Author Note: What I find interesting is that I see the same person over and over again. Silver Meta Dragoon, FraGmentd, Bane, etc. You guys are really dedicated to this fic, never expected that. Oh and this story is around its ending. Oh, it's nearby… There might be some lang. not suitable for younger readers… Hehe, wait no, wait yeah.

Chapter 12

Her grip tightened as though she could squeeze out the answer. The vixen continued to embrace him, waiting for him to respond. Hoping that he would give the response she wanted.

"Krystal… I… I…" the fox stuttered. His hands slowly wound around her waste as though trying to comfort her. His own single tear fell from his eyes. "I'm not sure. I'm a high-profile mercenary, and you're of royal blood."

"Don't worry about that, just please answer me." Krystal's grip tightened even more.

Fox began to shiver for fear of what she might do. He gently unwound her arms and pulled her away an arms length. He looked into her wide open green eyes, watering with tears. He suddenly jerked her toward himself and kissed Krystal squarely on the lips. The sudden kiss turned into a deep passionate one. They broke apart, gasping for air and looked at each other.

"How was that for an answer?" Fox grinned.

"Better than I expected," Krystal said and jumped into her arms.

"Ok, now that we got this settled, we have to hurry back to the city now."

"Why? What's happening?"

"Some unknown force is taking over."

"Who are they?"

"All I know they're a mixture of Cornerian mercenaries and Cernirians. We got to hurry."

"Ok, but how are we gonna get there fast?"

He didn't answer, but dragged her out of the cave and grabbing her staff. Fox jumped into the water to swim across and Krystal followed. He led her to the Land Master tank and jumped in. He threw out a flak jacket at her. "Wear this, it's should provide protection from shrapnel."

"Crap!" he said aloud. "I forgot this was a one sitter."

"Don't worry," Krystal reassured. She jumped in and sat down on Fox's lap and put the safety belts. "That wasn't so hard."

"Umm… Yeah," he said. He could feel her romp rub against him. Fox felt like was going to melt against the warm vixen.

Krystal turned her head back again so that her left eye was looking at him. "You're such a playboy," she said, bringing her hand up to his cheek and giving it a tug. "Now let's get going!"

"Uhh, right," Fox was blushing crimson under his head fur.

The Land Master roared into life as it turned on its engines. Fox gave Krystal some directions on how she had to help him drive and fight. The tank rumbled through the forest, letting out some shells to take out some trees. After what seemed to be an hour, the tank reached the border wall.

"Hang on Krystal!"

The small underside plasma engines busted with plasma and began to lift the Land Master at a steady paste. The engines cut when it finally reached over the top. The tank fell and made a loud metallic thud as its wheels hit the ground. They spotted enemy flags planted around the city. It seemed that the guards and spec ops failed to protect the city.

"Fox, we got a welcome wagon," Krystal pointed out on the radar. Several Ram Heart tanks rolled out behind the buildings. All of their anti-infantry guns were replaced by rapid fire Charge cannons. "This should be interesting."

The enemy tanks fired upon the Land Master while others shot the surrounding area. "Hold on, this might get bumpy." Fox stepped on the booster pad and the Land Master zoomed forward ramming a Ram Heart tank. The angular armor of the Land Master shredded through the Ram Heart, and evidently ending the crew's lives in a gruesome demise. "These guys are just cannon fodder."

The tanks slowly retreated, training their turrets on the Land Master tank. Fox boosted again forcing Krystal to press herself against him in order to keep from jerking around. The rail gun charged up and let loose a HE round, blowing up 2 of the Ram Hearts and peppering the others with shrapnel. The Ram Hearts tried to retreat but their engines cut. So the crewmen evacuated their tanks and made a run for it. But Fox sprayed them with machine gun fire.

"Fox, there's a firefight over there, it might be more guards or spec ops." Krystal said pointing at a flash of light on the side of a building on the view screen.

The Land Master rumbled around the corner. Several mech. units and APCs had a group of guards pinned down. Fox took care of that by launching a few HE shells. After the smoke subsided and the enemy routed, the guardsmen came out of hiding. Most of them were wounded. All of their eyes rested upon the Land Master. They looked of battle fatigue. Fox plopped open the hatch and Krystal jumped out.

"Ma'am," all of Cernirian guards said in unison.

"At ease. What has happened to the capital and the palace?" Krystal asked. Fox got out of the tank and joined her.

"There has been a hostile take over by an unknown force," one of the injured guards said. "The space forces cannot be reached for some reason."

"It's because we're being jammed," Fox interrupted. "Also, my team is being attacked too, I'm guessing that these people here have some connection with my team's attackers" All of them went into silence after hearing. But someone broke the silence.

One of the canines limped forward in front of the group. He had a several morphine needles in his arms and legs, it was Kolaskoh.

"It is you Fox!" he said happily. "I want to thank you for saving me and my unit. And I also have seen something that might interest you."

"What is it?" Fox said.

"I have seen a very Cernirian flagship come in and drop off a large group of people. They seemed like Cornerian mercenaries. They were with an old Cernirian wolf."

"What did the mercenaries look like?"

"There was a chameleon, panther, a pink cat, a lupine, oh and as well as a hooded figure."

"Hmmm, a wolf, chameleon… StarWolf."

Note to readers: Yes, my readers, and another cliff hanger it is. I say, I don't even know what's coming up next.