Ultraman, the Lylat Adventure
Chapter 5
Cornerian Engagement
The figure sat in his chair, holding the capsule that held a tiny figure. It was dimly lit in the room where he sat at the controls for his ship. The robed figure sat there, holding the figure in his hand, occasionally turning it over, lost in thought. He remembers how he and his race tried to take the planet Earth but were stopped, not once, but twice by the same alien warrior from M78. He seethed at the memory. The Ultra thought that they were all destroyed, but at least one of them survived, and was hell-bent on one thing. The word coursed through his alien mind, as he clenched the capsule in a gloved fist; vengeance.
In the Great Fox, that was in orbit around the planet Corneria. Steven, aka Shodai, was in his quarters, looking over the planet. He sees that it bears an almost uncanny resemblance to a certain planet that he had visited some time ago. He smiles at the thought, and wonders how his old friend is doing. It has at least been two years since he has last visited the world, however, he knows that it is in good hands. The humans are very resourceful, and the present Garrison member keeping watch was a capable warrior. After all, he trained alongside him. There was a soft knock at his door, and he told the person to enter. He was surprised to see Fox come in, half-expecting it to be Krystal. The vulpine came in, looking rather concerned. "Something I can help you with, Fox?"
"It's about Falco. His outburst is not entirely un-justified."
"I know. He's angry at the destruction that I and Muruchi had caused on Zoness."
"Right. Defeating the enemy is important, but so is preserving the populace. Probably more so in this case. I'm not sure how you did things on the other worlds that you visited, but if that is how you conduct your duties, then I suggest that you change your strategy, and quick, before more people get hurt."
"Look, Fox, I know what it is that you are trying to say, but believe me, sometimes there is no other way. Sometimes, I have to grow to my giant form to handle a problem, and sometimes, people do get hurt. If there was any other way around my last engagement, any way at all, I would have done it. But, like any war, there are always casualties, no matter how hard you tried to avoid it. You should know that, as well as I do." Steven cast a sad glance to Fox, who saw the tire and sorrow in his expression. He has seen death, and didn't need to be reminded about it.
"Right, just be more careful. That's all I'm saying." Fox left the Ultra/vulpine to stare out of the window, overlooking the planet. And once again, Steven/Shodai was lost in thought.
Fox was walking down the hallway, when he bumped into the blue-feathered avian. The bird had a dour look about him, and glanced up at Fox. "I talked to Steven. He knows about the-"
"You talked to him. You think that will matter to him? He can do anything that he wants, Fox! He made us all look like a bunch of rank amateurs! When he took on both the Shogun, and Oikonny's flagship, he came out on top. And us? We were next to helpless! Talked to him. Why don't you just worship him, while you're at it?" the avian shouted. He stormed past the dumbfounded vulpine, and to his quarters. Krystal popped out of her room, brushing her cobalt blue hair with her brush.
"What's wrong with Falco?" she asked, still brushing.
"Nothing. Just venting his frustration, per usual." Fox replied.
"Sounded like he was venting it about Steven." the blue-furred vixen replied. Fox only shrugged. "Well, I can understand how he can feel. After all, Steven is of a race that is superior to ours, with abilities that we can only dream of."
"How'd you hear that?" Fox asked. Krystal merely tapped the side of her head, smiling slightly. Fox nodded in understanding. She has been on the team for three months, and her telepathy was still something that needed some getting used to. "Either way, you are right about that. And so is Falco. He has to be more careful, while engaging the enemy in a crowded area. Maybe Falco put it the wrong way, but the point is clear."
"And Steven knows it. If there was any other way around, he would've sought it out." Just as she was done saying it, Fox chuckled slightly at the vixen's statement. "What's so funny?" she asked.
"That's almost word for word of what our new friend said." he said, still smiling. Krystal returned it.
"Well, it's the truth, isn't it?" she asked. Krystal turned back to her room. Fox returned to the command head, with Peppy and Slippy waiting for him. The wizened hare looked back, as did the amphibian. "Any word yet from the General?" Fox asked.
"Not yet, Fox. Seems as though they were unsuccessful in finding the location of Oikonny, or the remainder of his fleet."
''Remainder', that's a laugh. We only dented the armada as a whole. He still has plenty of ships left.' Fox thought darkly. "Does he still want us on alert?"
"He says that we can stand-down for now, but to be ready at a moment's notice."
"Of course he does." Fox said to himself."
"I don't see why we don't just hunt them down, like before. We dealt with them in the past." Slippy mused.
"That was years ago, Slippy. Oikonny has more advanced weapons and technology on his side." Peppy reminded him.
"So? We have Steven on ours." Slippy retorted. Fox looked up slightly, then brought his head down on his fists again, thinking about the Ultra. He remembers how he beat the new Shogun, and the flagship that Oikonny was on. Then, Falco's words rang through his skull; 'He made us all look like a bunch of rank amateurs. We were next to helpless!'
"Why don't we let him take care of our problem for us, then?" Fox said to himself, so the two Lylat's won't hear him.
Venom: Oikonny was residing in his chambers in his base. After the death of his uncle, the ape left the Star Wolf team, whom he had sought employment with to serve his uncle, to rebuild his uncle's empire. When he had heard that Andross was killed, yet again, by Fox above Sauria, he took it upon himself to rebuild everything in his uncle's name. and, with the help of his mysterious benefactor, he will accomplish just that, starting with the removal of the same team that killed Andross. He sat in his 'throne', which was no more than a highly decorated lounge chair with ape heads on the arm-rests, as he waited for word from his associate. He asked him why he sent his fighters out to do some destruction, when the monster that was supposed to hold the team off, would do the destruction anyway. Why did he have him waste his time, and his personnel's? He sent the message for an explanation three hours ago, and was waiting ever since. When the ape-officer came in through the door, the baboon looked up, expectantly. The ape bowed before Andrew, and handed the PAD to him. The baboon looked over the message on the PAD, and curtly handed it back to the officer. The ape bowed again, and hurriedly ran out of the room. Andrew got up out of his seat, and stormed to the window, overlooking the barren landscape. The Cornerian government were unable to find the reason why Andross was able to not only survive the hostile environment, but also to amass an army and nearly take over the Lylat System. If they had thought to look beneath the surface, rather than just what was on top, they would have found the answer. The natives of the planet, consisting of reptilian anthros, saw that their planet was changing from being a life-supporting world, to a desolate wasteland. To survive, they had to go underground, and rebuild the civilization from there. When Andross had arrived, the reptilians were already in their third century of dwelling underground. The ape proposed the idea of rising out of the ground, and taking the Lylat system for themselves. So, using the natives' own advanced technology, Andross quickly built his army, and became ruler of the planet. When the Star Fox team, headed by the late James McCloud, Fox's father, came to the planet to investigate strange signals coming from there, Andross had hired the member Pigma Dengar into his thrall, and betrayed the team. James met his end, but Peppy Hare survived to tell his Fox McCloud about his father. Some time after that, with his army built up, Andross declared war on the Lylat System, and with the Star Wolf team by his side, he was practically on the verge of becoming emperor. However, the Star Fox team managed to stop him. Immediately after that, Andrew left the team, and sought to rebuild his uncle's empire, in his own image. This time, with weapons and technology that was even more advanced than before. He smiled at the thought of crushing them. Then, along comes an unexpected surprise; an alien being looking for refuge from another alien. He was about to turn him away, when he showed him something very interesting, in the form of 'capsule-monsters', he calls them. The alien being said that if he helped him with a certain problem, he would help him achieve his goal. However, he is starting to wonder when he will hold up his end of the bargain. The message he had received, tells him that he will receive a transmission from him in a few minutes. Then, the monitor on the left wall of his room flickered to life, and the cloaked figure took up the screen.
"You seem to think that I owe you some explanation for my actions." he said. Oikonny nodded.
"You had me send out my fighters on a fool's errand. You said to send them to destroy the city on Zoness, while your monster held off the team and the alien. Well, the town was already destroyed, thanks to your monster!"
"Perhaps, I should explain myself." the figure said, bowing slightly. "What I really wanted, was for your fighters to gain footage of the battle between Muruchi, and the Ultra. If I had told you otherwise, I was afraid that you would see this as a fool's errand."
"Well, I'll accept that. Only, why do you need footage of the Ultra beating the daylights out of your pet monster?" Oikonny asked.
"Just as you had an ultimate weapon, I have mine. I need as much data on him as possible, for the only weapon that was able to defeat him in the past."
"You mean, you have something that can repel him already? Then why don't you use it?"
"It is not ready yet. I need more data, to activate him. Once he is fully prepared, he will take care of both of our problems. He will defeat the Ultra, and the Star Fox team, while we kick back and watch the show. I will be rid of a major thorn in my side, and you will have your precious empire under your heel."
"You said that he was defeated before. What defeated your secret weapon?" Oikonny asked.
"Something that is very far away from here, at least several galaxies away from here, completely unknown, except only to me, and I need it to keep him under control."
"What about the Ultra, does he know?"
"Unlikely. He was on death's door, when the being that defeated him had fallen. No, he doesn't know how to defeat him, and he never will, in good time." Oikonny seemed to muse this over, then finally said something.
"Do you need me for anything else for the time being?"
"No, not yet. I know that your armada has taken some damage from its last engagement with the Cornerian Army, Star Fox, and the Ultra. We will need your armada in top condition, if we are to succeed with our plan. For now, repair and replace all the ships you need to. I, however, must continue with my research." With that, the figure signed off, leaving the screen blank. Oikonny heaved a sigh, and went out of his room, to one of the large factories underground to oversee the reconstruction of the lost fighters and cruisers.
On another part of Venom: The robed figure sat in his chair, and shook his cloaked head after signing off with the baboon. He was frustrated with the ape, but could understand why he would want to question him. He may have a vast supply of resources, but it's not bottomless. Just then, he felt a presence, and smiled to himself. "I was wondering when you would skulk into here, my friend." The cloaked figure turned in the chair, and the chair swiveled around to have the cloaked figure face the person standing before him. The person, if indeed he could be called that, was at least six feet tall, black and silver with tufts of fur or hair around the neck and wrists, with a bulbous head with a single long antennae that drooped over the side of the head. Its eyes were placed on the sides of the head, with the right eye in the top corner, and the left eye in the lower part of the head. It had no mouth, no other facial features other than the grotesquely shaped head and eyes. "Kemur, my faithful servant. I need you to track down someone for me."
"The Ultra?" it asked, its voice distorted.
"Exactly. I need to know whether or not he has taken a host, or made his own disguise, as well as all whom he has associated himself with."
"You seem rather…nervous about something, or anxious, sir."
"Not anxious, my friend. Rather, I'm irritated at the sudden turn of events. If only I didn't have the blasted Ultra on my tail, I wouldn't have to rely on a stinking ape for assistance!" the cloaked figure spat. Then, he turned to the console that was behind him, and pressed a series of commands. In seconds, a holographic image of a planet materialized in front of Kumul. "Head for this planet, Corneria, and find our adversary. Then, report back to me."
"What if I have to tangle with him?" Kemur asked.
"If you have to, at least try to escape from him. You are far too valuable to me to have to lose you in such a fashion." the figure replied. Kemur bowed, and left the circular room. It got into its personal craft in the hangar of the ship that it traveled in with its master. The craft exited the ship, and streaked out into space, and headed for Corneria. The small craft was cloaked, unseen by the Lylatian technology. It landed on the planet undetected, or rather, almost undetected.
On Great Fox: Steven felt a strange sensation. It was a feeling he hasn't felt since his time on Earth. He stiffened when he felt it, and almost froze completely. That's when he saw something that looked like a shooting star head for the surface of the planet. He hurriedly made his way to the hangar, where the arwings are docked, ready at a moment's notice. Steven jumped into his own fighter, and launched out of the hangar. He made a beeline for the planet's surface, where he'd figured where the craft landed. However, his actions did not go unnoticed. In the command bridge, Peppy noticed the launch taking place on his console. "Hey, Fox. Take a look at this." Fox McCloud got up from his seat, and walked over to the console that Peppy sat. In it, was a monitor, with Steven getting in his arwing, and launching out of the hangar. He swore under his breath, and headed for the door. "Should I let everyone else know?" he asked.
"No. I'll handle this myself." Fox answered hurriedly. He jogged to the hangar, and jumped into his arwing fighter. He rocketed out of the hangar, and was going after Steven whom, Ultra or no, was probably going to have his neck wringed for this kind of stunt.
After Fox entered the atmosphere, he turned on the IFF beacon, to let the defenses know that he was a friendly craft. He followed the automatic signal that Steven's own arwing gave off to, his dismay, Corneria City. After flying over the city, he saw the fighter on a landing pad near the outskirts of the city. He touched down, and exited the fighter. He walked over to Steven's fighter, and saw that it was empty, not that he wasn't counting on it, but he held a little hope that he would remain here. Now, he'll have to find him the old-fashioned way.
Steven made his way around the docking port. After landing his arwing in the closest vicinity to the craft that he sensed, he also picked up something else, another arwing headed right for him. Much to his regret, it looks like one of the team members, most likely Fox himself, had followed him. He'll have to find the alien, and evade Fox as well, to avoid any awkward moments. The port was busy, filled with anthros of all sorts going to and fro about their daily business. Steven was thankful for his disguise right now, taking the form of an anthropomorphic fox, and dressed as they are. Steven relied on his Ultra-senses to guide him through the crowd, and to the alien presence. After exiting the port, he followed his senses to the alien being. He winded down the streets and sidewalks, moving past several different animals as he did so. He made a mental note to better observe these people when not under pressing conditions. After several twists and turns through the heart of the city, he felt like he was getting close. The people of the city were busy going to and fro on their daily business to really bother with him. And those that did glance at him, did so probably because he bumped into them while he was hurrying along. Then, he entered a, what seemed to be, an derelict building that was condemned. He went in, the sensation feeling the strongest here. The entrance was filled with dust and cobwebs, a sign that the building had not been used in a long while. When he opened the door, he was met with a puff of dust that he waved away from his muzzle. He walked in, blaster drawn, and beta-capsule held at the ready. Steven could feel the presence, but could not pinpoint the location. He failed to notice movement coming from above him, as a shadowed figure moved to another room in the hall above him. The room that Steven was in now looked like a lobby of some sort. He guessed that this derelict was either a hotel or apartment at one point in time. He walked slowly and purposefully, his blaster held at the low ready with the beta-capsule held at his heart. He looked this way and that, but not really relying on his other senses as he was on his Ultra-sense, other-wise he would've seen the form tackle his from behind. He felt something slam into him from behind him, and tackle him to the ground. He dropped his blaster, but held firm onto his capsule. It was hard to see in the dimness, but he kicked the form off of him, and was prepared to convert to his Ultra form, when he saw who it was in the thin rays of sunlight that sliced through the boarded windows. "Fox?" he almost shouted.
"You got one hell of a nerve pulling that crap back there." Fox said, his lip curled up. His pointed ears were back, and he was glaring at the alien wearing a fox-skin. "You have exactly ten seconds to get your butt out of here, or I will kick you all the way back to the Great Fox." he warned. Steven sighed, and shook his head.
"Fox, if anyone should not be here, it's you. There's someone here, someone who could very well bring this whole dump down around our ears. Please, let me do, my duty."
"No way. You joined the team, that means that you take orders from me, got it? So I say that you get fuzzy rear in gear, now!" the vulpine shouted. Then, as if from nowhere and everywhere, laughter was heard. Then, a distorted voice followed, speaking in an alien language that Fox didn't know.
"Well, well, Ultra. I didn't know that you had an interest in pets." Steven was quick to reply. "Show yourself, invader. I demand that you make your presence known!" Steven replied, in the same alien language. Then, something dropped down from above, and landed in front of them. That same something stood up, and was slightly taller than both of them were. Then, Kemur-Seijin made itself known. Steven's expression hardened when he saw it, but Fox's face went slack with shock. In all of his years, he has never seen anything as grotesque, except maybe out of a twisted horror flick. The alien laughed again, and pointed at Steven.
"So, this is the form that you have decided to hide yourself in. You decided not to take a host this time, but opted to make your own. How like your kind. You, always hiding in the shadows, away from the eyes of the ones that you foolishly protect. Imagine their expressions, if they knew what it was that you truly are."
"This one already knows my true self, as do a few others. I only hide myself so as not to cause a panic among the locals. However, I think that people would like my natural looks, rather than yours." Steven retorted in the alien language. Fox looked back and forth, confusion written all over his face. 'What the heck are these two talking about? They act as though I don't exist.' Fox thought. As if sensing his thoughts, one of Kemur's eyes swiveled in its socket, and focused on the vulpine. Fox felt a twinge of fear and disgust when he saw the eye move independently from the other one, even if it was on a different part of the head than the other one. Then, the alien seemed to mention him, at least it did to Fox.
"It seems that your pet would like to be included in on our conversation." Kemur said, pointing to Fox. Steven looked back, then back to Kumul.
"Why not. It concerns him, and his race, as well." Steven replied in perfect Cornerian. Kumul laughed in response.
"Tell me, little thing, has he told you about his race yet?" Kemur asked Fox.
"Yes he has, and I'm not a 'Little thing'. My name is Fox McCloud, leader of the Star Fox team." Steven winced when he told him that, and Kemur chuckled when he heard this.
"Is this so? You have associated yourself with these people then?" Kemur asked Steven. Fox answered for him.
"He has. He has joined my team, to stop you."
"Shuddup, you idiot!" Steven hissed. "DO you want to get yourself and the whole team killed?" Fox gave him a curious look, then turned back to Kumul.
"You should listen to your better, little thing. After all, you have just signed your team's death warrants." Kemur was just preparing to leave, when Steven sprang upon him. He tackled the alien to the ground, and was mounted on top of him. He was delivering two punches to its head, and he was knocked off, and thrown into the wall, to the other side of the room. Kumul got up, and dusted itself off. Fox turned to Kemur, and pulled his blaster out. "Oh, please." Kemur replied when he saw the weapon. Fox fired several shots at the alien, only to have the emerald bolts bounce off of an unseen barrier. "You know, in all honesty, I was expecting more." Fox looked dumbly at his weapon, then at Kemur. "Why don't you be a good little thing, and obey your masters." At that moment, Kemur raised a hand at Fox, and the vulpine winced in pain, and grabbed his skull in both paws. It felt like something was digging its way into the very core of his brain, and it did not go gently either. Fox groaned in pain, as the agony intensified. He was brought to his knees, as the alien made his way to him. "Now, little thing, play dead." Kemur clenched his hand into a fist, and the pain in Fox's head just increased to unbearable levels. He screamed in agony, and was about to lose consciousness, when he heard a loud "SHUWATCH!", and saw a red and silver body slam itself into Kemur, sending the alien shouting through a wall, and into the next room. Then, Shodai looked down at Fox, who was still holding his skull in apparent pain, the after-affects of Kemur's mind-raping still sharp. Shodai placed a gentle hand on Fox's head, and the pain in the vulpine's skull evaporated into nothingness. Fox looked up, and into the silver helmet-like face of the Ultra. Shodai offered his hand, and Fox accepted it, and was helped up to his feet. He looked into the glowing oval eyes of the newest member of his team, and looked away. He felt what it was that Falco was feeling. He felt powerless, next to him. His mind was being raped by an alien, and he was powerless, and it took the new-guy to save him. Shodai was feeling this from him, and placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder, slightly squeezing it. Fox looked up, back into the shining eyes of the alien. He tried to see what it was that Krystal saw. Trying, and ultimately failing. "I know what it is that you are feeling." Shodai said, in his distorted voice.
"Of course you do. You have powers beyond ours." Fox said, downtrodden. He looked up, looking tired. "How can we even begin to compare to you? You're a super being with powers that I can only dream of, and I'm just a…mercenary for hire." Shodai replied with something that he didn't expect.
"Sometimes, it's the mercenaries for hire that are often the greatest heroes." Fox looked at the alien warrior with a puzzled expression. If he could, Shodai would be smiling to himself. Then, he felt a sensation in the back of his head. He faced the hole in the wall that he sent Kumul through, and felt it. "GET DOWN!" he yelled, throwing Fox to the ground. What followed, were several red blasts of energy that sent the Ultra stumbling back with every hit that they made. Then, Kemur stumbled out of the hole, his arm raised at the Ultra, red blasts of energy shooting out of his hand. Shodai was blocking with his arms, but that can only last for so long. Shodai's words were still ringing in Fox's pointed ears, and he had his blaster set on the lowest setting when he took on Kemur earlier.
"I was hoping for more from you, Garrison Member. Especially from the one who has staved off the countless attempts by me and my brethren to take over a certain blue and green world, not four galaxies away from here." Kemur said, still blasting the Ultra. Shodai still had his guard up, but each blast was making him stumble back even further. He didn't know how much longer he could keep this up.
"Hey, UGLY!" came a shout. Both aliens turned, and Kemur was met with a bright red bolt of energy to its 'face', sending it clear to the wall on the other side of the lobby. It left a large imprint on where it landed, and slumped to the floor. Shodai was on his knees, his guard still up. He looked up, and saw Fox aiming his blaster at the alien.
'Just like a certain race that I associated myself with some time ago,' he thought amusingly.
"You know, in all honesty, I was expecting more…'little thing'." Fox said, snarling. Shodai stood up next to the vulpine, and Fox looked back at the alien warrior. Shodai nodded at him, and the vulpine returned it. Kemur stumbled to its feet, and held a part of its head that was smoking and leaking a green fluid. Then, it ran out of the building, with the duo right behind him. Kemur ran into the open air, and in clear view of the populace. People stopped and stared at him, some even gasped in shock and horror at what they saw. Kemur looked this way and that, then raised a hand, and shot more of its energy blasts at the crowd. The people screamed, and got out of the way of the blasts as they connected with the surrounding area; vehicles, pavement, buildings. Soon, the blasts left everything scarred. Then, Kemur turned to face the pair coming after him. He growled at them, and got into a combat stance. Shodai did like-wise, and prepared for the worst, for he knows that there is nothing more dangerous than a cornered, wounded animal. Fox raised his blaster, but Shodai lowered it. Fox gave him a questioning look, and the red and silver alien gestured to the panicked people. He understood, and stepped back. The two aliens circled eachother, each one preparing for the other to make a move. Kemur was the first one to act. The alien leapt up, and performed a drop-kick, that Shodai blocked and countered by grabbing its legs, and swinging him around a few times, before sending him flying into a wrecked car. The alien recovered, and charged at the red and silver warrior. Both locked hands, and Kemur kicked Shodai in the ribs, twice, and threw him to the ground. Shodai recovered by rolling, getting to a standing position, and got back into his combat stance. He leapt at Kemur, and sent a flying punch to its head, making it fall back. Shodai dragged it to its feet, and started to pound its 'face' in with his fists. Then, he shoulder tossed him into a building, the alien leaving a large imprint in the brickwork. Kemur got to its feet, and fired more of its red energy blasts. Shodai erected his light barrier, which deflected the blasts. The red and silver alien lowered the barrier when Kemur was done firing, and sent two shredding halos its way. Kemur leapt behind a hover-car, and the halos shredded through the vehicle like melting butter, and kept going to the building behind, slicing through anything in its path. Kemur then picked up one of the large, sliced-off chunks of the vehicle, hoisting the piece over its head, and threw it at the Ultra. Shodai evaded the missile with ease, then evaded the another, and another, and another. Then, Shodai leapt up, and performed a flying kick. Kemur evaded the attack, and a crater was left in the kick's wake. Kemur swung with its fists, and Shodai blocked them. The two battled back and forth, becoming a blur of kicks, punches, and blows. Each attack was countered, blocked, or evaded. The duel took place back out in the open. Kemur performed a side-kick, that Shodai caught. Then, the red and silver alien slammed his elbow down on the limb, making Kemur groan in pain. Then, he slugged Kemur in the stomach, making it double back, clutching it in pain. Then, its 'face' was met with a spin-kick that sent it rolling on the ground. Kemur came up, kneeling on a knee, but keeping its fists up as Shodai approached it. It saw movement from behind, and one of its eyes swiveled back to see a frightened little girl husky staring at it. Kemur chuckled in evil delight. It let loose another of its red energy blasts, this one aimed at the ground in front of Shodai. It exploded on contact, and threw up dust and debris. The Ultra shielded his eyes, and when he lowered his arms, what he saw made his heart sink; Kemur was holding a very frightened anthro girl close to it, its crimson-glowing hand mere inches from her face. Kemur laughed at Shodai.
"What now, Shodai? It seems that I have the advantage, now." it said, victory sounding in its voice. The girl casts a very frightened look at the red and silver alien, who freezes in his tracks. Shodai curses mentally, and lowers his guard.
"Fine. You win Kemur. Just let the girl go." Shodai says, defeat showing in his voice.
"Ohhhh, no. As soon as I do that, you'll be after me. No, I think this little girl and I shall get better acquainted. Who knows, we might become BFFs." Tears were already streaming down her canine face, dropping onto her blue dress. Shodai felt powerless as Kemur began to step back. Then, Shodai sees something that makes him smile on the inside. Shodai takes a step toward Kemur and the girl, and just as soon as he does, Kemur feels a searing pain erupt in the back of its skull. It howls in pain, and lets the girl go. The husky runs behind the red and silver alien, while Shodai shields her. Kemur whirls around, and sees Fox McCloud aiming his blaster at him fifty yards away. He lowers the weapon, and salutes Kemur with it, smirking. Kemur growls, and whirls on the Ultra. Then, Shodai pushes the girl gently away from him, and places his arms in a cross-shape. Immediately after, the blue/white Spacium beam erupts from his hand, and connects with Kemur's shoulder as it tries to avoid the beam. It howls in agony, and drops to his knees, clutching his right shoulder as green blood oozes from its fingers. Shodai drops his pose, and glares at the bleeding alien, the girl looking at it from behind the red and silver alien warrior. Kemur unsteadily got up on its feet, and pointed at Shodai. "You…win for now…Garrison Member. But, I will make up for this disgrace. I know who you are. And for this insult, I will make you and your furry friends die a horribly agonizing death! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Then, it thrusted its fists to the ground, and two more red blasts of energy shot out of its fists, and exploded against the ground, kicking up dust, smoke, and debris. Seconds later, Fox came running through the dust and smoke.
"He's gone!" he says to Shodai, who merely nods.
"We will see it again." he replies. He looks down at the husky girl clutching his leg. If he could, he would be smiling at her. He kneels down to her eye-level, and speaks as softly as he can. "What is your name?" he asks.
"S-s-Samantha." the husky replies, nervously. Shodai chuckles, and tussle's the girl's grey hair.
"Where are your parents at?" he asks. Samantha points to her left/Shodai's right, and looks that way at the crowd of people. He nods, and takes the child's hand, escorting her to the crowd. Fox sees this, and couldn't help but smile. When the pair were no more than a few meters from the crowd, Shodai let go of her hand as the girl's mother came running forward. She embraced her daughter as tightly as she could, while the girl buried her face in her mother's chest. The mother looks up, and whispers "Thank you." to Shodai, who simply nods in acknowledgement. Then, as he turns to leave, Samantha breaks away from her mother, and embraces him from behind, wrapping her arms around his right leg. He turns, and looks down at the girl husky. She looks up, beaming, and says "Thank you very much!" to him. Shodai tussles her head again, and pats it before nodding. The girl backs away, as does Shodai. The red and silver warrior looks up.
"SHUWATCH!" Shodai is away in the air like a rocket, heading for space. Fox slips away from the scene unseen. He makes it to his arwing, and is very surprised to see Steven waiting beside his arwing.
"How the hell did you get here?" Fox nearly shouts. Steven shrugs, having a broad grin on his features.
"A good magician never reveals his secrets." he replied. Both vulpines climb into their arwings, and speed off toward the Great Fox.
Venom, some time later: Kemur relays the information it had gathered to its master. The cloaked figure sits in the chair, feeling rather pleased. "So, now we know who he is, and now we know our next target. Inform our associate, that we may need him to step up his production a little bit, if we are to destroy the Star Fox team, and Ultraman at the same time." he says, as Kemur bows, and leaves the room, hearing its master's laughter.