Disclaimer: I do not own StarFox. We don't all get what we want.

Krypto stared at Darien, " What about her?.." Darien smirked, although it wasn't visible under his hood. " I want you to bring her to me. Alive. " Krypto raised an eyebrow, " Why? " Darien still didn't move, " I cannot tell you just yet. " Krypto became angry and slammed his fist on the table hard, " TELL ME! "

Krypto then cried out in pain as he fell to his knees. After a while, Darien released his clenched fist and the pain in Krypto subsided. Darien then spoke, his voice sounding dark and terrifying, " Do not ever talk to me like that again Krypto. If you do, I won't spare you, no matter how valuable you are. " Krypto stared up at him, then whispered painfully, " Sorry sir. It won't happen again..."

" It better not. Continue with the assignment and return here with her. You are dismissed. " Krypto got up slowly and watched as Darien disappeared into the shadows. He sighed softly as he leaned on the table for support. His sister was dear to him and Darien had told him that she wouldn't be harmed. Now that there was a change in plans, he was worried for her safety. He knew though, if he showed any signs of betrayal to Darien, he would be punished or worse.

He then left the room quickly, completely ignoring everyone in the club and exiting it. He walked along the sidewalks back to his Arwing, his head clouded with thoughts. He finally reached his Arwing, jumping in it and starting it up. He then took off, leaving Corneria and eventually docking in the Great Fox.

He was walking down the hall to his room when Krystal suddenly left her room. She glanced at him, then ran to Fox's room, knocking loudly on his door. After several minutes of knocking, Fox opened his door and stared at Krystal sleepily, " What is it Krystal?..."

" Fox, I just sensed a strong enemy force on Corneria. It's destroying the capitol city. " Fox woke up completely almost immediately and closed the door, reemerging in his regular clothes. Fox saw she was in her regular clothes, then noticed Krypto there, " Wanna come? " Krypto shook his head, " No. I think it would be wise if I stayed here to watch the Great Fox while you guys are gone. " Fox stared at him for a while. He felt that he couldn't trust Krypto, but he had no other choice. Fox nodded, then him and Krystal left immediately to the docking bay, getting in their Arwings and flying off quickly to Corneria.

Krypto smirked as he watched them enter the planet, then cracked his knuckles, looking around the Great Fox " This is all too easy..."

When Fox and Krystal entered Corneria and reached the capitol city, they gasped in horror at what they saw. The city had been annihilated by..aparoids. Fox had seen them when he was on Sauria with Krystal, but they were supposed to be long gone. The self-destruct program that Beltino had made had destroyed them all, including the aparoid homeworld. So how could it be that aparoids were here now, destrying the same city that had just finished repairing from the last attack? He decided to not think about it until later and started shooting them down, Krystal doing the same on the other side of the planet.

Fox growled lowly as he saw he was being tailed by four aparoids. As they sent green homing missiles at him, he did a forward loop and shot a red charged blast at them. It killed two of them and he shot down the other two before resuming shooting the others. Krystal saw a huge group heading toward her and fired a smart bomb at them, destroying all of them.

Finally, the crowd of aparoids disappeared and Fox took the chance to wonder about the aparoids. Then he heard Krystal's call over the comm, " Fox, look out! " Before he could react, his Arwing was hit with a powerful beam. Red warning light flashed and sparks flew from his control panel. He saw the damage level had exceeded a safe level. " Damnit! " He tried to land his Arwing before it would explode but just as he tried to, it did.

He felt his body being singed as he plummeted to the ground from a huge height at a certain death speed. He was about to close his eyes and accept death with open arms when he saw Krystal's ship boosting toward him. She flew faster and he landed on her wing. He stood slowly, getting his balance and looked to Krystal through the hatch, " Thanks Krystal..." Krystal glanced at him, " No problem. You should be more careful though, Fox. You were lucky I was close enough to save you. " She then looked in the direction the beam had come, " Take out your plasma cannon, Fox. We've got one more bogey to take care of. " Fox nodded, then took the plasma cannon from his pack and held it ready.

Then, their attacker flew in. Fox gasped. It was Peppy's Arwing! " Peppy! " Peppy's response sounded weak and full of pain and sorrow, " Fox...Krystal...leave now...I can't control the Arwing.."

" Peppy...I can't abandon you like this, but..."

" Then you must shoot me Fox...take down this Arwing...along with me..."

What do you guys think? I'm sorry for the delay. Stupid final exams. I'm on summer vacation now though, so i'll have more time to write. Please read and review. Ideas are always welcome. Thanks and have a great day.