A/N: Well everyone…I'm back, after about a month or two from the last chapter, it was an awesome break and I'm glad to be back to please my fans…I've been doing some thought on the chapter length and I've come to the conclusion that 5000-6000 words is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much for me! It was nice but it just took me too long to update…So I'm going to shorten up my chapters, but make more of them, that way it'll give me more ways to think of how to torture you all with cliffhangers! MUAHAHAHA! So the story will be just as long as I planned it from the time I started, it'll just have more chapters…enjoy!
Chapter VI: A Golden Moment
Fox knelt by his fallen comrade, he held back his tears of despair and gazed up at Krystal. "Krystal, why does this keep happening to us? Why can't this all just go away?" Fox quietly asked.
The vixen gazed softly into Fox's eyes she didn't know what to tell him. She put her paw on Fox's shoulder knelt down beside him and softly kissed his muzzle. "Fox I'm sure whatever Invictus is trying to do, we will stop him…I just know it." Krystal said trying to reassure her beloved Fox.
A small smile stretched on Fox's visage and put his paw around her soft blue stomach. "Thanks Krys, that's just what I needed. Now what are we going to do with Oscar's body?"
Krystal gazed at the avian's lifeless body and on his face she could see a slight grin. "The only thing to do is call the medical squad." She mused still looking at Oscar. The vixen ambled over to the phone hanging on the wall. She took it off the hook and dialed the emergency medical number. "Hello? Yes we need to have the medical squad come to the Corneria City Bank Tower on 4736 Juniper drive, we have a body that needs to be picked up….Thank you." Krystal hung up the phone, "They will be here in less than five minutes."
Fox acknowledged her with a grin and a nod then adjusted his gaze back to Oscar. "He went out in a blaze of glory…that's the best way to go. How are we going to tell Falco? He's going to be really pissed off." The vulpine said rising off the floor. Krystal shrugged her shoulders.
"Guuuh what the hell happened?" Falco groaned waking up from his small coma. He felt a slight pain in his chest and looked down to see a small burn mark on his vest. The avian then recalled Fox acting really strange then it was all blank. The eagle sat down on the curb, rested his elbows on his knees and rubbed his eyes.
"Mate…are you alright?" Simon asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah…I'm alright." Falco said still a little dazed from when he was knocked out cold. He took his hands away from his eyes and gazed up to see the wrecked car that Gemini had landed on. "What the freakin' crap, what happened here?"
The ash grey vulpine shook his head, "Mate I have no bloody clue…it's been as crazy as hell since your friends went up in that tower. Your mate um…Fox had asked me to watch you when you were out cold, I was sitting here minding my own business when I hear a crash and see glass fall out of the tower. Then a few minutes later I see that guy hanging out of the window. Then all of a sudden he falls to his death." Simon said pointed to the trashed car and body.
Falco stood up and started making his way across the street to the wreckage. He slowly approached the car, and looked over at the bloodied corpse. Falco winced and stepped back, for once something was too horrific for him to handle. He took several steps over, and then the sound of sirens echoed throughout the city. A few police vehicles and an ambulance rounded the corner, now Falco was becoming concerned. The vehicles stopped short of the building and medics and cops started to jump frantically out of their vehicles. Two medics went to the back of the ambulance and pulled out a stretcher, then started running up to the building. Falco stepped in front of them, "Wait…what is going on?"
"Sir out of the way, we have a situation." The marmoset medic said calmly.
Falco refused to let them through, "No not until you tell me what the hell is happening."
The other medic was slightly more impatient, "Hey just get out of the way it's none of…." His partner held up his paw signaling him to stop talking.
"All we know is that we were called in to pick up a body…that's it" The marmoset alleged.
The avian thought for a moment, "Wait…if that body is there and there going inside to pick one up that means…oh damn" Falco ran for the door to the tower and then called back, "What floor is it?"
"Just lets us lead you, we are going up there anyway!" The medic called back. The avian answered with a nod and the group headed up the tower. Falco flung the glass doors open causing them to slam against the wall. They sprinted to the elevator and the avian slammed the up button and he impatiently tapped his foot. "Come on you damned thing." Falco frustratingly commented to himself. The elevator reached the ground floor and the trio rushed inside, the doors sliding shut behind them. The whirring of the gears was heard as the elevator rushed to the eighth floor.
The shaft reached the floor and the doors opened with a small ding. The two medics exited first wheeling the stretcher to the location they were told to go. The avian followed closely behind and rounded the corner and came to a dead halt in the doorway. He saw his best friend and companion, Oscar, lying in his own blood. Fox tilted his head to the door, and saw Falco standing there eyes wide. "Falco…." Fox started to say. The avian turned from the doorway and leaned his back against the wall.
"Falco listen…he gave his life for us. He saved us from Gemini." Fox alleged softly to his avian friend. Falco sighed heavily, he knew there was nothing he could do about it.
"So he died a hero huh?" Falco asked calmly.
"Yes Falco…he died a hero." Fox said back smiling brightly.
The avian trotted into the room and knelt down by Oscar. Something that no one ever sees appeared on his visage, a tear. Fox slowly approached him and patted him on the back, "Hey it's ok, I know how you feel…believe me bro, when I lost my dad…" The vulpine stopped sort of his sentence, he didn't want to depress Falco any more than he already was. "Sorry if I…" Fox started up again placing his paw around the nape of his neck.
The avian looked up at him and smiled, "Not a problem, it's ok." Falco stepped out of the way to let the medics put Oscar in a black body bag. They placed it on the floor and unzipped it, then picked up the deceased avian's body and placed it inside. As they zipped up the bag Falco could have sworn he saw a small smile arise from Oscar's visage as the bag zipped to the top. Falco placed his winged arms below the bag and helped the medics place it on the stretcher, and said some final words for his friend before they took him away. "Goodbye Oscar, you were like a brother to me…I'm glad you went out with a bang, and I remember you telling me that, that's how you would like to die…a hero."
Everyone headed down to the lobby, and Fox shut the door behind him. The elevator hit the ground floor and they poured out of it, on lookers staring at the body bag, un aware of what just happened. They got outside into the fresh air and placed the body in the ambulance and sped away sirens blaring. Falco watched it as they rounded the corner at the end of the street. Falco felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned to see Katt looking into his eyes. "Katt…" He said softly.
She hugged him tightly, "Oh Falco…I'm so sorry, I heard all about it." She said her head rested on his shoulder.
Falco brought his wings around her body and hugged her tightly, "I'm ok Katt...there's nothing I can do about it now."
Peppy staggered to his feet awakening from the surprise attack from Gemini. He looked over and caught sight of Slippy also coming around from being out cold. "Slippy, are you alright?" He called out across the room.
The zoned out toad staggered to his feet and turned, "Yeah I'm fine…what about you?"
Peppy sighed a long sigh and looked around at the wreckage in the room, "I'm good too…that's the most important thing, we are both safe and sound."
"Peppy!" A familiar voice called out making Peppy's ears perk, he glanced over to see Fox and the others standing in the doorway. He let out a hard sigh of relief and took a step towards them stumbling slightly. "Whoa Peppy take it easy…" The vulpine said rushing to his aid. He placed his paw behind the hares back and ambled him over to the dark leather couch and sat him down, sitting beside him. "Now tell me exactly what happened here." Fox alleged. Peppy took a deep breath and his story began…
"Well Fox…" The hare was interrupted by a small dulcet voice.
"…Fox…This may have been my fault." Krystal rang out softly.
The vulpine looked over at her softly, "But how could this be your fault?" Krystal winced and looked away. Fox placed his paw under her chin and turned it so her visage was facing his. "Krystal, what happened, please tell us."
Krystal looked back at Fox softly, "You see…after you left with Falco I sort of went to Kap…I mean Gemini's office…"
Fox took his paws and placed them on either side of her beautiful blue visage, "You see…this is exactly why I didn't want you to go on that mission to Gemini's office." Fox declared in a semi stern tone. "Krys, you were almost killed…and I couldn't live with myself if something happened to you, because I want…" Fox stopped his sentence short and turned a deep bright red. He slowly got up and walked out of the room, everyone stood there in confusion.
"Dude…what's up with that?" Falco called out in his egotistical tone after Fox had disappeared from sight.
Krystal gazed around at the confused looks on everyone's faces, what just happened, no body knew. "I'll be right back everyone, excuse me." Krystal alleged to the group.
Fox rushed to his room and depressed his palm in the grid activating the door he passed through it quickly and gazed up at his ceiling as it slid shut behind him. He ambled over to his dresser and pulled open the top drawer he dug deep inside it and pulled out a small black felt box. He placed his paw on the top and opened it revealing a small gold ring with three blue diamonds on the top. He took it over to the bed where he sat down and gazed at it. Suddenly a small quiet voice was heard as if someone were approaching, "Fox?" Krystal's voice echoed down the hall growing louder and louder the closer she got to the door. Her voice startled and flustered him making him jump and drop the ring box, "Oh damn…" Fox whispered shakily as he watched it bounce underneath the bed. He jumped down and crawled halfway underneath the bed, he reached for the ring box and grabbed it suddenly he felt a tap on his foot.
"Fox…what are you doing?" Krystal asked now standing gazing down at what she could see of Fox, his feet. Her touch startled him and he jumped up hitting his head on the bottom of the bed. He brought his other arm around, placed it over his muzzle and let out muffled growls of agony. Krystal smiled wide, got down onto her stomach and crawled underneath the bed. She turned her head to face the vulpine's, "Sooo…Fox, what are you doing down here?" Krystal asked softly and playfully, "Did you loose something?" The vulpine slid out from underneath the bed, Krystal following close behind. He stood up and held the black ring box behind his back.
"It's nothing Krys…don't worry about it." Fox mused slightly shivering nervously holding the box tight in his paws.
The vixen knew better she knew he was hiding something from her she grinned wide and tried to peek around him, "No come on what is that…you are holding something behind your back." She said giggling.
"Krystal, it's nothing…I…I just have my hands behind my back." Fox mused shakily trying to save himself from getting caught.
The azure vixen refused to believe him and she poked him in the side, "Oh come on…please?"
Fox yipped at the feel of her poking his side, "Aah…Krys, no tickling…I have nothing to hide."
"No! I shall not stop! Not until you tell me what you are hiding behind your back!" She called out playfully poking him over and over again in his sides and stomach.
Fox was laughing uncontrollably backing up a few feet hitting his back on the wall, "Kr…Krystal…I…have no…nothing to hi…hide" Fox strained to say while being viciously poked and tickled.
Krystal growled playfully and grabbed his waist, "Oh you know I'll find out one way or another. You can't hide anything from me Foxy McCloud!" She grunted as she pulled with all of her strength and swung him around forcing him to the ground pinning him. When the vulpine hit the ground his eyes immediately went wide and he lost his grip on the black felt box, and it rolled across the floor. Krystal looked over at it and back to him, "I knew you were hiding something behind your back!" She called out triumphantly rubbing her nose against his, "See? I'll find out one way or another…and you know it." She rolled off fox and started to crawl over to the small box, "Now what is it?" She asked giddily. Fox knowing what she was about to set her eyes upon grabbed her foot and tried climbing over her reaching hard trying to get the box before she could. She saw Fox's paw trying to reach for the box out of the corner of her glistening eye. She took her free paw and pinned his reaching paw to the ground. "I…got it!" Krystal said covering the top of the box with her small paw closing her fingers around it tight. Fox sat up quickly, grabbed her arm and yanked her close to him.
He placed his paw on the bottom of the box while she was holding the top and his tone suddenly grew quietly stern, "Krystal…give me that now…"
She gazed deep into his eyes and she let go of it, "Fox…what is so important about that box?" She asked slightly annoyed. Fox just sat there in silence, he knew the moment had come and there was no backing down from it now. "Huh? What is so important about…" Her sentence was interrupted as she felt his warm paw slip underneath her left paw. He held up the box to her at nose level and took a deep staggering breath, "Krystal…my Krystal…I love you with all my heart. I will always take care of you and I want to be with you forever…" Fox flipped open the box with one hand, once again revealing the shimmering gold, blue diamonded ring. "Will you marry me?" The vulpine turned beet red and gazed into Krystal's eyes deeply. She was stunned. Her jaw had dropped to the floor, and all she could do was stare into her lover's eyes. "Yes…yes I will." She delicately alleged. The now crimson red faced vulpine took the ring out of the box, once again slid his tepid palm under her left paw, and then he slid the ring on her finger. They gazed into each others eyes again holding paws. Krystal slid her paws out from over his and placed them on the sides of his head. She slowly approached his muzzle and gave him a nice warm deep kiss pushing him to the ground.
----To Be Continued----
A/N: Ok…For those of you going, "WHOA…WTF…COME ON LETS SEE SOME ACTION!" I am definitely capable of writing something like that but I have THAT on a separate file (which is currently still under construction) so yes the ACTION exists but for those wanting to see Fox and Krystal doing THAT like most hardcore Fox and Krystal fans…you'll need to send me an e-mail and I'll send it to you. I couldn't write it in fanfiction because I'd be banned and so would my story and I don't want that happening. Plus I like to respect the Administrators of I'd like to say, I'm only writing this because I know some Fox and Krystal fans would LOVE to see these two fine foxes doing THAT since it's never been done before…at least I don't think it has…anyway, e-mail me at if you would like to see this special edition of the chapter! CONGRADULATIONS FOX AND KRYSTAL!
