Chapter 29: The Final Plan
With all the ships back in the Hangar Bay, no more stray soldiers looking to find the Great Fox 2's owners, and everyone back on the bridge it was time. Time for the final plan. Though it had seemed there was barely time since the start of this crisis.
"Okay folks, now what do ya think we're up to?" Reina started asking the crowd she was in front of.
They all stared at her as if it was the most ridiculous thing to ask.
"Uh, we're destroying things. What are we babysitting now or something?" Falco blurted out.
"That's what I'm doin' genius. What we're gonna do is find where those purple creeps live and blow it up!" Reina didn't get the crowd very excited.
"That'll be hard to do when we don't know where they came from" Adam corrected.
"We've managed to track an Aparoid who was escaping the battle to the edge of Federation space" Lizzy came in the bridge during the time Adam finished talking.
"Why're ya so late? Gotta get here on time if you want to stay!" Reina yelled to Lizzy.
Lizzy only shrugged. She didn't want to be more of an interruption than she already was.
"You sent someone to follow it?" Slippy was slightly amazed.
"Well it kinda failed ultimately and made itself easy to follow just by radio" Reina corrected.
"Happy it did that, slightly" Anthony showed the bright side.
"Transmission from G.F.S. Olympus" Rob reported in.
Fox looked at Reina. She nodded.
"Open it Rob" Fox ordered.
As Rob opened the channel Fox and Samus stepped ahead of the crowd to answer for everyone.
"Samus Aran? So you're really with them" an Admiral said as soon as the channel opened along with the video feed.
"Admiral Dane?" Samus recognized him.
"Haven't forgotten, good. So I hope she's telling you what you need to know"
All eyes turned to Reina. She waved them all off.
"Now, I hope you already knew, we've tracked the location of the Aparoid nest-"
"Metroids too?" Krystal disrupted Admiral Dane.
"Ahem, yes, them too. At first all we had known was they resided in the edge of Federation space but now we found out which specific planet," he turned around to listen in to someone behind him, "our data and the coordinates have been sent to your android, I've been told."
"Thank you, sir" Fox had noticed Rob downloading it already.
"Before we get any further, I would like to know why you're here instead of General Howe" Adam demanded.
The same person from earlier came up behind Admiral Dane and spoke for him.
"After you had ridden of Ridley some suspicion was placed on the general. Until the investigation is over Admiral Dane will be taking the lead on the G.F.S. Olympus"
"Thank you Ronald. Since we're talking already, Commander Malkovich, I would like to tell you to not make too much contact with the soldiers until we can discuss some…things later"
"Understood" Adam went back to being silent.
Ronald went off screen doing whatever it was his job had him do. Samus guessed he'd only come out to explain things the Admiral couldn't.
"Now what are the conditions of your, um…"
"Arwings? They're just fine" Peppy assisted him.
"Yes, Arwings, I have to make sure you guys are ready for what we have to do"
"What do you have planned for all of us?" Samus wanted this planning to press on.
"Your Arwings can be quite maneuverable, as we've seen. We hope that Star Fox could help cover the troops being sent to the ground" Admiral Dane waited for a few images to appear on the screen.
"So they've got heavy air defensives huh? Ain't no problem for me!" Falco showed off.
"I'll guess the rest; as Star Fox covers the shuttles Samus will head inside to find the big monster" Lizzy shortened it.
"Yes, however some precaution scans tell us that there's another 'Queen' that could come and attack the battle ships even in space. It would be nice if Star Fox could too help in taking that out" Admiral Dane added.
"Of course, that stuff is part of our job" Fox accepted.
"Will I need to worry about your payments later?" Admiral Dane quickly had to ask.
"Seeing how this is we won't worry about it. We're more concerned about safety than money"
"I am with Fox on that" Samus agreed.
They didn't have to look back to know Peppy was happy about that.
"Okay then, Miss Reina will hopefully help out on your instructions. This could be the last chance we get to finalize this forever" the Admiral finished as the channel closed.
Reina ran up next to Rob and watched what he was up to. She had been ready for this role, sort of.
"First step guys, follow the Admiral to our last battle!"
