Here's chapter 96.
In a part in the middle of the ocean, the Star Fox team and the Star Wolf team were with some agency agents who were on the case of locating Eggman's base. The 8 inhabitants of the Lylat System were in a ship together, since although this involved all of them, the members of Star Fox couldn't let Star Wolf be alone there, since although it was obvious that they wanted to recover their ships and return home, they could be up to something else that he was pretty sure wouldn't be a good thing. That's why they had been watching them all the way so they wouldn't do anything. They knew that although Star Wolf could be of help on many occasions, they were still criminals and could betray anyone when one least expected it. For this reason, both Fox and Falco had Wolf, Leon and Panther closely watched, as well as some of the agents who were with them. Obviously this was something that the three of them didn't like, but they knew that they couldn't do anything, since they were only three people, and they didn't plan to stay in a cell for the rest of their stay on that planet.
That morning, shortly after having breakfast, both teams had been contacted by Sonic, who asked them if they wanted to help locate Eggman and his base, and if they had any luck finding their ships that could be anywhere. Fox, Falco, Slippy, Peppy and ROB were willing to help in whatever they needed. Wolf, Leon, and Panther only agreed on the condition that they should be paid for their services. Ordinarily Star Fox would have asked for money as well, but because of the situation they were in they had decided to leave that out until they could return home. The most important thing was to end this matter as quickly as possible. In those moments, all the members of Star Fox and Star Wolf began to suspect that Eggman might have been able to obtain the ships from him in some way, since in all these days they had found no signs of them. Considering that the mobians hadn't been able to find the missing chaos emeralds, and that Eggman's whereabouts were hard to trace, and since none of them had managed to find traces of the Arwings, Wolfen, and the Great Fox, there might be a possibility that they were in his hands.
As they were reaching the land area, and while looking through some screens on the ship, they saw something that caught their attention. When the 5 Star Fox members and the 3 Star Wolf members looked at some of the ship's screens, they noticed an area in the middle of an open field that caught their attention. So they signaled to the pilots to land at the exact point where they said they had seen something. The pilot nodded his head, and told the nearby ships that they also landed in that place that was not so far from where they were flying over. All the ships made the same maneuver to land at the same exact point.
As the ships descended on the area, a cloud of dust was kicked up that spread across the entire area, so whatever had been there could have been blown off by accident. When they were all on the ground. As everyone started to get out of the ships, the while of Star Fox and Star Wolf were the first to approach the area they saw. Behind them were the mobians that had been on one of the other nearby ships. Nobody understood what the inhabitants of the Lylat System saw until they explained why they asked them to land in that place. And the reason is that from the sky they had noticed in that area the grass in several places was flattened. But it wasn't the fact that the grass was like that that caught their attention, it was that the formation of the grass was the same as the individual ships of Fox, Falco, Slippy, Peppy, Wolf, Leon and Panther. As well as a larger one that was in the shape of the Great Fox (the Star Fox team's mother ship that ROB was piloting). Although most didn't know how theyknew how they could be sure, ROB showed a holographic image of what they saw on the ships and then he showed the shapes of the Arwings, Wolfen and the Great Fox and they all matched each other.
While one of the agents checked the surroundings, he was able to find two variations of liquids in the area. He motioned for the others to come closer and see what he had just found. The members of Star Fox and Star Wolf were shocked to see one of the two liquids the agent found. It was what the fuel of all the ships they used to use looked like. But they wanted to make sure that it was definitely what they thought it was. ROB had received certain updates a while ago to check and recognize any kind of liquid they may find on a mission. One of his hands turned into something similar to a hose and absorbed all the liquid causing it to remain inside his body. After that his arm returned to its normal shape. Having done a scan of it, he was able to confirm that it was in fact the fuel for their ships, which meant that both teams' ships were there, and at the most they were up to two weeks ago. But it cannot be determined who took them or for what purpose. Although they knew that no government could have been, since the agency they got involved with had contact with all governments and none found strange ships.
"Even though we haven't been able to find our ships, at least we know they did make it to this universe," Fox said, trying to look on the bright side of the situation.
"Now the question is to find out who or what took all their ships from this place" said Sonic approaching the leader of the Star Fox team.
"Well, we had been suspecting that Eggman might have been responsible for this" the fox said pointing to his team and also to his rival team.
"You're sure?".
"It is the most likely option we have arrived at. We have not been able to locate his whereabouts, as in recent years each ship had been implanted with a tracking chip in case the ships went missing. And from the day we arrived on this planet the chip was never activated. And if it's like it happens in his case with the missing chaos emeralds, then maybe Eggman could have our ships in his base."
Sonic was a little thoughtful about the conclusion that Fox had given him, it didn't sound too far-fetched. Eggman was capable of taking ships that weren't his to use for his own benefit. But the main question was that if he really had the ships of the Star Fox and Star Wolf teams, then it would be necessary to see what kind of modifications he would have given to all those ships and if they were recovered, if they could continue to be used for good or if they would have to be destroyed, which if that was the case, both teams would be without means of transportation when they returned to their star system.
While they were having that conversation; Tails (who was with Cosmo, Flora and Alex) were examining the other liquid that had been found in that area and put it in a glass container. Then with a device that he took out of his tool belt, he began to examine it carefully to find out where exactly this other one that already seemed familiar to him came from. It didn't take long for him to get the results, and together they were what he suspected they would be. He tucked the device back into his belt. Then he and his family went back to the rest of the group to show them the liquid on the counter and tell them what it belonged to.
"Listen, I just examined the other liquid that was on the floor. And this one comes from one of Eggman's ships. He was definitely here, how long isn't known, but it seems that part of the oil from the ship with which he came began to leak without him noticing" said the two-tailed yellow fox.
Listening to that part cleared up all the doubts that the inhabitants of the Lylat System had. These were taken by Dr. Eggman. For that reason they couldn't locate them anywhere. Now all the more reason they had to be in on this if they wanted to get their ships back. They couldn't let their being in the hands of someone who was going to cause harm to innocent people, or at least that was the reason Star Fox wanted their ships back. Star Wolf just wanted them back with nothing else.
Knowing who was responsible, they had to find yes or yes, they all decided to return to the ship. Once everyone returns to their ships, the agent who was driving one of the ships called the agency to contact the chief to update her on what they found out and that apparently Eggman would have more ships at his disposal that he could use if they don't find him first. She is she thanked them for the information about her and told her to continue the search. He agreed and closed the communication.
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At the agency, the female boss was sitting quietly. She didn't have much knowledge of the ships of the Star Fox and Star Wolf teams, but what she did know about them is that in the wrong hands they would be a problem for any innocent person. The female mouse didn't want to imagine what kind of Eggman modifications would make them more dangerous. Although she would like to do something else, she couldn't if she couldn't find Eggman's new base. She hated to admit it, but Eggman was smarter than anyone would have thought, but they couldn't give up, they couldn't let Eggman take over the planet. The female mouse decided to leave her office for a while.
When the female mouse left her office, she happened to run into Agent Winters in the hallway, she was on her way to the agency's workshop. The vixen had been informed that had sent her some holographic images that showed the ships of the inhabitants of the Lylat System in operation and parts, and she was going to that place to study the plans. The vixen to see if she could build some replicas that the Star Fox and Star Wolf teams could use until they got theirs back. That was something she had decided she would do a few hours ago, before both teams joined the search for Eggman.
When Skye saw her boss, she asked if there was anything new regarding the search for Eggman. She replied that they had found two liquids in an unpopulated area and that one of those belonged to the fuel used by the ships of the Star Fox and Star Wolf teams, while the other belonged to the oil used in Eggman's ships. So there was no doubt that he would have the ships of both teams in his possession. Skye realizing that, all the more reason she was determined to build replicas of all those ships so that the inhabitants of the Lylat System face Eggman and recover their ships. The female mouse asked the vixen if she wouldn't mind having company while she did her work, since she was also interested in knowing how these ships work, and to see if having some replicas could be of any help to the agency. The vixen didn't mind the idea and so they both went to the agency's workshop together.
So far the chapter. I hope you liked it.