Fox had no idea where in hell he would find new recruits. So he decided that maybe Falco's idea would work. He then went to Rob where he told him to take them to Corneria. Later on after 5 hours of travel, they reached Corneria "Ahhhhhh, So good to be home" Fox said with a sigh of relief. HE and the rest of team decided to split-up on jobs. The Groomes were getting the Weapons cache, Slippy was going with Fox for the ships, Krystal was going on recruiting with Falco and Bill was going to pick up the uniforms and order anymore if Krystal notifies him on the recruits. Krystal had only been to a bar once, she wasn't much of a drinker and only settled for a glass of wine or champagne. This time though she was thinking of going stronger since life had it tough on her and she wanted to drink it away. Falco was just there to make sure she didn't get raped, kidnapped or simply do something stupid. They both sat down next to a lonely wolf who was in his teens. He was in a suit vest and wearing combat pants, he had two pistols holstered in his back which were seen since he was leaning on the counter. Krystal whispered to Falco "He looks like he could be combat efficient and probably of age to join?" Falco had just responded with a nod and motioned her to talk to him. Slowly she reached out her hand to tap his shoulders. In a swift motion he grabbed her arm and looked at her. He looked at her face for awhile before taking off his aviators while asking kindly "Can I help you?" she was a bit afraid to speak at first and she saw that Falco had already reached for his gun readying himself to pull it out. The mysterious wolf noticed and raised his hands slowly to Falco assuring him that he wasn't going to harm them. Eventually Krystal looked to the bartender who was nervously looking at them since he saw what Falco was reaching for.
She spoke up and asked "A shot of Jack Daniels please." The bartender then nodded and got a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey on the shelf and opened it. Krystal then turned back to the wolf and asked him "What's a wolf with this kinda look doing at a bar?"
the wolf muttered "I'm a mercenary looking for a job to do. Not much people need dirty work done or bounties on Corneria.." Krystal then looked at Falco, he nodded knowing what Krystal told him through telepathy. She then asked "Whats your name?"
The wolf looked her in the eye and replied calmly "The names Chris, Chris Lock, but you can call me by my code name DarkStorm." the bartender returned to them and handed Krystal her whiskey while she dished out her credits. She downed the shot whole and asked the bartender for another one. Chris then asked her "So why have you asked for my name exactly"
She replied "I'm looking for new members to join the Star Fox team. Fox decided to increase the team size and turn it into a PMC." Chris stared at her for a moment and thought about it in his head
'Is this real. Am I really being invited to join the famous Star Fox team. I don't know if I should join or not. It could get me enough money to buy my own cruiser and ship just by joining. But I'd have to stay until my contract is finished. I guess it wouldn't hurt to join.' Chris had made up his mind "Count me in then"
Krystal smiled and looked at Falco who was sipping on the shot Krystal ordered to make sure it wasn't too strong. She then looked at Chris and told him "Chris, were going to meet the other members and recruit at the same time. Would you like to come with us?" Chris was hesitant at accepting the offer and said "Finish that shot, I'm going to get prepared for the travel okay?" Krystal nodded and downed half her shot before she began to feel dizzy. Chris came back with and saw Krystal was dizzy. He asked Falco "Is she seriously drunk?"
Falco replied "Nah she's just not used to the whiskey, however, one more shot and shes wasted." Chris nodded and proceeded to follow them outside. The Groome's had no idea what to buy from the weapons shop. Troy pulled out a notepad from his pocket and opened it. He read aloud "Fox: Likes accuracy and power, sometimes close quarters. Slippy: Likes small weapons. Falco: Likes rapid and powerful weapons. Krystal: Likes PDW (Personal Defense Weapon). Bill: Likes anything." He then looked at Madison who then walked in with Troy and asked the shop dealer for these certain weapons. They got the weapons and were about to walk out until Krystal barged in along with Falco and Chris. Chris decided to buy a new sniper. He walked up to the counter and asked for an L96. He then gave it back as it was too heavy and asked for parts. Clueless they gave him the parts and he worked on assembling a lighter version on the workbench. After an hour Chris finished and gave the money to the people at the counter.
He then told the others "Hey guys, so uhmmm where are we heading to now?"
Troy responded in a casual tone "We're going to pickup Fox and the little guy Slip. Plus Fox is letting us have our own custom ships. That being said lets go." After that was said by Troy, the group headed off into there vehicles and moved off in convoy. While in a stop light, Chris lowered his window and knocked and Troy's car. He said to Troy "Hey Troy can we go get something to eat cause man I'm starving" Troy nodded and turned left towards a nice steak house followed by the others. At the Steak house, Chris, Krystal and Falco took seats and grabbed a menu while Troy and Madison stayed outside to talk for awhile. While there, Chris noticed a familiar face. It was the face of Miyu Lynx. He immediately hid behind his menu scared of the fact that she might notice him.
Krystal noticed him hiding and asked him in a very drunk voice (I know I'm about to misspell but it helps with the drunkness) "Wassss the mattur Chrisssss. Who are ya hiding from."
Chris replied "No one. No one at all. I'm just very interested in this country fried steak that's all."
Krystal then looked over to where he was looking and saw Miyu and said in a much louder and outrageous tone to him "Oh SHIT. YOUR AFRAID OF MIYU! WAIT, NOT AFRAID!" She looked closer at him and saw him blushing. She realized why he was hiding and told him in a childish voice "You like Miyu don't you Chris?" All Chris could do was shyly nod. Suddenly he saw Miyu turn around and look at him. She then whispered something into her companion, Fay Spaniels ear. She then stood up and walked over to their table. She looked closely at Chris while Krystal was giggling silently to herself.
She then spoke up and said "Hey, do I know you, you look very familiar."
All Chris could say was "Uhmmm . . . no?"
Miyu then looked closer at him and realized who it was saying in a state of surprise "I know you, your that guy I saved from that mafia operation." as she said that she hugged him tightly making Chris bright red under his fur. After awhile of eating and chit-chat, she said to Chris "I'm being deployed at Katina since that's where they think Panther's forces are gonna deploy next. I heard though that Panther has nukes rigged there if things don't go according to his plans. My mission is to fly in with my team and go dis-arm those nukes."
Chris nodded and replied "Well I can try best to cover you if the team lets me go help." as Chris said that Miyu unzipped her flight jacket by a bit.
She said in a whiny tone "It's so hot today" Chris could tell as she was sweating like crazy. He looked at her from her face down to the last part that the table would allow him to see. He noticed that because she unzipped some of her cleavage was exposed. After seeing that he was blushing like crazy as he thought to himself while staring 'NO I SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING! BUT THAT'S MIYU'S CHEST, MY CRUSH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" Chris's good side and bad side were killing each other trying to decide whether to stop looking or continue staring. Miyu noticed him staring and wondered what he was staring at. She looked down and saw her cleavage and realized exactly what he was looking at.
She then said to Chris in a childish voice "Chris your such a pervert, looking at my boobs like that" While speaking she covered her chest.
Fay came to the table and told Miyu "Miyu we gotta go. Are carrier leaves in 0200 (2 O'clock in military time)" Miyu then stood up and thanked everyone at the table for the conversation. She then kissed Chris on the cheek and left. Chris was already about to faint after she kissed him. Troy and the others got up and moved into their vehicles and left the steak house to go get their ships. At the ship yard, Slippy, Fox and Beltino Toad were discussing the ships. Krystal and Falco were the first to get out along with Chris who was still blushing a bit and the Groome's.
Beltino greeted the lot and asked them a question "What kind of fighter are you guys interested in, fast and maneuverable, Bulky and powerful or is it the stealthy and fast kind. Just tell me the type, design and weaponry and I'll have it fixed up for you guys."
Fox and Slippy were already done choosing their models. Chris let the Groome's go first to pick, they both picked something stealthy and fast but with heavy firepower. Their design was to have a twin 37mm nose cannon on the front. They had a twin engine which held twin .50 M3 machine guns in-front of each engine. Their G-Diffusers were on the belly of the ship allowing it to diffuse the gravity effects bottom up for quick effects. Krystal and Falco chose the same type of ship as Fox armed with laser cannons. Chris chose the fast and maneuverable type. His ship design was like an Ar-Wing but with more speed and turn speed. it had 2 twin compact engines that can split open vertically. When they split, both engines holster 2 13mm mg 131's, the machine guns become available. Instead of a nose cannon like the Groome's, He had 2 Mk.4 Hispano 20mm cannons on both wings. His G-diffuser was a Mk.6 X model located behind his cockpit. Even though his had weaker armaments then the others, he didn't really mind. Fox and the rest of the original team liked lasers over projectiles. It's because of the AOE that lasers do on impact destroying the object bit by bit until it's pierced through destroying the engine or clipping the wings off or whatever. Bill had just arrived all sweaty and tired from running to the ship yard. He fell down and said "Here . . . Are . . . . The . . . . New . . . Uniforms" Fox and the rest laughed at Bill as he huffed and puffed on the ground. They would have many more adventures then just preparing for war. They would have hardships, happiness and some tough choices. Fox and the rest had returned to their respective cruisers and took off heading towards Katina . . . .
(Sorry I'm not active a lot it's just school and gaming have been my big obstacles. Plus I have a youtube channel to maintain. Anyways, see ya in the next chapter people)