Aftermath
Sly and Carmelita were never seen again for a long time. Though they managed to pull off a Houdini on Mr. Fox and his team of trigger-happy meatheads, they had less luck escaping the quizzical stares and silences of the gang. Carmelita, after knowing the full extent of Sly's situation (i.e. his attempted suicide), she knew he was the right one.
"Son-of-a-bitch!" Sly muttered as Bentley changed a bandage that ran across his neck.
"That bullet missed your jugular by a couple of millimeters, be thankful you can actually feel pain," Bentley sated matter-of-factly.
On the other hand, the rest of the gang was having trouble still taking in the secret marriage of their enemy and their friend.
"Bro? Married? To crazy hot stuff cop?" Dimitri kept muttering.
Gibberish Guru said.
"Well, one things for sure, he certainly found the woman to spend the rest of his life with," Panda answered, he didn't sound as shocked as he really was.
"I just can't believe Bentley would do this without telling me," Penelope pouted. "I love weddings, and besides, we don't keep secrets from each other."
"That explains why he wanted me to report about her to him," Murray said.
Carmelita on the other hand was in lab, watching like a hawk while Sly's bandages were being replaced and his wounds from several days ago being treated. She couldn't help but feel that she had betrayed her family. She had become rebellious against her parents, though her brothers might have an easier time understanding, and for some reason, it felt good.
Bentley on the other hand was still pretty uneasy and nerve-wracked by the past events. He had been nearly out of a good friend. His best friend. While he would've still had Murray, Panda King, and Guru-Dimitri was more of an annoying tagalong-they wouldn't have been able to fill the void that had once been his friend. But now knowing that everything was going to be all right, he was slowly returning to his old self.
Sly had practically lucked out. The one bullet that could've been fatal was one that lodged itself in his neck, and even then he was lucky he didn't end up a quadriplegic. Surprisingly, he managed to recover pretty damn fast.
The gang was rather surmised that Sly had chosen to give up thieving. And surprisingly, they decided to do the same. Of course, they were set for the rest of their natural lives and for several generations thanks to their earnings from the Cooper Vault.
"By the way Sly, just to make sure, I making you wear this heart monitor," Bentley said.
"Is this really necessary?" Sly sarcastically asked, taking off the watch sized monitor.
"Sly Cooper, for your sake you better wear that damn thing!" Bentley demanded.
Suddenly the monitor began a loud fast beeping noise. Sly was very much agitated. "Well, its definitely working," he muttered sarcastically.
"So what?" Carmelita commented, walking up to Sly and putting her arms around his neck. "As long you can…you know…" she whispered.
Suddenly the monitor started up again.
Juan Fox read a letter that he found in the mausoleum. It explained everything. At least with what he had seen. Sly Cooper had married his daughter. And Tybalt was killed in self-defense. Apparently Cooper must have thought Carmelita was really dead, which would explain the vial of poison that he found. After finishing, he reread it another twenty times. Finally, a tiny smirk appeared on his face.
"Hm…" he said to himself. "It appears I have an outlaw for an in-law."
The gang was playing poker in the living room, and began breaking into a conversation about what they planned for their future.
"So what do you plan on doing with your share of the Cooper fortune?" Panda King asked.
"I'm just gonna use it to buy myself a collection of cars," Murray said. "I've already bought a '68 Shelby Mustang ragtop. I'm also investing in my van."
"I'm gonna start my own luxury cruise line," Dimitri said. "As well as a couple of personal super luxury yachts for myself."
gibberish Guru said.
"Wise choice," Panda King said. "I'm not sure what to do with mine. Bentley?"
"Penelope and I are gonna invest in our time machine, build a lab that, with my calculations, should rival at least Fermilab." Bentley said.
"As well as build new RC technology," Penelope finished.
Suddenly there was beeping noise. Everybody looked up from their cards and looked around.
"What in groove is that?" Dimitri asked.
"That's Sly's heart monitor," Bentley answered. "He seemed to have a slight irregularity in his heart rate and slightly high blood pressure so I had him wear that stupid thing."
"Where's Carmelita?" Penelope asked.
"She's with Sly I think," Murray answered absent mindedly, looking back at his cards.
Everyone went back to looking at they're cards. Suddenly they all went bug-eyed and practically screamed in horror and disgust.
"AT LEAST HAVE THE DECENCY OF TURNING THE DAMN THING OFF!" Bentley yelled up towards the ceiling. "THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE LIVING HERE TOO YOU KNOW!"
The End
Ohman, I just had to put that in! I hope you enjoyed it! Right now I'm working on my next fanfic.