Star Fox: The Adventures of Admiral Storm Episode 2: The Bioweapons

Part 2: Titania

"Sounds good to me," Fox relented, docking right beside me.

The Great Fox set a course for Titania while Fox and I got ready, making minor adjustments to the setup inside the landmasters to fit our fighting styles.

"Alright, we're here," General Pepper announced just as I finished adjusting my landmaster. "Deploying landmasters!"

The hatch beneath us opened up, and Fox and I hovered gently down onto the barren surface of the planet below.

"I don't see any enemy ships here," Falco noted as he and Peppy flew along just above us.

"They probably all scattered once they learned of Andross' defeat," I concluded jokingly.

"Maybe so," Fox agreed.

"Aww, man! This is gonna be so boring without anything to shoot at!" Falco complained.

"Now, now, don't be asking for trouble," I scolded him.

As soon as those words escaped my mouth, several enemy ships appeared on the horizon.

"ACK! It's an ambush!" Falco gasped.

"What did I tell you?" I folded my arms in mock frustration. "You jinxed it."

"What?!" Falco pressed, outraged.

"Just keep them off us," I ordered.

"Right," Peppy nodded.

Peppy and Falco intercepted the fleet, leading their fire away from us as we headed onwards towards Slippy's location.

"You've got a bogey on your six," I warned Falco as he passed by overhead.

"I've got it," He assured me, making a series of sharp turns to try and shake the enemy ship, but failing.

The enemy ship fired on him, and he sustained minor damage. With one clean shot, I destroyed the enemy ship before it could do any more harm.

"If I needed help, I would've asked for it," Falco huffed, while I just rolled my eyes.

Suddenly, a large, strange looking creature appeared in front of us. It had four scraggly arms and two legs. It's face looked like that of a bird from this distance, with a beak for a mouth.

"This is the enemy bioweapon?!" Peppy gasped.

"FOOOX!" A familiar voice cried, and I saw that the creature was holding Slippy's ship.

"We're too late!" I exclaimed in dismay.

"We can still rescue him," Fox pointed out. "We just need to take out that Bioweapon, which we were going to do anyways."

"Let's move, team!" I cried, starting to open fire on the beast.

"It looks like it's using its arms to guard its chest!" Peppy pointed out. "You've got to take those out first."

"We got it, Peppy," I assured him. "You two just focus on the sky."

"Okay," Peppy nodded.

"You take the left, I take the right," I told Fox, starting to shoot at the two arms on the creature's right side, trying to take them out as quickly as possible so Slippy didn't get hurt; at least not any more than he already was.

The creature swung its arms at us, but I slowed down to avoid them, sliding just out of range and taking this chance to get in a few easy shots before he was able to pull them back, taking down one of them. The creature became furious, and swung his tail at Fox and me, which we dodged by hovering upwards for only a few seconds before the thrusters stopped. With a few more charged shots, I was able to take down the second arm, leaving the creature's chest exposed.

"Go ham on it!" I ordered, readying two bombs and charging up a powerful shot.

As Fox's shots and my shots all connected in a rapid fire fashion, the creature howled with rage, attempting to take one last swing at us before falling over backwards and going limp, dropping Slippy.

"We one cycled him!" I cheered. "Great work team!"

"One cycle?" Fox queried. "What does she mean?"

"I have a feeling the arms would have regenerated if you took too long," Slippy explained.

"Oh," Fox nodded. "I get it now. Well, it's a good thing we did. How are you, Slippy?"

"Okay, I guess, still a little bit banged up," He answered.

"But it seems to be nothing I cannot repair before our next mission," ROB spoke up as the Great Fox pulled in beside us again.

"Speaking of which, where is our next mission, General Pepper?" I asked him.

"I have no idea," He responded. "Our scanners haven't picked up anything else yet, so for now, you're on your own."

"First off, let's get back into our Arwings," Fox decided, hovering up and pulling back into the hanger as the hatch opened up below the Great Fox.

"Right," I agreed. "We might want to pull up a map while we're on board, just so we can get a few ideas as to where to head next."

"You're probably right," Fox nodded.

Once we were safely docked back in Hangar Bay 1, I headed out into the hall and into the computer room, pulling up a map of the entire Lylat system.

"Looks like there's a few places we haven't been yet," I noted. "Aquas, Mechbeth, Zoness, Solar, or Area 6."

"Area 6 belonged to Andross' men," Fox told me. "They probably fled once he was taken down."

"It's still worth it to check," I shrugged. "Besides, there might be a few stragglers."

"Alright," He relented. "So, where to next?"

"I was thinking Aquas," I answered.

"The only way you're going to get around on that planet is by using our submarine," General Pepper spoke up, appearing behind us.

"Falco isn't gonna like that," Fox grumbled.

"I'll tell him," I promised as we headed back to our Arwings.

"Hey guys!" Slippy waved to us as we entered the docking bay. "Where to next?"

"Aquas," I responded. "Which buys ROB a little more time to repair your Arwing, since we won't be needing it."

"I appreciate it," ROB muttered idly. "Not that I needed it."

"I'll tell the others to bring their ships in," I decided, hopping into my Arwing and activating the communicator. "Bring it in, boys! We're going to Aquas next."

"Aww man!" Falco complained. "Whatever."

"If you'd like you can man the turrets while I steer," I offered.

"Fine..." Falco relented.

"Good!" I grinned. "Glad we're all on the same page."

I hopped back out of my Arwing and waited for Peppy and Falco to dock. Once they were safely on board, the Great Fox took us to Aquas.