"Yo Lupe, our new HQ is just ahead."
Upon hearing Pardus' message, the female wolf smiled to herself. "Good. And, what's the situation? Any bothersome foxes around we need to shoot?"
"I can see two Arwings engaging the battle cruisers," Gecko reported. "Scans indicate that two additional Arwings are inside the station. There's definitely some sort of battle going on in there as well."
"Well then, I think we should interfere before they blast our lovely new home to pieces..." Lupina said. "But, oh where could dear Rei be?"
"Shall we contact them via communicator?" Pardus asked.
"Why not? It's just polite to announce yourself when you're about to shoot down your prey. But first... let me tell our boys that we're taking charge." She pressed a button and opened a new channel. "Wolfen to Sargasso Station! Do you read me?"
"Who is that?" came the voice from one of the countless criminals inside the station. "What are you doing with the boss' Wolfen?"
"I am sorry to tell you that Wolf won't come to help you against Star Fox..." Lupe smiled. "Too bad, isn't it?"
"Wh-what do you mean? What happened to the boss?"
Lupina frowned. "Okay, let me put this in a way even a dumb goon like yourself understands: We are the new Team Star Wolf, and we are taking charge! You have the choice: Serve us as you would serve the old Star Wolf, or risk getting captured by Star Fox... or worse!"
She didn't have to wait long before the answer came: "Okay, boss! What's your order!"
She grinned. "Good to hear that you have some common sense after all. First, tell me about the situation in the base. Who are you fighting?"
"The leader of Star Fox, together with that annoying toad," the henchman grumbled. "The frog's no problem, but Fox is tearing us up in here. There are barely transfer devices left we could use to call for additional backup." There was some noise in the background. "What? I just heard that he's already reached the top level of the hideout. What shall we do, boss?"
"Listen up, leave this to me! He won't resist a fight with us. I'll lure him into my trap, like a huntress would do with her prey..." She grinned wickedly.
The henchman scratched his head. "Uh, what?"
Lupe groaned. "We'll lure him outside so we can shoot him out of the skies! What do you think, idiot?" And she cut off the connection.
"So, those are Rei and the idiotic falcon out there?" Pardus asked. "Well, we'll make short work of them and..."
"NO!" Lupe barked. "Our orders are not to harm Rei in any way, don't forget that! But feel free to play with the birdie..."
Pardus smirked. "Got it!"
Falco was surprised when, out of nowhere, a laser shot grazed his Arwing. "What the heck? I just got shot!"
"No duh!" came the sarcastic comment of someone he did not recognize. "That was the idea behind it."
"The Wolfen? But you are not part of Wolf's team, aren't you?"
"Quiet, bird!" Lupe said. She switched channels and said: "Knock-knock, can Fox come out and play?"
"Who's this?" Fox replied. "Are you in league with Star Wolf?"
"We ARE Star Wolf!" Lupe smirked. "Wolf and his gang have kicked the bucket, so to speak. And now that I am in charge here, I'd love to get to know the famous Fox McCloud. Come out and fight me... to the death!"
"We're just looking for Pigma, nothing else!" Fox said. "We don't want any trouble."
Lupina sighed. "Pardus..."
The leopard just grinned and fired. This time, he hit Falco's left wing.
"Bah, I ate that!" Falco grumbled, but he sounded somewhat nervous.
"So what shall it be?" Lupe giggled. "The space duel I desire... or your friend's chicken wings on a platter of Arwing scrap?"
"I guess I have no choice..." Fox grumbled.
"Don't let them intimidate you, Fox!" Peppy said. "They can't be worse than Wolf himself!"
"Wrong, old-timer!" Gecko grinned. "We're worse!" And he shot off Falco's second wing.
"I could REALLY use some help here!" Falco winced.
Lupe laughed, but she stopped when she saw blue lasers flying past her Wolfen and towards Gecko's ship.
"Hey, who did that?" Gecko yelled angrily.
"Instead of wasting your time with holding a conversation during battle... you should actually fight!" said the blue-furred vixen with the cold eyes that had appeared on his communication screen.
Lupe smiled in a sinister way. "Oh, Rei, how nice of you to join us... so, you think you can play with us?"
She grimaced when the vixen's only answer was another volley of laser fire. "Be that way..." Lupe grumbled as she reflected them with a barrel roll. "But this isn't an Evangelion fight, you know?"
That made Rei hesitate for a short while. "How do you know that?" she wondered.
"You don't recognize us?" Lupe snickered. "I am not surprised. But I'm not planning on telling you who I am... yet!"
"I don't really care..." Rei grumbled and charged up her shot. She fired it at Lupe's Wolfen, but she quickly flew behind a tiny asteroid which blocked the shot.
"Hey, try to keep up!" Lupe laughed while flying around in front of Rei's ship.
Rei kept cool, though. She knew that she would leave Falco open to the others, and while she had faith in his piloting abilities, he would have a major disadvantage against the two Wolfens of Pardus and Gecko... especially because his two wings had broken off and the flight path of his Arwing was quite frantic.
"I can handle those goons by myself," Falco grimaced. "Go on and take care of that bitch... Rei! But I expect the full story once we get rid of these pests, you got it?"
Rei hesitated, then she nodded. "Understood... Pilot Lombardi!" And she flew after Lupe's Wolfen.
"Hey, I thought I told you not to call me that anymore!" Falco complained. He winced when he had to dodge another one of Gecko's shots. "Damn, me and my big mouth... Fox, where are you?"
"I'm on my way!" Fox shouted as he climbed into his Arwing. "Slippy is taking care of everything within the hideout... but what was that all about? Why did you call Krystal...?"
"Save that for later, big leader!" Falco shouted as he fired his lasers at Pardus' Arwing. "I've got my hands full right now!"
"No worries, the cavalry's here!" Fox yelled as he flew out of the station's hangar and into outer space. In no time, he had reached Falco's Arwing.
"How about this, you dirtbags?" he yelled and fired his lasers.
Pardus smirked and Gecko cackled. They had him exactly where they wanted him to be... "NOW, BOSS!" they shouted as they flew away from Falco's battered Arwing.
Lupe's Wolfen came out of nowhere, her Wolfen firing at Fox's ship in rapid succession. Rei gasped when she saw the multiple hits she landed on the Arwing. She had followed her all around the space station, but Lupe had been flying so fast that she had barely been able to hit her at all. And all the time, she just misguided her so she had a free firing line on Fox.
Lupe laughed. "And that's the end of Star Fox!" she shouted. Rei fired at her, but she dodged yet again and flew away, but Pardus and Gecko started a second attack on Fox. Fox rolled his Arwing around to deflect the first volley of shots, but the others hit him at point-blank range.
"Fox!" Slippy shouted. "M-maybe I should come out and help..."
"No!" Fox commanded. "You are needed in the hideout. We can't allow Pigma to flee, should he still be there. Falco, what about your ship?"
"It can still fly, but not much longer!" Falco grumbled.
Pardus laughed. "You're right about that, birdie!" he grinned as he took aim on the ace pilot's Arwing.
"No, you don't!" Rei grumbled as she shot his Wolfen from behind.
Pardus growled. "You crazy bitch, I'm gonna show you..."
"NO!!" Lupe yelled. "I said DON'T shoot her!!"
"Why not?" Rei yelled. "What do you want from me?"
"Try to find an answer yourself, sunshine!" Lupe shot back. "We're just doing our job." And she attacked Fox once again.
Fox managed to avoid her fire by flying a loop, but he barely collided with her Wolfen during that maneuver. "Dangit..." he muttered. "I don't know how long we can keep this up... if only we had one more ship on our side..."
"TAKE THIS, SCUMBAGS!" a loud voice yelled through the communicators, on every single channel. Fox winced at the volume and then watched in surprise when another battleship showed up. It was twice as large as an Arwing, but still very maneuverable. It was colored blue, except for it's nose, which resembled a golden bird's beak.
Pardus cried out in surprise when the new ship's laser shots threw his Wolfen around. "All right, who was that?"
"Wherever space scum like you show up, the swift fist of justice will be there to take you down!" a cocky voice spoke up. "Now, c'mon! Show me your moves!"
"It c-can't be!" Fox gasped. "It's the famous bounty hunter, Captain Falcon!"
The captain grinned behind his helmet's visor and flew a wide curve. "Anytime, Foxy! Why didn't you call me if you're in trouble?"
"Maybe because you are an annoying show-off?" Falco grumbled.
"What?" Lupe yelled. "How could he show up here? The master never said anything about that!"
"Too bad, 'sunshine'..." Rei snarled as she started another attack on Lupe's Wolfen.
"C'mon!" Captain Falcon sneered. "Let's show them OUR moves!"
"Everything, just stop saying that!" Falco grimaced.
And they flew back into battle, this time much more confident.
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