ࡱ> QSPM @]bjbj== "nWW@Yl4, DDDDDDDD$O o>DDDDD>HDDSHHHDDDHDHHD8 `v,vi0HHHere's a fanfic that Wolve and I did together. It's a RR-Star Fox crossover. Hope you like it. BTW, I would like to dedicate this story to the crew of the space shuttle Columbia, whose legacy shall live to the farthest reaches of the Milky Way and beyond. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE ROVER KIND By Jerimy "Marauder" Bass and Steven "Wolve" Thompson Road Rovers, characters, names, and situations are (c) 1996-2003 Warner Bros. Marauder (c) Myself. Linda, Abby, Vicki, Molly, Roger, Ben and Collie Squadron concept (c) Robert Baer Jr. Dylan and Jazz (c) Dylan Rinald. Misty (c) Bart Walls. Star Fox and Star Fox Adventures are (c) 1994-2003 Nintendo/Rare. This story is intended for the sole use of entertainment and is not intended to infringe on any copyrights or for profit of any kind. It is only fan appreciation. Thank you. The scene is somewhere in space. An Arwing fighter is flying not far from the Lylat System. Piloting it is Fox McCloud, a fox. Just then, a message comes over the two-way radio. VOICE: (over radio) Fox, do you read me? FOX: Loud and clear, Slippy. SLIPPY: (over radio) How's the new upgrades working? FOX: Great! This new transwarp generator is working perfectly. Just then another familiar voice comes in. VOICE: (over radio) Hey! Who let an amateur try out the new generator? FOX: (smiles) Falco, you never fail to amuse me. FALCO: (over radio) I guess you need some glory since you practically live in my shadow. FOX: Whatever, I'll get you back as soon as I can. In the meantime, I have to... Just then, a wormhole opens up nearby. Alarms go off and the Arwing starts spinning out of control. FOX: (shocked) What the...? FALCO: (over radio, confused) Fox, what's going on? FOX: I've being pulled into a wormhole! He tries to regain control, but the Arwing continues heading right for the wormhole. FALCO: (over radio) Fox! Come in! We're losing you! Just then, sparks go off. FOX: (in pain, grabbing his left arm) AAAAAHHH! FALCO: (over radio, horrified) FOX! COME IN! FOX! The Arwing is sucked in and the wormhole closes. Moments later, a wormhole opens up near the Solar System. Fox's Arwing flies out and heads straight for Earth. Before entering the atmosphere, he manages to regain partial control as it heads for North America. Meanwhile, on Road Rover Farm in Massachusetts, two Road Rovers, Marauder and Linda, are horseback riding when suddenly, they hear a sonic boom. MARAUDER: (confused) What in the world? Not far away, Fox attempts to set his Arwing down. It hits the ground and skids for about a few hundred yards before coming to a stop. Then, he climbs out of the cockpit, takes a few steps, then collapses to the ground. Minutes later, Marauder and Linda come riding up. Marauder dismounts and runs up to Fox. He turns him on his back and looks him over. MARAUDER: Lassie, give me your handkerchief. Linda takes out her handkerchief and hands it to Marauder. He then wraps it around the wound on Fox's left arm and ties it tightly to stop the bleeding. MARAUDER: We'd better get him back to the house. I can work on him there. The scene is on the planet Corneria. Falco and Slippy are explaining what happened to Peppy Hare. FALCO: We were just talking to him and then we heard these alarms go off. It was like something unexpected happened to him. SLIPPY: Before we lost him, he said that he was being pulled into a wormhole. But then, we heard him scream, and it didn't sound very good. FALCO: (sadly) I think we've lost him. PEPPY: Maybe, maybe not. I think we should try to find him, wherever he may be. I know those Arwings very well. There's a tracking device implanted in each one of them. Perhaps if we can activate the one in Fox's craft, we could locate him. Slippy, I want you to send out the code to that area where we last picked up his signal. SLIPPY: Got it, Peppy. PEPPY: And Falco, be ready to take off if we find him. FALCO: I'm on it. The scene is now back on Earth, at the Road Rover Farm house. In one of the guest bedrooms, Fox is now laying on a bed. He has a cool, wet towel on his forehead, and Marauder is sitting nearby bandaging up his arm. Hunter, the supreme commander, walks in. HUNTER: Marauder, I've got a team securing that spacecraft as we speak. Wherever he came from, I don't want to take any chances just in case someone or something comes looking for him. MARAUDER: Thanks for the word. This is a pretty unusual case, because his species type is compatible with Earth types, even his blood. He finishes taping up Fox's wound and places his arm back on the bed. HUNTER: Well, let's hope he's friendly. Just then, his fingers start to move. MARAUDER: I don't think it'll take us long to figure that out. Fox awakes and looks around. MARAUDER: Easy now. We're not going to hurt you. FOX: (curious) Wh...where am I? HUNTER: You're on the planet Earth. Fox starts to sit up. FOX: Where is this planet located? HUNTER: Well, all I can tell you is that it's located in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's the third planet in the Solar System. By the way, who are you and where did you come from? FOX: My name's Fox McCloud and I'm from the planet Corneria, located in the Lylat System. I was on my way home when I was pulled into a wormhole that came out of nowhere and ended up crashing on your planet. HUNTER: (shaking hands) The name's Hunter. I'm the supreme commander of the Road Rovers here on Earth. FOX: Road Rovers? HUNTER: Yes. MARAUDER: (shaking hands) I'm Marauder, the chief medical officer. FOX: (pointing to his left arm) So you must be the one who patched me up. MARAUDER: Right. You're lucky I'm the one who found you. FOX: So what do you Road Rovers do? HUNTER: We're a special organization that's devoted to stopping terrorists here on Earth. It's our sole mission to strike fear into the hearts of those who commit evil. FOX: I'm part of such an organization on Corneria myself. We call ourselves the Star Fox team. We're committed to serving and upholding justice against any threat to the Lylat system. However, we make a living doing this, so we have to charge a fee. HUNTER: I understand. We get our funding from each of the member states within the United Nations. But anyway, we're going to have to confiscate your spacecraft and look it over for anything suspicious. We'll need to hold you here for a while as well. FOX: You don't trust me, do you? HUNTER: I'd be lying if I said I did. You don't seem like a bad character, but every unexpected guest has to go through the same procedures as well. So, you're not alone. FOX: But what about my team? What if they come for me? HUNTER: Don't worry. If your friends come looking for you, we'll be neighborly. Now I have to get back to headquarters. There's some unusual activity going on in Europe, and we need to check it out. He walks out. Fox turns to Marauder. FOX: By the way, what do you guys have to eat and drink on this planet? I'm starving. MARAUDER: Well, I don't know what you're in the mood for, but we can try something. Come with me. Marauder walks out. Fox follows. Back on Corneria, Peppy is plotting the location of Fox's signal. PEPPY: I think I've got it! FALCO: Got what? PEPPY: Fox's location. (shows them the map) He could be in a planetary system in this quadrant. And from my analysis, there is one planet in this system that is more than capable of supporting life. FALCO: You think he's going to be there? PEPPY: Quite possibly. His signal is weak, but we've tracked it here, (points) on the third planet from this star. FALCO: But how do we know if he's still alive? PEPPY: There's only one way to find out, by going to this planet. It looks like a long way, but with the new transwarp drive, we should be able to make it there and back. Slippy, can you install it in the main transport? SLIPPY: Already done. I was preparing for the worst. PEPPY: Good. Now let's get ready to move out. On Earth, it is now late in the evening at Road Rover Farm. Fox, Marauder, and Linda have just finished dinner. FOX: That was a great dinner. It's not very often we get to have a home-cooked meal. MARAUDER: Well, there's one thing we believe in, and that's always treating your guests with dignity. They move into the living room. FOX: So, are you all dogs on this planet? MARAUDER: Well, no, we're not. Actually, dogs aren't born with the same characteristics that you have. We inherited ours through a process called transdogmafication. The humans on this planet are the ones who normally have these characteristics. Dogs are normally animals who live as personal pets of humans and have no thoughts or speech. FOX: I see. I was born the way I was, but you inherited your personal traits. Why would these humans feel you should have them? MARAUDER: You know, I'm really not sure. Maybe they just wanted a little more from us dogs. FOX: (to Linda) By the way, I don't think we've met. LINDA: I'm Linda, Marauder's wife, but he calls me Lassie. FOX: Well, is it all right if I do the same? LINDA: Sure. Just about everyone else in the Road Rovers does it, other than my family. FOX: (lowers head) You must be fortunate to have a family to go home to. LINDA: Really? What makes you think I'm fortunate? FOX: (sadly) Because I lost my mother and father at an early age. My mother was murdered by a bomb that was meant for my father. And my father was killed by a tyrant named Andross. And soon after, I made a vow that I would find Andross and defeat him. MARAUDER: Did you? FOX: Yes. It took us a long time but we eventually got him. LINDA: I know how it feels to lose a parent when you're young. FOX: (surprised) You've lost one too? LINDA: Yes, my mother was killed by a drunk driver one evening. And it left my father alone to raise us all. FOX: That must've been an emotional period for you. LINDA: Yes it was. But Dad did his best to raise us all. FOX: What about you, Marauder? Did you ever have a family? MARAUDER: Not really. I only had my mother about a month before I was adopted, and I was raised by my masters. So, I never had a mother and father to grow up with. FOX: Did you ever feel bad about it? MARAUDER: Yes, but I had some good people to raise me, and I've made many friends within the Road Rovers, and most of all, I have a beautiful wife. Do your friends ever take care of you? FOX: Oh yes, they're real good to me. We're a squadron of four. Falco, I hesitate to call him my best friend but he's the closest thing I have to one. He's a pilot, just like me, but he tends to get jealous too often. Slippy is our mechanic who does all the repairs around there. And Peppy is like the father of the group. He flew with my father, and he was the one who encouraged me to become the leader of the Star Fox Team. MARAUDER: Sounds like you've got some good people working with you. Later, they head to bed. Marauder tucks Fox in, turns out the light, and leaves the room. Fox turns for a moment and stares off into space before falling asleep. The next day, a transport ship is approaching the Solar System. Inside, Falco is piloting while Slippy and Peppy are behind him. SLIPPY: Fox's signal is getting stronger. PEPPY: Good, so that must mean we're not far away. Continue on, Falco. FALCO: I'm going. They continue toward Earth. When they reach Earth, the signal takes them to the point where Fox's ship crashed in New England. On the ground, Dylan is riding around the grounds on patrol when he hears the ship fly overhead. DYLAN: (confused) Huh? (He takes out his two-way radio.) Marauder, do you read? MARAUDER: (over radio) I read you, Dyl. DYLAN: I just heard a strange ship fly over me. It looks like it's headed for the restricted area. MARAUDER: We'll be right there. Not far away, the transport sets down next to Fox's damaged ship. Falco, Slippy, and Peppy disembark and walk over to the ship. FALCO: Well, his ship is here, but where could he be? Then, Dylan rides up nearby. DYLAN: Halt! Who goes there? FALCO: (defensive) Never mind the introductions. Where's Fox? DYLAN: Your friend is all right. He's being taken care of right now. FALCO: (sternly) You're in for a lot of trouble if anything has happened to him. PEPPY: (upset) Falco! FALCO: (pleading) How do we know he's telling the truth? They could be torturing him! DYLAN: It's all right. Nothing has happened to your friend. FALCO: (sternly) Right, and you expect me to believe that?! Just then, Marauder, Linda, and Fox ride up. Fox immediately intervenes. FOX: Falco! FALCO: (surprised) Fox!... You're all right! FOX: (sternly) Of course I'm all right. Why did you have to act like a fool? (turns to the others) I apologize for my friend's behavior. He doesn't trust strangers. PEPPY: I'm relieved to see you alive, Fox. Who are they? FOX: These are my new friends. They found me and took care of me until you arrived. (motions) This is Marauder, and this is Lassie. PEPPY: How do you do? MARAUDER: Nice to meet you. Fox told us about you guys. Meanwhile, Slippy looks over Fox's ship. SLIPPY: This doesn't look good. It'll take a long time to fix this. MARAUDER: I don't know if it'll do you much good, but we can get you some spare parts, if you need them. In the meantime, why don't we head back to the house? They all head to the main house. Later, when they arrive, the Sonic Rover lands nearby. Hunter disembarks. HUNTER: Dylan, Marauder, Lassie, we need you guys immediately. MARAUDER: What's wrong? HUNTER: We've lost contact with members of the Collie Squadron. They were sent out on the mission in Denmark, and we haven't heard from them since. We fear they might have been captured. MARAUDER: Ouch. That's not good. We'd better go get our supply bags. FOX: Pardon me for asking, but is it all right if we come with you? HUNTER: You? FOX: Sure. We'd like to help you out, if you don't mind. HUNTER: Didn't you say you charge a fee? FOX: Don't worry about it. Marauder and Lassie took good care of me during my time here. This one's on me! The scene is now in a compound somewhere in Denmark. Inside, six members of the Collie Squadron, Abby, Vicki, Misty, Molly, Roger, and Ben, are locked behind a force field. Their collars have been confiscated. ABBY: How could we have failed? That plan was brilliant, it should've worked! MOLLY: (sternly) Maybe because you were going on and on about your stupid fur being in disarray. They overheard us, and thanks to you, we're stuck here about to be Cano-mutated! ABBY: (sternly) How'd you like heartburn that won't go away? BEN: Girls, please, now is not the time for all this arguing. Just then, Parvo and the Groomer walk up. PARVO: Well, well, what do we have here? If it isn't Perry Mason and his associates? BEN: Parvo! I should've known it'd be you! A moment later, the Sonic Rover flies nearby. Inside, Colleen is piloting while Hunter is showing the location to Fox. HUNTER: This is where we last picked up their signal. Apparently, an old nemesis of ours is running a terrorist operation up here and we believe he captured our comrades. You'll want to use extra caution when encountering any of his men or mutants. Meanwhile, back at the compound, Parvo is still talking to the captured Collie Squadron. PARVO: So, with you in my possession and the world at my grasp, nothing could possibly... Just then, red lights flash and the alarm buzzes. PARVO: (surprised) go...wrong? GROOMER: Security breach, my general! At that time, an explosion rips open a compound door, and the other Road Rovers and the Star Fox team charge in. HUNTER: Let's move in! Meanwhile, the Collie Squadron has noticed the alarm. MISTY: Yay! Looks like our friends are here! PARVO: (ordering) Secure the compound! Make sure nothing gets through! GROOMER: Yes General! A moment later, Fox and Falco are running down a corridor, when a group of Cano-mutants come charging toward them. FALCO: What are these monsters?! FOX: Never mind that, we gotta take them down! They continue running at them, Falco leaps right into the first one kicking it's leg making it fall, then he jumps on it punching in the face several time as the other Cano comes up behind him ready to attack. Fox however had different plans as he jumps up and kicks it square in the jaw and before he even touches the ground he kicks the large Cano again knocking it cold. FALCO: (aggravated) No one asked for your help, Fox! Fox rolls his eyes and continues on. Meanwhile, Slippy and Peppy find the power generator and begin doing a "repair job" on it. The power goes out, and the force field enclosing the Collie Squadron is deactivated. MOLLY: We're free! BEN: That's good. Now, let's find out who did this. The other Road Rovers are handling a group of troops on the other end of the compound. Colleen is using her martial arts to fight a few, while Linda is able to use her special power to remain unscathed. But then, Colleen finds herself cornered by a solder. SOLDIER: Say goodnight, rover! She is saved when Fox runs and jumps at the solder. FOX: (shouting) YAH!! He kicks the solder taking it down. COLLEEN: Nice kick! FOX: Thanks! Later, Parvo walks into the corridor where Fox and Falco battled the Cano-mutants. He is stunned to see what they have done to them. Later, he heads to the other end where the brawl is taking place, then finds Fox leading the way. The action stops, and Parvo encounters Fox. PARVO: (sternly) Who are you? FOX: I'm the one that's going to take you down! PARVO: Groomer! The Groomer walks in with her electric clippers and tries to use them on Fox. But he immediately lunges out of the way. FOX: Normally, I wouldn't hit a lady. (He punches the Groomer in the face.) But you're not a lady! He then turns back to Parvo, who then makes a run for it. FOX: (to Falco) You go get the others. I'm going after him! FALCO: (demanding) I should be the one that gets him! FOX: (sternly) WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO ARGUE ABOUT THIS!!! Falco growls and runs off to get the others. Parvo runs out of the compound to a nearby town. Fox follows. Parvo then goes into an alleyway, opens up a door, goes in, closes the door, and finds himself in a bakery with thousands of cream pies below. The bakers stare at him with curiosity, and he makes a gesture like "Carry on." Just then, Fox pounds open the door, knocking Parvo over the railing and into a huge birthday cake below. Two bakers help him up, and he moves around for a bit. Fox comes down the stairs. FOX: Your number's up. Parvo grabs a pie and throws it in Fox's face. Fox slowly wipes the pie off his face, then grabs a pie himself. PARVO: (sternly) You wouldn't dare! He throws the pie in Parvo's face, and smiles. Then, Linda runs in above. Parvo grabs another pie and throws it in her direction. It passes through Linda and hits Colleen in the face instead. COLLEEN: Oooooh! She then runs down, grabs a pie, and throws it at Parvo, who ducks and the pie hits a baker. The baker in turn picks up a pie and throws it at Colleen. She then grabs another pie and throws it at the baker, but it hits another baker. Two bakers behind him start laughing, then he starts splatting pies in their faces. Marauder runs in above, and Parvo throws another pie toward him. Linda immediately pulls him out of the way, and the pie hits Slippy, who runs in above. Seeing this, Fox grabs another pie and shoves it in Parvo's face. And Parvo starts pounding him with pies. Now, Colleen is engaged in throwing pies. She is hurling them at other bakers. Then, Linda gets hit by a pie. MARAUDER: Hey! Just as he says this, he gets hit. They then grab pies and start throwing them. Later, Falco walks in. FALCO: (shouting) Hey Fox! He then gets showered by pies. Meanwhile, Fox is also hurling pies. Later, the other Rovers and Peppy run in. Peppy, Hunter, Dylan, Molly, Misty, Vicki, Ben, and Roger head down to the floor to join the fight, but Abby stays up above. Linda runs up, all messy with pie filling. LINDA: Abby, we've got to stop this mess! ABBY: Are you serious? And get that stuff in my fur? I think not! LINDA: Well, you know what they say, Abby. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it! She shoves Abby into what's left of the birthday cake below. ABBY: Eww! Gross! Marauder, Molly, and Roger join Linda above. They look down on Abby and laugh. Meanwhile, Hunter is engaged in a pie throwing session. He hits someone with a pie, then, he wipes off his face and finds Parvo. HUNTER: You! You're the cause of all this! This was your idea! PARVO: No no, don't do it! HUNTER: I don't care! I don't care! Here, take a nap! (He smacks Parvo's face into a pie on a counter.) Nighty night, Parvo! (He splats another pie on top of his head.) Meanwhile, Falco is also hurling pies. Unknowingly, he splats one in Fox's face. FALCO: (shouting) Hey Fox, where are you? FOX: (upset) Right here! Fox splats a pie in Falco's face. The whole fight continues for a while. Fade. The scene is now back at Road Rover Farm, the next day. The Star Fox team is there, as well as Hunter, Colleen, Marauder, Linda, Misty, and Jazz. HUNTER: Star Fox team, thanks to you, we were able to stop Parvo's operation and rescue our comrades. Now, we have a few things we want to present to you. FALCO: It's about time they shown some appreciation. FOX: Now cut that out! Marauder and Linda present a box to Fox. MARAUDER: We know you still have your wound on your arm, so we've got something here that might cover it up. He opens the box. Inside is a black flight jacket with the Road Rover logo stitched on the front. FOX: Cool! LINDA: Try it on! He puts on the jacket, and shows it off. FALCO: (annoyed) Show off! Slippy enters. SLIPPY: Well, I'm happy to report that those parts you had worked out well. MARAUDER: Good. I was worried they may not. HUNTER: We also have something else we'd like to give to you guys. He brings in four medallions, and places one around each Star Fox team member's neck. FALCO: Is this all I-mff.. (his beak is suddenly closed by fox) FOX: (upset) Falco! HUNTER: And in addition, Fox, we'd like to make you an honorary Road Rover. FOX: (smiles) I'm honored. PEPPY: I only wish your father was here to see this. He would be so proud. FALCO: (growls to himself folding his arms) Could we just go? JAZZ: Hey guys, could I get a picture? FOX: Sure! How 'bout we get our Rover friends in it too? They all gather together in front of the camera. JAZZ: Okay on three, ready? One, two, three. He takes the picture. 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