Chapter 3

The First Mission

Roka was out of the hospital by the end of the week and Fox McCloud headed down to the base to pick him up. When Fox arrived, Roka was at the landing port waiting for him. When Fox saw Roka he realized how badly he was injured. He wasn't wearing a shirt and there were bandages wrapping around his chest and back and one around his left thigh. The person who tried to kill him was quite obviously a greenhorn sniper who went through plenty of rounds.

Roka: Hey Mr. McCloud, ready for that test?

Fox: Please, Call me Fox. And sure, I'll test you at the base, the Great Fox.

Roka: Where is it?

Fox: It's outside Corneria's atmosphere.

Roka: COOL!!! "Awwww... Great. This sounds soooo Star Trekky."

When the two arrrived at the Great Fox, Peppy was at the hangar to meet them.

Peppy: Welcome back boys, so... I'm ready to see what your made of. Make me proud.

Roka entered an older arwing. His first mission was to take out a bundle of asteroids heading towads the ship. The arwing was equipped with a single lazer and was empty of nova bombs, it was pretty much a training vehicle.

Roka: Ok Mr. Peppy, I'll do my best. "Oh?, now I definately know I can fly this thing, thank God for Microsoft Flight Simulator."

Roka flew straight into the asteriod field blasting them one by one, he was doing pretty good until he went a little too deep into the field.

Peppy: Roka, yer goin' in a little too far, you'd better come back soon.

Roka: All right, I will be back shortly.

Roka began maneuvering through the asteroid field at a dangerous speed, he was dodging and blasting with good accuracy. Then he decided to boost... right in the middle of the asteriod field. He quick-dodged every single asteroid and fired apon any in his way. He was messing that place up. After about half an hour, Peppy finally convinced Fox to call him back in.

Fox: C'mon Peppy, I think he's doing great.

Peppy: Flying through an asteriod field like that with his lack of experience is not great!

Fox: (on the radio) Ok Roka, come on back.

Roka: Roger!

Roka arrived back at the hangar and Peppy had his arms crossed. Fox however was smiling.

Peppy: At your experience level pulling stunts like that is un-called for. Don't do it again...

Peppey walked back to the lounge and Fox decided to speak with Roka as well.

Fox: Don't worry about it kid, I think you did awsome! I cant wait to see you in action!

Roka: Thanks. (coughs) Oh, sorry. I'm still a little sore from, well ya' know.

Fox: It's all right.

"Fox McCloud, report to the bridge." It was General Pepper. He had a message for Fox.

General Pepper: Fox, there is a strange disturbance on a lesser known planet, it's called dinasour panet. I need you to check it out, the planter seems to be separating itself and if this continues it could cause serious problems to the Lylat system.

Fox: All right chief.

Fox: Roka, you take care of the place while I'm gone, ok?

Roka: You got it!

Fox headed out on his mission and the rest of the team had work to do on their own. Falco had left and nobody had seen him for a while. Roka however had nothing to do, until he walked around the ship. The lounge was rittled with potatoe chips and other things, the laundry was unkept, and the restroom was... HELL!!

Roka: Lord? What did I do to deserve this?

And with that Roka began his own mission, operation: Clean This Stupid Wreck! He began his work in the lounge, he found a spider web-covered vacuum cleaner (which explains a lot) in a closet and began cleaning the floor. Next step was the couch and the dust covering the television and the Tivo reciever. Under the mess of wires he found a neglected N64... Roka broke out in tears. "Who would commit such an atrocity?" Then was the forgotten pile of laundry, this took three hours. Being wrapped in bandages and having a cruch strapped to your wrist isn't helpful when doing work. He mopped the hallways and dusted the furinture, during his escapade he found ROB. "Hello, who are you?" "I am Rob, The Star Fox Team's mechanic, along with other duties. Well, It appears that you are injured, can I assist you in any way?" "Yeah, could you help me with the bathroom? It neads a good cleaning." "DOES NOT COMPUTE!!" And with that the little robot ran for his life.

"Some help he is, well, guess I'll go it alone." After one hour in the forgotten corner hell the bathroom was finally clean. "Man! This was worse than watching An Inconvenient Truth, well, probably not."

After a few days the Great Fox was back to being a stable environment. The rest of the team was so busy with thier different jobs that they didn't even notice Roka... and the pain staking slave-labor he went through. After a few weeks Roka heard from Fox, he was in the bridge with the rest of the team.

Fox: Hey guys, mission accomplished!

Team: Hooray!!

Fox: Oh, and while I was out, I met Krystal!

Roka: OOOH! So you found yourself a girl?

Fox: Sure did!

Roka: Awww great, Fox is a furry...

End of chapter 3