Kursed sealed the door to her room and locked it. She made sure the com line was off before she stood in front of the mirror. All she saw was the black armored figure, shrouded in a black cloak and hooded veil. The only spot of color was the turquoise eyes. She shakily reached up and untied the veil, letting it drop to the desk as she dropped the hood as well. She was shocked at her own face, the blue fur, and the blue hair in a tight knit bun. She carefully released the hair, seeing it fall well past her shoulders. Without the veil and hood, she was really quite beautiful. She slowly stripped the rest of her clothes off, seeing what looked almost like tattoos in her fur. He had a small item around her neck, almost like a necklace, and she pulled it off to look at it. It was maybe four centimeters wide, and was shaped like a vulpine head with wings on either side. The small piece of metal was blackened and burned, but traces of its sky blue paint still remained.

She stared down at the blue metal emblem in her hands, before looking up at the newly refurbished dreadnaught floating high above her.

"You don't have to stay if you don't want to." She glanced at them man, somehow unable to see his features.

"Of course I'm staying. Who wouldn't want to be a part of Star Fox!?"

Kursed jerked back as the images flashed through her mind. The charred Star Fox emblem clutched tightly in her hand felt like it had been of much importance to her. She slipped it back over her head and watched it drop back onto her chest. Her eyes dropped back to the vanity where she noticed a strange rod on the armor she had stripped out of. She pulled it off and felt an electric charge flow through her into it, almost as if it was alive. She felt it was much more than a charred piece of metal, and the second the thought crossed her mind, the rod extended into a full length bow staff, one end a spear point, the other a bulbous oval with a turquoise gem cemented in it.

"Wow!" she couldn't help but speak as she admired the weapon. She gave it a few swings and twirls, feeling familiar with it already. She shrugged as she shrunk it back down. Her body absently put all of the armor and clothing back on as her mind bounced back to the images she had seen. Who was that man she had been with? She decided to open her comm terminal just as someone called her. She answered it, seeing the image of the man she had woken up too.

"Ah, Kursed. I must ask, how are you feeling?" a strange feeling surged into her mind, one that felt as if he was lying, like he had a much darker motive.

"I'm fine. I never re-learned your name, sir." He smiled, but again, she had the strange feeling that it wasn't real.

"Gage, that is what you may call me." A voice, similar to his was suddenly echoing inside her own head.

Good, the serum is working. With time, she will mold into the ultimate tool. She was suddenly glaring at him, knowing it was his thoughts she heard.

"You are the one who took away my memory, aren't you?" he stared at her, his face suddenly terrified.

"No, why would you accuse me of such?" she smiled, knowing he wouldn't see it.

"I was just seeing how you would react. May I request a meeting?" he breathed a sigh of relief as she spoke.

"Why yes, come on down to my office." She killed the call and made sure the staff was tucked into its slot on her wrist before she stalked out of the door.


Fox stopped to catch his breath. They all had been working since the day before, trying to unbury their fighters. After the three days it took for the storm to blow over, they dug Katt's fighter out of the snow and sent her to Aquas to find Slippy Toad, an ex-member of the Star Fox team who was a brilliant mechanic. His radio suddenly crackled to life with Miyu's voice.

"Hey Fox, Guess who's back? And she brought us a fighter hauler!" Fox smiled as he kept digging, managing to finish digging the charred hull of his Arwing out of the snow.

"Finally! My fighter is ready to be pulled. Just finished digging her out." Miyu laughed over the radio as she responded.

"Alright. Well, we are just going to pack up the gear here and dock the flyable fighters. Should be there in a few minutes to pull you out." Fox smiled as he settled into the pit around the wreck of his fighter to wait for the ship. The time seemed to fly by in seconds. Fox glanced up as the ship drifted over head. It looked like a giant sphere. Two engines and a tail boom split off the rear of the vessel. The tail had twelve tubes sticking out at forty-five degree angles. Seven off these tubes, had fighters docked to them. Slippy's voice blasted over the radio as the ship lowered down, blasting snow around.

"Hey Fox! Long time no see!" Fox smirked as a magnetic clamp lowered from one of the tubes that Fox quickly hooked onto the hull of his fighter.

"Hey Slippy. Where did you get a fighter hauler? Hooked up down here." Slippy laughed over the radio as the fighter was pulled out of the snow, the blackened hull looking like it was going to crumble at any moment.

"Alright, let me drop you the ladder, then we'll go get Fara's fighter. And I built it myself. I call her the Tadpole." Fox smirked as he grabbed onto the rope ladder and hauled himself up into the ship. It was blissfully warm inside.

"Hey Foxie, your stuff has already been moved to a cabin. I'll show you!" Fox gave Miyu a smile and followed her. They stopped at a door near the end of a hallway, Miyu gesturing inside. Fox glanced at the name painted on the side of the door, realizing it was his own. He stared at the door next to his, seeing the name painted beside it. Krystal.

"I'm guessing Falco and peppy have labeled cabins too?" Miyu nodded as Fox stepped through the door. The cabin was small, and yet something about it seemed comfortable. He packed his stuff away before he marched out and through the door at the end of the hallway. The door opened onto a bridge that Slippy and another toad that Fox didn't recognize were manning.

"Ah hey Fox! How do you like the cabin?" Fox gave him a smile while he looked over all of the controls.

"It's really nice Slippy. You were building this for the Star Fox team, weren't you?" He happily nodded as Fox continued. "I'm guessing you didn't hear it was disbanded. Or about Krystal." Slippy looked confused as he spoke.

"No, what happened to Krystal?" Fox's head dropped into his hands as he spoke, his elbows resting on one of the consoles.

"She's dead, Falco killed her." there was a gasp from the other frog in the room, Fox finally paying attention to her. "And who are you?" she held her hand out for Fox to shake as she spoke.

"I'm Amanda, Slippy's fiancée." Fox was stunned for a second, barely able to think.

"I what?! Congratulations Slippy! That's, wonderful!" he smiled as the two of them clasped hands.

"Thanks Fox. Well, we gotta go. Fighter to recover." Fox nodded and stepped off the bridge, headed back for his cabin. Once inside, he locked the door and dropped onto the bed, simply staring at the ceiling until he finally drifted off to sleep.


Miyu bit her lip as she approached the doorway. She gently knocked, hoping he would answer. When there was no response, she knocked again, much harder this time. The door suddenly slid open, revealing Fox, looking exhausted.

"What is it Miyu?" she smiled as she responded.

"I just want to talk to you. Do you mind if I come in?" he stepped out of her way and she sat down on the bed, looking up at him. "So Slippy took a look at your fighter. It's totaled, same as Fara's. Scrap on them will pay for almost the cost for a new fighter, but only for one of you. Just thought I would warn you." He nodded as he spoke.

"I have another Arwing, just need to swing by Corneria. Was that all?" she shook her head, almost instantly speaking.

"I was hoping that I could convince you to come with me to dinner. Fay cooked, and believe me when I say this, she knows what she is doing." He dropped into his office chair, barely looking at her as he responded.

"Not hungry. Sorry." She sighed, her eyes drifting to her feet.

"Fox, you need to eat. It's been almost two days, and none of us have seen you leave this cabin." She glanced at him, hoping he had changed position, but he continued to stare at the desk.

"No." she stood up and grabbed his ear.

"Then you leave me no choice." He squealed as she dragged him out of the room by his ear until he finally managing to stand up, rubbing the ear.

"Ow, why the hell did you do that?!" she laughed as he followed her down the stairs.

"Well, it got you to follow me, didn't it?" he grimaced at her as she grinned.

"Yeah, it did." They stepped into the empty galley, everyone else having already eaten and left. Only Fara and Wolf remained, quietly talking in one of the corners. They both grabbed trays of food and sat at a table, across from each other. Miyu didn't hesitate to start eating, knowing she had a wonderful meal in front of her. Fox merely prodded at it with his fork.

"Come on Fox, just try a bite." He finally dug his fork in and put some of the food in his mouth. After the first bite, he was suddenly eating like he was ravenous.

"You don't lie, she does know how to cook." Miyu smiled as he gazed dreamily at the counter where more food sat.

"I'll never lie to you Fox. Now go get some more you buffoon!" he smiled to her as he leapt to his feet, double loading his tray, wolfing the food down just as fast as the first tray. She grabbed both of their empty trays and dropped it into one of the sinks before sitting back down.

"Now was that so bad?" he grunted and glared at her, the barest trace of a smile at the corners of his mouth.

"No. thank you Miyu." She smiled and felt blood rushing to her cheeks, her tail flicking madly behind her.