Episode 1: Mysterious Ark

It's been a few months since Star Fox did their last major job. This is the beginning of summer with Fox along with his longtime girlfriend/ teammate Krystal are by the beach. Fox is laying on his back on a lawn chair with Krystal getting into a bikini in the changing room.

"Oh boy, the others are missing out on this," Fox looks out into the horizon with the waves splashing against the sands.

"Hey dearly, how do I look?" Krystal asked as she is behind her boyfriend for he turns around to be dumbstruck at how good his favorite girl looked.

"Wow," he said as Krystal is wearing a yellow and orange bikini showing off her curvaceous figure. "You look great," he said as she presses her press on the side of his head with her tracing her finger on his hair.

"You think so," she said in a playful tone.

"Of course, best girl here," he said as he feels the softness of her ample breasts against his face.

"Oh, so sweet," Krystal said as she goes over to her seat with Fox getting a better look to see her wide hips and big rear fill out the bikini bottom as well as her fluffy tail sticking out through a bikini slit.

"Man, Krystal is a doll," he thought as her long furry tail is twitching with happiness from Krystal feeling the joy that her boyfriend noticed she looks good in her swimwear.

Krystal felt Fox's eyes on her hips sway in a sensual manner keeping him in a spell. "I knew this bikini was a good choice," she thought as she gets into her lawn chair to be beside him. "You are looking at those postcards?" she asked to see him holding the postcards.

"They were from Slippy and Amanda from their vacation through Aquas," he said.

"At least I can enjoy my time with the guy I love most," she thought.

"We are having a good time, kicking ass while enjoying the sun," Fox feels the cool sea air washing over them. "That is the good stuff," he thought.

"Indeed, I get the chance to hang out with you," Krystal said.

"Yeah, good times," Fox stretched out his limbs to snug against the chair.

"Hey Fox, you want to go for a swim?" Krystal asked to move her hand to the ocean.

"Of course," he said as they both go off the chairs to rush for the water.

Krystal is diving into the water to seek out shells to make a necklace for Fox. "I bet Fox will like this," she thought happily.

Fox is going through the ocean like a bullet looking quite natural as he looks at Krystal to stare at her nicely shaped ass. He has a grin on his face to swim up and brush his tail along her butt to make Krystal jump from surprise for them to reach back to the water's surface.

"Fox, did your tail tap my butt?" she questioned as Fox has a look of dismissive denial.

"Oh sorry, I was swimming so fast I didn't notice," he said as Krystal didn't believe him but she secretly likes the attention he is giving her.

"Sure, I can massage it to keep it nice and straight," Krystal said in a suggestive tone making Fox blush from this.

"Oh, I will keep that in mind," he said meekly as Krystal giggles at this.

"He is so cute like that," Krystal whispered to gaze at his sleek form and handsome yet friendly face as she has a deep urge to pounce on him but she holds herself back. "I got some seashells, I'm going to make a necklace for both of us," Krystal said as she gets out of the water to begin crafting the necklaces.

"Cool," Fox said as he is thinking about giving Krystal something in the future. Krystal shakes off the water from her fur to sit on the lawn chair.

"That is much better," she thought as she hears her stomach growling. "Oh boy, hey Fox. I am getting pretty hungry," she said as her cheeks were red from embarrassment.

"Me too, let's head for the snack bar," he said as they walk to the building where the snack bar is located.

The duo pass by a bunch of guys whistling to Krystal checking her out. She noticed three men are looking at her features filling out her bikini.

"Hey man, look at that fox chick. She got a nice bust," the first dude said to check out Krystal's 36G chest filling out her bikini top quite well and showing some nice cleavage,

"Yeah, she got a cute face too, those lips are so kissable," the second guy said as they pass by.

"Screw that, she got those big buns," the third guy said staring at Krystal's big thick butt along with her curvy thighs which are some of her best features.

"Those creeps," Krystal said feeling disgusted by them.

"What can you do, there are a bunch of assholes wherever you go," Fox said as she places her hand on his fluffy ear slowly caressing it.

"I already have someone in mind who I don't mind looking at me," Krystal whispered to look longing at Fox.

"Oh, you say something Krystal?" he asked as Krystal snaps out of her daydreaming.

"Oh nothing," she said meekly to reach the snack bar to see a lot of people enjoying the tasty food. "So many tasty treats," Krystal said as the bar has a bunch of sweet foods on display for people to buy.

"Lovebirds, what do you need?" the shopkeeper asked making the two blush in embarrassment.

"I will have stuffed cheese pancakes, please. Hey Fox, you would want one too. Trust me they taste pretty yummy," Krystal uttered him as they order two cheese-stuffed pancakes with orange smoothies.

"Enjoy you two," the man hands them the dishes and glasses.

"Thank you," Krystal said as they sit at a booth to enjoy their meal. "So tasty, how is yours?" she asked with her mouth melting from the delightful taste.

"It's pretty good," he said with a smile with Krystal thinks he looks cute with a bright grin on his handsome furry face.

"See, what did I tell you," Krystal said as they are eating their food and enjoying each other's company.

"Man, I can go for some ice cream," Fox said as to drink up the last of his smoothie.

"I am all for that," Krystal said as they go to the shopkeeper again.

"So, what else do you want?" he asked.

"Strawberry ice cream," Krystal said.

"Rocky Road," Fox said as the shopkeeper gives the scoops.

"Thanks," the duo said as they take their seats outside the shop to enjoy the good weather.

"Others are missing out on this," Fox said to lick his ice cream to enjoy the taste.

"Yeah, but they went to do their own thing. So, what can you do," Krystal said.

"It's sad, we could have gone to the beach together this summer," Fox said as Krystal is licking her strawberry ice cream. "This is so good," Fox said as he eagerly licks the scoop with glee.

"Hey Fox, watch it. You could get a…" Krystal warned but it was too late as Fox is holding his head with a pained look on his face.

"Brain freeze," Fox winced as Krystal sighs.

"You have to watch it," Krystal said.

"Sorry, it tasted so good. I couldn't help myself," Fox said.

"Oh, Fox. Hey, let's go on the Ferris wheel. We can get a good look at the shoreline," she said.

"That is a great idea," Fox said as they see his comlink is active with Falco's voice popping out of the radio.

"Yo lovebirds, we got to go back to the Great Fox. We got a major job to do and some pretty important. Don't be dicking around too much before you get here," Falco joked as Fox cuts off the comlink on his wrist.

"Oh Falco, well thankfully we can get some money to pay off this new ship we have gotten," Fox said as Krystal looks disappointed by this.

"I wanted us to enjoy each other longer," she said as Fox leans in to kiss her on the lips.

"We will. Come on, let's go. It was fun while it lasts," Fox said as they go off to get ready to head back to the Great Fox.

Soon enough, the couple got into a shuttle to get off the planet of Corneria to head into the large hanger of the Great Fox. They open the doors to be greeted by one of their newest team members a white dog name Fay.

"Enjoy your sweet vacation you two?" Fay cooed for them to be blushing from this.

"It was short-lived but it was very nice," Krystal said as Fay cooed at this.

"That is so sweet, I am happy you got some rest because we got a big job from a big company called Mega Breakers," Fay said as the two are confused by this.

"Never heard of them," Fox said as they walk towards the command center.

"Yes, they are a big energy company on Corneria. They tasked us with retaking a space station orbiting Solar which has been taken over by a powerful pirate group called the Crimson Horde," Fay said.

"I heard about these guys; they would sell little kids for a quick buck. The worse of the worse," Fox said as they enter the command center to see Slippy, Falco, and Miyu waiting for them.

"Hey guys, how was your vacation?" Slippy asked.

"Pretty good but it was cut short. how about you and Amanda, how was Aquas?" Fox asked.

"It's quite nice, very sunny and wet there," Slippy said as Peppy and Rob punched in the coordinates for the molten planet Solar.

"Wish I can have a nice vacation. I had to take care of some business back home," Miyu said as the Lynx's ears droop with boredom.

"What was it about?" Falco asked.

"Family issues, I don't want to talk about it," Miyu said looking quite sad.

"Well, you need to stay sharp. These pirates are serious business," Peppy said.

"Yeah, yeah. We need the cash to keep the repairs on this bucket of bolts going," Falco said to crash onto a chair to lean into it.

"I wonder what these pirates would want there," Fay said trying to ponder on this.

"As long as they blast them to kingdom come. I could care less," Falco said as he takes out a pad to watch something from the Holonet.

Everyone departures to be ready for the mission at hand with Krystal handing for Fay's room. The white-furred dog sporting a big red bow behind her head greets with a big smile. "Hey there Blue, you want to hang out a bit before going deep into our next job?" she asked.

"Sure," she goes into her room which is filled with boy band posters and stuffed animals.

"Oh, I got this cute dinosaur toy. It has a big nose, it's so cute," Fay hugs it tightly to her chest.

"That's pretty nice," Krystal said as Fay looks at her best friend with worry. She noticed her worried expression on her white muzzle.

"What is the long face there?" Fay asked.

"I and Fox have been dating for a while now. I wanted to start a family with him after this is all over," Krystal said as Fay pat her paws together.

"yay, that is awesome. I am a bit jealous. You and Amanda get amazing guys. Slippy is very bright and sweet and Fox is as brave and reliable as they come," Fay said.

"Indeed, but you come from wealth. You can get any guy you want," Krystal said as Fay dismisses this.

"Yeah, they only care about my money and connections not for me alone. I want real love like you two have," Fay said.

"Yeah you're right, there are a lot of dirtbags out there," Krystal said as she looks down onto her feet. "Even since my homeworld was destroyed, I lost everything even my family due to unknown means. Thankfully Star Fox is like family to me," Krystal said.

"Oh, one big crazy family right," Fay said sounding more upbeat about it trying to lighten up the mood.

"Sure is," Krystal said as Fay gets serious to go up to her best friend to hug her tight.

"Hey, I am always here for you okay. I got your back," Fay said.

"Thank you," Krystal said to return her sisterly hug. "I am not sure of the future but I want to form a new family with Fox so my bloodline wouldn't die out into space dust," Krystal said as they let go of the hug.

"Speaking of that, did you know why your planet was destroyed?" Fay asked.

"Well, I don't know. I was pretty young at the time. I did remember a strange sphere bathed in light before the planet turned into a lifeless rock," Krystal said.

"Well, I hope you find out what happened, and then we beat the crap out of who did it," Fay said as Krystal feels her upbeat attitude rub off her on.

"Thanks, I would love to do that," Krystal said as she talks with Fay about less serious things like outfits or their upcoming shows on the holonet.

Meanwhile, Fox is within the hanger of the Great Fox with Slippy and Peppy looking over the status of their Custom AR-Wings. He looks over to see the Blue Marine is hanging on the ceiling with two Landmaster tanks in the corner of the hanger.

"Yo Fox, checking out the new upgrades," Slippy said as Fox looks confused by this.

"What upgrades?" he asked as Slippy looks over to Peppy.

"It's something alright," Peppy said as Slippy has a cheeky grin.

"Well buddy, feast your eyes on these beauties," Slippy presses a button on his wrist for Fox's Arwing to transform into a chicken walker. Fox looks surprised by this.

"Oh wow, this is interesting. My Arwing has a walker mode?" he asked.

"Yep, only you and the two Light Arwings belonging to Miyu and Fay can do this. My Bullfrog, Krystal's Cloudrunner, and Falco's Skyclaw are not built with that in mind. Give us some flexibility in combat," Slippy said.

"It's a bit too much for me but Slippy has a point," Peppy said.

"Yeah, good job Slip. This will come in handy for our mission," Fox said

Within the hour, Great Fox managed to reach the orbit of Solar to see the space station under the control of the Crimson Horde. "Sir, we got signals on the Great Fox coming in. Fox and his crew are here," a grunt said on the radio.

"Damn it, we need more time to search this place for our objective. Hold them off, don't let them inside," the leader said as the fighters and bombers swarm out of the fighter carriers to engage the Great Fox.

"Detecting spacecraft heading our way. Engaging laser defenses," Rob said as the Great Fox is holding off the incoming fighters and bombers. All six pilots of Star Fox go into the hanger already in their flight suits to get into their Arwings to prepare for the operation.

"Okay, I am detecting two carriers protecting the space station along with multiple turrets around the station. We need to punch a hole through their defenses and enter inside to secure it," Peppy said on the radio.

"Alright, once we managed to go through their defenses. I, Fay, and Miyu go inside to use our Walker modes to go further inside," Fox said.

"Alright, be careful everyone," Krystal said.

"Come on Krystal. Careful is my middle name," Falco said.

"Really?" Krystal asked in a dry tone.

"Not really but you get my point," Falco said as his Skyclaw flies forward to engage the enemy. "Huh, nothing more than cheap fighters out there. They will be easy to deal with," Falco blast out several pirate fighter crafts to reduce them to space dust.

"Slip, focus on knocking out the bridge of that fighter carrier closest to the space station," Fox ordered as Slippy primes his smart bomb launcher on his Bullfrog which has over 20 smart bombs loaded in his fighter bomber.

"You can count on me, Krystal and Falco cover me," Slippy said as the Skyclaw and Cloudrunner sped alongside him.

"You got it Slip," Falco said as he is blasting away enemies clearing a path for the carrier.

"Stay focused, we are with you Slippy," Krystal used her calming tone to help Slippy steady his hand.

"Thanks, you two," Slippy said as his fighter's powerful shields can withstand multiple shots without breaking. He is speeding towards the carrier with Krystal diving in taking out a few bombers heading for the Great Fox.

Fox, Miyu, and Fay are shooting through hordes of cheap pirate fighters and bombers. They spot Slippy managing to get close to the bridge to unload two smart bombs to destroy the tower holding the bridge disabling the ship.

"Nice, good shot Slip," Miyu said.

"Yeah, that was awesome," Fay said.

"Good buddy," Fox praised as Slippy feels humbled by this.

"It's no big deal. Go inside while we clear the trash out here," Slippy said as the three fighters went for the next carrier.

"Awesome, let's touchdown inside," Fay said as the three slipped through the energy field to be within the hanger of the space station. Several turrets and mechs await them inside as they switch to their Walker Modes.

Fox is sidestepping incoming fire to fire twin laser bolts into the turrets to rip them apart. Fay is leaping over crates to avoid the incoming fire with her shooting repeating laser shots. Troopers and mechs were cut down by Fay's rapid-fire with Miyu following up.

"Shit, they are here. Stop them from taking the artifact. The boss needs it," the leader said as the trio take out the rest of the troops within the hangers. They go deeper within the space station with Rob downloading the map of the station within the trio's screens.

"This will help you navigate the hallways," Rob said on their comlinks.

"Thanks, Rob. Let's go girls and stick together," Fox said as the trio cautiously go inside.

"Alright captain," Fay said.

"I got your six Fox," Miyu said as they find a group of soldiers wielding Homing Launchers to lock onto their targets.

"Kill them all, don't let them inside any further," the commander said on the loudspeakers with a barrage of rockets head toward the trio.

All three avoid the barrages but ox got caught in the explosion to knock his Arwing Walker onto the floor. "Oh crap," Fox looks at his screen to see his shield is knocked out and his hull strength is about 55%

"Oh Fox," Fay said as Krystal overhears on the battle chat to be concerned.

"Fay, what happened in there," Krystal does a spin to avoid incoming laser fire from a nearby fighter. She swiftly takes them down with ease as they are almost done destroying the last carrier ship.

"Fox got hit by a missile but he is okay," Fay said as Fox's Arwing shields went back to normal.

"I am fine Krystal, stay focused," Fox said to calm Krystal's nerves.

"Okay flyboy, don't die to a bunch of pirates," Krystal said as she is defending Slippy preparing his bombing run.

"Yeah Krystal, I doubt Fox would die like a bitch down. if he did, I would drag him out of hell and smack some sense into him," Falco said as Fox sighs at this.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence Falco," Fox said dryly.

"You are welcome Fox," Falco said as Fox smirked at this.

"Cheeky son of a pulsar," Fox said to get back up to begin unloading laser bolts to slice through the troops.

"Useless, all of you useless," the commander said as he prepares to counterattack. "Looks like I have to do things myself," the commander said to enter into a huge mech preparing to fight Star Fox outside.

The trio manages to go into a warehouse to find a bunch of crates stacked up inside. "Damn it, don't let them near the artifact," the sergeant said as the trio are confused by this.

"Artifact," Miyu sounded puzzled by this.

"What is the deal with that," Fay said on the radio.

"Let's worry about that later. We got company," Fox pointed to a large crab mech as its pincher slammed into Miyu to knock her into a wall.

"Shit," Miyu cursed to see her shields get stripped and her hull strength is only now 45%

"Oh Miyu, are you okay?" Fay asked sounding worried.

"I'll live," Miyu said as the crab mech smashes its craw towards Fox. He does a barrel roll to deflect the limb to make it flinch backward as he returns fire on the joint of the deflected limb. He weakens the joint enough to make it malfunction as the right limb is twitching oddly.

"Hey, Fox. I manage to detect the metal alloy on its armor would be very weak when put under very frosty conditions," Slippy said.

"Nice tip Slip," Fox said as he noticed some liquid nitrogen barrels littered all over the place. He fires a laser bolt into the barrel for a mist of cold erupts to cover the broken limb in frost.

Miya fires a charged shot into the frozen limb to destroy it leaving only one offensive limb left. The Crab mech unleashes several waves of rockets to destroy chunks of the area. The trio is evading the blasts with agility and precise barrel rolls.

Fay looks up to see a bunch of heavy beams carried by a chain from the ceiling. She aims her twin shots to destroy the chain and the beams falling on top of the robot damaging it further.

Miyu shoots another liquid nitrogen tank to explode freezing the last attacking limb of the mech. Fay fire a charge shot to blow it away leaving the mech vulnerable.

"Perfect," Fox fires another shot to detonate another liquid nitrogen tank to freeze the front sections of the mech. He fires a smart bomb into its face to blow it up easily taking it down.

"I don't detect any life signs here," Miyu said.

"We did it," Fay said to clap her hands together in happiness.

Fox saw something in a weird case. He exits out of his Arwing to use his thruster pack to slowly descent onto the floor. He checks the box to unlock it to see a weird alien disc "They were hellbent on protecting, better bring it back to the Great Fox and get checked out," he said as he thrust jumps into his Arwing to close the cockpit.

"You find anything?" Fay asked.

"Some sort of alien artifact, they were guarding," Fox said.

"I wonder if it goes to some buried treasure," Miyu said as Fay laughs at this.

'Yeah, some crazy alien technology worth millions," Fay said feeling excited about this.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," Fox said as he calls the others. "Everyone, we managed to secure the station and grab this weird artifact," Fox said as Slippy killed the carrier getting rid of the enemy forces.

"Good, we managed to clean up here," Krystal said as they noticed a huge serpent-like mech flying through the void of space.

"Time to pay Star Fox," the commander said as he pilots the snake-like mech with lasers flying all over the place.

"Break off," Falco said as they all scattered with its heavy laser cannons on the sides of the mouth opens fire onto the Great Fox. The big carrier's shield managed to block but Peppy and Rob get knocked off their seats.

"Great more problems," Falco turns his Skyclaw to avoid getting hit by the crazy barrages of lasers.

"Indeed, stay on your toes guys," Krystal said as she is firing her laser cannons to take out the lasers around the mech's slender body. Fox, Fay and Miyu exit out of the hanger to join in the fight as all six of them strike the mech for the commander has little chance to fight back against the expert pilots of Star Fox

"Damn it, stop moving," the commander said as All Star Fox members fire smart bombs to blow off chunks of the mech's armor. Rob prepares to fire onto the snake mech with the six pilots weakening its armor with Falco destroying the mouth cannons with a strafe run.

"Fire on my mark Rob," Peppy said as the Great Fox's front two heavy cannons aiming for the wounded robot snake. "Fire," Peppy ordered as Rob unleash two huge beams of energy to split the mech in half.

"Shit, I loss but it doesn't matter. My boss will aid in the destruction of the old order and breed the beginning of the new one," the commander said on the radio.

Everyone is confused by this. "Stop talking nonsense. Andross and the Aparoid are both gone. No one can stand up to the Cornerian Federation at this point," Fox said as the commander laughs at this face.

"With the power of the Ark, one who possesses it can conquer the entire Lylat System and beyond. I hope to see you all in hell soon," the commander said as the mech explodes in a big blast.

"That is very ominous," Fay said as the others thought he is bluffing.

"Yeah, that guy is blowing out of his ass," Falco said not convinced by his words.

"That guy is talking hot air," Slippy said as they begin to enter into the hanger of the Great Fox.

"I guess," Fay said as she exits her Light Arwing to see Krystal is in deep thought. "Something wrong Krystal?" she asked.

"Oh nothing, I was just thinking," Krystal said as the name Ark sparks something within her mind. "Ark, no it can't be," Krystal said as she has flashes of a large metal sphere in her mind. "I need to sleep on this Krystal," she said as she heads for her room.

Meanwhile on the deepest edges of the Lylat System, the Ark floats on top of a brown dwarf star sucking in its energy. There are tons of fighters, ships and space stations being made out of the many automatic ship docks all over the sphere.

A tall blue fox is within the command center with her own soldiers telling her about the failure of the Crimson Horde. "Mistress Amy, they loss the artifact," he said.

"Too bad, they were supposed to grab the artifact so it wouldn't fall in the wrong hands. No matter, my revenge will be complete with the power of my infinite army to crush those who aided in the destruction of my homeworld Cerinia," Amy said as she looks out to see her even growing fleet and army appearing before her as a new war is about to begin.