PART NINE: BREAKOUT!
Fox sat in his Containment Cell, as I mentioned before. He had already worked out what had happened to him. Quite frankly, he was extremely pissed off at himself for not going back to the Great Fox to get backup. Nobody would believe his story without video evidence... and every piece of evidnece that he had... the layout of the Command Ship (had been returned to the Great Fox for such a purpose), the video evidence itself of Andross's various crimes (also stored on the Great Fox), and even Ganondorf to testify as a witness to all Andross's acts (was currently ON the Great Fox), were, well... all on the Great Fox! He was beating himself up now for such stupidity. Now he'd be fed minimal meals, given little medical attention, and above all, he wouldn't get to see any of his friends again for days. Shoot.
The guard who was patrolling that sector approached Fox. "Package for you. Just sign here."
Who would send him a package in prison? Fox was confused as he autographed the form.
"Have a nice day," the guard smirked.
Fox gave the guard a withering look as he sat down on his little, prison-style bed and tore open the package. He emptied out its contents into his hand... a phone.
It immediately rang.
Fox was startled. What a coincidence. Or... was it a coincidence? Fox didn't care right then. It would be nice to talk to somebody that wasn't so grungy. This guard was hardly company.
"......Hello?"
"Hello, Fox. Do you know who this is?"
Fox didn't even need to recognize the voice to answer that question. "Gex!"
"Yes, it's me. Look, they got to you first, but they've underestimated how important you are. If they knew what I know... you'd probably be dead."
"...What are you talking about?"
"YOU ARE THE ONE, Fox! You think they're holding you captive for Andross's claims? No, they're not. They're using that idea to lure you into captivity. In reality, they're suspicious. Now listen. I don't know if you're ready to see what I'm about to show you, but unfortunately, you and I have run out of time."
"What is it?"
"Stand up and see for yourself."
"Now?"
"Yes. Do it slowly. Outside your cell."
Fox obediently stood up... slowly. He looked out the window. There... was a BOMB!
"See? I told you that you and I had run out of..."
Fox lept away from the window just in time.
BOOM!
The side of the Containment Cell exploded into a billion tiny pieces! As the Prison's alarms sounded, Fox strained his eyes to see what had caused such a ruckus...
Gex! Gex was standing there the whole time! Fox immediately ran up to Gex. Gex was clothed in all black, sweeping garments, and was wearing a pair of stylish shades.
"Fox. It is not safe here. You must come with me. I'll get out of here... climb onto my back."
Along with the strange feeling Fox got with seeing Gex so out of character and non-humerous, Fox hopped up onto Gex's back and clung on around his neck. Soon, it would be for dear life, as Gex coiled up that long tail of his...
SSSSSPROING!
Up they went! Gex soared into the air, effectively forcing Fox to hang on for dear life. He did a double-backflip that was initiated in the middle of the air, and landed gracefully on the ground. He literally hit the ground RUNNING... on all four feet, scuttling along like a mad...Gecko. Fox looked up ahead, and saw a small, sleek Dropship waiting for them.
Gex suddenly held his ear, as if listening to an internal voice speaking to him.
"Go," Gex said to Fox. "Get in! Company will be along soon!"
A group of prison guards were chasing after the mad Gecko, and Fox himself hadn't even noticed them until he was safe inside the Ship. He watched as Gex fought them... 5 of them at once, to be exact. It was a sight to behold.
The first thing that happened was one of the guards raising his Stun-Laser and yelling "Surrender, or we'll shoot!"
Gex got his charm back for a moment. He stepped forward, dramatically raising his hands. "I surrender!"
Oh, boy, Fox thought.
BAM!
Gex had lept up and thwacked the first guard with his tail! He sailed backwards and hit a second guard. They were both KO'ed. Then, Gex quickly kicked a piece of debris from the explosion into one of the other guards, who was immediately knocked backwards! Gex then did something Fox thought impossible... he ran up to the Prison wall and sprinted across it! The most impressive part about that was, he did it bipedal-like... that's on two legs. But Gex could only accomplish that on FOUR legs. What was going on?
Anyways, the move looked cool. As Gex sprinted along the wall, the remaining two guards fired off a couple of Laser shots... all missing him. Gex landed and grabbed the nearest one, taking control of his Stunner while using the Guard himself as a shield as he fired Laser-Blasts at the other guard. After two or three shots, the other guard was knocked out. Gex finally used his tail to konk the Guard he was holding over the head, KO'ing him as well. It was over before it had even started.
Fox was impressed. REALLY impressed. He'd never seen Gex fight like THAT before. Heck, he'd never seen Gex that strong before. How could Gex suddenly jump so high and run along walls, defying the laws of gravity like that? And how had his muscles become so... muscular? And how could he evade Stunner fire in such an easy manner as if time had slowed down? It seemed almost... inhuman. No, it was actually... ingecko. Anyways.
Gex finally returned to the ship. Fox immediately posed his questions. How had Gex gotten so good? What was his secret?
Gex responded, "Those questions aren't for now. You know you're an outlaw, right?"
Uh-oh. Fox went all sarcastic. "NAW... maybe the fact that I was in the SLAMMER should've given me a clue, huh?"
Gex's expression went a bit sour. "Hey... if anyone's making the quips around here, it SHOULD be me."
"What?! You've been incredibly serious this whole entire time! Not once have you made a single funny comment!"
"Ooooh. Well, I'm bottling it all up for later. I'm planning to put on clown shoes and turn cartwheels once we're out of here."
Now Fox's expression went sour. "Where are you planning to take me, anyway?"
Now GEX went all sarcastic. He rolled his eyes. "To meet the White Rabbit in Wonderland."
"Really."
"No."
"Then, WHERE are we going?"
"You'll see. Besides, that shouldn't be important to you now. I just saved your warm-blooded butt from Prison, furface. So at least try to zip it until we reach the Rabbit Hole, hm?"
"Whatever..."
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Fox was kind of unnerved as Gex flew him out through Cornerian Airspace. Undoubtedly, the story of the "Mysterious Lizard" who had sprung Fox was spreading throughout the System like wildfire right at that moment. Also undoubtedly, The Cornerian Ministry of Defence was deploying units to intercept them right then. Fox gazed uncertainly out through his little window, gazing back at Corneria. Little did he know, it would be the last time he truely saw it in his life.
Fox looked back suddenly. "Yo! Gex! They're on our tail!"
"Not for long, they're not..." Gex said through gritted teeth.
"Anything I can do to help you? Weapons I can fire?"
Gex's phone rang. He answered it, blabbed for a second or two, then called back to Fox, "There's an emergancy Rear-Mounted Canon! Activate it at that panel over there!" Since his hands were occupied with his phone and driving, he pointed at a computer console with his tail. Fox rushed over, and activated the Canon.
"Oh, man... I'll have to do this manually! There's no auto-fire!"
More Gex/Cell Phone blabbing. Gex said, "Use hack code 94249! I shall repeat, 94249!"
Fox obeyed. Amazingly, it worked. The Canon took potshots at the chasing CMD Units, actually taking one down. Then, THEY opened fire.
TSEWW! TSEWW!
"WHOA! Fox! Use hack code 73637! You got that!? We need emergancy shielding online!"
Fox obeyed again. A shield sprung up around the ship, deflecting the shots of the CMD. Gex cried out to Fox one more time:...
"I'm getting a drop code! Go over and check that sack in the corner!"
Fox stared. Like, cartoon-type staring, with his eyes bulging out of his sockets. There was a bag of the most wicked, deadly, and accurate weapons Fox had ever seen! He immediately grabbed the largest one he could see and took potshots at the final CMD Unit from the Space-Portal. Finally, the last of the pursuing Units was gone; Gex and Fox were in the clear.
"Okay, look," Fox said, dropping the gun. "How do you KNOW all this? Is that some kind of Universal Tracking device disguised as a Cell Phone or something?!"
"Oh, no... the people on the other end of this line are much, much better than that... anyways. Our trip is over, have you noticed? We're here."
"...That's it? You're taking me to Aquas? What, do I get to go for a swim?"
"NO, No, no... you'll see."
"AHA! You're going to DROWN me, aren't you?!"
"Fox... why don't you trust me? I just saved you from prison, for land's sake!"
"For LAND'S sake? We're on a planet that's COMPLETELY COVERED WITH WATER!!!"
Gex just sighed. Let more familiar faces describe this situation to him, he reminded himself. He's just too psychotic right now for ME to try such a thing.
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The ship didn't have underwater capabilities, so Gex had to hover the ship just above the surface. They stood on the outside deck of the ship while they waited for these "friends" of Gex's.
"Gex... PLEASE tell me why we're here! They've got Cornerian troops stationed on this planet! They'll find us and shoot us right off the surface of the water!
"Stay calm. They'll be here soon."
In reality, it would be half an hour until they had access to underwater. But Gex wasn't about to tell that to Fox. They'd be going through another battle. Not TOO large, hopefully.
"SEE? They're here already!! Look at that!!!"
Gex's jaw dropped. It was incredible. The size of the retrieval team was incredible! Gex had never seen anything like it! There was no WAY they'd make it out of this... Gex pulled out his phone again and made a call.
"Yo! Are you reading this?"
(Fox couldn't hear the response, but this is what was said...) "Of COURSE I am! That's incredible! Never would've expected that many..."
"How the blinkin' hell are we going to get HIM..." he asked, as he gestured his tail wildly at Fox, "through this!? He's still... you know..."
Gex then did something Fox found very odd. He started gesturing wildly at the back of his neck, as if the person he was calling knew what he was doing. How strange.
(Once again, Fox didn't hear this.)"Don't WORRY, Gex. I'll drop you a pair of F-Thirty ships. Fox'll figure it out himself; he's clever. Mewtwo's still about... ten minutes away. DON'T WORRY," he said, "seeing" Gex's facial expression, "you're going to make it."
Gex closed the phone. "Follow me, Fox," he said, and opened the door to the ship.
It was incredible. Two F-Thirty Ships had just appeared out of nowhere! Fox was in awe... there was NO WAY Gex could've hidden those in there on the trip to Aquas.
"My, look at 'em... the colour scheme is all wrong, all wrong. Red on Blue?! How fruity..."
"What IS that thing!!?!?" he said, meaning the phone. "A MAGIC WAND?!?!"
"Somewhat. Just get in. I trust you know how to fly this thing..."
Fox just laughed in spite of his emotion. This was his dream ship... the latest model of small fighter. He'd flown it so many times in his dreams that he was like an old pro.
He took the thing off expertly, flying straight up into the air after leaving the Ship's interior. He quickly moved it into All-Range mode. It handled like a dream; pinpoint turning, perfect acceleration, turbo and brakes, spectacular fuel capacity, and its barrel roll had the ability to repel almost any weapon imaginable; even bombs and whatnot. It was gorgeous. And he hadn't even tried the weapon system out yet... but he'd have to soon.
BUZZEEP! "INCOMING!" Gex warned.
The Cornerian Squad surrounded them from all sides.
BUZZEEP! "Gex... there's gotta be at least thirty opponents we have here!"
BUZZEEP! Gex responded, all sarcasm. "I KNOW... it HARDLY seems fair..."
A ship contacted them, supposedly the leader of the squad.
BUZZEEP! "Well, outlaws! As you can see, you're surrounded by an array of at least thirty much lesser-armed, nameless goonies! Will you surrender?!"
BUZZEEP! "Why should we? It's nameless goonies like you that the author creates for the sole purpose of being punching bags for the protagonists!"
*Static Ensued On The Enemy Frequency*
Fox and Gex used this uncomfortable silence to attack! They both flew upwards. Fox fired off a bomb. This was a sleek, silver-coated destruction device, exclusive to the F-Thirty. Its blast radius was quite large, and Fox barely had time to get out of the way before it detonated.
BOOOOM!
At least fifteen enemy ships were instantly down. By now, Gex had circled around, and started firing down at the stunned ships. He took out some of the damaged ones that had been glanced by the bomb. It was now 10 ships versus our... protagonists.
Unfortunately, Fox had used his... ONLY bomb. The one downside of the F-Thirty was that although its bombs were incredibly powerful, it could only carry one at a time. Fox then relied on this duel Hyper-Lasers to carve his way through the opposing fleet. He destroyed half of the remaining force before they could even move.
BUZZEEP! "Heads up, Fox! I'm sending in MY bomb..."
And sure enough, that silver-tinted ball of energy flew towards the remaining ships, stupidly clustered together. Fox gunned it in the opposite direction...
BOOOOM!
"Pish! And here I got the impression that this battle was going to be impossibly hard... what a joke!"
The ships were immediately dissintigrated. Fox and Gex swerved back around, and landed the F-Thirty fighters back into their ship.
"Holy COW! Gex, I've NEVER flown a ship that good before! Wow! This is a story for the guys when I get back to..."
It suddenly dawned on Fox that he may never see any of "the guys" ever again. Falco... he had just returned! And Mewtwo, who had saved his life... Ganondorf, whom he had battled through hell with... and, of course, Samus...
Gex seemed to read his mind. "Don't worry, Fox. You WILL see your friends again. I guarentee it."
"How is that possible? I'm an outlaw! If they DO see me again, chances stand they'll just turn me in to the Cornerian..."
"No, no they won't. You'll understand all this really quite shortly. Look, see up there? Our assistance is already here. Time to go."
It was true. A large ship approached from above; it appeared to be quite oval-shaped, and its appearance suggested to Fox that it had underwater capabilities. Fox assumed from Gex's words that it wasn't hostile... if it was, they were both royally screwed.
But, as it turns out, it was about the exact opposite.
Fox sat in his Containment Cell, as I mentioned before. He had already worked out what had happened to him. Quite frankly, he was extremely pissed off at himself for not going back to the Great Fox to get backup. Nobody would believe his story without video evidence... and every piece of evidnece that he had... the layout of the Command Ship (had been returned to the Great Fox for such a purpose), the video evidence itself of Andross's various crimes (also stored on the Great Fox), and even Ganondorf to testify as a witness to all Andross's acts (was currently ON the Great Fox), were, well... all on the Great Fox! He was beating himself up now for such stupidity. Now he'd be fed minimal meals, given little medical attention, and above all, he wouldn't get to see any of his friends again for days. Shoot.
The guard who was patrolling that sector approached Fox. "Package for you. Just sign here."
Who would send him a package in prison? Fox was confused as he autographed the form.
"Have a nice day," the guard smirked.
Fox gave the guard a withering look as he sat down on his little, prison-style bed and tore open the package. He emptied out its contents into his hand... a phone.
It immediately rang.
Fox was startled. What a coincidence. Or... was it a coincidence? Fox didn't care right then. It would be nice to talk to somebody that wasn't so grungy. This guard was hardly company.
"......Hello?"
"Hello, Fox. Do you know who this is?"
Fox didn't even need to recognize the voice to answer that question. "Gex!"
"Yes, it's me. Look, they got to you first, but they've underestimated how important you are. If they knew what I know... you'd probably be dead."
"...What are you talking about?"
"YOU ARE THE ONE, Fox! You think they're holding you captive for Andross's claims? No, they're not. They're using that idea to lure you into captivity. In reality, they're suspicious. Now listen. I don't know if you're ready to see what I'm about to show you, but unfortunately, you and I have run out of time."
"What is it?"
"Stand up and see for yourself."
"Now?"
"Yes. Do it slowly. Outside your cell."
Fox obediently stood up... slowly. He looked out the window. There... was a BOMB!
"See? I told you that you and I had run out of..."
Fox lept away from the window just in time.
BOOM!
The side of the Containment Cell exploded into a billion tiny pieces! As the Prison's alarms sounded, Fox strained his eyes to see what had caused such a ruckus...
Gex! Gex was standing there the whole time! Fox immediately ran up to Gex. Gex was clothed in all black, sweeping garments, and was wearing a pair of stylish shades.
"Fox. It is not safe here. You must come with me. I'll get out of here... climb onto my back."
Along with the strange feeling Fox got with seeing Gex so out of character and non-humerous, Fox hopped up onto Gex's back and clung on around his neck. Soon, it would be for dear life, as Gex coiled up that long tail of his...
SSSSSPROING!
Up they went! Gex soared into the air, effectively forcing Fox to hang on for dear life. He did a double-backflip that was initiated in the middle of the air, and landed gracefully on the ground. He literally hit the ground RUNNING... on all four feet, scuttling along like a mad...Gecko. Fox looked up ahead, and saw a small, sleek Dropship waiting for them.
Gex suddenly held his ear, as if listening to an internal voice speaking to him.
"Go," Gex said to Fox. "Get in! Company will be along soon!"
A group of prison guards were chasing after the mad Gecko, and Fox himself hadn't even noticed them until he was safe inside the Ship. He watched as Gex fought them... 5 of them at once, to be exact. It was a sight to behold.
The first thing that happened was one of the guards raising his Stun-Laser and yelling "Surrender, or we'll shoot!"
Gex got his charm back for a moment. He stepped forward, dramatically raising his hands. "I surrender!"
Oh, boy, Fox thought.
BAM!
Gex had lept up and thwacked the first guard with his tail! He sailed backwards and hit a second guard. They were both KO'ed. Then, Gex quickly kicked a piece of debris from the explosion into one of the other guards, who was immediately knocked backwards! Gex then did something Fox thought impossible... he ran up to the Prison wall and sprinted across it! The most impressive part about that was, he did it bipedal-like... that's on two legs. But Gex could only accomplish that on FOUR legs. What was going on?
Anyways, the move looked cool. As Gex sprinted along the wall, the remaining two guards fired off a couple of Laser shots... all missing him. Gex landed and grabbed the nearest one, taking control of his Stunner while using the Guard himself as a shield as he fired Laser-Blasts at the other guard. After two or three shots, the other guard was knocked out. Gex finally used his tail to konk the Guard he was holding over the head, KO'ing him as well. It was over before it had even started.
Fox was impressed. REALLY impressed. He'd never seen Gex fight like THAT before. Heck, he'd never seen Gex that strong before. How could Gex suddenly jump so high and run along walls, defying the laws of gravity like that? And how had his muscles become so... muscular? And how could he evade Stunner fire in such an easy manner as if time had slowed down? It seemed almost... inhuman. No, it was actually... ingecko. Anyways.
Gex finally returned to the ship. Fox immediately posed his questions. How had Gex gotten so good? What was his secret?
Gex responded, "Those questions aren't for now. You know you're an outlaw, right?"
Uh-oh. Fox went all sarcastic. "NAW... maybe the fact that I was in the SLAMMER should've given me a clue, huh?"
Gex's expression went a bit sour. "Hey... if anyone's making the quips around here, it SHOULD be me."
"What?! You've been incredibly serious this whole entire time! Not once have you made a single funny comment!"
"Ooooh. Well, I'm bottling it all up for later. I'm planning to put on clown shoes and turn cartwheels once we're out of here."
Now Fox's expression went sour. "Where are you planning to take me, anyway?"
Now GEX went all sarcastic. He rolled his eyes. "To meet the White Rabbit in Wonderland."
"Really."
"No."
"Then, WHERE are we going?"
"You'll see. Besides, that shouldn't be important to you now. I just saved your warm-blooded butt from Prison, furface. So at least try to zip it until we reach the Rabbit Hole, hm?"
"Whatever..."
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Fox was kind of unnerved as Gex flew him out through Cornerian Airspace. Undoubtedly, the story of the "Mysterious Lizard" who had sprung Fox was spreading throughout the System like wildfire right at that moment. Also undoubtedly, The Cornerian Ministry of Defence was deploying units to intercept them right then. Fox gazed uncertainly out through his little window, gazing back at Corneria. Little did he know, it would be the last time he truely saw it in his life.
Fox looked back suddenly. "Yo! Gex! They're on our tail!"
"Not for long, they're not..." Gex said through gritted teeth.
"Anything I can do to help you? Weapons I can fire?"
Gex's phone rang. He answered it, blabbed for a second or two, then called back to Fox, "There's an emergancy Rear-Mounted Canon! Activate it at that panel over there!" Since his hands were occupied with his phone and driving, he pointed at a computer console with his tail. Fox rushed over, and activated the Canon.
"Oh, man... I'll have to do this manually! There's no auto-fire!"
More Gex/Cell Phone blabbing. Gex said, "Use hack code 94249! I shall repeat, 94249!"
Fox obeyed. Amazingly, it worked. The Canon took potshots at the chasing CMD Units, actually taking one down. Then, THEY opened fire.
TSEWW! TSEWW!
"WHOA! Fox! Use hack code 73637! You got that!? We need emergancy shielding online!"
Fox obeyed again. A shield sprung up around the ship, deflecting the shots of the CMD. Gex cried out to Fox one more time:...
"I'm getting a drop code! Go over and check that sack in the corner!"
Fox stared. Like, cartoon-type staring, with his eyes bulging out of his sockets. There was a bag of the most wicked, deadly, and accurate weapons Fox had ever seen! He immediately grabbed the largest one he could see and took potshots at the final CMD Unit from the Space-Portal. Finally, the last of the pursuing Units was gone; Gex and Fox were in the clear.
"Okay, look," Fox said, dropping the gun. "How do you KNOW all this? Is that some kind of Universal Tracking device disguised as a Cell Phone or something?!"
"Oh, no... the people on the other end of this line are much, much better than that... anyways. Our trip is over, have you noticed? We're here."
"...That's it? You're taking me to Aquas? What, do I get to go for a swim?"
"NO, No, no... you'll see."
"AHA! You're going to DROWN me, aren't you?!"
"Fox... why don't you trust me? I just saved you from prison, for land's sake!"
"For LAND'S sake? We're on a planet that's COMPLETELY COVERED WITH WATER!!!"
Gex just sighed. Let more familiar faces describe this situation to him, he reminded himself. He's just too psychotic right now for ME to try such a thing.
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The ship didn't have underwater capabilities, so Gex had to hover the ship just above the surface. They stood on the outside deck of the ship while they waited for these "friends" of Gex's.
"Gex... PLEASE tell me why we're here! They've got Cornerian troops stationed on this planet! They'll find us and shoot us right off the surface of the water!
"Stay calm. They'll be here soon."
In reality, it would be half an hour until they had access to underwater. But Gex wasn't about to tell that to Fox. They'd be going through another battle. Not TOO large, hopefully.
"SEE? They're here already!! Look at that!!!"
Gex's jaw dropped. It was incredible. The size of the retrieval team was incredible! Gex had never seen anything like it! There was no WAY they'd make it out of this... Gex pulled out his phone again and made a call.
"Yo! Are you reading this?"
(Fox couldn't hear the response, but this is what was said...) "Of COURSE I am! That's incredible! Never would've expected that many..."
"How the blinkin' hell are we going to get HIM..." he asked, as he gestured his tail wildly at Fox, "through this!? He's still... you know..."
Gex then did something Fox found very odd. He started gesturing wildly at the back of his neck, as if the person he was calling knew what he was doing. How strange.
(Once again, Fox didn't hear this.)"Don't WORRY, Gex. I'll drop you a pair of F-Thirty ships. Fox'll figure it out himself; he's clever. Mewtwo's still about... ten minutes away. DON'T WORRY," he said, "seeing" Gex's facial expression, "you're going to make it."
Gex closed the phone. "Follow me, Fox," he said, and opened the door to the ship.
It was incredible. Two F-Thirty Ships had just appeared out of nowhere! Fox was in awe... there was NO WAY Gex could've hidden those in there on the trip to Aquas.
"My, look at 'em... the colour scheme is all wrong, all wrong. Red on Blue?! How fruity..."
"What IS that thing!!?!?" he said, meaning the phone. "A MAGIC WAND?!?!"
"Somewhat. Just get in. I trust you know how to fly this thing..."
Fox just laughed in spite of his emotion. This was his dream ship... the latest model of small fighter. He'd flown it so many times in his dreams that he was like an old pro.
He took the thing off expertly, flying straight up into the air after leaving the Ship's interior. He quickly moved it into All-Range mode. It handled like a dream; pinpoint turning, perfect acceleration, turbo and brakes, spectacular fuel capacity, and its barrel roll had the ability to repel almost any weapon imaginable; even bombs and whatnot. It was gorgeous. And he hadn't even tried the weapon system out yet... but he'd have to soon.
BUZZEEP! "INCOMING!" Gex warned.
The Cornerian Squad surrounded them from all sides.
BUZZEEP! "Gex... there's gotta be at least thirty opponents we have here!"
BUZZEEP! Gex responded, all sarcasm. "I KNOW... it HARDLY seems fair..."
A ship contacted them, supposedly the leader of the squad.
BUZZEEP! "Well, outlaws! As you can see, you're surrounded by an array of at least thirty much lesser-armed, nameless goonies! Will you surrender?!"
BUZZEEP! "Why should we? It's nameless goonies like you that the author creates for the sole purpose of being punching bags for the protagonists!"
*Static Ensued On The Enemy Frequency*
Fox and Gex used this uncomfortable silence to attack! They both flew upwards. Fox fired off a bomb. This was a sleek, silver-coated destruction device, exclusive to the F-Thirty. Its blast radius was quite large, and Fox barely had time to get out of the way before it detonated.
BOOOOM!
At least fifteen enemy ships were instantly down. By now, Gex had circled around, and started firing down at the stunned ships. He took out some of the damaged ones that had been glanced by the bomb. It was now 10 ships versus our... protagonists.
Unfortunately, Fox had used his... ONLY bomb. The one downside of the F-Thirty was that although its bombs were incredibly powerful, it could only carry one at a time. Fox then relied on this duel Hyper-Lasers to carve his way through the opposing fleet. He destroyed half of the remaining force before they could even move.
BUZZEEP! "Heads up, Fox! I'm sending in MY bomb..."
And sure enough, that silver-tinted ball of energy flew towards the remaining ships, stupidly clustered together. Fox gunned it in the opposite direction...
BOOOOM!
"Pish! And here I got the impression that this battle was going to be impossibly hard... what a joke!"
The ships were immediately dissintigrated. Fox and Gex swerved back around, and landed the F-Thirty fighters back into their ship.
"Holy COW! Gex, I've NEVER flown a ship that good before! Wow! This is a story for the guys when I get back to..."
It suddenly dawned on Fox that he may never see any of "the guys" ever again. Falco... he had just returned! And Mewtwo, who had saved his life... Ganondorf, whom he had battled through hell with... and, of course, Samus...
Gex seemed to read his mind. "Don't worry, Fox. You WILL see your friends again. I guarentee it."
"How is that possible? I'm an outlaw! If they DO see me again, chances stand they'll just turn me in to the Cornerian..."
"No, no they won't. You'll understand all this really quite shortly. Look, see up there? Our assistance is already here. Time to go."
It was true. A large ship approached from above; it appeared to be quite oval-shaped, and its appearance suggested to Fox that it had underwater capabilities. Fox assumed from Gex's words that it wasn't hostile... if it was, they were both royally screwed.
But, as it turns out, it was about the exact opposite.