Nexus Effect

Ch.121

“Hi.” Penny said with eagerness, her tail flicking along with her sister’s while they stood opposite the Star Fox team.

“H-hey. Welcome.” Fox was visibly flustered too at realizing two very beautiful vixens were quite interested. However, he felt a bit of comfort from how Krystal was squeezing his shoulder and smiling at him with a mischievous glint to her eyes. She wasn’t upset, likely this was greatly amusing her. The Empath probably knew exactly what was going on and either wasn’t interested in Fox to that degree yet or didn’t mind other vixens vying for his attention.

“So...um. This is awkward, uh. Team Star Fox, meet Team Shepard. You’re both space-faring ass-kicking system-saving groups from different universes.” I said to break the odd awkward tension by the leaders of the two factions clearly having an instinctual exchange of pheromones and other sex-related sociological things going on.

“It’s like a bad fanfiction just waiting to happen.” Hunter snorted in amusement and a shake of his head. “Anyway, we were just here to take these three home.”

“About that. We can’t leave. Not without dooming half of both of our galaxies.” Yola grimly informed Hunter, who huffed and rubbed his temples.

“Let me guess: Hermais?” Vinnie asked in exasperation.

“Hermais.” Yola and I confirmed in a similar amount of exasperation.

“So I...guess we’ll be working together for a while?” Fox asked uneasily as he looked at Krystal, who raised an eyebrow playfully.

“I think this just proves that, while disruptive, Displaced get into all sorts of fun messes.” Penny winked over at me and I flushed with a pout at the apt description of my track record. “That said, you mentioned this universe being like Heaven in time distortion Hunter?”

“Yes, so it’ll give us all the time we need to both be involved here and perhaps get into contact with whichever government is willing to hear us out.” Hunter informed Penny with a sigh, but the Star Fox crew raised their brows. “We are foreigners of different governments. It’d be best if we get this over with, or we’ll end up complicating things. Got any recommendations?”

“Oh, right. That makes sense.” The old Hare said with a grunt.

“Oh, hey, wait. That means none of us are obligated to do anything. Hunter-Baby, maybe you should actually take a proper vacation. Vinnie and Bryan already did, but they can too.” Urta suggested eagerly with her tail wagging happily. “You could find someplace here and kick back.”

“I’d suggest Zoness if you want to just get away from everything. Lovely island retreats there after the pollution cleanup efforts and island terraforming projects.” Slippy commented cheerfully, the short and stout green and white amphibian even holding up travel pamphlets.

“Well, if you insist. What about you three?” Hunter asked the others.

“We really should take this opportunity, Bryan~.” Vinnie insisted with a purr.

“Really? I mean, I know we’ve been breeding celestials, but that was after a long vacation already-.” Bryan went quiet when Vinnie wagged her eyebrows and nodded towards Selene, who was completely bemused along with most everyone else. “Agreed!”

“Great! You go have fun, don’t cut it off too soon because you find someone in need of help or something.” Urta preemptively chastised with a wagging finger. “You go on and take a beach vacation, find a cave to veg out in or go fucking fishing, I don’t know. Just don’t come back until you’re unwound or the multiverse forces you.”

“Okay, so, ignore any and all calls for aid, lazz about like a baller and enjoy the scenery? Got it.” Now I feel uncomfortable with how Bryan worded that. Maybe we should-.

“Essentially. You have at least my full permission to be unreachable unless you want to be reached. So you can totally ignore any non-Argentine communications. If Visi calls though, I won’t be held responsible if you don’t answer.” Urta shuddered and so did her husbands and wife. “Visi is still scary and that’s hot.”

“Alright, alright. Stop pestering us about it.” Hunter shook his head in annoyance. “I blame Slayer for this; he was the one who thought we needed to keep an eye out for whatever wished to undermine our preparations against Hell. You know how he is.” Urta facepalmed.

“As interesting as this all is, it sounds like issues in your universe. I’m no authority, but could I ask that you leave that on your own ship? We’ve got enough drama around here as it stands.” The elderly Peppy Hare said moments before the comms console beeped. “Speaking of which, here comes the main source of it.” Peppy grumbled and tapped on the answer button. “Falco, Sunset, if you’re not in the same region of space as us right now, so help me-!”

“Geez, cool it gramps! We’re nearby, is that other ship harassing us though? Do we need to keep on hovering in case we gotta intervene?” Falco asked bluntly and Pepper nodded in approval of the pheasant’s caution.

“No, they’re new friends. Come on in and introduce yourselves.” Peppy hung up and his ears twitched. “As a warning. Falco is rather gruff and Sunset is a...force of personality and presence.”

“Are they going to be a problem?” Hunter questioned the old rabbit.

“I can’t say this won’t be. Falco likes to poke people until they react and Sunset bulldozes everyone unless they outright tell her to back off. Just don’t be pushovers when they do push and they’ll tend to like you enough to let up.” Peppy sighed in a long-suffering manner as he plopped into a chair.

“I’ll have to ask for the same. I may be the team leader, but I butt heads with Falco enough for everyone’s tastes. However, I must warn you that Sunset is, uh...promiscuous.” Fox uncomfortably brought up and I joined in on the snickering that our side of the room developed.

“You mean she’s a raging slut? Yeah, we’re used to that. No issues here.” I commented and nodded along with everyone in our team that came aboard, which was really just Penny, Urta, Ash and Tali. Nightfly only has so much room in his chassis after all. “I mean, look at us Fox. Do we look like people who are unused to action in the bedroom?” I groped my breasts and Star Fox, including Krystal, all blushed as they looked between me and the rest of my lovers.

Specifically our bodies. Yay, I made them look below the neckline! They’re so professional it’s kinda refreshing and cute. “I did sense an incredibly intense simmering affection and lust shared between you all. I haven’t witnessed a harem in person before, so I wasn’t certain if that was the case.” Krystal shared and we all raised our left hands, pointing out our rings. “You’re all married to one another?” Krystal asked in awe and we nodded. “Wow, such genuine love between so many partners…”

“You should see my own partners. Urta here is one, but she’s definitely too into her sister to not end up jumping between harems by this point.” Hunter rolled his eyes as he pulled Urta into a side-hug and she perked up before leaning into him with a smile. “That said...We’ll take our leave. You’re definitely going to corrupt these poor, innocent people and I wouldn’t be able to prevent it, so I’m just going to absolve myself of the responsibility.”

“Wise choice babe. Bring us some souvenirs?” Urta asked her husband as she nuzzled his bicep while looking up at the tall celestial cybertronian.

“I’ll pick out what’s eye-catching for each of you.” Hunter winked at her before his halo blinded us with a gray flash and he vanished along with Bryan, Vinnie and Selene.

“Okay, the betting pool’s open! Which one will come home with a new lover~! If more than one does, bonuses apply depending on how many lovers they bring home!” Urta declared and I immediately opened my digital wallet to bet on Bryan/Brennie, then I remembered Selene was his new gal by the looks of it, so I instead considered between Hunter and Vinnie...hm....

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“You sure about this, Sunset?” Falco asked his girlfriend uneasily. Upon seeing the ship that was coasting alongside the Great Fox, Sunset used a private call to his phone to warn him about not provoking anyone from the ship.

“I’m more than sure, Falco. We’re just lucky they didn’t decide to attack us right away. Thank gosh for Paragons.” Sunset hissed as they lined up to dock their Arwings within the Great Fox.

“Is this something to do with your life before you ended up in Lylat?” Falco asked his girlfriend while the docking arms clamped onto his ship and he relaxed for the rest of the process.

“Not really. I know of that ship, of the people who could be involved and their various dispositions, but I don’t know anyone from that ship personally. Just trust me that they are dangerous and are not from Lylat.” Sunset declared and Falco nodded even though she couldn’t see him. He’d learned years ago that if Sunset said something was serious, then it was serious.

“Got it. I’ll dial back my charming wit.” Falco sarcastically said with a smirk and his girlfriend snorted in amusement.

“Make sure you do, dork. If not, I’ll drag you to our room and remind you why you don’t cross me.” Sunset’s purr made his feathers fluff up. Although he didn’t particularly like Sunset’s domination fetish, he enjoyed it when she got rough with him.

“I don’t know...that sounds like a good reason to risk it.” Falco replied playfully as they finished docking and got out of their Arwings, putting their phones away in their respective pockets.

“Don’t or I’ll be using the cattle prod this time.” Sunset warned him and he shivered, his tail feathers twitching in anticipation and nervousness.

“You know that makes my feathers stand on end for hours. Fox wouldn’t shut up about it after last time.” Falco huffed as he walked in step with his lover.

“Good. You could do with some humility.” Sunset playfully replied as they got into the elevator and she pressed the button for the bridge level. “But seriously, Falco. I don’t want to have to drag you to the med bay or worse because you couldn't keep your beak shut.” Sunset said just as the elevator opened back up.

“Well, that’s a voice I have not heard in a while. Though I was sure My Sunset Shimmer was on Harlen dealing with a rogue element.” A sensual voice said as Falco and Sunset turned to see a gray and white fox standing before them in a black and white flight suit that put her massive basketball-sized K-cup breasts on display with how the suit hugged and supported them.

“Holy shit those boobs are huge!” Falco shouted in shock and Sunset grit her teeth with a wince at how Falco’s big beak just blurted that out.

“Hah! If you think this is big, you should see me when I’m not suppressing anything. My left nipple is the size of this ship’s bridge.” The vixen boasted impossibly with a boisterous laugh. “My name is Urta. You’ll be properly introduced to us all in a bit. I was just coming back from grabbing snacks from the fridge.” Urta held up the several bags of ration chips and four bottles of soda she had in her hands. Yowch, she must have incredible finger strength to be grasping all that at once.

“Yeah, sure. Just let me talk to my boyfriend real quick.” Sunset uneasily said as she hooked Falco’s arm, pressed it to her comparatively modest bust and dragged him back down the hall towards the small break room that had the vending machines she’d gotten her food from. “Holy fuck, Falco! You’re lucky that’s Urta and such comments are expected!”

“I thought you said you didn’t know anybody from that ship?” Falco asked in confusion and she paced about in a near-panic.

“I don’t! She also isn’t supposed to be on that ship! You’re just lucky I’m a raging pervert or I wouldn’t even know who she is! Falco. Whatever happens, I am totally okay with you sleeping with other girls, okay?” Sunset said to him and he blinked at her bringing this up so suddenly.

“I thought that was part of our arrangement. You bang hot guys when I’m not in the mood, I bang hot girls when you’re not in the mood. Why insist on reminding me about it now?” Falco asked his lover worriedly as she laced his fingers with hers, his girl found the contact calming as she took deep breaths, so he knew she was really unsettled.

“Because Urta is from another universe, like I am. Her universe however is sex incarnate. Everything there revolves around sex. So if you get propositioned, it’s okay. If you want to have fun with them, it’s okay. I might also want to have a go since she has a massive horsecock.” Sunset bit her lip and Falco balked at the news that hyper-busty vixen had male bits too.

“Whoa...where was she hiding it then?” Falco asked in bemusement, because he saw a tight groin down there with a thigh gap despite her thicc thighs with no bulge in the crotch.

“We can ask later. Let’s go get familiar with them.” Sunset led him back towards the bridge and Falco was suddenly nervous. He’d best actually try to be on his best behavior.

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“I find this to be highly suspect.” General Pepper leered disdainfully across the holo-call while Oikonny paced, unable to restrain his nervous and frantic energy. “Why would the Aparoids return when they’ve had decades to follow up on their probing strike on Fortuna?”

“Why else? Let us wear each other down while they build themselves up to invade. As a token of my insistence on this being true; know that we have bases and assets on Fortuna and that they will be the first thing the Aparoids encounter if they approach from the same direction beyond the Lylat system.” Oikonny revealed and Pepper growled, the old bloodhound’s cheeks rippling with his snarl.

“Let me guess. You’ve abandoned all of your mechanical assets there and the fleet we see hanging just beyond the firing line of the Venomian Defense Fleet is all you can bring to muster?” General Pepper asked rhetorically and Oikonny shrugged.

“That’s for you to consider and what you call a ‘Defense Fleet’, I call a blockade keeping us from going home. Take your goons back to Corneria or Katina to protect your people while we take over and do the same here.” Oikonny said as he crossed his arms and Pepper snarled.

“You expect me to simply give up on keeping you and yours off Venom after 9 years of doing so since the Lylat Wars? I can’t do that. I swore to President Celestia and Vice-President Luna that I would never allow Andross’s minions to retake this world.” General Pepper declared and Oikonny sighed.

“I enact the Nightmare Contingency.” Oikonny declared and General Pepper’s eyes boggled.

“W-what?! You have no authority to do so! Even if you did, what claims do you-?!”

“Uncle Andross based a large amount of his bioweaponry off of the Aparoid sample he obtained while part of Beltino Toad’s research team assigned to examining the captured entity. That was when Uncle Andross began to change. I was too young back then to connect the dots, I had thought my Uncle was always a megalomaniacal omnidisciplinary scientist. In the end, my Uncle had gone insane and resorted to converting himself into a giant mechanical head and hands! Have you or have you not read the files Beltino’s team wrote on their findings?” Oikonny demanded of the General, who closed his eyes and took deep breaths.

“Then Andross was a result of Aparoid sabotage. They drove him so mad he even tried to resurrect himself with magic after he’d died. I still don’t see how this calls for the Nightmare Contingency.” General Pepper then gasped. “I see...I will allow you to have Venom, but if there is no attack soon, we will return with the entire Cornerian fleet to destroy you.”

“I would expect nothing less.” Oikonny replied before the call disconnected and he slumped into his flagship’s chair/pilot seat with a sigh of relief as the crew on his bridge cheered ecstatically. “Do not celebrate! Our work has only just begun! The instant the Cornerians are gone, move in!”

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“President Celestia.” Celestia blinked and looked up from her paperwork at Pepper, who was worrying his officer’s cap in his hands while he stood before her desk.

“Yes General? Is something the matter? I don’t believe we had any military business to tend to today.” Celestia checked her schedule to find that no; there was no meeting scheduled.

“Oikonny has retaken Venom, invoking the Nightmare Contingency.” Pepper’s words shocked Celestia so badly that she crushed her pen in her hand and sprayed ink all over her white hand and the papers on her desk. “Where is Vice-President Luna?”

“Sh-she’s at home with Dusk today. What is going on? What could cause that oaf to invoke something this serious?” Celestia asked as she banished the ink with her magic.

“He said the Aparoids were returning and cited that everything including and since the Lylat Wars were all a ploy to weaken us for invasion. Here is the recording of our conversation.” Pepper handed a data chit to her and she promptly plugged it into her desk to view it.

After watching it, she grit her teeth and took a calming breath as her wings stretched. “Recall all forces from non-critical positions and place them in defensive formation around Zoness, Katina and Corneria. We cannot possibly leave our people at risk.” Celestia then took off the medal pinned to her lapel that represented that she was the Commander In-Chief of all military and presented it to Pepper. “The Nightmare Contingency is in effect, Wartime President Pepper.”

“I really wish I didn’t have to do this again…” Pepper sighed as he accepted the medal in resignation and put his cap back on, his nervousness and unwillingness gone. In his place stood President Pepper, who led Corneria to victory 9 years ago through the Lylat Wars. “Wartime Secretary Celestia, you are to gather all data on the Aparoids, compile an actionable series of targets to defend in case they aren’t going to simply flood in from one direction.”

“Woo! This is going to be fun!” A crazed voice chuckled from the desk’s phone and Celestia blushed, but Pepper wasn’t going to berate her for chatting with her husband from work.

“Discord, take your antics to Fortuna. I would like the Aparoids to suffer conniptions in their logic centers if they do arrive there first.” This did after all save him the time of calling him.

“With pleasure! I wonder if Fortuna would be a good place to try my George of the Jungle impression…” Discord muttered before he hung up.

“Terribly sorry about that sir. We were trying to plan our evening, but with this I suppose rest is the last thing we’ll be getting.” Celestia sighed as she vacated his seat and Pepper took the chair, clutching the armrests spitefully. He hated this chair, regardless of it’s comfort.

“I’m afraid so Tia. I’m afraid so.” Pepper cracked his back and neck, then cleared the desk and began making calls.