Chapter 4 – Star Fox to the rescue

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"Don't worry, Fox." Peppy assured him, "I'm sure she'll be fine."

Fox just sat in his chair, reading a book, while the jukebox was playing. As the door opened, Fox turned his head, expecting Kyle to come in. Instead, it was Wolf, who was finishing his conversation on his cell-phone.

"Okay honey. Love you too. Bye."

Fox, feeling slightly disappointed, went back to his reading.

"How's Sarah?" Peppy asked.

"Well, Ray's proving to be a handful for her," Wolf said, as he took his seat, "but she's doing her best."

"Sir, incoming transmission from General Pepper." ROB said.

"Sounds like we've got another job." said Peppy.

Fox put his book down.

"All right, Slippy, turn it down." he said.

Slippy sighed and reached for his wrench. But before he could pick it up, Wolf stepped on it.

"He told you to turn it down, not throw a wrench at it."

"All right, all right, sorry." Slippy said, as he stumbled over to the jukebox and turned it down.

Fox grinned. Despite the tension between them during the Lylat war, Fox was still glad to have Wolf on the team.

General Pepper appeared on the screen.

"Good morning, Star Fox." he said, "I've just received an urgent transmission from General Stukhov on Katina. There is something terrible going on over there and the population is preparing to evacuate the planet. I need you to head on over there and…"

"Whoa, whoa," Fox said, "Evacuate? Why? What's going on?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Just get over there, quickly!"

The transmission ended.

"Whatever's going on there, it must be important." Peppy said.

"Yeah, you're right." said Fox, "ROB, set a course for Katina."

"Yes, sir."

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Within a few minutes, the Great Fox arrived at Katina.

"Receiving incoming transmission from General Stukhov." ROB said, "I'm putting it on screen."

General Stukhov appeared on the screen.

"Star Fox!" he said, "Am I ever glad to see you. We could really use your help."

"Just what is the problem, General?" Wolf asked.

"You mean General Pepper did not tell you? This planet is being…"

Suddenly, Falco burst into the room.

"Guys!" he shouted, "There's something on the news that you're not gonna believe! There are zombies on Katina and they're attacking the base!"

"What?!" everyone shouted.

"Yes." Stukhov said, "That is what I was going to tell you."

Everyone looked at each other.

"Could you excuse us a moment?" Fox asked Stukhov.

"Okay, but please hurry."

Fox motioned for the others to follow, and they all ran to the entertainment room, where the TV was on. There was live footage of zombies slowly moving towards the base. Falco picked up the remote and turned up the volume.

"…and at this point, we still have no idea how this started or how to stop these zombies."

Fox and the others looked back in awe.

"Real zombies?!" cried Wolf, "I can't believe it!"

The anchor paused for a moment, putting her hand to her headset.

"This just in." she said, "We've received word that General Pepper has asked the Star Fox team to help with the evacuation of Katina and the Great Fox has just arrived there. If anyone can help, it's them."

Fox turned off the TV.

"Well, you heard the lady." he said, "Let's get to it. Peppy, tell Stukhov we're on our way."

"Got it, Fox." Peppy said.

"Everyone else, to the docking bay!"

Fox, Falco, Slippy, and Wolf ran to the docking bay, jumped into their arwings and headed out to the battle.

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Soon after the pilots had left, Kyle came into the command post.

"Well, Fox, I have good news." he said, "From the tests I've performed…"

Kyle looked around and found that the command post was completely empty except for him, ROB, and Peppy.

"Fox and the others are on a mission." Peppy told him.

"Ah, I see."

"So, Kyle, what's up with Krystal?"

"Well, I'll tell you, but don't tell anyone else until Fox finds out."

"Okay."

Kyle whispered into Peppy's ear.

"Really?"

Kyle nodded.

"Wow. Fox is gonna be surprised to hear that."