Chapter 6

" How many credits are we talking about?" Craig counted the credits he held in his hand. The dealer shook his head.

"1,700, sorry, but I don't think you have enough." The man continued typing on his computer. " We have another selection that can fit your friends, that's only 1,100."

" Hold on one second." The wolf walked over to his friends who were looking at a fairly nice ship. It was slick and painted with a shinning red.

" You guys don't have any extra cash on you do you?"

Everyone searched their wallets and handed what they had to him. It wasn't that much, they only had about a 6 hundred dollars between them. It obviously wasn't enough for a new ship, but if they were lucky they could at least rent one. Craig walked back over to the desk.

" Okay, we don't have enough to buy one, is it ok if we rent one?" the turtle fixed his reading glasses, and started searching on his computer again. It took a while, but the merchant smiled. " we do have one that you can use. Its about 100 credits a day."

"What kind of ship is it?"

" It's a mini cruiser, it's a common family craft. It should fit all of you comfortably." Craig was silent for a few moments. This wasn't an easy choice. If they were discovered there was no possible way they could defend themselves in a ship that weak. They probably wouldn't even be able to fly away fast enough if they were caught. In the end he figured it would be better to take that risk. Besides, they wouldn't completely destroy the ship, not with fox on it.

" Okay you've got yourself a deal." He put his hand out to shake with the ship dealer. At first the merchant wasn't entirely sure why the wolf wanted to shake his hand. But he thought it was a friendly gesture and shook it.

" Now here are your keys, hand if I can just get your ID ill put it through the scanner." This is what the fox was afraid of. He didn't want to be tracked by anyone. Without warning Craig grabbed the keys from the ship dealer, and pushed the button on the keypad. One of the ships to the near left of the entrance beeped, and the driver's door slid open.

" Quick guys get in." at first nobody knew what to do. But as the security hounds came running out the door trying to arrest them. Fox, Falco, and Slippy jumped into the ship. Craig floored it, and off they went.

A little before they exited the atmosphere or Aquaos. Craig set it into autopilot, letting the small computer fly out into space for them. Craig punched a whole under the control panel of the ship, he scurried through it for a little while.

Falco leaned over from the aisle of the ship, and asked, " What the hell are you doing?"

Craig didn't turn around, " I'm looking for a tracking beacon, and they always put something like that in rental ships, so that way, people don't do what we just did. Aha found it." Craig ripped it off the inside of the box, and crushed it within his hands.

Planet Kew 6:00 pm

" Would you like another drink miss?" the bartender curled his little mustache.

Kursed sighed, and passed her glass over to the husky. She had been coming to this bar every night since she left Star Wolf. Everyone knew who she really was back then, before she became the bounty hunter she was, back when she was Krystal. She was surprised that nobody recognized her anymore. How many naturally blue vixens do you see every day?

The bar tender handed her another glass of wine. She didn't like beer. It was too irrational for her, too exciting. She wanted the nice calm tenderness of an excellent, sweet wine.

Hey, Jon? If you loved someone, and they turn you down, what would you do?" Krystal remembered everything that happened as if it was yesterday, but it wasn't it was two years ago. She felt foolish for not have letting it go by now. But how could she? She loved him.

" Well, Kursed, you should be over him by now."

She new what her answer would be, but she asked anyway. "What do you mean, get over it?"

Jon coughed from the back of his throat, " when I say get over it, I don't mean forget about it. When I say get over it, I mean, remember it and learn your lesson, and not letting it hold you back."

It was about then that a clad coated figure sat down at the bar next to her. There was something about him that the vixen sensed as he sat down. He felt stronger than most other people. She sensed a powerful mind. She could always try and read it, but if he was stronger, she could be hurt. She voted against it.

" Smart choice, I'm not someone you would want to try and probe, I've got to much in my mind, you wouldn't be able to handle it." His response didn't surprise her; most people with strong minds like his would be able to guess on things like that. She had never seen someone like this, except from her home planet, people of her kind. The next thing he said, on the other hand did surprise her.

" May I buy you a drink, Krystal." Without waiting for a response, he ordered some drinks, " Yes, I'll have two beers," he looked over to the blue fox, " do you want anything?"

Krystal was annoyed, she didn't know who this guy was, or what his intentions were, but she didn't like him. " Look buddy I don't know who you are, but if you don't leave, you wont be leaving without any scars, she glinted her knife, which was strapped to her arm, covered up by her sleeve.

The figure smirked and turned on the seat, allowing her to see more of the man's figure, he was a wolf. He had gray fur. He had a cute face, it made him seem innocent, but that was far from the truth.

" That's a nice toy, but I have more people to play with." He cocked his head over to a corner table, three cloaked characters, just as he was. " Now let me introduce myself, my name is Craig." He motioned for one of his partners to come over to the bar. " And this is my friend Fox McCloud." The wolf got up, handed the two beers to Fox and sat down at the table with Slippy and Falco. He watched Fox sit down next to Krystal.

Falco raised an eyebrow, " how do you think he'll do?" he took a sip from his beer. He stretched his feet out under the table and leaned back a bit.

Slippy gave him and answer, " I don't know, but he better not fuck up like last time." Slippy chugged his beer, and asked for another one, that was his forth beer that night.

i thought that this one came out good, for a new guys standards, it was better than the last, i made some spelling errors in their because my computer "corrected" them for me, like if i type Krystal, then when i hit space it changes to crystal

so yea, they get krystal, and in the next chapter or two, is when the story is supposed to actually start taking place, this is only getting his team back, so this isnt even really the begining

please R&R