Parasite Awaiting

Disclaimer: I don't own Star Fox, but I own Galaxy Wulf.

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Chapter 7 - Hostilities Revisited

Wolf woke up inside the sick bay. He suddenly felt that his upper clothing was removed, as he saw them hanging to the side of the bed. Feeling groggy, he wished he could grab them, but he couldn't, so he simply looked around. When he glanced to his side, he saw two capsules filled with liquid. They were Panther and Falco. He felt a small amount of fear crawling through his veins after seeing them. "I… I could've been one of them," he thought as he tried to picture that.

It' looks like you're awake.

Bark entered the room while brining some medical tools. He placed them to a desk, grabbed Wolf's upper black uniform, and threw it to him. "You don't have to worry. You have no open wounds, and after a scan made to you, you're free from infection." He then grabbed a small tube with holes at the cover and showered some of its contents to the lupine's face. Wolf suddenly sneezed afterwards. "Sorry, I had to give you that. Sneezing, for all I know, snaps a sleepy, nervous person out."

The wolf covered his snout and stood up. After cleaning himself, he growled, "What are you trying to do to us? Why did you have to bring us up here and join your battle?"

The dog simply grinned and turned away to leave. He said while exiting, "If we left you, you're still going to fight down, anyway. Why fight in that condition when you can be here, and still fight? By the way, everybody's at the bridge. You should go there, and it concerns mainly you and your teammates." Wolf was simply thwarted from any objection, so he followed him.

While going down, he put on his black shirt, and then his blue jacket. He realized that he forgot his shoulder pads in the sick bay. "It's too hot with them on," he muttered with a grin. As the doors to the bridge slid away, he was surprised to see everybody circling Leon.

"Wolf," Leon complained as he pushed Slippy away, "they're trying to force me to let them enter Sargasso Space Station! We can't let them go there you know! Besides, it's a confidential place! You know what to do, so tell them that we can't…" He was suddenly cut-off when Wolf replied his answer.

"Yeah, sure, go ahead," he muttered as if he didn't care what Leon had said earlier. "It doesn't matter to me, anyway. Just don't blame me if get ambushed by thieves." Galaxy Wulf crew wondered what he meant by that. "What? Don't tell me you don't know… Ah, hell… Sargasso Space Station is a place where criminals took shelter… and I am the lord there."

"But you don't look that tough to be a lord," Lupina suddenly questioned him. Wolf was surprised to be asked by that question, especially from a female one. "Hmm… That means the crooks there aren't dangerous enough to be a threat. Okay, that's our next destination!" She then moved to her seat, asking Fox for the coordinates of the area.

"Eh, don't take her so seriously!" Garou warned the lupine so that he wouldn't lose his head. "She's just being enthusiastic. Trust me. I don't want you to think about that!" However, he still felt that he was offended.

We'll see… We'll see… No one is going to call me that again… Not Fox… Not a female who has no idea about me...

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Sargasso Space Station - it was a place known to be the hide out of many criminals in Lylat. Space Den arrived at the orbiting range of the area, and it was only a few minutes before they reached land. It was rather odd, though, that no attacks were given to them when they were approaching the area. Star Fox knew that anything they saw upon range, which they thought would be enforcers, they would fire immediately. However, that wasn't thought for another moment, as they made a touch down.

"Hmm… A nice place," Bark commented his ironic words as he felt his feet sinking to the dust. "I'm impressed about they're ability to decorate. I wish I could do the same thing." Indeed, the whole place looked like a run-down battleship.

"All right, we should stay close," Wulf told them while keeping his right arm near the holster of his neutron blade. "Just be prepared, okay?" However, Leon and Wolf immediately moved forward, so he yelled, "I said we should keep close!"

"Look at you, giving me orders," Wolf suddenly jeered, making everybody surprised. "Remember, this is my territory, so watch your step!" Leon snapped his fingers, and then men armed with weapons appeared. They were pointing their plasma rifles at Galaxy Wulf and Star Fox.

"Okay, what's this about?" Fox shouted at him. "Can't you see that we're in a crisis? You have to let your ego, which was whipped by a girl, take priority?" Wolf was once more offended. He stepped forward to punch Fox, but Lupina stood in front instead.

"I hate jerks that couldn't face the person they were angry to, and instead, they channel their fury to other people!" she yelled at Wolf while pointing with her index finger. "Ego-whipped? I see… You are too focused in your ego that you think that it is so important! I heard that you're so insecure about being helped, too! That's why I didn't refer to you as a tough person - a person who doesn't rely on pride or ego…"

Wolf, although he was touched, he couldn't take the fact that she was right. His right was getting moist. In anger, he attempted to punch Lupina.

You don't understand! You will never understand!

However, she simply caught his punch.

I understand perfectly…

She braced for a while before she punched Wolf to the stomach. She continued to punch him to the chest. Afterwards, she kicked him up to the air. He was down, flat.

"Those who rely too much in their ego are nothing more than weak people… You lingered too much in that thought, that you believe that everything around is about being better."

The soldiers around were slightly lost of morale after seeing Wolf being defeated. One of them commanded to assault Star Fox and Galaxy Wulf, but their attempt to rain them with lasers was halted when Leon ordered them to stop.

"All right, you win," the chameleon spoke out in a very low tone. "Follow me… but, help me carry Wolf."

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