Author's Note: Sorry for the wait but i needed to take a break for a bit, and it helped a bit.
Two foxes sat on the couch in the den of the Great Fox. The dim light lit up the room as much as it could, reveling the two sitting closer to each other. The den had one couch, a couple of recliners, and flat screen TV, and a small table in the middle. Fox had his arm around her, holding her close to his body, while Krystal rested her head on his shoulder. They both looked at the TV as it showed a romance movie, which fit the current situation at the moment. Right now they weren't paying attention to it because they were eyeing each other. Both of them had smiles on their faces as they looked at each other's face. Fox stared into Krystal's blue eyes while she stared into his jade green eyes. Both of their heads moved closer and closer until their muzzles were an inch apart…but they snapped their heads to the nearby doorway when they heard a groan. Just then Alex and Falco entered, Alex still supporting the Avian. Fox looked at Falco and saw his condition, his clothes ruffled and the bloodstains on his head, and stood up, "What happened?!"
Alex walked Falco to the nearby, blue velvet, recliner and sat him down, "Some one attacked him after he left the pool hall."
Fox then looked at Falco, "what did you do now?!"
He laid back on the recliner as he stared at the ceiling, "I didn't do anything! He just attacked me for no reason!"
Alex stood next to Falco as he spoke, "he let the pool hall before I did and I was chatting with Bill and-"
"Bill?" Fox interrupted. "Bill was there? Man how is he?"
"He's doing great, in fact-"
"Hello!" they heard the avian say, trying to get them back to the current situation.
"Oh right…well I'm not sure but when we left we saw the guy pointing his blaster at him, ready to kill him, but we managed to drive him off."
"What did he look like?" Krystal asked, still sitting.
"I don't know, it was too dark to see him," Falco explained closing his eyes.
"I sort of…he was wearing a black cloak that covered his whole body," Alex looked over at Falco and then smacked him across his face.
His eyes sprang open as he held the spot that was hit, the pain from earlier being renewed, "OW! What was that for!?"
Alex started at him, "you might have a concussion, so you have to stay awake!"
"Next time just shake me!" he responded angrily, still holing the spot as the pain started to subside a bit.
He ignored his words as he looked over at Fox, "where's Slippy?"
He began thinking, "Uhh…I think he's in his lab."
He nodded as he pointed at Falco, "can you make sure that he doesn't fall asleep?"
"Sure," he said. Without speaking Alex left the room and headed for Slippy's lab.
He opened the door as he stepped into the medium size room. His eyes started to look around the brightly lit lab. The middle had a large white table, which had a bunch of beakers and burners on the top with some pieces of paper. Along the walls were black counters, with a couple of built in sinks. They were clear of all equipment at the moment. There were wooden cabinets above, which were closed. He looked to the side and saw Slippy, with his back to him, sitting on a stool. He walked over and saw that he was looking at something though a gray microscope. "Hey Slippy."
He jumped at the sudden voice behind him. He turned and sighed when he saw Alex, "don't do that! Especially when I'm working."
"Sorry but I need you to do something for me." He then explained what happened to Falco and the attacker. "…And then Falco saw this." He then pulled the wrapped up blaster out of his jacket and handed it to him. "It looks a lot different from what I've seen but I can't figure it out, so I thought you might be able to find out."
Slippy took it as he started to unwrap it. Almost immediately his eyes widen once he saw the weapon. He reached into a cabinet and pulled out a pair of gloves, so he wouldn't leave his prints on it. He slipped them on and picked it up to inspect it more. "This weapon is highly modified…and it has a few illegal parts that only the military can use. This barrel is designed to fire at a long range, something a sniper can do." He then started to take the whole blaster apart as he found more. "The metal on this is a alloy that I can't identify, plus the power cell…my god…"
"What is it?" Alex said quickly as he moved closer.
"This power cell…it's a Molten Magnum cell (Made it up) this can melt the flesh off your bones!"
Alex's eyes widen after hearing the information, "aren't those illegal here?"
He nodded, "yes…only because there's a ninety-five percent chance that the power cell can overheat and cause an explosion that can kill the user."
"How could that guy get something like that!?"
Slippy faced him, "he's probably buying them off weapon smugglers."
"That could prove a point…hopefully we won't run into that guy again."
Slippy started to reassemble the weapon and wrapped it back up. "We should report this to the General."
"I guess…but probably tomorrow, I doubt he would be up at the moment."
"Ok, but I'll hold on to this till then."
"Alright," he said walking away. He left the lab and once out he jumped a bit when he saw Wolf leaning against the wall. He looked like he was asleep a few minutes ago since he was wearing his sleeping clothes, which were black sweat pants and a white shirt. "Man you startled me…something wrong?"
Wolf didn't look at him, as he sighed, "I would be careful if I were you. Some of those buyers can be…gruesome. Trust me, I know a lot about smugglers and their buyers."
"It was just a random encounter, I doubt we'll see him again." Wolf didn't speak as he left and headed back to his room. Alex just shook his head as he walked back to the den. Once he arrived he saw Fox sitting down on the couch, Falco was still where he was and Krystal was next to him. He walked closer, "how is he?"
Krystal turned to him after hearing him, "I looked him over and thankfully he doesn't have a concussion."
"That's good," Fox said.
Falco then stood up, feeling a little weak in his legs, "well since I'm in no danger, I going to sleep." Without any help he slowly walked out of the room.
After he left Fox turned to Alex, "So what did you need Slippy for?" Alex then told him about the findings and the contents inside. "What! Are you sure?"
He nodded, "yes, Slippy and I think he's a buyer from a weapon smuggler."
"Well that does answer a few thing. We should inform the General about this."
"I know, but we're doing that tomorrow." He then headed for the exit, "I'll see you tomorrow, night."
"Night," both Fox and Krystal said.
After he left Krystal sat back down next to Fox and he wrapped his arm around her again. "Hopefully it's nothing," he said.
"Me too," she responded.
Fox looked at her and smiled, "Now since we're alone again."
Krystal smiled also as their muzzles met as they kissed each other.
The Next Day
Fox and Alex sat in the General's office, waiting for him to arrive. Fox spoke to him the next day about the weapon and asked to see him and Alex in his office. They wanted to bring Falco but he wasn't feeling that well when he woke up, so they let his stay. As they waited their eyes gazed around the room. Pepper didn't have much; all he had was a big wooden desk in the middle, a few cabinets along the wall with more wooden chairs, a couple a golden plaques, and one widow. Just then the double doors behind them opened and the General Pepper walked in and sat in his desk. "Ok now where's the weapon you told me about?"
Alex took the wrapped blaster and set it on the desk, "be careful it has the guy's prints on it."
He picked it up, unwrapped it and took a closer look at it. After a minute his eyes looked up, "Now tell me again how you found this."
Alex then began speaking, "Well Falco and I were out last night and someone attacked him for no reason. Lucky Bill and I were there and we stopped him from trying to kill Falco. And then when were about to leave we found the blaster on the ground."
"What did he look like?"
"Well…all I know is that he was wearing a black cloak, which covered his whole body."
Pepper's raised an eyebrow, "Black…cloak?"
He nodded slowly, "yes…"
"Do you know something?" Fox asked.
He was silent for a sec and sighed deeply, "I think there's a possibility that the person who attacked your teammate is the same person that some of my men spotted the other day."
"What happened?"
"I sent a few of my troops to capture a weapons smuggler we've been tracking…but he was killed by a assassin that also wore a black cloak. He escaped before they could apprehend him."
That surprised the two after hearing the information. "So you're saying that it could be the same person?" Fox asked.
"Possibly. Right now we're keeping an eye out for him in case he turns up again. Right now since we have prints we'll try to match them up," he said as he wrapped up the gun again.
"Can you inform us just incase if it's the same person?"
He nodded, "yes, but only if that is the case." They both nodded as they stood up from their seats, knowing that the short meeting was over, and left.
They both were walking in the long corridor, nearing the exit. "So what do you think are the chance that it may be the same guy?" Fox asked.
Alex shrugged, "not sure…I mean there are a lot of people in this city and it could be anyone."
"But if it's the same person, then why try to kill Falco?"
"Not sure. But maybe-"
He was interrupted when they entered a small intersection and bumped into someone. "Oh sorry…Fox, Alex?"
They both looked and saw a coyote, in military clothes (Not sure what they look like). "Marcus?!" Fox said.
"Man how's it going?!" Marcus said in excitement as he shook his and Alex's hand.
"Great! How about you?" Fox responded.
"Awesome, were you guys headed out?"
They nodded, "yes we were."
"Me too," he said as they both started walking towards the entrance.
"So how's life in the military?"
He spoke without looking, "perfect, I already made sergeant status."
"Really?" Alex said. "How did you pull that off that fast?"
He looked at them with a smile, "I did everything I was told to do, and did more than I was expected to do."
Fox then remembered something, "but I thought you were apart of a spy unit."
"Well…yes I am, but I only do that when it's necessary. I talked with the General and he allowed me to be a soldier for the time being, and the good thing is that I was assigned to Jason's squad."
They both then looked at him, "really? How's he doing these days?"
"He's fine, busy but fine." All three of them left the building and stepped outside. The sky was cloudy so the sun wasn't out, and a small breeze was blowing in their direction. "Well I have to go right now, I have things to do."
"All right, good to see you again," Fox responded as he shook Marcus's hand and then he repeated it with Alex. They watched as he started walking towards another part of the base.
After seeing their friend leave the continued on, towards their parked car. "It was good to see him again," Alex said.
"Yeah, it's good to see him getting up in life." They approached the parking lot and saw their car, a black BMD, parked in empty lot. Fox pulled out his keys, "I wonder if-" he pressed the button on his key chain, to unlock the car, and all of a sudden the car burst into flames as an explosion rang out through out the area. Both of them shield their eyes with their arms, as bright, orange and red, flames engulfed the whole vehicle. After a few more seconds they looked and were stunned at the scene in front of them.
On top of another building, somewhat away from the scene, the cloaked lupine was crouched and looking through binoculars. He growled angrily at what he saw. He lowered the binoculars and put them back in his cloak, as he stood up. 'This may be harder then I thought!' he thought. He sighed, 'guess I have to go with my next phase, and this time I will get one of them!' He turned around as he started running to the edge and jumped off. A new plan had already formed in his head, and this time it was full proof.
A/N: hope you like, i'm still trying to form some things but i'll manage. Next one will be out soon.
