This story uses characters from the Starfox game series, and enemies inspired by characters in Doctor Who (The New version, appearance-wise). I do not own the rights to either of these franchises, and have no intention to make any money through them.
I also don't have an extremely vast knowledge of the Starfox universe. If I'm getting something wrong, please take it with a grain of salt, and just tell me as civil as possible. ;
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"Ok, all 'Wild Dog' squadron, check in." Fox spoke over the communicator, his new team flying behind them in their vessels.
"Typhon here." A rhino called out in one vessel.
"Boomer standing by." A cheetah called out from another.
"Hawkeye ready to go." A hawk answered from the next.
"Fang, locked and loaded." A cocky young Coyote finally responded.
Fox nodded as all of his team members checked in. It had been only a few weeks since he was given the chance to assemble his own squadron. Initially it was an assignment he took to forget about the hardships in his personal life lately, but he soon found his focus, and selected the finest young pilots at the academy to take under his wing.
"Good. Let's get to our assignment then." Fox lead the way as the entire group of fighters flew over into the boundary of the Mondas system. It was a largely overlooked system, since there was no evidence of any life on the planets. But a few hours ago, a station near the boundary picked up some kind of a blip on the scanners, and sent the squadron out to investigate.
"Are you sure their scanners are working right?" Fang enquired. "I don't see anything out here."
"Be patient, Fang." Hawkeye responded. "Give the scanners a little more time to look around."
"Pfft, scanners." Fang chuckled. "No better scanner than the eyes, I say."
"All right, knock it off you two." Fox scolded. "If there is anything out here, we're only gonna find it if we stay on task, understood?"
"Yes sir." Fang nodded softly.
The search was short-lived, however, as Boomer suddenly looked up from his scanner. "Fox, we're picking up a few unidentified craft up ahead."
"What the hell?…" Typhon checked his scanners to confirm this.
"Well, whatever these things are, they're coming up quick, and that means they might be in attack formation. Prepare yourselves." Fox readied his weapon systems.
"It's about time!" Fang exclaimed, finally getting to see some action outside of the simulator, as he readied his weapons.
"Fang…" Fox narrowed his eyes. "You stay cool, ok? Remember what I told you…"
Fang rolled his eyes. "The hotheads always go down first." He recited.
"You'd do well to keep that in mind. Stay in the formation too this time." Fox flew ahead of the other ships, as Fang nodded slowly at his advice.
The squadron flew on deeper into the boundary, until they suddenly saw the form of three crescent-shaped fighter ships come into view, immediately firing strong lasers at them all as the squadron evaded them quickly.
"What a welcoming!" Boomer shouted as they evaded.
"What the hell are those things?" Hawkeye scrambled to return fire.
"They're not gonna live long enough for us to find out!" Fang gripped his weapon controls and readied himself as the squadron turned around.
Fox gritted his teeth and prepared to fire. "Ok gang. Wait for them to get a little closer, and let them have it!"
Everyone nodded as they looked on, zooming towards the unknown craft and firing once they were close enough. Two of the craft zipped away in time, but the third took a hard hit from one of the blasts, smoking now as it flew.
Inside one of the enemy ships, there was a crew of odd beings, just like in the other two. They were completely covered in metal, but something in the shape of the heads seemed to indicate that they were once animals themselves. One of these Cyber creatures tromped forward slowly, looking to the one sitting at the main seat of the bridge.
"Unit 3 has sustained heavy damage." The creature spoke in a sterile, distorted, computer-like monotone, just like all of the others. It's mouth glowed blue as it spoke.
"Continue with current tactics" The bridge commander responded. "The protection of the home world is the top priority."
Another one of these beings turned from where it was sitting and spoke. "Commander. Request acquirement of organic specimen. Further study may assist in future protection tactics."
"Request granted." The commander spoke. "Give home world the command to launch tractor beam, once suitable specimen flies into line."
"Affirmative." The other being answered, turning back into its seat.
Meanwhile, Fang and Hawkeye combined their fire to destroy the ship they had damaged before, as Fox and the others kept the other two at bay.
"Good shooting you two." Fox called out. "Stay on your toes!"
The squadron kept up the fight, until the second craft suddenly made a crafty move and fired, clipping Hawkeye's ship!
"I'm hit!" Hawkeye yelled out, trying to regain his bearings as Typhon flew his ship down to hold him up. As this was going on, Fang, Boomer, and Fox were now slightly shorthanded, evading relentless firing from the Cybers in their two ships.
"Typhon, we need a hand here!" Fang yelled out.
"Fang, I can't let go of Hawkeye's ship in this condition!" Typhon grunted as he struggled with the controls.
"Let him hold the ship up, Fang!" Fox scolded him again. "Concentrate on our enemies!"
Boomer shook his head as he fired and evaded. "I just wish we a little more firepower here!"
Boomer's wish was suddenly granted, as a single fighter flew into view, and fired at the second Cyber ship, taking out one of the engines quickly as it ignited, and soon blew up into millions of pieces!
Fox soon heard a familiar voice over the communicator…"Don't look at this is a truce, Fox…I just don't want to see another cadet lose his life."
"Krystal!" Fox shouted out to his now ex-girlfriend. "What are you doing out here?"
"I was on the station that picked up your little blip…" She responded. "I thought I'd come out and help your new team members, the ones you actually trust to protect themselves in dangerous situations, unlike some others you know."
Fox sighed. "Krystal, please, I-"
The vixen cut him off afterword, shutting off her communicator as she flew in to finish off the third and final enemy ship, not knowing that the Cybers were waiting for her to come close enough.
"Fire tractor beam!" The one Cyber called into the com-link with the home world.
A large emerald beam suddenly shot out from nowhere, immediately snatching Krystal's ship and immobilizing it. Krystal grunted and struggled with the controls soon afterward.
"Krystal!" Fox shouted, trying to think of a way to respond, until Fang suddenly broke formation and flew right towards the area of the beam.
"I've got her, Fox!"
Fox jumped up almost. "Fang! Get back here right now!"
The Cyber commander noticed Fang's ship. "Increase beam intensity. Do not let enemy interfere."
The beam grew stronger as the rest of the squadron pulled away, while Fang grunted and wrestled his slipping control, any attempts to free Krystal from the beam now futile as he was now pulled into it.
The beam quickly retracted soon after, pulling the two ships away, as the one remaining enemy ship zipped off to the homeworld very quickly.
Fox grunted, hitting the dashboard of his ship in frustration, the rest of his crew awaiting orders.
Fox sighed. "Ok. Turn back and head for the nearest base. We've gotta get Hawkeye's ship fixed before we can figure out what to do about this."
The remaining crew complied quickly, and flew off, Typhon's ship still carrying Hawkeye's.
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The sun slowly rose over the surface of the odd, alien planet in the Mondas system, the atmosphere that of nature and technology thrown together, but in a filthy, unnatural way. An object suddenly fell through the black sky, and crashed into the ground below.
Krystal slowly pulled herself up from the door of the new escape pod she had added onto her ship, being able to activate before the Cybers took possession of the ship completely. She stood up in her new, black suit, which covered much of her body, and concealed her many new weapons. She had learned much about combat since the break-up, the kinds of things that Fox would have a heart attack over if he knew she was learning them.
As she surveyed the area, she heard something falling, as she looked up to see Fang's ship falling down into the land. Fang tried to control it as best he could, its power supply failing from the force of the tractor beam, which weakened from the distraction of Krystal's escape, allowing him to break away, before finally making a hard landing not too far from where Krystal was.
The vixen quickly ran over as Fang grunted and pushed open the door on his ship. "Man…that's something they don't teach in the academy." He chuckled.
Krystal crossed her arms. "Not surprising, seeing as how the Academy's never encountered a tractor beam that strong."
Fang coughed a bit as he nodded, getting a good look at her.
"Oh hey…" he exclaimed. "I've heard about you…you're Fox's Ex, right?"
Krystal narrowed her eyes as she got closer to Fang. "Wanna do me a favor?"
Fang tilted his head to her. "What's that?"
Krystal soon grabbed him right by the crotch as he yelled out in pain.
"Don't ever, EVER, bring that name up again…unless you no longer want to be recognizable as a male…understand me?"
Fang whimpered and nodded quickly as she let go. "Good…Now gather whatever weapons you have, and stay with me, because I'm the only chance you have of getting out of this place alive, cadet,"
Krystal soon walked off, not at all like the kind of girl Fang had heard about, as he nursed his sore spot and got his guns out of the ship.
"Geez…now I know why he broke up with her." He grumbled to himself, before scrambling out of the downed ship, and walking off behind Krystal, not saying a thing.
The Cyber commander from the ship was now tromping slowly through the corridors leading to the outside of the craft, with other Cybers behind it.
"Where are your specimens, commander?" An even more distorted voice called out from the speakers on board the ship.
The commander spoke. "They managed to escape the beam somehow, sir."
The voice spoke up once more. "Find them, Commander. I will not send out a tractor beam, and thus risk the exposure of our home base, without having anything to show for it!"
"They shall not wander far from us, sir. I shall see to it personally." The commander finally led his squad of Cybers off the ship, the voice not saying anything else as they commenced their search for the vixen, and her unwilling traveling companion.
