DISCLAIMER:i own nothing in star fox
Chapter 1:He's still alive
"FOX!" A voice said as he and the rest of his team flew into the queen's chamber.
"Huh who said that..." Fox said as he checked his systems, "Did you guys hear that?" Fox asked looking to his sides, getting nods from his team.
"Fox. Don't be a fool. Stop this nonsense" The voice spoke again.
"Pigma" The very name brought a foul taste to Fox's tongue as he snarled the name.
"YOU SWINE! But you're suppose to be DEAD!" Falco growled angrily.
"Star fox team. Accept defeat" A new voice said, that Slippy instantly knew.
"G-General Pepper?!" The whole team froze for a second.
"Give in. This is not sacrifice...it is evolution" said a knew voice that the whole team knew too well, but the couldn't say it until krystal got a hold of her self.
"No not Peppy too! Stop" She cried as she tried looking away as if wanting to get the hell out of there.
"What's going on here? t-their dead we saw the Die..." Falco muttered, staring at the queen.
"Fox" A gentle voice spoke, barely more than a whisper. Once again, the whole team froze at yet another familiar voice.
"Dad?!" Fox yelped in a mix of hope and terror.
"That's enough... There's no need for you to be hurt anymore..." James told Fox McCloud gently.
"..." Fox couldn't believe this he hated him James, his father, and yet that voice, it still put him at ease, although his mind was screaming at him this was an enemy.
"Come kit let use live together as one" James continued.
"FOX! Don't let it fool you!... You know you father is..."Said Falco knowing this was a trick
"I KNOW!... My father... My father would... Never tell me to give up!" Snapped Fox, even though under that anger you could hear it, all the uncertainty.
"Fox... There is no need to fight anymore... Let us be together again" James continued, Fox however was now shaking in his arwing then a memory hit him, hardly hearing it.
"Thanks" Fox said awkwardly as he sat on Wolfs Wolfen wing.
"I told you, if anyone's going to tan your hide, it will be me. Now how long are you gonna take up space on my wing, Pup." Wolf said with a amused glint in his eye.
"Oh" was all Fox sould think to say as he jumped down.
"And Fox... Don't hesitate. When the time comes, just act." Wolf said before charging his engines and speeding off.
"Arwing master override codes accepted" A robotic voice said.
"WHAT!" Slippy Krystal and Falco yelled at once.
"Inputting autopilot coordinates now." Fox called.
"FOX WHAT ARE YOU DOING" Falco yelled into his communicator.
"I'm staying. You three are getting out of here... Take care of each other." Fox told them firmly as he tapped a button and the arwings were heading off the way they came at full speed.
"Fox, stop this! We made it here, lets finish this together!" Krystal called trying to stop her Arwing.
"Fox, this isn't right" Slippy said, banging his fist on the dashboard, trying to hack into the main interface on the fly.
"This is how I planned it. If we all die, we die uselessly... I need you three to ensure the safety of our homes, our friends and the memory's we shared" Fox told in a calm voice.
"Fo-"said Falco
"Good bye" Fox said, taking his com off and placing it on the dashboard.
"Come Fox... Let use be... One" James told in that authoritative, convincing voice.
"You want me, you ignorant bitch, then so be it. Bring it." Fox yelled as he his Arwing flew forward and he started blasting at the queen's armor, then barrel rolled left as he dodged lasers. Looking, he saw another Arwing but who was in it was the biggest surprise. Him, James, smileing that familiar smile, drawing a few tears from Fox.
"Your not real!" Fox yelled as he shot lasers at the pretender and a dog fight broke out between them.
"Fox... Its me... Stop this... Lets be together" the James replied, while Fox grabbed his com.
"Call wolf O'Donnell" Fox told the voice recognition system and it did, Wolf's head popping up on the screen.
"What's wrong, Pup?" A happy Wolf asked, being shot and chased, judging from the passing laser fire and not caring one bit.
"I'm transmitting master override codes to my teams' Arwings to evacuate them. They're on their way getting 2 miles away from here. Wolf I want you to meet them and take them back to Corneria... Can you com record calls?" Fox asked as he did a somersault, getting behind the Aparoid James and shooting its left engine out, causing it to rear left.
"What do you mean, Fox where ar-" Wolf tried to ask as he was interrupted.
"WOLF!... Can. Your. Com. Record. Calls." Fox asked blasting at the aparoid's armor again.
"Yes" said wolf reluctantly submissive, looking down.
"Press record." Fox demanded and then a voice came on.
"Call now being recorded" the mechanical voice said.
"Wolf... Krystal... Slippy and Falco, I'm sorry for my... betrayal. I had to I know from the beginning we got there and when we lost Peppy, I didn't want to lose anyone else, so i planned it, all the ways to the queens chamber... Slippy, I'm deeply sorry, your my best friend and i arranged with the new general, General Knight, that when you get back you will be escorted to your new homes" Fox said, smiling.
"I have notes, letters, thoughts and all, left behind for you guys in the new home base I was supposed to show you when we got back, but seeing as I won't be joining you, please take care of each other and remember I'll be watching over each of you... General Knight, for my dieing wish, you must remove the bounty on team Starwolf's heads and allow them a choice to be themselves in the city... Leon. You, Wolf, Falco and me, we all grew up together. You three pushed me in the right direction, so I ask you not to let wolf go down the dark path. I'm giving one last push for him so don't give up on him yet. Panther, Krystal... both of you like each other stop playing hard to get Krystal, and lastly... Wolf, my Wolf, the wolf who constantly saved my ass... Wolf I love you, more than a brother, more than Anything, and I want you to know this, I only regret not telling you so-"
"Locked on" the mechanical voice interrupted.
"Shit. Wolf take care of them. They're all I had left. Your my only love. Please don't forget m-"
"Call lost. Call lost. Call lost." the voice said as Fox threw his com down.
"Shit. You're going to pay for everything" Fox yelled as a laser blast penetrated his window and struck him square in the chest. "Shit... Gotta end this now." Fox said to himself, breaking off from his dogfight at that point, seeing a weak point. He let go his charged laser and it burst open. "Well here goes nothing" Fox smiled as he deployed the device and it shot into the hole.
"Engines off line eject eject eject eject" the machine said.
"I love you all" Fox said his last goodbye.
...….…
BOOOOOMMMMMM!
-cornerian-
"We are gathered here today to honer the bravest fox known to the system, Fox McCloud, or Fox McCloud O'Donnell as he would like to be known. Not all gathered here knew Fox in person but he was an honest man and would do anything for his friends. Here to speak is Wolf O'Donnell, who has been cleared of all charges on behalf of our beloved Fox." said a black husky stepping back as Wolf stepped forward wearing black pants a black shirt and a vest with the Starfox logo.
"When Fox contacted me I was happy at first to say I was to be the one to tan his hide, not an Aparoid queen, but then he requested that I do this and I won't go against it. Team Starwolf no longer exists. Team Starfox will live on through the generations to come. We only hope that we got more like James and Fox in our ranks..." Wolf couldn't take it anymore. He turned and walked back and was embraced by Leon who patted his back.
-sad line-
"The past is the past. Don't morn me. Move forward with the memories we shared" That was what they engraved on Fox's tombstone. Everyone was gone, only the newly reformed team Starfox remained behind, General knight waiting a little ways off.
"Crazy he always looked out for us, even if we weren't family." Falco said, holding back tears.
"Tricky will be most sad... As am I. I wish I knew what he was planning. I could have stopped him." Krystal said, fruitlessly trying to wipe the tears away, as a new one replaced them each time.
"I can't believe it he's gone...i wanted him to be my best man at my wedding..." Slippy told them, staring at the grave.
"Panther did not know Fox well, but he seemed like an honourable fox. Panthers only regrets not knowing him." Panther whined, referring to himself in a third person.
"We all pushed him in the right direction, didn't we? Wolf... Falco... when we met him that night" Leon said, who seemed genuinely sad, to Wolf's surprise.
"Come, I promised to show you all that recording... The base and team Starfox must not be forgotten... We're doing this for him" Wolf told them as he kneeled down putting down, a paw on the dry dirt, trying to hold back his tears but failing miserably. "Why pup? why did you do it?" he asked himself.
After that, they left. Wolf told general Knight they weren't ready to see the team Starfox base yet and they all went their different ways, but kept in contact. A few months rolled by and Slippy got married to a pink toad. Panther and Krystal also got married and Krystal got pragnent. Falco and leon still did the mercenary game and they supported each other which surprised everyone, and lastly, Wolf tried moving on but couldn't.
-time skip-
Those last moments on the call before it ended... "I love you too, Pup. I love you too" he kept muttering as he was brought back to the world by knocking. Wolf who now lived on the good side of town, as Fox saved up his and his fathers credits, enough for four life times. He lived in a penthouse suite. It was great, opening the door to see all their faces. He smiled, letting them all in. He showed them the living room and quickly walked into his bedroom, going through his closet till he found his com, the one with the message. Bringing it out he, returned to the living room, placing it face up on the coffee table.
"Message record 001 project and play" Wolf told the device.
"Playing message" the com replied as a screen came up with Fox on it.
"What's wrong, Pup?" Wolf's voice sounded
-time skip-
By the end. Everyone was crying again and laughing as they shared stories of their puphood with Fox, how they met and how their time was. Soon after, Krystal left with Panther, then Slippy. Leon and Falco stayed behind, Wolf grabbing a beer for each of them before he sat with them, replying the message.
"Still hard to believe he's gone..." Falco said.
"Yeah...I'm going to the Starfox team base tomorrow. I told the others they're all in. Its time we continued Starfox" Wolf whined, looking up at the screen with the last few seconds of Fox before it cut out.
"call lost call lost call lo-call reconnected" Wolf, leon and Falco snapped back at the screen and they where up.
"I know. shut up! shut up..." as ejection nosies could be heard.
"I love you all...goodbye" Fox said his final goodbyes.
Wolf looked, it was still recording. That's when the noise maid itself known, an Arwing engine could be heard from Fox's end.
Then a voice, "Fox MeCloud giving up. And to think I'm risking life." it said with clear amusement.
"Wolf turn it off..." Leon said.
"No, keep listening" Wolf snapped back.