Hello once again everyone. I am very sorry for the delay in posting but I have had some internet issues for the past few days. Not much to say here so I'll just get right into it. Enjoy the story everyone and as always, review if you have any suggestions and thank you for taking the time to read my fic!

Chapter 6

Rylan shook awake from his peaceful sleep. For no particular reason he had woken up in the middle of the night. Or at least it felt like he did. He rolled over to face his night stand. The clock confirmed that it was 2:32 A.M. Rylan sat up in his bed. He rubbed his eyes a bit before standing up and walking down the stairs. He went across the room to the door on the opposite end. He swung the bathroom door open. At this point it didn't come as much of a surprise that the bathroom was super nice like the rest of the Great Fox. There was a large bath tub in the center of the back wall. In the left there was a standing shower with the usual distorted clear plastic walls. To his right in the closest corner was a little privacy stall. He shuffled sleepily toward it after looking around at the room a bit. After he was done he stepped back into his room. He stopped before going back up the stairs. "Kinda thirsty." He said to himself. He wasn't sure if he could even find the kitchen again. He decided he was thirsty enough to try and find it. He stepped out into the hall and made a left. He remembered that much for sure. He came to a four way intersection next but passed straight through it. One good thing about the Great Fox was that the lights seemed to be on all the time. He found his way back to the kitchen after a while. He stepped in, leaving the door open, and walked over to the cabinets. After opening and shutting a few of them he found some drinking glasses. He went to the refrigerator and got some water. He filled the glass one time and stood in front of the fridge as he drank every bit. He went back to refill the glass and took a few sips before turning around to go back to his room.

He nearly jumped out of his fur when he turned to face the door. Without making any noise at all Krystal had slipped into the room behind him. "Oh!... uh... hey Krystal." he let out, now short of breath from being startled so badly. Krystal giggled a little at his reaction. "Hi Rylan." She responded. She was now wearing a night gown. It was black and ran down from her shoulders to about halfway down her thighs. Her beautiful blue tail swung from underneath it and it showed off her curves quite nicely. "How is someone even that good looking!?" Rylan thought to himself. Or at least he believed he only thought it to himself. This was the second time Krystal had read his mind. The first was when they encountered each other on the desert planet. Although she had done it then to make sure he had no intentions of harming the team. This time it was just curiosity. She blushed a bit in response to his thoughts about her. He looked at her a bit confused. "Getting something to drink?" Rylan asked. "Yeah" she confirmed to him as she stepped toward the cabinet to get a glass of her own. She turned her back to him and held her cup as the water filled it. "Guess you were thirsty too huh?" She asked him, not breaking her vision from the glass. "Heh... yeah I was." He responded. He looked over at her as she faced away from him to hold the glass. "Hey thanks again by the way... you know for fixing up my shoulder." She turned back toward him. She smiled the sweetest smile that Rylan had ever seen. It was so sincere... so true. She was so beautiful. "You're very welcome Rylan" she said. It was sweet but a tad bit sensual as well. Her words shot a shiver up Rylans spine. He smiled back at her. "Guess I'll be headed back to bed. Goodnight Krystal." "Sweet dreams Rylan." She said as he turned to exit the room. She watched him leave and took a sip of her water.

Rylan slid the door open to his room and walked in. He stepped back up the stairs, set the glass of water on the night stand, and fell over onto the bed again. He couldn't stop thinking about Krystal. Her long beautiful tail. Her cute face and soft, beautiful, blue eyes. He lost himself in his thoughts of her and faded further and further until he fell into a pleasant sleep.

Rylan woke up in the morning to the sound of the intercom system again. Slippys voice rang out from the speaker in the ceiling. "Hey everyone we're nearing the station. About 45 minutes to go." Rylan stayed laying down for a few minutes. He didn't want to leave the soft warmth of the bed. After 5 minutes or so I got up and out of the bed. He rummaged around in the dresser trying to find a shirt to put on. He found a short sleeve button-up shirt. It was black with a gray plaid pattern on it. He wore it with the top button undone. He didn't like the way it felt all tight on his neck. He threw on his pants and a pair of shoes the team had been nice enough to leave in his room for him. He went down the stairs and into the hall. Only one problem... Where the hell is the nav room? Rylan looked to his right, then left. He looked back and fourth thinking as hard as he could about where he'd been before. He decided to go right even though he hadn't been this way before. He remembered the kitchen was to the left but that's all he knew. He finally came to a door that looked similar to what he remembered the nav room door looking like. He hit the button and the door slid open. A shirtless Falco looked up at the door in surprise. They both stood there for a second, not sure who should speak first. "Hey man you seem like a nice guy and all... but I'm afraid I'm into girls." Falco said cracking a smile. "Well damn I had to at least try." Rylan said jokingly. They both shared a hysterical laugh. "Ok but really man where is the nav room? I'm lost as all hell and all these doors look the same." Rylan said. "Oh just keep following the hall, then take a right and it's on the left. Now get outta here I gotta get dressed" Falco laughed. "Ok thanks man." Rylan said as he stepped back into the hall. He walked faster and more confidently now that he knew where he was going. He slid the door open to the nav room and walked inside. Slippy was dressed casually like Rylan. Some pants and a t-shirt. To Rylans surprise they were the only two who were in the nav room. "Hey Rylan." He said, chipper as always. "How's it going Slippy?" Rylan asked, shooting him a smile in return. "All is according to planned. Should only be about 30 minutes till we get to the station. And they have your ship!" Rylans ears perked up and he smiled a bit when he heard that. The door slid open. Both Rylan and Slippy shot their attention to it. Falco stepped in. "Hey guys." He greeted. Rylan nodded at him. "Hey bud." Slippy gave a little wave. "Morning Falco." The team stood around the nav computer looking at a hologram of the station they were approaching. "Looks like a pretty big station." Rylan observed. Slippy nodded. "It has a big repair bay, a full sized trading post and market, and it houses almost 2,000 people." "Damn it must have a good income source to stay operational." Falco said as he crossed his arms and leaned against a control desk. The door slid open again and everyone turned their attention to it. Krystal came stepping in, gorgeous as always. She wore some tight jeans that left a little to the imagination but not much. Her shirt was a V neck style with shoulder high sleeves. It fell just below her belly button, allowing a small bit of her white-furred stomach to show. As she stepped into the room and up to the hologram Falco elbowed Rylan on the arm. Rylan shot Falco a look but couldn't help but crack a smile at what he had done. "Morning boys" she said to them as she stood over by Slippy. "Morning." They both shot back to her in unison. They exchanged an awkward glance in response. It made Krystal giggle a little. "How far out are we Slippy?" She asked, turning her attention to the preoccupied toad. His eyes were glued to the ships controls. "We're just about at drop distance." He finally replied. "Drop distance?" Rylan said, giving a confused look. Slippy looked up at him. "Oh... yeah the Great Fox is too big for any of their docking bays so we'll have to suspend it in automated orbit around the station and take the shuttle in." Rylan nodded. "Should be settling from hyper jump soon..." Slippy said looking out the front cockpit windows of the Great Fox. About twenty seconds went by and the starry blur out the windows slowed to a halt in an instance. The station was visible once the ship slowed. Nearby small mining ships were shooting lasers into asteroids, sucking precious minerals from their insides. "There's your income source." Rylan said pointing to the mining ships. They darted back and fourth from the station depositing the minerals they collected from the asteroids that were drifting by the station. "Initiating orbit... ok everybody lets head to the shuttle." Slippy said as he moved to leave the room. "R.O.B. Take care of this thing till we get back will ya?" Slippy spoke into a device on his wrist. "Affirmative" R.O.B. Returned as they approached the hangar door. The four of them stepped out into the hangar and got onto the shuttle. "Alright guys lets go check this place out." Slippy said as he piloted the shuttle up and out of the bay of the Great Fox. The shuttles engines whirred and it shot toward the station.