Welcome back. Ready for a plot twist that will rock the entire story? I want to warn readers before moving on, this chapter depicts some rather mature content, in the form of violence and the consequences of violent fights. Okay, that's all. You may now read on.
12:52 PM, Great Fox, somewhere in the Lylat System
We had been aboard the Great Fox for 4 hours. Everyone was in the main hall. Everyone but Fox, who was down in the kitchen, grabbing an early lunch. We were all conversing the possible problem on Zoness. We all had our theories, which, oddly enough, all traced back to Andross, who was still fresh in everyone's minds, even 11 years after the big battle with him.
After a moment of conversation, I heard the elevator door open behind us. Nobody took much notice, until there was an abnormal thump. We all turned and saw Fox, laying on the ground, dead. A puddle of blood surrounded his head, which had been shot from behind.
I looked up from his body to see the old, familiar chameleon, Leon Powalski, holding a blaster, aiming it at me, an enraged look on his face.
"L-Leon..." I managed to stutter out, still shocked by seeing Fox dead and Leon alive. "You're supposed to be dead."
Leon laughed. "Wolf, I'm not that weak." He looked back at me, rage returning to his glare. "But you killed Panther." He prepared his blaster and aimed it at my head. Any other day I would have pulled out a gun and shot Leon right in his stupid face, but I was unarmed, as was the rest of the team, with the exclusion of Fox, who was dead, so he was no use to us.
Leon walked up to me, his blaster still pointed at my head, a smirk of pure evil and rage on his face. He held the blaster to my head. "Well now, Wolf. You'll regret betraying us. Just watch."
"Betray you? You kicked me out!" I growled.
"Because you betrayed us!" he yelled, pushing the blaster against my head harder.
I exhaled and closed my eyes. After a few seconds, I opened them again. "How is helping you clear your name betraying you?"
"You helped Star Fox, and you dragged us in on it. Star Fox has been, is now and always will be our, or should I say my, enemy!"
Just then, I noticed Falco has stealthily sneaked up behind Leon, crowbar in his hands. I kept my gaze on Leon, so that Leon wouldn't notice Falco behind him.
"Don't think for one moment that you were helping us by rushing to Star Fox's aid." He turned to point at Fox's body. "Look at wh-" he was cut off as Falco smacked him in the face with the crowbar, making him stumble backward, dropping the blaster in my lap.
Falco pushed Leon against the wall, holding the crowbar to his neck, cutting off his air.
Krystal rose from her seat, rage building up in here. She had lost the love of her life, and she wasn't just going to let it slide. She walked a few steps toward Leon, then ran the rest of the way, her fist clenched and held at Leon's face level. As her fist met the chameleon's face, a look of sheer satisfaction crossed her face, and began beating his head repeatedly, while Falco held the crowbar against his neck.
I turned to see ROB and Slippy leaning over Fox's body. Slippy had his head bowed, an unreadibly sad expression on his face. Fox was clearly not coming back. I turned my attention back to Krystal, then looked at the blaster sitting in my lap. I rose and walked to Krystal, Falco and Leon, grabbing the blaster as I walked over. Leon looked horrible. I pulled Krystal aside and put the blaster in her hand. "Just end it." I told her.
She looked down at the gun in her hand, then looked back at Leon, then aimed the gun at his head. "Any last words, you nasty... thing?!" She spat.
Leon looked up at her, bleeding from multiple places on his face. "I... hate you all... Especially you, Wolf..." he hissed, his breathing labored by the crowbar against his neck.
Falco raised his hand, stopping Krystal. "Wait. We can take him back to Corneria."
Krystal shook her head. "No... no prison sentence will ever bring back Fox. I loved him." She took one last check of her aim, and her finger squeezed the trigger. I heard a click and a beam shot out of the blaster. I had to look away as it pierced Leon's face, cutting through his skin and penetrated his thick skull, then proceeding to shatter his brain. His body went limp, and Falco pulled the crowbar away. The body fell to the ground with a thump, and a puddle of blood formed around his head.
Krystal lowered the blaster, looking at the body with a look of both shock that she had killed someone, and satisfaction that Fox's death was avenged. Reality seemed to really set in and she stumbled back, dropping the blaster. She stumbled back and fell. She pushed herself back further.
Leon's death didn't trouble Wolf all that much. He was used to death. What really got to him was the betrayal of his old friend, and Fox's death. He turned to face Slippy, who was still leaned over Fox's body, while ROB analyzed the body, looking for a way to save him. Finally, he chirped. "Sorry. There's no way to fully revive Fox. If we were to attempt and be successful in getting him to breathe once more, he will h-"
"Enough, ROB." Slippy cut the robot off. "You can go." The robot stood and rolled away.
Falco stepped on the other side of Fox's body, and I knelt down at his head, feeling around his head. He had taken two shots to the back of the head, most likely within seconds of each other. He was killed in the elevator, probably seconds after entering.
I sighed. This changed everything. Odd as it sounds, I had a respect for Fox, even when I was in Star Wolf. I always tried to best him because I felt like he was my brother, and that's what brothers do. Or so I think. I never had a brother.
But none of that mattered. Nothing mattered. I raised my head and looked at ROB. "ROB, take us home."
Whoo, how about that one? Crazy plot twist? I think so. Anyways, see you later.