Chapter 2: A bad night

Chapter 2: A bad night

Fox was losing his wind, this is crazy he thoughthe'd lost most of his strength fighting the Aparoids, and now he was being chased by his own fans. Ugh, I've never been caught by the fans once, it ain't happenin' today!

Fox looked up, Slippy, Falco, and Krystal were a little far ahead of him, he put on an extra burst of speed and caught up with them just in time to hear Falco shout.

"SPLIT UP!" as he grabbed Slippy by the collar and hurled himself down an alleyway. Fox followed suite by grabbing Krystal by her hand, and diving into a separate alleyway. They ran down it until they came to a fence. "There's always gotta be a fence" Fox sighed, as he jumped up and started climbing it.

He looked down to see how Krystal was fairing, she kept losing her footing and sliding back to the ground. By now, Fox was at the top of the fence, he leaned over and extended a hand to Krystal. "Grab on!" He shouted, she did, and using all his strength, Fox hauled her up ontop of the fence, however, as soon as Krystal was on top of the fence, several things happened at once. Fox lost his balance and toppled over. His shirt snagged on the top of the fence and ripped off as he fell to the ground and hit the pavement hard. Krystal fell over on the other side of the fence and landed in a trash can.

Fox looked up from the ground and saw the fans charging towards him, screaming with excitement.

Ah well, they finally got me. Well, what's the worse they can do? Make me sign autographs? Fox thought to himself, struggling to get to his feet. At least Krystal escaped.

The crowd reached him and he was soon swept up against the side of the alley.

Lots of fan girls started screaming: "OH MY GAWSH! LOOK! IT'S FOX MCCLOUD!!"

Then Fox heard one girl scream "Look! I got his shirt!" she waved it in the air.

Fox looked down at his bare chest. Ah damn, I forgot, it ripped. He now looked over at Krystal, who was now standing on the other side of the fence giggling to herself.

"I'll meet you back at the hotel!" He called to her. She nodded, still smiling, and took off down the alley, before anyone else could notice her.

Fox turned his attention back to the crowd, surrounding him. "Listen folks, I'm kinda tired so-" He began but then was cut off.

"That girl got Foxes shirt!! I want it!!" There was a fight and Fox heard his shirt ripping, then suddenly the crowd closed in on him and started ripping at his clothes.

"HEY WAIT!" Fox yelped.

Pieces of paper were shoved at him for signing and he felt his pants and boots being shredded from all sides. Dear goodness, I hafta get OUT of here! He thought to himself.

Fox twisted on the spot and wrenched himself free of some of the hands, then he made a lunge for the fence, he quickly scaled half of it, but then someone made a grab for the one piece of clothing he had left- his boxers, he quickly slipped out of them and scaled the rest of the fence, quickly sliding to the ground below.

He ran down the alley, as he heard cameras flash behind him and several people yelling "WE LOVE YOU, FOXY!!"

Fox turned out of the alley and ran down the street, he saw the crowd emerging from the other side of the alley, so he dived into the nearest shop he could see.

He closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief as he leaned against the door. Grateful for this moment of refuge.

Then he opened his eyes. He was in a small donut shop, and everyone in there was staring at him, he looked down and blushed, now that the excitement was over, he realized he was completely naked.

He quickly slapped his hands down to the area around his crotch.

"Erm… uhm…" he said, looking around the small shop for an escape route. Seeing none, he slowly started backing away towards the door then he turned and ran out, at top speed.

How the hell am I ever gonna make it to the hotel without being seen!? He wondered.

Then he heard a voice. "…Fox?" he whipped around to see Katt Monroe.

"I—KATT!" Said Fox, blushing harder and bending over to try and cover himself more. "W-what are you doing here??"

She pointed down at a small hover-bike she was riding. "I was out for a midnight ride… What the hell are YOU doing here??" She asked with a smirk, looking Fox up and down. "Coming home from Krystal's apartment? I heard you two are really—"

"What- I- Krystal doesn't even have apart-- NO!!" Fox shouted, a little louder then he meant to, for he heard a stir from behind him. Shoot, it's probably the fans again… "Katt- I… I know this is weird, but can you give me a ride to the Corneria Grand Hotel??"

Katt smiled. "Sure, climb aboard, Captain Nudey" she pressed a button and an extra seat flipped out the back. Fox quickly jumped on it and she sped off down the street.

"So what WERE you doing?" She asked with a sly smile.

"Nothing! Heading for the hotel before the mob caught me!" shouted Fox over the wind.

"Mm-hmm" said Katt "Well maybe I'll come visit you guys sometime… Under a little better circumstances…" She chuckled, Fox blushed.

"So where've you been??" Fox asked, trying to change the subject

She sighed "Well, I wanted to help you fight the aparoids as soon as I heard about them, but then, cornerian forces commandeered my vessel in the name of the cornerian government, saying all ships must be put to use for the greater good." She rolled her eyes "That's like- the same thing I was gonna do anyway- ooh!" She turned left sharply.

"Fox, this is my favorite saloon, would you mind waiting on the hover car well I go in?" she asked.

"What-!!"

"Just kidding, heh heh, I wanted to see the look on your face. Well, here we are!" she said, coming to a quick stop that knocked Fox off the hover craft. "Have fun getting to your room" she said with a laugh, and then took off.

Fox, cupping his um, "privates", made his way to the hotel door. When he was inside, he walked up to the hotel's counter, where as luck would have it, a female concierge was working there. She was talking into a telephone. She looked up and her jaw dropped.

"Card key for room 517 please." Said Fox, in mortification.

The concierge just sat there for a moment before she recovered and said "Er… Name…?"

"Mcloud, Fox."

"Oh my gawsh!!" She shieked. "Can I get a picture for my gir—"

"No!" Fox said quickly, snatching up the card key. "Er, maybe later- I really gotta- yeah BYE!!" he bolted for the elevator.

Fox finally reached his room and knocked.

"'Bout time you got here McCl…" Falco began, then he stopped, gaping at Foxes appearance.

"Whatever it is you have to say, I don' wanna hear it…" Fox said, pushing his way in the room.

"Is that Fox..?" asked Krystal, walking into the room, then she saw Fox, gasped, and turned around, trying to fight a fit of giggles.

Fox blushed and quickly walked past a shocked Slippy and an amused Peppy and into his room, where he shut the door and finally got to bed.