"Peppy what our ETA till we reach our destination" Fox asked

"Exactly 3 hours, the planet should be coming into view now" off in the distance Xeon was just like fox said it was, dead, the planet looked almost completely black and it appeared to have a dark bluish and purple vein like structures spread throughout the surface.

"The Aparoids seem to be making the planet habitable again, sensors show that air is breathable with no damaging toxins" Slippy reported,

"If that's the case I'm going to scout the place and see if Peppy could use any information gathered," Fox stated.

"Then I'm coming with you, it's to dangerous to go alone" Krystal insisted. Fox knew that once she made up her mind that there was no changing it. Besides he was glad that someone would have his back in and they would have a better chance if they worked in pairs anyway.

"very well, we meet in the hanger in 10 minutes." when Fox arrived in the hanger he saw Slippy placing extra ammunition "Good thinking" Fox thought, "okay, here's how it's we're going to do this me and Krystal are going to fly recon and recon only, only under extreme circumstances that we are to engage the enemy, we have neither the resources or the numbers to face the Aparoids, Falco and Slippy I want you to be ready at a moments notice to cover our backs if we're being persuaded and I want the Great Fox's auto and main canons on standby to assist if things look bad, Got it"

"Got it" the team replied.

"Outstanding" with that Fox jumped into his arwing and launched form the hanger of the Great Fox with Krystal in tow.

"Krystal, lets go over the plan again, I don't want any complications happening." Fox didn't have a good feeling going to a enemy's home world though he has done it more time than he can count, but something just didn't sit right with him.

Fox continued, "Remember we're greatly out numbered and in enemy territory, so this is all about stealth we are only scouting so Peppy can get a go look around and map out the best possible way to take the aparoids out. Were are more likely to see scouts and lets try to keep it that way, but if spotted take it out, we don't want them warning others of our presence here, at lease not now. Peppy are you getting all of this."

"Receiving information now, my god what are they trying to do?"

Krystal and Fox both saw what made Peppy say that, no sooner have they pass through the clouds they spotted large bluish purple vein-like structures spread throughout the planets surface. It looked like the entire planet itself was infected. "I have a bad feeling about this Fox" Krystal said.

"I agree lets try to hurry this up, Peppy can you give me an analysis on what the heck these things are."

"Yeah, the vein-like structures seem to be holding energy and a large amount too, scanners show that it's under a large amount of pressure"

"Well that settles it, Fox replied, seems like we won't need back up, change in plans, me and Krystal are going to destroy those structures which should set of a chain reaction thus wiping out the planet and the aparoids."

"I wish it were that simple Fox, but scanners show that the Arwings' weapons can't penetrate those structures, you will need to hit a energy regulator deep beneath the planets' surface and the entrance to it is guarded by a shield, so you will need to find the shield generator but its inside the structure, the structure itself is harden to a point that your weapons will not have any effect, so you'll have to go in on foot."

"If it that the case then I'll go in on foot while Krystal be look out." Fox said.

After finding a clear landing area Fox landed his arwing, got out and opened his arwings' armory compartment he had Slippy install, inside was a sniper rifle, a Gatling gun, a couple of thermal grenades, and his trusty blaster.

"Remind me to thank Slippy after this" Fox said, he loaded up and proceeded to shield generator complex. At the entrance Peppy came over the com link "I've downloaded a outlay of the building the scanner picked up, the generator should be at the bottom of the complex." "Be careful Fox, I'll keep look out and update you should anything happen." Krystal said.

Fox entered the complex; the complex looked different to the one on the aparoid home world. Fox proceeded on following the map Peppy downloaded on his PDA. The room the generator was in was on the lowest level of the structure, at the bottom Fox came to the door to the generator's room. Fox took out his blaster and kicked opened the door but to his surprise there was nothing there but the generator "guess no one's home." Fox walked to the consult of the generator, it looked strange to Fox. He tried to get contact Peppy but got static. A voice from the darkness sent Fox into alarm mode "Welcome Fox McCloud, I've been waiting for you."

AN: what in the world is going on and whose voice could that possibly be?, stay tuned and, R&R please