Immortal Star Fox
Chapter I
Space is an endless void.
The blackness is only lit with the stars floating around and luminating anything that its light can hit. The only nearby object was a blue and green planet. The planet, named Corneria, itself is mostly in a constant place of peace. But that peace would disappear when the Mad Ape attacked.
Corneria and the system, Lylat, was in danger of falling to the hands of Andross, a gifted scientist who conducted secret, inhumane and dangerous experiments. One of which caused an explosion that caused the deaths of hundreds, which ultimately led to his banishment to Venom, the farthest planet in Lylat.
Out of rage for those who banished him, he began to build his own army on Venom and conducted experiments on himself to become a shell of his former self. After gaining enough followers, he declared war against all of Lylat and for more than five years, caused chaos and death across the entire Lylat System.
The Lylat System fought beside the Corneria Defense Force to drive back Andross and his army. When all hope was lost, a new light came in and brought back hope and gave Lylat a fighting chance. Lylat was put in the hands of the best group of mercenaries known to us, Star Fox.
The team consists of Fox McCloud, their heroic leader. Falco Lombardi, a hot-headed flyboy who will have be there when the going gets tough. Slippy Toad, a gifted mechanic and one of Fox's closest friends from his academy days. Peppy Hare, one of the first founders of Star Fox and the mentor for all three pilots.
Star Fox and the Cornerian Defense joined forces and drove back Andross' army and Star Fox turned the battle back to Andross' doorstep on Venom. With the heroics of Fox, he destroyed Andross and freed Lylat from his evil grasp.
Since then, we have been grateful to team Star Fox for their bravery and courage. If evil shall ever return, we will have Star Fox there to help us.
We thank you Star Fox for your heroics.
The projector turned off and the room went black. Suddenly the lights turned on and blinded Fox, who was not ready and shielded his eyes. He groaned and began to look around the empty theater. He looked to his left where Peppy was sitting and to his right, both Falco and Slippy were sitting, with Slippy looking half asleep.
"So? What do you all think?"
Fox looked at the stage and saw a brown lab walking from behind the curtain. He looked excited to see the responses of each member of Star Fox. Slippy began to awake and felt awkward that he slept through half of the showing. Fox began to look to both his sides, waiting for a response from either teammate.
Falco started to stand up, "Can you change my intro to where I don't sound like I'm a dick?"
"Why? It's based on true events."
Falco beamed at Slippy, who gave him a sinister grin. "Why you green little…"
"Falco! Not now, please," said Fox with a tired voice. He began to stretch and yawn.
Peppy stood up as well. "Well, I'm not one to be in theatrics," he began. "But, if it pleases you, I think you captured our team perfectly." Peppy glared at the brown lab, his tail wagging furiously.
"What about you Mr. McCloud? What do you think?"
Fox stood there, mouth open with no response coming out. "Well, I um… Like Peppy said, I'm not that big on theatrics and well." He tried to find the right words to where he didn't want to sound like he wasn't interested in the film.
"I think it's um, good." Fox looked at the lab and saw his tail began to slow down. His ears drooped at little. Fox took it upon himself to go up to the lab on stage. "Listen kid, I think you did a phenomenal job in how the war was going. I know that it was difficult especially since it started here on Corneria. I don't think you told us your name, kid."
The lab perked up a little and looked at Fox, who had his hand on his shoulder. "My name is James, sir."
Fox gave him a sympathetic gaze, "That's a nice name, James. Here, think of it as a thank you from Star Fox." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a Star Fox pin emblem the size of his palm. Fox pinned the emblem to James' jacket. "You're a good kid, James."
James looked up at Fox and gave him a big hug, "Thank you for saving us."
Fox was surprised and gave the lab a hug back. He pulled away and patted him on the shoulder. "We need to go. It was a pleasure to see your work." Fox looked back at his teammates and they all walked out of the theater.
"Good to see you handle the celebrity part well," said Peppy. Fox sighed and slummed his shoulders a little. Peppy wrapped an arm around his shoulder Fox and Fox did the same.
All four stopped at the theater door, wondering if there was anyone waiting on the outside. Slippy was the brave one and cracked the door a little to see outside. "Oh yeah, they're outside. What's the call captain?"
Fox just put his head down and sighed. "Well, it's do or die here. Let's go."
With that, Slippy opened the door and was the first to exit, followed by Falco, Peppy, and finally Fox. The entire crowd outside the theater began to mob the team. Pictures were being taken all around them from fans and media. People running to them asking for autographs and selfies. The team was pushing themselves through and wondering where security was to escort them.
There were able to push themselves out of the grasps of the crowd and out the front door of the cinema. Word must have traveled fast about the Star Fox team was watching a film, not actually a film just a short flick, about their heroics. Security finally was able to reach them and kept back to scurry of fans and media alike.
When Star Fox finally made their way out of the cinema, another round of avid fans and media were already waiting for them.
"Oh, you got to be kidding me," exclaimed Fox.
"Get used to it Fox," began Peppy. "Because this is going to be your life until our next mission."
Fox gulped and made their way past the fans with security now escorting them. They made their way to a small limo with the Cornerian Defense Force emblem. They entered one after another and the limo took off.
"C'mon Fox, lighten up. I think I could get used to living in the limelight." Falco said with his wings behind his head, lounging back. Slippy began to poke around the limo and opened some compartments. Most of them were empty, except for the liquor cabinet. Slippy took a bottle of Scotch out and Peppy gave him a cold, stern look.
"C'mon Pep, we deserve this." Slippy began to gather four glasses and began to pour an equal amount into each glass and handed them out. All four members had a glass in hand.
"Didn't think you'd be up to drinking, Slip." Falco raised a brow to him and Slippy just grinned back. "Haven't had one in a while and my father says that Corneria always has them hidden in here. Might open one up to celebrate our accomplishment."
Fox cleared his voice, "Like Peppy said, this is our life now. Might as well have some fun while we're at it." Fox raised his glass and the other members did the same. "To Star Fox."
"To Star Fox," the others exclaimed, and each took a small sip. "You think we'd finally get some time to ourselves now that Andross is gone," Slippy asked as he took another sip.
Fox thought about how he would spend time on Corneria now that the one threat that had been plaguing his life was now gone. Retire, not a chance. He was still young and had many more years of flying left in him. Maybe Corneria had some jobs they could take for easy money.
He looked out the tinted windows and saw the skyline of Corneria City. Many of the skyscrapers he thought were enormous when he was a kit seemed small to what he experienced flying around Lylat. The waning light of Solar started to descend on the horizon and skyline began to bask in the dusk with a beautiful orange engulfing the buildings.
Fox let out a small sigh as he looked back to his teammates seeing them have a laugh as Fox barley tuned in to hear the story Peppy was telling. Fox put his glass in the cupholder and leaned his head back against the headrest and closed his eyes, getting a few z's before they met with the General of the Corneria Defense Force.
Before he drifted into a small slumber, he had one small thought that formed a small tear in his left eye.
Wherever you are, I know you are watching over me and still protecting me. I did all that I could and yet you saved me. Thank you and I miss you Dad.
A/N: So, yeah. A new fic that I thought up for the past couple of months. I never had the time to try and start it until a couple of weeks ago. Even then, writer's block can get in the way a lot. I'm just happy that I'm finally getting the inspiration that I needed, although it will be difficult due to college starting again. School first, fic second.
But I already have a few chapters in writing and trust me, they will be more elaborate than this one. Once I started writing the others, I couldn't stop, and then new ideas emerged for future chapters. So, if you like what I've written in just a thousand words, I got more in the works.
I kinda want to do a weekly releases to keep it steady, but I'm still unsure. But I'll keep writing and revising until they're ready. Reviews are always welcome.
Until then, Stabby out.