Chapter 34: A New Leader PART 3

The two females stood silently above the fiery pit that sat only a short distance below them, the combination of intense heat and smoke rising against their bodies. With their hands tied behind their backs and the few avian guards that stood behind them, there was little they could do to avert themselves from the situation. All they could do was stare helplessly over the crowd towards the seated avian, giving him desperate glances as they did so. The crowd cheered loudly below the two animals, yelling for the guards to push them to their doom so that their new Khartak could gain the throne. Krystal glanced over at Katt as she waited to fall to her doom, noticing the almost expressionless look on her face. Katt noticed her looking over at her and said with a weak smile, "Well, looks like this is it, huh? Hope this goes pretty quick…" With this, the feline's attention returned to the flames below her, newly formed tears now beginning to fall from her emotionless eyes.

Krystal's attention was momentarily diverted from the fire beneath her as she heard the voice of the planet's former leader speak over the crowd once again, "We have waited many generations for this very moment my friends. Today, we will be granted a new ruler, as well as a new and glorious future."

Falco sat impatiently on the throne, having to watch all this happen with seemingly nothing to do about it. At this point, his mind was constantly churning for ideas to save both the animals and his personal interests, but there seemed to be no possible way. He would either have to choose one or the other, and he knew what choice was truly right, despite what he may have felt himself.

There might be a way out of this, but I'm going to have to give Liya up for it. I just don't have any choice, I have to save my crew, there's just no way around it. I must have had a million ideas, but it doesn't seem like they could really work. I have to be able to take advantage of this Khartak stuff, couldn't I just stop this entire ceremony deal if I wanted to? And then while they've all stopped…Alright, I got it, this could backfire on me pretty hard, but I don't really have much of a choice.

As the crowd continued to cheer for Kraden's last words, Falco leaned one of his elbows against the armrest of the throne, rolling down the sleeve of his uniform slightly, discreetly revealing a small wrist communicator that was secured around his arm. He quickly typed in a short transmission code before speaking quietly into the device, "Slippy, you there?"

(Great Fox)

The last remaining animal on the Great Fox silently and nervously walked about the bridge. Both he and ROB had preformed a complete evaluation of the transmission emitters and all their ports, but they had found nothing wrong, leaving only one possibility of what had happened to his teammates, they had been taken prisoner. Slippy was greatly worried by this fact, feeling that his team may never rejoin him ever again. These feelings, combined with the fact that he was all alone on the ship, created a tension within him that he was not used to experiencing. He would always ask ROB at regular two-minute intervals if he was receiving anything from the planet, but the answer was always negative.

This had gone on for several hours now, he knew that his teammates should have returned long ago. He looked over at ROB and asked in the same worried voice he had been using for the past few hours, "ROB…what do you think the chances of them still doing ok on the planet is?" ROB seemed to hesitate longer than he normally would before responding, "Chances of survival on planet Kharta: 96.7 percent." Slippy was surprised by the robot's numbers, responding to this statement in a unsure voice, "It's that high, but how do you figure that ROB?" The robot replied unemotionally shortly after, "Receiving incoming transmission from planet Kharta. Transmission wavelength signifies Captain Falco Lombardi is attempting to contact the Great Fox." Slippy was further taken aback as the robot said these words, quickly finding himself making his way towards ROB's computer as he replied, "From Falco? Then we've gotta let this transmission through right now, open the channel ROB."

As soon as Slippy said these words, the speaker on ROB's computer came to life with the voice of the toad's temporary leader, "Slippy, you there?" The toad quickly replied into the speaker with eagerness, "I'm here Falco, but what happened to you guys? You've been gone for a long time." The voice on the other end of the transmission wasted no time in responding, "Listen, I don't have time to talk about this. I need you to send that M.C.D. system down right now." Slippy hesitated as he heard this, replying in a hesitant voice, "Ok, but I have to go down to the transport room and find out where you are…" Falco quickly and quietly commented, "Just send it somewhere near where my transmission is coming from, you can trace that right? Just do that and do it quick, we don't have much time down here." Slippy spoke eagerly into the speaker, "What's the matter Falco, why's there such a rush to…" Slippy abruptly cut himself off as he saw that Falco had closed the transmission. The toad looked over towards the robot that stood a short distance away from him and announced without hesitation, "Come on ROB, we have to get down to the transport room to send down that M.C.D. system. Did you catch the transmission point of Falco's call?" ROB replied quickly and monotonously as he walked after Slippy, "Affirmative, origination of transmission confirmed." Slippy nodded as he ran off the bridge, "Great ROB, let's go down to the transport and send that system as soon as we can. It didn't sound like Falco was doing so well down there, I wonder what's happening…"

(Throne room)

The crowd had been cheering loudly ever since Kraden's speech a short while ago, but it slowly began to subside as the avian raised his hands above his feathered head. As soon as the enthusiastic roars came to a silence, Kraden spoke in a powerful voice, "Let the sacrifice commence, and may our new ruler be given a long and bountiful life as he leads our beloved planet of Kharta to a new and brighter future."

Krystal and Katt both looked over at each other as they heard the planet's former leader speak those words, as well as the abrupt cheers that erupted shortly after. Katt lowered her head, knowing that this was the end of the line, she let off a slight smile, "What a way to go, killed by a mob of birds. I'm sure my relatives from a few centuries back would be pretty disappointed, huh?" Krystal remained silent, and Katt continued shortly after as they felt the guards behind them slowly prod them closer to the edge of the platform, "To think, I used to have feelings for one of those birds, no wonder it never worked out. I should've figured that one out a long time ago. But what can a girl do, it's too late to do anything about it now." Krystal remained silent, her words barely penetrating the vixen's ears. She was already far to preoccupied with her own thoughts to notice anything else.

So…this is the end. But how could it be? Fox was able to save himself from these impossible odds before, but myself on the other hand…there is nothing I can do to save myself or anyone else here. Fox…you endured all that pain and suffering for me, but now it will have been for nothing…I'm sorry I'm not as strong as you Fox, I've failed you. Without you by my side, I'm too weak to defend myself…I thought that I might grow stronger through this experience, but I was wrong. I just can't believe that…

Krystal, as well as the entire crowd was abruptly silenced as a new voice echoed across the throne room. "Hey, the Khartak has something to say before we…uhh, put these chosen animals to death."

Falco stood from his throne as he said these words, soon finding every one of the eyes in the entire room beating down on him. He waited for the room to completely silence before continuing in a weak and slightly nervous voice, "…I have something to show my avian friends before we sacrifice these chosen animals." Kraden and Liya looked over at their Khartak, Kraden asking in a confused voice, "What is it Khartak Falco? Do you have something you wish to do before we sacrifice these animals?" Falco nodded quickly, agreeing shortly after, "Ya, that's it. I'm…going to bestow some of my…Khartak power on my kind. Then we can continue with the ritual thing. I mean, I'd like to prove to everyone that I'm as powerful as they said I was a couple hundred years back…"

There was a slight pause as Falco said these words, a slight amount of quiet chatter rose among the avians in the crowd. Both Krystal and Katt looked back as they heard him speak, Katt being the first to comment, "What the heck is he doing? Trying to help us out or just give us more time? He doesn't even know what the heck he's talking about." Krystal nodded, replying shortly after, "Either way, at least he's making an effort to get us out of this mess, perhaps he has a plan…" Katt scoffed at this comment, "Falco making his own plans? I don't think he has it in him to think up a plan that quick, either that or it's a really bad one."

Kraden approached Falco and placed a hand on his shoulder, speaking quietly to him, "You have something to show us my boy?" Falco nodded hesitantly, "…Ya, that's right. I just want to show these guys that I have the power to be a good leader, is that alright?" Kraden smiled at his comment, "Of course Khartak Falco, anything you desire." The avian turned to the crowd and said in his booming voice, "Khartak Falco has promised to show his great power in front of you all, proving to all of you that he is strong enough to lead this planet." There was almost no hesitation from the crowd before they burst out once again in wild cheers, their attention now clearly diverted from the two animals above the fiery pit.

Falco paused again as he felt all eyes in the large room focus on him alone. He let out a sigh before slowly making his way down the short flight of stairs that led from the throne and towards a spot not far from where Krystal and Katt where standing at that time. He looked around quickly as he noticed the noise in the room slowly coming to a halt, knowing that if he could not pull this off, the two females that now stood above him would have no chance of survival.

Well, I guess my plan's working so far, I mean, at least those two aren't dead…yet. The only thing between them and that pit of fire is Slippy and ROB. If they can't pull this off, I'm pretty sure those girls won't be alive for much longer. Well, here we go…for once in your life Slippy, don't screw this one up…

As he cut himself off from his thoughts, he quickly realized that the room had fallen completely silent. Every single one of the avians in the room stared towards the spot where their blue avian leader stood, each eagerly watching on as they awaited Falco's display of power. He took a quick glance up above him to where Krystal and Katt were standing, noticing that they were looking on as well. When Katt noticed the avian look up towards her and Krystal, she gave a confused shrug and silently mouthed the words, "What the heck are you doing?" Falco nodded quietly before facing his followers once again, raising his hands as he did so.

He attempted to mimic Kraden's type of powerful speech but the words did not seem to flow as well, mostly because the type of dialogue here was greatly different from what he was used to speaking. "My friends, before we sacrifice these…chosen animals, I will show you some of my Khartakly power so that you can see that I am strong enough to lead this planet." As soon as he said this, the surrounding avians began to scream out praises as they had previously. Falco hesitated as he waited for the crowd noise to subside, lowering his hands from above his head as it finally did. He continued, "Now, I'll show you a little of my Khartakly power by making something appear in front of your very eyes." The crowd fell dead silent as he said this, each eagerly awaiting the display of power their leader was about to produce. The blue-feathered avian raised his hands out in front of him, making it look like he was channeling some sort of power through his hands, even though nothing was happening.

Falco began to grow more nervous as the seconds passed by with nothing happening. A few beads of sweat were beginning to accumulate on his face, now doubting that this ever really had a chance at working. He could feel the tension rising in the area, everyone in that room expected to see something, but there was nothing to see as the seconds continued to pass. He lowered his head, attempting to look as if he was still trying to complete his magic act, but by doing so, he was only attempting to hide the troubled expression on his face.

Come on Slippy, I don't know what these guys will do to me if I can't pull this off, you gotta come through for me Slippy. Man, why did I think this stupid plan would ever work? Now were all gonna end up dead…smooth Lombardi, real smooth.

Both Krystal and Katt watched as the avian attempted to fulfill his display of power. Katt shook her head and commented quietly, "I don't know what he's trying to do. He thinks he can just make anything he wants appear out of nowhere? All this ruler of the planet stuff must have gone to his head, cause this sure isn't gonna help us out when he doesn't end up pulling off his little magic trick." Krystal remained silent, only continuing to watch as Falco was beginning to visibly perspire. She then quickly looked over at the pink feline and said, "At least he is trying to prevent this from happening, can you at least appreciate that fact?" Katt shrugged, "If he wouldn't have let those little bird guys get us with those darts, we'd be off the planet already and wouldn't have to be dealing with this kinda stuff in the first place. And you know that if he would have a little more…"

Katt cut herself off as she suddenly heard a low buzzing noise begin to emanate from the area around the blue avian. She looked around for a short while, trying to decide what was the cause of this noise, but could find nothing to answer this question.

Falco's head raised from it's previously lowered position as well, looking around eagerly anticipating the arrival of the object he had waited so desperately for. He now held his hands out of front of him with confidence as the object slowly began to materialize in front of him, falling a short distance to the ground as it finally became solid. Falco let out a loud sigh of relief as he saw the M.C.D. system land with a slight crash in front of him. He lowered his hands, leaning against the side of the machine as he proclaimed to the crowd, "Behold! This cool machine appeared right in front of all of you. Now you see the true power that I have in me, and you can see that I'll be a good leader for all of…"

Falco cut off his now confident tone of voice as he realized that the once lively and almost uncontrollable crowd around him took on an extremely melancholy look. He couldn't understand it, they were yelling every time either he or Kraden had spoken, but even now that Falco had pulled off this seemingly impossible trick, they did not seem to be moved by the avian's act at all. He scanned the crowd with hesitance as he spoke with a now wavering voice, "What, is this…not good enough or something?"

The animals around him were all frozen, which both Katt and Krystal quickly realized this, seeing as how the guards that had previously stood attentively at their sides slouched and became inactive. Both females took this opportunity and quickly dismounted from the short platform that they had been standing on, relieved to be away from the rising heat the flaming pit constantly provided. The two animals walked quickly through the crowd without much difficulty, none of the animals seeming to withhold the escaping captives at all.

The two females arrived at the stunned avian that stood in the middle of the room, who was wondering the exact same thing as the two newly escaped animals had during their walk to him. He turned towards the M.C.D. system as he saw them approaching, commenting in a flat voice, "Good to see you're ok, I actually forgot all about you two until just a few minutes ago, but it looks like your alright." Katt responded with a hint of anger, "Thanks for the concern…" Krystal spoke shortly after this, both to prevent the ensuing argument that would have taken place and as a question, "All the birds in this room seem to be frozen, I wonder what has happened to them all?" Katt looked over at her and replied, "Heck if I know, maybe that cloaked guy forgot how to use his stupid little powers. But I'm not complaining, I just hope Falco had that M.C.D. system switched over so that he can activate it at all." Falco turned back towards the feline as she said this, responding quickly, "What, you think I'd go through that whole act just for nothing? Of course I can activate it. Me and Slippy did that like, right after the deal on Kaltar. Watch this." The avian turned back to the machine, placing one of his hands on one of the scanners on the machine. After a few seconds, the completion bar on the screen of the system filled completely, spelling out shortly after on that same screen, "Hand scan complete. Next process: Eye scan."

At this point, he turned back and faced the feline and said his usual slightly sarcastic sounding tone of voice, "See, I'm not as big of an idiot as you think I am Katt, once this eye scan is done, we'll be off this planet and on our merry way, alright?" Katt merely shrugged at this comment, but it was only seconds after Falco had said this before a familiar voice echoed softly through the room of motionless avians, "You will be leaving this planet? You will leave your kind without hope, they will not last without your guidance."

All three animals turned to see a beautiful avian girl approaching from a short distance away. Falco froze as he saw her, not sure what to say, but Liya relieved him of that for the time being. She walked until she stood only inches away from him, her face blurred with traces of freshly fallen tears, "Falco, my master, would you truly do this to your kind? You would leave them alone on this frozen planet with no guidance, no one to give them hope for the future? And…you would do the same to me?" Falco hesitated slightly, which carried over into his tone of voice, "Liya…listen, if I had a choice, it'd be different, but it's just a little hard to explain. I just can't stay here with you…" Liya lowered her head, the tears continuing to fall, "I see, but then why not make that choice? Abandon your foolish mission and come live with us, a place where you will be immortalized for your leadership. A place where you will be loved, appreciated. A life free of worry and sadness, isn't that what you've always wanted Falco?" The avian looked at her with regret in his eyes, "Liya…"

Krystal and Katt watched on in astonishment, the second animal less than the other. The feline commented to the blue vulpine that stood next to her in a quiet tone of voice, "Well, that's got to be one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen in my life. Doesn't he know that she's under mind control? She can't mean anything that she's saying, and even if she did, why the heck would Falco care?" Krystal shook her head, responding shortly after, "You make many valid points, but if you think about it, feeling affection for another is really just another type of mind control. You would do anything for the other, even if it is against your own wishes, perhaps Scales decided that if he could not defeat us with strength, he would attempt to control our hearts, or rather, the hearts that have desired to be filled with these feelings for a long time." Katt gave her a puzzled look, but quickly blew off the thought before she could think on it too much. Both she and Krystal returned their attention to the two avians that stood a short distance away.

Liya crept closer towards Falco, looking up at him with her brilliant green eyes, "What is it Falco? You do not truly want to leave me…do you? I need you Falco, I've been waiting my entire life for you to arrive, and now you are leaving me alone once again…" Falco lowered his head, not knowing what to say in response, but he merely turned away from silently and faced the M.C.D. system once again, quietly placing one of his eyes onto the space where that specific scanner was located.

Liya saw this and hesitated slightly in her speech as well, but she quickly continued by leaning over slightly and embracing the slightly hunched-over avian and embraced him from behind, letting her tears fall into his uniform. She held in a sob as she said quietly, "Don't leave me Falco, I don't want to see you leave us. I want to remain by your side as long as I live. Falco…please…" The avian only sighed heavily in return to the young avians heartfelt words, thinking to himself as his eye remained focused on the scanner.

Man, she really knows how to guilt a guy, but I can't go though with this, not after I've already gone through. I can't just give up on my mission after all this time. As much as I'd like to take up this offer, I can't accept. I've still got stuff to do before I die, and ruling some backwater planet was never one of those things…but Liya…

"Eye scan complete, activate system now?" Falco raised his head as the scanner went dark and the screen now shone these words. He slowly moved his hands towards the flashing green button and gently pressed it. There was a short silence as he did this, nothing seemed to move. The only things present in Falco's mind were the warm and gentle arms that continued to hold him tight. He stood up, causing Liya to do the same as well, and said in a quiet and slightly regretful voice, "Don't worry Liya, you'll understand soon." As soon as he finished speaking these words, a robotic sounding voice echoed throughout the motionless room, "Activation commencing…Mind control force field, now uploading."

It took almost no time after the machine said those words before the same piercing scream could be heard echoing loudly throughout the large room. All the animals that stood within the room fell to their knees, even the previously inactive avians that were littered all through the room. Liya continued to grasp onto Falco as they both hit the ground simultaneously, her painful screams falling directly into his ears, creating a painful felling unlike any other. He did not make any attempt to release her as she continued to cry out in pain, instead, he put his arms around her as well, closing his eyes as he did so to prevent the following traces of tears that followed shortly after to become slightly less visible.

It was minutes after the initiation of the system's screams began before they finally came to a stop, once again leaving the room in complete silence. Both Katt and Krystal stood from the floor, but Falco remained seated, the head of the white avian lying gently upon his lap. He made no effort to move for quite some time, not wanting to wake Liya from her quiet state of consciousness. Krystal noticed this and spoke quietly from above, "Falco, we must depart from this planet. I'm sure Slippy has grown quite anxious of us." Falco hesitated for a second, still unwilling to move as he looked down into the avian's placid face, but slowly and quietly stood up and let the young avian's head fall softly to the ground.

The three animals slowly began their way out of the palace, walking free from the throne room through the large doors that served as its entrance. Katt was the first to leave the room, seeming to be anxious to leave that place. Krystal followed a short distance behind with Falco, who seemed hesitant to leave that place at all. Once they were all clear of the room, Falco turned and slowly brought the large doors to a close behind them, taking one last glance at the motionless form of the beautiful white avian as he did so. With a sigh, he pulled the doors to a complete close, leaving the room completely void of movement or noise.

Yet, there was one who awoke at that very moment. Her hands slowly bracing her body as she sat up, rubbing her eyes shortly after this. The young avian turned her head and looked around the room, finding it to be filled with unconscious falcons and a slowly dying flame in the middle of the room, but among all of this she could not find what she was searching for. She looked back as she heard the sound of several footsteps echoing away from her, hoping that she could catch one last glimpse of him, but a large door sat in the way. She lowered her head with a smile, tears continuing to fall down her face as she said quietly, "Thank you Falco, I'll…always remember you. I hope…I hope we meet again someday, but until then, I'll be waiting to see you once again…"

(Docking bay of the Great Fox)

It was several minutes after the three animals had departed from the frozen planet of Kharta before they soon found themselves back aboard the Great Fox. Two of the animals quickly and eagerly departed from their Arwings, but there was one animal that remained seated in his Arwing for a short time after landing safely aboard the ship. It had been a long time since he had felt anywhere near how he did back on that planet only minutes before.

Well, that's another mission down. I guess that's a good thing, but…that girl, Liya. I just can't seem to forget about her. I don't understand, I mean, I know it's only been about twenty minutes, but usually I never show that much emotion, especially in front of the team…so what the heck happened? It's not like I even got to know her that well, but still, something felt so good about her. I don't know, maybe all this time I've spent with McCloud and his girlfriend is making me soft…

Falco cut his thoughts short as he realized he had been sitting in the cockpit of his Arwing for a little longer than he liked, soon finding himself dismounting the small craft and making his way free from the docking bay. As he did so, he contacted Slippy with the small communicator that he wore on his wrist and said, "Slippy, we're back, and I want you to get a hold of Pepper on our way up to the bridge, alright?" There was a slight pause before a voice came from the other end of the transmission, "Falco, Katt told me to do that just a few seconds ago…what were you doing in the docking bay for so long?" Falco paused before heading through the halls of the Great Fox, responding shortly after while ignoring the toad's question, "Alright, I'll be up there in a few seconds, just hang on."

It took a short time for Falco to navigate the corridors of the Great Fox, soon finding himself standing in front of the bridge doors, which slowly opened as he walked close to them. As he did, the three animals on the bridge looked up at him, but did not say a word. Slippy was the first to break the silence, saying, "Hey Falco, I was trying to call Pepper, but the transmission was already being accessed." Falco looked up at the toad and replied, "So he was already trying to contact us? Well then, let's see what the old guy has to say, bet he'll be pretty happy that we got past that mission by ourselves." Katt sternly added to his statement as the avian walked towards his seat on the middle of the bridge, "Ya, he'll be happy, but I'll be happier once we get Fox back." Falco shrugged as he heard these words, soon finding himself seated on the middle of the bridge as he responded, "Ya well, you won't have to wait much longer. Pepper'll probably tell us he's already on the way." He looked back over his shoulder and said to the green toad that stood behind him, "Let the transmission through Slippy, I'm ready to speak with the General." Slippy nodded and entered a few short commands into ROB's computer, which caused the holographic screen to appear in the middle of the bridge shortly after.

When the screen came to life, the entire crew saw General Pepper sitting in his usual position behind his desk, papers littered randomly across it's surface. But there was something different about this view of the General. His head seemed to be lowered slightly and his facial expression seemed more melancholy than usual. Falco didn't seem to notice however as he said, "Hey General, we've managed to free another planet from that cloaked guy. Pretty good without Fox here to help huh?" The image displayed in the image did not reply, merely keeping his head in its slightly lowered position. It was several seconds before Pepper responded. He spoke in a quiet and deep voice, "Star Fox team, I'm glad that you were able to free another planet, but I'm afraid that…Fox won't be coming back to help you any further." The team was taken aback as they heard these words, Falco speaking soon after hearing this, "What? He won't be coming back onto the team? Why the heck is that?" Pepper looked up at the image, his eyes seeming to be full of emotion. He spoke again in a heavily wavering voice as he lowered his head once again, "I'm sorry…you have to hear this, but Fox McCloud…is dead."

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Oh jeez, don't kill me, please! I don't want my reader people to get mad, and I'm sorry I led you to believe that Fox was gonna be ok and I'm sorry that it had to work out this way…but at least Falco and the rest are ok, right? Ya, that's gotta be a good thing. Umm…and to make everyone happier, there are exactly 7 chapters left until it's game over. Ya, so I don't know what you think of me now…uhh, bye!

(Title not yet devised)
I bet you know what happens this chapter! It involves crying, whining, and other general forms of expressing remorse. So ya…sadness will ensure.

MAIL CALL
DragonOTDarkFlame
Oh SURE Falco. You CAN have the best of both worlds. All you need to do is...NO! NO! You're screwed! Goodbye! Also, I KNEW it was General Scales ever since the chapter "For Krystal and Kalter Part 2" but I hadn't wanted to ruin it for those who couldn't get it. I wondering how Fox is going to take this...If Krystal and Katt live long enough to tell him? Great chapter as always FoxMC! Keep it up! By the way, Many Many thanks for YOUR review. It meant a lot to me. Thanks man and oh yeah, Update soon! See-ya!

FoxMC: How is Fox gonna take it? He won't, he's…no longer in existence. So I guess he'd be happy if he was alive…

Tie
Falco getting married? Thats kinda cool but I think Falco should stay with Katt. Falcos going to save save Katt and Krystal from the pit of fire, he has to or else Fox will get angry. heh heh
Anyway awsome chapter dude it rocked. Cant wait to read the next chapter.

FoxMC: Fox won't get angry, cause he can't get angry, cause he's…dead. (Spongebob scripting with a Star Fox twist of sadness…)

deathscall
cracks knuckles whilst glaring at Falco You know what you should do BIRD... well, time to rattle you for letting the ... bird.. lead a planet,... and for even the possibility of sacrificing the feline beauty or the lovely vixen
if their fur is so much as singed... the feathers are gonna fly... from me and Fox, yes, I am good friends with Fox, ... and, other than you even thinking of sacrificing Katt or Krystal, I'd say... great story... plus... DEATH TO SCALES.
also sorry for not reviewing last chapter, course my reviews are useless, but hey

FoxMC: Well, if you and Fox are good friends…then I'm sure you'll be really sad to know that he's dead, but you can still beat me up for letting Falco pretend to be the leader of the planet if you want…

Fox McCloudSaviour of Lylat
Wow, so much emotion goin' on! Fox and Krystal, Falco and Liya, what's next? Slippy and girlfriend? ...on second thought, maybe not. Hmm, but that leaves the issue with Katt... I bet she's gonna get jealous when she finds out Falco was gonna marry Liya... Jerry Springer time! Anyways, I have a question: Will Peppy come back? Not that he was too big in this story to begin with, but you know... kinda weird with him not around. Well I must say, I've become an avid reader of this fanfic. Keep up the good work, and please don't end it!

FoxMC: No, Peppy won't come back ever probably. He's having to much fun in retirement for that…I kinda like it without him around personally.

Black Phoenix
This story justs keeps getting better and better. Fox MC, you're my hero.

FoxMC: What's that in the sky? It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's…wait, ya it's just a bird. But hey, look at the stupid kid typing a story about talking animals in space! What a nut job! …Ya, anyway, I'm glad you think it's betting better, I just hope they can keep going that way for a few more chapters, then I shall be complete…

Obsidian Thirteen
What can I say, other then you are an absolute genius. Sorry I haven't reviewed, but my Internet was down. Although, it did give me time to write more on Obsidian Sun Rising; which is nowhere near as good as this story.

FoxMC: Heck, I don't know about that. You're story has like, 500,000 times the action mine does. But I guess storyline is pretty important too…Oops, I did not mean that your story does not have a good storyline I was just…ahh, nevermind.

Ben Stylin
No. She past the stands and out somewhere else.
Anyway, an interesting chapter, I must say.
oh, and let me guess. Slippy or Peppy comes in and saves the day?

FoxMC: Nope, you're wrong, Falco can do his own work sometimes; it just usually gets screwed up.

Whinnie
I'm terribly sorry I couldn't review the previous chapter; servers uploaded. I managed to read it, though, and thought it was cool! Falco, man, make the good choice... You can't let those guys fool you!
Keep writing:) ;)

FoxMC: No problem, it's hard to review all my chapters nowadays cause I keep updating so fast, but I guess that's not really a bad thing is it?