Chapter XLVIII
Silver had not fully recovered from his fight on Nattix...he'd taken much more damage than he really cared to let on; it took hours to remove the massive amount of splinters and gravel that had been embedded into his flesh, he wasn't certain why but, his back and ribs hurt, Like before when he'd entered such a state of mind, he remembered nothing about the occasion...just...anger. It frightened the young vulpine to know that he could be capable of such a thing without any recollection of it. The only other person in the Medical bay was the pink bunny that was sitting in a small chair next to his seat. She didn't make a sound as she slept with her head laying on her crossed arms next to him. The silver fox gently moved the lip ear that had fallen in front of her face, a small pang of fear gripped at the back of his mind...just how much control did he have when he was fighting like he had on Nattix? Was there even a remote chance that he could hurt any of his friends while he was like that? Was there a chance he could end up attacking her? It had become his greatest fear in only the matter of moments that he'd thought about it. He didn't know why but he smiled when Roxy moved a bit in her sleep and smiled, There was no way he could every hurt her...even against his own will. All he could do after clearing the thoughts from his head was to lay there and watch the bunny sleep...
Fox's eyes fluttered open as he let out a long yawn, he'd not been expecting to get any sleep but he was glad that he did, he felt refreshed, and full of energy...though he suspected that that may have had something to do with the blue vixen that still clung to his body
immersing him in her sent and her warmth. He could feel her warm breath on the side of his neck, but he refused to get up...he had no desire to leave her at this point, for it would not be for a short while that they would have to go with his plan,,,and for now at least he was in a place that he never wanted to leave, his own paradise. He couldn't help but smile as she whimpered a bit in her sleep, he had no clue what she was dreaming about but judging by the smile on her face at least it wasn't a nightmare. Still he wished that just for a little while he could see into her mind like she could to so many others...only to see whether or not he was a part of her dreams as she was a part of his. As he lay there he ran the back of his paw gently across the unbelievably soft fur of her cheek, she was without a doubt the most beautiful creature he'd ever seen or known...she was perfect. As the thought came to his mind Fox leaned in kissing the sleeping angel on the forehead before laying his head back on his pillow and closing his eyes. He couldn't sleep, he was already awake, very rarely would he wake up in the morning and possess the will or ability to get back to sleep in any way. He simply lay there...as he did he could hear a slight sound emanate from the vixen...it was a very light sound like he'd never heard her make before, she was purring. He'd never really heard any fox make that sound before. It only lasted a short few minutes before she squeezed her grip around his chest a bit tighter and groaned a bit in her sleep as one word softly fell from her lips...
"...Fox..."
He immediately opened his eyes as he'd thought she had woken up but, to his surprise she was talking in her sleep...something else he'd never seen her do before. His question had been answered, apparently he was a part of her dreams, the thought of it made the young vulpine smile before closing his eyes again. Soon the vixen's warmth, along with the comfort he felt pulled him back to sleep...where his dreams were no different that his reality at that point. Another few hours passed before Krystal woke, she really didn't want to get up, but she really did need to use the bathroom, and it was pretty late in the morning. She nudged Fox's chin upward with her muzzle but, he only groaned a bit. She then lifted herself on top of him and pressed her lips to his, at first she didn't think it had worked by soon she felt his paws grasp her sides pulling her deeper into the embrace before she finally pulled away...
"Wow..." Fox said a bit breathless, "That beats the hell outta my alarm clock."
Krystal smiled, "I think it's about time we got up..." She said, "Don't want anyone to get the wrong idea."
Fox pulled her back in close to him so that their noses were barely touching, "So? What if it wasn't the wrong idea?" Fox smiled.
"I'm not sure..." Krystal giggled a bit, "But it sounds like you're trying to seduce me." She said moving her muzzle and placing her finger on his lips.
"A little...why is it working?"
Fox was cut off by a sudden kiss, "A little..." Krystal smiled a bit after pulling their muzzles apart, "But...I think we should really get out of bed. Cuz I have to use the bathroom and I'm a little hungry." As if at the mention of food Fox's stomach growled loudly, "And it sounds like you're hungry too." She laughed.
"Yeah...I guess I am." Fox said rubbing his stomach as Krystal climbed out of the bed.
Fox quickly climbed out of bed and got dressed, nothing thought out, just his black tank top from last night and a pair of jean shorts, he didn't even bother To put on his boots, it would be another day or so before they had to get ready for any kind of an attack. It was really the only time if not the perfect time to relax...he needed to get the thought of war off of his mind which he was sad to admit had been on his mind for days. He made haste toward the kitchen as his hunger was even worse than he'd thought. Fox was oddly surprised that nobody else was in the kitchen, most of them had most likely decided to sleep in. It wasn't too long before Fox had two plates of food set out on a table...pancakes had always been one of his favorite breakfast foods, they were good, easy to make, and didn't take forever to cook. They had also quickly become one of Krystal's favorites not long after she'd initially joined his team for the first time. The smell the batter gave off reminded him of Krystal...it had to be the blueberries. For a while Fox thought about what he'd said to Krystal before heading into the kitchen, he was surprised that he found himself able to talk to Krystal like that...normally even the thought of implying such a thing would have made him blush madly, then again he had to admit that he was a much different person that he used to be. As he contemplated this the hiss from the kitchen doors sliding open caught his attention...he was happy to see that it was none other than his favorite blue vixen. She wore a tight fitting tank top, along with a part of sweatpants that nearly matched the color of her fur perfectly. He couldn't help but smile as he saw her, her hair was matted terribly and wasn't tied back like it normally was, she yawned while rubbing her right eye before she sat down...
"Where is everyone?" She asked before taking a deep whiff of the food in front of her, "They're really missing out here."
"I'm not sure...maybe they all just decided to sleep in or something." Fox replied, "Hang on." He added, "MIA. Locate Creed."
For a moment there was no reply before the automated voice answered, "Crew member Creed, not located on board. Four arwings disembarked for the Sauria's surface approximately 3 hours ago."
"Why would they go to the surface without telling us?" Krystal asked after taking a bite of her food.
Fox smirked a bit, "Maybe they just wanted to give us a little time alone."
The playfully devious look on the vulpine's face made her chuckled a little bit, "I'm being serious Fox."
Fox put up his paws defensively, "Okay...I get your point we'll call 'em right now." He reassured her, "MIA get Creed's communicator on."
A few seconds went by before a familiar voice came through the PA system, "Hey. Sorry for not telling you or leaving a note or something...I came to tell you that everyone wanted to visit the Cerinians before all the action starts. Your mother especially. Not only that I thought with all that's been happening you two could use some time without a bunch of others around."
Krystal was happy that there was no imager with the PA system as Creed would have seen the purple color that washed over her entire face and part of her neck...
"She's blushing isn't she?" Creed asked over the intercom, as if he knew what her reaction would be.
"Creed leave them alone!" Vixy's voice scolded him like a young kit.
"Alright...Man I sware, with an attitude like that she could pass off as just about anyone's mom."
"What was that!?" The elderly vixen's voice asked harshly from far off.
"Nothing Ma'am!" Creed called back, "Christ how good can your hearing get."
"Good enough to hear that...now get out here and help us this was your fault in the first place."
Fox and Krystal could hear the large vulpine shuffle around a bit, "I told you it was a damn acci..." The communicator turned off.
Fox looked over to Krystal, her face and neck still a dark shade of purple, he could only smile, "You have any idea how cute you are when you're blushing like that?" He asked.
Of course this only made her blush more, "Knock it off Fox." She demanded cocking back a bottle of syrup with an intent to throw it.
"Okay..." Fox replied giving in as he went back to his food, "I wasn't teasing though. You're beautiful no matter what you're doing."
Fox didn't lift his gaze from his food again until he was done eating and when Krystal finished he took their plates to the sink and headed back into the main room. He thought for a moment about something to do, but he really couldn't think of anything other than his normal routine of doings about the day. He had MIA scan over the ship for any problems, only finding a few minor electrical failures that were quick minute fixes. By noon the vulpine found himself in the ship's docking bay working on something he'd found in one of the ship's store rooms, it was a surprise. He was amazed that he was able to work with the mechanics of the thing, maybe all that time of watching Slippy work with his toys had payed off. The small device that lay in front of him was no bigger than a skateboard but it had no wheels or supports for it to stand on the floor, and was a polished chrome color. As he finished his work he tossed the thing from the table he'd been working at. Instead of hitting the metal floor the board hummed lightly and hovered several inches off the ground. The G-board worked off of the same principles as an arwing's G-diffuser, simply outputting gravitational force beneath it to keep it off the ground, it was like the thing was constantly sitting on top of a ball of gravitational energy. The board bobbed a bit as he stepped onto it, it was incredibly easy to keep his balance on the thing. He pressed his heel toward the back of the board onto a small button with a slight amount of force and the board shot forward at a pace that wasn't insanely fast, but could out do any runner or bicyclist. He pulled the thing to once side whipping back around just before colliding with the wall of the docking bay. Krystal was a short way down the hall when she heard an excited yell from the large docking bay and rushed in to see what was going on only to see Fox gliding around the room on a small board of metal, she knew what it was but, had never seen anyone ride one. As she watched somehow Fox leaped the board up onto the edge of an arwing's wing sliding across the entire wing on the underside of the board before leaping off of the end spinning about several times before landing, he brought himself to a sudden stop in front of Krystal who smiled at his childishness...
"Having fun?" She asked.
"A blast. You should try this." He said stepping off of the board, "It's really simplistic." Krystal simply stood there she wasn't so sure it looked a little dangerous, but Fox suddenly grabbed her by the waist and sat her on top of the board, "Look it's really easy okay. You just lean in the direction you want to turn, the harder you lean the faster you'll turn. The more you press down on the button under your left foot the faster it'll go."
Krystal was a bit nervous though she wasn't sure why, "Fox...I—I I really think I should get off of this...."
She was cut off as Fox climbed onto the back of the board wrapping his arms around her waist, "Look I'll show you that there isn't anything to worry about." He said pressing down on the small button.
As the board slid across the floor the board sped up, and as soon as she was sure they'd hit a wall the board pulled to one side. The manner in which Fox was forced to arch his back to make the turn pushed his hips against the blue vixen's backside. Apparently her body being pressed up against his in the manner it was at the moment had gotten his partner's attention, as she could clearly feel it every time he turned the board. Her tail wrapped around Fox's waist as she began to take control of the board herself, Fox couldn't help but to close his eyes as her hair wouldn't stop blowing into his face causing her sent to overpower whatever other sense he had at the moment. As their ride continued Krystal began to speed up the board, Fox found that his heart was racing, much more than it should have been from such a ride. He leaned his head over her shoulder and began to nuzzle the side of her neck as his paws began to rub her stomach before one moved along her body up to her neck. Fox could feel the board slow down as her heart rate sped up, Krystal leaned her head back as Fox began to kiss and nibble at her neck. Their actions led them off of the small board where fox found himself pinned against the hull of an arwing, he wasn't sure how but he'd already lost his shirt, but as Krystal felt where this was headed she pushed herself away from the deeply passionate kiss they'd been locked in...
"Fox wait..." She said trying to catch her breath.
Fox was confused, "What? Did I do something wrong?"
"No...Trust me. You aren't doing anything wrong." She smiled, "It's just......well......there's no turning back from this."
"Why would I wanna turn back?" He chuckled pulling her closer to him by his grip on her waist, "I love you."
"And I love you...but, what if it all happens again?"
Fox chuckled, "This is something I would hope would happen again."
Krystal bore a serious look, "That's not what I mean." She said turning her face away from him.
Fox suddenly caught on, that was why she was so hesitant during these moments, "Wait. Is that what this is about?" He asked placing a paw under her chin and gently turning her head to face him, "Hey..." He said noticing that her eyes were till looking to the floor, "Look at me!" He half shouted causing her to finally look to his eyes, "I am NEVER leaving you. I already lost you once, I'm not gonna let it happen again. I admit that I was being selfish when I made you leave...I didn't want anything bad to happen to you, so much that I didn't even think about what effect it would all have on you. Krystal, I learned from the years that we've spent apart that, even though I can live without you......there isn't a point to my life if you aren't a part of it." He said pulling her into a warm hug, "You need to understand that."
Krystal wiped a few tears on the side of Fox's neck where her head was resting, "Tell me again."
"What that I love you?" He asked as she pulled away from him.
"No. What we're going to do after all of this is over." She said as they began to walk out of the docking bay, "I like that story."
"Alright..." Fox said draping an arm over her shoulders, "But lets go get some lunch...I don't know why but I'm hungry as hell."
It was late at night when the arwings finally docked with the ship again. Creed stretched his back as he climbed out of his ship and twisted his neck sharply to either side resulting in a short sided series of pops. He was forced to rebuild a large hut when he'd stumbled and caught his balance on a major support that unfortunately gave under the power of his pneumatic arms. He yawned heavily as Jane jumped from the arwing as well. She was wearing a custom Cerinian outfit like Krystal's old one...it was easy to tell by the smile on her face that she had fun. She too stretched her back. Silver and Roxy followed behind them, both of them dressed in Cerinian garb, the pink bunny let out a long yawn. As the group all gathered and headed into the ship Creed noticed that it seemed the only ones not wearing the strange clothes of the blue foxes were himself and Jared. Though it didn't seem to bother Jared as he could leave Shera be ever since he'd seen her dressed the way she was. After a moment Creed simply left the room without so much as a word with Jane following shortly behind him, the others followed in step. None of them were really hungry as they had all eaten quite a bit while they were visiting the Cerinians. Vixy broke away from the group and headed off in another direction, she was hoping to find Fox and speak to him about something she'd thought about while she was down on the surface. She approached Fox's room with caution, but when she knocked on the door she found that there was no answer or sound of any kind. They white furred vixen opened the door only to see Fox and Krystal laying there in each other's arms, the sight made her smile, she simply hoped she hadn't woken either of them up, what she needed to say could wait until morning, after all she herself was rather tired...
Meanwhile as Vixy headed to her room, Creed went about preparing himself something to eat, he really didn't care for the types of food that the Cerinians had. Jane had followed him, she hadn't really eaten that much on the surface either. As she sat there at an empty table Creed could practically feel the young cat staring a hole in his back...it was a bit unnerving. After a bit of time Creed approached the table and slid her a plate before sitting down himself...he'd have sat at another table but, he really didn't want to hurt the feline's feelings. There was a time that he would have jumped at the thought of having such a lovely young female practically hanging off of him but, his thoughts had changed since he'd watched Maria die. He kept telling himself that it wasn't his fault but, in his own mind he knew this was a lie...he had every opportunity to stop what had happened long ago...her blood was on his paws and he'd have to simply live with it. It was as he sat there picking at the food he'd made for himself that Jane looked over to him...
"Creed..." She said getting his attention, "You haven't said anything about my suit." She added in an obvious attempt to cheer him up.
"Cute..." He replied with little enthusiasm, there was no pulling him back now that he was lost in thought.
"What's the matter Creed?" Jane asked, "Thinking about Lia?"
Lia had decided that the Cerinians could use her help more than the others and had decided to stay on Sauria, "Not really...she's pretty gifted with medical stuff so they could really use her down there."
"Well then what is it?"
Creed pushed his plate to the side, "You really wanna know?" He asked receiving a positive nod in reply, "Well it actually started when I was still a kit..."
Silver found himself in bed waiting for sleep to find him but, for some reason he found himself unable to sleep, for the longest time he simply lay there thinking of everything that had become of his life thus far. His friends...everyone on the ship had become so important to him, especially Roxy. When he'd first found his way out of stasis he was so cold and alone...there wasn't a person in the world that cared about him, but, now he had all of these people that were trying their hardest to save the lives of everyone in an entire star system that could have cared less about any one of them...he still had trouble comprehending why, but he figured that if he simply stayed with Fox and the others he'd eventually find that answer himself. As his thoughts kept him from sleeping the silver vulpine sat on the edge of his bed trying to make the thoughts go away. A sound caused his ear to twitch but, he didn't turn around to see who it was, there was really only one person that ever came to his room. The bed bobbed a bit as the bunny's weight moved beside him and sat down...
"Hey what's wrong?" She asked.
"Nothing really...just thinking. It looks like we'll be ending all of this pretty soon, where does that leave me?" He asked, "I can't fit in with society...not any of the ones I've seen...you haven't seen what happens when I get angry. There's no place for a monster with other people."
Roxy leaned her head against his shoulder, "Silver you aren't a monster. You're just......special. A lot of people are going to have a hard time dealing with that...but you know what? Anyone that doesn't like it can go fuck themselves. I don't think you're a monster and neither does anyone else on this ship..." She said petting his head, "You're too sweet to be a monster."
"Thanks Roxy..." Silver said rubbing his head against hers for a moment,
"Look you should really get to bed..." She said standing up, "I really just wanted to say good night."
As she started to head toward the door she was stopped as she seemed to be caught on something, which seemed hard to do in the Cerinian attire she still wore. She turned to find that Silver's paw had a hold of her wrist...
"Don't go..." He said softly, "I don't like being alone."
As everyone found their way to sleep Creed remained in the ship's kitchen telling Jane everything that had happened, everything about his past that had led up to Maria's death and his current position. Jane didn't say a word, she simply sat there listening to everything that the large vulpine had to say. They'd sit there talking about it all night...
Fox groaned a bit as he rolled out of bed, he was a bit curious as to where the shirt he'd been waring last night had gotten off to, he remembered loosing it. He found a pair of jeans and pulled them on, and found himself a white sleeveless shirt, he found that he had a slight headache though he couldn't remember why. He made his way into the bathroom to go about his normal morning routine which most times only took the most of 20 minutes. As he left the bathroom still drying his fur he noticed Krystal was sitting up and yawning heavily...
"Morning..." She yawned.
Fox rubbed the side of his head as he dropped his towel, "Think you can explain why I have a headache?" He asked.
"You sort of dropped your guard while we were training last night." She smiled as she stretched her back, "I'm sorry....I really didn't mean to kick you so hard."
"No..." Fox said, "If I dropped my guard I deserved it." He thought about their situation last night for a moment, "Say. We didn't...."
Krystal laughed a little bit, "No Fox...I'm sure you'd remember if we did."
"Well...I'm sure the others are back by now..." The light brown fox said, "You should get dressed and come get something to eat. I don't know why but I've got the feeling that today is gonna be one helluva day."
As Fox headed out toward the ship's kitchen he wondered where this bad feeling was coming from...it was like he could feel Omni baring down on him. It was an unsettling experience, as it made him fear for his crew's lives but he was certain that his plan to use the ship as a diversion would work just fine, as he was certain Omni would jump at the opportunity to have the colossal ship back in their possession. When Fox finally made it to the kitchen he found that Creed and Jane were already there each with a small mug of coffee, and after getting one for himself he made something to eat for himself and Krystal as it turned out Creed and Jane had already eaten. Creed explained everything that had happened down on the surface, and explained that Lia would not be coming back. Fox wasn't surprised, for the small amount of time that he'd known her Lia seemed to want to help people...not kill them. Soon enough Krystal entered the room wearing a pair of jeans and a blue tank top, she took the empty seat at the table across from Fox. While they ate Fox explained everything that Creed had just told him...
Krystal had noticed what Jane was wearing, "Why are you wearing that Jane?" She asked.
"I like it....it's kinda cute." The cheetah replied.
Fox chuckled, "Well if you seem to be staying aboard...you have any skills that I should know about."
"She's a hacker......a good one." Creed replied.
"Okay...one of those can always help." Fox replied, by her looks he'd have never guessed that one, "Any experience with weapons?"
Jane chuckled a little, "Are you kidding. I grew up around a mafia...if I didn't know anything about guns daddy wasn't doing his job right. Tony taught me a lot about defending myself. He was like my big brother, I grew up around the guy."
"Well...cute uniform or not. You're going to need something else to wear." Fox said, "That's hardly something to be wearing in the middle of a firefight."
"Thank you for the concern Fox...but, I'll decide what to wear for myself thanks."
The day moved by slowly, far too slowly for Fox as he was certain that Omni would make their move soon now that the company was as good as dead for the time being. He tried everything possible to occupy his mind, from working on the arwings in the docking bay to training for hours on end in the training room...but nothing seemed to quell the thought that soon enough the crew of the Nemesis would find themselves surrounded by Omni Corporation ships, it really was only a matter of time. He hadn't told anyone his plan yet, he wanted to wait until the last moment...the ship's lights had only just shut down to simulate night when Fox was sitting in his seat on the bridge, Krystal was seated at another seat across the bridge she felt it as well. She knew that Omni would come...it was simply a matter of when and how many there would be. A short while passed and Krystal had fallen asleep in her seat, the sight of her half slumped over to the side made Fox smile, she was intent of staying there with him all night if she could but, even as Kursed...Fox simply had more experience going without sleep. It wasn't much longer before a low voice rang from the ship's PA system...
"Captain...there are several small warp gates opening less than 100,000kilometers off the ship's starboard side."
"Thank you MIA. Wake the others." Fox said hopping out of his seat and moving over to Krystal, "Hey..." He said shaking her awake, "Come on. We have to get this thing started. MIA leave the docking bay open to all outside ships."
"What's going on?" Krystal asked groggily.
"We have company...come on. MIA tell everyone to meet in the docking bay."
Several small black ships, designed a lot like an arwing set down in the docking bay of the Nemesis. The four small ships produced four black clad animals each wearing a full bodied suit. As one of them pressed a small button on the neck of his helmet it collapsed on itself folding back over his head until it looked like a thing necklace of metal. The white wolf beneth it had a stripe of black fur that down between his eyes ending in a small point on the bridge of his muzzle. He lifted his paw to his right ear...
"This is Captain Smith...the place looks deserted." The wolf said.
A light voice echoed back through an unseen com device, "Do not let your guard down Captain. The animals aboard that craft are crafty indeed. And steer clear of the large red fox...he is in possession of Neural links...if you have the opportunity kill him on sight. Try to brink as many back alive as possible; if you must kill them so be it..."
"But with all due respect sir..." The wolf replied, "It looks like they jumped ship long before we got here. This whole thing could just be a ploy to get the soldiers away from HQ."
Syler sighed on the other end of the communicator, "Very well then. Scour the ship...if none are found return with the Nemesis, at the very least I will have that ship returned to me."
The three other pilots met with their Captain who waved them all in to him, "Alright...Kaleb, Mika...you two start from the first deck, Me and Gwen will start from the brig and work our way back up meed on the bridge. If you find any one don't kill them call for back up...you never know where someone could be hiding on a ship this size."
Hours passed but the two teams found absolutely nothing, once they'd all met on the ship's bridge, they were all without their helmets. Gwen sat at one end of the room, the tiger's white fur was not like that of others of her kind, as it was pure white, her long hair was as dark as pitch and covered her left eye. Kaleb was the team's youngest member, he'd only been there for a year, the lion was Gwen's younger cousin on her father's side and though most of the time he was very quiet he could be a bit hot blooded at times, he slicked back the mane of red fur that surrounded his face as he leaned against far wall of the room, and Mika was one of The Captain's best friends...they'd known each other practically their whole lives, the white furred minx was rather laid back and seldom spoke at all, her golden, shoulder length hair was tied into a short pony tail...
"This place gives me the fucking creeps." Mika said lightly.
"I don't have a problem with this ship..." Their captain replied, "But that Arlex guy. There's something about him that makes by blood run cold."
"I didn't like him either Lastrad." Gwen said looking to the white wolf, "Something about his eyes. I was actually afraid to be anywhere near him."
Kaleb crossed his arms over his chest, "He smelt like blood...and death."
"Well..." Lastrad said setting their coordinates, "The sooner we get this thing to Syler the sooner we can get paid. I can't wait to put as much space as possible between me and that Arlex guy...something ain't right about a guy that smiles that much, and it ain't no pleasant smile either."
"Agreed..." Gwen replied, "I can't wait until we can finally go back to Dan'jas where we belong."
"Hey..." Lastrad said, "Work's been slim around there so...naturally Lylat would be the place to go right? It's like I promised..after we get this job done we can all take a nice vacation on Kajaarr. All we have to do is take this ship back to Omni and get the hell out of there before McCloud's team does whatever it is their planning...That's one firefight I don't want to be caught in the middle of."
"Then what the hell were we doing going after them?" Kaleb asked in an almost demanding voice.
"To be honest...I somehow knew we wouldn't find him that easily." Lastrad answered standing up after noticing the ship had shot into hyperspace, "Well...I'm gonna go see what's in the kitchen, I damn sure ain't getting any sleep tonight. Not on this ship."
Lastrad's team had searched the entire ship for any sign of Fox's crew...to be honest with himself he was a bit happy that he never fond the renowned vulpine. His team checked the ship's logs and found that 8 of the ship's 20 original arwings were missing...enough for Fox's team to get away in. The white wolf's team's ships were older models and even though modified, he wouldn't have dared stack up his team's flight skills with any number of the old members of Star Fox. Gwen was their best pilot and at most he believed that she'd only last a few minutes with any of them. All that was left to do now was to sit and wait for the Nemesis to land, that way his team could get paid and could finally go back to their own star system. It was as he sat there in the kitchen with a small sandwich that Gwen entered the room and sat down she looked a bit unsettled...
"What's wrong?" Lastrad asked, "Can you see anything?"
"Some thing's but...it's all jumbled. The voices feel like they're going to split my skull apart." The tiger said placing her paws on her temples, "Something isn't right about any of this. The voices are all coming from this." She said tossing the map cylinder she'd found in Fox's room onto the table.
"You can't make out any of it?" The wolf asked.
"Something...." She winced in pain a bit as she tried her hardest to concentrate, "...about...a blade....home. They just keep screaming...it sounds like their all in pain."
Lastrad sat the cylinder on the table and started to guide the feline toward the door by her shoulders, "Come on you need your rest. I don't know what this thing is but just stay away from it okay."
A/N: Sorry for the lack of action in this chapter...but, I wanted to introduce Lastrad's team...and add a little more to the story itself. Anyhow I promise that chapter 49 is lined up for nothing but action, action, action...all the way. What do you expect? Fox's team is infiltrating Omni HQ. Well it's 1 am and I have a job interview in the morning so. R&R, enjoy and thanks for the support... ^_^
The footsteps in the darkness- SkullFox
