Twisted Shadows:
A New Star Fox Saga"Ah, Star Fox!" exclaimed the middle one, that
looked so much like Wolf O'Donnell. A cruel smile spread across
the Wolf android's muzzle, as each one of the android replicas
reached for their improved laser guns. "It's such a pleasure
to see you again." He raised his gun and the other androids
followed suit, before they opened fire.
The members of the Star Fox Team dived out of the way, taking
cover behind a fallen sheet of metal, as the lasers flew through
the air smashing into it.
"Slippy, you and Katt go ahead and see if they are any
survivors," ordered Fara, as she peered over the metal and
then ducked back down again when a laser flew at her. It smashed
into the chunk of metal causing sparks to fly. "We'll take
care of the androids." She rose up and fired furiously at
her opponents. "Go! Get going, we'll cover you!" she
cried.
"Affirmative," agreed Slippy, as he scrambled to his
feet and ran for his life towards the nearest exit. He saw Katt
running by his side. The two of them ran through a corridor,
ducking underneath a huge sheet of metal that dangled from the
ceiling. He heard the roar of gunfire behind him, stopping to
look back down the ruined corridor and saw lasers flash past the
entrance. "Good luck, guys," he whispered, before he
forcefully tore his gaze away from the melee behind him and ran
after Katt down the winding corridors of the space base.
Fara ran for it, lasers smashing into the floor and wall
behind her. The entire floor and wall behind her seemed to
explode after her, as she ran for cover, firing at her opponent
as best as she could. She leapt through the air and landed behind
a huge girder that had smashed into the floor. Her breathing was
shallow. She just hoped that the others were doing okay. Giving
her laser gun time to recharge, she waited, hearing footsteps.
There was a beeping, telling her that everything was done and she
rose up from her hiding place, firing furiously at her opponent.
The Wolf look-alike leapt high into the air with superhuman
strength, avoiding the lasers and landing on the floor behind the
Fennec fox.
"Phoenix, you shouldn't have come," growled the android, as he placed the gun against her head. The cyborg chuckled. "Do you think that I have forgotten you? Though Kano smashed my head in before Andross' defeat, I can still remember my past and more importantly, what you Star Fox fools did to me and my team mates."
"For your information, Wolf, I'm Fara McCloud now,"
she stated, but that only brought back bad memories. As much as she
wanted to, she knew that none of her self-defence moves could help
her now. Fara's eyes darted about her, trying to find anything that
she could use. Spying a piece of metal piping that had obviously been
blasted loose during the battle, she grabbed it quickly and smashed
the android's hand away from her. She leapt back, as Wolf re-aimed
the gun and fired at her. Ducking under the laser she charged towards
the android and swung the pipe down on the gun, smashing it, before
firing at him.
The cyborg side-stepped out of the way quickly and lunged
straight towards her, grabbing her by the neck.
"You wretched b**ch," he growled angrily. "I will kill you!" He held on tightly, gradually choking his vulpine opponent.
"No, you won't," protested Fara, as she lifted her
gun and pressed its muzzle against the cyborg's head. Pulling the
trigger, she fired into him at blank point range.
The Wolf cyborg roared out in pain, and backed off, a gaping
hole in his head showing the circuitry underneath. Fara had hit
the cyborg part of the brain, and missed the biological part
completely. Stumbling backwards, the cyborg crashed into a pile
of rubbish, all of his limbs spasming, before he remained
motionless in the debris.
"Told you," she said smugly.
"I need some back-up here!" shouted Peppy from down
one of the corridors.
"I'm coming, Peppy!" she cried, as she ran down the
corridor towards the cries. However, she tripped and fell on to
the metallic floor, losing her grip on her gun, which slid away
from her. Turning her head back, she saw a furry hand gripping
her leg and it was attached to the cyborg body of the Wolf
android.
"Do you truly understand what is going on around you?"
asked the Leon android with a sneer. "I thought not. You
will never amount to anything in this Universe." In his left
hand, he held an extremely sharp knife and in his other, a gun.
"Remember the old times, when I tortured you, Bill?"
The chameleon android broke out into a toothy smile. "Let's
do this for old time's sake." He lunged towards the canine,
the knife bared.
Bill raised his gun and fired repeatedly at the android, each
laser striking the machine in the chest, each laser not having an
effect on it. He ducked underneath the knife blade and punched
Leon in the chin, only to bruise his hand against the metallic
head. The canine backed off, clutching at his hand, wondering how
he was going to destroy this monstrosity. He raised his gun and
fired at the head, the laser destroying one of Leon's eyes.
The android screamed in pain, clutching at its broken eye.
"You'll pay for that, Grey!" roared Leon, firing furiously at his opponent.
None of the lasers actually hit Bill, as he ran out of the way
quickly, circling his android opponent and firing at the
chameleon machine. None of his shots seemed to do anything, quite
a few of them missing the android.
"Leon, I'm going to ensure you stay dead this time," stated Bill. "You're not going to terrorise anymore innocent Lylatians." He aimed and fired at his opponent, who dove out of the way.
"I'll do you fast, Peppy, old pal," chuckled the
pig android, as he lunged towards his opponent. Using his massive
weight he smashed into the old hare, sending him crashing to the
metallic floor. He raised one fist and brought it crashing down
towards Peppy.
Peppy rolled out of the way, scrambling to his feet and
running towards his gun. Something grabbed him by the ears and he
was pulled back, a fist smashing into his face repeatedly. The
old hare tried everything to counteract Pigma's blows, but he was
getting pummeled and he knew it wouldn't be long before the
android killed him.
"You always were the weaker one, Peppy," laughed
Pigma, as he restricted the old hare's airways with his bare
hands.
Slippy and Katt emerged into another room that was full of
computers and machines. What caught their attention, was the
machine at the far end of the room, which was still powered.
"Fox?" exclaimed Slippy, upon seeing the familiar outline of his leader. "Fox, is that you?"
The person turned round and it was indeed Fox, but he had dark
rings around his eyes from what appeared to be lack of sleep and
an angry snarl on his face. His fur was a mess, and he didn't
look anything like the Fox they used to know.
"You," was all that the vulpine could say, before he turned round to look towards Oikonny. "I must say," stated Fox calmly, without even turning back to look at Katt and Slippy, as if they were insignificant, "it is a great surprise to see you two here, after what I let the androids do."
"I don't understand," said Katt. "Are you
saying you let them in?"
"That would be the main jist of what I'm talking about,"
replied Fox, as he pressed a button and a round disc emerged from
its slot. "Though Kano was a nuisance, his creations are
doing far more good for my plans than harm." He turned
round, the disc in his hand."See? I already have what I came
for. It won't be long before this entire system and the galaxy it
resides in are all mine!" There was an evil grin on his
face, as he glared at them, with a hint of madness in his green
eyes. "And when I do take this galaxy, the Trade Guild will
be my Empire and you will be my slaves." He lashed his left
hand back and pressed a few buttons.
"Self destruct sytem activated," announced a
feminine voice, as the lights started flashing red and sirens
shattered the silence. "Self destruct in T minus 5 minutes."
"I'd love to stay and watch you die, but I'm afraid I
just don't have the time," sneered Fox, as he grabbed
Oikonny by the wrist and disappeared through an emergency exit.
"I'll go after Fox, you deal with the self destruct,"
ordered Katt, as she prepped her gun and ran after the vulpine
and the baboon. "Good luck, Slip!" she exclaimed,
disappearing through the doorway.
Slippy ran up to the control panel and began typing furiously
away on the keyboard in a feverishly paced attempt to stop the
self-destruct sequence. It was no use. He looked up at the screen
and saw the numbers flashing past. They were running out of time.
´How can I disable this?` wondered the amphibian, as he stood
there at the control panel. Time was running out too quickly, and
he had no idea how to stop the base from blowing up.
Pigma let go of Peppy, dropping the hare to the floor, as he
looked around him.
"This place is going to blow," he whispered under his breath. The cyborg looked down at Peppy with an evil smile on his face. "So long, Peppy! This is where we part ways. I shall live forever but you won't last long." He laughed, as he turned and walked away from his fallen opponent.
"No, it won't end like this," muttered Peppy, as he
tried his best to get back up to his feet. "I won't let it
end like this!" He reached for his gun, grasping it firmly
in his hand. "Dengar! I'm not letting you get away again!"
He aimed and fired straight into the cyborg's back, elicitating a
squeal of pain. Seeing the cyborg turn round to glare at him, he
smiled. "This time we're going to finish it, Pigma. We're
going to finish it right here and right now!" He pulled the
trigger back repeatedly, firing again and again at the cyborg.
The lasers flew through the air, each one pummeling straight
into the robot, tearing off the skin to reveal the hard metal
underneath. The cyborg roared in anger and rushed straight
towards Peppy and lashed at the old hare with his right fist.
The Wolf android looked all around him, as the red lights
flashed on and off.
"I thought there was no power left to this place," he muttered, as he stood there, moving only his head and his pointy ears. "How strange." He turned his back to Fara, before walking away slowly with a limp. "Goodbye, Ms. Phoenix. I'd love to stay, but as you can see, this place is about to blow. I suggest you leave while you still can." He paused and turned sideways. The cyborg knelt and lifted a huge sheet of metal to reveal a female soldier trapped underneath.
Fara watched in horror, as the two just stared at each other.
Fearing that he would kill her, she aimed her gun at his head,
hoping to destroy the other part of his brain.
"Stay away from her!" she cried, but the android didn't listen, just threw the sheet of metal away effortlessly as if it had been a frisbee. She ducked underneath it and saw the cyborg help the soldier up to her feet, before bowing politely to her and then leave. A frown spread across her face, and one appeared on the face of the soldier that had been rescued by the cyborg. "What the Heck just happened?" she wondered out loud.
"Fox!" Katt called out to him, as she emerged from
the corridor and into a hangar where an escape pod awaited Fox
and Andrew. "Stop!"
The vulpine did as was told, and looked back at her slowly.
"Foolish feline!" laughed Fox, as he raised his gun and fired at her. He was not surprised to see her leap out of the way. "Only I have the brains to rule Lylat!" He fired his gun furiously at the pink feline, not wanting her to follow him. "What are you waiting for, Oikonny? Get in!" He shoved the baboon in, before slowly following him in, all the time shooting at Katt.
"Stop it, Fox!" she cried out, as she leapt out of
the way of another laser. "Don't you even remember who I am?"
"Yes, I do," snarled McCloud. "You're that
wretched thief!" He raised his gun and fired upwards
repeatedly, shooting something loose. "Now die with the rest
of the Star Fox Team, while I make my dreams a reality!"
A huge piece of metal came falling down towards Katt. She
dived out of the way, only to get her tail caught underneath the
girder. She screamed out in pain, as it crushed her furry tail.
Before she blanked out, she could swear she heard Andross'
laughing from beyond the grave, as she lost all consciousness
from the pain.
Bill rushed through the corridor with Slippy and they skidded
to a halt.
"Katt!" he exclaimed in horror, seeing her slumped on the floor, all alone. "Hurry, Slip! Help me with the girder!" He rushed over towards it and began pushing against it with all his might. Slippy rushed over and helped, pushing just as hard as the canine. Luckily for the both of them it was not a huge piece of metal, and they shoved it off of her by themselves. Lifting Katt up between them, they ran for their lives.
Falco looked out of the porthole of the ship and towards the
base.
"What is going on in there?" he muttered out loud, as he looked towards the space station. His eyes widened, as he suddenly saw a bright flash of light, an explosion and then... "No!" he cried in disbelief. "No!"
A New Star Fox Saga
By Wolf O'Donnell
Author's Note: Here goes! It's another one of my What-happens-next-after-Andross-dies' fic. Once again, it's set in a different dimension from the other of my fanfics. The swearing has been censored, once again, with little asterisks that hides the second and third letters of the f**king swear word! Please send comments to me at w_donnell@hotmail.com.
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Chapter 10: My Tomorrow
Dare ni mo wakaranai
Mirai wo sagashite 'ru. Omae wa dare?
Sora wo somete yuku aoi honoo
Tooi yoake
Tooi Yoake
Takehito Koyasu
"Phoenix, you shouldn't have come," growled the android, as he placed the gun against her head. The cyborg chuckled. "Do you think that I have forgotten you? Though Kano smashed my head in before Andross' defeat, I can still remember my past and more importantly, what you Star Fox fools did to me and my team mates."
"You wretched b**ch," he growled angrily. "I will kill you!" He held on tightly, gradually choking his vulpine opponent.
"You'll pay for that, Grey!" roared Leon, firing furiously at his opponent.
"Leon, I'm going to ensure you stay dead this time," stated Bill. "You're not going to terrorise anymore innocent Lylatians." He aimed and fired at his opponent, who dove out of the way.
"Fox?" exclaimed Slippy, upon seeing the familiar outline of his leader. "Fox, is that you?"
"You," was all that the vulpine could say, before he turned round to look towards Oikonny. "I must say," stated Fox calmly, without even turning back to look at Katt and Slippy, as if they were insignificant, "it is a great surprise to see you two here, after what I let the androids do."
"This place is going to blow," he whispered under his breath. The cyborg looked down at Peppy with an evil smile on his face. "So long, Peppy! This is where we part ways. I shall live forever but you won't last long." He laughed, as he turned and walked away from his fallen opponent.
"I thought there was no power left to this place," he muttered, as he stood there, moving only his head and his pointy ears. "How strange." He turned his back to Fara, before walking away slowly with a limp. "Goodbye, Ms. Phoenix. I'd love to stay, but as you can see, this place is about to blow. I suggest you leave while you still can." He paused and turned sideways. The cyborg knelt and lifted a huge sheet of metal to reveal a female soldier trapped underneath.
"Stay away from her!" she cried, but the android didn't listen, just threw the sheet of metal away effortlessly as if it had been a frisbee. She ducked underneath it and saw the cyborg help the soldier up to her feet, before bowing politely to her and then leave. A frown spread across her face, and one appeared on the face of the soldier that had been rescued by the cyborg. "What the Heck just happened?" she wondered out loud.
"Foolish feline!" laughed Fox, as he raised his gun and fired at her. He was not surprised to see her leap out of the way. "Only I have the brains to rule Lylat!" He fired his gun furiously at the pink feline, not wanting her to follow him. "What are you waiting for, Oikonny? Get in!" He shoved the baboon in, before slowly following him in, all the time shooting at Katt.
"Katt!" he exclaimed in horror, seeing her slumped on the floor, all alone. "Hurry, Slip! Help me with the girder!" He rushed over towards it and began pushing against it with all his might. Slippy rushed over and helped, pushing just as hard as the canine. Luckily for the both of them it was not a huge piece of metal, and they shoved it off of her by themselves. Lifting Katt up between them, they ran for their lives.
"What is going on in there?" he muttered out loud, as he looked towards the space station. His eyes widened, as he suddenly saw a bright flash of light, an explosion and then... "No!" he cried in disbelief. "No!"
Star Fox and all related
characters and places are copyrighted by Nintendo Ltd.
Jingoist, Dr. Kano, Kofu, Miasma and Kappa are copyrighted by me.
