Whew... I had a little bit of writers block there. These chapters keep gettin longer and longer. I can feel the experience soak in, I know I'm getting better. So heres chapter 3. Read, enjoy, review or just R&R!
Chapter 3: Getting that Bounty
"Alright fox, I'm in position," Fox's communicator cracked, it was Kursed.
Kursed was sitting on a roof top building out of site, waiting with the sniper rifle. .A good three miles away, they can't afford to get seen and screw up.
"Okay, its almost time, just make sure you scare him towards me," fox replied through his communicator.
"God damn it! I know how to do my job!" Kursed screamed back at him, hurting his ear.
"Jeez, just a little reminder girl, that's all," Fox tried to clam her.
"If it wasn't for the job I would have already shot you with this rifle," the vixen coldly threatened. She would really do just that, she was now cold blooded enough.
The bulldog came out of seemingly nowhere, He was wearing tourist clothes with a large straw hat coving his face, he looked… inconspicuous. There was also another dog behind him, a Labrador wearing a black suit and sunglasses, obviously his body guard. He walked up to the hot dog stand, 3 o' clock on the dot, just like the pig said.
"Firing in three… two… one…" A shot rang out. There was now panic everywhere. The hot dog boy just began running as fast as he can, surprisingly fast. The citizens around just ran in random directions. The body guard has been shot in the square in the head. Others came out of a random building trying to bring the bulldog to safety, but they found this all in vain. A few more shots fired in front of the man, he panicked and ran out of the path the body guards tried to put him in. More shots where fired, this time at the body guards, killing most of them.
There was blood and bodies everywhere now, the surviving body guards ran back into the build, ducking for cover. The bulldog was practically running in Kursed's path, directing him with the bullets. Eventually he ran into and alleyway where Fox was waiting for him.
When the bulldog ran into the alley, Fox knocked him cold, in the nose with his fist. The bulldog fell to his back, his hat falling off. A soft plop can be heard from his fat hitting the ground. He reach for his communicator on his arm, "Alright, he's out…"
"Don't let them get away!" A voice called out. Bodyguards came out of the alleys greasy side door, all of them pointing a gun at him.
"Oh Shit!" Fox cursed to himself. His body turned to the bodyguards and hid behind a red dumpster, taking the blacked out bulldog with him, and he began shooting at the body guards with his single hand blaster. They all fired back, hiding behind something for cover, most of them behind a door or dumpster.
This was an all out brawl. Fox knew he couldn't stay out there. The longer he is in battle, the more likely he is to get shot. "I can use some help here!!" The vulpine began to grow angry.
"Hold on I'm coming!" The vixen told him, he didn't think she would come in time.
A blaster shot had hit his forearm, the pain was immense. This caused Fox's hand blaster to fall out of his and. Even though it only grazed him, his entire hand felt like it was on fire.
But this caused more problems. The blaster had flown a good five feet away, directly out of reach. He had to get out of there.
"He doesn't have a weapon! Now's our chance!!" They began running towards the cornered vulpine behind the dumpster. But Fox would never be taken down that easily. He pulled out a small blade hiding in his boot, and then began waiting for his strike.
The fist Body guard ran up to him, immediately pointing a hand blaster at him. Fox, at the very second he ran up, jumped at him before he could pull the trigger. Fox pulled the bodyguard back behind the dumpster with him and slit his throat, he then took the blaster from the man's now lifeless hand.
A following bodyguard run in front of crouched vulpine, already having his blaster pointed on him. Fox shot him before the opposite can happen. Three sold hits landed on the dog, as he stumbled back more and more as each laser hit. He eventually fell back and died.
More guards came from the front of the alley, these guys never give up. Fox used his amazing reflexes to pick them of as they ran up. One of them got shot in the leg and began to run away, Fox got him before he could escape.
The Brawl continued until fox had shot and killed every body guard in front of him. Fox thought it was finally over. He got up from behind the dumpster and dusted himself off. Suddenly two other body guards came out of the door with powerful looking machine guns. Fox ducked back behind the dumpster next to the out bulldog.
They began firing at the dumpster Fox was hiding behind. Walking closer and closer, with their gun still going, towards the helpless vulpine. Fox couldn't fire back, he would risk get shot by one of the speeding bullets. Fox thought he was done for.
Two loud shots were heard, both of them hitting one of machine gunners, who fell back in sudden pain. It was Kursed, who had shot him with the sniper rifle. The machine gunner immediately moves his gun away from fox and towards the vixen. Naturally she dropped the sniper rifle to reach for her hand blaster in its holster but even before she would touch it, the body guard have already pulled trigger. So Fox turned around from the dumpster, pointed the blaster at him, and began firing at the inattentive machine gunner.
He was shot but not killed, He groaned in pain, just lying there on his back. Kursed walked up to him "God damn it, why do you have to make our job harder!?" She pointed the blaster towards his head and shot him dead.
That was coldest thing Fox had seen anyone do, even as a bounty hunter. The vixen walked towards him putting her blaster back into its holster. "Wow… that was… erm… cold." Fox stated to her
"Gee, a real news flash huh?" Kursed replied heartlessly. She turned towards the bulldog behind the dumpster, who is surprisingly still out after the loud shooting. "Help me with this fat-ass will ya?"
"Whatever," Fox sighed and helped the vixen. Fox grabbed the legs and Kursed had the arms, the picked him up and began their walk to the Arwings.
"Alright I already have connection to our hire-man and we'll get a hold of him soon" Fox said closing the bulldog's cell door. They were back at the Great Fox in the criminal containment unit. "So while we wait, let's get to know each other, tell me about yourself," Fox said, being friendly to Kursed. He sat down on a chair in front of the cell, Kursed remained standing up.
"There's nothing to tell, I'm just a ruthless bounty hunter making a living" Kursed said trying to push fox out of her business. But she could help but to wonder how much has changed in two years. Especially since the Star fox members were not here. "What about you? Weren't there members here?"
"Slippy went to live a new life with Amanda, he the only person I stay in touch with, but I still rarely talk to him. Falco tried to cheer me up and gave me a new job as a racer, I tried it for a while but it wasn't the same, but he seemed to have fallen in love with G-zero racing and continued. Krystal…" He paused, "…She violently left me…" He looked down.
"Go on," she insisted
"I only wanted to protect her... when I finally realized when should always be together no matter what, she broke my heart when I came to apologize to her. And… It still feels broken... Every time I think of her I feel like I want to cry," A tear began to fall from his eye.
"Well… I'm… uh… I'm sorry about that," She looked down too, she felt guilty for hurting him like that. She actually felt something... for once.
"Well, you can't change the past… I only wish I knew where she was, she disappeared from the Lylat a few weeks after she left." Fox looked back at her with a fake smile "If I knew where she was I would tell her I'm sorry and how I was an idiot for leaving her."
Kursed just looked at him with her legs and arms crossed. 'I'll think about that apology' she thought. She knew she could never go back, she could never be Krystal again. That side of her is dead, only Kursed reigns supreme!
Fox turned his head and noticed the changed screen "We got a transmission. It's the hire-man."
He walked up to the computer screen and pushes a button to accept his transmission request. Another screen came up. It was the hire-man. There was no face on the screen, it was audio only.
"Do you have my bounty huntee?" the computer cracked
"We wouldn't be calling you if we didn't," Kursed stated who was now standing next to Fox.
"Good, Good. A 'friend' of mine will be there shortly to take him to the proper authorities…" The computer continues to talk, "But I have another favor to ask, is there a disk of any kind on Francisco?"
Fox turned around to the cell. He opened to check the bulldog, who appeared to be sleeping now. He found a porno disk cover saying 'Kats gone wild.' "Yes there is, but it's a porn thing."
"It only has a porn cover, that disk actually has valuable information about a weapon. I need you to download that to me."
Fox did what he was told. He put the disk into a slot and transferred all the files to him. "Now, what about our pay?" Fox asked him.
"I understand I made my servaces clear but I hate to tell this truth but..." He paused, "I lied…"
The ship began shaking, noises can be heard. The Great Fox was under attack! "That god damned freelancer!! To the Arwings!" Fox began running for the hanger, Kursed followed him.
