Author Note: Cernia has been changed to Cerniria. I don't own StarFox, Nintendo does.

Chapter 5

"My name is Fox McCloud, leader of the mercenary team, StarFox," Fox said looking at the lion straight in the eye.

"A mercenary, I see," the turtle said, fixing his glasses to get a better look at Fox.

A quite conversation was held between the judges and the jury. They whispered to each other while Fox looked onward. It seemed unfair that there was no Cornerian in the jury.

"I have here is a list of crimes that you have committed McCloud," the blue eagle stood up with a piece of paper in hand.

"Wait a minute, I haven't committed anything?" Fox snapped.

"Quit vulpine."

"Shut your trap, bird!"

"McCloud, Devon," Krystal had an angered look in her eyes. "I suggest you stop it, or heads will roll."

Fox stopped talking but bared his canines. "You have entered Cernirian space, which violated treaties, made an unauthorized landing in UCE territory, and…"

"Me," Krystal said, standing up. "Queen of the UCE. I could have killed you on the spot, but that would've caused uproar here and on your planet."

Krystal got up from the judges and got closer to Fox and examined him. He kept his stare on her unbroken; many dreadful things ran through his mind as she neared Fox. "Grab her, break her neck? Take her hostage? No." The guards nearby gripped their weapons as though they were ready to run up to Fox and take him down. Her eyes centered themselves on his and she went back. Fiona stood by keeping an eye on the vulpine.

"What do you have to say for yourself?" Devon said.

"Nothing," Fox responded.

"Your execution will be held tomorrow," Krystal said. "I want to end this now."

"I thought you weren't going to kill me," Fox said, he didn't seem worried at all.

Just as Fox ended his sentence, a comm. screen appeared. It seemed to be a Cernirian four-star general, a husky. "Your Highness, we have detected 3 ships in space. What should I do?"

"What, who are they from!" Krystal demanded.

"Cornerian, 2 Alpha-class gun ships, 1 Dreadnought-class battleship," the husky replied.

"Patch a link through, if they don't respond, take them down!" Krystal said, even angrier before.

Fox began to wonder who they were. The only dreadnought-class battleship that existed to this day was Great Fox. He finally realized it was his team that was coming here to rescue him.

Luckily enough they responded. A screen of the StarFox team appeared in the control center. From all the turned-off equipment, they were going silent. "Whoa, they detected us!" Slippy jumped. All the lights went on and the command center lighted up like a Christmas tree.

"Who the hell are you and what are you doing here!" the lion demanded.

"No Crodus, I'll handle this," Krystal's face looked more calmed. "Is this your team, Fox?

"Yes, please, don't shoot them down," Fox said with a heavy sigh. "I wish they didn't do this."

"You, hare, I want to know exactly why you're here" Krystal pointed to Peppy. Peppy woke up from his sleep and fixed his spectacles. "Well?"

"Oh I'll order the ham and cheese... Sorry, we're here to rescue Fox," Peppy said fixing his falling glasses. "But have broken treaties with Corneria and Cerniria," Krystal said coldly.

"We were trying to go undetected," Falco interrupted. "More of a break in," Crodus interjected."

As the conversation almost turned into an argument, General Pepper's hologram appeared on both sides on the comm. Many of the people in the jury began to converse even more. "Queen Krystal, I am dreadfully sorry for this. I did not mean to break treaties or interrupt any activities."

Krystal gave Pepper a stern look. "But it seems you did. So you sent this small military force to pick up this Fox McCloud?" she said pointing towards the worried Fox.

"Yes. Please don't do anything rash, so what is the bail price?" Pepper asked.

"No bail, he will be receiving 5 years exiled here on UCE soil to learn from his mistakes," Krystal said. "He well be thought a lesson."

"But you can't do that to Fox…" Slippy butted in.

"Unless you want to start a war, I suggest you let him stay here," Krystal said. The UCE's military power was great enough to challenge Corneria itself, and if it got the fellow Cernirian nations as allies, Corneria will never stand a chance.

"I'll do the time, think of it as long vacation for me, you guys can take my share of jobs," Fox seemed to be able to find humor in most situations.

"By order of the UCE council, Fox McCloud will be kept here on Cerniria for 5 years, but he will not be held in jail since of his lack of knowledge of UCE laws," Devon announced.

"Court adjourned," Krystal ended the trial and the judges and the jury left. Fox was first out the door.

"Finally freedom," Fox yawned stretching out. Fiona walked beside him. The fox's eyes narrowed on her.

"We'll be keeping an eye on you," Fiona said and walked off to the courtyard. Fox stuck out a tongue but was poked by a nearby guard. He flicked off the guard and ran towards the city.

As Fox headed for the city, he realized that he was dirt poor here. He took out his wrist comm. he got back and contacted his team. "Fox here, I'm in a little snag."

"What is it Fox," Peppy's face quickly appeared on the comm. "Good thing Pepper got in, he was able to lower your jail time here by a lot."

"Yeah, yeah. Think you can convert some credits into Cernirian credits?" Fox whispered into the wrist comm. His eyes trailed the passing citizens. He was considered off colored since everyone here was blue. The population was many made up of furs, but he saw some birds and reptiles.

"There we go, wait, think you want to do this Fox?" Peppy said.

"Why?"

"100 credits here is 1 credit there Fox," Slippy's high-pitched voice in the background.

"WHAT!" Fox was now hopping mad. "I'm going to be dirt poor here now."

Peppy, Slippy, and Falco were laughing hysterically on the comm. "No, it's the same," Peppy said, having a hard time trying to stop laughing. "Should've seen your face." The team continued to laugh but got back on duty.

"I'll get you Peppy," Fox was slightly pounding his comm. This was attracted much unwanted attention to Fox. "What are you guys looking at?"

To Be Continued… Bleh.