A three days ride seemed like forever to Foxy, having to fly in formation with Fox and Krystal. All she really wanted to do was fly there without any speed redulations, storm in, and teach Laydia a lesson; then find Falco and take him home. She kept replying those thoughts in her mind as she kept her Arwing at the constant speed and in the tight triangle like formation that Fox had asked of them.
Three days before, Foxy remembered that they'd been sitting around with a baby ThornTail listening to her tale. Now they were just a few hours out from this Mistress character's raider fleet. The fennec vixen looked over to the other Arwings as she was grateful to have her two closest friends with her. In the blue Arwing, up ahead, Fox set as he steered them on the right course. While in the other Arwing, Krystal set with the baby ThornTail in the small cargo space behind the cock pit's seat. Foxy went to look to her right as her ears drooped; once more having her wish that Falco was with them. But, then again, if Falco was with them none of this would be happening. Foxy gave a sigh as she settled back into the seat as she traveled within the formation still for a few more hours.
"Look sharp everyone, we're here," Fox's voice cut through the silence that had been formed by the three anthro foxes.
Krystal's voice was heard but Foxy wasn't listening as she pulled her Arwing right along with Fox's. As the leader of the GreatFox landed his Arwing within an opened hatch, Foxy couldn't help but feel as if that hatch was left open for a reason. Nevertheless she was right behind Fox as Krystal came in right behind her. As the three foxes left their Arwings, Krystal made sure the baby ThornTail stayed put as not to get eaten by whatever carnivorous dinosaurs the Mistress kept on this fleet ship.
As they left the hanger, they entered a hallway of blinding white. Fox looked towards Krystal and Foxy as he flicked his ears a bit. Once finding that everything seemed safe they moved out, looking for Falco in any of the rooms that appeared empty. As they walked along they didn't notice the pair of CloudRunners that stalked them. Though, as they came around the corner one of them hit the frame of one of the rooms as it sent it screeching in pain. That alerted the three foxes as they all turned, guns aimed at the CloudRunners. The one went to run only to have Krystal shoot it in the leg, haulting anymore movement from it. Fox and Foxy turned to the second CloudRunner as it froze.
Fox picked it up as he slammed it against the wall, having his emerald orbs give a deathful glare. Foxy smirked a bit as she looked to the CloudRunner, she already had an idea of what she wanted to say to get her point across. She aimed her weapon at the CloudRunner, knowing that they tended to squeal easy when their lives were in danger.
"Where is Falco Lombardi?"
The CloudRunner looked down the barrel of the gun as he weighed his options. As far as he could tell, he really didn't have any options to wager or weigh in his favor. He opened his mouth only for Fox to remember they could breathe fire. In an instant, Foxy was shoved to the ground as Fox let the CloudRunner go. The next second as the CloudRunner went to make a mad dash for it, Krystal fired another round as a thud was heard from the CloudRunner hitting the ground. She'd taken out a leg as she kept the gun aimed at the ground and to the right side of her.
She stepped over to the CloudRunner as she kicked him over. While Fox and Foxy were getting back to their feet. Krystal knelt down as she knew what the CloudRunner would do next. Before he had the chance Krystal aimed the gun at his beak as she wasn't kidding when she stated the next sentence, "If you even try that cheap shot on me, I will blow your beak off. Do I make myself clear?"
The CloudRunner having never seen anyone, aside from Laydia, threatening him was quick to nod, "Yes ma'am. I'm so sorry ma'am. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Krystal nodded a bit as Fox and Foxy looked to her, once more the dinosaur language escaped them. The violet hued vixen smirked as she spoke, "He's basically scared out of his mind and wants to know if there's anything he can help us with."
Foxy was quick to jump on the "help us" part as she asked Krystal to see if the CloudRunner knew of a sapphire colored falcon on the ship. When Krystal asked once more in the CloudRunner's own lanuage, at first it remained silent as if it were debating on helping them now. Just as Foxy's temper was starting to flare once more, the CloudRunner starting speaking quickly as it took all Krystal had to keep up with his annoying rate of words. When he'd finished, Krystal stood as she stepped away from the two wounded CloudRunners and back over to Fox and Foxy.
She looked to Foxy as she gave a quick smirk, "He's here and we need to hurry."
Just by the tone of Krystal's voice, Foxy knew she wasn't kidding as she started to go forward down the hall she felt someone grab her leg. She turned to look to see the CloudRunner as it gave a wicked grin. It spoke something but Foxy didn't understand it, Krystal did though as she bared her fangs before she kicked the CloudRunner against the wall. Foxy started to ask her something, but Krystal just shook her head as it was her universal gesture for "no time."
The three foxes traveled quickly down the halls as they looked everywhere for the room that Krystal had steadly been explaining, and describing, to them. As they rounded a corner they ran into several SharpClaws, Fox stepped up as he told the girls to continue on-he'd be shortly behind them. Krystal nodded as she knew he loved fighting SharpClaws. She looked to Foxy as she nudged her onward down the hall, hearing several shots fired followed by the thud of a body. The two vixens ran for what they were worth as they came to the spliced hall the CloudRunner had spoken of.
Krystal nudged Foxy towards the left as they once more took off. Coming closer to a room that Foxy knew too well as it was designed like the one back on the GreatFox. She entered the room as she found four walls filled with weapons of all kinds, as well as the ammo sitting on the counters and in drawers. Her light brown orbs looked over the whole room as they soon landed on the blooded, steel table in the middle of the room. The violet hued vixen looked over as she found her friend staring in horror at the table. She cast her eyes to the side as she found the gun that Laydia had used to cause the massive blood loss endured by Falco. She looked over to find Foxy looking directly at the gun.
"Krystal I swear that this Mistress is a dead woman."
Krystal drooped her ears as she nodded. In that moment, both the vixens heard the screech of pain that didn't sound like any dinosaur they'd ever heard. Foxy's ears shot up to their full height as she knew exactly what had created that sound. She ran out of the room as she flexed her ears catching the sound once more. Tearing out of the frame of the door, the brown shaded vixen took off with her friend at her heels as she was going basically on just the echos of the screeching. Another set of footsteps was soon heard as Krystal looked beside her to see Fox. A smile graced her lips for a few seconds before she went back to facing towards Foxy and following her.
As they neared the exact room where the screeching was coming from all three foxes froze as they saw the massive form that was indeed Falco's Feather dragonic form. Foxy placed a hand on the glass as she watched the dragon beat the small framed female that kept trying to attack him. As her eyes adjusted, she found that the female was indeed the Mistress character from the hologram. That along had her blood boiling dangerously close to snapping for her.
A gasp from Krystal brought Foxy back to the reality she was living within. She looked as she found Falco getting back to his feet as the dragon form was gone. In its place was a beaten, worn, and tired Falco Lombardi as he adjusted himself to keep his balance. Foxy watched as they continued to battle with each other til she realized how slow Falco was becoming as she watched the Mistress nail him square in the jaw. That's all it took for Foxy as she slammed through the glass and made a running dash at the hybrid.
Laydia blinked as she saw, but couldn't believe it, the female vixen that Falco had been calling for this whole time. As the female hybrid took a step towards the badly wounded falcon male, a round of bullets just barely missed her feet. She stopped as she found three foxes now standing in front of the wounded male. Her golden slit eyes narrowed more in annoyance as she hissed, giving them no true warning. Foxy bared her fangs as she ran at the hybrid, giving a call of, "Take care of Falco for me."
Krystal and Fox looked back to Falco as they helped him to his feet, before moving to a safer side of the room as they sat him back down. Krystal looking over his wounds as Falco grimanced whenever she touched an extremely sensitive part of his wounded body. Fox looked back out to the main center of the floor as he watched Foxy, just in case she needed any help.
Foxy skidded backwards as she wiped a small trickle of blood from her lips. Her eyes narrowed as she was getting tired of the Mistress' cheap tricks. She was taught to fight fair but she was always taught, by Falco, that if your opponent wishes to play down-n-dirty, then you gotta get a little dirty yourself. Her brown orbs seemed to come alive with a burning fire as she flexed her hands, having the three long, knife-like claws come from within her arm. That little trick caught Laydia's attention as she took a step back.
"Where do you think you're getting off too," was all Foxy said as she ran at her. The edged claws lashing out as she nailed Laydia in the chest, before slamming her foot into the same place. The movements of the fennec vixen sent the heavier hybrid skidding before she hit the wall. Foxy stood as she waited in a fighting stance, just watching as the hybrid got back to her feet. Foxy noticed, then, that the golden slit eyes of the hybrid were beginning to darken with a form of rage it seemed. The fennec vixen stood ready as she watched the figure of the Mistress dissolve into thin air, or at least that was the trick she wanted her to see.
Foxy spun quickly to her right as the three claws on her left hand lashed out, having her nail the whole right side of Laydia's face. The female hybrid screeched in pain as she went to blink only to find that the little vixen had blinded her. She bared her fangs as she roared out before coming at Foxy once more. Foxy was ready once more as she spun in the opposite direction, performing the same motions as she blinded Laydia in the left eye as well. When Laydia found this little fact out she became enraged with hatred for the annoying little vixen. She went to step towards the vixen only to find herself on her back on the ground with a foot pressed heavily within her chest. She gasped as she felt the cool, steel edge of three of Foxy's six metal claws.
Before she could do or say anything she felt her mouth being forced open. She tried to get away but Foxy had had enough of her running as she slammed her foot down within the hard chest of the female hybrid. Laydia gasped as her tongue was pulled from within her mouth. In the next second she felt intense pain as Foxy sliced the three metal claws on her right hand through the nasty tongue. She tossed it to the side of Laydia as she picked the female hybrid up, slamming her into the busted side of a wall as she leaned in close-pressing her lips to the hybrid's ears.
"I have taken your gift of sight so you'll never again lay your horrid eyes on any living creature, tainted or pure. I have cut your tongue from your mouth so you can no longer breathe a word of your cruel theories and thoughts. I find this a fitting end to one such as you."
With that Foxy slammed the female hybrid into the floor as she stepped away from her. She slung the blood from her metal claws before they retracted back into her arm. Her brown orbs looked over to the two foxes that were around Falco, before she ran over to them. Fox and Krystal stepped aside as Foxy dropped to her knees in front of her lost lover.
Falco watched as he knew Foxy wanted to hug him, and kiss him; as well as probably scream and yell at him for putting himself in danger, and for having lied to her. But at that moment, Falco would have taken Foxy throwing an entire Arwing at him, bit-by-bit if that meant how much she cared and loved him. Foxy felt herself being pulled into a hug by the male falcon as his head pressed against hers with a force never before used by him. The fennec vixen realized then just how scared Falco had become at never seeing her again. She gave a light sigh as she hugged him close to her.
"We need to go. The alarms are going off and the SharpClaws, RedEyes, and LongJaws are on their way," Krystal's voice sounded as she broke up the happy reunion between lovers.
Foxy nodded as she stood before helping Falco to his feet, hearing a groan of slight pain from him. She looked to him but he made no move to say that that wasn't him, and seeing how tired he appeared she knew he needed to rest soon. Krystal watched as Fox moved to the door, before looking out of it as he nodded for them to follow. The group of four moved quickly and silently down the halls. The only time they stopped was when they heard the pounding of footsteps made by the larger species of dinosaurs.
Before too long, but what felt like ages to the four, they made it back to the hanger where they'd landed their Arwings. What they found in waiting for them was a nasty surprise. For waiting for them was a horde of SharpClaws, the very ones that had murdered General Scales-both Fox and Falco noticed. Krystal and Foxy looked towards their lovers as they weren't sure how to get through them all.
Fox stepped up to the plate only to see the little ThornTail come running through the horde. The SharpClaws having not eaten anything since their last raid, where quick to take chance after the baby ThornTail. Krystal was horrified by the baby's reaction but she couldn't do anything as she was forced to make a run with Fox, Foxy, and Falco. As they all loaded into their Arwings, Krystal looked to see the toddler ThornTail come running back into the hanger. Krystal quickly opened the storage unit in the underside of the Arwing. The ThornTail was quick to climb inside as the violet vixen closed the doors before she followed after Fox and Foxy's Arwings.
Foxy looked to the side of her seat as Falco was laid beside her, having his head leaning within Foxy's lap. She placed a gentle hand on the side of his head as she followed after Fox with Krystal following in formation behind her. She kept the Arwing as steady as she could as not to cause Falco anymore pain.
"We'll be home soon Foxy," cut in Krystal's voice as the light brown vixen only nodded her head. She was worried more of Falco's safety and life.
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Chapters Remaining (Excluding this Chapter): 3
Krystal seems a little bit on the OOC side, and rather scary in this chapter. I always knew there was a reason I loved that vixen! Aww, it seems I'm a sucker for happy endings, or am I? The next few chapters will only yield the answers to that question. So stick around and find out!
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