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.
Thanks for the lovely reviews! I'll try to keep the humor even while the action's going on!
Episode 5: The Party Begins
"All right, then… Squad Bravo Falcon, Attention!"
Fox commanded as soon as possible. Shade, Stanice, Jake, and Lucas approached him quickly, giving salutes as they fell in line. "Good! Now, introduce yourselves one by one!" They placed their hand down, and they looked at each other, guessing who would step forward first. "Erm… Okay, since that black wolf kid is on the farthest of the left, you'll introduce yourself first!" A sudden burst of laughter from Falco was heard. "We'll talk about the laughing later, Falco."
The black wolf with a sheathed katana stepped forward and saluted as he introduced himself. "My name's Shade Lord, sir! I am the assigned leader of Squad Bravo Falcon."
The wolf stepped back and the ferret girl was next. "I am Stanice Emmy, sir!"
"Jacob Laurence reporting for duty sir!" the brown coyote replied as he saluted after Stanice. "But you can call me Jake!"
After Jake stepped back, the panther saluted, "and I am Jon Lucas Charles, sir!"
Wolf looked at them keenly. "Well, I can say Squad Bravo Falcon really needs our assistance, according to my hunch. Looks like these kids will make our trip interesting, pup!" Fox, once more, snarled from his sentiments.
"Um… just a question, O'Donnell… Why didn't you call these kids pup, whereas I'm older than them yet you like to call me pup!" he growled as he poked Wolf's shoulder. The lupine just showed his teeth, and Falco made a laugh, making him the fox's next target. "Don't think I forgot you too, Falco! Why did you laugh at me earlier!"
"You should've looked in the mirror when you gave your command! It was hilarious!" the bird explained while laughing. He was then tackled by Fox, but then he countered it, until the two wrestled back and forth.
Back to the squad, Stanice whispered to Jake, "Um… Are you sure these people are Star Fox and Star Wolf? They seem so… weird…" The coyote shrugged, having his own point of doubting.
Suddenly, the ground shook. An explosion occurred at the east side of the base. A quick alarm was given.
Warning! Hostile creatures are now attacking Sector 5 of Base Midway. All soldiers are commanded to relieve the situation immediately. I repeat…
"Ah, the party's beginning," Leon remarked as he pointed the smoke building up from the location of the building with explosion. "You know, I really hate being late in parties. Care to join me?"
"Now, now, don't try to keep the invitations to yourself, Leon!" Slippy commented as he grabbed a large plasma cannon. Everybody was surprised from his sudden statement. "Why? Did I say something wrong?"
"Umm… That wasn't really a reply you usually say," Krystal inferred as she looked at him keenly, "especially if you're replying it from Leon's partying quotes…"
"What? I just want to show these kids what we're made of! Besides, I'm excited to show them what we could do against these baddies!"
"Can we talk about this later?" Peppy suddenly grumbled from their idle chitchat. "We have a base to protect and we're just here, talking about each other's sudden outburst! Let's move out!" Everybody agreed, although, inside of him, skepticism was abundant. "I do wonder why he said that…"
"Eat this, freaks!" Falco shouted as he threw a grenade to the enemy creature. It looked like a green jellyfish that could stand on its tentacles. Well, that was its looks before the smart bomb obliterated that fiend and its companions completely. "Booya! Points for Falco, baby!"
"Falco, don't forget that we're here to assist, not to kill!" Slippy quoted as he took cover from the blasts of grenades.
"Hey, I thought you're so excited about the mission! What's with the whining?"
"I wasn't whining! Oh, and where's Squad Bravo Falcon!"
They were on the other side of Sector 5. Fox and Wolf were keenly observing how Shade and Jake were fending the jellyfish-like enemies. While they had their share on fighting the fiends, they mostly have to step aside and let the young wolf and coyote finish the job. Frankly, they're bored.
"Fox," Wolf grumbled as he crossed his arms, "frankly, I am bored."
"I know," Fox replied as he glanced at him, "you just repeated the last three words the paragraph just before yours. Let's just watch them…"
Shade and Jake were not actually defending the monsters. They were just playing… They felt like everything was too easy. "This is number fifteen! This is number sixteen!" Jake smiled as he blasted off the aliens with his blaster. "Hey Shade, how many kills do you have?"
"Sixteen! I uh… drat!" Shade grumbled as he placed his blaster back its holster. "Okay, if I'm gonna win, then I have to use my favorite weapon!" He then grabbed his katana and unsheathed his katana. His yellow eyes suddenly changed color. It turned red. "I'm going to get you all!" he smiled as he lunged forward, noting that his tone changed in pitch. It became deeper. After a few seconds, the foes were left in pieces. "Twenty kills, plus my early ten equals… Thirty!" he cheered as he returned his katana back to its sheath, returning him back to his normal self. Jake was having a fit about losing after that.
"Whoa, did you see that, pup?" Wolf told to Fox, who was busy rechecking the tally between the boys' kills. "That kid's eyes changed and his voice too!" He then suddenly thought to himself about something. "Hmm… from what I've heard about the boys in Sargasso before, there was this clan called Ookamijin clan, having these abilities… I better keep an eye on this kid…"
"What!" Fox suddenly shrieked. "So, that means I win the bet! I should count off Shade's sword kills!"
The lupine suddenly remembered about the deal he and Fox made. They bet on who'd make many kills. Whoever wins would have his aircraft cleaned by the loser. "Hey pup, it's his ability! There's no illegal thing about it! I win the bet!"
The two quarreled about it, not noticing a group of jellies that are about to land on them. "Sir McCloud and Sir O'Donnell, look up!" Jake yelled out, startling the two about their view above.
"WHAAA!" the vulpine shouted as he blasted them all with his blaster. They were all decimated by a few shots, thankfully. Unfortunately, their green humor, or goo in English, splattered below the two, messing them up.
Wolf rolled away to take cover. "Gross! These scum know how to get revenge to their killers!" he snarled as he wiped off the green mess off his shoulder pads.
"Great… I'll take note of that…"
When Wolf looked at Fox, he suddenly laughed very hard as if he was going to explode if he held it in. "FOX! YOU… MFF… HAHAHAHAHA!" he jeered out. He was unable to talk thanks to the laughter. Fox McCloud, leader of Star Fox, was covered, from top to bottom, with green alien slime. It looked like he was a big slime monster.
"Damnation! I just knew I had to use shoe polish on removing these green stains off my fur!" Fox scornfully grumbled as he exited from the shower room of the base. Midway was equipped with that facility near the gym, thankfully. He then looked at the uniform he placed inside cleaning device earlier, and it's still being sterilized. He then noticed Wolf's uniform placed on a hanger. "Huh? Wolf took a shower?" he wondered. When he glanced at the gym, he saw a flock of female soldiers whimpering and circling Wolf. "What the hell...?"
"Ladies, one by one, okay?" Wolf, who was in his shorts and sleeveless undershirt, told the women with a suave feeling. "So you want me to take my shirt off? Lucky you, ladies! I work out without them!" He then took it off threw it away, making them chase and fight for it. Others were glancing at him, drooling at his physique.
"Drat… And to think that I hate having a big body," Fox muttered as he whimpered to the view. He then saw Panther, whose tail was dipped to a bucket of hot water. "Hey Panther, what's up?"
"Wolf surely knows what to do to attract women. Should I build myself up and proudly show them to the ladies?" he whimpered as he placed his rose to his pocket. "Oh, Fox! Well, it's an unfortunate event for me to have my tail stained with green alien fluid! Whatever should I do! This will surely ruin me!"
Before he could suggest anything, Falco came running inside holding lots of soap bars and shampoo. "Hey Fox! Look at what those bozos did to me! They ruined my wings and tail feathers! Now how am I supposed to date Katt with this!" He showed his stained wings and tail feathers, making Fox slap his head.
"Umm… I suggest shoe polish," he recommended them.
"Sorry pal, I don't take drugs, and definitely, I won't take shoe polish," the avian replied apathetically.
"Stupid ass! I mean use them like fur conditioner! Any type of shoe polish is okay," he noted them.
"Thank you very much," Panther gratified him. He then stood up and headed for the showers. Falco followed him.
"I see… no wonder you're so shiny!" the bird teased him before running away.
"Those guys are lucky not having their whole body drenched in alien soup," Fox sighed to himself. He then heard a girl saying, "Take off your shorts!" He glanced at Wolf, who was now on his black underwear, posing in front of the women, with a slightly small flock arguing about who is going to keep the shorts. He slapped himself silly, and it wasn't long before Krystal entered the gym to see Wolf in his great moment…