Two Brothers
Fox
"My mate Vixy was shattered as was I. What could we do?"
-James McCloud
The figure shut down his craft and he pushed a button on the console in front of him, Fox lay on his chest and he smiled as a craft came out of cloak. It was a massive frigate, almost completely black, red portholes, sleek wings coming to from either side, heavy guns, and massive thrusters. He felt the pull of a tractor beam and the craft was pulled into a hangar, the docking restraints were placed on the craft and he popped the hatch. The restraints held the fighter in place and he stepped out onto the long walkway that extended onto a large platform. He armed himself with a long samurai sword; it was custom made for him with an inscription engraved on the blade.
C'set havier s'letse kina't. What may come in life may also be in death, in the language of ancient Venom.
He took the sheath out of a side container in the cockpit and he slipped it on his shoulder, it weighed a few pounds and the metal it was composed of was very rare. He smiled at the kit and took him in his paws; the kit whined a bit but was soon quieted as he placed him on his shoulder. The male slipped him into a small bag and also buckled on a blaster, he shut the cockpit and turned, four figures were standing before him and they were equipped with heavy pulse rifles. The group composed of a vulpine, tiger, vixen and a rare oddity, a human. Both Corneria and Venom had connections with Earth, both good and bad.
"Do you have the package, Sal Chon?" The human asked and the lupine nodded. Fox moved slightly in Sal Chon's bag on his hip and the human started to move forward.
"Yes, now get out of my way Malion." Sal Chon said as he placed his paw on the hilt; Sal Chon and Malion were not friends and they had a few run ins in the past.
"Chon, there is no need for violence here." His own hand strayed to his blaster and the lupine smiled.
"You remember what happened last time, Malion." The human hesitated and he did not move to attack. There was a moon shaped scar on his face that ran from his ear to his chin and the lupine walked through them. Malion balled his gloved hands and he watched the lupine go, the vixen started to say something but he shot his a look.
"No, let him go. There will be another time at another place, and then we will kill him." Malion whispered and Sal Chon turned his head, his golden eyes stared hard at Malion. The human paused and the lupine kept walking as the human let out a sigh of relief, he didn't think that Sal Chon had heard him.
Sal Chon stopped at a door and he knocked once, there was silence and then a voice.
"Come in Sal Chon." The lupine moved forward as the door slid into the wall, he walked into the dark room and there was a large figure that stood in front of a porthole. The figure was a lithe panther and her form was outlined by the porthole, space was utterly silent as he kneeled down. He remained silent until his Master spoke. "Do you have the kit?" She turned around and her jade eyes roamed his form as she touched his head with his paw, Sal Chon tried not to tremble but it was hard since she had trained him up since he had been young. He drew Fox out of the bag and she took him.
"Here is the kit you requested."
"Fox McCloud." She looked him over and the kit was paralyzed as she did an unexpected thing, the panther nuzzled the kit. "You will take him Sal Chon, raise him, and then after he comes of age, you will bring him back to me." She handed back the kit and the panther turned around as she placed her paws behind her. Her tail swished lightly and Sal Chon slipped Fox back into the bag as he rose up.
"Thank you Master." She kept silent and Sal Chon walked out of the room as he took a turn down the corner. He was alone and Sal took out Fox, he held him out and the kit whined again as he smiled, it was odd for him since he would normally not raise a kit.
Well Fox, let's go. He thought and slipped him back in the bag. Sal Chon walked back to his craft and Malion's group was still around it. Malion was toying with his blaster and Sal stopped as he looked up, Sal's sharp nose picked up a whiff of drugs and he braced himself.
"Malion, don't." He said and the human flicked on his weapon.
"Do what? It's not like I'm going to shoot you…" He said and he walked up to Sal with his arms spread. Malion's group surrounded him and he moved his paw to the hilt of the samurai sword.
"Malion, don't." He reiterated and Sal could smell a drug only on him, it was a very potent one, heroin. "Malion, I don't want any trouble but I will take you on." The vixen, tiger and vulpine took a step back, they knew what a renowned fighter Sal Chon was and they didn't want a part of this.
"Sal Chon, you…will give me…that kit." He slurred and Sal knew that he was about to lose it, heroin was a nasty drug and it often caused the users to lose all rational thought.
"Malion, no." With one lightning movement, he drew his blade, knocked Malion's head with the hilt and kicked the blaster away. Sal placed the tip of the blade on his throat and he trembled as he growled. "I will kill you Malion but now is not the time. Now get the Hell out of my sight." He scrambled up and he sheathed his blade as the human turned around. He popped the hatch and Sal Chon climbed in as Malion shot him a look.
"Sal Chon!" He yelled and he launched his craft, Sal left the hangar and he took Fox out of the bag. His blue eyes looked up at his and he smiled.
"Well Fox, I guess it's time for you and I to get acquainted."
18 years later…
Sal Chon awoke and she stretched as his eyes opened, light filtered into the cave where he had taken up residence. Fox was lying beside his and he was still asleep, he looked at his kit, now almost eighteen, and smiled. Sal sat up and he threw on some clothes as he walked out into the cave's entrance. Titania was silent as the dust storms rose off the surface of the planet as he sighed.
It was almost the day when his Master was going to call him and ask for Fox back. There was something that bothered Sal Chon though.
His nature was quite unlike his since Fox couldn't take a life easily and that was a problem if his Master was going to take him, he would ask more than that.
He turned back and walked over to Fox, it was almost 100 degrees but he noticed that Fox was sleeping soundly.
"Fox, get up." He stirred and his eyes opened as he took his paw.
"Hey Sal." He said and he helped him up.
"Put on your clothes, we have one more day before I have to give you to my Master." He stood up and slipped on his shirt as they walked out into the desert, it was their training ground and he drew his blade as Fox took his own off his craft. They wordlessly circled each other and Fox spun the blade in his paws as he drew a line in the sand. "This will be our last lesson, tomorrow I will have to take you back to my Master."
"I don't want to leave you." Fox said and he smiled.
"I know, just take out everything and use it to channel your anger at me." He said and Sal knew that he had some anger in him.
"Anger? What do you mean?"
"I know you hated me a times Fox, now attack." Sal was provoking him and he let out a yell as he leapt over the line. Their blades clashed and sparks rang out into the sand as Fox lashed out. "Yes! Go on; use your anger against me!" Sal Chon said and Fox let out a yell as he stopped, Sal also paused and Fox dropped the blade into the sand.
"Sal, I can't. I can't attack my Master." He sank down to his knees into the sand and lowered his head. "Sal, I do not want to leave you to go with your Master. I will not be able to stand up to the tasks that she will send me on." He walked over to him and kneeled down, Fox had developed a high resistance to heat and he was not sweating or breathing hard for that matter. Sal Chon had developed the resistance also but his black fur absorbed quite a bit of heat and he was a bit hot.
"Fox, I have to give you to her, if I don't she will hunt us down and kill us personally." Sal said and Fox looked up at him.
"Will I ever see you again?"
"I do not know but I can't get attached to you. It is just not my nature." He stood up and Fox kept his gaze. "Dammit Fox, get your ass up." Sal Chon said and Fox quickly rose. "Now pick up the sword and hit me." Sal Chon backed up and Fox held the sword above his head, he circled Sal and the lupine leapt at him. It was a basic move and Fox easily countered it but Sal threw in an extra loop but Fox also anticipated this. He slid the blade down and flicked it up effectively disarming Sal with the tip of the blade at the dark lupine's throat. Sal didn't stop and he slid under the blade, Sal knocked Fox's legs and the vulpine fell, Sal threw another kick but Fox avoided that one too and he slammed his paw into the lupine's chest. Sal flew onto his back and Fox lashed down with his knee, Sal rolled to the left and he slammed Fox in the side. It was a disabling move but Fox rolled with it as he leapt up, he was barely breathing and Sal likewise. He had taught his pupil well and Fox had a high stamina level as well as a very tough body. Fox stopped and he took a submissive posture as Sal Chon walked up to him.
"I submit."
"Fox, get that sand out of your fur, the lesson is over." Sal said and Fox nodded, he walked into the cave and Sal strode over to his ship. He popped the hatch and engaged the environmental field as it would protect him from the whipping sand. He booted up the Comm and Sal slid his paw over the console as a light flashed, the plasma screen came on and the face of a female panther came up.
"Sal Chon how is my little lupine?"
"Fine my Master. I have the vulpine ready for you, when do you plan to take him?"
"In a few minutes, my craft is orbiting Titania and I will be taking a shuttle down to the surface where you are." The Comm died and Sal jumped down from his fighter; there was a small pool of water in the cave and Fox walked back to the entrance. All the sand was out of his fur and Sal walked over to Fox.
"Fox, my Master will be here in a few minutes, get your gear ready." Fox did and he had his sword on his back. Besides the clothes on his back, his sword was his only possession. "I have something to give you Fox." They walked to Sal's ship and Sal pulled a long metal container out of the cockpit. He handed it to Fox and Fox opened it, it was a long blade like Sal's but the inscription read something different.
C'tat hito jesta's l'tayo. Do not shed blood in vain, but in passion.
"I had this made for you a few years ago. I give this to now at the completion of your training with me." Fox took the sheath out of the box and he dropped his old sword. The sheath was a dull black, Fox took out the sword and he saw the inscription.
"Thank you Sal." Fox sheathed the blade and he slipped it across his shoulder.
"Now you remember me, or I swear I will hunt you down and kill you." Sal said and Fox nodded.
"I will." A shuttle came down from the sky and Fox shielded his eyes as sand blew in a storm around them. Sal's shield generator flicked on automatically and it deflected the sand as the hatch opened. Sal's Master walked out and they immediately kneeled as the panther walked up to them.
"Fox McCloud, rise." He did quickly and a rare and fleeting smile came onto her muzzle as she touched his head. "Sal Chon you have done a fine job, now I must take him."
"Master, he does not want to leave me." Sal said and the panther looked at Fox.
"Is this true?" She asked, her dark eyes piercing Fox.
"Yes…it is. I do not know if I will be able to handle the tasks you give me." Fox replied and the panther touched his head. Her paw ran over his ears and Fox felt her claws come out as they raked his head.
"You will be able to handle them, or I will take your life." She said quietly and her paw was removed. "Now Fox, come with me." Fox looked at Sal and he motioned for him to go.
"Go on, just don't forget me." He said and the panther put an arm around him. They walked into the shuttle and Sal Chon watched them leave as he sighed.
Fox, just be careful up there. Dammit Sal, why did you let him go? He thought and he walked into the cave, Sal gathered up his gear and he stowed it into the fighter. He popped the hatch and he climbed in as he left Titania.