Katina: Bill Grey was on the beach in front of his ship enjoying the view as the warm water lapped at his feet

Katina: Bill Grey was on the beach in front of his ship enjoying the view as the warm water lapped at his feet. He was tempted to go surfing, but decided instead to just enjoy the scene. Overhead, he heard the roar of several Cornerian fighters as they fly by. Bill then lay down on his towel and go to sleep when his intercom started beeping, he was tempted to let it keep beeping but it might constitute dereliction of duty so he hobbled over to the ship's cockpit and hit the intercom button.

"This is Bill, who's calling?" he asked.

"This is Sanders from communications back at the base, we have a secure transmission from General Pepper," came the response.

"Hey, maybe I've been promoted," he said.

"Yeah, right," came the response. Bill and Sanders both started laughing.

"Okay, I'm coming in," Bill said. He ran back and folded up his towel and tossed it into the fighters hold. Then he jumped into the cockpit and hit the ignition button. The engine roared to life and the ship took off leaving the ocean behind. Bill whistled as he passed the remains of the alien ship that his squadron and the Star Fox team had helped defeat. (Okay, while in the game you can't go to Zoness and Katina in the same game, but in this story they did so don't complain about it) His ship continued on to the building the aliens had wanted to destroy. Now there was a booming city surrounding it and more squadrons of fighters to fight off almost any opposition. Bill then landed his ship outside while engineers came out and started fueling it up. Bill walked through the main entrance and past the reception desk as he accessed the lift. He pressed his thumb to the lift button and it scanned the thumbprint and compared to the files on record. When it matched up to Bill's thumbprint the lift took off. He then got off and headed to the communication center. Sanders (a skunk with no smell) greeted him there.

"We don't have any clue what it's about, only that Pepper wants to speak with you," Sanders said. As they got to the door Sanders stood in the hallway.

"You're not coming in?" asked Bill.

"Transmission is for your eyes only," Sanders replied.

"Hmmm," Bill said.

"Anyway, I'll be down the hallway in the lounge if you need anything," said Sanders walking off. Bill opened the door and went in. He walked over to the main terminal and slid in a keycard and Pepper immediately popped up.

"General," said Bill.

"Bill I have some bad news. Two hours ago we lost contact with the Great Fox and the Star Fox team," Pepper said.

"What?" Bill asked.

"It's true. Anyway we need you to get here for briefing. I know you're a valued member of the Cornerian Defense Force. You must maintain absolute secrecy of this. I await your arrival. Signing out," said Pepper. Bill swallowed hard and then shook his head and walked out.

"Anything happen," asked Sanders.

"Nothing," Bill lied.

"Okay, adios," he said.

"Oh, wait. Tell the commander Pepper recalled me," he said. Sanders nodded his head and walked off. Bill walked to his room and grabbed a few essential items before walking out to his ship. Bill then activated his fighter's engine and took off. He wondered what he was going to do, but decided to think about what would happen when the time came. In the meantime he would just try to put himself together in order to properly meet the General Pepper.