Note: These are the actual events that occurred, Pepper told Lara and Jake an abridged version of the events that he was aware of. The first part is sort of a direct prequel to Star Fox 64 and the end is after Star Fox64. I'll tell you when the time period switches. I said I wouldn't update this because of the anthrax scare, but I wrote this awhile back and I never got around to posting it so here's one more chapter. Maybe one day I will finish this, then again maybe not.
Venom: A large fleet of Venomian Warships were scattered all over the surface of Venom. On the comm. systems of all the warships, Andross appeared and was giving the battle info to the ship commanders.
"Our first target will be Macbeth, then we will expand outwards before finally reaching Corneria. Now go and conquer the Lylat System," said Andross. The huge fleet of warships lifted off from the planet's surface headed off towards the planet's of the Lylat System.
Corneria Military HQ: "I'm amazed at how peaceful it's been lately," said Pepper.
"Yeah, but we still need to investigate Venom," said Powell.
"That we do, from what we've gathered from the sad report submitted by Peppy Hare, Andross is up to something big," said Pepper. Then, alarms started blaring all over the base.
"What's going on!" demanded Powell. A technician turned around from one of the consoles.
"Enemy warships have entered Mabeth airspace," said the technician.
Macbeth, several orbital defense platforms opened fire on the approaching warships. But the shots merely bounced off of the heavily armed cruisers. Out of the ships came several humanoid battle suits. The humanoid battle suits then started demolishing the orbital platforms. Back on Corneria, the generals watched in horror as the orbital defense platforms were destroyed and that three warships were preparing to land on Macbeth's surface.
"Sir, we have reports of enemy warships also invading Zoness," said the technician. The viewscreen switched to show dozens of Venomian Fighters attacking the few Cornerian defense force fighters. Katt Monroe's ship flew by as it fired on several venomian units. Then, several attacks boats burst by and started firing on the defense force fighters, downing several of them. Then, a large mutated creature burst out in front of the camera viewing the action and destroyed it.
"Can we get another visual?" asked Pepper.
"Negative sir, the remote camera's are being destroyed all over the planet, we can't tell what is happening down there," said a technician. The technician pressed a few buttons on a control panel and it reversed back to Macbeth, which showed many workers being rounded up and herded into train cars. In the background a large train full of heavy armaments was shown cruising by followed by multiple cars full of rich ore.
"Sir, we have rumored reports of some venomian ships entering the atmosphere of Titania. It appears that the ancient Goras defense system is combating them, but several ships are still getting through," said the technician.
"Can we get a read on how many ships there are," said Powell. A tactical readout of the entire system was shown, then, several blips appeared in red to indicate enemy warships.
"Best estimate right now is about 130," said the technician.
"Where's is our main defense fleet?" asked Powell.
"Currently doing battle maneuvers in Sector Y sir," responded the technician.
"I take it there's no way to reach them," said Pepper.
"Yes sir," responded the technician grimly. On the screen, it showed the warships advancing towards every planet and nebula in the Lylat System.
"How long until they reach Corneria?" asked Powell. The technician pressed a few buttons on the console and a line was shown from the enemy fleet to corneria.
"Based on the time it takes to deploy enough forces to conquer a planet, they should arrive here in a day, maybe less," said the technician.
"Establish a code red alert and I want a meeting with president in one hour," said Powell.
"Yes sir," said the technician. Lights blared all over the base as it went into lockdown mode.
"We are at code red, I repeat, we are at code red, this not a drill, get to your positions," said the automated voice over the speakers. All over the base, everyone was rushing to the positions around the base. Powell turned to a nearby commander.
"I want our reconnaissance fighters launched. I want them to take photos of the conquered worlds and transmit them to the capitol building. I also want you to transfer all of our footage that was taken already to the capitol building as well. Let's go meet the president Pepper," said Powell. The commander nodded and ran off. Pepper and Powell headed off towards the garage. They hopped inside an armored hovercar and zoomed off.
"I told you he was a loose cannon. After he created Mantia, what did you expect would happen once you exiled him? He'd play cards and live a wonderful life?" asked Powell.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. I couldn't kill him nor put him into a prison. If we killed him, we'd be going against everything our society attempted to suppress. If we put in jail, he'd either escape or citizens would kill him throwing our society into the dark ages," said Pepper.
"Excuses, excuses," muttered Powell. The hovercar zoomed to a halt in front of the capitol building. Pepper and Powell exited the car and walked into the capitol building. They went through a series of checkpoints and elevators before finally reaching top-secret briefing of the best scientific and military minds. The president was sitting at the end of a large table everyone was seated around.
"Generals, please inform me more on what is currently occurring on the opposite side of the solar system," said the president. Pepper pulled down a roll out map from the ceiling showing the Lylat System. Pepper picked up a wooden pointer and pointed to Venom.
"Several hours ago, several warships launched from Venom. They then proceeded to first conquer the most strategic position besides Corneria, Macbeth," said Peppper. He pointed to Macbeth and took a marker and put on x over it. Then he put on x over Zoness and Titania.
"As you can see, Andross is attempting to conquer the Lylat System," said Powell sitting down.
"Are you sure it is Andross," said the president.
"According to reports, the forces conquering each planet have said to the populations that they are to surrender to the great Andross," said Pepper. The president considered this statement with piqued curiosity. Pepper raised the map and activated a viewscreen behind it. An image came up showing Macbeth with several dozen fighters in the atmosphere.
"We can only estimate that there are thousands of fighters and other different attack ships out there," said Pepper.
"How can we stop them?" asked a scientist.
"I'm going to contact the star fox team, but we need a last resort plan," said Pepper.
"Such as multiple fighters," suggested a military commander. Pepper shook his head.
"I would suggest a biological approach. A virus, a virus deadly enough to kill anyone who comes in contact with it," said Pepper. There were several murmurs of disbelief.
"You must be crazy! A virus in unethical," said a scientist.
"I assure you, if we had any other choice we would take it," said Powell.
"I'm a little reluctant to release such a plague," said the president.
"I assure you sir, the virus would only be released at the last possible moment," said Powell.
"I still don't know," said the president reluctantly.
"Sir, if you don't order a virus to created sir, our future generations may have to life under Andross' rule. Sir, we can't let that happen!" said Pepper strongly.
"All right, but I don't want anyone but the people who are in this room to know about it and create it," said the president. Everyone in the room nodded their heads.
"Now Generals, go and help prepare Corneria for invasion," finished the president. The generals left the room.
2 ½ days later: "We need your help Star Fox! Andross has declared war! He's invaded the Lylat System and is trying to take over Corneria! Our army alone can't do the job. Hurry Star Fox!" yelled Pepper over a comm. system.
Present Day: "So you created the virus," said Jake.
"Yes, after the war was over, it was revealed that most of the opposing forces were robots and the virus was unnecessary. It was decided that the virus was no longer necessary. It was to be sent off to a decontamination center located at the maximum security prison for criminals on Venom," said Pepper.
Six months after the end of the Andross' Wars. Maximum Security Prison: Andrew Oikonny stood in the mess line for some food inside the cafeteria. Andrew received his plate of bread, juice, and a mush composed of the essential vitamins and nutrients. He then sat next to a group of convicts.
"I'm tired of eating this slop," said one of them.
"You've said that every day," said Andrew.
"You know it's true," said the prisoner. Another prisoner approached them and sat down. This prisoner had privileges that the others didn't since this prisoner had good behavior.
"I hear that there's a maximum security transport arriving soon," she said. (Yes it is coed and I don't want to hear any snickers from you readers. This prisoner will have an importance later on in the story)
"I think we're getting released early folks," said Andrew.
"Yeah," said another prisoner. (There are five who are willing to escape)
"When is the ship scheduled to arrive?" asked Andrew.
"1400," said the prisoner. (Sarah)
"During passing time, excellent," said another prisoner (bob)
"Apparently, this ship is a priority one although I don't why," admitted Sarah.
"We must make our escape. Okay, let's spread some rumors and during passing period, a fight will break out. We'll quickly make our escape and leave," said Andrew. The five members broke off to spread the rumors and get ready to leave the prison.
1400 hours: The armored transport craft landed on schedule and the ramp opened. Out of the ship came several heavily armed guards who stood by the ramp as a group of scientists came out pushing a cart with the X-7 virus on it. They then proceeded down a hallway to the decontamination lab with the guards. A few halls away, the fight broke out on schedule as two groups went at it.
"Let's go," said Andrew. The group was about to exit towards the landing pad when the whole base started shaking.
"Not a quake!" yelled Andrew. All of the exit doors slammed shut as alarms started blaring.
"Everyone back to your cells!" yelled the guards above them. The prisoners all ran off to their cells and hit under the furniture. Nearby, the scientists and the guards were falling down as the shockwaves churned the floor beneath them. Then, a large rattling emerged and a canister of X-7 came loose and rolled away. The canister then fell down into one of the prison's water pipes where it broke spilling its contents into the water that was being sent to the cleaning facility and then the faucets around the base. None of the scientists or the guards noticed that the container had come off and rolled away. The quakes finally subsided and the scientists, who were rattled, pushed the cart off followed by the guards. Andrew meanwhile was pounding away on his cell at being unable to escape. The contents of the container had entered the filtration unit and passed through with no problem at all.
Decontamination Lab: The cart was probed with several scans and was tested for everything. By this time, everyone in the lab and the prison had drank the tainted water.
"Just as deadly as when I built it," said the contamination chief who had helped design the virus.
"So it is," said a scientist who had brought it in.
"All 99 containers of it," said a technician. The scientist whirled around at him.
"What?" they both asked.
"All 99 containers. I can't believe that you didn't make 100," said the technician.
"We did, we checked it before we left the ship. There were 100 containers," said the scientist.
"The scanners don't lie, there's 99," said the technician.
"Oh no," said the scientist.
"Don't rush to conclusions, maybe it is a malfunction. Let's retrace your steps," said the chief. The two of them walked along the path the cart had traveled. Eventually they reached the spot where the quake had hit the cart.
"Here was where the rumblings occurred," said the scientist. They looked around the hallway when the chief noticed the opening to the water pipe.
"I told them to fix that," he said. The chief flicked on a flashlight and peered into the hole. Above the flow of water was a round cylindrical container. The chief fished it out and looked at it.
"It's your container. Feels light though," said the chief. He twisted the container in his hand and saw a crack along the side. The chief looked into the pipe again and then looked up eyes wide.
"It's spread into the water system," said the chief.
"Then we're contaminated," said the scientist.
"We have to notify Pepper immediately," said the chief. The two of them ran off to the communications room.
Corneria: Pepper's office: Pepper was just about to leave for the night when his comm. system started beeping. Pepper sighed and activated it.
"Pepper," he said. On the screen it showed the chief and the scientist.
"Pepper, we've got a problem," said the chief.
"What is it?" Pepper asked. The chief held up the cracked container of X-7.
"The virus infiltrated the water supply. I'm afraid we've all been contaminated," said the chief.
"Even the prison?" asked Pepper.
"Yep," said the scientist.
"I don't know what to say," said Pepper.
"I'm afraid that the first cases of pain have already been reported by several inmates," said the chief.
"We knew the risks of the virus going in, we're not leaving this planet," said the chief.
"I will put in commendations for both of you," said Pepper.
"Just make sure that you quarantine the whole area," said the chief.
"I will," said Pepper. The chief and scientist nodded and signed off.
Prison Hospital: Half of the prison's population had entered the hospital or were lying around in the hallways. The power had died when the electricians had been taken down with the plague leaving the prisoners free
"I can't understand it. It's literally eating away at all of our interiors," said one of the doctors.
"What though," said another doctor. The comm. system activated as the scientist talked through it.
"I suppose that you're all wondering why you're in pain. The answer is very easy. You've all been infected with a genetically engineered virus called the X-7. This virus dissolves your internal organs and then your body. I have it, you have it, and we all have it. I'm afraid that we're all dead. Still though, I felt that you needed to know what is killing you," said the chief over the comm. Andrew listened to the message and made up his mind.
"Screw this, if we're dead anyway I sure as heck ain't spending it in this cell. I'm living the free life!" yelled Andrew. He then staggered out of his cell and wandered around the hallways. Looking at all of the dissolving corpses. He eventually came across Sarah lying on the ground.
"Sarah," said Andrew. Sarah looked up at him through bloodshot eyes.
"Promise me you'll find who did this and kill them. I will always love you," she said. Then her body dissolved.
"No!!!!!! I will avenge you!" yelled Andrew. He coughed a lot and passed out on top of where her body had been.
Present Day: Don Rwe approached the secretary of Pepper. He handed her a box.
"Please give this gift to Pepper for me," he said. Don glared at the security camera and walked off. The secretary held up the box and walked into Pepper's office where he had finished his description of the X-7 virus.
"Someone dropped this off for you," said the secretary. She set the box down on Pepper's desk and walked out.
"What do you think it is?" asked Lara. Pepper opened the box and peered inside.
"Oh my," said Pepper trembling. Inside the box were four empty canisters of X-7.
"Replay the security cameras, see who it is," suggested Jake. Pepper accessed the camera display and rewound the tape. A figure walked in handed the box and glared at the camera. Pepper looked like he'd seen a ghost.
"It's Andross!" exclaimed Jake.
"No, no, it isn't Andross. It's, it's, it's Andrew Oikonny," said Pepper frightened to death.