In Evil, Residing
Salvation on Katinia
Treylon smiled as the fleet came out of Slipstream and Corneria came into view, there was no opposition and he went over to Delquin.
"Contact General Pepper." Delquin input the code into the Comm and a few moments later, the dog came up.
"Oh Treylon, you've come."
"Yes, I am taking control of Corneria and you are now released from government control." Pepper lowered his head and the Comm cut out. "Send down out entire strike force and occupy the planet." He said into the Comm and Treylon sat back in his chair.
"Sir, have we completed our task?"
"Yes, the Lylat System is ours. Now I need to take care of someone that thinks we are his ally." Treylon took the Comm on his chair and he pressed in the button. "Execute code 69.omega."
Wolf O'Donnell sat back in his chair and he looked at his XO.
"Well, I can't believe that the dragons would ally with us." His XO looked over and the feline had a worried look on her muzzle.
"Sir, we have a problem. The dragon fleet are powering up their weapons. They have the Venomian fleet locked and I recommend that we leave now."
"What? What do you mean they have us locked?" The ship rocked as the dragons turned on the Venomians. "Hit the warp!" The other crew held onto their seats and the female hit the warp as the frigate vanished. "Has anyone followed us?"
"No sir but we have sustained a large amount of damage and our warp drive is only functioning at 56 percent. Wolf cursed under his breath and he rose off his chair as he rubbed his muzzle.
"What would cause the dragons to do that?"
"Maybe we only had a limited time as an ally with them. They didn't need us anymore." She commented and Wolf nodded.
"Has anyone else made the jump to warp?"
"No, we are the last Venomians here. The planet could be in danger sir."
"And what can we do about it? Nothing, my ship isn't strong enough to take on a dragon fleet." Wolf said. "You have the Comm; I'll be in my quarters and start repairing the engines." The feline nodded and Wolf walked off the bridge.
Wolf sat in his quarters and his mind was racing, how had it come to this? Why had the dragons attacked them? Why did they come here in the first place? Wolf sighed and he lay down on his bed after shedding most of his clothes. The XO's scent was on the sheets and he smiled, ever since he lost Krystal, she had developed a friendship with him.
Ok, so it more than that. The feline was named Alyx and he smiled, technically it was illegal to have a personal relationship with another crew member but he didn't care. He took his wrist Comm and dialed the bridge, Alyx came up and she smiled at him.
"Yes sir?"
"Have someone take over for you." She knew.
"Yes sir." The Comm died and Wolf placed it on a table and a few minutes later, Alyx came into his quarters. Wolf was waiting at the door and she walked inside, the door shut and she looked him over, he was wearing no shirt, no shoes and she smiled.
"So, you're in the mood?" He walked over to her and put his arms around the feline.
"With you, always." They kissed and Wolf led her over to his bed, they lay down and he started to strip off her clothes.
Fox walked into the cockpit of the Cerinian craft and he sat down in the pilot's seat, they had been on autopilot for sometime now and Corneria had been left far behind them. He still could not believe that Pepper had sold them out.
"Hey Fox." He looked over and Krystal walked over to him, she sat down in the co-pilot's chair and he sighed.
"Betrayal at it's worst." He said and she nodded. Krystal took his paw and he dropped the craft out of warp. "Katinia…one of my favorite planets." Fox said as the orb hove into view. "I also have a friend who is pretty high up in the government and if I can persuade him, I might be able to end this war." Fox took the controls and the craft shot into the atmosphere. It rattled until the dampeners kicked in and the capital city, Temple City, was spread out before them. It was the oldest city on Katinia and also the largest but most of the population lived outside its borders. Fox set the craft down in the docking bay and he heard Scion walk up behind him.
"What should I do?"
"Stay here with Lex, I'll handle this. Krystal, you can either stay here or come with me."
"I think I'll come with you." Scion nodded and he walked into a room down the small hallway a bit. Fox walked by the shut door and he heard Dragonian spoken softly behind the door.
"What are they saying Krystal?" She closed her eyes but soon reopened them as an embarrassed look came on her face.
"They aren't plotting against us; in fact I wish I hadn't heard that." She left it at that and Fox did not probe further. The hatch opened and they stepped out into the sunshine. An attendant walked up to them and he took out his Comm.
"Sir, can I help you?"
"Yes refuel the ship but under no circumstances must you enter it."
"Yes sir." He walked off and Fox held out his paw as a transport cart pulled up to them.
"To the street." He said and the driver punched it.
The pair walked up to the capital building and they walked inside, Krystal's jaw dropped as she marveled at the inside of the building. It was quite expansive with a large dome roof, paintings on the ceiling depicting very old art, large murals hanging below that of famous senators, etc. Her boots made a soft tapping sound as they walked the marble floor and Fox walked up to a guard who stood in front of a staircase that was roped off.
"Sir, you aren't allowed to pass me."
"Please let me," He handed the guard his ID and the guard quickly stiffened.
"Mr. McCloud, I had," He was cut off by Fox's paw.
"It's ok; just move out of the way, I would like to see Bill Grey."
"Yes sir." He removed the rope and the two walked past him and up the stairs.
"You have quite a reputation here."
"Yes, I do." Fox replied and he smiled. They came to the top of the stairs and he kept his ID out as he walked to a large door at the end of the hallway. Two guards barred his way and Krystal walked up behind him.
"ID please." One asked and he gave it to him.
"They will frisk us, so don't be shocked Krystal." He warned her mentally and the other guard walked up to them.
"Paws up." Fox did and he was frisked by the vulpine, the guard didn't miss an inch and he turned to Krystal. "Sorry ma'am but this is policy." Krystal raised her paws and she winced as he ran his paws over her. "They're clean."
"Ok, Mr. Grey will see you now." The door opened and the vulpines stepped through to the office. The grey husky walked around his desk and he embraced Fox for just a moment.
"Well, Fox McCloud, I haven't seen you in ages."
"I know. The last time I saw you is when my father died, you were standing beside me at the funeral."
"Yes, he was a good vulpine Fox." He noticed Krystal and he smiled. "And who is this?"
"This is Krystal, she is a Cerinian and I rescued, well, she rescued me actually." Fox rubbed his metal arm and Grey took her proffered paw.
"My lady." He kissed the paw and she blushed under her cerulean fur.
"It's very nice to meet you Mr. Grey."
"Call me Bill or Grey, none of this mister crap. Have a seat." They sat down and Bill sat down behind his desk. "So what brings you to Katinia?" Fox told his story with great detail and after twenty minutes he finished. "So a race of dragons has taken over Cerinia and Corneria and has allied with Venom?" Fox nodded and Bill mulled this over.
"You have to believe us Grey." Krystal said and he nodded.
"Why hasn't General Pepper done anything about this?"
"He has," Krystal said. "He sold us out."
"How do you know this?"
"I read his mind." Bill's jaw dropped and he held in a chuckle.
"What a sec, you what?"
Do you believe me now Bill? He heard Krystal's voice in his head and he saw that her lips did not move.
"Well, what am I thinking now?"
You are almost ten years old, your father and mother are sitting at the kitchen table and you are playing with Fox in the sandbox in the backyard. Bill's jaw dropped again and he placed his paws on the table.
"How do you do that?"
"I was born with a psi power, telekinesis, ESP, whatever. Well, at first I could only speak in someone's mind and that had to be someone I trusted." She closed her paw around Fox's and she continued. "I worked on it and now I can unleash a blast of psi energy that will stun an animal. I have also fully developed the mind reading capability." Bill nodded and he looked at Fox.
"What do you need?"
"The whole Goddamn fleet." He said quite dryly and Bill sucked in a breath. "They will come to Katinia and since the Cornerian fleet is locked down, you won't stand a chance."
"Ok, I will give you most of the fleet; I have to hold back a little for Katinia's defense just in case. But if victory is clear, I will send them to you." Fox stood up and he extended his paw.
"Bill I owe you about forty now." Grey shook his paw and he smiled.
"Well, by my count it is thirty five favors." Fox laughed and they left to make preparations.
Wolf woke up sometime later and his room was completely dark as he felt the feline stir in his arms. She had a beautiful, white furred body and he ran his paw through her blue hair as she opened her eyes.
"Hey Wolf."
"I love you Alyx." He was being sincere about it and she smiled as they kissed, the kiss was a passionate one that dragged on for what seemed to be like an eternity. When they finally broke, the feline was panting. She pressed herself to Wolf and his Comm rang on the bedside table. "Oh Hell." He answered it and Wolf made sure that Alyx wasn't in the vid shot. "Yes?"
"Sir, our warp drive has just failed and we are in a really bad spot."
"Please elaborate."
"The Katinian fleet is staring down at us." Wolf shut the Comm off and he vaulted out of bed. He threw on his clothes and Alyx was right behind him as he rushed to the bridge. They rushed onto the bridge and Wolf sat down in his chair as he looked out the main view screen, thousands of ships surrounded him and he stood back up.
"Sir, we are being hailed." Alyx said and he nodded.
"Well, hello Wolf." Fox said as he smiled at his former adversary.
"Fox, I see you have the advantage this time." For the first time, Wolf felt fear in his heart and he shook slightly.
"Yes, now tell me why you aren't with Treylon and his fleet."
"He has betrayed us, I am the only Venomian left that was with him, and the rest are destroyed." He said and Fox nodded.
"Well, I would like to destroy you but I think we can make a deal here. I will let you live if and only if you come with us to Corneria and rid the Lylat System of the dragon threat." It was a hard offer but Wolf knew he would get his chance.
"Yes, I accept to those terms." He sat back down and Fox smiled disarmingly at him. "Although my warp drive has malfunctioned and I need to repair it."
"Ok then, I'll leave behind a few craft to escort you to Corneria after you are done." Wolf unsheathed his claws slightly and they dug into his chair.
"Alright then." The view screen flicked back to space and he sighed. "Fox, you'll pay."