Chapter 14
Wolf O'Donnel, where had Cross heard that name before? He couldn't figure it out, he knew that name from something but couldn't place anything to it, oh well, his only thoughts now were why this lupine had kidnapped him, "What do you want?" Was the first thing that popped into his head.
"You fight pretty good for a pip-squeak, kid." Wolf said, pulling out a blue fold-up chair and sitting in it with his front facing the back end of the chair and folding his arms on the top of it.
"So? Your point?" Cross growled.
"I want you to join my crew, with you on our side we could take out anyone." Wolf apparently didn't hear what Cross said about meeting back with Fox.
"And why would I do that?"
"Why?" Wolf stood up, "This is why." He said before punching Cross square in the nose, the red vulpine started bleeding profusely but simply smirked.
"You call that a punch? Better get your purse." Cross insulted as he spit out a chunk of blood, right into the lupine's face, silence filled the room, but then the lupine started to laugh.
"You know, I like you kid, what's your name?" Wolf asked in mid-chuckle.
"Cro--" The vulpine was cut-off by an alarm.
"Boss! We have an intruder!" A deep, smooth voice came over the speaker.
"Who?!" Wolf yelled into the speaker after pressing a small red button.
"It's Fox and that beautiful Krystal he's always with." The voice emphasized 'beautiful'.
"Fox? What the hell is he doing here?" Wolf wondered, looking back at Cross, "Wait a minute..." Wolf thought some more as he placed his paw on his chin, "You don't--"
"Yep." Cross answered with his signature smirk before the lupine could finish.
Wolf sighed, "Damn, it's a shame I have to do this." He said, pulling a blaster from his side and aiming the barrel directly at Cross' face, which still had an arrogant smirk on it, showing his left fang.
"Drop it," A similar voice ordered as a knife was placed to the lupine's throat, held by none other than Fox, who came into view from the shadows, Wolf did as he was told.
"Thanks Fox, even though I would've escaped sooner or later anyway." Cross said, his paws were still behind his back, but he lifted them over his head and to the front of his body, making a loud cracking sound as he did this.
"Give him the key Wolf," Fox ordered, the lupine proceeded to do so, slowly handing Cross a small silver round flat device, Cross inserted the device into the opening of his cuffs, and the blue plasma around his wrists vanished, "Good, now we're gonna leave and if you follow, I won't hesitate to kill you." Fox warned as he backed away from the lupine, Cross ripped through the rope on his legs and followed Fox.
The two vulpine got to the door, "This opens inward," Cross said, ripping the handle off of the rusted metal door, "There, now he can't follow us." Cross said as the door closed, loud banging could be heard on the metal as soon as Fox and Cross left.
The two vulpine ran down the halls of the small base, the halls were large however, large enough that even if four animals stood right next te each other, there would still be room for at least three more, it was as they ran down the halls they saw Panther and Leon blocking their path, Fox and Cross took action though, Fox slid under Leon's legs, his momentum carrying him the distance he needed to slide far enough, Cross took a different approach as he leaped into the air, with one smooth front-flip he cleared the feline by at least ten feet, "I'd love to stay and chat but we gotta go!" Fox yelled as the two vulpine ran to the exit.
Krystal was standing outside of an abandoned building, the bricks on the building were worn out as they were brown and even chipped, any metal that was near the building was rusted, the cerulean furred vixen stared at the shiny piece of metal she had in her paw, it looked like handle to a blaster of some sorts, this piece of metal was different from the other scrap around the building, it was pure silver, not a single spot of rust, Krystal could only assume that this was something that the Doombringers were looking for, just then Fox and Cross emerged from a doorway, "Are we ready to go?" Krystal asked.
"Yeah, let's get back to the ship, we have what we came for." Fox answered as the three foxes dashed off towards the docking bay.
4:15 PM
"I...hate...flying." Cross said in-between labored breaths after jumping from the cockpit of Fox's Arwing and falling on all fours once again, Ecks helped Zivia out of the cockpit of her aircraft, her ankle was badly sprained but fortunately she didn't have to use her feet in any way to pilot her ship.
Fox had shown everyone the item they had found in Wolf's base, Hax gave Fox the small chip in which he stored the data from the computer he and Alexia found, "I'll give this to Slippy, he can analyze it," Fox said, turning towards Zivia and Ecks, he looked down at Zivia's ankle, "Ouch." The vulpine said.
"Yeah tell me about it." Zivia returned in her usual attitude.
"Is it okay if I take Zivia to the medical bay?" Ecks asked.
"Go right ahead, you didn't even need to ask." Fox answered with a chuckle.
"Thanks." Zivia and Ecks both said with a smile, they exited the docking bay and were on their way to the medical bay, Ecks supporting Zivia's weight as he did on Corneria.
"Now we just need to figure out what this is." Fox said, lookng at the unique piece of metal in his paw, Cross recovered from his ordeal and took the metal piece from Fox.
"I've seen this before." Cross said while examining the object.
"What? Where?" Fox asked, surprised.
"When I was still being experimented on I saw some blue-prints of it in the lab, all I know is that it's a piece of the weapon that the Doombringers are looking for." Cross informed, handing the small metal piece back to Fox.
"We still need to find out where the Doombringers are located, I have a hunch it's somewhere in the Grexian System, but it won't be easy to find," Fox sighed and placed his paw on his forehead, "Dammit! We need more clues!" Fox was becoming extremely frustrated as he slammed his fist onto a nearby wall.
Krystal put a paw on the vulpine's shoulder, "Fox, don't get so bent out of shape, I know it isn't much but at least we found something, and there is a chance we could find more on the data chip, right?"
Fox looked at Krystal and smiled, she always knew how to comfort him, anytime he became frustrated with something, her face was all he needed to see, "Yeah, thanks Krys." Fox said, staring into the vixen's luscious blue eyes, forgetting that Cross, Hax, Alexia and Falco were still in the docking bay.
"Like I've said before you two, get a room." Falco said, making Fox and Krystal snap out of their trance and looked at the blue avian.
"We already have one thank you very much." Krystal said, "Maybe you should get one with yourself." The vixen added with a smirk, resuilting in laughter from everyone except for Falco of course.
"Whatever, I'm goin' to bed." Falco walked to the exit of the docking bay.
"To get your beauty sleep?" Cross asked jokingly as the blue bird left, making everyone laugh even more.
When the laughter subsided, "I'm gonna go get some sleep," Cross told them, "It's been a long day, I beat up a 'gangster' and got kidnapped, I think I'm done for today, good night everyone." Cross said as he walked to the entrance to the halls of the Great Fox II and left.
Fox turned to Alexia and Hax, "I'm going to see if I can find Slippy so I can give him this chip, you guys can go to the bridge or you can use my room to sleep in, I had ROB configure the door to open to both of your paw prints." Fox said, leaving the docking bay, Krystal had decided to follow, Hax and Alexia went to the kitchen to get something to eat.
Meanwhile, in the medical bay, Ecks was taking care of Zivia's sprained ankle as she was sitting on the bed with her left leg crossed over the right, "I've never healed anyone while they were awake before, so I don't know if this will hurt or not, I'm sorry if it does." Ecks said to the vixen as a white aura engulfed his right paw.
"It's alright, either way it won't hurt anymore afterwards." Zivia said with a smile, she was amazed at how much of a gentleman Ecks was, despite his age, he was always considerate of others, Ecks was different than any other male she had ever met, when he assaulted the wolf on Corneria he was just so...calm.
Ecks held his paw just above the bruise on Zivia's ankle, as he closed his eyes, Zivia felt a strange tingling in her foot, but that soon turned to a relaxing warmth, she couldn't believe how exuberant this felt as she leaned back, supporting her upper body with her elbows as she closed her eyes, it felt like a massage to her, the pressure put to her foot was just right, it was as if all of her troubles washed away as she became enticed in a far off land of soothing comfort, the vixen's body became completely limp, showing no signs of movement.
Ecks chuckled, he could hear the vixen's every thought, he didn't expect the healing to be this comfortable, he applied a bit more of his power into healing the vixen, curious to what her reaction would be.
The pressure slightly increased on Zivia's ankle, making the feeling much more enjoyable, she sank into the bed as her body almost felt numb from the pleasurable experience, Zivia slowly fell back into a laying position flat on her back, the vixen let out a low growl, almost a purr, of satisfaction as a smile of complete relaxation washed over the bright orange vixen's face, but then in an instant it was all swept away as if it were a dream, she opened her eyes to see a smiling Ecks, "The healing is done." He told her.
Zivia was glad to see that the bruise was gone but also a bit upset that her comfort had to end so abruptly, "I should get hurt more often." She thought.
"Don't go doing that now, I would hate to see you injured again," Ecks said, turning to leave the medical bay, "I'll be back in a minute, I'm going to find you something to eat and drink." He added as he left, leaving the vixen to wonder about what she had just experienced.
Ecks floated down the halls of the Great Fox II, he thought about Zivia the entire way there, but then he remembered that he didn't ask what she wanted, "Zivia?" Ecks asked through telepathy, linking their minds together.
"What? Who's there?" Zivia asked, startled by Ecks' voice.
"It's me, Ecks, I'm talking to you right now with my telepathy, is there anything specific you would like?" The blue vulpine asked.
"Surprise me." She answered.
Ecks made his way to the kitchen, where he found Alexia and Hax both sitting at a small round table each with a can of soda, Hax's can was purple so Ecks could only assume it was purple soda while Alexia's can was orange so he could only assume it was orange soda, "How's it goin' lover-boy?" Hax joked.
"Very well thanks." Ecks grinned, even though they didn't find much on Corneria, it was still nice to see that their spirits weren't dampened.
"So what are you doing here?" Alexia asked, taking a drink from the orange can of soda.
"Finding something for Zivia." The dark blue vulpine answered casually.
"Aww, he's in love." Hax said as he made a kissy face, resulting in laughter from Alexia and a chuckle from Ecks as he opened the freezer door of the refrigerator and pulled out a bucket of chocolate ice-cream but at the same time pulling a small bowl out of a cabinet using his telekinesis, Ecks preferred to do most tasks with his abilities, as doing so gave him a chance to not only multi-task, but it also assured him that his powers weren't dissolving, the lid of the bucket of ice cream opened as Ecks had also found a large spoon, a glass was also hovering above the sink with a gallon of milk, the milk started to seemingly pour itself into the glass from the gallon as the spoon was scooping the ice-cream into the bowl while Ecks just floated there and watched.
"Don't tease him about it, remember our first date?" Alexia asked the black lupine.
"How could I forget? The sun was going down, we were on the beach, layin' with each other, great times." The wolf said as his mind started to wander off.
"Yeah, until you got pinched on the tail by that crab and started chasing after it with a stick." The light grey she-wolf said while laughing.
The milk was done pouring and the small bowl was filled with ice-cream, Ecks put the bucket back in the freezer and the milk back in the refrigerator using telekinesis of course, "Well, it's time to get back to Zivia." Ecks said as he floated to the exit of the kitchen with the bowl of ice-cream and glass of milk floating in front of him.
"See ya' later kid, and remember, don't jump to things too soon." Hax told the vulpine.
"I wouldn't even think of doing that, Zivia means too much to me, thanks anyway." Ecks left the kitchen.
"Kid's too smart for his own good." Hax said, closing his eyes.
Ecks went into the medical bay, the floating glass of milk and the bowl of ice-cream were placed on a small wooden table beside the bed, Ecks looked to the bed and noticed Zivia wasn't there, when he looked up however, there she was, on the other side of the room, bending over with her backside to Ecks, bare backside that is, Ecks' jaw dropped and his eyes widened as he stopped floating and became entranced by the vixens posterior, like the rest of her body, it too was perfect, the curves exceeded limitations, the red line that shot down her face not only covered the front of her body, but the back as well as it ran down her back to her tail, the line also went past her tail, splitting at her legs and shooting down to the heels of her feet, her tail swayed back and forth, moving her scent around and into Ecks' nose, it was almost too much to take, the smell, the sight, the beauty, Zivia then stood up straight, pulling a pair of light pink underwear over her backside, she turned around, luckily for Ecks, the vixen was wearing a pure white tank-top, if that part of her was exposed Ecks' might have had a heart-attack.
"Oh, hey Ecks." The bright orange vixen said, smiling.
Ecks' eyes, mouth, and body didn't move at all as he was still in his trance.
"Ecks? Are you okay?" Zivia moved closer, a serious look on her face.
No response.
"Ecks?" Zivia waved her paw in front of his face, but still no response.
The vixen was now just inches apart from the dark blue vulpine, but his eyes were still fixed in the same position as before, now staring at her chest unfortunately, suddenly, Ecks' body fell limply to the ground as he fainted, "Ecks? Ecks! What's wrong?!" Zivia yelled, coming to the aid of the vulpine, but he didn't wake up, "Quick! Some thing's wrong with Ecks!" The vixen shouted.
Back on Corneria, Wolf walked into a small room, the room had a holographic television, a couch, and a bed, anything other than that and the room was simply a shit hole as the paint was peeling off the walls and the old wooden floor creaked every time Wolf took a step, he walked over to the couch and pulled out his lap-top and opened it, General Pepper's face appeared on the screen, "Did Fox retrieve the item?" The hound asked.
"Yeah, tell me somethin' old timer, why the hell didn't you just give Fox the part?" Wolf asked, rubbing his eyes, "Instead of him almost killing me."
"We must make sure that Fox and his team are on their toes, they must remember that anything could go wrong at any moment's notice," Pepper answered, "Besides, it provides a challenge, now I must leave, Pepper out." The old hound said.
"Yeah whatever." Wolf replied, closing the laptop, the lupine sat back as he sank into the couch, "I hope you can do it kid, for the sake of everyone in Lylat."
"Where am I?" Cross said as he was standing in a dark room of nothing, everything was completely pitch black, Cross couldn't even see the floor he was standing on, if there even was a floor, another fox emerged from the shadows who looked exactly like Cross, except for his pupils which were red and his iris were pitch black, and the fact that his tail was tipped by red and the rest was black.
"I remember you," Cross growled, "I know you're me, so what the hell do you want?" Cross bared his fangs.
"I'm not just you, I'm your rage." The other vulpine said, his voice was a bit deeper than Cross'.
"My...rage?" Cross asked.
"Rage, anger, hate, call it what you want, it will none the less consume you, and you will become the true weapon you are."
"I won't let you win." Cross said.
"I don't have to 'let' me anything, I take what I want."
The two vulpine stared each other down, "Remember what your father did to you Cross, he threw you away like a common piece of trash, and your mother didn't even try to stop him." The other vulpine said, walking towards Cross.
"No." Cross said as he started to hold his head in pain.
"Your nothing but a killer, that is the only thing you will ever be." The vulpine continued to approach Cross
"NO!!" Cross screamed.
The vulpine whispered into Cross' ear, "And the best part is, your own brother didn't even look for you, even though he knew what Chaos did."
That was all Cross could take, the other vulpine became one with Cross, literally, and let out an ear-splitting roar.
Cross awoke in his bed, sweating, breathing heavily, he looked at the digital clock on the desk to his right, it read 11:30 PM, "Just...a dream." Cross said between labored breaths, the dark vulpine recovered and stood up, he was still wearing his black shirt, black jeans, and white sneakers, suddenly, his chest and head started to hurt, the throbbing pain became worse with each second, he fell on the bed, shaking and squirming and punching the bed, he gasped for air, then passed out, when he awoke, his eyes were completely flushed over with black, not just his normally golden iris no, both of his eyes were pitch black, the dark red vulpine stood up calmly and smirked, "I am Rage."
Author's Note: Yeah that's right, I totally just went there, stuff's goin' down in the next chapter...bitches. Anyway, enough of my idiocy, this would've been done yesterday but, I couldn't figure out what to write...for one sentence, I knew everything I was going to write, except for one sentence, seriously, I shit you not, just...one...sentence, but now I'm wondering if I should change the rating to M for that little stunt I pulled with Zivia (cough) bare ass (cough), I'm still new here to an extent and I don't quite know some of the rules or guidelines or whatever, so if someone could tell me I'd gladly appreciate it. Thanks for reading, and remember to review so that you can FEED MY EGO!!! No I'm kidding, but seriously, please review whether you liked it or not and thanks for the support.
Ignorant? Me? Ha, I don't even know what that means. ~Metallic Soul