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Chapter 7
Macbeth part 2
Fox walked into his room intending to get some rest, so he could get up in the morning to begin Cyrus's training in the morning. He gave a tired sigh and rubbed his left shoulder in an attempt to alleviate the ache that had started to bother him he walked over to the kitchen, found his pain meds, removed his sling and stuck the Hypo needle in his injured shoulder.
Fox then headed over to the fridge and got himself a beer. After he had a swig from the bottle he began to close to fridge door when he noticed an old picture on the freezer door from his high school days.
The picture was taken a few days before his senior gradation, in it Fox and his four closest friends where sitting on his father's Arwing. Falco and Slippy sat on each of the outstretched wings, on the Arwing's nose Fox sat with his ex-girlfriend Fara Phoenix, who was kissing his cheek, and behind him was Boniface Whitefur, who had put the rabbit ears hand sign behind Fox's head and grinning mischievously the whole time.
Fox looked at the photo with a pang of guilt. "I wonder what his doing right now and if he got my message, I'd like to talk to him."
"Oh I got it and I'm enjoying the last of your Johnny Walker right now."
Fox spun around calling out. "Computer lights!"
As the lights came up he saw an arctic fox dressed in a dark brown tee shirt, black leather jacket, jeans and exo boots with a brandy snifter in his hand raised in salute to his friend. "How you doing Fox?"
"Whitefur, it's good to see you when did you get here?" Fox asked, happy to see him, but wondering what to do about Cyrus I have to contact Slippy so he can get a Disguiser to Cyrus tonight!
"I docked at about 2025 then I came straight here to surprise you, but you were gone longer than I than I thought so I'd make myself at home. I hope you don't mind."
Fox shook his head. "Not at all but I must say that I thought that you knew better than to drink scotch from a brandy snifter so why are you doing that?"
"Because I couldn't find the scotch glasses we gave you for Christmas." He replied, "Where they are anyway Fara is not going to be very pleased if you lost them."
"Yeah well that is exactly what happened, we got caught in a meteor storm last month and when we tried to avoid it they broke I haven't tried to replace them yet," Fox explained with a shrug. "How are you Whitefur and how's Fara doing?"
"She's great and I'm doing great better than great actually," Whitefur paused to take another sip of his scotch then beamed. "I'm going to be a father Fox!"
"WHAT?! Congratulations man I didn't know you two were trying, when did you get the good news?" Fox asked, excited for his friend.
"Last night it was the best news I had had all day, yesterday my cover was blown on a mission so I was forced to make a run for it, Thank goodness for Disguisers otherwise I'd be dead as well as Fara.
Fox looked at his friend with concern. "What happened? Dropping the ball is not like you at all your always so careful."
"Bad luck really," Whitefur said. "Someone told me a drop off plan and like an idiot, I let my guard down and said that it sounded good when the plan was made before I joined up with Crane's black marketeers. The bastard went and told Crane and so I ran."
Fox's ear's perked up at this bit of news."You don't mean Hudson Crane do you?"
Whitefur nodded his head.
Hudson Crane was a former admiral in Andross's Army during the Lylat wars. He carved a reputation of blood in the annals of history as a man who left no survivors in any engagements, butchering not only Cornerian soldiers but their families for being, "Traitors of the Venomien Empire", assassinating them in home invasions that he himself had arranged.
After the wars had come to an end he was arrested, charged, tried and convicted, by the his own troops as the witness's, for his War Crimes and was sentenced to death.
But he vanished before his sentence could be served, these days though he had become a black marketeer selling lives, drugs, weapons and was a brilliant stagiest and a brutal, savage avian who had little regard for life, even if they were under his command and loyal only to him.
"L.S.S has been after him for years but now they want him more than ever because of his connections to Andrew." Whitefur said downing the last of his scotch
"Does this have to do with what Fay told me about all of Andrew's allies?"
"Yes it does. Fox we need to get to Macbeth ASAP Miyu is walking into a trap."
"Ding dong ding-dong the time is now 4:30. Ding-" Cyrus punched the alarm clock off the nightstand and sat up rubbing his eyes. He yawned, got to his feet, left his room and headed to the kitchen to get some water.
The doorbell rang half way through his drink, "Come in." He said as he yawned again he was soon jolted awake by who he saw. In his room where Slippy and a rather attractive female raccoon dressed in a green and tan jumpsuit and he was standing in his underwear, looking like the walking dead.
The raccoon looked Cyrus over from head to toe her eyes, briefly stopping on his washboard abs before moving back up to his eyes, she gave whistle. "Take me to your leader sexy invader."
Cyrus looked at her dumbstruck, "Come again?"
"But you're not probing me."
"NO NO not like that- Look I don't even know you, who are you?!"
The raccoon snapped her fingers in realization. "That's right we haven't yet. I'm Roxy Quinn, mechanics assistant for the Star Fox team." Roxy put out her hand which Cyrus shook.
"Nice to meet you Roxy I'm Cyrus Blaze."
"So now that you know me, are you going to -?"
"NO I AM NOT!" Cyrus shouted, his face red from embarrassment, the raccoon gave a giggle as she said. "Katt was right, you are too cute when you're hit on."
Cyrus shook his head. "Why? That's all I got to say, why does that always happen to me and why are you two here this early in the morning?"
As Cyrus went over to his dresser Slippy pulled out some kind of gadget. "Fox called me last night, apparently an old friend of ours has stopped by to help us out on our next mission, not that's wrong, but well…"
"It's a problem because no one is supposed to know I'm here," Cyrus concluded. "so what's the plan?"
"This is," Roxy said, pointing to the device in the toad's hands. "We've been working on a new and improved Disguiser. They use hard light holographic projections to disguise whoever is wearing it with whatever skin they want. Fox thought that this would help you keep a low profile while ol' Whitefur is about. 'After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change.'"
"That was oddly deep Roxy, so how does it work?" Cyrus asked.
Fox headed down the hallway at a quick pace trying to make up for lost time. Fox was late only because he spent half the night talking to Whitefur catching up on old times and both did not get to bed till late at night. "Damn it I hope he didn't go back to sleep otherwise today is just going to suck." He said as pressed the doorbell button the door opened and a voice said. "Morning Fox."
"Good morning Cyrus is that you?"
The silver fox grinned. "What do you think do I look the part? Be honest."
Standing in front of him was not the young human, but a young silver fox with dark silver-black fur with black ears and tail save for the tip, which was white, dressed in blue-violet workout clothes and blue exo boots, around his neck was a blue choker necklace with small gray Star Fox logos decorations. The only thing that Fox recognized in the face of this vulpine before him where his eyes, brown, bright, and filled hope and excitement.
"I'm impressed, Slippy really out did himself this time, and yes I think vulpine looks good on you. Come on we are running behind schedule."
Cyrus snickered. "You said running behind schedule and we are about to go running."
"HA ha Ah-ha, get going rookie!"
Whitefur walked to the rec room to get himself a cup of coffee and some breakfast. He only woke up three hours ago but he still felt tired and worn out, mostly from his journey to Great Fox, seventy-two hours in the cockpit of an Arwing would make anyone tired. But when you stay up half the night catching up with your best friend, you quickly began to run low on fuel.
As Whitefur continued on his way, yawning and scratching his head, his ears picked up the sound of running footsteps coming up from behind him. Whitefur turned his head and saw two vulpine figures running down the hall, one was Fox the other a young silver fox keeping pace with him a moment later they passed Whitefur as if he wasn't there.
Well, the wonders never cease who he is and I wonder when he got here. He thought to himself then he continued on his way.
When he made it to the rec room Whitefur saw Katt and Falco chatting over a cup of coffee as he approached he heard Katt say. " I don't know a damn thing about being a diplomacy I'm a merc not a Politician. I should be teaching Cyrus things a merc should know!"
"Katt that's why I want you to work with me on teaching him how to shoot properly- Whitefur this is a surprise, how's it going buddy?" Falco said smiling his best nice-to-see-you smile, and failing. Katt took Whitefur's appearance in her stride, "Whitefur it's good to see you how've ya been?"
"I've been good you're looking as beautiful as ever Katt." He looked down at the cup in her hand and sighed with a longing expression on his face. "Please tell me that there is more of that."
Katt smiled pleasantly, "Yep in the corner by the sink, help yourself Snowy."
Whitefur poured a cup then took in the smell of the coffee then took a sip, "AH that's more like it. By the way, on my way here I saw somebody new running with Fox a few minutes ago, Am I right in guessing that was the Cyrus you two were talking about?"
Before either one of them could them could answer the rec room doors opened and in walked Fox looking a little tired from his run with Cyrus, Whitefur went back into the kitchen and came over to Fox with some chocolate milk. "Morning Fox how did you sleep?"
"Pretty good when I got there, you?"
"The same I just got up awhile ago, in fact I saw you running with a new face this morning, who's the new kit?"
Fox took a drink from the glass then shrugged. "His name is Cyrus Blaze he's a deep space colonist that was kidnapped by Andrew a few weeks back. He asked to join us and so we are training him the same way we did with Krystal when she joined up."
"I see, so where is he now?"
Fox grinned, "He's with Krystal."
(Flashback)
Fox and Cyrus entered the gym panting the two of them had been over the first five decks in forty-five minutes, going through the maintenance tubes and climbing down the ladders to get to the next deck, without having to stop. When their breathing had returned to normal Cyrus looked up and around the room, "So you want rematch Fox or are you allowed to fight with that arm?" Fox shook his head.
"Not this time Cyrus, this is your combatives class and…" Fox pointed to the ring, "she is your instructor Cyrus."
In the center of the ring, practicing forms with her staff as graceful as snowfall was Krystal. The Cerinian beauty was dressed in the native garb of her people a brass bra and loincloth with ornate brass plates on her shoulders, forearms and clasped around her shins on her head was her ever-present tiara. 'It's about time you got here. I was getting worried." Krystal said still practicing her forms.
She looks like a princess Cyrus thought as he stared at her with wide eyes and mouth wide open. Beside him Fox looked the same way. "You are so lucky Fox. Don't you let her ever get away otherwise you'll regret it." He advised, Fox looked over at Cyrus. "Thanks Cyrus that's good advice."
"But that's not going to get you out of training with me, come on you Te`marca thrica, come and fight me." Krystal said her voice had changed from its kind, gentle sound to a tone that was harsh and savage almost bloodthirsty.
Cyrus climbed into the ring, looked about for some gloves, found them and put them on. "Fox are you sure this is a good idea I mean come on, remember our theory? I know that she didn't get in here on her good looks but is putting her in sick bay worth training me?"
"Well I raised the gravity a little so you for the same reason we ware the pads when we spar and as for putting her in sick bay..." He struck the bell and as Cyrus turned a blue fist smashed into his face after that, he spun then fell flat on his back looking at the ceiling. "I'm not worried that she'll be the one in sick bay."
"Fox, You're an asshole."
(Present time)
The rec room was filled with laughter as Fox related his tail, he himself was laughing as well.
"HA HA HA I hope Krystal isn't too rough with him HA HA HA!" Katt said then burst out laughing again.
"He really thought that he might put Krystal in to the sick bay? HA HA!" Whitefur shook his head.
"HA HEE HEE OH I wonder how he's doing now?" Falco said.
"OOF!"
Cyrus landed on the ground after Krystal threw him over her shoulder. He groaned as he looked away from the all too familiar ceiling that he had seen one too many times in this match however, he had to admit that she was a good opponent. Even if he got his ass kicked...by a vixen.
Krystal walked over to Cyrus and helped him up. "I think that's enough for one day, you did well but don't get comfortable. There is another lesson I want to teach you do you know what it be?"
"No I don't."
Krystal sat down cross-legged on the floor then looked up at him "Cyrus sit down there is something we need to talk about." Cyrus sat on his knees and felt a little timid Does she know? He thought.
Krystal looked at Cyrus like she was going to tel him some bad news. "I wore this today for a reason."
"Was it to distract me?" he joked.
Krystal's face remained serious. "No, something far more serious it's the ceremonial garb for rites of passage, there is something I've been meaning to talk to you about something but I had to be sure before I spoke to you."
"What do you mean Krys?" He asked concerned
"Do you remember Katina and how you said that felt something?"
"I thought that was just a guess, a feeling. I got lucky."
"Ahh," She said. "But why would you ask me to feel for myself that was my first clue then kept an eye on you from a distance and I noticed a pattern after a while. You heard things when nobody said anything, you got headaches, and you started spending more and more time by yourself. I know that because all Cerinian children do the same thing when they develop telepathy."
Cyrus looked at her with a look of skepticism then stood up and walked over to a corner of the boxing ring then turned back to look at her. "Cyrus I know your scared-"
"No you have no idea how feel right now!" He snapped. "I've never been telepathic before and now I am, just out of the blue, in the heat of a battle I sensed a squad of cloaked star fighters. How can say you know how I feel? You DON'T!"
"NO I DO!" She shouted "When my powers first awoke, it scared the shit out of me I heard the thoughts of everyone in my village all at once. What I heard threw many things in my life in to doubt. Like who my friends were, who I felt safe with, I didn't know who I could trust and if it hadn't been for my father I don't know what would have happened to me."
Krystal stood up and walked over to Cyrus. "Telepathy can be just as much a curse as it is a gift, but if you leave it alone Cyrus, it will ruin your life. I don't want to see that happen to you, please let me help you."
Cyrus looked away from her, feeling angry with her for spying on him, he scowled at her, started to brush by her when he felt something above his rage and anger, something that was serene and sorrowful, no not quite sorrowful. He turned and looked at Krystal "Compassion and empathy. Yes Cyrus that is what I'm feeling it's not too late please don't go not yet."
Slowly he sat back down on the floor, "Tell me what to do Krystal."
Krystal sat down on the floor next to him "First close your eyes then think about a time or about something that helps calm you down or helps you find peace. Good now reach out and explore with you mind and feel the emotions of everyone on the ship."
Cyrus closed his eyes and tried to follow her instructions but the only thing he felt was his own frustration growing. "It's not working Krystal." he looked at Krystal.
"Don't try to force it Cyrus, you have to have a calm mind." Krystal opened her eyes."I have an idea, here give me your hand," Krystal took hold of Cyrus's hand and placed her index and middle fingers at the base of his palm. "Now I want you to think of a place and a time where you felt at peace, don't tell me it has to be something only you can remember, now add your favorite things that help you relax and breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth, in and out in and out."
Krystal slowly let go of his hand as a peaceful calm came over Cyrus's face then she closed her eyes and continued mediating letting her mind wander anywhere it wanted. Krystal felt her way around the ship, into space, expanding her thoughts until she brushed lightly against Cyrus's mind, for a minute she could feel nothing then she felt a presence touch her mind. Surprised, she started to pull away then she felt it back away out of shock. I'm sorry I didn't mean to intrude!
Cyrus you're doing it, how do you feel? Krystal couldn't believe that Cyrus was communicating with her telepathically. That was a skill that took her months too get.
I feel OK I think, is this how you feel every time you-
Krystal heard a soft thump as Cyrus's thoughts broke off she opened her eyes and saw Cyrus lying on his back sound asleep.
"You silly boy wake up," Cyrus blinked and sat up "I'm sorry I should have known better than to try to build up your telepathy when you were tired."
Cyrus looked at her and said with both voice and mind, "It's ok but Krystal, how do I turn it off?"
"So he needs to find Andrew in order to get back home and your letting him join because?"
Whitefur sat in the rec room listening as Fox explained all he could about Cyrus and all that had happened since his arrival.
"It was the right thing to do and I couldn't let him sit here and do nothing besides if I didn't he would find some way to get involved and probably die in the process, in some way I have a responsibility to get him back where he belongs." Fox said.
"Yeah I guess that is true, you sure this is a good idea?" Whitefur asked.
Fox shrugged. "I'm not sure, I guess time will tell whether or not it was a good idea."
The doors to the rec room opened as Krystal walked in dressed in black caprees and a pink tee-shirt behind her was Cyrus who had changed into jeans and a light gray and black long sleeve shirt. "Speak of devil, Cyrus come over here sec there is someone I want you to meet." Fox called.
Cyrus walked over to Fox and Whitefur, curious as who was the stranger was. "Cyrus Blaze I'd like you to meet Agent Whitefur of the Lylat Secret Service."
"Nice to meet you Cyrus. Fox has been telling me all about you and your problem, I'm sorry to hear about it."
"Thanks Whitefur it's a pleasure meet you. So what brings a spy to the home of the Star Fox?"
Whitefur raised an eyebrow. "Well I need your help I was going to ask Fox to help but he's been injured and since you're new in town maybe you'd like to help me out.
"In what way?" Cyrus asked puzzled "I'm not much of a merc. I'm still in training "
"From what I hear you have the basics down, You can kick ass and you can fly if you can shoot and fallow orders that is all you'll need on this one and if all goes well you'll walk away with a lot of experience. I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm recruiting you for the C.D.F."
Cyrus shrugged. "Its ok I'm used to it," He sighed. "What do you need?"
Whitefur sat up in his chair and grew serious as he spoke in a very government agent tone of voice said. "I'm leading members of Star Fox on a rescue mission to save someone very dear to all of us. But the catch is most of them are too well known to pull it off safely and while Slippy has some prototype Disguisers in the works I still need some unfamiliar faces…"
"That they won't recognize right away or at all, that's risky you know trusting a rookie from a deep space colony that you don't really know. What makes you think I'll help you or that I won't betray you?" Cyrus asked Whitefur.
"Because if you betray me I'll kill you without a second thought but I know you won't because Fox and everyone here trust you. Look I need help outside the L.S.S I'm still in undercover if I call in the Calvary, my target will run and Miyu will die, also you'll lose the best lead you have on Andrew, if you want to get home you might want think about it."
Cyrus looked out the window, thinking about what Whitefur's offer. He's right if I want to get home I need to chase down any leads on Andrew I can find and I if I'm going to be a part of this team I should help out their allies. "Three questions, one: Who is coming on this mission and how soon is it going down?"
"Fox and I are working that out, two weeks give or take, wait that's two questions; what is your third question?"
"Your name I'd like to know your first name."
Whitefur gave a smile and looked away from him. "I'm not going to tell you."
"Why not because you're a spy or because it's embarrassing to say out loud?"
"Look Cyrus, I just want to know are you interested yes or no?" Whitefur replied, changing the subject back to its original topic.
Cyrus looked surprised but gave in, "Okay I'll help you out Whitefur," he said shaking Whitefur's hand. "but I'll get your first name out of you."
Over the next few weeks, Cyrus threw himself into his training doing his best to master everything that was given him, in the mornings he ran with Fox and did history 101 of the Lylat system afterwards, he would train with Krystal in hand-to-hand combat, which tied into telepathy before too long he could do most things that Krystal could do for a brief amount of time.
Slippy and Roxy taught him the mechanics of the Arwing and how to maintain and care for them it wasn't that hard since the basics where not that different from some fighter jets back home but what the hard part was the fusion generator and how to keep it as Roxy said, " Happy enough not to blow you to hell on a fiery ass."
Falco and Katt taught Cyrus how to handle blasters, plasma pistols and other energy weapons, which was not as easy as it sounded, as they were lighter than our guns after three tries and fails at target practice Katt walked over to him.
"Were you this bad with what you have on Earth?" She asked.
"No, I'm a sharp shooter with most rifles back home and a marksman with any pistol. I prefer the Glock .45 pistol and as for rifles M4 assault rifle." He replied with pride.
Falco looked up from an ion shotgun that he was cleaning. "You're people are using bullets? No wonder your hit average is forty percent! You see unlike the .45 or anything else you have on Earth you don't have you don't have to compensate for the weight of the gun or for the wind carrying your ammo off target."
Katt came over to Cyrus and helped him aim the pistol. "So that means that you have one less thing to worry about, Relax and point straight at the target and one more thing, She pressed herself closer to Cyrus so that he could feel her breasts against his shoulder blades and her hand slid down to his crotch. "you're so tense you need to relax your shoulders or you'll miss what your shooting sweetheart." This earned her glare from Falco and Cyrus hitting a bulls-eye on one of his targets.
Later Whitefur met with him and went over diplomacy, taught Cyrus the political system, and the basics of espionage in which Cyrus reviled that he knew more about than Whitefur expected.
"How do you know so much about being a spy?" He asked after he had put Cyrus to the test with some fieldwork scenarios and had passed most of them.
"Burn Notice can be quite educational when you sit down and take notes."
The day finally came when they reached Macbeth and the team gathered around Mission Isle to hear Whitefur's plan.
"The latest intel I had received from Fay was that Myiu landed on Macbeth about three or four days before the Katina incident, her cover is an exotic dancer at The Red Light club going by the name Lucy Starr." He paused and pulled up a security feed from a spaceport landing, a young female lynx climbed out from the cockpit of an Arwing Interceptor carrying a duffel bag. She had violet eyes and light orange fur black spots were visible on her forearms until her rolled up coat sleeves obscured the rest of her arms from view. On her forehead was what looked like a black tribal tattoo that spread over her head and up on to her ear tuffs.
"Why is she here?" Cyrus asked looking at other videos of Miyu in action he paused one so he could get a better look at her face. She's pretty for a lynx I wonder what she's like.
"She was checking up on a rumor that Andrew was here to steal some tech. However, I've gone through all the feeds and while there was no sign of Andrew I found someone twice as bad he's name is Hudson Crane he's one bad SOB, he's smart and he is the owner of Red Light."
Everyone looked up. "So the second worst war criminal in Lylat is the owner of an exotic dance club in his spare time now I really want to kill him now, the psychotic, perverted asshole!" Amanda said.
"Your second behind me but that's not the worst of it Wolf O'Donnell, Panther Caroso and Leon Powalski, are in town on the same rumor but they're here to make a delivery to him. However it's possible that this will be walking into a real hornet's nest down their." Whitefur said.
"Why slime like Crane doesn't like space pirates?" Slippy asked
Fox looked at the toad. "You haven't been keeping up on the news have you? Meetings like this have been going on all over Lylat, all have been Andrew's old friends and allies to his late uncle and all have been murdered at the sight of the meeting. He's cleaning house as he's rebuilding his device."
"Wait is this Andrew we're talking about right? He'd never back stab his friends or destroy his chance to restore his empire. he's too loyal, too devoted, for something like that I mean he's got the balls to try and take over Lylat twice, but to act like his uncle on the third time... it just smells funky to me." Falco said crossing his arms.
"Smells like someone else is calling the shots" Cyrus said aloud what everyone was thinking.
"It's a puzzle but it's one we can solve later for now we have a mission to do. Our goals are simple we go in find Miyu, get back to the ship and away from here also, we'll see if we can find parts that Star Wolf have stolen and use them to find out where Andrew is hiding. Fox and I have the team's members four will be going down to the planet, Myself, Cyrus, Katt and Krystal." Whitefur explained
"Why is Krystal going?" Flaco asked, "I should be the one go on this mission not Krystal!"
"Falco we'll need her telapathic skills in a case things go south." Katt said.
"OK but if no one is supposed to know that Star Fox is here Krystal will be a dead giveaway for that."
"We've got that covered besides, I've seen you on ground missions in the past more so than anyone else here like Corneria, Hot Rodders street incident in High School?" Katt said raising an eyebrow Falco blushed and sat back like a kid who had his hand in the cookie jar.
"Alright now then if nothing else I suggest we all get some sleep we will need it." Whitefur said.
That night Cyrus was on his way back to his room after gaming in the rec room with Silppy and Fox hoping to relive some tension about tomorrow when he felt Krystal touch his mind. Cyrus meet me in my quarters I have something that I forgot to do with you today.
OK I'll be there soon.
Fifteen minutes later he was at her door and pressed the doorbell. "Come in" Krystal called out.
Inside the room was much like his as far space and size but was furnished with trinkets from world and photos from Fox's past, but at the moment Cyrus could barely see any of those things. For the lights had been lowered down to a dim glow the only source of bright light in the room were candles placed here and there giving the room a romantic vibe.
In the center of the room, sitting cross-legged in the bra and loincloth she wore in their training session was Krystal, she smiled brightly, "Come in Cyrus."
"Good evening Krys were you expecting Fox?"
"Not till later so it's ok if we practice here, let's pick up from this morning shall we?" She gestured to a cushion in front of her. Cyrus sat cross-legged across from his mentor.
"Sense your feelings and read your thoughts then what?"
"Expand your thoughts to the planet and try to feel the emotions of the people below then tell me what you heard." Krystal instructed.
Cyrus closed his eyes and reached for Krystal's mind before long he felt silky, musical tones of Krystal's mind and could sense her pleasure that he was had progressed but it soon gave way to concern as she felt his anxiety.
"It's about tomorrow isn't it?" She asked her eyes still closed.
"Yes I'm not sure I'm ready even after all the training I've done, there is this nagging fear that something will go wrong." He replied.
"MMM that is natural but I'm sensing that something else is bothering you."
Cyrus's mind sent out ripples of guilt. "I think I made a Pie-crust promise to Fox earlier I…"
"Promised Fox that you would protect Whitefur and I on the mission, but you're not sure that you can." Krystal finished.
"I almost wish I hadn't made that promise I hate being called a liar and I don't want Fox to lose you because I made a promise I could not keep, what if I fail Krys? What if the whole thing fails because I wasn't ready?"
He looked away tears running down his face despite his closed eyes. Krystal reached over and turned off his Disguiser, the hologram of a young fox vanished and the human sat there. She put her hand on his shoulder then embraced him like a sister holds her brother.
"It's going to be fine, Kroo joo chi, Worry not over what is to come. I, for one, believe you can do this Ai`re Menka you're ready for this and when the time comes you'll know what to do and we'll be there to help you." she tilted his face up and wiped his eyes with a gentle hand.
Krystal stood up, pulled Cyrus to his feet, and gave him a warm smile. "Now then I have something for you now that you've come this far in your training, its traditional for teachers on my home world to give a gift when their students are ready for the next level in their training."
Krystal turned the lights up and walked over to an ornate chest in the corner of the room, knelt and opened it. "Now I know I left it in here somewhere, where is it?" She shifted a few things around then sat up. "Ah there you are. Now Cyrus this is a very valuable thing to me, mostly because it's been in my family for a two hundred years." She turned and approached him with a sheathed short blade in her hands the sheath was a tarnished gold and was encrusted with rubies and onyx. "This was my cousins' shor` mu, a chaos blade from the war of the gods they are very rare as most of them were destroyed or lost after the war if any were ever found they were kept by the priests as relics I'd like you to have it."
Krystal proffered the blade Cyrus took it with both hesitation and reverence. "Krystal I'm honored I really don't know what to say, does this extend like your staff?"
"Yes but I've never been able to get it to work, I've only been able to draw it whenever I take care of it."
Cyrus drew the blade the blade was made of some type of bright steel and felt very light. The length of the blade was fifteen inches long and seemed to have been poured and then frozen and not forged and set into the handle. Moreover, he could tell the blade was made for slashing and stabbing rather than hacking and cleaving he spun it once and started to put it away when he felt something give beneath one of his fingers give. Suddenly the blade shot out in a flash of red flames to a full three-foot sword. "WOW now that's cool!"
"I'm glad you like it, take care of it and it will take care of you Apprentice."
Cyrus smiled. "I won't let you down, milady, my master." He started to put the blade away when a male voice spoke up in a language that he had never heard but somehow understood.
Hello noble warrior, if you are hearing this it means that I'm dead and you must do what I failed to do. The blade you hold in your hands is an ancient and powerful weapon one that only the Cha`ha bestow on their finest warriors. I have laid my memories in the sword so that whoever got my blade would know how to use it in battle so that you, the bearer, will protect my foster sisters, my cousins in the tribulations to come. A storm is rising, one the likes of have not been seen for millennial, and when it breaks the whole universe could be destroyed. If Krystal gave you this blade, it means she must be training you in telepathy and in mediation, keep this blade with you when you mediate and I will teach you how to fight with my sword. I don't think she'll sense me but you must tell her about this message soon, she doesn't like secrets. Farewell* "Wiksa oora Krystal, Imma tora saya jō ray coda moka ray Cha`ha…"After that, it sounded like the message repeated but he could no longer under it anymore so he tapped the button on the handle and the blade returned to its normal appearance and sheathed it.
"You okay Cyrus, you're looking a little sick." Krystal asked as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
Cyrus was about to answer when the door opened and in walked Fox, who looked a little surprised. There was Cyrus in his room with his girlfriend standing in the sexiest outfit she had, alone for who knows how long. But Fox knew that Cyrus was there only for training with Krystal, nothing more. Also from all the times Cyrus asked Fox about women and love, made it clear that Cyrus was looking for someone who was not taken by someone he knew on the team, Cyrus was a man of honor and left well enough alone when it came to established relationships.
"I'm fine," he said activating his necklace,. "I'll go and leave you two alone thanks for everything I'll guard the blade well Krystal. I hope you two sleep well." as Cyrus left Krystal called out, "Be sure to mediate tonight before bed, the basic stuff and leave Fox and I out of it please."
He nodded then left the two alone then walked off to his room.
next morning 0500
Whitefur sat in the main hanger of Great Fox prepping Krystal's old Cerinian shuttle for their mission when his comm link vibrated against his wrist, "This is Whitefur."
"Morning this is Cyrus I'm running a bit late this morning, my clock is busted but I'm almost there, thought I'd let you know Cyrus out."
Whitefur smiled. I'm starting to like this kit but if his trying to impress me it's going to have to be in the field for that to happen. As Whitefur exited the shuttle the doors to the main hanger opened, in walked Katt and Krystal both were wearing brown jackets but Katt was wearing magenta exo boots, ripped jeans and a tight green tee shirt while Krystal had a black vinyl top, brown leather pants and blue exo boots. He gave the two of them a wolf whistle as they approached. "Well you're going to blend right in on Macbeth."
Katt smiled and gave a flattered look, "Why thank you kind sir." Krystal walked over to that ship and ran her hand of the hull."Did Slippy give you the Disguiser?"
Whitefur nodded and handed the device to her. "He said that it works best if it looks like some form of jewelry, like bracelet or necklace, that way no one suspects anything."
"And I can look at anyone or rather no one who exists?"
He nodded. "Yes, you can activate by pressing on the switch here," he pointed at a little gray switch on the Disguiser. "and the program stay on for twenty-four hours, before the battery runs out not that we'll be down that long. It's also waterproof and won't break unless put under a great deal of stress."
Krystal wrapped the Disguiser around her left wrist then slid the switch on. Instantly the program covered her from head to toe in the skin of a tigress but she didn't like the stripes so she moved on to the next, an aggressive-looking canine but she thought it didn't fit. So she cycled through the vulpine features then settled on a red furred blonde haired vixen whose beauty was marred by a scar that stretched from her scalp, over her left eye and down to her jaw line.
"Wow Krystal I don't think anyone will spot you looking like that," Katt said impressed. "I don't even recognize you at all!"
"Thanks for that Katt", Krystal looked about the room. "where is Cyrus I thought he'd be here by now."
The doors to the sonic lift opened and a silver fox came rushing in to the room dressed in a black tee shirt, blue jeans, and silver exo boots, around his waist was a dark teal hoodie. "I'm sorry I'm late I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long." He said.
Whitefur smiled kind heartily. "Its OK you actually made good time getting here, now come along it's time to load up and roll out."
The four gathered around a large box Whitefur hit a few keys on his side and the top opened. Inside where four hexagon shaped devices about five to eight inches across and had a matted finish on the metal.
"These are mark V reflectors." Whitefur said as he picked one up and tossed it to Cyrus. "They are miniaturized G-Diffuser shield generator that deflect back any kind of projectiles and can be used in any possible."
"Are they useful in hand to hand?" Cyrus asked.
"No anything like knifes, bats, and things like that pass through it with no problem." Katt said, "But if you time it right you can zap your enemies with it."
Whitefur reached into the box and pulled another device larger than the reflectors. "Beltino sent these as gift to Slippy and the team: new headsets completely up to date and redesigned."
He put it on the headset and gestured to the others to do the same, then he powered it up a little green screen popped out in front of his right eye, "These babies have all the features as the old ones the holographic battle HUD, syncing tech for sniper modes on blaster rifles as well as med scanners, and radio communication. New features inclued remote hacking up to a range of forty yards, sensors that pick up vibrations on most surfaces and... "
"IT'S OVER 9000!" Cyrus shouted out loud all of a sudden the others turned and looked at him funny. "Sorry I couldn't resist."
Whitefur shook his head. "Okay then let's move on to armaments I have some heavy blasters and plasma pistols take your pick ladies."
Krystal took a B-33 heavy blaster pistol, making her look far more formidable, Katt chose a series VII plasma pistol light weight and easy to conceal while Whitefur kept his 78. Ion Blaster his personal favorite, Cyrus picked up two Cerberus blaster pistols and weighed them in his hands. They feel like the Mac 11 back home. He thought as he put the guns in their holsters and strapped on the gun belt next he attached his short blade to the belt at the small of the back then he shrugged into his jacket, tucked his Reflector up his right sleeve. Thus armed the four boarded the shuttle and took their seats, Cyrus at the helm, Whitefur in the co-pilot seat, Krystal at tactical and Katt at engineering.
"This is your Captain speaking we are first in line for take-off this morning our ETA will be about thirty to forty-five minutes thank you for your patience and welcome aboard." Cyrus said in a warm but official voice as he powered up the ship, flew it out of the hanger and down to Macbeth.
The gray orb of Macbeth grew larger as the shuttle descended into its orbit on the first approach. Macbeth was, literally, the industry world of Lylat. The whole planet was rich with valuable minerals of all sorts and held the record for the most traveled to planet. At one point in its history the evil Andross used its factories and young minds to build his warships and weapons in his quest to conquer the galaxy.
However, after Fox and his team, along with Katt and Bill, destroyed the main supply depot he quickly lost his control over the planet and after the wars it had been mostly ignored in the other two wars that fallowed. These days they built weapons, ships and new more efficient engines but mostly for Corneria.
The Shuttle landed at the local spaceport where Miyu's Arwing was still parked and judging by the weeks of dust that had accumulated on it, she had not returned to it for a while.
"Not a good sign." Cyrus noted.
"Aren't we a ray of hope and optimism." Whitefur said.
Cyrus pulled up his hood as his rain drops fell from the sky. "We better get going otherwise we'll get stuck at the spaceport till it stops."
The group made their way down to the walkways and Whitefur turned to the left and said. "The Red Light club is down on the second level of D Street, it's a rough part town and it's known to be corrupt so if cops show watch your back. They could be working with Crane."
"Might I suggest that we break up and fallow each other? It will look less suspicious." Cyrus said as they walked down the street. "Hang back for a bit Cyrus, count sixty if that helps and then follow after us." Whitefur said.
Cyrus followed the others who were scattered among the large crowds each member keeping to themselves as much as possible. While walking he felt someone who was fixated on the team, even among all the people around him and their emotions rushing by him like a river, he could feel the hostility and annoyance.
Cyrus took of his glasses as if to clean them and tried to spot whoever was stalking him but could not see the anthro at first but then noticed a black bear duck out of sight. Krys we have someone following us I'm going to try and lead him away from the team.
Cyrus don't we have no idea what this persons plan is or what kind of backup that might have waiting for you, it's too risky!
Cyrus recoiled as he heard Whitefur's thoughts apparently she was talking to Whitefur. However, this might compromise our mission, go ahead and lead them away from here lethal force is authorized only if necessary. Use your headset to meet us later be careful Cyrus.
Yes Sir Bobby.
Bobby? What are you talking about?
That's not your first name? blast it, but I'm close aren't I?
DAMN IT JUST DO AS YOU'RE TOLD BLAZE!
I will get that first name out of you Whitefur! He responded and casually went down a side street, then broke in to free running, using his speed as a means to escape his foe. He jumped reveling in the gravity's weakened hold by the time his pursuer reached the ally he was safely hidden from his foe on a nearby roof. The bear looked up and down the alley with a loud. "Shit!" he stalked away but not before Cyrus took a few pictures of him.
After the bear left Cyrus clambered down to the street and started to use his headset to find his a new way to the Red Light club when he ran into a shapely female lynx with orange fur and violet eyes around her neck was a spiked collar in her right ear was a gold earring, she looked somewhat familiar but Cyrus wasn't sure.
"I'm sorry I didn't see you, here let me-"
"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU BASTARD!" She shouted then punched him in his gut. The air in Cyrus' body whooshed out and he fell back in to the alley gasping as she ran away.
"That bitch, mom I owe you five bucks." He sat up then climbed back up on the roof and found a better route to the Red Light via the rooftops. The buildings were level or were within safe jumping distance making the city his playground. About half way to the club he spotted the lynx and, close behind her, the bear he zoomed in on the lynx then called up his HUD and looked At Miyu's arrival and nearly jumped out of his skin. The lynx he ran into was Miyu and now the bear was following her.
He instantly reached into the bears mind and felt… nothing no anxiety no nervousness nothing at all. No he was thinking of something or rather someone. he climbed down to an alley and waited till they passed him then he pulled the bear into the alley, put him in a sleeper hold, clapped his hand over the bears snout and held on. When the bear had passed out, Cyrus threw him in a dumpster then went after Miyu.
Ten minutes later he caught up with Miyu at the club just as she slipped inside at the door, two lioness bouncers stood about at the entrance. There mere presence and stance stated to all passer-byes that you only got in there by invite only.
"Ra-damn it to hell the others are probably inside so how do I get inside?"
"There you are naughty boy, what do you think you are doing vanishing like on us like that?"
Cyrus turned and saw Katt walking over to him looking very angry, her hand shot out and took hold of his right ear much like that of a mother scolding her son. He yelped and squirmed in pain.
"OW KITTY STOP IT I'M NOT A KIT ANYMORE OW I'M SORRY!"
"You are sorry, your sister and her boyfriend are waiting inside, wondering where you are, you're too old to act this way now come on your missing you party!"
Katt led him up to the doors and stuck out her left hand and the lioness flashed a black light over it, the club's insignia of a fleur de lis wrapped in ivy glowed under the light's odd glare.
"Is this the kit that gave his party the slip?" She asked
Katt rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Don't remind me and after all the trouble we went through to find a female to make Jason here, a tod."
"WHAT?!" Cyrus cried. "You can't be serious."
The lioness on the right chuckled. "Oh don't worry, they aren't be too rough with virgins."
Cyrus blushed deeply from this statement causing all the felines to bust out laughing as Katt led him inside.
The Red Light club was a luxurious two-story building completely devoted to satisfying erotic pleasures according to her customers' desires and fantasies in any way.
The employees, of course, were shapely Lylat females of all kinds, Canine, Avian, Feline, Lupine, Vulpine, and Reptile of the most exotic kinds, dressed in provocative costumes ranging from modest dressed Felines, smiling pleasantly to Apes dressed in see through lingerie.
"Wait here Jason I'll try to find the others." Katt said turning to go Cyrus put a hand on her shoulder. "Katt don't leave here." He pleaded, clearly intimidated by all the beautiful anthros walking about. Katt smiled at him. "They won't bite just be yourself and if they try to take you anywhere just say 'I'm waiting for my sister.' Talk, mingle with the girls." And with those words she left him. "But I don't want to mingle." He said sadly.
After a while a peahen dressed in a brightly colored bikini and carrying a basket of red roses walked up to Cyrus "Welcome to the Red Light club and who might you be young one?"
"Um I'm Jason R Sun and you are?"
"You can call me Eve this is your first time here?"
"Is it that obvious?" He asked a bashful look on his face, causing Eve to giggle in a cute voice, "Let's just say you're sticking out."
Cyrus looked at her, shocked. "From the usual crowd even for the first timers you know you stick out like a sore thumb."
Cyrus rolled his eyes and shrugged. "I guess you would know you see a lot of people come through here." He looked her over from head to foot, her clothing was sewn from various flower petals and were perfumed with the scent of roses. "True I have, your friend was right you need to relax and enjoy yourself and, when you see someone you like take a chance, take it slow, and treat her right." Eve handed him a rose from the basket and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"You'll want this for later, remember enjoy yourself and have a good time. I have to get back to work, if you make it to the bar tell Angel Eve says hi. Show her the rose and she'll tell you all you need to know about how to do your first night correctly and you'll get a few free gifts too. "
As she started to walk away he called after her Eve stopped and looked at him, "Thank you let me know if I can return the favor one day."
She smiled brightly. "I will, thanks."
Cyrus stood about the lobby for a few moments then made his way over to the bar and chatted with a few of the girls trying to be as charming as possible, asking discreetly about Miyu or Lucy Starr as they knew her, the club, and Crane. Some of the girls had pleasant conversions with and some tried to take him "somewhere quieter," most though wouldn't even give him the right time of day.
After a rather unsavory encounter with a very frisky iguana, Cyrus sat on a bar stool doing his best to remember why he volunteered to go on this mission. "You look you need a good friend."
Cyrus looked up into the face of a tabby feline with lovely yellow eyes she wore a large black bow on her head, a black strapless Gothic lolita dress and gray wings on her back all of which complemented her gray and black fur adding to her natural beauty.
"That would be nice I was wickedly groped by the reptile in the yellow G-string swimsuit, can you recommend something to help me forget that also could you tell me your name?"
She smiled brightly. "Angel, you look surprised, wait do you have a red rose with you?"
He reached into his jacket and removed the rose from his jacket, "Ahh first timer I wondered, welcome what do want to know about the place?"
"Well I guess why do I need the rose and may I just say you don't look anything like what I imagined you get that a lot don't you?"
Angle nodded her head yes. "I do and it turns most guys off."
"Actually I think you look beautiful I like Goth a lot."
Angel gave him a sweet look like he had just offered a flower. "Thanks you are so sweet most guys don't have the balls to say more than a few words to me after introductions, you just got your first freebie and a very good thank you/welcome package." She brought out a glass with ice and a bottle of honey scotch, she filled the glass half way with the scotch then the filled the rest of it with cherry pop and slid the glass over to him.
"OK Now I'm guessing you are that red vixens' bro and that today is your birthday and her boyfriend arranged for some lucky girl to make you a tod tonight." She paused and picked up the rose and rolled it between her thumb and fore finger.
"Now this rose is your ticket to the best night of your life. Tonight is win and grin night here at the club now what is goin' to happen is some of our lovely ladies are going to be perform some dance routines, to show themselves off, you know so you get the idea of what you're getting into, then we start an auction. The rose is a statement like 'I saw her first' the rose is worth 85,000 credits enough for everyone to know that you are serious about her."
"And if I win?"
"Then she takes you up to the second floor for, as I said before, the best night of your life, you follow so far?"
Cyrus nodded.
"Good now you can use the rose whenever you want but you can only use it once so you know, use it wisely. Also as it is your first time the house is giving you 200,000 credits and unlimited drinks from now till you leave." Angel said.
"The management is rather generous to insure customer loyalty and from the looks of things it works, maybe if I have to lose it might as well be with style right?" He picked up the glass drank from it. "By the way Eve says hi."
"Jason, there you are I've been worried sick, first you slip away from me then, when your just meters away you vanish in here. I don't know what you're doing or where you're going and you don't seem to give a damn!" Cyrus turned in the direction of the voice coming from behind him were Krystal, still incognito, and looking upset, Whitefur, and Katt looking more pissed off than when she caught him outside the club.
"I'm sorry sis I was nervous that's all, I-" Cyrus started but Withefur interrupted him.
"OH It's OK kit I'll admit that we all were a bit shady with this but that, I'm afraid, is my fault but you're here now so I say we put this mess behind us and git this party started!" His voice had acquired a thick southern drawl Cyrus nodded his head and shouted. "Drinks are on me!"
Half an hour later the away team sat in a booth facing the stage enjoying some drinks while Cyrus filled them in on his filled them in on his side trip to the club.
"Ladies and gentlemen," A voice boomed. "it's the moment you've all been waiting for, welcome to the Red Light Win and Grin night! For those who might be new let me tell you what is going to happen here tonight In the center of every table is a small flat screen computer, touch the screen every time you wish to place a bid when you win be sure to put your name down so you can collect your date. Now if I could direct your attention to the center stage."
"Remember," Whitefur remained them. "Miyu is our target then we live discritreetly."
The stage was thirty feet long and twelve feet wide, which broke off into the crowd into two branches, one on the right and one on the left both were an equal nine feet in length and six feet wide at the end of each stage was a pole for the dancers to use in their routines.
On the stage now was a beautiful female gray wolf dressed in sexy armor bikini complete with a battle-axe and a brown cape, "This young she-wolf is naughty and nice but don't let her looks fool you she's a fighter and she loves to get rough, put your hands together for Nikki Heart!"
Cyrus watched each routine with fascination and embarrassment. Each dance told an amazing if repetitious story of good girl hitting a rough spot and going bad, sometimes a story wasn't even there it was just a dance was just a sexual dance. To keep up the appearances Cyrus and the others placed a few bids but never won a girl.
Later Cyrus and Whitefur went up to the bar to get some refills for the girls while two birds danced to Michael Jackson's' "In the closet" Cyrus looked about the place picking up on the waves of emotions coming from the crowd. He sat down on a bar stool and looked down at his feet. Whitefur looked over at Cyrus. "What's wrong Kit? you look sick."
"It's just this place, I feel despair from a lot the women here many don't want to be here. They feel like they don't have a choice."
"That is because many of them don't. Macbeth is a prospers world with a lot of corporations, and all are hiring bright young minds for their science divisions. At lest forty- five percent of those minds are young women that Crane uses to his advantage. There are a lot of powerful people on this world and all of them have some things that Crane needs or must acquire and that is best way to do it is blackmail, but it's not just for political gain or protection but for the girls as well."
"If the corporations found out about the tapes, none of them would get hired and they would be forced to either stay with Crane or leave." Cyrus concluded.
"Not that they get far if an try to leave he has them killed or sold as slaves to other worlds." Whitefur replied.
"What kind of person does that?" Cyrus asked
"A sick one." Whitefur replied. "I'm sorry for bringing you here Cyrus. Since you have sisters it must be pretty hard for you."
Cyrus Looked at him surprised. "Krystal told me. I'd feel the same way if someone did this to someone I loved I'd want to kill the guy."
"The line starts with you and goes around the planet, twice." Cyrus replied.
The pair chuckled good heartily at the joke Whitefur turned to get a better look at Cyrus. "It's alright, smile I haven't seen one of those on your face since we left the shuttle, Is something bothering you?"
Cyrus shrugged. "I don't know I just have a feeling that something bad is going to happen."
"Like what?"
"Like someone has led us into a trap but is waiting for the right moment to spring it shut but I wish I could be sure Whitfur. I hate to say it, but we might have to fight our way out of here." Cyrus replied. Whitefur smiled at him and put a hand the young tod's shoulder. "Don't put yourself in the grave just yet," He encouraged. "Besides, if your right that means that Crane is expecting us, then ours is the next move so let's start planning it, in the mean time keep your chin up we'll be more than a match for whatever he will throw at us."
Cyrus nodded his head smiled brightly. "Thanks Whitefur, are you ever going to tell me you name?" He asked. Whitefur looked away as if in thought then said. "I might as well. Boniface my name is Boniface." Cyrus grimaced "I see why you didn't want to tell me at first but still you've got a cool name. Better than Cyrus any way."
When the song ended Cyrus and Whitefur made their way, back to their booth just as the exotic duo went off to an old hound dog then went off somewhere. As they left, the voice boomed through the loud speakers.
"And now ladies and gentlemen we have saved the best for last, she's hotter than a furnace going at full blast and naughty as the night is long but maybe she'll make it seem shorter. She is a sexy power house but she is not for the faint of heart. Everybody make some noise for Lucy Starr!" The applause as nigh to deafening at this announcement.
"Miyu seems to be well known around here." Cyrus said
"Have you been keeping track of bidding opponents? Miyu can be pretty hot when she dances." Katt said.
Cyrus nodded. "There's a wolf with eye patch over there in the corner, and the cougar couple just across from us which are the biggest threat. That mocking-bird there on the left might try to out bid us but I think he'll drop out the rest of the crowd when the bid war gets too hot for them."
The lights dimmed, Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy me started playing, a figure walked out on sauntered on stage and when the chorus ended the lights came up and Miyu began to dance. Her outfit was skimpy lingerie that left little to the imagination around her neck was a white version of the spiked collar she had earlier. Cyrus could hardly believe the lynx on stage was the one that had knocked the wind out of him hours ago he stared at her as she continued her racy routine.
"Careful Cyrus you Might burn a hole in those glasses if you keep staring at her like that." Krystal teased. "S-sorry I'm just having a hard not looking at her she's beautiful." Katt laughed at what Cyrus said. "Anyone would say that I mean look at her she is practically naked."
Cyrus shrugged in agreement and turned to see the silver exo boots of Miyu, she knelt down to him and pulled him in close as if to kiss him Cyrus's breath caught as she came closer and closer. Suddenly she pulled his hood over his eyes then danced away, while the others laughed at Miyu's little trick, Cyrus yanked the hood back but was grinning as if he had been kissed by her.
As the song came to its climax, Miyu became more provocative showing off more of her body and giving everybody ideas of what kind of naughty things to do with her. Just as the music end she dropped into a sexy pose and winked at Cyrus. Cyrus jumped to his feet and threw his red rose at her drawing a collective gasp from the crowd and caused the mocking bird stand up and leave the room.
"Well well well ladies and gentlemen we have a newbie in our midst and he thinks his man enough to handle Lucy! The opening bid is set at 85,000 credits 85 has been bid is there a bid for 95. 95,000 Thank you sir have been bid. 100,000 From Jason Thank you, 105,000. WOW 140,000 FROM MISS LE DO, anymore bids?"
No one made any bids not even Cyrus. Wait till the last moment Cyrus I will win and then we can get out of here. Cyrus thought as he raised the bid.
"140,000 going once twice."
NOW!
"WAIT 598,000. This date is sold to Mr. Jason R Sun! Come on down and pick up your girl!"
Cyrus walked down to the stage and helped Miyu down from the stage, removed his jacket and offered it to her she took it, gratefully, and put it on in return she gave him back rose.
"All that is gold does not glitter." Miyu said softly. A chill went down his spine, her voice was as smooth as silk.
"Not till it is polished and purified then you find something far more valuable." Cyrus responded.
"The things that are most beautiful are secret."
Cyrus broke off the upper part of the rose and put it, lovingly, behind her left ear. "I can keep a secret because you're beautiful."
Miyu nodded her head as she zipped up the jacket. "Back for round two dipshit?"
"Ooo kiss your mother with that mouth?" He retorted.
" I do and you can kiss my ass if you don't like that."
Cyrus smiled. "Well don't you think it's a little public for that?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Humph." Miyu snorted. "Who the hell are you, aside from the ass that made me late for work?"
"I'm a friend," Cyrus replied simply. "Come on I'll buy you a drink we'll tell you everything."
Cyrus led Miyu to the booth when they got there, Miyu hugged Katt, Whitefur and ,after a little mental convincing, hugged Krystal too.
"What are you guys doing here and where is Fox?" Miyu asked.
"He was wounded on Katina while protecting Fay so Amanda won't let him off the ship for anything or do anything that Fox loves to do. You know Doctor trumps captain thing." Cyrus said.
"Also to save you Andrew isn't here it was bait to lure you here to kill you." Krystal said answering the rest of Miyu's question.
Miyu couldn't believe her ears. "Are you kidding? You can't pull me out now, I've found something big. Crane has something in his office. You know the particle smasher that Space Dynamics reported stolen a month ago? Well Crane hired someone to steal it then spread rumors about Andrew pulling off the heist, but they found something else, something so important that he killed them all."
Whitefur growled in disgust, "That sounds like him, but how do you know all this?"
Miyu gave him a sly wink, "A little legwork and bribes here, some hacking and restoring some lost video footage there and Crane inviting me up to his office to 'discuss my future' so I drugged him for the lame pick line."
Katt sat up. "So you got a look at his computer?"
Miyu nodded. "Yep, and that's when I found a heavily encrypted file called Kondo but I couldn't break his codes." She gave Whitefur a determined glance. "Now I know that you want to bring Crane down Bonny and the files on his computer are the key, but there are things I want to see what made him so afraid. If you want to save me fine, but I'm not going until I see what he is hiding now…"
She never finished her sentence all of a sudden Cyrus pulled her into a kiss, Miyu tried to push him away.
Do that and you'll never see another day. Over my left shoulder is a bear and he's here to kill you. If I hadn't stopped him earlier you never would have made it here, now if you want to live to see what is on the Kondo file just play along.
Miyu tensed and looked over Cyrus's' left shoulder sure enough, there was a bear talking to a gray wolf. Miyu shoved Cyrus down into booth and kissed him passionately, as if she was convincing her nervous costumer. The bear and the wolf argued for a moment then went up stairs Whitefur leaned down and whispered. "Clear they went up stairs now would you two get off my lap? You're making me uncomfortable. "
Miyu sat up and giggled Cyrus followed her up a minute later looking a little stunned. "That was an apology and a thank you."
"It's accepted and you're welcome." Cyrus replied. "Now, shall we get on with the evening?"
"In your dreams perv, that kiss and my routine is about all you're going to see of my body tonight."
"I didn't mean that!" Cyrus grumbled laying his ears flat.
Whitefurs' eyes lit up with inspiration. "Actually that is a good idea." He sat up a and leaned forward, beckoning the others closer then palced a few credits on the table to make it look like he wanted in on "Jason's" present."" Listen, we have to spring this trap and escape it at the same time, Miyu you and Cyrus go up and break into his office and get that file copy it if you can't. Katt and Krystal I want you to leave the club and circle back to it for back up just in case. If you're followed lose them, get back to the shuttle and get to a different port." He looked back at Cyrus and Miyu. "I'll try crawl through vents and meet you two in Crane's office."
Krystal shook her head. "No I won't leave without you three."
"We don't have time to argue just do it. You can find us later with our headsets if the worse happens."
Krystal crossed her arms, a disappointed scowl on her face. "Fine But if things go south I'm coming for you."
With that, Katt and Krystal stood and left the booth followed by Miyu and Cyrus. "Sorry but rules are rules Jason won me and Jason, alone, will enjoy what I have to offer. Miyu said to Whitefur then she took Cyrus's hand and led him away. As they made there way through the tables Cyrus made an effort to keep his hands to himself.
"You know it's OK for you to touch me you won me for the best night of your life." Cyrus looked at Miyu and thanked God for the disguise he was wearing, "I'm just trying to be a gentletod." He replied.
Miyu Chuckled, "I'm not asking you to take me here and now, just look like you're ready for what you bought. Unless you want to get caught..." Cyrus gave her tail a tug eliciting a yelp from Miyu. She gave him a sexy glare and led him to the stairs, which had a few couples coming up and down them or standing around chatting.
About halfway up she pushed him against the wall and kissed him enthusiastically Cyrus played along but kept his hands on her upper or mid back, when they came up for air she gave him a naughty smile then rushed up the stairs but did not get far before Cyrus caught her and swept her off her feet then carried her to the top of the stairs.
He set her down on her feet, trapped her against the wall, then kissed her again but softly and with tenderness, which caught Miyu off guard but went along and carried it farther. Cyrus felt something soft brush his lips he tilted his head to the left, opened his mouth, and felt her tongue touch his. Taking this for a good sign he let his right hand roam to the zipper of her jacket. Gently, he pulled it down exposing the lingerie she wore from there he felt his way to her breast and gave it a soft squeeze.
Miyu squeaked in pleasure and pulled away, Cyrus closed his lips over her tongue and slowly drew back as well, for some odd reason he felt short of breath deep in his chest he felt something stirring, something he had not felt before, he opened his eyes and she opened hers.
One of the girls going down the stairs said. "Lucy just get him in a room."
Miyu ignored her. "You always kiss girls like that?" She asked breathlessly. "No I've been saving them for the right one." He replied. "How far do we have to go?" He asked.
"His office is at the end of the hall there are two guards outside the door wither he's in or not it, I think it's best if we keep up this act till we get to his office." Cyrus nodded his head "Lead on Miyu." She lead him to a corner and made out with him again, this time the two of them decided to really sell the act, in hopes that one or both of the guards to break it up.
Cyrus pulled up to catch his breath but Miyu wouldn't let up and shoved him up on the opposite wall in full view of the Tuxedo clad guards, the penguin's guarding the door exchanged annoyed looks then one left his buddy and approached the couple wrapped in each other's arms.
"Hey, come on there are rooms for this sort of thing." He put his hands between the two and pried them apart, "Now comrades let me sho…" He never got to finish what he was going to say. Cyrus struck him in the throat paralyzing his vocal cords then followed up with a double knife hand strike to the neck, the bird dropped without a sound.
Cyrus spun to face the other one but to his surprise he was already down he looked at Miyu, a small device on her left wrist vanished as walked forward to the door and opened it, "After you."
After they had stashed the guards in one of the rooms, they moved in to the office. The room was painted black rare art placed here and there in the room, light streamed in to the room from a long window on the right side of the room. At the far end sat a desk in front of a large window that looked down on the club, Couches and chairs did little to make the room less forbidding.
"Hm, cozy." Cyrus wispered.
"It was diffrint the last time I was up here, he must have hole-emitters in the walls. But that doesn't matter, I've got some files to hack. "
Miyu ran to the desk and tapped a few keys, there was a chirp and a holographic screen lit up in the air, "Cyrus watch the door I won't be long." She tapped her left wrist and a wrist panel appeared she took a cord out and hooked it up to the desk and went to work. Cyrus took up a spot behind her where he could see the club and the door he tapped his head set, activated the thermal scanner, and waited. Ten minutes later Miyu pumped her fist in the air. "YES I DID IT!" she exclaimed triumphantly.
"That happened sooner than I thought." Cyrus said as he looked down on the busy club and froze. "Miyu it's time to go."
"But we just got the file." She replied as she opened it then swore, "It's empty, the fucking bastard was on to me! He still has it and all the evidence to bring him down. "
"It's worse he's got Katt and Boniface too I just saw them both."
"And I have two meddlesome rebels as well without having to leave this room." Said an arrogant voice Cyrus and Miyu turned around to see who was speaking.
Appearing from a doorway that had just opened was Hudson Crane. As his name suggested Hudson was a heron crane standing at a tall at six foot one, wearing a black double-breasted business suit a small gold chain was about his neck. By his side were a panther in a purple and gold flight suit aiming a small blaster pistol and a gray she-wolf with dark vinyl pants and a silver scale armor bra and brandishing a Ji sun 445 heavy assault blaster.
"Nikki you work for Crane?" Miyu asked she sounded like someone who had been betrayed, "Sorry 'Lucy' but that's not quite right I'm here with my brother and his friends on business, I believe you know Panther."
"Hello Miyu it's been a long time." Panther said.
Miyu leapt forward, to attack Crane but was stopped by something green wrapped around her neck. Miyu fell to the ground gasping for breath. "Naughty naughty Miyu behave or I'll crush your trachea."
Cyrus spun around and saw a chameleon garbed in a black jump suit. "LET HER GO YOU COWARD!" Cyrus Shouted as his hands wrapped around the reptile's neck.
Surprised the reptile fell to the ground and let go of the lynx then wrapped it around the tod's neck and squeezed. However, his plan failed Cyrus did not let go and fight to free himself, instead, he increased his grip on his neck to the point where he kicked and fought to free himself.
Cyrus kept his iron grip on the reptiles' neck it would only be a few moments until the reptile would pass into unconsciousness, suddenly the sound of a blaster charging up caught his attention.
"Let go pup or I'll blow your brains all over the wall." Cyrus put his hands. "Wolf O'Donnell I presume?" Wolf chuckled in reply "At your service, now let him go Powalski." Leon scowled at Cyrus with disgust then reluctantly, let him go. "Put your weapons on the desk and take a seat."
Cyrus did as he was told and sat down on one of the couches next to Whitefur, he could not believe that they had been captured by Crane and Star Wolf as well without so much as a fight.
"Now then, what shall we talk about?" Asked Crane.
Storyteller 2013: Sorry this one took so long but my laptop crashed and I had get it fixed. Anyway What will happen next, where is Krystal, and can they escape Crane and Star Wolf without any one dying? Find out soon in Macbeth part three; Revelations
*Translated from Cerinien I might have misspelled that. Please review tips, Ideas on how you think this will end and thoughts to help me help you enjoy it better.
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