Cowboy Star Fox
By Wolf O'Donnell
WARNING: This fanfic will contain swearing, graphic scenes of
death and violence and the use of British-English Spelling and
Grammar. If any of these things offend you or if you are
underaged, please do not read any further. Upon reading any word
or letter in this file, you hereby agree to forfeit all your
rights to sue me and that I cannot be held liable for any
psychological or physical damage caused by the contents of this
fanfic. Star Fox and all related characters (including me) are
copyrighted by Nintendo. Scales, Dinosaur Planet and all related
characters are copyrighted by Rare. The Gospel Army, Dr. Jerome
Kano, the Sekai Foundation and all related characters and places
are copyrighted by me.
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Secret Epilogue A: Blue
This Epilogue continues on from Epilogue B: Encore un
Verre. and not from the special Fara or Krystal endings.
Hence, none of the relationships depicted in Epilogues Ci
or Cii will be present in this chapter.
Fox stopped in his tracks, letting the wind buffet
against his coat, and looked around him.
It was when he was celebrating with his friends in a
Cornerian bar that he had realised that of all their enemies,
one was unaccounted for. That was why he had come to Dinosaur
Planet all alone. He had decided to go alone to Dinosaur Planet
and use the Well underneath the WarpStone to receive a clue
about his future. It had been, after all, fairly accurate about
predicting Andross' rebirth.
Still, the clue was quite vague, but he had figuered it out.
It had told him to go to Krazoa Palace and he was now there.
The Krazoa Palace had changed little since Fox had last been
here. The place with its stone walls and stone statues still
stood, high up on Dinosaur Planet. The only difference was the
statue of the Krazoa God, which was missing its head. Fox knew
why that was gone.
As he made his way up the ramp and on to the circular dais,
Fox thought about his friends. He thought about Prince Tricky and
all the other Dinosaurs he had visited before coming up to the
Krazoa Palace. They were well, much better than when Scales had
appeared on the planet. Krystal was well when he left the Great
Fox, as were all his other friends. So why was he so solemn, as
if someone had just died?
There was a growl and Fox turned round. He recognised that
growl. There was no one around him. It was only him and the wind.
Fox sniffed the air with his keen vulpine nose. Something wasn't
right.
"I've been waiting for this for quite some time now,
McCloud."
Fox turned round and saw someone standing on the other end of
the circular dais. The vulpine recognised the black
Neo-Napoleonic-style military uniform with red cuffs and a red
collar decorated with gold thread. He recognised the white cape
that was draped over the left shoulder and threaded through the
left tassel-decorated epaulette of the black military tunic. Fox
recognised the white gloves, the black boots and the white
cravat. A black eye-patch covered the left eye.
So, he was still alive.
"I see you ditched the false eye," stated Fox, as he
looked down and saw Wolf had his right hand on the hilt of his
sabre.
A smile split Wolf's muzzle, as he stared across at Fox.
"You're going to pay for what you did, McCloud,"
growled O'Donnell angrily. "Years of work, creating the
organisations that would revive Andross and you ruined
everything!" He unsheathed his sabre from its scabbard
within the darkness of the night. "The Aristocrat Race would
have ruled the Lylat System and erased all base emotions. It
would have been an utopia that all races would have envied."
"The price was too high, Wolf," said Fox with a
shake of his head. "It's over now, Wolf. Now, you can either
leave the Lylat System or you can stay and be tried for your
crimes against the Lylat System. It's your choice, Wolf."
Wolf laughed at Fox's comment. It was all he could do from
cracking completely.
"Only I can kill you, McCloud," he told the vulpine.
"Only one of us will leave here alive. Care to guess which
one?" He waited and watched as Fox pulled out a gun from his
trenchcoat. A smile spread across Wolf's face.
Neither of them moved. Both stayed completely still like the
statues all over the Krazoa Palace. The only movement was that of
the wind, blowing at their fur and at their tails. The movement
of cloth, the movement of fur was all there was. Only the sound
of the wind could be heard, such was the stillness.
Wolf was the first to move. He had leapt straight at Fox,
leaping over the hole in the dais as if it was a mere puddle. The
force with which he hit Fox, knocked the vulpine off the dais.
Wolf leapt down after Fox and swung his sabre straight at the
vulpine's head, only to miss as Fox rolled out of the way. He saw
Fox aim his gun out of the corner of his eye. The lupine swung
his sabre in an arc and blocked the laser with the blade of his
weapon.
Wordlessly, Wolf charged straight at Fox. He swung his sabre
in an arc at Fox hitting the barrel of the vulpine's gun and
knocking it sideways. A furry fist suddenly flew at his face, but
Wolf wasn't quick enough to dodge it. The punch sent him
staggering back, as Fox re-aimed his gun.
Fox pulled the trigger and missed. He aimed again and fired,
only to feel the cold, sharp bite of steel as Wolf's sabre sliced
through his arm. The laser he fired caught Wolf on the side of
his arm, only nicking it in comparison to what Wolf had done. The
vulpine whirled away from Wolf and narrowly missed being cut in
half. He fired again and fired several more times at Wolf, only
for the lupine to block each laser with that blasted sabre of
his. That was it. He stopped firing and allowed for Wolf to
charge straight at him. Wolf swung. Fox leapt over the sabre
blade and kicked at Wolf's head.
That trick had been pulled off too many times and Wolf had
already seen through it. He ducked underneath it and swung his
sabre at Fox. This time, he managed to catch Fox in the side the
blade of his weapon, extracting a yelp of pain from the fox.
A wince spread across Fox's face, as he turned and fired, his
laser skimming past Wolf's arm. He fired again, only for the
laser beam to be deflected by the blade of Wolf's sabre. Fox saw
his opponent charge straight at him. He ducked underneath the
sabre and charged straight at Wolf, grabbing the lupine and
pushing Wolf against the vertical side of the dais with such
force that it knocked the air out of the lupine.
With an angry snarl, Wolf punched Fox straight on the muzzle
and kicked the vulpine away from himself. He saw Fox aim the
laser gun at him again. Well, not this time. Wolf quickly ran out
of the way, leaping over one of the ramps that led up on to the
circular dais and landing on the other side of it.
Fox quickly ran after him, leaping on to the ramp and nearly
had the opportunity of having his legs cut off. Had he been a
split second slower, Wolf's sabre would have cut straight through
his legs. As it was, he had leapt over the blade and behind Wolf.
He aimed his gun at Wolf's head and pulled the trigger, only to
fire a laser into thin air as Wolf ducked out of the way and
landed a punch to his stomach.
The vulpine staggered backwards, reeling from the pain. He saw
Wolf charge straight at him. Fox was a split second too slow and
the blade cut through his fur and into his flesh again. Though
the blade itself was ice cold, the pain made it seem searingly
hot to him. Another swipe at his body and the blade cut into him
again, this time slashing his left arm.
The pain was just as disorientating as it had been for the
first agonising taste of steel. He should have been used to it,
though, seeing how many times he had been wounded in the Lylat
War and during his time catching criminals after the mission on
Dinosaur Planet. This time, the pain should only have been a numb
prick, but it was agonising as if Wolf had somehow cut through
into his soul.
Lifting his gun, Fox aimed. He did his best to ignore the
pain. His vision blurred just as he pulled the trigger. He had
missed and now Wolf had charged straight at him. Fox tried his
best to aim again, but this time Wolf had smashed the blade of
his sabre straight against the barrel of his gun, turning the gun
away from Wolf just as Fox pulled the trigger. The laser went
skyward. Fox pulled the trigger again, hoping that the vibration
of the gun when it fired would help loosen Wolf's grip on the
sabre.
"Die, McCloud," growled Wolf angrily.
"Go to Hell," retorted Fox, as he struggled to keep
a hold on his gun.
Wolf pushed the blade of his sabre against the barrel of the
gun, turning the gun out of sight. He kept the momentum of the
blade going, turning the blade round until it was above his head
and he brought it slicing down towards Fox. His vulpine opponent
rolled out of the way. In mid-air, he turned the blade of the
sabre and swung it horizontally at Fox, only to miss.
With a smug smile, Wolf delved into his pockets and brought
out some shuriken he had taken from a SharpClaw he had met on the
way up to the Krazoa Palace. He flung them at Fox with amazing
accuracy for a person with only one eye. Fox ran out of the way,
avoiding all of them. Wolf howled out angrily and flung the last
of his shuriken straight at where he thought Fox would end up.
Fox yelped out in pain as the throwing star hit him in the
leg. The pain made him lose his balance and he crashed to the
cold, stone floor. He looked down and saw it sticking out of his
leg, blood spreading through the fabric of his trousers. Quickly, he
reached out and yanked the weapon out of his leg and winced in
pain. Fox flung the shuriken back at Wolf, striking the lupine in
the arm.
The yelp of pain told him that he had hit Wolf. Fox aimed his
gun and fired, only for Wolf to deflect the lasers.
"Shit!" swore Fox, as he leapt to his feet, despite the
pain in his legs. He charged straight at Wolf and slid across the
stone floor, sweeping his leg out in an attempt to knock the legs
out from underneath the lupine.
That trick was far too old and Wolf saw through it. He leapt
over Fox and kicked at the vulpine's head, before landing on the
ground again. Wolf whirled round, flinging his cape behind him.
He held his sabre in both hands and stabbed it into the ground.
He was aiming for Fox. He had missed.
Fox rolled back to his feet and aimed his gun. He pulled the
trigger before Wolf could even react, shooting a laser straight
at Wolf. It hit the lupine in the ear, elicitating a yelp from
his grey-furred opponent.
Wolf charged straight at Fox, deflecting the few lasers that
were fired at him. The rest missed him by a wide mark, a result
of Fox's blood loss. The smile on Wolf's muzzle widened. He knew
it would only be a matter of time before he won against his
lifetime opponent. He swung his sabre at Fox's head, only for the
vulpine to duck underneath it. Out of the corner of his eye, he
saw Fox aim his gun. Wolf leapt sideways, narrowly avoiding being
shot in the chest.
Upon landing back on the ground, Wolf swung his sabre at Fox,
just as the vulpine aimed his gun towards him. Their two weapons
clashed together. With all his strength, Wolf swung his sabre
round, pushing the gun along with it. Their arms did full circle
before both their weapons were flung out of their hands.
The gun landed at Wolf's feet. The sabre landed at Fox's feet.
Neither moved to pick up their weapons. There was no flurry of
movement. There was just pure stillness and silence, but in that
they knew what each other was thinking. It was as if they could
talk without words and each knew what the other was saying. Both
fox and wolf stared at each other, motionlessly but full of
emotion. They knew that one of them would die at the other's
hands.
Like mirror images, the two of them slowly bent down to reach
for the weapon at their feet. They slid their weapons across to
each other with equal force and grabbed their weapons at the same
time.
Fox raised his gun quickly and fired, sending blood
splattering on to the stone floor. He watched as Wolf staggered
and then crashed to the floor. The vulpine waited. Wolf didn't
get back up again.
"It's over," he muttered weakly under his breath, as he
wiped the blood off his cheek. He turned round slowly, wavering
like a drunk. The vulpine nearly toppled over.
- Never seen a blue sky
- Yeah I can feel it reaching out
- And moving closer
- There's something about blue
- Asked myself what it's all for
- You know the funny thing about it?
- I couldn't answer
- No, I couldn't answer
And Fox saw his friends standing not too far away. There
was Falco, Slippy and Peppy. Bill and Katt were there too along
with Fara. Krystal was there too. Yet they all seemed to blur, as
his vision failed him.
Thoughts turned to how he would miss his friends. He would
miss Falco's cockiness, the way the avian always thought he was
in the right, how the avian always wanted to be the Leader of the
Star Fox Team. Memories turned to Slippy and how the amphibian,
though not skilled in flying had always proved to be the best
mechanic they ever had. It seemed to Fox that his entire life was
flashing before his very eyes. He could remember his first kiss
underneath a cherry tree, how it had just been a peck on the
cheek from Fara.
- Things have turned a deeper shade of blue
- And images that might be real
- May be illusion
- Keep flashing off and on
Fox remembered Bill and Peppy. He rememembered General
Pepper and how they had all worked so well together during the
Lylat War and how even through the bad times, they had come
through for each other. He was going to miss all that. He was
going to miss Peppy's old ramblings and Bill's love of fun.
The sun was rising, yet he failed to notice. All Fox could
feel and see was the cold and the darkness, as he staggered
towards the blurs that he thought to be his friends. It was so
cold, yet Fox refused to shiver. The vulpine refused to give in
so easily, yet he wondered, why did he refuse? He smiled at the
blurs weakly, before all his strength left him. Fox stumbled and
fell.
"Fox!" cried Krystal, as she ran along the stone
floor towards the vulpine. She skidded to a halt and knelt down
beside him. She brushed his fur back and turned his head.
"Fox," she called out to him, but he wouldn't respond.
All he did was stare at her. All he could do was stare lifelessly
at her.
- Free
- Wanna be free
- Gonna be free
- And move among the stars
- You know they really aren't so far
- Feels so free
- Gotta know free
- Please
- Don't wake me from the dream
- It's really everything it seemed
- I'm so free
- No black and white in the blue
And the sun began to rise upwards in the golden sky,
slowly turning blue. The life on Dinosaur Planet stirred and the
planet kept on turning, waiting for no one creature. The Planet
was just awakening underneath the bluest of blue skies, where not
even the clouds could keep the creatures from seeing that it was
blue.
- Everything is clearer now
- Life is just a dream you know
- That's never ending
- I'm ascending
The End.
You've answered the question incorrectly! It was Wolf's
left eye that could see into the future, because Wolf's left
eye was cybernetic and thus was far superior to the other eye,
being able to see things much quicker than his right. Now
that you know the answer, you may read the other Secret
Epilogue.
P.S. The lyrics used in this chapter are from Yoko Kanno's,
Blue.