4 YEARS AFTER THE ANGLAR BLITZ
The soothing warm sun spilled over the horizon ripping sleep away from the inhabitants of the blue and green planet, as most of the city woke to begin the new day, the ordinary businessmen, teachers, doctors, nurses, waiters, and mailmen did as well. All heroes in there own right, so did the heroes of war.
A beam of light travelled a hundred and fifty million kilometres through the curtains of the cosy apartment to hit the eyes of the sleeping blue vixen. She squirmed at light trying to hold onto her fading slumber, covering herself with the blanket, but the light did its job, sleep had disappeared. The now annoyed blue vixen flung the covers off sending them flying before finally crashing into the ground.
Krystal of Cerinia, one of Star Wolf's famous members. Famous for ending the Anglar Blitz as well as being an inspiration to women all across Lylat after revealing the selfish and inconsiderate actions of the leader of the now disbanded Star Fox team, he has disappeared from Lylat shortly after the war, his current whereabouts are unknown. Star Wolf became the new mercenary team of Corneria along side Star Falco. Star Wolf gladly agreed to the deal as it wiped their bounties clean as well as consistent work with a better pay than previously, all they had to do was play by the book.
Krystal eyes scanned the bed of the trendy apartment and noticed that something wasn't there or rather a black furred someone. She exhaled a sigh of frustration, Panther Caroso her loving feline partner... at least when he's with her. Krystal's scowled as she reached for her phone, she dialled the number of the black feline after a few second she heard his staple accent including him referring to himself in the third person telling her to leave a message.
She swore under her breathe before leaving her message "Panther Where the hell are you?! You told me you were going to be back before midnight!" She dropped the call realising she wouldn't get a reply until she saw him in person and he would blame everyone except himself for this. Krystal decided that this was not enough to ruin her whole day she continued with her morning routine, a relaxing hot shower followed by some self grooming. Once all these tasks was complete she began to make her way to Fort Pepper Corneria's new main military head quarters General Peppy Hare had asked all teams to report to HQ as new information on a possible threat from outside Lylat will be arriving soon.
Arriving at the gates of the base she greeted the Cornerian soldiers, walking through the reception, she greeted the day's receptionist a young labrador most likely in her early twenties, she almost fainted at the of Krystal.
"I'm here for general Hare Krystal from Star Wolf." Krystal politely told her while showing her identification.
"O-oh my gosh uh, yes! He is in office." The young girl said fumbling while trying to scan Krystal's I.D. Krystal smiled and walked away "I'm a huge fan!" the girl shouted as Krystal continued causing her to chuckle.
Krystal rounded the last corner now facing the large solid wood double doors to Peppy's office for the last time she showed her I.D to one of the two guards, he nodded and they proceeded to open the doors. The room consisted of Leon Powalski one of the more quiet members of Star Wolf outside of combat, Star Wolf himself, Wolf O'Donnell the rugged no nonsense leader of the team. Panther Caroso , the loudest member whose sweet words had spoke to the hearts of many woman across Corneria had not yet pitched up. On the other side of the room was Katt Monroe, a feisty pink feline, next to her stood her on/off boyfriend Falco Lombardi their leader, bulldog Bill Grey recently joined the team after leaving the Cornerian Military and lastly Lucy Hare daughter of general Peppy Hare, she had seen the horrors of conflict and vowed to keep her people and planet safe without the restrictions of the Cornerian military system.
Krystal greeted everyone even receiving a hug from Katt Monroe, Falco on the other hand gave less than a warm welcome merely acknowledging here existence, but she couldn't blame him the way he saw it she was the downfall of his best friend who has been missing for three and half years.
Peppy greeted Krystal a serious tone although he shared similar feelings as Falco he was more professional about and appeared more forgiving.
Peppy called Krystal to attention "Krystal where is Panther?" He inquired.
"You know as much as I do about where he is" She replied visibly irritated with the absent feline.
Falco stood in the corner of the room with crossed arm sniggering.
Peppy pinched the bridge of His nose "That boy... he is worse than Falco was."
Prompting a "Hey!" from Falco, as Falco began to defend himself the doors burst open revealing a weary and clearly hungover Panther Caroso.
"Panther... Panther has arrived" Panther said while breathing heavily, they were informed that panther had sprinted through the base. Peppy let out a huff of air.
"Alright this Meeting can almost Begin." Peppy stated.
"Almost? This is everyone ain't it?" Wolf Asked.
"yes, but there is one more person, the person that's gathering all this information." Peppy answered.
"But don't he usually send us the info? Mona system ain't exactly next door. Why is he coming here?" Wolf questioned again.
Everyone gestured in agreement. "I don't know all he told me is its safer said than sent." Peppy replied
Wolf continued about how it seems "sketchy" and how he "didn't trust this mystery man" , but he was cut short as the phone on Peppy's desk rang, Peppy answered the rest of them barely heard the odd accented deep voice say "I'm here" and the line drop. They all looked at each other then Peppy with confused looks plastered on there faces.
"Well it appears he is here" Peppy then stated.
Krystal started to feel uneasy, it was as if there was a foreboding cloud hovered above her head and it was getting stronger by the second. Peppy then turned to face the large window that overlooked the runway and hanger, everyone followed suit. Krystal looked out the window with everyone still hung up about this odd feeling.
"There he is." Peppy said as a fighter appeared in the distance and was approaching at speed.
As if it the whole world slowed, Krystal watched the Fighter pass over to turn around, it looked like the old aerial fighter jets, but larger. The pitch black paint seemed as though it was swallowing the silver accents and canopy the fur on the back of her neck stood tall, she saw the large calibre ballistic cannon on the nose and the missiles mounted under the large main wings. The fighter looped around then landed in one of the bays. Krystal couldn't see the pilot clearly from the behind window but she could feel his presence, it felt maleficent as if malice pumped through him, but a there was a whisper of something she had felt before. The man entered a transportation vehicle and he was out of sight.
What felt hours to Krystal was only seconds to everyone else, Krystal breathed heavy, there was a thunderstorm in her head. Katt had been the first to notice alerting the other as she, Lucy and Panther rushed to the vixen "Krystal?! What's wrong?!" Katt shouted as she held the disturbed woman.
Attention turned to Krystal "I -I don't know. I don't feel too good." She said trying to manage her breathing.
Wolf eyes narrowed to Peppy "Who the fuck is that old man?!" Wolf snarled.
Peppy glare back at Wolf but remained quiet.
"Hey! What are you on about Wolf?!" Katt shouted.
"ain't it weird how we know nothing about this guy, not his name, his face, hell! We don't even know this guy's species! and now that I think about it Krystal was fine until that fuck arrived?" Wolf growled.
Panther piped up to accuse Peppy as well as he took one step towards Peppy the doors opened behind him. The man now stood before them, he was big, as big as Wolf. Black boots that stood on the bloodiest battlefields, a black, grey and brown uniform concealed his legs and chest the colours seemed to consume each other. A large calibre pistol that dealt death on a drop leg holster. His sleeves were rolled up to the elbows leaving his sandy tan fur exposed. The black runic tattoos crept out from under the sleeves on the mans muscled and toned arms ran down onto his large rough hands. A ballistic plate carrier holding magazines, a brutal combat axe mounted over a heart that bleed malice. A face mask with menacing teeth carved into it leaving a bone chilling face while keeping his true face hidden, the only things that could seen was his piercing eyes, one gold and one green orb. Eyes are the window to the soul, but he had mirrors, nothing but a glassy reflection of what was in front of him could be seen in them, no depth, only the empty surface.
The man in the mask turned to Peppy then Star Wolf, Then Star Falco, back to Peppy and nodded.
Peppy took a tense breathe "Well... allow me to introduce you all, this is Jaws he is the one responsible for all the information we have on the Halo Empire and there movements in the Mona system."
The room went silent once again.
Peppy feeling the heavy atmosphere build cleared his throat continued "Jaws I take it you've heard of the members of Star Falco and Star Wolf?" Jaws nodded again.
Panther commented "Panther thinks he might be a man of few words."
Leon cackled "what lead to that conclusion? Idiot."
Panther started bickering with Leon about how he dare "make Panther look bad in front of his Lovely Krystal" one by one most the man and woman began to bicker with each other about the situation.
Krystal However could not meet Jaws gaze, it was as if he was the incarnate of death itself. As Jaws scanned the room, Krystal felt his eyes pause on her, they caused he spine to shiver. Krystal could hear his chest expand consuming the air and spitting it back out in a loud baritone "QUIET!" rendering the room silent. All eyes were now on Jaws as he spoke Krystal could hear he had a faint accent, she had only heard it once or twice in person from inhabitants of the Bezlyudnyy system, a system just outside of Lylat where german was spoken. Jaws continued "As General Hare has said, I gather intel outside of Corneria and there is something big is coming to Lylat therefore stop fighting like children and listen. Wolf didn't take his words kindly and stood right in Jaws face. "like I trust some asshole from the shadows." Wolf expected Jaws to back down, Jaws tilted his head as if to say try me. Wolf tried to hold his glare at Jaws but the longer they stared each other down Wolf began to realised this was a man who feared nothing, he had nothing to lose and a man with nothing to lose fights until the gruesome end, even in the face of death. Wolf broke his stare with a scoff and walked to the far end of the room with a face full of anger. No one could believe what had just happened, Wolf backed down before fists started flying.
Jaws held his glare behind the emotionless mask, this only amplified the intensity, he watched Wolf until he turned around to face him before he continued. "You all know that the Halo Empire invades weaker systems and enforces their rules, destroying their targets previous history and anyone that defies them is killed on sight." Jaws said as he pulled out a hard drive, Krystal had calmed herself, though she stood behind Katt and Lucy. Katt spoke up "But what does this have to do with Lylat?" Jaws politely nodded to her question which surprised her. "Halo has made suspicious advances towards Lylat in the last year, but after some investigation it appear that their involvement with Lylat and its conflicts are not as new as you think." Falco was getting impatient. "Just get to the point masked man." Causing Falco to receive a glare. "The Lylat Wars..." Jaws said, confusing filled the room.
Peppy raised an eyebrow. "Jaws... the Lylat Wars were fought against Andross and Venom." Jaws turned to Peppy.
"Yes, General they were, but explain to me how Venom and planet with scarce infrastructure managed to build an entire army and equipment them in the span of a few months?" Peppy had no answer to this, Jaws turned to Wolf. "Mr O'Donnell you were there, granted you were young, but did you see how the army was built?"
Wolf glared at Jaws again, he didn't like to be reminded of how he was once working for Andross, he left that life behind, Wolf grumbled "Yeah, buncha cargo carriers started comin' in, carryin' resources and maybe supplies. I ain't too sure, I was a pup back then."
Jaws nodded. "The Halo Empire supplied and funded Andross in order to gain power over Lylat, However the with that power Andross had he turned his back to Halo when they started making demands... I found documents and photography pertaining to negotiations with Andross as well as designs from Andross used in their fleet."
Jaws brought up the images up on the holo-projector, everyone stood and stared in disbelief.
Jaws faced them. "they want to resurrect some of Andross's weaponry in order to attack Lylat, you need to stop them before they do this, my suggestion beat them to Andross's old labs and start wiping any information out once you secured all the schematics, location of the labs are on the hard drive. I will prepare in the mean time."
This made Krystal shudder, Andross and his technology was what rendered her planetless, all her friends and family gone in a blink of an eye and a flash of white light.
Jaws walking for the door noticed Krystal's discomfort and stopped beside her. "Don't worry Mind Walker you are not as alone as you think."
For the first time she actively looked at Jaws. "wha-what do you mean?"
Jaws looked her in the eyes. "Your people, your family, they live, and they will be here soon, your planet however may not be destroyed, but you could say its... 'lost'."
Krystal eyes started tearing up, Panther rushed over to comfort her ready to berate Jaws for making hid lovely Krystal cry, but when he saw her smile, he didn't know what to do, he was irritated that Krystal smiled for another man, but could find his words under Jaws eyes.
Krystal faced him again. "Thank you..." with eyes and throat stinging
Jaws bowed his head almost like Cerinians do to show respect, behind his emotionless mask she felt his sincerity. "Void be by your side." Jaws said, putting his right fist to his heart creating a thump.
Krystal didn't know what the second half of his greeting meant, perhaps a custom of his people, but she bowed in return as Jaws walk through the door closing them behind him, even though he has gone she held her bow, she was over the moon just to find out she wasn't the last Cerinian alive.
