Corneria: The HQ building for the Cornerian Army was bustling with activity

It's finally proofread.  I hope you enjoyed my very first story.  I should be writing more, most under movies and then Godzilla.

Corneria: The HQ building for the Cornerian Army was bustling with activity.  Gen. Pepper hurried down the corridor towards a top secret elevator.  He went inside and slid his keycard through a slot.

            "Sublevel-6," he said to the elevator.  The elevator zoomed to life and started zooming down to the lowest level of the building.  The doors opened and Pepper walked out into a room full of bustling technicians and other Generals sitting around a rotating table.

            "Sorry for being late," Pepper said.

            "Sit down General," said Gen. Powell.

            "What's our contingency plan?" Pepper asked.

            "We were never prepared for an invasion like this so soon.  We were expecting them to travel through conventional means not through a wormhole," said General Hendricks.

            "What about project X," said Pepper.

            "Out of the question," said Powell.

            "Why not?" asked Pepper.

            "If they people found out that we spent a good portion of their money on several surface to atmosphere laser cannons they'd go crazy," said Powell.

            "Corneria is more important," said Pepper.

            "It makes no difference.  Besides the whole system hasn't been field tested," said Hendricks.

            "Now's a good a time as any," said Pepper.

            "No and that's final," said Powell.

            "Well then I guess we'll have to rely on Katt and Bill," said Pepper.

            "Ha, ha, ha, I don't think so.  We have amassed a fleet of ten starships and 100 fighters to combat this menace," said Powell.

            "I still don't think that will be enough to combat them," said Pepper.

            "We shall see," said Powell.

            Sector Z:  "Thanks for the help Dan but we have to go," said Bill.

            "I'm coming with you," he said.

            "Why?" asked James.

            "If Corneria falls then so will the Lylat system and that means that my business is done for.  If Venom reigns supreme then I'll have to deal with tougher inspection agents meaning goodbye smuggling," said Dan.

            "I don't know if that's good or bad to know but if you want to fight then you're fine by us," said Bill.  The five of them (Dan, Bill, Katt, James, and Jake) ran to the hanger bay.  They all entered their ships and prepared for takeoff.  Then their ships blasted off.

            "Prepare for warp," said Dan.  Instantly their engines started warming up.

            "Warp jump in five, four, three, two, one, activate," said Dan.  The ships blasted away from Sector Z at incredible speeds.

            Sector Z:  "How much longer?" asked Wolf at the bridge of the main Venom battlecruiser with Andross' face painted on the front.

            "Not much longer," said Pigma.  Through the main viewscreen it showed five freighters venting neutron particles straight into each warp gate.  (Maybe more, I can't remember how many gates there were.  Just figure each gate has a freighter venting particles into it)

            "Activate the fleet wide con system," said Wolf.

            "Done," said Pigma.

            "This is StarWolf, we are about to enter the most vicious battle in our lives.  We must remain strong and follow Andross's dreams.  That Corneria will fall to the supreme rulers of VENOM!" he said.  Cheers were heard over the comm. system.

            "Sir, the freighters are done," said Pigma.

            "Prepare to enter the warps," said Wolf.  The fleet pushed forward as it entered the warps.

            Behind the fleet the five fighters exited warp from Sector X.

            "We're too late.  Look," said Bill.  The first part of the fleet had already entered the warp.

            "Now what?  Corneria is doomed," said Katt.

            "Never give up, trust your instincts," said James.  He gunned his engines and flew off towards the disappearing battlefleet.

            "You're crazy.  FOR CORNERIA!" yelled Bill taking off as well.

            "I would rather die than live under Venom's control," said Katt blasting off as well.

            "Well Jake let's go as well," said Dan.

            "For what?" asked Jake.

            "So dishonest trade can keep existing," said Dan.

            "It's as good a reason as any," said Jake.  Their two ships also blasted off towards the warp.

            The ships reached the end of the fleet, which was just about in the warp.  Bill started blasting at the remaining ships, which then proceeded to scatter.

            "Let them go, we have to get to Corneria and help the fleet," said Bill.

            "Where is the Starfox team?" asked Katt.  A Venom fighter flew into formation with them.

            "They're on the main battlecruiser," said the pilot over the comm.

            "Why should we trust you?" asked Dan.

            "My name is Greg Parlow.  I was assigned to infiltrate the Venom units and pose as a regular fighter pilot.  I work for the covert ops department of the Cornerian Army," came the response.

            "How do we know you're for real?" asked Katt.

            "Contact General Pepper.  But in the meantime we have to enter the wormhole before it closes," said Greg zooming off flying through the warp gates and disappearing through the last one.  Then the rest of them flew through the warps and entered the wormhole as it closed behind them.

            Coneria, Underneath the military HQ building:  The viewscreen showed a large bright light shining through space.

            "Scanners confirmed.  It is an artificial wormhole and has to be Venomian because our attempts at making artificial wormholes have failed," said Hendricks.

            "How many ships?" asked Pepper.

            "We'll know when they emerge," said Hendricks.

            "Order the fleet to approach the light but don't enter," said Powell.  All of the fighters converged on the light with the starships not too far behind.

            "How many ships now?" asked Pepper.

            "150 fighters, twelve battlecruisers.  That's all the remaining battlecruisers from sector Y and all of the fighters from Katina and some from Fortuna the rest will be here shortly," said Hendricks.

            "How many will that bring us to?" asked Powell.

            "175," responded Hendricks.

            "What about the one's from Zoness?" asked Pepper.

            "They won't get here in time," said Hendricks.

            "What now?" asked Pepper.

            "We hope for the best but expect the worse," said Hendricks.

            Wormhole:  "I never expected a wormhole to look like this," said Katt.  The wormhole was full of powerups, multiple bogeys (not from the fleet, you know, the ones you see when you enter the warp in StarFox64), and a lot of obstructions.

            "My first time as well," said Bill.  Ahead of them the Venom battlefleet was still surging forward.

            "Can we stop them?" asked Katt.

            "Impossible this warp is almost over," said James.

            Corneria:  "Here they come," said Lt. Grand who was leading the large squadron of fighters.  Instantly hundreds of Venom fighters emerged from the warp firing on the Cornerian fleet.  Instantly all of the ships scattered.

            "Stick together and take out the stragglers," said Grand.  The fighters jerked left and right each firing.  Several Venom fighters went down but more waves kept poring out of the wormhole.

            "This is not good," said someone over the comm.

            "Keep fighting, Corneria and the Lylat system are counting on us," said Grand.  Then the battlecruisers began firing on each other.  Several more fighters fell on both sides.  Then a Cornerian battlecruiser exploded and an opening appeared to Corneria and several fighters flew towards it along with several landing crafts.

            "Ships 29-72 go after them," said Grand.  A wave of Cornerian fighters took off after them.

            "Waves 7-9 concentrate your firepower on battlecruiser X-7.  Wave 10 give them some cover and the rest of you keep taking out those fighters," said Grand.  A Cornerian fighter exploded nearby.

            "Watch yourselves," he concluded.

            Wormhole: "Here's the end.  Prepare for realspace," said Dan.  Instantly their fighters were thrown out of the wormhole and into the midst of the battle.  Ahead of them Greg's ship suddenly exploded.

            "Greg!" yelled Katt.  Instantly a new fighter appeared in the middle of the explosion.

            "I'm still here, I just had to change my ship back to its regular form.  I don't want to be taken down by our side," Greg said quickly before chasing after a Venom fighter lasers firing.

            "Let's take 'em all out," said Katt.  Their ships scattered firing on the enemy.

            "This is Commander Bill of the Katina defense force.  Who's in charge here?" Bill asked.

            "This is Lt. Grand I'm in charge here.  Welcome Commander to the battle," said Grand.  This time a Venomian battlecruiser exploded.

            "Whoaa," said Bill.

            "Get used to it because you'll be seeing a lot more of them," said Grand.

            Corneria City.  The whole city was under siege from fighers and rolling robots.  They started pushing over buildings and trampling over trees and roads.  A squad of troops rushed out amidst the chaos and started setting up laser cannon mortars.  They fired the mortars at a passing by robot, which subsequently exploded.  Nearby a tank rolled by and started firing at the Venom fighters.  It took down three of them before a new wave flew by obliterating it.  The troops still kept firing at nearby robots until they ran out of ammunition.

            "Fall back," said one of them.  They started running off when a Venom tank rolled by and fired killing all of them before proceeding to fire at the nearby buildings.  Above them Venom and Cornerian fighters were in heated combat.  Katt's ship flew by destroying a couple of fighters before taking some hits.

            "Sorry boys but my new molecular shielding can take more than that," she said.  She brought her ship around and fired destroying three more.  Then the flaming wreck of a Cornerian fighter flew overhead slamming into a building causing it to fall over crushing a Venom robot.

            "Attention Cornerian fighters, this is Katt of the Zoness defense force.  I'm taking control of the planetary bound fighters.  I want half of you to concentrate on the ground units and the rest on fighters," said Katt.  Looking down she saw a squad of troops surrounded by robotic tanks.  She swooped down with two Cornerian fighters and they destroyed the tanks.  However, one of the fighters collided with a Venomian fighter and both of the fighters hit the ground hard.

            "Keep firing," she said.

            Outer Space:  The battle was still fever pitched with dozens of fighters all firing at each other causing the darkness of space to really light up.  Bill raced by the wreckage of an HVC-10 unit (an updated version on the robot that appears at the end of Sector X).  There were still three more swinging madly at Cornerian fighters.  A hatch opened on a Venom battlecruiser as three missiles flew out.

            "Missiles approaching from cruiser X-9," said Bill.  James Arwing swung in front of Bill's.

            "Shall we?" James asked.

            "My pleasure," responded Bill.  They both fired destroying one of the missiles before a wave of Venom fighters forced them to break off.

            "No, the cruiser," said Bill.  The missiles were about to hit the cruiser when Jake and Dan flew by destroying the remaining two.

            "Thank goodness," said Bill.

            "Which ship is the main cruiser?" asked James.  Greg's ship flew behind them picking off their pursuers.

            "That large ship with the Andross' face on it," said Greg.

            "Is there anyway on board it?" asked James.

            "They only way I know off is to destroy their primary shield generator.  However, you would have only a few seconds to enter the ship through the main bay.  If you even got that far, the bay is full of Venom soldiers," said Greg.

            "Then I can't go in alone.  I need someone to accompany me," said James.

            "I will," said James.

            "You, why?" asked Bill.

            "It's time I did something worthwhile in my life.  Now let's move," he responded.  The four fighters split up into their two groups.

            "Preparing to destroy the shield generator," said Bill.  He and Dan both fired their bombs at the shield generator causing it to explode.  Then Jake and James entered the hanger bay.

            "Land now," said James.  Both of their fighters hit the deck hard driving everyone in the bay to their knees.  James leapt out of his ship onto the floor.

            "Give me some cover," he said.  Jake also leapt out firing with his laser pistol at the pilots nearby before ducking behind his ship as they returned fire.

            Bridge of the Cruiser: An alarm rang out across the bridge.  Wolf spun around on his chair in the middle of the bridge.

            "What's going on?" he demanded.

            "Two enemy ships have entered the bay and our causing troubles," said Pigma.  Wolf activated a panel on his armrest showing Jake firing at the Venomians.

            "You said two ships right," said Wolf.

            "Yes.  Why?" asked Pigma.

            "Then why is their only one person in the bay?" asked Wolf.  Pigma just shrugged his shoulders.  Then something occurred to Star Wolf.

            "Oh no.  They're going to free the Star Fox team," said Wolf.

            "Should I send troops to the cells?" asked Pigma.

            "No!  I'll take care of this myself," said Wolf walking to the elevator.

            Corneria surface:  Katt and the ground forces were quickly being overwhelmed by the Venomian units since they had lost over half of the original fighters sent to protect the surface.  Katt keyed her comm. system.

            "General we're being massacred out here, can't you do something," said Katt.

            Underneath the surface of the planet:  Gen. Pepper listened to Katt's pleas for help.

            "We have to use Weapon-X," said Pepper.

            "No," said Powell.

            "Then I'll do it myself," said Pepper.  He walked over to the Weapon-X console.  He thrust his keycard in and a button emerged.  He pressed the button and the console read: Weapon-X deployed.

            Cornerian Surface: Segments of the ground retracted as large laser cannons raised to ground level.  The laser cannons aimed upward as they fired on the Venomian units.  On the surface people started cheering as wave after wave of enemy ships were destroyed.

            "Thanks General," said Katt.

            In Outer Space: Dan and Bill kept firing on the enemy.  However, there were no defense platforms in outer space so things were going pretty much downhill up there.

            "Grand, bogey on you tail," said Dan.  A Venom fighter had started firing at Grand's spaceship.  A shot hit him straight in the engines as they shorted out he plummeted towards the planets surface.

            "Grand!" yelled Bill.

            "Take care of the fleet for me.  I'm gonna go out with a bang," he said.  He maneuvered his ship and rammed headfirst into a Venom battlecruiser.  The ship couldn't handle the damage and exploded.  Bill was shocked.

            "He did what he had to do," said Dan.

            "Yeah and Venom will get theirs," said Bill.

            "Excellent," said Dan.

            "All fighters, let's end this now!  Open fire!" yelled Bill.  All of the fighters started spitting out lasers while mowing through dozens of fighters even though many were destroyed there was still more.

            Venom Battlecruiser: James ran down the hallway firing at all who got in his way.  Eventually he reached the cell chambers.  As he was about to enter he heard the click of a laser rifle.

            "You're not going anywhere," said Wolf.  James turned around.

            "I don't who you are or where you came from.  You're not letting them go," Wolf said.  He fired at James but the beam went right through him hitting the door.

            "What the….," said Wolf.

            "Ha, ha, ha, ha.  You can't hurt me because I'm not really here," said James.

            "What?" asked Wolf.

            "Thank Andross for this.  When he killed me I was flung into a parallel universe.  I only appear if my son is in danger.  I will be gone just as soon as he's free.  Now as for you, I've had enough of your insolence.  Goodbye StarWolf," said James.  He yanked out his gun and shot StarWolf.  (Gruesome I know but it had to be done)  He then stepped inside and entered the booth for the jail cells overlooking the cells.  He then pressed the jail release button and the jail cells swung open.  Then James started fading away into thin air.

            Jail Cells: As the cell doors opened Fox and Co. just looked amazed.  Then Fox spoke out.

            "Let's go!" he yelled.  They all dashed out and ran off down the hallway.

            "Slippy, where is the hanger?" asked Fox.  Slippy accessed a panel and looked at the readouts.

            "Take the next left and straight down the hallway," said Slippy.  They all took off running down the hallway.  On the way they passed the armory.  Running inside they quickly armed themselves before taking off again.  Suddenly the whole ship rocked.

            "What's going on?" said Peppy.

            Outer Space.  The Zoness fleet had just arrived swaying the tide of the battle in the Cornerians favor.

            Back in the battlecruiser: Jake had just run out of ammo and the Venomians were closing in.  Suddenly a good portion of them dropped down dead as the Star Fox team stormed the hanger blasters firing.  Jake ran out to join them.  Falco yanked out his rifle and pointed it at Jake.

            "Who are you?" Falco demanded.

            "I was sent here to rescue you," said Jake.

            "So you freed us," said Slippy.

            "Why yes I did," Jake lied.

            "Thanks.  No what should we do," said Fox.  Suddenly the whole ship turned around as the remainder of the Venomian fleet turned to run away.

            "We've to get out of here," said Jake.

            "How?  Our ships are on the Great Fox," said Falco.

            "Then take a Venomian ship," said Jake.

            "They'll destroy us," said Falco.

            "Not if we rig a transponder to say that we're from the Star Fox team," said Peppy.

            "Yeah because only we know the exact transponder readings," said Falco.

            "Get moving because I'm outta here.  See you around," said Jake.  He boarded his ship and took off.  The Star Fox team took off and quickly rigged their ships as the ship they were on entered warp.

            "Well we won," said Dan.        

            "Yeah but the road to recovery won't be easy.  They've destroyed more than 1/3 of the planet.  I'm afraid we'll have to temporarily relocate the President and the rest of the government to Katina temporarily.  I'm afraid they may have done a lot of damage.  Even if they didn't succeed they still came close," said Pepper.

            "Let's go home," said Starfox.  The remaining fighters headed towards Corneria City but Jake and Dan's fighters flew off.

            "Come join the party," said Bill.

            "I'm a smuggler remember.  I don't fit in with you people.  It isn't right to party of the deaths of thousands.  Besides business calls," said Dan.  His freighter emerged from light speed, picked him up, and reentered light speed.  Jake just flew away.

            "I shouldn't be at the party either.  That's it, I'm going back to Katina," said Bill.  Katt's fighter flew parallel to him.

            "How's it going," she said.

            "It's going and I'm going home.  I still have to surf," he said.

            "Yeah and I have to get back to the detoxifying of Zonness' oceans," said Katt.

            "It was fun," said Bill.

            "Yes it was," replied Katt.

"We should do it again some time," said Bill.

"Yeah we should," said Katt.

"See you sometime in the future," Then together both their ships entered lightspeed towards the future.