Guilt, Pain, and Happiness
Another chapter here for you guys. I had a bit of writers block for this one because last chapter I didn't really intend for the ending with Fox and Krystal. Anyway, here's the next chapter and please Review and tell me what you think. I really appreciate it.
"What do I do?! What do I do?! What do I do?!" Fox's mind screamed at him, trying to comprehend what he should do. Krystal's teal eyes were staring back at him, her eye lids slightly drooped as her face was getting closer and closer to his, her scent filling his nose with a scent he never knew. It was rich and not over used. It was the scent of that a meadow would compare to, a hint of a sweet and yet chilling smell of honey and mint mixed together.
Krystal seemed not to back down from her actions, and continued onward. Fox's back was against the wall, and the closer Krystal got to him, the more his body began to slide up the wall. It was however stopped when Fox couldn't move no more. He was looking down at Krystal's beautiful face, seeing her eyes shine like the sun reflecting off water. Krystal still continued onward, her face only inches away from his and her warm breath was felt on his lips, drying them and making him that much more than to wet his lips. He felt as if it would last longer, his lips would get chapped beyond belief. Right when he was about to say anything, Krystal's eyes widened and her head shot back in a flash.
Fox was going to ask if something was wrong, but no longer had he been able to open his mouth, an eight legged demon from hell slowly drifted in front of Fox's muzzle, making him hold his breath. If he would have been lucky, the spider would have crawled back up, but it stayed right in front of Fox, intimidating him.
"Aghhhhhhhhh!" Fox screamed as he jolted from his position. The spider swung from his breath and landed on him, making him slap himself in the face to get rid of the demon. He continued to scream and pat his body all over, not caring who was around. He dropped to the ground in an instant, rolling over and smacking his head and back, trying to make sure the spider was either dead, or off of him, but he rather have it killed. He could feel the tingles on his fur beneath his clothes.
He immediately took off his shirt and began to swing it around his body, trying so desperately to get the thing off him. No sooner had he began to whack himself, more tingles began to flow over his body, making him paranoid of where it could possibly be at. With no hesitation, he jumped up and ran down the hallway, running into the wall while taking off his shirt and swinging aggressively on his body. The tingles and what felt like something moving in his fur seemed to go down his legs. In a quick attempt to free himself from the spider, Fox swung both his hands down and began to furiously beat his legs, trying to rid himself of the eight legged arachnid.
As Fox continued to panic down the hallway, his body rounded the corner heading towards the main hallway, alerting his team that something bad must have happened, he turned around and looked on the floor, hoping to see the spider off him. As Fox turned around, right there at his foot stood the demon before him, crawling towards him. Fox was about to run away, but once he had turned, he was greeted with a steel door slamming right into the left side of his cheek, knocking him out instantly. Fox fell backwards, smashing the spider under his body as he went limp on the ground. Falco ever so slowly peeked his head from behind the steel door with a squinted eye and face of pain as he saw his captain on the floor with blood coming out his nose.
"Shit." Falco muttered under his breath as he closed the door, but not before seeing little traces of blood on his door from Fox. Krystal ran down the hallway once she heard Fox's screaming suddenly stop and saw his body on the ground with his nose bleeding. She ran up to him and kneeled down, picking his head up and placing it in her lap for elevation. She used her claw and ripped a small amount of fabric from the shirt she was wearing and placed it on Fox's nose, slowing down the bleeding. She looked up and saw Falco staring with wide eyes.
"Could you get the others and help me with him. He's unconscious." Krystal asked calmly, receiving a nod from Falco as he opened his wrist communicator and called ROB. Within seconds, everybody was in the hallway, asking what the screaming was about and what happened to Fox. Krystal was being hammered with questions that she basically had a little freak out and walked away, not saying anything and entering her room. Once she was in her room, she closed the door and slumped down, bringing her knees to her face and sighing heavily.
She crossed her arms across her knees and looked down at the silver steel tile. Krystal closed her eyes and calmed herself down, taking deep intakes and exhaling slowly. She was breathing in Fox's scent, and it calmed her down even faster. She could hear movements outside her door from the rest of her crew, indicating that they were moving his body to his room. She stood up and placed her ear on the door to listen on conversation from outside. Sadly, it was nothing but grunts and shuffling as they continued to get Fox's body through the door and onto his bed.
Krystal backed away from the door, letting her hand slowly slide down to the handle before stopping for a sec, then pulling away. The grunting stopped and the sound of sighing was heard.
"What do you think happened to him?" Krystal heard Slippy's voice from the other side.
"Don't know, but Krystal might know." Falco added.
"Don't go and bother her Falco, she's been through a lot. You saw how she reacted when you two couldn't keep your mouths shut. Give her time; let her answer when she wants to. After all, it was just an accident." Peppy finished as he left the room, followed by Slippy then Falco closing the door. ROB was down the hallway, cleaning the blood off of Falco's door and floor.
Krystal heard their footsteps go down the hallway with Peppy heading to the controls, Slippy to the hanger, and Falco to the living room. Krystal sighed a sad sigh, deep thinking and comprehending what just happened in the last five minutes both her and Fox were enjoying each other's company. She giggled lightly to herself, replaying the look on his face as she drew closer to his face, how scared he was, how nervous he was, how cute he looked. The looked on his face when her muzzle was just inches away from his, when she grew closer to him, and the look he had when his eyes were crossed when he looked at the spider. It all screamed "cutie" to her. Then her smile vanished when she realized what she was doing. She was advancing on Fox, and the looks he gave her told her that he was obviously unknowing of what she was doing.
But she read his thoughts, the thoughts telling her otherwise.
"Am I a fool to do follow?" she sighed to herself as she walked over to her bed and lay down upon the soft mattress. His scent filled the room, and as she lied there in the bed, she felt he was right there next to her. She turned her head to the right, seeing the digital clock just turn 11:47 A.M.
"Almost noon, and he's out cold." Krystal whispered to herself as she looked at the ceiling. She sat up abruptly when she thought of something. If she was going to be on the mercenary team, she is going to have to train, right? She stood up and walked to the closet that contained her clothes, seeing nothing but her usual Cerinain clothes. She looked at herself in the door mirror and smiled lightly. The clothing Fox gave her was perfect for training. She closed the closet and walked to her door, opening it and closing it behind her. She looked across the hall, seeing Fox's room just feet away from her and home to the sleeping vulpine. She looked to her left saw the living room where Falco just changed the channel to the news and hearing about the weather.
She began to walk to the right, trying to remember the way to the simulator/combat arena. As she was walking, she stopped was she was at the fork of the hallway, deciding on whether to go left, right, or continued forward up the stairs. She sighed once more, kicking herself mentally for not paying much attention to directions instead of the vulpine giving them. She went left and down the hall, looking left and right, trying to see where her destination would be upon. After about 10 minutes or so of walking down the hall and taking left after right turns, Krystal found what she had been looking for. As she entered the room, she was welcomed with a breeze of cool air to her face.
He face lightened up as she saw stationed Arwings mounted into the ground, a glass room where there were weight lifting benches of all sort, and finally a round arena that represented a paintball court for hand-to-hand combat. She smiled and began to thing feverishly on what to try first.
"Can't do hand-to-hand, no one else here. Don't want to lift weights, get all sweaty before lunch. Arwings it is." Krystal decided as she walked towards the machine, but then stopping in her tracks as she didn't know how to actually start. The Arwings were open already, letting others know no one was inside, but as she grew closer, the interior was just like hers, but a bit more simpler to say the least. She hopped in, and the canopy closed down on her, locking in place and the screen lighting up showing an asteroid field with the heading 'START' highlighted in white. Krystal looked around and took hold of the steering, getting used to the controls, and saw the cross-hair on the screen move in the direction she was aiming.
"Should be easy." Krystal thought to herself before she pressed the button on top of the steering, initializing the blasters shooting.
I am going to have to end the chapter there. I know that in my absence I have missed a lot, and for that I am truly and deeply sorry. I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy News Years, but wasn't able to sooner for my writers block on all of my stories. I am taking story request from anybody, 2 from one person or you can have a gang of you to ask me. Please do so in a PM, but for those who don't have an account, do so in a Review. Think of this long awaited chapter update as a late Christmas gift. I want to thank those who have stuck with me this whole time and I truly am happy and gracious. Thank you all and I will post another chapter soon. Thank you.