Fiend and Family
Fara continued, "We discovered that Panther has given his life to Fox. Which I believe you know Fox as the new Demon King correct?" Krystal couldn't believe what she was hearing. Just how she remembered that there was some sort of love triangle between the 3. Her, Fox and Panther all had something to do with each other. At first, it started out with Krystal and Fox, where Panther would despise Fox a lot. Which made Panther really jealous of Fox. Next, it changed over the years to Krystal and Panther. It was after Fox broke away from Krystal to keep her safe. Instead of Panther, Fox becomes heartbroken for losing Krystal to his rival. Unfortunately for Fox, he never got Krystal back to his heart and became who he is now, Vel, the Cerinian Demon King.
"Y-yes, the Demon King is named Vel, but Panther has given his life up to him? That bastard, he deserves worse if he sided with the enemy." Given an odd expression, Krystal was unable to maintain herself to keep calm.
"Yes I know it's a lot to take in but let me continue. My team and I heard about the news about someone who also possessed special powers."
It was that night, right after he was imprisoned and kicked off Star Wolf. Panther was inside his jail cell waiting for his punishment. Leon was standing across his cell watching guard while Wolf was busy doing paperwork. It was until someone by the name Kaitlyn Crimson broke inside the prison and attacked Leon first before freeing Panther from his demise. We heard she was a "Reverse Hunter", by that time, we didn't find any clues on what that meant. That wasn't it though, she took Leon's soul and trapped him inside a lantern and they searched for Wolf and took him out. Kaitlyn was no joke, she was a serious fighter, as a former member of the Cornerian Army. My team was able to identify her aliases as Kaitlyn McCloud. I then took the assumption to say she was also working with Fox and then with Panther. We weren't really quite sure what even happened between those three according to my facts.
"You must know everything, don't you?"
Krystal gulped. "I t-think so, Fara."
"Good, we need as much information as possible to make our next move. Follow me to the lab, I'll explain more on the way." Fara lifted up her left arm. She pressed one of the buttons and motorbike materialized right in front of them. "Hop on, we'll be there in 20 minutes," she stated.
*Meanwhile in another Realm*
"Forgive me, Master Vel, I have failed you once again," Panther says kneeling down before the Demon King.
Fox's aura glowed darker. "We don't tolerate fools like you, I didn't hand over some of my power to a weakling like you. I'll give you one more chance to prove to me your worth. Otherwise, you're dead to me." In Fox's right hand showed a projection of Grey's location. Grey was fast asleep recovering in a hospital bed on the third floor with a nurse watching over him. The nurse talked to Miyu about Grey's condition.
Her voice could be heard from the projection. "So his name is Grey Winter correct?" Miyu answers yes as that is his full name. The nurse continues, "He appears to have taken horrible wounds from gunshots to his entire body. His left eye also appears to be unstable or something beyond our diagnosis. Like it has been injured before, his eyes don't match each other." The nurse flips through the paperwork, "He appears to be affiliated with Star Fox. Grey Winter, why haven't I heard that name before?" She looks back at Miyu. Where Miyu is feeling guilty about her own and Fay's actions. Of course, they weren't really the ones who attacked Grey. More like a possessor attached to them.
Miyu answered again, "He doesn't like it when people know about him, so he keeps quiet about himself from the team." The nurse acknowledges Miyu's explanation.
"I'll tell you the good and bad news about what's going on with Grey. Which would you like to hear first?"
"Bad news please, ma'am," Miyu says calmly.
"His right arm has major wounds that are beyond repair and must be amputated. If it doesn't get amputated, his body will start to turn on him. The good news is, he won't die at the very least and we can pretty much replace his arm with a prosthetic. But the thing is, we need permission if we were to perform this kind of surgery. Do you know of anyone related to him at the very least?"
"Another person by the name, Krystal Rose, former Star Fox member. Fara, Fay, and I met her some time back. She so happens to be his twin sister. I'll contact Captain Fara, she's currently with Krystal at the moment." The nurse acknowledges Miyu's statement once more.
The projection disappears. "There will be no good news because of us." Fox laughs. Now here is your new task, end this guy's life, his name is Grey Winter. He so happens to be the twin of another Demon Hunter which you know as Krystal."
"Thank you Master Vel, I won't fail you again." Panther said apologetically.
"Surely the hell you won't." Fox said sarcastically. Panther hurried out the realm with his gear intact. His sniper rifle, machete, night vision binoculars and many more needed to assassinate Grey. "When Grey finally dies, it will be much easier to create more demons and kill everyone in existence. Can't believe that bastard knows how to utilize Demon Hunter."
*Fara's Lab*
Fara and Krystal have arrived at the lab. "This is it, Krystal, welcome to my lab." Fara's lab was located outside of Cornerian City far away from civilization. The two walked in front of two sliding doors as it opened up automatically. The breeze of the cooling air blew into their hair as they walked inside. Everywhere there were many different computers, lab experiments, and such things. Fara guided Krystal into another room. "Follow me inside this room. It's where we keep track of supernatural behaviors." Fara took a key card from out her pocket and slid it down the keypad. Krystal and Fara entered the room. Fara walked up to her computer and powered it on. What appeared on the screen was a chart with different wavelengths. "So far just you, Fox or Vel, however, you want to say it just know they are the same person, Grey and Kaitlyn have been affecting these chart readings."
Ring Ring! Ring Ring! Fara's phone began to ring. She pulled her phone out her pocket and saw Miyu's caller ID on the screen. Fara slid her thumb on the screen to answer and placed her phone up to her ear. "What's up, Miyu?"
"Captain, I need to speak with Krystal for a moment." Fara slowly handed the phone over to Krystal. "It's for you, from Miyu herself."
"Miyu? What does she need right now?" Krystal took the phone and answered. "Hello? This is Krystal you are speaking too."
"Ah. Krystal, I'm sorry for bothering you right now but there seems to be a problem with Grey." Krystal became worried.
"Grey? What's the matter with him?" She answered back.
"Since you are the only one related to him and are still alive, the doctors require special permission from you regarding Grey."
Krystal knew this was already going downhill by instinct. Then a vision appeared in her mind. A voice similar to Miyu's voice spoke inside her mind, "They need to amputate Grey's right arm." Krystal didn't expect this vision to even appear. Fara then noticed the chart readings had risen drastically. "What the hell?" She said with confusion. Krystal saw Fara's reaction to the chart. It must have been something to do with the vision Krystal saw. Krystal then continued the conversation.
"Sorry about the long pause, what does Grey require?"
"They need to amputate Grey's right arm," Miyu said. Krystal thought she was going insane. Yet again the vision also said the exact same thing. Suddenly, another vision appeared in her head. It showed Krystal arriving inside the hospital room where Grey was residing in. Krystal had failed to restore Grey's health as he passed away inside the hospital. His had body shut down and ended his life. She didn't want him to lose his arm, so her attempt to heal failed.
"Oh no... that must have been the future. If the first vision showed me Miyu's voice, it must be the future because it was right." In that second vision, it was Krystal rushing in to heal Grey but her magic was ineffective. The only option was to amputate his arm to ensure his survival was key. Krystal felt devastated, "I'm sorry Grey," she said in a terrified and sad voice. Miyu heard from her side Krystal's sobbing. "Go ahead, remove his arm for me, he needs to live, for Fox's sake..."
"Krystal?" Miyu spoke. "Please don't give up, Grey wouldn't be here without you, he needs you to believe in yourself. Balance your heart, he told me that himself."
"T-thank you, Miyu, please keep him safe, my brother, my only family member left alive."
"I got it covered, work with Captain Fara for us, she will know what to do and please forgive us. Fay and I didn't mean any harm to your brother. I hope you understand."
"I-it's alright... it wasn't your fault, it's was that bastard Panther."
"He's our priority right now, we'll find him for sure. Good luck!" Miyu hung up the phone. Krystal handed over Fara's phone back.
"You alright, Krystal?" Fara's attempt to cheer her up began.
"I'm fine, let's just get back to work now." Krystal wiped off the tear that fell from her eyes. Fara began to notice the chart reading changing from Krystal's powers. The lines started to jump whenever Krystal had obtained a vision. Since there were two visions, there would also be two spikes. Fara carefully analyzed the lines and looked back at Krystal. "Do you mind telling me what happened? These readings indicate someone really close by, that would be you."
Krystal mentioned the two visions she received during the phone call with Miyu. She even explained the situation she saw with Grey's life. He wouldn't survive without the treatment, not even her healing powers would work. "I understand, Grey will have to sit out for a while. He won't last long in his condition right now. Give it at least a week or more to let his recovery improve." Another reading spiked the chart again, but this time Krystal wasn't the source. Fara quickly checked for Demon Fox's power. It wasn't him either nor could it have been Grey. Miyu has a power tracker with him for Grey. Oddly enough that Fara even knew to give Miyu a tracker for Grey.
Fara took note of the new source. One stronger than the rest. It's power surged so powerful that the reading even went off the chart. So much that the computer exploded. "Well... at least I know my device worked for a while. We need to find out that source, Krystal. You and I must know where that came from."
"I agree, maybe we can utilize that source to our advantage after we finish the repairs."
"Good idea, let's get working."
*Meanwhile Panther*
Panther's location was on top of another building north of the hospital. Exactly towards the direction where Grey's hospital room was. He readied his sniper and its attachments. With each attachment giving a different slight power boost. First, he attached the barrel to improve accuracy by a ton. Next, the stock to reduce the amount of recoil caused after firing a single shot. A bi-pod to further decrease the recoil and improve accuracy slightly by reducing movement. The scope to sight a target and finally the magazine with high caliber bullets for a strong and fast shot. Panther cocked the gun to slide in the first bullet.
He positioned himself near the ledge and aim down the sight. The scope's reticle slowly reached Grey's window. Unfortunately, Krystal didn't receive this vision and others did not know of this. "Heheh, I got you in my sight, Grey Winter." Right as he was about to pull the trigger, a flash of blue light appeared behind Panther. The light released a shockwave, disabling the sniper and temporarily shocked Panther. Rending his movement useless for a split second. Panther turned around and saw a blue fox dressed in a black robe.
The blue fox appeared to be in his early adult years but that wasn't the case. He threw off his robe to reveal a Star Fox uniform. On his head was a visor and on his face was a black mask. His hand had a sword, a blade that matched the color of Grey's blade, red and black. The blue fox pulled down his mask and his eyes shone in the gleaming sunlight, blue and black. "Your only option is to get the hell away from that ledge and surrender." As he pointed the sword against Panther.
"Shit, another one of those freaks." Panther turned around and immediately fired his sniper at the blue fox. Panther knew himself that the bullet would be guaranteed to hit him at this range. The moment the bullet left the barrel, it was deflected back to the sniper. It scattered the entire rifle into pieces. The blue fox successfully deflected the bullet with his sword.
"No one touches my family ever." He said before charging towards Panther. His speed was fast like a demon as he stabbed Panther. Blood gushed out Panther's stomach and his mouth. "W-who... ar..e you..?" He said struggling to speak.
"I have more things to settle with you. The name's Marcus McCloud." Marcus pulled up his black mask to cover his identity. He grabbed Panther by his throat and teleported away with him.
*Fara and Krystal*
"I'm almost done, Krystal, just give me a few minutes and the repairs will be complete. Hand me that wrench over there would you for me." Krystal walked over to the table with tools atop. The same blue flash appeared in their room. "Krystal?!" Fara shouted.
"I swear it's not me!" Krystal shouted back. The light blinded the room. The same two people appeared, the masked Marcus and Panther. Panther's hands were on his stomach an attempt to halt his bleeding. "What the hell, who are you?" Fara looked at Marcus as he dropped the wounded Panther.
"The name's Marcus, Marcus McCloud."
Another McCloud, Krystal thought. Could it be that Fox had another sibling? "Are you a Reverse Hunter?"
"No, I'm both a Fox variant and Demon variant. I'm the child of a Demon Descendant."
"That can't be, your father is-" before she could finish. Marcus completed the sentence.
"I'm the son of Fox McCloud. I've come from a different timeline. I have to help you win, the world becomes ravaged by my father and you are my only hope."
"Who's your mother? What happened to her?"
"That would be..." he exhaled and took a deep breath before speaking. "You." Krystal couldn't believe what her ears were hearing.
"You are kidding right?" She chuckled nervously.
"I can't say that I am, this is the reality we are having at stake."
"That doesn't make sense? How could I be your mother, Marcus?"
"It's a lot to explain, but from what I came from, you and him, mated..."
Sealies: Yeah... I'm started to write these a little faster than normal. You know the usual, school is rather consuming but I don't really mind as long as I write pretty well. Now this story took a wide odd turn if you notice Marcus entering in as an adult rather than a child as most of you guys can think about. I hope I didn't mess up the plot or story line for this chapter. I may have to look back again and again to check over anything.