Chapter 79: The Unique Horn
Andrew stared at the huge battleship that suddenly appeared out of a portal and wondered where it came from. It wasn't a Cornerian design even if the "head" reminded a bit of the Great Fox with how it actually looked like the head of an animal.
But seriously? Feathered-like wings? Why? What was the use? And Andrew swore he saw them flap like actual bird wings.
"What is this ship?" he wondered aloud.
Then, the ship's cannons turned to face his ships and began to fire, the three big ones before what seemed to be the bridge firing beams powerful enough to pierce one right away, causing the ship to explode almost immediately.
"It's firing at us!" one of Andrew's men shouted.
"I saw that, imbecile! What are you waiting for? Attack it!"
"Yes sir!"
At Andrew's command, some of his ships stopped firing at the Cornerian ships and targeted the new arrival while a few dozens crafts went to assault it. However, they quickly saw that none of their projectiles damaged the hull.
"What the-?!" Andrew shouted.
"Sir! It seems that the enemy ship is equipped with a powerful force field covering its hull!" one of his men informed.
Andrew frowned in thought. "A force field, uh?"
At this instant, they saw two hatches open side by side on the ship's belly, and star-shaped fighters came out of them, beginning to attack their crafts. These fighters, too, revealed to have a force field.
"Nothing we do works on them!"
"Whatever generator they use to create these force fields must have a limit! Continue to fire at them!" Andrew ordered.
Just what he needed. First the Cornerian armada, then Star Fox, then these two weird equine-like creatures, and now that. This wasn't his day.
"Of course she has a battleship," Phantom muttered as she was joined by an awed Apple Bloom.
"It's so big! Where was she hiding it?"
Phantom shrugged. "One thing is sure, if we want to keep up, we must up our game." To show her point, she used her Phantom power to create a strong gravity center that caused nearby ships to crash into each others.
"Eeyup," Apple Bloom replied before she created a scythe made of bones and used it to slash at enemy ships. While she didn't slice them in two like Phantom did, her slashes caused corrosion to slowly spread on the hull for a bit, creating holes that became bigger and bigger which caused members of the ships' crews to be sucked out into space by the depressurization. Attacking vital points also caused important components to stop working, making the ships more vulnerable. Apple Bloom made especially sure to target the bridges.
The Unique Horn had barely started firing a few seconds ago and already it destroyed its fifth ship, without counting the dozens of fighters that came to die under the constant barrage from the turrets plus the claws plus the Star Fighters.
This really pleased Sweetie Belle. The Unique Horn was as monstrous as she had imagined it, and it hadn't even shown yet its full potential.
She then received a call and answered, opening a window showing General Pepper.
"General Pepper here. Star Fox informed us to expect you, but we certainly didn't expect you to come with such a battleship. This is more than welcome."
"You are welcome, General. This battle was a good occasion to test the Unique Horn. It's her first flight. By the way, my name is Sweetie Belle, and you can count on me and my friends to help you until this is over."
"Glad to hear. You three are certainly proving to be a remarkable asset. Already a good chunk of the enemy fleet is destroyed thanks to you, and our ships are making good use of the opening you provided us. Just be careful of the stealth ships. They caused us a lot of troubles."
"You mean these ships over there that Star Fox just destroyed? I don't think we will have to worry about them anymore."
"Oh, I didn't expect any less from them. They are already nearing Oikonny's flagship."
"Mmh... Hey, Admiral Stinger? What is your thought on these ships over there?"
"That's a lot of 'em forming a nice line," the Admiral answered. "Obviously ready to defend the flagship."
"Well then, let's make Star Fox's job easier, if you see what I mean," Sweetie Belle said with a big knowing grin.
"I perfectly see," the Admiral replied with glee. "Everyone! Ready the cannon! You know which one I'm talking about! Let's give everyone a show!"
"Because we weren't already giving a show?" someone out of screen asked.
"A better show!"
"How do you intend destroying all these ships?" Pepper asked.
"You will see, General," Sweetie Belle answered.
Outside, the mouth of the head at the bow opened, letting out the end of a really big cannon. Inside, a spear-shaped bullet the size of a big house was quickly placed in it. Following instructions, the crew then moved the ship to ensure that they had a good shot of the line of enemy ships, ready to fire.
"What are they doing?" Falco wondered as he observed the Unique Horn. "To think that they have a secret weapon despite already being armed to the teeth."
"Fox, I suggest you avoid getting in the way," Krystal warned.
"Magnetic cannon! Watch out!!!" ROB suddenly shouted.
"Wha-?!"
Fox was interrupted by the cannon firing, and before he knew it, the whole line of ships before him was destroyed. Some projectile pierced all of them at such speed that he wasn't able to see it, and he could only see the aftermath: the ships blown into pieces, gutted and shredded, and countless of the smaller crafts were destroyed by the resulting debris crashing into them. Even ships that hadn't been in line were damaged by these.
"Holy shit!" Falco shouted.
As everyone gawked, they then received a communication from Sweetie Belle.
"The way is open, guys. Go get that stupid ape," she said.
Fox got over his shock and smiled. "With pleasure. Good job."
"Once this is over, I want to have a look at this cannon," Slippy said.
"No problem. But you know that this is simply a big magnetic slingshot, right? Anybody can make one, but many seems to underestimate the power of magnetism," the alicorn replied.
Star Fox advanced through the field of debris left by the blown ships and were able to reach the flagship only for it to turn around and flee toward the planet, and the team gave chase.
"Well then, while they deal with Oikonny, we will finish what remains of his fleet," Sweetie Belle said.
She still remained in contact with them just in case.
"Should we charge the magnetic cannon again?" Admiral Stinger asked.
"No. Their fleet is almost destroyed. No need to waste a bullet on just a couple of ships. Just fire in the mass with all the other cannons."
As Sweetie Belle said that, she made the Unique Horn charge at a nearby enemy ship, gutting it with the horn. She then made the wings slap a squadron of fighters that got the bad idea of flying between them.
Then, the Lor spotted a few dozens enemy fighters approaching the Unique Horn from behind. Of course, they saw that there weren't as many cannons defending the back of the ship and thought that they could attack from there without too much worry.
Bad idea. Sweetie Belle made a hatch open right between the two giant thrusters and out of it came little metallic balls that began to regularly flash red once they were past the thrusters. By the time the crafts understood that they were proximity mines, it was too late and a field of explosions appeared behind the Unique Horn for a couple of seconds.
The filly giggled.
By now, the enemy fleet was almost entirely destroyed, and it seemed that the remaining ships were hesitating between fighting to the end and retreating. Not that it mattered in the end. Sweetie Belle as well as Apple Bloom and Phantom finished them rapidly, ending the battle above the planet.
That was too easy.
"All of Oikonny's force has been destroyed," a Cornerian soldier informed.
"But there are still the troops on the surface of Fortuna," another said.
"Star Fox is probably dealing with them as we speak. We will just need to take care of what remains once they're done," General Pepper said.
"I confirm," Sweetie Belle said as she looked at what was happening on the surface thanks to the feeds she was receiving from Star Fox's Arwings. While she watched, Phantom and Apple Bloom joined her in the Lor. "Star Fox just entered the enemy's base and is cleaning it in their search for Oikonny's flagship. Darn, they're good. Especially Fox and Falco. Ace pilot alright. Hey girls. How did it go?" she asked to her friends.
"Very well. It was actually fun," Phantom answered.
"That's one heck of a ship ya've here. Anything else ya've hidden?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Well, there are still a few things that I can do with this ship that I haven't shown yet," Sweetie Belle answered.
It wasn't long before Star Fox located Oikonny's flagship flying above a valley, between two cliffs. Instead of attempting to escape again, Oikonny did something unexpected and revealed his flagship to be some kind of giant mecha, making it change appearance so it looked like a giant robotic version of him. Once it let go of the superfluous, the mecha was actually made of three parts: two flying hands and a flying head with a bit of a torso. It seemed that the mecha was directly linked to Oikonny because its lips moved in synchronisation when he talked.
And yet, Fox took on the mecha one on one and easily got the upper hand because it revealed to be a joke. Whenever it attempted to punch the fox's Arwing, it took Oikonny a few seconds to charge, giving more than enough time for Fox to get out of the way while firing at the weak points. It took him less than a minute to damage the two hands to the point that they couldn't be used anymore to attack, leaving the mecha totally vulnerable.
And yet, Oikonny was still boasting, totally ignorant (or delusional) of his situation. "Ahh ha ha ha! Is that all you fools have got?!? I am the one and only true heir to the great emperor Andross! The new emperor: Andrew Oikonny..."
Suddenly, just as he said his name, a beam came from nowhere and pierced the head of the mecha, followed by a few others. As the mecha exploded and dropped lifelessly to the ground as a result, Andrew shouted one last, "Uncle Androssssss..."
"What was that?!" Sweetie Belle shouted.
"That wasn't one of our ships," General Pepper said.
From the sky then came an unknown object that revealed itself to be some kind of giant, half-mechanical eight-winged wasp-like life form that immediately attacked Star Fox.
Before the fillies could ask what that thing was, they were answered by ROB repeating a single word in warning: "Aparoid."
Peppy seemed very shocked, and even Pepper was worried as everyone watched Star Fox battling the insect creature. Thankfully, despite the many beams of ring-shaped pulses it fired from its wings, Star Fox, especially Fox, was able to destroy the wings one by one by attacking the giant eyes visible on them. Even without its wings, the aparoid still was a huge threat as it used the same beam that destroyed Andrew's mecha, which was coming from its backside, to draw a circle on the ground to heat it and cause boulders to be lifted and used as projectiles.
There were some close calls, but the members of Star Fox were able to avoid the boulders. This led the aparoid to open its mouth, revealing a purple orb, before it fired from it yellow projectiles that homed in on the crafts. Star Fox immediately understood that the purple orb was the aparoid's weak point and fired at it until the aparoid closed its mouth. From there, each time that the aparoid opened its mouth for one reason or another, Star Fox fired at the orb until the aparoid began to explode and dropped on the ground where one last explosion killed it.
It had been a hard battle, the aparoid having revealed to be a dangerous foe, but they won.
Fox then went to take something from the remains of the aparoid, hurrying up as more of these winged aparoids came in the sky, beginning a huge assault on the planet. Star Fox barely escaped while a big chunk of the aparoid force went to attack the Cornerian fleet.
Pepper immediately ordered a general retreat.
"Go ahead General. We will remain behind," Sweetie Belle said.
"What? Are you crazy?! Those aren't simple ships. Aparoids are much more dangerous, and there's a whole swarm of them."
"Don't worry about us General, it won't be a problem," Phantom said.
"Yeah, it just means that we will get serious," Sweetie Belle added.
"What?"
The fillies exchanged grins before Phantom teleported back out of the Unique Horn and Apple Bloom flew through the walls.
"You heard that everyone? Star Fighter pilots, time to unleash the true power of your crafts! And charge the magnetic cannon just in case! Unique Horn, let's crush these bugs!"
At this, the Unique Horn charged toward the aparoids and began to fire everything it had at them. The aparoids returned fire but the Unique Horn then revealed to be almost as agile as the Halberd and the Warhammer back when Kirby and Sweetie Belle had control of them thanks to the Robobot Armor and the Sweetie Bot Armor, easily avoiding most of the beams fired at it and thus limiting the toll on the generator of the force field. Then, the horn lit and fired several beams that homed in at the aparoids, each beam destroying one of them in one shot.
Despite this, countless more aparoids now surrounded the Unique Horn and fired at it from all sides. In return, grinning, Sweetie Belle unleashed her power through the battleship, opening dozens of rifts out of which came beams that targeted the giant bugs. Giant fist-shaped shields also materialized and began to punch the aparoids or to grab them to crush them. At the same time, the Star Fighters' hull began to spin faster and faster before energy came out of the branches, taking the form of sharp energy blades. The Star Fighters then charged at the aparoids and promptly cut them in pieces.
Between the Unique Horn, Phantom who was slaughtering them with her Phantom powers, and Apple Bloom who was not only killing them with a simple touch but also turning them into zombies under her control to turn them against their brethren, they easily gained the attention of every aparoids assaulting the planet and they all came to attack them.
Admiring this, Pepper had stopped the retreat and, seeing that the aparoids were leaving the planet, distracted by the fillies, he quickly reacted and sent ships to evacuate the natives.
The Unique Horn finally fired the magnetic cannon, the bullet killing dozens and dozens of aparoids that were simply obliterated. Meanwhile, the two claws at the side, which had a VERY long range, were able to grab the two ends of an aparoid and teared it apart. The horn impaled bug after bug, and the mouth even managed to catch one before it closed on it, biting off a huge part of the wasp-like life form.
As the battle went on, the swarm quickly diminished, but Sweetie Belle kept a close look at the gauge indicating the state of the force field generator. Despite avoiding a lot of the enemy beams, and Sweetie Belle even using her own shields to deflect many others, it still was slowly diminishing.
Then, a second swarm suddenly came, seemingly called by the first one.
Sweetie Belle frowned. "Lorry, take over. I'm going out."
Without waiting for an answer, she took off the head piece, teleported out of the Unique Horn, and materialized her ten cannons before she joined Phantom and Apple Bloom in killing the aparoids. But first, she charged a huge quantity of energy into a ball and sent it right in the center of the new swarm before the ball exploded, creating a huge explosion that killed many of the bugs.
The battle thus continued even as a third swarm appeared, the fillies giving enough time for the Cornerian Army to evacuate Fortuna. Once the evacuation was over, Pepper sent the word to the Unique Horn, and Admiral Stinger repeated it to one of the Star fighter pilots who approached Sweetie Belle and signed to her that they could go.
Nodding, Sweetie Belle sent one last energy ball to explode in the third swarm before she teleported herself, Phantom, and Apple Bloom inside the Unique Horn. They then waited for the Star Fighters to return in the ship before they followed the retreating Cornerian fleet. Aparoids tried to follow but were all killed by the battleship with the cannons and the proximity mines.
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I was not aware that Star Fox has an entire species of Hibachis.
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Of what?
https://shmups.wiki/library/Hibachi
In the words of the famous saltshakers/trash cans; Exterminate!
I wonder what could Samus reaction be to Sweetie Belle new ship... And meeting a Anthro Fox and his tripulation
These apariods kind of remind me of Queen Sectonia.
Keep going! THIS IS AWESOME!!!
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I see. Yeah, there's a family resemblance. But the aparoids have more wings.
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Funny part, the aparoids are close to the borgs. I wonder what would happen if we made daleks fight borgs.
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We will see eventually.
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Must be the wasp part, but that's the only thing they have in common.
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Thanks!
WOOOOO!!!!~ this is VERY good and i hope to see more of this within...what???
a couple days??
a week? cause you have a MUCH better post time than most of the other good authors out there
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Thanks!
It depends. Sometimes, it's a few days (I can even post a chapter the day after the previous one when I can), sometimes, it takes over a week.
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Dunno.
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welcome..and ok~
gona go ahead and read some other story's..buuut i will be right back here once another chapter is out
So..... How bout That new Kirby game? I know its past the end but maybe a short hop back or maybe a throwaway line about it during Sweetie's dimension hopping?
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Maybe. I will see what I can do with it once I finish it.
While Mario and DK world has passed, I just found that DK have a side job as a banker...
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From a golf game Nes Open... not sure if that works in your canon
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That's not something I expected to see DK doing. But since it's a sport game, then I won't consider it canon.
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We can guess even Gorillas need to send whatever is used as payment (If we think Mario find coins everywhere, Magical Stars and Moons and Mushrooms, make me wonder what they use) to home to buy bananas and take care of the family.
P.S: Not sure if you know that exist comics of Fox (If you didn't know, then you know now) Are they canon? Or is only going to follow the videogames?
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I know that there are comics describing events between Star Fox Lylat Wars and Star Fox Adventure and I'm sure that they are canon. If I remember correctly, they show, for example, why Falco wasn't in the team anymore during the events of Star Fox Adventure.
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From what a video commented, they also tell that Fox was a bandit before the games
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Wasn't that Falco?
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The full team
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Link 1
Link 2
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Well, since Star Fox is a team of mercenaries, I'm not really surprised.
Think you could do Kid Icarus Uprising after Star Fox Assault?
I think the weapons from Kid Icarus will work great with the OP CMCs
Sweetie Belle/(Sweetie Void): Void Palm
Scootaloo/(Phantom): Phantom Claws
Apple Bloom/(Apple Death): Death Arm
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I don't know when I will do Kid Icarus, but it won't be before some time. Probably not before the third saga.
Hey Lucar, do you need any help on the next chapter?
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No.
Damn, finally all caught up. Read through 'A Sweetie Dreamland', 'A Phantom Filly' and each of the 'Apple Bloom Mansions'. Talk about a tale you weave, this is closing in on epic already. Can't wait for more!
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Thanks! The next chapter should be out soon enough.
Cuphead after Star Fox?
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Cuphead in Saga 2, I think.
Y’Know,Wolf should be another Villain(even if that is debatable)that would’ve Rather easy to Recruit into Ultimate.
Already the Treat of Gaalem and Darkrom should be enough for him to decide that it’s not convenient for him that any of the two of them win,but even if his Rivalry with Fox makes him Refuse,what he wouldn’t Refuse would be Sweetie Void or LOTD AppleBloom employing his services as a Mercenary.so probably there’s not even gonna be a need for a Confrontation….Keyword “probably”
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You will see what I have planned for Wolf.
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I've mentioned before that Isabelle's secretary skills will be invaluable for keeping folks like Wolf pointed in the right direction.