The Visitors (chapter 2)

Humiliation and revenge: part 2

A few hours later, Chris's ship docked inside the Great Fox's main hanger. Chris, dressed in red and blue, strolled down the landing platform, where Fox McCloud and the Great Fox's crew and passengers were waiting.

Fox approached Chris with great pride, like a real captain of a starship.

"Welcome aboard the Great Fox, Chris." Fox greeted Chris with an outstretched paw.

"Thank you, Captain Fox." Chris replied with a smile on his face.

"Oh please, just call me Fox." Fox said with uneasiness, returning Chris's smile.

"This is my childhood friend, Falco. He's the ace pilot in the Lylat system." Fox said as he put an arm around Falco, who just crossed his arms.

"Hello." Chris greeted to Falco, who, in return, simply just said hi.

Then Fox walked over to Slippy, stretched his right arm and paw out to him, looked back at Chris and said "This is Slippy. He's the ship's mechanic. And the assistance he gets comes from our robot named ROB."

"Hello." Said both Slippy and ROB.

"Hello." Chris replied to them both

"And this," Fox continued as he walked towards Krystal," is Krystal, the telepath of the group. She is very weird-looking too."

Krystal, with a disgusted look on her face, used her telepathic powers to send a migraine to Fox's forehead.

"Okay, okay Krystal, stop it. I'm sorry." Fox cried out with his paw on his forehead.

"Watch it, McCloud." Krystal growled coldly.

Fox shook his head and looked at Chris.

"Sorry about that, Chris"

"Anyway," Fox continued "this is Peppy, one of the founders of our elite squadron called "Star Fox"

"Hello." Chris said to the old hare

"Hi, how are you?" Peppy asked politely

"Good, sir. Thanks for asking." Chris said with respect to Peppy.

"And last, but not least," Fox continued "this is my other childhood friend, and Krystal's boyfriend, Alexander Andrews, and his mother, Clara Andrews.

"Hello." Clara replied with a smile, showing her white, sparkling fangs, and offered to shake her paw.

Chris took it and shook it gently.

"Hello." He said with, yet again, another smile.

Alex, with a little excitement in him, offered to shake his paw with, who shook it in return.

"Well, Fox?" Alex asked Fox with a little sarcasm, "Shall we give our guest a tour and show him to his quarters?"

"Yes we shall, my friend." Fox replied with a grin

"After you." Fox offered

Several minutes later, the entire crew, led by Alex, walked through the entire ship, showing Chris where everything was. Chris was amazed at how everything onboard the ship. The technology was very advanced.

Then, finally, they reached Chris's quarters. It was a fairly-sized room with a large queen-sized bed with two nightstand tables, a lamp on the left table, a dresser, and a television on a table facing the bed. There was also a bookshelf filled with books.

"Wow, this is a nice room." Chris said with admiration as he walked in and looked around.

"Thanks Chris." Alex replied who was leaning on the doorway side, unaware that Fox and Falco had secretly snuck off, chuckling evilly.

"So, when can we start our 'Operation Humiliation' scheme, Fox?" Falco asked with a grin.

"We'll start tonight," Fox replied with a grin on his face also, "when everyone is asleep."

"I'll disable the corridor security systems, first." Fox continued. "That way, we can do this undetected."

Oh man, that is brilliant, Fox."Falco said with excitement. Then, they both high-five each other and went to the kitchen to help Peppy make dinner.

Meanwhile, Alex helped Chris get settled in Chris's quarters. They had just brought his bags in and had just started unloading them.

"I really appreciate your help, son. Thanks." Chris said to Alex as he unzipped one bag and started to unload it.

"No problem." Alex replied as he unzipped another bag and started to unload it.

"So, what's Kyphon like, Chris?" Ales asked curiously.

"Well," Chris replied with a little laugh, "it's a very beautiful, blue planet with lots of green trees and crystal-clear oceans.

"Is that the planet you were born on?" Alex asked

"Yes," Chris replied," but it is in another system called The Xyphon system."

"How did you end up here in the Lylat system?" Alex asked interested.

"My ship was sucked into some kind of space vortex called 'The Black Hole." Chris replied.

Alex's eyes widened with surprise as he grabbed another duffel bag and unloaded it.

"The Black Hole?!!" Alex asked. His eyes got wider.

"Yea." Chris replied with a curious look as he unloaded another duffel bag, "You've heard of it?"

"Yes I have." Alex replied to Chris, "It's a space vortex created by one of Andross's experiments."

"Who's Andross?" Chris asked curiously

"Andross was a scientist who was exiled from the planet Corneria for performing illegal experiments." Alex replied. "He got his revenge by killing Fox's father, and my godfather, James, and was destroyed permanently by Fox himself much later."

"Wow!" Chris said with admiration, "where was Andross exiled to?"

"Venom." Alex replied "Andross created those venomian warships that devastated your ship."

"So Chris," Alex said, changing the subject to something else, "do you have any parents?"

"My parents are dead." Chris replied sadly. "They died when Kyphon exploded."

"I'm sorry to hear that." Alex said sadly. "What did your parents do on Kyphon?"

"My father was a member of the Kyphonian council, whose job was to help make laws for the planet." Chris replied "My mother was the headmistress of a major private school for girls."

They continued unloading Chris's duffel bags without anymore breaks. Then, Chris's doorbell rang.

The electronic door opened and Clara, wearing a beautiful blue silk dress, walked in. Chris's eyes widened and his mouth dropped at the sight. Alex, however, started to question his mother's appearance.

"Mom," Alex, concerned, started to ask. "What's with the dress?"

"I just wanted to dress up for dinner, which will be ready in a few moments." Clara replied calmly. "Why? Do you like it?"

Alex walked up to Clara, wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. She hugged him back.

"You look beautiful." Alex replied with a warm smile on his face.

"Yes, you certainly do look beautiful, Ms. Andrews." Chris added as he got up and walked over to her.

"Please Chris, call me Clara." Clara insisted as she offered his right paw to him. Chris took it and kissed it. Clara giggled lightly.

Alex, meanwhile, quietly snuck off to find his missing baby photo. He had just ran past the kitchen, when he bumped into Peppy.

"Whoa there Alley, my boy." Peppy said, chuckling. "What's the rush?"

"Sorry, Peppy." Alex replied gasping for air. Then, he continued running.

"Hey, Alley" Peppy called to him,"It's dinnertime

Alex stopped running to catch his breath again. Then, he headed for the dining room. When he got there, he saw everyone sitting at the table, waiting for him and the food. He sat down at the table, next to Clara and across from Krystal.

"So mom," Alex said to his mother,"any idea who made what for dinner?"

"Peppy is making you a cat-fish po-boy," Clara replied "while the rest of us are having spaghetti."

"Sweet!" Alex said excitedly "I'm up for a little seafood, tonight."

Seconds later, Peppy came out of the kitchen, carrying two plates of spaghetti and placed them in front of Fox and Falco. Then, to Slippy and Chris. Later, to Clara and Krystal. Then, finally, Peppy brought out a freshly-made catfish po-boy for Alex and a plate of spaghetti for Peppy himself.

For the next several minutes when, all of a sudden, Peppy asked "So Chris, what's Kyphon like?"

For the next two hours, Chris explained to the whole crew, except for Alex, what his home planet was like. Chris also told them what his parents did before the planet exploded.

"How did Kyphon exploded, Chris?" Falco asked curiously as he twirled some spaghetti with a fork and ate it.

"It's destruction was caused by powerful, terrible, and deadly earthquakes." Chris replied with a sad sigh.

"So, what planet are all of you from?" Chris asked the entire team with curiosity

"All of us, except for Krystal," Fox replied as he nodded his head towards Krystal "are from the planet Corneria. Krystal, however, is from the planet Cerinia."

"What's Corneria like?" Chris asked with enthusiam.

"Corneria is like Earth,"Peppy replied,"except the people on Corneria are anthropomorphic animals."

"I see." Chris said.

"And what's Cerinia like, Ms. Krystal?" Chris asked Krystal kindly.

For the next hour-and-a-half, Krystal explained to Chris what her planet was like until the day Andross destroyed it. Chris found her planet very interestingly as Krystal explained every single fact about it, including her family and people.

After that, everything else was quiet as they finished their dinner. After dinner, Peppy and Fox were busy washing the dinner dishes, while everyone else took off to different parts of the ship. Slippy and ROB went down to the main hangar to start repairs on Chris's ship. Alex and Falco were in the recreational room, playing Star Fox: Adventures. And Chris, Krystal, and Clara were in the main room, watching a movie. Chris sat on the couch, crossed-legged, in front of the blue vixen and the female artic lupin. As the two females watched the movie, Chris turned his head to look at Clara. He had to admit, she was very beautiful.

Clara, meanwhile, turned her head to face Chris. She too had feelings for him.

"Wow, he's got pretty eyes." Clara thought as she gazed upon them.

"Clara, I don't know how to tell you this, and I know we just met." Chris said nervously "But I think I'm in love with you."

"Chris," Clara said, laughing as she turned and looked at him, "You don't have to tell me in any kind of way. Just tell me, alright?"

"Besides," Clara added, "I think I'm in love with you too."

"Really?" Chris asked, smiling to Clara.

"Really." Clara replied as she moved closer to him and looked at him as though she wanted to kiss him.

"So, what's it you look like about me?" Chris asked curiously.

"Well," Clara replied with a little laugh, "you're handsome, kind, and very athletically built. Those are some of the things I like in a man."

"You really do?" Chris happily asked.

"Yes I do" Clara replied, smiling.

"Chris, what're some of the things you like about me?" Clara asked with a little love in her eyes.

"Well, you're very pretty, you smell very pretty."Chris replied as he took a sniff of her perfume.

Clara laughed, She was really beginning to like their guest.

"And you're kind, and it looks like you've got a great sense of humor." Chris continued in one breath.

"Ah, well, thank you, Chris." Clara said, smiling again.

"Anytime, beautiful." Chris said romantically.

Then, without telling Krystal who was still watching the movie and not saying a word the entire time, both Chris and Clara slowly kissed each other. The kiss lasted only for a few seconds, but they felt as though it was well worth it.

"What're you two doing?" A voice said from behind them.

They both turned their heads to look and see who was behind them, and sure enough, it was Alex, who looked very serious.

"Nothing baby." Clara replied nervously

"Oh lord. I hope he didn't see or notice what we just did." Clara thought nervously again.

"I hope not." Alex said firmly

Then, Alex glanced at the television screen with a questioning look on his face.

"What're you guys watching, by the way?" Alex asked.

"I'm not sure, But it's about an inventor who invents a flying car for him and his children." Krystal replied with a puzzled look on her face.

"Oh, wow!" Alex said with glee."I know what this movie is."

"What's this movie called, Alley darling?" Krystal asked with a small smile on her face.

"Rippy Rippy Klang Klang. I love this movie ever since I was a hu-cub." Alex replied as he turned to walk away. "You use to read the book to me when I was a hu-cub, remember?" Alex said to Clara.

"Yea baby, I remember that." Clara replied back, laughing quietly.

With that said, Alex left the room to go down to his quarters.

"That's a good kid you've got there, Clara." Chris said with admiration as he saw Alex leave.

"Yea, Alex is a sweet kid." Clara added with a sigh. "He's been like that to guests ever since he was just a little hu-cub."

Then, Clara put a sad look on her face. She obviously was thinking about her niece-by-marriage, and Alex's cousin, Miyu Lynx, and was becoming a little worried about her. Chris turned his to look at her.

"Clara?" Chris said, noticing the look on Clara's face.

"Yes Chris?" Clara replied. "What is it?"

"Well, you look sad." Chris replied worriedly. "Is there something wrong?"

"No, no, nothing's wrong, Chris. Really." Clara replied calmly and coolly.

Then, Clara got up to leave to go to her quarters.

"Listen guys, I'd love to finish watching the movie, but I'm tired so, I'm going to bed." Clara said to both Chris and Krystal.

"Alright." Krystal sid to her. "Goodnight, Clara."

"Yes, Clara" Chris added. "Goodnight."

Goodnight, both of you." Clara said, smiling to both Chris and Clara.

Clara walked down the corridor to her quarters. As she walked, she stopped at her son's quarters door. As Clara pressed the doorbell, she saw Fox and Falco walking by with evil grins on their faces, which were quickly replaced with innocent-looking smiles.

"What're those two up to?" Clara thought as she saw them walking ahead of her.

Suddenly, the door in front of her opened and standing in the doorway was Alex, in his white, silk pajamas.

"Oh, I'm sorry, sweetheart." Clara said surprisingly. "I didn't know you were already in bed."

"I wasn't." Alex replied tiredly. "I was getting ready to go to bed."

"Oh, well. Speaking of which," Clara said,"I'm going to bed, too."

"Okay. Goodnight, mom." Alex said. Then, he hugged and kissed his mother goodnight.

"Goodnight, sweet baby." Calra replied as she returned the hug and kiss to her son.

Later that night, when everyone else had gone to bed, two naughty animals were making their towards the security room.

"Fox, Fox, are you there?" Falco whispered towards the other end of the hall.

"Shut it, Falco." Fox growled quietly. "Someone will hear you."

They continued their way down the corridor. They didn't have that long to walk though, until they reached their first destination: The main security room. It was a huge room, filled with lots of security monitors and computers.

"Let's go ahead and disable the security cameras." Fox suggested with evil glee.

"Right on, my brother." Falco replied with an evil grin on his face.

"Slippy showed me how to disable them. The fool." Fox said, laughing quietly but evily, as he walked other to the main security computer and started typing.

"It'll be a piece of cake." Fox said to Falco who stood at his side.

Fox continued typing on the computer screen. Seconds later, the monitor showed every single security camera going dead.

"Ha! Told ya. The ship's security cameras are disabled. Let's go, Falco. We've got a scheme to finish carring out." Fox said as he prepared to leave.

"Right behind ya, bro." Falco replied as he started to follow him.

They started to walk quietly around again. This time, they walked all the way down to the ship's main computer room.

"Slippy also showed me how to program pictures into the ship's main computer. Another dumb thing to do." Fox said evily

"Yea!" Falco added, grinning,"Boy, Slippy can be stupid at times."

Fox, smiling evily again, started typing into the main computer. The computer's monitor started lighting up in different colors, until it stopped at the color red, waiting for it's command from Fox. With the evil smile still on his face, Fox typed in what he wanted the computer to do.

"Computer." Fox said. The Computer beeped.

"COMPUTER HERE. WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS." The computer said in a computer voice.

"Computer," Fox said to it,"I'm gonna insert a photo into your hard drive. I want you to scan it and put an image of it onto every single computer screen on the ship, understood?"

"ACKNOWLEDGED." The computer replied. "WAITING FOR PHOTOGRAPH."

Fox inserted the photo into the computer hard drive. Then, he and Falco tiptoed quietly into their quarters with evil smiles on their faces, yet again.

Once inside his quarters, Fox's smiled faded to a smirk as he changed into his pajamas and got ready for bed.

"Now, the fun and humiliation begins." Fox thought to himself as he climbed into bed, turned off the nightstand lamp, and drifted off to sleep.

End of Chapter 2

The romance and the humiliation will continue, and the revenge will begin in the next chapter.

And more of Clara and Alex's relationship with Miyo will be explained in a future chapter.