Disclaimer: I don't own Star Fox! It's owned by Nintendo, and Terra System, names, etc. are license of Galaxy Wulf, in which I own. The story took place during Star Fox 64, sometime after your battle with Star Wolf at Venom 2. I was wrong about my first two disclaimers. There will be FEW flashbacks here. Anyway, the narrator is obvious. Go and read!
Rivals or Friends
Chapter 5: Echoes
After the pilots launched off away from Great Fox…
As I was flying an Arwing for the first time in my life, I realized that there is something bothering me. It kept on echoing in my head for the whole meantime. I didn't know who is talking to me or what's that all about, but I never expected it to occur now. I took a closer look into myself. I closed my eyes, but carefully setting the craft in auto-pilot mode first. It all seems vague, and I cannot really recall such memory. But as I ponder deeper, I soon remember the voice and the scene, or as what I think it would be. Such lost memory kept on bothering my consciousness. I don't want to lose my concentration.
"Open widely, O'Donnell," the voice prompted on me. As I recall slowly, the voice was a female. I ambiguously remember that I was in a sort of room, stripped and chained on a bed with me biting a bar-like object. A blanket only robed my half of the body, and many wires were stuck on my arms, thighs, temples, and chest. I felt pain agonizing in my body.
As I kept on recollecting myself in that enigmatic event, I remembered that the lady forced me to drink a serum of some sort. After that, I felt a strong sensation in me. She kept on recording her findings as I kept on shouting and yelling, constantly feeling changes in my body. I never knew, or even remembered that I was a guinea pig of some experiment. In fact, as I thought for myself, I believe that I forgot that part of my life maybe because something happened, or maybe that person doesn't want me to remember it.
I prowled into my deeper self. I looked back to the time where some Venomian soldiers found me at the junkyard. They were astounded to my skills; even Andross bid a high price for them. I thought before that my bulky build came from the intense work-out at the Venomian camp. I thought that my more-work-less-sleep talent came from my night training. I thought my long stamina came from endurance to my hard life. Now I believe that it came from my unknown past which is yet to remember.
As I was self-assessing myself, I remembered her words. I remembered what she said to me when I last saw her. It kept on echoing and echoing… repeating itself inside of me. It sounds weird, but for some odd reason, I felt scared.
"No matter where you are Wolf, I'll still be there… You know I'll be there, wherever you are, Wolf…"
"… wherever you are, Wolf…"
"Wolf…"
"Wolf…"
"Wolf!"
"Wolf, are you there? Are you okay?"
I was startled by another female voice, only I found it gentle and nice, and somehow annoying. It was none other than Ruby checking on me. I was so focused to myself that I didn't realize that she was talking to me… I lost myself to reality.
"I am… I am fine," I replied in way that would make her think I am okay. "I was just dozing off. So, why did you contact me?"
"Well, I was just wondering, how does the lasers auto-track the enemy again? I just got a mental block!" she replied back in a tensed way. Gosh, why does she get nervous at this? Isn't she a cadet? Shouldn't she felt confident that she could do it? But then, here I go again, being anti-social… I promised to Fox I won't be like an asocial type of person again. Oh well…
I answered specifically, "It uses the homing sensors the Arwings have. When you were charging the lasers, it starts to track the target you set it in." I hope she doesn't bother me again in such nonsense. But then, I wonder why I kinda felt like this.
"Ruby, concentrate in your flying, okay?" Fox commanded from his seat. "Anyway, we're almost there, so I suggest everyone to be careful and don't attack without my command." It seems that he heard our conversation, and started scolding her. I wouldn't blame Ruby if you ask me however, since she's just a newcomer here and she doesn't know much about this place. And, why did Fox sound strange all of a sudden? It seems that it wasn't like him.
"Hey Fox, are you all right?" Falco wondered as the same as me. "You sounded like a jerk earlier." It seems that bird-brain got irritated from the way Fox spoke earlier. I too, would've wondered about that, since even he was sophisticated, he wouldn't talk like that.
"Just… just follow my command, please," Fox growled. Anyway, I shouldn't complain, it'll be useless. As we approach the canyon, it'll be probably a blast, and it is…
I didn't expect it, but my head starts to feel strange as we approach it. It ached and felt weird, as if I was in a trance. My vision became unclear, and I lost control over my body. My eyes fell down, as if I wanted to sleep. I don't know what's happening to me, but I must stay in control over my body.
"Huh?" Fox grunted as he saw the Arwing I'm in flailing in different directions. "Wolf, are you okay?" I heard his voice from the console, but I wasn't able to respond. My head is aching like there is no tomorrow. It tired to talk, but I couldn't.
Slowly, I fell down from the seat. I don't know how, but I'm very sure I placed my seat before I took off, or maybe I didn't. I hit the control stick while I fell, making the Arwing go down to the canyon. Strangely, as I noticed it before I faint, there was a small building at the canyon we will just investigate. I crashed down there, and Fox, as I thought, must've yelled when that happened. All I heard was silence. I couldn't move or hear. There was nothing I could do…