Starfox: The Savage Legacy

Chapter 3: Search and destroy!

Upon reaching the entrance doors, the team decided saw the soldier; however he had recently been decapitated. His decapitated head lay on the floor, when the killer removed it, he seemed to have been haste, as the cuts around his neck were rough, however, it quickly become clear; this had been done slowly in such an aggressive conduct as to inflict as much pain on the dieing soldier as possible. Blood stained his uniform a dark red. It was a horrifying sight, but even this couldn't compare to the slaughtered corpses inside the headquarters. The team quickly walked away from the corpse.

"Where should we go now?" Slippy asked, "I mean, he could be anywhere, right?" Fox nodded, "Your right Slippy, but we can't do anything about it" Falco turned his head towards Fox, "We could split up." He suggested. "That wouldn't be necessary." Commented Peppy, pointing to a rail of corpses, "This killer's left a trail. of sorts" The rest of the team stared at the corpses, their deaths weren't as sadistic as the previous, and this seemed to prove that the killer was keen to keep his enigmatic identity. "Looks like our target forgot to clean up after himself, and there's a law against littering." Fox said, loading his blaster.

The team followed the killer's trail, each victim making them more concerned to stop him. Eventually, they came to an alley way. "Whoa, looks like he didn't come this way", Peppy sighed, looking at the dead end. "This has got to be a fucking joke" Groaned Falco, staring at the wall in front of them. "Maybe he's gone another way?" Slippy suggested pointing back. Fox was just staring at the corpse of a young female slumped against the floor, in a dazed like state. Blood trickled from the skull, just by looking at her you could tell that she had been thrown against the wall some force after being run through with a sharp object, more importantly, Fox noticed something about the corpse, she was only very recently deceased. He also noticed some strange claw marks and holes in the wall. "Hey guys, the killer has definatly gone this way, and he's close" pointing at the wall. "How the hell do you know?" Falco asked "Because if you just paid a little attention, maybe you'd learn something for a change!" Fox retorted, pointing at the wall, "Looks like our target is a nimble little bastard- he can climb." The rest of the team looked at the wall, "Err.Fox," Slippy asked, "So your saying that our killer did this!?" Peppy nodded, "Yeah, I'd hate to see the thing that punctured those holes!" Fox shook his head, "It doesn't matter, we're Starfox, and we stick to our missions, and complete them. Fox leaped onto one of the buildings connected to the wall, and then wall jumped off that. He just grabbed the edge of the wall. After pulling himself onto the top, he scanned the area; unfortunately, there was still no sign of the killer. "Fuck!" Fox yelled, seeing nothing, "He's gotten ahead of us again." Falco quickly repeated Fox's actions and got to the top of the roof, "Huh, I guess your right." Falco said, also seeing nothing, "Wait for me guys!" Slippy yelled trying to hop up. After a couple of attempts, Fox grabbed his arms and puller him up when he was at the peak of his jump. Peppy looked at the wall. "I'm too old for this." he muttered. Fox signalled him to jump, but Peppy shook his head, "No, it's OK. I'll make my way back to the great Fox; I'm only slowing you down!" Peppy turned around. "We better turn back then." Fox suggested, "But we've almost got him!" Falco responded quickly, "I'm not leaving Peppy alone, he's my friend!" Fox snapped back, Peppy shook his head, "No Fox, Falco's right this time, just go, if you hurry up, you might catch him! Remember; give him as good as he gave those soldiers!" Fox stared at Peppy for a second then turned to Slippy and Falco, "OK guys, we've lost a lot of time, let's make up for what we can and take this son of a bitch down!" Falco nodded at Fox, and then they headed off in trail of the killer as fast as they could.

Fox and Falco eventually came to a junction, however, there was no trail this time, as the corpse they saw while ago was the last one. "Crap!" Falco yelled, looking in the two directions for a possible trail, but there was nothing significant about any of them. "Great." Fox sighed, "This is all we need." Fox looked up, scanning for any signs. Suddenly he saw a smashed window in the left route. "Hang on! Look!" Fox said, pointing to the smashed window, it was quite a large window, which made it rather obvious the killer could fit through, no matter how tall he was. "Let's go then!" Slippy suggested. With their new lease of hope, they continued forward, clambering through the window.

When they entered this new building, they quickly found out it was a large office. "Great, he could be anywhere" Falco groaned. Slippy pointed out the state of the office however "Look guys! He's defiantly gone upstairs! Let's follow him!" As they ran to the stair case, they noticed another civilian corpse; his chest was filled with holes, each one leaking blood. The team ignored this as best they could, following the newly formed trail of office supplies and corpses. As the neared the top of the building, they heard another smash, clearly the sound of glass breaking. "It looks like he likes breaking glass" Slippy suggested, "Well, it looks like we're going through another window, great!" Falco replied. Eventually, they reached the top of the office, and seen the mess the killer had left behind. Corpses littered the floor, and wind was blowing out of the open window. Fox proceeded to look through, "Shit!" Fox yelled. "What now?" Falco asked, walking up to see what was wrong, "take a look for yourself!" Falco saw a ledge, a very thin ledge that led onto a series of roof tops. Even being a Falcon, he couldn't help but be a little nervous this high up, and one small misplaced step would result in a messy death on the streets below. "We have to do this!" Fox ordered, stepping out onto the ledge. He waved his hand, calling the others to follow him. They did, albeit very nervously. They leaned back on the wall as hard as they could, struggling to breathe. "Remember; whatever.you do.don't look down!" Fox warned, "It'll just make things worse!" Slippy unfortunately, ignored this advice, and looked down; he tried to continue but ended up slipping off. "ARRGH!" Slippy cried, only to be rescued by Fox, however, this pulled Fox down with him. With quick reflexes, Falco quickly grabbed Fox's leg. "Slippy, you've really done it this time!" groaned Fox, who was suspended upside down in midair. "Falco, try and pull us to the roof top! It'll be easier to pull us up there!" Fox Yelled, keeping a firm grip on Slippy, Falco hesitated, and then slowly pulled the two over the ledge. "Guys.I'm starting to slip" Falco warned, as he came close to the roof. "Just hold on, it's just a little further. Falco carried on. Suddenly, just as he reached the rooftop, he slipped. "Crap!" Said Falco, as he grabbed the ledge." Fox tried to calm him, "Hold on Falco, just pull yourself up." Falco used all his strength, and leaped up onto roof. Fox leaned forward, and pulled Slippy up with him.

After catching their breath, they tried to find out where to go next. Fox looked down, "he's down their!" Fox announced, seeing what he presumed to be the killer's figure run around the corner. "Who is it?" Slippy asked, running over to Fox. "I don't know; he disappeared before I could get a good look at him quick, let's get down there!" Fox ordered, running to a ladder. Instead of climbing down, he grabbed the sides a slid down, prompting Falco to do the same, followed by a nervous Slippy. When they reached the bottom, Slippy and Falco followed Fox, who saw where the killer had run off to. It was a small back street, so there wasn't much of a trail. Eventually, they found themselves on a main street. A car was in a flaming wreck, but otherwise the street was empty of traffic. Looking to the right, Fox saw some more corpses, "This way!" He ordered, running down the street. Following the road, they eventually came to the Great Fox. "Dammit! We lost him!" Falco groaned, "I'm tired Fox, let's get back to the Great Fox" Slippy suggested. Fox nodded, "We'll spend the night, but let's make sure Peppy's got here before we take off." They agreed, and headed inside.

Little did they know, the killer was closer to them then they thought.