Chapter 3

Fox wakes up the next morning to get ready for the duel against Dragoon. Fox looks outside, looking very nervous; so nervous, he couldn't eat. Talon walks outside and sees Fox looking at the clouds in the sky.

"Talon? What's up?" Nancy walks out of the building asking him a question.

"Fox looks nervous. He didn't even eat the breakfast burrito I made. He drank the juice I made at least."

"What did he drink, Talon?"

"Fox drank my special juice: Raspberry Lemonade with Lunana and mixed with Galactican Lime."

"What?! Talon! What are you trying to do?! Kill him?!"

"No! It supposed to help him concentrate to battle the big baboon who thinks he has the balls to beat the crap out of Fox who didn't do anything except defending the soldiers from getting killed from Dragoon."

"Uh-huh. Yeah. So tell me why Fox left in a hurry?"

"Huh? Hey Fox! Wait! You OK? Fox? Fox! Hey, do you know where—Oh, never mind. Fox! Wait!"

Fox stops and looks at Talon trying to get to Fox. He finally stops and catches a few breaths for a minute and he talks with Fox.

"Whew! Damn you walk fast. Hey, are you feeling Ok?"

"Yes. I am fine. Why?"

"I thought you were going to throw up all that juice I made."

"What juice?"

"My special juice: Raspberry Lemonade with Lunana mixed with Galactican Lime."

"That juice? I thought it was Genie's."

"You gave Genie my juice?! Fox! He hates my juice!"

"Sorry."

"No no. Don't worry. I'll make another one for you. Unless you really going to throw up all my creation."

"How will you know if I will hate it or not?"

"Oh."

"FOX!"

"Oh crap! Genie is coming."

"Fox, you ass! You gave me Talon's juice! What are you trying to do?!" Says Genie yelling at Fox.

"Nothing. I thought it was yours. You didn't say anything."

"*Laughs* Yeah right! I did say that, McCloud!"

"Well you didn't say what the drink looks like."

"Yeah—Oh, right. I didn't."

Talon turns and sees Dragoon appearing towards Fox. Fox turns as well and he gulps hard.

"I hope you didn't forget about the battle today, McCloud! If you try to ditch me, I will hunt you down." Dragoon smiles and chuckles as Fox tries to calm down, but the dragon's mean smirk look on his face made him even more nervous than before.

Meanwhile, Galaxia and the Star Fox team camp out in Katina after they escape from Thailog who almost killed them. Falco was seriously injured after he saved Krystal's life; his left arm broken and bleeding from the fall from the cliff of Katina's mountains when the Star Fox team escapes there to avoid Thailog's attack. Slippy's right ankle twisted, but is able to continue to help out his team. As for Krystal and Galaxia, their energy had ran out from all their running and using their powers to help out too.

Thailog wonders around the mountain looking for Galaxia, but he receives a message from a wolf that looks pretty old, but still has the energy like a young person.

"What is it, sir?" Says Thailog.

"Thailog? Where were you? I thought I told you to wait for me at the Katina Outpost Base!"

"Sorry sir. It won't happen again. I just encountered the Star Fox Team and they have Galaxia Lightyear with them, but they got away."

"Star Fox?! Here?! Shit! Just what we need! Those son-of-the-bitches are always there to ruin my plan! Thailog! Make sure that the Star Fox Team, including that asshole Fox McCloud won't come to our direction where I want you to go now."

"Yes sir, but there is a problem. Fox McCloud is not here. They are only there to look for him. He was already in this planet about almost 24 hours before we came here. But for some reason, the Star Fox Team says that there's a monster that attacked him and he suddenly disappeared."

"Fox is gone?! Do you know who, Thailog?!"

"No. Perhaps if I can go back to the base, I can find some evidence to find out who did this."

"No. Just read the Map and find me in the location where I am at, got it? We will find out who did it later!"

Krystal checks on the boys and Galaxia. She picks up a First Aid Kit and puts in a fresh bandage on Falco's left arm.

"You feeling OK, Falco? You don't look so good."

"I'll be OK. Thank you for taking care of us, Krystal."

"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine as well." Says Slippy smiling.

"Well, I am glad you are OK, boys, but Galaxia looks traumatized after what Thailog did to her. She almost lost her life."

"Yeah. Wait till I get my hands on him, but he is so damn lucky that I am not this time."

"Hmm. Gal? Are you OK?"

"No…"

"Gal? It's OK. You are safe now. Tomorrow, we will---"

*Monster Roaring in the Distance*

"Boys! Did you hear that?!"

"*Gasp* No! Don't let it get us!" Galaxia hides behind the Arwings and shakes in fear along with her tears coming down onto her face.

"Gal! Shush! Look. There it is, over there on the center mountain."

The Star Fox Team looks at the mountain and sees the black dragon landing on the mountain and has an evil smirk on its face and it transforms into a person.

"Look. Who is that? Is that Thailog?" Krystal asks Falco.

"Nope. He wouldn't wear anything dark or black, and he doesn't have a white hair."

"Then what is he?" Slippy asks as he looks at the man with his binocular. "If you ask me, he looks like a Phantoon. Yep, I think he's one of the deadliest aliens in the galaxy."

"A Phantoon?! That's bull---Oh man! It is a Phantoon! Hey, there's blood all over his claws. I think he's responsible for capturing Fox!"

"I am sensing his thought patterns. He's twisted and extremely worse than any other bad guys we have fought against. What?"

"Krystal. I think the twisted freak just spotted us. RUUUUUUUUNN!!!"

The Star Fox team ran really fast, including Galaxia. The team hid behind a big rock. Slippy took a peek to see if the monster was gone. Suddenly, the monster was already behind them and Slippy just spoke.

"I think we lost him, guys."

"*Laughs* Oh really?"

"Yeah, really! What do you think I---*Screams* GUYS!"

The team looks behind and sees the monster smiling and laughs maniacally.

"You guys think you can out smart Death?! Think again, fools!"

Death looks at Galaxia, shaking in fear and he can hear her whimpering.

"My dear, Galaxia? What is the matter? Shocking to see me alive?"

"L-leave m-m-me alone!"

"Aww…Poor Galaxia. You are so scared. *Laughs* I like that!"

Then Death looks at Krystal and had a shock look on his face.

"Say, haven't I met you before? No? Maybe your boyfriend name Fox?"

"How did you know his name?! What did you do to him?!"

"Nothing, except I slashed him and smashed him. He looks so sexy, but he didn't want to be with me. How sad."

"Where's Fox?! Tell us now!!"

"Fox is not here. He's in another galaxy. Galaxia should know where he is. He's in her home planet."

"Galactica? That's impossible! He would get old if those guys take him."

"Oh, but they did take him all right. He is already there and he is still young. Now, Galaxia? Come to me, or watch your friends suffer!"

"*Whimpers* P-p-please…d-d-don't hurt th-them…"

"Gal…"

Meanwhile, Fox gets dressed and he prepares his stuff to battle Dragoon. Talon made a juice for Fox and he took a sip.

Genie talks to Talon, "I'll bet Fox is going to throw up after he drinks your crappy juice. *Laughs*"

"We'll see about that."

As Fox finishes drinking Talon's juice, he spoke. "I don't see why it would taste so bad. It's good. I like your taste, Talon! Maybe I can have some more?"

"What?! Fox! You like his juice?!"

"Yep. *Chuckles* *Burp* Oh. Sorry."

"Hey! McCloud!"

"What is it, Dragoon?"

"Are you ready, or what?! General Venus is waiting for you!"

"Yeah. I'm coming."

"Good luck, Fox!"

"Thanks Talon!"

Fox and Dragoon enter an Arena for the battle. Fox looks a lot less nervous after Talon gave him the juice he made and it gave him lots of energy. Dragoon waits for Fox and Fox brings out his favorite Blaster from Corneria. His Blaster is his most trusted one out of all the guns he ever had during his missions in the Lylat System.

"Well Fox, are you ready to get your ass kicked?"

"I had a feeling that it is me who is going to kick your ass, pal! I will be the one to prove everyone that it doesn't matter who has the most Element! What matter is how to use your moves well by using your brain, not your brawns!"

"*Growl* We'll see about that, fox boy! I will see to it that you are wrong!"

General Venus enters the Arena and gives the signal to begin the battle.

"All right, boys! Let's see who wins! The winner gets either promoted or earns a new Element to learn. Ready? Go!"

Dragoon starts off by jumping really high and starts using his fist to dive down at Fox, but Fox dodges and Dragoon runs at him with his horns to head butt with and Fox jumps over him and lands perfectly while Dragoon's head got stuck onto the wall for few seconds and got free to continue to go after Fox. Fox keeps on dodging from Dragoon's attacks and kept on going and going, until Fox makes his move to attack him with his Aura Element. Fox's Blaster glows in calm blue flames and he begins to charge up his Blaster to full power. While it was charging, Fox ran towards Dragoon to start his attacks on him. Dragoon dodges his first move, but he got hit on the second attack because his muscle weight makes him really slow, he was unable to dodge it again. Fox does his multiple kicks on Dragoon and Fox wrapped his legs onto Dragoon's neck and begins to squeeze him. Suddenly, Dragoon grabs Fox by his neck and throws him and hits the wall on his back. Fox got up, but his back got injured from Dragoon's mighty throw attack. Fox had to cancel his charge on his blaster and uses his own attacks on himself to heal his back. Fox got up and starts to charge his blaster again.

"*Laughs* What's the matter, boy?"

"You are pretty damn good! Too bad that I am better than you!"

"We will see, McCloud! We will see! Let's see if have the balls to take me down!"

"*laughs* I do."

Fox aims at Dragoon and blasted him with his Aura Blaster attack and Fox thought that he defeated Dragoon, but he did got hurt, but not that much.

"*Laughs Hard* What? Is that it?! Is that your best move?! You're making me laugh! *Laughs*"

"What?! No! This isn't possible! It should take you down!"

"It would take more than that, boy! Let's see if you can survive---What?! What the hell did you do, you little bastard?!"

"*Gasp* I only shot you! What did it do?"

"Fox! Your Aura Blaster may be weak, but it has a really powerful Special Ability!"

"Really? What did it do, Talon?"

"It lowered his attack powers by 50%, but hurry, he'll come to once the effect wears out!"

"Got it!"

Fox ran toward Dragoon and he kicked him on his chest really hard, punched him in the nuts and he twisted his arms really hard and his bones cracked, but only enough to stop him. Then Fox charges his Blaster and he shot him and Dragoon passes out.

"The winner is Fox McCloud!"

*Crowd Cheers*

"*Laughs* Yeah! I won!"

"Congratulations Fox! You won! All right! You defeated the strongest soldier with your own Blaster? Amazing! We should celebrate!"

General Venus looks at Fox with a smirk on her face and walks towards Fox.

"Congratulations, Mr. McCloud. I'd never seen a beginner defeated an expert soldier before. I think you will earn both a promotion and an Element. Pick an Element, Fox. There's five right now. Here's Fire, Water, Plant, Light, and Wind."

"Uh…I'll pick…Water."

"Good. Nice choice. Mr. McCloud? If you can follow me?"

Fox follows Venus and they went inside to her office and she talked with Fox about a great deal to offer him.

"What do you say, Mr. McCloud? Would you like to help the Galactican Army to save the system? We need a well skill fellow like you please?"

"If I accept?"

"I will have you as Second-in-Command. Galaxia has went missing and we need her back. I fear that Death is responsible for capturing her!"

"Galaxia! She is with the Star Fox Team! In fact, I am the leader of the team. We have been taking care of her, but now I am afraid because my team might think that I'm dead."

"Well now. Since Galaxia is OK, then we have nothing to worry about. I'll see if I can try to contact her Ok? Mr. McCloud? Please, we still need your assistance to save the galaxy from Death! He is one of the deadliest criminals that are wanted dead, not alive."

"Ok. I accept."

"*Laughs softly* Excellent, Mr. McCloud. Guards! Take Mr. McCloud to a 'Special Room'!"

"What? What's going on?"

Fox sees the guards with a sedative and inject Fox with it. Fox fell asleep and the guards pick him up. Venus smiles and she follows the guards to her Special Room for Fox.

Meanwhile, Krystal and the others were at Death's Space ship inside the cell. Galaxia looks at Death and smiles at her. He had Galaxia take off her clothes and Krystal sees a mysterious mark on her back a mark that looks like an infection, all purple with magenta and blue with a glowing green dots like stars at night time. Then Death gave Galaxia a new uniform that looks inappropriate. A tight space suit, black and pink; the top part is like a sexy tank top, but it shows her chest a lot and her whole arm shows too. At the back of the top, her back shows as well with the mark showing. Krystal tapped Falco and Slippy and they saw her mark too.

"What the hell is that, Krystal?!"

"I don't know, but I am sensing that her thought patterns are somehow similar to something, but what?"

"What do you mean Krystal?"

"I don't know, Slippy. Galaxia looks scared. I don't think we are dealing a Galactican. She could be half Galactican and half of something else."

Krystal, Falco, and Slippy ignored Galaxia's mysterious creature form and they began to think of to escape Death's ship. As Death left, Galaxia pick up a key and opened the door for the Star Fox Team.

"Hurry, before Death comes back. I'll distract him while you guys make an escape, Ok? Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Go!"

Krystal hugs Galaxia and tells her to be careful and they entered the room where the ships are at. They successfully escape and Galaxia saw Death coming back and saw Galaxia with a key in her hand and he got very angry. He grabbed her by the neck and starting to choke her.

"What did you do, Galaxia?! Where are they?!"

"I don't know, but I helped them! You have nothing to do with them, but me remember?"

"*Snarls* *Laughs* You are right!"

Death sends Galaxia to an unknown room where she cannot escape.

"Guys…Please be careful. I am praying that you make it back home, and hopefully to find Fox. I'm so sorry."