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Chapter 8 Zeon strikes
Location Kantia military base
Marcus stayed up all night forced to pull up all the specs on the federation's artificial pilot project "So the telepathic abilities of a Cerinan and the reflexes of a new type, indeed a deadly combo." Edge said walking slowly toward Marcus "The blood samples are here?" Edge said as he tapped his hand on a black box "Y…yes, that's everything okay, so please." Marcus said with his hands up "I want a copy and I'm taking the samples." Edge said as he lifted the black box and started walking toward the door "After he makes the copy, shoot him." Edge whispered into the ear of a Zeon agent as he walked out.
Location Federation repair facility on surface
Fox, Krystal and Jean went to go check on Nate who had spent all night at the facility that and they had nothing better to do, everyone else was pretty much KOed after their night "Fox, Krystal, Jean haven't seen you since yesterday." Eva said running up to them to hug "Hey Eva what's new?" Fox asked "Eh nothing, oh commander…I mean Nate is working in hanger three, come on." Eva said guiding them along until they reached the hangar.
Nate had been studying a captured Zaku "I knew it." Nate said as he looked into the cockpit "Knew what?" Krystal asked "Well come up here and I'll show you guys." Nate said as they made way their to the cockpit "Notice anything a miss?" Nate asked "What an empty suit?" Fox asked "Exactly, this thing was hit in the arm and leg, and no records on this thing that indacacts a bail out and I found this in the OS system." Nate pulled out a disk "What is it?" Jean asked "It's an AI program or as Zeon calls it a Mobile Doll program, this is how they have so many of these on the field at once." Nate said handing the disk to Eva "Take it to command and tell the computer nerds what it is." Eva nodded "You can count on me." Eva said making her way to the exit "So Nate when do you and Carlos have to go to that doctor?" Krystal asked "Well in about" Nate looked at his watch and his face turned pale "Fox call Carlos, tell to get to the hospital fast!" Nate said running out and catching a cab "That guy is always in rush." Krystal said hugging Fox "Glad you're not like." Krystal said in a very seductive tone that made Fox blush "Uh…. I need to call Carlos." Fox said breaking the hug; he was a little shy around her. Fox was making the call and Krystal was talking to Jean "Why did he just break the hug like that, what did I do?" Krystal asked Jean, she sounded upset, Jena just smiled "He's shy around you that's all, I can't blame your kind and passionate vixen, and your very beautiful and this is coming form your friend so don't worry he really likes you." Jean said as Fox walked over "Well Carlos might get there on time if he's lucky." Fox said looking at Krystal then looking away to try and hind his blush "Well I gotta go see you two fuzz balls later." Jean said walking off, the tow sat down for a minute "Fox I was thinking about going to see my dad and tell him about us, and I was hoping you would come with me." Krystal said told Fox in a very claim voice "Of coarse I'll go." Fox said holding her hand as they walked out together.
Location Kantia hospital for organic and mechanical implant needs
Nate rushed into the hospital and went up to the secretary "Hi, I'm here for the Blare and El Blaze appointments." he said in rush "You're here for both?" the secretary asked "Oh no, I'm just here to make sure that you know he's coming." Nate said as Carlos limped in on his crutches "Am I late?" Carlos asked "No you're right on time the doctor will see you now, room 106." She said as Carlos said something in Spanish and kissed her hand then went to the room "Do you have that guy's number?" she asked Nate just sighed "Is my appointment ready?" Nate asked, she typed for a minute "Yes room 377." she told him Nate walked off "Thank you." he said from a distance.
Nate's POV
I walked in and was greeted by a Fox or Wolf I couldn't tell he was in a doctor's uniform like the one they use in surgery but I didn't argue so I laid down like he asked "You mind if I see my new arm before you put it on?" I asked "I see no problem with that." the doctor said as he called for two men in the back room to come with a table that had an arm made of pitch black metal's and some small and I mean small parts in a plastic bag "If your wonder about the parts in the bag, it's for your eye, an upgrade to go with your arm." the doctor said as he pulled out the antiseptic I took it may have been mechanical but it still hurt like hell. In a couple minutes I was out.
Location Kantia Military HQ
Fox and Krystal walked in to the building and talked to the secretary about Marcus but she said "No one's seen him all night or today." Krystal got worried and went to her dad's office and knocked hard "Dad are you in their Dad!" Krystal yelled. She kept at it for about fifth teen minutes until she stopped, Fox stood behind her ready to leave and help her find her dad but she didn't move she just looked at the door like she was angry at it she scanned the room with her telepathy then she turned "My fathers in there with two men from Zeon both armed with orders to kill him once they have what they want, call security." Krystal said looking at Fox like she was ready to kill someone.
Inside the office Marcus knew what he was doing, he slowly loading files that were outdated just so it would look like he was downloading the files they wanted "Is he done yet?" Edge asked them over a small comm unit on their belts "No not yet sir." "Fine I'm taking the ship out, get another one, master Andross has grown impatient." Edge said hanging up "Hurry it up." one of them told Marcus he just kept taking his time hoping someone would come and check on him until he heard banging and loud shouting "Dad are you in their Dad!" it was Krystal he smiled 'Krystal if you can hear this their are two men from Zeon keeping mew captive, get security.' Marcus thought hoping his daughter would pick up on it.
Fox walked up to the door and pulled his blaster out "Fox what are you doing?" Krystal asked "Theirs two of them and two of us we can take em." Fox said Krystal nodded and pulled out her staff that she always had with her and was pretty good with it to "Ready?" Fox asked "Ready." Krystal said as Fox kicked the door open "Freeze!" Fox yelled as Krystal stepped into view staff drawn "You old bastard!" one of the Zeon agents screamed as he shot a burst form his gun and hit Marcus threw his chest and priced his heart, this drove Krystal into a state of pure rage as she jumped onto the man threw her staff aside and started beating and tearing him up with her bear claws, the other agent just surrendered and went peacefully not wanting to end up like his partner.
It was five minutes since Krystal went postal they hadn't called anyone just some medics and guards to clean up the mess, Fox was holding Krystal still shaking form what she did, he claws soaked in blood, tears came down her face Fox just rubbed her, he didn't say anything "You hate me now, I'm monster." Krystal said quietly "No, I hate my self, if I had just called the guards…I'm sorry Krystal I'm so sorry." Fox said sobbing he was responsible for the death of his best friend's and now girlfriend's father; he wasn't surprised if she left him, Krystal just hugged him they stayed silence they didn't know what to say to one another.
Location Kantia Hospital
Nate had been out of surgery for a few minutes and was getting the details on his new arm and eye "Now you arm is much stronger than your last and has a blaster build into it." the doctor said as Nate flicked his arm and it turned into a blaster (simalr to the strand one in assault) then turning back "And your eye is hooked up to as a targeting system and it as night and thermal as well as ultra violent vision." The doctor said as Nate's phone rang "Hello." "Nate its Krystal, I really need you right now." "Krystal are you okay, were you?" "I'm at the military base with Fox, my dads office I need you right now." Krystal said as she hung up "Thanks Doc but I gotta go." Nate said "Send the bill to the Federation!" Nate said as he got on the elevator.
Location Kantia Military base
Nate ran in and looked for his blue furred friend until he found Marcus's office with Krystal in the middle of the office curled into a blanket with Jena threw rubbing her and Fox leaning into a corner just looking away from her, Nate walked in "Krys you okay?" Nate asked, Krystal said nothing just nudged close to him "I just need to be around Friends." Krystal said quietly as a tear ran down her cheek 'What happened?' Nate mouthed to Jean 'I don't know.' Jean mouthed back, Nate looked at Fox "Krystal listen to me, I'll be right back okay?" Nate asked Krystal, she just nodded and leaned into Jean, Nate got up and walked to Fox "What happened?" Nate asked "Zeon came and shot Marcus, Krystal lost it and tore the guy up and it's my fault." Fox said falling to the floor landing on his furred but, his tail between his legs "Fox how it is your fault?" Nate asked while he knelt down to Fox's level "I was supposed to get help, but I busted in the second I did, they shot him." Fox said burring his face into his paws "and it's my fault, my fault my…." Nate punched him across the face with his organic hand "Listen to your self Fox; pull it tougher, if you had gotten the guards, it would have ended the same way." Nate told him Fox didn't say anything "I'm not fit to lead, hell I'm not fit to…" Nate raised his fist and cut fox off "FOX IT'S NOT YOU GOD DAMNED FALUT! It's Zeon's, they sent the men and those men shot him not you, any way you put it guards or not he still dies!" Nate yelled at him trying to get back to his old self "Now your friend needs you right now so come, you remember how she was there for us when our dads died." Nate said as he remembered.
Flash back
It was a week after John and James died, Fox and Nate went to school just to mop. It was lunch and Krystal was trying to help them "Fox, Nate come on talk to me please!" the nine year old Krystal pleaded with her friend who just sat in their seats at lunch mopping "Guys…" she didn't know what to say, she just grabbed and hugged them "I promise I stay with you guys, as long as it takes." Krystal said still hugging, the two boys found them self's hugging back and crying.
End of Flash back
Fox remebered, he got up went to Krystal and hugged her tight "As long as it takes, I promise." Fox said still in tears, Nate was soon to follow, jean got up after a little while, leaving the three alone to try and comfort their friend.
A few hours later Krystal finally moved into a spare bed room with her friends still right by her, Miyu and Fay showed up little after Nate then soon the whole crew was there, Krystal still grieving over her fathers death and upset at the fact that she actually tore a man apart with nothing but her bear hands, Fox was stroking her gently trying to ease her pain every one else was their to give their moral support, Nate and Jean had left to find out what Zeon was after but that was a little while ago then they heard yelling a couple of rooms over as well as a crash, Katt and Falco went to go check it out.
Nate's POV
I had left to go find what Zeon wanted I felt bad leaving Krystal but I had to find out it could have been important to our mission, any way I made my way to the general's office. Me and Jean walked in it was the first time I meet him he was a winter wolf "Mr. Blare, Ms. Apolly what can I do for you?" he asked "General" I took a minute to try and see his name on his desk "Ice!? Nathan Ice?" I said unbeliever that I saw my old instructor "Nathan how have you been?" he said as he got up to shake my hand "Listen I'd love to catch up with you but I need to know what Marcus Anderson was working on when he was shot." I said, the general just sighed, sunk into his seat and pulled out a disk from his desk "This disk has the plans for project REBIRTH." Ice said holding the disk out "Project REBIRTH?" I asked "Yes, it was a project to create new types with telepathic abilities, using your, summers and Krystal's DNA." I looked at him pissed he had used our DNA to play god "Sir why do we need this huh what are we god this immoral, this wrong this…" "To level the playing field." he cut me off "They have two artiffical new types on the field and lord knows how many more in reserve." Ice said I looked at me as I cringed at that thought "So are you going to inform your team?" Ice asked "One it's not my team and two yes." I said as I turned my back and walked out Jean followed.
Normal POV
Nate walked in "You look better." Nate said noticing Krystal was standing "Yeah, I just had to cry a bit that's all." Krystal said as she wiped a tears form her eye "So how the new arm?" Krystal asked looking at the black arm "Oh it's great lighter, faster more responsive and having a built in blaster doesn't hurt." Nate said rubbing his new arm "How's the leg." Nate asked Carlos "It's great!" Carlos said showing every one the sliver leg "I feel all new." Carlos said smiling
Location Sector X
A large Zeon armada is stationed around a asteroid like base as a small fighter, once it landed Edge walked out "Edge master Andross has requested your presence." a solider told him as he handed the solider the vials of blood "Fine take these to the lab." Edge said walking off.
Edge arrived at a big throne room dressed in a Zeon officers coat "Master." Edge said bowing down before a hologram of Andross "Edge tell me how did you mission go?" Andross asked "I have taken the blood samples for their project but my men died before they could get the files." Edge said "No matter, we attack now; I want you on the front lines to take Kantia, show no mercy." Andross said as Edge stood up "It will be done." Edge said with a grin on his face 'Another Blare, this should be fun.' Edge thought as he walked to his suit a Gouf the same one he used on Venom.
Location Kantia market district
The team were just chilling enjoying the time off "You sure you okay Krys." Fox asked Krystal as he put his arm around her "Yeah Fox I'm fine, my father wouldn't want me to be sad." Krystal said with a smile. They were grabbing a bit to eat noticing the scenery unlit Nate says something in the sky "What the." He said as he used his new to zoom in on it "Oh shit." Nate said as he saw a Zeon drop pad heading down "Come on we gotta get to our ships and MS now!" Nate said getting up as everyone else followed.
They got to their ships all fixed and ready to go as well as half the federation pilots the city, everyone was scrambling to their MS or fighter it was a mad house. In a few minutes most MS were lined up outside the city while the fighters took the air, soldiers were in the streets evacuating everyone from the city into shelters. The MS were set up around the city, ready to fight.
Nate was powering up his suit "Mr. Blare." a voice said as Edge popped up on his comm "And you are?" Nate asked "Edge, and it's been awhile since I've fought a worthy foe so meet me by the mountains north of the city." Edge said "And why should I?" Nate asked "The name of my last foe was John Blare." Edge said as Nate glared at him and shut the comm off his suit now fully powered headed for the mountains armed with a 90mm machine gun and beam saber "Nate were you going the fights here!" Fox said over the comm "Sorry Fox but I gotta take care of something okay, it's personal." Nate said as he cut the comm and darted off to the mountains.
Every one else was set up in position, Carlos was by the guntanks armed with the usual rocket launcher, while Jean was on the front lines with a beam rifle, Eva was down with Jean in the 78 armed with a beam rifle "Okay kid, stay sharp." Jean said as Eva come up on her comm "Hey I can handle myself you know!" Eva snapped "Jeez alright!" Jean said in defense "Sorry, I really don't like when people doubt my abilities as a pilot." Eva said in an apologetic tone, jean was about to say something until Fox cut in on the comm "Heads up we've drop pods and Gaws heading in!" Fox said as the pods crashed down at least 100 meters out.
In the air Fox and the rest of team were waiting for action 'It's not like Nate to stray form battle, what's up with him?' Fox thought as he looked at Krystal, she looked like she was looking forward to the fight, something she never did; she was always the type to hate to fight but always did because it was the right thing not for pleasure "Krys you okay?" Fox asked over the comm "Yes, this is where Zeon pays for my father." Krystal said in a tone that scared Fox it was sadictic, cruel down right evil not like her at all "Krystal are you…" "Yes I'm fine you so…" she stopped "we should stop talking now." she said in a faint whisper. Fox was going to try again as the radar went off, Gaws and drop pods where heading for them "Heads up we've got drop pods and Gaws heading in!" Fox said as he blasted a drop pod letting the MS fall to the planet and explode from the distance dropped.
Location kantia mountain side
Edge waited in his suit, it stood their arms crossed in a semi powered state until his radar showed on single unit "He's here." he said to himself as the RX-79 came into view and stopped in front of him "So you came." Edge said powering up his suit the red eye glowing, Nate said nothing "You know your father was a worthy open." Edge said pulling out the large glowing sword, Nate looked at him over the comm 'He fought my father almost twenty years ago and yet he looks barely out of his teens "You're artificial aren't you?" Nate asked "Well how'd you guess" Edge said starting to walk around him, Nate pulled out his saber and did the same "You fought my father on Venom, by all means you should be at least thirty or so, but yet you look twenty." Edge asked "True, I was made to last a long time as well as destroy…I've said enough." Edge said stopping "Well then let's begin." Nate said as he dashed forward the blade of iron and energy clashed with the one made of pure energy, "Well now this is going to be fun." Nate said putting all his suits strength into the strike. The two suits stayed in that struggle for a couple of seconds before breaking, Edge dashed forward dragging the sword aganst the ground begin it up to strike as Nate dodged and rammed him with his shoulder "Impressive." Edge said as he took a stance and waited for Nate to attack, which he did, he charged in ready to strike, Edge moved slightly and cut Nate's right shoulder, Nate just ran in a got lucky swing at his chest it only nicked him but it was still a hit, Edge turned "No has hit me like that." Edge said losing some of his claim, Nate only smiled
Location outside the Kantia main city
Jean and Eva were leading the front line assault against the Zeon onslaught "Keep em under fire!" Jean yelled as she took aim and destroyed to Zaku with one shot but more came and came with seemingly no end, the guntank barrage helped but still it wasn't enough.
In the air Krystal was flying like a demon, cursing Zeon's name "Krystal how you…" Jean asked "SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" Krystal yelled which caught Jean by surprise, she and Krys had never yelled at each other like that and yet she did "Forget it, she just getting her anger out." Fox said "How's it going down their?" Fox asked "Well were out numbered probably…wait sorry fox give me a minute." Jean said cutting the comm short with Fox and opening a trasnmision to general Ice the general came up on screen "General did the tech boys analyze that AI program yet?" Jean asked "Yes why?" Ice asked "Sir Can they send a signal for all AI to self destruct or something?" Jean asked "Give me a minute and I'll see what I can do." Ice said cutting the comm.
The battle continued for another half an hour Zone pushing forward until one Zaku acted strange then just blew up as did another two and soon most Zaku were blowing up all the others just ran back for cover.
Edge and Nate had been going at it for a while now; both suits were damaged and scared "Sir our mobile dolls just blew up we need to retreat." A solider said threw the comm as Nate chopped off his Gouf's arm "Fine." Edge said as he backed up "We'll finish this some other time." Edge said as he boosted off in the sky to be picked up by a small personal carrier. Edge was inside the carrier "Order all remaining forces to attack the city, send in the mother ship." Edge ordered, the solider didn't ignore orders "Yes sir." he said turning to the comm as Edge looked out a view port 'Nathan Blare, next time we met one of us will die.' Edge thought as he looked below.
The Zeon forces were falling back, the federation had won, the Zeon invaders were pulling back and Fox pulled up beside Krystal "Hey, you feel any better?" Fox asked "Yeah" Krystal lowered her head "Fox I'm sorry I…" "It's alright you just needed to vent out a little." Fox told her as Jean cut into the call "Yeah it's no big." Jean said with a smile "Jean I'm sorry for…" "Krystal forget about it." Jean said as Krystal smiled a little as she looked at her friends.
On the ground Nate had just reached the rally point the Federation set up in case of a surprise attack "So what happened?" Jean asked looking at Nate's scared Gundam "Nothing much, just fight with a skilled pilot is all." Nate said looking at her as he jumped out of his suit "Where are the others?" Nate asked "Their still stuck in the air." Jean said as the two closed for a kiss but then as luck would have it Zeon launched a second smaller assault, bombers and fighter filled the air, the local air defense force got most of them, but some slipped threw and bombed some of the MS "Damn." Nate cursed as he and Jean ran to their MS and powered them up.
The sky was filled with fighters, not as many as before but still enough to put up quite a fight, the star fox team spread out ad went to work each taking out a large number of the attacking force "This is way to easy." Falco said blasting another two out of the sky, this continued for a few minutes until something came up on radar "Fox, you seeing this?" Falco asked looking at his radar and seeing a huge object heading toward them.
The mother ship was huge, a large flying saucer type thing "What's it doing?" Nate asked as it hovered over the battle field, it stopped and stood still for a minute all guns and blasters targeting it, then hatches opened for a minute nothing happened then fighters swarmed out and filled the air, Doms and Zaku fell to the ground below and began firing "Oh not this again!" Nate said as he fired his 90mm machine gun at the Zeon hoard, Jean and Carlos followed with their weapons as did all the other Federation MS.
The skies were basically the same thing, laser fire and bombs went off, most of Zeon was destroyed, but the mother ship kept spitting out more fighters 'Okay that's it." Falco said darting toward the mother ship and destroying a hatch "Right behind you!" Miyu said blasting another hatch "Hell's yeah!" Carlos shot a rocket form the surface into the ship destroying another hatch "For my father." Krystal said as she fired an nova bomb into the hatch destroying, the mother ship stopped, a weird spike started coming down form the middle of the ship "Detecting a energy built up within the ship." Rob said as Fox flew at it and started pounding on it, fighters came up behind him only to be bombarded with lead form Nate's MS "Hit the damn thing already!" Nate said to Fox as he fired a nova bomb at it, it hit and soon the ship began to tilt and explode.
The team now out of their craft looked at the city they saved from the mountains near by, the sun was setting "This is what we fight for" Nate said as everyone looked at him "for peace, for freedom to ensure that justice is severed and that no innocents are harmed." Nate said as he looked out at the view, the couples of the group held each other, Bill held Fay close, Falco held Katt, Amanda and Slippy held one another, Fox and Krystal embraced each other and Nate held Jean close to his chest with his organic arm "Well that's all well and good but were does that leave us?" Miyu asked Carlos "Who the hell knows, oh well I'm going back to the ship." Carlos said turning to his suit so he get it to the space port.
Location Carrier ship merciless
Edge had arrived on the damaged ship it had been in a battle with both the Enforcer and Great fox above Kantia "Sir Lord Andross demands your presence." A solider told him "Of course." Edge said walking to a throne room and bowed to a hologram of his lord "Andross the attack on…" "Silence!" Andross said rising his hand "You were suppose to conquer that plant." "Master, I have failed you the star fox team's MS…" "Wait Star Fox, those punks again, that's it, Edge you are to come back to Venom, it's time for the prototype to see some action, and I'm calling in O'Donnell and his team, and I want you know that Napalm will be with them." Andross said looking at his solider "Of course." Edge said as the hologram faded.
Author's Note: Polls been closed and it took me awhile but I did it a new chapter yeah.