The Starfox Adventures

[Marcus McCloud]

Three teams teleported in. One to disable the ship, one to get Sabrina and Ricardo... and a team comprising of the original Starfox team and Marcus.

[As Marcus] I knew that we had disobeyed orders, but we don't leave people behind. The moment we jumped in, the power flickered from another impact of the guns. "We need to hurry. The ship won't last long under the fire of three ships. Krystal, find the brig." She gave her rifle to Falco and knelt to the ground. She closed her eyes, searching through different minds. She saw through one rabbit's eyes and saw the section and deck number. She opened her eyes and held her hand out for her weapon. "Deck 12, Section 7. Three decks down." Another blast hit the ship and Krystal gasped. "The first team was ambushed..." She leaned against the wall. "They're gone." I said a quiet prayer, then looked to her and brought her back into her own mind. I saw the second team go down, and it took Krystal to bring me back. After a few moments, we started to descend down a ladder. Krystal felt something and called out. "TRAP!!" She raised her weapon to the lower levels and shot three guards.

[Poplatino44]

(As myself) I sensed the fighting and took out the doctors with a powerful psi wave. I got up and started. I fought against waves of guards, taking almost no damage, other than a bullet to the arm. I reach the bridge and confront Altanio. "So, you in trouble." He has no idea I have turned. "we are against 3 imperial class warship in a cornerian battle cruiser. How do you think we are, come here and make a force field of some sort." I walk up to him and instead of making a field I channel massive amounts of psi energy to his head. "Thing you can take me that easily, huh, well, think again." I take his gun and shoot all six rounds into his head.

[Marcus McCloud]

[As Marcus] The fight for the engine room nearly took my life in the first few moments. Security and personnel had taken up arms against us. One by one they fell, and we gained degrees of awareness. Falco moved forward, shooting to cover, followed by Fox and I. We covered Krystal and Slippy, and the last one to fall fell two stories. The Engine Room was secure. Slippy, sweating bullets, moved to a panel to begin his work. After about ten seconds of typing, the computers went blank. In ignorant admiration, I grinned. "Good job, now we just-" Slippy stared at the computers, tapping away. "Someone locked me out. There is someone in the Auxiliary Control Room." The second Reactor disappeared in a teleport flash.

The Great Fox charged it's cannons, the shields of the enemy ship flickering. The second core appeared right next to the Great Fox. The initial flash brought the shields down and the EMP overloaded every system on board. The charged cannons detonated, sending surges straight to the core. The Great Fox vanished in a nuclear explosion, the wing going going into the Archangel and crippling her. The EMP sent surges through the pirate ship...

[Poplatino44]

I see the Great Fox explode and the Archangel get damaged, I grow angry, an extremely dense amount of psychic energy surrounds me, the strength of it literally bending time and space itself. I make my way to the auxiliary control room, I open the door and I find a guard at the controls, Dr. Hariled tied up on the floor. He starts to shoot at me, but the shoot from the blaster bends around me, I walk up to him and grab his neck, his body aging rapidly. I toss his aside his now fragile body breaking on impact, my rage stops. "Doctor, what are you doing here?" She looked up, "Tried to steer the ship away, but I was overtaken and shot, I'm loosing blood fast." I contact Krystal, "We have an alli down, we need to leave before the primary core overloads."

[Marcus McCloud]

[As Marcus] Krystal smiled. "It's Ric. He has an ally down and he wants us to leave before-" A loud emergency buzzer started up. My instincts flashed the alarm in my head. The computer voice projected it. "Warning: Reactor Core overheating. Primary coolent system and emergency backups offline. Core overload in 2 minutes." Fox set his watch to 1:50, then started the timer. The Archangel called us. "*Buzz* -not tele- *crackle* Repeat; we canno-*buzz* port you out. Find your own escape." Slippy thought. "Ric should be one level up, and the nearest escape pod should be on that deck." Falco started running before all of us, and we went to follow. I stopped. We had forgotten something. Something very important. An usher from Krystal pulled me out of it.

[As Sabrina] I pounded at the gates with renewed vigor. The guards had left me behind before the alarm went off. Two minutes to die. I screamed at the top of my lungs for help, but no one came. I started to panic. I couldn't breath. I slammed the gates again, hearing a snapping sound and knowing I had broken a finger. I fell against them and cried. Suddenly it came to me. I focused and sent out a cry for help to anyone within the ship.

[Poplatino44]

(As myself) Some thing struck me. I contacted Krystal again, "KRYSTAL!! ITS SABRINA!!" I started to run out, i meet every one on my way one deck down. "Where's Sabrina?" Marcus stopped and looked around. I then yelled, "Marcus, follow me, everyone else get to the pod and prep for launch, if we don't get back in one minute, eject. Eject!!" I ran towards the cell. 20 seconds has passed. "Here it is, Sabrina!!" I tried to open the gate but only the lock released. "Crap no power, help me open it." I pulled it just enough for Sabrina to slip out. "Marcus clear the way ill carry Sabrina!"

[Marcus McCloud]

[As Marcus] I during our run, I had picked up two extra pulse rifles from the guards. "Stay behind me." Sabrina patted Ric on the shoulder. "I'm fine. I can run." The computer voice called. "YOU NOW HAVE 1 MINUTE, 30 SECONDS TO REACH MINIMAL SAFE DISTANCE." I curse the fact that the brig is in the center of the ship, with no easy access to escape pods. Sabrina ran in between Ric and I, every other corridor meeting a fray. The time ticked down.

[Poplatino44]

"Get going. There is someone I must get." I run to auxiliary control room and find the doc unconscious. "Come one doc, I'm not leaving you here." I run back to the pod, everyone in already, "Let's go."

[Marcus McCloud]

[As Marcus] The last minute, the one Ric took to get the doc, lasted hours. Especially the last thirty seconds. We all looked at each other. Twenty seconds. We saw Ric. Every mouth in the pod screamed for him to get in. Fifteen seconds. At twelve, he got in and we fired the explosive bolts to disengage. The engines fired and the ship receded. We all counted down, a multi mega ton blast at less than 100 yards. "Four... three... two... one..." We closed our eyes and we felt a flash that shined through our eyelids. The wave of plasma and EMP knocked out the lights and the cabin was lit by the blast. I opened my eyes and thanked the self-darkening windows for saving our lives. The tinted windows glowed red hot. I leaned on Sabrina and I kissed her. It was over. After all this, all the people that died, after all the fear... we were free.

[Poplatino44]

"Doc, stay with us, dont let go, come one open those eyes." I check he pulse. "Not good, not good."

[Marcus McCloud]

[As Marcus] When Sabrina heard Ric, she moved to help the Doctor. Beginning CPR came first in her mind. I went to the cockpit to find the Archangel and it's bay was out of line and rotating away from our course. The rotation seemed to be a bit faster than us. Everything I touched had no power running to it or had been burned out. Our inertia seemed the only thing pushing us along. I noticed thrusters slowing down the rotation, but it was rotating too fast. "Okay guys, it's going to get bumpy real fast. Hold on." The Doc suddenly sucked in air and coughed.

[Poplatino44]

"Krystal, give me a hand." I start to make a psi wall around everyone inside the pod, concentrating more of it around the doc. "Everyone hold on to something." The whole pod shakes as we crash into the Archangel's bay. The crew rushes to close the air locks and to get us out of the pod. "Sabrina, head to the infirmary and get your self checked. Make sure they have a free bed for our guest."

[Marcus McCloud]

[As Marcus] As I look back at everyone, I sigh as the rescue team pries the doors open. They put the doc on a stretcher and take her out. Sabrina, Krystal, Fox and Falco leave as I fall onto the side of the pod, my hands shaking vigorously from adrenaline withdrawal. I notice the rescue team is quite small and wonder how many teams are out. Laying down next to Ric, I lean on the pod wall. "I have to leave the pod, don't I?"

[Poplatino44]

I smile as the rescue team leaves marcus and me alone in the pod. I hold his hands, and look at him, "You can stay and rest, but you still have to get checked out." I still see Marcus shaking. "Its over, after a long time its over." I smile and hug him. "Come one, let's rejoin the others."

[Marcus McCloud]

[As Marcus] I pull in a deep, confidant breath. "Thanks. After that, I could use a vacation. A long, boring vacation on a beach of ... anywhere. I am DONE with exciting." Standing, I feel a tightness in my stomach. "Are you hungry? Because I'm starved." A distant groaning of metal stops my thoughts for a moment. "God, I thought I said I was done with excitement."

[Poplatino44]

(as myself) i jump out and look around. "What was that?" I start to run, "To the bridge." I arrive then shortly after Marcus arrives. "Whats going on?" The crew scatters and checks all systems, "Sir, we are depressurizing, hull breach in the cargo bay. Sealing off bay area, pressurizing cabin." He jumps to the PA system. "Attention crew, all personnel head to the nearest air lock equipped bay, i repeat, move to a air lock equipped bay."