Chapter 39: Two shall stand, Two shall fall
Sly and Carmelita walk past the huge room where Prime and Clockwerk are still dueling. As he watches through the huge doorway, Sly just wants to get out of there, but at the same time he has a strong urge to help Optimus somehow. Both suddenly heard loud footsteps from behind them and freeze in absolute fear before looking back. Megatron. He looks down and scowls at them, but oddly walks past them and into the room.
Megatron: CLOCKWERK! SWITCH OPPONENTS!
He charges at Prime while Clockwerk darts his head at Sly, transforms to Owl mode and quickly lunges at him, but at the right second, Sly high jumps and grabs onto the back of him with the hook of his cane and hangs on while he flies all around.
Clockwerk: GET OFF ME COOPER SO I CAN KILL YOU FOR GOOD!
Sly: NEVER!
Sly uses his other arm and with his exo-suit, his arm blade and cannon allow him to slash and blast the Clockwerk's back. He throws him off. On the other side of the room, Optimus and Megatron are brutally battling to the death, both equally matched in strength.
Megatron: We were brothers once!
Optimus:...Once.
Clockwerk is slowly approaching Sly.
Clockwerk:. All I want….. is the satisfaction of your bloodline's complete and utter DECIMATION! I will have to give you props….you are probably the most skilled Cooper adversary I have gone up against. But let me ask you this…..who would you be without me….. Sly?
Sly Cooper is at his absolute breaking point.
Sly: Time to find out! (Charges) AAAAAHHHHHHHH!
He charges as fast as he can at his worst enemy while screaming in rage, but Clockwerk dodges and flies to pick up Carmelita, elevating her to a high height. She screams in terror.
Sly: (Screams) NO!
Optimus knocks Megatron really hard into the wall, keeping him down briefly and hears Carmelita's scream from up high. Clockwerk drops her, but Prime runs, jumps and catches her in mid-air at the right time and then puts her down. She's a bit stunned from her second near death experience today.
Sly: OPTIMUS! (cries in relief) THANK YOU SO-
But before he can finish his sentence, Prime aims his blaster up at the enraged bird and shoots at his wings. He gets five direct hits until Megatron jumps him and the two resume their fight. Clockwerk flies out of control and drops to the ground, struggling to get up.
Optimus: FINISH HIM OFF SLY! DO IT NOW!
Prime gets a punch to the face from Megatron and the two keep fighting. The Cooper slowly approaches the metallic owl who killed his entire family. He is filled with absolute fury right now, the most he has ever had in his life, but is silent.
Clockwerk: Cooper….(Glitches) I…..I…..
He finally unleashes all of his extreme rage and charges at him. Jumping on his back and slashes and blasts any part of him he can with all of his strength. Carmelita is watching in complete shock. Sly is a criminal with a good amount of felonies, but she had never seen him this violent and brutal.
Sly: (Screaming) AAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHAAHHAHHH!
After destroying anything and everything he can with all of his might on the bot that he can, Clockwerk's entire body drops to the ground. Sly rolls off of the back of him and breathes very rapidly from extreme exhaustion. Clockwerk's destroyed body has his glowing eyes and life spark go out. Clockwerk…is no more.
Megatron: (Screams) NOOO! CLOCKWERK!
As Optimus Prime and Megatron keep fighting, Carmelita runs to Sly and tries getting him up, but he can't because of all the exhaustion. Megatron knocks Prime down very hard. He also can't get up so quickly. The Decepticon leader approaches the raccoon and fox and aims his fusion cannon closely and directly at them, slowly starting to charge it up.
Megatron: I will fulfill my late second-in-command's goal. It looks so easy right now.
They both tear up, embrace and just decide to accept their fate. The fusion cannon charges up more and more.
Sly: (crying) I…..love you….so much.
Carm: (crying) Te amo ...Sly Cooper.
The cannon is almost fully charged
Megatron: I AM THE DOMINATOR! I AM THE DESTROYER! (Screams) I AM MEGATRON!
But just seconds before it can blast, Optimus lunges at him screaming, causing the cannon to misfire. Once again as the two are fighting, the lovers emotionally embrace in absolute relief.
Megatron blasts and beats Prime where he can hardly stand. He once again aims and charges up his cannon, but more faster for this time.
Megatron: I WOULD HAVE WAITED AN ETERNITY FOR THIS! It's over Prime!
Mirroring what his friend had just done, the weak Prime uses all of his strength left to charge at his enemy, knocking him down. Optimus uses his arm blade and energon axe and begins to slash and slice at Megatron's chest very rapidly while screaming. Carmelita again and now Sly especially are so shocked to see the heroic and wise Autobot leader they have come to know this violent. Eventually, the Life Spark of Megatron's chest is exposed from all of the brutality. A Life Spark for a Cybertronian is basically the equivalent to an organic heart, so when exposed, it means death for them is near. Optimus is exhausted but not as much as Sly. He retracts his faceplate. The dying Decepticon leader puts his hand on his chest.
Megatron: Optimus Prime…you were the most noble of adversaries…despite everything my army and cause did to your's…you…..you never gave up (wheezes)... I have always thought any other Autobot leader would have just given (coughs) up…..but you never did…..(wheezes)...Alpha Trion chose wisely. (coughs)
His comments suddenly turn from positive to evilly hopeful.
Megatron: But know (Coughs) this! In my approaching absence, there will be…(wheezes) there will be a day where there is a new Decepticon leader who will rise and eventually achieve my aspirations of tyranny (coughs)! The Decepticon cause is not over Optimus. (wheezes) We….we will fight till the end!
He coughs and wheezes more and more until he utters his final words.
Megatron: Our two factions…..one….shall…stand…one…shaaaaaallll-
His eye lights and life spark go out. His body turns a dark color and his head turns to the side. Megatron, Leader of the Decepticons…..was dead.
In any other situation like this, the people around would cheer. But both watchers stayed quiet as they saw Optimus' expression. They were a small distance from him, but Sly could've sworn he heard Prime quietly say….."I am sorry…..brother…."
