Part III
A Visit With Krystal
"Fox!" Falco yelled.
"Wha . . . What?" Fox replied trying to wake up.
"My G-Diffuser System is beeping at me! It says I need more FCU's."
"Falco, I told you you=d wear out your FCU's!"
"What do I do?" Falco asked frantically. Fox looked around.
"There!" He pointed. "See that planet? Land over there and I will be back with the Great Fox and you can re-supply."
"OK Fox. Thanks." Fox increased his speed toward the Great Fox. He entered the planet's coordinates in his counsel. He figured he could ask Peppy what planet that is.
About a half an hour later, Fox arrived at the great Fox. He flew into the opening hatch and quickly jumped out of the cockpit.
"Hi Fox," Slippy greeted him. "What's your hurry? How come your back so soon?"
"Falco's stuck on a planet!" he replied. "He wore out his FCU's by flying around so much that he had to land on a planet."
"Do you know which planet he landed on?"
"No, but I think Peppy might."
"Might what?" Peppy asked hearing the commotion.
"Peppy," Fox began. "Do you know what planet is here? The coordinates are 78393-288921-46230." Peppy punched the numbers into his computer.
"Well Fox, it appears I haven't mapped there yet. My computer has no data on this location. This means I can make some new maps!"
"I'm worried about Falco right now. ROB, set a course to these coordinates . . . 78393-288921-46230." ROB didn't move. "ROB?"
"I'm afraid ROB's out of service right now," Slippy said. "He needs to be repaired, and I don't have the parts right now, so I can fly us over there."
"Thanks Slippy."
"No problem Fox. By the way, how did the talk go?"
"Oh, uh . . . I'll tell ya later, now's not the time."
"Hmm, all right Fox, whatever you say. Hey, what made you want to go visit Krystal?"
"Oh, actually it was Falco's idea. I thought it was a good idea, so we had to come back here to pick up your translator device. Unfortunately, Falco wouldn't stop flying around, doing all of these fancy tricks. So as we were heading back, Falco realized that he had drained his G-Diffuser System. So now I have to go to that planet and save him."
"Well Fox, why don't you go visit Krystal, and I go pick up Falco?"
"Are you sure? I mean, that just sounds mean to leave you with the job of going to fetch Falco while I go out and visit a friend."
"Go ahead Fox. I got nothing better to do anyways."
"OK Slippy, thank you."
"Don't worry about it. Oh and don't forget the translator device!"
Fox hopped back into his Arwing and set a course for Dinosaur Planet. Maybe I can visit Tricky while I'm there Fox thought. This seems so wrong to leave Falco stuck on that planet, when I just go visit my friends anyway. Especially since he's the one who thought of this in the first place. But it's his fault he's stuck there in the first place so I guess he will understand why I went without him. Besides, when he's done re-supplying he can fly over here and say hi to everybody. Fox got his thoughts straight and continued to Dinosaur Planet.
A few hours later, Fox was nearing Dinosaur Planet. He thought the best place to look first was Thorntail Hollow. He landed nicely in the usual spot. Fox walked over toward a few Thorntails. The Thorntails looked up at him.
"Ak'j xam!" one of them roared. "Ak'j houcco xam!"
"Time to use the translator," Fox said. He pushed some buttons on his wrist pad.
"I can't believe it's really you Fox!"
"Um . . . hi," Fox said. "I don't think I recall your name, you all look alike."
"What brings you back to our planet Fox?"
"Well, I was looking for Krystal. Do you have any idea where she might be?"
"Sorry, can't help you. Try talking to the Queen Earthwalker. She might be able to help."
"OK, thanks." Fox contacted Peppy.
"Peppy?" he said. "Peppy do you read me?"
"Loud and clear," he responded. "What's up Fox?"
"I need a world map."
"Now doesn't this sound familiar Fox?" He laughed. "OK, I'm sending you a map now." Fox's P.D.A. flashed, and the world map displayed.
"Thanks Peppy, I'll contact you if I get lost."
"All right Fox. Take care. Peppy out." I could fly there Fox thought, but I need to save my FCU's for later.
"OK," he said to himself. "Let's see . . . I need to take a left here. Then I need to go straight though here." He went though the directions to himself, and then started walking. "Now I know that the Queen is at that temple thing. So I should take a right here. Argh! This was a lot easier when the planet was in pieces!"
He eventually made his way to the Walled City Temple on foot. He walked toward the temple passing by many Earthwalkers. Every Earthwalker he passed by would bow down to him. He went up to the entrance of the temple, and saw four Earthwalkers. Two of them looked like they were on guard. The two in the middle looked like the King and Queen. The King looked like he was asleep. Fox went up toward them.
"Fox!" the Queen yelled. "Is it really you? It's been so long since we last saw each other."
"Yeah, I know. I had a question."
"Anything Fox. What is it?"
"Do you know who Krystal is?"
"Why yes, she told us about you saving her."
"Do you know where she went?"
"I think she said she was going to go to Cape Claw and settle there for awhile. She said something about how the shore made her feel comfortable. I don't know if she is still there though."
"Thanks. I'll head there right away." Fox started to walk back where he came from, then stopped and turned around. "Oh, but before I forget, where's Tricky?"
"Oh he's running around here somewhere. Hold on, I'll call him over." The Queen Earthwalker let out a big roar of a weird sound. Nothing happened.
"Just give him a second. He's probably at the river on the other side of the temple." Fox looked at the King lying there.
"How is the King doing?"
"Oh he's not so well. He's been sleeping all morning. I'm afraid he's ill with something. The Grubtub Fungus doesn't seem to be working."
"Oh, that's too bad. I hope he gets better."
"I'm sure he will get better by tonight. It can't be too serious."
"Well I should get going."
"Wait! Don't you want to see Tricky?"
"Oh yeah . . . sorry, almost forgot." A few seconds past, then Fox could see a tiny figure running toward them. He could here the words 'Fox' being yelled out from Tricky. Tricky looked excited to see Fox.
"Fox! Fox! You came back!" Tricky yelled as he approached Fox.
"Hi Tricky! Long time no see."
"I missed you Fox! There's been nothing to do around here since you've been gone, and it only gets worse. My dad is sick, and it looks real bad. My mom already tried some Grubtub Mushrooms, but those didn't even work."
"I heard about your dad. Is there anything I can do?"
"Well, I can't think of anything else that will help my dad."
"I guess all we can do is wait, and hope he gets better."
"Oh I hate waiting for something to happen!"
"So do I Tricky, but sometimes you have to. I'm sorry I can't help. Anyways I'm on my way to visit Krystal."
"You mean that blue fox? She told us that you saved her. Where is she?"
"Well your mom thinks she might of gone to Cape Claw, so that's where I'm heading now."
"Fox, can I go with? Please!"
"You really should stay with your dad. He needs you to keep him company."
"He hasn't waken up all morning. I can't do anything else Fox, except maybe help you."
"Oh I hate putting you in danger Tricky!"
"Fox, if I can handle what we did last time, I can surely handle visiting a friend!" Fox hesitated for a second.
"OK Tricky, you can come."
"Yeah!"
"But only if it's alright with your mother."
"It's fine with me," she said.
"Yeah!" Tricky yelled again. "Let's get going Fox! Where's your spaceship?"
"I don't have it this time Tricky. We have to go on foot."
"Oh, OK. I really want to meet this Krystal girl."
"Well then we better hurry. I want to get back and see how your dad is doing."
"Fox!" Falco yelled.
"Wha . . . What?" Fox replied trying to wake up.
"My G-Diffuser System is beeping at me! It says I need more FCU's."
"Falco, I told you you=d wear out your FCU's!"
"What do I do?" Falco asked frantically. Fox looked around.
"There!" He pointed. "See that planet? Land over there and I will be back with the Great Fox and you can re-supply."
"OK Fox. Thanks." Fox increased his speed toward the Great Fox. He entered the planet's coordinates in his counsel. He figured he could ask Peppy what planet that is.
About a half an hour later, Fox arrived at the great Fox. He flew into the opening hatch and quickly jumped out of the cockpit.
"Hi Fox," Slippy greeted him. "What's your hurry? How come your back so soon?"
"Falco's stuck on a planet!" he replied. "He wore out his FCU's by flying around so much that he had to land on a planet."
"Do you know which planet he landed on?"
"No, but I think Peppy might."
"Might what?" Peppy asked hearing the commotion.
"Peppy," Fox began. "Do you know what planet is here? The coordinates are 78393-288921-46230." Peppy punched the numbers into his computer.
"Well Fox, it appears I haven't mapped there yet. My computer has no data on this location. This means I can make some new maps!"
"I'm worried about Falco right now. ROB, set a course to these coordinates . . . 78393-288921-46230." ROB didn't move. "ROB?"
"I'm afraid ROB's out of service right now," Slippy said. "He needs to be repaired, and I don't have the parts right now, so I can fly us over there."
"Thanks Slippy."
"No problem Fox. By the way, how did the talk go?"
"Oh, uh . . . I'll tell ya later, now's not the time."
"Hmm, all right Fox, whatever you say. Hey, what made you want to go visit Krystal?"
"Oh, actually it was Falco's idea. I thought it was a good idea, so we had to come back here to pick up your translator device. Unfortunately, Falco wouldn't stop flying around, doing all of these fancy tricks. So as we were heading back, Falco realized that he had drained his G-Diffuser System. So now I have to go to that planet and save him."
"Well Fox, why don't you go visit Krystal, and I go pick up Falco?"
"Are you sure? I mean, that just sounds mean to leave you with the job of going to fetch Falco while I go out and visit a friend."
"Go ahead Fox. I got nothing better to do anyways."
"OK Slippy, thank you."
"Don't worry about it. Oh and don't forget the translator device!"
Fox hopped back into his Arwing and set a course for Dinosaur Planet. Maybe I can visit Tricky while I'm there Fox thought. This seems so wrong to leave Falco stuck on that planet, when I just go visit my friends anyway. Especially since he's the one who thought of this in the first place. But it's his fault he's stuck there in the first place so I guess he will understand why I went without him. Besides, when he's done re-supplying he can fly over here and say hi to everybody. Fox got his thoughts straight and continued to Dinosaur Planet.
A few hours later, Fox was nearing Dinosaur Planet. He thought the best place to look first was Thorntail Hollow. He landed nicely in the usual spot. Fox walked over toward a few Thorntails. The Thorntails looked up at him.
"Ak'j xam!" one of them roared. "Ak'j houcco xam!"
"Time to use the translator," Fox said. He pushed some buttons on his wrist pad.
"I can't believe it's really you Fox!"
"Um . . . hi," Fox said. "I don't think I recall your name, you all look alike."
"What brings you back to our planet Fox?"
"Well, I was looking for Krystal. Do you have any idea where she might be?"
"Sorry, can't help you. Try talking to the Queen Earthwalker. She might be able to help."
"OK, thanks." Fox contacted Peppy.
"Peppy?" he said. "Peppy do you read me?"
"Loud and clear," he responded. "What's up Fox?"
"I need a world map."
"Now doesn't this sound familiar Fox?" He laughed. "OK, I'm sending you a map now." Fox's P.D.A. flashed, and the world map displayed.
"Thanks Peppy, I'll contact you if I get lost."
"All right Fox. Take care. Peppy out." I could fly there Fox thought, but I need to save my FCU's for later.
"OK," he said to himself. "Let's see . . . I need to take a left here. Then I need to go straight though here." He went though the directions to himself, and then started walking. "Now I know that the Queen is at that temple thing. So I should take a right here. Argh! This was a lot easier when the planet was in pieces!"
He eventually made his way to the Walled City Temple on foot. He walked toward the temple passing by many Earthwalkers. Every Earthwalker he passed by would bow down to him. He went up to the entrance of the temple, and saw four Earthwalkers. Two of them looked like they were on guard. The two in the middle looked like the King and Queen. The King looked like he was asleep. Fox went up toward them.
"Fox!" the Queen yelled. "Is it really you? It's been so long since we last saw each other."
"Yeah, I know. I had a question."
"Anything Fox. What is it?"
"Do you know who Krystal is?"
"Why yes, she told us about you saving her."
"Do you know where she went?"
"I think she said she was going to go to Cape Claw and settle there for awhile. She said something about how the shore made her feel comfortable. I don't know if she is still there though."
"Thanks. I'll head there right away." Fox started to walk back where he came from, then stopped and turned around. "Oh, but before I forget, where's Tricky?"
"Oh he's running around here somewhere. Hold on, I'll call him over." The Queen Earthwalker let out a big roar of a weird sound. Nothing happened.
"Just give him a second. He's probably at the river on the other side of the temple." Fox looked at the King lying there.
"How is the King doing?"
"Oh he's not so well. He's been sleeping all morning. I'm afraid he's ill with something. The Grubtub Fungus doesn't seem to be working."
"Oh, that's too bad. I hope he gets better."
"I'm sure he will get better by tonight. It can't be too serious."
"Well I should get going."
"Wait! Don't you want to see Tricky?"
"Oh yeah . . . sorry, almost forgot." A few seconds past, then Fox could see a tiny figure running toward them. He could here the words 'Fox' being yelled out from Tricky. Tricky looked excited to see Fox.
"Fox! Fox! You came back!" Tricky yelled as he approached Fox.
"Hi Tricky! Long time no see."
"I missed you Fox! There's been nothing to do around here since you've been gone, and it only gets worse. My dad is sick, and it looks real bad. My mom already tried some Grubtub Mushrooms, but those didn't even work."
"I heard about your dad. Is there anything I can do?"
"Well, I can't think of anything else that will help my dad."
"I guess all we can do is wait, and hope he gets better."
"Oh I hate waiting for something to happen!"
"So do I Tricky, but sometimes you have to. I'm sorry I can't help. Anyways I'm on my way to visit Krystal."
"You mean that blue fox? She told us that you saved her. Where is she?"
"Well your mom thinks she might of gone to Cape Claw, so that's where I'm heading now."
"Fox, can I go with? Please!"
"You really should stay with your dad. He needs you to keep him company."
"He hasn't waken up all morning. I can't do anything else Fox, except maybe help you."
"Oh I hate putting you in danger Tricky!"
"Fox, if I can handle what we did last time, I can surely handle visiting a friend!" Fox hesitated for a second.
"OK Tricky, you can come."
"Yeah!"
"But only if it's alright with your mother."
"It's fine with me," she said.
"Yeah!" Tricky yelled again. "Let's get going Fox! Where's your spaceship?"
"I don't have it this time Tricky. We have to go on foot."
"Oh, OK. I really want to meet this Krystal girl."
"Well then we better hurry. I want to get back and see how your dad is doing."