Betrayal
I don't own Starfox
I'm so sorry for the long delay between chapters, I ran into writer's block, and couldn't get past it.
Across the system at a bar, Falco and his girlfriend, Kat Monroe, they were relaxing after a successful mission.
Falco's communicator beeped with a message, and he answered it. An unfamiliar voice came through.
"Falco Lombardi? I have a proposition for you," It said
The details of a new job appeared, it showed an unfamiliar wolf Falco vaguely remembered seeing at the Hospital with Krystal and Fox. His eyebrows raised as he read the details of the mission. Apparently, she, Krystal, had taken the alias, Kursed and she, along the wolf had stolen a prototype Arwing from the flight academy.
"Impressive," Falco muttered as he went over the mission details.
"I want you to kill them," The voice said.
"Why should I do anything for you?" Falco asked ready to hang up.
"Because," The voice said. "You'll never make it out of that bar alive if you don't."
Falco looked up from him communicator and scanned the bar for any threats, he didn't see anyone that stood out. Besides, he was a member of StarFox, he could handle himself in a fist fight if he had to.
"I'll pass, thanks," Falco said.
"Really? Because it would be a shame if the public found systems greatest heroes is a drunk," The voice said back.
"Falco, what's he talking about?" Kat asked.
"Nothing, he's lying!" Falco said quickly. "Fox is not a drunk!"
"Am I?" The voice asked. "Or is this not you stumbling out of a bar on Corneria along with Fox."
A video appeared on Falco's comm showing him stumbling out of a bar, beyond drink, along with an equally drunken Fox.
"Listen, pal, I don't know where you got that video but…" Falco started to say.
"Careful with your next words Falco, or this video goes to every press agency in the system," The voice said.
"Fine," Falco growled. "I do it, where are they?"
"They are currently on Corneria," The voice said. "And remember, I'll be watching."
Falco remained in his seat for a moment before Kat spoke up.
"What was going on in that video? It's not like Fox to get that drunk,"
"Did you see the date stamp, that video was taken years ago, just after Krystal had left the team a second time. Fox was an absolute wreck back then. He almost always had a bottle of something nearby.
"Really?" Kat asked as they left the bar. "I can't imagine Fox like that."
"Over time, it only got worse," Falco said flatly as they got into their speeder.
"Worse? How?" Kat asked almost afraid of Falco's answer.
Back with StarFox.
Siris looked at the Arwing parked the hanger of the great fox. They had agreed that the best place to hide the stolen craft was in plain sight aboard the great fox. No one would suspect it. Siris knew it wouldn't last for very long though, Fox's I.D. had gotten them into the academy. Fox himself had been there when Siris had stolen the prototype fighter, it would only be a matter of time before the authorities stormed the great fox.
As a result, Fox was on the bridge getting the carrier ready to leave Corneria. Its sudden departure would raise attention, but it wasn't unusual. Clearance was given for them to take off, the ship lifted off, Siris had to steady himself by grabbing the fighter next to him.
Back on the Bridge
They were barely in the air before warnings began flashing. The great fox shuddered from weapon impacts.
"What's going on!" Siris asked over the com system.
"Someone is shooting at us!" Kursed said.
Fox looked out the viewport and saw the Sky Claw fly past.
"What on…?"
"R.O.B, open a communication line with Falco," Fox said turning and racing off the bridge of the ship. "What is he doing?" Fox wondered as more weapon impacts shook the great fox.
"I'm going out there to get rid of these guys," Siris said.
"What? No!" Fox said.
"Communication has been refused," R.O.B. said.
Fox heard the distinct sound of the prototype Arwing taking off and fly out to engage the Sky Claw.
"R.O.B., keep trying to contact Falco," Fox said before racing down the long hallway, heading to the hangar bay. On the way, he passed Kursed.
"What's going on?" She asked him.
"Falco is attacking us," Fox said.
"Why would Falco attack us?" Kursed asked as they ran to the hangar bay.
"I have no idea…" Fox said before pausing.
"Siris," Kursed said.
Outside The Great Fox, Siris was on Falco like glue, not giving the bird an inch of breathing room as he chased him in and round Corneria City.
Falco dove down towards the city in an attempt to lose Siris among the buildings. Flying meters above the ground.
"You'll have to do better than that birdie," Siris said unleashing a salvo from his cannons at the Sky Claw.
"Siris, stand down!" Fox's voice came over the communicator.
A missile lock made Siris peel off, he saw a pink fighter streak past and chased after it.
"Siris! I said; Stand Down! NOW!" Fox yelled again as Siris wove his fighter between the buildings, chasing after the pink fighter.
Siris growled and silenced the vulpine as he continued to chase the fighter through the city, firing his cannons at it.
The Prototype had some new weapons on board, Phase Beams, mounted on the side of the fuselage which shot a concentrated beam of energy, or that's how Siris understood it. He switched the weapons systems to the Phase Beam and targeted the pink fighter in front of him and squeezed the trigger.
The fighter swerved out of the way at the last second, causing the beams to carve a large slice into a building. An alarm sounded, and Siris looked at his display.
WARNING WEAPON OVERHEAT
Siris looked at the warning flashing on his display. He would have to wait for them to cool off before he could fire again.
"Fine," He grumbled staying on the fighter until the prototype weapons cooled off.
WEAPONS READY
Flashed across his display and he smirked and fired again.
The powerful Phase Beam cannons tore through the ship. Siris was quickly rewarded with smoke beginning to trail behind the fighter. It desperately tried to lose him amongst the buildings while trying to dodge the unrelenting weapons fire.
WEAPON OVERHEAT
Siris let off the trigger as the alarm sounded again
Siris wished he had some missiles onboard, he could have ended this by now if he did. He watched as the fighter tried to take a corner and clipped a building and crashed into the ground.
"Well, that's the end of that," Siris said coming to a hover above the crashed ship. He looked around and saw the Sky Claw chasing Kursed, and Fox chasing the Sky Claw.
"Oh no you don't," He said before chasing off in pursuit of Falco.
"FOX!" Kursed yelled.
Behind Falco's fighter, Fox was conflicted saving Kursed would mean shooting down Falco; he didn't know what to do.
"FOX!" Kursed yelled again.
Her ship was taking heavy damage a lot of damage, if Fox didn't shoot Falco down soon, she would be killed. Fox's finger hovered above the trigger, ready to blast the Sky Claw from the air, he had Falco in his sights, but if he missed…
"Fox please!" Kursed pleaded as smoke began to trail behind her Arwing.
Fox could almost hear the tears in her eyes as she pleaded with him.
The lasers from Siris's ship raked across Falco's fighter, the right wing fell off, the fighter went into a death spiral and began to plummet to the ground. Fox stared at it in shock and watched it impact the ground. Had Falco been able to eject before hitting the ground?
"What the hell were you waiting for!?" Siris's voice said over the radio.
"I…" Fox started to say.
"Never mind," Siris said.
Siris had saved Kursed, but the damage had already been done, the left wing and G-defuser of Kursed's fighter were badly damaged, and she was losing altitude rapidly. A moment later the engine exploded, a second later the wing was torn off, sending the craft into a wild spin.
"Kursed!" Siris yelled as he watched her Arwing crash just outside the city.
"I'm going after her," He said before landing near the crash site.
He got out of his fighter and ran over to the crashed ship, as he got closer the smell of fuel invaded his nostrils.
"Kursed!" He shouted, climbing onto the fighter, and banging on the cockpit window.
"Kursed!" he shouted looking into the cockpit he saw her slumped over the controls. At first glance, she looked okay, but Siris saw a thin line of blood run down her forehead.
Why hadn't she ejected?
Siris pulled out his blaster and fired at the window, unsurprisingly it barely left a scratch on it.
Siris growled and put the weapon away. The smell of the aviation fuel was growing stronger, he was worried it may get sparked and explode.
"Fox! Kursed is still inside the Arwing, I can't get her out, and there's a fuel leak somewhere." Siris said.
"There should be a manual release near the cockpit, look for a small T- shaped yellow lever, and pull it downward," Fox told him.
Siris looked around for the lever and found it.
"Okay got it." He said pulling the lever down, as soon as he did the cockpit's explosive bolts fired throwing the cockpit up, off the fighter.
"Kursed," Siris said climbing into the cockpit. He cut her free from the harness and pulled her out of the cockpit and laid her on the ground. She wasn't breathing.
"Please don't kill me," He said and began giving her mouth to mouth.
A few moments later he was rewarded by Kursed waking up, coughing and sputtering.
"Welcome back," He said laughing slightly.
"What happened?" Kursed asked rubbing her head where she'd hit it against the control panel.
"Falco shot you down," Siris explained. "But not before I shot him down first."
"Fox," Kursed growled, sitting up. "Where is he?"
"He's around here somewhere I imagine," Siris said helping Kursed to her feet and helped her walk to his fighter.
Fox landed his arwing near Falco's and jumped out, rushing over to his friend's crumpled and wrecked fighter, the nose was buried into the ground.
Fox walked up to the cockpit with his blaster at the ready and saw Falco slumped over the controls, his breathing ragged. He looked up at Fox who had his blaster out.
The bird gave a few more ragged breaths, then grew still.
"Falco?" Fox asked. "Falco!"
Fox climbed into the cockpit and checked the bird for a pulse, he breathed a sigh of relief as he found a weak, but a stable pulse.
"You've got a lot of explaining to do Falco," Fox said as emergency services started to arrive.
Siris landed with Kursed back aboard the great fox, flying the fighter with Kursed sitting on his lap had been a challenge the cockpit of the prototype had been made slightly bigger, but that was to accommodate the new technology, not another person.
As soon as he landed, Kursed jumped out, she hit the floor harder than she wanted and yelped as she injured her ankle.
"You okay?" Siris as jumping down next to her.
"I'm fine," Kursed said putting a hand on the wolf's shoulder for support.
"You sure?" Siris asked as Kursed leaned on him.
"Let's just get you to the med bay, alright," Siris said.
"I think I can make it on my own," Kursed said letting go of Siris.
She took a few steps before stumbling, Siris caught her and set her upright once more. Kursed pushed his arm away and limped away.
"Just let me help you," He said.
"I'm…fine," Kursed said back as she limped out of the Hangar Bay.
"She's gonna get herself hurt,"
Siris turned and saw Slippy standing nearby.
"What exactly happened between her and Fox. If you don't mind me asking?" Siris asked.
"I don't know the details, you'd have to ask Fox; But it was bad," Slippy said getting back to work.
"Curious, I might just do that," Siris said.
"What's curious?" Slippy asked.
"Fox hesitated, and it nearly cost Kursed her life," Siris said.
"That doesn't sound like Fox," Slippy said.
"Speaking of…" Siris said as Fox's Arwing landed in the Hangar Bay and Fox jumped out.
"Where's Krystal?" Fox asked worriedly.
"Med Bay," Siris said pointing over his shoulder with his thumb at the door.
Fox ran past Siris, heading for the med bay until Siris stopped him.
"Kursed is mad at you, I'd let her cool off a bit first," He warned.
"Why?" Fox asked.
"Really?!" Siris asked loudly. "You nearly got her killed today! Or did you not hear her begging for your help! The one time she wanted, no needed your help, and you hesitated, it could have cost Krystal her life, Fox!"
"I couldn't…" Fox mumbled. "I couldn't risk hitting her ship by accident."
"And you shot down Falco, you could have killed him!" Fox said back loudly his voice reverberating off the walls.
"I did what I needed to!" Siris said back as equally as loud. "Krystal would be DEAD if I hadn't!"
"Guys, stop arguing!" Slippy said.
"Fine, I'm going up to the bridge," Fox said.
"I'm gonna try to talk to Kursed," Siris said remembering to use her alias this time.
"It's your funeral," Slippy said.
"You have no idea," Siris commented as he left the Hangar Bay.
Again, I am so sorry about the long delay between chapters
I referred to the great fox as a carrier instead of a battleship because in my mind it fits that role better.