Fox climbed up the ladder leading them out of the room with the wind turbine with Krystal following him. As soon as they made it to the top, Fox was a bit surprised at who they just came across. "Gradabug!?"

Gradabug spoke to them, and now with the translator back online, Fox could understand him this time, "Hurry! There's no time to waste! Let's get out of here!"

"Did you follow us all the way here!?"

"I did! We need to escape so we could restart the generator and stop General Scales!"

Krystal shot her Fire Blaster at a switch on the ceiling, opening the door leading out of the dungeon. "The door is open for you, Gradabug."

"Good. Now, restart the generator."

"Aren't you coming with us?"

"It's too dangerous for me out there. I need you two to accomplish this."

"It's no safer in here!"

"At least here, I can hide from them. Now, go!"

Fox and Krystal ran off into the next room to reset the generator. The next room had what appeared to be a wind lift, but like Gradabug said, it was shut down. There was a rocky wall leading to a small balcony, but that balcony was guarded by a security drone. Fox stunned that drone with his Fire Blast, then he and Krystal climbed along that wall to get to that balcony. Krystal stunned another drone higher up in the room before she and Fox climbed a second brick wall leading to another balcony, then they stunned yet another drone, then climbed a third brick wall leading them to the exit. They walked through the corridor, turned right, and were back at the courtyard where General Scales abused the Queen earlier.

Fox and Krystal quickly hid behind the fallen debris in the courtyard and briefly saw more of Scales' drones flying by. One of them even flew right in front of them, but was too far away from them to attack, leaving them save from it for the moment. However, Krystal stunned the drone with her Fire Blast, then barked, "Follow me!" to Fox before they quickly turned around that pile of debris and hid behind a few giant SharpClaw crates. They peeked behind the crates and saw that the drone that Krystal stunned earlier was making its way towards them. Fox quickly stunned it with his Fire Blast and the two vulpines quickly dashed to the other side of the garden. There, they noticed a small pool of water, but stopped dead in their tracks when they saw that another done was heading toward them. Krystal quickly stunned it with her Fire Blast, then they dashed right past it before it could react. They dashed to the other side of the courtyard, evading the drones and bypassing the rubble and crates, walking through an opening leading to a hallway. The hall led them to a locked door, with a panel next to it. The panel had a hole shaped in a similar fashion to the key that Gradabug gave Fox and Krystal earlier. Krystal said, "Well, this is it. This must be the generator Gradabug told us about. Ready?"

Fox nodded. He took the key from his backpack and put it into the opening on the wall. The door opened and revealed the generator room. Fox was eager to rush into the room...

...until he noticed that an insipid orange fog was flooding it. He quickly turned back before taking another step. Krystal noticed the toxic gas in the room. "This isn't good." She took a closer look at the mechanism in the center of the room. "Gradabug told me that there are three Light Gems used to activate the generator. Apparently, the SharpClaw must have set up the gas here as a trap to keep us from resetting the generator."

"Unfortunately, we'd have to roam around the courtyard to get those gems and with those drones roaming about, that could be a problem…"

"Well, the SharpClaw disguise Slippy gave you might come in handy here."

"True, but what about you?"

Krystal smirked. She then summoned a cyan aura around her. A flash enveloped around her body, and then cyan light was surrounding it, giving off an ice-cold feel to it. "There. Now the drones will be unable to detect my body heat."

"Smart thinking, Krystal." He then activated his SharpClaw disguise. Strangely enough, upon activating it, he looked like a SharpClaw that for some reason, had the same physical structure as Fox's regular body. He quickly activated his PDA. "Slippy?"

Slippy's image showed up on the PDA. "AAAAGGGHH! A SharpClaw! And he got a hold of Fox's PDA! We're doomed!"

"Slippy! It's me!" Fox deactivated the disguise. "Apparently, you didn't get the likeness right. The face was perfect, but you should have made the disguise look taller and hulkier. More like the build of an actual SharpClaw. Otherwise, that would arouse suspicion."

"Sorry, Fox."

"Just try to gain some more data on what an actual SharpClaw looks like and update accordingly."

"Sure thing, Fox. Slippy over and out."

Fox shut of the com and reactivated his disguise. "Well, at least those drones won't notice a difference with my disguise. Ready to go find those Light Gems, Krystal?"

"Right with you, Fox."

Fox and Krystal stepped into the center of the courtyard to see if they can find anything there that could help us in their attempt to restart the generator. With Fox's SharpClaw disguise and Krystal's body-heat masking aura, getting past the drones wasn't a problem for them. As soon as they walked up to the large pedestal at the center of the courtyard, they noticed three switches on three stone squares on one of the edges, each with a cyan insignia resembling a CloudRunner with a cobalt blue outline around it. Fox pushed the switch on the left side of the pedestal with Krystal pushing the one on the right side. Then Fox pushed the one in the center. After each switch was activated, the two vulpines heard the sound of gates opening in the distance. Fox and Krystal decided to split up to gather each gem.

Fox turned to his right and jumped off the pedestal and ran to the side of the courtyard where the entrance to the generator room was. He turned to his right and approached a pathway blocked off by a flame blocking his way to the room. He used his Ice Blast to put out the flame and as soon as the flame went away, dashed into the next room and found a launch pad for his Rocket Boost. He placed his staff into the Rocket Boost launch pad, and shot his way up to a nearby ledge. Upon the ledge, he found yet another hexagonal container just like the ones he found in the DarkIce Mines. He put the tail end of his staff into it and twisted it around for a bit until the container finally opened. When it did open, a blue diamond-like jewel appeared in it and Fox picked it up and put it in his backpack. He jumped down that scaffolding back to the ground floor, wondering what Krystal has been doing on her end. As soon as he landed back down again, the gate closed. Fox took out the jewel from his backpack and thought, Is this one of the Light Gems that Krystal mentioned? I hope she has found one.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the courtyard opposite the one where Fox found the Blue Light Gem, Krystal went right up to and then climbed on a large SharpClaw crate right next to the wall and smashed a small crate right on top of it, revealing a switch where she could use her staff. She activated the switch, dropping a suspended ladder down to the floor. She jumped off the crate and climbed the ladder and walked through a corridor. After turning to her right, she spotted another flame blocking her path and put it out with her Ice Blast. She found another hexagonal container at the end of the corridor like the one Fox found, and unlocked it with her staff. She opened the container and found a green gem similar to the blue one that Fox found earlier. She put the jewel between her breasts and jumped off a ledge leading her back into the courtyard, where she met up with Fox.

As soon as they met up, Krystal cheerfully said, "I found a Power Gem. Just two more of these and we can finally reset the generator!"

Fox noticed exactly where Krystal was keeping the Green Light Gem. He didn't know where to be aroused or embarrassed. "Wow. That's a… pretty odd way of carrying things around with you."

Krystal giggled. "Odd, but effective. Any luck on your end?"

Fox pulled the Blue Light Gem out of his backpack, showing it to Krystal. "Yep. Got one too." He put it back in the backpack again.

"Splendid! Only one more to go."

Fox and Krystal reactivated their SharpClaw disguise and body-heat aura, respectively, and set off to find the last Light Gem. They noticed a bunch of SharpClaw crates stacked together in a manner resembling a staircase. They immediately climbed on top of each crate one by one until they reached the balcony above. Unfortunately for them, when they got up there, a few SharpClaw soldiers were already there and they charged at Fox and Krystal immediately. While the SharpClaw disguise was effective in fooling General Scales' sentry drones, the actual SharpClaw soldiers themselves, despite their stupidity, weren't fooled at all. Fox deactivated his disguise and drew his staff and charged at the SharpClaw heading towards him, while Krystal drew her staff and dashed toward the second SharpClaw. Fox kicked the first SharpClaw in the gut before smacking him with his staff so hard he got knocked off the balcony while Krystal leaped above the second and then landed on his face, then backflipped and then launched him into the air with an uppercut, and slammed him back down to the ground before they landed. With the two SharpClaw soldiers defeated, they proceeded across the balcony.

As they walked to the corner, Krystal asked, "Fox, remember when I told you that I spent my entire life battling power-hungry tyrants?"

"Yep."

"Well, to be honest, I was even fighting them before my homeworld's destruction. The difference was that back then, I wasn't alone while doing it. I was part of an entire tribe that did that." Fox and Krystal stopped for a moment. She tilted her hip towards him, suggestively. "See the tattoo on my hip, Fox?"

Fox took a glance at the tattoo on her hip. It was a white marking resembling a spiral with four arrows on each side of it, as if it were a picture of the sun. "I see it."

"That's the symbol of my tribe; the Crimson Sun, a tribe of powerful warriors that protected smaller, weaker tribes from all kinds of dangers. From ruthless warlords, to giant monsters, even demons from ancient legends, every time a tribe of innocents were in danger, we came to their aid, and struck down the evil forces that dared to harm them. We allowed the tribes to join with ours just to keep them safe from harm and waged war against any evil that dared to threaten them."

"You're amazing! Coming from a long line of elite champions of justice is something you should hold with pride."

"Kind of like someone else I know." Krystal winked at Fox. He blushed. "Anyway, my father was the king of the Crimson Sun, and he…"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Your father was the king of your tribe!? You're a princess!?"

Krystal looked gloomy for a moment. "Was a princess."

Fox didn't need any explanation for what she meant. They reached the corner of the balcony and turned to their right.

Krystal cheered up again. "Anyway, father added many of the other tribes to his own just to keep them safe from any danger. His name was Randorn and he was one of the most skilled and powerful warriors in our tribe. He was very protective of the innocent and had no tolerance towards those that would harm the weak." They reached the end of the walkway, where they found yet another hexagonal container. Krystal opened the container with her staff the way she and Fox did the other two. "As was my mother, Anthymest, who was also an elite warrior." The container opened up. The Red Light Gem was in it. "Oh, look! Another Light Gem! Care to do the honors, Fox?"

"Don't mind if I do, Krystal." He picked it up and put it in his backpack. He and Krystal backtracked along the balcony and went back to the pile of crates. "Now, we got what we need to restart the generator."

"All right! Now we can take back the fortress!"

Fox and Krystal hopped down the crates leading them back to the Generator Room, dodging and stunning the SharpClaw drones along the way. Fox and Krystal arrived back at the Generator Room, ready to put the three Light Gems back into place. Fox wanted to hear more about Krystal's parents, but from where he stood, that could wait. Fox took the red and blue Light Gems out of his backpack while Krystal took the green one out of her cleavage. They both took a very deep breath and held it in. She dashed to the far end of the room, where the pedestal for the green gem was located, while Fox rushed to the one on the right side of the room, with the pedestal for the blue gem. After placing in the green gem, Krystal dashed out of the room for fresh air, while Fox ran around her to the other side of the room to place the red gem in its pedestal. The three pedestals rose from their resting places and shone green, blue, and red energy beams into a white gem in the center of the room, and a yellow gem above it shot a beam into an insignia on the wall. The poison gas was instantly cleared out of the room, and it was finally safe to breath in it. Fox breathed a major sigh of relief. Krystal rushed up to her in happiness, and shouted, "You did it, Fox! You did it!" As soon as she got close to him, the tightly embraced each other and laughed and Fox twirled her around, playfully. As soon as he stopped spinning around, Krystal passionately and fiercely kissed him on the lips. Fox blushed at first, but then felt a lustful bliss within him, and playfully stroked Krystal's back. They enjoyed it while it lasted, but they had work to do. "Now let's go, Fox. It's time to save the CloudRunners and recover the SpellStone."

"And end General Scales' reign of terror once and for all!"

Krystal smiled. Then she turned around and looked up into the sky, shouting, "DO YOU HEAR ME, SCALES!? WE'RE COMING FOR YOU! WE'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR ALL THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION THAT YOU HAVE CAUSED! PREPARE TO DIE!"

Gradabug walked towards the lift at the end of the prison. The fan beneath the grating was slowly starting to wind up, then it started spinning rapidly. Wind was blowing out from the shaft. Gradabug looked upward. He saw that a few more of Scales' sentry drones were descending into the room. He stepped back in terror, dreading the brutality that were to be imposed upon him… until he saw the drones get blown upwards and crash into the ceiling, and then exploding. He stepped into the lift, laughing. "Fox… Krystal… 0ei'lo tedo ak! (You've done it!)"

Author's Notes: Like UndyingNephilim did when she made Star Fox: Event Horizon, I decided to have Randorn from the scrapped Dinosaur Planet resurface as Krystal's father. In the original Dinosaur Planet, he was Sabre's biological father, and he adopted Krystal after taking pity on her after destroying her birth parents. Here, however, he is her biological father.