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Bills hands were almost a complete blur as he typed commands into the computer systems of the Great Fox. He could hear all the commontion and the timely arrival of Sam with his ship over his personal ship-wide headset. He then smiled. "Hey Avalon! Great to see you're still around!" He then turned the Great Fox up towards the surface. "now let's get this ship outta here and back where she belongs! In space!"  he said as he pushed the throttle of the Great Fox forward.

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Jason was at first nervous, but then he gave a toothy grin as the others tried to escape and he followed Adrians lead, and asked, "Okay, so we've raised the city from the depths, encountered an ancient evil super being, and now we're trying to go fight it?! Man, this is going to make for one awesome story some day!" he commented with a cheer.


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Yes, and you'll have a nice long chapter all to yourself Fox said as they reached the Blue Marine " Inside, all of you' fox commanded as he opened the blue Marines Hull
 it would be a tight dfit with 4 passengers but this would only be for as long as it took to get back to the great Fox..
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Sam enabled his com-link again as he heard Bill's voice over the radio.

"Its good to know Corneria's best pilot still lives" he spoke.

"So,Bill, how are Fay and Jason holding up" he continued
 

 


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Fox waited until all 5 members wre inside befire shutting the door and activating the controls.. the hatch opened revealing a sunny sky, and a drop off of close to 100 feet. ' week at least we're not at the ocean depths anymore" Krystal said.
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Bill laughed as he heard Sam over the communications. "The best only next to you and Fox maybe." he said with a smile. He then blushed under his fur as he continued speaking. "well, Jason is doing just fine... in fact he's with Fox and Krystal right now in the Blue Marine... speaking of which..." Bill then switched to an all ship frequency "Fox if you can hear me, the Great Fox is ready and waiting to pick up the Blue Marine! I'd suggest you hurry too."

He then began talking to Sam again. "And... Fey, well she's onboard the Great Fox along with Kat, and Miyu, but we haven't had a lot of time to talk... things are still sort of rocky between us."


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hEar you loud and Clear Bill, We're dropping towards the ocean surface as we speak fox said as he piloted the damahed ship towards the area where the Great Fox was waiting
 Ready for docking beam' fox said ' And the Marine needs some serious repairs too..
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Falco remained silent on the Great Fox, twirling his blaster in his hand in order to pass time. There had been much discussion about how to fight off this new evil that had arisen, but it didn't seem to phase him that much at the moment. It seemed like the only thing he was interested in was them getting out of whatever mess they were in currently. "I say we just blast whatever this new force we're facing is That's how we usually solve conflicts like these, at least in my experience." He chuckled a little as he brushed the blue feathers on his head with his wing.


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blasting it won't do us much good until we can find a weak spot" slippy replied.' fox ! readying docking beam! he said hitting a switch.'
 a blue light shone down on the blue marine and lifted clear into the air " Adrian1 Jason, When we dock, be ready to head to your arwings! We're going to take the fight to that thing! Fox Said " we'll be getting in Arwings too..
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Bill hit several switches and scracthed his head for a moment. "I've run at least a dozen scans on this thing we're about to go up against, but seriously I can't seem to FIND a weak point on this thing!" He turned for around and addressed Slippy. "You tend to be better at this than I am, care to give me some help Slippy?"

Jason nodded his head firmly as he replied, "Got it Fox!" He then tapped several buttons on his communicator and inside the Great Fox hanger, his personal Arwing began to run a systems check.


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Falco grinned. "Now you're talking. This thing won't be a match for us and our Airwings. We'll take it down quickly and easily." He holstered his blaster. "It's days like these that take me back to the days against Andros and his minions. Those were some good times we had."


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I'm trying bill, but ,my scanners aren't picking up any weaknesses either. perhaps hitting it with a smart bomb will work, or getting a few laser upgrades, theres four levels of laser level now, single double ultra(blue laser) and mega, mega is pink-colored for some reason, but anyway its extremely effective, it can take out an enemy in a couple hits, but that will require three upgrades and avoiding any damage to the wings.." slippy said.
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The moment Jason felt the Blue Marine shudder from docking with the Great Fox, he hit the release switch and opened the top hatch and bounded out of the sub, and ran straight to his starfighter.He hopped into the cockpit, and situated his headset to his ear. After doing a manual check on his ships systems he opened his communications. "Jason Grey ready to launch! Requesting permission to take off sir!"

Bill heard his son's communication and smiled. "All ships are clear for launch! If you're in a ship, then take to the sky!!!" he shouted as he ploted a course off of Aquas surface and into Space. Bill then turned to Kat, Miyu and Fay. "You girls may want to get into the sky as well! The boys will need your help too!"


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Adrian's suit rocketed up from within the clear waters near the city, quickly transforming into it's humanoid form, as the White Fang's hanger bay opened, launching the other five suits out of the hangar, as well as shooting out a pair of assault rifles that Adrian's suit caught in mid-leap...
"Alright, Shrike test team!  Let's do this thing!"
He chuckled.  Onboard the Great Fox, the three girls nodded, rushing back to their ship and launching their three fighters...


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"Roger that,Starheart" Avalon spoke
 

 


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Falco had made his way to his airwing and quickly inspected it to make sure nothing was out of place. "Thing of beauty," he muttered to himself. Opening the cockpit hatch, Falco stepped into his airwing took a couple deep breaths. Missions like these were common, but he always felt some degree of tension. In the back of his mind, a tiny sense of fear crept in. Fear that they wouldn't beat whatever they were fighting. Fear that he would let his teammates down and that they would be shot down. Fear that even he may...

"This is Falco to Star Fox," Falco firmly called through his voice com. "All systems go for me. Let's squash this oversized bug."


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Adrian grinned.
"Heh.  Good to hear your voice, Avalon!  Now I know we'll be able to..."
A sudden alert siren cut him off.
"Alert.  High energy source incoming.  Firing location was low Aquas orbit and closing..."
A mechanical voice droned, as a glowing red-pink beam fired straight down, narrowly missing the group's ships.  Above them, the black mobile weapon streaked through the atmosphere, enveloped in a corona of flames...


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Jason banked his ship hard to avoid the massive laser like energy beam. "Oh no you did NOT just shoot that at me!" he shouted over the intercom as he boosted his ship into the stratosphere following the flaming shadow like object. His ships sensors couldn't identify it, but he trailed after it anyway. "Come on baby... give me one good shot!" he mumbled to himself.

Bill knew the Great Fox's shields would survive the hit, but still he moved the ship out of the way as well just to be safe. "That energy reading was off the charts, even the Great Fox couldn't track how much energy was in that single shot!" said Bill over the ship-to-ship com. "Just be careful out there everyone, that goes double for you Jason and Fay. I don't want to lose either of ya." he said aloud.


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"Any weaknesses" Avalon asked over the intercom while dodging an incoming energy blast which grazed his ship slightly.

"That's it! Nobody scratches the paint on my Arwing and gets away with it" he spoke
 

 


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Fox And Krystal flew their arwinga towards the machine and tried to avoid the huge beam"any readout yet Slippy?
_ Working on it' slippy replied..
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Adrian flicked a readout on his display.
"Th-that isn't...possible.  Preliminary scans indicate that there's no visible weak points on either target.  In that case, we go with plan B.  Hit it with everything we got!"
He said, the White Fang bristling with guns as he said this...