Samus woke up the next morning feeling warm and secure. Curled up next to Fox, it was almost easy to forget that they were stranded on this deserted planet, with no way to contact Starfire aboard the Great Fox. Almost, but not quite. Nuzzling closer to Fox, Samus closed her eyes and fell into a dreamless sleep. Fox woke up a few hours later, looking down at the sleeping form curled up next to his chest. He smiled. Reaching out a hand, he shook the sleeping figure lightly. "C'mon, Sam', it's time to get up." "Mm, do we have to?" Samus murmered sleepily. Fox laughed. "C'mon, get up," he said, sliding out from under her. Samus hit the ground with a thunk. "I don't want to," she replied. Fox rolled his eyes. "All right, if you won't get up on your own, then I'll have to make you." Kneeling down on the ground, Fox started to tickle her. Laughing, Samus curled up into a ball. "All right, all right, I'm up," she managed through giggles. But Fox kept tickling her. "Fox stop it!" Fox laughed, and stopped tickling her. "All right, just wanted to make sure you were up." Samus stood up and walked over to one of their packs and got some food out for breakfast. While she did that, Fox rolled up the sleeping mats and got some water from a nearby spring. When he came back, Samus handed him a plate with bacon and eggs on it. "Thanks," Fox said and sat down right next to her. "Mm, these are really good!" he said, scarfing down more eggs. "It's just bacon and eggs," Samus laughed. "Yeah, but 'Star always burns them, so we don't get very good eggs in the morning," he said, shoving the last bit of food in his mouth. "Well, I'm gonna go check on the distress beacon. I'll be back in a few minutes, all right?" Fox leaned down and kissed Samus quickly on the lips before he left. Samus sat there stunned for a few minutes in front of the fire before she got up and started washing off the breakfast dishes. As she was putting the dishes away, Samus heard Fox call her name. Getting up, she walked away from the camp towards the distress beacon. Fox met her halfway, and grabbed her by the waist and started pulling her along. "C'mon, you need to see this," he said, slowing down. Samus turned her head to look at him. "See what?" she asked, getting slightly annoyed. "When I went to check on the distress beacon, I found it like this," Fox said, sounding deadly serious. Samus turned to look, and gasped. "Ohmygod!" she exclaimed. The beacon was utterly destroyed, it's pieces strewn around the ground. Turning to look at Fox, she asked, "Do you know what this means?" Fox nodded solemnly, tightening his hold around her waist. "Yes I do. I don't think we're alone on this planet after all.

~*To be continued*~





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