Ashes of His Will

by WARLORD036

After the War Andross's followers have turned their former leader into a God. Now, his zealots threaten to overrun Lylat. While, most of Lylat is focused on an unforeseen pandemic ; Commander Fox Mcloud must lead Team Star Fox once again or destory it.

2. Angry of His Will

Author's Notes: Hello again!, Without further delay here is Chapter 2 of" Ashes of his Will".

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Chapter 2

" Angry of His Will"

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"BANG"

As Fara hit the ground...; Fox blinked as his eyes grew larger.

"YOU BAS...."

The animal ,that had made Fox's finger slip, stopped and instead drew his attention to Fox's pistol.

The pistol had all the normal qualities of an Corneria PC2 Army pistol however, (where there should have been a trace of smoke), what looked like a wooden rod and white paper protruded out of the sidearm. The cloth had the words ,in black bold letters, "BANG!".

"Fara?" Said, Fox as he ran over to her side.

"Fara?!" Shouted, Fox has he grabbed her head and his body began to shake.

Fox's normal pistol was still wedged inside the fragment's of what use to be his vid-screen , he had taken a toy pistol ,(since it did look remarkably genuine),and figured he could have some fun with it in the process. However, Fox was not laughly at the moment....

"Does she have a pulse?" Said, the mysterious voice from behind Fox's back.

"Yea....she must've.... fainted..." Replied Fox without even takening his eyes off her.

Fox then gently picked her up and into his arm's as he began to carry her out of the bridge.

Fox ,(out of the coner of his eye), saw someone whom he hadn't laid his eyes on for three years...

"Hey, Peppy..." Fox had almost whispered the words has he left the room.

" Attention medical bay, Commander Mcloud is transporting captain Phoenix to your station ; the captain appears to be exhibiting signs of Syncope."

After the robot had put down the microphone ; he then turned his head and looked at the gray old hare infront of him. The hare was in the same state ,if not worse, as the General had looked to Fox. His eyes had bags under them and the Hare looked like he hadn't had a meal in a week. His white lab coat had holes in it with black stains across it. What was more perculiar is that the hare was wearing a pair of black combat jump boots with his white pants.

" Welcome aboard the bridge of the BattleCarrier Tagos , Major Hare" Replied, Rob as Peppy continued to stare.

The Bridge had three exists and was filled with monitors, chairs, and other control panels around the walls of the room. Ten feet from the walls, the room dipped about five feet into the center of the room. In the front , facing the view into space, stood the Chief of Navigation's seat. The two chairs positioned behind him were for the Chief Enginner and the Combat Controller for the Tagos.

Then, the floor raised itself up and on top of the platform was the Commander's/Captain's chair ,(depending on who was aboard the ship),. The chair looked like a giant compared to the twenty-five other chairs in the bridge and ,(unlike its counterparts), could swivel to view the other stations.

"It is a pleasure to meet one such as yourself....even if lack that emotion displayed by mammals." Said, Rob in the absents of the Hare's reply.

"Oh..., ummm... yea...." Replied, the major as had been lost in the Tagos's bridge design.

"This configuration was modeled off of the bridge ,of the now absolete, Great Fox."

There was a long pause before, the robot spoke again.

"If my memory unit is correct....I believe you served on the Great Fox with Commander Mcloud?"

The Hare didn't say a word as he walked off the bridge.

As the Hare walked down the corridors of the ship ; he was amazed by its enormous and spotless blue halls. Every now and then he would see a member of the crew walking past him or following him and then turning left or right at the nearest doorway.

When the Hare had given up on finding the medical bay ,and wishing he had stayed and asked Rob for directions despite his pride, a badger , almost the same age as him, looked at him from his black tinted sunglasses.

Why the badger had black tinted sunglasses ,in a space ship, was anyone's guess.

"The med bay is in there." Said, the badger as he stuck out his finger to the nearest door on the right.

"Thank you." Said, Peppy as he walked towards the door. However, before Peppy had his hands on the control panel ; he heard the badger say....

"Traitor."

The Hare didn't have time to react to the badger's remarks as the badger had already turned down the right corridor and was out of sight.

The Hare had already heard those words many times before and didn't even look back as the door opened.

The Hair walked into the hallway of the medbay which, had rooms on the right and left for its patients. On the second door to the right ; the hair saw an elderly Serpent attending to Fara.

"How is she?" Asked, Peppy as he poked his head into the door.

"She will be fine."Answered the doctor without, takeing his eyes off of Fara.

"The Captain should be conscious within a few minutes".

"Thats good to hear." Said, Peppy with a sigh of relief.

"If I were you." Said, the doctor. "I would be more worried about him."

"Where did he go?"

"I think our Commander went to the Flight Deck."

As the Hare was about to make his way out of the room ; his eyes darted to the room that was opposite of Fara's.

Two doctors had emerged carrying a stretcher ,which was not the thing that had caught the hare's attention, a dark green sheet was covering the deceased and an arm ,that was covered in grotesque yellowish boils, fell to the ground.

One of the doctors picked up the arm and hastily tucked it back beneath the sheet. Then, the doctors carried the stretcher down the hallway.

The hare was so stunned that he couldn't even more a muscle or breath to calm himself.

"Its here!?" Said, the hare to himself, as he was in a state of panic.

"Don't worry....he was not apart of our crew and was dead long before you showed up.... he even passed the contagious period." Said, the doctor as he had just noticed the quivering Hair was still in the room.

"What are you doing with it?!" Said, Peppy as he looked at the Serpent which, had started to type something on his desk computer .

"Trying to do with it what, all of Lylat is attempting Major."

Before the Hare could respond ; the phone on the Serpent's desk rang and the doctor grabbed it and began to converse.

"Ah,...yes.....I have already sent Griggs and Kalaq carrying specimen B89 down to the labs just seconds ago."

The doctor was talking like he was having a friendly chat about a sport or a television show.

As the Hare walked down the corridor one phrase caught his ears.

" Ok,.... Beltino I guess you were right about that mix up with the virals."

"Did he just say Beltino?"Asked, the hare to himself as he spun around in the hallway.

"No....he couldn't have."Whispered, Peppy to himself as he turned around and walked out of the med bay.

"Get a grip on yourself....you old fool." Repeated, Peppy in his head as he made his away around the ship.

"You were there afterall..."

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2.8 Years Ago

Aboard the Great Fox in high orbit above Corneria

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"WHERE IS HE?!?!?" Shouted, Peppy as he feverishly searched the monitors on the Great Fox.

"I can't find Slippy anywhere!" Yelled, Fox's voice over Peppy's intercom.

"You are going to have to pick up the pace!" Retorted the hair.

"You think I want to lose another teammate?!"

Before Peppy could reply ; he was interupted.

"Attention to hostile aircraft!" Said, a stern voice over the com channel.

"This is Captain Victor, of the 81st Corneria Falcon Squadron." "Leave the area immdiately or we will be forced to engage you!"

"I see his arwing!", said Fox ignoring the previous warning.

"Mark his coordinates and get him out of there!" Replied, Peppy.

"Slippy, do you read me!"

"FOX!"

They could hear the relief in Slippy's voice over their headsets.

"Slippy, what is going on down there!"

"Fox, we have to protect my father's freighter!"

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"

Peppy was about to give the order to ROB ,to take the Great Fox into Corneria's atmophere, when he heard the voice.

"Peppy...I know you can hear me!"

"Fox, they were going to hand her over!" Yelled, Slippy.

The Hare just blinked and stared at the commmunications display infront of him.

"Think about your life!" Echoed, General Pepper's words.

"UH?!"

"Are you that much of a fool to think you and your team can survive out there without Corneria's help?!"

"Fox, they are going to shoot him down!"

"Please, trust me!"

"Unidentified aircraft!"If you don't leave this this airspace now ; you will be aiding in the escape of terrorists that, have attacked an Corneria Military Installation!"

"We both know the freaks will find you and your team without Corneria's Protection!"

"This is your last warning! ", "break off and leave this airspace now!"

"So, what will it be my old friend?"

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Author's Notes: Well, that is it for chapter 2. Now, I just want to say, I know I have "thrown" you into the story without even telling you who the "bad guys" are.

However, the third chapter will finally reveal the backstory and what has happened. Please, Review and tell me how much my story sucks =P.