(Note: I decided to make a couple changes and separate this long chapter into two chapters. No changes will be made, but i will be sure to get rid of this annoying bold for ya. Enjoy Part Two of Styx Omega. Disclaimer, i don't own Star Fox, but i do own the following characters and planets you see on my profile.)
The night was stormy, rain, thunder, lightning, everything you ask for when it comes to a bad storm. However, it did not slow anything down in the nightclub called, Hot Nights.
People were inside, dancing crazy as the music blared throughout the establishment, allowing people to dance, even if they were about one hundred feet away from the DJ. The bar, in the direct center of the club, about twenty stools would fit each side, of the square shaped bar.
People ordering drinks, talking to their friends or the shot girls as they walked around, wearing skimpy outfits that attracted a lot of men, mainly because they just wanted to fuck them. The exotic dancers dancing on their poles, as they received money from the spectators, who were enjoying seeing women dance, and wishing they could fuck them.
I gazed around the club, seeing people really enjoying themselves, but couldn't find it in me to have a good time. I sat at a table, almost trying to get as far away from everything as possible, but for reasons I can explain shortly. I had to sit fairly close to the bar.
I took a sip of my beer, not really liking the taste, but I'd been told that a beer was a social drink. I only nursed it, taking a sip every ten to twenty seconds, just to make it seem I was having a good time.
A bunny approached me, with a tray full of, what seemed like pills. I eye-balled her and the tray, switching back and forth between the two, as I raised my eyebrow, my eyes clouding over with anger. "Is that what I think it is?"
"Come on, babe. Try some Ecstasy. Everybody is doing it." "I'm good." "I'll try some." I froze for a moment, before I turned my head to my right, seeing my girlfriend, Sammy, a silver vixen, pulling out a fifty and received, what look like, ten Ecstasy tablets.
"Sam. Don't buy that shit. What the fuck is the purpose for buying that shit?" "Ah, come on, Jeff. It's a party. Plus everybody is doing it. Get with the times." "My times are telling me to kick that tray away from me." I said, glaring at the bunny, with a threatening tone.
She slowly backed away, being scared at the threat I had just given her, and turned around and quickly got away from me. "Geez, Jeff. You're such a party-pooper." "Oh come on, Sam. You're not really going to try that stuff, are you?" My question was answered, when she popped a tablet into her mouth.
I shook my head in disappointment, as I brought my beer to my mouth, taking a small sip. I glanced back over to my date, as she popped in a second tablet, after about maybe ten seconds. "Take it easy, Sam. You don't want to overdose yourself."
"Fuck you, Jeff. With today's modern drugs, that's impossible." "Tell me where did you hear that?" "A couple friends of mine." "Alright, tell me this. Have these friends overdosed themselves?"
"Well, maybe once or twice, but that's because they did multiple things at once. I'm just taking X." "X is one of the worst things you can take. You really want to ruin yourself by taking that shit?"
"Oh. Ten tablets aren't going to do shit to me." "Man. I really would like to know where you get your information 'cause what you are telling me comes from the mouth of a drug-addict."
"I am not a drug-addict! I am your girlfriend and I would appreciate if you trust me on this!" "If you end up in the hospital, don't say I didn't warn you." "Whatever." She said, popping in two more tablets at once. I sighed and closed my eyes, as I lowered my head.
"Not like you haven't done anything illegal. Mr. Green-fur." "Don't go there. And that was my job. There's nothing illegal about it." "It was your fault for being there." "Don't go there and it was NOT my fault! That was my job!" I said, rage filling my eyes.
A security guard came up to us, with that bunny stewardess that brought the tray of X. "Excuse me sir, but did you by any chance threaten this stewardess beside me?" The guard, a bear said to me. I just looked at him, and glared.
"I told her she better get that shit away from me before I kicked the tray out of her hands. That's all I said." "Sir. You realize how much this stuff costs to make and sell?" "Thousands. So what?" "Sir. If you don't like things we do here. Just get out."
I placed the bottle of beer onto the table, and stood up from my stool, trying to equal his height, which I almost successfully did, as I stood a little more than six two. "How about you ease up out of my face before I make you?"
"Jesus, Jeff. Just calm down! I'm sorry. He's usually not like this." She said, starting to get up from the table to get between me and the bear. "Sam. Stay out of this." I said, turning my head to look at her, but I eased up after what I saw.
Her hand, started to shiver, more like a violent shake. She tried to stop it with her other hand, but soon, it started to pass through to her other hand. "Sam? How are you feeling?" She just looked at me, putting on a fake smile. "I'm fine, Jeff. Rela…." She was unable to finish her sentence, as it seemed her brain had shutdown. She stood there for half a second, before falling to the floor. Her body was now going into a full seizure.
"Son of a bitch! Get her some help!" "How many has she had?" "Five, I think? Call a fucking ambulance!" "Just throw her out of the club." The bear said, causing me to turn around to face him.
"Throw her out? She's overdosing in your fucking club! You should be helping her!" "I'm sorry, sir, but our policy is that if you overdose in our bar. It ain't our problem. Remember that waiver you signed before you came in?"
"That waiver said you aren't responsible for overdosing? You're fucking with me, right? " "Afraid not." With that, the bear started to walk away. Out of rage, which has built to full strength within my body, I grabbed the bear and spun him around. I gave him an all-out punch into his face. Causing him to collapse to the floor.
Other people, now watching the scene, as more security guards started to come after me, trying to restrain me. "Go get a fucking ambulance or I won't have to kick all of your asses!" A cat charged me, preparing to tackle me. Alert of his attempts to do so, I just ducked, bending forward at the hip.
He flew over me as I kicked him as he flew about five feet into a table. "This the best you got? Call the fucking ambulance!" I barely finished my sentence, before a guard slammed a chair across my chest and face, knocking me unconscious. People stood around, as the guards picked up Sam and I, dragging us out of the club.
I began to stir, feeling raindrops against my face, as I slowly came to and realized I was outside. By the silence I was hearing, I was dropped off somewhere away from the bar, but I heard tires squealing.
I looked up, and saw a van started to drive away. My vision was too obscured, and I wasn't about to tell what kind of van it was. All I knew was that it was white.
I tried to clear my vision, rubbing my eyes to help the process. I lowered my hands and scanned everything around me, but came to a stop when I did a double-take to my left.
I saw Sam, still having a seizure as she laid in a puddle, ripples waving off of her as she continued to shake violently. I crawled over to her, trying to calm her, but everything I did wasn't working.
"Somebody help me! Call an ambulance!" A Doberman, who was walking by at the time, heard me and ran towards me. When he arrived and saw me trying to stop her seizures. He got out of his cell phone and dialed 911.
"Sam, please calm down and stay with me. I'm going to get you help." "J-Jeff. I-I-I'm sorry." "Sam?" I shook her, feeling her shaking was slowing. "Sam?!" A little louder this time, her shaking even slower now. "SAM!" Still.
"Sam? Sam?! SAAAM!" Her head fell to one side, as her eyes closed. I continued to shake her, but she wasn't responding. Tears filled my eyes, as Sam had died in my arms. I lowered my head, resting it against hers, hugging her tightly.
The Doberman that was behind me, just stared, a sad look filled his face as he stared at me. I cried, not caring that I was wet, not caring that my head was split open from the chair, I cared, knowing that Sam, my girlfriend of nine months, died.
Three years have passed since the rise of Styx Omega, and so far we have been doing a pretty damn good job. Our most recent bounty was a guy by the name of Jose Silesia. He was wanted for trial evasion and narcotics. A usual bounty, but nevertheless. We were getting ten thousand for this guy so of course we took the job.
We managed to catch the guy in a matter of hours. Very simple guy to find. I guess this is what you would call 'easy money'. Especially since there are thirteen of us, finding a guy would be done very quickly.
Besides our job, our main focus was watching our kids grow up. Marcus and Penelope, now three years old, have already started to walk, talk, even manage to count to thirty before they lose interest and go do something else.
Jericho, now four, is smarter than Marcus and Penelope, but what he is best known for is taking care of his sister Lena. She's only two and gets into trouble on a daily basis. He's always there to protect her, which I can tell, admires him for.
Ryan and Fay love their daughter, Kristy. Definitely takes after her father, which I couldn't believe. She tried to make everything a joke, but Adrian's son, Brandon, was there to straighten her out. Made me laugh to see this.
Jason, Bill's son, basically had a talent of drawing. At the age of three, he could draw like a fifteen year old could do. Though he has an interest in drawing, he loves to hang with his cousins and has so much respect for his parents. His left ear was even pierced.
Matt and Katt, who have been married for about two years, have a one year old son name Jimmy Oz Strong. His nickname is definitely Oz, like Matthew Perry in The Whole Nine Yards. He's just learning how to talk, but can walk. He likes to play with everyone's tail, but his own.
But yeah. We love our children and we'd do anything for them. Though, there have been days when we have to leave for a couple days for a bounty, leaving them with Peppy, Slippy, Amanda or even Claudia.
I still haven't changed much physically. Half my face is still exposed. My hands are still, but I try to wear gloves to cover them up. My left leg has grown back fur, but my right leg is just like everything else. Luckily my pants can cover that. Along with my shirt, which covers up the exposed areas of my chest.
It was summer at the house twenty minutes outside of Corneria City and everyone was outside. I watched the kids play out on the driveway, playing simple games like Hop Scotch to a board game like Life.
The dads sat on the front patio, looking out towards the kids and the scenery in the background. Truly an inspiring sight and one of Jason's favorite things to draw. "This life never gets old, does it?" Adrian said, as he took a sip of his lemonade.
"It's these type of things that make life wonderful." Ryan responded, drinking a glass of Jager. "You know, Cooper. You have been drinking Jager for so many years. You trying to get a liver disease or something?"
"I only drink it once, maybe twice a day. My liver has never felt better." "The last thing we need is for you to get sick with some sort of cancer and die. Leaving your wife and daughter fatherless." "You worry too much, Fox. If it makes you feel any better. I'll switch to water when I finish this."
I nodded with approval as I turned to look out towards the mountains in the distance. "Where are the girls?" "I think they would be shopping, Matt. Why?" "Haven't seen them in a while. Just wondering."
We continued to sit there for a while longer, just enjoying the day. Occasionally, I look over at the kids, just to make sure they stayed out of trouble. In the distance when I looked up, I saw a trail of smoke rising up the dirt road. I could only assume it were the girls.
When the car came into view, I smiled when I saw it was the Escalade. I rose from my chair, letting out a grunt when I stretched out my back. Everyone followed suit, as the car came to a stop about ten feet away from the porch.
I could hear the kids yelling happily when they saw their mother's stepping out of the vehicle. Marcus and Penelope ran up to Krystal, immediately being swept off their feet as she scooped them up in her arms. I approached her, planting a kiss on her lips.
"How was shopping, honey?" "Great. I found the perfect jacket for you." "Come on, Krystal. You know I still wear the leather trench coat." "Well, I got you a black one." "But I already have a black one?"
Krystal just glared at me, giving me an annoyed sigh. "Look. Just wear it and there won't be problems." "Let me see it." "That's better." She said, walking towards the cargo area of the Cadillac, opening up the back hatch.
"She still telling you what to do?" "Shut up, Cooper or I'll kick your ass like the old days." "But you never…." I lunged at him, only to just make him run away from me. I smiled at him run, as Krystal brought me my new jacket.
"Well, it is shinier than the new one." I said, putting my arms into the sleeves, then straightening it out. "Fits pretty good too. Thank you." Krystal smiled, as she planted a kiss on my nose.
"Nice flannel, Wolf. And what's that? New camouflage pants?" "Shut up, pup. What can I say? This stuff looks good on me." "Better than you do, Adrian." I said, looking over at the arctic wolf, who held Brandon in his arms. He looked down at his clothes.
"What?" "Oh nothing. You just dress a little emo, that's all." "You're lucky my kid is here." "Look. The AC/DC shirt is fine, but the black jean jacket with spikes is a little too emo, in my opinion. Or is that Goth?" "So, what? What do you want me to do?"
"Here, Adrian. Try on this suede jacket." He looked over at Miyu, who was holding a brand-new, brown suede jacket. "Alright." He handed her Brandon, while he took the jacket.
"Now that's a good looking jacket." "Where did Ryan go?" Matt asked, with Katt at his side, who was holding Jimmy. Everyone looked around, seeing no husky, well besides Bill, in sight.
"Did you see where he went, Bill?" "I think he dove into the flowers, but what do I know?" I turned to look at him, then towards the flower patch about thirty feet away. I scanned my surroundings, stopping when I saw the hose.
Wolf got the idea and walked over to it, turning on the water. He walked within a good distance of the flowers, before he fired a stream of water in that direction. "Holy shit! What the fuck?" Ryan yelled, jumping out of the flowers.
"What are you doing in there, bud?" Adrian asked, walking over, seeing Ryan dripping wet. "I thought Fox was coming after me, so I hid." "Don't you think, after a minute of not chasing after you, you think I wasn't going to hurt you?"
"You're too unpredictable at times. I wasn't sure." "You got to learn to relax, Cooper. All this worrying about me hurting you is not good for your health." "You bastard." Ryan said, just as I started to head for the house, a smile across my muzzle.
I walked inside, seeing all the women playing with the children, however, my attention was brought towards my feet, when a little blue fox grabbed onto my ankle. "Well, hello, Penelope." I said, lifting the small infant off the floor and into my arms.
She didn't say anything, she just planted a kiss on my nose. I violently rubbed my nose, as her whiskers had tickled. It made me laugh a little. "You going to sneeze, poppa?" I flinched at first at the sudden telepathy that entered my mind, but to remember one thing. "No sweetie. Your whiskers are very ticklish." I said, starting to tickle Penelope's stomach, causing her to giggle. My kids were telepaths, after inheriting it from us, mainly from Krystal.
I walked over to Krystal, who had Marcus on her lap, who was playing with a small model of an Arwing. I sat next to her, kissing her on her lips. "Penelope? Why don't you go play with Kristy?" "Okay, poppa." She said, as I held her to the floor as she immediately started running to go with Kristy.
I relaxed back into the sofa, letting out a big, relaxing sigh, only to growl when I heard my phone starting to vibrate. "Damnit. What does that hare want now?" "What make you think that's Peppy, McCloud?"
I pulled out my phone and held it in front of Adrian, seeing that the screen was saying Peppy. "Because the moment it started vibrating, I knew it was Peppy. Hello, Peppy. What can I do ya for?"
"Hello, Fox. How are you?" "I'm fine. Just was expecting you to call me. So what's up?" " I have a job for you. I like all of you to come down here so we can discuss this." " Sure thing. We'll be down there in a bit." "Thank you. See you soon." "Like-wise."
I hung up the phone and put in back into my pocket. "Well. We got another job. Wouldn't tell me what, but he wants us all to get down there so he can tell us." "What are we going to do about the kids?"
I turned back towards the children, who were all doing various activities. "I'll stay and watch them." I turned my head towards Zeria, who had volunteered. "I would appreciate that. Don't worry. I'll brief you when we get back." "Don't you always."
I kinda felt bad. Zeria stayed behind most of the time to watch the kids. I hated leaving her behind. I didn't want to make her feel useless, but we would be gone for only a hour. I knew I would make it up to her.
"Alright. Let's get going. Marcus! Penelope! Come say goodbye to your momma and poppa!" My kids looked up and started to waddle towards me and Krystal. I embraced Marcus in a hug, as Krystal did with Penelope.
"We'll be back soon." Krystal said, kissing Penelope on her forehead. "Can we get ice cream when you come back?" "We'll think about it. Just be good for your Aunt Zeria." "Okedokee." They both said in unison.
I walked outside, activating the keyless remote for the Escalade. "Adrian. Miyu. Just say the save and ride with Bill and Electra." "If we must." The lynx said, as she changed her direction towards the Tahoe.
"You know. Your kid made a good point. I kinda want some ice cream right about now." "Ryan………oh man you're just like a kid." "Hey. What's wrong with a little ice cream?"
"There's nothing wrong with a little ice cream, Ryan. I want some too." Katt said, defending Ryan. I just turned my head to stare at the pink feline. "Alright! We'll get ice cream when we get back." "YAY!"
I stopped, as I started to look around for those new voices. "I think the kids heard you, pup." Wolf said, starting to get in the rear seats of the Escalade. I only shook my head, and opened the driver-side door.
We arrived at the base, about five minutes ahead of schedule of what I was hoping for. So I was pleased with myself for driving……….like an ass. I opened the door, exiting the vehicle just like everyone else in the black SUV.
I turned my head and saw everyone starting to get out of the white Excursion, and the black Tahoe. We all stood together in front of the vehicles, before making our way towards the door.
The guards saw us approaching and saluted us as we walked past. "Good morning." "Good morning." I said to the guard, as he held the door open for us.
It was busy in the main office building of the base. Generals and administrators from other bases from Corneria, Katina, Sector X, etc….. It was their annual meeting to report their situation on how things are going on their end of Lylat.
We entered the elevator and took it to the top, which is where Peppy's office was. I stood with my arms crossed, continuing to wear my sunglasses. I couldn't help, but smile as music was playing in the background. From what I could tell, it sounded like Mozart or someone of the classical genre.
The music was overtaken by a loud ding, as we had reached our destination. The top floor. The doors slid open and down the hall, was Peppy's office. We past Claudia along the way, as she was making copies of some important documents.
I opened the door and entered the empty reception room, just making my way into Peppy's office. Peppy seemed surprised to see us, as he wasn't aware that we had arrived.
"Fox? Wolf? Everyone. Hello. Good to see you. I wasn't expecting you so soon. Where's my secretary?" "Down the hall, making copies." "And she just left her post, just like that?" Peppy said, sounding somewhat irritated.
"Peppy. You're the one who told her to make copies immediately." I said, chuckling a little. Peppy just laughed and took a seat at his desk. "Well. Anyway, I'm glad you all made it. This is an important job."
"As important as the Lector mission?" "No. The planet isn't in trouble. I hope, but this man we are after has some serious crimes. His most recent is a death by the use of drugs he's creating."
"Another drug mission?" "Well. His rap sheet consists of murders and drug-trafficking. But this one, I find most interesting." "Well, tell us already, General." Adrian said, getting a little impatient.
"He has a charge for genocide." "What?" I said, leaning forward in my chair. "Yes. It seems that he is known for almost killing off the human race of Earth." "Really? That's nuts."
"Of course the human race is now habited Earth-II, but only about fifty thousand survivors out of billions was all that's left." "Why would he kill off the human race?"
"He wouldn't say. Saying it wasn't him." I stared at Peppy confused, but I asked a question to break the silence. "This most recent death of his. The death by drug-use I think you said." "Oh yes." Peppy said, fumbling through his papers, pulling out the fourth sheet from the front.
"Well. The victims name was Samantha Temple. She died from a drug overdose from a drug called Ecstasy. A drug that was created and enhanced by this man. Randall Cain." Peppy said, pulling out a photo, revealing the picture of Cain, a Mastiff.
"Who is this Samantha Temple?" Adrian asked, the most I heard him talk in a long time. "Well. She recently graduated and works as a hostess at the five-star restaurant, Shay-Franc. Age twenty-three. Was currently dating a wolf by the name of Jeff Meiners."
"Does she have a rap sheet?" Ryan asked, talking for the first time. "No. If anything, she was a model citizen." "Poor thing. How do we find this, Cain?" Miyu asked.
"I don't know. We have no ways of finding him. He knows how to hide. He was last seen in the Outer Cinco planets, a good distance outside of Lylat. What is interesting about this region is that it has an anti-warp bubble surrounding it. Once you hit it, you exit your jump drive."
"How big is this bubble?" "About fifteen light-years in diameter. I don't know much about this region. No one really goes there so I don't have much to offer."
I sighed, frustrated that this was going to be a hard job. "Umm. I guess what does he look like? His specs?"
"Let's see. He's five-eight. One hundred and sixty pounds. In his forties. Those are his main features." "What are the names of the planets in this region?" "There are five of them. The dark planet, Midnight." "Why is it a dark planet?" Matt said, shifting his weight to lean against a bookshelf.
"Well. It's the furthers away from any star. The closest one being Solar. However, storm clouds are always present in the skies of this planet. Makes it rather hard to see anything. It's like you enter a pitch black room. With its mountainous regions, it's hard to navigate. The only light you see if the constant lightning storms overhead." "Creepy." Krystal said, a chill running through her spine.
"The next planet, is actually Zar Mega. After the war between the three super races called Terrans, Zerg and Protoss, basically all that's left is ruins and debris from the war. Don't know much about it except it has many terrains such as badlands, desert, ash world. And there's a massive….platform I guess you can call it, in a degrading orbit around the planet."
"That's where we ended up when we did a premature NOS jump." Ryan said, looking towards me, as I just stared straight forward, nodding my head. "Then there's the planet, Carbon. Basically the same as Midnight only there's light. Also a bit snowy for my taste."
"This one is rather weird. It's a combination between a fiery, ash world and a frozen, ice world. Somehow, the two have made an equal equilibrium and able to make this world, Accord." "Nice name. It's like the two halves made an agreement."
"Oh no. The ice and fire regions are spread out throughout the planet, it's like looking at a soccer ball." "Okay, now that's the crazy." Wolf said, finding this somewhat humorous.
"And the last planet. Well, this one is the most populated of the five. Has several metropolis cities across the planet. The largest consists of twenty million people. The smallest is only three." "Just like Chicago." "We just call this planet, Metropolis."
"Alright. Not much we can ask more. So I guess we'll get ready to leave. What are we doing? Killing this man or bringing him in?" "We want you to bring him in, but we understand that he may not go down without a fight. So dead or alive, but if you bring him in alive. You'll get paid substantially more."
"Hot damn! That's good enough for me!" Ryan said, jumping out of his chair and heading for the door. "Greedy bastard. Alright, Peppy. Just do me a favor." "Anything, Fox. What is it?" "Watch our kids."
"Oh sure. I would love to watch them." "Thank you, Peppy. We're gonna get going." "Good luck, everyone. Come back safe."
I nodded towards the old hare, as we all started to exit for the door. As soon as I passed Claudia's desk, I pulled out my cell phone. Pushing in a random sequence of numbers. "Hello, Fox. What is it?"
"Hey, Natasha. Get the ship ready to depart. We'll be leaving in about two hours." "Of course, Fox." I hung up the phone, as Krystal was looking at me, smiling. "You know I love that computer. Stop messing with me."
"I'm sorry, Fox, but I just find it too cute." "Shut up." I said, starting to blush a little, which made Krystal giggle.
We arrived back at the house, the kids were sad that we were leaving again, but even sadder that we were not going out for ice cream like I said we would.
I debriefed Zeria on everything I just learned and it took her a moment to accept everything she just learned. At the end, she just smiled and said, "Can hardly wait."
I packed a duffle bag full of clothes, but it wasn't much different than what I was wearing now. A pair of baggy jeans, and a gray long sleeve shirt. With my new trench coat and my sunglasses, I was ready to go.
"Don't you get tired of wearing the same thing over and over again?" "Nope." "Well. At least can you change back to your tan fur?" "Nope." "How long you gonna be white?" "Not much longer. I'm thinking of going black next." "Oh the hell you are!"
I just glared at Krystal, annoyed. "My fur. My rules." I said, slipping on my gloves to cover up my metal hands. Krystal just sighed at me and gave up, which made me smile. "Yes! I win!"
"Okay, fine you win. Now change back." "Nope." "You are so stubborn!" Krystal said, stomping over to me, anger in her eyes. "You look so hot when you're angry." She couldn't help, but smile a little.
"If like me being this hot, maybe I should be angry more often?" "I wouldn't mind." I said, smiling at her as I pressed my lips against hers. "Eww!"
I broke my kiss and look towards the door, seeing Marcus and Penelope were standing in the doorway. I laughed as I released Krystal from my hug and reached for my bag.
I took a knee in front of my kids. "Okay, kids. When your mother and I are gone, I want you to be on your best behavior for you grandpa Peppy. Okay?" They both nodded, but came up to hug me. "We're gonna miss you."
I hugged my children, as did Krystal, a tear started to form in her eye. "We'll be back soon. We promise." She said, trying to sound strong.
I released Penelope, as I stood up and started to head for the front door. Krystal was having a harder time letting go. From what I was sensing, she wasn't the only one having a hard time letting go.
Fara held on to Jericho and Lena, trying ever so hard to release her hug, but she just couldn't. This was a mission that required her to leave Lylat and she never really been away from her kids for more than a day. She was just not ready to leave, just yet.
"Mommy. You're hurtin' me." Lena said, in the grasp of Fara's big hug. She didn't realizing she was squeezing that hard. She released her hug and stared at her children with teary eyes.
"I'll miss you both. Be good for Peppy. I want to hear from him that you two were perfect angels. Maybe if you're good. I'll take you out for ice cream like we said we would." "YAY!"
She laughed as she held her children one last time. Wolf, just stood in the doorway, not knowing that a tear was starting to form in his eye. As the hard-ass he made out to be, he had a soft spot when it came to his children.
Miyu and Fay had an easier time letting go. They were already waiting downstairs with Ryan and Adrian. From what they saw outside, Peppy was now arriving and was being greeted by Zeria.
They opened the door and saw the old hare hugging the young vixen. "Zeria. So good to see you. You're looking good." "Thank you, Peppy. So do you." "Nah. I'm an old hare only getting older. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy a good brandy on occasion."
"Eww! No booze!" She said, feeling nauseas from the thought of liquor. "Sorry, Peppy. That was my doing." Matt said with Katt by his side, walking down the porch steps.
Peppy shook the collie's hand, as well as Katt's. Followed by everyone else, as we all started to exit the home. "Treat them well, Peppy. They all love you, but they will give you a hard time." Adrian said, laughing as he accepted Peppy's handshake.
"Oh, don't worry about me. Just make sure you all come back alive. I'll see you soon." "Yeah. Soon." I mumbled to myself, just loud enough for me to hear.