Colonel Bromley brought his damage Wraith into the hanger of the Brotherhood field base. His head still reeling from the encounter with the three new fighters and the deaths of several of his wing mates, including Miles.

"Colonel."

Bromley looked up to see Sydney running towards him, tears in her eyes.

"I heard." She said.

 The two embraced, sharing in their loss. Bromley felt something stir in him; maybe this had some sort of purpose. As Sydney cried against his shoulder he looked at her in a way that he hadn't in a long time, and though it went unspoken from the look in her eyes she felt the same way.

Fox lay in the bunk inside the small hut-like structure he and Krystal had been given, while Falco had opted to stay in a barracks. It was a small bunk but he and Krystal had managed, this thought brought his gaze to the cerulean furred vixen sleeping beside him, how he loved her. He looked over at the clock 6:30 AM. Good a time as any to memorize the base layout, he thought. Fox was about to climb out of the bunk when a loud siren suddenly started blaring accompanied by a sudden burst of gunfire and explosives. As he flew out of the bunk he heard a strange sounding explosion and the lights dimmed for a second. Krystal rolled out of the bunk and landed on her feet.

"What's going on?"

"The Brotherhood forces must have regrouped, we gotta get to the Arwings!"

Fox said as he zipped up his green coveralls, strapped on his gun belt, and pulled on his gray flak vest. Krystal grabbed her staff and her own gun belt as she ran out the door behind him. A shell exploded nearby sending them both face first to the ground. Fox shook off the moment of disorientation as he yanked out his blaster and clicked the safety off, Krystal followed suite. Together they dashed through the "streets" and the chaos until the reached the landing field. Bill ran toward them from the small air control building.

"It's no use they've dropped and EMP bomb, the aircraft are undamaged but will be unusable for at least two hours!"

"Shit was anything else disabled?" Fox shouted over the deafening weapons fire.

"No just the aircraft, all the ground vehicles seem to be working just fine."

A voice came over the loudspeaker.

"All personnel report to the South West perimeter, Brotherhood forces breaking through!"

"Quick follow me!" Bill shouted.

Fox and Krystal followed Bill as he dashed through the streets but where forced to dive behind a pile of supply crates as a burst of blaster fire hit a wall less than two meters from their position. Fox leaned out and fired a burst from his blaster, the energy bolts tearing through the chest of a gray clad enemy soldier. Fox ran and dove behind another group of crates as he slowly worked his way towards the sounds. He noticed Krystal hadn't followed him and turned to see her clambering on to the roof of a small prefab building, then lunge to the roof of a second one. Smart girl. Fox thought as he dove behind a stack of quick drying cement bags, that certainly wouldn't be a direction the enemy would be looking. He grabbed an assault rifle from a fallen Cornerian soldier and checked the clip, plenty of ammo left. He turned one last corner and beheld a scene straight from Hell.

In a large unfinished part of the field base hoards of Cornerian and Brotherhood troops fought, and beyond the unfinished wall he could see an even large battle raging in the nearby fields and forests. He raised his assault rifle and sent a hail of metal bullets flying at half a dozen Brotherhood soldiers. He had the satisfaction of seeing his shots blow one soldiers brains out the back of his head, while a second one got hit in his neck and chest. The other four dove behind assorted building materials and returned fire. Fox ducker back around the corner as bullets and blaster bolts slammed into the wall where his face had been a second ago. A grenade landed next to his boot, and with out thinking he picked it up and threw it back, a moment ladder it went with a loud THUNK. He dove and rolled firing a burst as he went before reaching a crate of construction tools.

"Flank left!" Someone shouted.

Fox peeked around the corner before dashing out and finding a trio of Brotherhood soldiers who had been looking the other way. A burst of gunfire took care of the first two, but the third spun and fired. Fox dove and rolled as the burst of blaster fire tore through where he'd just been. As he came up a booted foot slammed into his stomach, sending him flying against a stack of steel girders. The soldier charged and swung his rifle at him with all his strength. Fox sidestepped and caught the soldier in the stomach with a snap kick then slammed the butt of his gun into adversary's face, snapping his neck. A Cornerian soldier rolled around the corner and clambered behind the girders as a hail of high caliber round tore at the grass and pinged against the other side of the girders.

"What's going on over there?" Fox shouted as the soldier climbed to his feet.

"The Brotherhood are flooding the perimeter with infantry!" The girders shook as something exploded on the far side.

"And it looks like their tanks are moving in!"

Fox peeked around the corner and sure enough a rugged looking tank was rolling through a gap in the wall, it's machine guns blazing. Suddenly a rocket launcher went off with a loud bang from one of the guard towers and deformed the front half of the tanks. The machine gun on top of the tank's turret turned towards the tower when the soldier fired the launcher's second barrel and blew apart the tanks front end and turret.

There was a loud rattling sound from somewhere behind him and Fox turned to see a group of Cornerian tanks rolling towards the battle. There was a loud cheer from the Cornerian troops as the tanks opened fire with their machine guns, mowing down groups of Brotherhood soldiers. Fox leaned out from behind cover and began to lay down suppressing fire on a quartet or enemy soldiers. Suddenly there was an a high pitched screaming sound off to his left and Fox looked over just in time to see three Brotherhood gunships coming right at them.

"Get down!" He shouted as he ducked behind the girders again. A hail of high-powered laser blasts cut down Cornerian soldiers and left scorch marks on the ground and the tanks. There was another loud BANG of a rocket launcher going off and the side of one of the gunships shattered as the aircraft screamed out of control and crashed into the forests, splintering trees and bushes before the fuel tank exploded. Fox turned to see Krystal toss aside a spent rocket launcher. She dove behind the girders as enemy fire pummeled their general position.

"Nice shot!" Fox shouted as he picked up a grenade and tossed it back at the Brotherhood soldier who'd thrown it.

The main guns on three of the Cornerian tanks turned and elevated, tracking the two remaining enemy gunships. The tanks shook as their main guns hurled high-speed explosive shells at the pair of gunships. The gunships shattered in crimson fireballs as the tank shells found their marks. Fox risked a quick look around the corner. He caught a glimpse of about twenty Brotherhood soldiers running through gaps in the walls and out into the forests. The fierce battle beyond the wall looked like it was winding down as the Cornerians finally got organized.

"The Brotherhood is pulling back!" Some shouted.

Fox looked around the large portion of the base perimeter where most of the fighting had taken place. The ground was littered with empty bullet casings, spent clips or power packs and dozens of bodies, Cornerian and Brotherhood alike. The soldier looked over at him.

"Welcome to Dinosaur Planet."