AUTHOR NOTE: This is NOT connected with my Sonic and Star Fox crossovers. This is a fanfiction I just wanted to type to test out my horror skills. And yes, some characters are going to die, so prepare for that.
The Great Fox was slowly flying through space, on its way back to Corneria after a long exploration trip of the Lylat system. Fox, Krystal, Falco, Peppy, and Slippy, were playing cards on a table set up while R.O.B was cleaning the floors in the ship's bridge out of boredom. The ship still had days left until it would make it back to Corneria.
Fox slid all his coins on the table. "I'm all in guys."
Everyone else slid their coins in the pile of the middle of the table.
Fox laid out his cards. "Three of a kind!" he said with a confident tone.
Falco had two pairs, Slippy had one pair, and Peppy laid out a junk. Krystal laid her cards with a confident smile.
"Full house" She said.
Fox was shocked, Krystal actually beat him at poker.
"Now wait a minute!" Fox cried out. "I demand a rematch!"
"Sorry Fox, you said that was our last game." Krystal chuckled.
"How do I know you didn't cheat!?" Fox accused.
"I was analyzing the entire game. Krystal did not cheat." R.O.B said.
At that moment, the Great Fox was passing by a planet.
The ship's sensor siren started to go off.
"The ship's picked up something." Fox said as he walked over to the control panel.
"It's a distress signal!" Fox cried.
"From what?" Falco asked.
The computer screen showed the wreckage of a Cornerian army battle ship on the planet.
"Looks like a ship from the Cornerian fleet crashed on that planet. From the picture, it looks like weeks ago." Peppy said as he studied the picture.
"Sorry guys, we're going to have to add time to our return trip. We have to stop here and check for survivors." Fox ordered.
Falco slammed his head on the table. "Aw come on!" he cried. "We don't have time for this!"
"Falco, you know the Cornerian law requires that all space pilots must check any wreckage of a Cornerian ship for survivors, no one gets left behind." Peppy said.
"We're on route now." Fox said. "Falco, Peppy, Slippy, get your space suits on. You're with me. We're checking it out. Krystal, you stay here with R.O.B. in case any situations happen."
Soon, Fox, Peppy, Falco, and Slippy were standing in the ship's hangar wearing space suits as the ship was slowly lowering down on the surface of the planet. When the ship landed, the hangar door opened, granting the gang access to the planet.
"Be careful boys" Krystal said over the Communications link. "Whatever shot them down could still be here."
"Don't worry Krystal!" Slippy answered. "We'll be careful."
The gang slowly walked on the surface of the planet. It was dark, and windy. Tall mountains were everywhere, and dust from the ground blew with the wind. It was practically a wasteland.
After some walking, the came up to the crashed ship.
"Peppy, enter the Cornerian access code." Fox ordered.
All the ships from Corneria had the same code to open the doors. It may seem foolish, but the code was taught to everyone who would attend the Cornerian Defense Army Academy in case of a situation such as this one.
The ship's doors slowly slid open, revealing a dark hallway.
The crew slowly walked inside, with their flashlights on so they can see. After some walking through the dark ship, they came to the ship's bridge.
Peppy attempted to turn on the lights.
"No luck" he said. "Whatever attacked this place must have cut off the power."
Slippy noticed a door way revealing another dark hallway, and walked down it without anyone else noticing.
Fox walked up to the pilot chair and turned it around. Fox shown his flashlight on the dead dog who was piloting the ship.
"We're too late." Fox said as he lowered his head.
"Fox, look." Peppy said as he shined his flashlight on the body.
In the chest area, there was a huge hole in the dog's clothing, and it was even in his body!
"Looks like the attacker drilled into his torso." Falco said.
Meanwhile, Slippy came across the ship's hangar. Slippy shined his flashlight around the room, revealing some large, football shaped objects on the floor standing up on end.
"Huh? What's this?" Slippy said as he knelt down in front of one of the objects and started to examine the object.
Fox, Peppy, and Falco were still in the ship's bridge talking about the situation.
"Whatever shot down this ship, managed to kill the entire crew as well. We could be looking at a threat to the entire Lyalt system." Fox said.
"Wait Fox, the image showed no laser marks on the ship's exterior, maybe it wasn't shot down." Peppy said.
"Hmm, hijacked maybe?" Fox wondered.
Meanwhile, Krystal was back on the Great Fox, was studying the distress signal the ship received. She knew the coding of ship's signals, and this one did not look like a distress signal to her. It was something else.
Back on the ship, Slippy shined his flashlight on the object, showing something on the inside, and the object started to glow. Suddenly the object inside started to move!
"Is this a…egg?" Slippy asked to himself.
Suddenly, the top of the egg opened up…
Back on the Great Fox, Krystal contacted Fox on the communications link.
"Fox!" She started.
"Go ahead Krystal." Fox said answering the call.
"I don't think the signal the ship received was a distress….I think it was a warning." Krystal explained.
"Well, that answers our discoveries on this ship, but what is it a warning of?" Fox asked.
Suddenly, they all heard Slippy scream down the hall, along with this high pitched squealing noise….