The White Fox ch. 4

HL: -looks around-…heh…ok…I'm safe for now…-hiding in a trash can-

Ra: -lifts up the lid and goes to put the trash in-

HL: OO AH!!!

Ra: OO WHAT THE !! – what r u doing in my trashcan?

HL: uh…heh…stalking you?

Ra: oo'' –slams the lid down-

HL: good that got rid of her..ew..it smells

Disclaimer: same as the last three chapters

Lily and Hannah walked down the hall way as Fox sat in his room staring at the ceiling.

-Lily's Room-

"Who's this Cassia everyone's so bent out of shape about?" Hannah asked Lily once they got into her room. "Cassia…oh…an old teammate of ours. She's on the Star Wolf team now for some odd reason." Lily said sitting on her bed, "She was only a teen, well she still is, but when we thought she was dino chow she was still young." "Why's Fox so worried about it?" "They were always together, and she refused to be split up with me, Falco, or any one else. She was always with Fox. Somehow I think they had a bit going on."

"A human and a fox?" Hannah asked as Lily shrugged, "I don't know how that'd work out, but after that Shadow was released so we had no choice. Cassia just made a bad mistake of going with the Star Wolf Team." Lily said. Hannah thought for a moment, "Hold on…is she a bit tall, but not that tall, she has shoulder length blonde hair with red and black streaks in it?" Lily looked at her, "I remember them being blue and purple but yeah that's her…" "I saw her then. But she was with another team or talking to them I'm guessing." Lily rose an eyebrow. There was a team allied with the Star Wolf Team? That could be potentially dangerous. "Who was she talking to?" "A girl she knew named Felicity Lucas. Felicity, Sunny, and Melanie are part of the Star Coyote Team." "Who's the founder?" "Coyote Hunter."

"Coyote Hunter? Where have I heard that name…" Lily pondered for a moment until Fox was standing in the doorway, "That would be Wolf's cousin." He said. "I thought so." Lily said. "She also has ties with Cassia, they used to be friends on Earth, I think that's how she got to know Coyote and Wolf." Fox said. The three sat in silence until Lily said good-night to both of them and Hannah and Fox walked to their rooms.

-Star Coyote HQ-

Coyote, Sunny, Felicity, and Melanie sat at the table, "So, why do we have an alliance with your cousin again?" Felicity asked resting her head on her palm (or wing thing oO). Coyote sighed, "Because, Wolf and I both want the same thing." "Each other? OW!!" "NO YOU MORON!!" Coyote yelled sitting down with her arms crossed, "We both want the Star Fox Team out of the Lylat system so we can take over." Sunny rolled her eyes, "Both bent on revenge eh?"

"I'm not bent on it. I just want to see Fox dead or grounded on Earth. Like his father did to my family." Coyote said as Felicity stood up, "Of course we all want revenge on Fox, but don't you think we also want revenge on your cousin?" Coyote smirked, "Why would you want to do that? Wolf has been good to us." She said. Sunny, Felicity, and Melanie looked at each other, "Well…I thought you said you wanted the Lylat system for yourself. And anyone that got in the way was an obstacle." "What are you getting at?" Coyote asked raising an eyebrow at Sunny, "See by the time you have the Lylat System, Wolf and you will start fighting for different parts. What's the point of having the Lylat System if you can't have it for yourself?"

Coyote leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes in thought, "Well…you do have a point Sunny. Of course if we were to get rid of Star Wolf we would have to get rid of Leon and Andrew. We don't need that do we?" She asked smirking. Sunny and Melanie looked at each other. "Planning on getting rid of us so soon Coyote?" Coyote jumped and turned seeing Cassia, Wolf, Leon, and Andrew standing there, "How long have you four been there?" Coyote asked.

"Long enough." Wolf said as Cassia crossed her arms with a glare. "So do tell us about your 'plan' to get rid of the Star Wolf team." The four girls looked at each other and Coyote smiled, "I-I don't know what your talking about…" She said nervously. Wolf nodded and Cassia snapped her fingers as Leon and Andrew raised their laser guns the four girl's eyes went wide. "Because we'll tell you our plan. Just kill you right now." Cassia said smirking. "W-wait…you don't want to kill us…" Felicity stuttered. Cassia turned her head slightly and narrowed her eyes, "Why not?" "We know how to get into the Star Fox ship. Of course, I've been in there few times, because Fox is a trusting fool."

Cassia rose an eyebrow, "Guys." She said and they stood close to her, "Ok…they know how to get in, but how is that gonna help us?" "Well, if they know how to get in, one of us could always sneak in, shut down the ship, and leave before anyone notices." Andrew said. Cassia smirked, "Good idea…Wolf?" "Same here." Cassia patted Andrew's head, "You actually do have a brain in there." Wolf and Leon snickered as Andrew rolled his eyes. They stood in line again, "Fine, we won't kill you, just yet. Once Fox and his friends are out we'll each get 50/50 of the Lylat System. Deal?" "WHAT?!" Wolf hissed.

Cassia shushed him and held her hand out, "Well?" Coyote looked at the other three, and they nodded. Coyote shook Cassia's hand and she smirked, "Deal." Suckers "Good now that's settled…We better get going." "Bye guys." Coyote said.

"50/50? Are you crazy!?!" Wolf hissed again, "Relax…We'll have the 50 they'll only get 25 of it." Cassia said, "You need to have more faith in me Wolf." She said again walking ahead. Leon and Andrew smirked, "Yeah Wolf you need to have more faith in your Girlfriend ." Leon said as Andrew laughed. Wolf glared at Leon and bonked him on the head, "Shut it." Andrew smirked. "Come on Wolf, you can't deny it, you like her." Andrew said. Wolf sighed and shook his head. Andrew nudged him, "Wolf come on, you can tell us…" "I don't like her." "Yes you do…your just in denial." Andrew said.

Wolf rolled his eyes and stepped off the ship and took off in his Wolfen, Andrew and Leon following close behind.

-Star Fox HQ-

Fox slept in his bed as he tossed and turned. He wasn't having a nightmare it was pretty much worse then a nightmare, but it wasn't a dream either. It seemed like it was a mix of both.

-Fox's Dreams-

Fox was in a field on his home planet, of course, he was still young. Maybe around 8 or 9 somewhere close to it. He watched the other kids playing and sat under a tree as the older kids watched them. "Why aren't you out there playing Fox?" A girl by the name of Heather asked. She was 15-years-old at the time, "I don't want to go out and play sis." He said. Heather smiled down at him. "Oh come on. I know you want to. Go play with Falco and Slippy if you want." Fox shook his head.

Heather sighed and shook her head, "Your impossible, baby brother." She said.

About three years later Heather was very sick and dying in bed. The eighteen-year-old refused to eat, drink, or even go outside with Fox to watch him. Another year passed and Heather was still sick. The doctor said she had come down with something, but he wasn't sure what was causing her frequent pains and her heat sweats. Even in the middle of fall or winter they would have the fans going in Heather's room to keep her cool.

The night before her twentieth birthday Heather passed away. Fox was distraught that his only sister, even though she was adopted, had left him without saying good-bye to him. Everyone around the McCloud family said how sorry they were for the loss of Heather. Fox had started playing with his friends again, but every time he won a game he would turn his head and smile but stopped, because he knew Heather wasn't there anymore.

The night of her death Fox felt a hand on his shoulder, but when he turned around to think it was his Father, it was Andross instead who shoved him down on the ground. Fox scrambled to get up, of course, he knew this battle, because he was in his early teens and he had Falco beside him. Behind Andross was Wolf, Leon, and Andrew guarding James, but off to the side was a Shadowed figure. The figure had slight curls, long legs, an hourglass figure, and a stern young face. She couldn't of been anymore then fifteen or sixteen. Fox shook his head and attacked Angross making him fall. Wolf, Leon, and Andrew withdrew and ran off. The shadowed figured smirked and held a hand out flat causing a blinding light to throw Falco and Fox back. When Fox came too he saw that his father was gone.

Eight years later it was him like he was now. The only thing that was different was that their where 8 Wolfen ships against 5 Arwings. Fox had dodged and was barely able to shoot down the Wolfen ships, because they were faster then he remembered. This time it was four on one and Cassia was smirking again behind Hannah's ship. Fox turned it and went after Cassia, too late, she had shot Hannah down. Fox dove, but got hit instead and his main engine was down, so he had no way of pulling up.

-End-

Fox sat straight up in bed. Why was he having dream of this? First it was Heather, his dad, and then Hannah. Why were there eight Wolfen ships instead of four? He shook his head and fell back asleep.

-Star Wolf HQ-

Wolf was in his room getting changed and was totally oblivious to the fact that Cassia was standing in the doorway watching him pull his shirt off. Cassia smirked and cleared her throat. Wolf jumped and turned, "Jesus…what the hell do you want?" He asked glaring at her. Cassia rose an eyebrow at him, "Now, Wolf, is that the way you should be talking to a young lady?" Wolf scoffed. "Please, your far away from being one." He said mumbling.

Cassia pouted crossing her arms, "Someone's grouchy." She said. "Shut up." He said. Cassia could tell that there was something wrong, because he was, well, she couldn't say never, because he usually was, but not as grouchy as he was now. "What's wrong?" She asked. Damn her being able to read his emotions, "Nothing's wrong." He said. Cassia rolled her eyes, "I'm not stupid Wolf."

"I'm not in the mood right now, Cassia." He said hoping his tone would give her the hint. That didn't work, because she just stood there, "I'm not leaving until you tell me what's wrong. It was the discussion we had with Coyote wasn't it?" She asked. Wolf whirled around and came face to face with the girl, "Apparently you are. 50/50 isn't going to work. The 100 may." "Your just a selfish and greedy wolf. You always were. Ever since you were younger too." She said turning around and heading out, "Bent on getting the Lylat System for yourself, caring only about yourself, wanting revenge for your own purposes on Fox. Hard to think at one point you would of actually had me. I'm smarter then that Wolf, and I don't make the same mistakes twice." She said coldly.

Wolf watched her walk out of the room. He growled and went out into the hall and grabbed her roughly by the shoulder slamming her into the wall. Cassia wasn't about to put up with it either and punched him hard on the snout. Wolf stumbled backwards, "Try it again, Wolf, your as good as dead." She said with narrowed eyes. Wolf lunged at her and both were a heap on the ground. Andrew and Leon heard the fighting going on and ran down the hall pulling Wolf off of Cassia. Cassia stood and wiped her mouth, "Damn you to hell Wolf." Andrew and Leon turned Wolf around and lead him towards his room.

Cassia waited until they were out of sight and slid down the wall sighing. She laid her head against it as Andrew came back to get her, "You ok?" He asked helping her up, "Yeah…I'm fine." She said. Andrew put her on his back and laid her down on her bed handing her a packet of ice, "You may want to put that on your eye." He said.

"Thanks Andrew." She said putting it on her black eye and hissing from the pain, "God I hate him…" "Well…what ever you did got him pretty upset tonight." "I told him that Coyote was only getting 25 of course he's so god damn power hungry he wants it ALL. I even told you guys that Fox may be grounded on Earth for a short time. And there was no way we're going to get 100 of the Lylat System." Andrew nodded. Cassia took the ice off of her eye, "Man that looks bad…" Andrew said as she put it back on. "I'm sure it does. I can't even open it."

Shadow walked into Cassia's room and Andrew stood. "Seems your going to have to lose an eye." Cassia scoffed, "Thanks Shadow, that makes me feel better." Shadow smirked, "You're a fool for punching Wolf on the snout." "I'm the fool? He's the fool who shoved me into the wall." Cassia said grumbling. Shadow smirked, "Cassia, cassia, my poor innocent foolish soul…" Cassia did not like the way she was talking and was now looking fearfully at her boss. "Perhaps you don't remember…" Now the voice was male. Cassia's eyes widened even more fear filling them, "…you…" Andross smirked and chuckled, "so you now remember…." Andrew looked at Cassia sideways. She was shaking from fear.

So something does make Cassia scared…interesting…He thought to himself. "Shadow's been a good use of a name for hiding the actual me. It's almost been…how long Andrew?" "Four years sir." Andrew said. "Too long. At least you finally released me from your pitiful body." Cassia was about ready to pass out. No wonder things were getting weird around the team. "I've been free for 3 years now almost four. You remember when you released me don't you? When Fox left you alone to die on Dinosaur Planet. Who was the one who found you bleeding half to death in Thorn Tail Valley?" Cassia wasn't sure, she had been passed out on the ground.

"Wolf did didn't he?" Andross asked. She nodded. She had only opened her eyes since she was lifted up for a moment then had blacked out again. But in that short time she remembered seeing wolf ears, a muzzle, and an eye patch over his right eye. Andross turned back into Shadow and smirked at Cassia, "You and Coyote are going tonight to break into the Great Fox." "Yes sir." Cassia said. "Make sure you cover up that eye of yours also." He said walking out.

Andrew smirked and patted Cassia's head, "Good luck with that." As Andrew walked out Cassia blocked the doorway, "And where do you think your going?" She asked smirking. Andrew blinked and sighed knowing what she meant. He sat back down on the bed and she winked at him throwing discarded clothes.

-That Night-

Cassia was dressed in all black with her overly swollen eye covered by an eye patch, "Tell Wolf I'm going to fucking kill him when I get back." She said to Andrew. Andrew chuckled. "I'm serious!" "I know, I know. I will." Andrew said as Cassia walked down the hall. Leon whistled, "Looking good." Cassia rolled her eyes and thwacked him upside the head. "comments to thy self please." She said as Andrew laughed. Coyote was waiting and when Cassia showed she rose an eyebrow, "Dude…what happened to your eye?"

Cassia glared, "Do not ask." She said as they both hopped into the Wolfen ships and took off.

-On the Great Fox-

Lily was up checking on the monitors, but nothing was being picked up. Hannah walked in and yawned, "How are you still up?" She asked rubbing her eyes. "Monitoring is a hard job, especially when you have two teams out to get you." Lily said. "Can't the Wolfen ships turn invisible though?" Hannah asked. Lily shook her head, "No, they appear as a blur on the monitors, because, depending on the pilot, they move fast." "Like that?" Hannah asked. As two blurs went straight past the screen. "Oh that's not good.." Lily said as she went to sound the alarm.

Cassia pried open the back door and stepped in. They were all asleep. She motioned for Coyote to come in, "Do you have the supplies?" She asked whispering as Coyote held up the bag, "Right here." She said. Cassia pressed herself against the wall as the alarm went off. She saw Falco, Slippy, Peppy, and Fox run by the hiding spot. Cassia made sure the coast was clear before running down the lighted hallway. Coyote followed close behind, when they got to the main power supply room Cassia bolted the door shut. "We have to do this quick." Cassia said, "Hand me the wire cutters." She said as Coyote handed them to her.

Cassia remembered coming into this room a thousand times to check that the wires were working right. The green was the power supply, that was the first wire she cut. The lights went out. Coyote handed her a flashlight and she flicked it on. The red was the main engine, but she was going to do that last. The yellow wire was to the alarm which she cut second. The third was the black, followed by the white wire. "Ok Coyote…I'm cutting the main engine wire…so hold on." She said. "Ok."

Cassia's hand shook as she cut it. The Great Fox lurched and the two girls lost their balance and flew foreword. Coyote caught Cassia on her stomach, "Oh! Sorry Coyote." Cassia said smirking. Coyote coughed, "It's ok.." She said.

-In the control room-

"What happened?" Hannah asked, "That lurch wasn't ordinary…." "Fox our main engine line is cut. The ship isn't starting and we're being pulled by the gravitational pull of Earth at a terrifying speed that may just kill us all." Lily said. Fox stood, "Come on Slippy. We're going to go check on the line." He said. Slippy stood and they both ran down the hall and tried opening the door.

-Inside-

Cassia and Coyote froze, "oh this is great…we're trapped…" Coyote whispered. "Yeah, we're screwed." Cassia said.

HL: oO 7 pgs…amazing…

TBC….