Chapter 9: Deceiver
The explosives detonated and the Cornerian Military HQ disappeared in a huge explosion. Glass shattered and was flung in every direction; several other pieces of the building were knocked off and fell to the ground. When the fire was gone, there was nothing left but smoke and rubble. Several buildings around the HQ were destroyed as well. Shortly after the HQ exploded, General Pepper left the underground hideout to see what had happened.
He was shocked to discover the HQ was gone, as were several buildings. He made his way over to the HQ, not being very far away from it to begin with, and stared at the rubble. He let out a sigh and looked upwards. He then noticed something strange. A black piece of clothing began to float down to the streets of Corneria. He caught it in his right hand and looked at it. There was a patch on it that read "Scythe", it seemed Scythe didn't make it…seemed he had died during the mission.
"One less fugitive to hunt down," General Pepper thought to himself. A few hours later, the military discovered the civilian who had been killed by the scythe the droids flung out the window, as well as the weapon itself. Scythe was blamed for it, and the entire city quickly learned of it as well, none believing he was innocent. General Pepper had ordered the military to hunt down the four remaining members, Fear, Ice, Shadow, and Shock.
The military never found them, nor did they find clues as to there whereabouts. When they returned and told General Pepper of their findings, Fear, Ice, Shock, and Shadow were marked down as dead. The bounties came off their heads, the bounty hunters stopped hunting for them, and the death of the team was put in the papers the very next day. Around noon the day the paper with the team's death came out, five hooded individuals arrived, one of which bought a paper and read to the others what it said once they found a place where only they would hear what was said.
"Shadow, Scythe, Fear, Shock, and Ice dead," he read, "These five individuals were behind the attack on Corneria several days ago. They wished to take Corneria and nearly succeeded if it had not been for the heroics of Star Fox. They fought their way through an army of pirates and into the HQ, where they met the five criminals. They fought long and hard, eventually winning. Unable to accept defeat, one of the five criminals destroyed the Cornerian HQ in an attempt to eliminate Star Fox. Star Fox's whereabouts are currently unknown."
"Wha'd'ya known," one of the hooded individuals said, "We're dead."
"Should've known they'd give Star Fox credit for our deaths," Ice spoke.
"Yeah, well, they always get the credit," Shock told Ice.
"Great thinking on your part, Shadow," Scythe said.
"I knew it would be a good idea to have a spare tank in the Hawk," Shadow replied.
After a short conversation, the group left Corneria. A few days later, the group forwarded a few credits to Star Fox's bank account, just enough to get ROB fixed. The team did so and reactivated him after he was repaired. Once online, ROB was back to normal. It was as if nothing happened. A month later, Star Fox returned to their usual work.
After several months of taking up missions, Scythe grew tired of the daily routine and left the group, never to return. He ended up meeting a vixen who was very similar to him, she had the same interests, could hold her own in a fight just as well as him, if he didn't know better, he'd think she was a modified clone of himself. She was a few inches shorter than him, five to be exact, her fur was tan, and she had several white markings on her body. She was apparently Cerinian.
They became friends after a while and became bounty hunters shortly afterwards. After several months of hunting wanted individuals and accumulating a couple hundred thousand credits, they found a home on Titania and ended up getting married, later having a son.
