Okay, quick note, this chapter took me about a week and a half to finish and perfect. All chapters will be around a week or two.

Welcome to chapter 1 ladies and gentlemen. Rise of the Ancients begins… now.

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Chapter 1: Kevin Michelson

Daytime in Corneria. The sunlight from both Solar and Lylat radiates on the peaceful planet; one protected by a group of strong, brave, and cunning mercenaries.

Kevin Michelson, the lone human on the team, has proven himself over so worthy of being on the team and a resident of Lylat. Having natural skills and the personality to match, Kevin shows himself to be a true Hero of Lylat and living life to its fullest.

5 days before contact

Kevin awoke with a startle. He had just had another nightmare. Ever since a month ago, when he was given confirmation of his mother's death, he had been having nightmares about his past. Krystal had been helping him greatly, but nothing seemed to be working. Kevin was young when it happened; when he experienced loss, when he experienced the effects of war. Nothing could heal the scars that he received, especially since he was only a teenager.

He was panting heavily. Cold sweat was running down his face. He wiped it off with his arm and got up from his bed. Still panting, he turned the water on in his bathroom. Kevin filled his cupped hands with cold water and splashed it on his face. The shock of icy water forced him out of his dreamy state and awoke him completely. He grabbed a hand towel that was next to him and wiped his face off. Looking up at himself in the mirror, he saw his scar; the one given to him by the insane Wolf O'Donnell. Though he had a procedure done to hide it, the doctors told him it wouldn't stay invisible forever. The scar would come back, but not to it's original form; instead it would be dull.

Kevin slowly brushed his fingers across the scar. It ran down his left eye and onto his chin. It wasn't very noticeable, but it was there; a permanent reminder of the hell he went through on Earth.

"I knew it would come back" he said softly.

Suddenly, a knock at his door was heard. He looked over out of the bathroom and turned the faucet off. He walked over to the door and opened it. Outside was Krystal standing in her nightgown.

"I sensed pain from you. Was it another nightmare?" She asked calmly.

Kevin lowered his head and nodded, "Yeah, it was" he said, "I'm fine now. It won't happen again tonight."

Krystal titled her head, "Are you sure? It's still early." It was only 1:00 A.M.

Kevin nodded again, "I promise"

Krystal was a very smart vixen. She knew exactly what Kevin was thinking, and that was that he only hoped that it wouldn't happen again.

"Let me come in" She said.

Kevin shook his head trying to reason with her, "No, no, i'm fine, really. I can handle a few bad dreams."

She didn't budge, "No Kevin, I'm going to help you with this."

Kevin stood silent for a second. Lowering his head in defeat, he stood aside and allowed the vixen to enter.

She walked in and sat down next to the bed. Kevin closed the door and sat across from her. She held her hands out and closed her eyes. Kevin did so as well and grabbed her hands. Almost immediately were they inside of Kevin's subconscious.

Just like the first time they had done this, Kevin and Krystal journeyed through Kevin's memories. The two found various thoughts that had been corrupting Kevin's mind. Krystal took them in and completely erased them. Her telepathy had so many uses; she could sense emotions, brain waves, eradicate emotional pain, read thoughts, and even predict actions with great accuracy.

She opened her eyes along with Kevin. He smiled at her.

"Thanks" he said, "Now I can get back to sleep."

The two got up together. Krystal then hugged Kevin.

"Don't reject my help if you know it will help you a lot." She said in his ear.

Kevin smiled and nodded, "I know" he released her, "It's just hard to handle all of it."

She nodded, "You know I went through the same thing."

He knew very well what she meant. She had to go through the loss of her planet, her friends, her family, everything. Kevin could only imagine that pain she felt when it all happened; he couldn't fathom such a feeling.

"Now" she said as she put a hand on Kevin's shoulder, "Try to get some sleep."

He nodded and went back to his bed. Kevin lied down and watched Krystal walk out of the room. Once the door closed, he closed his eyes and slowly drifted back into his sleep.

The team had been on vacation for the past year. Since the start, they had done so much. Kevin met his love, Rose, and made a friend, Will, and had proven himself to society on Corneria. It wasn't a calm vacation though; every once in a while General Pepper would assign them small missions or jobs. Most weren't too difficult, but there were some where work needed to be done.

Aside from that, Kevin went through a lot. The one thing that stuck to him the most, however, was his encounter with a very strange Cornerian avian. A falcon by the name of Derik Boulse, whom had attempted to kill Kevin, was constantly running around in his mind. This avian wasn't like anyone on Corneria. Kevin remembered him so vividly because of the sights that he saw. Self-healing wounds, incredible fighting skills, and worst of all, a warning. One that chilled Kevin after he had saw what the avian was capable of.

The falcon claimed to be part of a race known as Yuthan. According to the avian, Kevin had 'intervened' with the Yuthans plan and was 'not seen'. The avian even told Kevin that he would one day regret ever killing Wolf. Of course, Kevin was relieved slightly after he had found several empty pill bottles on the avian's body, but it still scared him every time he thought of it.

Even after that, the future had plans to relieve him. After visiting his home, Earth, and seeing it strive to become it's usual self once more, he felt more content. He felt that he had done good and that fate was in his favor. But, as everyone knows, life likes to play tricks on us every once in a while. Life likes to take sudden turns for events. Life likes to mess around with us. Life likes to ruin things for us. Everyone knows that not everything is set in stone. And Kevin was one who was blinded by it.

Later that same day

Kevin awoke slowly. Light seeped through the windows and into the room. Solar was at an angle that shined directly onto Kevin's face. He groaned a arose from his bed slowly. From the room, he could hear the noises of cars passing by on the road the star fox estate resided on. The zooming noises of the engines and the sounds of the planets indigenous wildlife were all that Kevin heard.

He got out of his bed and walked over to the shower. After he turned the water on, he looked at himself in the mirror once more. The scar was the first thing he noticed. As he was looking at himself with a blank and tired expression, the computer spoke.

"Water at set temperature."

Kevin then unclothed himself and stepped into the shower. The warm and soothing feel almost made him fall asleep. He shook out of it and started to wash himself. Once he finished, he grabbed the towel that he had put on the sink counter. He dried himself off and walked back out into his room. He walked to his closet and opened it up. Inside was a glass case containing his armor, pistol, staff, and communicator. On either side of the case were rows of clothing. Kevin grabbed a pair of dark blue jeans, a white shirt, and his casual shoes; they had a high top and a large tongue with a star logo on it. He put the articles of clothing on his bed and started to dress himself. He walked back to his closet and grabbed his leather jacket as well as his communicator from inside the glass case.

He cracked his neck and exited his room. He turned and walked down the stairs. As he was walking, he could hear Fox and Falco talking in the kitchen. He made his way to the bottom and into the kitchen.

"Morning, Kev" Fox said with a smile.

Kevin nodded, "Morning you two" he walked over to the fridge

Falco, who was leaning against the bar, spoke up "Sleep well last night?"

Kevin stopped searching and looked back, "Yeah, like a little angle." He said with a smile and chuckle.

Fox and Falco started to chuckle as well.

Fox spoke up, "So how's everything with Rose? I haven't seen her since she joined."

Kevin grabbed a drink that was in the back of the fridge. It was some milk. He grabbed it and grabbed a cup.

"She's doing fine. She told me that she wouldn't be able to handle some missions, depending on her schedule with Space Dynamics." Kevin said as he poured the drink into his glass.

Falco chuckled, "You know, i still can't believe you two settled in."

Kevin smiled, "Well, not me, not yet."

Fox looked a bit surprised, "Really?"

Kevin shrugged, "I don't know just yet. I love her, but i'm just not sure."

Falco then gestured to Fox, "Well Foxy said he wasn't sure."

Kevin shook his head, "That's a different story. A whole other story. I understand Fox's decision process. To be honest, i'd have a hard time deciding too."

Fox smiled, "Yeah Falco, Kevin's still pretty young."

I nodded, "Yeah, marriage is something that's on my mind, but not priority. Right now, I'm just girlfriend and boyfriend."

Slippy then walked into the kitchen, "Sup guys." he said with a smile. He was wearing his yellow work suit.

The three others welcomed Slippy.

"We got any plans today?" He asked.

Fox shook his head, "Nah, nothing today. Just kick back and relax. But if you guys have anything on mind, go ahead and speak it."

Everyone shook their heads. They hadn't done anything in a while. It's been about a week since they had actually done something. The last thing they did was go out to a restaurant.

Krystal the walked into the kitchen, "Good morning everyone."

Everyone greeted her. Kevin walked out and into the living room. He sat down on the couch softly and turned the holo tv on.

"Did everyone sleep well?" Krystal asked.

Slippy chuckled, "Wouldn't you know?"

Krystal smiled, "Yes, but I actually had good control while I slept last night." Krystal, even though she was a master at her telepathy, would sometimes lose control while she slept. He mind would drift away and sometimes enter the others minds. But last night she controlled it very well and only sensed emotions, rather than every thought the others had; hence why she had awoken to Kevin's pain.

Fox and Falco then walked into the living room and sat down next to Kevin. Slippy and Krystal stayed in the kitchen and made themselves some breakfast.

"So what's happening in this world we live in?" Fox said as he changed the channel to the news.

The news reporter was talking about some subtle events that had happened. One was about the success of a concert by a famous band named The Children. The reporter said that it had brought in a large amount of money for the band and that it was nearly the biggest debut in music history.

There were other reports about stocks, politics, and traffic, but one report caught the teams attention.

"Breaking news has just come in. We have been told that the Cornerian Interplanetary Bank is currently being hold up. We go to our air correspondent, Nesha Julians, for an aerial view. Nesha?" The reporter said.

The screen then cut to footage of a large police force outside of the bank. Almost everything was there; SUF (Special Unit Force), police, Sheriff, even some of the Defense Force.

"As you can see right now, there is a huge presence of police as this situation grows more and more tense. We have been told that it is a hostage situation and that there are an estimated 40 hostages and 10 armed assailants." The sky reporter said.

It then cut to an interview with the Lieutenant, the same one Kevin spoke with when Derik Boulse was killed.

"We are currently working negotiations with these men. Uh we have our SUF team suiting up and ready to move in, however these men have military grade equipment with them and we simply can't just barge into the bank."

It cut back to the news room, "We've reached out to General Pepper on this manner and have yet to get a response."

Just as she said this, the team wide communicator started to bleep. On the screen, words spelled out 'incoming call from General Pepper'. Fox grabbed the remote and answered the call. General Pepper appeared on the screen, with is hands together and him sitting behind his desk.

"General Pepper, what a surprise." Fox said with a smile.

Pepper smiled, "It's good to see you too." He paused, "Anyway, I have called for a favor."

Everyone nodded.

"As you may have heard, the Cornerian Bank is currently under attack. There are many heavily armed men holding hostages. According to the forces, not even the SUF's special stealth unit can get in. I have also been told that these men want no ransom, nor do they plan on releasing the hostages. In fact they have already killed three after the SUF attempted to enter the bank undetected."

Falco leaned forward, "What are you getting at?"

Pepper nodded, "I'm about to get to that. I called to offer you a job. Seeing as how our police force can't get near the bank without consequences, I am left with new decisions. Of course, my first was to see for you could assist. As always you will be paid for your work."

The team looked at each other.

Kevin saw that everyone was nowhere near ready for anything. He and Falco were the only ones that had regular clothes on. Everyone else was still in their sleep wear. Seeing this, Kevin stood up, "I'll go, it'll be better if one of us helps. We won't need the entire team to get in and take these guys out. Besides, I have a plan that can get me in the bank in no time."

Falco then got up, "I've got nothin better to do, I'll go too."

Fox looked at the two, "You sure you can handle it by yourselves?"

Kevin nodded and looked at Falco, "Of course, it's just a few thugs that don't know how to think straight."

Fox the stood up, "General, I'm sending Kevin and Falco to assist."

General Pepper smiled, "Good luck gentlemen, and please be careful."

The holo display then turned off and went back to the news.

Kevin looked at Falco, "Let's get going."

With that, the two headed for the front door. While they were walking, Kevin typed a few commands on his communicator. He had activated the teleporting function on his armor, for his plan required the use of it.

The two walked out of the house. Kevin looked at Falco, "Get your armor ready for teleport. We're going to need them."

Falco did so as they entered Kevin's CTZ.

"Let's go get us some thugs." Kevin said as he cracked his neck and started the vehicle.

This group of armed men sounded incredibly dangerous to Kevin. Military grade equipment and wasting a few hostages; that didn't fly too well with him. But, little did he know that this was to be the beginning of something awful; something that had been haunting him for some time now.

To Be Continued …

And there we go. Chapter 1.

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