Okay guys… I can't decide over first person or narrative, so, I will write this chapter in narrative. If you guys don't like it or prefer the first person, then I will rewrite the chapter into first person. I really hope you like the perspective change; it will actually open the world up more. I'll get better descriptions, better transitions, more transitions, great dialogue, longer chapters, more in-depth chapters, and… wait for it… CLIFFHANGERS! This book will be full of them ;) (If we stay in the narrative perspective).

Update March 19, 2013: Read bottom authors note for new information.

On with the story…

Chapter 2: America's Defense

I lifted my wrist to show the generals and the commander the holographic timer. It read four minutes. Their faces went pale white, as did those who were around and able to see the timer. I was also scared. I was being thrown back into battle without any rest; same as the military forces around the world.

General Reyes spoke, "Oh God; please tell me that this isn't how much time we have left."

My heart was racing, "Yes" I said in a low tone.

The three leaders nodded their heads slowly. Reyes looked down and started to think of what to do. No one knew where Wolf would attack first or how he would attack; offensive or defensive. I even started to think of what to do. The first thing that popped up in my mind was to contact the team and warn them about the immanent attack. I quickly raised my wrist and contacted the team.

"Guys, you better hurry to your destinations. Wolf is about to exit warp." I quickly said.

Fox was the first to respond, "I've already made contact with the Africans. They have given me control of the air force and some ground units to control."

"Krystal, Slippy, Falco? What about you three?" I asked.

Krystal replied, "Australia has given me control over air. They seem to trust us after what we have told them about Lylat."

Falco spoke next, "I just arrived at Europe. I'm about to meet with the leaders."

Slippy was the least lucky of the five, "Well, I was given very little control over the Chinese forces, but the Russians granted me air superiority."

"Great" I said before I paused for a second, "good luck everyone." I cut the transmission.

Reyes quickly shouted, "Kevin, follow us to the war room. We have every single platoon and squad waiting on comms waiting for orders."

I nodded. The four of us then started to run down the hall and into the main room we had arrived barged through the front door and ran towards a nearby building with satellite dishes set up all around it. The building was several stories high and was heavily guarded by ten watchtowers. Each tower had a man with a heavy machine gun at the ready. Besides from the dishes, there were also large automated turrets set up. Each had a large white top and a mini gun extending from the side. These were computer controlled turrets that had supreme accuracy. One could easily shoot down several missiles in a matter of seconds.

As we ran towards the building, Reyes yelled out, "When we get inside, we'll take you to the war room; in there you will be able to command the ground and air troops."

I yelled back, "Thank you for trusting me. I understand if any of you don't like this."

Brooks replied loudly, "Don't mention it; we're the ones that decided this, that and you're the only one who knows what this guy is capable of."

We burst through the door. Inside there was a door that read 'Authorized Personnel Only'. The four ran through the door and headed for an elevator that was on the other end of the small room. The elevator opened as we neared it. When we entered, Johnson entered a code. The elevator started to move downwards.

Inside the war room was a man by the name of George Cruz. He was the main man in charge of orders up until today; I was now in charge of the entire armed forces, which was basically everyone at the time.

The elevator door slid open. Reyes, Johnson, Brooks and I ran out and joined Cruz on the second floor catwalk. Cruz was less than happy to see us.

The war room was large. It had a circular shape to it with a catwalk wrapping around the circumference of the room and the bottom floor consisting of rows and rows of stations with a computer at each one. Towards the front of the room was a large screen that fit perfectly from top to bottom and extended outwards about 100 feet. On the screen were different little displays. There were a large amount of pictures of men and woman with info by them. They were the leaders of the platoons and squads.

"Where have you been? These men and woman have been waiting for orders." Cruz said hurtfully.

I spoke up, "Sir, with all due respect, shut the hell up. We're here and we're ready to fight this freak. Would you like me to command or give you an excuse as to why we were a little late?"

Cruz seemed shocked at my statement, "Had you been here earlier, we would have already mobilized the troops."

Cruz then looked forward towards the screen, "Lieutenant Woods"

The picture of a man then enlarged and was placed in front of the other pictures. Woods was a Lieutenant in the 5141st air force squad. He was of American decent and was holder of all command of air forces. He would occasionally share plans with the ground commander, Cruz, whenever air support is needed.

"Yes sir" Woods replied.

"I am handing all command to Kevin Michelson. He has all control from here on out. Acknowledged?" Cruz stated.

Woods replied, "Affirmative"

I stepped forward next to Cruz, "Alright, it looks as though I have been given command to every single one of you. I will make the orders, and you all will follow them. I know what Wolf is capable of, so listen to me and we'll do okay." I bellowed. "Unfortunately, I cannot promise all of you coming home. This enemy is strong and may even beat us." My tone soon grew with my words, "BUT, we will not give up, we will NOT LOOSEN our determination, and we will not lose our planet to a PSYCHO BIPEDAL ANIMAL! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"

Every man and woman replied in sync, "Sir Yes sir."

"That's what I want to hear" I said, "All air force squad leaders, speak up so I know what I'm dealing with."

A large amount of pictures of men and woman pictures were pulled up in front of the other pictures. There was a jumbled sound of voices clashing together.

I looked at the pictures and picked out a few names, "Lieutenant Marie, squad name and location."

Marie replied, "Lieutenant Marie, commanding officer of the War Machine squad. We have been paired with First Sergeant Holt, Lieutenant Carter, and Lieutenant Woods."

I ordered for the three other pilots to speak, "First Sergeant Holt, Lieutenant Carter, Lieutenant Woods, is this true?"

Holt spoke first, "Yes sir, we have been assigned to merge our squads and fly over most of the south; my squad being in Alabama, Carter's in Mississippi, Maries in Tennessee and Woods in Missouri."

"I will accompany you all for the first tier of attacks." I said, "The four of you are dismissed; ready up and launch immediately, we're about to see some crazy action."

The three squad leaders replied, "Sir Yes sir"

All three leaders ended the communication. I was left with the remaining squads.

"Every other squadron I want to handle their designated areas. I will assist if needed. That means if you are getting your asses kicked, then I will come and show you how to fight." I bellowed.

All the squad leaders replied, "Sir Yes Sir" They ended the communication line.

I was left with a large amount of pictures and names of men and women. Each of them was leader of a squad.

"Holy shit, that's a lot of ground squads." I said jokingly.

Cruz replied with a chuckle. He didn't trust Kevin as much as Reyes, Brooks, and Johnson, but he had no choice because he was outvoted.

"Okay, all ground squads on the west coast and inland as far as…" I started to think, "Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Prepare for battle immediately. I'm not sure if Wolf's forces will attack there first. Since his army has been cut down a bit, he will have a difficult time adjusting where his army should go." I said.

There was a jumbled noise of the words 'Sir Yes Sir'.

"Dismissed" I ordered.

The grip of squad leaders then ended the communications line.

"All squads in the middle states; do the same as I have told the west coast squads, but, I want you to be ready for first contact. I have a hunch that Wolf will attack the middle then spread towards the East and West Coasts." I stated.

"Sir Yes Sir" The leaders said. They cut the transmission. I was now left with the last set of squads.

"East coast squads; prepare for battle as well." I looked down at my timer and was frightened at the sight, "Oh shit!" I yelled.

The timer now said less than a minute. I was running far later than expected, even though I did what I thought would work.

"Mobilize troops immediately and be ready for one hell of a fight." I said.

I then stormed out of the room and into the elevator. Before the door closed, I yelled 'ONE MINUTE'. The elevator quickly rose upwards.

"Kevin, we'll keep you in contact of HQ for updates on the forces." Reyes said over the communicator.

I smiled, "Good, makes commanding a whole lot easier."

Outside in front of the hangar that I had meet the Generals and Commander, my Arwing was being guarded by several guards. It had a shield in place, so it was worthless for them to guard it. Even with that, they insisted that they guard for security reasons.

Once the elevator opened, I darted out and into the main room of the building. I barged through the front doors and headed across the airstrip towards my Arwing. I typed a code on my wrist communicator to start up the Arwing.

The Arwing's engine started, the canopy was lifted, and the systems were set. Once I reached the Arwing, I jumped in and took off into the sky.

"Computer; set course for Alabama." I commanded.

"Affirmative" the computer replied.

The computer searched the database and found the location of Alabama. Once the coordinates were given to me, I punched the throttle to max and sped towards the state. I was going so fast that I was nearly going half the speed of light. In a manner of seconds, I was over the state of Alabama.

"Any military personnel; please respond. This is Kevin Michelson of the Star Fox team." I said as I set the radio to all frequencies.

A voice came back to me, "Acknowledged, glad to see you've arrived sir."

"Please identify." I commanded.

"This is Lieutenant Woods of the 5141st squad. You gave me and several other squads the order to be ready." Woods stated.

"Oh, glad to see that you listened," I said, "heading to your location now."

I looked at my radar and saw a large amount of blips. The computer said that they were approximately five miles away.

The squadron was in the air waiting for contact from Kevin. The three squad leaders were in the front; they piloted highly modified F-22 Raptors. Each with new technology that was secret until Star Fox made contact with Earth. Every other pilot was piloting a choice of their craft with modifications as well. The large squad consisted of over three hundred jets; all with highly skilled pilots.

"You think he can lead us to victory?" a pilot in Woods squad asked.

Woods replied, "I'm not sure. But if we have any chance of winning against this enemy, it's with this guy."

Marie spoke in a puzzled tone, "He sounded a bit young over the radio, didn't he?"

Holt agreed, "Yeah, he sounded like a teenager."

I suddenly revealed that i was listening, "You're all right, and I'm sixteen. It's been a year since Star Fox made contact with me."

Carter laughed, "Wow; that was perfect timing."

I suddenly zoomed passed the fighters. This must have startled them.

"Oh shit, what was that?" Carter asked with fear in his voice.

Marie gasped, "Is it the enemy army?"

Woods tried to calm them down, "Don't worry; if it comes back around engage it immediately."

I was smiling. I knew that with their alert focus, they would have less difficulty winning. Pleased with what I heard from the enormous squad, I decided to reveal myself. I slowly emerged from under the fighters and pulled next to Marie's F-22.

"Hi there." I said cheerfully.

Woods laughed, "Damn, you gave us a scare."

I just chuckled, "Only way I know that you guys are paying attention."

Wolf's Point of View

I ordered the scientist to set a course for Earth. They advised to beam about a hundred miles from atmosphere, I agreed. Out in front of me was a large wormhole that seemed to grow bigger and bigger. Soon, we passed through it harmlessly and arrived to the Corneria look-a-like, Earth.

Panther and I were in the main flagship. We were both on the bridge looking over the large blue planet. We were disgusted by the sight and were happy that we would be able to do harm to it.

"The time has come." I said to himself. "Launch all ships. Have them pick their own spots to destroy."

Panther spoke, "Believe me when I say I'm with you on this whole plan, but, why exactly are we launching a full scale attack on this planet?" he asked.

I sneered, "This is the one thing that'll teach this human not to mess with me. Since these humans are non-advanced, it's a perfect punishment for even insulting me."

Panther chuckled, "Temper temper"

I lowered my head and then faced towards Panther, "Don't even think of it. I've already lost one member to this freak show; I'm not going to let him go just by killing him."

Panther just sighed and looked back out towards the planet, "It is a nice planet" he said quietly, "too bad we'll have to destroy it."

After mere minutes, my attack and defense force had been launched. I was sure that Kevin and Star Fox had not planned this at all. I hoped that they planned for a coordinated attack against Earth, not a blind attack.

"I will have my revenge on this thing!" I said before I left the bridge.

Kevin's Point of View

I was commanding the large squad. The three joining squads had dispersed to their states that they were assigned to. Only Woods and his squad of one hundred jets stayed with me over Alabama.

As the ships neared Earth, my radar detected them. This caught me by surprise even though I was expecting them.

"Warning, Warning, unknown ships approaching." The computer said.

I let out a deep breath, "Get ready guys. They're getting close."

I was on the lookout for any suspicious activity around me.

Woods seemed to feel uneasy and was getting worried, "I have a bad feeling right now."

Suddenly, a barrage of laser came raining from the enemy squad of fighters. A mixture of screams and yells were heard from the pilots that were either destroyed or hit. Almost half of the squad was killed, some were hit, and others were unscathed.

I looked up and saw the fighters as they zoomed passed the squad down towards the ground.

"SPLIT UP AND ENGAGE NOW!" I yelled.

Immediately, the squad dispersed and went after what they could take. I was able to chase a group of fighters that had clumped together to take out one of the pilots.

"Fuck off you little pricks!" I yelled as I fired several lasers at the ships.

The lasers zoomed through the air and hit each fighter directly. All three fighters went down in fire and ended in a fiery explosion.

A pilot yelled, "These things are impossible to hit!"

Several more pilots spoke up, "Fox Two, Fox Two."

"Missile away" More pilots said.

Woods was having trouble as well, "Fox Two, missile away."

The missile hit the enemy ship, but the fighter just spun out of control and regained control. The shield was protecting it from the jet's missiles.

"What?!" Woods yelled, "They can't be hit!"

I looked at my computer; it read that the enemy shield was no longer in place. This gave me some motivation. The other pilots just needed to hit a ship twice in order to kill them.

"No, the shield on that one isn't there anymore. Hit it again!" I yelled.

As I gave the command, an enemy ship trailed behind me and started to shoot. The enemy pilot was very skilled and had incredible aim. I barrel rolled towards the left and the right, but was unable to shake the enemy. I attempted doing a loop, but was caught in the enemy's laser fire before I could perform the stunt. I was hit several times and lost all of my shields. Due to my training, the first action I needed to take was to retreat immediately, but, I wasn't with the rest of the team, I was with normal jets that have no way of winning without me. I had no choice to stay and fight.

"Damn it, I lost my shields." I yelled.

Woods replied, "Keep it together. We can win this!"

Suddenly, several cries of pain and agony were heard over the radio. Many of the jets were taken out at once.

"Oh shit, we just lost five units!" Woods yelled after the pilots screamed. "Only 39 troops rema…" Woods stopped, "28… troops remain."

I was at a loss for what to do. I wasn't a leader and had no experience commanding an entire army. The jets couldn't do much in terms of offense or defense. I decided to follow my gut and just ordered the squad to continue engaging.

"Don't stop, keep going. They'll give in eventually!" I yelled.

Reyes' Point of View

The Generals and I were listening in on every squad's communications line. We were keeping a sharp ear out for Kevin's squad line, but we were more worried about the other squads in the air and on the ground.

"They're invincible!" Several pilots kept yelling.

"Screaming Indian Squad down to only five percent; they're tearing us apart!" A pilot yelled.

"8192nd squad here; we lost half of our pilots! We need backup!" yelled a squad leader.

At this, I became ultimately scared, "What! That's our best squad out there!" I yelled.

Cruz lowered his head, "We never stood a chance." He said.

Brooks looked back at the front monitor and looked for Kevin's name and status. It showed that he was still alive and was still fighting. "Kevin, what's the status on your squad?" Brooks asked.

Kevin yelled back, "We've lost almost all of our ships. I only count 19 jets left."

"Damn it!" yelled Kevin, "These things don't quit!"

Woods seemed scared and shaky, "Kevin, wha…what are your orders?"

Given his options, I assumed he had little choice but to retreat. I'm sure he didn't like the idea at all, but he had to in order to survive.

"All remaining jets retreat immediately, I repeat, all aircraft retreat immediately." Kevin said quickly as he entered every comms channel.

I sighed in relief to hear that they were done and coming back. At least we would still have some forces remaining after this slaughter.

Only a few pilots answered back. Some couldn't even finish their sentences. This showed exactly how much Wolf was winning.

"Yes sir, retreatin…ARRGGHH!" A pilot yelled.

"Fuck this, I'm ejecting!" Another yelled.

A pilot in his squad yelled at him, "Are you stupid? Don't eject!"

Regardless, the pilot ejected and was almost instantly killed by stray lasers. Yells from the squad were heard after laser fire was heard. It was assumed to the remaining of squad that ejecting would be worse.

"My God! What the hell were we thinking?" Woods yelled.

"Sir; we're right behind you… lead the way away from here." A squad pilot by the call sign of Blaze yelled.

Marie suddenly came over the comms line, "Kevin, my squad is in full retreat, but we're having trouble getting away from these things."

Kevin's Point of View

I looked down and closed my eyes. I was disgusted at how horribly the battle was going. I didn't want to answer, for fear of causing more lives to be lost.

"Sir?" Marie yelled.

Woods decided to step in, "Marie, head into cloud cover or find something that could potentially help you escape, like buildings."

Marie replied, "Okay, you heard Woods, head down into the clouds nuggets!" she yelled at the remaining of her squad who consisted of some 'nuggets', or rookie pilots.

I finally had the urge to speak, "Everyone, do the same as Marie's squad."

The remaining 18 jets all went to full throttle and attempted to escape the enemy fighters. Just before we reached the clouds, a rain of plasma emerged from behind us; the enemy wasn't going to let my squad leave alive. They weren't kidding when they wanted them dead; 16 of the 18 jets were destroyed as a result of being left open for an attack. Only Woods, Blaze and I were left.

"Kevin, we've lost 79% of our forces all over America. We're even getting reports that most cities have been leveled, other have been devastated. Get out of there NOW!" Johnson yelled over the radio.

I didn't hesitate at what Johnson yelled, "Yes sir. Let's go Woods; you too guy!"

"Right behind you sir" Woods replied.

"Don't mind if I do! And the name is Blaze!" Blaze yelled.

"Marie, retreat to Nevada Area 51 immediately. You have full access to land there with your squad." I said in a loud voice.

Marie replied, "Yes sir, but, I don't think I'll make it. I have three enemies on my tail, and my entire squad is gone." She said, "I can't get away."

"Oh shit, she's hundreds of miles away from us!" Woods yelled desperately.

I started to get the worst feeling I had ever felt. I was filled with so much guilt and was getting a sick like feeling.

"Marie, don…don't give u…up. Keep going, and I promise; you'll get to safety." I said in a shaky voice, "Your service won't end today…"

Marie replied, "Thank you" She knew I was lying, "It's been an honor serving with you today."

I didn't reply.

Woods spoke up, "Kevin isn't here right now." He said.

Marie seemed confused, "What? Was he…" Marie was cut off.

"Nope… he's right next to you." Woods said.

I was flying at incredible speeds; so fast that I couldn't see much because everything was a blur. As I flew passed Marie and the enemy pilots, I slowed down and turned back towards the four ships. I approached quickly and took out all three enemy pilots. Once they were engulfed by a fiery explosion I flew up next to Marie's F-22. She looked over at me and smiled.

"Thank you" Marie said softly.

I just replied with a serious tone, "No problem, just get to Nevada and pray no one sees you. I can't handle this stress anymore."

Marie nodded, "I'll stay in the clouds."

I smiled, "Good idea" I replied.

I accelerated to the same speed I was at when I arrived to Marie's rescue and headed back to Woods and Blaze. They were both being chased by the squad they had failed to destroy. As I neared their location, I opened fire and hit several of the enemy ships. I circled back around and finished two of them. The other three disappeared into the clouds.

"Let's get to Area 51. I'm tired of this shit." I said.

Woods agreed.

I rejoined the formation with Blaze and Woods. I was glad to know that this nonsense fighting was done for now. Just as I drew a breath of relief, the three remaining ships emerged from the clouds and opened fire on the three of us.

"Arrrgghh!" I yelled in frustration. "Why won't you friken die?" I yelled even louder.

I was then trailed by one of the fighters; this one was skilled. Woods was also being trailed by one of the fighters, same with Blaze. We all tried desperately to free ourselves from the enemy sights, but we remained unsuccessful. Woods was hit and so was I.

Blaze, the semi rookie pilot and one of the remaining survivors of my squad, got an idea that would work great for his two leaders, but not for him. As he veered left and right to shake the enemy's sights, he pulled left and flew towards me. He crossed between the enemy and my fighter, causing the enemy to go after him instead. Then Blaze went for Woods' jet and did the same, causing the enemy fighter to trail behind Blaze.

I looked at Blaze's jet, "What the HELL are you doing?"

I saw Blaze remove his oxygen mask, "I'm buying you two time so you can get out of here! Go before these things decided to get you instead!"

I shook my head, "I'm not losing another squad member!" I was tired of all this death being put on my head.

Blaze now was yelling, "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! GET BACK TO BASE AND FINISH THIS DAMN ARMY OFF!"

I was annoyed by Blaze now, "NO, I'm giving you a direct order!" I yelled back.

Blaze was frustrated, "These things don't CARE FOR ORDERS! NOW GO!"

Woods and I were left with no choice and accelerated to near Mach 1 speeds. We quickly left the area and headed back for Area 51.

Blaze was furiously trying to shake off of the enemy. He was trying to piss them off by throwing their aim off. He soon proved to be good at this. Eventually, he was hit. Lasers hit his main body hull and the outside of his wing. I saw this all happen as I looked back at him.

"Argh, I'm hit." Blaze yelled.

I couldn't listen to what Blaze was doing. It was just too much for me to handle at this point.

A moment passed and Blaze was hit again, then again, then again; twice in the engine, and once in the body hull.

"It's been an honor serving with you and this country." Blaze said as his communications line died out.

Lasers continued to hammer Blazes jet. He was continuously hit until a laser hit him directly in the cockpit. This was when his comm line died completely. I looked back in front of me as I saw the laser fire stop.

I felt a tear run down my face. I lost an entire squad, was losing the entire army, losing against Wolf, and even nearly got killed again. I was in so much pain and felt so guilty for the whole thing.

"This entire war is shit." I said softly.

Woods sighed, "It's always shit. Not as bad as this, but still shit."

"I can't believe how easy Wolf was able to do this. We crippled his armada back in Lylat, he should be fucking DEAD!" I said angrily. "I was THIS close to killing that bastard!" I said as I pinched my fingers together.

Woods was confused, "Lylat? What's that?" he asked.

I was snapped out of my anger induced trance, "Huh? Oh, um, Lylat is the system that Star Fox originated from. It's full of life bearing planets with species of all kinds; Vulpine, Avian, etc. It's mostly dog like species, but there are a wide mix of others." I said as my voice grew softer.

Woods was still a bit confused, but decided to go with what I said, "Interesting" he stated.

Unknown Perspective...

I trailed the two below the cloud cover. I was piloting a specially modified Venomian Class VII fighter with highly advanced stealth technology, so advanced that it allowed near perfect cloaking.

My name is Robert Wright. My code name was 'K'. I was part of Wolf's elite forces known as the 'Marauders'. These pilots specialized in air tactics and in ground livability; each pilot in this squad received training from Star Wolf themselves, including myself. As I followed the two pilots, I received a transmission from Wolf.

I patched the transmission through, "Yes my lord, how can I be of service?" I asked.

Wolf spoke in a serious and malevolent tone, "Have you located the human Kevin?"

I smiled, "Of course, my lord. He is accompanied by another human in some sort of fighter."

Wolf chuckled, "Perfect"

I activated my weapon systems, "Shall I terminate them?"

Wolf seemed pleased to hear that I wanted to take initiative, but he also looked displeased to hear that he wouldn't be the one to kill Kevin. Wolf was thinking hard about this, but eventually came up with a simple answer.

"Kill them" he said slowly.

Wolf knew very well that if Kevin were too live, he would eventually find a way to counter his forces; he did not want this to happen, obviously.

I deactivated the cloaking and quickly rose behind the two fighters. I carefully took aim at Kevin's fighter and readied to fire. What I didn't know was that Kevin was onto his presence somehow.

Kevin's Point of View

"Hey, do you feel odd?" I asked Woods.

Woods was skeptical, "Yeah, why?"

I shook my head, "I don't know; I feel like… like… like we're being followed."

Suddenly, a barrage of laser fire came from behind us . The Arwing burst into flames and I spiraled towards the ground.

"Oh shit! I'm going down!" I yelled. I was scared for my life because I couldn't regain control.

Several alarms were blaring as I spun out of control towards the ground. the mystery fighter did the same for Woods; he fired upon his jet and caused him to spin out of control with no engines.

As I neared the ground, I activated my shields on the armor suit to full power and braced for impact. I neared the ground quickly and hit it hard; it almost seemed like no time went by during the fall. As I hit the ground, the canopy of the cockpit broke. The Arwing bounced off the ground and skid to a halt. I was fortunately unharmed but was still thrown out of the cockpit as the Arwing bounced off of the ground.

"ARGHHH!" I yelled as I flew into the air.

I hit the ground with tremendous force; so hard that the wind was knocked out me completely. I coughed several times, trying to gain my breath again. Once I finally started to breathe normal again, I looked up and saw Woods' jet falling towards me. Immediately, I sprang to my feet and ran over to a very nearby forest. Once I reached it, Woods' jet hit the ground and exploded as well. It didn't skid or anything, it just blew up.

I was shocked and frightened, "WOODS!" I yelled.

"UP HERE!" Woods yelled.

I looked up and saw the pilot slowly descending with the help of a parachute. I was relieved to see that he was fine.

"Oh thank God" I said as he breathed a sigh of relief.

Woods hit the ground and clipped off his parachute. He hit the ground pretty hard, but not nearly as hard as I did. He stood up and ran over to me.

"What the hell was that?" Woods asked.

I shook my head, "I don't know, but whatever it was, it hid from us pretty well."

Woods and I looked up and saw nothing but a partly cloudy sky. We were surprised to not see the unknown fighter that had attacked us. Annoyed by this, I looked at my communicator; I opened a communications line with Marie.

"Marie, do you copy? This is Kevin." I said.

Marie replied, "This is Marie"

"Uh, Woods and I were shot down. We're fine; we're actually going to head over to a nearby city. Hopefully we can find something there that can help us." I said.

"Oh God; you're both alright?" She asked.

I looked at Woods, who gave me a thumbs up, "Yes we're fine. What about you?"

Marie sighed, "I'm halfway to Area 51." She said.

"Have you heard from Holt or Carter? They haven't checked in once with us." I asked.

"I'm sure they're fine. They may have retreated before the attack. They usually know their odds pretty well." Marie replied.

I nodded my head, "Okay, I can see that. Well, we're going to head out towards this city. I want you, when you get back to base, to tell the generals that Woods and I are fine and on our way back to base."

"Will do" Marie replied.

At this, I attempted to get a communications line with Fox or any of the other team. I was unsuccessful. Apparently my communicator was damaged upon crash landing, thus leaving me with short range communication and only slight data read outs.

"Damn it, my communicator is busted." I said frustratingly.

Woods sighed, "Do you think some forces are left in that nearby city?"

I shook my head as I looked in the direction of the horizon, "I'm not sure, but we have no other chances."

Woods looked at the city skyline as well, "Hopefully we won't find any hostile troops."

I chuckled and looked around on the ground. Woods was puzzled at what he was doing, "What are you looking for?"

I then reached down to my side; a piece of his armor then transformed and extended outwards, revealing a pistol. Woods seemed amazed at what he had just witnessed.

"Whoa" Woods exclaimed.

I then drew the pistol and held it up pointing at a tree. I pulled the trigger several times, sending bolts of energy flying at the defenseless tree. The bolts all hit it, causing it topple over after large chunks of the bark were chipped off.

"I'm looking for another one of these. You'll need a weapon when we get in the city, just in case." I said as I continued my scan of the ground.

After several minutes of searching through debris, I found nothing useful. The spare pistol must have been vaporized in the explosion. Displeased with the idea of going into the city without firepower, I made my only choice.

"Well, I can't find it; looks like we're going in with just this." I said as he held up the lone pistol.

Woods sighed, "Let's get going then."

The two of us then set out through the forest. It was a very densely packed area of trees that allowed little mobility. The movement capabilities were so little that it took us an hour to reach the city. Once we exited the forest, we came across a gate with barbed wire at the top.

"Did the city put this up?" Woods asked.

I just shook my head. I pressed a few buttons on my wrist communicator. Unfortunately, nothing happened.

"Damn it" I said under my breath.

Woods was confused, "What was supposed to happen?"

I looked at Woods and pointed to a small spot on his belt, "In here are special tools meant for survival. Since my suit is malfunctioning it won't open; prying it open won't help because it has a hexagonal security lock on it, meaning it only opens to my command."

Woods cursed loudly. He was almost as frustrated as I was.

I then pressed the small button on my wrist to activate my helmet. I was not surprised to see that it only came out a quarter of the way. It was jammed so it wouldn't entirely come out and over my head and face.

"I guess we climb this thing." I suggested after i sighed with anger.

Woods gestured to the fence, "After you"

To Be Continued...

That's chapter 2 guys! You may have noticed that i decided to switch to a narrative point of view; this is not permanent. I did this as an experiment. I need all the feedback i can get about this chapter: did you like it? was it better than first person? descriptions? I need all of your comments on this chapter so i can start chapter 3 as a first person or a narrative.

Remember: It's up to you whether or not the book goes into narrative or first person.

Update: March 19, 2013... Sorry i havent posted anything in a while; i have been extremely busy lately. I am still working on the book, i just have had very little time on my hands to write. ON top of that, i am debating whether or not i should continue writing the current chapter and post it. It goes to another member, but i am wondering if i should stay with Kevin and Woods for another chapter, THEN move to another Star Fox member. I will continue writing the current chapter, but it may be posted later on (If i decided to stay with Kevin another chapter). Given all of this, the next chapter may be up in less than a week (maybe by Friday).

Update: April 17, 2013... I know that a bunch of you didnt like the narrative style, so i went back and remastered the chapter into Kevin's point of view, along with a few other POV's. Hope you guys that are new enjoy the chapter and that the previous readers that left due to the change come back and take my apology for changing the story so drastically.

Until next time...