Chapter 26: Assault on Katina PART 1
After all this time you'd think I'd be used to having all these missions…but there's something different about this one…
Fox's eyes slowly opened as he slowly turned to check to the small clock that shone next to his bed. He blinked a few times to clear his vision and could soon see that the clock shone in a dull green color the numbers 04:27. He sighed as he rolled onto his back, his eyes now staring into the dark ceiling above him. At this point, Fox had already been awake in bed for almost an hour, and he also had a hard time falling asleep after they had eaten dinner the night before. Usually under there circumstances, Fox would have felt drowsy and frustrated about his lack of sleep, but as his eyes continually scanned the darkness above him, something had taken his mind off his sleeping problems.
It's just weird…I must have been through more missions than everyone on this ship combined, so why do I feel…so concerned about this one? I'm not scared and I'm not stressed about it or anything…it's just...I can't really explain...but I think it might have something to do with what Krystal was saying last night…
"I have a feeling that this fight will breed greater hardships than any we have faced before."
I don't know why, but I think that she could be right. I've never felt this strange about a mission…not even on my first assignment when I was only eighteen. Krystal and I both have that strange energy stuff in us...so maybe what she was feeling about the future, I can feel it too...but even if that were true, why wouldn't I have been worried about the last two missions we had on Kymach and Katina? Maybe it's because we don't really know what we're up against this time...or maybe I'm just losing it…I've wasted a whole nights sleep worrying over nothing…I mean, what can go wrong? We must have half the Cornerian Army on this ship…I guess I'll just have to…
Fox's concentration was quickly cut off as the lights in the room were suddenly activated, but not only that, they began to blink on and off violently. Along with the lights, there came a low pitched buzzing that rang in slow increments, the noise causing Fox to cover his ears in an attempt to block out the almost painful sound. This only lasted for a few seconds however, and soon after it ended, a calm voice spoke over the intercom of the ship, "All Ladekahn IV crew please report to the briefing room for instructions and immediate departure to Katina. Repeat, all crew heading to Katina's surface must report to the briefing room for instructions."
"Well, that was cheerful. You'd think they could find a little more…pleasant way to wake someone up besides ripping their ears out and telling them to get on the stick." Fox sat up and looked over past the wall that separated his own bed from the next, noticing that Falco was now standing beside his own bed. Fox shook his head and replied, "That was pretty harsh, but it works I guess." Falco nodded and added with a smirk, "I guess is right, I bet that alarm could've been heard down on Katina, can't say that's really a smart move on Bill's part." Fox only shook his head at this comment and commented, "It sounds like they want us at that briefing room right now…have any idea where it is?" Falco shook his head in response, but Fox's question was soon answered by another animal from across the room, "Don't worry about it Foxboy, I know exactly where it is. I saw it on that little walk I took yesterday." Fox turned slightly to see Katt slowly walking through the middle of room as she approached his position. Fox responded soon after, "Really? Then where is it?" Katt nodded and replied, "It's down by the docking bay, Ayme pointed it out to me yesterday when I was down there, guess she figured we'd have this problem in the morning." Fox smirked and responded, "Alright, I guess we'll have to follow you then. The last thing I want the animals on this ship to think is that I don't know what I'm doing." Falco added to Fox's comment as he headed for the door, "And you trust her to keep that from happening Fox? Can't say that's a safe bet McCloud." Fox shook his head at this comment and was about to reply, but his attention was quickly distracted as he saw Krystal still sitting on her bed out of the corner of his eye. He noticed that Falco had already left the room and Katt was standing at the door eyeing the vulpine. Fox gave a slight gesture with his hand and quickly said, "You can go ahead and go, I'll catch up in a little bit…" Katt nodded and replied with a smirk, "Fine, just don't blame me when you get lost." With those words, Katt turned quietly and left the room, the small door sliding silently to a close behind her.
Fox quickly turned his head back to the lonely vixen and slowly made his way towards the bed where she sat. As he approached, she let out a tired yawn, which was quickly accompanied by a few tired blinks. Fox smiled as he closed in on her, "Still a little bit tired from last night?" Krystal looked up at him and replied, "Yes, I couldn't seem to fall asleep at all." Fox closely next to her on the bed and responded, "I know what you mean, I couldn't get any sleep either…" Fox paused for a second before continuing, "Krystal, do you remember what you said to me yesterday about this mission? How you said that it would be tougher than the others we've had so far?" Krystal nodded and replied, "Yes…I don't quite know why I've come to feel that way, but it seems like there is something different about this place. I suppose that is the reason I couldn't seem to fall asleep. There is a strange feeling I receive as we hover above this planet. It may be nothing, but something in my mind tells me that we should take extra caution while on this mission." Fox nodded and responded, "That's kinda what I was feeling this morning too, but I don't think it's anything to worry about. Besides, if we let that distract us during this mission, we might have some real problems." Krystal smiled at this comment and responded, "You know, you are probably right Fox. Our focus should be on this assignment, but at the same time, I would prefer it if we took further caution while inside this base." Fox nodded with a smirk and responded, "Well, if this is like any other sneak attack, we'll have to be careful, if we…"
Fox was quickly cut off as another voice called out from the opposite end of the room, "Hey McCloud, can you get out here? Katt's saying she's not gonna leave without you and we've been standing out here for a while. Think we can get on our way here Fox? It's not like they have anyone else that can pull this mission off." Fox nodded as both he and Krystal stood of the bed. As they approached the avian, Fox commented, "Well you could just go down there by yourself and blow that thing up on your own, right?" Falco shrugged his shoulders and replied, "You bet, but I don't know how Pepper feels about me hogging the glory. I figure that's more your job than mine McCloud." Fox could only shake his head at this comment as he once again shouldered his heavy green backpack that sat beside his bed. Once this was fastened securely around his arms, the three animals left the room, and under the guidance of Katt, quickly made their way towards the briefing room.
(In the Ladekahn IV briefing room)
Bill looked across the sea of nearly empty chairs that the briefing room held. It had only been minutes after the alarm had sounded across the bridge, and the animals that were assigned to fight on the planet's surface were just beginning to arrive. Bill watched patiently as the seats that were previously empty quickly began to fill with hundreds of different animals, each of which were of different colors and species, creating an almost distracting effect as Bill looked out over them. The room itself was quite large, it contained hundreds of seats which sat on a slight incline, so that the visibility from each of the seats were near equal no matter where you chose to sit. On the wall that the chairs were facing sat a large projection screen, and just below that where Bill stood sat a short pedestal where the captain would give his briefings, this being one of his first ones he had ever given. Even though this was a large ship, filled with thousands of animals, the assignments that this ship was given by General Pepper generally did not require the use of this room, being that their previous objectives was fairly straight-forward, that being the purpose of setting up a stronger system to free mind controlled creatures that Fox and his crew had already taken care of. This was the first "mission" that this crew had actually undertaken, and Bill could tell as he looked out over the crowd of animals that most of them looked unsure of what they were getting into.
It was less than a half-an-hour before the seats in the room were completely filled out. When Bill noticed this, he scanned over the crowd and slowly walked over towards the small pedestal. When he reached the short podium, he cleared his throat and stared out over the mass of animals as he began to speak.
"Well, good morning guys. Sorry we had to start this so early, but you all know how Pepper can be about stuff like this. Anyway, as you all know, General Pepper has teamed us up with the Star Fox team on this particular assignment. This is because the General's plan involves two different methods to destroy the base. First, our team, comprised of all of you who plan to head down to the surface, will create a distraction for the Star Fox team, who will hopefully be able to sneak into the base undetected, and destroy the building with the aid of a few well-placed remote charges. In order to show this in greater detail, we've set up a rough simulation for the projection screen."
Bill paused as he signaled to someone in the back of the room. Immediately the lights were dimmed and a large projector silently lowered from the high ceiling, soon filling the once black screen with a large moving image with descriptions of strategic positions and the base itself. Bill turned slightly so that he was able to see both the screen and his crew and continued his explanation.
"As you can see from this image, we will be landing relatively close to the base. As far as me and my crew on the bridge could tell, this base has no operating sensor system to detect us, so we will land a little over a mile away. From here, we will use the transports you will be taken to the planet on as a place for munitions and any injuries that may be taken. Unfortunately for us, we don't really know what kind of opposition we will face. But judging from both our experiences and those of team Star Fox, it may be safe to assume that we might only have to fight against an army simply equipped with hand-held weapons. The terrain on Katina can only serve to help us as well. We will be landing behind a small group of hills that are located outside the base, from here, we will be able to survey the area around the base before we launch our attack."
As he finished this part of his speech, he noticed a few more animals walking into the room, creating a small ray of light as the door to the room quickly opened and closed. Bill smirked as he saw Fox and the other three members of his team amble quietly into the room, each taking a spot standing against the outer wall. Bill quickly continued his briefing after he saw this.
"And this brings me to what may be the more important of the two sides. Team Star Fox, headed by Fox McCloud, will attempt to sneak into the base as we distract the main forces from preventing their entry. They will have a separate transport, which will land a few miles to the north of the main squad's position, placing them behind the main wave of hostiles and out of harms way. They will then proceed to the building, while trying to avoid detection, and find a spot in the building where a few charges will do the most damage. The only downside to this strategy is that we have no idea what is inside the building, but hopefully we will have distracted most of the hostiles that were inside the building. Once they have successfully placed the remote charges, we will retreat away from the building immediately and set off the charges, destroying the building and liberating Katina from its mass mind control."
Bill took a deep breath as he signaled for the lights to be re-activated, which once again filled the room with light as the projector was retracted back into its original place in the ceiling. Bill nodded and finished, "So as you can tell, this won't be an easy operation, but with our two teams combined, I'd say are chances are pretty good." He paused slightly, but quickly continued, "So you are all dismissed to your assigned transports, when you arrive, you will be given the personal M.C.D. systems that Pepper had commissioned us for this mission. Good luck."
As soon as Bill said this, the entire room of animals seemed to rise at once, each slowly making their way out of the crowded doorways of the briefing room. As the large room gradually emptied, Fox slowly walked down towards the end of the room where Bill was still standing. The canine smirked as Fox came within a few feet of himself and said, "Well, I'm not much of a public speaker, but I think that went over pretty well, don't you think Fox?" Fox nodded as he replied, "Seems like you had a pretty good presentation going, of course I was only here for the last few minutes…" Falco impatiently added as Fox spoke, "Ya, and you heard what he said during that time, right McCloud? We've gotta leave as soon as possible if we wanna make good on this whole early bird deal." Bill nodded hesitantly with a smirk and responded, "He's right Fox, we should really get down to the docking bay, we need to have all our transports leave at the same time, and I'm sure you don't want to be the one holding this whole thing up, right Fox?" Fox gave him a slightly musing glance as he commented, "We? Are you saying you're gonna be fighting with your crew on the planet?" Bill nodded replied, "Well, it has been a while since I've really had this kind of action, but ya, I'm going down there, at least I can help keep everyone in line down there, I don't think I need to remind you that most of the animals that are being sent onto the planet to fight have much experience." Falco rolled his eyes and he quickly made his way up the slight incline of the briefing room, "Jeez, will you two hurry it up? We've got better things to do than stand around and talk, besides, there'll be plenty of time for stuff like that after we take care of business blowing up this base, alright?" Fox shook his head as Falco walked himself out the door and out of sight. Bill, on the other hand, let of a smirk and commented, "He hasn't changed much has he?" Fox nodded and replied, "Well, if anything, he's gotten little more cocky, but I guess I wouldn't expect anything else from him. Anyway, we really should get going, at least, before Falco leaves without us and gets himself killed." Bill nodded as they quickly began to make their way out of the briefing room, adding with a smile, "Knowing Falco, he'd probably take you up on that offer."
(In the Docking Bay)
The docking bay that had been almost completely empty only a few minutes before suddenly came alive as hundreds of animals swarmed into the large docking bay. A loud buzz of noise came with them as well, each of them eagerly voicing their opinions about several different topics, whether it be about the General's plan or if they would be able to pull off their new mission at all, it could be heard echoing off the walls of the large room. Along with this came the confusing task of trying to find the transport that each of these animals had been assigned to, which was made much more difficult due to the now crowded conditions and constant movement on the docking bay floor.
"No, transport N-64 is…right over there, just past the west exit. Alright?" A nervous young recruit nodded slowly and replied, "T…Thank you, I can see it now." Not long after, another animal approached her and asked, "Is this transport R-2?" The young canine shook her head with a tinge of growing impatience and replied, "No, this one is reserved for the Star Fox team, transport R-2 is just in front of those Arwings over there." This recruit scanned the direction that had been described to him, and once he saw the spot that she had pointed out, he responded with a nod, "Alright, got it. Thanks Ayme." She only nodded in response as the recruit ran off in the direction she had told him. She sighed and rubbed her hands into her eyes, trying to filter out her impatience, "God this is annoying, why don't those guys hurry up, I didn't come down here to answer every question that these…"
"Excuse me, but do you know where…"
Ayme swiftly turned to face the new voice, eyeing him hard. The recruit quickly took a few steps backwards and said nervously, "Uhh…I'm guessing this isn't…transport N-64?" Ayme remained silent, keeping only her solid gaze locked onto the now genuinely frightened young recruit, "Umm, I think I'll just look around a little more…sorry for…I mean, bye." With that, the recruit quickly walked in the opposite direction he had come, relieved to be away from the fixed gaze of the irritated female canine.
"Hey Ayme, we're…" Before the new voice could finish, she gave the same irritated glare she had given to the last animal, but her facial expression didn't last long as she quickly realized who it was. "Oh, it's you guys, finally. I've been waiting for you to come for a while now. Where have you been?" The animal that stood in front of the other four, Bill, replied with a smirk, "What was that look for? Are you alright?" She nodded quickly and responded, "Oh…ya, it's nothing, I'm just glad you guys are finally here. You'll be leaving in a few minutes, so make sure you're ready." Fox walked out from behind Bill and said, "We've each got our personal M.C.D. systems and blasters ready to go, all we need are those charges and we'll be set." She nodded and replied, "Great, the remote charges are in the transport. So they'll be ready when you set down on the planet." Falco walked out from behind Fox and over towards their transport, commenting, "So what, one of us is gonna pilot this thing or what? I'm not exactly an expert transport pilot, it's a little different than what I'm used to ya know."
"That's what I am here for Mr. Lombardi." Falco quickly looked up as a black furred figure appeared from the small cockpit of the transport. Ayme noticed the black panther and added, "Oh, almost forgot, our lieutenant has offered to fly you down to the surface. He's one of the best pilots on this ship so we couldn't really say no, we can't risk having one of our younger pilots flying you down there and getting spotted, that'd end the mission right there." Panther nodded at the canine's comments and said, "Of course, I'm sure the Star Fox team deserves nothing less, I can tell at a single glance of that beautiful…" Ayme quickly cut him off and said, "Plus he agreed to keep that kind of talk at a minimum, right?" Panther looked down and saw the eyes that a few of the officers had grown to fear and replied, "Mrs. Gray, I hardly remember saying anything of that nature…" All she had to do was continue her irritated stare at the Panther before he finally conceded, "Alright, I will consider these terms, but I cannot guarantee that I can restrain myself from such a gorgeous creature…" Ayme sighed as she signaled for him to head back into the cockpit, "Right, just do it for me, ok? I've already had to put up with enough today." Panther quietly nodded and slowly returned to the cockpit of the small transport.
Almost immediately this short discussion, the intercom system within the docking bay became active once again, a calm voice speaking slowly and clearly over it, "Transport N-64, C-3, and R-2, please prepare for immediate departure. Transports B-4, X-2, U-2, and A-1 may now proceed to the planet at this time. Transport K-9's departure will follow after main transports at captain's discretion. The crew of the Ladekahn wishes you all the best of luck."
Bill looked back at Fox and commented, "K-9, that's your transport McCloud. I think it'd be best if I have you guys leave right in-between the first three transports and the last four, hopefully the guys down there will be too distracted by the other ships to notice yours. Anyway, you're going to be leaving real soon, so I'd suggest you get on that transport now and do whatever it is you do to get ready, cause it won't be long before you're inside that base." Fox nodded at this comment and turned to face the other three members of his crew, "You heard him, we're heading down to Katina. Let's load up and we can get out of here." The team gave a nearly simultaneous nod back to their leader before calmly filing into the small transport, taking a seat on either side of the ships dark blue, inner wall.
As Fox saw his crew aboard the transport he turned back to face Bill and said, "Well, I guess I'll see you when this is all over, right?" Bill smirked and gave Fox and pat on the shoulder, "That's right Fox, when you get back, we'll met up again. You know, we still have a lot to catch up on don't we? Guess it'll have to wait though, we've got some business to take care of first." Fox replied with his own smirk, "Just make sure you come back here in one piece. From what you told me, you seem like you're gonna be pretty rusty out there. Sure you don't want to just back out?" Bill shook his head with a smile and responded, "Not a chance Fox, I haven't felt like this for a while. It's great to be back in action for once, I was starting to get tired just calling the shots from the bridge. Kinda gets old after…"
Bill quickly cut himself off as the disruptive noise of a few large engines being activated rang loudly throughout the bridge. Several of the transports were activated at once, creating a loud, low-pitched reverberation throughout the bridge. Bill looked back at Fox and yelled over the noise, "I guess I better get over to my transport." Bill turned to walk away and gave a slight wave, continuing to yell with his back turned to the vulpine, "Good luck down there Fox. Just don't get too heroic, alright?" Fox only nodded with a smirk as he watched his old friend quickly blend in with the many animals that walked the docking bay floor.
Fox was quickly reminded to board the transport that sat behind him as its engines became active, causing the small vessel to slowly lift off the ground. Fox turned and was able to easily walk onto the ship, taking only a small step up to enter through the open side of the transport. Almost immediately after Fox had boarded the transport, the open side of the ship was quickly sealed off by a thick door, which air locked as soon as the four sides of the door hit the edges of the previously open entrance. As soon as this happened, the team could feel the ship slowly moving it's way across the docking bay, causing Fox to falter slightly, and also quickly encouraging him to take a seat on the outer wall of the transport as his team already had.
The ride down to the planet was accompanied by a silence that was held between the members of the Star Fox team. There was a little bit of conversing by Fox and Krystal, who were sitting next to each other on the transport, both of which would try to incorporate the other two members of the team into some sort of conversation, but to little effect. Falco, who sat on the opposite side of the transport, would only give simple replies when either of the vulpines tried to talk with him, or he would just ignore them completely. Katt was about the same as well. She was sitting on the same side as Fox and Krystal, and it seemed that she was still thinking about the many different issues she had, made obvious by the fact that every time Fox would say anything to her, she would either seem to ignore him or ask for him to repeat what he said, making speech with her quite frustrating. Fox knew that Katt's silence must have been related to what she had told him the night before, but unfortunately for Katt, if she wanted Fox to ask Falco her question, it would have to wait until after the mission. Fox wasn't really that excited to ask such a personal question either, but he would do it when he felt ready, and during the mission would not be the time or the place for that.
It was only a matter of minutes after they had set out from the docking bay of the Ladekahn IV before they could begin to hear an assault of slightly garbled speech coming from the cockpit, Panther seeming to answer each transmission with ease. He looked back after a short while and said, "We're into the Katinan atmosphere and are breaking from the main squad of transports now, you may want to prepare yourselves for this, and make sure you remember those charges. And Krystal, if you need any help getting ready, do not hesitate to ask anything of me."
Fox nodded in reply, obviously ignoring the last part of the felines comments, and carefully walked to the back of the transport, were a small container sat, locked in place against the wall and floor via a few small metal locks. When Fox managed to undo these simple locks and open the small container, he saw that it held six circular devices that were red and gray in color. He reached inside and picked up one of the small round devices, and to his surprise, it was actually pretty light. This was a great relief to Fox, when he first heard that he would have to take a few of these remote charges around with him into the base, he was worried about exactly how big they were and how much something with so much power would weigh. But with these devices small, compact shape and their light weight; Fox knew it would be no problem to carry them around. He quickly and carefully loaded the charges into his backpack, and when that was done, he re-shouldered it and stood up, finding that the charges had added little to no weight on his back at all.
"Mr. McCloud, I would advise you to sit down, we are preparing to land and I would hate it very much if I were to cause you unintentional injury." Fox looked up and shook his head at the panther's sarcastic sounding words, but quickly took his advice by squatting down onto the floor, placing one hand against the transports metallic wall for stability. Almost immediately after doing so, the ship suddenly slowed down, the sound of the thrusters outside the ship reversing becoming easily apparent, and soon the ship rocked gently as it contacted the ground.
The team hesitated as the ship quickly powered down and went silent almost immediately after landing. Panther walked out from the transports small cockpit and said, "Well, I guess this is where you get off, eh Fox? I'd advise you to get a move on, I'm not sure our forces will be able to distract the enemy for very long." Fox nodded at the felines advice and replied, "You're probably right, we don't want to hold your main forces here for too long, but don't worry, if Bill does his job, this'll be over with pretty quick." Panther nodded with a smile as he turned his attention to Krystal, "Then if you will undoubtedly have such an easy time, would you mind it if you would leave this young lady in my presence, I'm afraid I may get quite lonely sitting here by myself waiting for your return." At this, Falco suddenly stood up and said with obvious impatience, "C'mon Fox, let's just get going, alright? It's not helping to stand around talking." He paused before turning to face the black feline, "And you need to settle down a little bit, maybe you can talk to one of your buddies back on that ship. Ya know, the one you came here on? That's why we have comm systems." Falco smirked to himself, obviously quite satisfied by what he said, and opened the door that led outside the transport. He looked back and finished, "Right, so let's go Fox, this planet isn't gonna save itself McCloud." Fox nodded and motioned for the rest of his crew to follow. It was only a few seconds after before the Star Fox team began to take their first steps on the infected Katinan soil.
(On the main front)
Seven large transports sat quietly behind the cover of a few small hills, giving them the covertness that they needed before they attacked. Bill sat out the side of one transport, holding a small communicator in his hand.
"Don't worry Ayme, I'll be fine down here, we've got a perfect position to attack from." The voice on the other end of the transmission replied, "Well still, I don't think it's a good idea, you haven't done anything like this for a long time. Are you sure you want to go through with this? I'm sure one of the transports can take you back to the ship." Bill shook his head as he responded, "Ayme, it'll be fine. Besides, it's not like I can back out now. I can't just leave my men here on the planet by themselves. And if things get crazy, they're gonna need me here to tell them what…"
Bill cut himself off as one of his crew approached him, "Sir, we've spotted the enemy forces. They seem to be a mix of several different types of animals, but the majority of them seem to be small varieties of dinosaurs." Bill nodded and replied, "Great do you think we'll be able to distract them long enough to let Fox do his job?" The slightly nervous animal answered, "Well, we do have a much better position to attack from, and I don't think that they have spotted us yet, so we may be able to…"
"Captain! Sir, they're coming!" Both animals, along with the hundreds of others that stood in the area, looked up to see a quickly approaching animal running towards his captain. Bill stood up and asked with surprise in his voice, "What's going on?" The animal ran up to Bill, stopping just in front of him to regain his breath. He looked up slightly and answered, "It's the enemy, they've spotted us. One of you're…scouts. One of them got spotted by the enemy…They're coming…we have to…fight." Bill looked up from the winded animal, worried about the news he had just heard. Bill had wanted to take a little more time for preparation before they would actually begin fighting, but if what this animal said was true, they didn't have much time left to do anything before they would be forced to fight.
"Bill? Bill, what was that? What did he say? Bill, are you there?" Bill looked down at the communicator that he held in his hand, now beginning to feel worried about the oncoming forces and the battle that would ensue shortly after they arrived. He calmly raised the small communicator up to his muzzle and replied simply, "Sorry…wish us luck Ayme."
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Man, I had way to much fun with those transport ship numbers…Ya, anyway…Let's see, I don't really know what to say today, so I guess all I can say is…yay. Oh, I guess I can take this time to say that I would like to thank all my reviewers for bein' so cool. Not one flame ever, I'm so happy! I guess that's it…now for the rest of the crap.
(Assault on Katina PART 2)
Uh-oh, fighting time! Which side will win? Why do I ask that? Isn't it kind of obvious? Or am I hinting at something? Will you ever figure it out? Do you want to wait for me to type it all so you can read it? Do you know that you have to anyway, making that last question pointless? Did you know I've never typed this many question marks in a paragraph before? Did you know that I'm done with this section?
EDITOR'S NOTES: Guess who's back? Back Again. My editors back, tell a friend. (Or just run away and cry, you decide.)
"Hello everybody this Is Justin Alan Haibon this is the big war and it will be hard lots of people will die but is nick right is he hiting on something big that is all i can tell but it will be big and devastaing so umm yeah that is all i can say well bye and thank u for reading my notes i hope, Krystal And Fox will be all right"
Yay.
MAIL CALL:
Tie
Another great chapter! I cant wait to read what the next chapter is going to be about.
Update soon
FoxMC: You bet, with how I've been jammin' through these last few chapters, I'll be done with this before you know it...oh man…then I'll have nothing to do all day...dang
Whinnie
Okay, you don't have to scream in my ears. :p I was thinking that maybe Katt was going along with Bill... I think she has a crush on Fox now. Well, good job with the story.
WHEE! YOU ROCK ONCE AGAIN:D (Please don't scream in my ears, please...)
FoxMC: What? You were screaming in my ears just now! WITH CAPS LOCK! I have ears…and feelings too…and I can rock as hard as I darn near please, this is America after all. And as far as Katt goes…I don't really know, I mean, I know what's gonna happen and whatnot, but I'm almost surprised at how she's acting…weird.
Ben Stylin
Yeah my face is doing much better, thank you.
Nice chapter.
Update soon.
I burnt my face lighting a fire. I was trying to get a muse for a fanfic I'm writing.
So yeah. The best Starfox fanfic I have read so far. No, I did not run out of the hospital like a madman. I read it on a laptop with my good eye. (laugh out loud, I mean lol)
FoxMC: You lit your face on fire trying to get ideas for a story your writing? I don't see how that could be even remotely inspiring, unless of course you needed to see what the inside of an infirmary looked like...then I guess you did a nice job…well, good luck with that…"story"
Obsidian Thirteen
Another nice update, this is an excellent story despite the sometimes hard to read parts. But what I'm wondering is, what are you going to do after this?
FoxMC: What am I planning on doing later? I wish I knew. It seems like every five seconds that I'm typing this story I feel like I want to try another story on the side, but it wouldn't be serious like this one. If I do anything in the future, it'll be a humor or something like that. And it'd probably be Sonic instead of Star Fox, but if anyone has a good idea for a fic and they want me to type it, I may take it into consideration, but right now, I'm happy with typing this here story...
Blackdragon
I dont have any beef with how good your editor is, im just wondering how you understand anything he says. Anyway, the story. I was shocked by the sudden emotion of Katt. Do you have plans for her and falco to be together?
FoxMC: I don't really know what he says, I can pretty much take a good enough guess at what he's saying so that I can say something back, but that's about it…and Katt…well, what can I say? She's a nut job, and even if I knew if they were getting together, would I spoil it for you? Never.
pichublaSter
The story is really good. Keep up the good work. I hate useing you for publisity, but please read my fic From the Beginning to the End. It seem's boring now, but it will pick up, I promise!
Again, good job with the story.
FoxMC: Yay, your ad here. This is the first time anyone has asked me to read their story, which is cool I guess. It's not like I'm against reading other people's stories…but most of the time I just don't have enough time to venture into other people's fanfictions. If I do read anything, it's usually humor, but that's about it…so ya
Wolf O'Donell
I think your chapters are just getting better and better, the storlines great and there is the perfect mix of action and romance. The only thing that bothers me is that panther is supposed to be evil and with star wolf... whats the deal?
FoxMC: What's with the whole Panther thing? Hmm…I don't know for sure, but I do have some reasons. 1.) I like to do stuff like that…like every number that's in the story has 64 in it pretty much, ya, thinking of N64 of course, I just like to put little hidden stuff in like that. 2.) I don't know if I'm still going to do it, but I was going to have something where he turns evil in the near future, but I don't think I'll do it. So for the purpose of continuity, I just wanna say that it seemed like Panther already knew the Star Fox team pretty well in SFAssault and no one on the team really said, "Who the heck is that guy?" So I just made him good and introduced him to the team, eventually he goes bad, but whether I decide to explain it in the story is still disputed.
Alandria
Simply fantastic! O.O"
I choose this fic randomly, searching for some Star Fox romance (Assault effect, I guess...), and at first, this was the only thing that convinced me to keep on reading.
But a few chapters later, I started to grow fond of all the detailed descriptions, good storyline and REALLY CUTE romance scenes. C'mon, they'd shared the bedroom several times and "nothing" had happened (pretty rare in fics, nowadays)! Fox and Krystal develop their relationship slowly and beautifully, and that is the part I love the most.
I love Falco and Katt, too... I hope they get together soon... "
Keep up the excellent work, and thank you for writing this piece of adventure and love! I'm looking forward to more chapters! "
FoxMC: Congratulations, you won the longest review I have ever got award and earned the title of, "Really nice person." I guess random spontaneousness pays off sometimes eh? Anyway, I really appreciate the nice review and I hope I can keep gettin' better at this thing...
demonslayer206
no kidding. i'll stick around until the fic is finished, or it dies, or i die (shutters at thought) later
FoxMC: Hey dude, I ain't gonna let this thing die, no way, no how, no chance, no sir, no way, no…well whatever. I'll finish this if it's the last thing I do dangit! And I wish my readers the best of health so that they may continue to read, if you all died off…where would I be? …heh, alive I guess.
pichublaSter...again
Awsome story! I read it because you read mine, so...keep up the fantastic writing. And thanks for the support and advice for my story, maybe you reading mine will get others to read and review? Well, keep it up, i want to know what happends next.
FoxMC: …Wow, you reviewed twice for the same chapter? What's up with that? Guess what, you just earned the title of, "What the heck?" Hey, not that I'm mad at you or anything, reviews are cool. But hey, if you want to talk to me about stuff like that, you're better off sending an e-mail, cause you know they do have those nowadays…
warmon
The closests planets to Corneria are Katina and Fortuna and that water planet from Lylat wars 64
FoxMC: I believe you are referring to the part in Chapter 5 where General Pepper stated that, "…Kymach is the closest planet to Corneria..." Ya, well, if you didn't catch it, he meant that it was the closest of the mind controlled planets. And if you're now thinking, "Well then, why didn't they go to Katina first?" Then I'd say, "I'll explain that later, because I'm too lazy right now." So ya, I'm aware that there are planets closer to Corneria, but not of the mind controlled variety. I'm guessing you're from Britain, LYLAT WARS! Bloody ya!