A/N: This is my first foray into the world of fan fiction in a long time. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get anyone to look at this in decent time so I'm hoping the amounts of beta reads I did had a decent job. My biggest problem is dialogue descriptions so any help is appreciated for that specifically. Hope you enjoy it!

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Allies

"We have mined out all the ore left by the Galactic Federation, sir," a Space Pirate miner noted.

"Excellent. With this, we will have enough Phazon to execute our attack against the Galactic Federation. They were considerably foolish to leave any amounts of Phazon for us to take," the Space Pirate Commander said confidently.

Aether had been liberated not only from Space Pirates and Phazon, but from an alternate dimensional force known as the Ing. The Ing were formed by Phazon corruption creating an alternate dimension of the planet and thus, creating an alternate species to the Luminoth. The Luminoth were beings of light and the Ing were beings of Dark. After Samus defeated Dark Samus, the Ing and their alternate dimension were destroyed although some Phazon remained on the planet.

The Galactic Federation stayed for a while and mined some of the Phazon but left some behind which the Space Pirates mined out.

The Space Pirate Commander spoke up again to the miner. "Take this Phazon straight to the Klar Nebula. There you will find a Galactic Federation training vessel. I will send my troops along with you to attack the vessel. Once we have completed the attack on the vessel, plant a Phazon virus into their organic supercomputer. Do you understand this?"

"Yes, sir," the miner saluted.

"Good," the commander smirked.

=.=.=.=

Sirens blared and engines roared in the raiding vessel as the Space Pirate raiding troops were preparing for battle. They were fast approaching the Galactic Federation vessel with a ship that was far smaller than the Federation flagship. This was not the only ship readying for battle.

"Commander, we are approaching the Federation ship, Valhalla," a Pirate raiding troop warned.

"That is the ship we are going to attack," the commander said sternly. He moved to a large platform where some other pirates were executing commands on their computers. He stood confidently and silenced the alarms and lifted his hands to grab attention of his troops. The Pirates slowly directed their attention to them.

"Space Pirates!" he yelled, his voice echoing and the noise dying down. "This will be the beginning of the end of the Galactic Federation. When we attack this vessel, leave no one behind! Leave no one standing! Kill them all!! We will not be opposed any longer! We are the Space Pirates and WE WILL HAVE OUR VICTORY!!!"

Loud roars erupted from the troops and the commander stood and let them revel for a bit. He motioned his arms up and down to bring down the noise. It quickly got quiet.

"The G.F.S. Valhalla is heavily armed," he started. "In order for us to execute this attack with success, we will have to be quick, precise and efficient. I will send our most elite troops. I will not allow any mistakes for this mission. If anything goes--" the commander was suddenly interrupted by one of the men at the computer terminals.

"Commander! Red alert upon the mining ship! There's seem to be a problem in the Phazon containment room!"

"What?! Did a GF vessel attack us?" he asked with shock all over his face.

"No sir. I believe it is something worse..."

The Commander ran to the computer screen. The troops below stood frozen as he looked at the screen examining the situation. The commander's eyes widened. When the troops saw this, they began to speculate among themselves.

"It can't be... we are cursed!" the commander exclaimed. "Quick, get me a ship! I need to get over to the vessel!"

=.=.=.=

The Pirates were on their knees hoping for mercy. There was no begging for them. Dark Samus loomed over them--her gun pointed at one pirate but it seemed like she could destroy all of them with one blast. Phazon crates laid broken all over the room. A bright blue glow emanated from Dark Samus lighting up the lightless room.

Outside of the mining ship, the commander landed his ship on the vessel. He rushed out of his ship and into the vessel immediately going for the Phazon containment room. Dashing through the halls as fast as possible he was met by Dark Samus who whizzed right in front of him. The power of Phazon vapor from Dark Samus flung him back a few feet to his backside.

He laid there frozen in fear.

"N-no... It can't be... I th-thought The Hunter finished you...." the commander stuttered frighteningly. Dark Samus did not say a word but pointed her gun to his head.

"Wait!" the commander exclaimed in fear. He slowly began to rise to his feet. "Wait." He stood trying to gain his composure. "Since you are alive I can make you a proposition." He could feel his stomach knotting up tighter and tighter every second. He could not believe he was about to make a proposition with Dark Samus. It was the only chance he had left or else he would and the rest of the Space Pirates would be obliterated. Dark Samus had no ally as was shown back on the Chozo habitation Tallon IV.

"We both hate The Hunter," he snarled. "Because of her, we have not successfully mined any Phazon, up until now. With your help, we can be rid of the Galactic Federation, mine more Phazon and create a galaxy full of it!" his eyes glowed at the thought of colossal amounts of Phazon. "In return for your help, we, the Space Pirates, will give our allegiance to you. We know you hunger for Phazon and we want to fulfill that hunger. The only ones who oppose Phazon is the Galactic Federation and Samus. We will help you."

Dark Samus stood a few inches above the ground giving what looked like the stare of death to the commander. The high ranked Space Pirate imagined the quick, painful death he could possibly get from Dark Samus if she decided not to go along with it. Another moment passed and to his surprise and relief, she slowly lowered her gun. She actually complied with his request. She slowly moved toward the Phazon containment room where the miners were still writhing in fear.

The commander took a look at the room. The Phazon containers were completely destroyed and there were no traces of the Phazon left. Dark Samus absorbed it all. The commander looked at the room seeing the debris and the the Miner Pirates shaking heavily. The commander walked passed the other pirates, stood and looked at them.

"Get up. We have allied with Dark Samus," he said reassuringly. The pirates looked at each other in dismay. Could they really be under the orders of Dark Samus now? Apparently so. They all rose as the commander told them to. "Do not be afraid. She will not harm us but we will submit our total allegiance to her. Understood?"

They all nodded without a second thought. The commander walked passed them and passed Dark Samus. He could feel the Phazon radiation coming out of her as if he was in a pool of it. It made him shudder. He was glad he did what he did. He activated the intercom on his gun which sent a transmission to the raiding ship.

"Space Pirates!" the commander yelled over the intercom. All the troops on the ship jolted to attention hearing the voice over the intercom. "Everything on the mining vessel is under control. Please make your way to the vessel. I actually have a pleasant surprise that will ensure victory of our attack!"

The commander switched off his intercom, looked at Dark Samus and Dark Samus approvingly stared back at him. The commander knew what he had done would surely give him victory against Samus and the Galactic Federation and high honor with the Space Pirate Command.