Disclaimer: Star Fox and its characters belong to Nintendo, and not me. The only characters I own are the original characters who don't appear in the games. This story is for entertainment purposes only. Oh, and one other thing: if you haven't read the two previous stories in this trilogy I would recommend you do so, otherwise there may be some parts that'll seem a bit confusing.
Star Fox – The Cadaver Uprising
by Jack Stryker
Chapter 1 – The infestation begins
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Captain Logan sat in his new cell, still furious with the Star Fox team as well as the Cornerian soldiers who captured him. It had been a year since he was defeated and imprisoned on Corneria. His plans to escape were foiled after he was transferred to the base on Katina. Now, he was two weeks away from execution.
"Hey, you with the face!" a guard said.
Logan looked up.
"You got a visitor."
As the guard walked away, a rat walked up to the cell door. The rat was dressed as a scientist and appeared to be in his fifties.
"Hello, Captain." he said.
Logan recognized the scientist. He was known by the name of Dr. Zachary Taylor, one of Andross' leading scientists during the Lylat war.
"Dr. Taylor?"
"Yes. I heard about your capture back on Corneria last year. An unfortunate setback. However, I just might be able to help you escape."
"How?"
"Hold out your arm and I'll show you."
As Logan reluctantly held out his arm, Dr. Taylor grabbed it, pulled out a syringe, and injected a fluid into him.
"What the Hell are you doing?" Logan asked.
"Just giving you a sample of a virus that I've been researching."
"Virus?!"
"Yes. Do you remember that plan that I've been working on for so many years?"
Logan raised an eyebrow.
"Are you talking about that plan of yours to infest the Lylat system with zombies?"
"That's the one." Dr. Taylor said, "I managed to acquire some samples of a virus, which can create them, and I've just injected a sample into your body."
"You mean to tell me that I'm gonna become a zombie?"
"That's right. Don't worry though. I made some modifications to that sample and you should be able to regain your personality after you've reanimated."
"Uh huh…"
"I must go now," said Dr. Taylor, "but I will see you again later."
With that, the scientist left.
"Zombies." Logan said to himself, "Yeah, right."
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After a few hours, Logan started to feel sick. He began coughing and feeling chills throughout his body, as well as acute pain in his joints. He soon fell onto the floor, still coughing uncontrollably.
"Guard!" he called.
A rhinoceros guard walked up.
"What?"
Logan coughed some more.
"I… I don't… feel so good."
"Yeah, sure."
Just as the guard was about to turn around and walk away, Logan's coughs started getting louder and harder. The guard looked again and to his surprise, Logan then started vomiting up blood.
"Holy shit!" cried the guard, "Medic! I need a medic here!"
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"How long has he been dead?" one coroner asked.
"About three hours." said the other, "The strange thing is, he fell into a coma just hours after getting sick and died without ever regaining consciousness."
"Well, you can't expect anyone from Venom to have been very healthy in the first place."
"That's true. Well, I guess I'll just get started on him now."
"I'm gonna get a cup of coffee. You want one?"
"Nah, I'm good."
The coroner reached for a scalpel. Then out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the wolf's body twitching. She looked again and the body was perfectly still.
"Must be my imagination." she said, picking up the scalpel.
Then as she brought the scalpel close, the wolf's eyes suddenly popped open. Startled, the coroner jerked backwards and dropped the scalpel. Slowly, the wolf sat up and turned in her direction. The coroner started backing away as Logan moved towards her.
As the other coroner walked down the hallway, sipping his coffee, he heard a loud scream coming from the operating room. He ran up to the door as fast as he could and pushed it open.
"Jenny?" he said, "Is everything alright in…"
What he saw made him gasp and drop his coffee on the floor. Jenny was lying dead on the floor with the gray wolf on top of her. As the wolf looked up, the coroner noticed that his muzzle was covered in blood. Before the coroner could react, the wolf pounced on him and began viciously biting and tearing at him.
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The wolf walked out of the morgue and looked around at his surroundings. Soon afterwards, he heard a voice.
"Ah, there you are, Captain." it said, "I thought I might find you here."
The wolf turned and saw a scientist in front of him. Just as he was about to attack, he suddenly stopped himself and looked the scientist over as if he'd seen him before.
"You haven't forgotten about me, have you, Captain Logan?"
Logan. That name sounded familiar to him. Soon, he started to remember his past life. He was once a Venomian Captain, who was defeated by Star Fox and captured on Corneria.
"Dr. Taylor." he said.
"That is correct. I have brought you back to life to serve me."
Logan looked down at himself.
"I'm… a zombie! You… you killed me! Why should I serve you?"
"Because if you help me, I can help you get revenge on your enemy: Star Fox."
Logan suddenly remembered the things that the Star Fox team did to him and how much he wanted them to pay.
"Star Fox…"
"So, do we have a deal?"
"Yes… I will obey! I will have my revenge on Fox and all of his wingmen! And especially, Wolf O'Donnell!"
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Two police officers walked out of a restaurant, having just finished their lunch break.
"You hear about Logan?" one of them asked.
"That scumbag Captain from Venom? What about him?"
"They say that he got sick in his cell yesterday. In fact, it was so severe that he passed out and died just a few hours later."
"You serious?"
"That's what I heard."
The officers got in their squad car.
"Not that I feel bad for him, but it sounds unbelievable that anyone would die that way."
A voice on the radio said, "Dispatch to Unit 3, come in."
The passenger picked it up.
"Unit 3 responding."
"We have reports of a disturbance at the Katina City morgue. Go check it out."
"Roger that, Dispatch. We're on our way."
"Morgue, huh? What do you suppose is going on there?"
"Don't know. Maybe one of the bodies came back to life and attacked them."
The officers laughed as the driver started up the car.
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"Good God! What could've done this?"
"You got me."
Upon entering the morgue, the officers found the half-eaten body of a cougar. The body was horribly scarred and had most of its flesh and fur gone, as well as a pool of blood underneath. Then there were screams and moans coming from a nearby operating room.
"Stay here. I'm gonna check it out."
The other officer nodded. A few seconds after his partner went in, there were more moaning sounds followed by gunshots. Then he heard his partner screaming.
"No! Get away from me! Get away!"
There were more gunshots, then another blood-curdling scream. Nervously, the officer drew his gun and walked towards the operating room. He kicked the door open and pointed his gun into the doorway. Then he gasped in horror.
His partner was lying on the floor with two zombies tearing at him and devouring his flesh. Soon afterwards one of them slowly turned around, facing the officer, and let out a horrifying moan. Both zombies then stood up and limped towards the officer, who was now frozen with fear. Before the officer could even think to bring up his gun, one of the zombies had already grabbed him. The officer screamed as the zombie sunk its teeth into his throat.
