Twisted Shadows:
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

"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!"


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