DISCLAIMER: StarFox, it's characters, trademarks, etc. is owned by Nintendo. GalaxyWulf characters, trademarks, etc. are owned by, none other than, ME! Attack names maybe from Street Fighter or my inventions! Please forgive my grammar and spelling! Feel free to e-mail me [wolfox_okami@hotmail.com or wolfox_okamichan@yahoo.com] about MY characters! Oh yeah, for those of you who wanted to use my characters, feel free to use them as long as you give that darn credit, OKAY? (Also, it might help reading the BIOS section in Two Heroes Collide 2)
TWO HEROES COLLIDE LAST EPISODE, LYLAT-TERRA WARS
One says that friendship is one of the strongest bonds that us people form. However, corruption and misunderstanding can destroy these ties. Will Fox realize what his mistakes he has done?
-Chapter Twelve- "Sentimental Value"
The skies of Colonium were never this dreadful for TERRA Squad. Galaxy Wulf perished from the hands of Fox whom they thought they were real friends. Has he forgotten what symbiosis existed between them a long time ago?
"Fox! Take those words back!" Gen. Fox growled angrily. "How could you do this to them?!"
"I have no idea, general…" Fox sarcastically grinned. "However, certain people must know that they killed somebody who's very close to me! I will never allow my friends to be harmed and left without justice! If they cross the line, then so be it…"
"Fuck you…"
"Oh, bullshit me all day general, but I don't care! I'm going to make sure you'll get what you deserve!"
Suddenly, a voice entered the discussion of the two.
"Sorry Fox, but I'm afraid I have to crash into your party!"
"That voice!" Fox nervously spoke. "It's…"
"Wulf!" Gen. Fox hopefully smiled.
"Sorry if I wasn't able to butt in earlier, but I have to listen to fox-boy here first!" Wulf answered. "So that's why… You're blaming us Terrans about Peppy's death!"
"But… how?!" Fox shouted out with wonder. "I thought you guys were…"
"Goners?" Goushin, who also butted in, laughed. "Well, let me explain what happened, okay?!"
Flashback
We thought that we were goners by then. Only a few minutes left before the explosion. However, you forgot one thing… Purin! Mantles are resistant to ANYTHING at all! It was able to wake up from sleep and activated the sprinkler system, although I'm not sure how but that's how it explains me. [Hmm… is this some kind of pokémon stuff where only the trainer can understand his pet?]
Anyway, we all woke up, rode the fighters we used on getting Great Fox, and swiftly flew away while watching your ship explode into pieces. What a waste!
End of Flashback
"You see! I was lucky to have my Purin along!" Goushin giggled.
"Puuuuu!!!"
"Darn it!" Fox grumbled. "Anyway, I hope you guys are ready, because we got your coordinates now! Prepare for a battle now!"
"We're going to fight 'em?" Falco asked with nervousness. "But… what if…"
"Then we'll be ready to give it to you!" Eagle replied back.
Suddenly, back at base, a soldier came running towards the general. He was breathing heavily, but then reported back.
"Sir, we have a major problem!" the soldier complied.
"What? Don't we have bigger already?" the general pointed the monitor showing Star Fox's and Galaxy Wulf's fighters facing at each other.
"Sir! Our weapon storage facility! The security's gone haywire!" the soldier shrieked. "The whole place is going to blow! It assumed self-destruction mode! Our men have evacuated the place, but if nothing stops it for twenty minutes…"
"Oh no…" Gen. Fox gasped. "The planet will have a large crater, and the explosion could kill thousands! We have to do something!" He then faced back at the monitor, calling Galaxy Wulf. "Galaxy Wulf, fight Star Fox later. Go to the weapon supply and cancel the self-destruction of the whole place! If it does…"
"Roger that!" Wulf replied. "Sorry Fox, but I'll dance later! Humanity needs our help."
"What?!" Fox moaned. "Are you all just going to follow him?! Let him or his men do all the work!"
"We don't care whether he doesn't send any of the soldiers to help us!" Lupina replied. "As long as many innocent lives are at steak, all we care is their safety."
"Then you have no choice but to take me along!" a toned voice shouted. Slippy moved forward along with the Galaxy Wulf who are preparing to leave. "I'm sorry Fox, but I can't let them dupe this mission! Besides, Bark's gonna need my help! I'm sure of it!"
Bark grinned as his thick eyeglasses flashed. He adjusts them and said to the toad, "I can't do it alone… Thanks Slippy."
"Slippy…" Fox thought. Something suddenly exploded inside of him. Is he a worse leader, or is Wulf just better than him? He growled and shouted, "SLIPPY! I DON'T CARE! GO ON! LEAVE THE TEAM! IT'S BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU ANYWAY!"
"I don't care what you say! Help needs me!"
Fox suddenly fell down to silence. He ordered Falco to leave. After transferring Rob to Falco's Arwing from Slippy's, the two teams parted.
"Fox, are you…" Falco asked. He saw in his monitor Fox dripping with tears. "Fox! Man, are you all right?!"
"Falco… thank you… at least you still think of me as a good leader…" the vulpine softly replied.
The Galaxy Wulf along with Slippy headed towards the weapon storage and facilities. They entered the place, which has already gone berserk.
"Guys, prepare your weapons." Wulf ordered. "The robots and defense weapons have gone crazy and will shoot any living thing. We have to be quick and stick together no matter what happens, okay?!"
"Roger!" everybody replied.
The whole gang rushed inside. All of the robots are targeted on them, firing lasers and beams. Wulf readied his blade; Bark armed his Lightning Thruster; Garou froze his targets; Vulpin slowly melted the robots, since a powerful flame may destroy the base; Slippy carefully blasted with his blaster; Lupina punched and kicked; Eagle swooped all the way; and Goushin flashed with ease. Everybody managed to get to the main core, the place where the main computer is located.
"Okay, we got here!" Lupina breathed out. "Whew! That was a long run!" She then looked around the place, noticing no guards are present. "Say, this place has no defense units!"
"Of course," Bark replied, "this is the main computer. If there are any defenses in here, it will risk of having to destroy itself."
"Oh…" Garou spoke out. "Say, couldn't we hurry along? I don't want this to be an end-of-my-life experience! I wanted to have fleas and scratch 'em!"
"Onii-chan, be serious!" Vulpin scolded.
"Quiet!" the dog barked, who was already tangling with the circuits. "I have to cancel the self-destruction. Slippy, can you change the time variable of the explosion's occurrence?"
"I've checked every data available and the archives listed, but there's no way I can change the time." Slippy frowned.
"Hmm… Let's see…"
Bark and Slippy checked everything; they are the ones who know these stuff anyway. However, the time is limited. They tingled with the wires, looked for files. They scourged data all over the computers, but not only they didn't find anything, but they are also running out of time.
"Damn it! I can't find anything to stop this!" Bark howled.
"But there must be a way!" Slippy yelled. "We can't give up now!"
"If we couldn't find anything, at least we should stop the explosion from hitting the base and the cities!" Wulf commanded. "We have to find a way! There must be! I'll-"
"…There's a way… This is the only thing I can think of right now." Bark coldly replied. "We have to activate Iron Wall."
Slippy suddenly fell down in fear. "Iron Wall?! Bark, you shouldn't go that drastic!" he answered.
"Why? What's wrong with his idea?" Goushin wondered.
"Don't you get it?!" the frog answered back. "Iron Wall is an activation name wherein a structure, usually weapon keeps, are protected wholly by strong walls and a force-field door. It can keep anything from entering or exiting the structure."
"Hmm… so we're going to contain the explosion inside?" Garou asked.
"Yes…" Bark blankly replied.
"I don't see anything wrong with it!" Lupina commented.
"There is!" Slippy nervously concluded. "Once it is activated, no one could get out or in, therefore when everyone of us leaves the building, one must be left behind to activate it!"
"...I'll do it…" Bark shouted. "I can do the interface commands of the program, so I'll stay…"
"Bark, is that head of yours still all right?!" Garou groaned. "You must be reading too many books! We must think of another way!"
"There is no other way!" he barked loudly. "Look, I've been always staying Space Den for a quite a long time, not enjoying anything of your missions. I don't want to stay there forever; a dog must never stay in his basket for too long!"
"But this is not adventure we're talking about!" Wulf yelled. "This is dangerous!"
Bark argued back. He couldn't agree to Wulf. "Well then, can you say somebody who knows what I'll do?! And even if there's someone, he or she won't be brave enough to step up and say I'll volunteer! That's why I-"
"I'll do it Bark. Your team needs you…" Slippy whispered. "I know how this thing works… trust me…"
"No! Fox needs you right now! After this, you'll have to go back to him!" Bark yelled.
Some thoughts of Wulf flew back to the past. To the time before there was even Galaxy Wulf. He never saw Bark like this, yet he bears the camaraderie of the old Bark. He remembers the first time they met.
Wulf McWolf, right? So you're going to start a mercenary group? It seems that you're going to do same thing like Wolves of Albadheb.
Well, actually I…
My name is Bark Arfie, and I'm not a type of dog who "handshakes." Anyway, before we could recruit somebody, have you suggested a name for the team yet?
Wait, wait, wait! I haven't told you that you're in a group yet!
But you're going to do that anyway, so I'm just thinking ahead of you.
Well, technically…
So, what's the name?
Star Defenders? Well, I'm not really good at giving names.
What the… How do you suppose people will come in and join your club?! And Star Gladiators?!!! Hah! I've seen many stars and gladiators crossing the space before I even studied!
Well, do you have any ideas?
Hmm… Wulf, and, aha! Galaxy Wulf!
I like it, but don't you think putting my name at the team makes it-
Overconfident?! Gimme a break! You can't think of a better name, right? So live with it! By the way, I propose to you, the leader, that I will be the team's science corner. Now don't you dare disagree with me!
Uh… yeah… sure… I can see some facts that-
-And I have a special project coming up! I've made a proposal to the generals to make us a flagship! What's a team without one, anyway! I'll call it, Project Space Den!
Where are we going to get our money to buy the stuff we needed?
Oh don't worry! I told them to cut our salaries by 50% and send them to our project. Oh, I also told that you'll have to be cut-off by 65% since you're the leader!
WHAT?!!!
Just kidding! Now, we otta get some missions so that we can have some money!
"Yes, Bark was really something before… But since the time we have missions, he always stayed in the ship or to a safer place. I now understand why…"
"Wulf…"
"Bark…"
"Promise me… I know you can become a great person even without me. I made a lot of stuff to help you guys, but even without that, as long as you are there, Galaxy Wulf will prevail."
"BARK!"
"We can't leave you!" Lupina shouted as tears fall down.
"Slippy, I understand why you wanted to stay. Are you sure you're made up for this?" the sentimental dog asked.
"I am…" the toad answered. "For years I have been treated as a weakling. I have to prove to them that I'm also strong in a different way. I don't want to be called useless…"
"Very well…" the dog answered. Tears rolled down to him as he faces the Galaxy Wulf for the last time. He smiled and cried, "Good luck Galaxy Wulf!" He pushed a button, creating a tractor beam that teleported them away.
"NO!!! BARK!!! SLIPPY!!!" everybody shouted back, but they were transported away.
"The time has come…" Bark mentioned.
The Galaxy Wulf were sent a few miles away from the building. To their view, they saw strong blockade of walls covering the structure. A green barrier suddenly appeared, covering everything.
A sudden explosion blasted inside of the building. The horrified team cried as they saw the building exploded into bits. The detonation was extravagant but deadly, yet it was contained inside. Nothing could survive that.
"Bark… Slippy…" Wulf wept. "You guys…"
What will happen to them? Without the geniuses, what else the two teams can do? Go for the next chapter!