Part V
The Unexpected
"I want to thank you for coming with us to find this stone," said Fox.
"It's a pleasure to be able to fight with you," she replied. "Instead of me being stuck in that crystal thing."
"What was it like stuck in that crystal?"
"Well it wasn't fun. I was supposed to be the one who released the Krazoa Spirits, but then that evil Andross trapped me inside of the crystal. I want to thank you once again for saving me Fox. I figured helping you find this stone was a way to repay you."
"Well thank you Krystal. You know if it wasn't for you the King Earthwalker would've..." his communicator started beeping. "Fox here."
"Fox!" he heard Slippy's voice. "Fox we are under attack and we need assistance ASAP!"
"Oh great," Fox moaned. "Now I have to head back to my Arwing and fly ALL the way back to the Great Fox!"
"What's going on?" asked Krystal.
"Sorry, but I have to get back to my ship so I can help my friends. You can come with me to my ship if you want to."
"Sure Fox. At least we'll get to talk for awhile more."
When Fox, Krystal and Tricky got to Thorntail Hollow, they saw the unexpected.
"Oh no!" yelled Fox. "It can't get any worse!" Fox's Arwing was trashed. It had been pushed over, stepped on, bashed against and tossed around. It was definitely damaged enough to where it couldn't fly. Fox hit buttons on his wrist pad. The Arwings windshield began to open, then just fell off completely. He went inside the cockpit and activated the counsel. It displayed the damage done to the Arwing. It said there was damage to every area except the bottom storage compartment. "This is going to cost me a fortune!!!" Fox yelled at the top of his lungs. "Who did this?! I demand you show yourself!" Nothing happened. Fox took out his communicator. "Slippy. Come in Slippy. Hello?" There was no answer. "Curse my craving for something to do!"
"What are you going to do now Fox?" Krystal asked. Fox fell on his knees and took a deep breath.
"All we can do now is keep going to Moon Mountain Pass and look for this stone you were talking about."
"Good idea Fox. We should get going."
"This is unbelievable! First I get in a fight with Falco, then he gets himself stuck, then Tricky's dad gets sick, then the Great Fox is under attack, then my ship gets trashed, and now I'm walking around with a STICK in my hand for a weapon!!!"
"Well we better get moving Fox, because whatever messed up your ship had to be real big." Fox took a moment to regain control of himself.
"Your right," he said. "We better start moving. Do you know the way? I can't get Peppy's maps anymore cause my team won't respond to the communicator."
"I know the way Fox!" yelled Tricky. "Come on! Follow me!" He ran ahead sniffing around everything he passed. Fox looked at his hands.
"I don't think I've ever been this angry before," he said.
"I know how you feel Fox," said Krystal. "I was furious when I lost my home planet."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess you have it worse than me, so I shouldn't be the one complaining."
"Anger is anger Fox. Big or small it usually finds it's way to release itself from your body. The affects can be unnoticeable or they can be devastating. It's up to you how you release that anger. Many have not tried canceling out their anger by doing something they like when they're angry. What is something you like to do Fox?"
"Well . . . I like to talk to you. That makes me feel good inside."
"That's sweet Fox. But what did you use to do before you met me?" He looked down at the ground.
"I used to just hold it inside me and wait until it went away. What did you do Krystal?"
"Me? Well I would go to the shore and stare out into the water. The sound of the waves would make me feel comfortable."
Fox and Krystal continued to talk as they walked toward Moon Mountain Pass. An hour passed of straight walking until they came to an area with many trees.
"Where are we?" Krystal asked.
"I think we are near the Lightfoot Village," Fox replied. "We need to walk straight through this place until we reach the end." Fox looked around. "Krystal?" She was nowhere in sight. "Krystal? Krystal!" Just then, An arm shot out of the bushes and pulled him in. Fox struggled to break free, but then saw it was Krystal who pulled him in. "What are you doing?"
"Look over there," she whispered. She pointed to two Lightfoots on guard.
"Yeah, those are Lightfoots. I'm known well in their tribe." Fox got out from the bushes and walked toward the Lightfoots.
"Fox!" Krystal yelled quietly. "What are you doing?! Come back!" Fox continued toward the Lightfoots. The two Lightfoots jumped back and put up their spears.
"Who are you?!" one of them said.
"Why, I am Fox McCloud."
"Well get lost!"
"That's no way to speak to the honorary member of the Lightfoot Tribe," he said calmly.
"What you talking about? You are not the honorary member!"
"Perhaps I should discuss this with your leader?"
"Fine." He pointed to the other Lightfoot. "You watch him and make sure he don't go nowhere!" He ran off toward one of the huts. He quickly returned with the leader.
"Ah!" the leader began. "It's Fox McCloud! Where you been for this long time aeh?" The other Lightfoots put down their guards.
"Oh you know, the usual."
"That's very nice, but you have to die now."
"Uh . . . excuse me?"
"Guards, capture him!" The Lightfoots rushed toward him. He swung his stick at them but it broke as it clashed with one of their spears. He dodged most of their attacks. Suddenly more and more came from the huts. Fox was surrounded.
"Hey! What ever happened to honorary member of the Lightfoot Tribe?"
"You are no longer the honorary member of our tribe. Do you think you would keep the title for this long? Someone else has beaten your record, and his request was for us to get rid of you if we ever saw you again."
"Who beat my record?!"
"I can't tell you that Fox. He specifically told us that you were his nemesis, so your membership with the tribe is history, and so are YOU!" One of the guards looked at the leader. The leader nodded his head. A Lightfoot from behind thrust his spear right into Fox.
"AHHHH!!!" Fox yelled as the spear pierced through his skin and into his back. A loud 'NO!!!' came from the bushes.
"What was that?!" the leader shouted. "Go check out those bushes!" Several Lightfoots ran opposite of Fox's lifeless body.
"Tricky," Krystal said still behind the bushes. "I want you to go get some help." Tricky ran off without saying a word. The Lightfoots continued toward the bushes. They slowed down as they neared the bushes. As they were only inches away from the bushes, Krystal's staff shot out and smacked one of the Lightfoots in the leg. Immediately after, she swung the staff upward and clashed the jaw of another Lightfoot. The two dropped to the ground, revealing dozens behind them. They rushed toward Krystal.
"THIS IS FOR FOX!" she yelled as she charged the big group of Lightfoots.
"Kill the blue Fox!" the leader yelled. Krystal rushed toward the leader first, yelling as she approached him. Four guards leaped in front of her. She charged up her staff and slammed it against the ground. The four fell to the ground; the leader regained his balance. Six more Lightfoots charged from every direction. She rapidly spun her staff around shielding herself from any attacks the Lightfoots threw at her. She continued to run towards the leader. Three jumped in front of her, eight from behind, five from the right, and four from the left. She started to charge up her staff, but before she could finish, a Lightfoot grabbed the staff and threw it to the leader. The Lightfoots surrounding her closed in and tackled her. Every Lightfoot was seconds away from joining in and brutally beating her with the dull end of their spears. The leader singled for them to stop.
"No," he started. "I have better plans for you."
"You lay a finger on me and I'll..." but before she could finish, she was smacked across the back of her head with the butt end of a spear. She slowly fell to the ground. She wasn't moving. Everything went totally black.
The Unexpected
"I want to thank you for coming with us to find this stone," said Fox.
"It's a pleasure to be able to fight with you," she replied. "Instead of me being stuck in that crystal thing."
"What was it like stuck in that crystal?"
"Well it wasn't fun. I was supposed to be the one who released the Krazoa Spirits, but then that evil Andross trapped me inside of the crystal. I want to thank you once again for saving me Fox. I figured helping you find this stone was a way to repay you."
"Well thank you Krystal. You know if it wasn't for you the King Earthwalker would've..." his communicator started beeping. "Fox here."
"Fox!" he heard Slippy's voice. "Fox we are under attack and we need assistance ASAP!"
"Oh great," Fox moaned. "Now I have to head back to my Arwing and fly ALL the way back to the Great Fox!"
"What's going on?" asked Krystal.
"Sorry, but I have to get back to my ship so I can help my friends. You can come with me to my ship if you want to."
"Sure Fox. At least we'll get to talk for awhile more."
When Fox, Krystal and Tricky got to Thorntail Hollow, they saw the unexpected.
"Oh no!" yelled Fox. "It can't get any worse!" Fox's Arwing was trashed. It had been pushed over, stepped on, bashed against and tossed around. It was definitely damaged enough to where it couldn't fly. Fox hit buttons on his wrist pad. The Arwings windshield began to open, then just fell off completely. He went inside the cockpit and activated the counsel. It displayed the damage done to the Arwing. It said there was damage to every area except the bottom storage compartment. "This is going to cost me a fortune!!!" Fox yelled at the top of his lungs. "Who did this?! I demand you show yourself!" Nothing happened. Fox took out his communicator. "Slippy. Come in Slippy. Hello?" There was no answer. "Curse my craving for something to do!"
"What are you going to do now Fox?" Krystal asked. Fox fell on his knees and took a deep breath.
"All we can do now is keep going to Moon Mountain Pass and look for this stone you were talking about."
"Good idea Fox. We should get going."
"This is unbelievable! First I get in a fight with Falco, then he gets himself stuck, then Tricky's dad gets sick, then the Great Fox is under attack, then my ship gets trashed, and now I'm walking around with a STICK in my hand for a weapon!!!"
"Well we better get moving Fox, because whatever messed up your ship had to be real big." Fox took a moment to regain control of himself.
"Your right," he said. "We better start moving. Do you know the way? I can't get Peppy's maps anymore cause my team won't respond to the communicator."
"I know the way Fox!" yelled Tricky. "Come on! Follow me!" He ran ahead sniffing around everything he passed. Fox looked at his hands.
"I don't think I've ever been this angry before," he said.
"I know how you feel Fox," said Krystal. "I was furious when I lost my home planet."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess you have it worse than me, so I shouldn't be the one complaining."
"Anger is anger Fox. Big or small it usually finds it's way to release itself from your body. The affects can be unnoticeable or they can be devastating. It's up to you how you release that anger. Many have not tried canceling out their anger by doing something they like when they're angry. What is something you like to do Fox?"
"Well . . . I like to talk to you. That makes me feel good inside."
"That's sweet Fox. But what did you use to do before you met me?" He looked down at the ground.
"I used to just hold it inside me and wait until it went away. What did you do Krystal?"
"Me? Well I would go to the shore and stare out into the water. The sound of the waves would make me feel comfortable."
Fox and Krystal continued to talk as they walked toward Moon Mountain Pass. An hour passed of straight walking until they came to an area with many trees.
"Where are we?" Krystal asked.
"I think we are near the Lightfoot Village," Fox replied. "We need to walk straight through this place until we reach the end." Fox looked around. "Krystal?" She was nowhere in sight. "Krystal? Krystal!" Just then, An arm shot out of the bushes and pulled him in. Fox struggled to break free, but then saw it was Krystal who pulled him in. "What are you doing?"
"Look over there," she whispered. She pointed to two Lightfoots on guard.
"Yeah, those are Lightfoots. I'm known well in their tribe." Fox got out from the bushes and walked toward the Lightfoots.
"Fox!" Krystal yelled quietly. "What are you doing?! Come back!" Fox continued toward the Lightfoots. The two Lightfoots jumped back and put up their spears.
"Who are you?!" one of them said.
"Why, I am Fox McCloud."
"Well get lost!"
"That's no way to speak to the honorary member of the Lightfoot Tribe," he said calmly.
"What you talking about? You are not the honorary member!"
"Perhaps I should discuss this with your leader?"
"Fine." He pointed to the other Lightfoot. "You watch him and make sure he don't go nowhere!" He ran off toward one of the huts. He quickly returned with the leader.
"Ah!" the leader began. "It's Fox McCloud! Where you been for this long time aeh?" The other Lightfoots put down their guards.
"Oh you know, the usual."
"That's very nice, but you have to die now."
"Uh . . . excuse me?"
"Guards, capture him!" The Lightfoots rushed toward him. He swung his stick at them but it broke as it clashed with one of their spears. He dodged most of their attacks. Suddenly more and more came from the huts. Fox was surrounded.
"Hey! What ever happened to honorary member of the Lightfoot Tribe?"
"You are no longer the honorary member of our tribe. Do you think you would keep the title for this long? Someone else has beaten your record, and his request was for us to get rid of you if we ever saw you again."
"Who beat my record?!"
"I can't tell you that Fox. He specifically told us that you were his nemesis, so your membership with the tribe is history, and so are YOU!" One of the guards looked at the leader. The leader nodded his head. A Lightfoot from behind thrust his spear right into Fox.
"AHHHH!!!" Fox yelled as the spear pierced through his skin and into his back. A loud 'NO!!!' came from the bushes.
"What was that?!" the leader shouted. "Go check out those bushes!" Several Lightfoots ran opposite of Fox's lifeless body.
"Tricky," Krystal said still behind the bushes. "I want you to go get some help." Tricky ran off without saying a word. The Lightfoots continued toward the bushes. They slowed down as they neared the bushes. As they were only inches away from the bushes, Krystal's staff shot out and smacked one of the Lightfoots in the leg. Immediately after, she swung the staff upward and clashed the jaw of another Lightfoot. The two dropped to the ground, revealing dozens behind them. They rushed toward Krystal.
"THIS IS FOR FOX!" she yelled as she charged the big group of Lightfoots.
"Kill the blue Fox!" the leader yelled. Krystal rushed toward the leader first, yelling as she approached him. Four guards leaped in front of her. She charged up her staff and slammed it against the ground. The four fell to the ground; the leader regained his balance. Six more Lightfoots charged from every direction. She rapidly spun her staff around shielding herself from any attacks the Lightfoots threw at her. She continued to run towards the leader. Three jumped in front of her, eight from behind, five from the right, and four from the left. She started to charge up her staff, but before she could finish, a Lightfoot grabbed the staff and threw it to the leader. The Lightfoots surrounding her closed in and tackled her. Every Lightfoot was seconds away from joining in and brutally beating her with the dull end of their spears. The leader singled for them to stop.
"No," he started. "I have better plans for you."
"You lay a finger on me and I'll..." but before she could finish, she was smacked across the back of her head with the butt end of a spear. She slowly fell to the ground. She wasn't moving. Everything went totally black.