M O M E N T O

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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 20 chapters or less!

Sorry for the delay! Classes are back!


Chapter 19, When Ice Meets Fire


     Falco and Ellie encountered Harold face to face. What would the madman do to them? Meanwhile, we check up on Beowulfe, Anna, and Scythe, who are now looking for the members of Northern Wolves. Since Scythe knows the whole ship's layout, he guides the two into the laboratory.

     "Are you sure you know where they are?!" Beowulfe shouted as he set the floors they passed into flames, stopping the soldiers from following them.

     "I'm very sure," Scythe nodded. "I've been running around this ship since last month, so I definitely know where they are!"

     "You're supposing that they are in the lab, right?" Anna asked to be certain. "Why were they being held captive there anyway?"

     "I'm not so sure, but Harold has plans for your species," Scythe answered back. He then halted the two from running upon reaching a certain door. "Here we are!"

     Beowulfe flared the door, busting it out. The three then enters, and was taken into a shock after what they saw. They saw their missing friends locked in capsules filled with liquid.

     Anna was horrified to see her brother and her teammates in such condition. "What are we going to do?" she cried. "We need to save them!"

     "I'll try to disable the machine," Scythe answered back as he leans on the computer. "You two stand guard."

     Beowulfe looked around. He noticed that the captives' clothes were kept in storage. "I'll grab those," he thought, "I'm sure they'll need it."

     Anna looked with pity at her pack mates. Being experimented for power… what a tragic plan! She touched the glass capsule of her brother, and closed her eyes.

     "I can feel his heart crying," she softly spoke as she weeps, "and he felt mine. He wanted to get out of there, as well as the others! Scythe, you must do something!"

     "I'm trying," Scythe replied with sweat dripping from his head. "I'm really sorry. "If only I didn't do this in the first place! If only I didn't went to track Falco in Arctican, none of this would've happened. My friends might've been still along with me, the ice wolves won't be bothered, and we wouldn't lead Harold here! If it wasn't for that darned bounty!"

     "Stop blaming yourself," Beowulfe grunted at the door. "It already happened, so you shouldn't moan about it. The thing you should worry about is the future and he present."

     "He's… he's right," Anna whispered. "We shouldn't cry and instead find a way to get this problem done."

     "Right," Scythe answered with a smile. After little twitches then, he just debugged the system! The computer slowly drained the liquid and released the oxygen masks of the captives. As the fluid is completely drained, the capsules were unlocked, and the four unconscious bodies fell down: Frigi, Cold, Glacier, and Garou. Scythe and Anna quickly picked them up.

     "Onii-chan! Are you all right?" she asked the sleeping wolf who is laid on her arms. "Please wake up!"

     A cold breath was released from Garou's nostrils. He then coughed, and slowly opened his eyes. He then saw his little sister laying him to her arms.

     "Whoa…" he groaned softly. "My body feels heavy…"

     "Maybe because you're wearing your undies," Beowulfe muttered as he throws his uniform. "Here are your clothes."

     Garou and the others were suddenly alarmed by their exposure, and quickly clothed themselves, very fast as if nothing bad happened to them! Anna and Scythe laughed at the scene.

     "Well," Scythe grinned, "at least we're very sure they're fine now!"

     "Say, aren't you the one who was hunting us?" Garou questioned Scythe. "You know, at the park?"

     "I've already turned my back on it!" he smiled back. "I'm now your friend!"

     Cold then grabbed Garou's arm, pointing it at Beowulfe. "Look who's here, Mr. Ice Wolf!" he snickered.

     Garou looked at the red wolf, waving his hand to him. Enraged, he shouted, "BEOWULFE!!!"

     "At least I'm very sure his fine," Beowulfe, along with the others sighed. He then continued, "say, stray-face, I think we should stop arguing for a while and just continue it later when we land on Arctican."

     "You got a point," Garou answered back, "BUT I'LL KEEP AN EYE ON YOU! I DON'T WANT YOU TOUCHING MY LITTLE SIS!!!"

     Everybody laughed. But then, they're laughing was put to stop when Cold felt something strange.

     "Is it me," he wondered, "or is the room getting colder?"

     "Yeah, you're right!" Anna added. "It's getting chilly inside!"

     Beowulf and Garou suddenly shouted, "EVERYBODY, TAKE COVER!"

     A powerful ice blast was fired at the laboratory's door, knocking Beowulfe and Garou away, but was cushioned by Anna's ice wave. It created a heavy mist that supported the two's collision.

     A growl was heard, and a monster came in the laboratory. A white fox with cold gas coming out from its mouth entered the lab, and by the way he looks, he fired the ice discharge earlier.

     "Hey," Frigi wondered, "I never knew there were ice foxes! Beowulfe, do you know him by any chance?"

     "Nope," he replied, "I wouldn't know such a freak!"

     "He's the result of what the experiment did to him!" Scythe explained quickly. "He must be just an ordinary fox, but the experiment evolution turned him into that!"

     "So that's why he captured us!" Glacier concluded. "He wanted to have a copy of an ice wolf's gene, and he mixed it with that poor creature."

     "Right!" Anna shouted, "And we should start avoiding his attacks!"

     The ice fox growled and breathes out an ice blast, trying to hit the heroes. They spread out and avoided the attack, but they can't keep on doing that!

     "Fire beats ice!" Beowulfe grinned. He delivered a flamethrower from his hand, forming ember around the ice fox. He then imprisons the creature with a fire cage, trying to thaw him until he's weak.

     "You're doing it!" Garou cheered. "I really hate to say this, but you rock!"

     However, just before the ice fox faints, a large white wolf entered the room, throwing large ice pieces that doused the flames. Scythe was surprised to see that wolf, because it is Samson!

     "Hey, isn't he the guy with you?" Garou wondered.

     Scythe didn't reply. He walked slowly towards the large muscular wolf, which stopped Beowulfe from caging the ice fox.

     "Hey Scythe, get out of there!" Beowulfe yelled.

     "I… can't…" Scythe shouted back. He then approached Samson, whispering, "It's me… Scythe!"

     However, he was met with a different tune. Sam fired a powerful ice blast that hit Scythe, freezing him and pushing him away. He was frozen solid, encased in a large crystal of ice.

     "He… he didn't recognize him!" Cold remarked. "What are we going to do?"