CHAPTER 7: The Blue Guardian

Unknown Location, LFDA Space Station

Fox is looking out the window of the flight control center watching some fighters doing training, time to time he would use the radio to communicate to the pilots instructing them.

"Captain we have unidentified objects in range." A female feline at one of the stations reports. Fox walking up to her looking at the screen seeing the radar show multiple dots in the distance.

"Must be asteroids or space junk nothing to worry about sergeant. Could you send out some decoys for the cadets?" The sergeant nods and turns to another system and starts to work.

After some time one of the decoys gets blown up by a bomb. "What the? I did not approve for smart bombs to be used!" Fox yells as he notices numerous fighters approach shooting at either the decoys or cadet fighters.

"Fuck sound the alarm!" Fox yells as he goes over to the communications station. "All fighters return to base now!" He looks over at the Sergeant. "Use the dam decoys to cover the cadets!"

He goes to a station in the center of the room hitting a button. "All non-cadet fighter pilots report to your fighters... I repeat all non-cadet fighter pilots to your fighters the station is under attack! All security personnel proceed to battle stations!"

The whole station gets lively as people start running around pilots running to their fighters as they zip up their flight suites while security stopping at multiple armory's that where hidden in the wall taking up blasters and rifles.

"Lieutenant send out a SOS!" Fox looking around to see multiple fighters flying around the station as his own fighters starting to take off as he activates the stations anti-fighter weapon system.

"This is LFDA Space Station to any CDF ship, we are under attack and in need of assistance." Blackpaw barks in to her microphone as she keeps repeating herself as she changes channels multiple times as she does so.

Outside of the militarization zone

After a few hours of flying Neisa is starting to approach the militarization zone where her confidants are as one of her radio channels goes off.

"This is LFDA Space Station to any CDF ship, we are under attack and in need of assistance." Neisa noticing it is on one of the civilian channels. She looks out her window noticing a carrier and cruiser that is patrolling the edge of the zone.

Did they not receive the message? She thought as she proceeds and starts to hail the cruiser.

An old looking hound dog appears. "This is Captain Glen Crawford of the CDF Cruiser Dauntless how may I be of assistance?"

Neisa piloting closer but not to get to close until they and confirm her credentials. "I am Commander Neisa Nibley First Officer of the CDF Battleship Cerbere, authorization code delta, three, eight, zero, omega, niner" She noticing the captain looking away.

After a short time, the captain looks back. "What are you doing here Commander, your ship looks like it is on its way to Corneria?"

Neisa sighs as she gets closer knowing she won't be fired upon. "Are you getting any SOS messages." The captain shakes his head. "Tune to channel three, five, niner, point one."

The captain goes wide eyed. "Get all men to their battle stations! Alert the carrier!"

"Captain I am going in also." The captain about to refuse but she does not give him a chance. "I am on a HVT Mission from General Peppy Hare Captain and he is in the center of your militarization zone."

The Captain nodes as both of the ships start moving in to the zone as she goes in also.

Unknown Location, LFDA Space Station

"Lieutenant did you get a hold of any of the ships?" Fox asks as lasers lighting up the room as fighters try to prevent the enemy from attacking the station.

"No, they might be jamming military channels but I sent it out on civilian channels hoping one of them is moderating them." Lieutenant Blackpaw stated as she moves to another station taking control of one of the not damaged anti-fighter weapons.

"Sir I have detected a lock on to the Flight Control Center!" The Sergeant yells at fox.

"Just my luck..." Fox puts his hand on his head as he sees an enemy fighter approach but it blows up as the Starhunter flies by the center.

"Blue Lady to LFDA Flight Control, sorry we are late." Neisa's voice is heard in the center as fox sees the cruiser and carrier come in to view as friendly fighters starts to join the fight.

Fox falls back into a chair. "Thanks." The intruder alarm goes off. "what now..." Shooting can now be heard in the station.

Blackford goes on the coms. "Station has been boarded by hostiles." Fox grabbing his blaster and arming it.

Neisa hears the report and moves in to land in one of the hangers as she gets in, she starts getting shot at as she arms her T&B-M88's and starts to sweep the room with rounds taking a good amount of enemy's as the rest runs out of the hanger in to the station.

Neisa lands jumping out of her fighter as she shoots an enemy that seemed to be covering the others to proceed in to the station. "Dam it...nothing can ever be easy." She opens the cargo hatch and takes out her rifle and a six-inch silver rod putting it on her belt and proceeds in to the station.

She fights her way to the center of the station as she notices security is holding off some of the enemy forces as she looks around noticing a squad on the second floor starting to proceed to the third. She runs to the stairwell to notice that it has been sealed.

"Fuck..." she looks around noticing that most of the enemies are down. She looks at the security is behind a steal table close to the edge of the second-floor railing noticing a buff husky standing shooting at a group of enemies. She starts to run at him shooting at a few enemy's in her way then looks at a guard. "Give me a lift!"

The husky hears her request just in time as he drops his rifle and kneels down with his hands cupped then launches her up when she steps in to it as she grabs on to the railing then throws herself over. "Thanks!" as she runs to the other side of the balcony to get back to the stairs.

She gets up to the third floor to Fox's Office noticing the door open she gets in quickly only noticing a female gray wolf on the ground holding her head. She rushes over kneeling down next to her. "Hey where is Fox?" The wolf only groans.

Neisa enters her mind. "Where is Fox?"

"Huh? How? Ehhh Flight Control... he is in the Flight Control Center." The husky looks up at her.

"Thanks, and relax your mind it will help with the pain." She gets up and runs out of the room looking around looking for any signs showing the way to flight control.

LFDA Space Station, Flight Control Center

"Lieutenant..." Fox looks at Blackpaw as she looks at him.

"Yes sir?" She gets up from her seat.

"I just wanted to tell you it was an honor to serve with you." Fox stated as the door opens as both Blackpaw and Fox raises their blasters to the door noticing a smoke screen was deployed. "Dam it."

Suddenly a shot hits Blackpaw in the shoulder causing her to fall to the ground as a shot hits Fox's blaster out of his hands. "Don't move Fox!" A male's voice stated as three enemy's walk in.

Fox stands there with his hands up at shoulder level. "Ok...ok you got me." One of the three goes over to Blackpaw kicking the blaster away, one aiming at the sergeant as they walk up to her and the one that told him not to move walks up to him.

"So, you are the famous Fox McCloud? I have a message for you... It's from Wolf" He has his rifle trained on Fox as he sighs.

"What does the old wolf want?" Fox asked as he looks over at Blackpaw which is looking at him. "You ok Lieutenant?"

She nodes "They were aiming to disarm not kill sir." As the man guarding her kicks her. "Shut up, bitch!"

Fox growls about to attack as the man in front of him hits him in the head not hard enough to knock him out but enough to give him a headache. "Don't do something stupid, McCloud. Remember I have a message from Wolf."

Fox looks back at the guy. "Fuck you" The guy snickers lowering his rife and shoots him in the leg causing Fox to fall. "Fuck!"

The guy kneels down. "That was not nice of you... anyways" He turns on a camera that was on his armor. "Wolf apologizes for not being able to do this himself but wanted me to record it." He gets up and aims his rife at Fox's head as he looks up at him.

Suddenly two shots are heard one hitting each of the guys covering the Lieutenant and Sergeant as the guy that was aiming at Fox turns around starting to bring up his rifle to aim as Neisa tries to shoot him but the rifle dose not fire.

The guy finishes bringing his rifle up and shoots at Neisa but misses due to he did not take the time to aim as she falls to the ground pulling her blaster out and shots him in the head. The guy falling to the ground dead.

Blackpaw gets up quickly grabbing Fox helping him up and in to a chair. "You ok sir?" She inspects his leg.

Fox nods at her then looks at the blue vixen that just finished dusting herself off. "Krystal?" She walks over to him as she gets closer to him, he notices that she has a few aspects that are the same but is defiantly not her. "Strange to see a blue vixen."

"Any later and I would have been dead. Thanks for the save Miss?" Fox sitting there as Blackpaw pulls her belt off wrapping it around his leg and pulls it tight making him grunt out.

"Nibley, Commander Neisa Nibley." She responded as she walks up to him.

"Ah well thank you Commander. I apologize but would you happen to be a Cerinian?" Fox stated as he trys to get up but Blackpaw stopping him.

Neisa growls even if she is, she has never informed anyone she is from Cerinia. "One blue vixen and every blue vixen is a Cerinian... no I just color my fur blue to shock my enemy's so I have the upper hand."

Blackpaw gets up smiling. "You could just do what I do and flash them.

Fox looks up at Blackpaw blushing. "That was still not fair."

Neisa looks questioningly at them as she reads Fox's mind seeing that Blackpaw flashed him when she was close to losing in a sparring match.

"Hey all is fair in war." She stated as she assists Fox up helping him walk. "But we need to get you to the Doctor."

"I will lead, I was sent to make sure he is safe." Neisa stated as they nod as she leaves the Control Center first as the Sergeant approaches Fox and the lieutenant assisting him also.

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