Note: Okay, this chapter is a Star Fox oneshot, but it will feature a cameo from Tech E. Coyote (as I said before, Tech will appear in a LOT of these chapters). As such, he will appear on Corneria to do something.

Tech: What will I do?

Fox: I'm sure that it's a major role.

Tech: Where the hell were you during the previous chapter?

Fox: I was looking for Wolf.

Tech: We probably should have sent you a message.

Fox: Yeah, you should have done that. Then again, there was a Rolling Stones reference.

Me: Do you not like them?

Fox: I only listened to two of their songs.

Tech: Check out some more of their stuff then.

Fox: Okay, I'll do that.

Me: I have a LOT of bands to recommend to him!

Tech: You and me both!

Alright, time for chapter 8

Chapter 8: Giant Panther

It was a slow day on Corneria, as not an awful lot was happening. The Star Fox team was walking down the street, looking tired.

"Why did we have to get up so early in the morning, again?" Slippy asked as he yawned.

"Peppy invited us to some meeting at the Corneria City Hall." Fox answered.

"What's it about?" Slippy asked.

"A scientist from a different star system." Krystal said.

"That's what the meeting's about?" Falco said, "Only Peppy would have us come to something boring like this."

"I think that it might be interesting to learn about this guy's findings." Krystal said.

"Me too!" Slippy said.

"I'm kinda with Falco," Fox said, "it would be kinda boring."

Before any of them could come near the City Hall, the four came near Wolf and Leon. Much to their surprise, the two Star Wolf members looked exhausted.

"Gee, what happened to you guys?" Krystal asked.

"Looks like you guys have been doing a morning jog!" Slippy said.

"Or maybe a morning fall!" Falco snickered.

"Be quiet, bird!" Leon said.

"Yeah, I wouldn't be laughing if I were you!" Wolf said.

The two looked worried (which was rare for Leon).

"What's wrong with you, guys?" Fox asked.

"We messed up, that's what's wrong!" Wolf said.

"Can you at least tell us what happened?" Falco asked, intent on avoiding the two.

"Leon did an experiment this morning." Wolf explained, "He took a living subject and injected him full of a formula that can make someone grow into a giant. Now, said subject is loose in the city."

"You guys don't seem incredibly concerned." Slippy said.

Leon smiled "That doesn't matter. After all, when the subject finds you, he'll eat you all."

"Who is the subject anyway?" Fox asked.

"Panther." Wolf and Leon said.

"Panther?" Falco asked, "That's who you made a giant?"

"Laugh now, bird!" Leon taunted, "He might be someone you wouldn't think of as a threat, but he will smash Corneria City as a giant."

"I don't think Panther would harm Krystal," Fox said, "even if he was a giant."

"He's not getting ahold of her," Falco said, "we'll make sure of that!"

"Hey, Fox!" Slippy said.

"What is it Slip?" Fox asked.

"Can we go into the City Hall?" The toad asked.

"Sure buddy." Fox walked towards the door and opened it for Krystal, "Ladies first."

"Thanks." Krystal said.

"A gentleman like Panther, eh?" Wolf teased his rival.

"Shut up." Fox quietly said.

"You should've slit his throat when you had the chance." Leon whispered to his friend.

"We might as well go in while we're at it." Wolf said.

"Agreed," Leon said as he and Wolf entered the building, "this meeting might actually be fun."


Inside of City Hall, the citizens of Corneria were waiting for the scientist who was supposed to appear. Everyone was silent, not wanting to interrupt the genius when he spoke to them. When the time came, a brown coyote walked up to the stage and took the microphone.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." The coyote spoke, "This is Tech E. Coyote of Acmetropolis on behalf of the people of Corneria. How is everyone doing?"

Peppy raised his hand "We're all doing fine."

"Good to know," Tech said, "now I will get into the subject of this meeting: a potential treaty between Acmetropolis and Corneria. However, I'm not sure if the other planets in the Lylat System will partake in the treaty."

"Especially not Venom!" Slippy raised his hand.

"I've been there and I couldn't enter the atmosphere without a HAZMAT suit." Tech said.

"Tell me about it." Falco chuckled.

"Be quiet, foul buzzard." Leon whispered.

"Well I'm sorry, Lizard boy," The avian whispered back, "I'm just trying to have fun during such a boring event."

"Fun things will happen when Panther gets here." Wolf said.

"Speaking of Panther," Krystal said, "what the hell is he going to do now that he's a giant? I mean, he doesn't strike me as the kind of giant who would eat people."

"That might be true," Wolf said, "but I can tell you this, Krystal: that Panther has seen a LOT of movies."

Back on the stage, Tech continued to speak about why he was on Corneria until something shook the building.

"What was that?" The coyote asked, "Does Corneria have earthquakes?"

"Oh boy!" Slippy said in fear.

"I take it that the giant love-struck idiot just arrived?" Falco asked.

"More than likely," Krystal said, "I can sense him! He's a few minutes away from here!"

"Since Panther is bigger now," Leon said, "a few minutes turns into a split second, Blue."

"I'll keep that enormous creep from grabbing Krystal." Fox said.

"But Fox, he'll kill you!" Krystal said.

"Hopefully by biting his head off." Leon chuckled.

"Oh shut up!" Falco yelled at the chameleon.

All of a sudden, there was a yellow sphere with a black slit on it near one of the windows.

"Fox," Slippy said, "what is that thing?"

"I have no idea." Fox said.

"It's an eye!" Krystal whispered in fear, "That's Panther's eye!"

"Talk about a literal eye in the sky!" Tech said from the stage.

Something smashed the window open, startling the crowd. An enormous hand began to reach inside of the City Hall. In response, Fox smacked it with the chair. A roar of pain came from outside, belonging to the creature the hand belonged to: Panther Caroso. The giant then reeled his hand out of the building.

"Now then, if we can continue, I would like to speak about a treaty between Acmetropolis and Fortuna." Tech spoke.

"I wouldn't get comfortable, Coyote." Wolf said, "Panther's not going to leave."

"He's right!" Krystal said, "Panther's going to tear the roof off of the City Hall!"

"Rats!" Peppy said, "We all need to run for the hills!"

"Follow me!" Fox said as he ran to the door.

"It's no use, Fox!" Wolf said, "Panther's probably inches away from getting the whole damn roof off!"

True to Wolf's word, the roof to the City Hall was ripped off by the now giant Panther. Desperate to get out, everyone in the building ran to the door, with some running out of the building. Krystal tried to get to the door as fast as possible, but Panther was right on her tail.

"Come on, Krystal!" Fox said.

"I'm trying, Fox, I really am!" Krystal screamed.

Before Krystal could come near Fox, Panther caught her in his hand. He then lifted the captured vixen up in the air, bringing her closer to his head.

"Don't eat me!" The vixen shrieked.

"Why, hello Krystal!" Panther laughed, "I always wanted to be with you, I just didn't think that you would be in the palm of my hand!"

"Fox, help!" Krystal screamed.

"Krystal!" Fox screamed.

"You creep, put her down!" Falco shouted.

They were too late to stop the giant feline from abducting Krystal. Laughing at them, Panther escaped their sight with the cobalt vixen in his clutches.

"Grabbing a woman in his hand and carrying her off?" Peppy asked, then sighed, "That crazy cat's seen the movie, alright."

"Like we said before," Leon said, annoyed, "Panther's seen a number of movies!"

"And I think he's re-enacting the one that fascinated him the most." Wolf sighed.

"At least he made today interesting!" Falco said.

"How? Krystal's in trouble!" Slippy asked.

"We get to fight Panther and rescue Krystal!" Fox said.

As he walked by, Tech said "Don't look at me, do you know how hard it is to send a transmission to another star system?!"

Fox sighed "Since he's out, I guess Falco, Slippy, and I will go after them."

"Good call!" Peppy said.

"While we go and get the formula that will shrink Panther back to his original height!" Wolf said.

"Agreed!" Leon said as they both ran off.


"Panther, put me down!" Krystal shouted, "This isn't funny!"

"Now calm down, little lady." Panther calmly said, "I'm not hurting you in any way, so I'm not a threat."

"I just don't appreciate being grabbed and carried away from my teammates!" The vixen in his hand yelled.

"For a telepath, you can really be feisty!" The giant laughed.

"It's not easy being the only girl on the team!" Krystal frowned.

"I can only imagine!" Panther snickered.

"Where are you taking me anyway?!" Krystal yelled.

"Oh, you'll see!" The huge feline said ominously.


"Alright guys, let's take that big cat down!" Fox said as he flew through the sky with Falco and Slippy behind him.

An alert went off inside their arwings. Without hesitation, Fox answered it.

"Star Fox, we have an emergency!" General Pepper's voice came from the speakers.

"We know Sir," Fox said, "Panther's swelled to a monstrous size!"

"That's not all Fox," Pepper continued, "he's also climbing one of the tallest buildings in Corneria with one of your teammates in his hand!"

"Kinda figured he'd do that!" Falco said.

"Yeah," Slippy said, "that crazy cat's seen a lot of movies! That's what Wolf told us!"

"Anyway," The General said, "Panther's sitting on the roof of the building and he's not going to come down as long as he's giant and has Krystal as a hostage! We need to stop him! Hurry, Star Fox!"

"We're on it, General!" Fox said.

The arwings flew faster as the group used their boosts. As they continued to fly, they could see what the General was describing: Panther was on top of one of the largest buildings in Corneria. In addition to that, he had Krystal in his grasp, refusing to let her go. Star Fox had to get them both down, but they needed to be careful. If they shot at Panther while he held Krystal, he would drop her, causing her to fall to her death.

"Let's be careful, guys!" Slippy said.

"Yeah, because if Krystal gets dropped, she'll splatter on the pavement!" Falco said.

"I think we know that, buddy!" Fox said.

"Just letting you know!" Falco said.

"Eat this, you giant kitty!" Slippy yelled as he fired his arwing cannons at Panther, each shot missing the giant Star Wolf member.

Annoyed, Panther swung his tail at the three arwings. While it missed Fox and Falco, it hit Slippy on the right side. Before the toad could fall to the ground, Panther grabbed the damaged arwing and opened the cockpit.

"Oh no!" Fox screamed.

"Dammit, Slippy!" Falco sighed, "Why didn't we just have you blind that crazy cat?!"

"I've always wondered what an amphibian would taste like." Panther said, licking his lips.

"Don't eat him!" Krystal screamed in fear.

"You don't want to eat me," Slippy pleaded, knowing that Panther could swallow him, "I might taste bad! I might even give you heartburn!"

"That's a risk I'm willing to take!" The giant feline said as he brought the arwing closer to his mouth.

"NO!!" Slippy screamed.

Before he could be tossed into Panther's mouth, a blast hit the massive feline's hand, freeing Slippy's arwing.

"Okay, who did that?!" Panther roared in pain.

"I'm with him," Falco said, "who did that?"

"It wasn't you or Fox?" Slippy asked.

From the horizon, another ship came flying towards the tower.

"Now what?" Panther asked, clearly unamused.

"Hey Fox," A voice called from the ship, "need some help?!"

"Good to see you, Bill!" Fox said.

"Yeah, that's what I'm talking about!" Slippy said.

"This day just keeps getting better!" Falco said as they flew to continue the battle.


Wolf and Leon were inside the tower, walking up the stairs while carrying a syringe full of red liquid.

"Why couldn't we walk up the elevator again?" Leon asked.

"Because that would be too quick!" Wolf said.

"Why are we even doing this again?" Leon asked.

"Don't you want Panther back to normal size?" Wolf asked.

"Not really," The chameleon said, "if the cat swallows up Fox, Falco and Slippy, we won't have to deal with them again!"

"There's also Krystal," Wolf added, "what will we do with her?"

"We could ship her off to a factory," Leon said, "or maybe add her to the team."

"Let's go with the latter." Wolf said.

The two continued to walk up the stairway, where Tech was waiting at the top.

"Oh great," Wolf grumbled, "it's that coyote scientist!"

"Wouldn't be surprised if he wants to bore us to death!" Leon said.

"Actually, I want to inject that Panther guy with whatever you got in that syringe." Tech said.

"Why, though?" Wolf asked.

"Even though my team is still on Acmetropolis," Tech explained, "but that doesn't mean that I can't do any heroic stuff."

"Don't get the wrong idea," Wolf snorted, "Leon and I are only injecting Panther because he's a valuable member of the team when the situation calls for it!"

"Friendly, aren't you?" Tech asked in sarcasm.


"Well rats," Panther grumbled, "looks like my fun just ended."

"Drop the fox, Caroso!" Bill shouted through his ship's speakers.

Complying with the pilot's orders, Panther carefully lowered Krystal on to the roof.

"Thanks," Krystal said, "I was getting crushed."

"I'm more or less just letting you go for now, ma'am." Panther winked.

Krystal sighed before Panther turned to fight Fox, Falco, Slippy and Bill.

"I'll take you all on!" The giant feline arrogantly said, "Fire at me all you want, I'll just swat you all down!"

Behind Krystal, a door opened. Out from the door came Wolf, Leon and Tech.

"This is easier than we thought!" Leon laughed.

"Didn't expect the girl to be out of Panther's grasp!" Wolf said.

"When should we inject Panther?" Tech asked.

"When I say we can." Wolf grunted.

Back to Panther, he was swinging his tail at the the four men who were trying to shoot him down. However, his attackers proved to be quick enough to dodge. Fox fired at the giant cat, landing a few shots near him. Falco and Slippy followed suit with the fire power, one of the shots hitting Panther in the shoulder.

"Now that hurt!" Panther said, albeit with mischief in his voice, "How rude of you!"

"There's plenty more where that came from!" Fox shouted.

Wolf sighed in annoyance "Alright Panther, I think that you've been giant long enough!"

"What do you mean?" The feline asked.

"He means that we have the stuff that will turn you back to your normal height." Leon said.

"And I'm here to help." Tech said.

"Well, it has been getting kinda boring up here!" The large cat said.

"So are you going to come here?" Wolf asked.

"I guess so." Panther said.

Moving towards his teammates, Krystal and Tech, Panther knelt down. Now that he was down, the feline felt the syringe enter his arm. When it was pulled out, Panther began to shrink. After a few seconds, the ladies' man was back to his normal height.

"This is the last time you will be our test subject." Wolf said.

"After today, I understand." Panther sighed.

"I guess that I should head home." Tech said.

"You're not going to stay so that you can be given credit?" Wolf asked.

"The others are probably waiting for me." The coyote said, "Bye, I guess!"

When he was out of sight, Krystal got up from the roof's surface.

"Yo Krystal," Fox called, "want me to get your arwing?"

"I guess I can take a ride home with you." The cobalt vixen said.

"Okay, hop on in!" Fox said as he landed his arwing near her.

Before she entered, Krystal turned to Panther and said "Panther, I know that we're on enemy teams, but I have some advice for you: get with a girl who likes you back."

"Will do." Panther nodded.

"Didn't think that he would listen." Leon whispered.

"Me neither." Wolf whispered.


As soon as they got to the bottom of the tower, Star Wolf were greeted by a familiar face: Miyu Lynx.

"Oh, it's you." Wolf said, somewhat surprised to see her.

"Star Wolf." Miyu said.

"State your purpose." Leon said.

Miyu turned her head to Panther "I take it you are the giant that was on that tower?"

"Of course I am." Panther smiled, "Name's Panther Caroso, Miss."

"I would like to know if you want to hang out sometime?" Miyu asked.

"I'm free around ten." Panther said.

"Great, I'll see you then." The lynx said as she kissed him on the cheek.

Thanks Krystal Panther thought to himself, knowing that the vixen's advice worked.

"What's he smiling about?" Wolf asked.

"No idea." Leon said

Note: This chapter was ... a doozy for me. If you're wondering why I wrote two crossover chapters between Star Fox and Loonatics Unleashed, here's my answer: I don't know. I admit, I probably should have made this fanfic full of oneshots contain mainly Star Fox stories, partially due to the first chapter featuring Katt. However, I just like to put Tech in certain chapters because he's a character you can like.

As a bit of trivia, I originally intended for Panther to be King Kong in Eighth Wonder of Corneria. Maybe I should've done that instead of inserting a parody of Kong into the story, shouldn't I?

Okay, seeing as a lot of you are probably not pleased with the chapters I have written right now, I should probably just end this chapter. If you have something to say, leave a review. Until next time guys, peace!