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A/N: This story takes place after the Sasuke retrieval arc and after the events of Metroid Prime.
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Blood of the Chozo
I: Nightmare
Drip…Drip……Drip
I open my eyes slowly, ears focusing on the incessant drops of liquid from the ceiling. And when you focus on a recurring noise for too long, you just want to stop it at any cost. I would have in the past, but I think I've grown used to it. I yawned before fully opening my eyes.
A pale yellow light illuminates the room, the light actually radiating from a wall to my left. It isn't a wall, exactly, but it acted like one…except it wouldn't break. I have been in this room three months; I KNOW that wall won't break. I have tried, and failed.
I'm not alone in this room. In fact, the room is large enough to fit several others without any health issues…well, physical health issues. As for mental, being trapped in a prison for too long can make anyone go mental. Prison is putting it lightly.
While we ARE prisoners…they have made us as comfortable as they feel we should be. Temperature at 72 degrees, food and water are given on a regular basis, three times a day everyday, there are even bathrooms to keep the cell clean.
When we were dropped in the room, most of us thought we were going to be tortured. Then we realized that the cell was much too comfortable for that. In fact, they were keeping us healthy for some reason. No one could figure out why…well, except Ibiki. He had it figured out as soon as we were dropped in.
We were Lab rats; they were keeping us fit for experimentation. I was lucky tonight, I didn't have that same nightmare; having a nightmare while already being IN a nightmare is the worst. People have told me I'm not as cheerful as I used to be; then I tell them the same thing. Being surrounded by darkness does that, it snuffs out the light.
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I dashed through the trees, heading to my training area for the day. I didn't have any missions that day, so I got to train; wake up, eat ramen, train, eat ramen, train, eat ramen, sleep, repeat if another day is available. I had just finished eating lunch, and hoped to make more progress on my techniques as quickly as possible when I heard something. I jumped to the ground, scanning my surroundings, trying to pin-point the humming sound. The sound grew from a hum into a roar as birds scattered every which way. I felt the wind pick up in front of me, the sound also coming from that direction.
I crept forward as the sound died down, the roar whirring into nothingness. The ground shook slightly as something metallic landed nearby. Walking out into the clearing, my eyes nearly fell out of my head.
A giant heap of metal lay before me, a square of black faced me, connected to four more slabs of metal that connected to others that eventually closed off at the end. I could feel and even see the heat of a great fire from the back of the thing. Suddenly, the bottom flap of the square slowly dropped, revealing that there was an inside to this thing.
"A ship?" I guessed. But, before I could start marveling it, I heard clanking from inside the ship, footsteps. Any good thoughts that I had before this point vanished when I saw these…things. When I saw the nightmare…
Three black, insectoid creatures stood before me. Each with thin, sinewy and muscular legs with three clawed toes and one more jutting out from behind the foot. From the pelvic region, the waist thinned then expanded to give the creatures an upside-down sand gourd look. Seemingly hunched, their heads jutted out with a small neck, had large gleaming yellow eyes and intimidating mandibles that moved every so often. Their arms matched their legs, only where there would be hands; there were lobster-like claws. On their right claw, a metal cannon of some type was attached to it with some tubes or wires heading to a pack on their back; attached to their left, a glowing, yellow sword curved very much like a scythe rested on each of their forearms, ready to be whipped out when they needed it. Their entire body seemed armored from head to toe, except perhaps at the joints, like all other insects. Only difference was that most insects weren't that big.
'They…they're…b-bigger than…than ZABUZA!!" I thought as a cold sweat trickled quickly down my cheek to my chin and off. I flinched when they 'spoke'.
"GshNARGzzeeechkknEedAA." The one in front pushed out in a voice that was somewhere between pure rubbish and gargling lava. It didn't sound like any insect I knew about. I took a cautious step back. The one who spoke brandished his scythe, glaring at me with hungry eyes, a long thin tongue escaping the confines of his mouth.
Without even thinking, I made fifty shadow-clones between me and the aliens. They seemed to snicker (if one could call it that, it sounded more like grinding meat), as the one with the scythe ready spoke again.
"RrrraacCCkraaaaaAAAaasssssshhhhhhhhhhhh." Suddenly it leaped forward, cutting through all the clones in front of him, eventually resting his blade on the neck of the back-most 'clone'. The alien's mandibles widened, revealing a row of jagged teeth that currently formed a sadistic smile. The clones poofed away, leaving only the one in danger. The alien slit the boy's throat.
The two other aliens 'grinned' and each put on a red visor over their eyes. The first of the three now stood in front of a newly formed poof of smoke. The 'leader' retracted his scythe and mentioned to the other two to follow before dashing into the forest.
Meanwhile, I rushed to the Leaf village, 'I have to warn them! I…I can't let them catch us off gaurd!' I thought as I reached the village in record time and went straight for the Hokage's office…
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At first they didn't believe me, no one did, but I dragged Granny Tsunade to the place they would come in if they were following me. No one came, no one was following. It pissed me off when the others thought I had pulled a prank and left. I found myself wishing that they HAD shown up, just so I could prove them wrong.
I now wish a lot of things, one of which being that I hadn't made that wish. Later that day, nine Chunin and one Jonin were found near-dead at the other side of the village. When I finally made it to the scene, I nearly threw up. Three of them were beheaded, one of the heads crushed; Two were missing heads altogether, and the rest had several holes running straight through their bodies, always through important organs. Only the Jonin was alive longer than thirty seconds after reaching the scene, just long enough to try to describe the attackers.
They fit the description I gave not minutes earlier.
The village was on high alert for several weeks, I was sent on solo D-rank missions mostly. I can only remember one mission I did, and I really don't want to think about that right now. Anyway, the aliens returned three weeks later. This time there were more of them, a lot more.
I can't say it was a massacre, because the death count was extremely low for a complete takeover of the Leaf village, but it was no contest. These aliens stormed the village and knocked out as many people as they could and dragged them away. Some that resisted too much were killed. I remember watching as Shino was hit by something before being reduced to ashes. I was knocked out seconds after that.
Based on the people being held here, a number of good ninja were able to escape. Kakashi, Guy, Granny-Tsunade, Neji; the list goes on. Stuck here with me in this cell are Ibiki, Iruka, Kiba (without Akamaru), Rock Lee, Choji, and the father's of Ino and Shikamaru…Ino and Shikaku. I also know that Sakura, Hinata, and Kurenai are here also, but they are in a different cell.
Suddenly, purple bubbles of light attached to chains (that were connected to the wall) shot out and encased our hands. The yellow light coming from the wall disappears as well as the wall itself. A shiny metallic drone carts in what I supposed was breakfast. Leaving the cart, the drone leaves and the 'wall' reforms and resumes its yellow glow.
Ah, breakfast. Every breakfast time I can't wait for green slop. Actually, the stuff tasted better than it looked, but that didn't mean it tasted GOOD, just passable. The water was clear and tasted like it should…tasteless. Breakfast was also relative, considering only half of us were just waking up while the other half was eating their dinner and getting ready to sleep.
No one has been taken from our cell recently, which means they will probably take one of us pretty soon. I just hope it isn't me…then again, I don't want my friends to go either…what do we do? These aliens came out of nowhere and have taken over our home. I look up to the ceiling, longing for someone to end this nightmare. Someone, ANYONE…
Save us…
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I scan through the various planets, hoping to find some lead. The Space Pirates are still active, but they've gone into hiding, or at the very least they are covering their current actions as best they can. I know that the Pirates have a thing for energy, so I've limited my search to planets that give off higher amounts of energy. Before I thought they would only go after energy sources that were safer than others, but now I know that they want it at any cost. Their latest expedition on Tallon IV proves that.
At first I wanted to find planets with any Phazon signatures, thinking that wherever Phazon was Space Pirates would surely be nearby. I find out that Phazon is incredibly hard to trace, despite its radioactivity levels simply because it seems to be everywhere. This is only because Phazon is hard to differentiate from several other forms of energy at long distances. So, all I can do is find ones high in energy and see if that is were the Pirates have decided to mine.
I was so focused on the screens that I almost fly past an unnamed planet in the Gake system. When I say 'unnamed' I mean that it was practically discovered a few days ago. The energy levels on the planet rivaled that of the Phazon levels on Tallon IV, and that was saying something. I select the planet for more information. As expected, there is almost no information on this planet, it was simply too recent. I was almost tempted to just continue on, reasoning that if the planet had just been discovered, the Space Pirates shouldn't be there.
But I catch myself and turn toward the planet. New planets are ripe for Pirate picking, especially those with energy to mine. It would take a day or two to reach it, but if anything, I'd get to see the newest planet in the galaxy. Even if I wasn't searching for the Space Pirates…I feel drawn to this place. There is something…familiar coming from the planet. I don't know what, but I plan to find out.
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So, the chosen one finally answers the calls of a brother in need. Perhaps he will live through this yet…
Samus, you must guide this boy. Lead him through the darkness, for it tries to devour him. Should that happen, I fear for you all.
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