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I….don't really have anything to say here, so, if you came to read the next chap, then enjoy! I appreciate all those of you that have stuck by up to this point, and even more so to those who have reviewed.

Disclaimer: I own no part of Starfox, nor do claim to do so. Odin is my property.

R&R

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Odin's cell.

Sean watched in horror as the outline of the bullet traveled into Odin's heart, and a split second later as it came out Odin's back, taking dozens of chunks of Odin with it. The bullet imbedded itself in the back wall, Odin's blood on the floor and walls, hot and sticky, slowly dripping downward.

Odin lay on the floor due to the recoil of the bullet, covered in his own blood and flesh. His eyes were open and he had…a…smile on his face, albeit he was dying, if not already dead.

Ivladi smiled and leaned in until her muzzle was a mere inch from his ear.

"Are you afraid now?" she whispered, smiling and practically overflowing with dominance.

Odin's breathing slowed as he turned to face Ivladi, his eyes full of regret. The boy coughed up about a tablespoon of blood before he finally uttered his last words,

"In…haugh… your…ghack… dreams….," mumbled Odin with a half hearted smile, turning back to the ceiling, he sighed and mumbled a few more choice words,

"I…only…ungh… wish…gyah… that…I…could…khun…nungh… have…seen…you die,"

With that Odin turned his head off to one side…and died. Ivladi stood up, and tossed the rifle back to the ape.

"Odin must be moved a little bit later, the initial trauma of death makes magic highly dangerous, even to me, we'll get him later,"

The small group of infantry nodded and began to exit the room, single file. Sean was sweating at an abnormally high rate, his lip was twitching, and his eyes were wide open and full of fear.

Ivladi slowly made her way over to Sean, pausing and looking down at the feline, she reached down and grabbed his collar. Lifting him by his shirt, she grabbed his face with her free hand and pointed it towards Odin's carcass.

"Look at him Sean…death…isn't it wonderful?" crackled Ivladi, giggling and tossing him back to the wall with a small crash.

Sean barley felt the pain as he returned to his shocked position.

"You're still fired either way… but enjoy the wonder of death as long as you want," giggled the wolf as she finally left the room.

Sean let a solitary tear fall from his eye, and before long, that one tear turned into a couple, then those turned into a complete breakdown. Sean crawled under his former desk and cried until he had no more tears left.

Great Fox, guest room four.

Krystal shot awake in less then a second, cold sweat pouring down her shaken face. She had felt a strong sense of fear loom over her in her dreams…then silenced in an instant. Her dream had been vivid and intense; she half thought it had been a vision…

Odin was kneeling in front of a black alter that had an evil aura that Krystal was sure would rival the devil himself. Odin stood up and spread his arms wide mumbling unintelligible words that sounded like an incantation. The area suddenly grew darker as Odin closed his eyes and screamed at the alter, making the shadows and darkness move and squirm until the forces gathered at the center of the room, growing and changing, forming a massive being that resembled a tall wolf, enveloped in darkness.

The wolf reached out for Odin, and thrust her palm into Odin's chest cap, pulling out Odin's heart with it. Krystal screamed and rushed to her friend's aid, but every step she took seemed to put her three more steps farther from her destination. Odin fell to the ground howling in agony and coughing up blood…dying…the vision slowly disappeared before Krystal's eyes, and before long, she woke in her own bed.

Krystal shivered and looked at the tableside clock, it read about a quarter past six a.m. The vixen sighed and wiped the cold sweat from her brow, and proceeded to reach for the contents of her bag. Pulling out a pair of light green pants and a dark purple shirt, Krystal walked across the hallway into the bathroom.

Reaching behind the glass and turning on the shower, Krystal relieved herself of her old clothes and stepped inside.

Fox awoke with a start, his head enveloped in a splitting headache. He had always wondered how he was ever able to wake up from a nap with a headache.

Fox yawned and checked to make sure they were still on course, the started for his room. Walking in and taking off his shirt, he picked up his portable music player and a change of cloths and walked into his own private bathroom. He turned the knobs and waited for the water to come on…and waited…and waited…and w-a-i-t-e-d. But the water wouldn't come out. Fox mumbled and turned the other knob, but noting happened then either.

Fox sighed and put in the headphones, wanting to recover from the morning he'd had so far, he could always have R.O.B tell him what was wrong a little later. Cranking up the volume as high as it would go and jacking his head side to side in tune with the beat. Fox slung a change of clothes over his shoulder and muttered the words of the chorus. He wandered out into the hallway and headed for the only guest bathroom the Great Fox had, true, he could have used anyone else's shower, he was as sure as hell they wouldn't care, but he just wouldn't feel right.

Fox stopped outside the bathroom and checked to make sure he had all his clothes he'd be changing into, Fox opened the door.

The first thing Fox saw was a blue blur moving behind the fogged glass. It took Fox a moment to realize it, but once he saw a blue furry paw reach outside the shower for a bottle of soap. Fox nearly pissed himself, falling against the door in utter shock, causing a loud 'BANG'.

From inside the shower, Krystal's heart nearly stopped when she heard a loud noise from outside the shower. Krystal reacted in a heartbeat, almost instantaneously reaching out of the shower and snatching the towel that hung a few inches away from the door, turning off the shower and tying it around her body, Krystal poked her head outside the door.

And there was Fox, his clothes in a heap laying on the floor and his face more red then an apple.

"Krystal, I-I'm so so so so so so so sorry for, ummmm accidentally coming in on you and errrrr…..," stammered Fox, groping up his clothes and turning away, his face steadily growing redder.

Krystal blushed and pulled her head back in the shower, her face no where near the level of red Fox's was, but extremely red none the less.

Fox finally stood up tall enough to reach the handle and lug his embarrassed body out the door. Practically running into his room, Fox threw the garments on the ground and tossed his music player onto the bed. He thought about Krystal's nude figure beneath that fogged glass…but cut off his train of thought before he could get any further.

Fox desperately wanted something…anything to get his mind off of Krystal, true they were a sort-of couple again now, but he still showed women with respect, no matter what the case. Fortunately, he got his wish.

"STARFOX TEAM MEMBERS, WE WILL ARRIVE AT SINGLE PILOT FLYER DISTANCE IN 0100 HOURS," R.O.B's metallic voice droned out from the speakers.

Fox gave a silent prayer of thanks as he threw the change of clothes on and left the room.

Meanwhile Krystal was recovering from the awkward moment by choosing a proper outfit and jewelry for the day, rummaging around her bad, she finally settled on a pair of tight jeans and a semi-tight flight suit accompanied by her traditional Cerenian tail rings. Krystal left her room and walked over to the bridge. Upon entering, she saw Fox look at her for a split second before whipping his head around back to the controls.

Krystal giggled and walked over to Fox.

"Fox….," whispered Krystal in his ear, sending another flush of red up his face.

"Kr-Krystal ummmm I'm really sorry about earlier…," stuttered Fox, looking up timidly.

Krystal giggled and hugged him, wrapping her arms around his neck she spoke gingerly,

"Don't worry Fox," Krystal leaned in a little closer, "I don't blame you for wanting a look…,"

Fox shuttered and looked up.

"No Krys, it's not like that, I just didn't hear you in there, I was listening to heavy metal after all…,"

Krystal curled her lip downward in a fake frown.

"Are you saying you don't want a look?"

"What? N-No, I'm sure you're…errrrr…,"

"You wanted a look?! You perv!"

"Krystal stop this isn't funny!" demanded Fox, finally latching onto the joke.

Krystal giggled and gave him a play punch in the arm becoming serious again.

"So when are we going to get to Venom?"

"Around now actually, we're able to fly there in a bit less than an hour, we'd better start preparing everything,"

"Okay then, what first?

"Well, the first thing we need to find out is a clear landing spot near the facility Odin's being held in,"

"Okay, I'll gat right on that,"

"Good, we should be able to begin this mission soon,"

Krystal shook her head and walked away.

"You still think of everything as a mission, eh Fox,"

"Pretty much," chuckled Fox as he checked the status of the ships.

Krystal gave one last look at Fox and turned to figure out a landing area.

Odin's cell.

Sean slowly awoke from his tormented slumber, his eyes still slightly red from his time of crying. He sat up and streched his back, proceeding to look at his surroundings. He was still in his former office, and it was stil in bad shape from the days previous bout. The shaken feline was faced with the horrid task of daring to look at his fallen ally's body, if he looked, he was certain that he would cry more, but there was also the chance Ivladi had already taken the body to a diffrent location.

Holding his breath, Sean turned to face the cell. Suprisingly, nothing was there, just the bloodstained fabric and slightly rotted flesh loomed in the area. Sean couldn't tell if he was releived that the body was gone, or worried for Odin, he just stood up and took one last glance at the remains of his freind.

He turned to leave, happy to finally be leaving, when a paw came around and took command of his neck.

"WHAT THE HELL!? LET GO OF ME!"

"SEAN, QUITE, IT'S ME ODIN!"

Sean felt the pressure on his neck lessen, allowing him to whip his body around to face the one who claimed to be Odin. But...it was...it was unbelieveable and completely illogical.

"How in the hell did this...," mumbled Sean, reaching out his paw and frowning.

Odin slapped his paw away and pointed to the huge bloodstain on his chest.

"Yes, it's me, but save it, we've got to get away from here...now, Ivladi's hell bent on finding me, I've kept her trail cold for noe, but we have to MOVE," whispered Odin, but somehow with the power of a shout.

Seam wanted to protest, but thought better of it and gave a small nod.

"If you're ready, then let's go,"

Deep Space.

Wolf pressed his head against the back of his seat and forced a yawn back down his throat, his entire team (plus Bill) was sitting in utter silence, but no one really minded. Wolf stuck firmly by his "smalltalk is not manly" belief, and both Panther and Leon never had anything worth saying anyways. But he couldn't say exactly why Bill was silent, but he suspected it was due to his discomfort flying with the Star Wolf team.

Wolf opened the 3-D map and checked that they were still on course,

"We're due to arrive in around 0030 hours, so be prepared to land soon," mumbled Wolf, opening a communications channel.

"Sounds like a plan," responded Panther, though not really taking anything in.

"Has anyone ever noticed that one of my hands is bigger than the other...?" questioned Leon, in a low, demented tone.

No one responded and they were again put in silence untill Bill spoke up for the first time since leaving Corneria.

"Cornerian ship located on radar, second-class frigate, I.D. confirmed as 2FRG57002...Wait a minute...Second identification decoding reaveal current owner is Fox McCloud!"

Wolf nearly choked on his own saliva.

"WHAT?"

"Fox is probably on that ship! Didn't you here me the first time?!"

"Get me a reading on the ploted course of that ship, and, Panther, Leon, divert 45 power to the anti-radar location devices,"

"Fine,"

"My tail is caught in my seatbelt! BWAHAHAHAHA!" (A/N I bet you can guess who said that!)

"Anti-radar devices are illegal! And why do you want a course plot reading?!" Asked Bill harshly.

"Bill, you obey ME while taking on this mission, NO ONE ELSE, YOU GOT THAT?! I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU A DAMN REASON!" Bellowed Wolf, the low rumble of his voice actually scaring Bill a little.

Bill couldn't help but scowl in defeat, true, the divices were illeagal, but Rose had given them free reign over how the mission was executed. And though he liked Rose and Wolf around the same amount, his loyalty to the military was (nearly) unrivaled. Grumbling, Bill typed in the commands for a hacking signal and sent it before his brain could register again that what he was doing was wrong.

"Hack sent, happy now ya' bastard?" grumbled Bill as he retracted his paws from the controll board.

"Very, now tell me what the course plot came up as,"

"...!...Look at this, that ship's headed for Venom,"

"Bill, open a communications channel and see if it really is Fox, but don't give any hint away that we're here,"

"Affermative,"

Bill cursed under his breath and closed the channel between himself and the Star Wolf team, opening a communications signal file to send. Confirming his request, Bill sat back and waited.

Great Fox, Bridge.

" FOX, I HAVE RECIEVED A COMMUNICATIONS SIGNAL REQUEST,"

"Who's it from R.O.B?"

"PROCESSING...MY CENSORS SHOW THAT THE SIGNAL IS BEING TRANSMITTED BY A CORNERIAN SINGLE PILOT CRAFT, I.D. CONFIRMED AS 00233411D, PILOTED AND REGISTERED BY BILL GREY,"

"WHAT?! HELL R.O.B. patch it through!"

"AFFERMATIVE,"

Fox looked up at the screen and waited untill Bill's familiar face popped up in front of him, the same thing happened on Bill's side.

"BILL!"

"FOX! How ya' been buddy?"

"Fine Bill, but why the hell are you all the way out here?"

"Official military assignment, rescue mission, but why the hell are YOU out here?"

"Official freindship buisness,"

"I see...so where you headed man?"

"Venom, but you knew that didn't you?"

"...What do you mean?"

"I saw that hack the minute you sent it, but I had a hunch it wouldn't matter if I ignored it,"

"Ahhhh, one of Fox McCloud's infamous hunches..."

"You're damn right,"

Bill continued to talk while Wolf monitered everything the two said, not intending to miss anything that they could use for their time on Venom.

"Bill, you can stop at any time now," radioed Wolf, careful to keep his voice shallow as to not be heard.

Bill ignored it to prevent allerting Fox.

On Fox's end of the call, Krystal had been listining intently, noticing the changing brain patterns Bill was sending out, they were oddly placed and fidginting like there was no tommorow. Thinking Bill was hiding somthing, Krystal broadened her search and located three...oddly familier brain patterns. It took her a moment but once she figured it out, she felt her mouth turn down in a complete scowl. Quickly walking over, Krystal tapped Fox on his shoulder and whispered her deduction in his ear.

"Are you serious?"

"Positive," Krystal reassured.

Bill saw Krystal from his end and was about to ask her exactly what the figging' hell she was doing there when he realized that the Star Wolf team was painfully unaware of her being there, and knowing that Krystal probably wasn't to keen on confronting her ex under these circumstances, he shut himself up and ubruptly ended the call.

"What the hell was that about?!" Wolf hissed as he closer to Bill.

"Nothing okay, I just thought Fox was getting a little suspisious..."

"Well whatever...Before anything else happens we need to get to Venom, Panther! Leon! Let's go!"

(A/N Sorry that this part sucked, I was rushed, Forgive me)

Great Fox, Bridge.

"What the...? R.O.B. what happened?!'

"MY CENSORS INDICATE THAT BILL HAS DROPPED THE CALL ON HIS OWN TERMS, NO INTERRUPTIONS WERE DETECTED,"

"Why would he do that...?"

"Fox, don't trouble yourself, we have more pressing matters,"

"I know...I know...R.O.B! Set course foe Venom once more!"

"AFFERMATIVE,"

Both Fox and Wolf thought about the other, this being the first contact they had had with eachother in a while, and each felt the fires of rivalry rekindling.

As their thoughts shifted to the task at hand, they thought at the exact same time.

"Hold on Kid, I'll be there soon,"

On Venom, Odin and Sean were well hidden in the vast reaserch facility, fear creeping up on them both. Their chances were slim, that was easy to see.

"Damn...," though Odin as he looked at the deep wound in his chest.Escaping would be ten times as hard with that in him.

Mumbling Odin pulled Sean by the collar as they began their meager escape.

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Review please, sorry this chapter was bad! I just had to get somthing up!