The Lylat System

[raive]

Torran followed them to the bar. However, as he sat down, he was still bursting with anger. He had been lied to this entire time.

Suddenly, his communicator flashed and he answered it. "Gale."

Then he heard his commander speaking. "Torran, I was too harsh on you. You were following orders, and things just happened the way they happened. Are you still with Star Fox?"

"Hold on a second, sir." He put Etir on hold. "It's my commander. What am I going to do?"

He picked the call back up. "Sir, this is a bad time, Star Fox and I... we're discussing plans for the future. We're about to report back to General Peppy."

"You report back to me, Gale, not to Peppy. It just so happens that I'm on Venom at the moment, negotiating peace with a Mr. Bowman. I would be honored if you joined me."

"Sir, I'm going to have to get back to you on that. Give me a few hours."

"I'll await your call, but no more than three hours." The communication link was severed.

Torran then relayed the conversation with Etir. "Okay, so he mentioned he's on Venom with Bowman. He knows I'm with Star Fox. Could this be a trap for me?"

[Ace]

Falco took a sip of his drink. "Could be...could not be...maybe he knows you saw him on Venom. After all he must know Star Wolf came with us. And Star Wolf knows he's there."

"You are not under my command and by no means have to do as I advise, but maybe you should go to your commander. See what is really going on. Maybe like Star Wolf, you can be an inside man. A double agent." Marcus said.

"Yeah, speaking of which...Shiori, does Bowman know your interloping with us right now? Has he sent you any messages?" Ace asked her.

[Shiori]

"Not that I'm aware of..." Shiori put down her drink and took out and her communicator. "Doesn't look like it. The last transmission I got from him was about 14 hours ago"

[raive]

Torran nodded. "Very well. I have to do it anyway. If I don't go to my commander then he'll have my hide. At the very least I won't be allowed to be a mercenary anymore. But first I want to finish my drink."

He opened up communications with his commander and had a brief conversation, at the end of which he nodded again. "He'll be expecting me there soon. He didn't specify how soon." He finished his drink. "Well, I guess I should get going, then?"

[Ace]

"I hope for your sake it goes well." Ace said to Torran.
"Um, Shiori, did you want to stay here for a bit longer? I could buy you another drink." Ace offered.