N-Master

Chapter Five Time: Six hours later… Location: Sargasso Outpost—Krystal’s Room Krystal awoke to the sound of a closing door. Opening her eyes, she saw a tray lying on the ground next to her. “Ugh,” she drew herself up, wiping away the dust her fur had collected on the grimy floor. Though she had the luxury of a bed, she had not found the strength amidst her mourning to take herself to it before drifting to sleep. She looked down at the tray of meager rations—a grey mush—and grimaced. Even for a prisoner, it seemed harshly un-appetizing. She cocked her foot back to kick it across the room but stopped upo

Chapter Four Time: Several Minutes Ago… Location: Within the throes of battle, in hot pursuit of Leon. “You’re really starting to get on my nerves!” Leon shouted, shaking his fist in the air as he weaved through the onslaught set by Katt and Falco. Katt smiled as she unleashed wave after wave of scorching shots, searing several scratches along the side of Leon’s pilfered Arwing. “Katt, be careful! That’s our ship you’re shootin’ at!” Falco cried. Katt scoffed. “Well how else are we supposed to take him down?” “Drat!” She muttered as Leon somersaulted, positioning him

Chapter Three Time: Several minutes ago… Location: Just outside the Lylat System; Not far from the Great Fox. “Ahh,” Katt sighed, positioning her seat back. “That wasn’t so hard.” Having completed a particularly arduous flight through an asteroid belt, she felt content to rest in space for a while. Though she was not entirely certain of her destination, she was enjoying the journey all the same. Resting her eyes, a slight tickling sensation made her eyelids twitch. She opened them and noticed two blinking dots on her radar. Almost immediately, she sat up and checked her rearview monitors and—sure enough

Chapter Two Time: Exactly one month ago. Location: Unknown; many kilometers from the destruction site of the Aparoid nest. The dark and rugged lupine groaned as he hurled the hulking scrap of metal from his body. “Ugh...that’s what I get for playing hero,” he thought, rubbing a bruise on the side of his muzzle. But that didn’t concern him as much as the smoking heap that lay before him. “My precious Wolfen. McCloud, you will pay for this.” Wolf stood, stumbling for balance as he limped toward the wreckage. His breath was a bit shallow, but he knew he would survive. He always did. Wincing into a few more pa

Chapter One The beautiful, blue Cerinian locked her door. She was so exhausted that she didn't even bother to dress down for bed. She lay quietly, thinking very little of anything. Ever since they had destroyed the Aparoids, Fox had ruthlessly begun a senseless crusade of intensive training. Everything from excruciating exercise to tedious Arwing drills became the daily routine, and it lasted hours. It made no sense really. Shouldn't they be on vacation by now? "I just think we should be prepared. You never know, the next big threat to the Lylat System could be lurking around the corner." Fox's explanation of his actions echoed emptily in K