Chapter 7: Corneria (part 1)
Fox awoke to the sound of his alarm. He turned it off and rubbed his eyes to clear his vision. He looked over at the clock. It read 7:13. He got off his bed and stretched out. He decided to go to the bridge and see who is up.
(On the Bridge)
Krystal had been on the bridge for about an hour. She was thinking about the events that had transpired the day before. "Its a good thing Charles, Adam, and Lukas were there. If they weren't here we could have been dead, and who knows what Panther was planning on doing with me." Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the bridge door opening. She turned to see who it was. It was Charles. He begun to speak. "Hey Krystal."
"Hey." replied Krystal
"Who else is up?" asked Charles.
"No one that Ive seen." answered Krystal. "Hey would you mind if I tried to scan your memory for that year again?"
"No, Go for it." answered Charles.
She placed her hands on his head and began to scan his memory. After a few moments of scanning she saw an image. It was the only image of that area of his memory. She then pulled her hands away. "Did you see anything?" asked Charles.
"I just saw you standing in a wooded area." answered Krystal.
"Was that all you saw?" asked Charles.
Krystal nods. The bridge door then opens and Fox enters the room. "Hey. You two the only ones up?"
Charles nods. "Yeah. I'm usually up before Lukas and Adam and Krystal said she didn't see anyone."
"When do you think Lukas and Adam will be up?" asked Fox.
"It shouldn't be to much longer." answered Charles. "If they are still asleep in an hour I'm going to go wake them."
"How are you up before them?" asked Fox. "You stayed up the entire night before we took out the base."
"I've trained myself to be able to be able to function with little sleep." answered Fox.
"How did you do that?" asked Fox
"i spent a long period of time in the middle of a forest to train many different skills." answered Charles.
"Wow. That sounds like it would be exciting." said Fox.
"Actually its pretty boring for the most part." said Charles in response.
"Well I'm going to see if anyone else is up." said Fox.
"I'll go with you Fox." said Krystal. They both turn and leave.
(Star Wolf)
Panther had began to wake. He felt the dried blood on the fur on his face. He felt a very strong pain in his snout. He quickly opened a communication line with the other members of his team. He began to speak. "What happened?"
Wolf let out a chuckle because of the voice Panther was speaking in due to the injury he had sustained. "Whats wrong with my voice?"
"One of the humans broke your snout." answered Wolf.
"my snout is broken!" yelled Panther.
"Yeah." said Leon. "You should have seen all the blood."
Panther began to run his fingers threw the fur on his head feeling the dried blood. He then moved his fingers to his snout and winced in pain when he touched it. "Unlink my ship."
Wolf pushed a few buttons on his console and Panthers ship detaches. "What was this humans name?" asked Panther.
"I don't know." answered Wolf. "But I'm going to get him."
(On the Great Fox)
Fox and Krystal walked through the halls of the Great Fox. They had searched for about ten minutes and they decided to check the hanger. While they walked Fox wrapped his hand around Krystal's. He began to blush as he did this. Krystal closed her hand around his. They continued to walk until they reached the hanger bay. Fox released Krystal's hand before they entered. When they entered they see Falco working on his arwing. They walked over to him. When they arrived to his location Fox asked "Who else is up."
"Slippy is on his way to the bridge." answered Falco
"I wonder why we didn't see him on our way here." said Krystal.
"He probably went into the kitchen." said Fox. "What about Katt?"
"I didn't see her." answered Falco
"I'll go and see if shes up." said Krystal before exiting the room.
"Well I'm going to head back to the bridge." said Fox. "Come up there when your done." Fox exited the room.
(On the bridge)
When Fox arrived on the bridge he saw that Lukas and Adam had woken up. Slippy was doing his routine system checks. He walked over to Slippy and asked "Hey Slip. You think that we can do a hyperspace jump?"
"Yeah." answered Slippy. "I'll have to contact the H.M.S to clear a path and prep the ship for hyperspace."
"OK. I'll contact the H.M.S." said Fox. "You prep the ship." Fox then walks over to his chair and sits down. He then tells ROB to put a line through to the H.M.S. The holographic screen then lights up and the figure the receptionist appears. "Can I help you?"
"Yes." said Fox. "I need a path cleared for the ship the Great Fox to Corneria."
"Just give me a moment to find you current position." said the receptionist. He began to press some buttons on his console. "OK, you will be cleared for hyperspace in about 15 minutes."
"Thank you." replied Fox. The screen then goes black. "ROB, have all Starfox team member report to the bridge."
ROB walked over to the intercom system and said, "All Starfox team members report to the bridge immediately."
A few minutes later Falco walked into the bridge. "Why do we need to be on the bridge?"
"We are going to do a hyperspace jump." answered Fox
Krystal and Katt walked into the bridge a few minutes later. After they come in Slippy said, "We're all ready for the jump Fox."
"Is the path cleared?" asked Fox.
"Yup." replied Slippy.
"Then jump whenever your ready." said Fox as everyone sat down. Slippy pushed a few buttons and the ship lurched forward. The jump lasted about seven minutes. When the jump was finished the planet came into view.
They began to near the planet when a transmission was sent to the ship. The figure of General Pepper appeared on the screen. "General Pepper here. I did not realize that you would be back so soon. I'll have some vehicles ready to bring you to the base."
"We'll see you there." replied Fox. The screen went black. The ship began to enter the atmosphere. When they passed through the atmosphere the ship began to slow. They began to near the hanger. They stopped to detach ships to dock them separately. The doors opened and they docked the ships. They quickly proceeded out of there ships and walked outside of the hanger. The General had sent two limos to pick up the teams. The Fox and his team entered one and Charles and his team entered the other. The limo driver looked at Charles and his team. He had never seen anyone like them. It was a relatively short ride to the base. When they arrived both teams exited the limos and entered the base.
They walk up to the receptionist. "We have a meeting with General Pepper." said Fox
"Go on up." said the receptionist. "He is waiting for you."
As they walked by the receptionist was looking at Charles Lukas and Adam as they passed. They entered a elevator. They rode to the top floor. When they reached the top floor they walked to the door that had the name General Pepper. Fox knocked and a voice is heard. "Come in."
They entered the room. After Charles and his team enter the room they stand at ease. "There is no need for you to stand at ease." said the General. "I'm not to formal about that kind of things." They then returned to there normal stance. "Well before I get to the mission I would like to thank you for assisting the Starfox team in destroying the base." said the General.
"It was not a problem." said Charles
"Well now onto the mission." said the General. "The base was completely destroyed along with all the weapons inside. Both teams will be receive a fee."
"Is there was anything else." asked Fox
"No that will be all." answered the General. "If I receive any missions for you I will contact you."
They leave the room. "Well looks like we wont have a mission in a while." said Falco as they entered a elevator.
Fox realized that Charles, Lukas, and Adam have nowhere to stay. "So where will you guys be staying?" asked Fox
"I didn't really think of that." replied Charles
"Well one of you can stay at my place." said Fox
"My couch pulls out into a bed." added Falco. "I can take the other two."
"well Charles can stay with me and Lukas and Adam can stay with you." said Fox
"Sounds good." said Charles. When they reach the limos Fox rode with Charles and his team to give directions to the apartment complex. When they arrived they separate to there apartments. Fox and Charles arrived at Fox's apartment. Charles took off his vest and placed it on the couch. Fox then realized that they don't have any causal clothes. "Do you have any clothes besides your uniform?" asked Fox.
"No I didn't think that we would need them." answered Charles
"Well your about my height." said Fox. "I might have something you can ware. You shouldn't need them today though. We usually just relax the day we get back from a mission."
"Sounds good." said Fox. They both sat on the couch and Fox turned on the TV. He flipped through the channels. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door. Fox got up and answered the door. It was Krystal.
"Hey Fox." said Krystal. She kissed him on the side of his muzzle as she walked in. He began to blush after she did this. Charles tried to hold in his laughter but be couldn't help but chuckle. They both walked over and sat on the couch. Krystal looked over at Charles and noticed that the pendant around his neck was outside of his shirt. It looked similar to the pendant that she had. The only difference was the gem was blue instead of green. She began to think. "Could that be. No, why would he have a family pendant from Cerinian. Its not possible. He is from earth. A planet in another universe." After a few minutes of thinking she decided to ask him about it. "Is that the pendant your mother gave you?"
Charles looked down at the pendant. He answered "Yeah." He put the pendant inside of his shirt. Krystal again began to think again. "Its not possible." She began to think if shes ever seen one of the pendants like that one. She couldn't think of one so she cleared these thoughts out of her head. She then turned to Fox "So what are we doing tomorrow?"
"I don't know." answered Fox
"Well Katt wanted me to go out tomorrow night." said Krystal. "Why don't you guys go with us."
Fox looked over at Charles and asked "You want to go?"
"Sure." answered Charles. "I was wondering if you guys ever party."
Authors Notes: Well it took forever to get this chap out. I have been having problems with one of my arms so it was difficult to type at first. Arm is fine now though so expect next chap soon. Well I have been getting more reviews. Please tell me what is good/bad.
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