Author's notes: yeah well so far so good, I do not own any MS or starfox.
Chapter 2 Memories good and bad
Location Alaska base: Commander Nathan Blares make shift office
Nate's POV
Well it's same old same old, filling out reports and getting ready to call the earth general. I dialed his number on the vid screen his secretary came up "Name?" she asked me while chewing gum "Commander Nathan Blare." she looked at me "A little young to be a commander." I took that offensively "Just put me threw to the general already." I said in a dry tone, didn't know how much longer I could handle talking to the girl. Finally the general came up, his usual, white coat, heat and gloves were on, all decroated with the federation symbol and medals "General Hale here." he answerer "General, the Alaska base has suffered form an attack by Zeon using new MS models." he looked at me "Damage?" he asked "Minimal." I answered "Any info on the new suits?" he asked "I have men salvaging any parts they can." I answered he looked at me with a sense of pride "Excellent work commander, I also assume Star fox is there to make you one of their own?" he asked "Yes sir, I have recommendations for new leaders here and I am also ready to be striped of my rank." I answered ready to hear what he would say next "Keep your rank, you're a good solider, and you recommendations are for?" he asked "Sergeant Michael Aero shows good leadership abilities." I answered "Very good deliver the good news to him, oh and good luck with the star fox team." he sighed off. I couldn't believe I still had my rank; I walked out side to find Falco, Katt, Miyu, Fay, Amanda and Slippy out side waiting "Guys." I said walking toward them "Hey long time no see, Blare." Falco said as he raised his hand to slap me on the head "Good to see you buddy." Katt came up and hugged me "Missed you." Miyu and Fay said simultaneously and caught me in a double bear hug "Okay guys I'm glad to see you to now let go." I pleaded before they finally let go "So how's the MS life treating ya?" Slippy asked "It's good." I answered, Amanda just waved and smiled, she was never a talkative kind of girl "So not that I'm glad to see you where's Fox and Krystal?" I asked Falco just nodded "They'll be landing soon." Falco informed me "Look I have to take care of something, you can find Jean and Carlos in hanger seven give them a hand." I told them before running to find the sergeant "Sergeant!" I yelled he immediately snapped to attention "Sir." he responded "Listen, as of today your in charge here, don't let me down." he nodded "Of corse commander." I patted his shoulder and walked off to the landing strip.
Fox's POV
We started the landing sequence, I was a little anxious to get on the ground, it's been forever since I last saw Nate, and I missed the guy, I looked over at Krys and opened a channel "You think he's changed at all?" she looked at me form her cockpit "Maybe, can't be sure." she ended, which was good because lately I've had a hard time talking to her which is weird because we've been best friends since we were five, I felt like this ever since Fara dumped me.
Flash back same POV
We were in the street coming back from dinner "Oh Foxie look at that diamond in the window, be a dear and get it for me would you?" she looked at me with the eyes, those green eyes, I had always said yes but today I saw threw her deception "No." I answered "What was that?" she looked at me "Ether get me that diamond or I'm gone." I just looked at her "You are just using me; just because me and my friends have a lot of money saved up doesn't mean you can use me." I told her "Of coarse it does, I have used guys all my life." I looked at her "If you want to be together fine but I'm not your personal bank." I told she just looked at me and slapped me hard. I went to the apartment me and Krystal shared "Hey Fox how was the date?" she asked "I don't want to talk about it." I answered sounding depressed, I just walked into my bed and cruelled up into a ball, Krys walked in "Hey Fox, come on cheer up." she treid to help but I didn't want to listen "Come on, please." she kept trying with no avail until she hugged me "She hurt you fine but you don't need her, someday you'll find a girl who will love you for who you are." I looked at her and felt weird like I used to with Fara only this felt more intense more real.
Fox's POV Alaska base
I got out of the Arwing and looked around "You know for a base that just suffered an attack like that one, very thing seems okay." Krystal noted as she jumped out I just nodded at looked around, I saw four huge flat bed trucks roll out of a hanger and toward where the great fox was touching down. Three of them had MS on them while the last one had a stock pile of weapons and ammo "Fox, Krystal!" Nate yelled as he ran toward us "Guys long time no see." Nate said right before getting me and Krys in a bear hug, we did our best to hug back "Nate, my god it's good to see you." Krystal said excited to have her friend back, hell I was to. "So Nate what's up." I asked as he let us go "You know the usual, blow stuff up, fend off a massive Zeon assault, you know." I laughed a bit at his sarcasm, it was nice to see him again "Hey listen the guys are done packing the MS and weapons so how about we catch up, I know a nice dinner in the town near here." Nate said "I'm in." Krystal said happily "Sure." I said wanting to catch up. We took a jeep that Nate barrowed from the base and drove into town we stopped at the U.S. one dinner and walked in, we were greeted by a middle aged human women "Blare here for lunch?" the women asked "You know it Roxie, oh and make it for three." he told her "Sure sugar, right this way." she guided us to a three chaired table and took our orders, I got the ribs, Nate got a burger, and Krys got fish "Something's never change huh?" Nate asked he was referring to the fact that every time we go somewhere to grab a bite we get the same thing over and over again "Yeah suppose your right." I answered, Nate looked at Krystal "So Krystal, how's the telepathy thing going?" he asked "Oh I'm getting much better at It." she answered with a smile. We talked for a while until Nate got up and went to the bathroom that's when three punks walked in a bulldog, human and a parrot "Get out of this dinner." Roxie told them, then the dog looked at us "So you don't let us in but you'll let some out of Towner's in." the human walked up and kicked our table over "Get out!" he told us I got up and cracked my knuckles and was about to punch his face in until Nate came out "I thought I told you punks to beat it." he said looking ready for a fight "Yeah well you may be some hot shit in that suit but out here were the kings." the human replied, the bulldog charged him, Nate side stepped and kicked him in his ribs and doubled over in pain, the parrot ran at him he just punched him square in the face and KOed him the human was left "Okay Blare." He said with a small chuckle in his voice "We…we get we'll leave okay just for the love of god don't hit me like that." he ran out and Nate threw the other two out "And stay out!" he yelled before coming back to us, he rubbed the back of his head "Sorry about that, local rift raft." Nate said putting the table up as our food came. We talked and ate for a couple of hours then went to the park to walk of the big lunch we talked a bit when Nate asked a question "You guys remember how we first met?" he asked I just recalled it when we all first met.
Flash back Normal POV
The original star fox team was called on a job to bring a team of scientists to Corneria and were half way to pick them up when the security system picked up two life signs in the cargo area "John your with me, Peppy, Pigma make sure that nothing gets out." James McCloud said as the four ran to the cargo bay all armed with machine guns, John and Jim went in and checked the crates that registered life "Okay, I'll open you check." John said ready for action, Jim nodded "Okay, one…two…THREE!" John kicked the crate open and Jim looked in side with a surprised face "Fox, Nathan?" the two five year's olds had hidden away in the crate to be with their dads "Nathan, does your mother know you're gone?" John asked his son "Well, not exactly." Nathan rubbed his head John just sighed "Fox, why did you do this?" James asked his son "Because I missed you dad." Fox replied, Jim had been away for weeks and when he finally came home he was called on this mission Jim just sighed, they couldn't get mad at them they were only five and missed there dads, and they couldn't turn back now "How about we let them stay Jim." John suggested knowing that he wanted to do the same "Alright but we should call Vixi and Mary." Jim said walking to the bridge.
Later the science team came on board they consisted of a human male with short brown hair and almost grey blue eyes named William, a toad Beltino with glasses and a mustache, and a light brown fox named Marcus who had a little blue girl clinging to his leg. Jim walked up to greet them "Hi I'm Captain James McCloud of the star fox team, we'll be your escort and transportation tonight." Jim said then looked at the little girl, he bent down "Hi what's your name?" he asked in a kind voice she just dug deeper into Marcus's leg "Sorry, she's a little shy." Marcus apologized James just nodded as John walked in "John show they to their rooms please, I promised Vixi I'd call to tell her how Fox is doing up here." Jim said "Sure, follow me please." John said to the team as he walked them. John looked at the little girl "Is she your daughter?" John asked Marcus "In a way yes." Marcus answered "Adopted?" John asked "You could say that, we found her about five years ago, and I always wanted a daughter so I raised her while we studied her, she's not like other vixen, and she's telepathic." Marcus answered "I see, so the tests are they dangerous to her in any way?" John asked curious about the presedure "Oh havens no, nothing going to happen to my little Krystal on my watch." Marcus hugged her, and she smiled "I love you papa." The girl said while smiling "I love you to my angel." Marcus said John smiled "You know my son used to be shy." Marcus looked at him "You have kids? No offeive." Marcus said "None taken, and yes one boy, him and Jim's son Fox snuck on to be with us, there good boys they just missed there dads." John answered "What's her name?" John asked "Krystal, because we found the pod she was in on a big pile of crystals." Marcus said referring to a bad pun; Krystal tugged on Marcus's pants "Papa, can I go meet them?" Krystal asked with a smile "Sure go ahead." Marcus said smiling "Um can you ask him where I can find them?" Krystal asked "Can you do it?" Marcus asked Krystal just shook her head "Still to shy around adults?" Marcus asked the little girl he considered family "Come go ask Mr. Blare come on you can do." Marcus gently pushed her to John "Excuse me, Mr. Blare, wh…where can I find the kids you were talking about?" Krystal asked shyly John smiled "Their in the room three doors down to you right." John answered Krystal thanked him and ran off. She got to the room and took a deep breath "Please don't be like the other kids." Krystal said under her breath hoping these kids wouldn't be like the kids who mocked her at the school she attended for a week, she opened the door and saw two boys playing a video game then looked at her Fox just stared 'Wow she's beautiful.' The young vulpine thought, Nate just looked at her stood and put his hand out "Nathan Blare, but my friends call me Nate." he said Krystal put her hand out to shake his "Nice to meet you Nathan, I'm Krystal." Nate shook her hand, Fox snapped out of it "HI I'm Fox!" he said energetically Krystal just smiled and greeted him back "Nice to meet you Fox." She said with a smile. The three spent a long time talking, playing video games and doing just about what every five year old did. After about Twelve hours john walked in "Nathan, Fox it's your bed time, as well as Krystal's." John said Nate looked at him "Dad me and Fox are sharing a room, can Krys sleep with us to night?" Nate asked, Krystal was excited she'd never been invented to sleep over before, hell she never had friends her age "I'll have to check with her father but its fine by me." John said as he left. After several minutes of waiting Jim came "Good news, you can have your sleep over, Krystal go get your thing, Fox, Nate help me set up." Krystal ran out to get her things while the three boys stayed and pushed the beds aside and laid out the sleeping bags they had. "Okay that's done." Jim said as he hugged and kissed Fox good night, Jim walked out "Hey Nate." Fox said "Yeah Fox." Nate said while changing into his pjs "Do you think Krystal is kinda pretty?" Nate looked over at him and smiled "Fox likes Krystal, Fox likes Krystal." He said with a smirk "Hey Nate shut it!" Fox said with a snarl "Okay don't' worry, I won't tell." Nate said putting his hands up in defense. Mean while Krystal was changing as well when her father walked in "Krystal, I'm very happy for you." Krystal turned to her father "Happy for what daddy?" Krystal asked a little confused "Well these are your first friends." Marcus answered her daughter, Krystal just nodded and finished changing, she wore pink shorts and a pink tang top and began looking for something "Looking for this?" Marcus said holding up a stuffed blue bunny, Krystal grabbed it and hugged it "Thank you papa." She said while snuggling into it, it was found in her pod along with clothes that really didn't look appropriate, as well as some jewels but she would get those when she was older, the clothes when she was much older. Krystal walked in to the room with no one in it, she felt they were there and were gonna do something "Pillow fight!" Nate jumped out with a pillow but Krystal had one in her hand and whacked him in the face with it "Ow." Nate said rubbing his face "Good arm." Nate competent "Uh Fox you were supposed to jump out to." Nate said looking at the shadows "I know but its fun seeing you get hit in the face." Fox said and started walking toward them. Later the three were in their sleeping bags "Hey guys, you consider me a friend right?" Krystal asked "Yeah, a real good one to." Nate answered "My best, next to Nate." Fox answered, Krystal smiled "Well I consider both of you my best friends." Krystal smiled "Friends to the end?" Nate asked holding his hand out "To the end." They both said putting their hands on top of oneanother's.
Alaska Normal POV
The three had rembured the same thing, it made them glad that their friend ship had lasted as long as it did, and the way it was going they were going to able to keep their word to each other. They looked out at the lake they were by when Nate remembered something "Krys I almost forgot, your dads here, he's at the collage giving a speech about something, we can go see him if you want." Nate offered 'See papa, I haven't seen him in months.' Krystal thought, "Sure lets go." Krystal said happy at thought of seeing her dad again "Nate can I talk to you?" Fox asked as he pulled him aside "Fox what's up?" Nate asked his friend "Well you remember when we first met her?" Fox asked "Yeah." Nate answered not sure where he was going with this "Well you remember what I said?" Fox asked with a slight blush "Fox I don't…Oh." Nate realized "Dude you still have a crush?" Nate asked "Well sort of, I don't know I just feel so weird around her and it's hard to talk to her." Fox said not sure what to do "Listen buddy, I know you wanna take a shot but if you say it out loud it might ruin your friend ship, so here's what you do, you play it cool and I'll see if she likes me and then screw you over." Nate said with a smile, Fox slugged him across the mouth, Fox just helped him up "Yeah your serious, now what you do for real is you want and see if she drops any sud hints and then you take a shot, oh and good left hook." Nate said rubbing his chin "Hey about that sorry." Fox apoilzed, he couldn't believe he hit his best friend like that "Its no big Fox I deserved it." Nate said walking toward the jeep when they heard a scream "Krystal!" The two said running toward the scream, the three punks form before plus one had her, the bulldog had Krystal in his arms wrapped around her waist and hands holding her above the ground, parrot had a knife to her neck, while the human was helping a lizard on the ground who was on his hands and knees gasping for air "Little bitch kicked him, you okay." the bull dog asked the lizard on the ground but didn't say anything "Okay that's it slit her throat." The human said "Over our dead bodies!" Nate and Fox yelled as they rushed them, Nate took the parrot, Fox punched the bull dog I the face, releasing Krystal and started kicking his tail across the ground, the now free Krystal started fighting the human, The parrot thrust at Nate with the knife, he dodged and dodged but he got sloppy and the knife went straight into his arm "Ha, you not…what the?!" he was amazed no blood no screams of pain, Nate just pulled it out and punched him with the stabbed arm, the punch sent him flying, all fighting stopped, Nate glared at the others, the punks just ran, Krystal ran to him, she knew first aid, but when she saw no, blood she looked at him "Nate what's going on?" she asked considered about her friend Nate sighed "Well I can't hid it any longer, I'm not exactly full human any more." Fox walked up "What do you mean?" Fox asked, Nate just took the knife on the floor and cut away at the fake skin that covered his arm, underneath was a mechanical arm, sliver like metal that light neon blue tubes running threw it "What happened?" Fox asked.
Flash back 2 years ago Nate's POV
I was fresh out of the academy my goal for star fox still in mind I was testing the GM model RGM-79 the one Jean uses, we got to the test site a small island of the coast of Alaska, we tested there because Zeon had recently got a foot hold on earth. I got in after all the preparations were done, I had to find and destroy two captured Zaku ones and one Zaku two. The GM was armed with the basic machine gun and the beam saber of coarse, I easily took out the captured Zaku and was returning to the test area start point, when the Radar went off, two Zaku two and a Gouf, coming form the west I had two ground combat GM coming to back me up, but I went in on my own, I targeted the Gouf, the model that supposedly killed my father, I charged but it dogged me to easily, that pissed me off, the Zaku rushed me, I took the first one out by ramming it with my shield then finishing it off with a round form the vulcans, the second got stabbed in the cockpit, which like most MS was located in the stomach region, finally just one on one with the Gouf, that's when everything went hay wire, the console fried and exploded, shards of electrified glass flew into my right arm, left leg, and left eye, the Gouf would have finished me off it the GMs hadn't shown up. I was hospitalized for two weeks getting used to the new implants.
Back to current date Normal POV
Fox looked at Nate and put his hand on his shoulder "Sorry buddy." Fox said looking at his friend, Krystal just hugged him he was glad to have these guys as friends, Nate got up "Come lets go see your dad." Nate said to Krystal, Krystal just looked at him "Don't you need to cover that up?" she asked "Yeah but this fake skin is your dads research, that's what his speech is on, I can get a new supply from him." Nate answered; all three got in the jeep and drove off.
Alaska collage of the medical and mechanical arts.
Marcus had just finished his speech and was stepping down off the podium to the empty auditorium "Kids today." He said to himself "Just don't care what old people have to say." He sighed to himself "I found it inserting papa." Krystal said from behind "Krystal! My little girl, oh how I've missed you." Marcus hugged her daughter "Daddy, I missed you." Krystal said continuing the hug Nate and Fox walked in, Marcus took immediate notice, Nathan, Fox good to see you…Nathan what happened to your arm." Marcus said referring to the mechanical arm Nathan had "Long story, do have any synthetic skin." Nathan asked "Yes right this way." Marcus guided them to a back room with a tub filled with blood like liquid "Dip your arm in for five minutes." Marcus told Nate "Yeah sure." Nate replied as he dipped the arm in the blood like liquid "So what's new?" Marcus asked the two vulpine "Well were restring my father s team." Fox replied "Well that's good." Marcus replied "Dad I'm on it." Krystal told her father "Krystal I…" Krystal cut her father off "No I no this team my friends need me and I'm not letting them down." Krystal stood up Marcus just shook his head "Okay, but I have to give you something." He got up and took a black case out and gave it to her "In side is everything we found with you, good luck." Marcus said before hugging her daughter.
Authors note: Well that's it for this chapter, it came out nice or at least I think any way thanks for reading and drop a comment or review on your way out.
