The skirmish over Fortuna

"Wolf!"

The lupine turned in the direction of the voice, his ear quivering, trying to hear. The terminal didn't have many people in it besides the group and a few individual dog soldiers every now and then. He eventually turned and flinched at the sight, and the group around him began to snicker, trying to cover it with their paws, hands, or feathers.

A female husky was running towards them, a grin on her face as she quickly closed the distance, her heels hitting the hard floor and the sounds echoing through the empty terminal. Her fur was snow white, her crimson business dress showing up vividly, like blood on fresh snow. Her eyes were easily seen, brown orbs staring after the lupine hungrily, as if nothing would come between her and the Star Wolf team's leader.

Wolf sighed, or attempted to, as he let out an embarrassed growl. "Olivia, I told you not to meet me when I'm with anybody" The husky tilted her head a bit, frowning. "But...I missed you, I haven't seen you in ages" She said, whimpering softly and melting Wolf's tough exterior. He realized he had said something wrong and hugged her, eliciting s soft growl of victory to let Wolf know she had baited him and he fell for it. The others continued to smirk and snicker, turning to look outside at the planes still taking off, night quickly descending on the city like a shroud.

Olivia closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around the larger gray furred canine, nuzzling into his chest as he looked towards the others in case they turned and saw the scene. Eventually, he managed to pry her off of him, Olivia oblivious to the fact she was embarrassing Wolf. Fox and the others turned back to see they were finished making a scene. "Is this who you wanted to see, Wolf?" Fox said, smiling and joking around. Wolf growled at the vulpine "Shut your trap, pup" Fox frowned slightly, the embers of his fun already extinguished. "Okay, okay, no need to get angry" Fox held up his hands in defeat.

"So, where are you guys going anyway?" Falco asked, Wolf turning to the avian "We have a house on Corneria, You didn't think we lived in our ships, did you? And besides, we don't all have ships to use as mobile houses like you guys" Fox shrugged "It occurred to me once or twice on the way here, but it didn't exactly cross my mind as the truth for you guys, so do you need a ride or anything?" Fox asked, Falco stiffening and turning to glare at Fox out of his peripheral vision. Wolf thought about it for a minute. "Kind of, you really would give us a ride?" Fox shrugged again. "Sure, I mean, why not? I'm not gonna leave you guys here all night"

Wolf let a hint of a smile creep onto his face. "Thanks Fox" His vulpine counterpart smirked. "No problem Wolf, come on, let's get out of here, it's already really dark outside." The group began making it's way to where Fox and Falco had parked their vehicles. Falco continued to ride his motorbike, stating he didn't want ay other vehicle, he wanted to remember his days as part of the hot rodders, the gang he had led in his younger years. Fox, however, drove a medium sized sports car, a newer model. It was a banshee, made by the company that made every vehicle that team Star Fox used, with the exception of Falco's bike.

The group piled into Fox's car, all wondering how Falco could stand to ride the bike at night. It was the middle of November, and Corneria got very cold at night, even in the summer. Fox sighed and pulled out after the rapidly retreating roar of Falco's Harley. It wasn't long before the red lights disappeared, carrying the bird to who knows where, but Fox could hear Leon and Panther making jokes in the back of the car about Falco going to see Katt again.

Meanwhile, back at the Star Fox team residence, Krystal was sitting on the couch in front of the huge plasma screen tv, all the lights off, leaving the room to be covered in the soft light from the fireplace and it's battle with the plasma screen's harsh glow. The vixen had completed her training already, being remarked as one of the best the General had ever seen, next to Fox and James. This left her with too much free time, and she had also taken to watching horror movies when nobody else was around.

She was wrapped in the thick quilt, leaving only her head exposed from the top of her muzzle up. She had long forgotten about the bowl of popcorn on the table in front of her, for fear that if she left the confines of her blanket, monsters from the movie she was watching would grab her and take her away.

The vixen whimpered as she heard the dark menacing growl of the monster in the movie, sneaking up on the characters. It was killing them off one by one. Krystal thought of stopping the movie, but her curiosity and fear had her in a steel grip, leaving her to shiver and shake on the couch. The monster eventually stopped right in front of a door and reached one claw out and the screen went dark, shifting viewpoints to the characters inside, but at that very moment the door was opened by the monster, Fox had pulled into the driveway after dropping the Star Wolf team off at their house, and opened the door to their own residence.

Krystal turned to see the door open and shrieked, running to grab the nearest blunt weapon she could, which turned out to be the popcorn bowl, and began to assault the intruder with it. Little did the fear stricken vixen know it was her commander, who tried to stop her. "Ow! Krystal! It's me, Fox! Stop hitting me!"

Krystal didn't hear him, and continued until Fox grabbed her arms, halting the bowl's onslaught. The vulpine looked at her with a curious, albeit beaten look. "What was that all about!" Krystal's ears flattened against her head. "I was watching a scary movie, and I heard the door open and I thought you were a monster, coming to get me and take me away"She stated, sounding like little kid had been watching it, rather than a fully grown woman.

Fox's ear twitched and he sighed, going to get the remote to the tv and turning it off. "Why were you watching this in the dark?" He asked. Krystal shrugged, her tail flicking about every now and then innocently. Fox's ear twitched again and he went to get the vacuum, returning a few moments later to clean up the mess of popcorn Krystal had thrown about in her panic.

Krystal eventually turned the movie off, the fear it had instilled in her now gone, as she was no longer alone and the lights were on. Fox vacuumed the popcorn up quickly, and as soon as he finished, the phone began to ring. Krystal answered it before Fox could.

"Hello? You want to speak to Fox? Alright" Krystal pulled the phone from her ear, covering the receiver and turning to Fox. "It's General Pepper, he says it's important" Fox took the phone and listened to what the Commander had to say. "Fox, I know it's late, but I need you to prepare for tomorrow. I've found the location of a rebel fleet, it's made up of the remnants of the Venomian Army, led by Andrew Oikonny. He's trying to take off where Andross failed. I need the team prepped and ready by 0600 tomorrow morning. You will be a reserve force alongside Colonel Ballard's heavy interceptor wing. I'm holding both reserve forces back until it looks as if we may be caught in a long battle. Slippy has upgraded the Arwings, and the Great Fox is ready for flight. Peppy and Slippy will stay at dry dock for the night to get everything ready"

Fox was shocked at the news he was getting. "But General, Krystal hasn't even finished combat training yet!" The hound was ready for this. "I know that Fox, but I believe she's ready. All the same, it's your decision, and she gives the final say on what she does for this next battle." Fox bit his cheek, thinking about it, and finally ended the conversation. "Understood, we'll be ready"

Fox put the phone back on the base, turning to Krystal. "Krystal, General Pepper's mobilizing a battlegroup to destroy what's left of Andross's army, and he wants us as a reserve force in case anything goes wrong. We'll be kept back with Colonel Ballard's forces, but he will launch before we do, and if the fleet takes heavy losses, we will be mobilized. Slippy and Peppy are staying t dry dock to finish final preparations, and we leave at six tomorrow morning. Do you think you can take part in the battle if we get called in?"

Krystal's eyes widened slightly, but Fox caught it. The vixen thought for a moment, then opened her mouth, hesitating for a few seconds, then nodded. "I'll do it, it'll be like a final test, right?" She said, a small smile growing on her face. Fox nodded, a smile of his own appearing. "Yeah, but it'll be very dangerous if we get caught up in the middle of a fleet sized skirmish. I've only been in one, and that was almost ten years ago." Krystal nodded "I'll take the risks, I should probably get as much danger as I can to maximize my skills." Fox nodded. "Yeah, that's a good idea. Anyway, you should probably head up to bed, I'll call Falco and tell him when to be there, and then I'm going to bed myself, goodnight Krystal" The vixen smiled softly at her brown counterpart. "Alright, goodnight Fox" She responded, making her way to the stairs and quickly going up to her room.

Fox stood there for a few moments, letting the information sink in. After he snapped out of the daze, he quickly made the call to Falco and then made his way up to his own room. He didn't fall asleep for quite some time, but when he did, it was like he had only closed his eyes for a moment before the alarm clock next to the bed began to blare out it's artificial wake up call.

Fox groaned and looked over. He had set the alarm for 5 AM, so he would have time to get ready. He grabbed some clothes, form fitting underarmor, and made his way to the bathroom, barging into Falco's room and flipping the avian's mattress over, jolting him awake with a squawk of protest. He did the same with Krystal's room, but instead of barging in and flipping her over, he knocked on the door. "Krystal? Are you awake? It's time to get up, we need to leave in an hour"

He heard her groan, not unlike he had a few minutes before. He didn't stick around long, quickly making his way to the bathroom and turning the shower on, changing the setting to hot. He didn't stay as long as he normally did, quickly cleaning his fur and getting out. Fox was moving quickly for such an early morning getting up. He continued to think about the battle as he brushed his teeth, spitting as he heard Falco knocking "Come on Fox, hurry up!" Fox rolled his eyes and opened the door, seeing both Falco and Krystal standing there.

Falco was about to go in when Krystal scampered inside, locking the door behind her. "D****t Krystal!" The frustrated avian yelled. He sighed and went back to his room, waiting for the shower to turn off. It didn't take long for her to finish and get out, leaving the room open to Falco to finally get his own shower.

Fox had already placed the hardened cases and armor plates on his underarmor, slipping a flight vest over the space between his shoulder armor and his unprotected neck. Krystal, across the hall, had already made her way into the jumpsuit that Slippy had made for her, the armor on her shoulders a lot like Fox's but a little bit thinner, leaving most of the jumpsuit black except for the shoulder pads and the knee pads, along with the main portion of the jumpsuit. Her gloves and boots shared the same navy blue hue as her armor.

Falco also made his way back to his room after showering, sliding on his crimson jumpsuit and equipping the matching armor. The only thing on his armor that wasn't like a bloodstain were the silver boots and the blaster pistol he clipped to his leg, a black tool of death hidden in a silver holster.

Each member of the team nodded to each other as they exited their rooms, quickly going downstairs and grabbing whatever they needed. After grabbing the foods they wanted for a breakfast on the way to the air base, they rushed outside and piled into Fox's car, setting off on their 20 mile trek to their Arwings.

As soon s they arrived on base, they ran towards the hangar bay, but before they were even halfway, the immediate area started to shake, and within seconds, the Great Fox had passed over them, coating the team in a shadow. The battleship had been completely refitted. The old plating that had paint peeling away were now much sleeker, the engines had been redesigned, their bulky tri-shape now turned into a row of three plasma based engines that let out heavy purple lances of fire, propelling the ship up into the atmosphere.

Falco was awestruck. "Slippy really didn't hold back..." He muttered, following the other two on towards the hangar. "So, I take it we're getting together in space then?" Fox nodded. We're docking with the ship when we get into the stratosphere." Falco and Krystal said nothing, still following Fox to the Arwings.

The Wolfens that had landed with them the night before were still their, meaning that Star Wolf was still planet side. Fox payed no mind, quickly getting into his Arwing and firing up the engines. He felt the ground rumble as he heard two more roars, indicating Krystal and Falco were already a step ahead of him. He performed a communications check. "I'm ready, how about you two?" Krystal and Falco responded in unison. "All set Fox"

The vulpine taxied onto the runway, Falco and Krystal on his wing. Yet again, he asked for clearance to fly, receiving it almost immediately. He ignited the afterburners and began speeding across the runway, the other two Arwings close behind him. Within seconds of pushing the throttle to the max, the Arwings lifted into the sky, passing by the clouds and catching sight of the Great Fox, each of them making their way into the hangar entrance just above the engines, landing inside and navigating their way towards the bridge by foot.

Most of the hallways had stayed the same, but now instead of dimly lit hallways with stains every so often, they were a light tint of blue and much cleaner and tidier and the engines were much quieter as well, instead of a loud roar all the time, it was now just a constant hum, more calming than anything, but the team couldn't be calm at time like this, the adrenaline overcame any attempt at trying to slow down.

They soon entered the bridge, seeing ROB at an operations console, and Peppy turned in his chair to greet them. "Well hello! I see you've all made your way here relatively easily. Slippy has done a perfect job of redesigning the ship, don't you think?" The team nodded as another chair on the command deck spun around and revealed the giddy engineer. "Oh, and Fox, the Arwings we came here in will be overhauled when we get back. I already have four of the newly redesigned Arwings in the launch bay, ready if we get called in."

Fox nodded as Peppy piped in. "Fox? We have an incoming transmission from Colonel Ballard, putting him onscreen now." Fox turned towards the large screen at the front of the bridge, seeing the black vulpine appear. "Colonel McCloud, Be ready to launch your ships at anytime, as my forces have already been called in. The fleet is taking heavy damage, I just entered the battle only moments ago and already I've lost two Satellite class Cruisers, the Beluga and the Militant. We're outnumbered two to one, and if I remember correctly, your good with horrible odds. We aren't doing we-"

He was cut off as an adjutant handed him a situation report. "Scratch that, the General is calling you in now, so get in there before we lose this skirmish. Ballard out" The screen went dark, the words "Connection Terminated" scrolling across the screen. Fox turned to ROB. "Set course for Fortuna, and don't spare the horses" ROB turned back to the console and typed in a few commands, causing the ship to change course and make it's way to a giant pace station looming nearby.

Peppy opened a comm channel with the station. "This is the Great Fox, requesting permission for a gateway to Fortuna" The dog soldier on the other side of the transmission nodded and ordered somebody off screen to make the preparations. Within seconds, a large bright green light erupted from virtually nowhere. The ship made it's way closer and closer before being completely enveloped by the gateway, bringing the battleship onto the journey to the battlefield.

The bridge was filled with radio chatter from the fleet, even before getting there, getting transmissions from both single ships and capital ships, ROB quickly screened it all out, able to hear an admiral give orders to the fleet. "Remnants of Andross's butchers, you've kept us busy, but now your end is at hand" The team could see a few enemy ships get destroyed as Andrew's voice came through the speakers. "No quarter! Show these dogs we mean business!" The Cornerian fleet began to form up into a tight formation. "All ships: battle formation V! Break through the center!" The ships accelerated, quickly decimating the rebel fleet's front lines and breaking through as Andrew came over again. "Think you're tough eh? In that case, it's secret weapon time! Stealth squadron, open fire!" Several bulbous ships appeared out of nowhere and unleashed a barrage of missiles on the Cornerian fleet, destroying seven ships and heavily damaging many others.

The Cornerian Admiral growled at the enemy fleet, as if to scare it away. "Stinking ape! We underestimated the strength of his reserves" The Great Fox was almost there, the gate to the battlefield materializing, the Battleship making it's way out of the light. A soldier on the Cornerian flagship saw the energy readings go up dramatically. "Sir, detecting gate transmission outside the combat sector!...Great Fox! Command! It's the Star Fox team!"

A Dog in a white suit appeared on the view screen. "This is Admiral Hacket of the fifth fleet, it's nice to see you've all arrived. I'm sending you tactical data on the battlefield situation. Enemy strength has been reduced by 20 percent since the battle started a few hours ago. They still number in at 19 destroyers, 13 cruisers, 6 battleships, and a 2 aircraft carriers. My fleet will provide diversionary assistance for your team to break through the enemy fleet. Try and destroy what you can, it'll ease the load for us. Oikonny is holed up at the rear of the enemy formation in an odd looking ship, It's been designated a heavy cruiser, but who knows what it could be."

The screen split in the middle as the Admiral was pushed to one side of it, another screen opening on the opposite side, revealing Colonel Ballard. "I'll send in 20 heavy interceptors at your rear, to keep any enemies that tail you from getting in any lucky shots. General Pepper's orders for you are to focus mainly on Oikonny's flagship, so get in there and take him down. Ballard out" The screen became whole again, the Admiral nodding. "Precisely. Now get prepped and go!"

Fox turned to his team. "You heard the Admiral, let's get in there before the fleet takes all the fun!" The team gave a roar of agreement and turned to the bridge doors, quickly making their way to the hangar bay, accompanied by Slippy to finish up the four ship formation.

As the doors to the hangar opened, the ships appeared, tinted red by the battlestation status lights. Each pilot jumped into their Arwing, Fox performing a comm check on each Arwing. "Communications line: green." Peppy's voice came over the speakers in each ship. "Oikonny is no pushover, so be careful out there" ROB had been putting in commands, releasing the locks on the ships., his robotic monotone blaring into the ears of each team member. "Lift lock released."

The heavy steel doors at the end of the hangar opened, revealing the skirmish in the distance, blue and red lasers shooting across the background of space, dimmed by the bright atmosphere of Fortuna hanging behind the skirmish. Peppy continued "The outcome of this battle hangs on you team, are you all ready?" He gave a pause, then added. "Launch ll ships!"

The interceptors rocketed forward into space, each one going into a spin and releasing the lock on the wings to let them pop from the ship hulls and extend to give them maximum maneverability. Each ship pulled away from each other, rocketing off to different sections of the battlefield.

Fox opened up the comm line between the team's Arwings. "All ships: avoid the armad's fire, aim for Oikonny's flagship" He heard the team members chatter go up as he began shooting down enemy ships. Slippy piped up, making himself known "Here we go!" Krystal snapped at him over the channel. "Hey, Slippy! Don't get cocky!" Falco broke into the conversation as well. "Slippy! You've already got bogeys on your tail!"

Fox spotted Slippy's ship out of the corner of his eye, rolling and diving to try and avoid the enemy fire. "Uh-oh, I'm in trouble!" Fox rolled and pulled in behind the enemies, quickly dispatching them with ease. Slippy called in with gratitude. "Thanks Fox! I thought I was a goner." Falco, pulling his arrogant tone in brought down the reminder that Slippy was still the same. "You haven't changed a bit frog boy"

Fox evaded a huge enemy fighter wing, pulling the trigger on the ship's lasers rapidly and decimating most of them. ROB entered the channel, giving a status report. "Cornerian fleet beginning third volley of cannon fire, Andross's ships being destroyed one after the other." Falco received a large morale boost upon hearing this. "We can't give up now!" Slippy continued to evade enemy cannon fire, almost getting hit. "Andross's fleet is dead ahead, They're everywhere!" Peppy broke in with orders. "Okay, Falco and Slippy, take the left side, Fox and Krystal, you take the right! Strike now!"

Fox and Krystal pulled off toward a cluster of ships, spotting a wave of fighters emerge from behind them. Krystal was enjoying it immensely. "Alright! Hit 'em hard and don't hold back!" Fox sw a glowing portion of some of the ships, and went with his instincts. He began pulling off as many shots as he could, hitting each spot dead in the center. He was rewarded with huge explosions, the ship breaking apart in front of him, allowing him to pass through the debris and do the same to the next few ships.

Krystal's voice came through again, and everyone could tell she was having a blast, so to speak. "Excellent! The enemy's offensive power is down!" Fox passed through more ship debris as a mech appeared in front of him. "What's that! Is that some sort of prototype?" Fox had to roll out of the way to avoid the beam shot t him. Peppy tried to give him advice. "Watch out, that beam is devastating! Do a barrel roll to deflect his attack!"

Suddenly, more lasers joined Fox's and Krystal came from under him, destroying the mech. "Look out! Troops down below!" She rolled and dove, attacking the ships firing at Fox from below. "Thanks Krystal" He said as more of the battleships from earlier appeared. He opened fire on them yet again, decimating three more.

He turned his ship, Fortuna filling his view. Slippy got multiple contacts on his radar, and went on to inform Fox. "Got something on radar, dead ahead and coming this way!" Krystal said something too. "A stealth squadron, look out Fox!" Fox saw pinpoints of light forming dead ahead, and they eventually formed into ships, revealing missiles and aiming at hi. His fur bristled and he quickly began jamming the triggers, destroying the ships quickly and moving on.

Fox was closing in on an odd looking ship. "I'm coming closer to that ship the Colonel was talking about, it must be the flagship!" The ship was beginning to turn towards the planet, accelerating towards it. Fox cursed under his breath. ROB piped in. "The enemy flagship Is fleeing to Fortuna." Falco accelerated as well, catching up to Fox. "That scum Oikonny is getting away!" The other ships formed on Fox's wing as Peppy ordered them to go after it.

All four Arwings ignited their afterburners, reaching maximum speed. "Keep moving, follow him into the atmosphere! Adjust G-Diffuser system output" The ships all began to move faster as they entered the top of the atmosphere, cones of fire forming over the noses of the ships. The Arwings began to rumble as Peppy called in more directions. "Oikonny seems to have fled, but he may be lying in wait for us. I wnt all of you to proceed with caution." The Arwings continued to accelerate as Falco responded with his usual arrogant natured tone. "Worrying a bit much, aren't ya gramps?" Fox ignored Falco and gave his own orders. "Lets take it in low"

After several moments, the ships got to cloud level, the fire on their noses fading away as they continued into the jungle. The ships broke out of their diamond formation Falco looking for the flagship. "Where did that crazed chimp Oikonny go?" Fox looked as well. "ROB, find that black hearted ape's location." ROB began scanning the planet back in the Great Fox. "Affirmative." Falco dove in from the sky, emerging into Fox;s field of view. "Fox, these guys are all over me, get rid of 'em!" Fox pinpointed each enemy ship and blew it out of the sky, Falco's reluctant voice playing through the speakers. "Great, guess I owe you one"

ROB broke through again, bringing a status update. "Enemy base located directly ahead. Oikonny is there as well." "Fox pushed the throttle in a bit more. "All right! This time we take that ape down!" The team emerged upon a large set of doors. Slippy and Krystal breaking through. "This must be it." Krystal's telepathy picked up on something. "Huh? Look out! The enemy is waiting for us!" Sure enough, when the gates opened, an enemy squadron appeared and began firing on Fox.

He shot them down and continued moving through the base, tanks and more ships appearing to fire on him. He was able to destroy most of them, but then he saw another pair of steel doors, they opened, revealing Oikonny's ship passing by. Krystal and Fox noticed it. "There he is! It's Oikonny!" Fox opened a comm channel to Oikonny. "You've got nowhere to run to!" The ape responded with a disgusted tone, not happy that his defenses had done nothing to slow them down. "Bleh! Persistent little pests aren't you?"

The ship accelerated and turned around, stabilizing itself in a reverse movement. "That's enough hide-and-seek!, let me show you my true power!" Fox grimaced. "Oikonny you ignorant ape, what are you up to now!" Peppy was able to hear it all, keeping tbs on the battle, he had analyzed the ship and had a little more advice. "Careful Fox...You never know what a cornered beast might do"

The ship began to transform, the engines becoming hands, and part of the main hull forming into a metallic face resembling that of Oikonny himself. "I must bring an end to our relationship...DIE!" The Arwings accelerated to keep up, Fox still making a disgusted face. "You think you can win? Don't make me laugh" The Arwings accelerated towards the enemy.

Slippy began scanning it, bringing up results in seconds. "Shield analysis complete, bringing it up on the monitor" Falco noticed the resemblance just as much as Fox had. "Whats this? An Andross wanna-be?" Apparently, Oikonny had taken offense to the remark. "W-watch your mouth! I'll show you!"

The ships hand opened and a blue orb was revealed. Fox remembered his battles with Andross, and began shooting at them, destroying the hand quickly. Andrew slammed the other fist on the ground in anger, quickly bringing it back as if to punch Fox, but it was dodged. Fox took aim again as the hand was open and destroyed it as well, causing the ship to malfunction.

It looked as if Andrew would retreat, as he always did, but instead he was laughing. "Is that all you fools have got? I am the one true heir to the great emperor Andross, the new emperor: Andrew Oikonny!" Almost as soon as he finished this sentence, a beam of light came from nowhere and shot through the main head, destroying the ship and causing it to plummet to the ground.

Fox didn't know what to think now as he observed the wreckage. "What? Reinforcements?" A large object emerged from the sky, hitting the ground and unfurling, revealing what looked like a giant mechanical moth. Falco didn't like the looks of it, a quick scan revealing it was organic and mechanical. "That doesn't look friendly..." The moth curled up again and pointed it's tail at the ships as ROB blared over the speakers. "APAROID! APAROID! APAROID!" The beam fired at Krystal, almost hitting her, but she was able to roll in time to avoid it

Fox growled to the team over the comm. "There's no time to hesitate, return fire!" Slippy once again scanned the enemy, bringing it's shield status up on the monitors in each Arwing. Falco and Fox began firing on the moth's wings, glowing spots on them fluctuating each time they were hit, it's shields dropping quickly. "I don't know who that is, but he obviously ain't nice" The wings all took too much damage, and disintegated

The moth flailed in what looked like anger, it's head pulling back and revealing a pink spot as it fired again. Fox began firing on the pink spot, the damage meter falling lower and lower as it took damage. Fox hit the pink bulb enough, and eventually the moth began to spark and smoke, crashing to the ground. A small emblem falling out of the destroyed bulb. Peppy was it from the camera on Fox's Arwing. "Fox! You have to get that!" Fox raised an eyebrow "really? Well, okay" He swooped won and got out of the Arwing, grabbing the object.

Slippy had an eye on the sky as he saw a fleet of the moths coming from the sky. "F-Fox! We should get out of here!" Fox looked as well, and quickly got back into the Arwing. The team retreated from the planet, quickly landing in the Great Fox and pulling out of the system, the Cornerian fleet already almost gone.

As soon as they were back in orbit around Corneria, The object was sent off to the station from before. Falco and Slippy remained on the bridge as Fox and Krystal looked at the planet from one of the main viewing areas that had been installed into the ship. Fox looked over at her, smiling.

"So, how did you like your first battle Krystal?" She grinned at him. "It was exhilarating! I've never been so thrilled before!" She was ecstatic about it. Fox smiled and thought about something for a moment, his eyes narrowing a bit in thought. Krystal noticed and turned to him. "Is something wrong?" Fox shook his head. "No, nothing, but I have something to ask you. "Krystal tilted her head, wondering what it was. "Hmm?" Fox smiled a bit. "Would you like to have lunch with me when we get back to Corneria?" He asked. Krystal smiled at him. "Yes, I'll just have to check my schedule" She said, joking with him. He smirked "Oh, alright. I hope you can make time in your busy schedule to have lunch with me" Krystal giggled softly, her eyes narrowing a bit as the two turned back to the window, watching the planet from orbit.