I changed the events in the first couple chapters around so if you've been reading this thing from the start, you should read it again. Most of it is the same, but some of its been changed. In brief, this story occurs fifteen years after the Lylat Wars and Fox wants to destroy Gorgon1 because he believes that it killed Fara Phoenix back during the beginning of the Lylat Wars.
The image of Andross briefly fluttered as it switched to a prerecorded message from Andross.
"Where do I begin with Gorgon1? Put simply, the damn thing was a fucking failure. I don't what went wrong. I built it to my specifications and design and teach it everything and then what does the damn thing do? It flies away like I'm nothing. I'm sorry for my foul behavior, but that stupid thing gets under my skin sometimes. That has been only one of two failures. The second being my lame ass clone Andrew. I had to tell him that I was his uncle and implant fake memories in his body so that way he'd never know we're related. That dumbass probably couldn't find his way out of an empty room. Nothing he could ever do short of using Viral Weapon X-7 on the Lylat System would ever make me acknowledge him as my clone he's that stupid. I just rigged his fighter with a timed explosive device that will trigger after he's been flying for a certain amount of time while trying to defend Venom against the infernal Star Fox team. He'll die of course and I probably will too, but at least I'll have the knowledge that he's finally dead and one of my failures will be erased from history. I miss Mantia, my only real success. In case I win this war, I'll find out whatever happened to him and give him a proper memorial. But you or I or whoever you are don't care about all this and only care about knowing more about Gorgon1 and nothing else, but it needs to be said. Now then Fox since obviously you're the only one who'd be listening this, or else this message wouldn't have triggered, let me tell you two things. One, never trust Gorgon1 because if he betrayed me, the universal 'bad guy', then he'd easily betray the universal 'good guy'. Second, I took pleasure in getting rid of your father and don't you ever think otherwise. I just wish I'd taken Peppy out with him, but it was not to be. Oh well, if you do decide to face me alone, which I know you will, you will have the pleasure of dieing just like your father because only I alone can rule Lylat and it is foolish to come against me. But again I'm getting off topic so let's talk Gorgon1.
Gorgon1 is the larger of two Gorgons designed by me and built on Venom. They were both to incorporate a state of the art AI program, which would allow them to think on their own. Somehow Gorgon2 fell behind schedule and I decided to field test the AI program on the larger unit Gorgon1, which was completed. Its first field test was on a mockup city near its testing site. I placed several civilians that we'd captured in the middle of the city and ordered Gorgon1 to destroy it. Gorgon1 hesitated, which should've set off a warning light in my head but it didn't, but then took out the city. Also, Fox, Fara was in that city was destroyed, and she died by its hands by my orders. But when you killed me you didn't know that did you? Now you can't have your perfect revenge on me can you? Ah ha ha ha ha ha! Anyway, Then it was put back in its home base. I guess it was there that it thought of rebelling against me. Anyway later we launched our attack on the Lylat System, we encountered a freighter. I ordered Gorgon1 to destroy it, but it didn't and went off rambling about some self-righteous crap about how he shouldn't be killing the innocent and such. Then that stinking piece of shit decided to phase on me and abandon my fleet. Well I couldn't risk Gorgon2 malfunctioning as well with its AI program so I had it pulled and successfully managed to make it appear that Gorgon2 was actually Gorgon1. Luckily only the scientists and I knew the truth. That's the story behind it, but now let me get to the thing's weaknesses. However before I do that, I want you to promise me something Fox. I want you to blow that thing sky high. I won't be able to bear it if that thing is still loose after my death. So blow it up and be grateful that you've managed to defeat me even beyond death. But again I'm off topic. I must be getting senile.
Although the thing overrode my security procedures, I've developed new ways of forcing that thing to do what I want it too. You're first task will be to bring the thing out of cloak forcefully. To do that, you'll have to locate it and here's how. Write this down because I sure as hell ain't repeating it. Even though the thing is supposed to be in an alternate universe, it still maintains a microscopic link to this universe in order to return to it. That link can only be discovered with a phase inverter. I don't know where it is in whatever time you're viewing this, but I know who should have it. I entrusted it to Leon Powalski a few hours ago to keep safe with him. Assuming that he's still alive in your time, he should have it. If not, then you're screwed. With this inverter you can find the link and that link is the exact location of Gorgon1 in our universe. I seriously doubt the stupid thing is going anywhere outside of Lylat because it will need to replenish its supplies ever so often and I doubt it would let itself be dead in space. Now with the inverter, you have a couple of choices. Either A, you use it to travel to whatever universe Gorgon1 is in and try and fight him there, which I would highly recommend you do not do. The reason being is that if Gorgon1 is in a universe where it drives ordinary creatures insane, you'd go insane and die to. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see you dead McCloud, but I'd rather see that thing dead first. You should chose option B, which is where you use the inverter at the exact point of the link and you drag that thing into our universe. You have to activate the inverter and zoom away so that the thing doesn't materialize around you and blow up your ship. Once Gorgon1 is in our universe, you must hail it and tell the thing to initiate project Zeta Alpha Zeta. That code will short out its dimensional drive. After that, you must avoid its weaponry and take out its engines. Then you must tell Gorgon1 to initiate action Pi Alpha Delta and then you will be given access to any of its various bays. Once inside you must fight your way through its inner defense systems. Once you get to the bridge, you can either vaporize its AI chip or tell it to initiate Project Alpha Omega, which will activate its auto destruct sequence. Then just leave as it blows up. Good luck Fox and burn in hell asshole. You can never defeat me!" said Andross as the hologram shut off. Fox wrote down what Andross said and leaned back in his chair and sighed as he contemplated what he needed to do.
"Look like I'll have to obtain that phase inverter, but I'll decide how to in the morning," thought Fox. Fox walked over to his liquor cabinet and took a gulp of some tequila before passing out on the floor.
Corneria City: Two figures in robes crouched over a figure dead in an alley.
"Damn," said one of them.
"What?" the other asked.
"It's him. The one assigned to track Fox," said the first one.
"Shit. I guess Fox must have killed him then," said the second.
"Yep. That means he's more dangerous than we realized," said the first.
"Let's take him and give him a proper burial," said the second.
"Yeah," said the first. They dragged the creature over to their transport and hopped inside. They both pulled off their hoods inside the transport revealing the first figure to be Pepper and the second to be Falco. The transport blazed out of the city and moved off towards Coastal City.
"What do we do now?" asked Falco.
"I don't know," said Pepper.
"I'm afraid if we confront him about it, he'll get hostile. For now let's play it cool and act like normal while keeping an even closer watch on him. I doubt Fox would try to kill either of us," said Falco. Pepper shrugged.
"That might have been true several years ago, but not now. Not if he's addicted to that drug Phenox," said Pepper. Falco recalled accidentally stumbling across a vial of something in Fox's quarters. The scientists had identified it as Phenox.
"This is just too complicated," said Falco. Pepper snorted.
"Welcome to my world. We've just got to hope that no matter how loose of a cannon Fox is, he'll stay be able to make sound judgments," said Pepper.
"Yeah, let's hope so," said Falco. The transport blazed off into the morning sun.
Fox' quarters a few hours later: The comm. system was ringing when Fox woke up with a start. Fox held his head as the hangover had kicked in full swing. Fox stumbled over to his comm. system and snatched up his shades and put them on as he activated the comm. General Pepper greeted him.
"P-Pepper! W-what's up?" asked Fox. Pepper shrugged.
"Not much. I just wondered how you're feeling," said Pepper. Fox gave him a weird glance but shrugged it off.
"I'm fine. Look, I've got some things to do and I won't be around for awhile so don't worry if I don't contact you for awhile. It's personal and I don't wish to be bothered. I've got to go," said Fox.
"Fox don't you dare pursue Gorgon1. That's a direct order!" yelled Pepper. Fox shook his head.
"Sorry General, but my minds made up. Goodbye," said Fox. He slammed off the link and grabbed his stuff. Fox then proceeded out of his quarters and worked his way to his ship and his Arwing.
Pepper's Office: "You're right, he's lost it. Fox has finally gone over the edge," said Pepper. He and Falco were watching Fox moving towards the hanger.
"Yeah. But you and I both know that we can't stop him. He's the best there ever was, the best there ever will be," said Falco.
"Yeah. Still he must be stopped," said Pepper.
"You and I both know that isn't possible. If Fox wants to go somewhere, he will go somewhere," said Pepper.
"Yeah but you can't authorize the capture of a public hero," said Falco. Pepper snorted.
"Why not? That's what happened to Hammer," said Pepper.
"True, but things are different now. With Andross, Mantia, Dinosaur Planet, and Viral Weapon X-7 having come about since then, the people truly need someone to look up to, that person if Fox McCloud. If he's arrested, then the people will think that if someone like him could go down, then everyone else could also. Panic will erupt and society as we know it will collapse," said Falco.
"You're suggesting I let him go? Would that be the smart thing to do?" asked Pepper.
"No, but it would be the right thing to do," said Falco. Pepper groaned as he considered the outcomes of his two possible decisions. Finally he slammed his fists against the table and pushed everything off it in rage.
"Shit! Do you think that if I let him go, everything'll be okay?" asked Pepper. Falco nodded.
"Where there's a will, there's a way. And Fox definitely has the will," said Falco. Pepper sighed.
"You'd better be right about this," he said. Falco shrugged.
"I always am," he said finally. Pepper growled as he watched Fox board his Arwing and blast off.
"I'm going for a walk. When I get back, I don't want to see you in here for a while. Is that understood?" asked Pepper.
"Perfectly," responded the avian.
"Good now go," said Pepper. Falco cocked his head and left without a sound. Pepper stood up, blew his breath out through his nose, straightened his uniform, and exited his office. Pepper's bodyguards moved up and flanked him as he walked down the hallway. Pepper stopped in his tracks after a couple steps.
"Leave me. I want to be left alone," said Pepper.
"Sir, with all due respect you can't be left alone. What if you're shot and die?" asked one of his guards. Pepper balked.
"Believe me it would be for the best. Now leave me alone!" said Pepper walking off leaving his guards very confused at his last statement. They shrugged and walked off in a different direction.
Macbeth's Sixth Moon: Gorgon1, still dimensionally cloaked, flew down to the surface while using existing maps stored in its memory banks to blindly feel its way around and fly towards its goal, the mountain Macduff. When it finally reached the secret entrance below the monastery, it decloaked and entered the mountain via the secret entrance. It landed in the empty inner area and shutdown its power systems, effectively going to sleep.
"With any luck, they'll never find me for a long, long, time," thought Gorgon1 as it closed down its AI program and left only a simple alarm system on to warn it of approaching objects.
Lizard's Pride Base, Location: Unknown: Leon angrily paced back and forth while reading Caiman's notes as Caiman sat right in front of him.
"I don't believe this. I simply do not. This thing is a piece of Venomian Technology and it dares to resist us! No not on my watch. We're going to find and either force it to join us or destroy it plain and simple," said Leon. Caiman shrugged.
"I don't think it's possible. Andross made the Gorgon to be the most ultimate piece of warfare technology. And if it took a lot to bring down the first one, it'll have to take a whole lot more to bring down this one," said Caiman. Leon opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out an odd shaped rod with lights and buttons on it.
"Not necessarily. We've got the will but not the way," said Leon.
"Huh?" asked Caiman.
"This is a phase inverter that will located the thing, but unfortunately we don't have a pilot good enough or willing enough to fight that thing," said Leon.
"Oh," said Caiman. Leon's comlink started beeping.
"What?" he asked.
"Someone to see you sir, it's important," said the voice on the other end.
"Send him in," said Leon. The door opened revealing a figure that made both Leon and Caiman gasp. Caiman stood up and backed against the wall in terror as the figure sat down in the chair that he had just vacated.
"You!" said Leon.
"Yes me," said the figure.
"What do you want?" asked Leon. Fox McCloud leaned forward.
"I need your help to bring Gorgon1 to its knees," Fox said with an evil smile.