Star Fox Battlesuit Titan: Fichina's Last Stand
Chapter 1: The Heroes Story Begins:
September 3rd 2076
It was a crisp autumn morning on the planet Fichina and a young 16 year old vulcanis and a 16 year old hawk were ready to start education at the Fichina Institute in the main capitol. Christopher Johan Cain, the son of Lt. Col Victor John Cain, walked though the main doors along with his friend and classmate, Richard Hawkins, the son of Lt. James Hawkins.
'I've been looking forward to this since we left the Cornerian Academy.' said Chris with sheer determination in his voice 'What about you Rich?'
'Huh? Oh yeah...' said Richard, who didn't look too pleased about learning basic skills like maths and science.
'Oh come on Rich...' Replied Chris '...this is a fresh new start for us you know, and I don't want to throw the opportunity away and...' suddenly Chris's Cerinian senses took hold of him causing him to look ahead of him, coming towards them was a young Cerinian Vixen who was about the same age as them, she walked past them a took a quick glance at Chris and sported a small smile. Chris could do nothing but stare after she walked past him.
'Wow, she's beautiful...' thought Chris, little did he know that Richard had continued walking down the corridor.
'Chris? Where are you?' the young hawk looked around and noticed his half Cornerian/half Cerinian friend was staring in the other direction 'Chris! Come on, we need to find our classroom.'
'Hmm...Oh sorry Rich...' said Chris apologetically '...I wasn't listening.' Chris quickly focused again and thought to himself 'I wonder if Vaughn and Adam are adjusting to student life?'
On the other side of the institute in another dormitory a 17 year old Bull and 17 year old Kodiak Bear were having just as much trouble as their friends, Vaughn De Bullion, the son of multi-millionaire businessman Pierre De Bullion, and Adam Oakwood, the son of Professor Derek Oakwood, were having just as much trouble finding their classroom as Chris and Richard were.
'Oh vir god ontwil...' said Vaughn, still speaking his fluent language of South Corneria 'where in hell is our classroom?' Adam just looked at his friend in confusion and said 'I wish you would say full sentences in English Vaughn.'
'I'd like to keep to my family's heritage, thank you very much...' Vaughn responded angrily to his Ursus friend '...and what about you, your family come from North Corneria.'
'I wasn't born there; I was born in Central Corneria, in the main capitol.' Replied Adam '...the reason being that my father's work takes place there, I've never even been to North Corneria.'
'Sorry about that Adam, and I'm sorry that I snapped at you like that.' said Vaughn sympathetically.
'Don't worry about it...' said Adam with a smile '...come on, we're going to be late.'
'Yeah...' replied Vaughn '...I just hope that Chris and Richard are having better luck then us.'
Over on the other side of the courtyard, in Professor Lucy Hare's classroom, Chris and Richard finally made it to their classroom and sat down ready to start their lesson. Chris noticed that the Cerinian Vixen he saw earlier was sitting right next to him; suddenly Richard gave Chris a nudge and said to him 'Why don't ya ask her out man?'
'I don't know...' said Chris with a hint of nervousness in his voice '...I've only just encountered her...besides; I need to know her a little better before I can do that.'
'Why don't you ask her when school finishes?' Richard suggested 'you'll have plenty of time to know her then.'
Chris hesitated for a moment 'I'll try...' said Chris '...but I'm just worried that my serious nature might turn her away.'
'Don't worry about it...' said Richard '...I'm sure she'll understand.'
Chris looked at Richard for a couple more seconds then looked down at his textbook and started reading.
'I just hope I can pull it off.' Chris thought to himself.
'I hope I didn't hurt him emotionally.' Sky thought to herself.
A few miles down the highway Richard noticed that Chris was staring at the snow drifts on the passenger side, so Richard broke the silence by saying 'Hey Chris, did you talk to the girl in our class?'
Chris looked at his friend then look away without saying a word.
'I guess you did.' said Richard, answering his own question.
'She was nice and friendly.' said Chris rather quietly.
'Did you ask her?'
'Ask her what?'
'To go on a date with you, of course'
Chris just looked away and said quite sadly 'She wasn't interested.'
'Oh...Tough break man.' said Richard quite sympathetically.
'What about your relationship with Emily...' asked Chris '...how is that going?'
'Oh...you know.' started Richard, before Richard could say anything else Chris just said sarcastically 'have a lovers tiff?'
'No, what the hell made you say that for?!' yelled Richard.
'Don't you know sarcasm when you hear it?' asked Chris.
'What...oh...sarcasm...' asked Richard in confusion.
Chris looked at his friend for a moment then replied 'You thought I was being serious didn't you?'
'Uhh...' stuttered Richard.
'Never mind...' said Chris '...I'm hungry, let's find a place to eat'.
A few moments later, Richard and Chris pulled up into a cafe that was in the middle of town, they decided to check it out because some of their fellow classmates were talking about it. As they walked in, they could see that the entire place was empty except for the workers behind the cashier desk and in the kitchen.
'Looks quite deserted for a place that everyone keeps talking about.' Richard said observantly.
'Too right...' replied Chris '...anyway, what do you want to eat? I'll buy.'
'Are ya sure?' asked Richard.
'Of course' said Chris with a smile on his face.
'OK, I'll have a double Cheeseburger and a glass of Coke' said Richard.
'Alright...' chuckled Chris '...you find a place to sit while I order the food.'
Richard started to look for a suitable place to sit while Chris went up to the service counter to order their food, then Richard found a perfect place just by the window, which brought in a wonderful view of the mountains in the distance. Richard waited patiently until Chris came over with a tray of food.
'Order up' said Chris.
'Good one Chris' Richard said with a chuckle, and then the two friends sat down and started to consume their purchases. After a few minutes Richard looked down at the glove that was covering Chris's right hand.
'Why don't you take the glove off?' Richard asked his childhood friend.
Chris hesitated for a moment then covered the glove with his other hand, the expression on his face changed from one of cheerfulness to one of painful memories. He remembered that day right down to the very last detail.
(Chris's Flashback)
January 31st 2075
Chris and his father, Lt. Victor John Cain, were returning to Corneria on the family's private shuttle after a meeting onboard the Beltino Orbital Gate, it seemed that the last few days in space were the longest in Chris's young life.
'I can't wait to get back home dad, I was starting to feel a little homesick' said Chris.
Victor looked at his son, smiled at him and rubbed his hair and said 'So am I Christopher, I'm just looking forward to seeing your mother's beautiful smile and your little sister again.'
'Do you think that the last few days have gone by really slow dad?' Chris asked 'because a day in space seems to take longer than a day back home?'
'I'll have to agree with you son...' said Victor '...but once we get home, things will be back to normal, you'll be able to continue your training at the Cornerian Academy.'
'Yeah...' said Chris with a smile on his face '...It would be nice to see the lads again.'
Victor looked at his son for a few more moments, then he got out of his seat and walked to the cockpit, then he asked the pilot 'How much longer until we get into Cornerian airspace?'
'In about 10 minutes, sir' said the pilot.
'Wonderful...' said Victor, he then turned and walked back to his seat next to Chris.
Back on Corneria, Alicia Cain and Jessica Cain were waiting patiently at the Cornerian International Airport for the other half of their family to arrive home.
'Mummy...' asked Jessica '...how long until daddy and Christopher come home?'
Alicia looked at her little one; smiled at her then picked her up in her arms and said to her 'It won't be long sweetheart, your father and brother are on their way back.'
Alicia looked out the window out to the runway and noticed a couple of Cornerian freighters ready to take off to their destinations, a few minutes later Alicia noticed a silhouette of a shuttle come through the clouds towards the runway.
'Their home' said Alicia with a smile on her face and a tear in her eye.
Back on the shuttle Victor looked at his son and said 'fasten your seatbelt Chris, we'll be landing soon.'
'I can tell dad...' replied Chris to his father '...my ears are starting to hurt.'
Just as the shuttle was approaching the runway, one of the Cornerian Freighters started to taxi towards the runway, without been given clearance by the control tower because their instruments were not working properly due to the freezing weather, as soon as the Freighter got onto the runway, it started to accelerate.
Not long after, the shuttle landed on the runway, and then the pilot looked up and noticed a faint object in the distance coming down the runway.
'What is that?' asked the pilot to the co-pilot.
'I don't know, sir' said the co-pilot.
Within a few moments, the faint object came into full view in the form of the Cornerian Freighter.
'SHIT!!!' shouted the pilot 'That son of a bitch is coming straight at us!' and with this he increased the speed of the shuttle to try and get it off the runway. Victor and Chris were slightly confused about what was going on.
It wasn't long until the crew of the Cornerian Freighter realised that there was another craft on the runway, and the pilot tried to pull back on the control panel to try and gain altitude, but was unable to get the heavy freighter off the ground as the tail was grinding along the runway.
As the shuttle turned Victor looked out the window and noticed the freighter just feet away from the shuttle.
'Chris, get down!!!' shouted his father, but Chris just stared in fear and couldn't move.
'Get down...' but it was too late, the freighter collided with the shuttle in a horrific blaze of fire, and the freighter went straight over the top of the shuttle and continued down the runway for another hundred yards. The shuttle was now nothing more than a twisted fuselage with the wings, cockpit and roof detached.
Alicia and Jessica watched in horror as their family shuttle went up in a ball of fire.
'Victor...Christopher!!!' shouted Alicia in a shower of tears.
In the remains of the shuttle, Victor released himself from his seat and tried to look for his son.
'Chris...Christopher!!!' shouted Victor, not long after he heard a cry for help from a young boy, Victor followed the sound of the voice and found his son laying in a pool of blood with half of his body trapped underneath the twisted rubble.
'D...d...dad...he...he...help...me!!' stuttered Christopher, Victor realised that his son was in shock.
'It's alright son, I'm here now.' He said to Chris reassuringly
'Dad...he...help...me...up.' said Chris wearily and teary eyed, Victor carefully put his arms around his son and carefully picked him up and held him close.
'Dad...I...I...I can't...feel...m...my arm.' Chris said, Victor looked and observed in horror, Chris entire right arm was torn clean off in the accident.
'Chris...' Victor said crying over his son '...don't move, help is on the way.' Victor looked out of an opening in the hull and saw emergency vehicles coming to the accident scene.
'D...d...dad...he...he...help...me...' Chris said wearily, and within seconds Chris slowly faded into the luxury of falling unconscious in his father arms.
(End Flashback)
'Chris!' shouted Richard.
Chris suddenly snapped out of his daydream and looked at Richard and said 'You know perfectly well that I refuse to talk about what happened on that day, this arm of mine is a painful memory that is permanently attached to my flesh.'
Richard just looked at his friend in surprise; he had never seen Chris snap back at someone like that before.
'I'm sorry Richard...' Chris said sympathetically '...I just think that certain things should just go unsaid that's all.'
'I understand your decision' said Richard 'c'mon, we should finish our dinner it's getting pretty late'
Chris smiled at his friend as they continued consuming their food, after a while Chris and Richard walked out of the cafe to the car park.
'I really enjoyed that meal' said Richard with a smile on his face 'we should bring Adam and Vaughn here sometime'
'What a good idea' said Chris as they got in the 4X4 'do you think they'll be back at the house by now?'
'Probably are' said Richard 'We'd better be heading back as well, it is quite late.' Richard started up the engine and with a quick burst of speed; they left the cafe and started to head out to the outskirts of the city.
Meanwhile, high above in Fichina's orbit, a fleet of large ships were preparing to land on the planet.
'This looks like another perfect planet to start the invasion...' said the commanding officer '...fleet Alpha is now stationed above Fichina, fleet Beta is heading for Aquas and fleet Gamma is ready to attack Corneria.'
'When are we planning to invade sir?' asked one of the soldiers on the bridge.
'At 10:00 hours...' said the commanding officer '...Lord Anglar wants our invasion to be precise and punctual, let the Anglar invasion begin.'
Back on Fichina, Chris and Richard made it back to the house that they were staying with Vaughn and Adam. Vaughn opened the door when the 4X4 pulled up into the drive.
'Where the hell have you been?' asked Vaughn.
'We had a bite to eat...' said Richard.
'And we lost track of time.' Chris said, finishing off Richard's sentence.
'Well, you've better come in; Adam has already gone to bed' said Vaughn, heading up the stairs towards his room. Richard and Chris followed Vaughn's example but Chris stopped in his tracks before he walked in through the door as his Cerinian senses took hold of him.
'Chris...' said Richard, Chris looked at his friend, who was half way up the stairs '...are you alright.'
'Yeah I'll be fine...' replied Chris '...you go up; I'll lock up the house.'
Richard just shrugged and continued up the stairs to his room, Chris stood on the patio and stared up at the clear night sky and noticed that a small cluster of stars were burning a lot brighter than the rest.
'Something is not right...'Chris thought to himself'...I can't help thinking that we are going to be in terrible danger.'