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Mission One: Fichina. Chapter Three: Saving Krystal. Start.

Nico knew that there was no time to waste. The acid in Krystal's stomach could burn vital organs if not taken care of soon. Nico knew that the strange ship fighting other ships all alone was with the vixen. Now all he needed to do was somehow send a signal.

Nico searched the backpack. Even though he was part of a very advanced race, he could still tell that nothing would help. Nico then checked Krystal. He looked at her communicator and pressed a button. Nothing but static. Nico then pried it open. He saw that the snow had scrambled the power circuits. Nico picked Krystal up and put her inside his star fighter, which he was inside of even though Krystal never sensed him. That was because it had a metal that could block supernatural powers.

Now, Nico had opened a panel on top and peered at the engine. After some messing around he was finally able to transfer power between the engine and device. He pressed a button and a falcon's face popped up.

"Who the hell are you?!?!" was Falco's response.

"My name is Nico," Nico said as he pointed the communicator toward Krystal. "And your teammate got shot. I'm doing what I can, but you have to bring your ship down."

"Alright! My name is Falco! Just hold on!" Falco said before Nico turned it off.

Krystal moaned. Nico realized that it would take too long for the ship to make it. Nico decided that he needed to stretch out Krystal's time. She was almost going into shock. Nico pressed a button inside. The canopy, now clear, closed and the inside froze. Krystal was now in cryo-sleep.

Nico realized that more soldiers were coming. The communicator was still on, sending a signal. He would have to protect that. He also needed to protect Krystal. She wouldn't make it if the canopy was shot too much. He also had a wounded leg, bandaged up. The odds were already against him. Nico picked up Krystal's staff, which was on the ground nearby. A message started to play about her being in grave danger if the staff was held but Nico couldn't care less.

The soldiers fired their bullets but Nico was quicker. He twirled a staff to block the bullets. He continued to do so until they gave up and took out knives instead.

The first soldier came with a sudden stab. Nico flipped backwards to avoid it AND hit the guy in the face. He fell unconscious. Two others tried to team up on Nico. One swung at his legs and the other at his head. Nico quickly twisted sideways, kicking one and stabbing the other with his staff. Now he had about seven other soldiers. However, his strength was waning due to his injury. Nico made the decision that he didn't have time for a fair fight.

Nico went to the star fighter and opened a concealed weapons locker. He grabbed a grenade and tossed it at the soldiers. They all stopped and found their legs wouldn't move. They were too frightened. One second, then two seconds, three…

Nico hadn't pulled the pin. He just needed time to pull out a small machine gun and pull the trigger. Problem solved.

Nico finally saw that the freighter was coming down to get them.

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"Falco, help me!" Nico said as he got Krystal out of the cryo-sleep. They were all in the hanger bay after Nico's ship was taken aboard and the Great Fox 2 had taken off. Nico had gotten Krystal out of cryo-sleep. Falco brought a stretcher.

"She's not breathing!" Falco said when they had put her on the stretcher.

"Get her to the infirmary!" Nico yelled as he grabbed something else from the star fighter.

Falco ran Krystal to sick-bay, Nico right behind him.

"Okay, host her up on three. One, two, THREE!" Nico said as they lifted her onto the bed.

Nico attached one of the devices in the infirmary to Krystal and looked at the readings.

"There are no cardiopulmonary or respiratory functions! Small amounts of brain activity!" Nico yelled. Falco knew that was bad, even though he had no idea what Nico said. Falco set up another device on the ceiling.

Nico knew what it was, though he had forgotten the name. He went to a reading, found a button and yelled "Clear!"

Falco didn't know either but it was new from Space Dynamics. Instead of using handheld electrics, it used a pulse blast. It was much more efficient. The only downfall was that it needed more power to work.

The pulse blast stopped. Krystal's life-signs remained flat.

"Again! Clear!" Nico said. This time, Krystal's life sign's started again.

"Now, we need to operate quickly." Nico said.

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Two hours had passed. Peppy and Falco were keeping an eye on Fox and Slippy's life signs. They were more worried about Krystal. Fox and Slippy were getting better then they thought. They would be back to normal way sooner then thought. But they hoped that Krystal would pull through for there own reasons.

Peppy knew that if she died, it would break Fox's heart. Peppy was the only one who knew that Fox had feelings for Krystal and vice versa and they still haven't said anything to the other. Fox couldn't live with himself if that was to happen. Peppy had told Nico this and he said he understood.

Falco didn't want to see Fox unhappy either. However, he and Krystal had become a little like brother and sister. It was Krystal who had helped replenish his dying relationship with Katt, who was fighting on Katrina. Krystal was the light that kept the team's spirits up. No one else could do that.

Now, Nico was operating on her wounds. She had a small case of frostbite around her wound. Nico could replenish the skin after the operation since Krystal wouldn't feel anything when he was taking the bullet out.

The operation started two hours ago. Usually, it would only take one hour. Nico probably saw another wound, they thought. But they were still worried.

The sign above the operation room door went from red to green. They both noticed. Nico soon came out with blood all over the scrubs they had given him. Peppy was the first to speak.

"Is she-"

"She's alright" Nico interrupted.

"What took so long?" Falco said, no longer worried but now feeling very impatient.

"The bullet went farther then we thought. If the soldier who fired it had gotten closer, it would have gone through the entire body and she would have lost her chance for survival. She was lucky. Also, snow had gotten into her lungs so I had to get rid of that." Nico responded.

"Krystal was right. You saved the others once and her twice." Peppy said.

"Are you sure we can trust him?" Falco said.

"He has a point," Nico said, watching them talk.

"Well…let's hear his story and where he came from," Peppy said before he turned to Nico.

"I'll show you to your room. From the video records, you don't have a home on this planet,"

Peppy led Nico to the hanger, where he picked up the few belongings he had. Peppy noticed a staff, a crown, and what looked like battle armor. He wasn't sure. He looked at Nico's current suit, which was a black sweater, brown jeans and a white jacket. Even in that, it would still be cold on Fichina.

"It is battle armor, Peppy," Nico said. Peppy jumped. It was as if the alien had read his thoughts. But he was alien, so it wasn't impossible.

"Oh, thanks. Ready?" Peppy said.

"Yep,"

Peppy led him to his room.

"The map inside can show you where everything is. It's late so you might want to go to bed. Tomorrow, go to the conference room at ten o'clock. It's on the map," Peppy said before he left.

"I hope they all get better," Nico said to himself.

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NH3: Finally, a chapter with over a thousand words. R&R please. There will be some more action in the next chapter.