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Needin' Some Lovin' Ch 4

Fox and Katt were slowly awoken by a loud beeping noise in the apartment. Katt recognized it as her computer indicating she was receiving a call. Fox and Katt looked at the digital clock next to her bed. It was 3:27 AM.

"Who the heck is calling me THIS early?" said Katt, reluctantly getting out of bed. She quickly slipped on a pair of panties and a nightshirt, and then went to answer the call.

When she checked the computer, she saw it was from Slippy on Aquas.

"Its from Slippy," she called to Fox before she pressed the receive button on the screen. Slippy's image appeared on the screen when she answered the call.

"Katt, hi," he said in his usual high-pitched cheerful voice.

"Slippy," Katt groaned groggily. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"Huh?" said Slippy, confused. "Then he saw how Katt looked and how dark it was in her room. "Oh! It's night there, isn't it? Sorry. I forgot about the time difference there. Here on Aquas it's the middle of the afternoon. That might explain why Fox and Falco didn't answer when I called them earlier. Anyway, the reason I'm calling is because I've found a job for us."

"What?!" said Fox, quickly pulling on his boxers and hurrying over next to Katt in front of the computer screen. "We got a job?"

Slippy's eyes widened at the sight of Fox. "Fox?! What are you doing at Katt's place? And why aren't you dressed?"

"Who's not dressed?" Katt and Fox heard a female voice on Slippy's end say, and then suddenly, Amanda, a pink toad with a big yellow bow on her head and Slippy's fiancé, appeared on the screen beside him. "Whoa!" she exclaimed, seeing Fox and Katt. "What's going on here?"

"Well," began Fox awkwardly. "Katt and I are... dating now."

Slippy stared at them in shock, mouth hanging agape, while Amanda gazed at them in amusement.

"Dating? You two?" said Slippy.

Fox and Katt both nodded.

"When did THIS happen?" their amphibian teammate asked.

"Shortly after we arrived back on Corneria," said Katt, leaning her head against Fox's shoulder affectionately.

"Oh," said Slippy. "But Katt, I thought you had a crush on Falco." Amanda gave Slippy a look of annoyance after he said that.

"I did," said Katt, her expression becoming hard for a moment. "But a girl has to know when a guy is a lost cause. I moved on."

"Oh. Yeah, Falco always does seem to get pretty annoyed whenever you're around," said Slippy with a chuckle. "Well, I'm happy for you two, although I'm kind of sad you and Krystal didn't work things out, Fox."

Fox felt a slight twinge of pain at the mention of the blue vixen. "Slippy, Krystal's gone," Fox retorted. "That ship has sailed!" He wrapped his arm around Katt's shoulders to emphasize his point.

"Yeah, I know," said Slippy kind of sadly.

"Well I think that you two look adorable together," Amanda said to Fox and Katt. "You're my new OTP!"

"Um... thanks," said Fox, not sure what OTP meant.

"Does Falco know about you two?" asked Slippy.

"Not yet," said Fox. However, that thought made him start wondering. Just how WOULD Falco react to finding out that they were together?

"Well I... OH WAIT!" Slippy exclaimed suddenly. "I almost forgot about why I called. The job. My father has some new kind of tactical technology that he needs transported from his lab here to the Cornerian Army headquarters on Corneria, and he wants us to escort it."

"What kind of new tech?" asked Fox.

"He wouldn't tell me. He says it's top secret, but he says its so important that a lot of bad guys would probably want to try and steel it, so he wants the best mercenaries in the universe to make sure that it gets safely delivered."

"Tell your father he can count on us," said Fox. "Well be at Aquas as soon as we can."

"Sure thing, Fox," said Slippy with a salute. "Oh, by the way, there's one other reason I called."

"What's that?" asked Fox.

Before Slippy could speak, Amanda got up close to the camera so that her face filled the video screen. "I WANNA JOIN TEAM STAR FOX!!!" she shouted excitedly.

Fox was surprised.

Amanda continued, stepping back from the computer a bit so that Slippy could be seen again. "Please let me join! You've seen my piloting skills during the Angler War! I'll be a great asset to the team. Besides, anywhere my Slippy goes, I want to be right there with him from now on!

Fox thought for a minute. He knew Amanda was right and she had helped them during the angler war. Heck, from what he had seen, she was already better in combat then her fiancé. Plus that would bring their team total back up to five, not including ROB.

"Alright," said Fox. "I'll give you a shot."

Amanda looked ecstatic. "Oh, thank you, thank you thank you, thank you! You won't regret it!"

"Well, we'll see you when you get here," said Slippy. "Bye Fox. Bye Katt."

"Later Slippy," said Fox.

"See you soon, Amanda," said Katt.

After the call ended and the screen went black, Katt said, "What I don't understand is, what the heck is Amanda's bow attached to? She doesn't have any hair!"

"Maybe it's a stick on," said Fox with a shrug.

The two of them then went back to Katt's bed to get a few more hours of sleep. Fox, however, was deep in thought as Katt cuddled against him under the covers.

Slippy isn't afraid of Amanda getting hurt on this job, he thought to himself. I guess I should try to be more like him.

Fox had learned his lesson from his break up with Krystal. It had been a horrible experience, but he had come out of it a wiser man. As much as he now realized he would be worried about Katt getting hurt or killed in their line of work, he knew he had to respect her own choices. Plus, she'll probably also worry about me getting hurt just as much as I'll worry about her.

Fox held Katt to him in his arms as he fell back to sleep with her.

After sleeping for a couple more hours, they got up, took a 'fun' shower together, got dressed, ate breakfast, and then went to their ships at the army base hanger. Soon they're ships were flying side by side in the air, flying up to dock with the Great Fox.

Fox spotted their big, beautiful flagship in dry-dock come into view over the horizon as they flew towards it, the light of the sun gleaming of her shiny haul.

Fox opened communications. "Fox McCloud to Great Fox. Two requesting permission to dock."

A robotic voice soon responded. "This is ROB. Preparing docking procedures."

"Lady's first," Fox said to Katt over the comm.

"Such a gentleman," Katt replied.

Fox and Katt slowly glided their craft into the hanger bay opening at the bottom of the Great Fox. They touched down inside safely on the landing pads.

They both climbed out of their ships and walked away from them just as a mechanical crane lowered from the ceiling and began lifting the two fighter ships one at a time over to the launch area with all the other small craft the ship had, such as the Blue Marine and the Landmaster.

Fox and Katt then spotted Falco standing next to his own Arwing in the hanger. He had obviously arrived before they had. He turned to face them.

"Hey Falco," said Fox as they approached him.

"Hey Fox," Falco said happily. "Hey Katt," he added less happily.

"How's it going?" asked Fox.

"Pretty good," said Falco. "I had a fun night with a hot broad I picked up at a bar last night. And let me tell you, she was a freak," he said with a wink at Fox.

"Nice," said Katt sarcastically. "Well, Fox and I have some big news."

"Oh yeah? What?"

Katt wrapped her arms around Fox's waist affectionately and rested her head on his shoulder. "We're dating now," she said while smiling at Fox.

Falco looked at them, and then burst out laughing. "Good one!"

"It's not a joke, Fal," said Fox, wrapping an arm around Katt's back. "Katt and I are dating."

Falco stared at them. "Seriously?"

They nodded.

"Well, when did this happen?" he asked curiously.

"The night we got back to Corneria," said Katt. "We went to a club and... one thing led to another." She and Fox grinned at each other.

Falco was still partly wondering if they were pulling his leg. Then again, he noticed Fox certainly did seem a lot happier then he had been in the last few weeks, and the only explanation for that that made sense was that they were actually banging.

"Wow. So does this mean you're gonna stop trying to get into my pants?" Falco asked Katt.

Katt glared at him. "Yes, Falco. I'm completely over you."

"HALALUIA!" Falco said with relief. "Its about frickin time!"

There was an awkward silence for a few seconds, until Fox decided to break it. "Well, lets get headed to Aquas. We have a job to do. Falco, are we fully fueled and stocked?"

"Uh, yeah. We're fully fueled and stocked, but I, uh, when I was taking inventory of our armory, I think some of our weapons might be missing. Could be wrong though. Wanna come and double check it with me?"

"Sure," said Fox. "Katt, you go up to the bridge and help ROB get us ready to launch."

"Aye, Aye, Foxy," she said and then headed off.

Fox walked with Falco towards the armory, but before they made it there, Falco stopped Fox in the corridor they were in and turned to him.

"Fox, I have one thing to say to you," said Falco. "You better treat Katt right, better than you treated Krystal, or I'll put a bullet in you don't!"

Fox's eyes widened at the unexpected threat from his friend.

"Don't get me wrong," Falco continued. "I'm glad Katt ended up with a good guy like you. You're caring and loyal. I'm just warning you is all."

"Of-of course, Falco," Fox managed to say still surprised by Falco's sudden change of tune. "I... didn't know you cared so much. I thought you didn't like Katt."

"Fox, of course I care about Katt," Falco replied like it was obvious. "I think she's kind of annoying sometimes, but I do care about her, just not in a romantic way. The truth is, I've always kind of seen her as like a little sister to me, you know. Plus, Katt wants a relationship. A REAL relationship. I don't. You know me, Fox. I'm a player. A free bird. I don't want to get tied down to anyone. I'm only interested in girls who are 'just looking for a good time'."

Fox was amazed. He had never seen this side of his friend before. "Wow, Falco. You know what, even though you don't like to show it, you're a really good guy deep down."

"Hey, keep it down, will ya!" Falco hushed him. "I have a reputation to uphold. I don't want anybody thinking I've gone soft. Which reminds me, don't tell Katt any of this, or I'll put a bullet in you."

"I promise, Fal," Fox said, fully intending to keep his friend's secret. "So, the arsenal?"

Falco grinned and waved a hand. "I was just making that up to get you away from Katt. Everything is accounted for."

Fox nodded and they headed up to the bridge of the ship. Katt was standing next to ROB while he worked at the ship's helm.

"Are we ready to go?" asked Fox.

"Affirmative Fox," said ROB.

"Take us out then."

"Affirmative Fox," ROB said again. "Detaching fuel tubes and docking clamps."

They heard a mechanical clanging through the haul of the ship as it disconnected from Space Doc.

"Firing forward maneuvering thrusters. Locking in course for Aquas. Course laid in."

"Lets go," Fox ordered.

"Engaging FTL drive."

The stars out in front of them through the front of the ship stretched out as the Great Fox blasted into light speed.

Just then they heard loud metal clanging behind them. They all turned to look just as an unknown person ran onto the bridge with them. She was a robin girl. She was wearing a pair of white panties and what appeared to be one of Falco shirts, and nothing else.

"FALCO WHAT'S GOING ON?!" she demanded franticly. "IS THE SHIP MOVING? I HAVE TO BE AT WORK IN AN HOUR!"

Katt and Fox looked at Falco, who was grinning at the robin girl awkwardly.

"Oh hey, um... Molly?" Falco said.

"Margaret," she corrected him in annoyance that he couldn't remember her name.

"Margaret! Right! I was close," Falco said. "Look, babe, I'm gonna be completely honest. I completely forgot you were still here."

Fox and Katt stared at Falco in disbelief.

I may have dodged a bullet here, Katt thought to herself.