The dawn of a new life
The dawn of a new life
Fox is dead, and, through depression, Krystal flees Lylat, and crashing onto Earth. Can she survive? Krystal/OC. Star FoxXBiker Mice from Mars.
Chapter I
The nightmare.
Note: takes place one month after one ending of Command. The character Lexington Van Ridan is owned by Ax25 on deviantart’s website and is being used with permission.
July 9th, 2475.
“Well done, guys.” Exclaimed Fox McCloud, the leader of an elite mercenary space squadron called Star Fox, to his teammates via earpiece communicator. They have just successfully defeated their rival team Star Wolf for the umpteenth time outside of planet Zoness’s orbit.
“They’ll never learn when to quit, won’t they.” Falco Lombardi, the ace pilot of the team, said.
“No they sure won’t, Falco.” Slippy, the team mechanic, added.
“Now, let’s head back to the ship.” Fox said proudly. He started up his fighter’s boosters, and took off. His two friends quickly followed. Little did he know that, during the middle of the battle, Wolf fired a small, cloaked, ship-controlling, detonating mine inside his arwing.
A half-hour later, the three team members docked their arwings into the main hangar of their main starship, The Great Fox II.
Waiting for them to return was Krystal, Fox’s love as well as the telepathic of the team. Beside her was ROB the android. Peppy quit the team and became the new military general after Pepper retired.
“Welcome home, everyone.” Krystal greeted her friends with joy as she walked into the hangar. She was pregnant with her and Fox’s child, which was due next month.
After watching his friends leave their ships, Fox flipped a couple of switches and opened up the window of his arwing. But, just before he was about to leave, the arwing’s cockpit window slammed shut, trapping Fox inside.
“Hey, what the hel…” Fox said in shock as the window locked itself.
Suddenly, as he struggled to get out, Fox heard a familiar voice through his communicator.
“Hello Fox.” The voice greeted evilly.
Fox’s face turned from shock to anger the instant he heard that voice. His ears shot up and froze.
“WOLF!” Fox yelled with anger.
Wolf chuckled evilly.
“I knew my cloaked, ship-controlling, detonating mine would slip right into your ship unnoticed.” He said. “Now, let’s see if you can escape within 20 seconds.”
Wolf chuckled again as a digital timer appeared on Fox’s viewscreen.
“GUYS!” Fox screamed as he banged on the window. “Help me. My window’s stuck.”
Hearing Fox’s shouts, Falco and Slippy quickly grabbed some tools and started to cut open the window. Krystal grabbed a crowbar and attempted to pry open the window, but no luck.
“Hurry!” A desperate Fox McCloud shouted. 15 seconds remained.
Krystal tried to break the cockpit window by banging it with the crowbar, but the window was proving to be indestructible.
“God help me!” Fox said to himself as glanced at the timer. Nine seconds were left.
“8….7…..6..”Wolf’s voice said. “5..4.”
At the sound of three, Falco grabbed Krystal and pulled her away from Fox’s arwing. Slippy ran behind them just as Fox’s arwing exploded, killing Fox inside.
“NO!” Krystal screamed at the top of her lungs as she witnessed the burning wreckage of her fiancé’s arwing. Tears flowed down her face while the others watched in horror.
The three of them couldn’t believe it. Fox McCloud, their friend, Lylat’s greatest hero and pilot, was dead.
“FOX!” Krystal screamed as she bolted up from her bed, in her and Fox’s apartment. Sweat covered her blue fur as she buried her face into her paws and cried silently. It has been six years since Fox died in that arwing explosion, and, although she had given birth to their son Marcus one month after Fox’s death, as well as kept her position in the new mercenary team called Star Falco because of needing money, recurring nightmares of Fox’s death seem to have haunted her. During the years that had followed, Krystal had suffered depression despite the numerous visits to a local psychiatrist . Wolf O Donnell, meanwhile, was arrested by the Cornerian military, followed by Falco, two months ago, and was charged with murder.
After a few more seconds, Krystal rolled over to her nightstand and glanced at the framed photo of her and Fox at the beach.
“I miss you, Fox.” Krystal said to herself as she picked up the photo and kissed it. Then she placed the photograph back down next to the digital alarm clock, which showed the time around 1am, when she heard a small knock on her door, followed by a small voice.
“Mummy?” The small voice said “Mummy?”
Krystal, who was wearing a tank-top and short gym shorts, got out of bed and approached her bedroom door. She opened it to find Marcus in his blue pajamas.”
“Marcus!” Krystal said with surprise. “What’re you doing up?”
“I heard you screaming, mummy.” Marcus replied as he rose his arms up, wanting his mother to pick him up. “So I came to see if you were alright.”
Krystal smiled at her son’s concern. She picked him up and held him in her arms. Marcus wrapped his arms around her neck and his legs around her waist.
“That’s really sweet of you, baby.” Krystal said as she hugged her young vulpine son. “Mummy just has a nightmare, that’s all.”
“Can I sleep with you, mummy?” Marcus asked Krystal. “I don’t want you to be alone after another nightmare.”
Krystal chuckled quietly.
“Sure, baby.” She replied tiredly. “You can sleep with Mommy.”
She carried Marcus over to the bed and laid him down, then laid the covers over him.
“Goodnight, sweetheart.” Krystal said to Marcus as she placed a kiss on his forehead.
“Goodnight, mummy.” Marcus replied, returning the kiss to his mother.
As she watched Marcus fall asleep, Krystal thought about what she was gonna do tomorrow. Ever since Fox died, she felt as though there was nothing left for her on Corneria or across Lylat.
Then she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
End of Chapter I
Krystal’s decision will be revealed in the next chapter.


