Chapter 13: Fire Team Omega's Assault
Chapter 13: Fire Team Foxtrot's Assault
Mission Clock: (Agency Control Room) 0051
Date: Aug 19, 3019
Location: Agency base
"It is now time to test Agent-461's attributes and capabilities, Angel." DreadNaut announced. "Yes Master," she replied. She opened a control panel and accessed a file linking up to Fire Team Foxtrot's ID chip.
The screen showed the teams pasts and files, and their exact locations. Avery was in his hotel room knocked out; Rio was back at the training grounds with Lucy and Peppy; and Fox and Jack were sleeping together.
Fox held Jack by her waist. Angel felt her blood boil, but why? Why was she getting mad at the vulpine? Why did she even care? Was it that she too had feelings for Fox? Was she jealous of Jack? She looked at Jack's file and it said that Jack Kimberly Emerson was deceased.
"(Thinking) what the," "Angel, bring on the test." "Yes Master." She pulled out a chip and downloaded Foxtrot's roster files. She hit an icon next to Fox's picture. "Agent-461 is now active Master." "Excellent. You are dismissed Angelus."
She walked out of the room and cursed DreadNaut for calling her by that wretched name. As she walked she got a call on her comms unit. "2nd Lieutenant Storm have you found out his motives yet?"
"Not yet General Peppy, however he seems to have something in store for Fox McCloud." "Hmmm... very good work 2nd Lt. Storm, Hare out." She put away her comms and continued to walk towards her room.
Fox woke up on top of a building and he looked up at the crimson sky. Wait...that wasn't right. The normally blue sky was now blood red. He quickly got up and looked at his surroundings. He saw that he was in his old Star Fox gear.
He heard distant gunshots, and ran until he tripped. He looked to see what he tripped over. It was an Assault Rifle and a .470 HE pistol. He holstered the pistol and grabbed the rifle. He found 4 extra magazines and 3 clips.
He slapped a mag in the rifle and the counter read- 50 rounds. He pulled the charge handle and was about to go when he got a call on his comms. "Fox come in?" "Falco,"
He answered back. "What's wrong?" "It's Krystal," He replied. "She needs you!" "Why should I care," he snapped.
"What was that?" He said. "I said..." "Wait," he said to himself. "If I'm in battle why am I wearing my Star Fox uniform? I should be in my agency gear." He checked his battle clock and the date said "August 15, 3015."
"Whoa, I'm not in a regular time. This must be a dream." He struggled to wake himself up, but to no avail. "Fox are you coming or what?" He was about to say no, but he quickly replied "on my way."
He looked beside himself and saw himself. He tried to touch himself, but his hand passed through him. The Fox clone ran to a door and opened it. Fox followed him and he ran to meet Falco, Krystal, and Slippy. There were many other Cornerian Assault Troops. He was about to ask what was wrong but the clone beat him to it.
"Something is decimating all of the forces. Krystal can't get a lock on whom or what it is." "Target is 10 kilometers and closing!" Slippy announced. "Right," The Fox clone replied. "Okay let's move towards the target." The all walked towards the target's position and ended up in the courtyard of the Cornerian Palace of General Pepper.
Fox looked for the target and saw a figure relative to his size. "FIRE!" the Fox clone yelled. They all fired and the figure disappeared. They stopped firing and looked around for him. Next thing Fox knew everyone around him started to fall. They fired again but were quickly cut down. Fox looked up and noticed he was in a prone position. He got up and he saw the figure was walking towards him.
He saw that it was him, but a darker version. They touched palms and a flash of light came.
Fox woke up this time and his Agency combat suit was applied. His gear was securely fastened. He opened his door and locked it. He quickly dashed down the hall, and hit the elevator. The door opened and he quickly walked in. The door closed and he got his briefing and his objectives by closing his eyes:
Primary Objectives:
1) Acquire ride to Weapons Complex
2) Recon the Complex
3) Find important enemies and/or technology if any
4) Return to hotel undiscovered in 3 hours (Mission should end at 0400)
Secondary Objectives:
Find Team Star Wolf
2) Enter their base and gather Intel
Fox re-opened his eyes and everything looked green. His vision consisted of multiple crosshairs. He looked in the lobby to see a few non-targets which appeared as gray crosshairs. He walked past them and walked out the door.
He saw a super bike and got on it. He hot wired it and drove off towards the complex. After 30 minutes he arrived at the complex. He saw some guards and easily bypassed them. He took to the rooftops where he spotted enemies from afar.
He got out his rifle and added a suppressor and fired 2 shots. Both shots killed the guards and he moved on. He jumped from the rooftops and behind and un-expecting guard and slit her throat. He looked on her shoulder and noticed an insignia and concluded it was the gang members holding the complex captive.
He dashed around the corner and noticed some rippling in the air. His eyes targeted the area and turned blue which meant a secondary objective. He noticed 3 small generators and ran to turn them off.
As soon as he did a mini-base appeared bearing the Star Wolf insignia. He picked the lock on the door, and entered. He ran around the base and found useless things. He ran up the stairs to the rooms.
He entered Wolf's quarters and found replicated Prototype armor for Cornerian foot soldiers. He copied the files and walked out the room and entered Leon's room, where's he found tech blueprints for a cannon of some sort. He copied it also.
He walked out and noticed a secu-bot patrolling the halls. He pressed himself against Leon's door as the bot rolled silently down the stairs. He quickly moved to Panther's room and found what appeared to be Krystal's undergarments (??).
He searched for Intel and saw his computer. He wirelessly hacked past the firewalls and found tech-prints for new starships. He ripped that from the laptop and shut it down. He checked the halls for the bot and moved to Krys' room.
He walked in and found her sleeping on her bed coverless. He reached for his knife to eliminate her but stopped. He averted his eyes searched for any Intel and found none. He stepped on a stuffed animal that squeaked on his way out he stopped.
Krystal shot up and looked at him. He continued to walk out and she ordered him to stop. He didn't comply and he walked out of the base. She quickly donned her gear and walked out of the base. She noticed the base was uncloaked and quickly re-cloaked it. She also saw that the figure wasn't to be found.
She concentrated hard to find the being. She phased out the thoughts of gang members and found one unique brain wavelength. It belonged to that of a Fox James McCloud. She tracked him to a gated complex.
There many gang members milling about. She had to be careful. She was able to actually find Fox but kept her distance. He looked behind him, but saw nothing.
He looked on his SED and saw he had about and 1 hr: 30 mins: 53 seconds. He quickly looked over the edge and saw a few gang officers. He jumped to the ground and Krys continued to monitor him.
"Is this really Fox," She asked "He seems much more focused." He ruthlessly snapped a guard's neck. He took a picture of the leader and quickly jumped back over the gate. Krys had to use all of her power just to keep up with him. Wherever Fox had been for the last month, he'd been using his time well. He finally stopped back at her base.
"(Monotone) mission complete sir," Fox said as Krystal crepted back to the base. She hid behind the door jam and listened. "Excellent Agent-461. Return to normal as soon you reached your room." "Roger, out."
"What's wrong with him?" the vixen asked herself. The vulpine's ears perked up and he turned around and Krystal ducked back behind the door jam. She waited a few seconds, and looked back out to find no one.
She sighed with relief, and was about to head back inside, when Fox appeared before her. She pulled out her blaster, but he quickly ripped it from her grasp and hurled it a few meters away. His hand grabbed her neck with vicious force. Her hands clawed at his arm but it had no affect.
She started to gag from lack of oxygen and she opened her eyes to look into Fox's to see nothing but emptiness. She moved her hand to the back of his neck and felt a hard object. As soon as she laid a hand on it, an aggressive shock went through the vulpine and he dropped the vixen in his grasp.
Krystal rubbed her neck and looked at Fox as he rose up and walked away as if nothing happened. As she rose she asked herself: "Fox...what's happened to you?"
He walked away and jumped back over the gate. He saw an Agency point on his SED to drop of his Combat suit. He revved the bike and burned towards the point. As he passed the point, his gear broke away and landed on the pad, teleported away to the Agency.
Fox put the bike back where he found it. He walked back to his room, opened it and fell back in bed. Everything Fox did that night never happened.
Angel continued to search the files of Avery and Jack or as their real names were "Rico Tyson Raquel" and "Kimberley Khristina Casey." "Interesting," she mused. She continued searching and even found out that Tyson and Kimberley were ex-gang members of the gang at the complex.
"Very interesting." She opened a window and sent the files to the Cornerian mainframe. She shut down her computer and went to bed. Soon all would be revealed.
Mission Clock: (Fire Team Foxtrot) 1938 hrs
Date: Aug 19, 3019
Location: Agency Armory
Fire Team Foxtrot stood around the Armory awaiting the arrival of DreadNaut and Angel. Avery was checking the specs on his S-RPG; Rio was cleaning his Rifle; Jack was twirling a knife between her fingers; and Fox was listening to his MP4.
Everyone snapped to attention as the armored blast doors slid opened to reveal DreadNaut (DN) and Angel. Fox stepped forward and said: "Master, Fire Team Foxtrot awaiting orders." "At ease soldier," he replied. Fox and his team relaxed a little. "By now I'm sure you're wondering why you're here.
Well tonight is your debut and you'll be helping some teams: The Star Wolf team and another team known as 'Star Falco'. You'll also be aiding some Cornerian forces. You'll be dropped from 5000 feet in the air so you'll need major armor. We'd put you on the ground but somehow the gang has acquired a few AA guns."
The team gave a few laughs and DN continued: "So we've put together a heavy-duty crash suit known as 'Meteor Strike'. It will protect you from heights of up to 25,000 ft. Angel show them the suits."
The vixen nodded and hit a button. The floor opened up and four Meteor Strike suits appeared before the team. "Go to it boys and girls, oh sorry, girl." The team stripped themselves of their regular combat suits, and Angel found herself looking at Fox more and more. Fox felt the suit integrate with his nervous system.
As it did, he felt pain a thousand times worse than a plasma burn. He howled in pain, as did the rest of the team. After a few seconds of intense pain, it subsided. "You're now integrated with the suits systems. Now take them off. You'll need new under armor."
They followed DN to a wall and it opened before them. "Each suit of armor is suited for your certain characteristics, attributes, and abilities. 1st up Avery," The bear stepped forward and picked up his armor and slipped into it. It weighed a ton, just how he liked it.
"That's the Juggernaut armor, specified especially for heavy weapons artists like you Avery. It has a high defense rate," Avery lifted his arm and felt the power coursing through his veins. "Awesome," he said as he knocked his fists together. They glowered a bright blue and plasmatic energy emitted from it. "Very awesome." He finished.
"Power Gloves, able to tear through the hardest of substances. Okay then Rio," DN said as the raccoon stepped forward. "Here's your armor 'Hawkeye'. It integrates with your eyes so you can differentiate between your enemies, allies, and non-coms. It also allows you to see enemies through walls." Rio put on the armor and after his eyes turned a frost blue and quickly reverted to his normal color.
"Next, Jack," She stepped forward and took her armor. "This is the 'Shadow Armor'. It is able to conceal your movements invisible to the naked eye. It is very lightweight, however has high defensive capabilities." She slipped into the armor and it fitted to her slender form. "Very nice," She replied.
"Last, but not least Fox McCloud. It was very tricky trying to get your armor to change as you go into any of your various feral forms. However we got it to work. I am proud to present to you the 'Night Fire Armor'. It monitors your bio-signs as do the rest of the suits. It is able to hold three different weapons. It also has its own shield gauge that will break under heavy fire, but is rechargeable as long as you live (A/N: I'm aware this is from Halo and I give Bungie and Microsoft credit for anything and everything I use.)."
Fox put on the armor and it morphed a few times to register his feral forms and finally refitted itself to the vulpine's muscular build. He flexed the gauntlet and felt his fingertips exposed. Perfect, just the way he liked his gloves.
"Okay now for your weaponry." "Sir we already got weapons and pretty kick-ass ones too." Fox retorted. "That maybe true, my boy, but we can improve upon your weapons and turn them into BAD ASS weapons." Fox said nothing and they continued to follow DN to a heavily armored safe.
DN entered a code and a blast of cold air and steam poured out of the safe. DN walked inside and wheeled out a cache of weapons. "Keep in mind these are plastic. These aren't the real thing. There's an upgrade slot over there."
He pointed to an alcove and Fox walked towards it. "However Fox, we do have a brand new weapon for you. We took your blaster and completely re-vamped it. We got 2 for your dual-wielding pleasure.
I'm proud to unveil the new Tactical Machine Blaster or T.M.B. for short." Fox grabbed both TMB's and felt the weight and they were both balanced. He test fired them on a nearby target and turned it to dust. He smiled with approval and inserted both TMB's in his hip holsters and secured them.
He also saw a Rapid Pulse Shotgun and inserted it into the sling on his back. He finally picked up his BDAR and put it in the alcove and watched glow and finally he picked it back up and saw that everything had changed on it. It was lighter and the clip size was bigger. "That my boy is now known as the Hellfire Rifle-83." Everything had changed about it. The vulpine smiled with approval and stepped away for the next member to go.
Jack walked up next and put in her weapons. They were analyzed, upgraded and she grabbed them and tested them on a target and the target was ripped to shreds. She nodded happily and stood by Fox. Rio went up next and his rifle turned into the Piercer-81 Sniper Rifle.
He readjusted it to his liking and stood by the rest of his team. Avery went next and noticed his weapon wouldn't fit, however DN had something else for him. He gave Avery 2 arm mounted Gatling guns.
He smiled and simply replied: "I love this job." DN nodded and sent the team off to the hangar. It was time for battle.
Mission Clock: (Teams Star Wolf, and Star Falco) 1950 hrs
Date: Aug 19, 3019
Location: Weapons complex
There was a mix of artillery fire, the explosions of grenades, and the staccato of rifles and machine guns alike. Wolf fired the last of the ammo in his clip and exchanged for a new one.
Leon was somewhere "stealthing", Panther was operating the Gatling gun and Krystal was firing a fully automatic plasma pistol. "We're being overrun!" Panther cried. "Hold fast," Wolf replied. "You're useless to me if you're panicking."
"Falling back," Leon reported. "Taking heavy fire!" Krystal yelled. The wolf radioed in for backup from Star Falco, but got static. "We're gonna need a damned miracle." Wolf muttered.
An X-945 Jet Copter passed over the complex and the pilots picked up the firing of weapons. The co-pilot moved to the drop bay to inform Fire team Foxtrot of their arrival. Fox nodded and the waved the cp off.
The vulpine stood up and his voice booming over the sound of the hover jets roaring, he announced: "Okay team listen up! Make sure your weapons and gear are prepped and ready. We'll be dropping from 5,000 feet, so activate your Meteor Strike suits when we're airborne. When we hit ground, activate your friend or foe targeting, so we don't get Star Wolf, Star Falco, or any Cornerian troops. Do I make myself clear?!"
"SIR YESSIR!!" Avery, jack, and Rio replied in sound-deafening unison. Just then Fox intercepted a distress signal from Wolf. The vulpine took this as a golden opportunity to gloat.
Wolf continued firing when got a hail from an unknown source. "Who's the young pup now Wolf?" Wolf wasn't sure who this was, and they sounded familiar, but regardless he wasn't about to let them roast him like that. "Who are you?" "We're backup. Clear a 100 foot radius for us or be flattened!"
He radioed for his team to fall back 100 feet, and he said: "Okay, now what?" "Look up."
He looked up and saw four high speed objects coming in fast. They crashed into the ground, and quickly got up as if that didn't faze them. They pulled out high powered weaponry, and made quick work of the frontline.
The big one carried 2 cut-down Gatling guns and tore through the rocket jockeys. The medium one carried a new plasma sniper rifle. He didn't even know where the 3rd one was, but saw soldiers falling left and right. As for the last one he emptied his clip, inserted a new clip, and exchanged for 2 small, but powerful semi--no fully auto blasters. Who were they?
Wolf just saw his team standing there and snapped out of his awe shocked state. "What the hell are you lot waiting for? An invitation to kill? Keep firing!" They nodded and went back up to the frontline to help out their new allies.
A few meters away Falco Lombardi, Katt Monroe, Dash Bowman, and Lucas Kyomashi and a squad of Cornerian troopers were under heavy fire from gang members. "Wolf where the hell are you!? We need support, now! Over!" "(Static) we'-e -oming in n-w! Ho-d fas-! O-t!"
A nearby explosion caused the avian to duck and he peeked over his cover. He heard the screaming of gang members dying and he looked up to see 4 heavily armored beings. He couldn't see their faces through the tinted faceplate, but he swore he remembered those military/guerilla warfare fused tactics somewhere.
Forget about it; he'd worry about memories later. Right now there was 1 hell of a fight goin' on, and he just got the support he wanted and he wasn't about to let it go to waste without him or his team. He moved up near the medium sized one who was dual-wielding, and asked who he and his team were.
The figure simply replied with: "You wanna get acquainted, or fight!?" Falco nodded and continued to fire. After half an hour of fighting, the tangos retreated, and everyone except the armored soldiers sat from exhaustion. Wolf ordered Krystal and Panther to scout out the Cornerian controlled areas for any stragglers. They nodded and left; while Wolf and the others turned their attention to the unknowns.
"I'm going to ask you ask you one more time: Who are you?" "You really wanna know?" They all nodded. "Okay. Team deactivate your Meteor Strike suits." The suits then disappeared into what looked like a backpack, but much more metallic. They then proceeded to take off their helmets. The leader broke the seal and pulled off his helmet. Everyone was shocked beyond reason.
FOX McCLOUD?! "Yeah I'm back." "You're telling me I was saved by some still-wet-behind- the-ears pup?! I don't believe it." "Heh, same old Wolf. Allow me to introduce my team, incase you haven't already met. The big one is Avery, the demolition specialist.
Next is Rio, the sniper. Last the smallest, yet stealthiest of the group, Jack.
Together, this is known as Fire team Foxtrot. "Hmmm... so if you're no longer working with Cornerian forces, why are you here?" "To help Wolf. I'm a high paid mercenary." "Show me." The vulpine ordered his team to show their EITs (Electronic Identification Tags) to confirm their mercenary status. "Okay."
"Areas secured, Captain." "Captain?" "Yeah, Captain. We were able to get the bounties off of our heads and we become an unofficial part of the Cornerian Army. We're still mercenaries, but we also service the Army and Air Force."
"Captain it's been over 15 minutes and they've still yet to return." A Cornerian soldier reported. Wolf sighed and told her to send a team for them.
Fox stepped and said he'd get them. Wolf was surprised and let him search for his missing mates. Fox had Jack follow for combat support as they re-activated their suits. The vulpine then ordered Rio and Avery to setup a barracks for them. They nodded and got to it as Jack and Fox ran from the ruined area.
Leaning against a wall and her eyes closed and moaned in ecstasy, Krystal let Panther lick on her. She felt his paw go down and she let out a short yelp. A few meters away, the vulpine and vixen heard a yelp and bursted toward the sounds origin. Krystal sensed them, and told Panther to stop, but he wasn't listening.
She then proceeded to drive her combat boot into his groin. He cringed in pain and let go of her. "Cruel much?" "I told you to stop. Now be quiet, someone's here." He pulled out a High-caliber pistol and took aim and he followed the cerulean vixen to a corner. Fox shouldered his rifle and pulled out his combat saber as Jack equipped a chrome kunai.
Krystal jumped around the corner and surprised 2 armored figures. She fired her pistol and watched as the projectiles didn't make contact with the being. The being proceeded to take her pistol away, and pulled out the clip and threw the pistol away. Panther attempted to fight the smaller figure, but was quickly flipped and put in a fatal position with the knife directly over his jugular vein.
Fox continued to parry all of Krystal's attacks. She tried a round-house kick, but the vulpine caught it and flipped the Cerinian vixen. But she quickly recovered and swept the fox off his feet. He then planted his hand on the ground and flipped back to an upright position.
"Time to end this," Fox thought. He turned around, and caught Krystal in the chest with an open palmed strike and she fell to the ground hard. "Krystal!" Panther yelled. He then saw the armored being look towards Krystal's assailant and he made a harsh slash mark downward. The being nodded and pressed the big cat's pressure point and he fell into unconsciousness. "Targets apprehended," the figure said. "Returning to base."
The cerulean vixen awoke to find herself in unfamiliar territory. It was a mini base similar to hers and Panther's, but... "PANTHER!" Where was he? The last thing she remembered was being attacked by the armored duo.
She got up and noticed she still had her weapons. She armed her standard issue Cornerian blaster. She walked into a corridor where she heard footsteps, but she realized it was her own echoing in the enormous hallway. She continued to walk until she heard voices. She ran in the direction of them and into a control room littered with technological devices.
Heard louder talking and slowly walked towards it. She walked in another room where she saw not 2, but 4 armored beings. They where talking over a huge holo-pad and planning tactics for there campaign here. "Unknown Warrior entering Battle Command Area (BCA) at 2021 hrs."
She craned her head up to she what announced her presence, but the armored figures turned to see her. "Well this isn't good." She muttered. One figure that had a familiar stance, made a hand sign she didn't understand. However his team did and they all grabbed their helmets.
They broke their seals and lifted off their helmets and set them on the pad. She was shocked to recognize all of them, the new so called "Star Fox team" the broken vulpine had assembled.
Rio, Avery, Jack, and Fox himself. "It's good to see you awake. Rio, escort Miss Krystal, back to the Star Wolf encampment."
"Sir!" the raccoon replied. "Wait," Krystal said. "It was you that helped us?" "Affirmative," Fox replied. "It was our orders. Now as I said before, Rio will escort you back to your base."
"No, not until I find out where Panther is." "He's at your base. Give him this and he'll wake up. Now please." "You said it yourself, he's fine. Besides I'd prefer to see how your new 'Star Fox team' operates."
"Same ol' Krystal. Unfortunately, I don't see any Star Fox team here. What I see is Fire Team Foxtrot." "Whatever. I hope you didn't do all this to try and impress me, because I will never come back."
Fox laughed and replied: "Impress you? (Chuckles) Don't flatter yourself. I'm over you." "Oh really?" She read the vulpine's mind and saw no traces of feelings for her. "Fine, However--" (Alarm Blaring).
"Okay team suit up!" The vulpine boomed as he grabbed his beret. She saw Avery tying a forest camo bandanna over his buzz cut head. Rio put on an urban camo hat over his head as most snipers do. Jack put her hair into a ponytail. "Move out!" They dashed out and Krystal kept up barely.
She walked out to see more gang bangers taking down some Cornerian troops. She looked for her team, but saw no one. However she did find Falco's team fighting valiantly.
She ran over to their trench and hopped in. "Holey Shit!" the avian spat as he pointed his rifle at her. "Don't' shoot!" "Krystal? Son of a--Don't ever do that. Where's Wolf?" "Don't know. Fox's team?" "They're mowing down some troops right now." Katt replied.
Fox slammed the butt of his rifle into a gang banger and used his secondary fire and fired a plasma shotgun round. The body fell with a wet smack and onto the gore and guts. "Nice shot chief," Rio chimed as he pumped a round into another G.B. (Gang banger. NOT THE TERM YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT!).
Everyone behind the four looked on them in awe and horror. Another G.B. jumped behind the vulpine but Avery caught her, and slammed her to the ground. He activated his gloves and punched the girl in her skull. "Avery what the hell," Rio exclaimed.
He looked up and his eyes contained a soulless gaze in them, and they returned back to normal. "What the hell what Rio," He asked wearily. He looked down and saw the girl's imploded face and looked in terror. "Did I--" Everyone nodded. For the 1st time since she knew him, Jack saw Avery cry.
"Hey big guy it's okay." Rio said. "No it's not Rio... it's not. But I'll be fine." The bear got up picked up his S-RPG. "Right, okay let's go." Fox wasn't sure what happened but he would find out.
"Magnificent," DN yelled in joy. "The subject showed no emotions. This is the perfect weapon!" "Yes sir," Angel said a little dejectedly. The device was working and Fox's team would be in more danger than ever. DN had to be stopped.
"Everyone take cover," the vulpine ordered. "calling in an air strike!" A bright light emerged from the sky and toasted any and all remaining GB forces in the area. "Angel I need a satellite feed of the Weapon Complex."
"Roger, sending data now." Fox saw a mini-map appear in the upper right corner of his SED. "Thanks, okay let's move Foxtrot." "What about us," Falco asked. "Do what you want..." Rio said. "We came here to accomplish a mission." Avery added.
"You heard 'em." Jack said. Fox nodded and walked off. "Hold it Foxie," Falco said catching up. "You ain't having a party without Star Falco." Fox smiled and said: "Try to keep up." Krystal looked on Fox with amazement.
He never let anything, not even pain, get in his way. She walked behind him along with the rest of her Squadron.
"Holey F—k," Avery yelled. "What," Fox asked over the firing of his Hell Rifle. "Is that a kid out there?" "What," Fox exclaimed. He zoomed in on his scope and looked to see a young liger cub out there. "What should we do chief?" Jack asked. "Leave him," Krystal said walking up behind the team.
Fox gave Krystal a shocked/disgusted look. "Are you serious," the vulpine yelled. He lowered his voice and then said: "I don't know who the f—k you are, but you ain't Krystal...at least not the one I knew." Fox turned his back on the cerulean vixen.
"Okay keep firing! Avery fire a flame burst rocket on my command. Rio give me covering fire!" "Yes sir!" "On my mark Jack, open a hole for me and get back to the trench. Is that clear?" "Yes Chief." "3...2...1... MARK!!"
Jack ignited an explosive and the vulpine pulled out his Pulse shotgun and tore through to the child's position. The liger was bleeding, but he'd live. He was crying, and Fox soothed him by letting the child on his back.
"Do you have an EIT son?" The child pulled out the card and he read the information and saw the child's name was "Axel Jason Umos. (A/N: A new character in an upcoming story!)" "Okay Axel I'm gonna need you to hold on tight ok?" The liger nodded, wrapped his arms around Fox's neck guard, and clasped his hands together.
"Ready," Fox asked. "Yeah," Axel said in a weak voice. "Here we go!" Fox fired his shotgun twice, and holstered it in his thigh guard. He ran at his top speed and activated his shoulder spikes and impaled a GB out of his way. "How ya doin Axel?" "Fine!" Just then a RocketNaut appeared behind Fox.
"Chief I gotta fire now!" Avery cried. Fox heard the rocket fire and saw the bright missile head towards him and his passenger. "Things are going to get interesting. "Why did you fire that rocket," Krystal growled. "He's never going to make it!" Just then Fox's fur turned into a golden color. Axel looked in fear, but the being said "Don't be afraid young one."
Everyone watched in awe as the cloaked golden vulpine rushed toward them, especially Krystal. She then remembered Yang's words: "A spirit carrier." "Fox's telepathic abilities must be emerging."
The missile rushed towards Ying Fox and the golden vulpine jumped over the missile at the last second jumped off of it, and landed back in the trench. Fox reverted back to normal and set the kid down, and asked him where his parents were. "The Fury Falcons' adopted me as a young member."
"I see," Fox pondered as he moved his shotgun to his back holster. "You do know they don't care about you right?" "Yeah I know. I mean they left in the middle of a battlefield to get killed." Fox nodded and ordered his team to pack up for the day. "Sir," they yelled.
"You stay with us for the rest of the time we're in combat okay?" The liger's face lit up with happiness and nodded. "Good. Okay team we're done for the night. Once we get in activate the shielding and base link up system." "Base link up system?" Wolf asked inquisitively.
"Yeah, that way none of us will be out of the loop and we can aid those who need help. We can plan assaults better that way." Fox's team loaded up and Krystal decided to ask Fox of the 2 spirits within him...when he was alone
Mission Clock: (Teams Star Wolf, Star Falco, and Fire Team Foxtrot) 2215 hrs
Date: Aug 19, 3019
Location: Super Base
Inside the base, it was pitch black. All 3 teams were playing a game of "Stealth 'N' Seek". It was the final round. It was Wolf, Krystal, Panther, Katt, Falco, Fox, Jack and Rio. The point of this game is to eliminate the members without being caught yourself.
Fox was caught in the middle of the base with everyone on him. Another concept of SNS is that every 2 captures, some random, and just plain unlucky, gets "marked". "Chief where are you?" Jack asked playfully. "(Thinking) damn! Jack's got me right where she wants me!"
"And so do I," a voice answered. "What? Oh shit! Krystal!" The vixen jumped on the vulpine's position, but rolled out of the way, and into Jack's legs. "Gotcha!" "Whoa," Fox yelled as he ducked out of the choke point.
"Too close." Fox said as he snuck up behind Wolf and hit the capture button. "Boo-ya!" "Damn you Fox!" Falco yelled. "Falco?" "C'mere young pup!" "No thanks. I prefer hit n run tactics."
"Panther will find you McCloud." "Not if I can help it!" "But I can" Krystal said. "How the hell does she keep finding me!?" "Like this," Jack said. "AHHHH!" the vulpine yelled as he ran. "THIS AIN'T FUN!!"
"Now that was a fun game." Krystal said. "No it wasn't," Fox said. "I was marked for what felt like an eternity." "Awww poor baby," Jack said as she kissed her fiancé. "Get it Fox." Falco yelled.
"Okay who wants to pwned in a 4-way battle of JJR?" "You're on Avery." Rio said. "Eh what the hell, Panther will play." "Anyone else?" "I'll play." Katt answered. "Sweet, let's go." "I'll watch." Jack said. "Anyone needs me; I'll be on the roof." Fox announced.
"Now's my chance." Krystal whispered. She followed the vulpine out to the rooftop of the base.
"What the hell happened back there? That felt weird. I mean, I felt like I was me, but I wasn't." The vulpine thought as he opened a blow pop package. "It's your telepathy abilities emerging." "Hmm? Oh, hi Krystal. What's wrong?" "I wanted--"
"Wait. I've got something I want to say. I'm sorry...for what I said." The vulpine said looking down out of embarrassment. "Same old Fox. Anyway it's okay. I kind of deserved it." "No you really didn't. I guess I'm not fully in control yet."
"So what's on your mind?" "Well, Fox I actually wanted ask you about something. Do you remember when you saved me on Sauria by using my staff?" "Yeah, it was no big deal." "No it was. You see only those with psychic/ telepathic abilities can wield my staff."
"Are you saying..." "Yes. I am. You have dormant abilities." "How can you be sure?" "You contain 3 spirits within your mind." "Not true, I only contain 2, Ying and Yang Fox. The 3rd which you speak of is a manifestation of rage and anger."
"Here I'll show you." Fox thought hard as Krystal monitored the vulpine's thoughts. She saw painful memories, particularly when she left...twice, and the memories of Fox's parents' demise."
Krystal felt a dark energy emerge from Fox's body as a crimson and black aura appeared around him. The aura disappeared and before Krystal appeared a red and black vulpine.
"Krystal this is Shadow Fox." "You can directly transmit thoughts to others minds?"
"Yes, I can. I have gained full control of Shadow Fox." "Well then that proves it, you do have telepathic powers." "This explains why Ying and Yang Fox entered my body."
"Fox may I peer into your mind?" "Yes."
The vixen closed her eyes and link up with the dark vulpine's mind.
Sub-Chapter: Into a Divided Mind
Krystal found herself yet again inside the complex vulpine's psyche. Something was different though. The normal brain had 2 lobes, but they were color coded: Gold and Black. There were also 3 doors written in Cerianian (A/N: Don't know if I spelled that right.) dialect.
"Why are--" "They derive from Ancient Cerianian lore. While you were on the team I started learning to speak in Saurian and Cerianese, (A/N: Yeah I know what you're thinking but I don't care. Give me the real language name and I'll change it.) , so I wouldn't be lost every time you started speaking in tongue to the Earth walkers."
The dark vulpine startled the vixen. "Sorry, didn't mean to sneak up." "It's all right."
"The 1st door leads to Ying Fox, and the 3rd leads to Yang Fox." "What about the 2nd?" "The hall of decision..." "Hall..."
"of decision yes. For awhile ever since Ying and Yang entered my body, I've been leaving Shadow Fox to monitor the 2 to keep from massacring my brain. Would you like to go in?" The vixen nodded and followed the fox to the door.
"(Chanting in Cerianian) It's open." The door opened in a flash of light and the vixen and fox were inside T.H.O.D. "Luckily no one is in here now. Here I want you to take something." The dark vulpine dashed over to a pedestal that held an ancient necklace.
"Is that?" "Yes. It's the fabled Cerianian Soul-Peer." "How did you find it?" "I went exploring around the Cerianian galaxy for anything of use while...well you know."
"Right." She said blushing. "Here I have one more thing. Take this. It's a summon crystal."
"Thank you Fox." "WHO'S IN HERE!?" "Uh-oh, It's Yang. Guess he decided to check up on me. You've have to go." "Right. Thank you for giving a memory Fox." "No problem and Krystal if you never remember anything else remember these words: I will always be there to protect you. And know this, Fox still loves you, he just has a damned funny way of showing it. Now go."
Krystal was out of Fox's mind and saw the normal fox staring Into space. She shedded a tear which knocked the vulpine out of his trance. "Krystal what's wrong?" "Nothing Fox, and thank you." She kissed the vulpine on his muzzle and walked away.
He chuckled and looked back up and thought: "I may not be able to admit to myself or you Krystal, but Shadow Fox is right. I do still love you, and I'll always be there for you."
"(Alarms Blaring) Okay Foxtrot I'm wan t always your prepped and ready 5 minutes ago! Angel, can you get me a tactical map on the inner sanctum of the Fury Falcons' base!" "Searching now Major McCloud." "what was that?" "Yeah you're Major now. Got it sending now."
"Got it. Thanks Angel. Stay online opening a private comms link under code Alpha-Foxtrot-India-Papa." "Secure encrypted channel confirmed." "What on your mind Major?" "How possible would it be for a post mission unauthorized assignment?"
"Depends, you wanna get paid for it?"
"No." "Then it's very possible. What'd you have in mind?" They vulpine smiled and told the white vixen his thoughts.
Rio, Avery, and Jack were already on the field when the Major came. "Bout time you got here Chief. You almost missed the party." Avery said over the thundering of his Dual Gats. "You know I wouldn't miss this." "Do you guys always act like this?" Krystal asked. "Not usually. INCOMING!"
A missile streaked towards them and they ducked. "Yo Avery, ready to try that missile riding technique we made?" "Hell yeah chief!" "Missile ride?" "Don't blink," The vulpine said. Avery loaded and Fox got ready. "Here we go! 3, 2, 1, FIRE!" A missile streaked forward and Fox grabbed the latch on the underside and hung from the missile.
"Go Major McCloud!" Rio yelled out. Jack stood there cheering her boyfriend on. "(Kzk) this is kick-ass! You guys gotta try this!" The vulpine said over the rattle of his Hell Rifle. After a brief ride the vulpine let the go of the rocket and it tore through the gate guarding the Falcons.
"Okay guy--" Fox's voice was cut off and a new one took its place. "Now activating Grim Ripper programming." "Chief you--" Jack voice was replaced with a monotone voice. "Directives confirmed, objectives received." "What's-- Standing by for orders."
"We're ready." Avery said monotonously.
"You guys okay?" Krystal asked. She saw the notch on their necks turn from green to yellow. "They're being controlled." Just then they turned red and Foxtrot was off inside the gates killing and massacring the GB's. "We should wait until the screaming stops."
Foxtrot came back to report that the area had been "cleansed". She saw the light turn green and they were back. "That was messy." Fox said. He then noticed Krystal looking at him and his team funny. "What Krystal?" "N-nothing Fox...it's nothing." "Hmm...Okay team let's get moving! Axle!"
"Yes Major McCloud!" the young lynx said coming forward. "You want revenge?" "Yes sir!" He bellowed. He had a fierce look of determination in his eyes, one that was similar to Fox's. "You know how to fire a weapon?" "Yeah." He gave Axle one of his TMB's and they boy knew the weapon like the back of his paw.
The vulpine smiled and moved out. As soon as they were in the GB's were firing intensely. They were good fighters but could not take on the military expertise of their enemies. They quickly made their way to the inner sanctum and found it was elegant.
"Captain Fox James McCloud, ex-leader of the legendary Star Fox team. How nice of you to drop in." "That's Major McCloud to you, whoever you are." "Where are my manners? My name is Gregory Kazimota, leader of the Fury Falcons Alpha Base."
"Ahh I see you have ex-gang members working with you." "Who?" Rio asked. "Kimberley and Rico of course," He said pointing at the bear and red vixen. "Shut up!" Fox yelled. He fired a burst from his rifle and Gregory disappeared but his voice could still be heard.
"Temper, Temper. We will meet again. Ta-ta for now." Everyone turned towards the pair. "Chief I--" The Vulpine held up his hand. "So you run away from your gang, take the names of highly respected people and pose as them, and lied to us all. I would've already kicked you off my team!" "...If you weren't a good addition to the team."
"You mean you don't care?" Falco asked. "Did I care when I found out your past?" "No."
"Exactly. Look whatever's in your past is done and we can't change it. That and the fact I already knew you guys weren't the people you posed as." Jack's—I mean Kimberley's face lit up and she ran to hug the vulpine.
"Thank you chief." "It's no problem." "Guess I gotta get used to calling Rico now huh?" "Nah," the bear said. "I prefer Tyson." "Okay guys come on we gotta go. Come on Axle." They lynx ran past Krystal and she grabbed him. "Give this to Fox." She handed him an upgraded scouter and a note.
"Okay." The lynx said with a smile. He ran out just in time to meet Fox and the others. "Time to head back to base Chief?" "Not yet. How ready are you guys for another mission?" "Always ready." "Then we're goin after Greg." "Seriously?" "Yeah." Krystal and the rest of them came out to see them off.
"Be seeing ya. By the way, when the media comes, don't mention us." They climbed inside the ship and shut the door. "Wait, who's the pilot?" "That would be me." Angel said. "Miss Storm?" "Yep." "How?" "I called in a favor. They Fury Falcon's need to be downsized and she was more than happy to help us." "Right now strap in and hold on." "We're not gonna have another test are we." Tyson asked. "No you passed all your tests."
The ship rose into the air and bursted towards the base."
That's all folks. Okay, okay I'm sorry. I know i took forever but this was a loooong chapter. And i know i told some of you there wasn't a chance for Fox and Krys but i lied. There's a chance in a later sequel. Anyway that's all 4 now. Oh you can expect a new stroy to debut soon. Shadow Out.