XXV. Visions
The vulpine fell asleep and quickly was taken in by a dream he had never had before, the surrounding area that he could see was lush forests and cliffs further out it looked like Sauria. He then saw Krystal looking at him, something was obviously bothering her as tears started streaming down her face. The vulpine then felt a sharp pain in his chest and the world seemed to spiral out of control for a few moments, the pain in his chest kept on making him think it was really happening. The vulpine crashed to the ground, feeling the breath knock out of him on impact. He lay there unable to move, gasping for breath. Without thinking he groaned out and barely could say "Krystal..." he was gasping for breath still "Run!". She didn't run she only kneeled beside him, he looked down and saw what the pain in his chest was, he had been wounded somehow and the pain was excruciating. She still staid by the vulpine's side grasping his hand tightly, he wanted to push her away so she could run away but he knew that she wouldn't leave him at this point. "Fox..." Was all she could word out, her voice breaking from the crying "Y-you can't die... I love you." Was all she said, making him want to fight it but he knew he wouldn't make it. He looked up and saw a familiar figure coming towards them.
"Fox!" "Fox!!" "Say something." The vulpine woke up lying there breathing heavy. "Are you okay?" She asked him even though it was obvious he wasn't. He just sat there getting back intact with the world, noticing that he was extremely warm and the vixens arms were around him, making it hard for him to believe this wasn't a dream either. The vulpine sat there motionless, not making any noises other than breathing. He was trying to figure out what had happened and was still in shock. He moved for a second to look down at his chest seeing that he was still in one piece. He finally figured out what had happened then "I'm fine I just had a really bad dream." He said still taking deeper than usual breaths.
"Fox...Your eyes were glowing.." She said sounding worried "What were you dreaming?" He just gasped when she said that and tried to get up only to be pulled down by her. "Fox.." He just looked over at her knowing he didn't want to say but he knew he had to. "I don't really know Krystal.. I just remember I was laying there after i got shot or something." his answer made her give an even worse expression, he could tell she was scared to death now. "It's just a dream it doesn't mean anything.." The vulpine said trying to comfort her. He looked at the clock and then he was worried "Krystal your appointment is in thirty minutes!" She jumped back removing her hands from him and rushed to the bathroom. The vulpine sighed as he waited for her to get done, there was a disadvantage to one room only.
Fifteen minutes later the two found themselves on a taxi to their appointment. The vulpine was stuck in deep thought. "Why am I so worried about a stupid dream... Why does my chest still hurt though, the dream was so realistic... Well atleast Krystal saw my eyes there so she will understand why I've been worried.." Was just some of the things the vulpine thought about on the way.
The two made it just a minute late, rushing in to the hospital and going up the elevator to the eighth floor. Everyone eyed them both as they made there way up to their destination, obviously noticing Fox but having no idea about Krystal. The vulpine quickly made his way through the building to avoid any mobs of fans.
Before they knew it they were talking to their doctor who was a canine with brown fur like most of them, he looked slightly like General Pepper. They hadn't heard how to pronounce his name yet, but it was Dr. Iguez he was old and appeared to be well experienced, the first thing he did when he entered the room was stare at the vixen, slightly bothering Fox. "Nice fur color...Very rare." Was the first thing he said making Krystal slightly blush making the vulpine even more worried, the vixen put her hand over his to calm him and giggled quietly.
The conversation went on and the vulpine came to the worst part of the whole visit, explaining what had happened to Krystal and also him too. "Well you two said you had some weird issues with your eyes?" He asked them the vulpine gulped at his fear for looking like a complete fool and said "Well it all started a few days ago when Krystal had gotten up in the middle of the night." He could feel both Krystal and the doctors glare on him making him blush. He hated being put under spotlight for speeches and anything like this, even though he did well under spotlight while flying. He continued on even though he was slightly embarrassed "And I heard her crying and when I found her she had glowing eyes, I brought a picture if it helps." He said giving him the screenshot from the security camera. The doctor's eyes went wide when he saw the picture. "I've never seen anything like this.." He then left the room giving the vulpine a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
It was about 10 minutes before the doctor returned, the two were just about to leave thinking he was going to avoid them. "Well I came up with only 2 possibilities. The first one is she could have a rare disease. The---" "It wasn't only her it was me too though!" The vulpine cut in eliminating that possibility. "Well what is your home planet Krystal?" He went onto ask making her tear up slightly "Cerinia" The vulpine cut in knowing that she wouldn't want to answer. The doctor was in shock "But that planet was destroyed many years ago.." He was helplessly confused "And Noone survived." He made sure he made the Noone stand out making the vixen start crying slightly. "She was the only survivor apparently" Fox put his arm around her and pulled her slightly. "That would explain the fur..." "She's a telepath too." The vulpine cut in, answering any further questions.
"Well are you two seeing anything when this happens?" The vixen started breathing heavily. "Yeah both of us." The doctor had read something about telepaths while studying for his medical degree and was sure he came to their problem. "You're probably experiencing visions of things that may happen in the future. Telepaths sometimes get these." The doctor said making Krystal cry even more, the vulpine was startled and wouldn't admit it but he was scared too. "But then why would I see this?" Fox asked confused at the whole situation. "Well those close to the telepath can sometimes have them too." Fox groaned loudly "Well thanks.." He said hoping this 'vision' wouldn't come true. The two left unsatisfied that they got their answer but nothing would stop their bad nights.
The two returned to their hotel room that night, they reserved to stay for one more night, hearing that Falco and Slippy had gotten into it since they left he wouldn't want to be in that after a stressful day.
"Krystal I need to know what you have seen with your visions, I know you don't want to talk about it but I need to know now." She stopped for a moment, knowing she had to do what she didn't want to now. She sighed and used her telepathy so she could show Fox instead of tell him.
He suddenly was seeing her vision for himself, he fell on the bed closing his eyes to focus on what he could see. He saw what Krystal could see and saw himself flying an Arwing beside her, soon some ship came crashing into the planet's surface. He was confused on what this meant and he could hardly tell what type of ship it was. It was a short vision that ended with the sound of Krystal's slight crying.
Then the second vision came to him it was the dream he had the night before. He saw himself laying on the ground gasping for breath when he was wounded. He could tell Krystal was crying because it kept going to a slight blur. "Krystal... Run!" Was the only thing he could say like before and instead of running Krystal moved up and held his hand. The vision went the same way as his until it got to where his dream ended. Fox saw himself struggling just to breathe and heard himself mutter "Krystal....Run...Please I love you..." and then the vulpine's breathing stopped. Fox tried to think right there but the vision Krystal was sending him with telepathy was only disrupting his thoughts. The figure still was shadowy he couldn't make out the identity of whoever had hurt him. It came closer and Krystal tried to run but it was too late, she let out a shrill cry then it all went black, he could think again and the vision was over.
He was in deep thought and never noticed the vixen laying right beside him throwing her arms around him. She was crying on his shoulder hoping the visions never happened. The vulpine was wondering if this was to predict future events or if this was just to help them prevent them. He was in shock slightly that he had just seen himself die in front of the one he loved.
He finally regained connection with the world "Krystal I'm sure we're only getting these visions to help prevent something." "I hope, I'm really scared." He returned her hug and she gripped onto him tightly. Both of them had alot to think about and they fell asleep in each other's arms thinking and hoping that this would never happen to them.