Disclaimer: You fools! What are you idiots up to now! I DON'T OWN FOX McCLOUD!
A/N: I decided to do 'Review Outputs', so here's the first batch.Sorry for the long wait. The computer was being a serious pain in the ass. Oh, and for those of you who were expecting from my other stories, sorry. They will all be discontinued TEMPORARILY. That means I will work on one fic, then the next. For more details, see my profile. OK? Ok.
Review Output
Inusgrl90 - I really have your interest? That's a first. Thank you for taking some time to review my fic, which probably could have been better.
Napkin- Yeah. Having your nightmares turn real is creepy, but Fox's worst has yet to come.
SVForever - I really should space out the talk, shouldn't I? And for your second question; You're right. Fox normally wouldn't cry in front of people, but his life was full of traumatic events, as this chapter and the next would explain. Thank you for the constructive criticism. I haven't gotten one of those in a long time.
Unknown - I don't even know who you are, but thanks for the review anyway.
Nightmares
Chapter 2: Flashback of his Life, Pt. I
The Great Fox stopped in place; Rob cut the engines. Everyone stared in fear as the Fleet charged up the cannons and prepared to launch the missiles.
"Damn it! The Fleet is going to attack! Grr... Rob, jump to warp speed and get us out of here!" Fox yelled across the bridge to Rob, who started to enter the code to enter Warp Speed.
"Engines off-line. Engine output failing." Rob said in his monotone voice. He directed everyone's attention to the monitor, which showed that the engines were being attacked.
"Damn it to hell! Okay, Fox, all of you are going out to return their fire in your Arwings. Now, GO!" Peppy commanded.
"Got it!" With that, Fox and the others sped off to the Docking Bay, where Arwings were found.
"Com. Line: Green. G-Diffuser Output: Increasing. Engine Output: fifty percent . . . ninety . . . One-hundred percent." Fox said through the Communicator.
"Good luck out there, Team! Now . . . Launch all ships!" Peppy yelled as all of the Arwings boosted out of the docking bay.
As the Arwings launched, they were greeted with lasers and missiles from enemy fighters. Slippy was the first one to get hit. He screamed as his ship was shaking, for it lost the wing on the Starboard.His shields were at ninety percent. Falco was boosting throughall of the fighters, and destroyed one of the Battleships. "Too easy." He said, but his cockiness got in the way of his flying, and got hit. His shields went down by twenty percent. Krystal was being chased by five fighters, but she pulled a loop and destroyed all of them in one shot. She stayed focused as another four ships were coming at her. Fox already destroyed thirty fighters, but muttered something. "Damn! Guys, these bastards just keep on coming! We have to lead them off so we can destroy them all in one shot!" Fox yelled through the communicator. "How do you suppose we do that, Foxie?" Falco responded to Fox's somewhat impossible plan. "Simple. Everyone, how many Smart Bombs do you have?" Fox asked. "Five." All three of the pilots answered. "Great. Then follow me."Fox lead all of the fighters, along with his team mates, to a nearby asteroid field. It was kind of small, so Star Fox was able to boost through easily. However, the enemy fighters were, fortunately, having a hard time going through. Seventy ships crashed by either colliding with each other or hitting an asteroid. Fox saw them coming, so finally said " Everyone! Fire a bomb at the big Asteroids!" All of them did what Fox said, and then each of the asteroids they hit shattered, starting a chain reaction, and destroyed all of the ships by colliding, exploding, etc.
More ships were coming, however, so the Team went back to the default - A Dog Fight. Everyone had destroyed one-hundred or more fighter and twenty-some ships. All seemed lost, until...
"Everyone! Get back to the ship! We have enough power to get out of here!" Peppy yelled. Everyone started back toward the Great Fox and easily landed. Soon, the Great Fox started to glow a bright yellow and launched out of there.
"Whew! Peppy! Do we have enough Power to go straight for Sauria?" Fox relaxed as he also asked his question.
"Uhh . . . Unfortunately not. We have to wait a few hours until the engine is back on normal status." Peppy explained with a frustrated voice.
"That is correct. Damage to thrusters serious. Repairs needed." Rob said, obviously in his monotone voice.
"Damn..." Fox just stormed off to his room.
"Rob, get to work on those repairs! We need to get to Sauria ASAP!"
"Affirmative."
Meanwhile, Fox was in his room, thinking, until Falco, Krystal, and Slippy all came into his room.
"Hey Fox! Nice plan! I wish I were as cool as you!" Slippy exclaimed with glee.
"Yes, Fox. That was an ingenious move!" Krystal also liked his plan. She was about to kiss on the cheek, until Falco opened his trap.
"Yeah. Too bad he emasculated himself on the bridge cwying for his fwiend! Hahaha!" Falco laughed but regretted at that moment.
"Falco, you... dirty... BASTARD!" Fox threw a punch at Falco's face and grabbed him by the neck.
"Oh yeah? Is this the best you got, Foxie?" Falco, whose beak was broken(?), grabbed Fox's wrist and twisted it. To counter attack, Fox twisted with his wrist and kicked Falco in the face. Not in the mood to put up with it, he picked up Falco, came out into the hall, and threw him across, down the Stairs. He hit the metal wall of the ship at the bottom, and then fell unconscious.
"Whoa! Fox! Calm down!" Peppy, who witnessed this, tried to contact Rob. Fox swore about Falco and just ran off, to be alone, in the Docking Bay.
After forty-five minutes of thinking in the Docking Bay, someone entered. It was Krystal.
"Fox?" She asked, looking around. Since he made a punching bag out of Falco, she was a little worried.
"Hey, Krystal." Fox answered. He wasn't all that excited, sitting on one of the exhaust pipes.
"Fox . . . You're in serious pain. Tell me what is going on." Krystal took a seat next to Fox.
"Okay. Krystal, do you know what it's like to lose your whole family?" Fox didn't bother looking at her for the expression on his face would worry Krystal even more.
"Fox, my whole planet was destroyed. Of course I do." Krystal responded.
"Look. When I was seven..."
Flashback...
Fox and James were just playing outside in the backyard. They were having so much fun.
"Hey dad! I'm gonna get you! Roar!" Fox just tackled James, who just fell back, laughing.
"Heh... Looks like you got me, son!" James admitted his defeat. They continued playing, until James communicator was going off.
"James McCloud, we need you and - Hey, where's the rest of your team?" Said a mid-aged voice. It was General Pepper, who was young back then.
"Let's play, dad!" Fox, with his youth, jumped up and down, wanting to play with his dad.
"Sorry son, but I have to go. The General needs me to ensure safety of a transport." Explained James, who was patting his son's head. Then he felt a tug on his shirt.
"Dad... Can I go with you? Can I? Please?" Fox started begging, for he was having fun with his dad.
"Well... I'm sorry, son. I'd love to bring you along, but what would your mom say? She wouldn't really approve of it, would she?"
"I guess not." Said the young vulpine, pouting.
After minutes of getting cleaned up, James finally came outside. He spoke just before he took off in his Hover-Car to the Base.
"Good bye, honey! I'll try to be back by nine!" Yelled James, who looked at his watch. 1:00 P.M. Mrs. McCloud, Fox, Boris, who was Fox's older brother, Lawrance, Fox's older cousin, and Sally, Fox's little sister, all waved at James.
Six hours later, Fox was in his room. He was watching T.V., waiting for his dad to come home. But, unknown to Fox, a strange cloaked figure was outside of the house, holding a flaring can, a bottle of alcohol, and a match. He threw all of them into a closed window, shattering the glass, unnoticed because Fox didn't here, and everyone was asleep. . .
To Be Continued. . .
Author's note: Is it good? Bad? Mediocre? Please tell me in your review! Remember, this has a continuation, so just wait. One more thing. I have three ways to end this: A sad ending, the Normal ending, and the Happy ending. I'd choose one, but I CAN"T DECIDE! PLEASE TELL ME WHICH ONE I SHOULD PUT THE STORY ON! PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS! I JUST CAN'T DECIDE!