Chapter 2 – Sickness, or is it?

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Falco swung his sword at Krystal, knocking her onto the ground.

"Now I've got you!" he said.

Then, just as Falco was about to perform a move that would've finished her off, Krystal rolled out of the way and struck him with a series of attacks, until she eventually knocked him off the platform.

"What?!" Falco cried, "I can't believe you beat me again!"

"Well, believe it." Krystal replied.

Falco scowled as he put down his controller and walked out of the room.

"That's your seventh win in a row." said Wolf, "You're good."

The Star Fox team was returning home after yet another successful mission. Fox and Wolf were now married to their loved ones and both couples had had a happy honeymoon. Wolf had also been blessed with a now 2-month-old son named Raymond O'Donnell, who was at home with Sarah on Corneria.

Krystal put down her controller, and stood up, and stretched. Just as she did, though, she started to feel dizzy.

"What's wrong, Krys?" Fox asked.

"I… It's nothing." said Krystal, "I'll be fine."

Later, as Fox and Kyle were playing against each other, Krystal put her hand to her stomach and moaned.

"You feeling okay?" Wolf asked.

"I think I have to…"

Krystal suddenly put her hand over her mouth and ran to a nearby trash can, where she started throwing up. After she was finished, she grabbed a box of Kleenexes, pulled one out and started wiping her face. Fox paused the game, got up, and walked over to her.

"Feel any better?" he asked.

"I think so."

Suddenly, the dizziness struck her again and she began to fall over. Fox quickly caught her before she could hit the floor.

"I'm feeling kind of dizzy." she said.

"Maybe you should get some rest." said Kyle, "You should feel better tomorrow."

Krystal nodded and Fox helped her to bed.

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Fox woke up early the next morning and noticed that Krystal wasn't next to him anymore. Looking around, he saw that the door to his private bathroom was closed and he could see the light on through the crack at the bottom of the door. Getting worried, Fox used his ring to talk to her.

"Krys? You sure you're okay?"

Krystal's reply came a few seconds later.

"I'm fine, really. You don't have to…"

Fox then heard Krystal throwing up again. Then as the toilet flushed, he thought he heard the sound of her crying. Fox threw the bedcovers aside, walked to the bathroom, and opened the door. Sure enough, Krystal was leaning on the toilet seat sobbing her eyes out.

"What's the matter, honey?" Fox asked.

"This just keeps happening to me." she said, "It's happened to me all day yesterday and all of last night. I couldn't get much sleep because I kept feeling dizzy and throwing up."

Krystal took a few sheets of toilet paper and blew her nose.

"I just don't know what's wrong with me."

Fox put his arms around her and patted her back.

"I'll go get Kyle." he said, "He'll know what to do."

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Kyle took the thermometer out of Krystal's mouth and read it.

"Your temperature's normal, so you don't appear to be sick."

"Do you have any idea what it could be?" Fox asked.

Kyle thought about it.

"Well, I do know of one possible explanation." he said, "Just to be sure though, I'll need to perform some tests on her."

Fox looked at Krystal, who nodded and said, "All right."

"Okay. I'll come check on you later."

Fox kissed her and left.