METROID 5
Part I

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Beyond the clear, blue sky, there are many stars, many planets, some discovered, some unknown. So many, that they are innumerable. It is a clear day on the miniscule planet of Zephyr IV. Rays of sun shining through the small number of clouds, and that great feeling you get on a perfect day....

Jeez, what's takin' 'em so long? Samus thought to herself. She was on Planet Zephyr IV, off duty, waiting for her new custom ship to be completed. After all, it's not my fault that the Galactic Federation had to be such a pain in my ass and confiscate the purple ship....... She was upset, to say the least about that incident. She hadn't gotten far from SR388 and where the B.S.L. research station used to be before they contacted here, and instructed her to land on the nearest planet. So, they think they got me good? Well, ha ha ha. Won't they be so surprised when an exact 'clone' so to speak of my old ship shows up, huh?

It had been 3 days since she made the order for her new custom ship. It was to be another Hunter-Class Gunship exactly like her old one. She accessed the Galactic Federations files for the schematics of her old ship, and specified some extras and upgrades for it. 3 days should've been enough, shouldn't it've? Oh well....... She was too busy thinking about Adam, Adam Malkovich. When the Galactic Federation confiscated her 'temporary' purple ship, her love said farewell, as well. The mind of Adam, her previous CO, was uploaded to that ships computer after he died. In fact, she recently discovered that this was done for every high-ranking general, CO, etc; It must have been fate that she would one day pilot that ship...... She was too busy thinking about him to notice anything else. Oh Adam......we were reunited, and then split apart again......

"Miss Aran? Miss Aran? Hello?" The mechanic said. His attempt didn't work. "Excuse me, Miss Aran? Samus Aran?" "Who? Wha...? Oh.... sorry!" She put her hand behind her head and just kind of laughed. "Sorry about that! Um, now what is it?" "the ship is ready, but is all of that extra stuff really necessary? I mean, it costs a lot , you know......" "I'm a bounty hunter. It's necessary, trust me" "Oh, okay. Well, just sign here" He had a clipboard, and handed it to her. "Right here" He pointed to a line for her signature. She signed it, in her perfect handwriting. "Thank you, Miss Aran. You have clearance, here's your licsence back, and the registration's in the ship" He handed her her license, and walked off. "Thanks for your business, Miss Aran" he said as he was walking away, while he was wiping oil off of his hands with an old, decrepet rag. "Hmph" was all Samus said, as she started toward her new ship.

WOW, she thought to herself as she scrutinized her new ship from a distance. It was just like her old ship, making her feel somewhat nostalgic. "oh, I almost forgot!" The mechanic was hysterically running towards her. "Sorry Miss Aran, I forgot to give you the keys! Here they are..." He handed them to her. "Have a good day, Miss Aran" And with that he walked off. "Well, that was unexpected" Huh, I didn't even notice, she thought. "Oh well" She murmured, and she began to walk towards her new ship.

She walked around it a few times, inspecting it very carefully. Hatch on top, okay. High gloss, nice paint job, okay. Mark XIV turbo thrusters, very good. Well, that's everything! Looks great! She put her helmet on, (it had been between her arm and her side the whole time) and jumped all the way up into the ship. The hatch opened and she was pulled into the ship.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. "Huh? Wha...? Oh. Someone's contacting me. Who..... Oh. The Galactic Federation. What do they want.....?" She trailed off. "Hello, Samus?" The Chief's face popped up on the screen. "How'd you find me? Oh, nevermind. Just searched..." "Yeah, well, we contacted you to tell you that we're going to forget about what happenedto the B.S.L. station. OK? We'll even upload Adam's mind to your new ships computer, If you'll still work for us. Deal?" "Alright, but one more request. I get my old suit back. Is that possible?" "Oh, hell yes" "OK, be there in.... oh 3 minutes, ok?" "Yeah, see you there, Samus" "Thanks, chief" "Anytime, Samus" TRANSMISSION TERMINATED flashed across the screen.

"Docking clearance permitted" the docking bay manager said. "Welcome back, Samus" "Yeah, thanks" VROOM! The ship advanced in to the docking bay, and came to a complete halt just above the designated markings. HUMMMM. The ship landed, the hatch opened, and Samus jumped out onto the floor. She immediately took off her helmet, and shook her head so as to loosen her hair. The green light next to the metal door turned on, and the door opened. The chief walked through, and approached Samus. "Welcome back Samus. Come with me while we upload Adam's mind to your ship's computer" "OK" she replied. "We have files on your standard suit and are ready to perform the surgery" "Well, I'm ready"'

"Samus, it's great to see you in your old colors" the chief said, as she walked out of the surgery room, and towards his office. "Yeah, well, it's great to be back" she replied. She took off her helmet and put it between her left arm and left side. "Let's head into my office, shall we?" he suggested. "Fine with me" she replied. He punched in his security code into the keypad next to the door, pressed 'enter', and the door opened. They both stepped in, and Samus said, "Wow, it's changed quite a bit" "Sure has" he replied. She set her helmet down on the desk. "You don't mind, do you?" "Just as long as it doesn't scratch it. So don't move it until you pick it up" "Cool" She replied. His office was beautiful, with many rarities in today's world. A solid oak desk, finished, and beautiful. A grandfather clock sat in the corner, along with shelves of other odds and ends from centuries, decades, years, months and days gone by. "Please, take a seat" he said, as he make his way to his seat behind the desk. "Gladly" she said.

"Well, now, down to business" he said. "Business?" Samus inquired. "Oh, well of course. You don't think we contacted you earlier just for the sole purpose of making up and making you a deal, now did you?" "Jeez, there's always a catch isn't there?" she asked. "Unfortunately, in today's world, yes. Anyway, we've made a very disturbing and staggering discovery. Ridley is alive." He said, very calmly. "What the hell??!!" Samus exclaimed, as she jumped up from her seat. "Sit down, sit down. Especially for this. A small number of X and 4 SA-X's survived the explosion and are multiplying on what's left of SR388" he informed her. "Holy shit" was all she could manage to say. They both sat there for about 5 seconds in silence. "So you want me to go there and exterminate the X, right?" She said finally, breaking the silence. "Good guess. Yes, not only that, but set a devastator bomb there and blow the whole damn thing" he said. "What about the Metroids? You seemed so intent on preserving and reaseaching them" she inquired. "We already have sufficient samples here" he said quietly to her. "It's a secret?" she asked. "Well, most don't know about it. They're in the Restricted Lab" He said. "And I suppose I can't have the access code, right?" she said. "Oh, you can have it. Just not the everyday employee. The access code is 5cX7gH342hEi7" "Think you made it complicated enough?" she said. "Well, it's hard to guess" "Now, back to your mission" he reminded her. "How much will you pay?" she inquired. "For this, 5 million SpaceDollars" "5 mil? I'll do it!" she replied. "See ya!" She scooped up her helmet, put it on, opened the door and left. "There she goes again. I honestly do not know how she does it" She ran all the way to her ship, hopped in, started it, and flew off for the remainder of SR388.

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6/5/03 to 6/6/03- Fixed some spelling errors, and added a disclaimer. 6/8/03 Deleted name, deleted one of the titles. (Top one) To make it more 'fanfiction.net accessable'