Two Heroes Collide 9, Lylat-Terra Wars

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Chapter Twenty-Six: Face Off

Star Fox and Galaxy Wulf, along with the general, entered Pepper's ship for the final confrontation, or is it? Now they only await Gen. Fox for the last possible way to stop the war. Will this end well or not? What will happen to the planets? Will they all end in chaos or will they prevail?

Inside Gen. Fox's main ship…

"Sir, message from the enemy's mother ship," a female rabbit reported form her station to the general. "Shall I patch it in?"

"Please do," Gen. Fox ordered as he sits at the main conference chair at the bridge. "I wonder what he'll say this time…"

As the lens of the hologram machine drops down and the image is being shown, he was taken aghast when he saw who contacted him; they're none other than the peace brigade: Fox, Wulf, Falco, Lupina, and Gen. Lupine. It seems that Gen. Pepper agreed for a last peace talk after all.

"Lupine, what are you doing there?! You… you made me worry!" he replied with eagerness. It has been a long time since he had met his friend. He remembered that he was taken as a prisoner, but now he's well and fine.

Gen. Lupine didn't dawdle anymore further. "McCloud, I know I'm the only person whom I know you're going to trust, so listen," he quickly dictated in an understandable manner, "there's not much time left. You better talk to Gen. Pepper about the war. We can't risk losing many people just because of a simple misunderstanding!"

"Are you sure you're all right or is Pepper forcing you to say those words?" Gen. Fox asked curiously. "You know that he might deceive us! I can't risk my life because many are counting me and everyone else for the sake of our system!"

"I know," Lupine growled back, trying to get to the point. "Maybe this will convince you to come…" The hologram then widens the image, showing Galaxy Wulf and Star Fox beside him. Gen. Fox, still in an addling state, slowly begins to believe.

"All right, I'll tell my men to keep steady as I, and only I, will go there via a small transportation pod, a symbol of my peaceful intent," he replied in agreement, "but tell this to Pepper: if I got injured in any way, or if I didn't return for a long time without me telling it to them, they have my permission to attack the Lylatian Armada." He then patched off, leaving Lupine in a state of nervousness.

Back to Pepper's mothership…

"We'll just have to wait a few minutes for his arrival," Lupine remarked at them, especially to Pepper. "I hope you heard what he said, Gen. Pepper, even though I don't want that to happen."

"Don't worry, it won't happen," the St. Bernard reassured them. "We're only here to talk, and nothing else. By the way, doesn't he have children on board their ship? You know… those two young members of Galaxy Wulf."

Wulf answered, "In my own perception to Gen. Fox, I think he doesn't have Goushin and Vulpin boarded in the ship. He cares about them, that, he doesn't want them to get harmed during this war."

A stir of complete silence fills the room. Everybody was just waiting for the vulpine general's arrival. Lupina was sitting at the corner of the room, thinking something. Falco couldn't ignore her, so he took a seat beside her.

Noticing that something is bothering her, he asked, "Is something bothering you?"

"Well," she replied in a grim-like manner, "it feels like… it kinda feels unfair. Many died just because we're fighting for peace. Don't you think that they don't deserve their deaths at all? And… I also feel that something might happen… something bad…"

"It's full of crap if Bark, Slippy, Eagle, and Garou risked for zero," he replied in the same sorrowful feeling. "And that Omega character… Why is that shit-load always in the scene? I mean, don't tell me he's a war freak who uses people with viruses inside!" Before Lupina could answer, however, a beep stopped their conversation. A message was given to them. It seems that Gen. Fox has arrived.

"We'll be expecting him immediately if possible," Gen. Pepper replied to the reporting crew. The soldier obeyed and called for the other general to enter the room.

As the door opens, a tall, red fox came in. He bears the suit of a general in Terra, and obviously, it's Fox. He first laid his eyes on his close friend, Lupine. He approached him quickly, giving him a warm hug.

"I'm so glad to see you again, Lupine," he whispered with a deep warm feeling. "I thought I'll never get to see my best friend again. I couldn't do things straight without you."

"So am I…" the old wolf replied back in a compassionate way.

As the two released from their tight embrace, the general nodded at Star Fox and Galaxy Wulf, showing a sign of thanks and gratitude. He then faced Gen. Pepper, who seems to be anxious at their meet.

"Now, before we continue," Pepper remarked to the people inside the office, "I want all, including myself, to place their weapons at the desk. This will be our sign of peace during our talk." Everyone slowly drew their weapons out, with neutron blades and blasters piled up on the desk.

"Let's get to the point, Pepper," Gen. Fox told the old dog, "I don't want to get this misunderstanding and chaos to a higher degree. I really don't want to go on with this war. This is only for self-defense. If you'd back out, we'll back out as well." After hearing this, the general suddenly chuckled in a somewhat strange manner.

"My boy, I was thinking the same thing too!" he laughed as he pats the vulpine's back. "We wanted to do the same thing! We thought that you're going attack our planet, that's why we went on ahead. We were also fighting for self-defense! We thought that if you'd back out, we'll also be going back to our merry ways!" Everyone inside the room fell flat at the floor.

"Well, well, well, looks like the peace talk is successful, but only quicker than I expected!" Lupine quivered as he laughs. "Anyway, let me handle telling your men, Gen. Fox, that the war is over and that both sides won!"

"Same thing here!" Gen. Pepper smiled as he walks away, heading towards a console. The teams relaxed and sighed as they laid themselves at the couch.

It was going along very well. All was very beautiful and well-planned, or almost. Without everyone noticing, the seemingly nervous little fox Foxwell slowly opened Pepper's desk, grabbing the pistol in it. He then points it to Pepper, who was just about to finish his announcement.

It took a moment for the dog to realize the bastard. "Foxwell, what's the meaning of this?!" he growled as he was nervously stunned by the way the vulpine points the pistol at him.

"Well, I thought this peace talk wouldn't be successful, but it was, so it leaves me no choice to do this," he grinned as he removes his thick glasses, showing his real red eyes. "By the way, forgive me if I act strange for the past weeks. I have to pretend I was the Foxwell you knew before my master implanted me into his body!"

"Wait… this is just like… Rolf…" Lupina shouted in fear. "Omega did this to the real Foxwell! That person must've given him a virus!"

Foxwell laughed while he keeps his blaster pointing at the dog. "Person?! Lord Omega is not a person!" he chuckled maniacally. "My master is nothing you knew. My lord is a supreme in my lord's existence. Lord Omega is neither male nor female, and my lord is not anything like any of you rats. By the way, say farewell to your general…" He then pulled the trigger, firing a beam of energy.

In a split-second, however, Gen. Lupine pushed Pepper away, taking the hit instead. And using some sort of technique, he was able to move Wulf's neutron blade, giving it to the owner. [Just like the Jedi-like skills, eh?] Lupina rushed to her dying father, crying as she takes the last words from her man. Foxwell dashed out, and the others chased him.

"Dad, please don't!" she cried as she hugs her father. "I… I don't want you to leave me! I love you!"

"Princess… I love… you… too…" her father replied while having labored breaths. "You have… grown stronger… You need to… help Galaxy Wulf…"

"But I can't leave you!"

"You have to… your old man's time is probably… up!"

"Don't do this Lupine! Many will need you!" Gen. Fox shouted as he quickly knelt beside Lupina.

"Protect Terra… Fox… you're my… true friend… All of you… you… made… my life… happy…" His last words faded as he closes his eyes, stops his breathing and his pulses halted. He passed away in front of his loved ones. Lupina now vows to stop the person who killed her father.