This is my first story in a long long while... And I don't own rights to Star Fox.

Caim: Yeah, you're a major slacker... And you spend way too much time Rping... Loser.

Shut up Caim.

Skye: You ditched that one story for what exactly?

I got bored.

Kayla: Typical

Shut up. I still make the story as I see fit. No one had better ask about it if they know what I'm talking about.

Caim: So, are we going to get this one on the way?

FINE!

The role of Skye is played or voiced by Johnny Young Bosch (Skye: Great, I'm the Black Power Ranger...), Caim by Rodger Craig Smith (Caim: Italian.), and Kayla... hmmm... how about Karen Strassman (Kayla: That works)... Right, so these are the voice actors I'm imagining them with... No, they have no part in:

The Pirate King

Chapter 1: A Work In Progress

It's been a few years since the end of the Anglar Blitz and Corneria has enjoyed this period of peace, taking it's chance to recover. Fox looked out the window of the glass elevator as he went to the top of the government building. After Krystal disappeared after the final battle, the hero had not been the same. He still kept the peace and did his best to maintain it, but the vulpine couldn't help but feel that a piece of himself was missing. Fox could never forget the blue vixen he had saved on Sauria. He looked out the glass window into the sky. "Krystal... Where did you go?" he asked as if believing the vixen would hear him, wherever she was.

The elevator pinged as Fox reached the top floor and the door opened. "Good morning, Fox," General Hare greeted. Fox smiled at the sight of his old friend.

"Hey, Peppy," Fox greeted the old rabbit, "how ya been?"

"I've been good, Fox," Peppy answered with a friendly smile, "How have you been doing? I haven't seen you since the Anglar War ended."

"I've been busy," Fox answered, "There's plenty of pirates still wandering the Lylat System. I've been arresting some." That was partially true, but the vulpine was really searching for that blue vixen that had taken his heart away.

"I see," Peppy sighed, clearly seeing through Fox's excuse to look for Krystal, but it wouldn't be good to talk about her now. "I've called you here for two reasons."

"What? You didn't call me up just to hang out?" Fox joked.

"Well, that was one part," Peppy admitted, "but there have also several robberies of highly guarded vessels in the system recently, some of them were government and military ships."

"What did they take?" Fox asked, crossing his arms and getting down to bussiness.

"Well, it ranges from weapons and intelligence to priceless items," Peppy answered. "The usual, but it's how they do it that baffles me."

"How so?"

"Nobody has ever caught a glimpse of the culprits face, nor has anyone got a clue as to how many there are," Peppy walked behind his desk and sat down. "Your mission is to find out where these pirates are hiding and arrest them."

The vulpine couldn't help but cock a questioning eyebrow. "What's so special about these pirates?" he questioned. "Besides the weapons, why do you want us to go after them?"

Peppy sighed. "Some of the brass believe they might be remnants of the Venom army, doing hit and run attacks... But that doesn't make sense because if that were true, there'd be more deaths than thefts. I need you to rest their fears before some official does something stupid and chance these pirates down with a fully armed cruiser and possibly start another war."

"So you want us to make the capture quietly," Fox said.

Peppy nodded. "That's right. Or just get a picture of the culprit's face and bounty hunters can do the rest."

"Alright, me and my team will head out first thing-" at that moment, the power went out. "What the?"

Elsewhere, About An Hour Earlier

A green eyed crow wearing an orange jacket with white stripes on the sleeves and dark blue undershirt walked the streets of Corneria, taking in the sights of the big city. "Ah, nothing like some down time before a job," Caim said to himself. He stretched out his arms before he reached into a pocket of his forest green cargo pants and pulled out a vibrating cell phone. "Hello? This is thief slash tech wizard slash gunslinger extraordinaire, la sorprendente Caim (the amazing Caim) speaking."

"You really are full of yourself, birdbrain," Kayla on the other line spoke bitterly.

"Ah, Kayla, I know you know it's true," Caim responded, "but I can't be blamed being born so god damn awesome." The crow sighed. "It's a curse." He could hear Kayla grumble random obsenities about the crow. "What was that?" Caim asked. "Are you trying to finally say that you love Skye? Or are you confessing to me? Sorry, Kayla, but I don't think it'll work out between us," he said in mock sadness.

"GO TO HELL YOU BLASTED CROW!" she screamed into his ear in a deathly threatening tone. Caim laughed inwardly, knowing that she was blushing as deep red as her fur. When Kayla cooled down, she spoke again. "You remember the plan don't you?"

"Yeah, I got all the equipment here," he said, referring to the duffel bag he had slung around his shoulder.

"Then why aren't you at the government building?" Kayla questioned. "I'm already here and set to go in."

"Does that mean you're dressed as a buissiness woman?" Caim asked, imagining the voluptous red vixen in a suit, skirt, and... "You know, considering that you're the one that's always something like a nurse, secratary, or I think once a nun, or anything for that matter... Are you into role playing?" He smirked, knowing that'd piss her off.

"PERVERT!" she exclaimed in an embarrassed tone. "Just get down here, damnit!" With that, she hung up. Caim knew he'd regret it later, but Kayla's reaction is always worth it.

A red vixen in a gray business suit and skirt with black high heels. The hair on her head was combed down with the bangs framing her face in a heart shape. Her blue eyes were as clear as beautiful as the sky above. Her looks could earn the rights of many stares... but that was not the case in this instance. Rather, the curious eyes were aimed toward here due to the outburst to the bird she just called. The clenched teeth and the look that showed murderous thinking made people want to keep their distance from the vixen.

While Kayla tried to calm herself down, she thought about what Skye was doing at the moment and looked at the government building. What they were looking for were information on pirates they captured, but never found the hideouts of. In other words, treasure that was left unclaimed. Of course, they could probably get the information from another source, but as Caim would say: 'Where's the fun in that?'

Kayla sighed, out the of three of them, she was the most responsible. Skye and Caim, she believed, were nothing but children looking for adventure. Then again, she also knew the pair knew when to be serious when the time came. They always pull through in the end.

An hour later, Kayla checked her watch. "Almost time to go in," she said to herself. With a glance at the door, she saw Caim, changed into a janitor disguise, inside the building. "How..." she began to question how he got there so fast without her noticing, but best not think about it. The red vixen got up from her seat, taking her suitcase, and went over to the building. Inside, she went over to the front desk.

"May I help you?" the feline secretary asked.

"Yes, I have an appointment with General Hare," Kayla answered. Earlier, Caim had hacked the systems and placed in a fake meeting with the General under a false name. "My name is Kay Lin."

After a few moments of checking it out, the secretary finally said, "Yes, Ms. Lin, I see you here for 10:35 appointment. Let me give you clearance and you may go ahead to the top floor, but I'm afraid that General Hare is in a meeting with a Mr. Mcloud."

Kayla blinked as she took the key card that would give her access to the elevator. Fox McCloud, here? "I understand, thank you." With that, she walked off to the elevator and pressed for the 23rd floor. If Skye was right, that's where the main frame for the security would be. Speaking of Skye... "Skye, come in," she spoke to the hidden earpiece.

"Miss me already?" came the response.

"Where are you?" she asked, getting straight to the point.

"Oh, just looking over the test lab before I head up to the next floor. Those reflector shields could come in handy," he answered. "You going to security?"

"Yeah, as soon as Caim cuts the power, I'll start my job," she told him, "then you can go ahead and hack the General's computer. Then you can grab whatever toys you want later... You know going to this place is completely unnesseccary."

"True, but who knows what sort of info you can get from Peppy's terminal," Skye told her. "Not only information on the pirates... But I'd like to know what the Cornerian military is planning to do. After the Anglar War, I have the feeling that some politicians are starting to get paranoid. Some planets have been boosting their defenses ever since Andross was finished off."

"You're concerned about other planets?"

"I'm concerned that someone might start another war... It's good to be aware of things so I can stay out of the way. I'm not interested in getting involved, but I'm also curious as to what will happen in the future."

"I think there's more to it," Kayla said, not fully believing him. The elevator door opened and she stepped out. A guard noticed her and began walking toward her, saying something about that this floor was restricted to security personnel only.

"Hmph, maybe I'll raise an army to crush all the others," Skye joked, then his tone grew serious. "The power should be out in three, two... one."

"Power's out," Fox stated the obvious, surprised.

"I'm sure it's just a blown fuse," Peppy told him. "Someone will fix it here in a minute."

Fox nodded, surely it's just a temporary thing. Though, something in the back of his head told him that something was about to happen. He didn't know what, just something.

After about ten minutes, the power came back on. "See, nothing to worry about," Peppy told Fox.

Kayla was at the main security terminal with the entire room full of knocked out security guards. As soon as the power came back, she pulged in Caim's jump drive and downloaded a virus that would knock out all security camras and lasers. Now Skye could go into Peppy's office and there'd be no footage on it for the whole day. The alarms would be shut off as would any other security measures that were in the building. Now, if Caim were doing what she thought he was doing, he'd be setting up the escape. As for this red vixen, she would wait for the download to be completed and then just walk out like nothing happened.

Caim sighed as he exited the building and went into an alley. "How am I supposed to show off?" he asked no one in particular. The crow looked at his watch. "Five more minutes and Skye should be out... Unless something were to go wrong of course. Something we didn't count on... Why am I talking to myself? Well, I do make fun conversations but... Huh... I need a rest when I get back to the ship."

Skye frowned when he looked out the vent to see Fox McCloud and Peppy in the room. "Well, didn't expect this," he muttered under his breath. Good thing he came prepared. A fight with the legendary Fox McCloud was not on his to do list. With that in mind, Skye slowly and quietly opened the vent with one hand and reached behind himself with the other. He took a canister of knock out gas from his belt and pulled the ring, then dropped it down near Fox.

"Huh?" was all Fox said before the canister popped open and blew out gas with a loud hissing sound. It was over the moment the vulpine caught wiff of the gas and fell to the floor, knocked out. Peppy was next to fall to sleep as the cloud of gas spread through the room.

With those two knocked out, Skye jumped down with his breather mask on. "No problem," he muttered as he walked over to Peppy's computer. He plugged in Caim's jump drive and let the device do all the work. When all the files Skye wanted was downloaded, he took out the jump drive and walked over to the elevator, taking it down to the bottom floor. Before he reached the bottom, Skye removed his mask and clutched it tightly in his paw. Now all he had to do was walk out and not be noticed. Good thing he wasn't overloaded with a bunch of gadgets. As long as no one notices the second gas canister he brought, the rebreather mask clipped to his side, and his wrist mounted anchor.

Kayla and Caim were waiting outside, standing by a fancy blue car that Caim had 'borrowed' for the time being. "So, will he be coming out anytime-" Caim saw Skye coming, "Never mind."

As soon as Skye got to them, they all got in the car and took off, back to their ship.

Fox groaned as he awakened, the effects of the knock out gas worn off. Peppy was up too, already going through his desk and calling security, which he was having trouble getting into contact with. The hare cursed, giving up and turning to his computer which now displayed a crown with a message under it, saying:

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE JUST LOST YOUR VALUABLES, DATA, SECRETS, AND OTHER THINGS OF MEANING AND VALUE. BE HONORED TO BE ROBBED BY THE ONE AND ONLY PIRATE KING... HAVE A NICE DAY.

Fox blinked. "Pirate King?" he questioned. "What did they take?"

Peppy's eyes widened. "They must've hacked my computer," he turned to Fox, "My computer has data on almost every operation of the Corneian Army. It also has details on our planetary defenses... Fox, I need you to find this Pirate King and arrest him and bring back that data."

"But how would I go about doing that?" Fox questioned. "Not like we got a look at the guy."

"You'll have to find a way, Fox," Peppy told him. "I'll give you as much information as I can gather, but you have to go, now."

Fox nodded. "You can count on me." With that, he headed off, out of the building, then to the Great Fox.

What sort of story shall unfold for Fox in his hunt for the Pirate King?

Give me a review... Damn... This is like the first thing I've written in like a year. I'm out of practice, I used to be able to make 5,000 words per chapter... I don't know if I'll really make a story out of this. Maybe I will, maybe I won't.