Two Heroes Collide 8, The Lost McCloud
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TWO HEROES COLLIDE, EPISODE 8: THE LOST MCCLOUD
Wolf is speechless. Is it really possible that James is his real father? Is he going to understand everything that he will say? In the past, as we recall, Wolf's adopted father Lupus O'Donnell, as I can say, was killed by James in a combat when Wolf was young. Now, that person who killed Lupus is going to tell to him that he is his father. Is that really easy to bear?
EISODE EIGHT!!! "Present is Redemption"
"I wish everyone is ready to listen to me..." James softly spoke. "What will I say is very important both to my heart and yours..."
"I just wish you're telling the truth!" Wolf scoffed out as he crosses his arms. "I already seen and heard liars in my life that actually likes to play like a saint!"
"Wolf, cut it out, okay?!" Pigma yelled as he tries to listen to what James is about to say. "Your fathers, both James and the deceased Lupus, want to hear this out!"
Wolf just sat on a couch, looking angrily at everyone.
"I never saw him like that before...." Fox whispered to Wulf as well as to himself. "Even when he was the old Wolf O'Donnell, he never became this hot-headed!"
Wulf exhaled. He faced at Fox and whispers back, "People change towards different people..."
Lupus McWolf walked towards James. He gave something that will make him talk. "Listen," he whispered to James, "I know I became hostile earlier, but please, hear this out. There are a lot of people who did plenty of mistakes and only realize them in the present or future. I am one of them..."
"What are you talking about?" James wondered as he looked at Lupus' face.
"My mistakes..." Lupus softly replied. "I did a lot of them, but the worst mistake which I did is probably the time I left my son, not knowing that he's alive..."
A stir of silence enveloped them. Wulf answered back, "Oh dad... It was just an incident. Even I didn't know you and Mom were able to survive back at the bombing before. Uncle Kurt and Aunt Aries are the ones who raised me, but they also didn't know that you guys survived."
"Still..." Lupus replied again. "If only I went back searching instead of fleeing..."
"It's okay, dear!" Ellen sweetly smiled. "I can see that our son understands it!"
James looked at Wulf, Lupus, and Ellen. How he had wished that he had a family like them. He wished that Vixie, his wife, didn't die before at the car accident. He wished that he could embrace Fox when he graduated from being a cadet to a leader of StarFox. "You know," he said with warmth, "I once had a family like yours..."
"So dad, are you ready to tell us everything?" Fox uniquely asked.
"I am..." James stated as he started to tell his memories. He sat on a sofa and exclaimed, "I want everyone of you to listen, okay! It all began..."
It all began when I was a regular ace pilot. Everyone was working happily, including me. I just returned from my post when all of a sudden I came across to another pilot. That pilot is really sexy, beautiful, elegant, everything a guy could've asked for. Yep, that pilot is a girl. We bumped into each other upon leaving the hangar. She whimpered and put up a fit... Yeah, she's really boyish. Sometimes, during our skirmish missions, I always encounter her many times. You'll always hear her scream: "James! Don't ever get in my way!" or "McCloud! Don't annoy me, okay!"
But then one time, during a ground mission, many monsters ambushed her. She was surrounded. However, there is this fox who was actually scouting the area. He saw the female pilot in distress, so he helped her. He knew she would sulk or just scream wildly after helping out, but he didn't care. Her safety comes first. He blasted those monsters with his fighter, killing every one of them. As he lands down, the female pilot walked towards him. As the fox pilot left the cockpit, he received a mighty slap from the female pilot. Then, she hugged the fox pilot and kissed him.
The fox decided to take her back to Corneria, but some things certainly happened that time. They watched the meteors, the sun, the stars, the comets, and many more. Inside the fighter with a large cockpit, the two fell in love with each other. Yes, I know, love doesn't easily builds on a person, but it was very quick for them. Later during the trip though, the fox turned the autopilot on and did something unusual. The two became attracted to each other and they did something inside the cockpit. The two kissed, and slowly stripped each other. You know what happens next...
The fox told here is me, James McCloud. The female pilot is... Ruferina, Ruferina Reis.
Suddenly, Fox and Wolf missed a heartbeat. Fox never knew that James had slept with someone else rather than his mother, and Wolf knew that the female pilot, Ruferina, is actually her mother. Is he really of James' blood?
"H-how can that be possible?!" Wolf shouted. "You are a fox! I am a wolf!"
"Your mother is a wolf." James answered back. "You took most of her genes, I guess..."
"But dad," Fox, in tears, asked, "You told Mom that she was the only girl for you! You even had slept with Wolf's mother!"
Fox sighed and looked at Fox deeply. He remarked, "That was before I knew your mom. I thought our relation is going to last, but..."
A sudden flash of silence occurred at the scene. Their relationship didn't last long? Why?
"I know it's hard for you guys to understand..." James quoted, "but it's not over yet... I will tell you why Wolf grew up with Lupus O'Donnell..."
Even though it was love at first sight, we never get to love each other very much. Our love didn't last forever. When I saw Vixie, that's the time I started to feel different. Ruferina felt too much pain after finding that out, but I don't want to inflict more. I tried to break her. When I broke out with her, it was hard. She cried to not let it happened, but I was hardheaded. However, after many weeks, I found out that she is bearing a child having my blood with it. I tried to find her, for my son is with her.
When I finally knew where she lived, I went there as fast as I could. All of a sudden, as I reached that place, I saw her being hugged by someone else. A tall, gray, muscular wolf. She was crying upon his arms. The wolf hugged her tightly, showing affection. How I wished I did that. I found out that she has a new loved one and his name is Lupus O'Donnell.
I got angry when I heard the news that she will leave for Venom, the planet where Lupus lives. I got angry not only because that that place is the place of heathens, but also because she chose to love a Venomian rather than me. My heart was blinded back then. I never thought about my mistakes I'd done for her. All I think before was myself.
After a couple of years, I finally got married to Vixie. She and I have a son, and we named him Fox then... But still, I wish I could've knew what was the name of Ruferina's child is... Until I crossed paths with Lupus...
When I was walking down the park, I saw the lovely couple, Lupus and Ruferina, strolling the park. I was speechless when I saw them, avoiding any facial contact, but after I saw a little wolf cub walking behind them, my heart was filled with something great. I tried to get near him, but Ruferina grabbed him and hugged him deeply. Lupus punched me and shouted, "How dare you! After leaving Ruferina and her child alone, what is the right for you for even touching him?!" I just told him he is my son, but Ruferina howled, "He is not your son! You didn't treat him like one! Wolf will never like you or your family, NEVER!"
I was left alone, looking for myself. One time, when Fox was in the academy and I was at work, Vixie planned on having a family day. She is going to fetch Fox but without her realization, a bomb that was planted in her vehicle exploded, killing her. I hugged Fox tightly then, realizing how important a family is. But in my mind, I was looking for the one who did this. My thoughts flew over Ruferina, Wolf, and Lupus. I got enraged against them. I got angry towards them. Even without specific evidence, I am angry at them. I was blinded once more by hatred. I know they couldn't do such thing, but my hatred pushed me to the limits...
A stir of silence flooded the scene. Why? Fox never hated Wolf, or Wolf never really hated Fox when they were young. Why?
Meanwhile, back at Corneria, Nebulla Wolf is trying to solve a strange mystery of recent kidnappings and the mutations...
"Let's see..." Rufus wondered as he examines the unconscious body of the white wolf. "There is a rather large abnormality in his body, literally! According to his recent pictures, he was NEVER this hulking and strong!"
Hawkin appealed for a dissection, but Lupe growled, saying that this victim is not dead. Foxette slowly waved her hand on the patient's abdomen. The firmly-shaped abs tickled Foxette, making her laugh. Arma looked at the computer's basis of the body.
Rufus sighed, "With the looks of this, we can't solve anything!"
"I agree..." Hawkin commented. "I don't really want to, but our only hope is to dissect him. Unless a special scanner is present, we cannot figure out what chemical turned him into Mr. Muscleman..."
Lupe quickly grabbed Hawkin's neck and shook him, saying, "ARE YOU N - U - T - S? WE DON'T WANT TO KILL VICTIMS, DUMBASS!"
The two quarreled as usual, screaming out loud. Those noises, however, were heard at the upper floors of the building. Leon Powalski, a new Cornerian Space Defense mechanic, heard the racket that was going on below at the Forensic Department. He knew that Nebulla Wolf is there, but he wondered what's the noise about. Because of curiosity, he went down, wondering.
As he reached the Forensic Department, he walked towards the Examination Room. There, he saw Nebulla Wolf and its two members quarreling. The other three just looked at the two with floating sighs and sweatdrops.
"Infidel!" Hawkin shouted. "I care for the patient as well but there is no other choice!"
Lupe grudged out, "Oh really?! I thought you are a genius!"
The two are ready to take each other's head off. Leon burst in and halted the two.
"HEY HEY HEY!!!" the chameleon taunted as he stretches his arms to stop the two. "Don't argue about something that has a solution!"
Rufus beckoned at Leon. He taps his shoulder and said, "Uh, Leon... we tried anything but nothing worked! What shall we do?!"
"I never felt like this..." Arma sighed. "I never felt we are hopeless... We never became like this before, right? How come..."
Foxette grappled Arma's arm and swing it. She yelled, "DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT! Rufus always finds a solution! I know he will never give up... right Rufus?"
Rufus just exhaled out. He crosses his arms and looked up. He said, "I wish I could, Foxette... I wish I could..."
Leon looked at the despondent team. With their gloomy and hopeless faces, he couldn't bare to not help. "What do you need, anyway?" Leon asked with interest.
Lupe queued, "We need a... well... um..."
"An Internal Bio-Scanner..." Hawkin answered out.
Lupus jerked, "Yeah... yeah... what nerd hawk said!"
Hawkin sardonically continued, "Ahem... Before I was rudely interrupted, we need an Internal Bio-Scanner to scan Howl's inner anatomy. However, there is none available. I have a few parts, but it is not enough to make a scratch..."
"Hmm..." Leon thought hard, "I think... wait... hmm... Hey! You guys are really lucky! I know how to make that stuff! Oh, and the parts you said that are needed for this machine can be found in my garage just a few walks away!"
Rufus smiled and replies, "Oh, thank you! Thank you very much! Don't worry! We'll be getting those parts! Just tell us what we need!"
Leon dictated the necessary items for building the Internal Bio-Scanner. Then, everybody started to get moving. They grabbed all the materials Leon and Hawkin will use for the invention. Many piles of scrap metal, gadgets, and much other stuff started to fill the working table. Leon organized them and Hawkin designed the machine's layout. Foxette and Lupe started connecting the pieces. Arma bonded the metal joints. Rufus arranged the circuitry.
Hawkin looked at the hard-working chameleon keenly. He then worked beside at Rufus, asking something. "Hmm... Without his help, we couldn't do our job here..." he perceived.
"That's right!" Rufus answered gleefully. "You know, he changed a lot since I last met him a few months ago. Too bad, though, Star Wolf's separated. Wolf joined Star Fox. Pigma started teaching in Taiyou no Natsu University. Andrew also started studying there. And Leon... well, he became one of the best mechanics here in Corneria."
"I think I know what you are thinking..." Hawkin remarked as he adjusts his glasses. "I may invent a lot, but I'm not a good mechanic. I guess we need someone like him..."
"Leon has the potential, I can see it!" Rufus added after twirling a few circuits. "Besides, he's a good friend of Wolf. We can trust him!"
Soon after, the machine is finally finished. The Internal Bio-Scanner is done. Everyone sighed and huffed after doing a tremendous amount of work. Now, for the declaration...
"Gosh! That really took me out!" Leon grinned as he wipes some dust from his face. "Okay! My job's done here!"
"Hey wait!" Arma stopped him. "Rufus wants to tell you something!"
Leon wondered, "Uh... what's it all about, Ru?"
"Well... umm..." Rufus slowly asked. "We really appreciated your help for making this... uh... umm... I... I mean we... We want you to be in the team! So, wanna join?!"
Leon was slightly stunned. Then afterwards, he yelled out, "YOU MEAN JOINING NEBULLA WOLF?!!! OF COURSE! I NEED TO GET SOME ACTION IN MY HANDS FOR A CHANGE!!!"
"Yeehaw!" Lupe screamed out loud. "Welcome to the club, Powalski!"
The Nebulla Wolf has a new member, Leon. It really makes them happy after all, changing their dark pasts into a new bright future! Now, they will start to investigate the mysterious muscular inflation rapidly occurring in the kidnapped people.
Now, back at James' Hidden Base, Wolf and Fox started to realize each other's bloodline. They have the same father, but the other one grew up knowing a different dad...
"I couldn't believe it!" Wolf shouted loud. "So... I tried to kill my OWN father back before during the Lylat War?!"
"And... and you wanted me to kill my BROTHER after all!" Fox yelled with tears. "H-how... could... YOU!!!"
James tried to hold them. He replied, "I told you... I let my hatred control me... I was unaware of the consequences..."
During those "special" conversations, Lupina told Peppy and Slippy about something.
"You know..." Lupina whispered, "I wish I can tell my dad how I love him..."
"I think there's no need for that, Lupina..." Peppy answered back. "I can see that you're father, Gen. Lupine, already knows how you love him."
Slippy also replied, "Uhuh! Pep's right! Your father raised you well! Look at yourself! Uh... Hey, you never mentioned anything about your mother!"
Lupina suddenly become pale. She answered softly, "My mother is dead..."
"Oops... Sorry, I didn't know..." Slippy replied back.
"No," Lupina smiled while having scintillating eyes, "it's all right. When I was five, my mom died of sickness. Dad couldn't do anything to find a cure. We then both tried to be strong... When I saw how Mr. McCloud felt the loss, my thoughts flew to my dad..."
After the long (and staggering) discussion, a sudden blast destroyed the hidden base's ceiling.
"Take cover, everyone!" James yelled, trying to save everyone.
"This looks trouble..." Wulf proclaimed. "All right! Galaxy Wulf, get ready! ARMOR!!!" A shining light covered him, accumulating his armor.
"Star Fox..." Fox shouted, "Is everyone all right?"
"Yep!" Slippy replied out. "Thanks to Vulpin, Peppy and I are okay!"
"Don't mention it!" Vulpin grinned as he creates a firewall above him and the two.
As the ceiling opened up, soldiers dropped down, showing the symbol of Venom on their uniform. It's Andross and they have discovered James' base!
"What the?!" Wolf growled. "Andross?! But how?!"
"He must be tracking the signal as well!" Bark shouted. "The soldiers are getting in here!"
"Okay, himechan! It's party time!" Lupus grinned to his wife. He drew his neutron blade and his wife Ellen equipped her flail-knuckles.
"Shinkuu... HADOUKEN!!!" Lupina yelled. A large beam of aura swirled the enemy soldiers away, knocking them out.
"Hey!" Goushin alarmed the soldiers, "SMILE!!!" Goushin's special camera knocked off the soldiers surrounding him. He also whipped some with his large paper fan.
"My turn!" Eagle happily proclaimed. "CYCLONE BUSTER!" A large tornado swept many of the infantry away, flying to the open hole.
Wulf, Fox, and Wolf knocked a few soldiers with punches, kicks, and some slashes. Pigma forced James to go to the ship outside along with Peppy and Slippy. The couple, Lupus and Ellen, flailed out a few soldiers. It was an all out battle below the ground.
Inside Andross' ship, however, he seems to be plotting something...
"Fools!" the large ape shouted. "You are so pathetic! You only need to retrieve me James' sons and you couldn't even bring it to me!"
"WOLF! MAKE THEM BRING O'DONELL!" the howling coyote growled. Something is rather strange. Coyote Conery was never like this.
"Very well..." Andross quirked. "Soldiers... prepare for tractor beam attack!" He pushed a few buttons, creating a dome-shaped energy on his ship's parabola satellite. He then shouted, "FIRE!" firing the beam towards the hidden base.
Fox, Wolf, and Wulf, who are fighting alongside and are near to each other, were busy fighting a few soldiers when all of a sudden the beam hit them.
"Fox! Wolf! Wulf!" James screamed out. He tried to grab them, but they were easily pulled out.
"I'll try to destroy that thing!" Wulf thought. His Anatyde armor allows him to fly freely in tractor beams (Cool!).
"Whoa! Just be careful, okay?" Fox warned him.
Wulf flew near the satellite. He unleashed his neutron blade, ready for some slicing.
"Oh no you won't!" Andross grinned. He pressed a special button to activate something.
The satellite suddenly glowed red. Wulf wondered what it is, but then, that red glow fired towards him, piercing through his armor at his chest. It was actually a beam. His armor disappeared, and he soon falls down.
"WULF!!!" Wolf and Fox shouted hard.
"NO!!! SON!!!" Lupus screamed in tears. Ellen hugged him tightly.
"Oh, I couldn't have done it without Volgar's special Anatyde Breaker!" Andross laughed. "Bring in the two captives!"
Fox and Wolf couldn't bear to see Wulf die. However, the ship suddenly captured them, engulfing them inside the ship.
Wulf was slowly falling down the sky. His body bleeds hard, as his uniform gets soaked with blood. Eagle quickly caught him in the air, but was in tears when Wulf's blood crawled to his arms.
Inside Andross' ship again...
"Ah... my two guests have arrived!" Andross grinned. He is carrying four leashes, but what for anyway?
"DAMN YOU!" Wolf angrily growled at Andross. "YOU KILLED HIM!"
"FUCK YOU! YOU HAVE MURDERED MANY PEOPLE SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE FORGIVED!" Fox shouted in tears.
"Save me the tears, McClouds! Bring those two in the Torture Chamber!" Andross shouted. The two were taken in the darkness, inside the shrouded zone...
What will happen to the two? Will Wulf be able to live? What is going to happen? Find out in the next chapter!