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Sly Cooper and the Space Thieves

Chapter 16- Royal Battle

Isis and her son, Little Sly, watched as their loved one fought against a monster for the fate of the planet. Volroth stood a few feet away watching his brother Varu, aka the Dark Wolf, viciously attacking the king and his companions with an amusing look on his face. 'Now I can't just let my half-brother have all the fun,' he thought as he raised his staff again.

In the battle, Beowulf slashed his sword at Dark Wolf, who manages to dodge with ease. He then struck back by catching the sword with his jaws in attempt to disarm him. But before he could, he got kicked in the head and slid across the room. Beowulf turned to the kicker, and saw that it was Carmelita. "Thanks," he told her. Carmelita smiled and replied, "No problem, your highness." Dark Wolf looked furious at the inspector. Beowulf soon was accompanied by Sly and the others, wanting a piece of him too. But before they could finish him, they heard a cry from Isis. "Beowulf, behind you!" He and the others turned around and they thought the same thing: 'Oh boy…'

Three 20 ft tall crystal wolves stood there, towering our heroes. Volroth laughed insanely at the looks on their faces. "Beowulf, meet my crystal giants! They will make quick work of you, I can tell you that!" Beowulf looked both angry and nervous. Dark Wolf got back on his feet, prepared for round two. After analyzing the situation, the white wolf turned to his friends. "Sly, you and your comrades deal with the crystal giants along with Cecilia and Cryos. I will handle Dark Wolf personally."

"Are you sure you can handle him by yourself?" Cecilia had asked him this in worry. Beowulf replied with confidence. "I'll be fine. I have defeated that beast once, I can do it again. Besides, this is personal. Now go!" He shouted as he ran towards his opponent. Without any more time to think, the rest of gang went after the giants. Sly and Carmelita took on the 1st giant, Cecilia and Cryos handled the 2nd giant, and Murray, Guru, Panda King, and Dimitri faced off against the 3rd one.

Murray, while wearing his special suit, is trying to punch away the giant with little success; he couldn't even scratch it. The giant then swiped the hippo away with ease. Though a little dazed he got back on his feet. Dimitri began to panic when his kung fu like moves could not do any better. "Of man, this rock dude is really solid! It cannot be brought down!" "Let us not give up," said Panda King. "Guru, do you think you could hold him still?" Guru said he will try. He began to chant and the giant immediately went as still as a board. If it weren't for the Plaxis Stone added to his Moon Stone, he would not have the power to pull it off.

Pleased at this, Panda King yelled for the others to get back. "My rockets will finish this monstrosity! Proton rockets, FIRE!" He had launched every rocket he was carrying at the rock beast, and there tons of explosions and smoke everywhere. When the smoke cleared, their jaws dropped; the giant was still there, barely scratched by the explosions! "Like this handsome lizard said, it cannot be brought down!" Dimitri yelled as they jumped away from the giant's hand smashing into the ground.

Cecilia and Cryos were having no better luck. No matter how many times they slashed their swords at the giant, they cannot harm it. "This thing is made of the same crystals that are mined from the mountains; they cannot be damaged." Cecilia agreed with her brother after another failed sword slash at the creature's chest. The giant simply swiped its arm at her and got hit. "Cecilia!" Before Cryos could help his sister, he got swiped by the giant too. Both were badly injured by the attacks.

Sly and Carmelita were getting their butts kicked by their giant. Carmelita kept zapping the creature with her pistol, but no matter whether it was set on shock, freeze, or heat, it did no good. Sly could barely block the giant's attacks with his cane; witch was tougher than it looked. Then Carmelita got an idea. "Sly, lets use the same strategy we used to beat the Vapok in the games!" Sly looked at her and agreed. "Alright, let's do it!" He then jumped on top of the giant and, with all his might, planted his cane on its head. "Carmelita, it is set to deflect shocks, go for it!" Sly called as he jumped down.

Carmelita then jumped as high as she could and fired directly at the cane. When the blast hit it, it turned the giant into a wolf shaped light bulb; the blasts were affecting the creature. After the light show, the giant fell down hard on the floor, causing the room to shake a little. Pleased with their success, Sly walked to the giant and retrieved his cane. "The bigger they are the harder they…" Before he could finish his statement, both he and the inspector looked shocked; the giant got back up again! "You've got to be kidding me!" Carmelita yelled. The giant resumed his mission to squash his adversaries.

Volroth just stood there and laughed at their struggles. "It is pointless! You cannot defeat my giants, they are indestructible! As long as I hold my staff, my crystallized creations will never stop until you are all finished!" One by one, the giants had cornered their opposition, ready to make the final strike. On the other side of the fight zone, Beowulf was evenly matched with Dark Wolf, who was given a sword from Volroth during their fight. The king turned in horror as his friends were losing. With his guard down, Dark Wolf knocked his sword away and pinned him to the ground. He was ready for the kill.

Isis couldn't believe this was happening; her husband and their friends were about to be killed, and there was nothing she could do. Little Sly began to cry even louder as he saw his father in danger. Volroth decided that the fun was over. "Varu, don't kill the king just yet. Let him watch as his friends meet their end by my hands. Then you can finish him." Varu nodded with an evil smile. Volroth then turned to the giants. "Alright, my creations! Playtime is over. You can kill them now!" "NO!" Isis and Beowulf both yelled as the giants began to land the final blows…

But then something bizarre happened: The giants stopped and began to float in the air! When they were almost to the ceiling, they were being knocked into each other constantly. Everybody was shocked and confused at this; especially Volroth! "WHAT? WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY GIANTS! WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS!" He first looked at the Guru, as being the only other being capable of magic. However, he was just as puzzled as everyone else in the room. The old wolf thought, 'but if that little hairy runt with a stick is not responsible for what is happening, then who…?"

A startling thought had occurred to him. He then turned to where Isis was hiding and saw the cause; Little Sly! He was no longer crying, and yet he didn't look like the adorable little tike that he usually is. The baby prince's eyes were glowing with a bright golden light, and his hands were stretching out at the direction where the giants were getting bashed again and again while he was clapping! Volroth was more shocked than anybody right now. 'Impossible! How could that child be capable of so much power at such a young age! Could he possibly be more powerful than me!'

His question was answered when he looked up again. The giants had stopped bashing one another, only to shake violently in the air. That was because Little Sly was shaking his hands now. Then without warning, when the infant prince gave one final clap, all three crystal giants had disintegrated into nothing at the same time! Not a trace of them had remained. Volroth was completely stunned, as was everyone else in the room. He then turned back to Little Sly, and saw that his eyes were normal again and was laughing loudly. The wolf sorcerer decided that the child had to go.

Meanwhile, Beowulf, after shaking off the shock of this turn of events, decided that the time to strike back was now. He kicked Dark Wolf off of him while he was still shocked, rolled over to his sword, and got back on his feet. Dark Wolf then turned to the king. "That does it! I don't know what just happened, but I will still finish you!" He then proceeded to attack him. Beowulf was ready. Dark Wolf brought his sword down, only for Beowulf to block it with ease. He pushed the beast back and went on the offensive. Dark Wolf was blocking all of his attacks, but he could barely keep up; the king was fighting fiercely.

After a few minutes, Beowulf finally managed to knock the weapon out of his opponent's hand. He then held the tip of his blade to Dark Wolf's throat. "Surrender Dark Wolf! You have been beaten once again! You and your traitor of a brother will be sentenced to prison for life! It is over!" The king said all this will pride and confidence. Sly and company turned and watched the whole thing. "I am afraid it is not over, your majesty!" Beowulf turned and saw something that made his heart stop.

Volroth was pointing his staff at Isis and Little Sly. "Volroth, leave them alone! They have done nothing to you!" Volroth looked at the king with venom in his voice. "Nothing! Maybe Isis did nothing, but your son would say otherwise!" Everyone looked at him in confusion. Sly asked him, "What are you talking about, you old mutt?" Volroth pointed his staff directly at the baby's head. "Are you all blind? It was the child that caused the destruction of my crystal giants!" The whole room was in silence now. Isis got her voice back and looked at her once loyal friend. "What do you mean?"

The old wolf turned to her; apparently Isis didn't notice her son's actions the whole time. "You mean you, the one who carries that baby, didn't see what he did? His eyes were glowing, and his hands were clapping the same time the giants were being treated like rag dolls!" Beowulf and Isis stared at their son with complete shock in their faces. Sly and the others were just as shocked. "Your child has shown to have great magical potential, even more potential than myself. He did powerful magic that would take years for me to achieve. This cannot be allowed!" He turned back to Beowulf. "Release my brother, Beowulf, or see your wife and son turn to dust!"

"You would kill them no matter what choice I make! You cannot be trusted, not anymore." Sly was about to make a move when Volroth stopped him with his magic. "Nice try, Sly Cooper. And you are right Beowulf," he turned back to Isis and her son. "I would kill them whether or not you agree to my terms. So I will just destroy them now!" His staff began to glow and then he fired a blast of black energy at them. But then everyone was shocked again. And this time, they saw why.

Little Sly had formed a strong gold barrier around himself and his mother. They were completely unharmed. Volroth saw, with more shock than ever, that the baby's eyes were glowing again. Little Sly held out his hands to form the barrier. Frustrated, he kept trying to attack them. No matter how many times he tried, he cannot break through. Isis looked down at her son with both shock and amazement. Beowulf looked just as amazed. 'My son, my own son, can use magic!'

Outraged by the fact that a baby could surpass him in sorcery, Volroth decided that enough was enough. "I will use my most powerful barrier breaking spell! Nothing can block it, not even a child!" His staff then began to build up a lot of black magic until it was encased around Volroth completely. "TIME TO FINISH THIS FOR GOOD!" He fired his most powerful attack with all his strength and mind. A huge explosion blacked out the entire room. No one can see anything. It took a while, but the smoke from the blast finally began to clear up…

Volroth had dropped his staff and trembled; the barrier was still there, as strong as ever. Beowulf, Isis, and the others could not believe that that little baby could withstand such a powerful attack without a scratch! Volroth was truly afraid now. "No, no. It is not possible. This can't be happening…" Before he could have a chance to do anything else, Little Sly pointed at Volroth and instantly turned him into a stone statue! Everyone gasped at this scene. Dark Wolf, fearing that all was lost, tried to escape. However, before he could even touch the door knobs he got turned to stone too! That was it; the fight was over.

Little Sly had let done the barrier and seemed to return to normal, laughing and giggling like any other child. Sly decided that Volroth's staff was too dangerous, so he snapped it in two. Then he, Beowulf, and the others walked towards Isis and her baby. Little Sly stretched out his arms at Beowulf; he obviously wanted to be held by his father. A smiling Isis gave her son to her husband while everyone else gathered around to look at the kid.

Beowulf asked in wonder, "How did our son do all that magic, and at such a young age?" Isis looked at her child and replied. "I don't know Beowulf, I truly don't know…" "Well, I'm glad he did," said Sly. "If it wasn't for that little tike, we would all be dead by now." They all agreed on that. As they talked, Little Sly had closed his eyes and fell asleep in his father's arms, not knowing that he just saved the day...