Chapter 6
After observing the room for a few hours, Krystal had come up with a plan. The reason it had taken her so long was because her ArWing's G-Diffuser was damaged, and it would not be able to take off. But she had finally figured out a way past that.
There were several security cameras in the room, all trained on her. She figured that she could use her blaster to shoot the cameras, melt the cage lock, and run to her ArWing. She could get the ArWing back online, then launch a Nova Bomb into the bay doors. The air should be sucked out into the vacuum of space, and her ArWing along with it. From there, all she had to do was fly back the way the ship had come and she would get back to the Great Fox.
It was risky though. The off-line cameras would be immediately noticed by Scales. Even then, the ArWing was dangerously close to where she had to fire the bomb.
Then the image of Fox flashed before her eyes. She would do it, no matter what the risk, for him.
On the bridge, Scales was almost asleep. Krystal looked like she wasn't going to do anything. What had happened to that fiery girl he had seen on Dinosaur Planet? He closed his eyes remembering.
Her courageous, yet futile, attempt to attack him on his Galleon. She was very brave, though foolish. What had happened? She was so quiet, so withdrawn. Almost as if... she were biding her time!
His eyes snapped open. All three camera monitors from that room were showing snow.
Krystal was in the cockpit, and hot-wiring the ship. Suddenly, the control pad came online, and she brought up the weapons display. She readied a bomb. For you, Fox, she thought, and pressed the button.
Scales, instead of immediately running to the bay, had turned the ship completely around. That delay had quite possibly saved his life. He had just gotten to the door when an explosion knocked him of his feet, into the bulkhead behind him. He knew there was no chance of getting her back now. Not that she'd be going back to Fox McCloud anyway...