Forgiving you

Chapter 3

That talk about him joining Star Fox was still in the lupine's mind. He never thought he would end up siding with his enemy, but he didn't have a problem with it, so far Fox was actually a good guy and Wolf didn't mind being by his side, in fact he enjoyed being by his side. He was slowly understanding these feelings of his, and slowly admitting he likes Fox..

The two decided to grab some lunch, and entered a restaurant not too far from the park. Fox walked up to the counter then turned to point at a two seated table by a window telling Wolf to wait there while he orders. Wolf began to sweat feeling embarrassed as he looked at the two seated table, Wolf thought that its what couples always use when they wanna eat together, Wolf walked over to it and sat on one of the chairs. He was watching Fox closely, his eyes following the swishing movements of the vulpine's tail, it looked soft, making him wanna grab it. After staring at his tail for too long he looked up seeing Fox look back at him, he gave a bit of a wave smiling with that cute face of his, making Wolf look away. He wondered why he felt so flustered all of a sudden, he still doesn't know what these feelings are. He thought back in time skimming through his memories like a book, finding hints of what it was, he was trying to recall the word for it, straining his brain till he found it. Was this love? Wolf asked himself, but isn't it suppose to be between a male and a female? Fox and him are both males, is that allowed to be called love? Wolf felt ashamed not knowing what to think of himself. He was in the military since he was a kid, he had no time to develop love with someone. He remembered his dad training him, abusing him, till he felt no happiness. (Emotion is a weakness, it makes you vulnerable, the only emotion you rely on is hate, its what drives a soldier). The words from his father were floating in his head now, but that didn't matter to him anymore, he liked being happy, Fox was the only one who made him feel such feelings, and Wolf liked it.

Wolf was staring into space not noticing Fox sitting infront of him, it made him jump a bit in surprise. Fox blinked, then handed Wolf a tray with food on it, fries, burger and a cup of some sorta soft drink.

"So...how bout we built in some trust?" Fox said as he opened the wrapper of his burger. Wolf tilted his head picking up a few fries and stuffed it in his mouth.

"Trust?" Said Wolf with his mouth full. Fox bit on his food then nodded after swallowing.

"Like...get to know each other and stuff." Fox set his burger on the tray and shifted in his seat.

"Ok what are your interests?" Wolf looked up stuffing more fries in his mouth as he was thinking, He didn't have much things he liked, he knows he likes fighting, doing missions, flying in air crafts but he was straining his head to think of normal things. He got nothing so he had to make something up, he didn't wanna disappoint Fox.

"I...uh...like movies..." Fox smiled and rested his chin on a hand. Wolf sighed in relief telling he got passed that.

"What's you favourite movie?" Wolf was struggling to think again, what was the last movie he watched..back at the station he was watching some space movie, what was it called?...Star...something?

"Star..." Wolf was struggling to think the last word while Fox was just staring without making movement which made Wolf feel awkward, the Fox nodded looking like he got it.

"ohh...that movie..that's my favourite too!" Fox was grinning which made Wolf sigh in satisfaction. Wolf thought he had enough of the question thing, and wanted to know more about Fox, besides him being an ace pilot, and expert marksman, he wanted to know the Fox he just bonded with.

"How bout...you? whats your interests?" Wolf said, turning to Fox. The vulpine sat up picking up a fry and eating it.

"Well...I like movies too" he grinned. Wolf just scoffed and gestured to go on.

"I like video games, sports..and..." Fox froze a sec which made Wolf curious.

"and?" The lupine was staring at Fox who looked nervous.

"Well..you're gonna think it's weird." Wolf chuckled and crossed his arms.

"nah come on try me, its a test of trust anyway" Fox just rubbed the back of his head, remembering the purpose.

"I...like flowers" Wolf eyes widened a bit then put a hand over his muzzle snickering.

"s-see...i knew it!" Fox said with his face red. Wolf shook his head and spoke.

"Haha! never knew you were such a girl!" Wolf thought in his head that it was actually kinda cute that Fox likes flowers, He stopped laughing then went to ask another question.

"got a favourite? Mr Flouriest?" Fox was still red but ignored the insult.

"Actually...yeah...my favourite flower is called a Lylat Star" Wolf was speechless and noticed he never heard of such a flower, the thought of Lylat Star just reminded him about the vastness of space that he began to miss.

"Lylat Star huh?...sounds...beautiful" Fox looked a bit surprised by Wolf's change of vocabulary, making Wolf realize what he said. He growled in his head. (dammit Wolf...now look what you did..who knows what Fox would think about me now...) he looked at Fox again who was smiling.

"Yeah it is pretty beautiful, its colored white and shines like how butter cups shine in the sun." Wolf didn't know much about flowers but nodded anyway.

"kinda reminds you...of space..." Fox said as he was playing with a fry in his hand, Wolf didn't say anything, but made a tiny smile that him and Fox thought of the same thing, he began to understand Fox a little more.

They stood up after they finished the food, throwing their garbage in the trash, stacking the trays and headed out.

They were back at Fox's house, or home since Wolf lives there too, it felt good calling it home. Fox opened the door and closed it after they entered, Fox yawned and Wolf couldn't help but yawn too.

"I'll show you around the Great Fox tomorrow, right now get some sleep Wolf" Fox walked towards the sofa laying in it. It made Wolf disappointed that he wouldn't be able to sleep with Fox anymore.

He walked up stairs, but was stopped by a voice.

"Wolf?.." Wolf turned his head to Fox who was looking at him.

"Yeah?" Fox was speechless, he looked like he was struggling to think about something.

"good night.." Wolf heard something in the Fox's voice that he couldn't make out...Was Fox sad too that he wouldn't be able to sleep with him? Wolf shook his head and chuckled to himself, that can't be right, Fox doesn't feel the same way, but Wolf liked to keep a little hope with him.

"Good night, pup.." Wolf was already half way up the stairs. Finally reaching the room he let himself fall onto it, he had forgotten that he was exhausted from that tennis game. He scooted over to the pillow resting his head on it. He was resting on the one Fox used last night, It brought pleasure to Wolf that he was able to smell the scent again, just over two days he was already obsessed with the vulpine. He began to change the position of the pillow, hugging it as if it were Fox. He whispered to himself as he began to fall asleep.

"Fox..."

Fox was in the kitchen as Wolf woke up, He sat on a table scratching his head, hearing the sizzling sound of cooked bacon and eggs.

"Good morning Wolf" Wolf nodded and followed the plate of food with his eye as Fox set it on the table Fox was standing close by him, Wolf looked up at him noticing that the vulpine was examining Wolf.

"What?..." Wolf asked picking up a fork. Fox smiled and put a hand on Wolf's arm stroking it carefully.

"Your fur is messed up.." Fox chuckled. Wolf put an egg in his mouth chewing it along with bacon.

"Yeah smart ass I just woke up" Wolf gulped on his food and went to pick up another bacon.

"You look kinda attractive with your fur like that.." Wolf put the bacon in his mouth and paused, slowly turning his head to Fox. He saw that the vulpine was leaning in close putting his lips against his, he felt a tongue snatch his bacon away, Fox pulled back and was chewing on Wolf's bacon with a smile. Wolf noticed what this was, but didn't wanna jinx it. He leaned in, kissing Fox, tasting a hint of the bacon he just ate. He was standing up holding Fox close with a warm embrace. They both pulled back giving eye contact, Fox's green eyes shined from the morning light which Wolf thought looked beautiful, he smiled and tightened the hug.

"Fox..." Wolf said as his chin rested on the vulpine's shoulder.

"Yes Wolf?" Fox was resting on the Wolf's shoulder too, feeling warm from the touch.

"I...Love you" Wolf was digging his muzzle into Fox's shoulder whimpering as he closed his eyes shut tightening the hug, it felt like it took alot out of him to say that.. He could feel Fox smile then heard his smooth voice.

"I..." Fox paused then Wolf heard faint words which he couldn't hear, he sighed noticing it was time for it to end.

He woke up seeing the sun shine through the window, he felt disappointed that it was just a dream, and this time he didn't wanna wake up, he wished he could stay in the dream a bit longer because it was the time when Fox loved him, and.. might be the only time... It made Wolf's heart ache but he still hoped that it could come true at one point. He rolled on the bed bumping into something. He gave a confused grunt and focused his eyes to be awake, his eyes widened as he noticed the blurry figure. It was Fox..But why? Wolf paused, as his tired frown slowly slid up into a smile. Maybe Fox felt the same? He felt lonely downstairs and decided to come up becuase he misses him. Wolf's hopes died down a bit frowning as he began to think of the other reason. Or maybe Fox didn't like the sofa either. Fox was sleeping peacefully, he looked so elegant sleeping in the sunlight. Wolf smiled at the cute Fox as he stood up to take a bath.

In the shower he was fighting with his thoughts of either Fox felt the same or he didn't. Wolf rubbed his fur with the bar of soap along his chest smiling when he put more confidence into the thought of Fox loving him, he didn't want to give up, Fox made him too happy to give it up. He turned the shower off then wrapped a towel around his waist. He forgot to get clean clothes from the drawer so he had to go back to the room hoping Fox didn't wake up. When he entered the room Fox was wide awake staring at Wolf.

"Hey Morning Wolf" Wolf blushed feeling a bit awkward since he was standing infront of someone he liked, almost naked.

"Hey there..pup" Wolf paused then swore he saw Fox look him up and down.

"So...you didn't like the sofa either?" Fox picked his head up the scratched his head.

"Uhh...yeah you're right it kinda sucks." He gave a nervous laugh then stood up.

"Well i`m gonna go make breakfast, change if ya want that Great Fox tour." Wolf was alone when Fox walked out of the room, He used the time to change, he was using Fox's shirts again, and he didn't mind about how tight it was anymore he liked the smell of Fox, he couldn't stop feeling embarrassed by the thought of him being overly obsessive.

After the morning routine, Fox drove him to the Sky Port, where Wolf assumed they parked the Great Fox, The large area was big enough to fit that thing. When they arrived Wolf took a glimpse of the Star Fox mother ship, it was alot bigger then he thought it was.

"Like it? It had a few upgrades so it's a bit bigger then before." Wolf nodded and then they started to walk.

After using the elevator inside the Great Fox came automatic doors that slid open, they were in the Bridge. It was fancy and had a lighter look then at the Sargasso Station's Bridge, Alot of flickering colored lights and devices were displayed on the front along with the wind shield having a view of the whole Sky Port. Fox walked up beside Wolf looking down at the view with him.

"The rest of the Team should arrive soon, just make yourself comfy while I pick out a room for you, I'll be right back" Wolf nodded then sat on a chair, He was impressed by the look of the ship. His eye stopped at the captain's chair, blinking for a few seconds, he looked around seeing Fox was not back yet, He felt silly but he wanted to sit on it. He walked over to the important looking chair sitting on it, he smiled with satisfaction then looked forward. He got a quick flash of the sargasso base's Bridge, the way this chair was positioned reminded him of his chair. He was deep into his thoughts but was interrupted by a yell and sudden force on his face. Wolf was forced off the chair making a yelp. He gathered his senses to see the blue bird, struggling to remember his name, Falco was it? Wolf rubbed his cheek feeling a bruise that made him cringe a bit, he made a growl as he heard the bird speak.

"What the hell you doin here fuzz ball? where's Fox? What did you do to him? " Wolf was speechless then picked his head up to see the bird charge at him.

"I'll teach you a lesson about breaking an entering!" Falco yelled as he did a high kick to the head but Wolf was ready this time, ducking to dodge the attack he followed it up with a leg sweep tripping the bird, the sound of the bird's head hitting the ground brought a smile to his face.

"You gotta do better then that, feather bag." Wolf said with an arrogant tone he hadn't heard in awhile. Falco stood up gritting his teeth as he went to his fighting pose. Wolf was at this fighting stance too, he loved the feel of a fight when he was winning.

The bird dashed doing a flurry of jabs, Wolf blocked them waiting for the bird to stagger, when the bird was open, he took the chance to strike a fist into his stomach. Falco fell to the ground in pain holding his stomach, he sat up after a few seconds, recovering from the blow continuing his fighter's stance.

"Feh That was nothing!" Then they both heard the door swoosh from behind Falco. Fox was there blinking in confusion.

"Whats...going on here?" he looked at Wolf with the bruise on his face. Then looked back at Falco who was confused as well.

"Falco...don't hurt Wolf...hes on our side now." Falco's jaw dropped at what he was hearing.

"H-he attacked me!" Falco yelled while Wolf gave a glare.

"Actually Bird brain was the one who attacked me first" They both shot glares at each other then looked away, Fox sighed and scratched his head.

"I let him join Star Fox, don't worry, hes not such a bad guy."

"How could you trust him after what he did to you at Nocto? He almost killed you!" Wolf crossed his arms scoffing to the side, hiding the guilt that build up inside him, he didn't want to remember that.

"You don't understand him Falco, he had a reason to do that" Fox looked over at Falco who didn't pay attention

"What if he kills you in your sleep? or slits your throat when you're not looking?" Fox could tell that Falco really didn't trust him, he shook his head and looked at Wolf.

"I trust Wolf..." Wolf's eye brows were raised, touched by what Fox said, then he felt himself blushing, couldn't be because Fox liked him..The three of them looked over to the elevator hearing a whirring sound, meaning that it was moving. When it opened, three of the other members were talking to each other but quickly stopped when they spotted Wolf in the room. The green toad Slippy was first to talk.

"Why is Wolf here?..." Slippy stared at the bruise on Wolf's cheek.

"guys...i think we just encountered a fight..." The three all looked at each other nodding and walked over as if getting ready to fight, making the poor Wolf back up as all four members cornered him to a wall not pleased with his presence. Fox walked up and held up a hand.

"Guys! guys! stop it!" Wolf is our new member, please respect him like we do, each other!" Fox yelled. Wolf felt glad that Fox was there to defend him. Wolf sighed in relief as all of them stopped ganging up on him, but they still didn't like the fact that Wolf was now a Star Fox member.

"What happened to Star Wolf?" Peppy said looking at Wolf with a glare. Wolf felt a bit nervous not knowing how he should act to his new teammates, he attempted to act nice to gain their affection.

"Disbanded.." Wolf said looking at the ground. They all looked at each other then went to glaring back at Wolf. Falco walked up to speak.

"Hope you're not up to something!" Wolf raised his hands in surrender shaking his head.

"I-It's not a lie." He would make some rude come back but he didn't wanna make a bad impression infront of Fox. Everyone just walked off to their rooms ignoring Wolf. The lupine sighed crossing his arms spotting Fox walking towards him.

"Alright I'll show you your room."

They were walking in the halls, with silence in the air, Wolf was still feeling thankful that Fox was there to stand up for him, and wanted to say something, hoping he doesn't sound stupid since he never used the word much.

"Thank you" Fox looked over to Wolf tilting his head.

"Huh?.." Fox couldn't hear it well or he just couldn't believe what Wolf said. Wolf was red now as he fiddled with his fingers.

"T-thank you...for defending me.." Fox's eye brows were raised then he nodded his head. Wolf felt a bit stupid now since Fox didn't give a response. They arrived to a room which was kinda far from the bridge but still had the straight hall leading to it.

"Alright here's your room Wolf." Wolf opened it and looked around it was a fair size, there was a window by the bed, and a dresser by a door which Wolf assumed was the bathroom. Fox put a hand on Wolf's shoulder. The sudden touch made Wolf tense, he felt hot from the temperature rising, the touch was warm and welcoming, Wolf felt a bit in a daze as Fox spoke.

"Wanna go on with the tour?"

They were both in the halls again walking towards a door which Fox stopped at. The vulpine gestured to the door with a Red plus sign on it. When Fox opened it Wolf looked around. It seemed to be a medical bay. It was a bit clean but had some mess like the cereal crumbs by the bed and some pieces of bandages scattered on the ground.

"This is the medical bay, It's were we-" Wolf rolled his eyes as Fox watched him.

"I think I know what a med bay is i used to have one too." Fox chuckled and rubbed the back of his head nervously.

"haha...oh yeah sorry bout that" Time passed as they walked all over the Great Fox. Fox showed Wolf directions on where to go and told him about emergencies and rules in the Great Fox. Wolf memorized most of it while he was busy staring at Fox's soft tail when he gets in front of him. Then suddenly the ship was taking off, must be ROB64 starting the engine. Then a voice popped up from the speaker.

"Fox to the Bridge." It was Krystal's, must be something important if Fox was called for. They walked through the halls heading towards the bridge.

"Must be a mission, you ready for your first mission as a Star Fox member?" Wolf nodded then continued to walk. They arrived to the bridge, everyone's eyes locked onto Fox then switched to Wolf with a suspicious glare.

"What is it Krystal?" Krystal walked up pretty close to Fox which made Wolf wince.

"Theres a message from General Pepper, might be a mission" Fox nodded then sat onto the captain's chair pressing a button, that opens communications with the general. Wolf watched as the hologram in the middle fizz for a few seconds before turning into a figure.

"Fox our Fichina Forces are being attacked by Space pirates! We need yo-" The general paused as his eyes met Wolf's he was squinting, trying to focus his old eyes to see who that was, then he jumped in surprise.

"Fox! what IS Wolf O'donnell doing there?" Wolf sighed wishing everyone could just see him as a good guy now since he's in Star Fox.

Fox looked over at Wolf who was annoyed by the attention. He looked back at Pepper clearing his voice to speak.

"He's the new member of Star Fox, sir." Pepper's jaw dropped a bit shaking his head.

"What? well...ok just watch your back Fox hes a sneaky one." Wolf found himself growling a bit out of increased annoyance.

"Don't worry I trust him..Anyway on to business sir." The general cleared his voice then started to speak.

"Space pirates has attacked our forces on Fichina surrounding the planet with a red membrane to keep us from sending back up! They possess weapons unknown to our weapon specialists, fighters that regenerates when shot at, missiles and shields that absorb energy, and even drains the power out of OUR airborn missiles!, It drained all power leaving our forces helpless, They trapped the remaining survivors in the tower.. The pirates have a camp not so far from the Fichina base, if you could destroy their weapon supply, you'll get the upper hand!"

Wolf scratched his chin. That sounded familiar, those weapons had the same abilities as the monsters on Nocto. Wolf assumed they had the same weakness. If they had enough energy cells they could win, but where to get energy cells. Wolf crossed his arms looking down to think. He knew that energy cells were always held in military bases and in the power system of a planet, and to destroy a planet barrier, they'd have to take all the power from the planet, Corneria will be vulnerable for a while.

"Hey General, give us all Corneria's energy cells." everyone looked at Wolf then gave him a suspicious glare again.

" What for?" Falco glared. "Corneria will be vulnerable! I knew it! you're planning something aren't you?" Wolf shook his head and growled noticing everyone agreeing with Falco, he turned to look at Fox who was unsure what to think. It made Wolf cease his growling then built up his confidence to stand up for himself.

"No im not...we need energy cells to defeat them!" everyone looked confused shaking their heads.

"But they absorb energy..." Slippy said as he walked up. Wolf put his hand on his face in frustration.

"Have you ran into the monsters on Nocto?.. He looked at everyone including Fox and they all shook their heads. Fox began to speak.

"We used a landing pad just outside the base,so we didn't run into them." Wolf felt stupid, after knowing there was a landing pad, but he looked at the positives atleast he knew some valuable info.

"Well, the Monsters have the same abilities as those weapons, and I think they're some how connected." Everyone looked at each other unsure what to think now. Wolf walked up to the silent hologram blood hound then looked up.

"Please trust me..." The General was surprised with Wolf using a polite word such as 'please' he wiped his forehead then sighed.

"Very well then...If Fox trusts you then.. Shall I." He brought up the Lylat map and zoomed into the Fichina area. The hologram globe floated there while the general spoke.

"...You will have to make haste.. They have a shield protecting the camp, we'll draw in some extra cells from ally planets just in case. I'm counting on you Star Fox..." He looked at Wolf and cleared his voice.

"And you Wolf" Wolf's expression sagged knowing that he didn't give him his full trust yet, but he regained his posture then nodded.

"Send cargo ships by the planet to drop crates full of energy cells onto the shield. That'll make the shield disappear, in the mean time gather more cells so we can break the camp's shield." Said Wolf.

Pepper nodded, then the hologram disappeared. Wolf walked towards the metal door with Fox by his side.

"OK team! Lets move out!" Wolf looked at Fox as Fox looked back realizing they both said the same thing in unison. Everyone was just speechless till Falco spoke.

"Hey fur face..Your not our leader, back off." Wolf scratched his head then sighed, he was still used to being the leader, but he'll get used to being a follower through time.

"Fine.." He walked behind Fox, then they all went to the docking bay.

When they entered, Wolf's eyes widened, what he saw parked infront of him was his Wolfen. He walked up to it and snarled seeing that it had a paint job, blue was painted on it instead of red, which made him feel awkward.

"Like it?" a voice said behind him. It was Fox.

"Found it in the ship yards, they were selling it for ten thousand credits," Wolf scoffed feeling like he was scammed when he sold it for eight thousand.

"Sorry you had to sell your Wolfen..." Fox said with a sudden change of tone. Wolf looked at him with pity in his eye.

"It's alright...Thanks for getting it back for me..." He paused then looked at Fox who was smiling, it made Wolf blush.

"Except why the hell did you have to paint it blue?" Fox chuckled then put a hand on the Wolfen.

"Sorry but its to identify an ally and my team might still be used to shooting red Wolfens" He grinned which made Wolf glare.

"Fine!" The lupine growled.

"Oh by the way here." Fox gave a holster with a blaster and some sorta hexagon device.

"This here is a reflector, It deflects blaster shots, Slippy upgraded it to defend against explosions and any radioactive waves. But I'm not sure if it can defend against energy draining" Wolf nodded and picked up the device and the blaster. He tilted his head weighing the blaster in his hand, its a lot lighter then his. A voice from an Arwing yelled.

"Hey! Were gonna be late!" It was Falco, Wolf thought he was really obnoxious. Fox waved at Wolf then ran towards his Arwing. Wolf entered the cockpit of his ship then turned it on seeing the familiar lights flash in front of him, he pressed his back onto the seat, missing the feeling of sitting on the soft chair of his cockpit. He started the engine and they all began to fly. Wolf found himself smiling when he finally got to be in the air again, They went into light speed as they headed off to their mission destination.

When they arrived at Fichina. There were cargo ships surrounding it, they dropped cargo crates which headed towards the red barrier exploding into blue lights. After using all the crates it disappeared, they flew in to land but the barrier was slowly regenerating, Wolf didn't expect this, there must be something powering up the planet's barrier, they quickly flew in before it fully regenerates. Once they landed it was quiet, no guns or sounds of explosions. They saw a nearby camp and decided to land there. Wolf spoke through the Com.

"Don't land in two feet from it, land a bit farther from the shield." Then Falco spoke through the Com.

"Stop bossing us around! We don't trust you yet! For you to do that!" Wolf growled then replied.

"Listen to me if you don't want your ship's power being sucked dry!" Falco scoffed then they all landed a bit far from the shield. Once they landed Wolf stopped them.

" When you want to enter don't bring your blasters and reflectors" Everyone looked at each other then at Fox who nodded.

" Fox and bird brain will come with me to the base while you three keep an eye out, looks like we won't be needing the cells to break the camp shield.., but just incase when an army shows up, lets use the remaining cells to open a way for back up, use your Coms to contact the general when the time comes. Everyone looked at Wolf blankly, looking slightly annoyed, then set their eyes on Fox.

"Lets make Wolf leader today, he knows more about this then i do." Falco pouted, then crossed his arms. Wolf sighed then started to speak.

"Anyone have a blunt weapon? Knife, stick or anything like that?" Krystal raised her hand and walked up to her Arwing pulling something out which seems to be a stick, then it extended into a staff. Wolf blinked and gestured with his hand.

"Hand it over." Falco looked at Krystal as she looked back.

"Why are you the only one who gets to have a weapon? Huh? I bet you're working for these guys an-"

"Falco!" Fox said with frustration.

"That's enough, Krystal hand him the staff." She nodded then gave Wolf the staff. Wolf took it from her hand, feeling a surge of energy flow through him as if he was being synched with the weapon. He took a breath and looked at the team.

"Ok let's go." Wolf walked over seeing a reddish membrane covering the camp, the power in his cybernetic eye died out seeing half a vision which made him growl. He looked at the staff and suddenly his head filled with memories or someone's memories, scenes of an unknown planet with grass, leaves and trees, he saw Fox holding this staff, fighting enemies and going through tough trials, he saw dinosaurs, Fox fighting Andross on his Arwing and a familiar character, It was General Scales. The scenes drove through his head so fast that it began to hurt. The scenes stopped with Fox and Krystal together, smiling at each other, Wolf's heart began to ache, forcing a frown on his face. There was a hand on his shoulder he looked over to see Fox.

"You alright Wolf?.." He said with concern, the lupine nodded then looked at the red membrane.

"Yeah…I'm alright…This staff.." Fox tilted his head. Wolf sighed and cancelled the question. He got the staff ready stabbing it into the shield cutting open an entrance, Wolf sighed in relief that it worked, but he had to hurry, the shield will regenerate. Wolf, Fox, and Falco jumped through, and looked back to see the shield repair the damaged area.

They turned their heads to see a bunker of some sort with boxes of cargo beside it, they went to check the cargo first, opening a box, their eyes widened. It was full of jars with black liquid in it.

"What is this?" Fox said as he took a jar from the box. Wolf took one out too opening the cap on the top. He stuck his nose in it and took a sniff.

"I knew it…this is the blood of those creatures" The two looked at him with surprise.

"Then that means…they must be using these to fuel their devices and some how infusing it with the machines." Fox said bringing a hand to cup his chin. Wolf smiled and was glad that Fox was quick enough to get it.

"Ok let's move on" Wolf said as they started to enter the bunker. When they got in it was dark but still easy to see that there was a hall way with doors alongside the walls, and very dim lights hanging on the ceiling. They nodded at each other then began to search the doors. After an hour of searching, all the doors seem to be empty, no people, or things that looked important. Wolf assumed they're all at the Fichina base expecting no intruders to invade their camp, those cocky bastards. Wolf walked out of the room he was in, bumping into Fox in the halls.

"Find anything?" Fox said as Wolf gave a shake with his head. A voice came from the halls and entered their ears. It was Falco. They ran towards the bird's direction finding him beside some entrance that seems to be a trap door.

"Look at this…There's stairs leading down" The bird squinted his eyes to see nothing but pitch black. The lupine walked towards the trap door putting a foot on the first step, he looked over at the two gesturing to follow.

They were walking through the dark basement, the walls felt like stone, as if they switched to some medevil dungeon. Krystal's staff started to glow. Wolf was shocked at the sudden light but took it out and used it to light their way.

There were tubes of some sort attached to the ground. When he held the staff against a tube he jumped back. A Nocto monster was staring down at him with it's dead eyes. Seems like they were harvesting the blood from these things, making them healthy by giving them the energy from Corneria's Fichina base, so they can suck the blood out of them again, it was torture but that doesn't mean Wolf felt sorry for them. Are they planning on selling the blood? It could be used as fine terrorist weapons, they shouldn't let it fall into the wrong hands. Suddenly the tubes started to open up, letting the monsters out hearing loud cries from all over the dark room, looks like someone pressed a switch to let them out, the team were getting ready to fight but they knew they had no chance in fighting them.

"Run!" Wolf yelled as they started to sprint to a nearby exit" Wolf tripped seeing he was being pulled in by those things, he growled raising the staff to hit it but suddenly a ball of fire came from the staff's head blowing the creature's torso off, then he just noticed that the light from the staff wasn't going out, what kind of energy is this anyway? Fox ran over to help him up.

"You alright Wolf?" Wolf looked over and nodded, then continued to run to the exit. When they entered the door, they panted heavily to catch their breath, they looked up to see that they were in a huge room surprisingly with light and some sort of generator in the middle. The lupine looked over at Fox then held up the staff.

"Fox…why couldn't they absorb the energy from this?" The vulpine tilted his head and looked at the staff.

"I guess…because this staff holds magical energy.." Wolf's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Magic? Are you serious?" Then there was a laugh from behind the generator .

"Energy that can't be absorbed by the Nox…Interesting indeed…" a huge figure walked out of the shadows. It was a dinosaur wearing battle gear, with a cybernetic eye on his right. Fox gasped taking a step forward.

"A sharp claw!" The mysterious figure laughed and walked a bit more.

"So you know of our tribe? Guess you're the one I have to take out." Everyone got into a fighting stance when they heard the threatening words.

"The names Fang I'm a bounty hunter hired to kill you, Fox McCloud." He took out a blaster as everyone flinched. Fox and Wolf were growling and Wolf couldn't help but stand in front of Fox in protection. The sharp claw disarmed himself throwing his gun to the side.

"Kidding, It's sucked dry." He grinned showing his sharp fangs, then went into a battle pose.

"Lets do this the fun way" He dashed towards Wolf and swung his fist. The lupine blocked it with a grunt, as both Falco and Fox jumped back. Wolf growled, he was strong, he felt his leg going limp, but he fought his way to gain the upper hand, but suddenly his opponent gripped his arm and threw him across the room. The staff on his back fell off sliding on the ground. The bounty hunter walked up to Wolf picking him up by the neck.

"I have to kill you too, general Scales was disappointed in your failure on Nocto" Fox's eyes widened when he heard the name.

"Scales? He's alive?" The bounty hunter turned his head to Fox giving him a grin.

"Yes and he's paying me a huge load of money to kill you, and Wolf is just a bonus he'll pay me some more If I Kill this mutt." He used his other hand to draw out his sharp claws while Wolf looked down at it slowly motioning to his stomach soon feeling it sink into him, he felt searing pain as he gave a suffering howl, but stopped when he saw the bounty hunter flinch, making a grunt. The irritated sharp claw turned around to see Falco with the staff in his hands who fired a weak fire ball behind his back, guess the staff couldn't synch in well with him. The dinosaur growled and dropped Wolf onto the ground.

"Guess I can kill you too!, birds are my favourite food!" The dinosaur laughed as he dashed in to fight while Falco dashed in as well.

Wolf felt weak from the damage and decided to lay there for a while panting heavily from the loss of blood. He saw Fox come to view who was putting a hand on his wound, Wolf felt happy that Fox was worried about him, it brought a smile to his face when he saw that Fox looked scared.

"Wolf..please hang in there.." Fox took out a can from his pocket, which Wolf assumed was a medical spray.

"This will stop the bleeding and bring your stamina back for a short while" Fox sprayed it on Wolf's wound making the lupine cringe and growl from the sting. The wound started to stop bleeding and made Wolf feel healthy again. Wolf smiled and looked at Fox who was inches closer then before with their noses almost touching, it made Wolf turn deep red as he backed off.

"Sorry…and thanks" The Fox nodded with a smile. They heard a clang, turning their heads to see that Falco dropped the staff, Fox growled when he saw Falco on the ground with the bounty hunter's foot pinned onto his chest. Falco gave a yell of pain beginning to feel his bones crushing from the force. Fox quickly ran to the staff and picked it up, strong light emitted from the gem on the staff's head, It looked like the staff synced with Fox very well. The vulpine's eyes lit up with blue light then disappeared. He dashed with quick speed and swung the staff at the sharp claw's stomach making him fly back, hitting his back against the generator.

"rrgh….That's a surprisingly strong weapon..I think I'll collect it from your corpse after I'm done with you!" He took out a sword from his back then held it infront of him. Fox dashed in to attack. They clashed weapons, keeping up a series of attacks and blocking each other's blows. A loud clang entered Fox's ear when he blocked a strong swing from the big sword, the intense vibration made him jump back, Fang smirked lunging his sword at Fox who was staggering, the sword met his stomach. Fox was gasping for air as the sword pierced into him. He growled then threw his staff towards Wolf who watched with fear in his eye.

"Fox! NO!" Wolf yelled as he watched the sword pull out of him, seeing beads of blood scatter on the floor. Fox collapsed, leaving the dinosaur with satisfaction. Wolf picked up the staff and growled, tears forming in his eye.

"Whats wrong? Are you sad? You love him don't you? You're such a fag!" The dinosaur was laughing, amusing himself with his words. The staff glowed with huge energy turning blue to red, he dashed towards the dinosaur who raised his sword to block the attack, but in a flash his sword broke in two, the harsh energy from Wolf's strike pushed the sharp claw onto his back as shards from the sword flew towards his face cutting his remaining eye. He watched the dinosaur scream in agony, Wolf was huffing with rage, and revenge swirled in his head, he brought the staff up, to drive it downwards, ending the bounty hunter's life. Wolf was covered in blood he was still huffing from anger but slowly calmed down and walked towards Fox, bending to gripping the back of his head to raise him up.

"Fox..Don't die.." Wolf's ears folded behind his head, his eyes started to shine again, He rested his head on Fox's chest whimpering, but stopped when he noticed heart beats. He picked his head up embarrassed by his actions. Fox was still out cold though. He looked over at Falco who was too. Soon he had them both on his shoulders, he picked up the staff looking at it curiously, the gem and the streaks of blue has turned red. He felt like he could summon a lot of power from it, he looked at the generator and guessed that it's what powers everything around here, the camps, the energy fields and the weapons. He focused energy into the staff, as a red glow shined into the gem. He pointed it at the generator sending a powerful beam which collided with the device making a huge orange light that highlighted the room, after a minute it disappeared, along with the device, making the room dark with dim light. He walked out to meet the others.

Once he was out he blinked to see Arwings, cornerian fighters and lasers in the air, must be the team, the backup and the enemies. He saw an enemy fighter shot down, meaning they don't have the power to regenerate anymore.

Once they had their victory they were back on the Great Fox. Everyone was celebrating as they got paid while Wolf was in the Medical bay sitting in a chair by the bed in front of Fox, he held his hand, hoping he'll be ok. He didn't notice someone else was in the room he quickly let go of the hand to see Krystal who had a suspicious look in her eyes. She walked over then looked at Fox.

"How is he?"

"Hes doing good.." Krystal turned her head to Wolf and smiled a bit.

"Thanks for saving him, I guess we CAN trust you." Wolf looked a bit annoyed from her presence but continued his stare at Fox. Then Wolf remembered he still had her staff sheathed on his back, he took it out and handed it to her.

"Here's your staff back, It served very well then expected." Her eyes widened as she took it from his hands, she noticed the difference in the staff, She looked into the memories of it's last wielder. Seeing all the scenes in the underground base and stopped at Wolf crying with Fox's body in his arms, resting his head on his chest, she looked shocked and angry. Krystal cleared her voice and turned her head to Wolf who gave a confused look. She set her eyes at the staff again seeing huge changes in the energy flow, she handed it back to Wolf, making him raise an eyebrow.

" Hold onto it.. It looks like it's very fond of you" Wolf looked at the staff and smiled, he couldn't help but feel fond of the staff too, he took it in his hands.

"Thank you" He bowed his head then picked it back up to see Krystal surprised, guess she wasn't used to him saying that word which made Wolf annoyed by the fact that everyone sees him as bad, Krystal's expression changed as she put her hands behind her back.

"That Staff reacts to a strong and kind hearts, Meaning I can fully trust you now." She made a forced smile still thinking about that memory about Fox in Wolf's arms. She put a hand on Fox's gripping it firmly, and looked over at Wolf who stared at her hand connected with Fox's, seeing slight heart break in his eye, she glared and let go, and walked out the door. After she left, Fox started to come to, he grunted in pain then looked at Wolf who sighed in relief.

"H-hey Wolf…I knew you could do it…" Wolf found himself smiling happy to see that Fox was ok.

"Yeah…. Mission complete." He smiled again.