The halls of DCTU heard only the clicking of several people's movements. Because there weren't many agents, whenever lunch time come around, the place was pretty much empty. Of course, there would be no lunch break today for two of the top agents.

Bryan held the door open for the rest to enter.

"Alright boys and girls, welcome to our armory." He said, walking over to the counter. He picked up one of the weapons and loaded a magazine into it. Pulling back a lever he rested the stock on his hands.

"Alright, this is the M4 carbine. It's a personal favorite. Good accuracy, killer fire rate. The reload can get you if your not used to it, but that's fine. Ours are modified for a gas injection. Allows for smaller kick back when fired."

"Basically, it's our version of your assault blaster." Kasey said.

"Here, Fox, try it out. Aim for the target's center."

Fox took hold of the weapon. He checked his sights before shooting of a single shot. It hit dead center. "Looks like you've got that down. Why don't you give it a try Krystal?"

Krystal accepted the weapon from Fox and did the same thing. She hit the center, just a few millimeters off from where fox was.

"Damn…" Kasey said under her breath. "She gives me a run for my money."

Bryan just smirked. "Looks like you guys got that down good. Why don't we try something a little more powerful…"

It had taken them no longer than an hour to get both Fox and Krystal through training for most, if not all, of the weapons that they would use later on. That was followed by a quick stop at Bryan's office to call Jason and check up on his current project.

"Yah, I could find everything except for the microwave thingy. Whatever the hell it's called." Jason's voice said over the speaker phone.

"It's vital! It helps with the engines. It also creates large amounts of heat…" Krystal prodded.

"Heat you say… hold on. Amy may kill me for this one but it'll be worth it. Call you back later."

The click told everyone that Jason wasn't on the other end anymore.

"Alright. Well, if we're going to get the entire team going with us then you guys are going to have to meet them." Kasey said, moving towards the doorway.

"Right, I'll call a meeting." Bryan said, having the same thought.

After calling it over the radio and the public address system, everyone found themselves walking down the halls again. That was, until Fox slipped.

Krystal was right behind him when he went down, almost like he just a misstep his footing. She watched his head hit the ground and was quickly kneeling down next to him.

"Fox! Are you ok?"

Fox opened his eyes back up and winced a little as one of the bright lights over head was in the perfect spot to blind him. "Yah, I'm fine…" He said, his vision coming back to normal. Kasey looked at Bryan who just shrugged.

"Alright, lets keep moving."

Entering the Briefing room, the were met with three other people. Bryan looked around the room, sighing as he sat in a chair.

"Guys, where is Ivan?"

"Making more of that damn stew." Dean stated, clearly not happy with being pulled away from his desk, and his so called nap.

"He's just like Falco." Krystal mused to herself.

Fox and Krystal had taken seats in the back of the room. No one really seemed to notice them. Ivan came through the door, not soon after Krystal's musing.

"Lets be quick, I've got stew on the stove." His voice had a thick Russian accent to it.

In another part of the room, another women sat in the chair, combat boots resting on the desk in front of her.

"What was so important that you needed us all here anyway?" Krystal had to take a moment to decipher her accent as a it pure Japanese. She figured she would learn to understand it better.

"Well, how would you like to go into space and fight aliens?" Bryan said, sitting forward on the desk.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me! You called me here for this? I'm going back on patrol."

"Sit down Dean. I'm not joking. Turns out we have extra life among us." He said, pointing towards the two foxes sitting in the back of the room. The other women, her tag read Mei Ling, let out a small gasp before shouting out. "Youkai!"

"Uh, no Mei…" Bryan said, putting his hands up as he noticed Tommy's stare. The rookie never seemed to be amazed by anything before.

"These are the two aliens I told you about."

"Looks like two people in fox suits to me." Tommy said, watch the two as they made their way to the front of the room.

"Sorry there Tommy boy, but they are real, and let me tell you, there's more of them out there." Kasey said, sounding bored by the idea already.

"Shush you, the adults are talking." Tommy shot back, though it was more a normally banter then something laced with malice.

"Alright, well what it all comes down to is that there's a planet however far away called Corneria. Basically, they need our help dealing with a large threat. Don't ask me to go into details, just know that there will be a lot of tactical operations, and lots of shooting your gun off."

"Works for me." Dean said, sitting a little further back.

"Where I come from, Foxes are trouble makers. How are we to be sure this is no trick?" Mei stated, staring at Krystal. Neither fox felt offended by the comment.

"It's a long story. But I'm asking you to trust them Mei."

Mei snorted.

"Mei, come on." Bryan said, pointing towards the two foxes. "This isn't Japan. And I doubt they'll cause any trouble. Except for that one that seems to have a thing for his head hitting the ground." He said, point at Fox.

"Baka!" Mei shouted, clearly not liking the idea of trusting either fox.

"Nani?"

"I've never trusted a Fox before, why should I start now? I'm no fool."

"You'd be a fool not to trust them." Kasey said. "If we don't help deal with this threat then it could come after us. Besides, remember the agent's creed?"

Mei sighed, looking down. "Gomen. I'll do it, but I'm still not crazy about it."

"Thanks." Fox said, he sounded sincere.

Bryan had opened his mouth to end the meeting when several alarms went off. They sounded like a fire alarm, and Fox and Krystal covered their ears from the loudness of the sound. When it died out it was replaced by a voice over a radio. Everyone in the room seemed to have a little black box in their hands, looking at it as it read off an announcement.

"Code six, engine seven; medic seven. Shots fired caution advised. SWAT dispatched to 67662 Carlton drive northwest division. Back up requested. Demands have been made. Suspects identified as Sovern America. A terrorist group operating out of an unknown base. Stand By."

"Alright, everyone, get your cars warmed up and guns ready. I give it four minutes before we get called out."

It had only taken three seconds.

"This is central division. Requesting DCTU forces. Repeat, heavy forces needed. We're taking heavy fire. Looks like they're using some sort of mini-gun. We can't even poke our heads out the door. We need DCTU, ASAP! All other units, stay clear of the area."

Bryan grabbed the radio. "DCTU; five-five David here. I copy. I'll have a team assembled and at your location in under seven minutes. Code three."

Then to the team. "Alright, guys, move out."

"Uh, Bryan, problem." Kasey said, pointing to Fox and Krystal. "What are we going to do with them? We can't just leave them here."

"According to that guy… General Pepper, they're good at this kind of thing. Bring them along. Now lets go - no time to lose people!"

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Thanks to the armoring of the DCTU units every stayed intact as bullets rattled them as they came to a stop. "Man, they were not kidding. He's using some high velocity shit!" Dean yelled over the gunfire.

"See? And everyone crawled up my ass when I spent money to get the armoring on these things thicker." Bryan replied.

"Any ideas?" Mei called out from her unit, just behind Bryan.

"Yah, keep your heads down." Kasey whispered to herself.

"I say use a flash bang to blind him then just peg him in the forehead." Tommy called out.

"Great idea! Then whiles he blinded, and firing wildly at us, you can get him!" Dean replied, pulling a flash bang out.

"If you don't like my ideas, then you come up with something!"

Meanwhile Krystal surveyed the area using her telepathy powers.

"We have another problem." She said to Bryan.

"What's that?"

"Sniper. He's sitting right about the guy that's shooting at us, waiting for us to stick our heads out so he can pick us off."

"Great. Well guys, any bright ideas?"

"I could use telepathy on them… make them turn their backs for a moment thinking there's something behind them… then you could get a clear shot…" Krystal proposed.

"Telepathy? Bryan you can't seriously be considering this." Tommy said, shaking his head. "You wanna stick your head out with them shooting at us?" Bryan called back. Tommy shook his head again.

"Alright, what are we going to do?"

"Simple, I make it seem like someone is tapping them on the shoulder. Two pop out and get them in the heads."

"Easier said then done. Where's that sniper?"

A moment later Krystal replied. "Just a little to the right of the light post. Second window up. Third across."

"Alright, I'll do it." Mei said over the radio.

"Copy. I'll take the sniper." Bryan replied. "Everyone else is to cover our asses. Got it?"

"Copy."

"Whenever your ready Krystal."

"On the count of three… One… two… three!"

Bryan and Mei popped up just in time to see the big guy turn his back to them and look around, the sniper did the same, making both their heads clear targets. Two shots rang out as the rest of the team rushed the suspects.

"Suspect one, DOA!" Dean called out, keeping his foot on the hand of the dead suspect. A moment later Kasey's voice came over the radio.

"Suspect two, DOA." She confirmed for them. "Repeat, DOA."

"Copy. DCTU, clear. Put'em on safe and let'em hang guys."

"How the hell does she do that?" Bryan said to Fox, who only shrugged. "If I knew, I'd tell you."

"Alright." Bryan sighed. "Lets head back to base. See what Jason's got cooked up and see if we can get one hundred percent cooperation from the team with your particular problem."

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A/N: Okay, so, so far I've been giving a little background for the story along with giving hints about each DCTU agent's character. I've also established that they like to get things done quick and clean. Which, unfortunately made this chapter seem a little rushed.

However, next chapter is when all the fun stuff begins. They all figure a way into space without frying the Arwings thanks to a reviewer for the spelling correction and begin to meet some of the Cornerian Generals along with learn more about the threat, and freak out some of the Cornerian people… fun!