Chapter Ten: Break

I don't own Star Fox, but I own my characters. Using my characters means you have to ask me for permission 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!

"Hmm… this is strange," Bark wondered as he looks around from the ship. "My hunch tells me that something has just happened in the defense force. It has gone pretty quiet and we haven't received any reports from the base." He then glanced to Garou, who was playing with his ice ability on his palm, occasionally creating an ice ball then crushing it with his fist. After being called, he showed an excited look.

"Finally," he yawned as he spins his left arm around, "I can do some beating! It's tiring staying in this place for so long!" He then jumped out from the ship. Fox, who was sitting behind him, followed him.

"I want to go too," he complained, "I don't really care much about Wulf or Wolf, but I do care for my old pal Falco. I want to know what happened to him! I tired communicating him but he doesn't answer at all!" His reasons suddenly made Slippy laugh.

He remarked, "Fox, Garou's going to check the defense base, not where Wulf, Wolf, and Falco is!"

"Oh…"

"Hurry up, will ya?" Garou growled, "We better move on!"

As the two left, Peppy suddenly thought of something strange. "Speaking of which, why hasn't the three contacted us yet? I'm pretty sure by the time being, they've already found something…"

"Yes, that's right," Eagle nodded. "I wonder what happened…"

"That's it! Grow… evolve!"

Kane smirked as the last of his soldiers were turned into fierce warriors. A female jaguar roared out loud as her arms and legs became firmer, and her body into a sexy shape. The wolf guard howled as his growing body ripped his uniform off. The virus that Kane cultured went well… which is bad. Now, he has a handful of evolved creatures to order around.

"I shall have a kingdom with my creations in it! I will be an emperor!"

"Sir…" an evolved lion reported, "it is already time. The death chamber is already set up and the prisoner is already in there. Shall I call them?"

"Indeed…" Kane grinned as he rubs his palms with a sinister intent, "the time has come for Wulf to die!"

"Darn it," Wulf growled furiously as he tries to remove the knot from his shackles, preventing him from escaping the steak he's tied on. "First, my two companions ditched me. Second, my communication is being blocked by this structure. Third, my weapons are gone! Now what?!" Suddenly, a noticeable needle was hurled towards his restraints, releasing the wolf from the knot.

As he looked from where it was fired, he observed that an evolved porcupine is standing there, realizing that he fired it… but why? He then threw the wolf's neutron blade. Then, three doors opened up from the walls, revealing an evolved female panther from one door, the security raccoon with a mace-like tail at the other door, and Wolf at the last one. As they rounded Wulf, the doors closed.

"No… please don't do this…." Wulf warned them. "Don't make me fight you all! This is… inhumane!"

"Wulf, please stop resisting," Wolf persuaded, wanting not to harm Wulf. "Join us. I'll try to convince them that you surrender if you do!" Everyone looked at him, and the raccoon added.

"A Generous offer… and I suggest you to agree to it," he stated as he flexes his bicep and whips his tail back and forth, creating cracks on the floor. "You'll be like us… having special abilities and a good anatomy!" Again, Wulf shook his head in disagreement.

"My creations, haven't I told you that he's not worth convincing?" a voice echoed from the room, most probably coming from the speakers. By the voice, it's Kane. "Now, kill him. He's wasted his chance to join our league, so he must pay! No one not evolved must step to the new eden I'll give to all of you!"

Wulf felt fear growing inside of him. He knew this might happen. He is forced to fight. He unleashed his neutron blade, but suddenly, the raccoon slammed his tail to the ground he's standing. He stepped off, but the shockwave knocked him down. The pounding created a large hole to the ground.

Wulf tried to stand up, but the panther dashed towards him. Realizing that she has a newly developed sonic speed, he was injured as the panther kicked him to the stomach. He lands on his stomach, and the panther placed her foot on his head. "Crush his head!" she yelled, making the raccoon flail his mace-like tail to the air.

"What the fuck…" Fox exclaimed as he took notice to the evolved soldiers. "Look Garou, they… they turned into… something weird! They… turned into monsters!"

"Nope," Garou insisted jokingly, "I think their body-building at the gym paid off! As for the gals, their extensive exercise routines worked perfectly!" Fox scorned at him.

"Look, one of them is a friend of mine," he growled as he points Bill. "That virile hound turned into a monster! He's my best friend aside from the team!" As he exclaims it, he knocks a pipe down to the floor.

"That was loud…" Garou nervously warned him, but it was too late.

Suddenly, a lean female bat plunged towards them. She then landed to the water tower beside the two. "We have non-evolved infiltrators, and according to the message from Master Kane, we should force them to join us…"

"Who the hell is Kane?" Fox blurted out as he attempts to fire his blaster to the bat. "Is that Kane responsible to this… abomination?" Suddenly, a beam hit Fox's weapon, knocking it down the floor, melting.

"Abomination? How dare you!" Bill growled at them as he approaches. He fired the beam from his eyes. "This is rather called a blessing! Can't you see? We evolved! Fox, as your best friend, I suggest you join us. We will soon spread this blessing of Master Kane throughout the city!"

"Damn, he's insane!" Fox cried out. "What happened to you, Bill? Why have you…" His rages were cut when Garou covered him and pushed him away, and then he fired an ice beam from his mouth. He gave a smirking remark as he urged Fox to go back. "Let the ice wolf handle this! Report this immediately to four-eyes!"

Fox tried to leave. He ran out fast, but then, he took a last glance at Garou. He was shocked to see what happened.

They had Garou. The ice wall he just created was melted by Bill's beams. He grabbed him to the head, and dunked his head to a barrel of water. Bubbles popped from the surface, and then they pulled him out. They checked his throat if he swallowed the water. Suddenly, he starts to feel erratic. He thrashed around, knocking every object he hits. He removed his belt. He looked like he is in pain. His chest starts to grow. Suddenly, his arms and his legs follow. His whole body starts to increase in muscular size, until his entire outfit were ripped off, leaving with only minimal clothing. Suddenly, wings flapped out from his back. He posed as the wings were fully grown from his back.

Fox ran away, afraid to see what happened to Garou. He felt like it was his entire fault.

"What's the matter?" Bark wondered as he notices Fox running and heaving. "What did you find out? And where the heck is Garou?"

"I'll tell you everything, but right now, we need to be off the ground, now!" he yelled.

Wulf thought of something quickly before he gets his head squished. He quickly grabbed the panther's leg and throwing her to the raccoon. The two were knocked down, and because they are strong, the impact made them unconscious. He then faced at Wolf, who was removing a pair of ear peircings.

"I don't want to fight you," Wolf nodded, "but I am afraid I must. I gave you a chance and you blew it off."

Wulf growled, "I'll have to give you the same dose, then!" He rushed towards Wolf, but he suddenly got caught by a large ring that he didn't notice.

"That was my other earring," he replied and focused, making the other piercing expand. It transformed into a large moving pseudo metal plate, wrapping itself around the wrung Wulf. "Don't forget that I've developed the ability to control and manipulate metal." Wulf resisted and fight back, but Wolf did something. He removed one of his nipple rings, turned it into a disc, then he fired it towards Wulf, injuring his left abdomen, making him weak.

As the metal reverted back to its original forms, Wolf placed them back on to his body. Wulf fell down to the hole that the raccoon made afterwards. Wolf faced the speaker and then proclaimed, "I'll kill him… don't worry…" He jumped down the whole, noticing Wulf covering the injury from the water pouring below. It looks like they hit a water stream.

"I'm going to die or evolve," Wulf proclaimed with a cold air, "so leave me alone!"

"I can't, and I'm sorry," Wolf, strangely, apologized, "I have to harm you so that Kane will wan to think that I'll kill you. I know that raccoon's tail can whack out the floor, so I thought that this may be our means of escape…"

"I see…" Wulf replied in a weak manner, slowly fainting, "I have to… go…" he dropped down, making the water run to the wounds of his abdomen. He is terribly weak.

Wolf picked him up, and the two ran towards the end of the stream. As the reached the end, he punched it and they were free. He jumped down to the fields, and the two rushed off towards the forest. He laid Wulf to the wing of the covered chopper they once rode.

"Do you think… I'll evolve?" Wulf asked Wolf as he feels sick in and out. "My head's spinning and I think I wanna puke…" He suddenly vomited what looks like water out from his mouth. Wolf wondered why.

"Well, when I was evolving, my body raged in pain, although maybe that's because they tortured me first, but the first thing that will affect you is your mind. You're suddenly going to like what's happening, so a headache occurs, but if you're to evolve, that should've happened earlier, and you could've fought me. Besides, when evolved, you become strong, not nauseated."

He took notice of Wulf's wounds. They're recovering, and quite a fast pace. Wolf wondered once more.

"Anatyde," Wulf explained, "it's sort of a living metal element. When we're on a mission once, the time we're inside an Anatyde mine, I was injured badly and I landed on a part with lots of Anatyde. It crawled inside my wounds, but strange, since it should've killed me. Anatyde poisoning must've occurred. However, something happened and instead of poisoning, my red and white blood cells merged with this element. Strange… and I'm still made of fur, flesh, and bones…" He then glanced at Wolf, who was eagerly listening. "Why… why did you help me?"

"I felt something that knocked me out of my stupid head," he nodded, "I realized that there's a conflict inside me. To tell you the truth, I'm always alone. Yes, Leon had already given me company, but… you're the only person who actually wanted to be a friend of mine… You showed me that there's always hope… and change… It's my second time being bad, but you still want to be my friend…"

"Of course…"

Suddenly, Wulf's communicator alarmed. Wulf opened it and realized that Bark has been contacting him all the time.

"Where were you?" Bark growled from the device. "Did you know something happened here at the base? We're forced to be in flight!"

"I know," Wulf growled back, "I was suppose to tell you that the defense force is already been infested with microbes that evolve its host. So be careful… And as much as possible, never EVER drink water!"

"So… Garou evolved?"

"What the… Garou?! No… not him…" He glanced at Wolf then growled back. "We'll be there in a sec. Falco ditched us for some reason of betrayal. He's been working with the enemy, since he got himself semi-evolved for the anatomy, he promised Kane, the cause of all this, to send Fox and Wolf there. Wolf has already evolved, but thankfully, he's the one that got his senses back. We'll be going there!"

"All right…"

Wulf closed his com. Wolf boarded and the other wolf started the engines. However, before they could take flight, Kane, with two lion soldiers, halted them.

"Treason for Wolf…" Kane jolted as he orders the evolved lions to attack. "An evolved one with betrayal needs not to live, as well as that Wulf!" Wolf tried to remove his piercings, but the lions were aiming their opened mouths at them. It seems like they're about to fire them with something.

"Kya!!!"

A soldier dashed off, shooting multiple blaster shots at the lions as he strafes. He's Falco, and he's back.

"Sorry, but they won't be staying!" he smirked as he blows his gun.

"Falco!" Wulf joyfully replied. "Thanks! Now, come on! There's not much time! We have to get out!"

"I have an escape pod here! I'll distract them as you guys escape!" he assured them. "Don't worry, I'll make it out!" Wulf and Wolf nodded, and they parted as Falco kept blasting his gatling laser until it loses its ammo.

"Heh, see ya!"

He dashed towards his secret pod. The injured lions were no use on running, so he can easily escape. There, just a quick turn to the left and the pod is there… but…

The mace-tailed raccoon and a few other soldiers destroyed it. It seems that they have detected his presence after all. Kane caught up from the running, with two fast lady panthers. Falco's caught, and it seems that something will happen…

Kane looked at the door of his office. A muscular blue falcon with a few red spots entered the room, donning the tiger-striped underwear and a pair of piercings from the body. He flexed and saluted to Kane.

"Good," the lizard laughed sinisterly, "now firebird Falco, I want you to check up on Fox McCloud."

Falco replied in a form of blazing himself into flames…