The New Enemy

Disclaimer: Star Fox, its trademarks, characters, etc. are owned by Nintendo. I do own, however, this story, and other characters that don't exist in the game. Oh, and Square-Enix owns their stuff too!

Episode 4: Time to Play

Everybody was assembled at the bridge. They were about to listen to Peppy. That is, most of them…

"All right, who placed this silly boxer short in my room?" Krystal complained while showing to them a striped undergarment. Everybody glanced at her… Panther recognized the object, though.

He was surprised to the fact that his crush was holding them. He impulsively remarked, "Hey, that's mine! My favorite shorts were missing! How did you…" Before he could finish though, everybody was prying eyes on him. "What?"

"You… you aren't wearing underwear, aren't you?" Slippy flabbergasted with a short snicker. Panther blushed for a while, and it's not known whether he's blushing from the shorts or from his answer. "You're red! Don't tell me you aren't wearing anything!"

"I am wearing underwear, frog!" he declared. He in fact, unzipped his uniform and showed his Compostela trademarked briefs, and he did it with confidence. Thankfully, Wolf gave him a knuckle to his noggin to save him from humiliation. "Well, at least I proved I am wearing underwear!" He then blushed while grabbing the boxers from a shocked Krystal.

"All right already! Stop torturing me! I did it!"

Falco raised his hand about shoulder's level. He admitted his prank. "I pulled the boxers off while Panther wasn't looking and I tucked them to Krystal's room and…" He glanced at Fox, Panther, and Krystal, whose eyes were telling him that he'd be eaten alive with these predators. Leon laughed from this impression. "Look, I did for the sake of laughs, okay!" Their deadly eyes didn't fade, though, giving him a slight shudder.

"AHEM!"

A clearing cough made everybody listen once more to Peppy and Pepper on-screen. Panther immediately tucked the shorts behind him, so that no one could see the striped underwear.

"Finally, thank you for listening," Peppy growled at them. He then glanced at the general. "Thank you for allowing us to handle Star Wolf. The whole place became livelier thanks to them." Fox and Wolf didn't know if it was sarcastic or true to the fact, but at least a small recognition wouldn't harm, right?

"Umm… okay… I guess…" Pepper replied. He then looked at the assembled crew. "Anyway, Star Fox… and Star Wolf… I'm going to assign you at Titania. A group of green creatures with tentacles suddenly appeared around the stationed base Midway. However, you mission isn't eliminating these pests."

"Erm… so… are we going to do the dishes in that base? No monsters to kill…" Leon asked stupidly. Everybody laughed from his questions, though, giving him a placid feeling of no humiliation whatsoever.

The general was actually thinking about his suggestion. "You know, that would work… I really do need to replace those busboys in the canteen area and… Oh never mind! Anyway, you'll still fight, but you'll only help! I have a group of new graduates who look promising, so I want to test their skills. Your job is to assist, and I mean assist, Squad Bravo Falcon from their mission. Is that understood?"

"Yes sir!" A choral reply of salutation was given.

"Good then. I'll be sending them to that point. You'll meet each other at the base. Good luck, Star Fox and Wolf…"

As the message was finished, they all suddenly growled in stress. They probably didn't like the idea of assisting soldiers.

"Drat! You should've complained, Fox!" Wolf grumbled as he crossed his arms. "I really, really, hate baby-sitting good-for-nothings!"

"Well, you should've just done that earlier!" he argued back, but Wolf was smiling. "Huh?"

"I have absolutely no power to complain, argue, or whatsoever. Besides, you're handling us, right?" he grinned back, giving Fox a sigh. "In any case, we have no choice. I might as well read An Idiot's Guide for Babysitting." He hurried off and headed towards his quarters. Fox McCloud, leader of Star Fox, wondered what Wolf's keeping in his room.

Panther smiled as he grabbed his rose that's packed in a holster on his belt, as always. "It's all right for me, as long as these babies to be watched are beautiful women. How I love to help them from their troubles." Leon just gave a sigh from his comment. However, deep inside, he felt relief that he wouldn't be turned into a busboy.

"Yo rabbit, when are we gonna reach Titania?" Falco asked Peppy.

"About an hour… You guys better get yourself ready and…" he replied, but noticed that the one who asked disappeared. "Hmm… He really has a low attention span…"

"I told you, Sephiroth's the hardest boss ever! I mean, check out Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy VII!"

Jake growled at Shade, who was not agreeing from his statement. "Look, he has the looks, the katana much longer than yours, the attitude… Come on! He has One-Winged Angel for crying out loud! Accept defeat! He's got that Heartless Angel move that many confused as Sin Harvest!"

"I, Shade Lord, say no," the black wolf argued back. "Freya's the hardest boss, ever, and EVER! Ether Strike could kill your party in an instant! The only way to defeat her is to refine Boots of Prowess and synthesize them to your weapons… and doing that means you have to pay millions… and add the fact that it won't work on higher difficulty… and The True Nature is better than One-Winged Nature! She doesn't even need weapons for fighting!"

Stanice and Lucas just looked at each other. "When will they stop talking about video games?" the ferret mumbled to the puma. "We're inside a transport ship and they're still talking about video games!"

"Well, at least they're trying their best not to get hooked up from this mission of ours," Lucas whimpered. "Besides, I'll have to argue on them… Luca Blight, Suikoden II, is the better boss than them!"

"Oh no, he's not! It's King Solomon of Shadow Hearts Covenant is way harder than those bozos! It's pure Melt Crest!" she comically replied with force.

…And the fight continues. The transport ship containing Squad Bravo Falcon was filled with arguments, debates, and not to mention memory, of who is the toughest boss ever to be conjured up by videogames. However, it all stopped when they reached their destination: Base Midway of Titania.

Soon enough, they left their transport ship. However, to their surprise, they met Star Fox and Star Wolf as well. Speaking of Star Fox and Star Wolf…

"FOX!" Krystal yelled as she encountered leeches on the muddy floor. She was about to go down from the ship when she saw these worms collecting. "LEECHES! HELP!"

"Krystal, these are just leeches," Fox commented as he blasted them away with his blaster. He confidently placed the weapon back at its holster and smiled, "there's nothing to worry about, blue fox!" However, he felt something wriggly on the back of his left ear. "Leeches?" Krystal nodded, making the vulpine panic with fear. "AHH! THEY'RE GONNA SUCK MY BLOOD!"

Wolf butted in, pulled the leech before it could suck anything, dropped it to the floor, and stomped it. "You're still a pup after all," he grinned. "Oh, and don't think about putting them on me, Leon, I know you're the one who did that." Leon, who blended to his background, revealed himself. He was suddenly harassed by Fox and Krystal. "I like doing that," Wolf muttered with glee.

"Okay, where's the squad we're looking for?" Falco wondered as he checked out with his binoculars. Suddenly, large eyes covered his view, making him freak out. "Wha!" he shouted as he landed on the ground with his butt. A ferret just glanced at the end of his binoculars. "That was scary, kid… not that I'm scared or anything…"

She smiled, "Hey, this is Falco Lombardi… Star Fox… Oh my gosh! THEY'RE HERE!" Actually, that ferret's Stanice.

"And…" Shade whimpered as he noticed Wolf. "Ookami-sama!" He suddenly rushed towards Wolf, and of course, our grumpy grey wolf just shrugged.

"And that's Panther Caroso!" Lucas pointed out the panther. Because of this, it gave Mr. Caroso an impression of fame.

"I never knew Miss Krystal's this beautiful when you see her personally," Jake complimented with a sign of fantasy. Krystal just smiled and sighed.

"You must be Squad Bravo Falcon, right?" Fox asked them. "Don't worry! We'll help you in your mission! We should warn you though, that we're only going to help you, okay!"

Hope this keeps you up for Chapter 5!