M O M E N T O
Star Fox, its characters, names, etc. all belong to Nintendo. Any stuff that
has already had a specific media is not mine! Galaxy Wulf, its characters,
trademarks, names, etc. all belong to me!
Notice: This is a PROLOGUE of THC, meaning it happened before the events
of Two Heroes Collide. I've taken the first few parts of my story from the
official Star Fox manga entitled "Farewell, Beloved Falco" in the
Japanese site of Nintendo. Luckily, there's an English version that you can get
at [www.arwinglanding.tk]. Oh, I will temporarily stop Two Heroes Collide:
Juniors if I am making this. Don't worry! I think this will only take 15
chapters or less!
Chapter 10, Falling Feathers
It has been three days since the Tri-Wolves Hunters appeared in Arctican and failed. Having a new mission to confer the failed one, Scythe agreed to capture an ice wolf and Falco. He woke up on a very early dawn. Feeling something good will come out to his team, he called Seraphy and Samson for a meeting, a meeting on how to capture Falco and an ice wolf.
Samson whined and yawned while stretching his arms up. It was three in the morning, and he wasn't able to sleep well. Seraphy, on the other hand, was interested in Scythe's plot.
"So, what's the plan all about, O'Donnell?" she asked.
Ransa, or Scythe as what he wanted to be called, gruffly replied, "I told you many times before, I hated to be called by the last name! Call me Scythe!"
"What-ever… So, what's the plan?"
"Here it goes," he instructed, "as I have been observing him recently, Falco has an intimate feeling over this ice wolf." Opens up a hologram of Ellie's picture and continued, "Unlike her brethren, she doesn't mainly uses her breath to create ice. Instead, she's using it physically by imputing it to jujitsu arts."
Samson scratched his chest. He then licks his right arm, a symbol of misunderstanding. Seraphy also rubbed her hair in confusion.
"I don't get it…" she whined.
"You don't see it, do you? It's very simple. When she's restrained, she won't be able to use her natural abilities as an ice wolf. Falco will then come down to rescue her, but we'll get him there! We hit two birds in one stone!"
"What are you talking about?" she asked again, "Aren't we here for Falco only? We only want him because of the bounty, nothing else."
"I know…" he replied. "However, boss' new order is to both capture Lombardi and an ice wolf, typically her."
Samson suddenly gave a stunning look to Scythe. What will the boss want to an ice wolf? That's what his expression seems to tell.
"I have no idea what he wants to an ice wolf." He answered back while walking to the corridor. "After all, I don't want somebody like her to get injured. Still, I'm very positive that the boss won't harm the ice wolf…"
"Oh well…" Seraphy sighed while sipping tea. "So where will we go?"
Scythe grinned, "At the place where the two always go to talk… The park…"
A little later, the morning already swept the whole planet. After a morning's habit, Falco and Ellie went out to the park. It has been their usual habit on going in there, aside from the fact that it comforts them, it helps talk to each other in private.
"Say Ellie," Falco wondered, "what if I didn't appear here at Arctican at all? What will happen to your team?"
She smiled and replied, "I don't know, but you're my hero!" She then pointed Falco's beak with her finger and giggled, "What about you? What will happen to you if we didn't meet at the first place?"
"Oh probably either sick, bored, nostalgic, lovesick…" he enumerated.
"Lovesick?"
"Yep…" he answered. "Sometimes, when two people already knew that they are not meant for each other, they will still pretend that they like each other, but it really sucks once it starts to get screwy…"
"What do you mean by that?"
"When the time comes that you two finally tell it to each other that you're not meant to be, that's what I mean when I said it starts to get screwy."
Ellie suddenly observed the bird. She never knew Falco was a tragic lover. However, is she just pretending that she likes him, or is this for real? But then, she looked at her companion, so impudent yet responsible. She likes to cheer him up in a way that she wanted to be liked by him.
She grabbed Falco's scarf and ran away. "Stop thinking so much about troubles for a while! If you didn't catch me, your scarf will be mine!" she shouted.
Falco grinned and started sprinting. He yelled, "I am coming for you! When I grab you, you have to kiss me!" (Philander!)
Ellie smiled as she nodded up and down. She then ran fast up to the turning lane to the left. Having a fast speed, she was able to make a large gap between her and Falco.
When she made a turn to the left, she looked back at Falco. Without facing to her front, somebody suddenly grabbed her tightly. Unfortunate for her, there was almost nobody at the park. When she suddenly looked at the person cuffing her, that person is Seraphy.
"Don't try to struggle to much!" she insisted. "You'll be in a more uncomfortable situation if you do so!"
Suddenly, somebody grabbed her legs and cuffed those as well. He is Scythe, who then carried her up.
"We don't want to hurt you." Scythe reasoned out. "Just cooperate."
When Falco turned left, he saw the two grappling the poor ice wolf. That made him berserked. He started running towards them.
"SCYTHE!" he shouted angrily. Ina very fast dash, he rushed towards them.
However, without noticing, hiding behind a tree is Samson, who suddenly threw a punch at Falco's abdomen. The fast velocity Falco was in and the powerful thrust of Samson's muscular arm made the blue bird collapse with blood drooling from his mouth. This made Ellie scream to Falco.
Scythe injected a tranquilizer to Falco's right shoulder and muttered, "We finally got our bounty."
"What do you want with him?!" Ellie shouted as she started to wiggle.
"We have no use for him. We only want is the price betrothed at his capture." Seraphy replied.
"Of course, the boss wants an ice wolf, and our bounty will be doubled." Scythe explained. "Don't worry. As long as you keep quiet, you won't be harmed."
Suddenly, Scythe received a message from the flagship of their employer. They are arriving. Feeling a soothe pace inside himself, he hoped to finally fulfilled the worthiness of his name… O'Donnell.
