Sealies: Just a short note, dialogue that is written in bold represents another form this person has taken. For instance when Krystal possesses her demon form her voice "changes" as of they changed form.

Cursed Catastrophes

"Where the hell did they go, Lucy?" Katt frantically shouted.

"They just disappeared into the darkness? That's just not possible." She kneeled on the floor.

"Lucy?!" Katt felt worried as she tapped her shoulder. Lucy shuttered and regained her focus. "Oh no, Falco and my father. Katt we must check on them hurry!" Katt had almost forgotten about those two. The two had rushed out to the control room. They hadn't realized they left Slippy alone in his room.

Slippy got up from his bed and walked out to the hallway. That was a close one too, thank goodness for Krystal. Wait?! Krystal is back? Where's Amanda and Grey too? He panicked pretty badly towards the situation. "The last location was the medical bay." Slippy rushed his room to search for those two missing folks.

*An Alternative World*

Krystal wasn't quite sure where she pulled Kaitlyn and herself into. It didn't look nice at all despite her dark powers. A space full of darkness. "Great, you just had to drag us into this mess. You just like to create more problems, Krystal." Kaitlyn pointed her blaster at Krystal. "First you betray your own team, break the heart of the one who loved you, turn him into a demon and you even broke my pal Panther's heart." Krystal didn't back down from this fight. She analyzed everything about Kaitlyn through her telepathy.

Panther? Why is she mentioning him now? And that necklace looks vaguely familiar. Could it be that thing controlling her? Krystal regained her focus, "You have no purpose saying that name." Krystal demanded an answer from the crimson vixen. There was no response back from Kaitlyn. She just let out a deep exhaled breath. "If you won't answer me now, I'll just have to get it out of you." Kaitlyn loaded in seven shots into her revolver, firing the moment she loaded the seventh bullet. Krystal slightly dodged the bullet, merely centimeters away from getting hit.

Krystal retaliated with her staff in hand. She even took advantage of the darkness surrounding them as she controlled the dark space. Krystal merged with the darkness and struck down with her staff, almost landing a hit onto Kaitlyn's necklace. Kaitlyn managed to avoid Krystal's demonic speed with her reversal powers. "Too slow," she taunts. Kaitlyn readied the next 6 shots and combined them into one powerful charge. As she fired her shot, Kaitlyn begins her story. Smoke covered the two and no one was visible.

The Reverse Hunters fall under the Demon King's superiority, it mainly prioritizes family members of the possessed. With that being said, do you understand what this means?

"T-that can't be... you are..." Fear held back Krystal's words, unable to speak the undying truth about Kaitlyn. The darkness left Krystal's body, reverting into her regular form. She couldn't handle the truth that she was going to receive.

"Yes, I am related to Fox McCloud, I'm his younger sister and I take form as one of the Reverse Hunters." The dark space around them began to fade away. Krystal could no longer maintain control of her powers after her revert. Kaitlyn's power began to grow stronger with time. Could it be that Kaitlyn is really conscious? The two vixens reappeared in another world, a more familiar world than what they saw. It looked exactly like Corneria but was it really Corneria or just the dream version?

Kaitlyn reloaded 7 shots into her revolver. "Time's up, Krystal. Now it's time for death." She pulled the trigger and released a flurry of bullets at Krystal. 7 shots were fired and more smoke covered Krystal. The smoke cleared and Krystal was nowhere to be seen. "My job here is done but something isn't right."

If a Demon Hunter loses to a Reverse Hunter, they should no longer have Demon abilities and more demons will spawn in their nothing happened, I can't believe I was tricked by Vel.

"Guess again, I soared through the skies." Krystal soared downward striking Kaitlyn's necklace with her staff. The necklace shattered into multiple small fragments and time essence flowed straight out of it. Given Krystal's situation, she was fighting in her normal form. This gave a huge frustration to Kaitlyn's ability to fight. Annoyed and angered, Kaitlyn attempt to absorb more power but she was just losing more power. "What is this? My power is-." Kaitlyn lost her powers of the Reverse Hunter.

"Cerinians are overpowered in dream worlds." Krystal quotes. Krystal took the Powers of Time into her own hands. She placed her arm above the fragmented necklace and absorbed its aura. If a Demon Hunter destroys a Reverse Hunter, they absorb their powers and make it their own. That's the higher advantage with Demon Hunters. I've learned that from my friends back in Star Fox.

Kaitlyn reawakened and her crimson eye back to how it was originally. "What the hell just happened to me?" Slowly the space collapsed and they returned to the Great Fox.

"The necklace you wore was controlling you." After Krystal finished consuming the aura, she saw the familiarity with the necklace's jewelry style. Just like before, Panther had given her a special necklace when they were once in a relationship. There was also a spell capable of controlling a being against their will. Krystal recognizes the spell from a dark Cerinian magic. It was so much to intake, what was going on, she thought.

First the Demon King, Vel took over Fox which meant Kaitlyn was also affected. The thing was, how did Panther's necklace appear around Kaitlyn's neck? It was just all confusing to Krystal's mind that she couldn't keep up.

"Sorry." Kaitlyn broke the silence. "This memory is very vague but I do remember. It was all just a trap to me."

It started back on Corneria, where I found out the news of my beloved brother, Fox. Then he came along, Panther who somehow knew who I was related to and my purpose. I too was also in the Cornerian Army. Commanded under General Pepper when he was still on duty and then retired after the Blitz. The thing was, I was alone after Fox's disappearance as the last family member. I didn't talk to anyone except for Panther. He found and gave me this necklace and told me I looked familiar to someone. That, someone, was you, Krystal. I was quite shocked that he had feelings for me and then it all happened. I fell under control some weird unknown power that took over my body and soul. It felt like I was being controlled by something supernatural, like a demon who has full control over someone. It felt like you could still be aware of yourself but under control by something else.

Krystal felt bad for Kaitlyn. Something she didn't do to still get involved innocently. "God damn, Panther. What the hell does he think he is?"

"Sorry for anything that I caused your teammates, and also here is this." Kaitlyn pulled from her pocket a golden key to the lantern. Krystal took the key and unlocked the lantern's bindings. The two souls, Wolf, and Leon that swirled around were freed and soared away. "You don't have to apologize, Kaitlyn," Krystal exclaimed. "You weren't in control of yourself to begin with." Kaitlyn had this smile on her face.

"You know, I wish I could make it up." Kaitlyn spoke with worry and gloomy expression.

Krystal placed a hand on her shoulder, "You can make up for it by assisting us on our new mission, restore Fox."

"Thank you..." tears filled Kaitlyn's eyes such a sad disgrace. Krystal gave comfort to the crimson vixen and calmed her with a peaceful song sang in Cerinian. "Let's get out of this place, Kaitlyn. It seems like it has taken toll on us."

Kaitlyn agreed and handed over a black robe. "People will still recognize you as the Star Fox traitor, put this on and we will head out." Krystal wore the black robe and placed the hood onto her blue vixen ears. The two left the Great Fox towards into the city.

*Meanwhile*

Slippy went to check on his beloved wife, Amanda who was in the medical bay. He opened the doors to see Amanda on the bay slowly recovering with R.O.B's assistance. Grey, however, was nowhere to be found. "ROB, is Amanda going to be alright?" His voice sounded a little shaky.

"Patient ID: Amanda

Condition: Stable."

"Thank the gods, but where is Grey?" Slippy searched all around the area but to see a small note written in Grey's handwriting. It was written really neatly.

I'm somewhere downtown, there are two people who look exactly like trouble. I don't know who they are specifically but one is a Lynx and the other is a White Spaniel. I'm sorry I couldn't help Amanda recover from her problems. - Grey

Slippy didn't mind that Grey couldn't help out with Amanda. But he was worried about Grey himself as he's been through a lot lately. The stress and strain on his mind and body, would he ever have a break? "Oh no, Grey is in danger!" Slippy pulled up his wrist comm. "Krystal, please help Grey! He's in trouble!"

"Slippy? What's wrong," she responded.

"Grey is downtown, there are two people fighting him!"

"I'm on it." She closed down the line.

*Meanwhile Demon Fox*

Inside of Fox's heart and soul, he was chained up and unable to move. The Demon King, Vel rosed up to him. "I feel your regret, but it means nothing but power to fuel my energy." Vel was just a spirit that possesses the one who releases him.

"Shut up, I know someone will save me. I hope..."

"You wish, they can't stop me."

"You fucking wished, all you've been doing is run away every time you take one glance them." Raged filled Fox's body but that would only power up Vel.

"Yes... it's to remind me of how much of a coward you were when you lost your first love. Fill me with your anger and rage, I'll be sure to end everything in existence with your essence." Fox stopped talking, knowing how truthful it was, it made Fox weaker. Vel merged his soul with Fox's body once again.

In Fox's voice, "I'll be sure to rid this world of hope and cleanse it with despair." The chains broke off and Vel set off into the real world again.

*Back to Krystal and Kaitlyn*

Only Krystal received the news of Grey's location. In the city, noises of clashing, screaming and gun shots were heard. Kaitlyn grabbed Krystal's arm. "Stay back, I'll check it out. Just take cover here." Pointing towards one of the cars parked nearby. Kaitlyn ran around the corner, only to have something sent flying her way. She flipped backwards quickly and saw Grey made an impact with one of the city buildings. His sword then flew from the air and onto the ground next to his head. Kaitlyn readied her revolver against their opposers. Grey was heavily bleeding and injured. The bandages that he wore no longer were on his left eye. It must have disintegrated from something.

Krystal saw Grey take a huge amount of damage from the impact. "Grey, no!" She shouted and rushed over. There happened to be two people who were targeting Grey, a Lynx and a Spaniel. Both wore the same black hood as Krystal to mask their identities. Yet the Lynx's ears could be seen through the hood. The Lynx was seen carrying a sniper rifle while the Spaniel carried an assault rifle. The Lynx locked her sniper onto Krystal's head. She cocked the sniper to load in one bullet.

"Krystal!" Kaitlyn burst out loud and rapidly fired back at the Lynx to prevent her from firing that single shot. One of the seven bullets shot the barrel of the sniper rifle. The damage to the barrel created a more inaccurate shot from the sniper and missed as the Lynx fired. It had almost shot down Krystal just a few centimeters away from her head.

Krystal covered her eyes from the dust and smoke the bullet created. The dust and smoke settled as she then held up Grey's body. Grey woke up in pain, with shots to his arms, torso and legs. Cough! Cough! The amount of coughing proved Grey wasn't in a good condition. "AGH." The amount of pain he couldn't bear how he was feeling. "Krystine... I lost..." Grey spoke weakly, calling Krystal another name and reached out for Krystal's hand. "Those two... are curs..." Unable to finish his unspoken words, Grey dropped his hand and passed out.

"Grey? Grey?!" Krystal gripped his hand and panicked. Her healing magic was proven ineffective against his injuries, heavy bleeding and massive wounds. No one knew if he had died or not but in his condition there was a chance he could be dead. A tear fell out of Krystal's eye, "Please don't die on me... little brother..." The tear dropped onto Grey's face. Krystal's rage was beginning to build up. Krystal didn't know how to change the tide of battle against these two people.

"AHHHHH!" Suddenly, Kaitlyn's screams could be heard along side an explosion. She was pushed back towards Krystal's direction. On the ground she laid, unable to move from paralysis. Kaitlyn's crimson fur had burned up and there remained burn scars on her body. Her revolver laid on the ground with one bullet left that was loaded in. Krystal set down Grey softly back onto the ground and used telekinesis to pick up Kaitlyn's body from a far distance. Her body gently flew down into Krystal's arms as she set her aside next to Grey's.

Krystal pulled from the ground Grey's blade and walked over and picked up the single chamber revolver that Kaitlyn had dropped and left. The last bullet started to glow miraculously giving Krystal an incentive to fight.

The Lynx looked at the Spaniel, the Spaniel nodded and fired her assault rifle at Krystal. Krystal spoke angrily, "Don't mess with us." Her breathing rate steadily increased. "DON'T MESS WITH US!" The rage built up in her heart empowered the amount of darkness she created. Krystal's aura purged with darkness, an uncontrollable amount flowed out her body. There were two auras flowing out her body, one a malevolent violet and another an oddly aquatic blue. "I call forth the Reversed, merge with darkness and alter time to my will." Each bullet significantly slowed down and then froze in the air. Krystal took Grey's sword and slashed all the bullets in one fell slash. Every bullet was cut in half or completely fragmented to pieces.

The Lynx and Spaniel had that look in their eyes. The two both had blood colored eyes just like how Grey has in his left eye. Krystal's demon eye caught the aura of demons inside the Lynx and Spaniel. She thought maybe that is what Grey's final words were before exhausting his remaining energy. Cursed... that word rang through her head, it reminded Krystal of Kursed, her counterpart. The Lynx spoke to the Spaniel, "Kill her now."

The Spaniel wasn't hesitant and readied her rifle at Krystal once more. The Lynx commanded her, "Fire." The Spaniel aim down the sight but before she pulled the trigger, the rifle shattered instantly from another source. Now both the Lynx and Spaniel's weapons were damaged and became unusable. Krystal looked up, seeing a familiar friend, Fara Phoenix behind the two. In Fara's hand was her own sniper rifle that shot the Spaniel's, on her back was a tranquilizer blaster. Fara set aside her sniper and fired two darts into the Lynx and Spaniel's arms. The injection quickly knocked them into a fast slumber. "A traitor like you doesn't belong back in Corneria. What the hell are you doing here?" Fara looked at Krystal with a negative tone.

Krystal didn't like her attitude ever since this all began. "Silence, before I move your life higher on my kill list." Fara sighed and shrugged her shoulders. Slap! A loud slap ran across Krystal's face by Fara's hand. This was enough to revert Krystal back to normal. "Ow... Hey! What the hell was that for?" Krystal tried to soothe the pain, rubbing her own hand against her face.

"You were... um acting a little funny." Fara used this as a lie to push through to Krystal. However, Krystal knew this was a lie but she let it slide. "Get straight to the point, why are you back here huh?"

"My brother was attacked by those two, along with another." She pointed to Grey and Kaitlyn who were laying down in the distance.

"God damn, not Grey again... look don't mind the trouble that just happened. Those two I knocked out, Miyu, the Lynx, and Fay, the Spaniel are part of my team. I've been seeing weird reports of demons and people being possessed by some unknown phenomenon. They happen to be affected and I know who's been doing such things." Fara notices Krystal holding a sword and revolver in her hands. Suddenly, the last bullet in the revolver glows brightly.

Krystal lifts up the revolver, the bullet shined brighter when the chamber opened. Glowing a miraculous calming blue. Fara snatches the revolver and takes one glance at the bullet. "Hey! Give it back," Krystal whines.

"Sorry dear, but this bullet might be the case to remove any possessed being(s) inside of someone." Fara walks over back to the sleeping Miyu and Fay. She lined them up back to back and removes the darts that she shot at them. Fara then aims down the revolver.

"Fara, wait don't shoot! How do you know this is a safe idea?"

"This bullet is the same as what I've seen from your ex, Panther and that girl over there. I only have one shot at this." Fara placed her finger on the trigger and focused on Miyu. Behind Miyu was Fay who was lined up so the bullet would penetrate Miyu and hit her. "Pray that this works." Fara closed her eyes and pulled the trigger. The bullet fired and phased through Miyu and then into Fay. Two demonic spirits were exorcised from their bodies and disintegrated from existence. Fara was right about the bullet, Krystal had her doubts. The bullet had landed on the ground after phasing through Fay and vanished. Their hoods had mysteriously vanished revealing their space uniforms.

Miyu awakened upon being shot by Fara using Kaitlyn's revolver. "Ugh..." Upon seeing Fara, Miyu jumped up immediately. "I'm here Captain!" Saluting to Fara.

"Okay... now how about Fay?" Fara looked at the sleeping Spaniel. "Seems like I gotta do it again..." Fara raised her right hand and slapped Fay hard on the face. Slap!

"Huh? Oh. Hiya Captain." Fay woke up and yawned. Krystal was surprised that she didn't flinch at all when she got slapped.

"Better and do you mind explaining to me what the hell happened to you two?" Miyu and Fay looked directly at each other. They didn't have an answer for their situation. Instead, they noticed Krystal as the Star Fox traitor. The two accused her of being a threat to Corneria due to her traitorous acts. Fara defended Krystal in an argument. Saying how she wasn't the issue anymore but instead Panther now. "Stand down you two, we have other important things to worry about." Miyu and Fay's mood toned down to a calmer mood. They even apologized because of the rough times Krystal had gone through.

Fara looked back at Krystal. "Do you want to know what happened with Panther?" The name of her ex rang through Krystal's mind. She hated him but she needed to know more clues about the situation ahead of them.

"Just help out my brother and Kaitlyn please before you tell me... they are suffering so much because of me." Krystal's voice began to shake with anxiety and depression.

Fara cheered the vixen up. "I understand dear but these are rough times. Miyu, Fay, you know what to do." Miyu picked up Grey and Fay carried Kaitlyn. Miyu was pretty surprised to see how lightweight Grey apparently was. As for Fay, Kaitlyn was a bit heavier than Grey. How could a male be lighter than a female she complained. Fara chuckled at her remarks. "Just make sure they get to the hospital nearby and thanks, you guys!"

"Understood Captain," Miyu and Fay said in unison and hurried along.

"Now it's the time you learn about Panther. I'm sorry, I know you've been through so much, it's even in your heart, you still love Fox don't you?"

Krystal began to tear up. "Y-yes, I just... want him back in my arms..."

"Well it's the time you learned the truth about Panther, he agreed to work with Fox."

"W-what?" A paralyzing fear stopped her from moving an inch or to even think. It can't be?!

To be continued...

Sealies: I honestly got so tired of changing around this chapter so much. At least I managed to complete it and I hope you guys enjoy it!

Krystal: Why did Grey call me Krystine?

Me: Don't question it.