Author Note: I am a very big fan of VGCats, so sorry if that one character bugged you. Could not resist. Yeah, you'll notice some crossover details, but not fully. I'll stop it depending on reviews. And yes, spell check is used, but some get under the radar.

Chapter 10

"Sir, fighters have launched and are inbound for the capital. Ground forces will be in striking range of the palace. And the local military is receiving the false distress signal. All will be sit in place in a matter of hours," a young feline reported over a comm.

"Very good, but make sure the main targets are alive," the old wolf said, petting his strange pet. "I want to deal with them myself."

Fox was very frustrated with the events that have occurred. He had swept through the palace looking for Krystal, but to no avail. "Damn it, where can she be?" he thought. "It's that damned Fiona's fault I'm in this."

He returned to his quarters thinking of ways to apologies to Krystal if he found her. He fell roughly on the bed and looked up at the elaborate paintings of soldiers marching off to what seemed to be the capital city in the ceiling. It reminded him of one of the wars he has been in. He was hired to recapture a city no matter what the cost for Venom's forces. It was horrific. He saw many of his fellow Cornerian soldiers fall. Many from exhaustion, land mines, or even committed suicide from just waiting for hours for an attack. But as the battle closed, the last of the enemy forces made a suicide rush, rather than become POWs. Though the battle was a blood bath, it was worth taking back the Cornerian capital.

His slowly started to close as he began to sleep mid-day. But was suddenly woken by large explosions. "What the!" Fox jumped from his bed to the window and quickly flung it open. He saw armored drop-ships plop down on the large palace balconies and released troops of all sorts. All of them were mixed species, but what surprised him the most that they were also both Cornerians and Cernirian. "What are they doing? Crap, I have to find Krystal!" Fox grabbed his combat knife and magnum and left the room. Some of the troops dragged out a large amount of combat droids along with some equipment.

He was greeted by a small group of guards. All of them were clad in reflective energy armor and were equipped with strong pulse carbines. Others held staff in hand. What seemed to be the leader stepped up to Fox? He was in white and red armor with the Synera family insignia on his helmet. "McCloud, the palace is been attacked and invaded by unknown forces," the captain of the guards said, eyeing Fox in a distrustful manner. "Friends of yours?" All of the surrounding guards bring up their carbines aiming at him.

"They were both Cornerian and Cernirian, looked like common mercenaries to me," he snapped. "You can either waste ammo on me, or I can join you and fight these guys." The vulpine captain cringed his canines from the response.

"Give him a rifle," the captain said. One of the guards lobbed a carbine to Fox with several clips taped together. "More combat droid reinforcements won't be here for some time, let's move it!"

"Wait, were is Krystal," Fox paused. He was concerned if she was captured or worse, killed.

"We're not sure were the Queen is," the captain looked back. "We've been searching all over for her, but the Queen knows how to fight. She can easily take all us out by herself." The group continued forth towards the firefights outside in palace plazas and halls.

"How come I had o find that out the hard way?" Fox joked. Soon the group reached the outside area. Many of the guardsmen were pulled out, but few remained to fight along side with spec. ops soldiers and droids. The palace forces were garrisoned in the balconies that lined the stairs to the main entrance. "Hey, I can contact Great Fox!"

He pulled out his comm. and a screen of his team appeared. "You guys UCE's capital is under attack." As he looked closer at his comm. ROB and Peppy were the only ones there, in battle station status.

"We know that Fox, we've been attacked by several Hyperion class battleships. Right know Slippy and Falco are out there taking them on," Peppy said, he leaned toward ROB and gave him a command to fire the main beam cannons. "I can't provide fire support if that's what you wanted, but I can beam down a Land Master if I can."

Fox's converse with Peppy distracted him from the fact that enemy ground forces were closing in. "Sure thing, Explorer type, I need to be quick and fast, stat!" He ducked down, and avoided a sniper shot. He pulled out the carbine and did a quick spray. After thinking up a strategy, Fox quickly remembered that enemy drop-ships got into the palace, he had to warn the UCE forces. He looked around for a high-ranking officer, but was able to find the captain again.

"Hey, they have drop-ships in the palace, and I think more are inbound," he yelled over the roar of lasers firing.

"What?" the guard captain said, returning fire. Fox yelled it out again, this time the captain understood. "Dang it, I'll need more reinforcements."

"You'll do that and I'll find the queen," the mercenary said, leaving the captain to take care of business. His PDA beeped and let out a hologram map of the palace and showed the location of the Land Master. He ran back inside and into one of the plazas to were the tank was beamed down on. Unfortunately, the invaders found it. "Damn it, they got to it first." The merc sneaked around the plaza pillars, around the enemy; close enough to hear them talk.

"A Land Master, eh, could hitch a hefty price in the black market," a coyote examined, running her hands around the armor plating.

"Let's commandeer it!" a young wolf said. He tried to pry open the hatch but didn't work. "Stupid hunk of metal." He jumped off and kicked it. The others merely walked around it, looking for a way to open it.

Fox had to think of a way to take them out, he couldn't do so with just the carbine. His wondered about and caught a glimpse of a UCE droid they took down, it held in its paws a Gatling gun. He rolled towards it, grabbing the gun and took up a high position.

"Hey idiots, take your hands off my ride," he jumped out of hiding with Gatling gun in hand and started spraying them with laser bullets. He took most of them out, but others hid or fled. He took out a Cernirian fox who tried to run. The only ones left were the coyote and a female wolf, both hid behind the tank. "Great, more women in my life, just what I needed. No matter."

He jumped from his position walked towards the Land Master. The wolf grew scared and anxious, and held her little brother's body in her hands. She dropped the body, pulled out a blaster pistol, jumping out. "Damn you bastard!" The wolf was taken off guard as Fox pulled out his knife and magnum and grabbed her. He held her tight against him and had his knife to her throat while his magnum searched around for the coyote.

"I suggest you come out of hiding or your friend here will die," Fox barked out. His true colors were showing and his mercenary nature was unleashed. The coyote girl came out but had a plasma rifle in hand.

"Let her go!" she ordered. The wolf looked as though she was going to suffocate. Fox loosened his grip until he let go for her. She stumbled towards her friend until Fox ran behind her and made a fast backside kick, knocking her unconscious and also slamming against the coyote. Both were knocked out.

"Should fired that thing, what a rookie," he said, looking down upon the two unconscious ladies. He jumped inside the Land Master and activated the jump boosters.

To be continued…

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