Two Heroes Collide Episode 10: Broken Memories
Disclaimer: I own Galaxy Wulf, Nintendo owns Star Fox. I want to thank anyone who's always reading this fanfic. The new story is about to begin!
READ THIS AUTHOR NOTE!
Another update is made! No, please don't think that I am forgetting my other fics around here. It's just that I have likened this story. Don't worry, I have no writer's block, so I'll update the other stories as well, especially the remake of Episode 1. If you wish to read the whole Two Heroes Collide saga, please e-mail me, since the first original episode, the comic spin-off episode two, and the beautiful episode three were removed.
Chapter Two: What the Heck
"This is rather strange…" Fox implied as he looked at the large monitor of the bridge.
Great Fox is slowly drifting over the capital city of Corneria, Corneria City. Sunlight of Solar reflected to its wings, and the parts it hovered over were shadowed. This was unusual, since Great Fox never really much visits the city nor planet. There must be a reason for this.
"We yet received any information about Andross," he confirmed with wonder, "and we have no missions to go. This is rather strange." Krystal, who made aboard the Great Fox, along with her newfound sister Sapphire, entered the bridge. That made Fox and his company looked towards them.
"So, um, how do we look?" Krystal asked the boys as she showed them her new outfit. Contrary to her Dinosaur Planet wear, she now dons a blue vest with black clothing and dark blue pants and boots. Sapphire tagged beside her, who still wears her usual GE soldier uniform. "This is rather a nice place, Star Fox."
Peppy chuckled while taking a sip from his mug. "Treat this as your home, ladies! After enlisting yourselves to the team, you can do anything in this place!" Falco smiled menacingly to Fox, who's trying to him something.
"So, I know Saph's with Bill," he whispered in a quite loud manner, "but Krystal's free! Say Fox," However, before the bird could finish, Slippy threw a metal-like ball to his beak, making him stop. "What's that for?!"
"You're trying to tell something many of us don't want to hear," Slippy growled from his seat. "Anyway, Sapphire, Krystal, you'll get used to him. He's always like that. He seeks attention, but he can be easily ignored." He then laughed. "For someone who needs so much attention, he lacks the attention span!" Falco suddenly jumped towards him and the two wrestled.
Sapphire suddenly remembered something. "Say," she told them, "Have you seen Wolf? Ruby wanted to give something to him, so I told her I'll give it to him, but I haven't seen him. Where is he?" Fox got up from the chair from the question. He too also wondered.
"He said that he's going to meet Rufus in a café, since he hasn't been able to talk to him for a long while," Fox sighed while replying. "It's been a month since Galaxy Wulf and our team helped to stop Omega… Lylat and Terra totally have forgotten each other… as if they don't care. I wish Gen. Pepper would reconsider another treaty with Terra…"
"I understand," Peppy spoke in a warm tone, "but after what's happened to Omega, both systems realized what might happen if they won't get along. It's probably best if the two systems forgot any alliance, for the sake of each other's safety. Catch my drift?" Fox nodded, and Peppy smiled back.
"Hmmm…" Krystal still wondered with doubt, "isn't it kinda long for someone who should be meeting somebody at a café?" Falco patted her after he tried to get up from the fat toad's body.
"Aw, Wolf didn't talk to his friend for a month long! Let's give some time to share a few moments with his buddy!" he told her. He then faced the whole crew and reported something he should've told them before. "Now this one might shake some bones. I've heard from Garou a week ago that a member of Galaxy Wulf left the gang, and guess who it is, it's Vulpin!"
"You should've told us… you should've told me earlier…"
"You should've told me earlier…"
Garou growled at Lupina. They seemed to be arguing inside the training area of the Space Den. The whole place used to be quiet, but now it started to become noisy once more. Oh well, the argument of the two makes things a lot more… lively around the place.
"Why should I?" Lupina grumbled back, trying to poke Garou to the nose, "You don't own the place! Besides, my students don't have any classes for this month! I want to take this opportunity to train them at the fullest, but how can I when I'm here, up in space? The best way to teach Akira and Sakura while I'm with my job in Galaxy Wulf is to bring them along!" Two youths behind her waved their hands to Garou. It seemed that they like him.
"Gosh, it's… it's him…" Sakura pointed while her jaws dropped. "It's Blizzard Wolf!" She rushed forward, taking out her handkerchief and giving it to Garou. "Please sign my favorite hanky! I promise that I won't mess this cloth forever if you signed it!" Garou became glad, but he wondered why Akira isn't that excited. Maybe he isn't a fan of him…
Speaking of which, Sakura Yoshi and Akira Batsuretto are Lupina's students. Sakura is a fine young girl donning her school uniform: a white sailor outfit with blue skirt. She even wears the gloves Lupina gave her for her training. Akira is another one of Lupina's students, wearing green Chinese-like clothing with white pants, and a strange backpack filled with a wok, a frying pan, a pair of chopsticks, and a bowl. How she met the two was rather simple: when Lupina was young, and she discovered that she can channel her aura easily, she vowed to teach those who were also discovering that they can channel energy in a form of martial arts. When she mastered her own fighting technique, the Sakura-ryuu, she went to the academy she once studied. Realizing that the people there are too busy to see that they have the potential, she moved to a regular high school campus. She met Sakura there, a regular sophomore who accidentally knocked a bully out of his wits with uncontrollable aura. She taught her, and now Sakura has learned a few martial arts from Sakura. Then she met Akira, a great sophomore chef, who suddenly created a burst of flames through channeling aura, without him knowing. The two, Sakura and Akira, are classmates, although Sakura acts more mature and is taller than Akira. She swore that she'll teach the two, but she must fit her lessons to their and her schedule.
Eagle then entered, and he doesn't look like he's surprised. "Hey, your yelling can be heard at the lounge! Will you two keep it down?" he complained to Lupina and Garou with a snicker. He then faced Akira and Sakura. "So these are the students you've been telling me, eh, Lupina? They seem to be unfamiliar with Space Den. Mind if I borrow them for a while to tour the whole place?"
Akira begged to his master, "Please oh, please… Lupina-sensei, please allow us to tour with Mr. Eagle Gerald! I want to see the whole ship!" You see, they're studying in a non-military school, so these things rather amaze them. Sakura pulled Lu's arm and begged too. "Sensei…"
"I guess it won't harm…" she answered, with a slight sign of wanting to get rid of the two for a while to talk to Garou. "Go ahead, Eagle! Oh, and whatever you do, please don't take them to our quarters, please! You don't know what might happen…" The two thanked her, and Eagle chuckled. He then left the place with the two following him. Now that they're gone, Lupina can have a smart talk with Garou… but an annoying sound from the monitor Garou is watching made her angry once more.
We, FIRM Corporation, care for the people of the system. That's why we give you the things you need to have a wonderful live. We want to help you ease the thing you call life. We're here, and we're always welcome to…
Before the commercial took a finish, Lupina lowered the volume. "You're annoying, Garou," she argued once more to Garou, who was doing some sit-ups while watching the monitor. "Now, where were we? Ah yes, you're trying to buzz them off. My students, just in case your peanut brain won't know what I'm talking about."
"I'm not trying to buzz them off," Garou growled back furiously, "I'm just wondering why the heck people aren't giving any signal to anybody else before trying to do something, just like what Vulpin did. All we found is a note on his bed, saying that he has already found what he really wants, and that's being an athlete. Now you've been bringing people in here without even telling me!"
Lupina felt Garou's sadness. He knew that Vulpin's like his younger brother. His sudden parting made a large impact on him and Goushin, since they were the close ones to the fire fox… I guess people change… "I can see your point," she replied calmly as she sat beside Garou, "but we have to face it. Besides, it would be unpleasant if what you wanted actually happened! I mean, I have to actually tell you that I have to go to the bathroom or I have to warn you that Eagle changed his underwear…? Good grief!" Garou slightly chuckled.
"You know Lupina, you're not a good joker," he boasted, "but that made me jerked my sense of humor, so I guess I'll take it." She smiled back before giving him a hit to the back.
A sudden shake made the attention to each other stop. "What's going on?" Lupina wondered as she tried to balance herself. The monitor revealed Bark, who seemed to be giving them an emergency order.
"What are you two doing there? We're being attacked by Star Coyote and Wulf's already out there! Hurry and dash to the docking bay! Ice Fang II and Cherry Blossom AXC are all set!"
"What the heck…"
A powerful energy shot shook the Great Fox. Thankfully, they have shields to protect them. Laser barrages suddenly volleyed at them, and so it's time to act.
"What? An attack inside Corneria City?" Fox, who was surprised, jumped from his seat, "and we have the slightest idea who they are. Come on guys, let's go! We have to finish this quickly." He then glanced at Krystal and Sapphire. "So, um, are you two experienced pilots?"
"Um, I was a GE wonder, so I can pilot a simple aircraft, and I believe I par my skills twice of you, so I'll come!" Sapphire giggled, "I don't know about my sister, though… There aren't any much of fighters in Dinosaur Planet…" Krystal nodded, saying that she won't come.
"Well, Peppy, I'll leave her up to you," he ordered to his crew. "Let's go!"
"Man, you don't need to repeat yourself…" Falco grumbled as he rushed to the hangar along with the others.
They quickly entered the Arwings and made a quick take off from the Great Fox. All's set, and they quickly took the new squad of what seemed to be rebel pilots… or maybe something else. Star Fox spread out and decided to take on one ship, since they're four and the enemy's four. It'll be easy then.
A message entered Fox's monitor at his console. "Pull over, Star Fox. You're going to lose, and if you want your hide to remain, you might as well stop. Anyway, I go by the name Dawg Clayton, and the fabulous team of mine is known as Galaxy Dogs… I hope you have an idea on who sent us…" Fox gulped for a moment there.
"Volgar… Damn it, and I thought he has no intention in this system!" Fox flew past Dawg, who he recognized from the monitor and the cockpit of a fighter in front of him. He attempted to trail behind his fighter, and so he did. He fired shots to the dog, but he evaded.
"Is that all?" he chuckled.
"Damn… he's quick…"
Sapphire's being followed by Eve, who's on her tail. "Ah, so you're the escaped GE Wonder unit! Let me introduce you to your maker… Eve Private! I learned that you've been organizing fellow ex-GE soldiers somewhere…"
"H-how did you know about that?!" she replied back as she flew up to a higher altitude, attempting to do a sharp turn to go behind Eve. "Hmph… since you already know, I'll just have to take you down… You don't know what a GE Wonder is capable of…"
"You don't know what I am capable of…"
Suddenly, Sapphire's Arwing got trapped in a web-like lightning field with small metal-like strings. The whole machine couldn't move, and now it was disabled.
"They say that the clouds have silver lining…" Eve sinisterly grinned, "And I say it's true, literally! I should've told you that I'm an expert at traps!"
"Got you!" Falco smirked as he locked to his target. "Bye-bye, doggie!" A charged laser shot homed at Black's ship, and then, it came into contact. An explosion occurred. "Bull's-eye!"
However, as the smoke cleared itself, Falco couldn't see his target. Suddenly, the whole Arwing was covered with darkness. "What… what's happening?"
"Darkness… can you feel its chill?" a gruesome voice echoed the pitch-black view of the Arwing. "I go by the name of Black Kramer, cocky bird, and I'll make sure you experience total darkness…" Falco suddenly lost his eyesight. Something hit his eyes, and now, he couldn't see anything. He suddenly became terrified. "Feel the darkness…"
Slippy chased a fast moving vehicle. "Hey, will you slow down? I can't aim you!" The pilot just laughed from his request.
"Why should I? You're trying to lock-on to me!" Grey laughed. "The name's Grey Naide and I'm going to bust you up!" Slippy felt that his stomach was left back on the base when he heard that phrase. He noticed that Grey's speeding around him, round and round he goes…
"Feel the turbines!"
Slippy realized that he's trapped on a cyclone! Grey spun so fast that it created a powerful hurricane. Slippy kept on spinning and spinning. He suddenly got dizzy from the twirl.
"Look's like it's my turn…" Dawg smiled to Fox. "Have at you!" He then fired a barrage of lasers towards Fox. The vulpine was able to evade, but that gave Dawg an advantage… he's trapped inside the laser barrage.
"This doesn't look good…" Fox thought as he tried to evade some more lasers.
"I've got you," Dawg proclaimed as he delivered the powerful flare shot. It's perfectly aimed at Fox, and it's fired directly at the Arwing. Fox closed his eyes. Nothing could stop it, nothing…
Nothing could stop it except another flare shot. A Wolfen of a new model dashed forward, and the pilot is growling.
"I told you," a wolf growled. "Nobody shoots Fox!"
"Wolf!" Fox happily yelled, but it seemed he wasn't heard. Something tells him that something is not right.
"Nobody touches Fox except me. I'm the only one who can kill him!" Wolf proclaimed as he faced his Wolfen to Fox's Arwing.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Save the lectures, okay?" the dog snickered, "Ill just watch. It's worth it, anyway."
"Wolf… what are you doing?" Fox asked Wolf through the console. "Why, why are you teaming with him?"
"Shut up!" the lupine growled back. "That's none of your business! The only thing you need to do is to prepare yourself, because I'm here to finish what we left off in Venom…"
"What's gotten into you, Wolf?"
