Disclaimer: I do not own Star Fox. This series was created and published by Nintendo. All respect and copywriter ship goes to Nintendo and whoever is in part of making Star Fox.
Author comments beforehand: So now we get to Wolf. I bet we were all waiting for that! So, now we get to see how Wolf falls for Lucy. You know, he seems like the guy to hold feelings in. It's true, he has to be one tough cookie to get into. That's going to be my point with Wolf falling for her. So, he'll deteriorate internally. Not saying he'll go insane, but be 'poisoned' by his feelings because he won't let them out like Lucy. You'll see, it'll work out.
Enjoy!
Beauty and the Beast
VII. Knock, knock, Someone is at the Door.
The lights flashed by as the car moved forward. Two grey paws maneuvered the steering wheel to the left, making a long curve with the road. The wolf leaned his body with the machine, following the path.
In the seat next to him, a chameleon was staring out the window, his head resting on his hand as he watched the lights go by and the city whip past them like wind. He sighed and took out a cigarette, holding the thing in his hand. He brought it into his mouth and took a lighter. Soon, his face erupted in orange as he struck a flame to the end. Smoke billowed out from the end and the chameleon's mouth was filled with an exotic taste of leaves and pleasure.
The back seat was occupied by two creatures. One was a black panther and the other was a vixen. The lady fox had a cold stare as she looked ahead. Her eyes could barely see out the window with the lupine's head in the way. She in turn took a sigh and looked down at her boyfriend, sleeping in her lap.
This was Star Wolf.
After leaving Lucy Hare's humble abode, they were heading back to their base. They were scared to admit, they didn't want to leave. The driver in particular wanted to stay. For some reason, that hare's kindness had grown on him. It was hard whether to say it was the start of sexual feelings, but it was sure damn close.
The lupine growled low and spoke out loud. "Listen up. Once we get back to the base, I want to speak with our newest member." His head turned to the back to get a good look at the blue furred fox. "You better not keep me waiting, Krystal."
"Yes, Wolf." The vixen replied back.
The chameleon looked to the back as well, his cigarette smoke following him like a rain cloud floating above his head.
"Panther, no making out with your girl-thing."
The big cat lifted his head from his nap and yawned; a low, gushing noise with his tongue curling as he did so.
"Leon, no making out with your knives," he retorted.
Leon glared daggers at the beast and he turned around again, muttering something. Then, he turned his head to Wolf who was turning left to the massive base before them. "Wolf," the chameleon replied, "Are we ever seeing that hare again?"
Wolf paused to think. He began slowing down the car eventually putting it to a stop. Wolf took the time to turn it off before he grinned.
"Maybe."
The leader of Star Wolf got out of the car and trudged ahead into the Fichinan blizzard. Wolf felt a sting of cold against his ears but his body felt like it was in heaven. This is truly why I chose Fichina, his mind spoke. Wolf adored the cold weather. It was hard enough to fight on Venom or any other planet with a temperature higher than twenty five degrees Celsius. He heard car doors opening and slamming shut in the distance. He continued walking ahead and felt the snow climb higher and higher on his body. By the time he reached the door, the snow was knee high.
"Damned snow…" he growled.
One thing that he hated was large amounts of snow. He didn't mind three, four, even five inches of snow, but over twelve was just repulsive to the lupine. Wolf brought his paw up to a key pad and began punching in its code. The pad beeped with each response until a door clicked and began opening automatically. Wolf took a step back and watched the doors open to reveal his Wolfen.
He took a deep breath and stepped in the base. He brought his gun out and loaded it. Wolf's eye and bionic eye patch scanned the scene and he stood in the front, listening for any strange activity.
Nothing.
Wolf grinned and then howled long and loud. Leon stepped beside him as Wolf raised his head to sing a song of triumph. Once he was done he looked at Leon and Panther.
"We're clean, boys." The wolf exclaimed in a low, pleased tone.
"Wonderful," Panther answered, his tail flickering behind him. "Will we be treated with some alcohol for this special occasion?"
"I'll let you answer that on your own," said Wolf.
Panther's lips curled into a smile at that. He turned to Krystal, who was now looking at them with curiosity. "It's a tradition of Wolf's. We have a drink if nothing blew us up."
Krystal nodded, and looked straight ahead at the Wolfen. Leon then looked at Panther. "Let's go you big idiot. Wolf has to talk to the girl."
"Yes, mother," the big cat answered. He moved to the door on the other side of the aircraft storage with Leon following him. Soon, Krystal was left with the menacing leader of Star Wolf. They stood there as the door closed behind them, the snow disappearing as metal replaced it. Once it had slammed shut, Wolf turned to the vixen.
"So, what are your true intentions of joining Star Wolf? And don't tell me it's for Panther because we all know that's shit." Wolf didn't even bother waiting for her answer when he hit the nail on the head. "If it's about Fox, then just tell me now."
"…it is." Said a small, feminine voice.
Wolf chuckled and made clicking noises. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. You two were the perfect couple and now look! You've come crawling to me for help. Kind of sad, ain't it?"
"It's got nothing to do with you," she retorted, pain visible in her eyes.
"Oh? Then what is it? Why are you here then?"
Krystal felt powerless to his words. No matter how much she tried to avoid it, he came back to Fox. "I. Hate. Him. I hate that man, dammit!" She yelled, tears welding up in her eyes. Wolf looked at her as she breathed in deeply, trying to control herself.
"Good, that's what I want to hear. So, you want him dead?" Wolf asked.
"No. Death won't do anything." Krystal replied after wiping her eyes with her arm. "I want to prove to him that I am an independent woman who can fight and have a boyfriend!"
"You're lucky Panther isn't here." The lupine replied. "I never knew you could be a bitch, Krystal. Guess you proved me wrong; Good job."
Krystal started walking ahead to the same door Leon and Panther went through earlier. She kept on walking and she spoke, her voice echoing throughout the room.
"I'll do whatever it takes to prove my unending love to that man."
With a slam, Wolf was left by himself. He looked after her and replied, "That is one woman I don't want to piss off."
He too moved toward the door when he heard a ring tone. Though he wasn't the man to have a cell phone, he kept it just in case. Wolf brought the phone out of his gun holder and saw that it was an unknown caller. His eye glared at the call but he picked it up anyway.
"Who is it?" he replied with an annoyed tone.
"Thank you," said the feminine voice.
For a second, Wolf didn't recognize the sweet voice. And then his mind clicked.
"For what? Letting my cigarette burn? It was a mere token of my appreciation," he said, speaking into the phone with a smirk.
"I still appreciate it, Wolf. It really made me happy." She said back.
He paused again and then replied, "Want a kiss through the phone?"
"What?!" she exclaimed.
"That's what you want, isn't it?" Wolf said nefariously, "A sweet kiss from Wolf O'Donnell? You're one perverted hare."
"I hate it when you do this," she retorted. Wolf could practically feel the heat her cheeks were giving off. I'm having a lot of fun teasing this girl, his mind said. Soon, after a pause, he puckered his lips and made a smack! He waited one second before the hare squealed,
"STOP!"
Wolf laughed. "Good night, Lucy Hare."
"Wait!"
He paused, waiting for a reply.
"Can I call you again?" she asked.
"Probably not. I'm leaving my base tomorrow to go fight these Anglars. And then after that I'm leaving the planet and going to my old base to see if I can get anything from it. I usually leave my phone in my room, so don't bother."
"Oh…" Wolf's heart pained a bit to hear her sound so upset. "That's fine, Wolf. After all, you have to go to your thing."
"I like you, you know." He said. Wolf heard her gasp. "I like you because you don't stop me from being who I am. You, Lucy, are a very caring person. I'll tell you what. If I'm still alive after I go back to my old base, I'll stop by Fichina alone and we'll hang out."
"Y-you mean…like a date?"
"Sure, if that's what you want to call it, pervy hare," Wolf said.
"I-I'll await your call then! Good night!" With that, Wolf's caller hung up. Wolf then realized what he did and he growled.
"Why in hell's name did I just ask her out?"
Soon enough, after everyone was settled, beer bottles were opened and were spewing white foam. The men laughed and their leader looked at each of his team mates, minus the new comer.
"Well, let's hope we still have our heads and balls by the time we kick the fish's asses!" he said boisterously.
"Yes, and let's hope we can drink more afterwards." Panther replied.
And so, they had their drink, the men throwing their heads back and drinking until there was no more. Krystal just watched as each finished and grabbed another bottle from the ice bin on the table. They sure have strange traditions, Krystal thought. Definitely different from how Star Fox goes into battle. Soon, however, it seemed more like a traditional battle meeting with Wolf bringing up a holographic map.
"Alright. It appears that the Anglar forces have invaded Fichina from the North West flank and the eastern sea." He pointed with his claw to each location. Soon, it was highlighted in red, bolding out the areas from the rest of the planet. "I have come up with a hypothesis for them moving near mountains and water. Obviously they're fishes, but their ships seem to run on vapor. Yes, they use water in their tanks and convert it into steam. So, they can only last, I'd say about three to four hours under this technology." He paused and licked his lips. "Now, The sea would serve as a continuous source for fuel, so they'll be tougher to tan this way. I propose that we hit the sea before we move onto the mountains. It looks like they want something from Fichinan waters."
"But what?" Leon questioned.
"Its purity," Wolf answered simply. "Fichina up until McCloud stabilized the temperature, was a frozen wasteland. The waters were obviously frozen as well. But because it was frozen, it had clean, untouched water for centuries. If the Anglars can get their hands on pure water instead of the acidic water from the Venom water bodies, their ships power and speed would increase…" Wolf paused to think, "five times their regular performance. Meaning, they can stay airborne for at least forty five hours."
Leon narrowed his eyes and nodded a bit, taking a drink from his bottle. "So, how do you propose we attack them before they plunge themselves in the water?"
"Good question," their leader said. "I suggest we split the team, with two attacking at where they plan to invade. We can regroup back at the base ad see what happens from there. If we split up, yes we'll be at a disadvantage, but we'll each have more ground to cover. Plus, recording and transferring data will be much easier this way. I hate to go in blind for the rest of this war."
"That doesn't answer my question."
Wolf smirked. "I'm getting to that. How will we stop them you ask? We use chemistry."
"Chemistry?" Panther questioned.
"Yes, and the use of atoms, ions, and electricity. I have figured out that they made their ships out of zinc, iron, and aluminum, making it a strong ship to begin with. However, it looks like they used electroplating to enhance it. How? They coated the ships with gold atoms so that it won't corrode under the water."
Leon and Panther nodded. "I see," Panther answered, "So why do we use chemistry?"
"If we are able to strip the gold atoms off using the properties of oxidation and reduction, we can have them plunge into the water, then send an electric shock through the waters and start oxidizing the iron. Since it erodes quickly, once the gold is off, it'll erode faster with the boost of an electric shock. Now, I do not know if this will work, per say, but it's damned good."
"Brilliant, Wolf." Leon said, smiling. "But how will we get large amounts of electricity into the ocean? Are you proposing we should make bombs containing the energy?"
"Already have," Wolf grinned. He brought out a metal box containing a medium sized bomb. The two original members plus Krystal peered at the thing with awe. It was painted black at two ends, but in the middle, were batteries.
"Batteries?" Leon asked.
"The magnesium in this thing will spark on impact and burn the battery cell. At the same time, the heat will charge the atoms inside the battery and create a spark. The electrical shock will last only five minutes, but that's plenty of time if we get them in rage. The range of these babies is about six point three, eight, nine kilometers."
Krystal couldn't believe what Wolf was spewing. He's beyond what I imagined! Her mind exclaimed. She stared blankly at the bomb and then sat down.
"So Wolf, how many did you make?" Panther spoke up.
"I made about six of them. We need to use all of them in order for it to work. After that, we can just send our regular nova bombs after them and destroy them there."
"Who will go with that mission?" Panther asked.
"Leon and Krystal will." Wolf answered. "Leon can also teach her some Star Wolf tactics while he's at it too. It'll be tougher for her to launch the electrobombs from her Arwing, but I'm sure she'll manage."
"Y-you're giving me such a huge responsibility?" Krystal asked.
"Sure, why not? I figure it'll help you." Wolf replied.
Krystal looked down and then stared Wolf. "I'll do my best then."
"That's nice to know," Wolf said. "Panther, since our mission is easier, we'll just head in there tomorrow."
"Alright, but what about the other mission?"
"They'll start out tomorrow evening and then fly back here until dawn. After we ram them, we'll come back here as planned. Leon," he said turning to the chameleon, "If anything goes wrong, open up a private line immediately."
"Of course, Wolf."
"Excellent. Let's get some rest and get ready. I'll try to see if I can load the electrobombs into the Wolfen beforehand." Wolf turned to Krystal. "Where's your ship?"
"Oh! It's by the eastern ocean actually."
"Perfect," Wolf growled. "Then we'll have to head down there before they move in and figure out what we're up to. You're coming with me tomorrow, got it, Princess?"
"…Understood."
'Alright then, this meeting is about over." Wolf took one last swig of his alcoholic beverage before throwing it into the trash can. Everyone else who had drinks did the same and left to their rooms while Krystal stayed behind. Wolf paused and looked at her.
"You need a room, correct?"
"I-I suppose," she said.
"You'll use mine."
"But where will you sleep?"
"My Wolfen," he replied gruffly. "I'm used to it; I've slept in that thing for over eight years. It serves a good home for on the road."
Krystal stared down at the floor and nodded her thanks before leaving the room. Wolf watched her go before heading back to the aircraft storage room. He climbed up the ladder into his Wolfen and opened the cockpit. He climbed in and left the top open. He propped his feet up on the outside of the front of the cockpit and laid his paws behind his head. Wolf shifted to take out a cigarette and breathed in. He let out the smoke and relaxed into his seat.
I wonder what that hare is up to, he suddenly thought. He could only imagine she was asleep, since it was twelve o'clock midnight. Wolf narrowed his eyes and blew out more smoke, going deeper into his thoughts.
Why is that hare so caring to me? I just don't understand why she would let me, Wolf O'Donnell into her home and use her apartment like that. Is she dumb or just too clever for my own damned good? He glanced down and then moved his paws to his eye patch, taking it off. He felt cold wind hit his incapacitated eye and he shivered. Through Wolf's eyes, his right could see the world and his left saw nothing but black. It was normal for him to see like this without the eye patch giving him aid. Before, he had to rely on his right eye for trying to get Fox. And that was a bitch to do, Wolf thought.
I wonder how she would react to see what he did to me. Wolf bared his teeth at the thought of that man, that man who took his eye away from him. He looked up and sighed. Dammit, why am I thinking about her so much? Why does she keep intruding my thoughts?
"That bitch," he murmured.
Wolf turned over the side of his Wolfen and spat out the cigarette bud onto the ground below him. He then closed his eyes and fell asleep; still trying to figure out if there was something wrong with him.
The next morning, the lupine woke up automatically at the time he trained himself to wake up at and put on his eye patch. "Three o'clock, three o'clock." He said with a grin, stretching his muscular arms and back. He got out of his Wolfen, making the drop and landing on his two feet perfectly. Wolf then saw Krystal waiting for him, ready to leave.
"You sure are prompt." He said, walking over to her.
"Good morning, Wolf." She said simply, handing him the car keys. "Shall we go?"
"Sure, Princess, let me get the bombs first."
Wolf grabbed a box of his invention and then they headed out, going into the car and driving to the eastern ocean. "It'll take up about one hour to get there, so get comfortable." He said. Wolf moved his paw to the radio and turned it on. Soon, the car was filled with lively jazz music. Krystal looked at him with a shocked expression. "You listen to jazz? I thought you would like something like heavy metal…that's what Falco said anyway."
Wolf chuckled.
"No, I don't listen to that crap. I prefer jazz and classical music. I also listen to music of my race on occasion."
"You mean the lupine music? It's so enchanting, they're lyrics are so touching and beautiful." Krystal said softly.
"It's merely about loneliness for the most part. At times there's a cheerful ballad or two, sometimes even with no lyrics, but either way…I feel the sense to stay in touch with my family."
They were quiet the rest of the ride as Wolf drove them to their destination. Krystal stared out the window and watched the scenery go by, looking at Lucy's city as it took up a large amount of space. They continued further, and after it seemed like it would take forever, they saw the Arwing parked in front of the sea. The two got out of the car and the lupine grabbed the box and walked over to the Star Fox signature ship.
"Alright, open it. I'll have to put these in some kind of cargo hold."
Krystal nodded and got into her ship, opening the cockpit and bottom of the ship, revealing some sort of cargo hold big enough to hold a kid dinosaur. Wolf got onto his back and peered inside, his eye patch scanning it. "It seems like this will do, though you have to try and not rattle your ship too much or it'll set of within the Arwing."
"Okay," Krystal replied, jumping from the cock pit and leaning over to see Wolf. He stuffed two bombs into the cargo and then got up.
"Close it, that'll do."
"Shouldn't I get three?" Krystal asked.
"No, Leon will get the bulk. You're new to the team and I'm not trusting you will three of these things. Plus, I haven't even tested them out myself, so it's very dangerous to put a new pilot such as yourself with this."
Krystal nodded. "I guess I'll follow you back with my Arwing. It'll be easier."
"I guess." Wolf replied, "Track me with your system; I'm sure the pup has that in your ship."
And so, as Wolf got into his car, he turned around and watched the Arwing start up, blue light emerging from the back of it. He turned back to his car, turned it on and slammed on the gas, speeding ahead back to the base. Wolf herd the Arwing fly above him and fly above him, climbing higher and higher in the Fichinan atmosphere. He sped down the road, having a race with the air craft. He moved quickly past any scarce cars and then moved ahead, going as fast as the car can go. Wolf opened the window and let the wind flow throughout his car, making his adrenaline pump more than ever.
Soon, they reached back to the base and Wolf let the Arwing land next to his car. He got out and howled.
"Damn girl, that was interesting."
Krystal couldn't help but smile. "It was hard to keep up with you, but I think I managed." Wolf nodded in and then walked ahead.
"I'll see you later then, Princess. I'll make sure your man doesn't get blown up."
Wolf watched her expression change to more of a cold look. She paused and nodded. "Thank you…"
Wolf saw Panther in his Wolfen, ready to go. Panther glanced down at the mighty Wolf O'Donnell and saluted, grinning. Wolf lifted a paw and got into his ship. The Wolfen began firing up. Wolf pulled the duel brake system to the middle then back hard, slamming his foot on the gas as he did in the car, propelling the ship fast out of the base. Krystal's fur blew as they ships flew by, going off to their mission. She stared after them and then said,
"You take too much pity on me, Wolf…"
CHAPTER SEVEN END
Ha ha! I beat my old record and managed to get out eight pages! Bwahaha!
Anyway, so that's the beginning of Wolf's side to this story. I think this is more serious as we get into Wolf's perspective. Plus, it's more mature. At least I think so.
So, now we get into two missions. One easy, one complicated. I thank chemistry for that tidbit with the electrobombs. I'm actually learning about ReDox in chem. Or at least I was. I hope that it's as accurate as possible. Trust me, it was hard to write.
We also know Wolf is intelligent. I mean, he must've built the Wolfen. It even stated in Brawl that he made the Landmaster himself. Now that is incredible. I'm using that to my advantage throughout these next chapters so be prepared.
Also, we see that Wolf asked Lucy out. That won't be for awhile, so I'd say about chapter ten they'll go out.
More so, we get into Wolf's past. Yes, I will go into that, but that won't be until much later.
Also, the singing. I'm going to use biology here and use the wolves' ability to sing with Wolf. Yes, they have beautiful singing and I bet Wolf is no exception, but I'm going to spoil you a bit and say that Wolf will sing for Lucy at one point.
AND THERE'S MORE!
I suggest you hold the foreshadowing I used. He only gave Krystal two bombs. Keep it in mind, because he's got something up his sleeve. (If he had any, and yes I'm using the Brawl clothing design if you haven't figured that one out.)
OKAY!
Now that I practically wrote a page along in comments, I'll stop bugging you people. See ya next chapter!