THE FINAL BATTLE
by Arkanis Wolfen 12/October/2002 A Loss in the Family (part 1)
"As the team leader, I am responsible for the safety of all my wingmen. If any of them should die…I don't know what I'd do"
-Fox McCloud Star Fox's Commander-
The dark figure looked straight at him. He didn't know what was happening or where he was. Everything around him was a white light. His eyes were barely open due to the intense light but the dark figure stood out and kept staring at him. The figure was a tall, bird-like silhouette that he found very familiar, so he tried to get closer to it, but was pulled back by some kind of invisible force. He kept on resisting this strange force when the figure started to fall down an abyss. The figure yelled for help as it was falling, but nothing could be done at all. So he did what he always does...wake.
Fox McCloud woke up just in time. The alarm was on and red lights flashed everywhere. He quickly got out of bed, dressed up and ran to Great Fox's assembly room. There he found Peppy talking to General Pepper in the holocom.
"...we cannot resist much longer on our own. Andross sent his fleet along with Star Wolf to intercept us and I don't know how much our few pilots can hold them up. Please…hurry Star Fox" Pepper requested.
"Don't worry General, we're on our way! Peppy out"
"What happened?" Fox asked.
Peppy turned around to see him. "Good, you're awake…" Peppy paused as he saw Fox's face. "You OK Fox?" he asked.
"Yeah…why?" Fox answered, yawning at the same time.
"You look tired. Those bad dreams are hunting you again huh?"
"Yes…but forget about it…what was the call for?"
"General Pepper requested our help. They where ambushed near the asteroid field by one of Andross' fleet. Wolf's there too"
"What!" Fox said with a concerned look on his face.
Right after that, the door opened, and Falco and Slippy came in.
"What…what happened! Is Andross attacking us! Are we on fire! Somethin' exploded!" Slippy squeaked. He talked so fast you could barely understand one word.
"Shut up Slip!" Falco said while giving him a little knock on the head "What's going on?"
"We gotta get movin'! Quick, to the hangar, Peppy will get you up to date on the situation guys, but first..." Fox picks up a COMM "ROB, set course for Meteo Asteroid Field" A metallic "roger" was heard through the speakers. ROB64 pushed some buttons in the cockpit and Great Fox reached light speed. A few minutes later, they found themselves in Meteo, where a fierce battle was going on.
The four members got up on their respective Arwings and started up their engines. The next thing…four Arwings blasting out of Great Fox's docking bay at full speed.
Fox's voice was heard as he spoke through his COMM. "All units report in"
"Falco standing by…"
"Peppy standing by…"
"Slippy standing by…"
"Check your G-Diffuser system" Fox's voice was heard again.
"Falco here, good as new"
"This is Peppy, no problem here"
"Slippy here, G-Diffuser functional"
Fox called again. "OK boys, I'll take care of Pepper's flagship so I need you to cover me. Set All Range Mode and split up… Fox out"
Saying this, Fox turned his COMM off and entered the battle.
He went directly to general Pepper's starship before they could blow it into space dust, but just as he got there, Slippy's voice squeaked through the COMM.
"I can't shake him Fox…HELP!"
"(Geez! Did they already got him?)" Fox said to himself.
"Can't you even defend yourself Slip!" Falco's angry voice remarked.
"…(sigh)…don't worry Fox, I'll handle this"
"Thanks Falco" Fox said with a relieved look on his face while flying to Pepper's ship.
90 MINUTES LATER-
The battle didn't last long and one by one the enemies were shot down by the Star Fox members.
"Yeeehaaa…we did it Fox" Slippy squeaked.
"Yeah, nice work people" Peppy said.
But Fox didn't think that way. "I don't know, there's something wrong here"
"What do you mean Fox? We blew them all up" Slippy answered, intrigued by Fox's reaction.
"You also noticed it Fox?" Falco agreed.
"Noticed what?" Peppy asked.
"It was…too easy…" the distrustful commander said.
"Yeah, they usually last longer than that" Falco's voice remarked.
"Don't let those bad dreams disturb you Fox" Peppy said.
"It's not that, it's just…" Fox paused.
"It's what?"
"I don't know…I just have a bad feeling about this"
The four Arwings reached General Pepper's flagship and stood by.
"OK Fox, I'll go check Pepper's ship out"
Suddenly, Fox remembered something. "Wait! Peppy, didn't you say that Star Wolf was here too!"
"Now that you mention it…yes, General Pepper informed me that they where here, but I haven't seen 'em"
"(Mmmh…besides Star Wolf not showing up, Andross' bogies were too easy to defeat…could it be?…)" Fox thought to himself. Now his face had a worried look. "Everybody stay alert…it's a trap!"
"What!" responded the entire team.
"About time you figured it out Fox" Pepper's voice remarked in the COMM.
"Isn't amazing what a simple voice modifier and a good holoprojector can do?" Now the voice was Wolf's.
"So it was you after all!" growled Fox.
"Now that's what you're up to…imitations. How perfect for a pathetic clown like you" Falco taunted.
"Same smart mouth as always huh…feather brain?" Wolf responded. "Anyway, this time we have a little surprise for you Star Fox" saying this, Wolf turned the ship's main floodlight on and temporally blinded the team.
"A little surp…? said Fox rubbing his eyes, but before he could finish his sentence, a big shadow covered them. "What the……!"
CORNERIA-
Cornerian Army HQ-
Looking through the window…"Ah, I sure love this few peaceful days. I just wish they could last a little longer before Andross tries to take another planet over and turn it into a wasteland…(sigh)…what ever happened to the old days?" he mumbled to himself. Then, his office's COMM buzzed making him jump. "Geez! This thing's gonna kill me someday" he went to his desktop and pushed a little green button.
"Yes?"
"General Pepper, security informs that there's an Arwing heading this way. It has requested permission to land" the female voice informed.
"Ah, it must be someone of the Star Fox team. Permission granted, let him land" Pepper said as he released the button.
"Right away sir" a little static sound and the COMM went off.
"(That's funny, I didn't expect Star Fox to visit me today)" General Pepper thought to himself as he went down the corridor, to the elevator and out to the landing strip.
A few minutes passed and the Arwing came to view.
"Ah, there he comes" Pepper waved his hand to the Arwing. Then, he realized it and stepped back with horror. "What?…he's not slowing down…he's…HE'S GOING TO CRASH!" Pepper ran for his life just as the heavily damaged Arwing passed over him and crashed nearby.
The alarm went on and paramedics went on their way to the crash site.
"NOOOOOOO!" Pepper screamed as he saw the Arwing burn in flames. "This can't be happe…huh!" Pepper stopped his sentence as the cockpit opened and a furry figure came out running towards him. It was Fox, with several burnings and lacerations and his flying suit ripped and scorched. Fox tried to get away from the destroyed Arwing but tripped up. Seeing this, General Pepper ran to where he was and pulled him away just before the Arwing exploded.
"Fox, are you OK? What happened?" Pepper asked while holding the wounded commander. Fox coughed a few times and grabbed Pepper's jacket desperately.
"It's Falco!" he said with tears and a madness look on his face. "We gotta go back and find him…" Fox took a deep breath "…he's got to be alive!"
"What! What are you talking about!" Just as the sound of the ambulances went louder and closer, Fox's world went completely blank. "Fox! Foooox! Come on Fox, don't do this to me. Wake up!"
CORNERIAN ACADEMY HOSPITAL-
General Pepper was walking from side to side in the waiting room when two figures rushed in.
"General! Where is he!" the old voice asked.
He quickly turned around and stared surprised at them. "Peppy…Slippy, what happened to you!" he asked concerned due to his friends' injured look.
"It doesn't matter. Where is Fox General!"
"He is in the emergency room. They just took him in there, so we'll have to wait for a while"
The old rabbit sat down heavily on the floor and buried his face on his hands. The amphibian pilot placed his hand on Peppy's shoulder trying to calm him down.
"Peppy, what happened?" Pepper asked.
"I…I…I can't believe his gone…" Peppy's voice trembled, as if something terrible happened.
"What…what happened…who's gone!" Pepper asked again.
"This can't be real" Peppy murmured with his eyes lost in his thoughts.
"Take it easy Peppy, it wasn't your fault" Slippy squeaked
"OK Peppy, you have to calm down and tell me what happened. As I told you before, they took Fox in there a few minutes ago and since they won't be coming out for a while, why don't you tell me what happened to you guys, and specially to Falco" The old General said firmly, remembering Fox's words.
"Yes…you're right…I'm sorry General…but how did you know that this was about Falco?" Peppy asked as he stood up.
"Fox told me right before he passed out" Pepper answered.
The injured rabbit took a deep breath, sat on a chair and sighed. He told the General about how they received the fake emergency call, got there and battled Andross' bogies. "…but then a big shadow covered us"
"Go on, I'm listening"
"Well at first, we couldn't see what it was very well because of Wolf's light, but Fox, kind of knowing what he was going to do, closed his eyes just in time so that he wasn't affected as much as we were…and although he was the only one that could see Wolf's "surprise" at the moment, we know our way in dogfights so we instinctively splat up. When we fully recovered our sight, we could not believe our eyes.
" Yeah, it was this huge living-thing…" Slippy squeaked.
"An amoeba shaped bio-weapon Slip" Peppy added.
"Yeah…that too…" Slippy said looking at Pepper kind of embarrassed.
"Anyway, this was something we've never seen before. And you know that we've seen it all, specially since the first Lylat Wars" Peppy paused for a moment and continued. "The most strange thing though, was that Star Wolf ran away from the battlefield. That's something that would have made us suspect if we weren't so busy fighting the amoeba. In one of our attack runs, the amoeba pulled a strange tentacle-like thing out. Then, it used it to cast some kind of unknown energy until it created a space vortex. As you know, none ever has gone inside a vortex, so we don't know what's on the other side…or if there is another side"
"…….…another side?"
When Peppy saw that Pepper's face had the same look that Slippy's, he understood that he had to explain it to the confused General. "Space vortexes are created by a huge amount of energy, like the one a star unleashes when it explodes, only this time, it was created by the amoeba and that strange energy it cast, and as I said before, none knows exactly what's on the other side" Peppy explained.
"But what did you mean by …IF there's another side?"
Peppy took his glasses off, cleaned them and put them back "There's a theory which says that there isn't anything inside a vortex, only the energy that created it and was afterward absorbed by its huge gravity force…"
"So you mean…"
"Yes, if the theory is correct, nothing can survive inside a vortex. Anything that is pulled inside by its gravity, disintegrates immediately" The old rabbit concluded.
"I see…but now I'd like to hear the rest of the story" Pepper requested.
"As I was saying, the amoeba created a space vortex when we were on our attack run. More specifically, right in front of Falco's path…
……….
" Pull up Falco!" Fox ordered.
"I can't…this thing's got me in some kind of magnetic beam"
"Get away!" Fox repeated to his lieutenant.
"I'm telling you I can't, damn it!" his voice sounded like it was between angry and desperation as he was getting closer to it.
"Damn!…OK, I have an idea. Hold on Falco" saying this, the young commander fired his lasers to one of the amoeba's tentacle ripping it up. The wave of unleashed bio-energy threw Falco's ship out of the vortex's way.
"You OK Falco?" Fox asked.
"Could be better but, yes I'm OK" Falco agreed in an arrogant tone.
"(Why doesn't that surprise me?…)" Fox rolled his eyes. "OK guys, this isn't working…let's try hit-and-run maneuvers. Fox out"
"Hit-and-run?" Slippy asked.
"When will you learn the tactics names Slippy? Falco angrily said.
"Just attack from different directions and as fast as you can Slip" Fox explained.
The team set full throttle and started their respective attack runs.
-A FEW MINUTES LATER-
"It's working Fox!" Slippy's childish voice squeaked.
"Don't lower your guard Slip, it's not over yet" Peppy warned.
"Hey Falco…your ship looks very bad…trying to give some work or something?" The amphibian mechanic joked.
"Ha ha…very funny Slippy" Falco replied in a cold tone "Just keep it shut before you hurt yourself little wimp"
"Geez! Talking 'bout bad moods…"
"OK, you're asking for it…"
A very disgruntled voice interrupted "OK, stop it right now damn it!" It was Fox "We're in the middle of something here, in case you haven't noticed…so why don't you stop this stupid argument before I kick the heck out of you myself!"
"I'm sorry Fox" Slippy squeaked.
"Whatever" was Falco's only response.
"Good, now, give me the analysis' results Slippy" Fox ordered.
"The amoeba has only a 10 of energy left Fox" Slippy reported.
"Good, it shouldn't take long"
Suddenly, Falco got away from the group.
"Falco, where're you going?…get back here!"
"This one's mine Fox, nobody messes with my ship!"
Fox sighed…"OK, let's go for it…everybody attack now!" saying this, the other two Arwings joined Fox in the attack…
……….
"So…what went wrong? I mean, with so little energy left, it shouldn't have been a problem at all" Pepper asked curious.
"That's what we all thought…" Slippy added.
"Yeah…and that was our mistake too…" Peppy's sad voice agreed.
……….
"OK you slimy # freak! Let's see you handle a Nova Bomb!" Falco growled.
"No…wait!" Fox interrupted "Falco, you know that these new Nova Bombs haven't been fully tested. Who knows what might happen if you shoot one at a living thing"
"Fox's right Falco, besides, these new Nova Bombs are way more powerful than the normal ones and…" Slippy squeaked.
"Stay out of this Slippy, neither you nor Fox know if the…hey what the #!"
Falco's ship shook violently. Then he saw it…the monster had grabbed his Arwing while he was distracted.
"Crud! I didn't see it"
"Falco, are you OK!" the vulpine commander asked.
"Yeees, couldn't be better…how do you think I am damn it!" was Falco's sarcastic response.
"OK I get it…just stay there and we'll get you out of this mess"
"Like I could go somewhere…"
Fox sighed and rolled his eyes, then grabbed his COMM and opened the channel "Peppy, do you have any idea?"
"We could try to cut his "arm" with the lasers, but it's moving too fast and we may hit Falco…"
"Mmmh…what about you Slip?" Fox asked
"Well, you know I'm not very good at this planning stuff, but we could…"
Slippy was interrupted by Falco's sarcastic voice "Hey, take your time guys…I'm just fine right here!" Falco paused and added "Geez, this thing has a brain or something?"
"What do you mean?" Fox asked
"It's trying to open my bomb holder… I think it's going to…"
"OK, there's no time for plans, all units…blast the damn thing!" Fox ordered as he pushed his Arwing turbo button. He got closer and closer to the amoeba. Slippy and Peppy were a few meters behind him, but just as he got close enough to attack the monster, it grabbed one of Falco's bombs.
"Damn it! Get away Fox, it's gonna explode!" Falco growled as he saw the amoeba holding the bomb, but Fox wasn't able to hear him due to a radio malfunction.
"What did you say?…Falco, you hear me?…Falco!"
Realizing that he had no escape, the avian pilot pushed his ship's engine to its maximum capacity. It sounded like it was going to dismantle, but he managed to free himself. He flew right behind the amoeba and picked his COMM.
"I said get aw…" right before he could finish his sentence, the bomb exploded along with the amoeba, throwing every team member into different directions.
"AHHHHHHHHH" Falco screamed as his Arwing was being destroyed by the explosion. As his Arwing was twisting out of control, his entire life passed before his eyes…as did his friends…Fox, Slippy, Peppy, Katt, Bill…"Goodbye" he said for the last time, then, everything went black.
"FALCOOOOO!" the young commander screamed as the explosion threw him away too.
A few minutes later, Fox woke up and held his head. It hurt a lot. He felt something warm running down his face. It was blood. His own blood…but he didn't care…he knew something bad happened…then he remembered it "Falco do you hear me…where are you? Peppy, Slippy, do you copy!"
"I'm here Fox" Peppy's voice sounded.
"How are you?" Fox asked with a relief look on his face.
"I've looked better, but I'll survive, what about you?"
"Yeah…same thing…" Fox lied, looking at his also bleeding arm and feeling a little dizzy. His left shoulder hurt a lot, and his arm was twisted and hanged in a sick angle, so he couldn't move it at all. "Have you seen Slippy?"
"Yes, don't worry, he's fine, just unconscious" Peppy answered.
"And Falco?"
"Nope, I looked for him after I found Slip, but didn't find any sign of him. Also, I noticed that the vortex's gone…do you think it was caused by the new Nova Bomb, like a side effect or something?"
"Maybe…I don't know" Fox started to worry "OK, I'll use the Arwing's computer scan to search for life forms"
The readings began to appear in the small screen "No…damn it!"
"What is it Fox?"
"The computer doesn't show anything. There's nothing here alive beside us…"
"You mean…?"
"No…this is impossible…he can't be dead…" Fox closed his eyes "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
……….
"So you're saying that Falco is…dead?" Pepper asked with a trembling voice and his eyes wide open.
"We're not sure, but it seems so…" Peppy agreed.
"Yeah…we didn't find any piece of his Arwing, so the only explanation is that he…was…disintegrated by the explosion…" Slippy added with tears on his face.
"…Dead…oh man, I can't believe it…" Pepper sobbed "but how could you let Fox fly if he was so badly hurt?"
"We didn't. After we came back to Great Fox, he decided to come here not caring if he was injured or not. We tried to stop him, but he was still too fast for us to catch…"
"So you followed him down here in Great Fox…I see" Pepper concluded.
A deep silence covered the place for a few minutes. A doctor comes out of the room where Fox was and takes out his gloves. He approaches General Pepper and says "he'll be fine…he just needs some rest"
"When can we see him doctor?" Pepper asked.
"Oh…he won't be awake for a few hours. They're gonna take him to room 327, but I'm gonna have to ask you to leave this room and wait in the lobby. A nurse will tell you when he's ready to have visits" saying that, the doctor walks out of the room.
"See?…I told you to calm down Peppy, he's going to be OK" Pepper said to his furry friend "now come…let's go to the lobby and wait for the call"
"Yes, thank you General"
The trio went to the lobby, sat on the not so comfortable chairs and tried to kill time. Peppy tried to relax a bit watching a movie on a TV that hung up on the roof. Slippy red a mechanics magazine he found on a table and Pepper went to a vending machine to get some coffee. He went back to his friends with three coffee cups, one for each. Time passed and still no call from any nurse. The three fell asleep on their seats waiting for the call. A few minutes later, a nurse comes in and says "Anybody related to Mr. Fox McCloud?"
Slippy opened his eyes, not knowing where he was.
"What…what happened?" he yawned with his eyes half opened and scratching the back of his head.
"I repeat, is there anybody related to Mr. Fox McCloud inhere?"
Slippy jumped off his seat and waked his friends "Wake up, the nurse is here"
Peppy woke up and quickly talked to the nurse "How is he? Is he OK?"
"You're his friends? He just woke up"
"Good, can we see him now?" Peppy asked.
"Yes, but please be careful, he looks a little depressed"
"We'll be careful. Thank you"
"He is on room 327. Second floor, fourth room to the right"
Peppy, Slippy and General Pepper rushed to Fox's room and came in.
"How do you feel Fox?" Peppy asked, but got no response "Fox, do you hear me? Fox?" Still no response. Fox just stared at the window not even looking at his friends.
"What's wrong with him?" Slippy asked.
"I don't know Slip. General, why don't you try?" Peppy said.
"Fox, do you remember me? It's me, General Pepper. Fox?" Pepper waved his hand in front of Fox's face. Nothing happened. "I don't know Peppy, he just keeps staring at the window. Perhaps he just needs some more sleep. Why don't you two go home and rest a little. We'll come back tomorrow"
"Yeah, I think you're right. Thank you General and see you tomorrow" Peppy agreed.
"Goodnight Peppy. Bye Slippy" The General leaves the room.
"Come on Slip, let's go back to Great Fox"
"I'm coming…goodbye Fox" Slippy said to his friend, but once again, there was no response "…(sigh)…" Slippy went out of the room and closed the door.
2 DAYS LATER-
The situation was the same day after day. The three of them came to see Fox, but he didn't say a single word. They were now talking to each other in Fox's room when suddenly…
"It's my fault…"
"Fox? Fox! You're OK. Why didn't you talk to us?"
"It was my fault Peppy"
"What are you talking about?" Peppy asked.
"I killed him"
"Who?"
"Falco…his death…it was my fault, and those dreams were a warning…why didn't I listen to them…(sigh)…if only I hadn't distracted him…"
"Don't be ridiculous Fox…it wasn't your fault…it was none's fault…it just happened"
"He's right Fox" Pepper added "I know it's always difficult to accept someone's death, specially when that person is a close friend of yours, but you must let it go, or it'll destroy your life"
"So you want me to just forget about the whole thing huh?…so it's like oh well, Falco's dead, let's find a replacement…you make me sick"
"Hey that's not fair, we didn't say…"
"I know what you're trying to say…It's not your fault…bla bla bla…but what really bothers me is that you want me to act as if nothing happened…you know that Falco doesn't deserve that…you're the worst #…" Fox was going to finish his curses when all of a sudden, Peppy grabs him by his T-shirt and slaps him so hard, he almost ripped Fox's head off. "Hey what the # was that for?" he said, holding his jaw.
"Stop it right now damn it…you of all should know that Falco's death makes us sad too, so stop being so immature and start acting like the leader you're supposed to be" Peppy paused, sighed and continued "if you continue to behave like this, I'm gonna…I'm gonna have to throw you out of the team"
"I'm sorry to say this Fox, but Peppy's right…you can't go on like this and neither can you lead a team" Pepper agreed.
"Besides, Fox, think about Falco…he wouldn't want you to be kicked out of the team. You know that Peppy and I can't keep the team going without a leader, we would eventually split, and the Star Fox team would disappear. Think about us…who'd want to hire an ex-mercenary mechanic huh?…and Peppy…he's too old to get a job anywhere else…" Slippy added.
"Hey!"
"Sorry Peppy, it's the truth, face it"
"…guess you're right…I'm sorry guys. General Pepper, I would like to apologize for my previous behavior and for saying you were a #" Fox said.
Pepper's face went completely red as Peppy and Slippy tried to hold their laughs "…ahem…I'll forget it this time Fox" Pepper looked at Slippy, who by the way was holding his belly and tears were coming out of his eyes, and said "You have something to say Slippy?" with a cold tone.
"No…I…just…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Slippy couldn't resist anymore and exploded in laugh, making Peppy laugh, who made Fox laugh, who made Pepper…get pissed off trying not to look like and walk out of the room excusing himself by saying he had "important things to do". Obviously, it was a lie…
6 YEARS LATER-
GREAT FOX-
Time has passed, Fox has recovered his health and our heroes are back in action. The Star Fox team consists of three members now. After Falco's death, they asked Katt Monroe to fill in for him, but she felt so depressed that couldn't accept it. Bill Grey was also asked to join the team, but once again the offer was refused. Bill felt it wasn't right to leave the Cornerian Army now that he was promoted, so Falco's place was never occupied, but they managed to work without the help of a fourth member. It wasn't easy, but they finally got used to work as a trio. Back in the present they seem to have some troubles. Aboard Great Fox, Peppy is in the search for an item that will help them to improve their efficiency. An item without which they cannot go on any mission. He searches for the…
"…damn coffee bars Slippy! Where did you put them!…Please don't tell me you ate 'em all"
"OK, I won't tell you"
"Ahhhhrrrgggg"
"Calm down Peppy, you can have mine. I slept so well last night, I don't feel sleepy at all" Fox said, trying to cool things down.
"Thanks Fox, you know I'm a mess without my every-morning coffee bar"
"Yeah, tell me about it" Slippy whispered.
"What did you say Slip?" Peppy quickly turned back
"Nothing, I just…"
Suddenly, ROB64 was heard through the speakers "Incoming message from General Pepper. Priority one" The team ran to the assembly room, while Peppy dealt with the coffee bar.
"Damn it! Why do they make this coffee bars so hard to open…"
The door automatically opened as they approached it. Fox pressed a button in the holocom and Pepper's face appeared. "Star Fox…ZZZ…help us…ZZZ…Andross…attacZZZ…ZZorneria…we cannot resiZZZ…longer…ZZZZZZZZZZ" The signal was very distorted and was finally cut.
"General Pepper, do you copy? General Pepper! This is bad, we must help them. ROB, set full speed to Corneria"
"Roger" was ROB64's only response. Once again, Great Fox reached light speed and headed to Corneria. The three Arwings entered Corneria's air space. The view was horrible. The whole city was burning… buildings were destroyed…people laid dead on the streets…Venomian ships where everywhere…it looked like the end of the world…
"What the heck! Where did Andross get this army from?" Fox asked shocked looking around.
"We better hurry…quick, to the HQ" Peppy suggested.
When they arrived, the HQ was already in ruins. Then…Andross' face appeared in the air.
"Ah…the Star Fox team. We meet again"
"Andross! What the heck have you done! Where's Pepper! Fox asked furious.
"He has…temporally…retired from his job. And so will you…hahahahaha" Andross laughed madly.
"Andross…miserable psycho…you'll pay for this!"
"Oh no Fox McCloud…this time it is you who's going down…"
Andross' image disappeared and lasers started to blast from everywhere.
"All units…emergency maneuvers!" Fox ordered
Fox span, U-turned, braked, accelerated, flipped and did every trick he knew but was inevitably hit again and again until his shield gauge reached zero. The Arwing started to spin out of control. As his ship was falling, both Peppy and Slippy cried for help in the COMM.
"Damn, I've been hit Fox!" Peppy growled.
"I'm going down Fox…help!" Slippy squeaked.
Fox saw the other two Arwings falling and burning, but there was nothing he could do…nothing at all. He had failed…he had failed his father, he had failed Corneria, his friends and the entire galaxy…he could only hoped for the quick death that would save him from the shame of his failure. THREE Arwings fell…THREE explosions were heard.
EVERYTHING seemed lost…
TO BE CONTINUED…AUTHOR'S NOTE: I wanna thank all my friends for their support (yeah right)…but still, this story is dedicated to them: Roberto "Darth Price" Soto, Vincent "jopo" Smith, Sergio "abajo el sistema" Ellmen, Javier "hueca" Behrens, Francisca "nona" Silva, ARTEMANO (you know who you are)…and last but not least my brother. This is the first fanfic I have ever written so you'll understand if this isn't as good as other fanfics out there. This story will probably (and hopefully) consist of four parts, so the "to be continued" part is true. Well, I hope ya'll like it…see you next time……FOMIX! (sorry, inside joke!).
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