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Location: The Great Fox



Fox sighed as he sat in the seat of his Arwing cockpit. He listened to the sound of the Great Fox's walls creaking and groaning as it sailed through space. It was the day that Team Star Fox had to do their weekly Arwing test. It was standard procedure for them, they needed to make sure all their vehicles were working when they got their jobs. Fox was just waiting around for the rest of the team to get into the hangar with him. Where were they? He knew they were on the way, what was keeping them? Suddenly though, as if on cue, Fox heard a series of footsteps echoing through the hangar, and he turned his head to see the rest of Star Fox walking to the Arwings

"There you guys are. What took you so long?" Fox asked to them as he got into a better flying position

"Ey, don't look at me. Slip over there was insistent on finishing up one of his little science projects" Falco said defensively, pointing to Slippy and stepping into his Arwing

"Hey, it's not just a science project, it's an upgrade to those reflectors I built you guys!" Slippy explained in a slightly annoyed tone. "But, ummm...sorry for delaying everyone, Fox..." he added as he also stepped into his own Arwing

"It's alright Slippy, just try to be a bit more punctual next time" Fox replied to Slippy. The Star Fox Team all pressed a button on their left that slowly closed the hatches of their Arwing cockpits, then proceeded to fasten their safety harnesses and start pressing some buttons on the display in front of them. "Communications open. G-Diffuser system nominal. Green across the board" Fox said as he did the routine check for all of his Arwing's systems. The rest of Team Star Fox chimed in with their own confirmations in response. "Ok, everything's in order" Fox continued and ignited the Arwing's engines in preparation for launch. "Prepare for takeoff in 3...2...1..."

All of Team Star Fox's Arwings suddenly sprang to life as the hovered above the ground of the hangar where they were just lying on. They then slowly moved forward, all making their way through the long tunnel of the hangar and quickly started to gain speed at every point

"Reaching 70 mph and climbing" Slippy said as the team's starfighters sped through the tunnel. "Reaching 100 mph, almost to the end of the tunnel. Everything seems g..." Slippy began to say, but suddenly got distracted by the image of something strange out of the corner of his eye. Some bright flashing light was appearing at the tunnel exit

"What is it, Slip?" Falco asked, noticing Slippy trailing off in thought

"There's...some kind of strange anomaly at the end of the tunnel..." Slippy answered, with a hint of worry in his voice

"Huh? Oh whoa, yeah. What is that thing?" Falco said after looking at the entrance himself and seeing the light as well

"I dunno, but it's getting closer!" Slippy said, the hint of worry from before now turning into full on fear as the light was appearing to stretch into the tunnel itself, almost appearing to engulfing the hangar entirely

"I don't like this Fox, we should turn bac-"



...

Fox slowly grew to consciousness, and he opened his eyes to the image of a bright blue sky. It took him a second to process this, but then immediately started noticing the strangeness of this situation. Wasn't he just in space? How did he get onto a planet? Why was he asleep? Fox immediately started looking around to take in his immediate surroundings to figure out where he was, seeing the image of his Arwing cockpit display. Okay, so he was still in his Arwing. Whew, that was good at least. He pushed himself up in his Arwing seat, and decided to survey the location he was in

What he saw was...almost too strange to comprehend. The Arwing seemed to be hovering stationary above some kind of vast desert, which itself would be strange enough, but that wasn't even the part that caught Fox's attention. What did was the fact that the landscape beyond the desert was some kind of bizarre mishmash of various locations. Castles, cities, western towns, and too much more for Fox to even register in his mind. Fox had been to some strange planets in his day, but this certainly took the cake for the absolute strangest for sure. Fox decided to ignore this fact for the moment, as the first thing he had to focus on right now was figuring out where his team members were

"Team Star Fox, all aircraft report!" Fox said into his headset in a slightly worried tone, hoping to get at least some kind of response

"Ey, look who decided to stop sleepin' on the job! Rise and shine, Sleepin' Beauty!" a familiar voice said over the Arwing radio, followed by the image of Falco's Arwing speeding across Fox's vision a couple yards away from him. Fox sighed with relief in response to hearing Falco's voice over the radio

"I never thought I'd say this, but it's great to hear your voice, Falco" Fox said jokingly to Falco over the radio

"Haha, whatever man" Falco replied

"What's the status of the others?" Fox asked Falco, hoping to hear good news

"You mean the rest of Star Fox? Who knows. Spent a whole half hour lookin' for 'em, found nothin'" Falco explained

"I...I see..." Fox responded dejectedly. He wondered what could've happened to them. Were they even here with them? Were they even alive? Fox didn't want to think about that, but...well...

"By the way, did you get those things too?" Falco suddenly asked, interrupting Fox's train of thought

"Huh? What things?" Fox asked

"Look under your seat" Falco said. Fox was curious, so he leaned down to the area for his legs to rest under his Arwing seat. Sure enough, there seemed to be something there: some kind of strange disk shaped objects. As Fox picked them up off the Arwing floor, he could see that they looked like poker chips of some kind, and had Fox's face printed on the middle of them. What were these things? How did they get in his Arwing

"Oh, yeah I did. What are they?" Fox asked, genuinely puzzled at these strange objects

"Check your messages" Falco responded. His messages? What did that have to do with them? This made Fox even more curious, so he opened up his message inbox using the Arwing's display panel, causing a list of messages to become digitally projected on the Arwing's window. Yep, just like Falco said, there was a new message. Fox opened it and read it eagerly, hoping for some answers

"So...these things are supposed to be our way out of here?" Fox asked

"Bah, don't believe what that thing says. It's probably all just a scam or somethin'" Falco responded dismissively. Fox sighed, he couldn't blame Falco for feeling that way, but he didn't want to write them off like that just yet. If these things were real, they had the chance to get their team members back from...well, whatever happened to them

"Alright, well first thing's first. Let's survey the area, get to know our surroundings" Fox said as he gripped the controls of his Arwing and took it out of stationary mode

"Got it. I've already done a bit myself, but it could be better with two of us" Falco said. Both Fox and Falco's Arwings both pointed in a random direction and took off
@LmpkioLol. I post my characters here more so everyone is aware that I'm joining as them

But, well, uh...

@tipssyCalibrator Accepted?


@ZAVAZggg Accepted
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Location: City

@Hokagae

Chief watched as the armored figure grabbed the strange metallic item that Chief saw on him before and activated it, unleashing a blade-like beam of energy from the top. Chief was familiar with weapons similar to this, but had never seen anything exactly like it before. Seemed to be par for the course for these strange people, honestly. Chief briefly considered using his own energy sword in response, but...no, not a good idea. Chief wasn't familiar with what this person was capable of, and getting in a close quarters fight with someone like that was just asking to get himself killed. Chief also got the sense that they seemed like they knew their way around that energy blade, and Chief was, at best, competent at energy sword combat. Besides, Chief...wasn't getting a good vibe from this guy. Not only the armor that gave a look of death, but there was...something about this person's presence that put Chief a little bit on edge. Something about this person's aura, some kind of overwhelming...force, or something. Chief couldn't quite explain it in words, it was just a feeling he had. He wasn't really scared, but he could tell he should probably be fairly cautious around this person

Regardless, they were clearly not willing to talk to Chief about calling their troops off, so Chief decided to take action. He opened the fight with a 3 round burst from his battle rifle, aimed at the person's chest. Chief wasn't really intending to damage him, it was more of a way of seeing how they would react to it, which would give Chief a better sense of their abilities

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Location: City


The ODSTs all walked covertly in a single file line behind their drop pods, getting closer and closer to the enemy troops. When Rivera reached the last pod, he pressed his back against the pod, slowly leaned out of cover with his SMG at the ready, and took a look at the battlefield

"What do you see?" Powell asked in a hushed voice

"Not much, looks like they might've already flown the c...wait..." Rivera whispered as he saw what he thought was one of the trooper's distinctive white armor moving across one of the other air conditioning units. "I think I saw one. 10 o'clock! Want me to take the shot? I can probably hit 'em from here..." " Rivera continued, still in a whisper

"Negative, confirm the shot first. We don't wanna blow our element of surprise" Powell responded

Rivera followed his order and kept his eyes and SMG sights on the air conditioning unit, watching for any signs of movement

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Location: City Ruins

@Lmpkio

Dante lowered the shotgun from his face and turned around to look at Doom Slayer. At this point, Dante had stopped being angry at the guy. Dante wasn't really the type to hold grudges...well, usually anyway. What were they even fighting about in the first place again? Whatever, Dante couldn't really remember and to be honest, he didn't care enough to bother to try. Besides, the guy clearly hated demons and was good at killing them, what's not to like?

Dante started making his way towards Doom Slayer, as he noticed that he was...well, Dante wasn't really sure what he was doing actually. He seemed to be just, well, standing there, staring off into space? Whatever, Dante didn't really think much of it. Regardless, Dante wasn't sure how to approach this guy now. While Dante had dropped his anger towards him, he wasn't sure if the feeling was mutual. Dante decided he would start showing his change in attitude by giving him his shotgun back. "Heads up!" Dante said to Doom Slayer as he gave the shotgun a casual underhanded toss in Doom Slayer's direction
@Hokagae
I would recommend it

EDIT: Abel is accepted
@HokagaeHmm. Abel seems fine, but I feel like for Cain, the ability to reflect any damage at all back onto the opponent seems a bit...impossible to work around, especially when they don't actually get damaged themselves
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Location: City

@Hokagae

Chief felt his stomach turn upside down as he fell down the skyscraper, falling completely free. He was familiar with the feeling of being dropped from large heights completely unsupported, but if he was being honest it wasn't really something you ever get used to

::4 stories, 40 miles per hour::

He figured he would try to put his body against the building to stop himself from freefalling and slow himself down as much as he was able to. He leaned back and felt a grinding sensation against the back of his armor as he successfully pressed himself against the wall, and then leveled his feet against the wall as well for even further stability and control over the direction he fell in

::20 stories. 70 miles per hour, now::

As he did all this, he kept an eye on the mysterious cloaked figure. He could see them reaching for something Chief couldn't identify. Chief had to assume it was a weapon. He quickly grabbed his M6 magnum from the holster on his armor and held it at the ready

::40 stories, 100 miles per hours, Chief!"

A couple stories before Chief reached the ground, he pushed against the wall with his feet using as much strength as he could manage. He managed to converting a fair bit of his inertia away from his fall and suddenly flew away from the wall that was holding him steady. He then went into a tuck and roll position, looking almost like a diver jumping into a pool as he finally hit the ground, and rolled to convert more inertia. As he landed the roll on his feet, he managed to slide almost 20 feet away from his landing spot

Chief stood upright and turned around to face the cloaked figure, finally getting a good look at him. His helmet was shaped like a skull, and his armor's chestpiece had some sort of strange grid of lights or something on it? Chief wasn't really sure if he should attack just yet, he wasn't familiar with this person and most of the details on them were unhelpful, he couldn't really identify anything that could help Chief understand who or what this person was. Chief simply chose to stand there with his magnum up at the ready, waiting to see if they would strike first. If they didn't, he would

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Location: City


As the Chief made his way off the building, the battle on the rooftop continued on, and the ODSTs had all rallied behind the air conditioning unit to figure out their next plan of attack

"Alright team, the Chief has left the building, we're on our own for now" SSGT Powell said to her team

"Wow, he brings us here then immediately leaves us on our own against these guys? Real hero, that Master Chief. What a legend" snarked LCPL Price as he rolled his eyes

"Hey, I thought I told you to shut the hell up, corporal" barked Powell back at Price's snide comment

"C'mon man, there's no way he just left us, I'm sure he had a good reason" CPL Rivera added. Price sighed and shrugged in response to both of their comments, not saying anything back

"Listen up Echo, these troops are obviously scared. Let's go around and hit em from the side where they won't be expecting us. We'll stack up single file, and go from cover to cover. Rivera, you take point and we'll follow you" Powell ordered her team

"Got it. Let's do this" Rivera said as he and the rest of the team held their SMGs at the ready, lined up all in a row and started moving out of cover. They went from the air conditioning unit to the first pod to the second pod and so on, beginning their circle around to where the other troopers originally were
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Location: City

@Hokagae

The ODSTs continued to pump out bullets towards the mysterious trooper's direction, watching them as they all immediately took cover. The fire finally died down once the final trooper got behind cover. Before their squad leader could even give a command however, they already saw the image of a frag grenade flying from behind the cover and landing right near the squad's feet. "GRENADE!" shouted the stern voiced female squad leader (SSGT Brooke Powell), before Chief and the ODSTs all scrambled to get behind their own cover. Some jumped behind their drop pods, some got behind the doorway unit, and Chief and SSGT Powell both got back behind the air conditioning unit

The explosion from the grenade went off shortly after with a loud 'BOOM'. The explosion ripped pieces of cement from the ground and kicked up dust in the air, temporarily filling the battlefield with a disorienting haze. Luckily none of the ODSTs managed to take any kind of noticeable damage from the blast, but their act of taking cover ended up spreading them out which would make it a lot harder to function as a unit

"Everyone alright?" SSGT Powell asked to her squad

"Fine" said the smooth voiced ODST (LCPL Ethan Price)

"No problems here!" replied another masculine voiced ODST (PFC Noah Scott)

"I took a bit of a fall but I'm alright!" shouted the gravely voiced ODST (CPL Braxton Rivera)

As the situation played out, Chief turned his head towards the edge of the roof, which was very close to the air conditioner he was leaning against, and looked down at the city street and the mysterious black armored figure. Chief was more than 100% sure at this point that person, whoever they were, was the one in command of those white troops. Should he take the stairway down? No, not an option. Even if he could make it past the troops, the stairway would take forever. He thought about it for a second, and formulated a plan. He turned to SSGT Powell

"Sergeant, do you have things under control here?" Chief asked the squad leader

"Affirmative, sir. These guys are cornered, we can just circle around and flank them" SSGT Powell responded confidently

'Their leader is down there on the ground floor. I need to get down there and there's only one way to do it" Chief continued, gesturing with his head to the edge of the rooftop

SSGT Powell looked over at the rooftop edge, and after a second she quickly put the pieces together and understood what Chief was implying. If she was being honest she thought it sounded crazy, but she'd served under SPARTANs before, and she knew that crazy was just what they did

"Understood, sir. We'll hold down the fort here" she said back

Chief nodded as he stepped towards the small wall around the edge of the rooftop and looked down. 50 flights of stairs. Had to be at least 600 feet. Chief gripped the handle of his battle rifle in anticipation and grabbed the wall with his other hand. Then, with a quick mantle over the wall, he was off the rooftop

"Godspeed, you magnificent bastard" SGT Powell said as she watched the man in green leap off

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Location: City Ruins

@Lmpkio

Dante watched as the shotgun sailed through the air towards him. He held his hand up to catch it, and it landed straight into his palm. He looked at it and gave a devious grin. Alright, not it was really time to have some fun. The imp attempted to make another swipe at Dante with both its arms, but Dante made a spin on the balls of his feet to dodge the attack, and finished the spin with a shotgun blast to the imp's head

As the imp's lifeless body fell lifeless to the ground and Dante shifted his focus to the rest of the imps coming after him, he kept his eyes held on the lifeless corpse of the imp, formulating an idea in his head. He quickly stepped onto the imp's body, crouched down in the opposite direction of the other imps, and aimed the shotgun with his right hand at seemingly nothing. He fired, and the force of the shotgun blast suddenly started sending the corpse sliding across the floor, and Dante along with it. As the corpse started sliding closer to the imps, Dante pushed on the ground with his foot, giving the corpse a spin to it. As corpse finally slid up to the imps, Dante made a horizontal slash with his sword. The corpse was spinning fast enough and at just the right angle for his sword to cleanly slice through the torsos of both demons in one smooth motion. As the imps fell to the floor dead, Dante used his foot to stop the corpse he was riding on from moving, and stood back upright and looked back to admire his handiwork. "Looks like the party's over..." Dante said to himself with a shrug before rising the shotgun to his face to blow the smoke coming from the barrels
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@Hokagae

As the pods crashed to the ground, Chief moved to the edge of the air conditioning unit and leaned to the side to get a look at the pods, aiming his rifle at the troopers as he did in case they saw him and fired back. A second or 2 passed before the doors behind the SOIEV drop pods started shaking and soon swung open one by one. A bit of smoke came flying out of the interior, and 5 soldiers donning ODST battle armor and armed with M7 SMGs could be seen inside their respective pods. As they climbed out of their respective pods, each one immediately saw the strange white troopers holding their guns in the ODSTs' direction and immediately trained their weapons on them in response

"Who the hell are these guys?" said one of the ODSTs to the others with a deep and gravely voice

"Doesn't matter who they are, they're aiming at us. I already don't like them" responded one of the others in a smooth, almost whispery masculine voice as he gripped his SMG tightly in anticipation

Chief slowly stood up from his crouching position and stepped towards the ODSTs, still holding his aim on the troopers the whole time. The ODSTs heard him standing up, and the gravely-voiced one turned his head very briefly to see what it was

"Whoa, is that goddamn Master Chief? Never thought I'd see the day. It's an honor, sir!" the gravelly-voiced ODST said excitedly

"Oh great, a SPARTAN. As if I wasn't already feeling bad about this..." the smooth voiced ODST responded in a sarcastic tone of voice

"Price, Rivera, both of you stow it!" shouted another ODST to the other 2 in a stern, feminine voice. "Master Chief, ODST Echo team at your command. What are your orders, sir?" she asked Chief

"Open fire on those troopers" Chief simply replied, immediate and to the point. The ODSTs responded by immediately releasing a storm of bullets at the troopers in front of them, with Chief joining in as they did so
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