The second of two illustrations to accompany the 10th and final chapter of Kursed, The Prime Huntress.
With their adventure on Aether behind them, Krystal and Fox are ready to make up for some lost time.
Her body has been restored thanks to the Metroid. She is no longer alone, and she never will be again!

Story Summary:
"After suffering a horrible injury, Krystal becomes a bounty hunter named Kursed, and she accepts a high-paying job that will let her escape the pain of the Lylat System. Her mission is to recover a rare and valuable specimen called a Metroid for a dubious client, but she soon learns that there is another bounty hunter interested in the Metroid, and her old love hasn’t given up on her yet either."

Chapter 10 Links:
Fanfiction: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/141833.....Prime-Huntress
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4.....ters/119086321

This all started as a one-off story that focused on Kursed being healed, but I decided that I wanted her eventual make-up with Fox to have a greater impact. Once I realized how well some aspects of the Metroid series connected with the story I was trying to write, I expanded the one-off into a larger story about Krystal’s adventures beyond the Lylat System, among settings that I’ve really enjoyed writing about. I don’t know if I’ll write a sequel to this story, but it has a lot of potential to continue, whereas my original one-off idea did not. Overall, my goal was to make a story about Kursed finding happiness and reuniting with her old love Fox, and I’m happy that I was able to write it.

Thank you so much for reading this story. I’ve wanted to write my own fanfic ever since I started reading online almost a decade ago. I’ve tried several times, but I’ve never been able to finish a whole story before, much less publish it. This is such a huge step, and I couldn’t have done it without you!