[Chapter 3: Hostage]
Outside, in the aerial battle, the FDA was losing many ships and pilots. "Peppy, are you sure Fox can handle this stunt of his?" General Taloon inquired via radio.
"Give us just a bit more time General. Fox will make it," Peppy replied.
"Let's just not forget that it was Slippy's idea in the first place," Falco scoffed.
"Falco! Fox doesn't just take random ideas! He knew this would be a good opportunity!" Fara retorted.
"We had no time to think! There's no way he could have though the entire thing through!" Falco snapped.
"You two just stop bickering! You should be at the enemies throat, not each others!" Peppy interrupted. "Sometimes you need to do things like this at the first chance, otherwise you may never get the same chance again! Let's keep up this, and we'll all soon see how it goes."
Fox and Zenth regained consciousness, but both of them bound to chairs. "What… happened," Fox questioned.
"Hah! You fools! You can never overpower us!" Lokan smirked evilly down at his victims.
"You… fool. You'll regret not killing us," Zenth warned.
"Don't put ideas in his head!" Fox snarled at Zenth.
"Oh death is the least of your worries!" Lokan replied gleefully. "You'll soon be begging for it anyway!"
"Sir! Shall we depart?" a soldier asked Lokan.
"Yes, head straight for the rendezvous point. First of course," Lokan turned on a radio. "Attention, Star Fox and the FDA. We have caught you worthless excuse of spies, and perhaps we'll return them unharmed if we reach an agreement through negotiations. Until then, you'll just have to wait, we will soon reveal the location for our talks. Until then, you'll just have to wait," Lokan gloated as what remained of the attack squad disappeared into space.
The remains of the Star Fox crew returned to the Great Fox to discuss the events that had happened and their next move. "I told you that was a stupid move," Falco snorted.
"Falco, this isn't the time! Shut up and concentrate on what we're going to do," Fara warned.
"We played right into their claws!" Falco responded.
"Fara, I'm sorry, but I do have to agree with Falco here," Peppy intervened.
"And think, what would have happened if they didn't go? This entire base would be dust right now!" Fara retorted.
"She has a point…" Slippy agreed.
"Dwelling on the past is not going to get us anywhere right now! What we are going to do now is the question," Peppy said.
"They did mention negotiations…" Katt replied.
"Yeah they also mentioned they may be returned safely. Face it, they hold all the cards!" Falco exclaimed.
"Well then, we'll just have to be more tactical in our approach," Fara suggested.
"If we could drag it out for a while, we may be able to gather enough time and information as to their location, and rescue them," Katt added.
"Seems to be our only option," Peppy agreed. "We'll just have to wait until they give us, this location."
In the next three days, Slippy finishes repairs to the Arwings. The Star Fox team is called to Taloon's office. "We received this message early in the morning."
Peppy takes the message from Taloon and reads it aloud. "Our negotiations shall take place in the Katina Army Base. Get there immediately if you want a chance to save your comrades!"
"Katina Base?" Falco questioned. "How can they have it there?"
"Communications were lost with Katina about two days before the attack here. They may have taken the planet over," General Taloon explained. "Corneria and Fortuna both sent investigation teams, communications were lost with both of them."
"We'll go investigate immediately, General. If we contact the investigation teams, we'll save them," Peppy offered. "We'll leave immediately, but before we go, I'd like to thank you for allowing us to stay here."
"Thank you for helping defend us, and rescue these teams Star Fox."
With that, the crew departed for the Great Fox, ready or not for their next adventure, they were leaving immediately.
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