I'm sorry I was so delayed, but here it is!
Skipping Beats
A sudden ringing blared in my ears and jolted me awake. I was still lying in bed, so I reached out my left hand and felt for the alarm's off button.
Groaning, I lazily pushed up with my other hand so I would be able to see the red knob.
My eyes slowly opened and I slammed the off button. The taunting ringing stopped.
Still blinking from the sunlight, rays shone down on the picture next to the radio alarm.
It was a picture of Falco and me standing next to each other, holding hands.
The memories always came back to me, some good, some...not. I snapped myself back to real life, not forgetting I had things to do. I quickly hopped out of bed, undressed, and went into the shower.
Five minutes later, I came back out and changed into my favorite outfit. It was going to be 26 Celsius today, so I wore something light and comfy. I dressed in chocolate brown cargo pants and a dark green camisole and rushed off, grabbing my identification card, to the Cornerian Building to get a mission assigned by General Peppy.
Since I had no job, General Peppy offered me to complete missions now that Starfox had broken apart. I ran past all of the other animals walking down the street. No one really knew me. Unlike Fox, and Falco...
I snapped out of my daydream as I was nearing the huge, glass building. It towered over me as I skidded over to the security guards.
"We need identification, please." One dog told me. I pulled out my identification card and handed it to the canine. He looked it over, and handed it back to me. I nodded my thanks.
"You're welcome anytime, Katt Munroe." The bullet-proof doors opened for me as I moved through the entrance and to the secretary. She was an old raccoon, and she knew me very well.
"Waiting on another job, Katt?" She asked me in her frail voice.
"Yeah." I replied with no feeling.
"It seems that General Peppy only has one job for you." She said as she looked over the computer for employment.
"What's that?" I questioned as I leaned over the desk to look at the computer.
I crossed my fingers in hope that I would get a job with the Starfox team. But then a fact came to mind- The Starfox team had broke up because Fox wanted to live peacefully with Krystal. They had a son who was training at the Cornerian Academy, and he seemed to be just as good as his father. Slippy Toad, the brains of the Starfox team, moved to Aquas and is living with some other frog named Amanda. And Falco, well, I didn't know his status right now.
"The job is to help a vulpine named Marcus recruit members for his..." She paused and rubbed her eyes before reading the screen to me.
"...new team?" She looked up at me.
"Are you up for the job?"
"Y-Yes." I stammered.
So a fox is trying to take up the Starfox role, huh?
"Meet him here at one o' clock today. He will be traveling to different planets, so it is necessary for you to bring a spacecraft of some sort."
I spun around to glance at the clock. It was twelve thirty. Half an hour before he arrives. "Thanks." I answer, and dash off towards the hanger bay to get my Cat's Paw II. I really wanted to meet this, this guy who thinks he could defend the Lylat System as well as the Starfox team did.