Chapter 10: Revealed
A.N.: I'm not going to update monday, so instead, HAPPY EASTER! Sorry for my pagen beliefs... but this pagen holiday comes with LOTS of chocolate, you can't beat that.
(Hero's P.O.V.)
I spit on the floor as I glared up at the mercenary known as Fox, he seemed unfazed as his fists were clenched tightly while he teeth were bared towards me in a snarl. POP!
My face twisted to the side as blood dribbled down my jaw and onto my armor, or the metal floor beneath me. I chuckled as I left my head twisted like that as Fox asked again, "What did you do to Krystal?"
Turning back towards my assailant, I once more glared at him as I began to collect the spittle and blood in my mouth. He growled as he looked back at his teammate, Falco; who just shrugged his shoulders. When I felt I had enough blood in my mouth, I puckered my lips, and spat all of the contents in my mouth onto Fox's uniform. "HAHA… you think I haven't dealt with worse?"
POP! My head swung to the side again, but this time Fox grabbed my jaw and turned my head towards him and shouted, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO KRYSTAL YOU FREAK!?"
I responded as calmly as I could muster, "I did nothing to her you mangy half animal junkie." This response wasn't what he had expected, or wanted, and I knew that as another pair of punches collided with my gut with a painful amount of force.
He growled as he wrapped his furry claws tightly around my neck, "Then explain why she collapsed in our hanger!"
Letting out a brief chuckle, it was cut off as Fox tightened his grip around my neck, but I went on to say, "Krystal and I go way back… as far as the destruction of Cerinia. If you want to go into technicalities, I managed to sleep in bed with your beloved Krys- AGH!" Air was cut off as Fox jammed his palm against my throat and tightened his grip along the side of my neck. I began to see spots as Fox growled menacingly in his throat as his teeth were glaring in the pure white lights of my cell. Y-You're l-lucky these c-cuffs are metal!
Blackness filled my entire vision as the metallic door slid open, but by then my hearing was beginning to lose its ability as well. Soon even I was deaf as my world began to fade in and out, and I could faintly taste the copper of blood over my tongue.
Pressure was released from my throat and I was once again able to struggle to breath, but I wasn't in the most pleasant of moods. I was coughing as my hearing and sight slowly came back to me, but when it did, I wasn't able to coherently translate my surroundings to my foggy mind. As my mentality became more focused, I recognized the faint hue of blue fur, along with a presence that seemed to envelope my memories. Brief flashbacks began to come to my mind, but they were sketchy and quickly buried as soon as they came up. I lifted my head weakly, and I saw Krystal looking down at me with a look of sadness crossed with another emotion; it looked like it was angry and scared, but also happy at the same time. She seemed to shiver as my eyes gazed deeply into hers, I was rather sad to know that she probably viewed me as some stranger now.
With a weak smile and a bow of my head, I said, "Hello lady Krystal…" I laughed at the old title she was supposed to be 'designated' with, "…or should I call you Krystal Mccloud now?" I watched as the fur beneath her cheeks lit up with a familiar, yet old redness.
"W-Why… h-how…?" She asked as she reached out towards me, but stopped and slowly withdrew her hand away from me. My smile dropped as she backed away from me, but the tears that were splashed on her muzzle were what really saddened me.
Sighing lightly, I looked away as my own tears threatened to fall down my cheeks. "Get these cuffs off of me… and I will show you how I'm here… how I'm still alive… and why I never contacted you before."
"How do I know you won't just attack everyone?" I heard her ask from somewhere in front of me.
Looking back up and towards her, I swallowed thickly as I said, "I swear on the souls of our parents… I will not harm anybody that lives on this ship," taking a brief and noticeable glare towards Falco, I added, "…again. But I have one other request; bring Jenessa in here with me…"
I was sitting in a chair with Jenessa closely pressed up against me, and I glanced over and once again eyed the blasters in Falco and Fox's hands. Krystal sat across from me with Peppy next to her; I didn't know where the hell Slippy was, but that was probably for the best. Krystal coughed in her throat, and I looked over as she held out her hands, "Did I ever tell you how I could get deeper memories?" I shook my head, and she continued, "I must make physical contact with you to see the memories as clearly as you can…"
Letting my hands reach out towards hers, I stopped, and then reached for the seals and began to take my gloves off. I heard Falco scoff silently to himself, but I think he spoke his sentence to Fox, "What kind of disgusting creature is he?"
"I don't know… a hairless ape prob-"
"I'm a human… where I come from you are nothing but a pet parakeet Falco. As for you Fox, you are a forest dwelling scoundrel that scavenges from other hunters prey. Where I come from, animals, or most of them, are smaller than humans; and back on my world, the one animal that proves the most challenging to humans is wolves, bears, felines, and the generally true predatory animals." I was glaring towards them as my anger was boiling over, "The only 'animal' in here that is excluded from those facts is Krystal… or maybe it is Cerinian's that aren't like mutts h-how…" I looked down at my clenched hands and saw Krystal's blue covered ones over them, and I shifted my gaze up and saw her looking at me with a scolding expression.
"Wolf…" I flinched as I growled in my throat lightly. Krystal sighed as I saw Jenessa looking at me from the corner of my eye, "I want to see why you changed so… much."
Casting my gaze downwards and at the table, I said with an angry and bitter tone, "I am no longer Wolf…"
"Yet you carry his memories, so you are Wo-"
"WOLF saved a planet, twice! He didn't murder others and do horrendous jobs just to survive!" I pointed over at Fox, "He is a Lylatin, and you're a Cerinian… I'm… I'm a human… I don't blend in, I don't belong!" I stood up and moved away from the table; barely acknowledging Falco and Fox raising their rifles towards me. "The people of Cerinia accepted me because I saved you're planet… the females started a fan club because I fought and beat Garit." I heard Jenessa inhale sharply at that, and I turned and looked at her, then faced Krystal and finished, "And I killed the fabled Metal Reapers, yet in this system, it, means, nothing!"
"Everyone… please leave Wolf and I alone…" Everyone looked at Krystal with varying expressions, but I turned away and walked towards a corner of the room. I know you can hear my thoughts Krys… I remember that much; I just want to be alone. "Fox, I want everyone out of this room in no longer than a minute." I heard something like a door slide open, but it was way too silent to be a door.
Leaning against the wall, I buried my head in my arms as I heard everyone filing out of the room. I knew Krystal was going to try something while we were alone, and I swore I wasn't going to fight anyone on the ship; that included her. If she chose to attack me, I was going to be defenseless throughout the entire ordeal, or until she was too tired to attack. I wouldn't blame her either… if I wasn't so weak, I would've pulled the trigger on the drop ship and ended it all right there. The mental image of holding the blaster beneath my helmet appeared in my mind's eye, and I didn't bother hiding it from the telepath behind me.
As the door closed, I heard Krystal speak calmly, "Come here Hero… you still owe me an explanation as to why you changed so much."
Turning around, I was expecting to meet a barrel to the face, but all I saw was Krystal sitting at the table with her staff extended on the table in the center. I walked over cautiously while expecting an attack from some direction, but instead all I saw was her sad, tired, and thoughtful expression. Taking a seat in the chair I had left behind, she placed her hands palm up near me, and I carefully placed my own in hers. I flinched as the warmth of her hands was transferred into my own, and a soothing presence soon filled my mind.
"I want you to think about your memories from after we were attacked on the Cerinian destroyer… I want to know what happened from after my escape capsule was ejected, up until after you were free of your captors. This will all go faster the more you cooperate, so please, just relax, and remember…" Krystal closed her eyes, and I looked around briefly, but I closed my eyes as I nodded, slowly starting to delve into my memories. It won't be pleasant… so I hope you are prepared for what I'm about to show you.
I felt Krystal tighten her hands on my own as she said, "Since when has anything been pleasant and easy ever since I first met you…?"
Chuckling, I let that sink in as I finally began to think about all that has happened to me since the Cerinian destroyer…
-:Flashback:-
A.N.: Everything from this point on will look like a regular chapter, but I will let you all know when the flashback is over.
"Ten seconds until we blow these bastards out of the space around us gentlemen…"
"Shit…" the panther woman said as she stood back up. She looked around out area before she looked down at me, and the next thing I saw, was a boot smashing into my face…
…
As I woke up, I noticed I was in a small confined space, but I was also confined to my current position, and I felt like something was holding me to the seat. I slowly opened my eyes since my entire face was throbbing dully, but I wasn't in so much pain as to completely block out everything else. Pain has been the second highlights of my life ever since I first visited Cerinia… I'm not surprised I'm feeling it now. I saw I was in smaller space than it had originally felt like, and it was also a surprise as I saw someone sleeping across from me. She was a panther type of species, and a sudden surge of memories hit me. D-Didn't the ship explode? I thought w-we had died!
I shook my head, and I looked around, and I saw that this looked like one of the standard escape pods, yet I didn't see the view port anywhere. I peeked over my shoulder, and I saw I was actually leaned up against the viewport. I need to get free of these bonds… starting with my hands; then I can end this madness, and find where Krystal's pod went. While I began to wiggle my hands around, I kept a close and watchful eye on Metal as she slept.
Soon, I felt and recognized the thing binding my wrists as being something like a small and thin rope, but it wasn't course like a rope would be; rather than smooth. As I jerked my hands down to try and slip a single hand out, I made a fatal mistake that I soon realized I wouldn't be able to hide. Metal had done an age old trick of tying a piece of rope to that which connected my bindings, all the way to her foot. I saw her stirring, so I quickly slid my head to the side as I closed my eyes, and did my best to even my breathing out once again. "Ughh… w-what? Oh right…"
She moved around the cabin as I felt my bindings untighten a little bit from the side, She must've taken it off of her leg… but I can still feel the main binding. I felt something be pressed up against my chest, and I felt my heart rate spike. "I know you are awake… so open those eyes up so we can have a chat…"
I sighed as I complied with her orders, and when I did, she was sitting across from me with her arms resting on her knees; she was leaned forward as she looked at me. Clearing my throat, I asked, "What questions would someone like you want to ask from me?"
"What species do you belong to? I know for sure you're not an ape; you are too small and smart to even be close to one." She asked with a hint of curiosity, but I heard the caution and alertness she kept within.
Maybe if I answer her questions, she will lose her guard… I have been known to outtalk a teacher, and slip out from detention; maybe I can get her to release my bonds. "I'm a human from the planet Earth." I said as I tried to make it seem like I had some sort of regal superiority to me, even though I knew that wasn't the case in my current situation.
"Earth huh…? Well, tell me this; why were you fighting so hard to protect Krystal when you two are nothing alike?" She asked as she put a hand to her chin, her claws tapping her jaw in a thoughtful manor.
Giving her a hard look, I frowned as I said, "Give me some fur, a tail, and ears on top of my head, and there will be almost no difference between Krystal and I. She was my wife-to-be before your kind attacked…" I finished with a sense of pride in my voice, knowing full well that as soon as I escaped, I would be able to locate her somehow, and resume protecting her.
"So there are no physical differences between us?" She asked, as if she had paid almost no attention to everything else I had just said.
"Of course there is; I didn't destroy an entire planet to… uh…" I felt myself growing nervous as her expression and posture changed. Instead of the questioning look she held before, she was now giving me a look I had seen Krystal give me after our shower; just this time I recognized it as being something much deeper than just a look. Her muzzle curled up in a grin as she pushed away from her seat, and she approached as she reached down and loosened her clothing a little bit.
As she leaned closely towards me, I felt nervousness grip my gut while her teeth flashed as she said, "That is good, very good actually. I haven't been with a male for a while, so I guess you can substitute since there aren't much physical differences between us."
Uh… this can't be happening! "T-There is a major difference that I must warn you about first!" I said quickly as she unbuttoned the top two buttons to her uniform's jacket, "H-Humans c-can only participate in mating if w-we are… um… if we are in water!"
She laughed as she covered her muzzle, and she leaned away from me. I frowned as she continued to laugh, but I chose to try and seal the deal with some form of solid facts, "I-It is true! W-We c-cant mate unless w-we are in water." She only ended up laughing harder while I tried to once again work my hands out of my restraints.
I stopped once she opened her eyes, but she still had a smile plastered on her muzzle as she shook her head and said, "T-That is the most ridiculous excuse I have ever heard…" she smiled as she came closer to me once more, but I turned my head to the side and leaned as far back as I could. She laughed lightly but forcibly turned my head as she sat in my lap, "Don't worry, I won't bite… much."
Her muzzle was getting closer and closer to my lips as I desperately tried to find a way out of my situation, even though I knew there wasn't anywhere to go. The only lips I want to touch mine are Krystal's, not some murderer! Beep… beep… beep. I opened my eyes just as she was about to make contact with my own, but she stopped as she sighed heavily. She remained where she was sitting, but she leaned back as she held her wrist up and pressed a few buttons. A few seconds later, a voice came through the thing on her wrist, "Metal one, we have visual of your escape capsule… the commander requests that you stop trying to make-out with the prisoner."
I saw her smile nervously as she replied, "He is my prisoner, so I choose what I want to do with him."
Another voice, this time deeper, spoke with a slab of authority in its voice, "You forget the chain of command Metal…"
The panther on my lap growled/hissed into her communicator as she said, "First you fail your task… and second; my contact should have informed you that your ship was only transporting my squad." Alright… I think I can get out of these things now that she is destrac- nope… she would feel me moving around.
As a growl sounded from the other end of the line, she smiled but started to rebutton her shirt; then the voice spoke, "Prepare for docking…" Metal clicked a few things on her communicator before she finished buttoning her shirt up. When she was finished, she began to put her last button on; this caused me to sigh in relief.
A cold and sharp claw traced its way up from my neck to the tip of my chin, and I looked down as it was moved away from my body, but when it landed on Metal's chin, I looked up and at her. She smiled as she said, "Don't think you got out of it with me; we still have the entire flight back to Venom… so you and I have at least three days together." She seemed to look over my shoulder before she said something else, "I will see about having you transferred to a solitary prison block for… privacy issues."
Swallowing hard, I turned my head and was kissed on the cheek, Ha, at least I can avoid lip to lip kisses for now. OW! I felt my head fall forward as I groaned from the sudden pain that was rippling through my entire gut. My chin was jerked up from Metal's grasp, and I saw her frowning expression while she dug her other claws into my side, "You should learn to follow the direction of things, especially when I'm the one choosing what they are for. Now, I want a real kiss before we dock."
Not even your fuzzy ass can make me do that, I already have a love… "Fine then…" I said, and I watched as she smiled before leaning back forward. When she was about to kiss my lips, I twisted my head to the side and away from hers once more, but I placed my mouth near the side of her head. "Unlike you, we humans have morals… UGH!" She jabbed her fist into my gut once more, but this time she grabbed my throat and slammed me into the glass viewport. I closed my eyes to try and deal with the pain, but I still had the head injury from crash landing in Sha'Bine's ship. Red spots played across the black expanse of my eyelids, but I slowly began to open my eyes. They snapped painfully open when I saw Metal's closed eyes and her muzzle pressed up against where my lips should be. I tried to pull away or move, but her grip only tightened around my neck; effectively cutting off all my breath until I was struggling to even hold onto reality. As she released her grip on my neck, I took in a deep breath through my nose as I felt every inch of my mouth being violated by the pantheress in my lap. I struggled once more, just this time I felt her claws being forced into my leg and back. I stopped as it felt like she was drawing blood; yet she kept digging into my body. As I began to squirm in pain, she only dug deeper and deeper; and then I realized she was in another place as she moaned into my mouth. Y-You s-s-sick wretch!
SCREEE! CRuuu…NCCCHHH! I felt her claws get dislodged as something was latched onto our capsule. When my head was once more slammed into the viewport, I felt cold all over my body, but that wasn't all as someone opened the capsule; since I had been pushed against the viewport, I once again fell out. The back of my head slammed into the unforgiving metal of the ground, and I could've sworn stars were learning how to dance outside of the edges of my vision. I groaned as I rolled my head to the side and was greeted by a hanger full of purple ships that had various species running around, but a large portion was apes. I heard someone jump down and land behind me, but I was fighting to remain conscious as my world rolled around, but I wasn't granted any respite as I was hoisted up onto my feet by a pair of thick strong hands. I looked behind me and saw it was a pair of bird like guys, but behind them I saw Metal standing there as she looked around. The two birds turned me around and pushed me towards her, but I stumbled and fell against her; she looked down at me angrily before she shoved me away from her and said, "Watch where you go."
I fell back and managed to keep my head up before I hit the ground, but I did end up hitting it eventually. The avians laughed openly as one said, "Seems like Metal's boy can't keep to his feet!"
I heard Metal actually hiss as she stepped over me and said, "Get up, now!"
Groaning, I shook my head as I said, "I… I can't…" This earned me a sharp kick to my side as she once more hissed at me. I groaned quietly, but I still didn't move to try and get up; instead it felt like something warm was moving through the hair on the back of my head. Another kick made me cringe, but only weakly, along with what passed for a pitiful gasp of pain from the kick. She already beat me down inside the Cerinian ship… I can't take everything that has happened… I know that only more is too come while I'm under the status as a prisoner.
"Heh heh…" I chuckled weakly as I looked up into Metal's angry face while blackness began to cloud most my vision.
"What is so funny?" She asked as she knelt down next to me and unsheathed her claws. I gazed into her eyes as they began to get fuzzy and unfocused.
The warmth was now all over the back of my head as I noticed her glare flicker to the side of my head, and I said, "I g-got a concussion on the Cerinian ship… yet here you are, constantly h-h-hitting my… head. It makes m-me wonder if I will g-get to die yet; Humans may b-be resilient… b-but we still f-feel pain…" I coughed as I chuckled some more. "It is customary for a prisoner to receive better treatment than I have been receiving on my planet, or at least to have been killed by now. And that Metal is strict…ly… fff… fa…" I let out a final sigh as darkness completely swamped my vision, and my mind became nothing as I drifted among my own consciousness…
My mouth felt like cotton was stuffed in it as it felt like cloth was wrapped around my head, but then again, it felt like my head was a pile of lead and my side felt like wool. My thoughts were too fuzzy for even I to understand, but my body felt like it was functioning fine as my chest slowly rose and fell. My muscles felt like they were wrapped in coils, but they also felt like spikes were driven through them in the joint regions.
The air tasted and smelled of sterilization and medicine, but it also reeked dimly of blood and death from long ago. I slowly opened my eyes until they were slitted open enough for me to see I was under a light by about a dozen or so feet, but it seemed so small for how bright it was, while everything around the edges of my vision seemed so close and warped. Letting my eyes close once again, I felt my breathing hitch as my lungs began to feel ticklish. I coughed painfully, but my breath remained close to my mouth as the heat did as well. I was curious as to what it was, but the cough had drained me of the last of my energy, and I once again began to feel drowsy while I heard approaching footsteps. I sighed as I began to drift out of the waking world, but not before I felt someone press something against my forehead…
-Approximately 36 hours later-
I was standing up as I was looking forward towards the drop ship carrier that Metal was leading me towards. The doctor, a stout looking leopard, had said I had been unconscious for two days, but I had apparently healed remarkably fast from the head injuries I had been sustaining. It was because of my injuries that I had remained in the infirmary for my entire stay on the venom ship, until now that is. While I didn't want to be anywhere near a venom ship, let alone inside one, I was glad I had been kept in the medical ward for my duration; it kept Metal away from me and out of my pants, literally. My current goal was to cause some chaos after I got onboard the drop ship, and possibly pilot myself to an escape somewhere else. I had managed to feign dizziness and unsteadiness on my feet when they had begun to see how capable I was of movement; so now I walked around without any binding, but they had also given Metal the task of always remaining in contact with me when I was on my feet. Since Metal is the only actual soldier going onboard, I know for sure I just need to overpower her, then I can ditch her and the pilots and make an escape to the planet… or possibly another.
As we boarded the ship, she pushed me down into a seat roughly, but gently enough to not hit my head on something. She lowered her other hand down as she let the assault blaster in her hands rest horizontally in her grip, and she stomped on the floor plating twice. I turned and looked at the ramp just as it began to fold up and into the ship silently, and I felt the ship rise steadily. When I felt Metal tap her rifle against my chest, I looked at her as she said, "You wait here, and don't move; I need to go talk to the pilot."
I nodded my head as she turned and left, but I instantly began to look around the interior of the ship. Remaining seated as she looked back at me briefly, I sighed softly and closed my eyes, alright, blaster across from me under the duffle bag. I will need to get to that when she gets back and somehow get her to move me over on that side of the ship so I can get it. I will need to act fast so that the pilot doesn't alert anyone else, or I will just be in a whole heap of trouble. Blasters are loud, especially in an enclosed space like this, so once she is neutralized, I will need to rush the cockpit and take him out; all without damaging the controls to fly this bucket.
When Metal walked back into the troop bay, she smiled towards me as she set her rifle down near the doorway, and moved towards me as she took off the coat she was wearing. I frowned as she continued to approach me, but I kept my mouth shut to avoid any pain or deviation from my escape plan. She moved over until she was directly in front of me, but it was when she began to unzip the front of her flight suit that she said, "I told the pilot to remain in the cockpit at all times, along with him to monitor the comm traffic between the capital ship; that will guarantee he can't hear anything from back here."
If he can't hear anything, then I can take care of her faster than I expected, along without the worry of the pilot hearing a blaster shot. I can't go for her rifle, that would be to obvious… oh god… Metal peeled back the top of her suit to reveal a sight that I admit was amazing to see, but at the same time disgusting and predictable. She was wearing a tight form fitting shirt without any form of bra underneath, and as she stood in front of me, she smiled some more and said, "We have that privacy time I had talked about before…"
After she said that, she pushed her suit down until it was slightly below her waist, but she chose to site on my lap as she began to literally rip my shirt from my body. I felt my face heat up as I leaned back and pressed my hands against the seats beside me as a form of resisting the feeling I was getting from below my waist. I felt ashamed than I was becoming aroused by another female, and I did my best to think about the blue form of Krystal I had come to miss all the more I was around strangers.
When my shirt was on the floor in shreds, I felt Metal running her hands up and down my abdomen as her eyes drank in the sight of my muscles. I turned my head and looked away from her as she continued to run her hands up and down my body. She giggled like some school girl who got accepted to date the boy of her dreams, but I felt her get off of my lap also. I heaved a sigh as my mind began to think of my next move, I need to get her over to the other side of the ship, but I need to do so without her becoming suspicious. I can probably use her lusting ways to trick her, but how is the main thing I need to think about here, not why. And it isn't like I can just bum rush her and grab the blaster, her claws can tear me up before I even had the blasted thing in my possession.
I looked over just as something hit the floor, and when I did, I felt my entire face flush with warmth as downstairs hit a party button. Metal was standing there and looking at me while she was wearing nothing but skin tight shorts, and her see-through shirt. Krystal, please forgive me… Her eyes shot downwards as she smiled widely, but I did my best to look away, but I couldn't as she stepped forward, and said, "I want you to take off your pants…"Swallowing thickly, I stood up, and as I did, she kept her eyes locked on my own, and I began to fiddle with the latch to my pants. The smile on her face only grew as she said, "If you don't hurry, I will do to them what I did to your shirt."
That got to me, and I quickly undid them and let them fall to the deck. I didn't bother taking off my shorts or boxers as I once again sat down and kept my eyes locked forward. I heard her giggle once more as she pulled me forward, and sat in my lap as she wrapped her legs around me. When she ground her hips into mine, I felt my spine stiffen as the hairs along the back of my neck rose and spike out. I need to somehow make this work… I can carry her to the other side of the ship, but I will need a lie. Actually, that might be easier than I had originally thought it would be; now just to set that plan into motion so I can escape from her grasp.
Wrapping my arms around her back, I pulled her closer, and I shamefully pulled her harder into my lap as well. She gasped as she continued to smile, but I stood up while I moved my hands down and held up hips so she wouldn't fall. I felt her legs tighten around my waist, and I felt myself nearly groan as well as her, but I moved towards the opposite side of the troop bay as she asked, "W-Where are you going?"
"Uh… somewhere easier to enjoy you." I said as I stopped, and when I did, I crouched down and set her body on the deck, but she didn't let me go, so I went with her until we were both parallel to the deck. She looked up at me as she used her hands to grab the bottom of her shirt, before she quickly yanked it off and over her head. I felt my jaw slacken as I gapped at her bust, but I began to look away; just not fast enough before she yanked her undershorts off. I need to neutralize her before I do something I'll regret! I looked up, and saw the duffle bag right there, and I knew the blaster was just a little bit further under it and out of view, but Metal grabbed my chin and made me face her.
She smiled as she grabbed my hand closer to the duffle bag, and used it to move it onto her breast, which even covered in fur, was extremely smooth. She smiled as she closed her eyes, but she also arched her back slightly. Alright, alright… I need to switch hands, and hope she keeps her eyes closed…
Taking my hand away, I placed it beside her as she growled in her throat and began to open her eyes, but she stopped as soon as I squeezed her other breast with my other hand. I used my other hand to slowly slide under the duffle bag, and I gripped the handle of the blaster and took it out. While I was doing that, I used my other hand to grope and squeeze her breast tightly, eliciting a moan of pleasure from her muzzle. Her boobs are really soft and smooth… even her ni- NO! Focus!
I lifted the blaster up, and placed the muzzle in the middle of her chest, but I gave her breast a final squeeze as I laid my head next to hers, and I asked, "Are you enjoying yourself?"
She gasped in pleasure as she said, "Y-Yes!"
"Good, because now you're dead."
"Huh?" That was the last thing she said as I double tapped the blaster's trigger, effectively neutralizing her as I sighed, and I reached over and placed her shirt back over her uncovered breasts. I got up and moved back towards where I was originally at, and then I quickly picked up and slid my pants back on. Without taking a glance towards Metal, I was walking towards the cockpit, and I stopped to slide her assault blaster onto my back, and then I opened the door. When I walked in, I saw the pilot was actually a female red robin, why must I kill ladies today!? I walked up behind the robin as she continued to type away at the controls she was on. Maybe I don't have to kill her…
I moved until I was directly behind her, and I looked over her shoulder and saw she was on a game site of some kind, but when I looked past her, I saw we were steadily approaching a planet that looked like it was nighttime on. Taking my chance, I looked down at the robin and saw the only thing that was keeping her to the console in front of her was the headphones she was wearing. Alright… so I will need to take those off of her quickly, but I will need to force her away from the console just in case she tries to call for help.
Putting the blaster down next to the chair, but out of the way, I stood back up, and placed my hands on one side of the robin's body each; just one was next to her arm, while the other was near the headphones. Three… two… one… NOW!
I grabbed her and the headphones, but I yanked the headphones off her while avoiding hurting her, but I also used my grip on her arm to pull her from her seat. I slammed her into the floor as I moved on top of her and snatched the blaster up. As I held it towards her chest, I did my best impersonation of a growl and said, "You will help me escape, or I will just kill you here and now. You are not to communicate with any of the others in your military." Her eyes were wide as her feathers hugged close to her body, and she held her hands to the side of her body as she nodded. "Good, now what planet is close to our current position, I don't want to go to Venom at all."
"W-We are p-passing Corneria now." She said as she eyed the blaster that was pointing towards her heart.
Taking the blaster away from her chest, I looked over as I put it in the seat beside us before I got up and off of her. As I looked down at her, she shivered, but I held my hand down towards her. She looked up at me in surprise, and I said, "Take me to that planet, and I will not harm you."
She timidly reached up, and I hoisted her up onto her feet and made sure she didn't fall over. I released her hand as I grabbed the blaster. She eyed it briefly before she sat back in the pilots' chair, and I sat in the co-pilots chair while I felt the ship lurch, and when I looked out into space; there rested a glowing blue planet that looked like Earth, just slightly bigger. It was surrounded by warships and dreadnaughts of varying sizes.
A Beeping began to seep in through the consoles communication system, and as I looked at it, "Is that your allies' warship?"
The robin began to shake as she shook her head and said, "T-The ship we came here with l-left as soon as we were off of it."
"Then why are you shaking?" I asked as I eyed her.
She took in a sharp breath and said, "Corneria and Venom aren't on good terms right now… if I don't give them a proper response, they will most likely shoot us out of the air."
Sighing, I looked over at her and I said, "Move over, I will fly this thing right through their defenses if I have to, I am not about to go back to being the prisoner of those that destroyed Cerinia." I looked over just as she gave me a critical look, and I said, "If I destroyed one of your guys' ships with no problem, then I'm sure I can fly past those ones right there."
She stood up and moved over towards the bulkhead, and I got up and sat in her seat as she said, "Go ahead and be our killer then…"
"Strap into that seat, this is about to get extremely bumpy." And just as I said that, I saw something begin to happen to two of the ships in front of ours. What appeared to be silver and blue tinged ships began to shoot out of the side of the ship, and I instantly recognized them; I had used one so that Krystal and I could escape. "This is going to be more than bumpy, stay in your seat, and keep those straps painfully tight." I said as I looked over at her while she did as I instructed.
I jerked the ship to the side as I spiraled the ship. I began to get dizzy, and I said, "Can you disengage what is making this ship have gravity?" I didn't look over, but instead I saw she reached over and flicked something on the panels by her, and instantly I felt lightweight while we spun. I stopped the spinning as I banked hard to port while moving up in a cutting diagonal fashion, "Thanks, now hold on."
The Cornerian ships began to fire bolts of lasers and missiles at us, but I quickly diverted my attention from them to the missiles, and I swooped down and towards the starboard part of the space around us while jerked the ship upside down. I jammed the accelerator forward as we zoomed past the fighters, but now we faced a new obstacle; the warships had unleashed a barrage of lasers towards us.
While the air shook and began to heat up inside the cockpit, I felt our ship lurch to the side as one of the grazed past us, and I reached over and twisted a knob that said 'emergency thrusters'.
-:End Flashback:-
I took in a deep breath as my heart was racing, and I opened my eyes as I looked down at the table. Krystal was still holding onto my hands, yet that disturbed me slightly, so I yanked them back and away from her hands. She looked up at me with surprise as the blood felt like it had rushed to my head, this must've been why I had a headache that was pounding away in my head. My body shook, and I looked down at my bare white hands as I clenched them into fists, and I took in another sharp breath as my mind felt like it was being stabbed from within. I feel so different, I feel filthy from all my murders! "I used to be so pure… now I'm bloodied and known as an outcast, a bounty hunter, and worst of all," I looked up at Krystal as she watched me with intentness, "a murderer. K…Krystal… I… I have a final request. I'm asking this because I once managed to save your life… I… I want to go… home."
She leaned back in her seat as she watched me with an intentness that seemed to show she was studying me, and I felt her presence within my mentality as well. Sighing, I chose to do something I had done a while ago to prevent myself from going insane; I took down every mental barrier I had ever erected. I had always wondered if others could possess telepathy like Krystal, so I had made sure every time I woke up, I had different layers upon layers of mental defenses; it also helped to block out any and all pain I would receive from my various jobs. My headache intensified as Krystal dug through painful and regretful memories of past jobs.
Scenes of bloody murders, destroyed and flaming vehicles from assassinations, an image of a lupine laying in a pool of blood with a blaster next to him, and many… many more. With every memory she dug through, I cringed as pain clenched my broken and shattered heart. Memories are never forgotten when they are done with regret… a-all my memories of Cerinia are nearly gone…
A hammer blow to the side of my head, and a stab in the middle of my forehead, I whimpered from the pain, and I looked up at Krystal as she winced as well. "Every memory you dig up, adds to the flame in my head…" I winced once more as she stopped at the image of a couple that was mutilated.
"D-Did you do this?" She asked as that particular memory sharpened. She was watching me with an expression of what; disgust, fear, fear? I nodded my head proudly in fact, though I still felt guilty about that one small spoonful of pride for one of the jobs I had finished. "Why did you do it?"
Taking in a breathe, I said, "They were actually the ones responsible for the series of infections after the Aparoid war was over… they were infecting people at night before letting them loose. I had been called up by the local law enforcement to deal with them quickly and quietly. That was, of course before I was an outcast…"
Krystal nodded after a few seconds, but I still saw the unsureness in her gaze. She placed her hands on the table and held the palm side up towards me, Take my hands, Wolf. The way she communicated with me was a form I hadn't expected to ever experience again, but I did as I slowly and hesitantly reached over and held her hands. It was a comforting feeling, but it was still odd and made me feel even more unworthy, how do you expect to get home?
I saw and heard about the warp gate that Cornerains made during the Aparoid War… I can use that to reach Earth without dying before I reach there. I felt myself searching through my memories, until I found the one I was searching for, before I left to start a low life on Corneria… I managed to snag the coordinates of my planet from the drop ship…
Show me.
-:Flashback:-
Grabbing a blanket, I used it to completely cover Metal's body while I also looked over at the robin and asked, "The fleet that attacked Cerinia, they had a database on the coordinates; give it to me." As she rushed to comply, I reached over and snatched the water bottle up and downed the entire thing in a span of a dozen seconds. They played everything smart, exactly how games would do in every war scenario; they kept food and liquids out of my reach when I didn't need them. But that implies the dire need of them… if I had been in the open sun, I probably would've gotten dehydration from the lack of anything to drink.
When the robin stepped back in, I grabbed her wrist and pulled her over and forced her into the seat's meant for troops in heavy bulky armor. She grew nervous, proof of her glancing between the deck, the blanket covered body, and my gaze. Taking a seat next to her, I pointed at the bulky device in her grip as she shuddered, and I said, "Show me how to use this." she nodded fervently as she began to turn it on, or what should've passed for turning it on. With the device on, she began instructing me how to operate it, but it was during a feature she was showing me that my eyes saw something. "Go back… to the list of planets."
She did so, and when she did, near the top of the list in bright red letters were three names, the top one read, "Corneria," then "Cerinia," and the last one that seemed to tighten my throat, "Earth." I tapped that one as I said, "That is my planet, and how did they get it?"
"I don't k-know. B-But it gives you the stellar coordinates if you want."
I stood up as I heard the sound of what must've been fighter jets soaring past overhead the tree canopy we had crashed under. I looked over at her and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Ready for what?"
Grabbing her arm and lifting her up, I let go and grabbed the device and held the blaster out for her as I rolled the assault blaster into a better assessable position. "You are hereby ordered to live a normal life as a regular… bird, on Corneria. I can't blend in, so I'm going to go find somewhere to buy, or steal, armor and clothing."
"Isn't what your wearing g-good enough?" She asked as I looked down. I had found some flight suits meant for bigger apes inside the equipment storage areas, but I shook my head as I jammed the open button. The back of the ship began to open up as the ramp began to descend, and I looked back at the robin as she clutched the blaster in her feather-like hands, and stood facing the outside with a wide eyed gaze.
Wrapping my arm around her back, I began to pull her towards the opening as I muttered, "And I thought I was going to be the scared one…"
-:End Flashback:-
That is how I can get home… I have that device on me at all times… it is under the strongest armor on my entire suit, my chest piece. I kept my eyes closed as I only took one hand from her grip, and I began to click various switches under key points of my armor, along with yanking a few safeties off of latches meant to keep the armor secure and in place.
For saving my life on multiple occasions… along with protecting me when you did… I will help you get back to Earth. I'm sorry, but I had forgotten about you… but I did still miss you. I opened my eyes and looked over at the door as it slid open, and Fox stepped in. his eyes widened as he looked over at our conjoined hands, which I gave a final squeeze before I let go of her hand and stood up. Fox looked ready to kill me as I faced him, but I spoke before he could do any action against me, "Fox… before Cerinia was destroyed, I was to marry Krystal as a form of solidifying diplomatic bonds between our two worlds. It was during those times, and once before, that I had saved Krystal's life on various occasions." That seemed to throw him off guard, but I added, "It is all over the news how you and Krystal are romantic towards each other… so I have an order for you, one that you must follow at all times. You, Fox Mccloud, must protect Krystal with your life if and when the time calls upon it, just as I had done so many times before."
He nodded, and I looked over towards Krystal as I asked mentally, How long until you can have the Cornerian government to set the device up?
"I will talk with Fox about that…" She said as she stood up. She started to walk towards Fox, and I looked down momentarily before I chuckled loudly, drawing both of the foxes attention. I threw a mental barrier up over the thought, and I asked, "Since I know I'm required to stay in here, can I at least have Jenessa in here for company?"
Fox nodded, but just as he did, Slippy's head popped around the corner, and as his eyes met my own, they lit up…
A.N.: Hey guys, I want you to know that this is the longest chapter that I have ever written, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing either. It just means that you all now get to leave nice, long, glorious reviews for my story. It seems that this story is getting quite long, which is really good, considering how I didn't think it would get longer than 30k words. With that done and said, I would also like to make known that I believe I got a lot done this chapter, it may not have progressed a lot, but where it didn't progress, it revealed a bit of a backstory for everyone that kept making guesses earlier on. Now, I know I said Hero isn't Wolf, and that is still true! He is NOT Wolf, he has done so much, changed so many things about himself, that he cannot be classified as our innocent 18 year old hero of Cerinia. He is now the 21 year old outlaw bandit that rivals even Star fox's skill and legends; quite the change wouldn't you all say? Alright, enough with my blathering, I got reviews to respond too!
Tallbrain123: Lol, I used to update every 2 days average for Technological Exploits… I've been moving slowly actually if I dare say so myself. And yes, Krystal does indeed know Hero from somewhere, congratulations on that xD. Last chapter was a filler of sorts, I couldn't have written this chapter without that one being in place beforehand, but as a filler being called a good chapter, then I call it a success. I had no idea that it was canon that Andross was the reason for Cerinia's destruction, so thanks on that fact. Did you know the nuke killed millions of people, and many more afterwards from the radiation? Well, did you also know that it is theorized that if 8-10 nukes went off in various places on Earth that our planet would literally be destroyed from the force of the explosions? It takes a lot to destroy a planet… As for his face, I'm pretty sure I will put a lot more detail into it next chapter, but you got the gist of the idea this chapter.
Order and Chaos – Qui: Hero did too much for Wolf to ever be who he once was, for he has done too many bad things for what he did do. I would also advise that Fox not mess with Hero… because that guy has some feats without any armor. Lol, imagine Fox being thrown off his own ship, that would be quite a sight in its own.
GrimlockX4: Alright, this is something I will clarify now, Tyler, Samantha, and Krystal's parents are completely dead… the ship was destroyed, along with the occupants, IF they survived, being subjected to the element of vacuum without any form of protection. Good luck on Chapter 10!? What, I don't need luck; all I needed was 5 days to write this monster! Lol… but I have been neglecting my other story to do so. Sorry if anyone reading The Fabled World see's that little fact.
Comrade: I'm sorry Bro that this story has turned for the worst for you… but once I started writing it like that, I couldn't stop. And I respect you for stopping to read this since your religion condones this kind of writing. And thanks for your continued support of my stories, which does mean a lot at least.
Bryan mccloud: I tried drinking just 2 cups of coffee when I was writing this… I'm sick of coffee now xD. And I think I might try to put in Hero sparring with everyone without his armor, it will take time to set that thing up anyways…