Chapter 8

Together as a Team

The next morning, I woke up in the new apartment mom and dad bought for the Starfox Team. Everyone had their own room, and the apartment was more like a suite, probably since my parents wanted me to start off affluent.

I pushed myself out of bed and headed towards the kitchen. Aeryn told me last night that she was somewhat decent at cooking, so she offered to make breakfast.

There she was, fully concentrated on the stove and frying pan.

I was feeling bored, so I plopped down on a sofa and turned on the TV. The channel was set on the news. It was 0930 hours, but something was being featured on the news.

"...and Katt Munroe, a young feline anthro, was found disobeying orders by the General. She and the Starfox Team set off on their first mission to find her ex-boyfriend, Falco Lombardi, on the planet Uxx, and she had come back from Uxx and received orders not to return to the planet so that the General could perform investigation of the planet. She set off just last night, and her ship is nowhere to be found. Cornerian officials are now suspicious of her, and now suspect her of activity involved with Mr. Lombardi and the rest of the Uxxian citizens. We will have further information after the break-" I switched off the TV instinctively.

Katt? Gone to Uxx without permission? Well, I checked her mind last night, and she was full of distress and unpleasant thoughts, so she was obviously planning to go to Uxx.

But how could she have actually done it? I didn't think she would have that much power to overcome her loyalty to Corneria.

Though, I'm sure Uncle Peppy won't be very mad about her action. He knew it was going to happen, as I had also felt last night, and he probably has something up his sleeve to do about it.

"Hey, you hear that Marcus? Katt's headed to Uxx, and we've got nothing to do about it." Aeryn spoke to me as she set plates on the dining table.

"Don't be so sure," Rupert called as he strolled out of his bedroom.

"They could be coming any second now to get the scoop on how we're involved-" The doorbell rang and shook us all to our feet.

"What'd I tell ya...?" Rupert stated. I rushed towards the door and peeked through a window to see who it was. Sure enough, it was the press, patiently waiting outside.

"Grr, little rats picking on a group of teenagers..." I snarled through my teeth. I relaxed myself and casually opened the door.

"Hello there, Mister Marcus McCloud, but we have-"

"Yeah, I heard. What's the deal?" I faked my grouchiness. Aeryn and Rupert caught on and pretended to look drowsy and tired.

"Well, we've noticed you've been quite involved with a feline named Katt Munroe, and you've recently-"

"Hey, didn't your parents ever tell you, 'you need your ten hours of sleep, go to bed'? My parents would shoot me if they found out I didn't get a good rest." I muttered crankily.

"Well, we have some questions-"

"Look, if you're not getting my point, what I'm trying to say is, get out!" I snapped. The reporter was slightly stunned, so to add the final touch, I slammed the door. I swiftly locked the door and leaned my back against the door. I slowly slid down, and smiled with content. All of us started laughing at how hilarious that situation was.

"That was epic."

"Yeah, we totally pwned them."

"That should teach them a lesson!" I got up and ambled over to the dining table. I took a seat and looked down at the slightly burned pancakes.

"Sorry, I-"

"Yeah, that's fine. At least it's decent enough to eat." I cut in. Aeryn paused, and began to cut the pancakes with her knife.

I quickly got up to wash my hands and began tearing the food apart with my paws. Aeryn and I finished quickly, but Rupert was still munching at the last bits.

"Are you always this slow?"

"Yeah." Rupert muttered through his mouth.

After he finished, we all went back to our bedrooms and changed out of our night clothes. I changed into the usual attire of my dad when he was fighting the Aparoids with my mom. It was a green jumpsuit with bold red stripes, and a metal bullet-proof vest. Along with that were sleek metal boots and heavy-duty white gloves. I walked out of my bedroom, and everyone else was dressed.

"I think we've got ourselves a mission in our hands. Don't you think?" I spoke the question into open air.

"What do you mean?" Aeryn questioned.

"What I mean, is that Katt is going to Uxx to warn Falco of the Cornerian Air Force coming to get him, right? So...maybe we can go along too! What do you think is more important, restoring Falco to former glory or investigating Uxx for signs of influence? You heard what happened to Falco from Katt last night. Don't you think we should try to resurrect Falco, and protect Katt from attack of the Cornerian Forces?" I looked at Aeryn and Rupert with question. Were they going to join the fight, and help me on Uxx, or would they go and warn Uncle Peppy of my coming to Uxx?

"I'm in it, even if it means we're going against the most powerful forces in Lylat." Rupert confirmed.

Aeryn was still thinking.

"If you don't want to go, that's okay Aeryn-"

"No! I'm going to go! I may be Peppy's granddaughter, but I can still fight!" Aeryn chanted.

"Yeah, that's the spirit!" I agreed.

"If we're going to go to Uxx, we're going to need armory to protect us. I have my dad's Blaster. What about you guys?" I questioned.

"I have a machine gun." Rupert answered. Aeryn had a miserable look on her face.

"All I have is a water gun."

"Err...that's not exactly..." I tried to find the right words to say.

Uncle Panther taught me that you must never, ever hurt a girl's feelings, even if you don't like her. I wonder where he learned all of that...

"Here, I'll lend you my Blaster, Aeryn." Rupert quickly stated as he rushed to his room. He came back and handed Aeryn his Blaster.

"Okay, now we're all ready. We're taking on Lylat, but we're doing it for Katt and Falco. Let's go, Starfox Team!" I cheered.

"Uh...what was with the last part...?" Rupert asked stunned.

"Oh...I've always wanted to say that..." I muttered.

"Oh well, come on!" I ended as all of us rushed out the door towards the hangar bay, ready to assist Katt, Falco, and all of the Uxxian citizens form the Cornerian Air Force.

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Once again, a short chapter, but I needed to get the plot for what Starfox was going to do down.
Just to lighten the mood, I added that segment, though I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the fanfic itself...
C' mon, they're fifteen, cut them some slack!
I hope you enjoyed!