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Ch. 7~
Never in her life had her nerves been so wrecked as they had been then. She even took a long way to get to the Great Fox as a precaution, wasting hours to arrive while claiming that she wanted to see if her navigation picked up any new shopping centers. She and Falco walked in silence through the hanger of the Great Fox. Her bags clattered against her as she walked. She avoided glancing at him, knowing he was on to her. They walked past the corner, and she caved, looking towards the avian. To her surprise, Falco didn't seem to be bothered by anything. He looked calm, collected…relaxed even…
"Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your wound. You know me, I get excited and its usually down hill from there." She said grinning.
"Hmn." Was his only reply. She looked at him, surprised by the lack of smart mouthing, and total distracted attention span.
"What's up with you?" she asked with a chuckle.
"Those guys were after me weren't they?" he asked calmly.
"Would you stop?" she asked sounding annoyed. Falco looked at her confused. "Yes! I was in trouble and you bailed me out! So you don't have to pay for dinner." She explained. When she looked over at him, he didn't look convinced. She sighed exasperatedly, not knowing how much farther she would have to go to convince him. Katt grinned when it came to her.
"But, you do get to see how everything looks on me, and this time you have to pay attention." She said grabbing his arm again. Falco sighed exasperatedly.
"Hello you two, how was shopping?" Krystal asked from where she waited for them at the opened doors of the hanger.
"Falco was complaining the entire time!" she pouted theatrically. Falco rolled his eyes. Krystal smiled with an apologetic look.
"Kill me." He thought knowing she would hear him with her telepathy. Krystal giggled and watched Katt pull him past her. Her smile melted away once they passed the next set of doors, and they closed after them. She sighed exasperatedly and slowly followed after them. Their worst fears were confirmed. It wasn't one person trying to get revenge on Fox. It was more than that. Probably some type of organization since it had the members, and they wanted Falco. The truth of it dawned on them as a shock. Having Falco unaware of his own life being in danger sickened her, but they were doing this because who ever was after him was being careless, obvious with their moves, just because they think Falco hasn't caught on to them. From what even she could tell, they didn't entirely care if she and the rest of Star Fox were aware or not. She walked through the doors, not really seeing where she was going, and continued thinking on the situation.
"Krystal!" a voice called. It was Fox. Out of nowhere, he placed his hands on her shoulders, stopping her from walking any further. She blinked, finding herself about to run into a wall.
"Oh! Thank you!" she blushed. Fox failed to suppress his laughter.
"I'm sorry, I guess you can apparently walk through walls." He teased. Krystal joined in the laughter despite her embarrassment.
"Thank you. That would have been humiliating." She said as she followed him into the bridge.
"Don't worry." He replied. "Are you ok?" he asked. Krystal nodded.
"I'm worried, about Falco." She admitted. Fox frowned, and when she saw, she regretted ruining the moment that had temporarily erased his cares.
"I really think we should tell him." He said clenching a fist.
"But we won't." Peppy said from his consol.
"Perhaps we should." Krystal said. "This is no different than gambling with someone's life. He should know that someone is coming after him." She reasoned. Peppy sighed exasperatedly.
"But you know why we can't do that." He replied.
"He isn't the type to worry. You know that." Fox said turning to him.
"But he's brash, and always willing to throw himself into a fight!" Peppy added. "As I said before, we'll tell him after that wound heals. If we don't, it would be the same as handing him over to the enemy." Peppy explained. The three looked over at the doors as they opened with Slippy bursting inside.
"You guys! You'll never believe it! It's all over the news!" he said practically out of breath.
"What is?" Krystal asked.
"They're replacing General Pepper!" The three stared at him wide-eyed.
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Katt and Flaco watched the broadcast from the television screen attached to his wall in his room. The red feline reporter sat at her desk with a stack of papers in her hands while she spoke.
"Tomorrow morning, a new army general will take over General Peppers work. The ceremony will take place from eight o'clock to noon. The military invites all civilians to Corneria tomorrow to welcome the rookie General Chainbrood." The screen turned to a tall middle-aged German shepherd dressed in a military uniform identical to General Pepper's, shaking hands with Bill and other members of the members of the Bulldog Squadron.
"Well that didn't take long. Funeral was yesterday." Katt said to Falco. She looked over at him when she didn't get a response and smiled softly. Falco lay on his side, with one hand clutching his wound, completely asleep. She took the remote and shut off the broadcast before moving closer to Falco.
"You're such a pain." She said softly, resting her forehead on his shoulder. She grinned to herself. "But so worth it too, you know that right?" She sat up and watched him sleep in silence. After a moment, she looked around the room and saw a blanket neatly folded and sitong on the edge of the bed. So as not to disturb him to pull the sheats, she merely spread the blanket over him and frowned when she saw him wince in pain. She sat back down on the side of the bed again and continued to watch him. Once she was convinced he would be able to make it the whole night without painkillers, Katt stood and left the room, turning off the lights on her way out. Katt walked down the hallway, heading for the bridge. She sighed, relieved that for now the stress was over. She looked up at the doors to the bridge and walked in as they slid opened.
"But so soon?" Peppy asked in disbelief. Katt looked from him to the screen, seeing they were still watching the broadcast.
"Katt! Is Falco ok?" Slippy practically blurt out.
"Yeah, he's fine. I probably put him through hell though…" she muttered.
"I really think we should tell him!" Krystal sighed exasperatedly.
"We discussed this already! We can't until he heals!"
"But his arwing isn't even able to fly anyway!" Slippy reasoned.
"Peppy, I really think we have to tell him." Fox said. "What happens when who ever is after him actually gets the opportunity, and he doesn't even know what's going on until its too late?" he demanded before the rabbit could respond.
"You actually thing he's that stupid?" Katt asked calmly. Fox looked over at her confused.
"What? He knows?" he asked. Katt shrugged.
"I don't think he knows exactly, but I know he has an idea. He got suspicious of me before we left." She explained.
"Alright," Peppy sighed. "Since he has an idea, we'll tell him after the ceremony tomorrow." He explained.
"Why tomorrow?" Slippy asked.
"Because I want to see who's after him in person, and we have to take every member anyway." He explained before turning to Katt. "Did you identify what they looked like?" he asked. Katt nodded.
"Only two of them." She explained. Peppy nodded. It wasn't much to go on, but it was enough.
"Tell me everything."
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