A/N: Hey all, I planned to have this written during the summer but school started early, but that don't mean I ain't got time to goof off...uh, er, I mean write this fic for y'all. I appreciate the reviews, keep 'em comin! Oh yeah, for all you who played StarFox 64, if I did this chapter right you might be compelled to play this level afterwards :D. Read on!
Disclaimer: I wish I owned StarFox and Nintendo, but I don't so don't sue me.
Undisclosed Location; 2300 hrs.:
A lone figure sits in a dark room, his figure silhouetted by the light from the computer he is typing at. The figure stops for a moment to rub his eyes, tired from staring at the screen for the longest, he types something in and presses a few keys, having the screen come to life with activity. He scanned through the information on the screen before stopping on an item and touching the screen with a scaly finger. Finally finding the information he was looking for:
Name: Yote, Deacon C.
D.O.B.: 22 10 2880
Rank: 3Lt *Recently Promoted
Serial No.: 187-69-1986
Affil.: KMF; Husky Unit
he pressed a button next to the computer, in which a female voice came over a hidden speaker. "Need any help sir?" the voice asked, "No," the figure responded, "I've found what I was looking for and I need to leave, what is the status of my ship?" "Your Wolfen is fueled and repaired sir," the voice said, "Thank you, could you so kindly tell Andross and Mr. O'Donnell that I will be leaving to take care of some business and I will be back in about a week" The figure said as he stood and got ready to leave. " I will as soon as you leave the building Mr. Powalski." the voice said at last, Leon smiled as he took a data disk out of the computer and walked out.
Fighter Warp Shuttle TK-4256; Outside Shiva's Rift, Sector Y
"Man, that was ugly" Casey said as he plopped down in one of the chairs in the squadron rest area. "Not as ugly as those melee suits takin potshots at the ejection pods" Roger said as he, Tykail, Amaya, and Deacon followed suit, "Anyways," Deacon started, wanting to change the subject, "Why'd y'all decide to come with us, I mean, you haven't even settled in yet and stuff," they coyote asked, directing the question towards the two transferred pilots. Tykail spoke up as she leaned back in her chair, "Well, I came 'cuz I wasn't really ready to put my things down anyways," the coyote looked at Amaya for a second and grinned "But she just came to nag at your friend a lil' longer", "That's right" Amaya added, "And if he says something like that to me again, his tail won't be the only thing missing." The others laughed, excepting Roger, who only muttered under his breath. Deciding to change the subject, yet again, Roger spoke up, "So when do we move out, or do you not know?". Deacon looked up for a moment with a contemplative look on his face, "Umm, if I remember correctly, we move out in a few weeks, we're going to be stationed on the Vendetta." he replied, Casey's ears perked up at this bit of information, "You mean the new cruiser they're building Vendetta right?" the pit bull asked. "Naw Casey," Roger interrupted, "The Vendetta, that shitty-ass junker with the gay male crew." the canine sarcastically finished. Casey let out an exasperated sigh as Tkyail looked over at her friend, "no wonder you smacked him." she muttered just loud enough for Amaya to hear, the collie giggled.
Several hours later the shuttle began it's landing procedure at McDougal SpacePort, the arwings nestled inside dashing out from the aft section of the ship heading towards Husky/Bulldog HQ. "Well, we're home" one of the Bravo Wing pilots pointed out as the gray, pyramid-shaped building came into view. The group of arwings landed at their designated airfield a few moments later, and as to be expected, there wasn't a soul in sight. "Nobody to greet us?" Tykail said amusedly as she began to climb out her arwing, Deacon looked at her for a second before he answered, "Eh, probably a briefing going on, uh, y'all go ahead, I got some work to finish up." the gray coyote then hopped out of his fighter and walked off. Roger looked befuddled for a moment, "Deacon actually doing work? Did I miss something?" Casey grinned at his friend as he realized the rottwieler didn't know about the other's promotion, "Yeah," the pit bull started, "But I'm not gonna get into why you missed it."
Meanwhile, inside a Venomian mothership orbiting above Solaar, Leon Powalski was discussing a mission that was to take place within the next few days. "B-B-B-But sir! If we do that, won't BloodHawk Unit still board the Vendetta on time?" Captain Dursley, the portly iguana captain of the mothership 746991 sputtered out, Leon sighed as he shook his head, "No, you fool, they won't board on time because they're NOT GOING!" the chameleon pointed out rather angrily, "The so-called spy reports you bought were a lie. Unlike you, my thick-headed friend, I took the liberty to find out for myself......and to make sure the information is CORRECT." Leon finished his statement in a low growl as he turned his back to Dursley and gazed at the Holomap now in front of him. Dursley stood there for a moment, knowing what he was up against, he had heard stories of the lizard in front of him, and all were verified. Leon was known to take certain "methods" to get his way, sometimes he used his gift for outsmarting people, and other times his weapons or certain.....devices. Gathering up what little courage he had at the moment, Dursley stood up to the chameleon, "Mr. Powalski," he began tentatively, "W-W-We have our orders and I-I-I-I-I-I w-w-will carry those orders out to the letter. We WILL attack the BloodHawk Unit's headquarters at the g-g-given time." Leon grinned with his back turned to the iguana and began to laugh, "Well well," the chameleon said slightly amused "It seems the good captain is a vertebrate afterall. Too bad it's not helping with his intelligence." Leon spun around and pointed to a gold badge with a downward-pointing triangle with Andross' likeness stamped in the center. "You see this badge? This badge is given to those who are officials in the Venomian Imperial War Cabinet. Meaning, even though I'm not in the Imperial Military, I STILL outrank you, and you STILL have to take orders from ME." the last sentence came out with a snarl and with such an icy tone that had Capt. Dursley all but shaking in his boots as the chameleon eyed him up and down before backing off with a smug grin. "But, like I said, I'm impressed to see you have some backbone. And if you want to, you can continue on with the attack on the BloodHawks whenever you're ready." Leon said in his friendliest voice. "Y-You mean it Mr. Powalski?" Dursley said, his voice seemingly as meek as a newborn kitten. Leon raised an eyebrow at him as he grinned, "You heard me, didn't you?" the chameleon said with a hint of interest in his voice. The iguana nodded excitedly, "Yes sir! Matter of fact I'll give the order to move out this moment!" Dursely said, turning off the holomap and making his way to a comm attachment next to the holomap. "Oh, one more thing Dursley," Leon said, "Have you ever heard of the saying, 'If you don't speak up you become outspoken?'" he asked, Capt. Dursley shook his head no, not noticing the other lizards hand moving towards the holstered blaster on his left hip. "Oh really? Well that's alright, because the few people who do are dead." Powalski said casually as he turned quickly around to face Dursely before firing several shots into his chest and one into his neck. The iguana stumbled and gagged for a moment before finally falling onto his face and giving into death. Leon then sauntered over to the comm that his victim had been moving towards and activated it, which caused a reddish-brown bat in a Venomian Officer's 3rd class uniform to appear on the screen behind him. "This is the bridge." the bat said, the chameleon turned around and placed his hands behind his back in a makeshift Parade Rest stance. "I am Leon Powalski with an official order from the Imperial War Cabinet. You are to change heading to Katina and commence fighter attack on the the Husky and Bulldog unit HQ. The fighters will distract their units long enough for you to fire your primary cannon at the base." the lizard said, waiting for a reply. The bat nodded as he pressed a few buttons off the screen "Yes sir, heading changed and dispatching orders to the rest of the mothership, bridge out." the bat said before pressing a few more buttons off screen and making the screen go blank. Leon turned towards the door, stepping on the corpse of Capt. Dursley in the process, "Good luck with BloodHawk Unit captain." he said with a chuckle as he walked out of the room.
Meanwhile, back on Katina, Deacon had just finished reporting to his superior. The gray coyote was standing At Ease as Bill Grey sat behind his desk in the Command level of the pilots' headquarters. "So, you say the Venomians only sent two wings? I wonder why that is, have any ideas?" Bill said as he looked over the written report on his data pad. Deacon shook his head, "No sir, I honestly couldn't tell you, at the very least, we could assume it was 'sposed to be some sort of a diversion?" the coyote said uncertain. The husky looked at him over his sunglasses, trying to study the look on his subordinates face. "Could be," Grey said, "We should probably forward this to the Cornerian Intelligence Division, they should be able to give us something on their motives. I'll turn this in a few minutes. Dismissed." he finished, Deacon stood at attention and gave a salute before turning to walk out of the office. "Oh and before I forget, Deacon," Bill stopped the coyote, "Congratulations on your first command.", Deacon smiled at the husky and thanked him before walking out. The gray coyote stuck his gloved paws in his flightsuit pockets as he walked around the base trying to find his wingmates, making his way through each level. He stopped in the main rec room, popping his head in quickly to look around. A few Husky and Bulldog pilots were milling about, but no Roger or Casey, "Hey," Deacon started, "Anybody seen Roger or Casey?", a Bulldog pilot, a dingo looked up at the canine at the door, "They're out at the hangar." the dingo said. Deacon nodded his thanks to the pilot and headed towards said hangar.
High above in Katinan space, a massive disc-shaped ship, the Venomian mothership 746991 slowly descends towards the planet, maneuvering to remain undetected until it was planned to strike. On the bridge of the mothership, people were buzzing about excitedly. Orders were being shouted over the PA one after another as officers worked furiously at their stations. In a private quarters on a more quiet sector of the Mothership, a black panther, Driece Mason, was going over the flight plans on a data pad as he prepared for battle. Driece, Dursley's second-in-command, had been given Dursley's position by Leon before he left the ship. The panther walked out of his quarters and walked over to the wall opposite the door to his quarters. He pressed a button on the panel he was facing, "Bridge, this is acting captain Driece Mason," the panther said in a gravelly voice, "Inform all fighter swarms to standby and await flight operations briefing." he finished as he took his paw off the panel and made his way towards the bridge. Several minutes later, the panther appeared from a circular platform from the floor, several officers saluted him as they made their way to their assigned stations. The red bat Powalski had spoken to earlier turned to face Driece, "Sir," the bat said, " We are entering the Katinan atmosphere, unfortunately, we are thirty miles from our target but that will give us time to prepare the primary weapon for firing sir.", the panther nodded, keeping his yellow eyes on the bat, making him shift uncomfortably in his seat. "Very well, send several swarms ahead for a preemptive. We will release the rest when we get there." Driece said before turning towards the rest of the bridge, "Everybody listen up, this is an order from the cabinet, we do this right and there's a reward for everyone, so let's not screw this up. Commence attack." he said before sitting down in the captain's chair and looking at the large screen at the front of the bridge, which currently showed several large squadrons of small fighters moving towards Husky/Bulldog HQ.
At that same time, Deacon, Tykail, Amaya, Roger, and Casey were in Hangar two having a light conversation. "So you guys got the R-7T4's huh?" Amaya said, looking at the gray and green arwings, Roger walked up beside her, trying to get off her shit-list. "Yeah, we used to have the 6D9's like y'all had, but I'm waiting to get the A-9E6's like the StarFox team's got." the rottwieler said. "Dude," Casey said, slightly annoyed at his friend's comment, "by the time they even THINK about issuing us the 9E6's , there's gon' be something like outta those sci-fi movies Tracy be watchin'." the pit bull said as he tried to hop up on the wing of one of the fighters, but failed. Deacon and Tykail had decided to walk around the hangar, the two coyotes knowing how their friends would be when riled up. "So how long you and Amaya been friends?" Deacon asked trying to strike up a conversation, the chocolate brown coyote next to him shrugged and smiled weakly, "Since I came to Katina, I went to an academy on Fortuna." she said, looking at the gray canine beside her. Deacon nodded and looked up at the sky. "I was born on Fortuna, nice place, really like the snow. I wish it would snow here." he said before stopping.His ears perked up as he heard a sound in the distance. The coyote looked at his female counterpart and saw she was trying to figure out what and where the sound was before looking back at him. "That doesn't sound good." she said, worry tinting her voice, "It's not the sound that worries me, c'mon." he said as he broke into a sprint towards the base, Tykail hot on his tail. Several yards later the air raid siren was at full blast, notifying all pilots to get to their fighters on the double. Deacon and Tykail sprinted towards the parked fighters as fast as they could, "Hey Deacon!!!" a loud, Jamaican-accented voice bellowed, " What 'tis gon' on here!?!?" the voice said. Deacon looked around to see a tan chow/malamute in a gray flightsuit, "André' I don't know what's goin' on! Just get to your fighter and get ready to shoot stuff!" the coyote shouted back as he and his associate reached his arwing. He motioned for her to take the arwing parked next to his, she acknowledged and hopped into the fighter. Seeing that Tykail was ready for takeoff, Deacon hopped into his own fighter and took to the air.
Once all the fighters were in the air and formed up, Bill's voice sounded in every fighter. "I got bad news guys and girls," the husky said as he led the two large formations of fighters, on his cockpit's viewscreen, a rather angry-looking hyena's mug suddenly. "Wha's this al' about suh'" Ness said in his trademark surly voice, "I ain't heard nothin' 'bout no Venomians in'nis secta'", Bill pressed a button on the arwing's console, bringing up a scanner, slowly, red dots began to swarm into the black circle with green rings. "They musta' found a gap in our planetary sensor array" Bill said as he gained a little altitude, the other pilots followed him. "Ok Huskies, alright Bulldogs, here they come" the two units' commander said, "Wing Leaders, break off, pick your targets and go, Yote, you take command of Delta Wing. Good hunting." Bill finished and banked right, heading towards a small group of swarmers. The large number of Katinan pilots broke off into wings of 15, then broke off into 3 fighter squads, "Delta Wing, we got two swarms coming in at nine high, Casey, Roger, you're with me, Jayce, Tre', Andre', and Amaya are squad leaders, let's take it to 'em." Deacon said, studying the maneuvers the enemy fighters made en route to the Katinan pilots. The coyote barrel-rolled in between two streams of red lasers before U-Turning to dispatch two other small Venomian fighters, "Loser buys drinks," Roger said as Deacon flew through the explosions he caused, "You're on" Casey said, his voice carrying over the comm. Roger tailed one fighter, slightly noticing another Venomian on his "six", the enemy fighter behind the rottwieler locked on and was preparing to fire as the canine banked hard to the left, the Venomian ended up firing on one of his own fighters, sending it crashing to the ground below in an orange fireball. Casey looked over at the downed fighter, "Hey that don't count, you ain't shoot him" the pit bull said as he fired two green laser blasts into the thrusters of one of the swarmers, causing it to go up in a small explosion. "Oh you be quiet, you need to be worried about the ones you're shooting" Roger said as he pulled back on the throttle quickly, braking hard and sending two Venomians flying past as he let loose with a charged blast, incinerating said Venomians.
Nearly an hour of intense dogfighting later, the Katinans had beaten back the Venomian swarmers. The Husky and Bulldog unit pilots were nearly exhausted, it was one of the most intense engagements the two units had been in so far. "Good job everyone" Bill's exhausted voice said over the radio, "It seems that we've finally.......ALL PILOTS GET BACK TO BASE ASAP!!" he shouted after stopping abruptly. Both units complied, kicking in the boosters and heading towards the pyramid shaped base as fast as they could. When they reached the base, the sky was littered with Venomian fighters, Bill looked at his scanner, which confirmed the site before he and his units before noticing a much larger bogey coming onto the scanner's screen. "Enemy mothership approaching!" The husky said performing evasive maneuvers as the two units of Katinan pilots began reengaging. "We're being overwhelmed!" a slightly panicked Husky pilot exclaimed, "They're not takin' us out widdout a fight!" a Bulldog pilot replied. Tykail barrel-rolled through a barrage of red streaks of light, Amaya at her wing, "Bill, I'm picking up several unidentified fighters coming in from 3 high" the coyote said as shot down one of the attacking fighters, Amaya broke off to engage two others, dispatching them quickly. Tre' one the Husky squad leaders looked towards the sky to see four white and blue arwings coming into the dogfight with the sun at their backs, "Hey I recognize those fighters!!" he said, dodging laser fire from above "It's the StarFox team!!!" he shouted over the radio as his wingmate took the side of one of the swarmers off, sending it spiraling to the ground below. Bill U-Turned to head towards the four new fighters to see if this was true, a smile played on his face when he saw the red splotch on the G-Diffusers which was a silhouette of a fox with wings. "Fox! You made it!" he said on the mercenary team's frequency, "Bill!!! Is that you!?" a reddish brown fox responded before barrel-rolling to deflect laser blasts from several directions.
Meanwhile, back on the Venomian mothership, the communications lines were tarred up with requests and pleads for reinforcements coming from the ship's fighters. The red bat turned to look at Driece, "Sir, the StarFox team has showed up! Our fighters are getting wiped out, what do we do sir!?" he said in a panic. Driece stood up, his narrow eyes narrowing, "Send the remaining fighters in waves. As soon as one wave is out, get the next going. How far away are we from the target?" the panther said with authority. A gecko turned around, taking a set of headphones off, "We're five minutes away sir, main cannon is ready for charging." the lizard said before turning back his station. "Increase to maximum atmospheric speed, we can't afford those five minutes" the panther said before sitting back down, "tell the fighters we are almost there, and to hang on" Driece said as he pushed a few buttons on the captain's chair. 'I just hope destroying them doesn't mean destroying ourselves' Driece though as he looked at the forward screen.
Back at the base, the Venomian fighters were dropping like flies. "Roger, Casey I got two on my tail, get 'em off" Deacon said as he swerved from side to side to dodge the offensive laser fire, "Rog, Case, where the hell are y'all I said help" he said before the avian member of Fox McCloud's team dispatched the two fighters tailing the coyote. "Thanks alot, I owe ya," the coyote said, "Some money would be nice" Falco responded as he climbed to avoid fire. "Roger, follow me and perform a Tarsonis Cross" Deacon said, baiting a fighter to follow him, "It ain't gonna work D" the rottwieler said, knowing what the coyote's intentions were as he was diving towards the ground and pulling up at the last minute, "If they're stupid enough it will" the coyote said as he began to climb at a curved angle. Deacon looked up through his cockpit's canopy to see Roger following suit "Deacon if you get us killed, I'm kickin' your ass in the afterlife" the rottwieler said, the coyote went inverted as his wingmate righted himself at the last moment, passing so close their canopies nearly scraped against each other. Unfortunately for the Venomians following them, they couldn't perform the dangerous move and flew right into each other, creating a fiery explosion. "The mothership has appeared, stand by to attack" Bill said as he lit up two swarmers in front of him, "We'll take care of the mothership, keep the fighters off us Bill" Fox said as he U-Turned back towards the chaos, "Roger that" the husky replied, "Bulldog Unit, don't let anything through, Husky Unit, cover the base." he ordered as rolled out of the way of two swarmers coming from above him. The mothership slowly floated it's way to a position above the base, spinning like a mammoth top before stopping and opening four hatches on its underside. "The hatches are open!" Bill said as more swarmers poured from the giant ship, "Go for the hatches," Peppy, another member of StarFox told his leader before sending a nova bomb into a formation of Venomians, blowing them up in a small flaming supernova. Falco sent a charged homing shot to incinerate one of the fighters shooting at his amphibian wingmate Slippy, not noticing the three fighters swooping down on him until he saw them explode on their way to the ground. "Paid back...with interest I might add" Deacon said as he zoomed past the falcon in his older model arwing.
"Sir!! Our hatches have been destroyed, so have the remaining fighters!!" the red bat shouted. The bridge had been taking damage along with the rest of the ship, this was noticeable due to fires leaping from some of the consoles and bodies lying on the ground due to the explosions, even Driece and the bat had been injured. "Aim the cannon and fire when ready!" the panther said over the roar of chaos on the bridge. "Yes sir, cannon aimed, preparing to fire." The bat said as he pressed buttons at his station with one wing and held his eye with the other. The panther painfully slumped back down into his chair, hoping the preparations wouldn't take too long. Due to the ship being an older Venomian model, it was subject to 'act up' at times. "Let's just hope this isn't one of the times" Driece said to himself.
Fox had successfully destroyed the four hatches spewing out fighters on the mothership, leaving them flaming wounds on the circular ship's underbelly. With most of the fighters destroyed now, the majority of the Katinans were focusing their attention on the mothership, pounding away at the topside with laser fire and missiles. Suddenly, the underside opened up again, revealing a large glowing spike with energy arcing off of it. It was the main weapon and it was nearly ready to fire. "The core has appeared, stand by to attack!" Bill said as two plasma missiles dropped from inside the husky's arwing and streaked towards the giant energy spike. Fox and Falco came in, guns blazing at the mothership's main weapon, several shots later it began to overload and chain react. As the giant ship began to explode cheers and howls could be heard over the radio, "YEE HAW!!! YOU DID IT!!!" Bill exclaimed with glee as the mothership moved away from the base and crashed into the ground before going up in an enormous explosion. The four white and blue arwings formed up and headed for the sky, with Husky and Bulldog units following them in Delta Formations, out of respect and thanks. "Hey Fox, can't you stay a moment, you know, so we can catch up and stuff?" Bill asked, leading the formations. "I wish I could Bill, but ROB just informed me that General Pepper wants us to head for Solaar. Maybe some other time, I hope." Fox replied as he led his own small formation. Bill nodded and looked up at the four pilots in front of him, "Take care Fox," he said, preparing to turn back, "You too, Bill" the fox said as he and his wingmates kicked in the afterburners and flew back up into the stars.
Later, back in the base, Husky Delta Wing was relaxing in the rec room. Roger was talking to Amaya, now back on her good side and Casey was looking at the Kill List as Deacon and Tykail were talking on the couch while an Earth movie called "The Fifth Element", a skinny black guy dressed like a girl was ranting on and on to a flight attendant, making her faint. "What the hell is that on his head" Deacon said looking at the television screen with his face and muzzle scrunched up, Tykail shrugged, tiredly laying her head on the coyote's shoulder, "I think that's his hair" she said crossing her arms across her chest. "I hope he don't go everywhere lookin like that" Deacon said still trying to figure out why the man's hair was like it was. "Hey Roger, you owe D a drink" Casey said as he sauntered over to where the rottwieler and collie were situated with a cocky grin on his face. Roger looked at the pit bull, a smile on his face as well "I know, I looked, and it seems you owe ME a drink now that I think about it." he said with a look of contemplation, Amaya giggled at the two, thinking to herself. Hearing the group behind them, Tykail looked at Deacon and smiled,causing the coyote to raise an eyebrow in curiosity before turning to her wingmates. "That's nothing, oh fearless leader here owes ME a drink!" she said pointing at the coyote next to her, "You didn't say you were in on this" Deacon pointed out with a confused look on his face. "Who said I had to say?" The chocolate brown coyote replied with a cocky grin. Deacon looked behind the couch to see Roger and Casey sniggering at him while pointing. "And what's so damn funny?" the coyote asked, not liking the laughing and pointing his friends were doing. "Oh the shame!! Our noble leader, bested by one of his own pilots!!" Roger said oh so dramatically. Tykail giggled as she got up from the couch, "don't feel back Deacon," she said as she looked at him "every now and then, guys do end up getting beat by girls" she finished with a wink as she headed towards the rec room door. "Y'all make sure to rub it in." the female coyote said before leaving the room. Amaya, Roger, and Casey began to laugh out loud while continuing to point, "Yeah yeah yeah," Deacon said as he turned around to finish watching the movie, when in actuality the gears in his head were turning.
A/N: Whew! finished! For me, this chapter was long as hell!! Well until next time, keep sending in reviews, I'll get the next chapter up as soon as the swelling in my hands goes down. Until next time dear readers!!
P.S. Now that I think about it, really, what the HELL were they thinkin when they had Chris Tucker dressed as a sissy in that movie!?!? C'mon now, Chris, you coulda' said sumthin to them folks. They had you dressed up like a skinny Ru Paul for goodness sake!!!
Disclaimer: I wish I owned StarFox and Nintendo, but I don't so don't sue me.
Undisclosed Location; 2300 hrs.:
A lone figure sits in a dark room, his figure silhouetted by the light from the computer he is typing at. The figure stops for a moment to rub his eyes, tired from staring at the screen for the longest, he types something in and presses a few keys, having the screen come to life with activity. He scanned through the information on the screen before stopping on an item and touching the screen with a scaly finger. Finally finding the information he was looking for:
Name: Yote, Deacon C.
D.O.B.: 22 10 2880
Rank: 3Lt *Recently Promoted
Serial No.: 187-69-1986
Affil.: KMF; Husky Unit
he pressed a button next to the computer, in which a female voice came over a hidden speaker. "Need any help sir?" the voice asked, "No," the figure responded, "I've found what I was looking for and I need to leave, what is the status of my ship?" "Your Wolfen is fueled and repaired sir," the voice said, "Thank you, could you so kindly tell Andross and Mr. O'Donnell that I will be leaving to take care of some business and I will be back in about a week" The figure said as he stood and got ready to leave. " I will as soon as you leave the building Mr. Powalski." the voice said at last, Leon smiled as he took a data disk out of the computer and walked out.
Fighter Warp Shuttle TK-4256; Outside Shiva's Rift, Sector Y
"Man, that was ugly" Casey said as he plopped down in one of the chairs in the squadron rest area. "Not as ugly as those melee suits takin potshots at the ejection pods" Roger said as he, Tykail, Amaya, and Deacon followed suit, "Anyways," Deacon started, wanting to change the subject, "Why'd y'all decide to come with us, I mean, you haven't even settled in yet and stuff," they coyote asked, directing the question towards the two transferred pilots. Tykail spoke up as she leaned back in her chair, "Well, I came 'cuz I wasn't really ready to put my things down anyways," the coyote looked at Amaya for a second and grinned "But she just came to nag at your friend a lil' longer", "That's right" Amaya added, "And if he says something like that to me again, his tail won't be the only thing missing." The others laughed, excepting Roger, who only muttered under his breath. Deciding to change the subject, yet again, Roger spoke up, "So when do we move out, or do you not know?". Deacon looked up for a moment with a contemplative look on his face, "Umm, if I remember correctly, we move out in a few weeks, we're going to be stationed on the Vendetta." he replied, Casey's ears perked up at this bit of information, "You mean the new cruiser they're building Vendetta right?" the pit bull asked. "Naw Casey," Roger interrupted, "The Vendetta, that shitty-ass junker with the gay male crew." the canine sarcastically finished. Casey let out an exasperated sigh as Tkyail looked over at her friend, "no wonder you smacked him." she muttered just loud enough for Amaya to hear, the collie giggled.
Several hours later the shuttle began it's landing procedure at McDougal SpacePort, the arwings nestled inside dashing out from the aft section of the ship heading towards Husky/Bulldog HQ. "Well, we're home" one of the Bravo Wing pilots pointed out as the gray, pyramid-shaped building came into view. The group of arwings landed at their designated airfield a few moments later, and as to be expected, there wasn't a soul in sight. "Nobody to greet us?" Tykail said amusedly as she began to climb out her arwing, Deacon looked at her for a second before he answered, "Eh, probably a briefing going on, uh, y'all go ahead, I got some work to finish up." the gray coyote then hopped out of his fighter and walked off. Roger looked befuddled for a moment, "Deacon actually doing work? Did I miss something?" Casey grinned at his friend as he realized the rottwieler didn't know about the other's promotion, "Yeah," the pit bull started, "But I'm not gonna get into why you missed it."
Meanwhile, inside a Venomian mothership orbiting above Solaar, Leon Powalski was discussing a mission that was to take place within the next few days. "B-B-B-But sir! If we do that, won't BloodHawk Unit still board the Vendetta on time?" Captain Dursley, the portly iguana captain of the mothership 746991 sputtered out, Leon sighed as he shook his head, "No, you fool, they won't board on time because they're NOT GOING!" the chameleon pointed out rather angrily, "The so-called spy reports you bought were a lie. Unlike you, my thick-headed friend, I took the liberty to find out for myself......and to make sure the information is CORRECT." Leon finished his statement in a low growl as he turned his back to Dursley and gazed at the Holomap now in front of him. Dursley stood there for a moment, knowing what he was up against, he had heard stories of the lizard in front of him, and all were verified. Leon was known to take certain "methods" to get his way, sometimes he used his gift for outsmarting people, and other times his weapons or certain.....devices. Gathering up what little courage he had at the moment, Dursley stood up to the chameleon, "Mr. Powalski," he began tentatively, "W-W-We have our orders and I-I-I-I-I-I w-w-will carry those orders out to the letter. We WILL attack the BloodHawk Unit's headquarters at the g-g-given time." Leon grinned with his back turned to the iguana and began to laugh, "Well well," the chameleon said slightly amused "It seems the good captain is a vertebrate afterall. Too bad it's not helping with his intelligence." Leon spun around and pointed to a gold badge with a downward-pointing triangle with Andross' likeness stamped in the center. "You see this badge? This badge is given to those who are officials in the Venomian Imperial War Cabinet. Meaning, even though I'm not in the Imperial Military, I STILL outrank you, and you STILL have to take orders from ME." the last sentence came out with a snarl and with such an icy tone that had Capt. Dursley all but shaking in his boots as the chameleon eyed him up and down before backing off with a smug grin. "But, like I said, I'm impressed to see you have some backbone. And if you want to, you can continue on with the attack on the BloodHawks whenever you're ready." Leon said in his friendliest voice. "Y-You mean it Mr. Powalski?" Dursley said, his voice seemingly as meek as a newborn kitten. Leon raised an eyebrow at him as he grinned, "You heard me, didn't you?" the chameleon said with a hint of interest in his voice. The iguana nodded excitedly, "Yes sir! Matter of fact I'll give the order to move out this moment!" Dursely said, turning off the holomap and making his way to a comm attachment next to the holomap. "Oh, one more thing Dursley," Leon said, "Have you ever heard of the saying, 'If you don't speak up you become outspoken?'" he asked, Capt. Dursley shook his head no, not noticing the other lizards hand moving towards the holstered blaster on his left hip. "Oh really? Well that's alright, because the few people who do are dead." Powalski said casually as he turned quickly around to face Dursely before firing several shots into his chest and one into his neck. The iguana stumbled and gagged for a moment before finally falling onto his face and giving into death. Leon then sauntered over to the comm that his victim had been moving towards and activated it, which caused a reddish-brown bat in a Venomian Officer's 3rd class uniform to appear on the screen behind him. "This is the bridge." the bat said, the chameleon turned around and placed his hands behind his back in a makeshift Parade Rest stance. "I am Leon Powalski with an official order from the Imperial War Cabinet. You are to change heading to Katina and commence fighter attack on the the Husky and Bulldog unit HQ. The fighters will distract their units long enough for you to fire your primary cannon at the base." the lizard said, waiting for a reply. The bat nodded as he pressed a few buttons off the screen "Yes sir, heading changed and dispatching orders to the rest of the mothership, bridge out." the bat said before pressing a few more buttons off screen and making the screen go blank. Leon turned towards the door, stepping on the corpse of Capt. Dursley in the process, "Good luck with BloodHawk Unit captain." he said with a chuckle as he walked out of the room.
Meanwhile, back on Katina, Deacon had just finished reporting to his superior. The gray coyote was standing At Ease as Bill Grey sat behind his desk in the Command level of the pilots' headquarters. "So, you say the Venomians only sent two wings? I wonder why that is, have any ideas?" Bill said as he looked over the written report on his data pad. Deacon shook his head, "No sir, I honestly couldn't tell you, at the very least, we could assume it was 'sposed to be some sort of a diversion?" the coyote said uncertain. The husky looked at him over his sunglasses, trying to study the look on his subordinates face. "Could be," Grey said, "We should probably forward this to the Cornerian Intelligence Division, they should be able to give us something on their motives. I'll turn this in a few minutes. Dismissed." he finished, Deacon stood at attention and gave a salute before turning to walk out of the office. "Oh and before I forget, Deacon," Bill stopped the coyote, "Congratulations on your first command.", Deacon smiled at the husky and thanked him before walking out. The gray coyote stuck his gloved paws in his flightsuit pockets as he walked around the base trying to find his wingmates, making his way through each level. He stopped in the main rec room, popping his head in quickly to look around. A few Husky and Bulldog pilots were milling about, but no Roger or Casey, "Hey," Deacon started, "Anybody seen Roger or Casey?", a Bulldog pilot, a dingo looked up at the canine at the door, "They're out at the hangar." the dingo said. Deacon nodded his thanks to the pilot and headed towards said hangar.
High above in Katinan space, a massive disc-shaped ship, the Venomian mothership 746991 slowly descends towards the planet, maneuvering to remain undetected until it was planned to strike. On the bridge of the mothership, people were buzzing about excitedly. Orders were being shouted over the PA one after another as officers worked furiously at their stations. In a private quarters on a more quiet sector of the Mothership, a black panther, Driece Mason, was going over the flight plans on a data pad as he prepared for battle. Driece, Dursley's second-in-command, had been given Dursley's position by Leon before he left the ship. The panther walked out of his quarters and walked over to the wall opposite the door to his quarters. He pressed a button on the panel he was facing, "Bridge, this is acting captain Driece Mason," the panther said in a gravelly voice, "Inform all fighter swarms to standby and await flight operations briefing." he finished as he took his paw off the panel and made his way towards the bridge. Several minutes later, the panther appeared from a circular platform from the floor, several officers saluted him as they made their way to their assigned stations. The red bat Powalski had spoken to earlier turned to face Driece, "Sir," the bat said, " We are entering the Katinan atmosphere, unfortunately, we are thirty miles from our target but that will give us time to prepare the primary weapon for firing sir.", the panther nodded, keeping his yellow eyes on the bat, making him shift uncomfortably in his seat. "Very well, send several swarms ahead for a preemptive. We will release the rest when we get there." Driece said before turning towards the rest of the bridge, "Everybody listen up, this is an order from the cabinet, we do this right and there's a reward for everyone, so let's not screw this up. Commence attack." he said before sitting down in the captain's chair and looking at the large screen at the front of the bridge, which currently showed several large squadrons of small fighters moving towards Husky/Bulldog HQ.
At that same time, Deacon, Tykail, Amaya, Roger, and Casey were in Hangar two having a light conversation. "So you guys got the R-7T4's huh?" Amaya said, looking at the gray and green arwings, Roger walked up beside her, trying to get off her shit-list. "Yeah, we used to have the 6D9's like y'all had, but I'm waiting to get the A-9E6's like the StarFox team's got." the rottwieler said. "Dude," Casey said, slightly annoyed at his friend's comment, "by the time they even THINK about issuing us the 9E6's , there's gon' be something like outta those sci-fi movies Tracy be watchin'." the pit bull said as he tried to hop up on the wing of one of the fighters, but failed. Deacon and Tykail had decided to walk around the hangar, the two coyotes knowing how their friends would be when riled up. "So how long you and Amaya been friends?" Deacon asked trying to strike up a conversation, the chocolate brown coyote next to him shrugged and smiled weakly, "Since I came to Katina, I went to an academy on Fortuna." she said, looking at the gray canine beside her. Deacon nodded and looked up at the sky. "I was born on Fortuna, nice place, really like the snow. I wish it would snow here." he said before stopping.His ears perked up as he heard a sound in the distance. The coyote looked at his female counterpart and saw she was trying to figure out what and where the sound was before looking back at him. "That doesn't sound good." she said, worry tinting her voice, "It's not the sound that worries me, c'mon." he said as he broke into a sprint towards the base, Tykail hot on his tail. Several yards later the air raid siren was at full blast, notifying all pilots to get to their fighters on the double. Deacon and Tykail sprinted towards the parked fighters as fast as they could, "Hey Deacon!!!" a loud, Jamaican-accented voice bellowed, " What 'tis gon' on here!?!?" the voice said. Deacon looked around to see a tan chow/malamute in a gray flightsuit, "André' I don't know what's goin' on! Just get to your fighter and get ready to shoot stuff!" the coyote shouted back as he and his associate reached his arwing. He motioned for her to take the arwing parked next to his, she acknowledged and hopped into the fighter. Seeing that Tykail was ready for takeoff, Deacon hopped into his own fighter and took to the air.
Once all the fighters were in the air and formed up, Bill's voice sounded in every fighter. "I got bad news guys and girls," the husky said as he led the two large formations of fighters, on his cockpit's viewscreen, a rather angry-looking hyena's mug suddenly. "Wha's this al' about suh'" Ness said in his trademark surly voice, "I ain't heard nothin' 'bout no Venomians in'nis secta'", Bill pressed a button on the arwing's console, bringing up a scanner, slowly, red dots began to swarm into the black circle with green rings. "They musta' found a gap in our planetary sensor array" Bill said as he gained a little altitude, the other pilots followed him. "Ok Huskies, alright Bulldogs, here they come" the two units' commander said, "Wing Leaders, break off, pick your targets and go, Yote, you take command of Delta Wing. Good hunting." Bill finished and banked right, heading towards a small group of swarmers. The large number of Katinan pilots broke off into wings of 15, then broke off into 3 fighter squads, "Delta Wing, we got two swarms coming in at nine high, Casey, Roger, you're with me, Jayce, Tre', Andre', and Amaya are squad leaders, let's take it to 'em." Deacon said, studying the maneuvers the enemy fighters made en route to the Katinan pilots. The coyote barrel-rolled in between two streams of red lasers before U-Turning to dispatch two other small Venomian fighters, "Loser buys drinks," Roger said as Deacon flew through the explosions he caused, "You're on" Casey said, his voice carrying over the comm. Roger tailed one fighter, slightly noticing another Venomian on his "six", the enemy fighter behind the rottwieler locked on and was preparing to fire as the canine banked hard to the left, the Venomian ended up firing on one of his own fighters, sending it crashing to the ground below in an orange fireball. Casey looked over at the downed fighter, "Hey that don't count, you ain't shoot him" the pit bull said as he fired two green laser blasts into the thrusters of one of the swarmers, causing it to go up in a small explosion. "Oh you be quiet, you need to be worried about the ones you're shooting" Roger said as he pulled back on the throttle quickly, braking hard and sending two Venomians flying past as he let loose with a charged blast, incinerating said Venomians.
Nearly an hour of intense dogfighting later, the Katinans had beaten back the Venomian swarmers. The Husky and Bulldog unit pilots were nearly exhausted, it was one of the most intense engagements the two units had been in so far. "Good job everyone" Bill's exhausted voice said over the radio, "It seems that we've finally.......ALL PILOTS GET BACK TO BASE ASAP!!" he shouted after stopping abruptly. Both units complied, kicking in the boosters and heading towards the pyramid shaped base as fast as they could. When they reached the base, the sky was littered with Venomian fighters, Bill looked at his scanner, which confirmed the site before he and his units before noticing a much larger bogey coming onto the scanner's screen. "Enemy mothership approaching!" The husky said performing evasive maneuvers as the two units of Katinan pilots began reengaging. "We're being overwhelmed!" a slightly panicked Husky pilot exclaimed, "They're not takin' us out widdout a fight!" a Bulldog pilot replied. Tykail barrel-rolled through a barrage of red streaks of light, Amaya at her wing, "Bill, I'm picking up several unidentified fighters coming in from 3 high" the coyote said as shot down one of the attacking fighters, Amaya broke off to engage two others, dispatching them quickly. Tre' one the Husky squad leaders looked towards the sky to see four white and blue arwings coming into the dogfight with the sun at their backs, "Hey I recognize those fighters!!" he said, dodging laser fire from above "It's the StarFox team!!!" he shouted over the radio as his wingmate took the side of one of the swarmers off, sending it spiraling to the ground below. Bill U-Turned to head towards the four new fighters to see if this was true, a smile played on his face when he saw the red splotch on the G-Diffusers which was a silhouette of a fox with wings. "Fox! You made it!" he said on the mercenary team's frequency, "Bill!!! Is that you!?" a reddish brown fox responded before barrel-rolling to deflect laser blasts from several directions.
Meanwhile, back on the Venomian mothership, the communications lines were tarred up with requests and pleads for reinforcements coming from the ship's fighters. The red bat turned to look at Driece, "Sir, the StarFox team has showed up! Our fighters are getting wiped out, what do we do sir!?" he said in a panic. Driece stood up, his narrow eyes narrowing, "Send the remaining fighters in waves. As soon as one wave is out, get the next going. How far away are we from the target?" the panther said with authority. A gecko turned around, taking a set of headphones off, "We're five minutes away sir, main cannon is ready for charging." the lizard said before turning back his station. "Increase to maximum atmospheric speed, we can't afford those five minutes" the panther said before sitting back down, "tell the fighters we are almost there, and to hang on" Driece said as he pushed a few buttons on the captain's chair. 'I just hope destroying them doesn't mean destroying ourselves' Driece though as he looked at the forward screen.
Back at the base, the Venomian fighters were dropping like flies. "Roger, Casey I got two on my tail, get 'em off" Deacon said as he swerved from side to side to dodge the offensive laser fire, "Rog, Case, where the hell are y'all I said help" he said before the avian member of Fox McCloud's team dispatched the two fighters tailing the coyote. "Thanks alot, I owe ya," the coyote said, "Some money would be nice" Falco responded as he climbed to avoid fire. "Roger, follow me and perform a Tarsonis Cross" Deacon said, baiting a fighter to follow him, "It ain't gonna work D" the rottwieler said, knowing what the coyote's intentions were as he was diving towards the ground and pulling up at the last minute, "If they're stupid enough it will" the coyote said as he began to climb at a curved angle. Deacon looked up through his cockpit's canopy to see Roger following suit "Deacon if you get us killed, I'm kickin' your ass in the afterlife" the rottwieler said, the coyote went inverted as his wingmate righted himself at the last moment, passing so close their canopies nearly scraped against each other. Unfortunately for the Venomians following them, they couldn't perform the dangerous move and flew right into each other, creating a fiery explosion. "The mothership has appeared, stand by to attack" Bill said as he lit up two swarmers in front of him, "We'll take care of the mothership, keep the fighters off us Bill" Fox said as he U-Turned back towards the chaos, "Roger that" the husky replied, "Bulldog Unit, don't let anything through, Husky Unit, cover the base." he ordered as rolled out of the way of two swarmers coming from above him. The mothership slowly floated it's way to a position above the base, spinning like a mammoth top before stopping and opening four hatches on its underside. "The hatches are open!" Bill said as more swarmers poured from the giant ship, "Go for the hatches," Peppy, another member of StarFox told his leader before sending a nova bomb into a formation of Venomians, blowing them up in a small flaming supernova. Falco sent a charged homing shot to incinerate one of the fighters shooting at his amphibian wingmate Slippy, not noticing the three fighters swooping down on him until he saw them explode on their way to the ground. "Paid back...with interest I might add" Deacon said as he zoomed past the falcon in his older model arwing.
"Sir!! Our hatches have been destroyed, so have the remaining fighters!!" the red bat shouted. The bridge had been taking damage along with the rest of the ship, this was noticeable due to fires leaping from some of the consoles and bodies lying on the ground due to the explosions, even Driece and the bat had been injured. "Aim the cannon and fire when ready!" the panther said over the roar of chaos on the bridge. "Yes sir, cannon aimed, preparing to fire." The bat said as he pressed buttons at his station with one wing and held his eye with the other. The panther painfully slumped back down into his chair, hoping the preparations wouldn't take too long. Due to the ship being an older Venomian model, it was subject to 'act up' at times. "Let's just hope this isn't one of the times" Driece said to himself.
Fox had successfully destroyed the four hatches spewing out fighters on the mothership, leaving them flaming wounds on the circular ship's underbelly. With most of the fighters destroyed now, the majority of the Katinans were focusing their attention on the mothership, pounding away at the topside with laser fire and missiles. Suddenly, the underside opened up again, revealing a large glowing spike with energy arcing off of it. It was the main weapon and it was nearly ready to fire. "The core has appeared, stand by to attack!" Bill said as two plasma missiles dropped from inside the husky's arwing and streaked towards the giant energy spike. Fox and Falco came in, guns blazing at the mothership's main weapon, several shots later it began to overload and chain react. As the giant ship began to explode cheers and howls could be heard over the radio, "YEE HAW!!! YOU DID IT!!!" Bill exclaimed with glee as the mothership moved away from the base and crashed into the ground before going up in an enormous explosion. The four white and blue arwings formed up and headed for the sky, with Husky and Bulldog units following them in Delta Formations, out of respect and thanks. "Hey Fox, can't you stay a moment, you know, so we can catch up and stuff?" Bill asked, leading the formations. "I wish I could Bill, but ROB just informed me that General Pepper wants us to head for Solaar. Maybe some other time, I hope." Fox replied as he led his own small formation. Bill nodded and looked up at the four pilots in front of him, "Take care Fox," he said, preparing to turn back, "You too, Bill" the fox said as he and his wingmates kicked in the afterburners and flew back up into the stars.
Later, back in the base, Husky Delta Wing was relaxing in the rec room. Roger was talking to Amaya, now back on her good side and Casey was looking at the Kill List as Deacon and Tykail were talking on the couch while an Earth movie called "The Fifth Element", a skinny black guy dressed like a girl was ranting on and on to a flight attendant, making her faint. "What the hell is that on his head" Deacon said looking at the television screen with his face and muzzle scrunched up, Tykail shrugged, tiredly laying her head on the coyote's shoulder, "I think that's his hair" she said crossing her arms across her chest. "I hope he don't go everywhere lookin like that" Deacon said still trying to figure out why the man's hair was like it was. "Hey Roger, you owe D a drink" Casey said as he sauntered over to where the rottwieler and collie were situated with a cocky grin on his face. Roger looked at the pit bull, a smile on his face as well "I know, I looked, and it seems you owe ME a drink now that I think about it." he said with a look of contemplation, Amaya giggled at the two, thinking to herself. Hearing the group behind them, Tykail looked at Deacon and smiled,causing the coyote to raise an eyebrow in curiosity before turning to her wingmates. "That's nothing, oh fearless leader here owes ME a drink!" she said pointing at the coyote next to her, "You didn't say you were in on this" Deacon pointed out with a confused look on his face. "Who said I had to say?" The chocolate brown coyote replied with a cocky grin. Deacon looked behind the couch to see Roger and Casey sniggering at him while pointing. "And what's so damn funny?" the coyote asked, not liking the laughing and pointing his friends were doing. "Oh the shame!! Our noble leader, bested by one of his own pilots!!" Roger said oh so dramatically. Tykail giggled as she got up from the couch, "don't feel back Deacon," she said as she looked at him "every now and then, guys do end up getting beat by girls" she finished with a wink as she headed towards the rec room door. "Y'all make sure to rub it in." the female coyote said before leaving the room. Amaya, Roger, and Casey began to laugh out loud while continuing to point, "Yeah yeah yeah," Deacon said as he turned around to finish watching the movie, when in actuality the gears in his head were turning.
A/N: Whew! finished! For me, this chapter was long as hell!! Well until next time, keep sending in reviews, I'll get the next chapter up as soon as the swelling in my hands goes down. Until next time dear readers!!
P.S. Now that I think about it, really, what the HELL were they thinkin when they had Chris Tucker dressed as a sissy in that movie!?!? C'mon now, Chris, you coulda' said sumthin to them folks. They had you dressed up like a skinny Ru Paul for goodness sake!!!