Krystal Clear
(Disclaimer: I don't own FD or Star Fox)
"Wake up Clear..."
Clear's eyes fluttered open. Standing over her was a young man with pale skin, dark hair, and gray eyes. He wore a clean, formal-looking suit.
"Who-who are you?" She gazed at the empty whiteness. "Where am I?"
"My name is Anuben." He helped her into a sitting position. "And you are currently in Limbo."
Suddenly, everything came back to Clear. She had died, consumed in an explosion with a survivor from the Route 23 pileup. Even so, she felt strangely calm about everything.
"I...died, didn't I?"
"Yes, you did. Now all that remains is for you to understand why."
"I thought we were supposed to die on the plane. Death went after us because we weren't supposed to be alive."
"Well, yes and no." Anuben shifted to a different position. "While Death--or rather, its administrators--ensured the deaths of you and the other survivors of Flight 180, it wasn't because you were supposed to die."
Now Clear was confused. "Then why?"
"Tell me, do you know what reincarnation is?"
"Yeah. Was I supposed to be reborn."
"Yes. You and the others needed to be reborn quickly. Some people avoid death, but not everyone need to be reborn at a certain time. You and your friends did."
As he spoke, a small screen appeared in midair. A large ring appeared on the screen, then zoomed in to a group of Earths floating around a symbol. It then zoomed in to one of them.
"I see you've noticed that. That world is the one you lived in. And this," he said, gesturing to a planet that had come on the screen in the same manner. "Is where your next life is.
"You, Alex Browning, and Carter Horton will be reborn in this universe. Even if I could tell you who you would each be reborn as, you wouldn't remember." He smiled sadly at her.
"Sometimes it's better to forget the past. Now, it's almost time to go." A portal appeared before them.
"Wait." Clear stood up. "One question."
"Ask away, Clear."
"Will I...will I see Alex again?"
"You won't recognize him as Alex, nor will you remember who Alex Browning is...
"But yes. You will."
Clear stood in front of the portal. "Thanks."
"Yawn...what a night."
A blue-furred humanoid vixen rubbed her eyes as she got out of bed. She stretched, then picked up her staff.
"Krystal! Krystal, come quick! Something crashed in the hills!"
"Oh, hang on! I'm coming!"
FIN
(Thanks for reading this. Don't expect the next story too soon. However, if you can guess who Alex and Carter were reborn as, I'll give you a sneak peek at one of my other stories. [Hint: They're important characters in the Star Fox mythos.])
