Author: JONNIE5 Date: 3-5-99 Earth. Present Day. A figure walked into a house from the rain. Jonnie5 shut the door behind him, threw his bags on the floor. "Man, things are boring around here. Where's all the action gone?". Jon was 17 at the start of November, and enjoyed the adrenaline rush he got when he played the STARFOX games and Quasar. Quasar was a live action laser game, where you had a laser gun and tried to deactivate the enemy base, without dying. Unfortunately, the local centre had shut to upgrade to the MK98ALPHA range equipment, which meant a complete overhaul. He decided to check into the Nsider website. He set up the usual search parameters. STARFOX 64 - WITHIN ONE DAY - NEWEST. The mouse pointer moved to the search icon and a click was heard. The server had returned a message saying "Sorry. No reply's within the last day. Please try again.". "?. That can't be right! where's the refresh, oh there!" The same message appeared. It was comin' on midnight in Britain. "I'll see what the NOA's have to say." SCOTT-Hi jon! how's things over in the UK? JONN5-Strange. Scott, have there been any faults with the Starfox64 BBS? SCOTT-None that have been reported. JONN5-Well, maybe you could explain to me, why the BBS has nothing on it! SCOTT-Get away! JONN5-Check it out man. SCOTT-Fine. JONN5-well? SCOTT-THAT IS WIERD! JONN5-I haven't had any mail from FJ over the past year either. SCOTT-! JONN5-I'll check out his other hangin' places. CU later Scott. SCOTT-C U "Somthin's up.... Why would FJ just stop mailing me like that?" Jon typed in the Lylat Alliance's web address. -SORRY. the club Lylat Alliance was closed a year ago. they have a website : Jon clicked the hyperlink. "No one in the chat room? No messages?" The computer started playing the Lylat Wars theme tune. Jon hit his shortcut key for his e-mail programme. He put on his headset, and said "open recent mail" like he was talking to a child. "bills. damn. hate it when.." he stopped in mid sentence. --FJMCCLOUD URGENT RECEIVED : TODAY he clicked it open "Privacy." The computer responded and engaged the doorlocks Jon had fitted some time ago. The file opened. - Look outside your window, - Starfox player. Shield your eyes. - --F.J. He opened another programme, and the external camera's showed different views of the house. The most interesting was on Cam.4. It showed 2 arwings outside his house. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Computer, disengage privacy, shutdown all programmes, save all files in the directory ALPHA BETA" He ran outside quick as a bolt. The two humanoid Foxes approached him. He recognised his old friend FJ after a few seconds. What Jon didn't expect was the 2 arwings and the Foxes! "F.J.? F-f-fox Mc C-c-c-cloud???" "Yes." replied the Fox. "FJ, you owe me an explanation." "You'll get it. But can we go inside? It's tipping it down!" "Welcome to Britain guys!" After explaining to his friend, that the Interactive Stories on his site, were actually true, FJ grabbed a towel that Jonnie5 had passed him. "Man..." His thoughts were on the dangers to Earth and Corneria. " I understand that you are specialised in computers? " McCloud asked tryin' to find background info. "internet, assembely language, PCSI cards and the occaisional bit of hackin into files." The kid knew his stuff. "So you think I've got what it takes?" "We need you Jon." FJ replied to his question. "How soon?" "Before tommorow. Midnight, your time" Fox edged in. "Let me think about it. It's 1 o'clock in the mornin', I haven't had any rest, and I can't get much sleep." They laughed about it. "What if I decide before midnight?" Fox handed jonnie5 a small device, no bigger than a credit card, but had panel on it that looked that it went on forever. "If you decide, press the button on the side, the panel should turn green. We'll pick up the signal and do the rest." The two pilots stood up, and made their way to the front door. "FJ!!!" "What?" "Get on the e-mail more often! You had me worried!" Jon knew they had to leave, and stared at the two ships fly into the sky and watched them develop into a dot, before returning indoors. He placed the card in his wallet and sat down in his favourite chair, and stared at his N64 which had a copy of Lylat Wars in, the British name for Starfox. "Overnight mode" The lights in the room flicked off. At 11am, Jon woke up and had remembered clearly what had happened the night before. What happened at midnight. J5 made his decision then and there. Join. He knew he would be leaving a lot of friends, but joining a group he had known a lot longer. He grabbed some bags, and began packing some things that would keep him happy while he was unable to get back to earth. He had all but finished, when the doorbell went. "Cam. 5." The computer on jon's desk received the command and turned the monitor into a viewing screen for Camera 5. It was Stickman. He knew he couldn't tell him. But he was waving at the camera, thanks to the red light indicating power on, and he looked like he got somethin' urgent to give J5. He opened the door and Stick was out of breath. "were you followed?" J5 demanded. "what?" "WERE YOU FOLLOWED???" "No, but let me in quick!" He did just that, and Stickman shoved some paper up to jonnie 5's face. "Read them. I found them at a internet site called "Andross"!! Jon did so. He learned that at midnight, Starwolf were to find and kill, both jonnie5 and Stickman. "Stick." "Yeah?" "Get in my car, I'll run you home. After that, pack the things that if you were to leave home in a rush, you would be a bit happier!" "WHAT?" "JUST DO IT!" "I'll explain what's happening on the way. I've gotta contact FJ!! At stick's house, Phil ran into his house, and J5 opened his laptop, hoping to find him at the alliance. "bingo!" - Hey jon. You ready yet? - We've a situation! - you know about Andross' plans. what happened? - At MIDNIGHT BRITISH TIME I'M TO BE HUNTED AND KILLED BY STARWOLF!!!!!! SO IS STICKMAN!!!!! - Roger that Jon. - I'll meet you at my house. Stick's packin' things. We'll be there in 20 mins!!! I shut off the laptop after the message got through. Stick had 2 backpacks. "COME ON, WE'VE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!!" "How can we hide? They have laser techno, we don't!" "Don't be so sure. Remember the guys at Starfox 64 BBS?" "Yeah." "They are currently in Orbit on Great Fox. You'll get the full details on board!!!" "IN ORBIT?!?!? JON, WHATS GOIN' ON?" I ignored him, and concentrated on getting to my place ASAP. After a few minutes we arrived at the house. I parked the car in the garage and activated my security system, which locked everything in the house. "Well, what happens now" "Look!" J5 pointed at the two craft descending towards them "Falco, Pep! Boy, am I glad you guy's showed up!" "Who's the other guy?" Falco asked, not trusting him easily. "Not now Falco! Just get us outta here!" I yelled! I clambered in Pep's arwing, while the Stick got in Falco's They put our gear in the storage area in the arwings, and we prepped for the kick of the launch of the ships. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........" Stick groaned as the Arwing soared into the cosmos. "You ok back there, Jon?" peppy managed to utter. "Just get us onboard the G Fox! I've got important info for Fox!" "You've got it!" OUR ADVENTURE HAD BEGUN... The arwings broke out of the atmosphere and instantly after that the comm link buzzed alive, with Fox's voice comin' out of it. "Did you get them guys?" "Well, I know I'm alive! Sticks? How U doin'?" "Jon, I'm gonna kill you one of these days. Yeh, I'm alive!" "Fox, Stick managed to get important data on the Hunt & Kill mission. You owe me an explanation." "Talk to me onboard Great Fox." "Ready for Auto-dock." Peppy acknowleged the Flight Nav system. The arwings landed in Great Fox's bay without a sudden jolt running through them. The Starfox members climbed out and helped us out. FJ was waiting for us. "FJ! Get these to Fox! Now! we'll meet up later!" "Jon.... Is this a dream? Am I in Great Fox? Did I just fly in an Arwing?" "Cool it! Yes, we are in Great Fox! To make the situation simple, do you remember that Interactive Story I downloaded for you? Well, imagine it WAS real. Now you know all the trouble we're goin' through!" "You've gotta be kidding me!" "Nope. Just be glad. We're gonna have to stay here on G F for a while. We'll talk about this later." "That... That fox.... Was that FJ? What.... Happened?" "One word. He wants our Solar System and The Lylat System." "ANDROSS!" We all walked up to the conference room, where a meeting was in progress. AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM Fox introduced us. "Guys, even though you have provided us with these vital details, you will not be able to join us. Well, until you are fully trained." "I thought so. Kick ass for us!" A dissapointed look on stick's face appeared. "Phil (his real name), we're not trained. You may have played Starfox on the Nintendo, but there's a difference between reality and virtual." "Ok. Don't worry." We joined the reaminder of the meeting. We were filled in on most of the plot. Me and Stick were to begin training ASAP, so we could expecct it to start today. It was 12:00 midday British time. I began to worry. "What's wrong, Jon?" "Time." He looked at his watch. He was sure it would be Midnight, but it could have been a secret code which meant midday. I hit the comm panel controls and Fox appeared on the screen. "Fox, are there any Wolfen class above my home town?" "Nothing as yet....Why?" "What if Andross uses a secret code? Like Am means Pm and vice versa. Surely Andross wouldn't let people know what his real plans are?" "You've a point" Falco's voice was heard in the background. "I'll dispatch FJ's squad if anything comes up, but in the meantime, relax." Fox replied. "Thanks, Fox." A little tension went from my body.. "ATTENTION- JONNIE5 AND STICKMAN TO THE TRAINING SIMULATORS" Rob64 put it bluntly over the tannoy. "Let's do it," I encouraged Phil. He nodded and we went to the simulators. We were first fastened into the arwing simulators, and given combat situations to deal with. After almost 6 or 7 hours of training, we found out our results. "Jon, you have passed with flying colours, you are also able to take command of a squad when the time comes." I was more interested in Phil's results. "Stick.... You only scraped through.... You'll have to do the training again. I'm sorry." Although he passed, Fox wanted to make sure his trainees were safe, so Phil was to take it again tommorow. "It's late phil, you need some rest." He nodded. "Phil?" "Yeah?" "You okay?" "Fine" He was upset. I'd known Phil since I was 13. I could tell it. The best way to calm him down was to stay away from him. I turned to face Fox who in turn passed me my uniform, and assigned me an arwing. "Will he be okay?" Fox queried me. "Yeah, he's a bit upset. He knows why he has to do the simulations again." Fox shook my hand. I was a bit apprehensive at first. "Sorry, I've never shaken hands with a fox before!" "I'm going up to the rec room. Let them know of the news." "Fine." 23:50 hours I walked up to the rec room, where mostly everybody was. I just stood in the doorway. They all stared at me. "I'm in!" "What about Phil?" "Uhh, he passed, but Fox wasn't to confident, so he's to take a re-test tommorow." "Where is he?" "In his quarters, don't bother him. He gets over it better on his own." A party broke out. Someone handed me a beer, but I refused, because I didn't drink. "There any missions comin' up?" "One." "Well, I'll make that I'm able to TWIST, TURN and BURN!!!" We cheered. 24:00 I spotted Fox in the doorway. "Yo guys! Cool it!" Silence. "J5, now's your chance. Wolfens. Home town. FJ, your squad is to go, and Jon will be joining you." We ran down to the landing bay, and fired up the Arwings. We broke into Earth's Atmosphere, and we flew over Smeaton's Tower lighthouse. "All ships, check in!" "Locked, Cocked and ready to ROCK!" I spoke over the comm. The other ships replied in sequence. "Where are they? Oh wait, bogeys at 12 o'clock" "We need to get them into the countryside! There's too many people here!" FJ yelled. "You got it!" I got one to chase me over the over the sea. "Forget the countryside, get above the water!" I gave to FJ I pulled a loop, and shot the Wolfen to pieces. "One down, 5 to go!" A wolfen 4 clipped a chimney on its attack path, and hit some women on the head. It was a teacher of mine, from secondary. "That's what she gonna look like with a chimney on her!" I quoted from the Tamperer. The wolfens gradually went down, and we went to my home. "Guys, I live on my own. If you want to use my house as a hideout, you are welcome to." I activated my radio link to the computer inside. "Open, ID: J5" The doorlocks and bars withdrew and we went in. FJ contacted Fox. The guys had a look around the house. My house in fact, was an old ware house that I had done up. "Jon?" "Yeah?" "Can we use this as a hideout?" "Like I said, you're welcome!" FJ probably didn't hear me first time around. We went back up to the Fox. Phil was waiting for me. "Phil? Did you?" He walked back into the corridor. "Damn. Fox? What happened?" I asked over the link "He scraped through again." "ROB, get stickman to meet me at the rec room at 14:00" "Confirmed" I jumped out my arwing, and got a drink out the vender. "FJ, any news on the morphing process?" "Not as yet" 09:00 "Mornin'. Ohhhhh, man, anyone got a paracetemol?" "Here" Sovan tossed a couple of panadol. "What happened?" "I took a knock to my head" Phil walked in. "Jon, Rob told me you wanted to see me at 14:00. Can you make it now? I'm in zero-g that time today!" "ok man. Right, i'm gonna tell you somethin' I remembered durin my trainin." "What's that?" "Never give up. Trust your instincts. Now, you're gonna go into the simulators, and you're gonna pass! You hear me?" Fox walked into the room. Sticks walked up to him. "Fox. Get the simulators warmed up." "Are you sure?" "Definately." "Alright." "How you doin' jon? everythin clicking now" Fox asked. "If you're talkin about me joints, yeah!" "Just sit down for a while. You've a slight touch of space sickness." "Now you tell me." I opened my laptop and accessed my e-mail. "Fox! Check this!" He walked over and saw what was on the latest message screen - To starfox member Fox Mc Cloud c/o Jonnie5 - Fox, meet me at corneria in 3 weeks from the arrival of this message. - I have data on the metamorphisis machines. Also I have the instructions - for a reversal process. - Sgt.Wolf Fox spoke into his helmet comm and told Rob to set course for corneria. "How did he get my e-mail?" J5 asked rhetorically. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Okay guys, your call, in or out? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Author: D'nel the Ex-Mage March, 1999 --Realizations-- Waking up, I had no idea where I was. The austere white walls weren't very familiar, and they certainly weren't my room, which was blue. The bed felt wierd, too. I got up and found that I was wearing the same clothes I had been wearing yesterday, though not my glasses. I began stumbling around the room looking for them, not noticing all the extra sci-fi technology in my quarters on the Great Fox. "The Great Fox... Well, damn, at least I know where I am now. I just wish I knew where the hell my glasses are." I passed my hand over an endtable and heard something drop to the ground. Squinting, I saw the faint metal outline of the frames. I picked them up and put them on, and was greeted by an completely boring view of my quarters. "They really need to get some personality into this ship," I muttered. --- Breakfast, however, was great. Replicated food is amazingly good, especially when you don't have to worry about how much there is. "I see it this way," I told Ace over a bowl of cereal, "this stuff is all energy, which means that I won't gain any weight by eating it, right?" "I really don't think so, D'nel," the fox said, laughing. "Y'know, I still can't really accept what's going on. I mean, I can accept the fact that you guys are all Lylatians now, since I've always thought of you like that anyway, but... The Star Fox team? That kind of stuff only happens in the stories I write." "You'll get over it, D'nel." I went back to eating, and then another fox came in. I at first didn't recognize him (most of these foxes look kind of the same to me) until I saw his headset. It was Fox. He saw me and came over to where I was sitting. "D'nel, we need to talk. You said you don't want to learn to fly, so we need to figure out something that you can do if you're going to be staying here." "Sounds fine with me..." I trailed off as I realized something. Feeling kind of silly, I extended my hand and asked, "Can I shake your hand, Mr. McCloud? I've never met a video game character, alien, or anthropomorphic fox before." With an odd look on his face, he accepted my hand and we shook. "Now, about your skills..." Author: MYSTICSTAR Subject: IS-The Legend of Mystic Posted: APRIL 14, 1999 17:31 I hope this doesn't interfere with anything. If it does just tell me and I'll rewrite it. Someone is going to have to breif me in on what has been happening on the story. //You see, I'm not a real ordinary girl, I ended up with some ESP or something like that. I'm also the Nintendo Maniac of my highschool. Here's my beginning story// Mystic Star: Okay, now that I'm done with all my chores, I'm going on the internet to see what I can find. //She walks down to the library because she doesn't have her own computer.// Mystic Star: It's getting borring here in the Pokemon BBS. Let's try a new BBS, how about my favorite Nintendo game, Star Fox 64. What the heck!?! No one's here! Okay, now I know I missed something. No one's even noticed they haven't been on. I'm heading back home. //Back at the house// Mystic Star: Man, I sure hope there's no snoops around here like the last time I came back from the library. If that shadowy creep follows again, why I'm going to... //She packs up some clothes and all the nessesities and heads toward her hide out in the woods outside of town. She had worked on this forever. In the middle of the forest is a cliff edge. Little did anyone know that a gal had build an underground hanger and living quarters// Mystic Star: Finally, I thought I'd never get here. //In the bay is an aircraft// Mystic Star: And how are you doing today my C-Wing. I'm glad that the Star Fox 64 strategy guide that I got had a blue print of the Arwings. I liked the Arwings, but I'm not going to get sued building one. You my ship, are a ship of my own design based on the Arwing. //Mystic Star heads into the living quarters and turns on a newly bought computer// MS: Great, still no one in this BBS. I haven't tested my C-wing out for fear of getting spotted by the air force, but this is rediculus. I'm posting a message. //Message reads: Hello? Anyone here?// MS: Maybe that's all I'd better put. Things have been making me feel creepy recently. I don't want that evil tracker finding me. I've heard of Nsiders named Hoar and FJMMCLOUD on that site. I think I'll message them and see if I can figure out what's going on. //Mystic turns off computer// //Mystic Star's back on the PC// I'm writting this in my log just in case something happens, which I really hope not. A strange shadowy creature has been following me from my trips to town and following me home. Right now I managed to get away from view and and sneak to the forest outside of town where I'm hiding. It's a single living quarters and a flight craft hangar where I keep my plane, the C-wing. It's based on the Arwing blue prints I got out of the Star Fox 64 Official Guide Book plus a couple of my own modifications. I'm here because I don't feel safe at home and I don't have a computer at home. Nobody knows about this place but me, and it will stay that way till I tell someone. Recently I went to the Star Fox BBS for the first time and found it empty. I left some messages and started thinking that what I had just seen was part of what was going on. Now I'm writting the part that is the most dangerous for me to tell. I may be good in school and look like and average kid on the block but I'm not as you have seen. I found out when I was 13 that I had mystical powers. I will not tell about them now for fear of intruders. The only thing I can say is sometimes I can tell when an evil person is around me. Plus I can talk telepathicly. I have not flown my C-wing yet but I plan I will soon with everything that is happening. I will check my BBS messages and the Star Fox BBS to see if there is any change. I don't have a e-mail address or a web page at the moment but all in good time. I must go. I'm going to work on my C-wing and get it in shape. I hope that someone answers me. //Mystic Star shuts off program and turns off computer// //Mystic Star gets back on the PC// Hi, again. I haven't gone home for some while. My parents are on a loooong vacation so they're not going to miss me. I'm going to go to Nintendo BBS again to see if anyone messaged me back. //Mystic Star leaves journal and enters BBS// Okay! This is getting weird. No one has answered if anyone has been there. This time I messaging sepecific notes. I've heard of some major Star Fox fans. To: Hoar Hey, Hoar. This is Mystic Star, I'm new around the place and I was wondering if you knew what the heck was going on in the BBS? Please message me back as soon as you can. To: FJMCCLOUD Hello FJ, this is Mystic Star. I had heard that you are a Star Fox maniac and I was wondering if you could tell me what's going on in the BBS. Message back soon. //Mystic gets off computer// That should be all I need to do today on the BBS. I'm tired. I think I'll take a nap. //Mystic takes a nap// //A nightmare occurs// Mystic sees a dark corridor in which the Star Fox Team and many human kids are getting led down by guards. The Team and the kids are split up into separate rooms. Then she sees a kid being put into a tube. Star Fox comes rushing in, gets all the kids out of these tubes. But the kids aren't kids no more, they look just like the Star Fox Team... //Mystic Star wakes up in sweat// Author: HOAR Subject: IS-MysticStar's Legend -Reply Posted: APRIL 20, 1999 14:51 ~ The time was 4:03 when I came on bike to library. I just finished watching a rerun of Pokemon. "I wonder if I'll have full control of the PC today? I need to write some EBIS for my good friend Earthbounder and start my new IS." ~ I checked the messages and sure enough, the newly aquaintance MysticStar wanted to know what's up. I replied, "Not much. Just the usual stuff. So, what are you up too?" I sent that and went off to take care of my business. Author: MYSTICSTAR Subject: IS-MysticStar's Legend Posted: APRIL 21, 1999 13:03 //MysticStar responding to Hoar// What do you mean nothing's up?!? No one's in the Star Fox BBS that's what's up! Even you aren't there. Really, I want to know what's going on. Strange things have been happening and I know someone knows something around here. Have you noticed other weird things going on? Please tell me. PS: Get FJ to message me. //Mystic Star out// //Mystic Star is tuning her C-wing's engine and fire power// Ok, just another quarter turn to the left and... there! Now the lasers are finished. So what if the Arwing's laser looks the same mines are now just a tad stronger. But my disadvantage is the sitting room is just a little smaller. Oh well, I can put up with that. This baby can take major temps, turn and make its moves just as the Arwing can. It also has visual intercom. But who the heck am I going to talk to with it? If only Star Fox were real. You would find me in the air, unless I was in space. I'm not the biggest fan of subs or tanks, but if I had to choose one, it would defenatly be tanks. If only Star Fox were real.... //Mystic Star cleans up around work area in the hangar//