Kursed
I do not own Star Fox
The wolf woke up suddenly at Fox's shout and saw Fox pointing his blaster at him.
"Whoa whoa whoa!" He said holding his hands up.
"Who are you?" Fox asked realizing he wasn't the wolf he thought he was.
"Siris, my name is Siris," The Wolf said. "I'm the one who found Krystal."
Fox visibly relaxed and lowered his blaster.
"Sorry, I thought you were Wolf O'Donnell, you look a lot like him," Fox said putting his blaster away.
"It's okay, I get that a lot," Siris said.
"Oh, well, I guess I owe you my thanks," Fox said. "What happened to her?"
"I don't know, I arrived after," Siris said. "I just wish I had found her sooner."
Fox looked at Krystal lying on the hospital bed, for a long while the only sound in the room was the steady beeping of the heartbeat monitor.
"So your Fox McCloud," Siris said.
Like everyone else in the Lylat system, Siris had heard of The Adventures of Star Fox.
"You idiot," he said.
"Okay…not what I'm used to," Fox said.
He had also heard rumors that Fox was part of the reason why Krystal had left Star Fox and joined Star Wolf in the first place.
"I made her leave the team, I was trying to protect her," Fox explained. "I didn't want Krystal to get hurt."
"Great job," Siris said earning a growl from Fox.
Krystal stirred on the bed, her eyes cracked open, and Fox quickly rushed to her side.
"Krystal?" Fox asked looking at the Vixen lying on the bed.
"Fox?" Kursed asked.
"Yes, I'm here," Fox said leaning over her.
Without warning Kursed punched Fox in the jaw, knocking him several steps back.
"Whoa!" Siris exclaimed.
"What was that for?" He asked standing there rubbing his chin, a confused look on his face."I learned to hate you for what you did to me McCloud," Kursed seethed. "And it's Kursed now."
"Kursed?" Fox asked.
"Because I'm cursed," Kursed responded.
Fox frowned at Krystal's, or rather, Kursed's response.
"You are not cursed, Krystal," Fox said refusing to use her new name.
"Yes I am," Kursed responded. "Do you even know what happened after I came back to Star Fox? After we defeated the Anglars?" She asked him.
"People jeered and mocked me behind my back, for joining Star Wolf, I was spat on! Physically spat on!" Kursed said. "I had no choice but to leave!"
"I…I didn't know," Fox said. "I'm sorry." He mumbled.
"What?" Kursed asked him.
"I'm sorry this happened to you, it's all my fault; all of it," Fox said.
Before Fox could say anything else to her, the door to Krystal's room opened, and Falco walked in with a grin on his face.
"What are you so happy about?" Fox asked him.
"I have security footage from the attack on Krystal," Falco said holding out a holo-disc.
"Really?" Fox asked.
"Let's see what's on it shall we," Falco said setting a laptop on Krystal's lap, putting the disc in.
The video started, at first, they didn't see anything until Krystal entered the screen walking from left to right down the sidewalk before turning a corner and disappearing from view.
"Is that it?" Fox asked
"Wait for it," Falco said.
The camera was looking down an alleyway, suddenly Krystal appeared again, someone had thrown her against the wall. Before she could recover a dark-colored feline appeared and punched her in the gut, hard, and tossed her to the ground, he stomped on her chest a few times before pulling out a blaster pistol and pointing it at Krystal's head.
Before he could pull the trigger, something off screen caught his attention, and he quickly ran off. A second later, Siris entered the frame and dropped to a crouch next to Krystal.
"Was that…?" Krystal started to ask
"Panther Caroso, it sure looked like him," Fox answered for her.
"Why would he do this to me?" Kursed asked. "It's not like him."
"Somebody probably paid him a lot of money," Falco said simply.
"No, it doesn't make any sense, he liked me, we even dated briefly," Kursed confessed.
"Wait…what?" Fox asked. "You dated Panther?"
"What are you even doing back on Corneria anyway?" Fox asked wanting to change the subject.
"I was hired to steal an Arwing, that's all," Kursed said.
"Who hired you for the job?" Fox asked.
"I don't know," Kursed said.
"This is starting to smell like a setup," Siris observed from his side of the room.
"What do you mean?" Fox asked him, turning around.
"Krystal, or rather Kursed was lured here by the money and ambushed by an assassin who was hired to kill her," Siris said.
"Why though?" Fox asked turning back around to face Kursed who avoided his gaze.
"I've made a lot of enemies okay Fox," Kursed said. "A lot of them would probably love to see me in a body bag."
"That's not gonna happen," Fox said. "Because we're gonna find who did this to you."
"You mentioned Panther Caroso, I think we should talk to him first," Siris said.
"Then let's go!" Kursed said throwing the blanket off trying to stand up only to fall right into Fox's arms.
"Hold on, you aren't going anywhere yet," Fox said sitting Kursed back on the bed. "You need to recover first."
"I'm fine," Kursed said stubbornly, attempting to stand back up again only to fall and have Fox catch her in his strong arms once more
"He does have soft fur," Kursed thought then shook the thought from her head as Fox put her on the bed.
"Um, you can let go now," Fox said snapping Kursed out of her thoughts.
"Sorry," She said quickly letting go of Fox.
"If we're going after Panter Caroso, I suggest we start at their Sargasso Hideout," Siris said.
"How do you know about that?" Fox asked him.
"I've had…dealings with Star Wolf in the past," Siris said scratching the back of his head.
"What do you mean dealings?" Fox asked narrowing his vision at Siris.
"Nothing, never mind," Siris said.
"Are you working with Star Wolf, answer me!" Fox said grabbing Siris by the front of his shirt.
"Whoa, Fox calm down," Falco said
"I'm not working with Star Wolf, honestly," Siris said. "If I was, what reason would I have to save Krystal?"
Fox reluctantly let go of Siris and went back over to Krystal's bedside.
"If you're wondering, I delivered some supplies to the hideout once or twice," Siris added.
"What sort of supplies?" Fox asked.
"Nothing special, just crates of food and stuff," Siris said. "I still have the access code Wolf gave me too."
"Access code?" Fox asked getting an idea.
"You know, to get into the place," Siris said.
"I know what is, do you think it still works?" Fox asked.
"I dunno, maybe," Siris said shrugging. "It's been awhile, they might have changed it since then."
"Fox, buddy, I know what your thinking, and hate to throw a wrench into your plans but; Krystal can't move," Falco spoke up
"My name is Kursed," Kursed growled at the bird.
"He has a point," Siris said. "Kursed shouldn't be moved."
"I'm fine," Kursed replied, Eager to get out the hospital and find who did this to her and put a blaster bolt between their eyes.
A few blocks away, the panther who had attacked Krystal looked up at the Hospital, wondering how he was going finish the job, he had seen both Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi enter the building earlier.
His wrist communicator beeped, and he answered it, it was the person who had hired him
"You idiot! I told you to kill her!" The voice said harshly
"I was going to, but O'Donnell showed up, I had to get out of there," The Assassin said.
"Wolf O'Donnell is on Sargasso station," The leopard said matter of factly. "He hasn't left in over a month. Go back and finish the job! And don't return to me until you have!"
"Y…yes sir," The Panther said before leaving.
He headed down the street toward the Hospital and decided to wait until it was the night when there would be far fewer people wandering around the building before he went inside.