Dual Sides

Chapter 5 - Group Meeting

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Meanwhile, somewhere in Corneria, there was a lonely sea craft submerged in the sea just beside the capital city. A smaller pod entered to the docking bay of the ship, and its passenger, a white tiger, traversed into the interior after departing from his vessel.

This feline having a muscular built, with a scar on his right eye, donned a purple, fitted, sleeveless suit, a black utility belt, green pants, and dark brown boots. He had two straps running from his shoulders to his waist, and two sheathed katanas were held on those lashes. He wore a pair of black gloves that didn't cover the fingers. Finally, his cunning, determination and intelligence were being revealed by his looks. It was safe to tell that he was no ordinary person.

As he entered a chamber, he was greeted with an eerie voice. "Hmm… So you finally came," the tone growled while passing through the walls. "I thought you did not like my offer…"

"Hmph," the tiger replied while crossing his arms. "Right… I wouldn't have to risk my hide escaping from my ultra-tight prison if I have to answer no! Though I never liked your offer, I'm quite interested in the consequences… and the deal…" He then continued to walk on the hallway. After moving a few steps, he cupped his left arm, creating perpetual energy. He then closed his hand, and smirked, "Here's a demonstration on what I'll give… High Fever!" As the light dissipated from his left hand, a camera hanged at a corner of a wall suddenly turned red. It then formed blisters, which then burst up as molten metal. The melted object then dropped down like a splat.

"So that's the so-called Nanotechnology developed in your system, huh?" the voice presumed. "Very well… I knew it! Working with you will be something fruitful… After all, you're Bagdol, the infamous terrorist in System Asgardi."

"Enough with the flattering," the feline smiled sinisterly as he stopped in front of a door. "Let's begin with the discussion, Andross." The door opened, and then walked into the room. The panel then slid down, making the entry tightly shut.

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"We have them here, sir," Fox reported to the general. "We had trouble earlier at the meeting place thanks to an ambush, but our acquaintances took care of them. So… were supposed to send them there, right?"

The hologram of Gen. Pepper projected at a monitor in the bridge of Great Fox slowly showed static. Before long, the dog replied, "Indeed. Head directly at the defense force here in Corneria. I shall then dismiss you. Good day, Star Fox!" The image faded from the screen, and then Fox sighed out in relief.

"Phew… Finally, that's done!" he sighed out as he relaxed back on his seat. "So, Slippy, is the connection to their ship and ours done?"

"Hold on a sec," the frog answered back while looking at his console. It showed an icon of two ships merging and a digit that was gradually going from a higher value to a lower value. "Almost there… Three… Two… One… We're connected!"

"Great! Finally, we can talk to them personally," the vulpine smiled as he opened a line to the Galaxy Fang, the starship of Lone Star. He spoke at a small microphone, "This is Fox McCloud speaking. Lone Star, I want all of you to enter our ship and head to the lobby… Me, and everyone else, would like to talk to you guys… normally." He then cut the line out.

"Normally?" Wolf wondered. He looked at the brown fox and grinned, "So all this time, you weren't actually speaking normally?"

"Shut up, Wolf!" Fox laughed as he jumped out from his seat. "Come on, let's go meet up with them. I wanna know who our acquaintances really are." Everybody looked at each other and simply followed him.

Peppy disagreed. "I'll stay at the bridge with Falco and Leon." The bird, who was excited to come along, felt enraged, that he started to throw tantrums. The hare looked at him keenly, making Falco stop. "Well, how about you, Leon?" The chameleon just snickered and smiled. "You guys go ahead. We'll keep an eye here."

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"Let me get this straight," Lobo asked for assurance as he relaxed himself on the green sofa at the lounge of Great Fox. "You want to know what we did earlier, right? Well, you see… It's something complicated…"

Fox gave firm look. "But the stuff you did earlier… They were amazing!" he spoke out with his arms gesturing the excitement he felt. "You were able to use a medium-sized weapon, yet you weren't even carrying it! It was compacted in a small sphere! Your teammates as well… They did some sort of… magic… and Raven's and Verdigo's weapon have solid laser… I have no idea about your system and the technology in it, so I want to know …"

"I think I'll do the explaining," Hanna grinned, pausing the vulpine's dialogue. "We were able to do those things earlier thanks to Nanotechnology. It's basically a program that manipulates atoms. The Nanotechnology that allow laser to be able to form a shape and compact certain weapons is a complicated type." The Lylatians felt aghast from the word - Nanotechnology. The rabbit continued, "However, the Nanotechnology responsible of materialization of a certain form of energy, like fire, is simple to explain." She took out a very small earpiece behind her left ear and a grabbed small device from her belt. She then showed them. "Nanotech, the popularized name for this simple Nanotechnology, requires a PDA capable of processing the program, the data disc containing the different variables of Nanotech, and brain waves transmitted from the user's brain which is collected by this small piece." She then placed them back, and then held out her palm.

"Ah… demonstracion!" Verdigo signaled them as he placed a plastic cup on a table. "Fuego, señorita!"

Digital light gathered around her hand. "Ice Cage!" she called out. The light vanished from her hand, and suddenly, the surroundings of the target became frozen. The frost gradually moved to the drinking container, and finally, the ice trapped the object.

"That was amazing!" Krystal gasped. "I'm not sure if it is even similar to the Krazoa Staff back before at Sauria!" Panther made a slight look at her, wondering what she meant by that.

"Basically," Hanna continued as she lowered back her arm, "all I, the user, have to do is to focus in the Nanotech I am going to use, provided that the data disc inserted at the PDA contains that Nanotech." After finishing her sentence, the ice crumbled, ruining the trapped cup in it.

"Hmm… sounds interesting," Wolf, while keeping his hands crossed, commented. "Heh, and I wonder why Lylat isn't advancing…" He then looked at Fox and asked, "Anyway, Fox, why did you ask them about this. I'm sure everybody here wanted to learn about this Nanotechnology stuff, but I have a hunch that tells me that that's not your intention…"

Fox looked down. He then nodded and answered, "Okay, I'll be honest." He then faced Lone Star and wondered, "The way how Nanotechnology works is complicated. However, using Nanotech seemed simple… Can you guys let us use them?"

Lobo however shook his head. He replied, "It's not that we don't want to teach you this, but…" Before he could finish though, the whole ship suddenly felt turbulence. Everybody was knocked down to the floor. "What happened?"

"We have an emergency!" Leon announced from the speakers. "Basically, we're caught in the line of fire between two unknown ships. We're also inside an asteroid field! This was very odd, since we hadn't encountered them earlier! I'll open the hologram there for you guys to see our current condition!"

A capsule at the side of the lounge opened up. It showed the Great Fox - Galaxy Fang connected ships barged by meteors. There were also two ships of different colors at the sides, firing each other with lasers.

"Hmm," Alieu wondered while looking closer at one of the firing spacecrafts. "Hey, Lobo… This one...! It looks like… Shattered Nebula, the flagship of Black Lupus! That other one looks like… Lone Meteor's battleship, the Frigate Alligator!"

"Rats," Lobo growled as he stood up. "We have to intervene with their firing! Fox, sorry but we have to disconnect our ships…"

"You helped us before, so we'll help you out here," Fox sparked out with his teeth showing out. "We'll help you take them down."

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