Immortal Star Fox
Chapter XXV
In what felt like the wait of the ages, the Great Fox was drifting along the outer rifts of Lylat. Fox had only gone this far once, during the battle over Cerinia. Though they wouldn't be going through the actual sight of the battle, that was on the other side of Lylat, it reminded Fox what the main emphasis of stopping Andross was all about.
That he doesn't reach powers of that magnitude ever again. To possess a planet-destroying weapon and to test it on an innocent civilization that had nothing to do with the previous war. It was evident to Fox that they get to Venom so Lylat wouldn't have to fall into Andross' clutches for what seemed like the one hundredth time.
As the Great Fox was coming closer to its intended target, Fox had a diagram of Venom courtesy of Corneria and General Pepper. Peppy was so caught up in Fox's speech earlier in the day, that he completely forgot about the support Pepper would give Fox during their trip to Venom. Bill was well behind them, but catching up fast.
"Only way to get into Venom is the front door." Fox said looking over the plotted topography of Venom.
"Ya think he's got more goons waiting for us?" Falco leaned against the console.
Fox thought of it as a possibility. He imagined a group of forgotten Venomians waiting for Andross' arrival and would go all out to ensure that their leader would be safe while he recovers.
"I don't think that's not one outcome." Fox said after his thoughts. "That doesn't matter. We're breaking in no matter what."
Just then, an established link came through the Great Fox's comms. ROB was quick to make the connection and was able to trace its location.
"General Pepper is on the line." ROB announced.
"Put him on the hub." Fox ordered.
ROB began to relink the comms to the holodesk that everyone was around. The comm came through, but it wasn't a full body transmission, just Pepper's voice. After the battle on Corneria, Fox knew it would take some time to get their main communications running again, so they were using their backups.
"Fox. Can you hear me?" The general's frantic voice finally said.
"We can hear you, general." Fox answered.
Fox heard the old bloodhound let out a sigh of relief.
"We were so worried about you takeoff back to Sauria. And then to hear Bill say that… he is back."
Fox could hear the worry in Pepper's voice. "I know general. I did all that I could to stop that from happening."
"While we're on that topic, it's about the matter of Colonel Fetcher. Bill told me what happened."
Fox knew something like this was going to come. Even though Falco did save him, there were going to be some repercussions about the killing of a rogue ranked official. Fox was going to make his case the minute they returned to Corneria and defend Falco and his actions.
"I would rather not talk about that now, general." Fox got a notice that Venom was no more than five minutes out.
The two hour journey from Sauria to now felt like a living hell for Fox, who spent most of the trip in his office trying to plan maneuvers and getting an overall feel from the plant the last time he was there. Only thirty minutes out from Venom, did Fox emerge from his office.
Fox looked out to the deck's panoramic windows and could see the brown dwarf planet slowly getting larger. He thought back to when he had to get Star Wolf off his back, now Wolf was one of the reasons Pepper was still alive. The illusions he went through before his battle with Andross shook Fox internally that he coughed to get himself back to reality.
"Have you reached Venom? I've sent the remainder of our ships to assist you."
Fox got another incoming transmission and recognized it to be Bill's line. Fox merged the comms together.
"Bill, we got General Pepper on here." Fox told him, as if to be on his best behavior.
"Oh, general. Um, we've just about caught up with Star Fox. We can see Venom and the Great Fox coming up." Bill said.
Fox put down the comms and brought up the Great Fox's radar. He could see a total of twenty-five blue triangles approaching the Great Fox.
"Yeah, we see you on radar, Bill. Hope your Husky and Bulldog crews are ready for a good one." Fox put down the radar and brought up the comms.
"We can barely see Venom on the screen. How much fire are we expecting?"
"Not sure, maybe a couple of fighters, but I think they sent everything on the attack at Sauria." Fox brought up the Great Fox's radar again and started to sweep for incoming bogeys.
"Fox. Our feeds are still shaky, so I'll tell you this one time." Pepper's feed almost got cut and reestablished. "I'm giving your team execute authority to stop Andross, by any means necessary."
Fox looked around to the rest of his team and were not surprised by Pepper's order.
"Lylat is not aware of this, but soon they will be. Don't let them be living in fear again." As soon as Pepper finished his sentence, the Great Fox's sirens went off.
Fox looked at the radar to see about twenty fighters flying towards them. Fox wasn't sure if this was all they had or if there were more on Venom's surface. It didn't matter because they needed to get through this so they could reach the surface.
"Gotta go general. Venom knows we're here." Fox said.
"Reinforcements should be there shortly." Pepper's feed was starting to break.
"Got it." Fox cut the feed and turned to his team. "Are you all ready?"
The four pilots nodded their head simultaneously and Fox motioned his head to follow and they all sprinted out the Great Fox's deck. ROB did them a favor and began to start the Arwings so they could be ready for takeoff when they arrived.
Stars Fox made quick haste running down the emergency stairs. When they reached the hanger, some of the Venom fighters were shooting at them. The emergency alert sounded saying that the mothership was under attack, but the defense shield were holding.
Katt went to her Kattillac and Falco helped in unhooking the straps. The cargo doors began to lower and Falco and Katt could better see the Venom fighters coming for another pass. They began firing at them, but the lasers would deflect due to the shield. They could see the fighters coming around for another pass, but were being chased by Bill and his crew.
"Fox!" Bill's voice came through the ship's PA. "We'll handle the ships in the air. You can go down planet side." The feed was cut and Fox looked out to see Bill's teams taking on the Venom soldiers.
"I'll help them," Katt yelled out. "This is more of your guy's fight."
"You sure," Fox called back. "We could always use another good pilot in the front line."
"Save some of that quirk for when you get back to your girl, Foxy." Katt gave him a wink.
Fox started to grow a little red and looked back down at his console, he started flipping switches in an attempt to look busy, but the Arwings were already primed. Falco looked back at Katt, who was squinting her eyes at him.
"What're you lookin' at?" Falco said trying to read Katt's expression.
Katt reverted her eyes to normal and jumped into her cockpit. "Were you having any plans after this?"
Falco looked back and slid down next to Katt's open cockpit. "We were supposed to be done before the whole Sauria incident happened, so I'm guessing no." Falco's face turned into a concerned look. "What are you planning?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Katt asked with a flirt and a hungry gaze.
Falco reverbed back and tried to match Katt's gaze has best as he could. He turned back to see Fox, Slippy, and Peppy were all in their Arwings getting situated. Before Falco could answer back, another announcement came from ROB on the PA.
"New activity coming from Venom." The robot's monotone voice piped in. "The planet's surface heat signature is slowly rising. Scanners show an area of origin is the sufficient location."
Fox got the location from ROB and could see that it was a large area that was hidden underneath the smog of Venom. The fighters outside tried doing another round of firing at the Great Fox. Any ship that got close would be shot down by either Bill's team or would fly up or down to avoid direct contact with the Great Fox.
"Falco," Fox shouted his direction. "We have to go!" Fox sat back in the Arwing. He checked his preflight list for the fifth time to ensure everything was working, and to see if Falco and Katt took their time to fix it.
"Catch ya later, pussycat…" Falco was cut off due to Katt giving him a small kiss on the beak. Falco almost fell off of Katt's cockpit, but was able to catch himself.
"Good luck out there, blue boy." Katt lightly pushed Falco away from the closing canopy and started up her Kattillac.
Falco jumped down when he felt Katt starting to hover above the ground and started to run back into the hangar to let her exit. Falco saw the trail of smoke that was left on either side of her wings. The smoke disappeared as did Katt into the starry emptiness of space.
More Venom fighters were attempting a run into the Great Fox, but were being shot at by the Cornerian forces. Falco started to dash his way back to the stair and up the second deck. He passed by Slippy and Fox's Arwings, already seeing them fixed in with their canopies closing.
Falco jumped into his primed Arwing. He fixed his headset on himself and flipped a couple of switches and, per usual, ignored his preflight checklist. Falco looked over to Fox, who was checking his list for the eighth, ninth, he probably lost count at this point. Falco switched the comms to his Arwing open.
"Alright, all strapped in." Falco said as his canopy began to lower.
Fox snapped out of his checklist rush and looked around at his surroundings. He took in a deep breath and held his eyes shut. He thought about the recent events that led up to right now. Andrew's attack in Corneria, the revival of Andross and finally, the promise he made to Krystal.
Killing Andross and returning to her with the news was the one thing that was on his mind. He also knew that everyone in Lylat would also be counting on them, even if they didn't know it. Fox opened his eyes with his mind set and his body ready. He fired up his engines and so did the rest of the team.
Fox went serious and with a loud voice, announced his presence to Venom. "Boys. Let's rock and roll!"
All the Arwings powered up and one by one were catapulted towards to brown dwarf planet. Fox felt the g-force being propelled onto him and later saw the hangar of the Great Fox fly behind him as he was catapulted into the empty void of space. The Arwing's engines expelled all the force it could muster and they all piloted down to Venom.
Fox radioed to Bill to inform them. "Bill, we're headed down to Venom. You get those guys from hitting the Great Fox and coming down for us."
Fox switched the transmission to Bill's comm and a few seconds later, and flying through the thick atmosphere of Venom, he received a message from Bill.
"We got you, Fox. Get down there and take care of that Andross." The transmission was cut after and Fox went back to the team's comms.
The green-brown clouds filled the entire window. Fox feared about the thickness that he wouldn't be able to see the ground beneath him and crash into it. They reached to bottom of the clouds, only to be greeted with another set of smog, the same color as the clouds. At least they were able to see where they were going this time.
"Visibility may get clear once we reach our destination," Fox said. "Until then, stay in formation. We don't know how many are out there, so they may have the advantage."
Fox's Arwing was scanning their surroundings, but there was no bogey in sight. Fox didn't want it to be this easy, but if it was, then he'd have no objections. The radar was giving off the constant beep after each sweep. No fighters were coming, but Fox did get a new update from ROB on the Great Fox.
"Venom's surface temperature has not changed since your departure." ROB's voice came through. "Cornerian forces have arrived to help with Bill's team."
Fox let out a sigh of relief. Having some backup to lessen his workload would make taking down Andross a lot smoother. The radar began beeping and Fox looked down to see five enemy bogeys coming there way. Fox thought to himself as this being the final line of defense until the reached Andross' base.
"Got five fighters coming our way," Fox announced. "Break and let's take them out quickly."
"Roger." All of Fox's teammates said and they all broke apart to pick out a target.
Arwings and Venom fighters converged into a small fight above the Venom's surface. Fox went ahead and took the leader of that pack. The fighter flew upward and Fox was following suite. Falco and Slippy took the one each on the left side and Peppy went for the one on the right. The last Venom fighter followed behind Fox.
Fox followed his fighter and the smog looked like it was rising. Visibility would make fighting them difficult, but Fox thought about an advantage for himself.
"Fox, you got one on your tail," Falco yelled out.
"Thanks for the heads up." Fox looked back to see the lone fighter coming after him. This was going to cause some problems for him.
Falco was following his fighter and taking shots whenever he was lined up. The fighter was was dodging Falco's shots, which infuriated the avian. The fighter did a somersault over him and Falco attempted to follow the ship, but was almost caught in the crossfire of Peppy.
"Yo, old timer. Get your vision checked before you shoot." Falco yelled out.
"You're the one who got in my way," Peppy yelled back.
Peppy chased his target and his target was chasing Slippy. So, it was a row of Venom and Star Fox pilots in a line shooting each other at will's end. Peppy had to make a u-turn to fly back and chase after Falco's pursuer.
Fox's Target wasn't making it easy on him. From the dodges and maneuvers it was pulling, Fox was thinking that they might be stalling to buy Andross more time to do something. That something was not what Fox wanted.
"Guys, they may be stalling us," Fox said.
"What makes you think that?" Peppy questioned, firing some shots at Falco's chaser but missing.
"Just a quick hunch," Fox looked behind him. "Got a runner on me. Little help?"
Fox looked out his window and saw the line that his team and the Venom fighters were forming. He turned back to the one in front and took a few shots. The lasers grazed both wings, but enough to cause the ship to fall a few feet down.
"I'm guessing that's a no," Fox sarcastically said.
Fox thought it not to keep chasing the injured fighter and went to focus on the one following him. He u-turned to get back into the action. The radar began emitting a constant line. Fox looked back down underneath the smog and could see the traces of a building. It was hidden well, and Fox was sure this is where Andross was.
"Guys, we're right on top of the base! ROB! Any updates?"
Fox waited for the robot to respond. In the meantime, Fox went left around his chaser and the fighter was attempting to follow Fox in his route, but Fox quickly turned on his axis to sharpen the turn and get his shot quickly. Fox connected and the fighter's wing was shot off and the ship fell into the smog before Fox saw a small fireball emerge.
"A major spike has been detected within the base you are over." ROB came through. "Energy levels are rising at a steady pace."
Fox couldn't see beneath him to get an accurate look at what was happening. However, he did see a white light pulsing where the base was. Fox couldn't wait any longer, he needed to get inside fast. The only problem we're the other fighters his team was facing.
He knew they could take them down no problem, but as this being their first time to Venom, complications could arise if they try navigating around the base and the surrounding areas. Fox went around and saw the fighter that was wounded coming back for more. The line of Venom and Star Fox was still in its formation.
"Got yourself a nice little line party going there guys," Fox joked.
"Har har, you plan on helping anytime?" Falco said annoyingly.
The line was shooting one at a time at the ship in front of them. Fox could feel the fighter coming around for him, so he quickly somersaulted. Knowing that the pilot would be unable to do maneuvers that intense, Fox would have the advantage in coming straight down and unleashing hell it.
And that's exactly what he did.
Once Fox was a at a higher level, he shot back down and rained fire on the poor soul. The ship exploded after a few hits and Fox flew through the smoke. Fox looked to see that one Arwing was able to get rid of one tailing the other. Seeing this opportunity, Fox decided to make the call.
"I'm headed into the base." Fox said to his team. "I assume you can handle to rest of these punks."
Fox began to lower his Arwing slowly. The visibility was getting denser as he lowered. The Arwing landed with a small thud and Fox searched around for his special compartment under his seat.
"Let us know if you need help," Peppy said.
"Will do." Fox shut down the comms and finally pulled out his emergency readiness kit.
The kit had a first aid kit, compass, and defibrillators. Most importantly, it had a gas mask fitted for himself. He wrapped the rubber around his muzzle and tighten the straps to his desired liking. He started to breath harder as he opened the respirator. Fox shut down the Arwing and his entire cockpit was cloaked in a green glow. Fox pulled the lever and his canopy opened.
Fox was met with a strong wind. The smog filled his Arwing, so Fox would have to sanitize it when he'd return. He jumped down on the surface and the ground was hard, almost as if you were walking on metal. The canopy began closing and Fox made his way to the entrance of Andross' base. The large engravings of his head with the sabers underneath really rubbed Fox the wrong way.
Fox could hear the fly overs from his team and the Venom fighters. He made quick work on opening the large doors. They creaked loudly and some smog seeped into the base. Once the doors were cracked open enough for Fox to squeeze through, he shut the doors and they echoed in the empty base as they closed.
"I made it inside." Fox's muffled voice said. He brought up his wristcomm and turned on the flashlight.
"We've almost taken down the remaining fighters," Slippy said. "We'll try and see if we can come down with you.
"No. I need to do this alone." Fox walked into the hallway and made it into the large common area. There were tables flipped over and chairs were thrown across the room. It looked like a raid came by here. Fox was thinking how the rush was when the remainder of Andross's army was feeling when they were in the final stages of this plan.
"Hey, Fox," Falco sounded a little peeved. "We're coming down to help."
"No," Fox said with a stern voice. "This is personal for me. I need to do this."
After that brief exchange on making his point made, Fox shut off his communications and walked into the dark room. Fox searched the room and couldn't find any source of direction to go. From what he could tell, the base looked big from above. So, trying to navigate the entire base by himself was going to be a challenge, especially since he was racing against time.
Fox brought his arm up and looked at the ceiling to find anything that could lead him to Andross. He heard creaks happening all around him, fearing that the base may collapse any minute. His footsteps echoed and his breathing was reverbing off the walls.
Fox was looking around that he wasn't aware where he was stepping. He slipped and fell back on some substance. He was lucky that there was no chair around for his head to hit. Fox rolled on his stomach and picked himself up. Once he was on his knees, he pointed his flashlight down and saw a thick, black substance.
Fox poked at it with two fingers and rubbed it against his thumb. He knew that this was the same substance that Andross was leaking. Fox got on his feet and searched where the substance was leading. He saw the trail was leading to the far end of the room. He jogged to the where the room was ending. Fox saw that the substance was going through the wall.
He looked for a way to open the wall and banged on it. He could hear the hollow hallway on the other side, so Fox knew that Andross was going down this path. He saw the line that extended from the top of the ceiling to the bottom of the floor. Fox dug his fingers into the line tried to pry it open. The metal creaked into the empty room and Fox's grunts turned into a yell as the supposed metal doors were not budging.
Fox removed his fingers and looked around for anything to help open the metal fissure. Fox felt the base start to shake violently. He caught himself on a downed chair and he saw some steel pipes falling above him. He quickly got the chair upright and ducked under it so that pipes would hit it instead of him.
The steel crashed below and scattered once it hit the floor. Fox had to cover his ears as it was too sensitive for him. When it died down, Fox crawled from under the chair and, by luck, found his ticket into the door. He grabbed one steel pipe and jammed it into the fissure. He had to shimmy it to fit the pipe before the fissure began to crack open. Fox then pushed pipe to pry the doors open. The metal creaked loudly and Fox was pushing with everything he had.
Once the doors reached its capacity of stress, the locks broke, and Fox dropped the pipe. He pushed the heavy doors to the side. He saw a trail of black mass leading into the dark hallway. Fox brought up his wristcomm and turned on the flashlight again. The black mass looked fresh. Fox went into the hallway and followed the mass.
Fox's search was ending as he heard a loud, pulsing alarm. Fox turned on his scanner on his wrsitcomm to see if there were any life-threatening substances in the air. The scan lasted a few seconds and it came back all-clear. Fox unfastened the straps to his mask and removed it from his head. He gasped loudly as he was able to breath normally.
The pulsing sound began to ring in Fox's ears. The sound was coming from the end of the hallway, and Fox could see a white light coming from the end. He realized it was coming down to this. Fox primed his blaster and was ready for anything that Andross was going to throw at him. He could see large dual doors at the end.
He reached the end of the hallway. The sounds of someone moving inside was made known. He could hear loud typing being overpowered by the pulsing sound. Fox gave one breath in and kicked the dual doors open.
Fox was first blinded by the light, but after he regained his vision, he could see the more prominent canister clearly. Something was floating in the canister. Fox saw clearly what was inside it.
A large body.
Fox almost dropped his blaster at the sight of the body growing in a cocoon-style sack. The head was prominent with the ape's trademark ears and hair. Fox looked around and saw the one lone ape with his back turned and working vigorously on his main console.
Fox was quick to bring up his blaster, but Andross was faster to turn around and shoot out black mass at Fox. The tod was able to roll dodge out of the way and was on a knee. He looked at Andross and saw the crazed look in those piercing red eyes.
Andross' neck was more exposed to the elements that when Fox last saw it. The esophagus was throbbing with every inhale Andross took. The flesh that was burned off was dangling from his neck and Fox could see that his eyes were now bloodshot.
"You've come to see my new creation?" Andross sounded astonished. "I'm honored. Seeing that everyone else is dead, this new body will rid me of this disgusting one and be the pure form that I've dreamt it to be."
Fox wasn't having any of this and started to fire at Andross. The lasers hit Andross' chest, but they seemed to not cause any significant damage. The ape just stumbled back and looked down. He patted his chest for any signs of holes or singes. Andross didn't feel anything and just had that malicious grin he always had.
"C'mon McCloud." Andross taunted. "You're not getting anywhere with that."
Fox started to unload lasers at Andross, ignoring if they were hurting him or not. With each shot, Fox was getting closer to Andross. Fox didn't slow down his shots until he got close. Andross saw Fox's blaster within reach and grabbed it, but Fox was expecting this. When Andross tried twisting the blaster from Fox's hand, Fox let his left hand off and back handed Andross with hit.
Hitting Andross was like slapping water, and it sounded like it too. It wasn't a pleasant sound that Fox was hearing, but he punched Andross again and out came that water sound effect. Andross ducked under the next thrown Fox threw and tried to tackle him to the ground. Fox felt himself being lifted and slammed onto the ground.
Andross walked over him and went straight to the console to continue working. Fox rolled over and lifted himself, with a small sting in his lower back. Andross was pushing buttons on the console and the machines were picking up on the inputs and were working overtime. They vibrated and the cocoon sack was moving in the canister.
Fox jumped forward and put his arm around Andross neck. "
The ape did feel a little pain from his exposed esophagus and Fox's chokehold became tighter. Andross elbowed Fox in the side a few times, but Fox didn't release. It wasn't until Andross grabbed his shirt from behind and flipped Fox over onto the console, did Fox release his hold.
Fox landed on the console with a loud bang and some sparks came flying out from under him. Fox groaned and Andross dragged Fox off the console and let him fall underneath him. Andross placed a foot on Fox's head.
"There's no stopping me," Andross started. "I've built everything that Corneria is today, and I am here to take it all back."
He picked Fox up by his scruff and punched him. "I devoted my life to that useless mutt, and he has the balls to exile me to this shithole!"
Andross slapped Fox. He stubbled before being grabbed by the muzzle. "I wasted countless hours perfecting what could have been my revelations. The very thought of being close to immortality was upon me."
Andross gave Fox a knee. "And I intend to do just that."
With all his power, Andross flung Fox by his muzzle to the other side of the room. Fox hit the ground with a loud thud and rolled a few good feet before stopping. Fox rolled on the ground and grabbed his arm. He felt a stinging sensation being throbbed in his body. He groaned as he was picking himself up.
Andross started to walk his way. Fox was using the nearby wall to pick himself up. Andross stood above Fox. The injured tod reached for his blaster, but Andross let out another punch to set him down. Fox's head bounced off the floor and Andross caught it.
"My perfect body is almost complete. I had a little prototype the first time you came around." Andross' grin grew wider. Fox was starting to bleed from his nose.
"You have no idea the power that I wield." Andross landed another punch. "Your life has meant nothing to me." Andross slammed Fox against the wall. He gave Fox a punch in the gut. Fox coughed up some blood and Andross was quick to avoid it.
"You're… going… to… die." Fox was able to breath out.
"Still on about that little blue slut?" Andross tilted his head.
Fox's ears and nose flared when he called Krystal that. Fox was attempting to get up, but Andross was looming over him, as if to stop him from standing.
"She'll throw you away when you're no good for them." Andross said. "I'd be doing you a favor here."
Andross grabbed Fox by the neck and slammed him to the ground. Fox gasped for air as he was leaning against the wall. Andross began to kneel in front of him. He placed one hand on his head and the other over his stomach.
"There's no stopping this, McCloud. I've returned and I'm never going away." Andross removed the hand on Fox's head, but kept the one on his stomach. Fox could feel something start to poke him. It was sharp and it started to pierce through his shirt. Fox realized what it was that was starting to pierce his skin.
Fox tried to squirm out of Andross' grasp, but he wasn't having it and didn't hold back. He Andross procured a long stake from his palm and impaled it into Fox's stomach. Fox yelled and tried to remove Andross' hand from him, but the ape wasn't budging. Andross had hat wicked grin that didn't alter.
"I will become god. Assume my place among those below me, and become immoratl." Andross said in triumph.
Fox groaned as the pain was starting to numb him. He felt Andross twisting the stake inside him, tearing at his insides. Andross felt Fox was still fighting back, so to finish this off, he placed his other hand over Fox's left pect.
Fox was attempting to remove Andross' hand, but the ape was to fast for him and another stake impaled Fox through his heart. Fox's eyes went wide and his breathing was getting shorter. He grabbed Andross arm, but his grip was getting weak that Andross didn't feel it.
"You had the same look your father had when I offed him." Andross twisted the stake in Fox's heart.
Fox grunted and he could feel a sharp pain overcome him. His breathing was getting softer and small trickle of blood was coming out of his mouth. His head was getting heavy and slowly falling on its side. Andross was pulled out the stake that was in his stomach and the damage was already visible.
Andross began to remove the stake from his heart, but it wasn't budging. Andross gave it a few tugs before it broke off. Fox felt the stake still in his chest. He tried to remove it, but he was getting weak every passing second. Andross stood and towered over the Fox, who was bleeding out of both wounds.
Andross knew the time for Fox's demise was close, so without any celebration, let Fox to lie there and let his time come. He continued his previous work on his console.
Fox couldn't feel anything. He was motionless and his eyelids were getting heavy. His vision was getting blurry and he could see a purple-blue haze starting to form a ring around his eyes before closing the space. His breathing was sparse, and he had a gargle due to the blood that was pouring out his mouth.
His hand fell with a silent thud and Fox's breathing had now stopped. His eyes were now staring at nothing and his entire body had stopped moving. In one final breath, Fox only had on thought on his mind before the purple-blue haze had enveloped him.
Krystal. I'm sorry.
A/N:Dogfights aren't my strong suit, sorry if it felt rushed because I wanted to get to the gritty part.
Next chapter will be something else.
Until then, Stabby out.