A Normal Day in the Life of a Former Mercenary

Our story begins with Coyote in his apartment floor asleep. He had been out last night with Ashley drinking away at a bar. He had consumed far enough for him to be as drunk as a skunk. After his last mission with Starfox, they had disbanded and formed new lives. Coyote stayed with Ashley and they married. They had a son named Tim, who is currently 10 years old. He lived in an apartment complex with Fox and Krystal, who lived not too many rooms from them. He then finally awoke. His head was pounding, he felt like he was going to throw up, he was hung-over.

"Ahh…my head is on fire," he told himself. Tim was left at Fox's last night so Ashley and he could do... "adult things". He then heard footsteps from his room. He turned his head from the floor and looked up. It was his wife.

"What are you doing on the floor?" she asked him. Coyote looked at her confused.

"You don't remember? We drank, we walked home, made love, and…well you get the picture," Coyote said in a muffled, scratchy voice. "I remember being exhausted and falling asleep. You must have left for the bed last night."

"I don't remember that, in fact, I don't remember much from last night," Ashley told him. Coyote shook his head and angled his arms to push himself up off the floor. He brushed dust off of his shirt with his hands. He looked up at his wife; she looked nowhere near as bad as him. He had remembered that she stopped drinking way before he did. He walked up for a hug but she backed off.

"Go clean yourself! You look hideous!" she told him.

"But ehh…b..b..b..ahhh fine!" he yelled and walked to his room to fetch a new pair of clothes and he hopped in the shower. When he finally finished, he walked out in a black shirt and black plaid shorts. She saw him and walked up for a hug.

"Now, that's better," she said but Coyote backed off.

"Go clean yourself! You look hideous!" he mocked her. She gave him a quick glare and walked off into the room, Coyote chuckling. She shut the door to their room. He then walked up to their pantry and just grabbed a protein bar and sat down at their table and ate it. He felt his chest in pain from lying on the hard floor when he sat down. He then grabbed some antacid pills and dropped them into a glass of water and watched them fizz up. He then took a swig to fight his drunken state. After a while, Ashley had finally finished her shower and she came out wearing a green shirt and brown pants. Coyote then walked up to her.

"Now, that's better," he mocked her again and they finally hugged.

"You're such a d**k," she told him jokingly.

"It's what I do best."

When they let go, she sat down to eat some breakfast. Coyote grabbed his keys to his apartment and put them into his pocket.

"I'm going to go get Tim, I'll be back," Coyote told her. She nodded and he left the room. He walked out to the long hall of doors. He made a sharp left and went to the end of the hall to Fox and Krystal's apartment. He knocked on the door and heard stomping to the door.

That's my boy. Coyote thought.

The door flung open and he saw Tim. He was tall for his age. He had yellow fur like his mother, but he had his father's features.

"DAD!" he screamed as he hugged him.

"What's up man? How's it going?" He asked him as he hugged his son back. He then looked up to see Fox walk to him.

"Hey! Look who it is!" Fox said as he walked up to Coyote. Tim had stopped hugging his father and Coyote walked up to Fox and they slapped their hands together to shake.

"What's up? He wasn't any trouble was he?" Coyote asked.

"No, he had Marcus to keep him busy for most of the time, luckily," Fox told him.

"Well, I can see that no one's dead, so that's a plus," Coyote joked. They both laughed before Tim jumped in.

"What did you two do last night?" Tim asked his father.

"Wwwell, that is something we shall not speak of," Coyote told him. Tim suddenly looked a lot less excited and disappointed. Fox gave him a funny look.

"Is this the same like when Marcus stays for the night at our house?" Tim asked.

"Y-yeah, pretty much, your aunt and I do things that we shall not speak of as well," Fox told him. Coyote looked back behind Fox and looked for Krystal.

"Where's…" Coyote asked,

"Krystal? Well she was….honey!" Fox yelled.

"What?" she asked.

"Coyote's here!" Fox yelled back. Krystal then came out of their bedroom and walked up to them. Krystal's look changed from happy to confused when she saw Coyote.

"Oh my, were you….oh, ok," Krystal to Coyote. She could tell when her brother was drinking most of the time. They hugged.

"How many?" she asked him so Tim wouldn't understand.

"A lot, more than I should have," Coyote replied. He realized how much he actually drank last night, it wasn't a little bit, and that was for sure. Krystal smirked a little to him.

"Well, did you two have fun?" she asked.

"Yeah, I enjoyed it," Coyote replied to her. "Anyway, Fox, I heard Falco was coming down to visit. We should head down to the court and play a few games."

Fox looked and Krystal. She nodded.

"Sure, why not?" Fox replied. "That sounds like fun. I also heard from Tim that he's pretty good, at least that's what he says."

"I am! My dad has taught me all sorts of moves!" Tim pleaded.

"I'll believe it when I see it," Fox replied. Tim smiled to him like he accepted his challenge. Coyote decided to jump in.

"Where's Marcus?" he asked.

"He is at a friend's party right now. He won't be back for a while," Fox replied. Coyote nodded his head.

"Alright, well we've got to…" Coyote was interrupted by the sound of the entrance door opening. They saw Falco when he turned the corner. He looked excited to see them. Coyote walked up to him.

"What's up, it's been a while!" Coyote said to him as they pounded fists together.

"It has! Finally I get to see you guys again," Falco replied happily. Coyote lead Falco to the door and he met Fox and Krystal. He gave hugs and handshakes to them. When he was finished, Coyote stepped in.

"Falco, we were going to head down to the court here and shoot around, want to come?" he asked. Falco turned to him and gave him a funny look.

"What kind of question is that? Of course I do!" Falco replied. Coyote, Falco, and Fox had then agreed. Coyote took Tim back to the apartment to get ready to go. Coyote told Ashley their plan and she was ok with it. She said that she had some errands to run anyway, so they were free. Coyote walked into his room and threw on some gym shorts and a blue gym shirt. Tim wore something similar. When they finished, they went straight to the gym. The gym was in the same complex, it was the size of a high school basketball gym, and it came complete with basketballs and everything. Luckily, no one was there, so they had the whole court to themselves. Tim ran over and grabbed a ball. Coyote quickly followed. Tim dribbled the ball up to the hoop and laid up the ball. It sunk to Coyote's surprise, but Coyote ran up and snatched it out of the air. Dribbling around Tim, he got up to the three point line and let it fly. The ball sailed through the air and bounced off the back of the rim. Coyote usually missed his first shot, but after that, he made a lot of the others. The ball rebounded straight back to him, and he let that one fly as well. The ball swished through the net, a perfect shot. Tim attempted to grab the ball, but Coyote stopped him.

"Hey man, I need my change!" He yelled to his son.

"You didn't give me mine!" Tim retorted.

"No range, no change!" Coyote reminded him. Tim reluctantly passed the ball to Coyote. Coyote moved to the wing of the three point line and he let it fly with precision. It dropped straight through. Before the ball hit the ground, Fox and Falco appeared through the door.

"Alright, 2 on 2, me and Falco on you two," Fox suggested. Coyote nodded his head in agreement.

"We start off, half-court game," Coyote said. Fox and Falco nodded and Coyote took the ball to the half-court line. He checked it to Fox and the game began. Without much difficulty, Coyote made his way past Fox's poor defense. He made a run for the basket and bounce passed it to Tim. Tim was guarded by Falco, who was far taller than him. Then, Coyote signaled Tim to pass it to him. Tim bounced the ball under Falco straight to Coyote. Using his jumping ability, Coyote caught it and dunked it with emphasis. They decided to go with loser's ball so Coyote passed it to Falco. Fox's poor defense had earned him a switch with Falco. Falco checked the ball to Coyote and bolted to his left. Coyote was ready. He jumped in front of him and put up his hands. Falco got to the 3 point line and faded away to shoot. The ball sailed straight in.

"The falcon takes flight!" Falco taunted.

"Alright, 3-2 you guys," Coyote replied as he got the ball from Fox. Coyote wanted redemption, so he thought he would try to make a three after Falco. He checked the ball to Falco and veered to the right. Then, with skill, he flipped the ball behind him and switched directions. This threw Falco off balance, sending him behind. Coyote got up to the line and lined up his shot. He was jumping to shoot when Falco came out of nowhere and smacked the ball back down.

"Get out of my sky fool!" Falco yelled again. Coyote was not fazed however. He rushed and saved the ball. He got around Falco again and let the three fly. It sank into the basket without a problem.

"Buckets!" He yelled as the ball sank through. It was 5-3 with no end in sight. The game went the same for the most part. Fox ended up making many mid ranged jump shots to keep the game close. Tim made the occasional layup, but made a lot of passes for Coyote to alley-oop. It ended decisive score of 21-16, Fox and Falco with the victory. They all high fived after a good game. They were all exhausted.

"Good game guys, you two really took it to another level," Coyote complemented.

"Thanks, you guys had a good game as well," Falco replied. They all left the gym happy with their game. Then, they decided to hang at Fox's to talk about their life and enjoy themselves.

When they arrived, Ashley had actually stopped by to talk to Krystal. They were laughing away about their conversation. They got up to greet their husbands.

"Someone's been working out!" Ashley said to Coyote commenting his sweaty appearance.

"Yeah, it's gross," Coyote replied to her. They hugged regardless. After all the hugging and greeting, they finally sat down and talked.

"So, let's start with you two. What's your story?" Falco pointed to Coyote and Ashley sitting next to each other. Everyone looked at them and Coyote spoke up.

"Well, after the team disbanded we realized that we really liked each other. So, we started to sleep together more often, we dated for about 3 months I think, then, we decided to get married. After that we had Tim, and it kind of went from there," Coyote finished. Everyone nodded their heads and then looked to Fox and Krystal who were sitting together as well.

"Our story is similar, we dated for a bit less though, I proposed pretty soon after the team disbanded, and we married soon after. Then we gave birth to Marcus and here we are now," Fox finished. The group kept sharing stories about their lives until they ran out of things to talk about. At the end, they got up, shook hands and Falco took off. Coyote, Ashley, and Tim were about to leave when Fox stopped them.

"Coyote, we were wondering if you could watch Marcus for us tonight?" Fox asked him. Coyote knew exactly what he intended on doing that night, and he owed Fox anyway, so he agreed.

"Sure why not, go enjoy yourselves tonight!" Coyote replied. Fox looked to Krystal and they smiled to each other.

"Alright he will be there at around 5, see you then!" Fox told him. Coyote nodded and his family walked out.

What a day this has been. Coyote thought to himself.

(So there was my first one chapter story. I hope you enjoyed it and PM me if you want more of these. Please leave a review!)