Chapter: 3
Arrival
It was now morning in the city in the Dragon City of Warfang. As the morning sun fills Spyro's room with its earthly glow, the purple dragon stirs in his sleep. Even Sparx was in the room sleeping as well. Then he opens and gazes upon his own room. It was real pretty this morning. Sunlight has went into the glass objects and are reflected all over the room. They even went through the purple curtains that gives the room a bright color of purple. Spyro yawns, showing his gleaming white sharp teeth, and gets up and stretches his back until it pops. But he can fell aches all over him. Spyro was actually really sore after his very long and harsh journey. Ignoring the aches and Sparx's snoring, he walks out to his balcony and looks out to the city. Spyro looks down the streets below and he sees the citizens all going along their day, working and socializing. But in some parts of the city, there are others still working on repairing the buildings and walls after the city took a heavy blow from Malefor's army. He was still proud that the Dark Master is finally gone, but he was worried. Last time he and Cynder saw him, he was pulled into the giant crystal of the core of the planet by several Dragon Guardian spirits. But what if Malefor can still come back? What would happen then? Trying to forget about it, Spyro looks across the horizon as the morning sun rises from the east.
High above the planet in deep space, a green portal starts to appear and form as it got bigger and bigger until it reached maximum size. Then something starts to emerge from the portal. At first, the bow of a ship appears, but more of its body starts to come out. The Great Fox II finally emerges, but it was covered in smoke and fire after it was attacked by enemy ships. The sight of the ship was devastating. Inside the ship's bridge, the Star Fox were roughed up after being attacked. But they still wondered: Did they lose them through the slipspace portal? "Did we lose them?" asked Fox.
"Nothing on the radar, so yeah, we lost them" said Slippy checking the radar, and felt relieved. Exhaling a breath of relief, Fox lied back on his chair. It was a close call after being attacked by General Scales's ships, but at least they lost them. Fox stll knows that they might see them again, so next time, he and his team will be prepared. Then a thought comes to Fox: Where are they? "Slippy, can you check where we are?" asked Fox. Slippy begins checking. But as he checked their coordinates and their position, he became confused. "Well, this is...unexpecting" said Slippy.
"What is it, Slippy?" asked Fox.
"Based on the data, this is indeed an unindentified place to be. An unknown place, that is" said Slippy.
"Uh, meaning?" asked Falco being confused.
"I mean, that we are not in the Lylat system anymore. But instead, we are in an undiscovered system that we never came across or been into before" said Slippy.
"So you're saying we're lost?!" asked Falco.
"Not necessary. And there is good news but bad news as well. The good news, is that I only need to put in the coordinates that can take us back to our system" said Slippy.
"The bad news?" asked Fox.
"The system is fried. Due to the damage we received, it'll take time for me to repair it" sighed Slippy.
"How long will that be?" asked Krystal.
"With R.O.B around, only three days. But without him...two weeks" said Slippy.
"Two weeks?! Buddy, I'm not sure if you understand this correctly, but we ain't gonna last seven days! Who knows what is out here! Before we know it, Scales and his buddies are gonna find us and blast us into smitherins!" exclaimed Falco feeling upset by all this.
"Just take it easy Falco" said Fox. Then he turns to Slippy and said "Just do as much as you can".
"I'll be right on it. I'll just get my tools" said Slippy with a nod and left the bridge. After Slippy left, Fox turns to Krystal who is looking out the window with her eyes were closed, as if she was meditating. "You okay?" asked Fox walking over to her.
"I'm fine, it's just..." said Krystal without opening her eyes.
"Just what?" asked Fox. Krystal sighs and said "I haven't seen General Scales for a long time". Fox then seemed surprised by what she said. She never told him that she met Scales before. "You never told me that you met him before" said Fox.
"I just never thought that this would matter to you" said Krystal.
"Well, we just met Scales again, so I think it's best you tell me" said Fox. Krystal sighed, then finally opens her eyes, but still didn't look at him. As she looks out the window into the infinete beyond, she begins to speak. "A long time ago, after my family and home planet was destroyed by an unknown being, in my mind I heard what seems to be a distress signal, callling for help from the planet Sauria. That time though, however, was before you ever arrived. And letting my curiosity get the best of me, I decided to go and investigate. When I arrived there, I joined up with a fellow Cloudrunner and he took me to where the distress signal is coming from. As we ride through a storm, Scales's airship attacked out of nowhere and I lost my staff in the process" said Krystal.
"So that explains how I found your staff" said Fox remembering how he found her staff in Thorntail Hollow.
"Yes. And even without my staff, me and the Cloudrunner managed to defeat the airship's cannons and I landed on the ship, and that's when I met him for the first time ever. When I arrived on the planet, I heard stories of a monstrous Sharpclaw vowed to control the planet with fear. A tyrannical dictator of the planet. And when I met him, I knew the stories were true. He and I had quite the conversation and he told me everything. When I vowed to stop him myself, he had already won the fight. Without my staff, I have no chance against this monster. He threw me off the ship, but my Cloudrunner caught me and we flew off, leaving Scales in anger. When I finally arrived at Krazoa Palace, I found who made the distress signal and recovered a Krazoa Spirit, but when I released the spirit, I saw...him, and I was knocked into the beam and into the crystal. And of course, that's when you came in" said Krystal continuing. Fox nodded and understood what Krystal was talking about this "him". What Krystal saw was no other than Andross, but only his spirit. He was the one who destroyed her world and trapped her in the crystal. He knows that she was a telepathic, and he used her energy to revive himself. Before Fox can speak, Falco spoke first. "Hey, have you guys seen this yet?" asked Falco. Both turned to see Falco looking out the window on the other side of the bridge. They walked up to him and looked out the window. What they saw, surprised them. What they see in front of them, was a planet. A planet that looks a lot similar to planet Corneria. They can see the vast oceans and humongous land continents filled with green and brown. "Amazing...an earthly planet. It looks beautiful from here" said Krystal who was amazed.
"If that's ocean I see down there, then there's life. And if there's life, there's civiliazation!" said Fox.
"So what are we standing around for? Let's get down there!" said Falco. Then all the sudden, Slippy came running in at a fast haste. All three turned to him and they can see the spooked look on his face. He was ghostly pale as white and he seemed frightened. "Slippy? You alright?" asked Fox. Slippy didn't say a word. He only stood there shaking. "Slippy! What's up with you?" asked Falco. Still shaking, he shows them what he was holding. "I—I found this near the engine room. Some—some kind of message" stammered Slippy.
"Bring it here" said Fox. Slippy approached them and handed over the strange object. Fox and the others quickly recognizes it as a hologram message. Fox grabs it and presses the button on it, and the hologram of General Scales appears on it. "Greetings, Starfox. I was hoping you or one of your teammates can find this on your ship, probably right after you escaped my forces" said Scales's hologram. Fox and the others looked at each other. Was Scales really expecting them to find this message? And most of all: How did he get this message onto the ship? "My forces and I have been following you for days across the Lylat system. We knew exactly where you would be at the time and we have planned an ambush in order to destroy you. And when I hoped you would be destroyed then, you managed to escape. So, we had an alternate solution. I had one of my spies sneaked into your ship and planted a bomb and this message in case you ever escaped" said the hologram. Fox looks at his team and he saw the shocked looks on their faces. Even Fox admits he was as well. Scales knew they were going to escape, and he placed a bomb in their ship. This is not good. Not at all. "By the time you activated this message, the bomb is now ticking to blow. A perfect way to obliterate you and your pathetic team. Now finally, your end has come. ''Bomb'' voyage!" said the hologram and shuts off. The team looked at each other with horrified looks on their faces when all the sudden...
"BOOOOOOOM!"
A massive explosion blew a great hole into the side of the Great Fox II ship and is now in a raging inferno. Inside the bridge, the force of the explosion shooked and rocked the ship throwing everyone off their feet and they fell to the floor. When they scrambled to their feet, they can feel the ship starting to dip down. Everyone got into their seats as Slippy checks the system, and he was alarmed by what he sees. "Fox! We lost the engines! They're blown!" said Slippy.
"Oh man, we're definitely screwed now!" said Falco. Then the ships starts to lean down and everyone clinged onto their seats to prevent themselves from falling out of them. "We're going down!" exclaimed Slippy.
"Fox! What can we do?!" asked Krystal. Fox quickly searches for way. His mind runs rapidly to figure out how to save themselves. But without the engines or any other way to escape, they are definitely doomed. And there's a chance that the ship can blow in this condition in a matter of minutes. Then, an idea popped into his mind. Fox presses some buttons on his main console. "Manual flight mode: Activated" said the computer.
"What are you doing, Fox?" asked Krystal.
"There's a planet right below us! I'm going to land the ship on it!" said Fox.
"Are you nuts?! We don't know what's even down there!" said Falco concerned about the idea.
"Doesn't matter! It's our only chance!" said Fox as he starts piloting the ship right down to the planet.
Back in the city of Warfang, Spyro was still outside the balcony enjoying the view of the entire city. But something still bothers him in his mind. That same female voice in his head. "I love you..." echoed the voice in his head. Spyro still doesn't know who ever said that to him, or when it happened. But he couldn't help, but that voice sounds so familiar to him. Doesn't he know someone that has that voice? Before he starts to think about it, he starts hearing a rumbling sound. Spyro begins to listen in and he thought it was an earthquake. As he continues to listen, he discovers that it wasn't an earthquake. Nothing is even shaking at all. But strangely enough, it sounds like it's coming from the sky. Spyro then notices that everyone down below the city also starts to hear it too. Then they all start looking up at the sky. Spyro looks up and sees a ball of fire falling through the atmosphere. Spyro then thought it was meteor, but he never saw any meteor this big. It was hard to make out, but Spyro can see some colors of red and white on the strange meteor. The purple dragon continues to watch it with curiousity as it falls towards the earth.
Back on the Great Fox II, the Star Fox clings onto their seats as the emergency siren continues to blare on the PA speakers as they went through the atmosphere. "Warning! Warning! Warning!" blared the computer.
"Slippy! Quick! Find a place to land this ship!" said Fox. Slippy immediately starts pressing buttons to look for the right place. As he does, Fox continues to pilot the ship and keeping it level as possible. "Got it! There's a valley not far from our position!" said Slippy. When he hears this, Fox starts piloting the ship towards the direction of the valley. But Fox knows that they will have a rough landing. Fox presses some buttons to pull up the emergency flaps. Outside the ship, emergency flaps starts to be activated as they tried to slow down the ship, but the ship was coming down to hot. Most of the flaps were being torn off and sent flying. "We ain't slowing down, Fox!" said Falco.
"We're coming in too hot!" said Krystal. As they approached the valley, Fox knows that they are right. Nothing is going to slow down this ship from a rough landing. And it will not be pretty. "Everyone! Grab onto something! Brace for impact!" said Fox. Everyone, including Fox, grab onto something and clings harder into their seats as they reached the ground. Slippy was scared and Krystal was worried. As for Falco, he didn't want to see what can happen next. As the ground comes closer to their view, Fox closes his eyes and braces for the worst. "Oh, this will not end well" Fox thought to himself. With his eyes closed, he finally hears an explosion of the horrifying sound of shredding metal and he can feel his body flying from his seat. And then...there was only blackness and silence.
Spyro can hear the impact of the strange meteor from far away. Even the citizens heard it too. Sparx suddenly woke up from the sound of the impact and looked around frantically. "Wha-wha-what? What happened?! Are we-we under at-attack?!" stammered Sparx.
"Come on, Sparx! We got to tell the Guardians!" said Spyro and him and the dragonfly ran out of the room. He has got to tell the Guardians about this meteor that landed. Spyro has started to wonder if it was a sign of doom, or just a regular meteor. As he ran towards the main counsel hall, he sees the citizens mumuring about what just happened. "What happened? There was a sound of impact..." said one citizen.
"There was meteor falling..." said the second citizen.
"What's going on here?" asked the third citizen. Spyro finally reaches the doors of the counsel all and went inside. Spyro looks around for the Guardians and he finds them standing at a large window looking outside. Spyro rushes over to them. "Terrador! Volteer! Cyril! There was a meteor! It landed not far from here!" said Spyro.
"Yes, Spyro. We know" said Terrador.
"You know?" asked Spyro.
"We were the first when we heard it and saw it coming through the atmosphere" said Terrador.
"Although we never seen anything like that before. This meteor was very large for its average size" said Volteer. Then all the sudden, the doors burst opened and they turned to see Cynder running in. It becomes clear that she also saw the meteor and was alarmed by this. "Did all of you see that?!" asked Cynder.
"Yes, we all did" said Cyril.
"What could it mean, Terrador? Is it a sign that something bad might happen?" asked Spyro.
"No, young dragon. However, we must know what this meteor is. From what we saw, it must have landed near the Valley of Avalar" said Terrador.
"Why should we investigate? It's just a space rock" said Sparx.
"Because Sparx, this was no average meteor. It showed the colors of red and white, and its body structure was different" said Terrador.
"That's why we must investigate in order to find out what this thing is" said Volteer.
"Indeed. Cyril, send a falcon to the Cheetahs of Avalar. Tell them to investigate the meteor that landed there" said Terrador.
"No, we'll go" said Spyro. The Guardians looked at him with surprised looks on their faces. "Spyro, there's need for you to go. You just had a rough and harsh journey. You need rest" said Terrador.
"I'm fine, Terrador. I may be sore and exhausted from everything that has happened, but I'm not weak enough to keep on going. Besides, Cynder and Sparx can come too" said Spyro. Terrador was silent as he thought about it. Spyro is supposed to have need of rest after his brutal journey. But he is a strong dragon of his age. And he never went anywhere alone. He always has Cynder or Sparx at his side. Terrador looked at Volteer and Cyril and see if they approve this. They looked at Terrador and they nodded. Terrador nodded back in approval and turns to Spyro. "Then you are free to act as you see fit. However, I know you are still weak from your journey, so I expect you and Cynder to return here by nightfall, and report to us whatever you discovered. And you must be careful, although the war is over, there are still dangers out there. Do you understand?" asked Terrador.
"Yes, sir" said Spyro. Terrador nodded and said "Then you can go". Spyro nodded back and turned arounf and started walking out with Cynder and Sparx following him. By the time they left, Terrador smiles and the Guardians noticed. "What are you so happy about?" asked Cyril.
"Young Spyro. He's gotten stronger. He's starting to become just like his father" said Terrador.
"It's still a shame that we never told him who his father was" said Volteer.
"One day, he will know, and will come to us for answers. But for now, it must remain a secret to keep from him" said Terrador.
Darkness is what Fox only sees in his eyes. After the impact, he felt that he just died from the crash. But in his darkness, he hears some sparks blowing up and the creaking of metal. The emergency siren is no longer heard and there was only the sound of blowing wind. Fox starts to open his eyes weakly and everything was blurry to his vision as he wakes up in a daze. Then his vision starts to fixate and he can see room of the bridge around him, or what's left of it. Sparks were flying all over and the consoles and equipment were a complete wreck. Then he feels an agonizing pain in his head and he placed his hand on it. "Ahhh...my head" Fox thought to himself. He tries to get up, but something seems to be pinning him down. Then it becomes clear that there is a large piece of metal on him. He places his hands underneath it and used all his might to push and lift the metal off him. He pushes it up and pushes it away from his body. Then he stands up, and felt extremely sore all over his body. He takes a long look at his surroundings and sees that the bridge has been completely destroyed. It looks like the whole place was caved-in sort of way. Pieces of metal were all over the place. And many broken lights flickered on and off many times. Fox brushes himself when he suddenly remembered something: Where is his team? And are they still alive? "Falco? Krystal? Slippy? Where are you?" called out Fox. Then he hears a voice callling back. Fox immediately recognizes that it was Krystal's voice. "Fox! You alright?" replied Krystal's voice.
"Yeah! You?" called Fox.
"We're okay! But we need help over here!" called Krystal's voice. Feeling sore, Fox starts to scale over the metal debris of his ship looking for his team. As he climbed over the metal mountian of debris, he reaches the top and looks over, and finds his team. Krystal and Slippy appeared to be okay, but Falco seems to be in pain and there is a very large and heavy metal piece on him pinning him down. Fox carefully moves down from the debris and approaches them. He looks at Falco and he is definetely in pain. "Falco, you okay?" asked Fox.
"Rrrghh...I think something's in me..and it hurts" grunted Falco in pain.
"Fox, help us lift this thing off him" said Krystal. Fox nodded and joined in. "Okay, on three. One...two...three!" said Fox using all their might, they lifted the metal piece and moved it aside. When they looked back at Falco, they were shocked by what they see and Krystal gasps with her hand covering her mouth. There is a metal spear that went through Falco and it was stained with his blood. It appeared to have pierced through his left side, right between the intestines and the left lung. Falco was slightly weezing in pain. "Oh god...Falco, we got to get it out of you!" said Fox.
"You can't. I tried, but I think it's stuck to the wall. I can't remove it" said Falco in pain. Then Fox starts to think. If Falco was right, then there's nowhere they can pull it out of him. But there's got to be another way to remove it without harming Falco's life. But, there is one solution. "I got an idea, but it might hurt. Badly" said Fox. Then he turns to Krystal and Slippy. "We're gonna have to lift him off of it. It's the only way" said Fox.
"Sure" said Krystal and all three went over to Falco. Fox and Krystal got his arms and Slippy got his legs. But Fox knows that they have to be careful. One mistake could harm Falco. "You ready?" asked Fox to Falco.
"Just get it over with" grunted Falco in pain. Fox then looks back at the others. "You guys ready?" asked Fox. Krystal and Slippy nodded. "Okay, on three. Ready? One...two...THREE!" said Fox and all of them lifted Falco right off the spike.
"ARRGGGHHH!" yelled Falco in extreme pain. When Falco was lifted off the spike that pierced him, blood starts spilling from the backside of Falco's wound. "Okay, let's put him down. Let's put him down" said Fox and all of them carefully placed Falco down on the floor. Fox takes off his flight jacket and uses it to wrap around Falco's wound to stop the bleeding. "Rrggh...Man, it hurts so bad..." said Falco.
"We'll get to that. Right now, we have to get out of this ship and look for help" said Fox.
"But how do we know if there's any civilization on this planet? And if there's any hostiles here?" asked Slippy.
"That's why we'll suit up, get our weapons, and leave this ship to find shelter" said Fox.
"Falco, can you get up?" asked Krystal.
"Yeah...I think so" said Falco and tries to stand up while he was in extreme pain. Krystal then finishes helping him up by putting his arm around her neck with her arm around his neck and her hand to his abdomen. "Alright, let's get off this wreck" said Falco.
"You guys head on to the Armory. I have to do something first" said Fox and starts climbing over the debris to get to the main console.
"Fox, what are you doing?" asked Krystal.
"Just go on ahead. I'll catch up" said Fox and he disappears over the pile of debris. Krystal then helps Falco start walking as they and Slippy head on to the armory.
When they arrived, as Krystal helps the wounded Falco stand on his feet, Slippy enters the passcode to unlock the door to the armory. After the sound of eletronic beeping as Slippy presses the code buttons, they heard the locks shift and Slippy opens the door and they enter. The armory was kind of in a wreck. From the impact of the ship, it appears that most of the weapons went flying all over the place. Krystal then helps Falco down so she can change into her assault suit. Along with her and Slippy, Falco even change into his suit, although he was terribly wounded. As the others got into their suits, Krystal changed out of her flight suit, leaving her in her white bra and underwear, and enters the passcode on her locker. It opens with a hiss, and Krystal takes out her black/blue catsuit and started putting it on and zipping it up. After she puts it on, she got a glance on something in her locker that seems very familiar. She takes it out and examines the clothing, and sees that it was her original Cerinian outfit. Back on her home planet, this is clothing that she and her race wears. A ''tribal'' kind of clothing. Back then, this is what she only wore that consists of a golden haltertop, loincloth that leaves her belly and midriffs exposed, golden sandals, and bronze armor plates for her shoulders, elbows, and shins. It has been a long time since she last wore this on Sauria, and she might have forgotten about it for two years. She looks down on her arms, and she sees that she still has her tribal tattoos on her. After examining her tattoos, she puts her Cerinian clothing back in her locker and closes it. Then she moves over to her safe and enters the passcode on it as well. Then the security voice for the safe spoke. "Voice Indentification" spoke the safe's security system.
"Krystal" said Krystal to the safe. Then the safe opens, indicating that the voice indentification is correct, and revealed inside the safe...is her three-foot long Staff. The weapons she used before back then. She takes it out, and when she activates it, the staff then extended from three feet into six feet long at hand contact. She practices with it a bit by swinging it, twirling it, and thrusting it. Like her Cerinian clothing, it also has been a long time since she last used it. But she still remembers how to fight with it. Now that they are stranded here, it will be a while before someone comes looking for them. And it's time for her to use her staff along with her weapons. She returns to the others and sees that they have changed into their assault suits and next, they start gather their weapons. Although they have their blasters already on them, they grabbed their assault blasters (the assault blasters are weapons that they used on Star Fox: Assault, and they look like the Assault Rifles in Halo, only much more smaller, as if it can be held in one hand). Next, they grab the energy grenades and their combat knives, and the knives were as big as Bowie knives. When they started grabbing the medkit, Fox finally shows up. "What took you so long?" asked Slippy.
"I had to send a message to General Peppy and send a distress signal" said Fox.
"A distress signal? But how can someone receive our signal from beyond the Lylat system?" asked Krystal.
"That's why I sent a message to Peppy and showed him our coordinates" said Fox.
"Well, let's hope he gets it" said Falco. Fox nodded and went to his locker and changed into his red/grey assault suit, and grabbed his blaster, the assault blaster, grenades, and a combat knife. Then he returns back to the others. "Alright, like I said, I sent a distress singal and a message to Corneria, so it'll be a while before someone picks it up, hopefully. So for now, we're stranded here on this planet. So right now, we have to leave the ship and find shelter. Then afterwards, we'll go look and see if there's any inhabitants on this planet. But we have to be on our guard. We don't know if the inhabitants on this planet are friendly or not. Do you all understand?" asked Fox. His teammates nodded. "Alright, let's get off this ship" said Fox. Then they proceed to the door, while Fox and Krystal carry Falco, but something stops them. When the door out of the armory was supposed to be open, it is now closed. "Uh, Fox? Did you close the door?" asked Krystal.
"No, I left it open. Unless the door is electronically damaged from the crash and the door must have closed on its own. Hold him real quick" said Fox as he let Krystal hold on to Falco and walked over to the door. He presses the button for the door several times, but the door wouldn't open. Then he tries to pry the door open, but with all the strength he used, he still couldn't get it to open. "Damn! The door's jammed!" grunted Fox as he tries to pry it open.
"Let me try" said Krystal as she puts Falco down. She walks over to the door and pulls out her staff from her back. She activates it and it extended six feet, and then she sticks the spear point on her staff and tries to pry it open. Fox and Slippy then steps in to help and all three used their strength to open. The door started making some metal creaking sound and then, it pops open. "Alright, now let's get out of here" said Fox as he and Krystal helped up Falco and they start leaving the Armory with Slippy leading the way.
Since after the crash on the ship, it was like a maze. There were a bunch of debris blocking most of the ship's hallways and there were some dangerous obstacles that they must pass through. But soon enough, there was giant crack on the wall, indicating the exit. "Finally! For the moment, I thought we''ll never get out" thought Fox. Then very carefully, they start to exit through the ship's crack...and they find themselves stepping out into a beautiful meadow. Everywhere they look, there were snow-capped mountains, lush green trees, colorful blooming flowers, and small animals running all over the place. The team were quickly astounded by what they see. "It's beautiful" said Krystal.
"Yeah, it sure is... But there's no time for sight-seeing. We need to find shelter, and then we look for help" said Fox.
"Got it" said Krystal. Then they start heading into the unknown, yet beautiful land in search of shelter and help.
Now we know how they crashed landed on Spyro's planet. Now, we are one more chapter away before Spyro and the others meet for the first time. Anyway, Please Review! I don't want to have any zero reviews!