Sailor Moon Chronicles R

The Legendary Heroes of the Lylat System

Star Fox, Stage On!

After packing quickly and checking out, the girls transformed into their Sailor Soldier forms and flew to their ship to avoid any confrontations on the ground. The Moon Carriage lifted off and as soon as it was through Zoness's atmosphere, the Moon Carriage warped through hyperspace to Corneria. Unfortunately, they had to end their warp through hyperspace once they reached the outskirts of Cornerian Air Space because of the planet's laws. It would not be long until the Sailor Soldiers were safe on Corneria.

Right after their failed assassination attempts, the three members of Star Wolf retreated to their mothership, the Great Wolf, which was parked on an uninhabited island. Andrew Oikanny, the forth member, was waiting for them. Andrew was an anthropomorphic monkey and a nephew to Andross. His body was so lanky, even his robotic arms and legs were scrawny.

"That was complete folly," shouted Wolf angrily to his teammates as they met in the gathering room of the ship. "How could you let them beat you? You have more physical strength than they do and they're idiots."

"Don't be so mad," said Leon suavely. "You have only gotten this worked up when we loose to Star Fox."
"You still haven't told us who our employer is," added Andrew, "and you haven't told us why we're even doing this mission and how much money we get for completing it. All you said was that the prize would be grand. I would like to know what that means."

Wolf shook with fury. "You want to know what you get out of this?" Wolf bellowed. His fists were tightly curled, and his sharp, white teeth were bared. "I'll show you what we're getting out of this." Wolf marched out of the room in a huff.

"I think he's finally lost it," said Leon in a weird singing tune.

"He isn't the only one," Panther said under his breath. "Come to think of it, where has is son been?"

"I think Wolf took the little pup to his wife's house," said Leon. "I was vexed to why it was so quiet, so I asked where the little cub was. He got all weird when he told me. Wolf looked sad, so sad, so very sad. It made me sad."

Just then, Wolf came back into the room with something in his arms wrapped in a blanket and sat down. Leon and Panther leaned closer to see what he was carrying. It surprised both of them to see a wolf pup peak out of the buddle. He was not anthropomorphic. He was just an ordinary wolf pup. When the cub crawled from the blanket, he laid his head against Wolf's chest and nuzzled. Wolf looked with heartbroken eyes at the cub, his son. Though it may seem out of character for a mercenary of his caliber, Wolf deeply loved his son. "This is why we're doing this mission," Wolf said quietly with his eyes still on the happy cub.

Andrew, Panther, and Panther's mouths dropped down in disbelief.

"Is that Randal?" Andrew asked slowly, his mouth entangled with shock.

"Yes," answered Wolf. "This is my son."

"The last time I saw him," Panther continued, "he was just an ordinary eight year-old kid, not a…a…puppy. What happened to him?"

Randall soon fell asleep against his father's chest. He looked content to just feel the warmth of his body.

"Two days ago," started Wolf in a quiet tone so that he would not wake Randal, "I took my son to the Planet of Hylia. He had been asking me to take him to see the Arbiter's Grounds in Hyrule. I let my eyes off of him for a second, and he went off. I didn't think I would need to put a tracker on him in a place like the Arbiter's Grounds. That was a d*** mistake. I looked for him for hours, and it was getting dark. The sun was down when I found him. I can never stay mad at him. Then, out of nowhere, some weird looking black light came up behind us. The mass of shadows had a voice. I remember everything it said. 'Werewolves. That is something you do don't see everyday. Look at that. A father and son. How nice? Let's make it more fun.' In a flash of black light, my son was turned into what you see here, a wolf pup."

Again the stereotype for mercenaries was trampled, for Wolf's team showed sympathy towards him.

"Sometime after that," continued Wolf, "I sat with Randal in my arms cursing that shadow. A man stood before me. He was like a god. Just looking him in the eyes was crumbling. He told me that he could restore Randal to his original form…for a price. He told me that the only way he would save my son was if I were to pledge my life to him, so I did."

"How could you not tell us that?" asked Panther.

"I was so ashamed," said Wolf. "The great Wolf O'Donnell forced to grovel at someone's feet. You three would have just left if you knew that there was no pay."

"How could you think we would be so callous?" said Leon. "We would never abandon you and your son for money. Do you think we are all like Pigma? May he burn in hell."

"I may not be the best pilot or the best at combat," said Andrew, "but I know that it is wrong to leave a troubled teammate. We'll kill those girls and save your son."

"This time we'll get them for sure," said Leon. "We'll fight them in our element, the vast battlefield of space. Andrew, did you successfully get their ship's schematics?"

"Of course," said Andrew, "but it wasn't easy. I would have set some detonators in their too, but there were a lot of guards. They were a strange type of alien with squid-shaped heads and hoofed feet. Don't worry. I did get what we needed."

"Let this time be smooth," said Wolf. "My brothers, let us claim victory."

The Moon Carriage left hyperspace near the Cornerian Defence Station in Sector Y. The main station was a bit far from where they stopped, but the trek should not take long. The girls were all sitting in the lounge area of the bridge.

"What do we do about this problem?" asked Lita. "These psychos are after us."

"Let's take a look at who this Star Wolf is," said Amy. "Mr. Stevens, bring up everything on Star Wolf on the lounge screen."

"Yes, Ms. Mizuno," answered Jeff Stevens as he entered the command into the computer.

The big TV screen in the lounge lit up. A wanted poster for the members of Star Wolf flashed on with some written details on the bottom of the page.

"It says here that they are a team of mercenaries and rivals to Star Fox," Zoey read aloud. "Unlike Star Fox, Star Wolf often takes missions that involve illegal activity. Their exploits have landed hefty prices on their heads."

"From what it says," said Mina, "It isn't surprising that they were hired for an assassination, but who would hire them? We just arrived in the Lylat System a few days ago."

"Whoever it is," started Rei, "it is someone with magical powers we have met before. Those creeps had a bewitched weapon of some kind. The only magic users who hate us don't have the resources for a lot of space travel."

"Maybe Star Wolf came to one of their planets?" said Serena. "Who could hate us that much to have sent mercenaries to kill us?"

Everyone knew the level of stupidity of the question. Being superheroes has the drawback of receiving zealous vendettas. They had already made quite a few enemies in this dimension.

"Do you think it was Meta Knight?" suggested Lita. "Rogue did do a number on him."

"Meta Knight is surprisingly one of the smarter guys we've fought," said Rei. "Gruntilda and Bowser were complete idiots. You don't think it was Ganondorf, do you?"

"Your guess is as good as mine," said Zoey.

Suddenly, the ship jerked with a shock.

"What the hell was that?" shrieked Serena.

"We were just hit by lasers," said Mr. Stevens. "Bringing up visual on main screen."

The feed from a rear camera spotted four starfighters coming in quickly. The fighters were Wolfens, the type of starfighters used by Star Wolf.

"Is that who I think it is?" said Mina miserably.

"Message coming in," said another crew member. "Shall I patch it through?"

"Give it to us," ordered Amy.

Wolf O'Donnell appeared on the screen.

"It's you again," exclaimed Zoey.

"You girls won't get away from us this time," said Wolf. "This time you're on our field and with our rules. Too bad you can't fight in space, Sailor Soldiers. It is time to die." The communication link ended.

Another shock rattled the ship. This shock was much larger and longer.

"Explosions have just erupted in both engines," Mr. Stevens called.

"They must have planted bombs on the ship while we were on Zoness," said Rei. "We don't have any fighters in the bay to go after them."

"We should have thought of that," said Mina anrgily, "but no. People get fussy when you pack starfighters!"

"How are the shields?" Amy asked.

"Shields are fine," answered the crew member.

"This f****** sucks!" shouted Serena. She sprung from the couch and jumped into the captain's chair and switched on the intercom. "Everyone, this is Serena Tsukino. Get to battle stations double time. Any non-battle personnel report to the ship's dimensional door. Our engines are gone, but the shields are awesome. Don't go through the gate unless I give the order." Serena switched off the intercom. "Those shields better be as good as we were told. Mrs. Bagcrumble, send a distress call to the nearby station. The shields should protect us till they get here."

"Yes, Mrs. Tsukino," answered Mrs. Julie Bagcrumble, the middle-aged, Scottish communications officer.

The squadron of four split up and swirled around the Moon Carriage like flies over a rotting fruit and delivered rapid laser shots to the shields.

"This odd ship has incredible shields," Andrew said to Wolf over the com link. "If I had more time, I would have set charges in the shield generator."

"It doesn't matter," said Wolf. "We have something special for those shields."

"I need to make a call of my own," said Mina.

"Who are you going to call?" asked Amy as Mina got up.

Mina brought the microphone close to her and tapped in a communication request with the Wolfen ships. "Hey! Hey!" Mina called into the mike. "I know you douche bags are there."

Andrew answered the call. "What do you want?"

"Who the hell are you?" demanded Mina.

"I am Andrew Oikanny, nephew of the great Andross," Andrew declared.

"Who the f*** is Andross?" asked Serena. "We don't care who you freakin' uncle is."

"Is your short term memory really that bad?" said Rei in embarrassment.

"Don't mock me in front of the henchmen," said Serena defensively. "I'm in the swivel chair. They look up to me. You're just jealous of the swivel chair." Serena swiveled in the chair mockingly.

"You dumpling head!" snapped Rei.

"Quiet, b******!" shouted Amy in a much unexpected passion. "We're under attack."

"Good job, Amy," said Zoey as she and Lita clapped.

"Is that link still on?" Lita asked.

All the girls looked at the screen with rosy cheeks.

"D*** it!" Mina quickly cut the transmission.

"I can't believe we couldn't kill those girls earlier," said Wolf.

"Put all engine power to shields and reduce weapons' power by half and give it to shields," ordered Serena. "No ragtag gang of thugs is going to best the Moon Kingdom"

"Their shields have become stronger," Panther said to his teammates.

"It's time to get the Great Wolf into this fight," said Wolf. "They probably sent out a distress call all ready."

The cloaking devise that shadowed the Great Wolf in the umbra of space faded to give the full image of the Star Wolf mothership behind the Moon Carriage. Thought not quite as big as the Miranda Class Refit Moon Carriage, it was still a good size. The dual laser cannons fired beams of red hot energy to the rear of the girl's ship. The shock notified the people of the Moon Carriage to the enemy behind. The Moon Carriage answered with some lasers of its own. The Great Wolf's shielding was not nearly as strong as the Moon Carriage's shield, but it did with stand the blast.

"They've got some fire power," said Panther. "You didn't tell us that Andrew."

"I must have miscalculated," said Andrew. "Reactivating cloak."

"This has gone on for far too long," said Wolf angrily. "Every shield brakes eventually. Death Cross Bombardment Maneuver!"

The four Wolfens flew out into space, one at each cardinal direction of the Moon Carriage. Each of them swung a u-turn and came back around. With the Moon Carriage locked on, the four Wolfens each fired a Smart Bomb. The powerful explosions on four sides rocked every bit of the ship. The shields were near breaking point.
"Shields are almost gone," Mr. Stevens called.

"Everyone that isn't a Sailor Soldier on bridge," said Serena, "get to the dimensional door and prepare for evacuation."

"But, Mrs. Tsukino…"

"None of you should suffer because of vendettas placed on us," said Serena. "I have given you an order. We'll join you soon."

The crew members stood up and bowed respectfully before proceeding to the dimension door chamber.

"Girls, get into vacant positions," Serena said to the girls.

"You got it," said Mina.

"I got a lock on one of the enemy ships," said Amy, who was at the weapon controls with Zoey. "Shall I launch the missiles?"

"We have to defend ourselves," said Rei.

Serena thought for a second. She did not want to destroy them, but there was no choice at the moment. "Pop a cap in that b****'s a**!"

Missiles launched from the cannon stations on the rear-mounted roll bar. Wolf was the target. The bloodhound-like missiles shot after the Wolfen in a hunt to destroy the pesky nuisance. Wolf saw that he had been locked-on to and maneuvered around to try to escape them, but their seeking ability was too good. If they caught him, he would mostly like explode and die. I can't get shot down. The missiles came closer and closer. I can't loose. I can't loose my son!

Wolf did a u-turn flip and flew directly at the Moon Carriage. With his fury, Wolf fired his ship's lasers at full power right at the shielded haul. That burst was enough to finally overpower the shields.

"Shields are offline!" called Lita.

"Get them back online," ordered Serena.

The girls looked at the main screen as saw that Wolf was still coming at them with the missiles hot on his heels.

"This is for you, Randal," whispered Wolf.

His ship nearly crashed right into the saucer-shaped body of the ship, but he hooked up and the last second. Unfortunately for the girls, the missiles were not as good at maneuvering.

"Oh s***!" screamed Serena before the impact.

"The missiles did not hit the area where the bridge was, but the area of impact was close. A hunk of the haul was blown to bits. The shockwave knock the girls out of their chairs.

"Controls aren't responding!" shouted Mina. The control panel in front of her then burst into flames. "Controls are on fire!"

"Where the hell are the fire extinguishers!" roared Lita. "This is why I hate planes."

"What is the plan now?" Zoey asked Serena.

"Haul a**!" Serena screamed hysterically.

Before the girls could run to the doors, they saw something flash on the main screen. It was another starfighter. It was not a Wolfen. Whoever was piloting it began firing on Wolf.

"D***," exclaimed Wolf. "Star Fox is here."

Three other Arwings, the type of fighters Star Fox uses, came into the picture as well. The first one was piloted by Fox McCloud. This twenty-seven year-old, anthropomorphic fox's name is chimed throughout the Lylat System with praise. His combat skills on both ground and air are commendable. And as far as his species goes, he is very handsome.

His best friend and teammate, Falco Lombardi, an anthropomorphic falcon, was also known for his exquisite piloting skills. Although he is much cockier than Fox, Falco's skills are just as fantastic as his.

Slippy Toad, an anthropomorphic toad and good friend of Fox's, is the team's mechanic. He might not be much in battle, but he is the one who built the majority of Star Fox's weapons and gadgets.

The fourth and certainly not least to make an appearance on the screen was Krystal, an anthropomorphic fox with blue fur. As far as her species goes, she is very attractive. Unlike the rest of her team, Krystal has some magical abilities. Since magic is hard to come by in the Lylat System, she is quite a commodity.

In the battle, Fox went after Wolf. Falco went after Leon. Slippy went after Andrew. And Krystal went after Panther. The ships flew around like fireflies in the night's sky. The elegant ballet was both beautiful and full of passion as the two rival teams fought for supremacy with an audience of virtuous guardians witnessing their clash.

"Looks like you're chasing me now," Panther said to Krystal. "I knew it would only be a matter of time before you would return my admiration."

"You can't really tell over this communication link," Krystal said, "but I just gagged."

Her laser fire on his ship was a cruel slap to Panther's ego.

"What are you doing?" Slippy asked Andrew. "Didn't you quit Star Wolf?"

"I got bored, so I came back," answered Andrew. "Now piss off, you androgynous weird person."

Both pilots were somewhat skilled, so the matchup was good.

"I want to eat you up," Leon said to Falco. "You must taste like chicken. I'll pluck out all you feathers and put them into the pillows for my bed."

"Geez, you f****** nuts," said Falco.

Being the ace pilot that he is, Falco shot several lasers into Leon's ship.

"Pesky bird!" screeched Leon.

Fox and Wolf's fight was the most intense. The two swerved around the disabled Moon Carriage while trying to loose the other. Wolf tried to shoot up more of the ship's haul but was intercepted by Fox's lasers.

"D*** you, Fox!" yelled Wolf. "Why did you have to come?"

"You sound much angrier than usual," said Fox casually. "Assassinations aren't your style."

"Shut up!" Wolf continued to scream. "You have no idea what this mission means to me. I don't care who dies."

"That is why there is a huge cash reward for your skin," retorted Fox.

Wolf seemed to figure that the crew members were most likely going to escape in the life boat ships in the two hangers to the rear of the ship. Wolf charged his laser and blasted down the door of one of the bays.

"He's tearing this ship apart," said Serena, who was back in the swivel chair. "Every crew member, report back to stations. This fight doesn't look to be over. Maintenance, get to the shield generator quickly."

"Who are these guys?" Lita said as she watched Star Fox fight on screen.

"I'm glad they arrived when they did," said Rei.

Fox managed to lock on to Wolf's ship and fired a charged laser blast at him. The attack hit.

"Star Wolf, retreat!" Wolf ordered with bitter hatred.

The four Wolfens swayed in the direction of the cloaked Great Wolf and disappeared.

"Looks like they got away again," said Slippy.

"Yes!" cheered Serena. "They won!"

"Freakin' Awesome!" cheered the girls.

A communication link was patched to the Moon Carriage from Fox.

"Thank you," said Serena with a bow. "You got here just in time."

"It is nothing," said Fox. "Is everything all right on your end?"

"My ship is disabled, and bits have been blown off," said Serena jokingly. "Aside from that, our crew is fine and very grateful. If I may ask, who are you?"

Falco came into the conversation and on the screen. "Do they seriously not know? How can anyone in the Lylat System not know about us?"

"Calm down, Falco," said Kystal. "That ship isn't from around here. They're probably from another star system."

"It must have amazing shield generators to have stood up to Star Wolf for so long," added Slippy.

"Why does everyone expect me to know stuff?" whined Serena in an attempt to break their conversation.

"We're Star Fox," answered Fox, "and we'd better jet."

The link ended and the four ships flew off the monitor screens.

"Holy c***," said Mina. "We were just saved by Star Fox."