Two chapters in a row I had to do intensive research on… anyways, Wolf's a badass, and I know next to nothing about him. I'm just going to include the timeline of Star Fox (Type) Zero.

- Wolf's a wanted criminal with an incredibly high bounty on his head.

- He's discovered Aparoid larvae, a first in this universe.

- He still has his Wolfen/Hunter hybrid vehicle.

- After Andross' defeat, all of Star Wolf (minus their leader) was apprehended and are serving life sentences on Corneria.

- Wolf currently is hiding on Fortuna.

The humid jungles of Fortuna…

Wolf O'Donnell, the former leader of Star Wolf, snarled as he stalked through the lush jungles of Fortuna. Of all the places he could've chosen to hide, it actually wasn't a bad choice. Corneria was far too risky on the off-chance that someone would recognize him, both Fichina and Titania were uninhabitable, in addition to Fichina being incredibly far away in the Lylat system, and Macbeth had been raided by the Cornerian Army to wipe out the last traces of Andross' influence.

Not only that, when he had found a planet that was decently populated, to his shock, it was also infested by large cybernetic insects called the Aparoids. Wolf had barely escaped the planet with his head still on his shoulders.

As Wolf slunk his way through the jungle, he found a rather large game bird standing near a tree, blankly contemplating its current life.

Wolf unholstered his Blaster, slowly took aim, and then fired three successive shots, nearly depleting the energy cartridge in his firearm. As the bird stood stunned, Wolf ran up to the bird, and stabbed it numerous times with the bayonet on the end of his pistol.

The bird was dead before it had touched the floor.

Licking his chops in anticipation of an actual meal for the first time in two weeks, Wolf hauled the bird onto his shoulders and walked back to his camp.

Meanwhile, in the Lylat system...

Master Hand had scoured nearly every planet on the system, with the exceptions of Venom and Fortuna, as he had sensed that Venom had no lifeforms on it anymore, and he simply hadn't checked Fortuna yet. The former leader of the Star Wolf team had mysteriously vanished without a trace.

Balling his fist in frustration, Master Hand then decided to check Fortuna, and he barely caught the signature of Wolf's Wolfen ship.

Deciding that Fortuna was the best shot he had at finding Wolf, Master Hand descended through the atmosphere of the jungle planet.

Nighttime had arrived on Fortuna. Wolf knew that Fortuna was home to many nocturnal predators, which, to his relief, did not include the Aparoids he had encountered three months ago.

As he finally finished roasting the bird that he had caught earlier, Wolf caught sight of what appeared to be a meteor descending through the forest.

The meteor landed on Fortuna with a resounding crash.

Much to Wolf's confusion, however, he did not smell any signs of a wildfire, which would have been the most likely outcome with a meteor landing on a jungle planet. Now suspicious, Wolf, with his massive skewer of food, entered his Wolfen, transformed it into its land-based Hunter form, and set coordinates to where the thermal radar sensed the most heat. The vulpine robot let out a metallic sounding howl before bounding to its set destination.

Groaning, Master Hand rose up from the massive crater he had left in the ground. Much to his relief and confusion, he had implanted a deep enough print into the ground to prevent a fire from starting.

As he regained his bearings, Master Hand then reached out for Wolf's signature. Much to his excitement, the signature was getting closer. Master Hand then heard the shout of "Lightning Tornado!"

The Hunter vehicle barreled into Master Hand's line of sight, and then immediately skidded to a halt. Wolf jumped out of the vehicle, and pointed his Blaster at Master Hand, snarling, "What do you want?"

Master Hand, now holding his briefcase in front of him, said, "Wolf, what a surprise! I'd imagine you'd have been hiding on Corneria instead of whatever this place is supposed to be..."

Taking a large bite out of his meal, Wolf said, "Well, being a wanted criminal by the Cornerian government doesn't exactly give you many places to hide, you know. Anyone could be waiting to turn me in for that bounty."

Master Hand, now seeing an opportunity, said, "You know, I could solve that problem for you. Just listen to my conditions first."

"Carry on..."

"You remember the Super Smash Brothers tournament, right?"

"What, that silly game I arrived late for?"

"Yes. The fifth tournament will be beginning in a month, and we will be bringing everyone back. That includes you, Wolf."

Wolf, now contemplating his options, asked, "Wasn't the tournament I went to last time a live broadcast?"

"Yes, yes it was."

Wolf, upon that realization, snarled, "I had the Cornerian government on my back for two years because of that! You think I want to return to that?!"

Master Hand, alarmed by his sudden outburst, said, "But I haven't stated your conditions yet!"

"To hell with your conditions! I'm not going!"

Master Hand, now losing his cool, said, "I'll pull some strings to clear your name, how about that?"

That stopped Wolf's rant right then and there. "I... can go free?"

Master Hand nodded to the best of his ability, saying, "The Cornerian government will forget that you were ever a wanted criminal. Instead, they'll remember that you assisted the Star Fox team into saving the Lylat system from those insects you discovered on that planet."

Wolf's eyepatch almost fell off at that. He knew about the Aparoids? Regaining his composure, he asked, "...I still get to fight the Star Fox team, yes?"

Master Hand nodded.

Wolf, now bearing a toothy smile, said, "I'm in."

Master Hand then pulled out one of his last veteran envelopes, saying, "Wolf O'Donnell, welcome back. For you, I'd recommend going to the Mansion as fast as possible."

Snapping his fingers, Master Hand opened a dark vortex. On the other side, Wolf could make out something that resembled... a commute system? Shrugging, Wolf stepped through the portal.

Master Hand snapped his fingers again, and the Wolfen/Hunter hybrid vanished, primed for teleportation into the Fighter Garage.

"Now there's the challenge of Snake... what could he be doing right now?"

Yeah, this might be my weakest chapter by far, but that's partially because I have never played a Star Fox game. As for the signature sensing that Master Hand did, it's weaker the further he is from the fighter.

Up next, Alaska!