Starfox: Between Heaven and the Stars

Author's Note: Here's my multi-part sequal to Through a Wolf's Eyes, and as it's predecessor, has no relevance to the actual Starfox storyline though if I classified it, the entire series would fall just after the Starfox comic series. Hopefully this will be my epic Starfox work, Maybe some crossover's here and there and maybe i'll throw in some of my original charaters =^-^= I've rated it R just in case I need it for further chapters. And so, without further adieu, Starfox: Between Heaven and the Stars, Chapter 1: You Always Hurt the Ones You Love, Enjoy!

Chapter 1: You Always Hurt the Ones You Love

The bitter wind began to blow as Fara Pheonix sat on an old wooden bench in Voltair park. Dark clouds hung ominously in the sky overhead. She pulled her jacket up around here neck as the wind russtled her fur. Her head hung between her legs, a sigh escaping her muzzle. For the first time since she had known Fox, she was having doubts.
"Are we doing the right thing? Does justifying murder make it any less of a crime?" The words seemed to hang in the air as the cold wind continued to blow, she crossed her arms over her chest to keep warm, events of the past day swimming through her mind, a sea of emotion, from which there seemed no escape....
"I don't know Fox, I, I just don't know if I can do this kind of work anymore..."
"What do you mean Fara? You've never said anything about this before." He sat down on the bed next to her, making eye contact. She turned her head away as she spoke softly.
"I can't keep killing like this. I...I...just can't.." She began to tremble as she sqeezed her eyes shut, holding back her tears. He wrapped his arm around her pressing her head to his chest.
"I understand, my sweet. You don't have to continue doing this. Don't worry, everything will be alright." She opened her eyes to look at him. Those deep brown eyes she loved so very much, though she turned away once again, unable to bear the feelings that acompanied them.
"I'm sorry, I justt can't sit and watch you and the others kill indescriminantly either." She sniffed, then fell silent.
"Fara, I love you with my entire heart, but I cannot stop fighting, believe me, I wish I could just forget about everything that's happened, but it's not that simple."
"Why Fox? Why isn't it that simple?! Why can't you just forget everything else?! Why can't we just....just...." she cried. He laid his paw on her shoulder, she turned away.
"Please, don't..." She whispered, her head cast down as she stood.
"If you can't stop this personal war your waging, then I don't think I can be with you anymore." She said, sliding the gold ring from her paw, laying it on the bed, and heading toward the door.
"Fara! Wait, I....!" he called, but she had already gone.
The cold air blew through the park, sending a chill down her spine, her eyes tightly shut, several tears escaping as she shivered, alone on that park bench. There she sat for what seemed like an eternity. All she saw was his eyes. That look of pain as she removed the ring. She hated seeing him like that. The image now burned into her mind.
"Fox.....I'm sorry but I....." she stopped as a new wave of sadness came over her. Pulling her legs up onto the bench, she curled herself into a ball, and sobbed into her arms. The park, now empty, grew dark as the wind bit into Fara, like a hungry beast in search of food. The sun already dipping below the horizon, removing what little heat remained. And there she sat, cold, dark, and alone.
Some time had passed before faint footsteps were heard heading in her direction. A figure emerged from the darkness, a winter coat zipped up to the muzzle and long pants covered his body as he sat down next to her, she made no move to remove her head from between her legs, let alone communicate with the stranger, she hadn't the strength to do either. After several seconds of silence he spoke,
"It's not often you see someone as beautiful as yourself sitting in the park in this kind of weather." She didn't respond. He then noticed the state she was in, he immidiately removed his jacket, wraping it around her shoulders as she continued to quiver.
"Poor thing, what happened to her?" he thought to himself. He checked her over, though she did not seem to respond to any of his actions.
"This isn't good, her breathing's shallow, possible shock, maybe hypothermia, better get her somewhere warm quickly." He hurriedly thought as he tried to get her to respond.
"Hello? Can you hear me? We need to get you out of this weather. Hello?!" Vocal communication failing he reached over and placed a paw on her shoulder, shaking her gently.
"This is worse than I thought, I better get her somewhere now!" Without thinking, he scooped her cringing body up into his arms and hurried back down the road....