Chapter 9
Fox realized once he got to the main entrance that it wouldn't work if he tried going in through there or the roof. There was no other way around. But there had to be… He searched around for anything that could help him get in. Then he decided to be resourceful on his own and blast the boarding below him and fell short into the shallow, aqua water. He treaded around underneath the building, looking for any other way to get in. He noticed a small latch at the far side of the building. He swam over and opened it just slightly enough to see how he could get in. Thankfully, there was a table to hind behind. He closed it gently and ducked behind it.
As the Grazton members continued to talk, Fox took out a recording device to record everything they said. It least it proved useful. In the meantime, he took out some scratch paper and wrote down what they said just in case.
"No! That's outrageous! We can't linger or wait any longer! We have to expand before it's too late. We already lost contact with Thomas," one of them said.
"But if we move too fast, we may miscalculate and we might be caught!" Another argued.
"I agree with both of you. But there will always be rebellious heroes out there to try and stop us. We can't let that happen. We don't have any choice but to start acting now," the leader said.
"What about Star Wolf? If they could defeat the Anglar Army, surely they could take us down," one said.
"Star Wolf doesn't care about anyone like us, you wacko. Besides, they're evil. They only took credit for stopping the Anglars because they wanted to clear their names," said another.
"That old newspaper saying they blew up a town is just hogwash. They're not dumb enough to do that! Or bring Corneria to its knees in a matter of minutes!" The leader said.
"But we can't be sure," the right-hand man said. "It wasn't us for sure. But it would be unwise to worry about them. No one can stop us anyways. We should spread out our men across many of the important planets first, like Corneria, Titania, the Aquas, and place like that."
"What about here?" A man asked.
"What about it? We can take over this dump whenever we want to, Alex," The right-hand man said.
"Enough, Robert," the boss said, whose name was Jonathan. "We have nothing to worry about. There's no way we can be comprehended like that. We'll be just fine… It's very imperative that we strike Corneria first. They have the most military and we must take them out first. We should start in a couple of days, maybe three. No matter what, we can't risk being caught."
Just then as Fox continued to write things down, he was tapped on the shoulder. He almost flipped the table over before he spun around to find out that it was Falco, with a grin on his face.
"Hey, Foxie!" The avian whispered with a very soft and quiet chuckle.
"Falco? What are you doing here?" Fox whispered back confused.
"I wanted to see what you were up to. So what's up?" Falco asked as if he had been invited.
As the men continued to talk and argue, Fox said, "You've got to go. If they spot us…"
Just before he could finish, a man sprinted upward and threw his chair across the room, shouting, "Come out, you filth!"
He pulled out a machine gun and fired around the whole room, targeting nowhere in particular. He dashed over to the area Fox and Falco were at. Falco dove underwater as Fox quickly dashed past the hiding place and went behind a different set of crates. Meanwhile, the man kicked down the table and aimed his gun across the floor. Fox jumped up and grabbed a hold of the gun and threw the man into a wooden pole supporting the ceiling. Fox had taken the gun from the man and swung it hard into his body, causing him to grasp onto his paining chest. Just then, Falco jumped back out of the hole and finished off the man.
"Blast them!" The leader shouted in command to the rest.
Two stayed behind with pistols as the rest rushed forward. Fox started to punch and kick all the guards coming towards him as did Falco for himself. Fox elbowed two men on opposite sides and threw them into each other, knocking them out unconscious as he punched another and threw him into a crowd bunched together. Falco was also taking the men out singlehandedly. After they had finished up with the unarmed men, the other two gunners started to fire rapidly as Fox and Falco took cover behind the boxes. Jonathan and Robert man dashed out of the building and ran out to the docks for safety.
"Contact our transport! We've been compromised!" Jonathan ordered
Robert obeyed and got their helicopter over there. Meanwhile, Fox and Falco kept cover behind the crates as the guards continued to fire mercilessly at them. Fox saw an entire bunch of boxes packed together into tough string on the ceiling above the guards. He grinned as he fired his blaster at the rope supporting the boxes from the ceiling. The boxes broke free from the roping and crushed the two gunmen below as they screamed to their deaths. Fox and Falco noticed the entire place was starting to collapse. Jonathan had blown up a supporting pole and threw a couple of small bombs in to stop Fox and Falco.
The two immediately ran back to the hatch, which had unfortunately been locked. Fox picked up the recorder and notes and looked for alternative exits. Falco cocked his head and said, "You know, Fox, if you really need an exit, you should try to make one."
At that moment, he picked up the machine gun from the ground and shot continuously at a wooden wall ahead of them, thus creating a hole for their exit.
"Thanks, Falco," Fox said at Falco's resourcefulness.
The two escaped through the newly made exit just in time as debris and wooden waste sealed the hole behind them. They saw the helicopter taking off with Robert and John. At least they had survived, Fox thought. They walked a ways away from the construction as it came to a brutal end when the bombs went off and the entire building lost support. It came crashing down into the sea below in a massive, fiery explosion that gathered the attention of many citizens around. Fox and Falco retreated from the now miserable sight back to Falco's house.