her prisoners reveal their hidden treasure groves.
The last of the three is a large rooster wearing a traditional Chinese set of armor who has a spear in one hand and a shield in the other and who is known to be the enemy Cooper had to fight to get the infamous Panda King to learn to trust him and the way that Cooper humiliated him makes me wonder why he is here.
"Okay, we all want to answer to the call of the Cooper Heir. My reason is because thanks to Cooper my life has become ten times better and the International belief now has dropped in its reason to want to arrest me. However, what exactly are your reasons, compadres? As far as I know you all got humiliated worse than me."
Yet the spider is the first to shake her head at this and she says: "Not at all, darling. Cooper simply showed me a way that I can make double if not triple the money I used to get from my former clients. Plus, thanks to me using my true skill for this new goal, the House market has never been more stable or secure."
Then the rooster says: "Cooper junior spoke with a level of honor and pride that I have barely heard any other criminal speak like before. He acknowledged that there are many among us that want his father dead or humiliated, yet he still showed us the respect that our own professions deserve. I want to honor that level of respect."
And then I feel like shaking my head as the bulldog says: "No one gets to take out the Cooper line but me. I will take this stupid little human out." And while this makes the rooster roll his eyes do I ask the question I am sure will be the start of us combining our abilities and talents for this mission: "So, what's the plan?"
And for the next three weeks do my compadres and I meet with one another at several locations as well as gathering simpletons that we know will be willing to work alongside us in this mission and whenever we meet with new accomplices, do we plan on to make sure we can incorporate these hybrids into our plan.
8th of September 1995
Riddle Manor, England
Voldemort's POV
"That stupid little hybrid. Thinking he can state that anyone has the ability to defeat me. He knows that not even death can end me, so why he thinks he can send any kind of army to destroy me? That poor little hybrid lost his common sense when he lost his mentor. I will, of course, be only too happy to prove him this soon enough."
Goes through my mind as I have been waiting for this so called army to come near my lair, me having proven my superiority and great self-confidence by lowering all the wards that hid my late father's former manor from anyone's eye and even taking down the Fidelius that I had used to spite the silly little brat after his escape.
Yet no one has arrived at the Manor ever since, at least no one other than a couple of Aurors who came to investigate the rumor I had one of my more loyal followers bring out and the fact that even Amelia Bones herself hasn't shown up with an army proves just how effectively Dumbledore ruined the brat's reputation.
But then, just when I am again starting to think of a way to respond to the boy's cocky exclamation – something I have been doing and redoing several times over the last few weeks – does one of my loyal Death Eaters, who has been able to vanish from public without others noticing, rush into my study room and shout:
"My Lord, we're under attack." This makes me look up and I ask: "Under attack, you say? By who?" And the man's answer shocks me as he says: "By four different armies, My Lord, and they are all consisting of hybrids!" And instantly my mind gives me a single answer as to how this could be possible and I think: "Potter."
Instantly I draw my wand and rush for one of the only higher parts of the manor that has a balcony and looking outside, do my eyes widen at what is happening at the lands of my hideout. Cranes, Boars and Baboons, all kinds of Bulldogs, Vultures, Wolves and Bats and finally Chimpanzees, Tigers and Goats are coming from all around.
The biggest shock I feel is that none of them even have a wand in hand, yet they manage to evade the spell work of my own army quite well and then knock them out – or in the case of the Vultures, Tigers, Bats and Wolves jump them for feral reasons – with, to my utter disgust, all kinds of mundane weaponry such as spears and guns.
I then look up from the carnage and see who is behind this as there are four silhouettes standing at the four corners surrounding my manor. The first is a huge muscled kind of dog his grin as feral as Macnair's, the next is a calm but gigantic looking spider, followed by a Rooster dressed as a general and finally a brutal looking tiger.
"That's it, boys! Shoot 'em down! Shoot them where it hurts! Aaaw yeah!" The feral looking brute of a bulldog growls in excitement and then the spider continues and says: "Very good, my sweets. Feed yourselves on these – simpletons. Keep your strength up on their useless forms. Feed, feed, feed, my darling precious."
"Move swiftly and with honor. You represent a noble line. Now prove it." The Rooster caws from the far south-eastern corner and finally the tiger puffs out a tuft of smoke that comes from a cigarette and says: "I know it's not the same as in Japan, my friends, but destroying these fools will bring honor to our changed leader."
And yet, while none of them say it, do I know exactly why they are here, angering me before they push me into a rage as they shout: "Destroy those that try and harm the Heir of the Cooper Clan!" And this actually seems to inspire all these hybrid beasts into a rampage as they let out a horrid mirage of sounds.
I cringe harshly at hearing this but then think: "Two can play that game, you fools." And I shout back at my own army: "DON'T LET THEM GET THROUGH! THEY ARE BUT WASTELESS HYBRIDS! WE ARE OF THE PUREST OF BLOOD! OUR BLOOD WILL TRIUMPH! SHOW THEM THE MAGIC OF OUR BLOOD!"
And instantly my followers shout back and start shooting all the curses I know they enjoy the most, making me smirk as several dozen at a time those filthy beasts fall, yet to my annoyance, for each beast that falls, another three take its place and even with the motivation coursing through them, it seems as if my army is lost.
Then suddenly I am something I shouldn't be as I am still practicing this art and then the rusty voice of the Rooster sounds and says: "Our armies fight, but so shall we." And to my shock does he have my robe in his talons as he is actually flying me over where his other three companions have gathered together, all with their arms crossed.
Instantly I shoot all kinds of dark curses at them, yet to my shock does the tiger draw out two swords that he points to the skies, causing for a clap of thunder to appear out of an almost cloudless sky before he swings them, the electricity of the thunder clashing against each of my spells and blocking them from their targets.
"That will do." The Rooster says and a second later I have lost the contact between his claws and my robe and am falling down the hill his companions are standing on, yet I swiftly cast a multitude of spells that allow me a perfectly acceptable landing before I glower at the four beasts with all the rage in my undead heart.
Yet as my glare reaches the spider, do I suddenly feel my mind shields get smashes and crumble as the woman's glare is like a swirling motion of passive aggressiveness, making me feel dizzy and causing for all of my emotions to short circuit before I feel nothing but the connection to the woman's hypnotizing gaze.
"Good, he is completely ours now." The attractive looking Arachne states and then, while glad that it's me and not the beautiful lady in front of me, do I feel the bulldog press one of his huge guns against my head before he turns me around and with a voice that must surely hurt the poor woman's ears shouts:
"Hey you, if you don't want us taking a blow out of your puny master's head and lose him to the hell he belongs in, you drop your weapons RIGHT NOW!" And then, to my utter joy, do I hear the voice of the gorgeous spider whisper in my head and say: "Acknowledge his threat." And I calmly nod my head in agreement.
I see my minions – who deserve to be her minions – widen their gazes and then one of the fools actually fires off a Killing Curse aimed for the spider's lovely friend besides me, yet while part of me wants to jump in front of him and do my lady a pleasure by keeping her friend alive, does the Rooster instead jump in front of him.
His shield blocks the spell and then Mugshot howls in anger and shouts: "I AIN'T KIDDIN', YOU DIMWIT!" And to my utter delight does the dog actually shoot the bastard, the dumb fool's eyes widening as he only sees the gun firing, but seems too blind to see the bullet shooting his way until it impacts with his skull.
The utter loser falls down dead and then the dog shouts: "ANYONE ELSE? NEXT SHOT WILL BE ON HIS HEAD! DROP THOSE WANDS, LOSERS!" And I again nod in agreement before everyone bar my beloved and her partner's henchmen drop their weapons, their eyes still wide and their bodies slack with shock.
Then I feel the gun leaving, only for the electrified sword to cut against my throat and the tiger hisses: "Walk over to them and you will not get shocked, capish?" Yet at the same time do I hear the lovely spider in my head again and hear her tell me to just comply with her partner, which both excites and angers me at the same time.
Excites, because I just love hearing her speak to me, yet angers because I don't feel like this little kitten is worth the woman's time, let alone deserve the title of being her partner, yet my lovely Arachne seems uncaring about my inner turmoil as she and her three male compadres move me down to the manor.
There everyone parts like the red sea for us and when we are in the middle of a large circle of all of our henchmen, do I again hear the voice of my beloved, yet this time it's not in my head and her voice melodiously rings across the planes of the small hill my manor is stood on as she addresses me yet again and says:
"Darling, please tell us the name of your strongest, best Death Eater." And while her three male fellow leaders pick one men each and she herself motions for a huge wolf to come over, do I happily mutter: "Lucius, get your sorry ass over here." And while the blonde is shocked, does he come over with his head lowered.
Then the tiger lowers his sword and says: "Alright, now that each of us have our strongest present, they will do battle. However, it will be my Boar, the Contessa's wolf, Mugshot's King Bulldog and General Tsoa's Tiger versus the great wizard Lucius. And trust me, compadre, there will be a fine reward if you beat them."
At this Lucius looks at me, yet I hear the Contessa whisper in my head again and she hisses: "Convince him, little dear of mine." And I glare at the blonde, telling him with my glare not to act like a coward and to prove his worth. The blonde nods at me and then draws his wand from his snake-headed cane.
The wolf draws himself a sword, the boar flexes his huge form and muscles, the bulldog pulls a huge ball and chain from his back and the tiger draws a set of twin swords from his back before snarling at the blonde and then the bulldog partner of my beloved plugs one of his ears and releases a bullet into the air as he shouts:
"FIGHT!"
And instantly Lucius tries to cheat like the bastard he is as he shoots an array of killing curses at the four, yet they all dodge, the boar having a bit of trouble as he lets himself fall and then has trouble getting back up, yet he then lets out a loud squeal and charges the blonde, his armor actually deflecting all the other curses.
The tiger, wolf and bulldog quickly move in sync with the boar and move behind him, all three of them moving their weapons in a ready stance, yet before Lucius can do anything do stop them, do I notice something that I instantly discard as unimportant as the Contessa has come to stand by my side, where she belongs.
Then, just when the boar is close enough to crush Lucius between his arms and huge form, does he suddenly dash to the side and instead of him, is it the bulldog with the ball and chain that attacks the blonde and this startles Lucius enough that the man stiffens and thus makes himself an all too easy target for what happens next.
The ball and chain get wrapped around the man, yet while I had expected it to just strangle the man, do the wolf, boar and tiger instead grab onto the chain along with the dog before they all give it a whirl, causing for Lucius to get thrown into the air and fly in an arch of sheer manpower straight at my person.
Then, to the shock of the blonde, does the tiger named El Jefe rush past him and swipe his wand, replacing it for his own still electrified sword with the tip aimed at my heart and while the blonde's flying form rushes at me, is the last thing I hear the gorgeous voice of the spider as she whispers in my ear: "Die, my darling."
And as the sword impales me and the thunder that still surges through it electrifies me, do I break all control I have over my magic, causing it to overcharge within me and for it to, together with the bloody weapon and the magnificent power of nature, destroy all that is me, my heart, my soul and my body that is loved by the Contessa.
And that is that!
Was it a really great fight? Heh, maybe not, but I liked it. It gave purpose to the goons you always fight in the Sly Cooper Series, it gave purpose to a few of the villains in the series and it proves that Rin-Gin can indeed call on those who honor the Cooper Line when he needs them – even if Mugshot did it for selfish reasons.
Now, next chapter will be a bit of a summary chapter as we wrap everything up. There will be a bit of summarizing of what else Dumbledore had actually done, there will be summarizing of how the DMLE takes care of all those captured by El Jefe and his gang and there will be one last press conference given by Rin-Gin at the end.
You all excited?
Venquine1990
