Disclaimer: I do not own Star Fox. This series was created and published by Nintendo. All respect and copywriter ship goes to Nintendo and whoever is in part of making Star Fox.
Author comments beforehand: So, now we get into Wolf's side more. Is he starting go soft? Yeah, but note he keeps it to himself. Isn't that a bad thing to do! Well, we'll start to see that soon it really starts affecting the poor thing so be prepared. Not trying to make Wolf al angsty, but he seems like the type to just take care of himself.
So, enjoy this chapter! Lots of action in my opinion!
Beauty and the Beast
VIII. Bang! Bang! Out Goes the Light!
As they neared the mountains, Wolf's tail flickered like mad. He grinned, he was excited. He wanted his paws to be soiled in blood. Wolf moved a finger to open a communication line with Panther, who seemed to share the same happiness as Wolf.
"Can't keep your excitement, huh?" Wolf said.
"You can't either. I don't mind really," Panther exclaimed, "I now have someone to make proud."
"Peh, she's not what you think she is, Panther," Wolf replied back, chuckling.
"I know."
"So you do know?"
"Yes," Panther said, his ears flopping over a bit. "I knew ever since…well, she came to Lucy's apartment that day. I'll be her shoulder to cry on until she gets to her senses."
"You're a good man, Panther." Was all Wolf said before lights blinked on his holographic map. "Alright, let's take care of these vermin here. I'm aching to do so."
"Ad you wish, Wolf," Panther sighed with happiness, "Want to give a battle cry?"
"Bastard."
Wolf threw his head back and howled for a few seconds and charged his Wolfen ahead. Panther followed, lights flaring behind his ship. The two spun and crisscrossed each other's path, making zigzags in the sky. Wolf shot the first ray of missiles, each easily hitting their targets. Wolf pulled the breaking system in to the middle, then the front, then inward and up to its normal position in record time, maneuvering his ship around his target. He leaned back and made the Wolfen move back toward the target, repeating the same tactic.
Panther had a pair of floating metal spheres, each making a path to follow with a ray of aqua light. Panther didn't have to blink as he used his powerful laser on them. He used his thumb on his right break and pressed the larger button twice and the sphere blew up, making Panther's fur turn orange. He smiled coolly and did the same to its partner, flying away as the thing combusted and fell to the white earth.
Wolf's Wolfen flew over the big cat's air craft and attacked another fleet of small ships guarding some sort of land base. Wolf quickly tapped the holographic weapon option and changed it to the Nova Bomb option. He pressed the smaller buttons and soon, a small, red bomb was dropped down onto the unsuspecting fleet. Soon, there was a large blast lasting for seven seconds, completely obliterating the fleet. Wolf moved in and collected the cores. He checked to see that he now had eight cores, from the ships before plus the new cores. He went to the base and stared up at the massive ship. Wolf paused.
"How the hell do I destroy this thing?"
Wolf never paused like this. He simply had no clue what to do and how to destroy it. The lupine growled at his stupidity and thought. What is the best way to destroy this massive ship?
Don't hesitate. When the time comes, just act.
Wolf cursed at his words. He gave them to Fox a year back during the Apariod fight on Corneria. He shook his head and then…something flashed in his brain.
Lucy took another deep breath and thought quickly. Then, it clicked. She smiled and then felt the confidence flow through her blood. She quickly pulled the breaks back to her and tilted to the left. Wolf had barely enough time to react as he felt the Wolfen turn quickly. He then realized it was doing an infamous barrel roll.
"What?!" Leon exclaimed seeing the Wolfen doing the signature Star Fox move, "She's doing barrel rolls?!"
"Yes," Panther said, watching the battle, "It certainly is interesting."
Then, after she got in close, Lucy button mashed and sent the lasers flying. She successfully got two shots in and cleared the mission. She heard Leon screech with rage as she flew away.
Wolf's eye widened. Could it be that a…barrel roll is the only way to destroy this thing? The lupine stared at the middle of the ship where a giant laser protruded from it and moved across the land.
"Damn."
Wolf shifted and pulled up toward the middle. He heard Panther say something, but he merely concentrated. Just as Lucy did all that time ago, he moved the break system back and to the left. Wolf leaned into his ship as it barrel rolled right into the center.
The lupine's ears flickered at the sound of twisting metal and the breaking of gears. He kept moving the ship until it got out to the other side. He turned his head to watch the massive machinery explode and sink to the ground. Wolf didn't know it until now, but he was panting from excitement and exhaustion. He collected the last core and moved out. In just a mere hour, they destroyed their target.
"W-wolf…" Panther's low voice came on the communication line at that moment. "You did a…"
"I well know what I did." Wolf ran a paw through his spiked hair and felt his heart race. "…"
"Wolf?"
"Shut up and let's go. I'll tell them to commence their mission now." He growled.
"Alright." Panther said with a sigh.
--
"Alright, we'll move out" Leon said back into his communicator. Krystal looked at Leon quizzically and stepped forward.
"Well?" she asked, "What is it?"
"Wolf's done early," Leon said back with a huff, moving to his ship. "We were told to start early."
"Start early? But the ships aren't even close to our target!"
"Whatever Wolf says, goes." Leon glared at her and shook his head. "Never mess with his order, that's the last things you want."
Krystal looked down and brushed some hair out of her face, pausing to think that over. Memorize it, she thought, because one day that piece of advice will save your hide, Krystal.
Then, as Leon got into his ship, she walked up to her Arwing. This white and blue custom built ship looked bulky compared to the sleek Wolfen that Leon had. She glanced at its red and black and then back to her ship. She placed a paw on it and let her heart swell with Fox. He was there, in that Arwing, though he did not even make it.
"Fox…"
She was still in doubt and in pain. It was like a tragic love story with her now and she despised it. "I f'n' hate it," she censored, looking down at her white boots and kicked at the ground, causing dust to rise up an inch off the ground.
"Fox…" Krystal repeated. She looked up and silently wiped an oncoming tear in her aqua eyes and got up into her ship. The blue vixen closed the cockpit and watched Leon speed out of the base and into the sky. Krystal charged up her engine and propelled after the chameleon.
"So, our target is the Eastern Sea, correct?"
"Yes," Leon huffed out slowly. "They're twenty five minutes away from where we're supposed to engage an attack. By the time we arrive there, we'll have twenty jolly minutes to prepare."
"I s-see…" Krystal said. They continued along their quick journey before appearing in front of the sea to see something not so pleasant.
"Fog. That's bad," Krystal grimaced.
"We won't be able to detect them as easily now," Leon grunted. "We have to figure out a way to clear the fog enough unless we go through it ourselves."
"That's crazy and you know it," Krystal replied back.
That caused Leon to laugh and grin. "You forget who you're talking to."
"Right."
Leon was the definition of crazy if you ever met it. Except, he was the most intriguing type of crazy; He was sane but loved to cause people's suffering. "Sadist..." she replied out loud.
"What?"
"Nothing!" Krystal shouted. She glanced at her clock. "We have seventeen minutes until their suspected arrival. What should we do?"
"First," he said, "We should figure out a plan until we set of these electrobombs. What we should do is each take on a couple patches until they start heading for the water. When the remaining forces do that, we follow, but quickly and under the belly of their ships so we can send the bombs right under them and then let them detonate once they're completely submerged. Then we do as Wolf says."
"But…how do we know it'll work?" Krystal questioned.
"We won't. We just have to hope it does, girly."
"I'm really sick of you and Wolf calling me nicknames," she said all too sharply.
"We'll call you whatever the hell we want," Leon retorted back. Then, something faintly began to flash on their radars.
"They're here…"
"And early," Krystal replied to Leon's comment. "There are…" She brought a paw to her head and helped herself concentrate on the Anglar's bazaar brain waves, "Five fleets of ships. Two are in groups of twelve and one is by itself, one is a three ship combo and the other has two ships in its fleet."
"I suggest we take out the twelve groups first and then let the others try and head for the water. Easier to deal with the larger, weaker force than the tougher first." He replied.
"Alright. The two twelve ship fleets are in front of us. They're, in fact, coming right for us! The other fleets are just taking their time flying."
"…Just as I suspected." Leon said.
And so, the Wolfen and Arwing went after their assigned job. Leon did not have a normal laser. Instead, he had a multi-lock system that he had to press continuously if he had to get the job done. Though it was a tougher job, he was able to watch his victims be tortured more slowly than a normal canon. He pressed down on his larger buttons and repeatedly locked onto the twelve ships, letting out fire after fire. He watched the ships slowly combust. He felt the happiness rise throughout his body and he started laughing.
"This is what I want to see!" He said in mid-laugher, making his voice twisted and disgusting like sour milk. He kept at it until his joy was depleted when all of the ships exploded at once revealing the cores. "Damn…I forgot that they were weaker…" Leon said in disappointment. He took his sweet time to collect the cores and then wait for Krystal to be done. Leon moved his head to the right and watched the Arwing dance with her mission, repeatedly firing a slightly powerful laser at the ships. She moved the Arwing around the ships and kept firing until every last one was gone.
"Not bad, vixen."
"Not bad yourself, Leon!"
Surprisingly, they shared a small smile between each other until their alarms reminded them of the other ships.
"Alright, this is it! Let's make Wolf proud!" Leon called and he began moving toward the fleet with two ships. Krystal took on the single ship and moved under its belly. Though, she had more difficultly staying under it because the ship was bouncing as it moved forward.
"Dammit, stay where you are!" The vixen yelled. She had to move left and right as it slowly descended toward the water. Maybe this is all apart of the plan, Krystal suddenly thought. She had no time to react once it plunged into the ocean with a 'kersplash'. Krystal immediately shot the first electrobomb into the water and then went after the last three ships. She saw Leon fire two electrobombs into the ocean and then come up.
Wait…that's odd, why does Leon only have two?
"You ready to fire the other four?" Leon asked, "Wolf said he's giving me two because he wants you to have more experience."
"…Leon…" She said as she fired the last bomb she had into the ocean while the three ships went under, "I only have two as well. Wolf told me that he gave you four because he thought I was too Inexperienced for this."
"THAT LITTLE SHIT HEAD!" Leon screamed, "He two-timed us! He has the last two on purpose!"
"WHAT?!" she shouted back, "But this won't work without six!"
"…"
They watched as the four bombs detonate only holding the ships in place. They could only see some particles come off.
"…Leon…are we doomed?"
"Not if Mr. Fancy-Pants decides to show up, but from I remember it takes three hours by Wolfen to get here."
"Three hours?!" Krystal protested. "Oh shit."
"You can say that again." Leon replied. "I guess we failed because of Wolf. But why in Hell's name does he have the last two?"
That was a good question, Krystal said in her mind as she watched some ships start to move a bit as the electrical current was weakening. Wait…Something doesn't add up! Krystal brought her index finger to her muzzle and tapped it trying to help her think.
Alright Krystal, go over the facts! There were six bombs and Wolf said that all six had to be present in order for the reactions to occur. But, he each gave Leon and I two bombs instead of three. But why's that?
"Maybe…" Krystal said, catching Leon's attention, "Maybe there is something Wolf didn't tell us last night."
"Like what?" Leon asked.
"Like…perhaps that there is something unique about these bombs?"
"Elaborate, moron, elaborate!" he grumbled.
"Maybe, the bombs he gave us has a certain amount of batteries in them! I have the strongest because my bombs are the ones keeping together the ships!" Krystal pointed and sure enough, hers seemed to have the most hold after three minutes of electrical shock. "You, Leon, have the weakest. Look, yours have barely enough hold on them." Again, she pointed and Leon's bombs seemed to almost be at the end of its life.
"But why would Wolf do that?"
"That," Krystal said, "I don't know."
Then, as if a miracle had happened, the rough grumble of a voice appeared over the intercom, making both Leon and Krystal jump.
"That is due to the fact that if we added the 'middle' bombs in now, it would have a super charge on the dying bombs and give a boost to the lasting bombs, causing it to make the process occur faster."
"Wolf!" They both said.
"You idiots, do you expect me to make a plan and then foolishly carry it out? Like hell I would!"
Wolf's ship moved fast across the electric water and dropped the last two bombs into the ocean. Panther followed Wolf and then settled next to Krystal's ship.
"Are you alright my dear?"
"Y-yes…fine…" she murmured.
"Now, after you hear the screams, we'll move in. I want everyone to drop their bombs loads in… five seconds."
Krystal swallowed the lump in her throat. He was so confident that this will work…doesn't he ever feel like that there's a second outcome? She wondered, but five seconds past and team Star Wolf gave the ships under water their possible demise. The Nova bombs hit the water and a chain reaction happened, causing fire to dance across the water. Krystal shielded her eyes from the light and waited to see the outcome.
The smoke and heat dispersed and Krystal couldn't help but let her eyes go wide with shock.Not only had it worked, but the color of the ocean had changed from its clear blue to bright red. She cringed as she heard Leon laugh manically.
"Magnificent, simply magnificent!" He hollered.
"Now, now Leon," Panther said smoothly, "Get a hold of yourself."
But over all of this, Wolf did not rejoice. He simply studied.
"We're not done yet. One's still there."
Sure enough, it was the one Krystal had trouble with earlier. It was bouncing around even though it looked like it was going to explode any second.
"Now how did that one survive while the others did as they were supposed to?" Wolf questioned.
"Perhaps, if I say so myself," Panther said, "It looks like it's made with layers of metal. Perhaps the iron did not rust all the way?"
"That may be it. Panther, you take it out."
"Yes, Wolf."
Panther moved in quickly and shot at the thing, making it explode instantly. Then, all four ships moved out of the area. Krystal watched as the sea went on and on and soon, the color was back to normal as they moved away from the spot in which the action took place.
She then saw that the now cloudy sky was producing white, innocent snow flakes. It began slowly, carefully, as if the clouds wanted to make the scene peaceful when it was quite the opposite. Krystal's heart lurched at this.
The team then moved onto land but not until they saw something up ahead.
"What's going on at the city?" Leon asked.
"Like hell I know," Wolf growled. "I bet there were more Anglars attacking at a different sector.
They watched the ships advance and then they saw something. A massive battle ship. Wolf narrowed his eye and then spoke, "That's the pup's ship."
Krystal's heart felt a wave of pain. Fox was here, Fox was here, Fox was here, her heart said as it beat. She swallowed and felt her face grow cold. Panther seem to come in at the right time when he said, "Krystal are--"
"No Panther," she said truthfully, "I feel awful. I feel like throwing up."
"Then get the hell out of here," Wolf said over the newly formed couple. "I don't want you to fall apart at the seams. Go back to the base now."
Krystal just nodded and sped off, leaving the red ships behind. It wasn't long until the tears came falling down her cheeks. She began hiccupping and wailing. It was all the same, she just couldn't bare being near him. Krystal loved Fox too much.
As the Arwing left, Wolf looked ahead.
"Alright, here's what we're going to do. We're going to sneak in there and see if Fox is by himself or with any of his Lonely Hearts Club Band. Then we'll go from there."
His team mates followed his ship and they were soon covered by a dense fog. They turned all communications on to hear what was going on. Suddenly a crackle came up and it was Slippy's voice.
"We have to hurry Fox! We don't have much time! We gotta defeat these enemies and get to Lucy!"
Wolf's eye widened a bit. Lucy?
"I know. The distress call seemed urgent. I just hope we can get there in time."
Silence surrounded Wolf's ship. Then he spoke quietly.
"That girl…what happened to her?"
Wolf felt his muscles tense. He narrowed his eye and shook his head. "Why should I care about that damned girl? See what I care?"
Wolf, there are some towels and pajamas set out for you…please use them!
Wolf paused. He couldn't seem to focus. He left his mind drift to that time when they first met and how her kindness brought him some comfort. How at that time, he was afraid to admit he wanted more.
His mind snapped back to reality when Fox said that all the enemies were cleared away. He grinned and decided his new target was one he kept missing.
"Boys, I think we should pay the pup a friendly visit. He must be so tired from his mission, let's give him a good 'hello'."
Leon and Panther both smiled.
Wolf moved towards the two Arwings and spoke into the already opened communication line.
"Why hello, pup, lost and alone, are we? What's a depressed thing such as yourself wandering around Fichina for? Fox… It's been a long time… " He said coolly.
"Wolf?!" The younger canine yelled in shock. Wolf chuckled at his childish remark.
"You lookin' to collect the bounty on our heads? Are you truly that desperate?"
Fox growled and he retorted, "No, of course not!"
"Now, now, don't lie to me. I don't like liars, do you, Panther?" Wolf replied.
"No, I don't. I also don't like a creature who throws a beautiful crystal away."
He heard Fox choke up at this. The vulpine paused before he came back.
"Shut up, Wolf. I don't want to fight you."
"Well, isn't that disappointing? You really made my heart wretch with pain, pup!" Wolf sneered.
"Wolf, stop it and just leave!" Fox said with a sigh.
"Yeah," Slippy chimed in, "Go away and leave us to ourselves!"
"Not a chance, Frog!" Leon spat.
"Enough of this crap," Wolf growled, "Arguing makes me cranky. Let's fight instead!"
Wolf pushed his break system forward and charged for Fox's ship, diving into the fight that he desperately wanted to unfold.
CHAPTER VIII END
Well, it took me awhile to do, but I finished! So, now we get further into Command's story and fox finally appears. I always hated this fight in the game, I always found Star Wolf tough to beat. And that's how I'm going to make it. Tough on Fox; But of course in Wolf's perspective. Fox will win and then Wolf will separate from Star Wolf and command Krystal to go with Panther. That will bring in some Lucy and Wolf alone time Fufufufu!
Thank you sfc./ for providing the lines from Command so I can make direct quotes. I did leave some stuff out and added in things, but some of the lines in the end are from Command.
So, as this story progresses, I'll try to make it more juicy, so have a bit more patience because I do wanna get this thing out of my head! There's a lot more story from where this came from!
See ya next time!
Oh, P.S. I have thirteen classes left in school and then I have testing. So, I may not update as quickly. But, I'll do the best I can!
