So Fox returned to Wolf and took him up on his offer. With no other real option the only thing he could do was take Wolf to where he wanted to go. However when asked by Fox where he wanted to be taken Wolf did not reply. He only told Fox that he'd be told when the time is right.
That made sense. He didn't want anyone other than Fox hearing about their destination or else they'd all go along and whatever Wolf had in mind would have failed.
So Fox lead Wolf into the hanger. Wolf still bound by his hands and legs just in case he tried to escape.
The two walked into the hanger. Fox looked around and noticed that Peppy and Falco were standing some distance off talking to each other. Looking at his arwing Fox noticed Slippy was standing behind it.
At that moment Slippy attached a small tracking devise to the left wing of the arwing just in time to. For at that moment Wolf and Fox walked over.
"Fox your good to go." Said Slippy.
"Thanks." Said Fox as he began to climb into his arwing. Slippy then looked up at Wolf. Wolf looked down and sneered at Slippy causing the frog to become frightened and jump.
Fox jumped into his seat and prepared to launch.
"Wolf, get in." he called out. Wolf looked at Fox then back to Slippy. At that moment Peppy and Falco walked over.
"Well gentlemen." Said Wolf to them."You almost had me this time, but once again I elude you." He said with a smile.
"Get in Wolf!" called out Fox again.
"Until we meet again." Said Wolf with a slight head nod. Then he climbed up and entered Fox's arwing. Fox then closed the hatch and prepared for takeoff.
He turned on the engine causing all the lights to come on, including the communications station. Then Fox engaged the thrusters and took off.
As they took off Slippy pulled out a small remote. Fox and Peppy hovered over him. Slippy clicked the remote on, and the tracking device on Fox's ship began blinking.
"We've got 'em." Said Slippy.
Meanwhile Fox blasted out of Great Fox and took off into the dark vacuum of space.
"Alright Wolf." Said Fox as he slightly looked over his shoulder at his guests."Where am I taking you." Just then he looked up and saw Wolf's figure over him.
"Turn off the communications system." Said Wolf."I know it's on."
'Damn' Fox thought to himself as he reached forward and turned it off.'Now I just hope that tracking device works.'
"Alright off." He said to Wolf as he turned back to him."Now where am I taking you?"
Wolf sat back down."Planet Venom."
"Venom." The words echoed in Fox's mind. Planet Venom the final resting palce of Andross and all the evil he stood for. The man who killed his father, and so many others. The sheer mention of that place or that monster brought chills and horrific memories back to Fox's mind.
"Is something the matter?" asked Wolf commenting on the sudden paleness on Fox's face. But at the same time he brought Fox out of his memory relapse.
"Hm?" asked Fox turning to Wolf.
"Dreaming old dreams?" asked Wolf.
"More like old nightmares." Replied Fox.
"Planet Venom." Said Wolf."Does bring back some fond memories doesn't it." Fox made no reply." The day of our most epic battle to date, no battle since has been as vicious or life threating. I look back on that day and remember that battle with pride."
"I look back on that day much differently." Told Fox.
"Oh." Said Wolf with a surprised look on his face."How so."
"Let me put into terms you'll understand." Said Fox." Up until that day I thought my purpose in life was to defeat Andross." Fox stopped for a moment and recalled how he felt after the incident. How light he felt. He then remembered the encounter he had with his father after the incident."After that." Continued Fox." I didn't know what to do with myself. That was until I get my next mission then I understood it all. All that time I didn't really view Star Wolf as that big a threat, you were just our rivals who always got in our way."
"It's only natural." Said Wolf." You were a purposeless being and you strived to find purpose in your life. It's not uncommon to have multiple purposes in one's life, because without purpose nothing in this world would exist." Fox ignored Wolf still not buying all his purpose beliefs."What was your next mission after that?"
"Find and track down you." Told Fox.
"Ah yes I believe I recall." Said Wolf." Planet Katina?"
"Yea." Replied Fox." And then you escaped in the asteroid field."
"Yes." Said Wolf." And thus our rivalry was reborn." Fox looked at him confused."It all makes sense, don't you see the signs?"
"What?" Fox asked.
"You may have seen me and my team as irrelevant in your hunt to kill Andross but we've always been more than that. Wherever you would go, Star Wolf would be sent to stop you. Wherever Star Wolf would go Star Fox would show up to stop us. Can you not see the relationship there?"
"It's just good versus evil." Said Fox.
"That all depends on your interpretation of good and evil." Said Wolf."You're a hired gun, a mercenary just like me. So on what basis are you good."
"Because I'm about helping people." Said Fox." It's on that basis that I am good."
"But I help people to." Told Wolf." I helped Andross whenever he called and I would help. In return he would pay my team and I a large sum of money. It's probably the exact same way for your team and General Pepper."
"You killed innocent people." Told Fox."Good men died at your hands."
"I've probably killed as many men as you have. I've only killed as many who tried to kill me" Told Wolf." And it was out of the instinct of survival. Because In the end that is the key to survive."
Fox fell silent for a moment. Then he put the ship on auto pilot for a moment. Then he quickly spun around and grabbed Wolf by his collar.
"Let's get something straight." He ordered." I am nothing like you; I will never be like you. I would never stoop so low as to be you!" Then Fox spun around and went back to driving.
"You may not have realized it yet McCloud." Said Wolf." But someday soon you will. You will realize that you and I are one in same, that we walk the same path."
"No more talking the rest of the ride." Ordered Fox. It fell silent for a moment, but then Wolf spoke up again.
"Tell me." He said." After you fulfilled your purpose of killing Andross what did you realize as your purpose then?"
Fox did not reply as he had made it clear he didn't want to talk to Wolf after that, so Wolf would just go waiting for an answer that would never come. And once again silence fell upon them.
"We've sure been flying a long time." Commented Wolf after a few minutes." But I don't think we're any closer to Venom. We'd better hurry who knows what trouble Krystal is in right now." Wolf then ended with a chuckle.
Just then Fox spun around and punched Wolf in the face. Wolf fell over onto the ground. Then Fox stood over him and kicked him in the stomach, then a second time. Then Fox reached down and picked Wolf up then he slammed him into the wall.
Then he stood there a few moments and starred him down, breathing heavily as he did so.
"I was just playin'." Said Wolf with some blood dripping from his mouth. Fox let him go and dropped him to the ground, then quickly returned to driving the arwing."I gave my men specific orders not to hurt her." Told Wolf.
"Your men?" asked Fox with a raised brow as he turned back to Wolf." Then I assume it was Leon and Panther who broke into Great Fox and kidnapped her."
Wolf then clapped his hands the best he could." Well done." He said." You've finally figured it out."
Fox was becoming more enraged by the second but was trying to keep himself under control. 'It wouldn't really matter would it?' he thought to himself.' If I returned Wolf to his men with a few brusies?' Fox then imagined the thought of beating Wolf within an inch of his life. A nice thought but it would probably compromise things as soon as he'd return Wolf in exchange for Krystal. Then it hit him, how was this whole thing going down? He turned back to Wolf who sat there with a bleeding lip.
"So how are we going to perform this exchange?" Fox asked him.
"I thought you said no talking." Said Wolf.
"Just answer the damn question." Ordered Fox.
"You'll see soon enough." Said Wolf with a sly smile and a chuckle to himself. Then Fox continued flying into the deep reaches of space to planet Venom.