Chapter 6: Uneasy Welcome

Story by Anakani on SoFurry

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#6 of No World For Tomorrow

After a brief encounter Stone finally gets to fox HQ somewhere inside Neon City.


The rally point began to come into view from down the street and Jillian starts hollering in response. "We finally made it!" Jillian yelled as Stone began to slow down. "What the -" The area in front of them was a war zone; a goliath was smiting soldiers left and right, choppers were evacuating civilians and drones were engaging those who weren't busy with the goliath. In short, the world had gone to hell. Stone brought the truck to a stand still and shakes his head. "Looks like the foxes bit off more than they could chew." "I'll say. Any ideas?" Jillian asked as she checked her mag. "Besides riding in and making martyrs of ourselves?" joked Stone. "I'm tapped." "You mean all that time during the war, you never fired a weapon? What kind of idiot do you take me for?" "All that time during the war blah blah blah, they train you to do anything else than bitch, soldier?" "Oh did my little wolfie lose his balls over the years?" Jillian uttered before laughing to herself and nearly falling off the truck in the process. Stone laughed, mocking Jillian's laughter as he does, "Ha ha ha! Shut up and hang on. It's about time I show you how it's done." Stone slaps it into first gear and revs the engine loudly, "Who dares wins" A lone drone stopped for a moment to look in the direction of the loud rumbling coming towards the field and sees its reflection only momentarily as it collides with the grill, making a loud crunching noise as it goes under. "Ha! Roadkill!" Jillian yelled as the truck proceeded further into the fray. "You can shoot anytime!" Stone yelled as he clipped another drone. "Shut up and drive!" After breaking the frontline Stone pulled the truck a short ways from an evac chopper. "Tiffani" he spoke as he looked at her. "Time for you to leave." "What?" came the vixens bewildered voice. "But-" "Tiffani" he spoke, cupping the vixens face in his paw. "I can't risk losing you once more." A plasma round goes through the rear window and causes it to spray glass in the cab. "Stone...I-" Tiffani began speaking before getting cut off by Jillian. "I can get her on the chopper if you can handle things while I'm gone." Jillian offered while opening the passenger door. Stone gave Jillian a nod of approval then turns his attention to Tiffani. "She'll take you somewhere safe-" "But I don't-" beckoned Tiffani. "Jillian" Stone spoke while avoiding a plasma round. "Get her out of here." "What about you?" Jillian asked as she grabbed Tiffani by the arm. "I'll hold them while you two evac. Sound good?" "Try not to die old man" Jillian joked shortly before heading towards the chopper with Tiffani in tow. "We can't just leave Stone behind like this." Tiffani yelled as she fought to keep from getting on. "It's not up to you. Now get on!" Jillian yelled back as she pushed Tiffani onto the chopper. "No! You can't make me!" yelled the vixen as she began to fight with Jillian. "Oh for fuck's sake." Fed up with the vixen's sudden outburst, Jillian introduces Tiffani to la la land. With the same hand she knocks the roof of the chopper, "We're all set back here." The chopper lifts off the ground and begins heading away from the battle. "And so it begins, once more." Stone uttered shortly before joining the fray.

Some time later......

Jillian was the first off the chopper as it touched down on the road. The once vibrant scene was now calm as fox and wolf alike tended to those wounded during the skirmish. "If that wolf is dead-" Jillian muttered while shaking her head. "-I swear to the elder wolves I'll bury his ass upside down." "What was that about going ass up to the world?" came a familiar voice from behind Jillian as she stopped by a crate of munitions. "I was just thinking about how you liked it up the ass." "Well I'd hate to disappoint you-" Stone said while Jillian turned to him. "-but not in this lifetime." "So what happened after I left? Did I miss anything good?" "Let me think" Stone began as he tilted his head and twitched his tail about. "First we finished off most of the drones." "I noticed" Jillian said while looking around. "Then we brought down the goliath." "And how did you manage that?" Jillian asked while looking for the goliaths body. "Well I found a radio and called in a strike package. Turns out goliaths don't like foxhounds very much." "Uh huh and where is the goliath?" Stone places a paw on Jillian's shoulder and points to a pot hole in the ground about thirty feet away. "We lured the bastard away from the field with a decoy and hammered his ass into oblivion." Jillian tilted her head to the side as her ears twitched about atop her head. "Let me guess, you were crazy enough to pull off a stunt like that and somehow managed to survive?" "Well almost-" Stone paused as he grabbed his tail to show Jillian the singed black fur. "-my tail got the worst of it, I think." Jillian sniffs the air and laughs. "I've smelled worse." "I guess I did go ass up to the world come to think of it." joked Stone. "Are you trying to make me laugh or are you flirting with me?" Jillian spoke shortly before giggling. "The first one I think." "Well-" Jillian spoke as she smacked Stone in the chest. "Our ride's waiting to take you to HQ." "Can I expect another warm welcome?" Stone asked while following Jillian to the waiting chopper. "I wouldn't hold your breath if I was you."

Back at HQ.

"Make sure everyone's ready for the meeting before-" Roxy stopped as she seen Stone step off the chopper that just touched down. "-he arrives." Roxy stood in awe as Stone walked by and as he disappeared into the tent behind her. "He's even more amazing in person." Inside the tent Stone stood before a group of foxes sitting in chairs. "Stone Black Wolf, I presume?" asked President Kyle as he looked at Stone. "I imagined someone a little more... legendary." General Swift said while giving Stone a once over. "Mind your tongue fox." "You're in a base full of soldiers, wolf." General Swift retorted. "With a snap of my fingers they'll tear you apart." "General, you will contain yourself." Kyle barked. "Or I will have you removed. Understand." General Swift grew quiet as he stared at Stone with a burning hatred. "At least we won the war." "Genera!!" Kyle barked once more. "Sorry sir." Kyle turned his attention from Swift and back towards Stone. "I hope you understand that most of the older generation still holds some hate-" Kyle spoke as he nodded in Swift's direction. "-towards you from the war." "So I've noticed." Roxy enters the tent and takes a seat across from Swift. "Mr. Black Wolf-" Roxy began before being interrupted. "Stone will suffice for now" "Oh, okay. Ahem. Stone, what can you tell us about the alien invaders?" "Where should I start?" Stone asked while getting a chair to sit on. "Back then or would prefer the present?" "I think we'd like for you to start from the very beginning when the wolves first made contact." "As you wish" Stone spoke as he readied himself for a trip back to the olden days. "It all started...."