The next morning. Fox woke up after spending most of the night asleep. After putting Falco on watch duty he felt much more secure than before, so because of that he was able to get some sleep. But soon he'd realize his worst nightmare had come to life.
Fox exited his room and stood in the hallway. He arched his back and stretched out his arms giving a yawn while he did so.
His eyes trailed off down the hallway towards Krystal's room. And what he saw shocked him. As his eyes went down the hall he saw her door open, not in itself a surprising fact one would assume she'd already gotten up. But the thing that struck him as suspicious was Falco lying on the ground.
Fox quickly turned and ran down the hallway to access the situation. He knelt down next to Falco and began shaking him by his shoulder.
"Falco, Falco." He said as he did so. But Falco did not move. Fox quickly looked him over to see if he had any wounds on him, he found none. Then Fox moved his fingers to Falco's neck checking his pulse. It was then at that moment that Falco began to stir. He made low grumbling noises as he came alive again.
Fox stood up and left him for a moment. He turned around and peered into Krystal's room. To scare him even more she wasn't there. Her blanket were moved around and scattered onto the floor.
Fox quickly turned back to Falco who was sitting up rubbing his head.
"Falco." Said Fox again as he took his friend by the shoulders." What happened here?"
"It happened so fast." Groaned Falco." The shadows."
"Shadows?" asked Fox concerned."What shaodws? Where is Krystal?"
Falco groaned." Krystal." he repeated."Krystal." he said again." Is gone." He said before lying his head back down. Fox quickly looked around frantically trying to piece all of this together.
Then it suddenly dawned upon him. Wolf's threat, it had come true. Fox rested Falco onto the ground and made his way to where Wolf was being held.
At that moment Peppy and Slippy came down the hall right behind Fox.
"Fox where are you going?" called out Slippy as Fox disappeared down the hall. But Fox did not reply and Slippy tried to go after him but was stopped by the commanding voice of Peppy.
"Slippy." He called out. The frog turned to the hare. Peppy was standing over Falco"Leave him be for now. We've got to help Falco." Then Peppy grabbed one of Falco's arms and put it over his shoulder. Slippy walked over and grabbed the other and the two helped Falco around.
Meanwhile Fox made his way to the prisoner's door. As he stood before it he found that Slippy had done as he was told and bolted the door shut.
Fox in too angry of a mood to take the bolts off reached into his pocket and pulled out his gun. Then she shot the handle on the door and blew it right off.
Then Fox kicked the door open. He breathed heavily as he stood in the doorway and starred Wolf down.
But Wolf sat there just as he had the other day, legs crossed with a careless look on his face.
"Good morning." Said Wolf in a charming voice."Is something the matter."
"Where is she?" asked Fox.
"Where is who?" asked Wolf with a tone of truth but with a sly look on his face.
"I'm not playing this game Wolf." Said Fox as he stormed into the room."Where is Krystal?"
"Oh my." Said Wolf." Did something happen?" Just then Fox punched Wolf in the face and Wolf fell over to the ground. Then Fox stood over him and punched him again.
"Where is she?" he screamed. Wolf made no reply so Fox punched him again. Then Fox grabbed Wolf by his collar and stood him up. Then Fox threw him into the wall.
Wolf lay on the ground and let out a cough, spitting blood onto the floor. Then he looked up at Fox and laughed. Fox getting more enraged by the second stormed over and punched Wolf again.
"Where was all this fire in our previous battles?" asked Wolf as he looked up at Fox. Then Fox punched him again."If this is how much you care for her I should steal your stuff more often." Fox landed another deadly punched to Wolf's head. Afterwards Wolf looked up at Fox. Fox raised his fist for another punch.
Just then as he was about to strike someone came up behind him and grabbed him.
"No Fox no." said the person as they grabbed Fox and spun him around, it was Peppy."There's no need for that." Fox panted heavily as he looked between Peppy and Wolf."Fox what would your father think?" With that statement Fox came to his senses."C'mon." said Peppy as he grabbed Fox by his collar and walked him outside."We'll get to the bottom of this."
As they left Fox glanced back at Wolf who was rolling around in a pool of his own blood with a malicious smirk on his face.
Peppy brought Fox into the kitchen where Slippy had just handed Falco a bag of ice to put on his head to help the pain. Peppy walked in and sat Fox down next to Falco.
"Alright." Said Peppy as he stood before the three with his sleeves rolled up."Something's happened here. Something he don't fully comprehend yet, so we've all got to work our hardest to put our heads together and make sense of this." The old hare's eyes then moved to Falco."Falco." he said.
"Yea." Groaned Falco in response.
"You were guarding Krystal's room last night." Said Peppy."What happened?"
Falco let out a long deep breath.
"I don't really know." He replied."One second I was standing there, next thing I know something was on me. The last thing I remember was a sudden pain in my head."
"Is that all you remember?" asked Fox. Falco nodded his head.
"Try to think harder Falco." Said Peppy."What happened last night."
"I just told you." Said Falco."That's all I remember."
"That can't be all!" barked Fox standing up."You have to remember something else."
"Well I don't." responded Falco.
"Guys." Said Slippy suddenly jumping in. Everyone turned to him."We can check the security cameras to see what happened.
"Good idea Slippy." Said Peppy. Then the four men then made their way to the hanger where Slippy made the control panel for the security cameras.
On one giant screen he had four slots for the different cameras in Great Fox. He scanned around for the one closest to Krystal's room. Fox, Peppy, and Falco waited.
"There we go." He said as he pulled it up."Now to rewind." He did as he said and rewound to the previous night."There." he said as an image of Falco on guard duty came on the screen. Then the other three men came over and crowded around the screen.
Falco stood there doing his duties it seemed. He stood up gun in hand and his head moved from left to right as he scanned the area. Nothing unusual about that. But then something happened.
Falco suddenly jerked his head to the right. Then suddenly darkness covered him and he fell to the ground. Slippy paused the video at that exact moment.
"This seem familiar?" he asked.
"Yea." Said Falco."That's when the guy hit me." Peppy adjusted his glasses to see better.
"What guy?" asked Fox.
"The guy there." Said Peppy pointing to the screen. He pointed to the dark area covering Falco."You can't see him because he's dressed in black to hide himself in the night. However he is, he's a professional."
The group then sat there for a few more moments and contemplated over the situation.
Just then Fox turned around and began to walk off.
"Where are you going?" asked Falco.
"I'm going to interrogate Wolf." Told Fox as he turned back to his group.
"That would be an unwise move." Told Peppy as he moved in front of Fox.
"Why he's clearly behind it." Told Fox."Who else would be."
"There are better ways to go about this Fox." Said Peppy.
"Like what?" asked Fox.
Meanwhile Wolf sat quietly in his room. Then suddenly the door opened. He had expected to see Fox ready for round two nut he was surprised at who he saw.
Peppy walked in and stood in the doorway.
"Good morning." Said the old hare as he walked deeper into the room.
"You're not who I was excepting." Replied Wolf.
"Life is full of surprises." Told Peppy as he stood before Wolf."Like the surprise you gave us when we woke up this morning."
"It wasn't me." Told Wolf."I was right here."
"Then who?" asked Peppy. Wolf made no reply."I could have Fox come in here and beat the living dailights out of you and get you to talk."
Although Wolf wasn't scared by the threat it wasn't what he wanted. He let out a deep sigh before responding.
Minutes later Peppy walked out of the room and approached the remainder of the Star Fox Team. Then he explained Wolf's demands.
"He wants me to do what?" asked Fox.
"He says if you deliver him to a planet he'll give you back Krystal." Told Peppy.
"What planet?" asked Fox.
"He would not say." Told Peppy."That's all he said."
"Ok." Said Fox in confusion."I'll talk to him and then set a course for this-"
"No." said Peppy interrupting him."He wants you and only you to deliver him to this planet."
"Why what's the point in that?" asked Fox as he ran his hand across his chin.
"I don't know." Replied Peppy.
"I wouldn't take that bet Fox." Told Falco.
"Me neither." Added Slippy.
"It's not like we have much of a choice." Said Peppy. Everyone looked to Fox now waiting for his answer.
"Fox." Said Falco.
"We have no choice." He said."I have no choice."
"You can't be serious." Said Falco. Fox then turned to Slippy.
"Slippy." He said."Make a tracking devise and attach it to my arwing, that way you guys can find me when it's over."
"Good idea Fox." Said Slippy. Then the frog quickly ran off to get a tracking devise."
"Let's get this over with." Said Fox. Then he began walking away to go get Wolf.