Chapter 3

Fox woke up in a haze. He tried to move his arms only to realize that his arms and legs were restrained. He looked at the wall around him and saw his bare shoulder. He then looked down to see only his compressions were left. The room looked like it was part of an abandoned building. Walls were made of concrete that had a layer of green vines. The light came from a chain link fence door in front of him. A clock was hung on the far wall. It told him that it was eleven thirty and he could assume it meant am due to the light coming through. In the end all he could do was wait for whoever did this to him.

Fox waited for another ten minutes before hearing the noise of someone pushing the fence. A middle age black furred wolf stood in the doorway. He wore a grey suit with a grey fedora. He stood in sophisticated manner while holding his hands behind his back. "Fox McCloud, I do apologize for how you have awoken." The wolf spoke in an oriental accent. "You must understand that this is security."

"You know this isn't the weirdest way I've woken up. It's In my top ten but not the weirdest." The wolf smiled. "So who are You and where am I?"

"I am Lo Chi. I lead the Mei lery district of Sion." Lo said. Fox was almost happy to that he already had the ear of one of Sions leaders. Lo grabbed a chair out of the corner. "So tell me Mr. McCloud, why are you here?" He said sitting down in an interrogator like pose.

"If you must know, I'm here to deal with the pirate problem." Fox said. Lo lowered his head and started shaking his finger at Fox.

"You are a funny comedian Mr. McCloud. I almost believed you." Lo stood up and put his hand in his suit coat. "No one would ever voluntarily take on the pirates. Unless someone had been paid to say they were here to do so."

"So I see. You think I'm a spy for them. Look back into my history and tell me if I seem like the kind of person to work with thieves."

"If you keep up with our news then you will see that people can change. They can change in an instant." Lo looked down to the ground. Fox saw that this was some kind of sore subject.

"I don't know what happened here, but I want to help. My old squadmate has taken up most of the work in lylat. I came here because I have no more ties in the lylat system. None that keep me pinned." Lo studied Fox's expressions to see if his face showed any signs of lying. Lo prided himself on the ability to get the truth out of most people.

"So you wish to help our cause. I'm curious, what do you wish to be paid?" Lo said. Fox knew he was headed in the direction if he no longer had a metaphorical gun at his head.

"Enough for my ships basic needs and pay for a crew. That's it. Paying me comes secondary." Fox sternly said.

"So you just want to fight. You know your sounding more and more like a psychopath the more you talk."

"I just want an excuse to do the only job I'm good at."

"Is that all." A loud male voice said from outside the doorway. A large bulldog came into the room. He had a large form that almost touched both side of the doorway when he walked in. He wore a black suit with a matching fedora. "I think you have quite the knack for flying anything. I'd argue you could become a ship captain or teacher of some kind. Where are my manners, I am Hugh Killdove."

"Is say it's good to meet you but that will have to wait until we meet under better circumstances." Hugh looked over the nearly naked Fox. He walked behind him and untied his hands. Lo gave Hugh a confused look.

"If he was going to lie then you would have known. Or is the living lie detector losing his edge." Hugh said.

"I only find it strange that you changed an opinion so quick." Fox stood up when the restraints were cut from him. "You are usually slower when it comes to these issues." Lo walked out and motioned for Fox to follow. The outside revealed that Fox's capturing point used to be a functioning hotel. The room he was in had been inside the hotel. Two floors below him was a pool and courtyard. Overgrowth of various plants laid over the whole of the structure. Lo tapped Fox on the shoulder holding a duffel bag. "Meet us in the front once your changed." He handed Fox the bag. Lo and Hugh walked to the end of the hallway with a dark exit sign on the ceiling.

Fox walked back in the room he had been a captive in only minutes before. The duffel bag had everything Fox possessed at the time of being knocked out. He changed into his clothes from before he stepped out of the room. The sun told Fox that it must've been morning, meaning he had been asleep for nearly a day. Fox checked his phone for any new messages. Nova apparently knew that something went awry because he had eight messages from her. Four were just 'Are you alright' and the others were along the line of 'You must check in before noon or I will presume you have gone missing and will contact the authorities.' Fox sent Nova a text saying he was fine.

Nova immediately sent back a text saying 'Please do not wait so long to reply. If you wish radio silence then ask first.' Fox had some thoughts that Nova was becoming motherly. He walked down to the street where Hugh and Lo stood by an expensive looking sedan. Lo was in the front leaning on an open car door and Hugh leaned on the trunk. Hugh motioned to the back door closest to Fox while he and Lo stepped in the car. Fox got in afterwards.

Its interior was one to behold. The four seats were clad in leather and padded cushioning. A driver sat in front with one hand on the wheel and the other on his phone. The driver typed something into his phone that came up as an address on the cars gps. Soon they were on the way to whatever address the driver put in. Hugh looked over to Fox. "So what's your plan for the pirates? Someone like you has to have a plan to take on anything."

"Well I know that a pirate base is only a few miles from this city in the mountains. I may pay them a visit once a get a team together."

"You don't have a team?" Lo asked. "Isn't that the point of Star Fox to have a team alongside you?"

"My team is no longer together." Fox said sourly. "Kew is more or less a new start." Hugh and Lo said nothing more about that subject. Fox sat back fully into the seat trying to get comfortable. "So where are we going?"

"Lo Chi's district. Lo set up a hotel room for you to stay in. I'll give you both of our numbers for when you attack that base. If you need a crew then I think I could rally up a few fighters." The car stopped in front of an elegant hotel. "This is your stop sadly. We will be in contact with you."

"Thanks, I guess." Fox said. "I think I can find my own team though. I'd rather pick who I trust my life with."

"Understandable. Don't eat dinner here. Me Lo and the other district leaders are meeting tonight. It's something we do weekly but I want you to be there if you really want to take on the pirates. A Lot of us have dirt you may want to hear." Fox thanked him again and shook Hugh's hand goodbye. Fox exited the car but saw that Lo did as well. Fox looked in curiosity at Lo.

"Why are you surprised. This is my district." Lo looked out at the surrounding buildings. Many towered over the streets with sleek modern designs. There also were a few distinct features in its architecture. Most buildings had some oriental class to them. The smaller ones down the street had pagoda roofs. "Eighty years ago none of this was here. It was just a colony holding no more than a thousand people. Then some of my people came here. We had customs that most Lylatains didn't care for. Here however, we have learned to celebrate our customs and the customs of others too." Lo turned to Fox. "Fox McCloud, I'd like to welcome you to the city of Mei lery." Fox took a minute to breath it all in.

Cars bustled up and down the streets in rush hour traffic. Restaurants with vendors outside handing out samples to passer byers. Walking past Fox was a young couple probably not even out of high school. That sight brought him back to why he left Lylat in the first place. He did take some solace in the fact that for a few moments he didn't even think about her. Lo saw the sad expression on his face. "Do you usually get this emotional while watching underage couples?"

"No, no, no, no, It's nothing like that." Lo caught Fox off guard. "They just remind me of a time I used to be like that." Lo gazed over Fox's depressed face.

"Kew has a second chance for anyone." Lo said. "I would stay and talk but I am needed elsewhere. We will meet again sometime tonight." Lo walked down the street away from Fox. Fox left alone walked into the hotel. Inside was a three story atrium with a center fountain and a few desks in the corners of the room. He walked up to one desk and conversed with a clerk. Soon he was in an elevator going to one of the upper floors. The two had given him a room called the diplomatic suite. The door to the room was made of some finely carved wood with the word diplomat etched into the top area.

Inside the suite was a full kitchen and a living room with a large entertainment setup. One might mistake the hotel room for an apartment with all the amenities it came with. After Fox saw all the first room had to offer he had to see what his bedroom had. His bedroom had probably the biggest bed out of any Fox had seen. The bathroom was pretty standard with a large walk in shower. One thing that caught Fox's eye was a cut out in a wall that looked like something was behind it. Fox decided to investigate thinking that Hugh and Lo might be spying on him. He put one claw in the gap and tried pulling. It gave a little, meaning he could get it open somehow.

He figured that the door could be hacked somehow. Fox pulled out his phone and called Nova. "Nova I know you are in the ship but do you think you could hack something for me?" Nova's face came up on his phone.

"I can if you put the display projector on the ground."

"What do you mean the display projector?"

"There is a display projector in your jacket pocket. It will allow me be present wherever you are, given you are in range of the Dauntless." Fox put his hand in his jacket pocket and sure enough there was a black disk the size of a GameCube disk with a camera lens on one side. He laid it down on the floor camera side up.

"Okay Nova I placed down the projector. Can you come down now?" Fox waited all of about three seconds before Nova started appearing before him. "Okay Nova that door behind you is the one I need open." Her body turned around to look a the door. She examined the door for maybe a minute before she disappeared into the door. "Nova?" The door let out steam and it came out about an inch. It then split apart opening up what was inside.

"Welcome valued Guest." A robotic overhead voice said, "And thank you for purchasing the second honeymoon package." Fox stared wide eyed at the room behind the door. The only way he could describe it was a sex dungeon. Leashes, whips and collars were hung up on walls. A bench and a swing that could suspend a person were in prominent view.

"NOVA CLOSE THE DOOR." Fox said loudly. Nova glitched out for a minute before the door shut as slowly as it opened. Fox looked away and tried not to dwell about what just happened. Sometime later Fox was laying down on his bed looking up at the ceiling. The time was still well before Fox had a meeting with the Sion leaders. The image of knowing what was behind the door put some provocative thoughts in his mind. "Nova." He called out to an empty room. Nova animated herself where Fox left the projector.

"Yes Captain?"

"You said that you could change appearance to appeal to someone better."

"Yes Captain I did. Would you like me to change?"

"Can I ask for a custom appearance? Like a different species"

"Yes sir." Fox's mind went wild with possibilities but only after a few moments he knew exactly how he wanted Nova to appear.

"Change your species to a Fox." Nova did as asked of her. Her figure glitched once again and afterward she turned into a fox. "Shorten the muzzle and darken the secondary fur." Nova's muzzle shortened and fur went to a near perfect match that Fox wanted. "Make the hair short too." Her now hair went down to her chin and not a follicle lower. She was almost a perfect match. "Now...," Fox sat up and took off his shirt. "...remove your clothes." Fox wasn't sure if the was even in her programming. To his surprise her clothes came off in a beautiful manner. Almost like the wind blew through and swept them away. There was no way Fox could physically do to a hologram what he did to Krystal, but right now Fox was only interested in his own pleasures. He stayed in his room with his nude AI until the bosses came to get him.

Chapter 3 end

A/N: (Reader) Didn't you say you would get this out last week Sunday. (Me) Yup, and jinxed myself by stating a date. If I ever say a chapter will be out at some point, take it with a grain of salt. I'm probably going to do another chapter of this story before going back to Heroes.

Have a happy easter (Or regular Sunday if that's your thing) and until next time LONEW0LF out.