CHAPTER 2

Fox stared at the giant digital signboard hanging above Gate 32B. It showed all the flights. He found theirs

FLIGHT 180 | PLANE FD13 | CRASHANOVA | NOW BOARDING

Fox looked at their group. Lucy at the front, jumping around, obviously very excited, Peppy trying to calm her down, Slippy and Amanda holding hands, gazing into each other eyes, like a couple of love sick teenagers, Katt holding her arms around Falco's neck, he turned and looked at Panther, who was kissing Krystal on the neck, making her laugh uncontrollably. Fox's heart sank, looking at these two, remembering the days when he would do that with her, the long strolls they would take through the botanical gardens in Corneria, the moonlight evenings on MacBeth, oh how he longed for her tender touch, her beautiful eyes, her luscious fur...

And then Wolf snapped him out of it.

"Will you quit day-dreaming and move ahead?" Wolf snapped at him

Fox wheeled around to find that everyone in front of him had already boarded. Embarrassed, Fox quickly ran up to the desk where a cute tigress smiled at him

"Boarding Pass and Passport, please" She said poiletly

As Fox handed them to her, he heard a crackling noise above him. He looked up to see the digital sign board malfunctioning. Fox's eyes widened when the board seem to freeze and leave this in their flight slot

FJHGIT 953 | PLANE | CRASH | QWR BOARINGD

Fox continued to stare at the board, until a voice cut in

"Sir? You may board now" The tigress politely said

Fox looked at her, then at the board again.

It was back to normal

"Sir?" The tigress said with a worried look on her face

"Yes. T-Thank You" Fox said hurriedly, then ran down the platform and on to the plane. He looked at his boarding pass. "Seat 26F" He mumbled to himself. He found his seat and sat down.

As luck would have it, Wolf just HAD to have the seat right next to his, followed by Kyrstal, then, across from them, Panther, Leon and Falco.

Fox looked ahead. In the row in front of his, sat Peppy, Slippy and Amanda, across from them was Katt and Lucy.

For the confused, it looked like this:

(Empty)(Lucy)(Katt) (Amanda)(Slippy)(Peppy)

(Falco)(Leon)(Panther) (Krystal)(Wolf)(Fox)

Fox sighed and looked out the window. It was around 6:30 at night, and it was already dark. He could see luggage carts being driven around, suitcases being loaded into other aircrafts, and the engines of their plane being turned on.

Around him, he could hear babies crying, little kids needing the washroom and flight attendants struggling to get through their safety instructions. Across from him, he could her Flaco and Leon arguing.

"It's MY armrest, you feather brain!"

"No, It's MY armrest, you sadistic chameleon!"

"Hey, where's my pillow?" Wolf jabbed him in the arm "You steal my pillow, pup?"

"Oh just have mine!" Slippy yelled, tossing his pillow back and hitting Wolf squarely in the head

"Hey, watch it, you stupid frog"

"Bite Me!"

Fox covered his ears to drown out the noise, when suddenly the captain came over the loudspeaker

Attention folks! We are now taking off, if you could please fasten your seatbelts, making sure all of you carry-on are in the overhead compartments or under the seat in front of you. There is no smoking on the plane and as such, the no smoking sign will remain on for the entire flight. Are destination today is Crashanova, and the flight will be approximately 6 hours. We know you have a choice in airlines, and we thank you for choosing Corneriair, which operates in over 15 planets in the Lylat area, including MacBeth, Venom and Titania. We hope you enjoy your flight, and if there's anything we can do to make your flight more enjoyable, feel free to ask our flight attendants

"This is going to be a looong flight" Fox said to himself as they began taxiing down the runway.....