Chapter Six: Familiar Faces
I don't own Star Fox, but I own my characters. Using my characters means you have to ask permission from me and giving me credit. I would be delighted then when you do! This is probably one of my long-running stories, so bear with it!
Forgive me if I wasn't able to update at least a month or two! I've been very hectic, especially because I have to prepare myself from a test! Anyway, I'm back, so let's party! Oh, those enclosed in parentheses are the characters' thoughts in a dialogue and those enclosed in braces are my words!
Meanwhile, a new gruff wolf with light-blue fur [the fur color of WereGarurumon™] is happily humming as he walks on the sidewalk of Corneria City. Donning a tank-top, a belt worn from his left shoulder to his right hip, gloves, sharp nails, an insignificant scar on his right eye, and a few piercings to the ears, this thin but muscular wolf seemed to think not a problem at all. Cool and laid-back, Garou seemed to feel he knows this place. "Be careful, because we're not from this place! Shish kebob! Heck, this place even resembles my neighborhood in Terra!"
However, as he wanders about, he heard loud noise quarrels from a building just near to him. He followed the noise, he's a wolf, anyway, and then stumbled to a lobby that seems to be deserted, since there are only two people. He's not the type of eavesdropper, but what made him curious is the angry voice of a woman.
"I'm telling you, old-timer, Fox is up to something, and I believe Falco's along with him!" a pink cat snarled to a seemingly old rabbit with eyeglasses. "I've been trying to contact him in his condo, but all I got are replies from his answering machine! I then thought Fox could help me look for him, but when I went to his house, it was empty!"
"So you thought they're out there doing who-knows-what simply because you know they're not in their houses?" the brown hare, while old, still let out a strong voice. "Very clever, yet you forgot that they have their own lives now! Maybe Fox went to his work and Falco got some modeling to do! Star Fox has been disbanded for a year now, and I believe the two won't give even a small damn about each other's life!"
Garou felt a little bit intelligent. "They kept on saying those geek names… and aren't those names the ones Wulf is looking for? Maybe these guys know something." He then walked towards them, revealing himself from the two people that literally have the faintest idea of who he is. He then spoke in a formal manner, "Hey there, uh, citizens of Lylat… (Darn… how does Wulf talk to unknown people?) If… uh… you may be so kind…" Katt approached him and shut his mouth up.
"Now sweetheart, you don't have to talk like a diplomat if just want to tell us something and you're from another city," the pussycat giggled with a smile. "But before we make any diplomatic arrangements, my name is Katt Monroe, and this old guy here is Peppy Hare." Garou suddenly laughed after Katt finished her statement, and seems he's not laughing about Katt's joke.
"Katt? Peppy? What kind of names are those?!" Garou chuckled hard. "Are we in a zoo or something? I don't wanna say it, but those names suck!" Obviously, Katt got angry to him.
"Why? What's your name, you stupid brawny! I wouldn't be fascinated if it's corny!"
"My name is Garou Kelvin," he spoke out in a boastful manner, "and for those interested, Garou means hungry wolf and Kelvin is a unit of temperature, and it is normally used on hell freezing temperatures!" Katt and Peppy were not amazed by the name boasting, so he added, as he cups his hand, "Oh, not a single clap? Well then, I ain't called the Blizzard Wolf for nothing!" He then blows a mist of cold wind from his mouth to his cupped hand. The cat and the hare dropped their jaws in amazement.
"You… you aren't from this planet, are you?" Peppy nervously replied, trying to stay calm mainly because he might get a heart attack from his old age. "Or better yet, you're not from Lylat, are you? Nobody in this world would do what you did, breathe a low temperature gas!" Garou suddenly got silent. His cover was out, thanks to his ego, but was he actually planning to keep a low profile?
Garou then admitted, "Oh well… Yeah, I'm not! I'm from a… let's just say, a neighboring system, and well, the truth is, we're here to investigate some sort of syndicate in your planet, and those two characters you've been referring to have something to do with that investigation." He then sighed for a while, looking at the almost-cleared faces of his conversation partners, before he continued. "Anyway, can you two come with me? At least we can make this case an easy as getting your left ear an earring!"
"I don't trust you," Katt grumbled in a low but audible voice, "but if tag along, I might find those two bozos." Peppy also nodded as a sign of saying yes. Garou then grinned, signaling them to follow him as he walks.
Wulf, Leon, and Falco finally arrived at the landing spot of the mother ship of Galaxy Wulf. Wolf, who was carrying the fainted and bleeding Fox, laid his passenger to a nearby wheeled stretcher he just found. In front of them is a large space ship with the main bridge shaped like a head of a wolf when viewed on the outside. It was large, and has a nice color of dark blue and white. Falco was suddenly taken aback.
"Is that your Space Den?" the bird asked with his mouth opened out as if saliva is about to drip from his beak. "Wow… it's so uber cool! That thing won't even compare to our Great Fox! Oh shit, you're one lucky wolf…" Wulf smiled from that remark, but he mustn't delay any further.
"Thanks, but we have to get Fox to the sick bay immediately," Wulf replied in a hurry manner as he and Wolf pushed the bed where Fox is lying into the opened entrance of the ship. Strangely, he noticed that the whole place seemed to be quiet, for it was usual that a female wolf with a red jacket would suddenly run towards him and ask what happened, or an eagle would help him push the stretcher, or even a gruff wolf would annoy him… "Turn left, that's our sick bay."
As soon as they enter the room, they quickly pushed the stretcher to an empty bed and placed Fox to that bed. Then, they began to take off his uniform and cleaned his wounds. Wulf placed an oxygen mask to his muzzle and he injected dextrose to the poor fox. After a few minutes, Fox is now resting safely.
Leon sat on a bed behind him. However, he felt something strange behind him, so he looked at his back, only to realize that there's a body behind him. "What… what's this!?" he nervously replied in reaction to what seems to be a body wearing a scientist's apparel and an opened book covering the face. "Is that person dead? Hey!"
Wulf laughed from the scene and then went towards the body. "Oh don't be afraid! He's just sleeping!" he smiled. He then wakes the sleeping scientist up, making the brown dog with smart-looking eyeglasses yawn from his slumber. The book covering his face fell to his lap, but he then catches it, making sure that he marks the page he's reading. "Bark, why did you sleep in the sick bay when you could just sleep in your room?"
"I found it relaxing to sleep in this place for reading. After all, patients who sleep and relax in silent, cozy, simple hospital rooms tend to be comforted, that's why I choose this place for reading, and the coziness suddenly made me sleep…" the genius replied to Wulf. He then noticed the new faces, so he then stood up and introduced himself. "Oh, we have guests! My name is Bark Arfie."
"At least your smartass partner isn't a freak like our genius… err… geek… a toad…" Falco shrugged as he tells his name, "Anyway, I think you're a real deal when it comes on being a genius! My name is Falco Lombardi, buddy, and I can easily say that you're a genius in my rank!" Bark silently smiled with a sarcastic feeling in it.
"I'm Wolf O'Donnell, and that chameleon is Leon Powalski, and this poor fox is Fox McCloud," Wolf introduced them to Bark. "There're so much things that happened today that I feel kinda…"
"…hungry? Me too…" Bark replied without finishing Wolf's statement. "Everyone, into the kitchen! And you don't have to worry about your friend! Our LSM, or Life Saver Machine, will supply him with everything what he needs while he's unconscious." Leon, Falco, and Wolf, while thought strange about Bark, decided to follow him. They need to eat after all.
As they're walking to the kitchen, they saw on the entrance different people entering the ship. All of them, including the ones who were just about to enter the room minus Bark, suddenly halted as they looked at each other in surprise.
"WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING HERE?!" they spoke at each other with wonder, with the exception of Bark. It seems that they'll be all together in this mission after all…