Author: KGATES
Subject: Revealed Secrets
Posted: FEBRUARY 16, 1999 10:58

Chapter 1: All hell breaks loose.

Steve McCloud opened his eyes. Morning was approaching the planet
Fortuna. Beams of sunlight shined through the window as he got up out of
bed.  He thought "Yes, this day is going to be like any other day." He
walked out of his quarters, along a narrow walkway and into his
laboratory. Monitors and consoles were everywhere in this lab, all running
and performing their daily routine functions. Steve rubbed his eyes with
his paw. "Computer" he spoke "whats the time."

"The time is seven hundred and fifty hours" said the computers female
voice. He smiled, in about ten minutes Nancy would come in and they would
start working, just like any normal day. Steves Slip Stream DriveSSD
would be the invention of the century. This invention will make traveling
between two planets extremely easy. For example a trip from Corneria to
Fortuna would only last a couple of seconds when using the SSD.
This invention will make deep exploration a cinch. The SSD uses the
element FJhide to run. No other planet but Fortuna has this particular
element, so that's why the invention had to be put together here. However
they had to test it before notifying anyone. This was going to be the
fifteenth test this week.

Steve sat down in a chair, relaxed and thought about his life. Both of
his parents died when he was very young He was brought up by his step
parents on Katina. After graduating from Katina University three years
ago with very high honors, he began to work on secret military projects
such as the Land Master, the Blue Marine, and the Great Fox. This SSD
however was totally his idea and for the past year he has been on Fortuna
experimenting, and getting it to work.

His thoughts then changed to his biological mother and father. He knew
they both died in an accident but he was never told how and why. Next he
thought "Am I related to the great Fox McCloud?" He quickly ignored that
thought.  There are lots of foxes by the name McCloud on Corneria. Chances
are he probably wasn't.

Steve opened his eyes, sat up in his chair and started typing on the
control panel to bring up the SSD files.
"Good Morning" said a voice behind him.
Steve turned around. Nancy Squirrel came into the lab and sat down next
to him.
"How did you sleep?" she asked.

"Oh, I'm fine" Steve quickly said. Steve couldn't help but notice the pink
short skirt that she was wearing, that revealed her sexy hairy legs. He
turned around and looked back at the console.
"Did you by any chance see the news this morning?" she asked. "No, I
haven't gotten around to it yet." Steve answered. Nancy gave him today's
electronic newspaper pad, The Corneria Times. The front headlines read
"WORMHOLE DESTROYED." The paper went on to say that at about 2 am Corneria
standard time, a huge explosion occurred in space where the wormhole used
to be. The Star Fox space force went to investigate it, however the only
thing they found out was that the wormhole was no longer there.

"Why would somebody destroy the wormhole?" Steve asked.
"Beats me" Nancy said, "Have you accessed the SSD files yet?"
"I did but I'm getting some kind of interference." Steve answered. "The
program is running too slow."

Suddenly an alarm pierced their ears. Nancy checked the planetary radar.
"There are at least fifteen fighters orbiting the planet right now. I'm
also picking up two large warships." "Where are they from?" Steve asked.
Nancy typed a few more buttons on the console. "Holy s--t, they are from
Venom."

"Activating the planetary defense grid!" Steve said. Outside the huge
ground laser cannons focused on the Venom fighters orbiting the planet. A
huge explosion rocked the laboratory, sparks flew from all directions
from the monitors and consoles from the opposite side of the room. "I'm
firing all lasers." Steve shouted.

Outside the lasers fired, each laser was right on target hitting a
fighter. "You have destroyed three of them so far." Nancy said
"But there is way too many of them to fight."

"Then send a message to General Pepper." Steve said "He should know about
this." Another explosion came right from the console Nancy was working on.
She screamed as the fireball hit her. She fell to the floor unconscious.
Steve quickly checked the lab's shield status. One more hit and they were
done for.
Time to evacuate. Steve took a data crystal and started transferring all
the information about the SSD to it. He was so busy transferring that he
almost didn't see two of Venom's solders, materializing right next to
him. Steve reached for his blaster, but it was too late. One of Venom's
soldiers fired his blaster and knocked Steve unconscious. The soldier
walked over to the data crystal. "Transfer complete" the female computer
voice said. The soldier pulled out the crystal and hit his communicator.
"This is Wolf" he said "the mission was a complete success, everybody
set a course back to Venom so we can finish the next stage." The other
soldier spoke "Wolf, should we destroy these two?" He pointed to Nancy
and Steve on the floor. "Its tempting" Wolf said. "However we accomplished
our mission here, it won't do us any good."

"Please!" the soldier pleaded. "Oh, all right" Wolf said "kill one of
them." The soldier took his blaster and fired right at Nancy incinerating
her. The soldier then came back to Wolf with a big smile on his face.
Wolf and the soldier then pushed a device on their belts and they were
transported back to their warship for the trip to Venom.


Chapter 2: Bad News

Fox McCloud opened his eyes to another morning on Corneria. He turned his
head and noticed that Fara was still asleep beside him. He leaned over
and kissed her on the cheek. Fara then opened her eyes and gazed right back
into Fox's eyes. Then they slowly kissed again on the lips. Suddenly the
computer spoke "Incoming call from General Pepper." Fox and Fara smiled, the
General always chose the best times to call. They both got up and walked
to the holocom. Fox pushed a button and a 3D image of the General came into
view.
"Fox and Fara McCloud, Im very sorry to disturb you but this is a very
urgent matter. Please meet me in my office in about an hour." Immediately the
transmission ended.
"Wow," Fox said "I didn't know the General made such
short calls."
"Well, maybe its an emergency like he said" Fara answered. "Let's get
ready to meet him." Fox nodded in agreement as they went to change
clothes.

Meanwhile on Venom.

Wolf kneeled on the ground in front of Andross' throne. "All mighty
Andross" he said "it's an honor to be in your presence."
"Please rise" Andross said "tell me, what good news have you brought me."
Wolf stood up and spoke "Our mission to retrieve James McCloud from the
wormhole was a complete success. Also successful was the destruction of
it."
"Excellent" Andross said "What else do you have to tell me?"
Wolf continues "I'm also happy to report that the materializers were a
complete success as well."
"Splendid" Andross said.
Wolf reached into his pocket and pulled out the data crystal. "We
invaded the laboratory on Fortuna just as you wanted us to do. You were
correct, the SSD does exist. Everything you need is on this data crystal."
"Wonderful", Andross said. "Give it to one of our scientists so he can
modify it into a weapon. If I'm correct, once that weapon is made it would
have enough power to destroy an entire planet. Just think Wolf, the whole
Lylat system will be mine".
Wolf smiled and said "It will be a glorious day to see Corneria explode
into little pieces".
Andross looked right back at Wolf and said,
"Yes, it would be a day long remembered in Lylat system history".

Back at Corneria

Fox, Fara, Falco, Peppy, Slippy and Katt all sat in chairs in front of
General Pepper's desk. General Pepper for the past fifteen minutes has
been eating a bright green lollipop and making small talk with the six of
them. Fox was beginning to feel very uneasy, something bad must have
happened for the General to delay them this long. "Where's Bill?" Pepper
asked.
Katt answered, "Bill is sick, he's not coming to the meeting"
"Oh, ok. So, Fox" Pepper spoke again "how long have you and Fara been
married?"
"About two years now" Fox answered.
"I see" General Pepper said. He quickly finished his lolly, stood up and
started pacing. "I have very bad news for everyone" Pepper said "First,
you should all know that the wormhole has been destroyed by an unknown
force."
"Pepper, we already know that" Falco said "its on the front page
of the Corneria Times."
"Oh" Pepper said quickly, "well then, here is some news that you don't
know. I have received a distress call from Fortuna, it said that Andross'
forces have attacked that planet." The whole room fell silent. There
hasn't been any Venom military activity in the Lylat system for about five
years.
"What are the casulties?" Peppy asked.
"One was killed" Pepper said "the other one has already recovered and
doing just fine."
"Why would they attack there?" Fara asked.
Pepper answered "There is a top secret laboratory there. The head
scientist was experimenting with SSD travel.  Everything about SSD will be
explained in your mission handbook." Pepper began passing out the handbook
to everyone. Fox opened his.
"Wow" Fox said "another McCloud came up with this idea."
Pepper tried not to look at Fox, but said "Yes, basically your mission is
to travel to Venom and get it back."
"Wait a minute" Slippy said "It says in this handbook that the SSD could
be modified into a weapon."
"Yes" Pepper answered "that's why it's very important that we get it
back."
"You can count on us" Falco said.
"That's great" Pepper answered. Pepper sighed then sat back down in his
chair. "But first, I would like for you to go to Fortuna and talk with
Steve McCloud. He might provide you with more information."
"We will do that" Fox said. Pepper hesitated but continued talking,
"Before you leave Fox there is something else you should know."
"What would that be?" Fox answered. Pepper slowly looked at everyone in
the room then his eyes met Fox's. The words that Pepper said here would
forever be in Fox's mind.
"You should know," Pepper began "that Steve McCloud is your younger
brother."


Author: KGATES
Subject: Revealed Secrets Chap 3
Posted: FEBRUARY 22, 1999 08:30

Chapter 3: The Truth
General Pepper's words echoed around the room. Fox looked into General
Pepper's eyes. Fox then started to smile thinking that what the General
had told him was a joke. However the General didn't smile back at him. In
fact the General started to go through some papers that he had sitting on
his desk. Fox turned his head and looked at everyone else. Fara had her
mouth wide open in shock. Falco and Slippy looked at each other then
looked at Fox. Both were very confused as well. Katt acted like she was
going to say something, but then she thought better of it. Peppy looked
like he was in shock as well. Fox then remembered the day he was told that
his father died. That was a very emotional time for him. He also
remembered how he felt when he discovered that his father was part of
another universe. That was also something that hit him hard as well. Even
today Fox tried to hide his emotions when he found out that the wormhole
was destroyed. But now he was just told that he has a younger brother. Fox
felt the urge to wrap his fingers around Pepper's neck. 

Fox looked back at General Pepper, Fox then started to say something
however the General beat him to it. "Fox" the General began, "Have you
heard of Lycos disease?" Fox wondered why in the world General Pepper was
changing the subject. But Fox answered the question anyway. "Yes, of
course" Fox answered. Lycos disease was the most deadly disease that
Corneria ever had. The virus could jump from person to person until it
found somebody suitable to infect. Some interesting facts about this virus
was that it traveled in groups and spread more rapidly to relatives then
it did to anyone else. For example if you were infected, the chances were
very high that your mother and your father were infected at the same time
as you were. As a result a whole family could have died. 200 years ago the
virus nearly effected everybody on Corneria. Since that outbreak, a law
was written stating that if somebody was infected, that person and their
immediate family members were forced to move out of Lylat system and never
return. Twenty years ago a cure was publicly announced. However many
people were still very scared of the virus so the law stayed. It wasn't
until two months ago that law was taken out.

The General began to speak, "About a year after you were born your mother
became pregnant again. However her doctor later discovered that the fetus
was infected with Lycos disease, your mother, father and yourself however
were not infected. It was decided by your parents that they were going to
do all they can to keep this a secret. Only your parents, me, very few
doctors and scientists and Peppy knew about this." Fox turned his head and
looked at Peppy. Peppy felt very uncomfortable with Fox staring at him.
Pepper continued to speak, "After your brother was born he was immediately
sent to some scientists in Katina. The scientists claimed that they had
found a cure to the disease. After he was cured, your brother was
eventually adopted by a couple of scientists over there and stayed there
the rest of his life." 

Fox was really shocked at what the General just told him. "Im confused"
Slippy said. Fox asked the General, "Then why does he have the same last
name as I do?" The General smiled and answered, "It's just a coincidence
that the scientists last names were also McCloud." Fox had another
question, "If he was cured, why didn't he come back to Corneria?" Pepper
looked right into Fox's eyes. "It was too risky" he said "The cure wasn't
announced to the public until five years after it was discovered. However
also keep in mind that the law against Lycos disease was still in effect a
long time after that. You have to also understand that your family has a
wonderful reputation, if this crept out to the public it would be
terrible. I'm just surprised that your parents were successful in keeping
it a secret." Fox had one more question for Pepper, "Why wasn't I informed
about this until now?" he asked. Peppy and Pepper looked at each other not
really knowing what to say. Pepper turned his head back to Fox and said.
"Please don't take this too hard" Pepper began "but your father told me
that I should tell you about it when the time was right." Fox then got up
from his chair and yelled, "WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME NOW?! HOW COME YOU
COULDN'T TELL ME 10 YEARS AGO! WHY NOW?! WHAT MAKES THIS TIME RIGHT?!" The
General calmly answered back, "Peppy and I know you very well Fox. We know
that you would try to visit him. However we could not risk telling you
because of the possibility of the secret getting out. We were saving your
family." Fox shook his head, "YOU DIDN'T TRUST ME?!" he began. "I HAVE A
RIGHT TO KNOW WHO MY FAMILY IS! WHAT OTHER SECRETS DO YOU HAVE PEPPER?!
HUH?! IS FARA MY SISTER?! COME ON! I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW!"
Pepper spoke, "Fox, please calm down." "I WILL NOT!" Fox yelled. Fox then
looked at Peppy, "AND YOU" he began pointing at him, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
YOU OF ALL PEOPLE WOULD NOT TELL ME ABOUT THIS!" Fox then ran out of
Pepper's office, slamming the door behind him.


Chapter 4: The mission.


Fox paced slowly back and forth in his quarters. He looked out of the
window. It was now evening in Corneria City. Fox could see the sun setting
over the horizon, its reddish glow fading as it went down. Fox could also
see the nearby skyscrapers and hovercars turn on their lights to
compensate for the sun setting. Fox also noticed that the skyways were
jammed with cars full of people to go home after another long day of work.
Fox then sighed and turned away from the window.

After leaving General Pepper's office he came straight here and thought
about what he just heard. It took him the whole day to realize that Pepper
and Peppy did, in a way, save his life. They were right about him trying
to contact his brother if he was told sooner, but Fox always thought that
he could get away with doing things without anyone knowing. Fox walked
into his sitting room and thought things over again. Earlier he took out
his photo album and looked at pictures of his mom and dad. There was no
indication in those pictures that his mother was pregnant at all. His
parents had done a good job hiding it from everybody.

Fara walked into the sitting room.
"I thought you would come back" she began.
"I'm sorry" Fox said, "I just had some things to think about."
Fara walked over to where Fox was and put her arms around him. They slowly
sat on the couch together.
"When you think about it," Fara began "the people that knew about the
secret did save your life by not telling you."
"I've been trying to tell myself that the whole day." Fox said "Now I
understand what they were thinking".
"Do you think it was good that they kept the secret from you?" Fara asked.
"No" Fox answered "It wasn't good that they kept it from me. However, I'm
glad they did." Fox took a deep breath and continued "If it wasn't for
them my family's reputation would be ruined. We would be forced from our
homes." Fox looked at Fara's eyes and said, "You and I would have never
met."
They then kissed each other on the lips slowly.
Fox then stood up. "You know what" he began "first thing tomorrow I'm
going to call Pepper and Peppy and tell them how sorry I am."
"Good for you" Fara said.
"I'm probably excluded from the mission by now." Fox said.
"Actually" Fara answered "Pepper wants you to be in charge if you are up
to it."
Fox looked back at Fara. "After what I did, how can I." Fox said.
"Ok" Fara said. "I'll just tell General Pepper that Slippy would make a
wonderful substitute."
"Ok, ok" Fox quickly answered "I'll take the job." Fox couldn't stand the
thought of Slippy taking charge of anything. "Do you have your mission
handbook with you?" Fox asked "I left mine in Pepper's office."
"Yes" Fara answered "but I'll tell you everything you need to know."
Fox sat next to Fara again. Fara started her speech: "Our arwings will be
equipped with hyperlasers at the start of our mission. They will also be
equipped with 5 smart bombs each. We are not going to have the Great Fox
escort us to Venom."
"Why not?" Fox asked. It seemed odd that Corneria's flagship won't be
joining them.
Fara continued, "General Pepper has said that it's temporarily indisposed
at the moment."
"In other words its none of your business." Fox thought to himself. He
knew Pepper's language very well.
Fara continued: "We will first fly to Fortuna and talk to your
brother Steve. He will tell us what he knows about the SSD and the ambush.
From there we will fly to Venom and steel back the data crystal."
"How are we going to do that without the Great Fox?" Fox asked. "We need
the Great Fox so we can attack Venom in tanks. It will be suicide to land
on Venom with our arwings."
"Yes, I know" Fara said "I have no idea what the General is thinking but
that's what he wants us to do."
Fox got up from the couch again and rubbed his eyes. "You know what" he
began "I think the General has had one too many lollipops. He is beginning
to think we can accomplish anything."
"I wouldn't worry about it too much" Fara said "Maybe he'll come up with a
different plan tomorrow."
"I sure hope so." Fox said.
Fara yawned, "Well I'm going to bed early, we have a big day tomorrow."
She walked to the bedroom door and stopped. "Care to join me" she said.
Fox walked over to her and smiled.
"Who wouldn't." he said. They both went inside their bedroom and closed
the door behind them.

Meanwhile on Venom.

Pigma knelt in front of Andross' throne and said "Almighty Andross, it
is an honor to be in your presence."
"Please rise" Andross said "Tell me, what good news have you brought me."
Pigma began, "We have inserted a mind probe inside James McCloud's brain.
We are receiving and storing all of his memories into our database."
"Wonderful" Andross said "When will the process be completed?"
"It should be done within five minutes." Pigma said.
"Excellent" Andross answered. "Soon all of his memories we be mine."
"Excuse me sir." Pigma said. "There is one particular thought I think you
would find very interesting."
Pigma gave Andross an electronic data pad.  Andross looked at it and
smiled.
"Well, well." Andross said. "So James has two sons. This information
really isn't that important, but it's interesting."
"I thought so too sir." Pigma said. "I've known James for quite a while, I
thought he told me all his secrets."
Andross handed the pad back to Pigma.
"You may leave now." Andross said.
As Pigma left Andross went back to daydreaming of being the new Lylat
system ruler.
"Soon" he told himself "Soon I'll have my revenge."


Author: KGATES
Subject: Reveled Secrets Chap 5
Posted: MARCH 09, 1999 15:53

Chapter 5: The Reunion.

Words couldn't describe the emotion that Steve and Fox had. Before
arriving at Fortuna, Fox had an image in his head of what his brother
looked like. He wondered if his brother inherited any of his mother's
likeness. However when he saw Steve for the first time that idea went
right out the window. Fox and Steve spent about an hour just staring at
each other.  Both of them were in shock. They looked exactly alike!
The only difference was that Steve was about two inches shorter then Fox.
Fox and Steve both felt like they were looking into a mirror.

Fox reached his hand out and touched Steve's face.  Steve then reached out
and touched Fox's. They then burst into tears and hugged each other.
Peppy knew Fox for a very long time. The last time Fox cried was when he
was told that his father died. Peppy remembered that Fox went into a
depression for nearly a month. It seemed like Fox was never going to 
recover. Eventually Fox did recover, but Peppy knew that Fox had empty
spot in his life that could never be filled. Peppy looked at Fox now and
realized that Fox looked like he was back to his own self again.

While Fox, Steve, and Fara were talking, the rest of the Star Fox team
was scanning the destroyed laboratory. Slippy spoke to Steve, "So, you
said that the soldiers appeared around here."
"Yes" Steve answered. "They appeared in the area where you are standing."
Slippy pushed a few buttons on his hand held scanning device and looked
at the results. Slippy's mouth then dropped open. Falco noticed and
walked over. "What is it Slip?" he asked.
Slippy answered. "Either the scanning device is malfunctioning, or 
Venom's soldiers did appear out of thin air in this location." The whole
room went silent when Slippy said those words. Steve then got up, walked
over to where Slippy was, and looked at the scanning device.
"So my hypothesis was correct." Steve said. "Venom's soldiers do have
materializer technology. Using this technology they can transport
themselves anywhere they want to, without having to use a spacecraft."
Steve pushed a few buttons on the scanning device. "It looks like the 
soldiers came from the two warships that were with the fighters. The
warships have materializer sub units. This means that there must be a
central machine controlling the sub units. I'm willing to bet that you
will find that machine on Venom." Steve then looked at Fox and said. "You
must destroy the central machine.  It would be terrible if they used it
again on us."

Fox definitely knew the dangers of such a machine.  However the mission
was already hard enough as it is.  Fox had absolutely no idea how he was
going to accomplish this task as well. "We will do our best." Fox said.
"I wish you could come with us."
Steve looked at Fox and said. "I can't.  I need to extract the backup file  
of the SSD from the computer."
 Fox looked at Steve and asked, "You have a backup file?"
"Yes." Steve answered. "I bet General Pepper didnt think of that."
Fox thought to himself. Fox looked at Steve again and said. "Steve, I
need to contact the General. Where is the nearest holocom?"
"Right over there. But I doubt it will still work." Steve answered.
Fox walked to the back of the laboratory and switched it on. Amazingly it 
still worked. Steve then turned around and stared at Nancy's empty chair.
Falco walked over to him and put his hand on Steve's shoulder. "She was
everything to me." Steve said.
"I know the feeling." Falco answered back.
Fox walked back to the front of the laboratory,
"Everybody, we have a change in orders." he began.
"Our orders now are to proceed to Venom and DESTROY the SSD and the
materializer." A sigh of relief went through the whole team.
"That mission sounds so much better." Katt said.
"I agree." Fox answered. Fox then turned to Steve. "I will see you when I
get back." Fox said.
Steve looked at Fox and said. "Go kick Andross' ass for me."
"Yes sir."
Fox said smiling.  The Star Fox team went out of the laboratory and 
walked to their arwings. Steve went to the control panel and started
downloading the SSD backup.


Author: KGATES
Subject: Reveled Secrets Ch 6. Pt
Posted: MARCH 11, 1999 15:02

Chapter 6: The Attack.

Fox looked at the planet Venom in the distance. The planet didn't change
very much in the last five years. It still had that swirling greenish smog
that covered its atmosphere. The smog was so heavy that you couldn't see
anything beneath it. The planet basically looked like a huge gas giant.
Only that this gas giant did have a surface.

Fox checked all of his instruments and then radioed Slippy. "About how
long before we come into sensor range."
"About a minute." was Slippy's answer. Fox then for the eighth time did
his own scanning for enemy ships.
The answer was the same. No enemy ships detected. "Has anyone had any luck
in detecting enemy ships?" Fox asked. Everyone's answer was the same.
"No".
Fox looked back at Venom again. Why aren't Andross forces attacking us?
But as he thought about it, an even bigger question entered his mind. Is
Andross still alive? The last thing that Fox remembered was Andross and
Herbert entering the black hole to escape. He thought that his father
would appreciate the wonderful opportunity to put Andross away for good.
But what has happened since then? Venom's forces are attacking again. Does
Venom by any chance have a new leader?

Fox then began to think about his father. For some reason knowing that the
wormhole was destroyed didn't bother Fox very much, probably because he
had accepted the fact that his father was doing fine in the other
dimension.
The only thing that did bother him a little bit was the possibility of
never seeing him again. "He will always exist in my mind." Fox told
himself. "He always will." Finally he thought about his younger brother.
Fox still couldn't get over how much alike they were. I wonder how well he
flies an arwing?

"Fox, we have entered sensor range." Slippy said.
"Great." Fox said. "Everybody, scan for the data crystal, materializer,
and the SSD."
"I found the materializer." Falco said. "Man, tha t thing is huge!"
"I've located the data crystal." Fara said. "Oh my God."
"What is it Fara." Fox said.
"Check out the size of that building." Fara said. Fox and the rest of the
team went through the green smog to reveal what Venom really looks like.
On the planet was a massive building. The team could see green smoke
coming out of some smokestacks to the right.
The team could also see Venom's huge planetary defense guns attached to
the building.
"Uhh.. Fox." Slippy began. "That building has a length of 500 miles, a
width of 1000 miles and a height of 10 miles."
Fox's mouth dropped open. How in the world could Andross forces build a
structure of this size in five years?
"I did it." Katt said. "I've located what possibly is the SSD. However the
object I'm picking up looks different then what Steve told us to look
for."
"Fox." Peppy said. "I think the object that Katt found is actually the
weapon."
"Ok, everyone." Fox said. "Let's first attack the area of the building
where the data crystal is located. After the crystal is destroyed then we
will split up. Falco, you take Fara and Katt and take out the
materializer. Peppy, Slippy and I will take out the weapon.
Remember these are the only objectives right now. Don't do anything else
unless you absolutely have to. Does everyone understand?" 


Meanwhile in Andross' throne room.
Andross had a good view of the monitors in his throne room. On the
monitors he saw the six arwings approaching. Wolf was there as well.
"Lord Andross, the arwings have gone through our atmosphere. Are you sure
you don't want to contact our fighters and activate the planetary defense
guns? Our pilots are very well trained and, I can assure you that we do
have the strength to incinerate them easily." Andross looked at Wolf and
said. "Yes, I'm well aware of what our military can do at the present
time.  However wouldn't they be much more valuable if we captured them?"
Wolf began to think about it. "Wonderful idea Lord Andross. After we
capture them then we can probe their minds to find out more military
secrets that Corneria has up their sleeve." Wolf then looked at Andross
right in his eyes and said. "Then we will kill them."

Andross smiled and said. "You are learning Wolf. Go activate the
materializer and beam them in the same cell as James. Maybe they will
behave themselves after they see what we did to him." All of a sudden the
monitors in front of Andross went black.
"WHAT?!" Andross said. "WOLF, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" Wolf looked at
the control panel. "We have lost power to half the facility. Somebody here
is rerouting it somewhere else." The monitors came back on to reveal a
tiny ship shooting asteroids. Andross punched the communicator on his
chair. "ANDREW! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO BROADCAST YOUR VIDEO
GAMES ALL OVER THE FACILITY?!"
"Sorry Lord Andross. I have just beat my highest score and I wanted
everyone to see."
"I DONT CARE!" yelled Andross. "TURN IT OFF NOW!" The building then shook
violently.

Fox targeted the area of the building where the data crystal was located.
"Everybody charge your hyperlasers and ready your smart bombs. Let's rock
and roll!" Fox and the team fired the bright blue charged up lasers at the
building. The lasers looked like huge blue pulses. The pulses crashed into
the building with a huge force. The team could see the resulting explosion
and the roof of that area of the building get blown off. "We are going to
do a U turn, remember to stay in formation." Fox said. The whole team then
pulled up and executed a U turn. Blue hyperlasers fired out of the
arwings like machine guns. The blue lasers entered the area where the
roof was blown off and more explosions resulted. Fara let loose one of her
smart bombs and that resulted in another massive explosion.
"We have destroyed the crystal." Slippy said.
"Nice job everyone." Fox said.
"Falco, take your team and take out that materializer."
"Roger" Falco said. Falco, Katt and Fara did a barrel roll as they steered
toward the location of the materializer. All of a sudden everything in
front of Fox went black.