Chapter 32: A New Leader PART 1
(Corneria Hospital)
It was a beautiful morning in Corneria, the sun had just begun to peek over the small mountain ranges that sat in the distance, and the few clouds that hung peacefully in the atmosphere changed to radiant shades of orange and pink, giving the sky a personality of it's own. Only one day previous, a certain animal that now sat reminiscently staring out of the hospital window would have noted none of this. That may have been one of the things farthest from his mind during those past few hours, but now that he had been miraculously healed, the simple pleasure of seeing a Cornerian sunrise such as this seemed to be a very welcome distraction.
Fox McCloud, who had now been held within the hospital for almost two full days, was quickly beginning to grow tired of the constant white that seemed to always surround him. He looked up towards the beautiful Cornerian sky and thought back to his ship and crew. All of which were still out there somewhere, continuing on without him to lead them. He felt so helpless, him having to stay at the hospital and wait for the doctors to release him, it was completely different from the types of situations that he was used to. It seemed like the toughest mission that you could think of couldn't compare to this isolated feeling away from his crew. Maybe it was because he was unable to lead them at this time that made him feel this way, or it may have been the fact that he failed them by being defeated by the cloaked figure. These may have all been reasonable answers, but the one and only reason he felt the need to depart from this place was to find himself back with her.
He let out a tired sigh and lowered his head, remembering back to all the time they had spent together, times that Fox never wanted to end. It seemed like such a long time ago that they had met, after having seen each other for the first time. Him releasing her from that giant floating crystal, that moment when he first had the chance to look into her face in that same floating prison. His entire experience with this wonderful vixen was more fulfilling than he ever thought anything could be. Making huge sums of money and being known throughout the galaxy were gratifying to a large extent, but not even saving an entire planet from destruction could compare to the feeling that this certain vixen seemed to posses. Fox knew if he were given the choice, he would turn down all the fame and fortune, merely to continue to be in her presence.
Fox's thoughts ended after a short time, hearing the noise of an opening door from behind him. He turned to see that the head doctor of the facility was now standing in front of him with a smile, "Fox McCloud, we have some good news for you." Fox stayed seated, not exactly wanting to stand up because of the pain that was still present from his operations, and asked, "Really? Well that's new. What is it?" The doctor continued to smile as he approached the seated vulpine, "The doctors here have been examining your condition almost all night. We know how much you must miss your team, so we've decided that, if you say it's alright, you can leave here before the sun sets." Fox's ears perked up as he heard this, a small smirk appearing on the vulpine's muzzle. He nodded and said in an obviously relieved sounding voice, "That's great, no offence, but I can't wait to get out of here and get back to my team." The doctor let off a slight chuckle as he responded, "None taken, if I were you, I'd be thinking the same thing. We'll just have to run one more test and do a little cosmetic stitching, but after that, you'll be good to go."
After talking a short while longer, the doctor left the vulpine once again in seclusion, but this time he had left giving this animal much needed peace of mind. He quickly turned his attention back out the window, now seeing that the sun had completely risen over the mountaintops. He let out a complacent sigh as he stared aimlessly out the window, now knowing that he really was going to be fine, knowing that he would see his crew the next morning, knowing that in only one day, he would see her again, and that was all he really wanted.
(Great Fox)
The four animals that had previously been standing on the bridge of the Great Fox had made their way down into the docking bay of the ship. There was very little conversation on the way, mostly because of the large spaces that separated the animals as they walked. Falco and Slippy were walking a good distance ahead of everyone else, Krystal took her spot a few yards behind him, and Katt brought up the rear, walking a short distance behind Krystal. Every time Krystal looked over to the pink feline, she saw the same continuous expression on her face. Katt's face constantly pointed down towards the floor, her eyes seeming to be only partially open as she walked. Krystal felt very badly for the poor feline, having to go through everything Falco had put her through, it was quite understandable behavior. She just wished that she could do something to help, but it was most likely that whatever help she did give would have little effect on the stubborn feline.
It wasn't long after they had originally left from the bridge that they arrived at the Great Fox docking bay in a large, separated group. Falco was the first to enter, followed shortly after by Slippy and the two females. Once they were all inside, Falco opened a large crate that sat directly to the left of the door and revealed a small pile of large, heavy looking coats. The avian smirked as he pulled out one of these coats, looking over at Slippy as he said, "I told you that I was way ahead of you Slippy, check these out. Have you ever seen em' before?" Slippy shook his head, "I don't think so, but I don't think we've ever really had to use them before, we never used to do ground missions like this before…" Falco shook his head and replied, "Well, whatever, I'm sure these have got to help when we get down there. Just look at em', they look like their thicker than the hull of this ship."
Krystal reached into the crate for herself as the avian continued his conversation with the Slippy. It was a quite large coat, larger than any other she had ever seen before, and quite heavy as well. These thermal-coats were completely white in color with no other color to accompany it. The coat itself was quite thick, making it seem almost impossible for any cold air to penetrate its outer surface. A large hood hung loosely at the head of the coat, which would easily cover her entire head. Once she managed to pull this new clothing over her body, she immediately found it to be very warm inside. When she got her arms through the large sleeves, she found that there were a small pair of gloves hanging from each of the arm holes. She slid her hands securely into them finding that they were also quite warm. Now that she had fully clothed herself in this large coat, she found that the only part of her body that was exposed was her face. It felt slightly heavy on her shoulders, but she knew that it would be worth the effort to stay warm on such a snow-laden planet as Kharta.
As soon as she had finished, she noticed Falco staring at her from the corner of her eye. The vixen quickly looked over at him, or as quickly as she could while she was dressed in this cumbersome thermal-coat, which caused him to smirk and comment, "I guess it'll be a little harder for you girls to hike around with this thing on, but hopefully we won't have to worry about to much fighting." Krystal nodded while trying to readjust the large coat to be more comfortable as it rested on her body. The avian gave a slight chuckle as he watched her struggle, finding it quite amusing, but quickly stopped as he turned towards his Arwing, "Well, if we're all ready, let's get down to the planet. And Slippy, get ready to send that M.C.D. thing down to the planet as soon as we get there, I don't want to spend any more time down there than we have to." Slippy nodded and ran off with a quick wave good-bye to the departing members of the Star Fox team.
"…Krystal, can I talk to you for a second?" The vulpine's attention was jarred from the waving toad as she heard these words coming from behind her. She turned to see Katt, who was now also garbed in the large thermal-coat, and slowly approached her, asking in a confused voice, "What is it Katt?" The feline hesitated slightly, placing one of her gloved hands inside a pocket that sat near the bottom of her coat, but asking shortly after, "…Do you trust Falco? After what he did to us, you think we can trust him to lead?" Krystal hesitated as well as she heard this, taking Katt's point into consideration. The vixen shook her head gently and replied, "That's difficult for me to say. He does make bad decisions occasionally and he is quite brash, but I do not think that he would make such a terrible leader." Katt paused as she heard this, not looking like she accepted her words. She nodded uncertainly and replied, "Well, if you say so…But let me say this right now. If he pulls something stupid on us, we'll both come back here and he can deal with his own problems, alright?" Krystal did not respond, knowing that even if he did try to do something foolish, it was not cause to abandon him. She shook her head and replied, "Katt, I do not think that is the appropriate course of action. Even if you do not agree with his decision, you must remember that he is our leader, and as such he…" Katt cut her off, now speaking in a slightly more irritated voice, "…He has control over us, right? He have to follow his orders. Well, I don't think that's fair when it comes to blueboy over there. Why follow orders when the "leader" doesn't even know what he's doing? Does that sound like a good idea? I'd rather let him make his own stupid decisions and leave me out of…"
Katt's voice was abruptly cut off as another voice echoed from the area around the Arwings, "Are you two gonna stand there talking all day or do you want to get some work done? The planet's not gettin' any warmer with us sittin' here." Krystal's head turned as she heard this second voice, and saw that it came from the animal that now sat eagerly in the cockpit of one of the few Arwings that sat near the far wall of the docking bay. Katt merely continued to stare down at the floor as she heard his words. Only seconds after he had finished speaking from across the bridge, he lowered his cockpit window and slowly led his Arwing out of the docking bay and into open space.
After the sound of his quickly departing Arwing had disappeared, no sound could be heard in the docking bay. Krystal looked back at the feline and saw her depressed and even slightly confused expression as she stared at the metallic floor. Krystal hesitated as she saw this, knowing that she should say something to comfort the feline, but nothing immediately came to her. The vixen walked to Katt's side and said quietly before walking past her and heading for her Arwing, "Listen, the only person who can make the right decision is you. I cannot persuade you to think how I believe you should. You must make the choice that is best for you. And whatever that may be, the entire team will learn to respect it." With these words, Krystal continued to walk the short distance to the far wall of the docking bay where her Arwing sat. It was quite a process to get into the cockpit when sporting such a large article of clothing like the thermal-coat, but she managed and was eventually able to make her way out of the docking bay as well.
Katt silently watched on as Krystal's Arwing slowly floated through the docking bay and out of sight, leaving her alone in the large metallic room. Her attention was soon diverted over to her own pink fighter, which sat quietly near the far wall of the docking bay. He focus stayed at this point momentarily as she thought about Krystal had said to her.
Krystal, you make all of this sound so easy, but can I really trust Falco after what Falco did to the entire team? It just doesn't make sense, how can you forgive someone so quickly…after doing something as stupid as that. Of course, she's never had a problem in her life with McCloud, maybe if she really knew how I felt, she could give me some real advice, but all this talk of just getting over it and moving on…it just doesn't cut it for me. How can she understand, when no one understands? No one knows the pain I have had to go through the past few years, and everything that leads up to here tells me that I can't just trust Falco after something like what he did yesterday. But Krystal on the other hand…I do believe that I can trust her, and I can't just let her go down to the planet by herself with blueboy. No telling what he'll try to pull with Fox gone…and I don't think McCloud would be that happy if I let Falco have his way with her.
Katt looked up, breaking from her previous expressions and donning a small smirk. She walked quickly towards her small pink fighter, swiftly jumping up into the open cockpit and activating the engines, causing the ship to hover slightly above the metallic floor of the docking bay. Her mind seemed to calm as she felt the controls of her ship at her fingers, her thoughts seeming to transition from the past and looking towards the near future. She slowly glided her ship across the docking bay and was soon flying through space towards Kharta.
…Besides, It's been two days since we've had any action around here, can't wait till I can get my feet on something with a little less metal.
(Inside of Krystal's Arwing)
Krystal watched with nervous anticipation as the white shaded planet of Kharta slowly grew larger and larger with every passing second. It had only been two days since they had finished with their mission on Katina, and already they were headed off on another. Generally, the vixen would not find this to be so daunting, but this time it was different. This was the first mission she would ever attempt without Fox to lead, or for that matter, to be with the team at all. It seemed so strange to her how she was flying towards a controlled planet without Fox to guide her, it suddenly reminded her of just how much she wanted him back, of how much she missed him.
It may prove to be far more difficult a mission without Fox to help me through, to comfort me when the situation gets out of control, but maybe I need this time to grow in my own personal strength. I wouldn't say that having Fox around is a bad thing at all; I just feel that I must grow on my own from time to time as well. If I were to grow completely dependent on another to take care of everything for me, how would the other benefit? I must use this upcoming experience to make myself stronger, so that if ever there comes a time when Fox depends on me, I can help him as he has helped me.
Krystal smiled to herself as thoughts of Fox quickly came back into her mind, but was soon reminded of the task at hand as the small light blue indicator light came to life on her in-ship consol, informing her of an incoming transmission. She gave a few quick blinks as she exited from her thoughts, soon after letting the transmission pass, revealing the face of Falco Lombardi on the small plasma screen that sat within the consol of her Arwing. His expression was rather serious, or at least, more serious than it had been when he had left the Great Fox, and he said in a flat voice, "I've found a place to land on the planet, the snow's gonna be pretty deep down there, so be careful when you land the Arwing, alright? I don't want to have to be the one who has to dig it out of the snow." Krystal nodded expressionlessly as she responded, "Alright, I can see you entering the atmosphere, I will follow you to the landing area." Falco nodded and added sarcastically before ending the transmission, "Sound's good, you're sure a lot easier to deal with than Katt, but whatever, see you on the surface." With those words, the screen within the consol went black and silence returned to the cockpit of her Arwing.
Once Falco had finished speaking she quickly returned her attention outside of her cockpit window. The previously small looking planet of Kharta had grown considerably larger after traveling towards it for some time. In almost no time at all, she began to enter into the snowy planets outer atmosphere, causing her small ship to rumble slightly, but it lasted for only a short time. Once she cleared the first layer of atmosphere, she quickly noticed that visibility in the sky of this planet was very poor due to the immense amount of clouds that hung in the air. Once she was able to fly her craft low enough, she soon found that those clouds were producing a light amount of snow that was falling from them, made obvious by the quickly accumulating snowflakes that settled on her cockpit window. This made to process of following Falco to his discovered landing area slightly more difficult, but she was able to manage. She saw Falco set down near the foot of a rather large mountain, a spot where a few large rocks rose from the ground so that the snow would prove to be much more shallow and stable. She gently set her Arwing down next to his, finding that her landing gear did sink a few inches as she landed, but it sank no further.
As she exited from the Arwing, she noticed Falco watching her as she dismounted her craft. He merely looked up at her and commented, "Nice landing, I didn't think you could keep that much of the Arwing above ground." Krystal slowly climbed down the small stepladder that sat the outside of the small ship. When she set her foot down after the last step, he foot sank a few inches into the snow, which caused her to fall of balance, but she quickly saved herself from falling by grabbing onto the wing of her Arwing, easing her feet onto the snow after she did so. It took her a short time to familiarize herself with the large amount of snow that rested beneath her feet, but after that, she didn't seem to have any problem with walking across the planet's surface.
As soon as Falco knew that the vixen had gained her footing against the planets snowy surface, he asked in an unemotional voice, "I guess we better go find a place to set that M.C.D. system up now. I think I saw a nice little cave somewhere back up the mountain a little ways." Krystal replied in a questioning voice, "Wait, are you sure that you do not want to wait for Katt to join us?" Falco shook his head and shrugged, "You think she'll even come? I saw you two talking back on the docking bay, she was probably whining to you about how she didn't want to deal with me, right?" Krystal hesitated, knowing that what the avian had predicted was fairly accurate. Falco took this brief silence as an answer and continued, "See? She was, wasn't she? That's just typical Katt for you. But it doesn't really matter if she wants to tag along, all we have to do is set this M.C.D. system up before the natives can bother us and we'll be fine." Krystal was about to respond, but she stopped herself from speaking as the sound of another ship appeared from above. Both animals turned to see a small pink fighter descending from the billowy gray clouds. Falco shook his head and shrugged once again as he said, "…Or maybe she will, guess she figured that staying on the ship with Slippy wouldn't be any better than tagging along with me."
It wasn't long after the two animals that had watched this pink ship fall from the sky before they now watched her cockpit window open, the figure of the pink feline exiting shortly after. She easily landed evenly on her feet as she dropped the short distance from her cockpit to the snowy ground, seeming to have little trouble adjusting to the greatly uneven and unstable ground beneath her.
She turned slowly as she faced the blue feathered avian, waiting for his first orders. Falco smirked and said in his usual nonchalant tone of voice, "Glad you could make it, I don't know if we really need any more animals to pull this off, but at least now we have some backup I guess." The feline continued to glance towards the avian, clearly not amused by his comment. Falco chuckled at this and said while turning away from the two females, "Well, since the gang's all here now, we can get ready to set up that M.C.D. system. I think if we walk around a little bit we'll find a good place to set it up at. Just follow me and we'll be fine." After saying this, Falco began to trudge through deep snow that sat underfoot, Krystal following shortly after with Katt not far behind.
The walk across Kharta's surface was certainly far from something these animals were used too. Each time they took a step, no matter how softly, the snow would give beneath each footprint and their feet would bury in the snow, which made the simple process of walking far more difficult and slow going. But the fact that the slow was slowing them down did not hinder them from noticing the gentle beauty of the planet. They were surrounded by mountains on all sides, but this only seemed to enhance the effect this background created. With the gently falling snow covering everything as far as you could see, and the large pine trees that stood his above the ground, glazed in a fine coat of white, all of which shined brilliantly as the sun would occasionally peek through the clouds, it was like nothing any of these three animals had ever seen before. Not even Falco couldn't restrain himself from noticing this fact, although he did well not to express it verbally. As they continued on, their views of the planet continually changed, they saw deep canyons that held frozen rivers at their base, and small cliff which had icicles hanging from their pointed and jagged edges.
They continued in this manner for many minutes, but after having walked almost a mile from their original point of departure, Falco broke the previously held silence, holding out a pointed finger as he said, "Right over there. That cave should provide enough cover for us, let's get over there and set up the M.C.D. system." Krystal nodded in reply, and the group slowly made their way towards the cave their leader had pointed out.
It only took a manner of seconds for them to reach the small cave, which was probably only a few yards deep and wide, the ceiling being slightly higher than the previous dimensions. As soon as the three animals reached the inside of the cave, Falco removed the hood from over his head and revealed a small communicator from inside his thermal-coat. He held down a small button as he calmly spoke into the device, "Slippy, are you listening up there? I need you to send that M.C.D. system now." There was a slight pause between Falco and the communicator, but it soon came to life with the toad's voice, "Sorry, there's a little interference, you said you're ready for the mind control system?" Falco rolled his eyes, "Ya, you do have it ready to send down, don't you?" There was another short pause before Slippy replied in a slightly hesitant sounding voice, "Well, actually, I really haven't eaten anything for a long time and I found some food in the kitchen on the way to the bridge…sorry Falco." Falco sighed as he heard this, promptly responding back into the communicator, "Then I'd hurry up and get it ready if I were you, we're not gonna sit down here all day with you screwin' off on the Great Fox." Slippy replied, sounding slightly embarrassed, "Sorry Falco, I'll get it ready right now, just wait a few minutes." Falco sighed and responded before ending the transmission, "Whatever, just do it now."
Falco placed the small communicator back inside his thermal-coat and announced with a shake of his head, "Looks like Slippy managed to screw up again, we're gonna have to hang out in this cave for a while before he can send the M.C.D. thing." Katt remained silent, but Krystal responded while removing the gloves from her hands, "That's unfortunate, but from as far as I can tell, I don't think that will serve to be much of a problem. I did not see any signs of living animals at all on our journey here." Falco shrugged and replied indifferently, "Ya, well that doesn't mean they aren't out there. Who knows they might be watching us right now." Krystal shuddered slightly, responding quietly, "Falco, I do wish you wouldn't say things like that." Falco smiled slightly as he responded, "Well, it's true. In a place like this, they could be…"
As Falco was still speaking a sudden crunch of fresh snow could be heard from outside the cave. The heads of the three animals quickly faced that direction, finding that there was nothing to be seen. Krystal commented in an optimistic yet nervous sounding voice, "Perhaps it was just a bundle of snow falling from a tree?" Falco shook his head and responded quiet, as if so that his voice would not travel any farther than the edge of the cave, "No, that was a footstep, I'm positive. We really are being followed." He placed his hand on his blaster, ready for a fight, even though he knew that if there were enough of whatever was outside the cave, they would be trapped in the small cave with no escape. Katt nodded, doing the same as Falco, but did not say a word. Falco once again spoke quietly to his small team, "Get ready guys, we might have another fight on our hands." Upon hearing this, Krystal readied her blaster as well; not exactly thrilled to be in a situation like this without Fox's support, but she had no choice. Each of the three animals now stood apprehensively inside the small cave, waiting for whatever was outside to reveal themselves.
For what seemed like a long while, nothing happened. Nothing but the sound of the ever-increasing footsteps could be heard approaching the cave where the three members of Star Fox stood with blasters ready. It was a tense moment, none of them had any idea what or how many creatures were gathering outside the edge of the cave's mouth, but they all stood ready for a fight.
"Please, do not harm us. We do not intend any harm to you." The team's ears all perked up as they heard these sudden words coming from around the corner of the cave. Falco raised his blaster towards the voice and said with a hint of anxiousness, "No way, you show me your face and I might think about it." As soon as Falco said this, a large group of animals, all of which were wearing bulky, primitive looking jackets, slowly began to appear at the mouth of the cave. These creatures did appear to be wielding any type of weapon at all, seeming to be just as scared of Falco's group as they were of them. Despite this, Falco kept his gun steady as he asked with the same slightly nervous voice, "What do you want from us? Can't you see we don't exactly welcome unexpected company like this?"
The group of creatures seemed un-phased by this comment, instead, they began to slowly approach Falco. The avian kept his blaster at them, but he was slowly beginning to feel that these creatures truly did not want to start anything. Falco asked in a curious tone of voice, "Well if you want peace, why don't you leave us alone, we kinda have stuff we need to do here and I don't exactly…"
Falco hesitated at this point as the creatures removed the hoods of their coats, revealing their true species. The avian looked on in disbelief as he looked into their faces. The feathered heads, the short beaks, the small, piercing eyes, they were just like him. He hesitated for a moment before he managed to say, "You're…just like me." As soon as he said this, the birds that had previously stood before him now fell on one knee, their heads facing the ground. One of the animals that now knelt before the stunned avian looked up into his face and replied, "Of course you are, you are one of us, you are the chosen one as it has been predicted. You are the new Khartak." Falco gave them a questioning look as he asked, "…A Khartak? What is that supposed to mean?" The kneeling avian continued to look into Falco's shocked face, answering in a humble tone of voice, "You are the new Khartak, and you are destined to rule over our planet and its inhabitants, forever."
When the three members of Star Fox heard these words, they each quickly donned a completely surprised expression, even Katt to a slight degree, who had previously not shown any time of emotion at all. Falco looked down at the kneeling avian and said with a nervous chuckle, "Whoa, I have to stay here and lead this place forever? I got other stuff to do so…I think I'll have to pass on that one." The entire group of falcons looked up as they heard this, the one that had previously spoken answered, "You do not understand master, it has been foretold for centuries that abird would come from the sky, flying in a strange vessel, and you fit that description perfectly. You must return with us to the Palace, you must take you're rightful place among us." Falco nodded inquisitively and commented in a hesitant voice, "Listen, I'm honored that you'd want me to lead this planet, but ya know, things just aren't gonna work out that way. I've got other business to take care of. I can't just…"
Falco was forced to cut himself off as he felt a sharp pain suddenly surge through his body. He, along with the two other members of his team, had been hit by a small dart that penetrated squarely into the side of his neck. He and the two females abruptly fell to the ground, their vision quickly leaving then as they desperately struggled to stay conscious. The kneeling avian spoke again, just as Falco's vision blurred and disappeared, "I'm sorry Khartak, but you must realize your true destiny, a life among creatures of your own kind. To lead us and this planet, that is your true calling…"
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Hmm…I couldn't really decide on whether I wanted to continue on with the chapter or not, but I think that's probably a good place to stop. I actually had to think up a whole bunch of stuff to get it to be this many pages, so don't get mad at me for it being too short, I had to leave it there and that's the best I could do…don't hurt me. Anyway, I'm not that far from my 166-review goal, if I can keep pumping out chapters like this, I'll cover it without much problem. The story is coming to a close people, so you better get ready for some wicked stuff to happen in the next few chapters…just, be warned.
(A New Leader PART 2)
Right, so I'm sure a lot of you are going…"What the heck, is Falco just the leader of everything now?" Well, looks like it, but if he knew that the planet was under mind control, there's just no way he could accept such an offer. Right? Cause, you know, being the sensible guy that Falco is, he'd realize how bad of an idea it would be to stay…right?
EDITOR'S NOTES: Well, the kid is gone and I don't really know what the heck he is doing, so I guess there will be no editor's notes this time. Sorry for all the loyal fans…wait, there are none. Then I guess we're all happy, thanks anyway…
MAIL CALL:
Anicrosser
the best fanfiction ive read. never change your writing style! Keep going!
FoxMC: Cool, another new reviewer kid, seems like I'm gettin' more and more the more I write. I don't know if you read the whole thing or not, cause that would take forever and I couldn't blame you for that, but thanks for the review, I'm gettin' closer to that 166 mark…I'm coming Rick Ons, better watch yourself. Uhh, thanks again, you're cool.
DragonOTDarkFlame
Nice Chapter. Falco is being as much of the cool...collected...JACKASS that I expect him to be. I was half expecting Katt to roll her eyes at his announcement. Oh, and Fox is back. Yippee!
FoxMC: Yep, that's good ol' Falco for ya. And don't worry, Katt will have plenty of time to roll her eyes later, as you can tell…
Tie
Good chapter this chapter was very interesting it made me think alot about Falco and Katt...for a change. Anyway what if Fox could come during the mission his team is having near the end of it, that would be cool.
FoxMC: Well, I could have used that, but now that you said it, I really can't. Well, whatever, Fox will come back soon, but just not now…sorry.
Black Phoenix
Well, since Falco's the "leader" now, looks like this part of the mission's gonna get f- up pretty bad.
FoxMC: Turns out things are actually looking to go in his favor, but how he will react…that's a different story…actually, it's not, it's just Chapter 33…but whatever.
deathscall
well, first, Sorry for not reviewing your last chapter, my computer was goin screwy, so i'll put in a few words what my review would have been ... YEAH KATT, break that brainless bird's beak... also it would have said it was a better than spectacularly, amazing, chapter, and now, onto my review for this chapter, good but, Katt doesn't deserve to get insulted so much by Lombardi, Fox and/or Krystal should introduce their teeth to his neck, and Katt, should go bird-hunting, ehehehehe, anyhoo, keep up the great work, and i will send an army of editor's after you when you end this story without making another great one
FoxMC: I certainly do not blame you for not reviewing my last chapter, I was surprised that I finished it so quickly myself…Anyway, glad you liked "the punch," which I will now call it, it felt quite swell to type I must say. And I don't think I need an army of editors to ambush me after I'm done, I think you'll find that out soon enough…
Ben Stylin
Good Chapter.
NO, I like birds, I just really hate Falco.
He is so f.., I mean, ratting(?) annoying.
I just want to strangle him.
I almost cussed; my progress is slow.
FoxMC: You're getting better, ratting is a pretty funny word actually.
BlueWolf419
Um, sorry about the skrewed up review. When I sent out the review it actually was fairly long. But for some reason it messed up. I wanted to apolagize for being a jerk. My reviews have been somewhat critical and I just haven't been very nice. Anyway...
This was also a good chapter. I'm very sad to see Katt in so much pain and for her to see things as dead between her and Falco. I don't like Falco; he really needs to realize how much of an -hole he is. Fox is coming back, (again I apolagize, I was mean about that too...), and we couldn't be happier.
By the way, the little face was actually a little Kirby dancing... But for some reason that really messed with my review and is probably why it didn't work.
Wow! Long review! Anyway, thank you for writing the best Star Fox Fanfic I've read and keep up the good work!
FoxMC: I don't get it, you said something mean and you're apologizing, as far as I can remember, I haven't gotten any negative/mean comments for my story ever, so I don't know what you are talking about, but I guess I forgive you…and don't think I don't know a Kirby dance when I see one, I created the Kirby dance! Not even kidding…seriously.
Whinnie
Cool chapter! Poor Katt. :( I DO feel happy for Krystal, however. Keep it up!
FoxMC: Ya, I'm feelin' sorry for Katt too, doesn't look like she'll get over that whole dilemma for a while, but Krystal's got it good now, knowing that Fox is alright, too bad it can't all work out like that for everyone…
shadowshock12
(If you want to see all the reviews this guy left…look at my reviews, there's a lot and I'll reply in sections.)
FoxMC: (Ch. 33/35 review) Thanks for taking the time to read my story, I've seen that other story, I think it's centered around the comics, right? That's probably the only reason I won't read it. I really don't have any connection with it and don't know anything about it. Plus I don't want to spend that much time reading a story that long, not that it isn't good, I just don't have the time. And you figured out why Krystal didn't heal Fox so ya…
(Ch. 34 review) Oh, jeez, I didn't know what you were talking about when I saw this review, I was all like, "I never said anything about Fara Phoenix in my story…" And then I looked down at my Author's notes were I said that Fara Phoenix looked ugly. Ya, well, she does, and I'm sorry if you don't like it, but unlike Falco, I'm not gonna lie to make people happy, she just doesn't look like I thought she did, that's all.
Tim Digidestined of Loyalty
Falco's lucky that I'm not part of Star Fox. After the way he lied to the girls and treated Katt, I'd have wacked him across the head with the butt end of one of my sais, yelled in his face that he'd lost my trust and had no command over me, and absolutly refused to follow his anouncement.
On another note, great chapter. I've been reading this for several days and you got another update in before I was halfway into the story. Great job. Both you and Classic Cowboy are making me want to write a Star Fox fic.
Anyway, great job and update soon.
Tim, DoL
FoxMC: Another new reviewer kid, nice. Thank you as well for sharing the exact same opinion of Falco as I do. I'd like to give him a little sumthin' sumthin' of my own, too bad everything has to go in his favor every time…stupid birds.