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Chapter 10: The Unexpected Guest

The five of us immediately went after the Japan base. We figured the faster we did it, the faster this war would end. Our plan was very simple, go in and destroy the core; exactly like the base in Africa.

"Alright, just like the last base; Kevin and Falco will head to the surface and sabotage the base by planting the charges. Krystal, Slippy, and I will stay in the air and provide cover." Fox said over the comm.

I nodded, "Seems easy to me."

Falco agreed, "That's the spirit, Kev! We'll get it done in no time."

Krystal sighed, "Just be careful, you two; I sense a great accumulation of soldiers at the base waiting. They may even over run us."

Fox argued, "Don't worry about it; we'll get it done."

Krystal nodded as well, "Okay, but still be careful."

The five of us were coming over a large hill that covered our view. When we came over, I saw the base off in the distance. It wasn't as big as the last one, but it was still large.

"There it is!" I said as I pointed out in front of me.

Fox nodded, "Good eyes" he cracked his neck, "Let's get to work"

We then sped towards the base and opened fire on it. They had no idea of out arrival in any way, they seemed completely unprepared.

"Take out the hangars before they launch any additional fighters!" Fox said.

I banked right and found one of the hangars; I lined my sights and destroyed the entire building with one fly-by.

"That's one down!" I said as I looked back and saw the building crumble.

I pulled up and U-turned back into the fight; there were a few patrol squads in the air fighting. I realized the lack of troops and wondered greatly about what was happening. At the same time, I found a pair of fighters and chased after them.

"Um… where are all the troops? There's hardly any laser fire coming from the turrets and there are barely any fighters." I said in confusion.

Krystal asked the same thing, "Good question; where are they?"

Fox smirked, "It doesn't matter, just finish these patrol squads off so we can get Falco and Kevin into the base."

I was about to open fire on the enemy fighters that were in front of me when Krystal suddenly gasped.

"Wait!" She said. She then said something very faint under her breath, I however was able to make out what she said, "Impossible"

I was startled at the sudden yell and I looked down at the HUD and saw that she was in shock.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

She shook her head and snapped out of her trance, "Kevin, Falco, get in that base NOW. We'll take the fighters."

I was really confused as to what was happening. We hadn't finished the fighters; they could call back up if we landed, or worse, take us out right then and there.

"Uh… there are still fighters; they'll just take us out when we land!" Falco said.

Krystal seemed frustrated, "Just do it! In the base; head to the lower floors."

I broke off of the lock I had on the two fighters and headed for the base.

"Why?" I asked with confusion.

She grunted, "You'll see why!"

Displeased with my answer, I decided to go no further and just find a landing spot.

"According to the intel, the core is located in that large building in the center." Slippy exclaimed.

I landed right in front of the building entrance and waited for Falco. As soon as he landed, I opened the cockpit and jumped out and onto the ground. I looked at him as he jumped out of his Arwing as well.

"Kinda blind when we have no idea why we're going in so early." Falco said.

I nodded, "Yeah, well she is a telepath, its best we listen to her."

I then looked at the large building; it looked like a typical business building with multiple floors extending several stories high.

"Better hurry, she seemed like the inside of this place was pretty damn important." I said as I reached down to my holster. The holster extended out as usual, granting me access to my pistol; I grabbed it and pointed it out in front of towards the entrance. I then activated my helmet.

Falco shook his head, "I don't know, I kinda need to know what to expect."

Krystal suddenly came over the comms, "You'll see why I can't tell you when you get to the core!"

I sighed greatly, "Oh that doesn't sound good."

Falco shook his head, "Whatever, let's just get this over with." He then pulled out his D-50 rifle from the side compartment on his Arwing.

I looked back at the entrance and started to slowly walk towards it. Falco was doing the same, with his rifle raised and pointed at the door. As we walked towards it, we heard the wail of the Arwings as they passed over us and the wail of the lasers as they fired off in the air.

When I reached the door, I opened it and saw that it was completely empty; I was exaggerating, it was empty. The room had a very high roof and was literally empty except for two beams supporting the roof and a gray door in the back corner. I was not only getting more nervous by the second, but I was also becoming more scared of what Krystal said.

"What the hell?" I asked as I saw the room.

Falco walked passed me and entered the room.

"What?" He said in surprise.

I looked down at my communicator, "Slippy, send me the map of the building to my helmet HUD."

"I'm on it; should show up any time now." He replied.

Suddenly, a small mini map with a 3D map of the building appeared right over the mini map. It zoomed out and was placed over me; I was a yellow arrow, Falco was the blue one.

"Thanks Slippy." I said.

"No problem" He replied, "I should tell you that the turrets just now opened fire on us. The soldiers inside the base may know of you being in the building." He explained.

Falco shrugged, "If they know of us then we don't have to go all stealth."

I nodded, "True; thanks anyway." I ended the comm line and raised my blaster once more.

"Where is the core anyway?" Falco asked.

I looked at the map that I had on my HUD. According to it, the core was on sub-level 3; right below the storing floor for all the power cells.

"Sub level 3" I said.

"Great, let's go." Falco replied.

The two of us jogged over to the gray door and pressed the button that was next to it; the door was obviously an elevator. As soon as the 'ding' sounded, I placed my finger on the switch to activate the Wave. The door opened and revealed no one inside.

Falco must have seen me ready myself, "Don't worry, I'm not gonna fall for that again."

He then entered the elevator; I followed after him and closed the door. I looked for the button that read -3 and pressed it. The elevator immediately moved downward. As soon as it started to move, Krystal came over the comms.

"Listen to me" She said seriously, "Whatever you do, do not look him in the eyes!"

Falco and I were both absolutely confused at what Krystal had just said.

"Excuse me?" I replied.

She seemed more worried now, "Just don't; Falco, don't look him in the eye. Kevin, keep your helmet on!"

The connection then cut out and was lost.

"Shit" I said under my breath.

"I hear ya" Falco replied.

I shook my head, "What the hell are we about to find?"

The elevator suddenly stopped on the wrong floor. It stopped on sub level 2. I looked at Falco, who had looked at me as well. We then both looked back towards the door and raised our weapons.

"Shoot!" Falco yelled.

The two of us then riddled the elevator doors with plasma holes. When the doors opened, we were stunned to see that no one was standing there or on the ground dead.

"Huh?" I said in confusion.

Falco shook his head slowly, "Somethin aint right here."

The elevator door then closed without either of us pressing any of the buttons. Something was definitely wrong.

I looked at Falco, "Did you press that?"

He shook his head, "Nah, I though you did." He replied.

The elevator then started to move down again, this time at a much faster pace. The both of us knew that something bad was afoot. When the elevator stopped, the both of us raised our weapons and prepped for what was behind the door. It slid open and revealed another large room similar to that of the previous base.

"What the hell?" I said in complete confusion.

The two of us then walked out of the elevator and into the core room. There were hardly any computer terminals surrounding the center core; Wolf must have seen this as useless and destroyed it.

"Is that the core?" I asked as I pointed to the large center tower.

Falco nodded, "That's it" He said as he started to walk towards it.

"Not… so… fast" A voice said.

I heard Krystal in my head, "Don't look in his eyes and keep your helmet on!"

Falco spoke up, "Who's there?"

Suddenly, a white furred fox emerged from the other side of the core. He had on a suit of armor that was white and blue and a bit thicker than mine.

"Falco, don't look at him directly!" I said.

The fox continued walking slowly around the core until he was on the side we were on. As he reached the side we were on, he raised his head and looked at the two of us. He had a large scare on the left side of his face and a gray stripe running between his two ears. He also had a very eerie smile on his face.

"I'm so glad that you could join me." He said in his low toned voice.

I kept the helmet on and looked at the being while Falco looked away from him.

"Who the hell are you?" I asked.

The fox laughed, "That doesn't matter in any way, what does matter is your death." He then reached to his sides and grabbed two daggers from the thigh holsters.

"So, no intro?" I asked.

The fox kept his odd smile, "Why should I? You'll die anyway."

I shrugged, "I'm just saying it would be nice to know."

The fox then wiped the smile off of his face and turned it into a frown, "Enough!" he yelled, "I want this to be easy; just surrender and I'll kill you swiftly."

I shook my head and smiled in my helmet, "I don't think so."

I then charged at the fox and swung left then right; astonishingly, he effortlessly dodged both swings. I didn't stop, after that I brought my fist down then forcefully pulled it up; the fox still dodged the blow effortlessly. After that, I spun around and brought my leg up and attempted to kick his head; he still dodged it. Once I came back around, I kneeled down and tried to sweep his feet from under him; again, he dodged by sliding back away from my leg span. I rose back to my feet astonished.

"What?" I said in shock.

The fox chuckled and then threw his fist into my face. I flew back from the force and hit the ground hard. I slid towards Falco and stopped next to him. When I stopped, I looked up at him as he looked at me.

"What the hell is he gonna do." Falco said as he turned around and faced the fox.

"No… FALCO WAIT!" I yelled as I figured out what was happening.

I looked back and saw the fox walking slowly to me, at the same time, Falco dropped to his knees as he yelled in agony.

"FALCO!" I yelled.

I knew exactly what was happening. This freak was telepathic and had similar abilities to that of Krystal; he was using it as an offensive move.

I heard Krystal scream in pain in my head, "Argh! FALCO!"

I coughed, "Damn it, this guy's a telepath!" I thought to Krystal.

Krystal quickly spoke, "Kevin, think of nothing but emptiness and darkness. He won't be able to move past it if you focus hard enough. Then give your helmet to Falco so he can fight."

I got up to my feet and charged towards the fox, he sidestepped and I ran right by him, completely throwing my fist into the air. Just as I threw my fist, I deactivated my helmet and continued running towards Falco, who was still on the ground; I used this mistake to assist Falco. When I reached him, I re activated my helmet but had it stay unlocked, once it engaged, I removed it from my head and placed it next to Falco. I continued running and turned around, running back to the fox. I thought of complete blackness and threw my fist at the fox; to my surprise, I hit him right in the muzzle.

The fox grunted as I hit him with all my might. He was knocked back and landed on the ground hard.

"Impossible" he said quietly.

I then set myself in my fighting stance and focused on complete darkness. The fox got back up slowly and continued looking at me. It seemed as though he was trying to scan my mind.

"Don't try it; I know how to keep you out." I said harshly.

He nodded, "Very good, but it won't help you." He said as he started to charge right to me.

When the fox neared me, Falco appeared from my right and hit the fox in the side of the face with a forceful punch. The fox spun into the air and landed hard once more.

He got back up laughing, "Hahahaha, you think you can win?" he continued laughing, "It won't happen" He said as he stopped laughing.

The fox then suddenly charged at Falco, hitting him directly in the helmet. Falco was pushed back, but as he flinched, the fox threw his arm around and hit Falco again in the side. The fox then spun around and kicked Falco in his side. After that, he finished it off with a great uppercut. Falco was then thrown into the air.

I watched in complete horror as this all happened in only a second. The fox regained from his uppercut and faced me. I charged for him and threw several punches to his face and his abdomen; he dodged each shot. After I brought back my fist, the fox swung with his right fist; I was thankfully able to raise my arms and block it. His right fist flew back and his left came around; I threw my arms up once more and blocked the hit. As his fist flew back, he followed it and spun around, bringing his right foot up and straight to my face. Just when he hit my face, he brought his foot down and kicked my abdomen with his left foot. I was hit both times greatly and flew back.

"KEVIN!" I heard Krystal yell.

My vision was all blurry as I tried to get back up. I got as far as lifting myself up with my hands and knees, but fell back down from the pain. I looked up and saw the fox walking towards me, in the back I saw Falco struggling to get back up. As I looked at Falco, the fox grabbed my pistol that I had dropped and walked back over to me. He raised it to my head and laughed.

"You disgust me." The fox said.

I felt fear build up in me as I knew of my impending doom. I closed my eyes and waited for the sound of the blaster to go off. But, however, it didn't sound. Instead, I heard a loud grunt and the sound of two bodies landing on the ground. I opened my eyes and saw Falco on top of the fox and repeatedly punching him. Falco was not wearing the helmet. After he had thrown a few punches, he fell to the side and yelled in pain once more.

"You BITCH!" I yelled as I tackled the fox. He didn't fall, rather he slid back. AS he slid, I spun around and kicked him in the abdomen. He then flew back and landed on the ground.

"Doesn't feel good, eh?" I yelled.

I had complete anger built up in me; my only thought was to kill this damn freak. I looked over at Falco.

"Falco, get the hell out of here. I'll take this guy!" I yelled.

Falco got up while shaking, "No, you can't face him by yourself." He said in a shaky voice.

I was getting annoyed now, "Falco, don't do to me what that soldier did. Don't disobey what I say and die on me. JUST GO!"

Falco then nodded and headed for the elevator. I readied myself in my stance once more and watched as the fox slowly got up to his feet. When he finally did get up, Falco had already left the room and back to the surface.

I walked over to my helmet and put it back on my head. I engaged the locks and readied myself once more.

"Let's dance" I said.

"AAAAAHHH" The fox yelled as he charged at me.

I sidestepped and allowed him to pass me. When he did, I extended my leg and tripped the running fox; he almost fell. As he regained his balance, he ran back towards me and hit me in the side of the helmet with a right hook. I jerked my head right from the hit and then felt another hit head on. I was knocked onto the ground by the force. As I hit the ground, I quickly stumbled to get back up. I stood up but was unable to get my stance and regain my balance in time; the fox drew his two daggers and repeatedly slashed at my face. The daggers were incredibly sharp; as if it were butter, my helmet had two cuts on the visor. The HUD deactivated and I was left with yellow tinted vision. I continued backing up and dodging the slashes until I was able to throw my fist into his face. As he stumbled back from the force, I deactivated my helmet since it was useless.

As the helmet was deactivating, I was punched head on by the fox. I was hit so hard that I flew back and hit my head on the ground. I force was so great that the wind was knocked right out of me. I flipped over slowly and painfully to face the fox that was slowly walking towards me. I tried to focus on him, but I only saw a blur and feel complete numbness overtake my body. Just as he reached down for me, my eyes closed and everything went black.

I lost all track of time and woke up in a cell-like room with bars. I slowly regained my vision and noticed that my armor was missing. I shook my head and was able to see more clearly. I looked around and saw that the cell was small and had concrete walls except for one being made of metal bars. I attempted to get up, but was disappointed to see that my legs were connected to chains; they linked to the metal bars.

I slowly walked up to the bars and grabbed them. I looked down the long hall in both directions. Across from my cells was another cell, except it was empty. I looked through the bars and saw my armor, completely destroyed and mangled beyond repair.

"Shit" I said to myself. I only had my black under armor suit.

Just as I said this, I heard a pair of doors slide open in the distance. I immediately sat back down in my chair and waited for someone to appear in front of the bars. After a minute passed, the same white fox, accompanied by two guards; one being a tiger, the other a leopard, walked in front of the cell and stopped. He faced me and gave me the same eerie grin he had when I first saw him.

"I thought you said you were going to kill me?" I said trying to hide my fear.

The fox chuckled, "I did, but Lord O'Donnell has better plans for you." He chuckled even more, "And don't try to pretend you're not scared." He walked away and left the two guards with me.

"Prepare him for transportation." He said as he walked away.

The pair of doors slammed once more. As the doors closed, the two guards aimed their rifles at me. Both of them were wearing black armor and a visor. One of them grabbed an I.D card and scanned it against the cell door. I saw this as my chance to get away; just like the first time, I would attack and subdue the two guards. The only challenge would be hiding my thoughts; I was greatly frightened so it was hard to think of nothing. Nonetheless, I concentrated greatly on emptiness and darkness. As soon as the first guard entered, the second followed. The first grabbed a pair of keys and unlocked the two chains on my feet; the second guard having his rifle pointed at me.

"So, you two are soldiers of Wolf's army?" I asked.

"Quiet!" The second guard yelled.

I kept the emotionless look on my face, "Well, that's not very nice."

The guard yelled once more, "I said quiet!"

I closed my eyes and readied myself.

"No, you know what? You be quiet!" I yelled.

I then darted for the second guard and knocked the rifle out of his hands. Once his rifle was airborne, I swung my fist around for a left hook. When I hit him, I turned around and knocked the first guard's gun out of his hands as well. This time, I grabbed the rifle while it was mid-fall and smashed the guard's face with the butt of the rifle. I then pointed it at the two guards and grabbed their I.D cards and keys. I slowly walked back out of the cell and watched as both guards slowly got up from the sudden attack. The first guard had a bloody face, while the second was holding his head.

"Nice try guys." I said as I lowered the rifle.

I then slammed the door shut and engaged the lock. I looked down both directions of the long hallway. At the end was a door with the word 'Exit' over it. I then started a full sprint down to the door. As I was running, I heard the two guards yell at me from behind. I reached the door and grabbed one of the I.D cards I had stolen. The card I pulled out said "Victor Garnez". He was the leopard.

I looked back down the hall and yelled, "Thanks Victor!"

I then heard a very vulgar response, "Fuck off!" Victor yelled back.

I shook my head and scanned the card on the door. It slid open and revealed a wider hallway with multiple doors on each side. On the right were three doors spread all the way down to the end, the left only had one door.

"Maybe I can get something from this place." I said to myself. I walked to the single door on the left and read the sign that was on it: 'Research'. I was a bit happy to see that, "Maybe there's some gear here!"

I scanned the card on the door, "Access Denied"

I was shocked, "What?" I scanned it again, "Access Denied."

I looked back down the way and saw that the door to the cells was still open, "Fuck you, Victor!" I yelled.

Victor just screamed back, "Aaaahhh whatever!"

I grabbed the second card. This one had the name 'Daniel Howard' on it. He was the tiger. I scanned it on the door.

"Access Denied." The computer said once more.

"You too, Daniel!" I yelled.

I scanned it again, "Access Denied"

I bowed my head, "Damn it"

I then raised my rifle and aimed it at the lock. If I wasn't getting in the fair way, then I would cheat. I fired several bolts at the lock until it fell off. Once it did, I slid the door open and found a large lab. Wolf must have used this base for research and basic production. I slowly walked in and found that it was empty. The only things that were in the lab were lots of tables with some kind of machinery on them. I continued walking around until I found a large glass case attached to the left side wall. I walked over to it and saw that a metallic cover was hiding whatever was in it. I pulled out Victor's card and scanned it on the little pad next to the display.

"Access Denied; senior class mechanic engineer's only." The computer said.

"Damn it" I said quietly.

I searched for an alternative and found that the touch pad also had a key pad on it. I decided to pay Victor and Daniel a visit. I was sure that they would know the code.

I headed back out into the hallway and back into the cell room. I then jogged down to the cell that the two guards were sitting in. Both of them looked up at me.

"What's the code?" I asked with seriousness in my voice.

The two looked at each other.

"Don't act stupid; what's the code for the classified display case?" I said again.

One of them spoke, "How the hell should we know?"

I recognized his voice, it was Victor, "Well, Victor, the only way you two are going to live is to give me that code. I'm dead serious and extremely pissed off right now."

Daniel then spoke up, "Let me contact one of the scientists. I can get the code for you then."

I didn't like what he had just told me; the only feeling going through me was distrust and anger. Seeing as how I had no choice, I handed him one of the communicators, which I stole, through the bars. He grabbed it and contacted one of the senior scientists.

"This is Daniel, do you copy?" He said.

A voice was heard on the other end, "What is it? Is something wrong?"

Daniel looked at me, I had the rifle pointed at his head, "Nothing is wrong, I just need the code for the case."

"Why" The voice replied.

Daniel cleared his throat, "Well, we need to check for any malfunctions."

The voice responded quickly, "Alright alright" the voice then cleared his throat as well, "6-8-5-5-9"

Daniel then closed his eyes, "Thank you, sir." He then cut the transmission.

"I'll take that back now." I said as I grabbed the communicator back from him.

I looked back down the hall and notice that there was another guard looking at the open lab door. At the site, I immediately jumped to the side and opened the opposite cell room's door. I then quickly ran inside and waited.

Daniel and Victor looked at me as though I was crazy.

"Say anything and I'll kill both of you." I whispered. I looked down and saw my mangled armor in pieces. The only thing that was still the same was my combat knife that I had forgotten to give back to Falco. I quickly and quietly grabbed it. I also grabbed the knife holster and strapped it onto my waist.

I poked my head around the corner and saw the guard walking in to the lab. Once he was inside, I started to quietly jog down the hall and into the next one. I reached the door and slowly poked my head inside; the guard was busy looking at one of the tables. I slowly placed my rifle onto the ground a pulled out my combat knife. I slowly walked up behind the guard.

Once I was within grabbing distance, I raised my knife. I grabbed the guards left shoulder, spun him around quickly, and then slashed his throat; just before I slashed, I closed my eyes to shield myself from the sight. He fell to the ground, gurgling with blood in his mouth. I turned around and opened my eyes once more. Once the guard stopped gurgling, I headed for the key pad.

"6-8-5-5-9" I said as I pressed the keys.

"Access Granted" The computer said.

The metallic cover that was inside the case lifted slowly. Once it was completely lifted, I saw something that would potentially save my life.

"Oh shit!" I said in excitement.

In the case was a black suit of armor. This one was a bit different than my previous blue one; this suit was a bit thicker, the neck was protected by the armor in the back, and there were hardly any plates; it was an exoskeleton suit. Next to the suit were my communicator and the Wave.

"Hell... yes" I said.

I slid the glass open; this triggered a mechanism that slowly lowered the suit onto the ground. Once it was on the ground, the chest opened up and the legs opened as well. I turned around and slowly stepped into the suit; thankfully it fit me just like my last suit. Once I was in it, the chest and legs closed and movement was enabled. A sudden weight was put on me from the disengaging of the locks, but I quickly caught it and felt that it wasn't even heavy.

I laughed, "This is sick."

I examined myself and saw that suit was basically the same thickness as my last suit; the only difference is the added protection to the back of my neck.

Satisfied with what I found, I turned around and grabbed the communicator and the Wave. I slipped the communicator onto my right wrist and the Wave onto my waist. Once I was settled, I walked out of the lab and back into the cell hallway. I was going to show the two guards what I found. I reached the cell and saw their faces fill with shock.

"You guys earned your lives." I said.

The two guards continued looking at me. They were obviously shocked at what I had found. I lifted my communicator and scanned the suit for exact details.

The computer stared to speak, "According to scans; current body armor is made of high density Denzium and Chrozonian. Both of these materials are of the hardest and most dense materials found in Lylat. Another factor found during scan is several compartments that are accessible through telepathic communication."

"Damn it, I'm not telepathic." I said.

"However, suit helmet is designed to link to the users brain, allowing it to access these compartments." The computer continued, "Helmet is equipped with three different visors; a battle visor that shows ammo of current weapon, a mini map if uploaded, and suit integrity. Helmet also is equipped with a thermal visor that shows thermal signatures through walls and through smoke. And finally, an infrared visor; this visor is allows a direct feed to anything hacked, access to door panels that are otherwise inaccessible, and ability to see direction most enemies are facing and aiming." The computer finished.

Victor chuckled, "The hell have the scientist been working on?"

I sighed, "This is obviously a suit for that fox." I cracked my neck, "If you'll excuse me, I have to get the hell out of here."

I then jogged back down the hall and into the opposite hallway. Once I entered it, I ran to the door at the end of it. I opened the door and found that it was a storage room. I was about to leave, when something caught my eye; there a little case with a pistol that I had never seen before in it. I walked in and grabbed the pistol from inside the case. It did not look like a standard D-40 pistol; this one had some sort of extension that looked like claws attached to it, it also had a different type of energy cell, and it was skinnier, longer, and seemed as though it were powerful.

"What an odd gun." I said to myself. I thought of the pistol compartment opening, sure enough a little holster appeared from my left thigh. I placed the pistol in it and closed the holster. Once I did that, I walked out.

I looked to my right and saw that the hallway continued in that direction. I started to walk down that way until I found a door that said 'Server Room'.

"Perfect" I said as I activated the new helmet. The visor on it was a different shape; instead of an upside down rhombus shape, this one had a more V like shape to it.

"Switch to Infrared Visor." I said. My vision then went from full color to black and white.

A message then displayed on my HUD, "Vocal activation is not required."

I put the message aside and scanned the door panel. The visor was able to hack through it and grant me access.

"This suit is the shit." I said quietly.

The door slid open and revealed a room with computers and terminals everywhere. In the center was a large device that seemed to serve as the main computer. I scanned the device and was greeted to an array of files.

"Ah, sir, I see you're testing the new suit!" A voice said from behind me.

I quickly turned around and saw a scientist standing in the doorway. Confused and unaware of what to do, I nodded my head.

"How is it treating you? Is the telepathic connection working as thought? The scientist asked.

I nodded and opened the pistol holster; almost immediately I closed it.

The scientist smiled, "Terrific!" he said with joy, "What about the speech?"

My heart sank at those words; should I just kill him now, or wing it? I decided to go with my gut and wing it.

"Uh… I think it works fine." I said in an accent that matched the fox's.

The scientist nodded, "Very good; I can see that all this funding has certainly paid off."

"Of course" I replied.

The scientist then looked at his glass clipboard; it was basically a transparent piece of glass with touch capability and images.

"I must go now; I'm late for a meeting." The scientist said, "Oh and should I check on that fellow that you caught for Lord O'Donnell?"

My heart rate spiked and I started to sweat, "No, no, that's perfectly fine. I just checked with him a minute ago."

The scientist nodded his head once more, "Okay sir." He then walked out of the door way and into the hall.

"Oh shit that was close" I thought to myself as I started to breath normal again.

I turned back around and re scanned the large mainframe. I was then introduced to the same files once more on my HUD. I looked at one that said 'Marauders' and selected it; the HUD was capable of at-glance selection. Once I selected it, I read through the document and learned the names, professions, and faces of the entire Marauder team.

"Awesome" I said to myself.

According the document, the leader was Robert Wright, the ace pilot was Aaron Michaels, the intel officer was Austin, no last name was listed for him, the engineer was Karlos Fuentes, and the 'brute' was Jeff; no last name was listed for him either.

"Weird for having no last name." I thought to myself, "At least I now know that this freak is named Austin." I said as I looked at the white furred fox.

I then raised my communicator and tried to contact the team. Unfortunately, the base was corrupting the signal; I had to get out before I could make contact.

Displeased with my options, I walked out of the room and back into the hallway. As I was walking, I noticed several more scientists walking in the opposite direction. Not knowing where I was going, I stopped them.

"Hey, my memory is acting up on me. Where can I exit this place?" I asked them in my accent.

One of the scientists pointed to a door that was on the left wall down the hall, "In there is the main core room; it is the only way to get to the surface because the only elevator is located inside."

"Thank you" I said as I walked towards the door.

"Uh, sir?" One of the scientists called as I walked away. I started to get nervous again and sweat.

I turned around, "Yes?"

They stayed quiet as they looked at me. After a full minute of silence, they spoke. "How is the suit?"

I was relieved at what he had said, "It's perfect; nothing seems to be wrong with it."

I turned back around and walked to the main core room. I reached it and scanned the I.D card on the panel. The door slid open and revealed the same room that I had fought Austin in. I walked in and found the same silver elevator doors on the opposite end of the large room. Just as I started to run towards the elevator door, they slid open. I immediately stopped and prayed that Austin wasn't on the other side. But to my surprise, he wasn't, instead it was Krystal.

When she spotted me looking at her, she raised her blaster and fired at me.

"Shit!" I yelled as I dove to the side and rolled behind the core.

She yelled, "Get out here, coward."

I thought of deactivating my helmet, but it didn't. With my only option, I slowly walked out. Once Krystal saw me, she tightened her grip on the gun.

"Don't shoot" I said.

"Quiet!" She yelled.

I was back to square one. I tried to lower my hands, but she fired at my foot when I tried. It thankfully missed.

"Look, don't-…" I said before I was cut off.

"I said quiet!" She yelled.

Krystal then started to walk towards me. Once she reached me, she placed her hand on my visor. I was relieved because she would sense that I was in the suit.

She gasped and raised her gun at me. "Who the hell are you?" her gun was shaking now. Didn't she sense it was me?

I lowered my hands; this was my biggest mistake. She fired three times and hit me in the chest. I was knocked back and fell to the ground.

"Damn" I said as I hit. "Some hard stuff" I continued as I coughed.

Knowing that she would no longer listen to me, I had no choice but to get that gun away from her, even if it required combat. I raised my fists and readied myself for her to attack.

She charged at me and jumped into the air; she spun around and landed a spin kick onto the right side of my helmet. I flew to the side but quickly got back up. Once I charged at her, she fired several times at me. The shots hit me, but I continued running even though they pushed me. I reached her and knocked the gun clean out of her hands. At that, she spun around and kicked me in the gut area. I was pushed back but quickly regained.

"You're tougher than I ever thought." I said.

She looked confused; I used this to my advantage and tackled her to the ground. Once I was on top of her, I held her arms down. She jerked around constantly, but eventually stopped.

"KRYSTAL! IT'S ME!" I yelled at her.

She looked incredibly confused.

Suddenly, the helmet deactivated. The glitch must have resolved.

The second she saw my face, a tear emerged from her eye. She must have felt horrible after what had happened, but to be honest, I think I felt even worse.

"Ke-… Kevin?" She asked.

I nodded, "Yes, it's me."

She started to tear up a bit more, "Why didn't you say anything? I could have killed you!"

I sighed, "I tried, but I feared that you would fire at me anyway."

She then looked at my suit, "This piece of armor, where did you find it?" She asked.

I got up off of her and helped her up, "This must be some type of experimental suit. It uses brain activity to use the systems."

She gasped, "That's why I couldn't sense anything."

Nothing but bad things arose in my mind, "That's not good. This man you told us to not look at is a telepath. This must be his upgraded suit."

"Where is he now?" She asked.

I shook my head, "I don't know, but we need to leave now."

She nodded.

The two of us then entered the elevator and went back up to the surface. When we neared it, Krystal placed her hand on her temple.

"I sense him near." She said.

I sighed, "Here we go again." I activated my helmet and prepared for yet another battle. At the same time, I opened a comm link to Fox.

"This is Kevin, Fox do you read me?" I said.

He sighed, "Stop getting caught!"

"I didn't have any control over that; this guy was a telepath for christ sake." I replied.

Fox sighed once more, "I get that, but really you need to be more careful."

I agreed, "I know that. I'll contact you when Krystal and I reach our ships." I then cut the comm line.

The doors slid open and revealed the same empty room that Falco and I had entered in. The only difference was that there was a chair and a man in the middle of the room.

"I didn't sense you coming" the man said. He then got up and turned around, "that's one hell of a suit, isn't it?"

I nodded, "Yeah, I'm going to use it to kill you."

Austin just laughed, "You got lucky once" he said just as he grabbed his two combat knives, "you won't get lucky again."

"Krystal, get out of here; I can take him now that he can't read my mind." I said as I looked at Krystal.

She shook her head, "No, I can hide from him. I'm staying and helping."

Austin shook his head, "Now that's fair; I get to kill two of you while the guards get none. What a shame."

I opened the pistol compartment and grabbed the odd gun. I raised it and aimed at Austin.

"Nice toy" he said as he suddenly charged at us.

"HIT HIM!" I yelled as I started to fire bolts of blue energy at Austin.

He was hit multiple times and was forced to roll to the side and interrupt his charge. When he rolled, I ran to him and tackled him as he got up. I was on top of him and continuously punched at his face until he bled from his nose. At that, he pushed off and got up faster than me. I looked up and saw him running for me with his daggers. I stepped back at each swing that he did. Krystal then came up from behind and fired several times into Austin's back.

"You BITCH!" He yelled as he turned around and ran for her.

I then pulled my pistol out and fired at Austin as well. My gun seemed more effective because I was able to shoot off one his plates. At that, I fired onto that same spot. I hit him and he fell to the ground in pain. He was, however, able to get back up and throw his dagger at me. I barely dodged it. I regained and ran to Austin. To my surprise, he turned around and kicked me in gut then threw an uppercut that was so hard that I went flying through the air. I hit the ground so hard that everything went black for a second. Once I opened my eyes, I could see two figures fighting. I looked up and saw that the blurry figure throwing all the punches and kicks was Austin; the one being hit repeatedly was Krystal.

"No" I said as I struggled to get back up.

Once I got back up, I saw that Krystal was lying on the ground where I was before I ran towards Austin.

I looked at her motionless body, then at Austin. Anger was flowing through me like it was some kind of drug.

"Now… you're really going to die." I said in complete anger and seriousness.

I looked up at Austin, who was smiling.

I laughed, "Die"

I then activated the Wave and sprinted towards Austin.

"WHAT?!" He yelled before I swept his feet from under him.

Once I swept him into the air, I spun around and kicked him in the side. He slid to the other side of the room, but I caught him before he stopped. I grabbed him and threw him up, as I fell back down, I raised my knee and watched as he hit with great force.

He fell to the ground motionless; I then deactivated the wave and my helmet. I looked up to where Krystal was, she was still not moving.

"Fuck" I said as I ran over to her.

I slid to her side and raised her up. I flipped her over and saw that she was limp.

"Damn it Krystal! Wake up!" I yelled.

She didn't respond to me. She remained the way she was.

"No…no…no…." I said to myself.

I couldn't believe it, he got her. I started to sob over her body. As I did, I heard Austin get back up. I looked over to him and felt anger build even more. I put Krystal back onto the floor slowly.

"YOU FUCKER!" I yelled, "I'll FUCKING KILL YOU!"

Austin looked over at me; he seemed frightened.

I looked down to my left and saw one of his blades. I grabbed it and examined it. I then looked back up at him.

"You… die…. NOW!" I yelled as I ran to him. He didn't move at all. I quickly reached him and stabbed him directly into the chest. I then pulled the knife out sideways then slashed his throat.

"Burn in hell!" I yelled as he fell to ground lifeless.

I looked back at Krystal and walked over to her side. I slowly picked her up and walked towards the door. The entire time, I sobbed over her. Once I exited, I saw Fox, Slippy, and Falco waiting in their ships overhead.

Fox was the first to land. He jumped out and sprinted over to me. As soon as he saw Krystal, he dropped to his knees.

I closed my eyes and lowered my head.

"What happened…" Fox asked quietly.

"…the telepath." I replied.

Fox looked up at me, "Is he dead?"

I nodded, "Slashed his throat… and cut his heart."

Fox then got up and lost it. He started to sob over Krystal's body as well.

I couldn't believe that she wasn't able to hide from that freak. She had her entire life of experience with her abilities, yet she was still out done by someone else. Not only was she outdone, but she was killed by one.

Just as lowered her down, she coughed multiple times. I was startled at the sudden movement but kept my hold on her. She continued coughing and eventually opened her eyes.

"Oh my god!" I said in surprise.

"Krystal? Krystal can you hear me?" Fox said frantically.

"Fox?" she replied, "Kevin?"

I laughed with relief and cried at the same time. I was relieved to see that she was fine and moreover glad to see that she was alive.

"We have to get her somewhere." Fox said.

I shook my head, "Where? There are no medical centers!"

But then I realized something.

"WAIT!" I said. I slowly handed Krystal over to Fox. "I know what to do! I'll be right back!"

I then ran back inside and to the elevator. I headed back down and activated my helmet. Once the doors opened, I ran to the other side and entered the hallway. I turned right and ran down all the way to the end; there I turned right and headed into the cell hall. I entered the hall and ran to the cell occupied by the two guards I captured.

"You two!" I yelled.

They both were sleeping.

"Get the hell up!" I yelled once more.

They then awoke and looked at me.

"What the hell do you want?" Victor asked.

I sighed, "Help"

"Fuck you!" Daniel replied.

I then pulled out my pistol and pointed it at them.

"Do you want to die?" I asked them.

They shook their heads. I then opened the cell doors and told them to get out.

"Is either of you a medic?" I asked.

Victor raised his hand. "I have some training."

I smiled inside my helmet, 'You're both coming with me to the surface."

"Fine" they replied.

I cleared my throat, "Run to the elevator or you both die."

Immediately, the three of ran off to the elevator that was in the core room. Once we entered the elevator, I grabbed both of them by the neck just in case they tried anything. The doors slid open and I pushed them out.

"Outside, now!" I commanded.

The three of us then meet up with the rest of the team. Krystal was till in bad shape, she had a bloody nose, bruises all over her body, and even cuts on her face.

"Give her medical attention… and I'll let you two go." I said.

Fox just looked at me.

Victor looked over Krystal. After a minute, he gave a response, "…fine"

Fox and I both sighed in relief.

I walked over to Victor and whispered into his ear, "I'm watching you!"

I then walked over to where Fox was and sat down on the ground with him. Falco and Slippy were sitting in their Arwings.

"Daniel, go get me an emergency med kit. There's one inside this room." Victor told the tiger.

Daniel then entered the building and came out with a med kit in less than a minute.

I watched over Victor as he bandaged Krystal up and stich her wounds closed. This all went on for an hour until he finally finished. He got up to his feet and walked over to me.

"She's good to go. I advise that she take it easy for a while." Victor told me.

I nodded my head and stood up. Once I was up, I lowered the pistol and shook Victor's hand.

"Thank you" I said quietly.

Victor shook his head, "No, thank you. If you want, your team can rest here in this room. However it is only this room, no one ever enters or leaves, so you should be fine here."

Fox then got up, "What did Kevin do to you?"

Victor just chuckled, "Well, he was pretty persuasive with his threats."

I laughed, "I don't joke around with them."

Victor then looked back at Daniel, "They're staying here to rest."

Daniel nodded and went along with the plan.

Fox spoke up, "Thank you"

Victor nodded, "If you'll excuse me and Daniel, we have to get back down before we are missed."

The two hostile guards then walked back into the building. I walked over to Krystal and scooped her up into my arms; I then followed after the two guards. Once I was inside, I laid Krystal down carefully.

Fox, Falco, and Slippy soon entered the room.

Falco looked over to the side and saw the dead fox, "You got him?"

I nodded, "Yes, slit his throat and cut his heart."

Falco then walked over to where Krystal and I were and sat down on the ground.

"So this is where we rest?" Slippy asked.

Fox chuckled, "Hey this is the best we're getting."

I was extremely exhausted from the day and only thought about sleep. I lay down on the ground and slowly dozed off into sleep. While I dozed, I heard the others talk about the next plan of attack. Eventually, I fell into deep sleep and was resting.

To be Continued…

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