Star Fox: Digital Danger


By: Wolf E. Urameshi


Started: 2005-10-01

Finished: -

Disclaimer: All Star Fox characters and related trademarks are legal property of Nintendo; no infringement of the law is meant in any way. Also, all original characters portrayed here are property of their owners and used with permission, when applicable.

A/U: Hello there! Here is part 2 of chapter 4, which concentrates on Dimitri's 'training' as he starts his own pathway toward his uncertain future.

Chapter 4: Dimitri: Ultimate In-Training Mercenary, Part 2 of 2

Nothing could break it now. His sight was focused on the single log about three or four yards away from him. "Alright, ready?"

"Just yell already!"

"Bang!" A loud yell was heard as he pulled the trigger, holding the recoil as a phosphorescent beam emanated from the blaster, piercing it with a small hole. Smoke generated quickly as Dimitri looked at the slowly burning material that now lay on the floor. He had been at it for about three or four days, and as far as his trainers could see, improvement was running out of room. His aim became deadly, and it was evident in all of the logs and discs he had single-handedly shot with merciless accuracy.

"Psst!" His sight turned up in a blur as his eyes caught sight of several items being thrown up. His own hands did everything as he let them flow, taking hold of his feelings as they destroyed each target in the air, either bringing them to the floor or 'telling' them to fly away as they were swatted.

"Well, someone's been well trained. We really don't have anything else to teach, do we Janus?" Fox remarked as the father stepped out of nearby bushes, panting.

"Geez, you're pretty optimistic; I'm dead tired and out of Frisbees to throw!"

"Discs, father. Discs."

"Fine, fine; it's still the same to me!"

Dimitri shrugged as he turned in direction of their home. "I'm kinda tired too, I'll go to bed. Night!" He politely stated as he walked back home.

"You know," Fox said as he approached Janus and patted his shoulder, "he's really something as a son. Who knows?"

"Yes, maybe I overreacted to the whole thing. This might just do some good to him."

Later that night

"So... You love me?"

"Of course I do. Why do you think I'm doing this?"


"Just... Don't go. Please, I'm begging you."

"But if I don't go save my family, who will?"

"I'll go, as long as I don't lose you, Dimitri!"

"I can't, Karen!"

"But—Aiiiiieeee!"

"Karen!"

"No!" His whole body's sweat was slowly running down his body as he panted heavily and very quickly. Slowly, relief possessed him. "Whew, just a nightmare. But... Who was that woman...? And..." He looked up. "Why do I treat her like my lover or something? I've never met her..."

He sat straight on his canopy bed and hid his face in the palms of his talons with a long sigh. "Is this... A vision?"

The next day

"Okay, this is the last course. We do hope you're ready, 'cause we did all the work instead of Fox," a complaining Falco explained as he pointed Dimitri towards a full course which stretched all over the forest, on top of and across trees and to the finish line, which, ironically, was his house's balcony, "and you have a limit of about five minutes. Well, ready?" Before he got an answer, Dimitri was already sprinting towards his goal, giving Falco and the other two a sense of commitment. Falco reacted and looked at Krystal atop a tree. "Start counting! Start counting!" Krystal nodded and activated a timer as Dimitri officially started his final stroll.

He quickly took out the blaster Fox gave him as he saw targets in the path ahead. His trigger was busy firing a stream of beams as they hit their targets on time. "Good, just a bazillion more to go. I just hope my stupid legs are fast enough."

"Think he'll make it?" Falco asked as Fox shrugged. "What? That's your response?" His surprised tone made the fact that Fox didn't want to jump to conclusions evident.

"Only one way to know, right?"

Meanwhile, Dimitri was busy climbing a tree as he also fired in the other direction at all targets visible. They were so tangible and yet fragile, he almost pitied them, but this was no time to think about it. Time quickly faded away as he climbed and shot in unison, his desperation starting to get the best of him. Once he was at the top, he used a vine close to him to swing himself across the chasm with one hand, the other doing the shooting. Finally he got to the other side and slid down another vine as he fired again, quickly becoming a routine. "This is getting boring..."

"How much more left?" Fox inquired to Krystal as she looked at the timer.

"Just thirty more seconds! I think he'll make it!" Her hopes for him were showing as Cecilia, who was watching everything from the nearby tree Krystal was in, heard. She knelt speechless on the tree's strongest branch as Dimitri ran around and fired like a maniac, ironically hitting everything.

"Arg, I'm not going to make it!" At long last his hurry and worry arose as he started to lose concentration, barely hitting the moving targets that made his life impossible in previous situations. However, they were soon gone as he noticed his house was just around a corner. "Yes, almost there!"

"Ten seconds!" Krystal and Cecilia crossed their fingers as Dimitri turned the long corner, almost falling as he slipped on the devious dirt. He entered in and quickly located his bedroom, yelling as he jumped on his bed, "Home free!"

"He made it! By nearly two seconds!"

Yay, three seconds! Whew, this was an adrenaline-filled joyride wasn't it? Please review and see you soon!