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.