I wrote this fan fiction in memory of Christopher Reeve
The Visitors
Takes place two years after Assault. Fox, the co-leader of a mercenary team, Star Fox. The team, along with two new members, meet someone who visits them onboard the Great Fox, after visiting his planet's graveyard. Contains humor.
Chapter 1:
Humiliation and revenge. Part 1
It was a pretty boring day onboard the starship, Great Fox. Fox was busy in his room, repairing his blaster; the rest of the crew - Slippy was asleep in his room, Falco, watching TV with ROB in the main command center, Peppy was cooking dinner in the kitchen, while Krystal was busy meditating in her room. They have not received any assignments from General Pepper for two months, so they were free to explore the Lylat system. However, during their last visit to Corneria, they decided to take along two new people for their return to space. These two new crew members were no strangers to Fox and his crew. One of them was a childhood friend to Fox, a very young and handsome 26 year-old, half-human and half-wolf , white furred male, named Alexander Andrew. The other new member was Alexander's mother, the beautiful white wolf, Clara.
Clara was like a second mother to Fox ever since his real mother, Vixxi, died. This was one of the reasons Fox invited her and Alex to join the team's exploration trip. Another reason Fox wanted to repay Alex for keeping him in one piece and standing by him as only a brother would do, while they both were growing up. And finally, the team, during the last visit to Corneria, added four additional accommodations to the starship, more than enough for their two new travelers, as well as anyone they met and invited to join the team.
On Corneria, both Clara and Alex were well-known. Alex had become well known as an accomplished stage actor and part-time model. While Clara had become a highly regarded jazz pianist and singer. However, they both shared something that was very personal, the gift of immortality and invulnerability.
Alex received his gift when he was 22 years old, and Clara at the age of 24. They didn't always welcome it, believing it was a part of the dark arts. The only others who knew of this secret was Fox and the crew of the Star Fox. When questioned for secret of their agelessness, Fox and the crew seemed to understand their uneasiness as they explained. The crew in return promised them both no other would be told of this "curse". Alex and Clara were contented and relieved to know their secret was safe, since they knew they could trust them above all others.
Present day
Alex was in his room, onboard the starship, busy restringing his acoustic guitar and watching an action/adventure film on TV. He paused, for a minute, to scratch his wolf ears,
"Stupid fleas", he thought as he returned to his work.
As he finished the restringing, he stopped and smiled at it. Holding the instrument in his hand, he closed his eyes and thought about the day he received the object of sound and beauty.
It was his 16th birthday at a restaurant on Corneria with his parents. His mom and dad, Jack Anderson, a famous astronaut from Earth, had planned to take Alex for dinner at a nice restaurant for dinner and then to a movie. However, since Alex had to get up early the next day and go to school, all agreed to forgo the movie until another time.
"Hey mom?", Alex asked they pulled up to the restaurant in the family limo. He was dressed a dark blue sports jacket with a button-up shirt, a paisley tie (which he hated), and khaki pants.
"What's up, baby?", Clara asked her son. She was wearing a beautiful off-white chiffon dress with small, sparkling diamonds on it. She was also wearing pearl diamond earrings on her ears.
"When can I unwrap my gifts?" Alex asked.
His father - who was wearing a light-blue sports jacket that had yellow stripes, a button-up shirt underneath, and a red tie under the collar - just smiled. He knew how much it tortured all kids, including special 16 year olds, when it came to waiting to open gifts.
"You can unwrap them after dessert," He replied, "Which will be after dinner." He turned to look out the side window of the limo, where he saw a dozen photographers and reporters camped out in by the restaurant's front entrance.
"Honey", he said to his wife as he pointed to the crowd, "Looks like we may have some difficult getting in, and I don't think it has anything to do with the reservations."
Seeing the fanfare, Clara looked back at her husband and smiled, "We'll make it through, baby, don't worry"
"U ready?"
"Yea, I'm ready!," Jack replied as he took her paw and kissed it. Then, he turned to their son.
"U ready, Sport?"
"Go fer it!" Alex happily replied.
As they stepped out of the limo, the official "Smile", was pasted on the families face as they quickly made their way through the paparazzi.
Just as they reached for the door, it flew open. Out flew the restaurant's manager, Chaz, a meerkat, and a few of the larger, more intimidating looking staff. By mere presence the actions of the crowd secede, allowing the family to enter in unmolested.
"Mr Anderson", Chaz cried, "We are so sorry for the disruption. We had intended to post one of the staff beside the door to watch for you so that we may avoid something like this. However, two of my waiters didn't show up tonight and we forgot to do this for you. Please forgive me".
"Chaz, darling," answered Clara, "Please don't worry over this, we have survived much worse. Don't give it another thought."
With that, they were give a secluded table far away the maddening crowd, still gathered at the window.
After they finished their scrupulous meal of steak, (medium rare for Jack - of course), a chicken garden salad (Clara - she had to be able to zip herself in the red silk dress for this Friday nights concert) and chicken parmesan (Alex - it was gooey and he wanted it), it was now time for Alex to tear the gifts open.
"Make a wish, baby." Clara said to her son, smiling as two waiters and two waitresses approached their table with a lighted-up birthday cake.
He closed his eyes and wished, "I wish I was a stage actor". Then everyone applauded, after he opened up his eyes and blew out the candles.
"Okay", Jack said as he started to get up, "Now its time".
With that said, he walked out of the restaurant (with an enormous and fierce looking busboy, who was a white tiger, following close behind him - just incase the cameras were still waiting), back to the limo. A minute later he, and the limo's driver (minus the busboy), returned with several gifts in their arms.
"Wow!" Alex popped, as he saw the gifts given to him.
"Here son, Jack said, as he gave his son a long and wide box, "Unwrap this one first".
"I wonder what this is" he thought as he unwrapped and, with some help from one of the cake carrying waiters, opened up the box. As he opened it up, he gasped for joy again as he saw what was inside. It was a beautiful, new, acoustic guitar inside a guitar case. He had always wanted one, knew how to play one, and was very good at it. Now he had one of his own, thanks to his father.
"Hey dad", Alex said to his father, who, in return, turned and looked at his son, knowing that he got his son's attention.
Then Alex went over to his father hugged him and said, "Thanks".
Jack returned the hug to him.
"You're welcome, son," he said to him," I know how much you wanted one, so I thought you might like it".
Clara turned and looked at her son.
"Let's open up the rest of the gifts when we get home, alright dear?" Clara said to Alex as they got up to leave.
"Okay mom", Alex said, yawning.
They paid for their meals, walked out of the restaurant, and drove home in their limo.
End flashback
Alex opened up his eyes with a tear in his left eye. He missed his father so much ever since the day he died of a heart attack at the Cornerian hospital a week later. Wiping the tear from his eye with his right paw, he continued working on the guitar. He had just finished with it, and was about to put it away, when he heard a quiet buzz coming from his door.
"Who's there?" he shouted.
"Just us, buddy" replied a recognizable voice.
He smiled and shouted, "Come in".
When he heard the door open, he turned his head to see Fox and Clara, walk in.
"Hey guys!" he said to the both of them, still smiling.
"Hey baby!" Clara said to her handsome son as she put both of her paws on his shoulders and kissed him between his pointy ears.
This made Alex warmed up as he put a bigger smile on his face.
"Still have that guitar, huh?" Clara asked, eyeing the instrument in Alex's lap.
"Yea, it's the last thing Dad gave to me and I definitely would like to hold on to it" He said with a sad smile on his face.
"Hey Al?" Fox asked, looking at the TV for a second, then turning his head to Alex.
"What's up, buddy?" He replied
"Who is this guy?" Fox asked, pointing to a man with red boots and a red cape on the TV.
"I don't really know," Alex replied with a sigh, "He's very popular on my dad's home planet."
Then he asked Fox, "Hey, what cha doing in here, anyway? I thought you were in your room repairing your blaster."
"The trigger on it's broken, for some reason and I can't repair it, so I'll have to get a new one when we get back to Corneria. And the reason why I'm in here is because Clara has some things, in your closet, she'd like to show me." Fox said, all in one breath.
"Anyway," he continued, attempting to change the subject, "Your dad's home planet - that's Earth, right?"
"DING, DING, DING", Alex shouted.
Fox covered his ears.
"Let's give the fox a round of applause, ladies on gentlemen."
"Uh, Al?" Said Fox, as he uncovered his ears.
Alex turned and looked at him in response.
"Next time, not so loud."
"Sorry," he sighed, then he continued, "Anyway, I do have some old newspaper comic clippings of this guy my dad gave me."
Fox's face was cover come with the look of shock, his jaw dropped to the floor.
"Wait, wait, wait" he said, putting his hand to his forehead, trying to think about what his friend had just said.
"Okay, you mean to tell me you don't know who the guy on TV is, and you have old newspaper clippings and comic strip of him?" He asked, surprisingly.
Alex shrugged, "Well, yea!"
Fox loudly exhaled, then hung his head.
"Boy, Alley, you sure can be idiotic at times, ya know?"
"Well, at least I don't look like a flea-feasted fur ball." Alex said, crossing his arms and tilting up his head.
"Look who's talking, wolf-boy." Fox teased as he tugged on Alex's left wolf ear.
"That does it!" Alex growled, rolling up his shirt sleeves.
"Alright boys, that's enough." said Clara, as she emerged from the closet, holding a box.
"Sorry, mom." Alex muttered, softly
"What was that I heard?" she asked, gently but firmly
"Sorry mom." he said louder.
"Sorry, Clara." Fox added.
"That's better", she said, glad she was able to prevent a conflict between her two grown boys.
"Hey mom, why do you have that box?" Alex asked, curiously.
"Oh, I just want to show Fox some old family photos that are in it ". Clara said, setting the box down.
A look of uncertainty came over Alex's face as he watched her dig through the box.
"Oh man, I hope you don't find any baby pictures," he moaned, "Because if you do, I'll never hear the end of the naked baby jokes."
"Look Alley, I found one of your baby pictures." Clara said, smiling as she held one up.
He looked up to the ceiling, hoping to find a hole large enough for him to escape into.
"Lord, please help me," he whispered, hearing his inner humiliation radar beginning to beep.
"Wanna see it, Fox?", Clara asked him as she handed a photo to him, only to be interrupted by, "NO! MOM!."
"Yea, sure, " Fox replied, taking the picture from Clare. "I could use a good laugh right now".
Looking at the picture in his hand, he began to laugh.
"Oh man, this is one of the most funniest things I've have seen in my entire life," He laughed.
"Okay Mom, which one of moments of humiliation did you give to him to look at?" Alex growled, as he turned to face his smiling mother.
"I think he's not very happy with me at this moment," Clara thought nervously.
"It's just the one of you dressed as the man with extraordinary powers for Halloween," She replied innocently.
Alex covered his eyes with the back of his right paw and lowered his head.
"Why did you show him that one?" He yelled, "You know I don't like that picture."
Fox, meanwhile, was still laughing at the photo.
"Oh man, wait until the others see this." He said as he started towards the door.
"Oh no you don't, you overgrown ball of fuzz," Alex snarled, as he attempt to stop him, but Fox was already out the door and heading towards the main bridge.
When Fox entered the bridge, Falco and ROB were engrossed in a movie about a human-child, who was born of an jackal, and was surrounded by several unexplainable and horrific incidents. The movie turned out to be so good, and scary, that Falco couldn't budge from his seat for any reason.
"Man, this is better than any scary movie I've ever seen," he thought, grinning, as he saw a man being decapitated by a enormous pane of glass.
However, just as the climax of the film was about to happen, he heard Fox enter the room, loudly laughing.
"Hey Fox, can you keep it down. The best part of the movie is coming up," Falco yelled at him.
"Falco, wait until you see this," Fox said as he tried to stop laughing.
He showed Falco the photo, and smiled.
Falco started to laugh.
"Who is that?" he asked.
"It's Al!" Fox replied, still smiling, "Why, do you like it?"
"Yea, man, it's hilarious" Falco replied, grinning.
"Hey, we gotta show this to Krystal, maybe she'll like it," Fox said as he evilly grinned.
"Yea, maybe she'll even laugh about it, too!" Falco added. The grin, on his face, got wider.
With a plan forming in Fox's mind, and still laughing, they both headed up towards Krystal's room.
At that same time, Alex entered the room, frantically looking for Fox. Unfortunately, the only one in the room was ROB, who was busy sweeping the floor.
"ROB, have you seen Fox?" He frantically asked him, "Was he here?"
"Yea, he was here a second ago." ROB answered in his robotic voice, "He and Falco just left to go see Krystal in her room."
Alex darted toward Krystal's room, hoping that she had not seen the picture yet, and wouldn't laugh at him if she did.
Meanwhile, Krystal had just finished meditating and was trying to decided what to do next. After making her decision, she flopped onto the bed, grabbing the TV's remote control.
"Okay," she thought as she started flipping through the channels ,"Time for some brain-dead entertainment.".
Seeing nothing but news, reality shows, games shows, she turn it off and got off the bed. Walking over to the bookshelf, she searched and found a Piers Anthony book on the middle shelf, then flopped back on the bed. She was halfway through chapter one, when doorbell rang.
The blue vixen sighed, thinking to herself, "Can I please have a moment in peace."
"Come in," She shouted, as she turned her head to the door.
Fox and Falco tried to bust through the doorway. They were still laughing so hard, they both got stuck as they tried to come through the doorway at the same time. Fox was still clutching Alex's baby photo in his paw.
"What's so funny?" Krystal asked, eyeing the show with curiosity as the two boys approached the left side of her bed.
"Have a look at this," Fox replied as he handed the photo to her.
"Why do you find this photo funny?" she asked.
Falco stopped and grinned.
"Well, we think he looks ridiculous in that costume."
Krystal looked a the picture closely, then shot them a frown.
'Boy, you two are acting like jerks, you know that, don't you?"
Looking back at the photo, she smiled.
"I think Alex looks cute," She said sweetly," Just as cute as he is now."
"Awww, that's sweet, Krys," Fox said, sarcastically, mocking her British voice, "I'm sure he would like to hear that."
"Hear what?" A muffled voice sounded outside the door.
"Come on in, Al" said Krystal, who was still smiling.
As Alex walked in Krystal's room, he shot an angry look at Fox and Falco, who turned and looked around the other way.
Fox, now with a look of innocence, turned back towards Alex, shrugged his shoulders and mouthed - What?
"What would I like to hear?" Alex asked her.
Krystal giggled and looked at the photo.
"I said I think you looked as cute in this photo as you do now," she said as she turned her head to look at him. Then she winked at him.
"Aww, Krys, thanks," Alex said with a big smile on his face.
Then, as a real gentleman would do, he took her right paw and kissed it. Krystal blushed, deeply, and giggled.
"Woooooooo!" Fox and Falco teased, with girly voices.
Alex grabbed the book off the bed and threw it at him - missing him. Grabbing another from the shelf, he tried to do the same thing to Falco, but he ducked.
"Shut up, both of you." He growled through his teeth .
"Come on you three, knock it off," Krystal said, trying to end the same conflict they had earlier in Alex's room.
"Anyway, Al, when was this photo taken?" An interested and smiling Krystal asked.
"Well," Alex grinned, "My dad took it back in the year 2455 on Corneria. I was five years old."
Krystal's smile faded. "I bet you miss your dad, don't ya."
"Yes I do, a lot," he said sadly, his smile fading.
Fox looked at the photo, which was still in Krystal's paws.
"Hey, Krys, "he said, looking at her, as his mind was still forming the interesting plan.
"What's up?" she answered, turning her head to look at him.
"Could we see that photo?" he asked, trying to hide his sly grin.
"Just don't do anything mean with it," Krystal said firmly, as she handed the photo back to him.
"Hey, Falco." Fox said as he turned to look at Falco
Putting his arm around his friend's shoulder, "Would you come with me, please?"
As the "Dastardly Don'ts" left the room, Alex watched them suspiciously.
"Why do I get the feeling I won't be hearing or seeing the end of this for a while?" He thought.
As Fox and Falco walked down the corridor, mischievous grins and thoughts occupied their moments.
"So Fox," Falco asked anxiously, "What did you have in mind?"
"Well, my blue feathered friend," He replied, "We are going to show the photo to Slippy. If he likes it, finds it funny, then we will ask him to it into the ship's computer. That way, every computer screen will show only the photo."
"I love it," Falco said, "I love that idea."
"Well then," Fox said, "What are we waiting for, let's do it."
With their gears turning, they headed toward Slippy's room.
Slippy had just woken up from anap, gotten dressed, and was about to leave his room to go down to the hangar, when he heard his doorbell rang.
"Come in.," he called to it, then Fox and Falco walked in, still laughing and holding the photo.
"What are you guys laughing at?" He asked.
"This, Slippy. Look at it. It's one of Alley's baby photos." Fox said as he handed the photo to him.
Slippy took the photo and looked at it. He chuckled a bit.
"Well, what do ya think?" Falco asked, grinning
"It's good," Slippy replied, smiling, "I think it's funny - Why?"
"Well then," Fox said, with the mischievous grin on his face again, "We have planned something for Alley, and we need your help to set it up."
"What do you want me to do?" Slippy asked.
"Take the photo," Fox ordered, "and program it into the main computer. That way, every single monitor screen on this ship, will only show an image of it."
"Oh ya, sure," Slippy said sarcastically, "I'll do it."
"Really?" Fox asked, happily.
"NO!" Slippy said firmly, folding his arms, "I think it is mean."
"Please, do it, Slippy." Fox begged as he stood on his knees.
"NO FOX, THAT IS MY FINAL WORD!" Slippy shouted.
"Alright, fine," Fox said angrily,"Falco and I will do it."
"Yea, and if Al demands to know who did it," Falco added as he and Fox were leaving the room, "We'll blame you, toad boy."
"Like heck you will," Slippy muttered angrily to himself as he watched them head for the doorway.
Meanwhile, Alex was still frantically looking for the two, in an attempt to stop them. Little did he know they had already started working on their humiliating scheme.
"Oh man, if Peppy sees that photo, I'll be the joke of the month, for sure," he thought as he approached the 2nd corridor.
Suddenly out of nowhere, a laser blast rocketing the ship.
"What was that?" he yelled to no one in particular, as he raced down the corridor and headed toward the bridge.
Arriving he saw everyone was already at their stations.
"Falco," Fox ordered, "bring the attacking ship on screen."
The main screen lit up to reveal a small, black, plank-shaped ship with a cube-shaped front. It had two laser cannons on each side to attack enemy ships on either side.
"What's the damage report, Slippy?" Fox asked as he gripped onto his chair for support, in case another blast hit them.
"Shields are down 10," Slippy answer, as he attempted to repair them.
"Fox," Falco said, "Getting a transmission from attacker."
"Put it on screen, Falco," Fox ordered
Immediately, the main screen lighted up to show a human-man with jet-black hair.
"This is Fox McCloud, of the Great Fox, "Fox told on-screen human, "Who are you and why did you attacked us?"
"My name is Chris, from the planet Kyphon," the man replied," I am the sole passenger on this ship, and I apologize for attacking your ship. However, my ship was attacked during my own voyage by unknown ships from a planet, they called, Venom."
"Venom?" Alex asked, eyes widening, "Hey Fox!"
Fox turned to look at him in acknowledgment
"Wasn't that planet destroyed?"
"It was destroyed, Al." Fox replied," Years ago, it self-destructed after the second to last time I destroyed Andross."
Then he turned back to the main screen and faced Chris.
"Again," Fox asked, "Why did you attack us?"
"I attacked you, in defense," Chris replied, "I thought you were an Venom warship. Again, I am sorry for any damage, I caused to your ship."
"So, Chris, "Alex asked as he approached the screen from behind the captain's chair, "Why are you here in the Lylat system?"
"Actually, nothing or nobody really brought me here." He started to say, "I wanted to explore the Lylat system, meet new people, especially some famous people."
Fox thought of an idea and turned to Slippy.
"Slippy," he ordered, "Give me the status of his ship's condition."
"His shields are down 95", he answered, "One more hit and he is done for."
Fox looked back at Chris.
"Chris, once repairs are done, you're welcome to join us explore the system. We have extra quarters on board, and we can introduce you to a lot of people on our voyage," Fox said.
"Thank you, all of you." he said, "I can tell you more about myself as soon as I dock."
"Great," Alex said," I'm sure all of us would enjoy getting to known more about you and your planet. How far are you from us? Can you tell?"
"I am about 3 space miles southwest of you," Chris replied, checking a navigating computer, "I am pretty sure I still have the ability to dock this thing."
"Great," said Fox, "We'll wait for you in the main hangar. I am sending you our co-ordinates right now."
He punched in the numbers and sent them to the other ship's computer. When he received them, Chris immediately setted a course for the rendezvous near Titania.
"Oh yea, I can make it,." he thought as he smiled and set the ship's control onto auto pilot.
Meanwhile, members of the Great Fox crew began to head for the main hangar to await for their guest's arrival.
END OF CHAPTER ONE!
More of their new guest in the next chapter.
