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Asking Questions

Fox limped out of the hotel, wincing as his numb legs wobbled. Krystal helped him out to the cab and climbed in beside him, letting him lean on her shoulder with a tired sigh. Go figure but walking around while half your body was only barely functioning was exhausting. He sighed, closing his eyes as he felt the cab moving.

After waking up, they had spent about six hours in the room with Fox unable to move and Krystal helping him do basic things, like feeding him and scratching his head and back when they started to itch. She had had Falco or Connor help when he needed to go to the bathroom. Finally, as the sun began to set, Fox had decided he was well enough to move, allowing him to check his messages. Almost as soon as he did, he announced that they were going to see General Pepper. So now, here they were.

"Are you sure we need to meet with him right now?" Krystal asked.

"Yes," Fox said. "There are a few things I need to discuss with him. And I can't walk propperly yet, so I need your help. Besides, I promised to not leave you again."

Krystal smiled, wrapping her arms around him and smiling. After a few minutes, the cab rolled to a stop and Krystal helped him out and up to the gate. Once there, Fox showed the guards his I.D. and was allowed inside instantly. They made their way to Pepper's office and sat down across the desk from Pepper, who smiled.

"Stop smiling," Fox growled instantly. "You're going to tell me the truth and you're going to do it now!"

Pepper's smile faded to a look of confusion. "I'm afraid I don't know-"

Fox was up in an instant, slamming his hand down on the desk before sitting back down, leaving a hologram projector on the desk, which began to display an image of the same bioweapons that Fox had fought twice now, both variants floating over it side-by-side, turning slowly. Fox glared at Pepper over the hologram, Pepper sighing as he stared at it.

"Look me in the eye and tell me that you don't recognize those," Fox said.

"Those are the bioweapons you fought on Venom, correct?" Pepper asked.

"Don't fuck with me!" Fox seethed, standing and slamming both hands down. "I know what these really are you lying mutt! I had ROB scan their DNA!"

Pepper's brow furrowed and he released a long sigh. "I see. Very well. Yes. I ordered these bioweapons' creation back before the war. Andross was the scientist assigned to oversee the project due to his knowledge of bioengineering, and he alone knew everything about these creatures. He memorized their genetic makeup and the exact formula for altering their genetic makeup into the bioweapons you know them as. I ordered him to destroy them all, but I hadn't realized he had memorized everything he needed to improve them even further."

"Alright," Fox nodded. "That makes sense. Then tell me, when will you destroy the creatures that the Cornerian military is currently keeping locked up for future use?"

"I see," Pepper sighed. "So you really did your research then. I...I'm not going to destroy them. They're valuable assets."

"I see," Fox nodded. "Then I'm afraid after today, Star Fox will no longer be available for aid by the Cornerian Military. Not for as long as you're keeping those bioweapons alive, at least."

"I see," Pepper sighed. "That's...too bad."

"Anyway, that's not the only thing that I need to talk to you about," Fox said. "What was Andross working on before he left? Besides the bioweapons."

"Let me see..." Pepper sighed, thinking carefully. "If I remember right, he was working on a theory about intergalactic travel and life-sustaining planets in the neighboring systems."

"I see," Fox nodded. "I'm glad you're being honest with me."

"How would you know..."

"You mean your tecks never noticed?" Fox snorted. "ROB scanned the records of any and all long distance ship travels and passages. And what would you know about what he found?"

"I couldn't guess," Pepper said.

"My father's ship," Fox said. "After he was supposedly killed, your personal codes were used to classify an occurrence of my father's arwing showing up leaving Venom the same day that I killed Andross, the same day that you said I imagined it. Then later, your personal codes once again classified a file. My father's arwing again, this time leaving the Lylat system."

Pepper stared at the ground.

"Where'd he go?" Fox asked.

"I don't know," Pepper said.

"Don't give me that shit!" Fox said. "You tracked his entire flight! Where'd my father go?"

"I don't-"

"WHERE'D HE GO!?" Fox demanded, slamming his hands on the desk yet again.

"THE SOL SYSTEM! ! !" Pepper thundered, also standing. "Your father went to a system known as the Sol system, where we lost his trail. We sent a rescue team and they went missing too. That's why I didn't tell you. Corneria couldn't afford to lose you."

"Well, since Star Fox is no longer working alongside Corneria, I guess you have no say in where we go now," Fox said.

Pepper sighed and Fox pushed himself up, wincing as his legs wobbled. Krystal took his arm over her shoulder, helping him out of the room. As they made their way out of the building, Fox sighed.

"Was that right?" Fox asked.

"I don't know," Krystal said. "I don't know if we should have quit working for Corneria. It's what we've always done."

"True," Fox sighed.

"On the other hand, those creatures are dangerous," Krystal said. "Maybe we should handle them ourselves. Then go back to working for Corneria when they're all dead."

Fox smiled, nodding as they reached the cab, Krystal helping Fox into it. Fox called Peppy as Krystal climbed in.

"Hello Fox," Peppy said. "How'd the chat go?"

"There's a lot to discuss," Fox said. "Krystal and I are on the way back now."

"Alright," Peppy nodded. "Hey, have you seen Falco or Katt?"

"Did you check me and Katt's room?" Krystal asked.

"I suppose I didn't," Peppy smirked. "Anyway, I'll meet you two at the hotel entrance, alright?"

"Sure," Fox nodded.

He hung up and sighed, leaning his head back and sighing, grinning knowingly.

"Suppose she's pregnant yet?" Krystal asked.

"Possibly," Fox smirked. "Falco doesn't strike me as the type to bother with condoms. Though, I somehow doubt Katt would be that stupid."

"True," Krystal sighed, resting her head on his shoulder. "Driver, wake us when we get there."

"Absolutely," the driver nodded.

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