The second chapter is up!
And guess what i'm going to do to the poor guys! Ah, forget it you'll never guess.
Just read the fic and find out!
PS I do not own Star Fox or things taken from other legit games and such.
PPS "0" is talking, '0' is thinking, and _0_ is underlining


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They entered the system and ROB parked Great Fox in orbit around one of the outer, deserted planets as the entire team took their Arwings out. "This thing is faster!" Falco laughed and flew right in front of Peppy's ship. "Watch where you're flying!" He yelled. Fox did a few barrel rolls and loops. "This is excellent, Slippy." Slippy was making embarrassed noises over the comm. "Aw shucks, you guys…" "Race ya to the planet!" They all shot off in a spontaneous drag race. Fox and Falco fought for the front, and at the last minute Peppy zipped by to win. "That's what you boys get for not watching your backs!" He laughed as the four of them entered a lazy orbit. "What system are we in, anyway?" ROB's voice cut in over the comm. "This is the Kelspa System. Binary suns, ten planets, two spatial anomalies." "What's this planet?" "Records show this as Banyu. M-class, nitrogen-methane atmosphere. Uninhabited." They were just turning to go back to Great Fox when Slippy's voice sounded over the comm. "ROB, are you certain this planet's empty? Cause I'm getting multiple contacts over here." They faced the planet, and saw three large cylindrical ships coming in around it. "Warning. Hostile ships approaching. Warning." One of the ships moved between the Arwings and Great Fox. "Looks like we get to test these babies in combat!" The enemy ships released a cloud of fighters each. "All Range Mode!" They engaged the enemy, lasers firing.




It was sheer chaos! There were maybe forty enemy fighters for each Arwing. But what made the whole thing really odd was the kind of fighters they fought. "These are all Invader One's! Watch your backs!" Fox looped and took out the Invaders trying to get him from behind. They seemed to be doing well, the improved Arwings proving more than adequate. Even Slippy was doing pretty well, for Slippy. "Get these guys off me!" Peppy blasted the two Invaders on Slippy's tail. They had finished off most of the Invaders when one of the capital ships released a new wave. This group was a new version of Invader that only Slippy recognized from captured development plans from Venom. "Guys, these things are Invader _Four's_! They're better than the Two's and Three's combined!" The single dogfights switched into a massive free-for-all. For some reason, the new Invaders were especially heavy on Fox. Fox bit down a curse as his port stabilizer took a hit. The only reason he still had both wings was from Slippy's modifications. "Fall back!" Star Fox broke from their various engagements and tried to get past the enemy capital ship. That's when it opened fire. Fox was still trying to shake an Invader off his tail when an unlucky shot blew his port wing clear off. And his tail took that opportunity to blast him right in the G-Defuser. The explosion slammed Fox face-first into his own control panel. "FOX!" Slippy was screaming over the comm. The engines were gone, and Fox was left dazed and drifting towards the planet. All he had left was his laser and one bomb. Ignoring anything else, Fox shot the bomb into the thick of the Invaders, taking out a dozen. "Fox! Come in Fox!" Fox saw Peppy and the others coming back, and he also saw the other, smaller ship. It was covered with robotic arms and was using them to grab his Arwing. It used a pulse to knock his laser offline. Fox worked his comm controls furiously. "Guys, get out of here!" "But Fox-" "That's an _order_. Getting yourselves killed won't help anything! Move it!" As they reluctantly peeled off, Fox tried to send a coded message burst before the probe grappling with his ship knocked the rest of his systems out. He sat in his cockpit and watched helplessly as the probe dragged his unresponsive ship into the nearest enemy capital ship.




"Get me General Pepper. It's urgent." Peppy waited as the secretary patched him through. When he appeared, General Pepper seemed confused by Peppy's expression and appearance. "Peppy? What happened? You look like you haven't slept in days." "I haven't. General, I have a lot of bad news." General Pepper's expression changed from confusion to horror, and then grief and disbelief as Peppy told him the news. "Dear God…He's dead?" "No, captured. But that was three or four days ago, so I can't confirm anything…" Peppy rubbed his sleepy, tearing eyes. "We plan to go in to find him once repairs are complete. And it gets worse." "How much worse could it get?" General Pepper said the last part rather sarcastically. "Much. Since none of us has been sleeping well, we've been analyzing the data on those ships and the Invaders." With a push of a button, Peppy sent Pepper the data and results. Pepper was speechless. "This explains a lot," Peppy said. "It explains how Andross could build his forces that quickly without any of the right material on Venom. He was _working_ for them." Pepper seemed to regain his composure. "Fine. Now, you and the remaining Star Fox Team are going in? I'm going to send in a special investigator." "An independent agent?" "Yes, and for security I'm not telling you who it is. Good luck, my friend." General Pepper gave Peppy a quick salute before Peppy signed off. Pepper then opened a communication on a highly encrypted channel. A blond furred female Keaton appeared on the other end. "Holy Tails Pep. Who died?" "I'll explain it when you get here, but it involves McCloud. How soon can you get here?" "Well, I'm making a run for something on Venom, so I'll be there in 24 hours." "Why are you at Venom?" "Lets say it has to do with the other McCloud. You'll see!" She signed off, leaving Pepper with a brand-new confused expression.


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Heheheheh, did anyone catch the almost spoiler for a big event?
It's going to be next chapter, so the more reviews I get the sooner I'll post it.
*Evil Smirk* So, R&R!