Chapter 2: Central Computer
Red slowly got himself up. He had just used up a lot of energy, so he was slightly worn out.
"Well that was sure a display of power," said Fox as he put away his blaster.
Red stood over the pile of debris he created. "Well, whatever gets the job done."
"How did you even do that?" Fox asked. "Shooting fire and lasers out of your hands isn't something you see every day."
"Well, it's a long story, but in short: I was born with these powers," he started breathing a bit heavier as he said, "Shall we continue?"
"Sure," Fox turned to his communicator and said, "Falco, how's the air battle going?"
"It's fine for now. I had to get Slippy out of trouble again and I had to decide on whether or not to save him or not."
"Hey!" yelled the toad, "What was that about?!"
"Other than that," said Krystal, "Everything's okay out here."
"Glad to hear it," said Fox. He turned away from his communicator and saw several doors around him in the hallway and Red was sitting on the ground, resting from the previous fight.
Fox turned back to his communicator. "ROB, how do we get to the central computer?"
A robotic voice spoke back, "The central computer is in level six. You are currently in level seven. You need to find a way to go down a level."
Red slowly stood up, "Well let's go then."
They started running down the hall when Fox asked, "So…how are we getting down to level six?"
Red looked around the hallway while running and saw a rusty spot on the ground. He suddenly stopped in front of the spot. "I think I know a way." He walked over to the spot, raised his fists, and gathered his energy. "Stand back." He slammed his fists on the spot on the ground, creating a blast of energy resulting in a white-colored shockwave. His plan worked as a large hole appeared in the ground that they could use to go down to the lower level.
Once they both fell through, Fox said to ROB, "Okay, now we're in level six. Where exactly in level six is the central computer?"
After a few seconds, ROB said, "Go through the hallway and enter the twentieth door on your left. Warning, enemies detected in your vicinity."
Several fighters that were similar from before were lined up in the hallways. Red was slightly weakened from his previous battle, so Fox had to shoot at them in front while Red sent fire blasts at them from behind.
Red remembered to count the doors and when they eventually got to the correct door, his hands sent several consecutive blasts of energy at the enemies guarding the door and he jumped in front to get there. However, he was caught off guard as one fighter managed to strike him in mid-air when he wasn't shielding himself. He fell on the ground, but Fox quickly saved him by shooting the rest of the enemies. As Red got up, he said, "I guess I got too careless there,"
They entered through the door. No one was inside, but there were multiple monitors and a giant computer in the center. Fox was worried about this, "Uh, I'm not sure how to shut this down."
"This'll be easy enough," said Red.
"Well get started, then," said Fox, "I can't be of much help."
"I won't need it," Red walked over to a monitor and started typing, "I think this thing just needs a good, fatal virus," He pulled a small electronic cartridge from his pocket and connected it to the computer. A small light lit up on the cartridge as he kept typing, "Okay, this should do it," He hit a button on the cartridge and after a few seconds, all the monitors in the room blacked out. The mother ship's shields dissipated and it was no longer sending out enemies to the air battle.
Fox turned back to his communicator, "We disabled the mother ship. How are things on your end?"
Krystal said, "With no more incoming enemies, this battle should wrap up nicely."
"That's great," said Fox.
Red smiled and said, "Let's finish this battle."
"Before we do, let me just say thanks for coming."
"No problem."
They retraced their steps and found their ships where they had left them. After they reentered the space battle, they easily finished off the rest of the fleet and were able to use bombs to destroy the mother ship.
"Good battle," said Red.
"Wait a minute," said Falco, "What are you supposed to be doing here anyway?"
Red said, "I'm supposed to help you. I'll have to stay with your team until this is all over."
