Ch42: Boyfriend in Trouble
When we finally arrived on Kaine Island, the security of the place was tight. Incredibly tight. Sly decided to move on the ground while I turned invisible and took to the air. I was in charge of taking out any airborne threats, Panda King handled demolition, Penelope was in charge of RC combat, Dimitri underwater, and Opal the mystic. We were all set.
At least, that's what they all thought I didn't have the heart to tell them that Sly would lose his cane and he'd be nearly crushed to death. In fact, I didn't want that to happen at all. I wanted to be the first to pounce the moment Dr. M sent his giant lizard at us. Neyla was kind of against it, but I didn't care. I wanted to protect Sly... we were in relationship territory now and I didn't want to ruin it.
"Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!" said an automated voice as Sly made his final way to the vault. "Sly! The code is 123!" I said into the Binocucom, still invisible as I landed right at the entrance to the vault. "Got it!" he said, reaching the code switch and putting it in. The multiple drills and turrets powered off immediately and Sly walked over and put his cane into the vault hole. Just as it would have opened, an electric shock sent the door shut again.
Sly and I jumped as we looked at our attacker. Dr. M. "Cooper? No, you must be Sly Cooper the new keeper of the cane! How I've longed for this!" He chuckled, flying in a sort of jet pack like mechanism attached to his horns. (I didn't know monkeys could have horns!) "This vault belongs to the Cooper Family! You're trespassing!" Sly dared him. "No my naive boy, YOU'RE trespassing. I've got the deed to this island. This fortress is mine, everything here is MINE which now includes the key to the vault. Hand over the cane."
I could see Bentley in the distance jump over to the nearby structure as Sly spoke again. "Sorry pal. Family heirloom. Buy a knockoff at the gift shop." That was when Bentley sent forth a sleep dart at Dr. M's thrusters which temporarily stunned him. "Quick! Let's regroup with the others!" he exclaimed, Sly following him as Dr. M kept shooting at the two.
They then jumped down and back into the lab as I made my way to the exit of said lab. I sat there invisible until Bentley came around and got captured by the mad doctor. "GEEEYAA!" he yelled, the beast grabbing him in his overgrown hands. "There's no escape, Cooper!" the mad doctor growled. Sly attacked Dr. M twice which had no avail.
"It's not working! Save yourself!" Bentley yelled. "If he wants to eat, EAT THIS!" Sly exclaimed, tossing his cane into the monster's mouth. The monster dropped Bentley and growled, sending the cane off into the distance. He then grabbed Sly and began to crush him. I felt a pain in my heart and felt it eating away at me as it happened. "No! Sly! Hold on, Sly! Hold on!" Bentley yelled.
I didn't waste any time at all. I came over to Dr. M's face and hit him across his muzzle with my own cane, proceeding upwards were I climbed up the enormous beast and stabbed him in the eye with the dagger Penelope took from LeFwee. The beast roared in obvious pain as I took it out and stabbed his other eye, its grip on Sly giving up as I stuck it into his throat, blood gushing from all three areas.
"What?! W-Who did that?!" Dr. M asked angrily, detaching himself from the dying monster. I then jumped off of the monster and directly between Dr. M and Sly, my boyfriend currently in a state where he couldn't defend himself. He could see and hear and all that, but he barely moved at all. He was still conscious too! "And who are you, to have that kind of technology on your person?" asked Dr. M, looking at me with a questionable gaze.
"The name is Sylvia Martin. Maybe you've heard of me?" I asked, his eyes growing a bit wider at the sound of my name. "Ah, yes. The "Mystery Bandit" as some call you. Yes, I know who you are," he frowned. Sly tried to move behind me, but he was too hurt to do so. "If you so much as lay a hand on my boyfriend again, I'll beat you until you can't move anymore!" I growled, my wings stretching as I talked.
"You really think I'm going to keep this trespasser away from my prize?" he asked, having no remorse that he almost killed him. "Oh please! This coming from the trespasser himself?! This island was meant for Coopers and Coopers only! Just because you were in his dad's gang it doesn't mean it gives you the right to plunder it after he died!"
I could tell that Sly was stunned by this as he put a single hand on my ankle. "I-Is that true?" he asked, his voice raspy from the crushing he took. "Hmph! How did you know that I was a part of Conner's gang? Was it McSweeny perhaps?" he asked. "Oh no," I frowned, the Clockwerk eye turning red. "I just read your thoughts with my friend's help... and I also know something I didn't before..."
And I was truthful. When Neyla thought to me what she saw in his memories, I couldn't believe my ears. If what she said was true, then Sly didn't have to give Clockwerk all the blame for his family's death. "You gave Clockwerk the location of Sly's family, didn't you?!" I glared. Dr. M's face showed true surprise now, his eyes going wider than ever and his mouth opening a bit. "H-H-How did you know that?!" he growled.
I picked Sly up in my grasp and gave a quick glare to Dr. M, Sly doing the exact same. "I'll say it once more: try to hurt me, my boyfriend, or ANY of our friends again, and I'll beat you into a worse state than my turtle friend. You'll be eating out of a straw the rest of your miserable life."
"HAH! Like I'd ever just simply give up!" he exclaimed, making my glare and Sly's only grow more angrier. "I'm going to get my hands on the Cooper family treasure and there is NOTHING you can do to stop me!" he growled. "Fine! Just don't get in OUR way, Dr. Monkey," I growled, M's gaze turning into one of anger as I walked away to the boat, turning invisible with Bentley in tow.
"Syl..." Sly groaned as I walked him up the boardwalk of the boat. "I'm sorry about this, Sly," I sighed, placing him on the ground and having Neyla heal him with the eye. He was able to move again within a minute. "Thanks..." he said. "I didn't know that M was responsible for your family loss... if I'd known that beforehand, I'd have offed him myself..." I frowned. "Don't worry about it," he smiled softly. "I'm just glad that you're safe, hon," I smiled, giving him a light hug. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go see about getting your cane back," I said.