Metroid: Duo Mission
Chapter 1
"If you are wondering the order in which I'm cataloging these events, it's merely to try and keep track of an annoying pest I encountered a while ago. (No not the metroids) No, this is to record the events occurring prior to and post to pick up of a certain engineer from a mission of mine. I've named it, 'Duo Mission,' now to begin…"
"I remember I was sitting in my ship, looking for a new bounty. It was just after the mission regarding the X parasites so I was still getting familiar with my new living quarters. But before I could even get a bounty list up, a Distress Beacon popped up on screen. It read from a nearby planet being colonized by the Galactic Federation. It looked like it was posted by the Galactic Federation themselves, as there were already very pricey rewards up for immediate help. I set my ship to the coordinates and got my suit ready…
It was time for Samus Aran's next Mission.
I flew down to the surface of this planet, but I could tell the place was crawling with aliens. Thick humid jungles all around, with only one large Federation Facility in this small clearing. It was several broken concrete walls surrounding a 3-4 story tall, parking garage sized building. Probably filled with labs and research stations. The beacon was clear though, go in, find anyone I can, get out.
I jumped out of my ship with my arm cannon primed and ready, I kept my gaze sharp, watching for signs of any sudden movements nearby. I walked closer to the building now, just past the broken walls, still nothing. I looked on the corners of the walls and saw broken security defense turrets still mounted there. Those things were powerful, so whatever had happened here didn't happen quickly. I pressed closer and closer to the building until I finally got to the shattered front glass door. I stepped through and activated my thermal vision, no life signatures in the immediate area. I activated my Varia feature on my Fusion suit just in case. I didn't know what to expect, but I kept all my weapons at the ready, I'd activate my Screw Attack and Gravity suit, and even Power bombs as I saw fit.
I walked through many different corridors, all of them filled with shattered glass on the floor along with scattered papers, and bits of blood. But as I travelled farther east into the facility, the more blood I saw, as well as bodies. Pools and trails of liquids, both human and non, all seemed to be leading to one direction. I finally made it back down to the first floor, and at the end of a long hallway, I saw a door with light behind it, and lots of noise coming from it. I charged a frost shot in my cannon and kicked the door down.
Immediately my attention was drawn to the right wall. It was a brick wall that had a HUGE gaping hole in it. Two soldiers were on the inside of the wall, firing their weapons at the aliens outside in the hopes of keeping them out. Another two soldiers were just in front of me on my left, using long range weaponry to shoot out more aliens. They seemed completely focused and I was about to help them out and escape when someone else caught my eye. There was a fifth man huddled in a corner across from me. Hidden between a filing cabinet and a bookshelf, he sat there shuddering to himself with a thousand yard stare. He wasn't like the others.
He was scared shitless.
Then suddenly, an alien tentacle wrapped itself around the parts of the east wall the soldiers were hiding behind and pulled them out into the open. Those two soldiers were goners. The walls being pulled off caused chunks of the ceiling to come down on us, and I shot the ice beam at the ceiling to hold it up. I signaled for the two snipers before me to get moving quickly, but they simply reloaded their weapons and kept firing. I swung the door open from behind me and pointed down the empty hall, I even de-activated the green tint on my visor so they could see my face and once again I mouthed to them;
"Let's Go,"
This time, they got the message as two more tentacles reached in and grabbed them as they tried to get up and flee with me. One of the snipers was in pure shock and fear, while the other tried to use his rifle to shoot the tentacles and go free, but to no avail. They were both pulled out as well.
I was fed up at that point. I reached over and grabbed the cowering guy in the corner and tossed him into the hallway and slammed the door behind me. I aimed my cannon at the open wall on the right and charged a frost beam up to Maximum Missile Frost Diffusion. The tentacles slithered quickly to try and grab me too, but I fired at the wall and a thick layer of frosty ice covered the entire area. I switched my gun back to plasma shots and opened the door I came in through. The boy was still there, waiting for me and cowering in fear. I grabbed him and we ran back to my ship. The aliens tried to chase me back, but I left them a little… "Power Bomb Surprise,"
Let's just say they won't be going back to THAT particular facility for a long time. Anyway, it's been a few hours since I rescued him, still haven't gotten into contact with the Galactic Federation in regards to my reward money, and EVEN BETTER this guy is so damn frightened he won't even say his name! (sigh) Ah well. Hopefully things will turn up in a little while. I think I'll go take a relaxing bath, I need it after today. And my suit definitely needs a thorough cleaning.
Samus Aran Entry# 2501