Chapter 10.

Hey, everyone! OK, first of all, Skagui, I am confused now, but whatever, I'm always dazed and confused lol...

and Tyler and Lucy got there, yes, way to go, Tyler, and yes, that was James, you'll get it in the next chapter if you didn't then.

Just think of why he came to Fox in SF 64...there ya go.

And, this is more detailed, hopefully.

On wit da story!

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Marcus stared in disbelief of the figure before him. It looked exactly like the one that was in a picture he kept in his wallet. He reached for it to make sure, but the figure merely smiled and reached out a hand.

"I'm real, don't question it, just believe. I bet you're wondering why I'm here, huh?"

Marcus just nodded, his jaw an inch from the limit. It went the rest of the way when he grabbed the hand, and it was solid.

The ghost chuckled and walked towards the beeping radar screen. He looked it over, his eye brows scrunched up in concern. He looked over at Marcus, who was sitting in a chair, his eyes dilated to three centimeters in width.

He looked at the ghost and just said, "Grandp-pa?"

The ghost smiled and nodded, and Marcus just decided that it was something he ate. "You're not real... you're something from Falco's belly burner salsa dip, and I'm just hallucinating. Right?"

James frowned and said a bit irked, "Could a hallucination do this?" And he picked up the dip and threw it into the trash bin.

He looked satisfied and said, "I never liked that stuff, even when he first made it for Fox and me when they were teenagers. Yecchh."

Marcus shrugged and said, "Yeah, it gives me heart burn, and-" he paused remembering that this wasn't real. But then the ghost of James McCloud went up to him and said "Remember that story your old man told ya? The one where I show up to guide him out of the base he was in, the exploding base of Andross. It was on Venom. He never told you?" and Marcus just shook his head, never taking his eyes off the apparition.

The ghost just shrugged indifferently and replied, "Meh. You should ask sometime."

The ghost must have remembered what he was there for, and gestured to the radar screen. "I came to warn you about the fighters that followed you into hyperspace. They were cloaked." he said before Marcus could ask how. "And, " he continued, "They are about to hit the ship.." he said before the ship rocked slightly. "Now." he finished.

Marcus' eyes widened and he just ran for the hangar bay, yelling into his communicater for everyone to get their sorry butts outta bed. "Yeah, even you, Lucy!" he yelled when she started complaining.

Marcus heard two groans of annoyance and knew that Tyler and Lucy must have been at it again.

Marcus just shook his head, knowing he had to hurry before they arrived at Earth, in less than 10 minutes...

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meanwhile, on the ship that was guiding them to the third rock from the sun...

"Hey, Sniper, get up here!" yelled a cheerful Daniel Farren.

Skagui groaned and said quietly, "Stop calling me that."

Daniel laughed heartily and dumped a bunch of ice onto Skagui, encasing him in a giant igloo of coldness.

Skagui yelped loudly, and jumped a full 5 inches off the bedspread, and onto the floor.

Daniel laughed and helped him up. "So, how's your morning so far, Snipe?" he inquired with an innocent puppy face.

Skagui glared and said, "I said, it's either your face, or the continuation of 'Sniper', kay?" and walked to his bathroom.

Daniel pouted and said, "That's not what it was...Sniper. HAHAHAHA!" he laughed and ran when Skagui started running toward him from the bathroom, and began to give chase.

Daniel ran into the door, and fell onto his back, and Skagui stood over him, a look of glee on his face.

"How do you like it?" and he dumped the rest of the ice on to Daniel's frigid body.

"AY-YA-YA-YA-YA!" he yelled when it was brought upon him.

Skagui laughed and went to the transmitter, to ask how Tyler was doing on the other ship. What he had walked in on over the video feed was something he didn't need to see at all.

He yelped after seeing a naked Tyler and Lucy, they not realizing that they were being watched. Skagui watched the thrusting for five more minutes before coming to his senses and shutting off the feed.

"Whoopsie" said a hysteric Daniel. Skagui just blushed like hell, and went to try to scrub the images out of his mind.

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"Fighters at nine o'clock!" yelled Marcus into his radio. The rest of the team nodded and attacked with such ferocity, it was as if the fighters were standing still.

"Gotcha!" yelled Falco at the firey wreckage of a fighter that had met their fate. He started cussing after his rear deflector shield had taken a hit. He did a barrel roll, and somersaulted over the enemy, and started to charge his laser, the barrel of the cannon glowing green around the mouth.

He fired, feeling the shock of the force he had just aimed at the fighter pilot's aircraft.

The aircraft that was in front of him somehow managed to evade the blast just enough for it to only graze the canopy of the cockpit, but it was enough to make all the air in it to be lost in the void of space, and Falco was forced to watch the pilot to implode and turn into a scary corpse you'd see in a Zombie Express game

He shivered and flew after another one. He blew this one up almost immediately. He wondered to himself if these guys even took a class.

They finished the fight and flew back toward the Great Fox, and docked. Once they were back, Marcus noticed that his grand father wasn't there anymore. He shrugged and decided that he had indeed imagined it, but then he remembered the chip dip, and he saw it wasn't there any more.

He just stopped and stared at the empty spot, not coming out of it until he heard Falco complaining his dip was missing. Then he looked at Marcus and remarked "Marcus must've really enjoyed it. It's all gone!"

Marcus nodded and said, yeah, sure. And subconciously looked over to the trashcan, not realizing that Falco followed his gaze, and he exploded.

"Wait, what do I smell? Oh, whatya know, the dip's in the trash!"

Marcus shrugged and decided to thank James for that later, somehow.

Then, he heard the sound of static on the radio, and he heard a gruff old voice say, "Friend or foe? Identify yourself!"

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AN: Hey, hope you liked, and I hope this was more detailed. I'm not sure how, but I will give Tyler and Lucy a kid, let's say the first night helped, kay? Heh-heh-he... oh, and I think I'm gonna go on hiatus for a few months

KIDDING! naw, I love you guys too much for that. But anyway, Summer's coming up so I'm going to be down at the riverwalk and the Alamo, and the Riply's Believe it or not!, so don't expect a whole lot of updates every freaking day as usual. Maybe I'll get a laptop so I can work on the stories while I drink a cappicino chillin' by the calm waters in an outdoor cafe. Oh, yeah, it's awesome. You should come down here to old San Antone for vacation, it's badass. One day and you're chillin' like me, drinking a cappicino by the calm waters of the riverwalk. Aw, bliss.

And, for Skagui, I could swear you were complaining in that review, but maybe it was 'give', not 'gave', cause you—nevermind, I'm confused again. Adios, amigos.

Zeus out.

P.S., for those who care, this is a brief description of the riverwalk:

A very nice river made to curve through a city that holds a lot of history, such as The Alamo and much more (this is my AD, not from a travel brochure.) and the Riverwalk holds a very nice assortment of world cultures, including Mariache bands, Italian food, and much more. Ya'll will check it out. As soon as you get your paychecks from the computer salesmen, all you fanboys and girls (sorry, but its amusing) can come down and celebrate the Summer. Sorry, again, but U know its tru.

NOW, Zeus is out. LOL