Chapter 8
Welcome back everyone for more Restoration of the Heart. In the last chapter, Corneria was under attack by air forces of Andrew Oikinny and the Star Fox team was underway to counterattack the enemy as well as Panther and Krystal were underway as well. Be prepared for more action and adventure in this story. Also, this chapter and the last was inspired by the movie Pearl Harbor along with Call of Duty WW2 and Call of Duty world at war. Not without further ado, let's dive right in.
Disclaimer: All star fox characters ,ships and planets are the property of Nintendo and Call of Duty is property of Activision.
Back on Venom, word of the ongoing attack reaches Oikinny thus causing him to stretch a devious smile across his face because his plan was working. However, the other generals weren't so sure that attacking Corneria was such a good idea. One general breaks the silence saying, "Um emperor Oikinny, with all due respect, are you sure attacking Corneria is still a good idea? I mean, what if they retaliate?"
"Now why would you ask me that such question my dear General?" Oikinny asks. "Besides, it is a good idea to attack Corneria because I want to spread terror throughout the Lylat system and besides, the attack was you're idea."
"Well, that is true." the general replies.
"Exactly. And do not question me again!" Oikinny shouts.
Meanwhile, back on Corneria, the attack continued as the Venom fighters shot at buildings and at the streets, destroying many cars and even killing civilians trying to get to safety in the process. At the Corneria airbase, the enemy was attacking the base as ground crews and pilots were prepping fighters to launch, resulting in several fighters including some with pilots prepping their ships were destroyed. One enemy ship fired at a group of pilots running toward their fighters, killing them on sight. Not far from the airbase, Falco's truck was speeding past several burning cars and even ramming one aside.
"Falco, are the others at the hangar?" Fox asks
"They're already there right now." Falco replies.
Just as the truck continued toward the airbase, several venom fighters spotted the truck and the pilots decide to target it. The group begin to converge on the truck and it didn't take long for Fox and Jasmine to see. "Falco, we've got incoming on our six. Take evasive actions now." Fox orders. "On it, Foxy. Hold on." At that moment, Falco began to evade the attacks by the enemy ships. The process repeated for several minutes until finally, the truck arrives to the airbase and two of the venom fighters are destroyed by two rockets, causing the other fighters to break away. As the attack on the airbase continued, the red truck continued past several of the other hangars and finally arrives to the Great Fox hangar. Everyone hops out and runs inside of the hangar and finally onto the Great Fox where they're met by the other team members.
"Slippy! Are we good to go?!"
"We're good! The ships are all fueled up and have ammo and bombs but there's a slight hiccup in taking off." Slippy replies.
"What kind of hiccup, Slippy?"
"The doors are stuck and I can't open it from the inside! The only way to get the doors open is via the emergency override switch but it's outside and It has to be done by hand! It's basically a suicide mission!" Slippy replies.
"Hm…" Fox says thinking. "Alright, everyone get to your ships. Once I get those doors open, take off as soon as possible."
"But what about you, Fox? If you go out there, you'll get killed if the enemy spots you." Fay says worried.
"Fay's right, Fox. Those apes will kill you if they spot you out there." Miyu warns.
"Don't worry, Miyu. Once the doors open, I'll run back into the hangar before they get me. Just be ready to take off. Okay?"
Everyone then nods their heads in agreement with Fox's plan and he nods his head also. Afterwards, he makes his way off the Great Fox II in order to open the hangar doors but Jasmine catches up to him in order to stop him. "Fox, wait!" she calls.
"What is it, Jasmine?" Fox asks.
"You be careful out there, okay?" I want you back here in one piece."
"Don't worry, Jasmine. I'll be back in one piece. I promise."
With that, Fox makes his way outside using one of the side doors of the hangar. Outside, he stared in horror as the attack was happening and knew there was no time to waste. He makes his way to the front of the hangar and spots the override switch on the other side. "Okay guys, I'm going for the override switch. Get ready to launch." Fox says into his communicator and begins to make his way over to the switch. He grabs it but his time is cut short because one of the venom ships spotted him. He looks and sees several enemy ships flying toward him and immediately pulls the switch, thus opening the hangar doors. Seeing the hangar doors open, the Star Fox team begin climbing into their ships in order to take off and Fox immediately runs into the hangar and back onto the Great Fox while avoiding laser fire from the venom ships. Onboard the Great Fox II, Fox runs past his teammates arwings over to his arwing and jumps in.
"Communications line, green." Fox says activating his arwing.
"This is going to be so awesome!" Fay exclaims excited.
"Don't get cocky , Fay." Falco reminds. "That means you too, Slippy."
"I got this, Falco." Slippy replies.
"Alright team, let's do this!" Fox says and all of the ships begin taking off out of the Great Fox and the hangar. Outside, all of the ground crews cheered as the Star Fox team was already airborne to save the day. The Star Fox squadron flew over the waters of Corneria toward the city in order to stop the attack.
"Alright team, let's go do some business."
Soon, the star fox team was within range of the city and began to attack the venom ships, destroying several and causing the groups to scatter. On the ground, several civilians saw the sight and began to cheer as Star Fox was here to save the day. Meanwhile, at another air hangar outside of Corneria city, Panther and Krystal pull up and quickly get out. Panther runs over to the hangar doors and began to remove the chains while Krystal was disgusted at what she was seeing. The hangar was covered in leaves, the windows were broken and the walls were rundown. She looks over at Panther and says, "This is where you hid our ships, Panther? Are you kidding me?" "Sorry, dear. It was the only place I could think of but let's talk about that later." Panther replies and opens the hangar doors, revealing his Wolfen and Krystal's cloudrunner arwing.
"Alright, let's get airborne." Panther says.
Krystal then jumps into her arwings cockpit and Panther does the same with his Wolfen. After starting their ships up, they take off in the air and finally begin making their way to the city in order to join the counterattack. Along the way, Panther uses his radio to contact Krystal and asks, "Krystal, were you able to get in touch with Wolf and Leon? We could really use extra help right now."
"They're already on their way right now but it'll be a while before they get here." Krystal answers.
"Well, more for us then." Panther replies cockily and the two continued toward the city.
At the Corneria tower, defense cannons were firing on the attacking venom fighters. Inside, Peppy was watching and lets out a sigh of relief seeing that help had arrived for the city. But then, a dog soldier enters the top floor and says, "General Hare, intelligence just learned that the enemy is about to underway toward the Cornerian academy!"
"What?!" Peppy exclaims. "Open a communication channel with Fox McCloud immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" the soldier replies and proceeds to contact Fox.
On one of the smaller screens, Fox appears on one of the screens and Peppy asks, "Fox, do you copy? This is Corneria Command tower, we have an imminent situation!"
"What is it, Peppy?"
"A group of enemy fighters are underway toward the Cornerian academy at this very moment! You need to stop them!"
"Understood, I'm on it!" Fox replies. "Guys, I'm headed to the Cornerian academy! Finish up here in the city!"
"Why? What's wrong?" Jasmine asks.
"The enemy is underway toward the Cornerian academy to attack it." Fox explains. "Peppy needs us to stop them."
"Okay Fox, you and I can handle that. The rest of the team can clean up the city." Jasmine suggests.
"Are you sure about this, Jasmine?" Fox asks. "I mean, can the team handle this without us?"
"Don't worry, Foxy. We can handle this. You and Jasmine go handle the academy."
"Alright Falco, see you on the other side."
"You too, Fox."
Fox and Jasmine proceeded to split off from the group and head for the academy to stop the attack while the rest of the team defended the city. At the Cornerian academy, the cadets were aware of the ongoing attack by Venom forces and were making their way to safety in the academy. But then, a blue laser destroys one of the Venom fighters causing the other fighters to scramble. The cadets look up at the sky and saw two arwing flying over the academy and they began to cheer as the two ships attacked the Venom fighters. Several minutes pass and both Fox and Jasmine manage to take out many Venom ships attacking the academy and Fox had one targeted when a blue laser blast destroys it. Fox and Jasmine look and see that it was both Krystal and Panther flying toward them.
"What are they doing here?" Jasmine asks.
"I don't know but for now, we're going to have to play nice. Lives are at stake." Fox replies.
"Alright Fox, but if Panther tries to flirt with me or tries to hurt you in any way, he's getting blasted out of the sky." Jasmine replies.
"Don't worry, Jasmine. He knows better, especially after last night. For now, let's focus on the task at hand."
With the help of Panther and Krystal, the Venom fighters retreated from the academy. Later on, after losing many fighters and bombers, the remaining Venom ships decided that it wasn't worth it and began to retreat. The ships flew high into the upper atmosphere and finally into space where the pilots are in shock because only three warships were still intact but sustained small damage while the other warships were completely destroyed by the Cornerian defense fleet. Meanwhile, high above Corneria city, the team along with Panther and Krystal all looked down at the city and stared in horror at what just transpired.
"Oh god." Amanda said horrified.
"How could Oikinny manage to do something like this?" Fay asks.
"Yeah, he's supposed to be a wanna-be loser." Falco comments.
Inside Fox's arwing, Fox stared in horror at the damage done to his home by Oikinny's forces. The damage was much worse than the attack by the Aparoids. He then proceeds to contact Peppy and Peppy's picture appears on the screen. "Peppy, we managed to repel the enemy. They pulled back." Fox reports. "But you need to get search and rescue out to the city and the academy. There may be injured."
"Don't worry. Search and rescue is already underway right now." Peppy replies.
"Alright, the team and I are underway back to the base. Once we land, we're going to help with the effort."
"Copy that, Fox and good work out there today."
The team begin to turn and make there way back to the Corneria airbase while Panther turned the other way, leaving only Fox and Krystal in the air by themselves. At first the two remained silent, neither of them saying a single, solitary word.
"I saw you're text message this morning Fox. It was lovely." Krystal says breaking the silence.
"I know, Krystal. I felt really bad about what happened last night."
"I know, Fox. But what happened wasn't you're fault. Panther always does stuff like that. It's like he's addicted to making people mad."
"I see. Well, I need to be going right now, Krystal. You'll be okay from this point forward?"
"Yeah uh, I'll be okay from here. Good luck with the relief effort, Fox."
"Yeah, will do."
The two ships then flew away in opposite directions from each other. Krystal flies her cloudrunner to catch up with Panther while Fox flew in the other to catch up with his team. After catching up, Fox passes the other ships and retakes his place beside Jasmine's arwing. It doesn't take long for Jasmine to see that something was bothering him. "Fox, are you okay? Is something wrong?" she asks.
"Yeah, I'm good. Just feeling hurt and upset right now with what's happened. That's all."
"So, what's the plan now, Fox?" Slippy asks.
"We help with the relief effort first. Then, we're gonna find that pathetic Andross wanna-be and bury him." Fox declares.
"Amen, buddy." Falco says in agreement.
The team continued to fly back to the Cornerian airbase in order to help with the search and rescue effort. But this was only the beginning for as of this moment, Corneria was now at war with Andrew Oikinny and his army.