The place was Tallon IV, a planet somewhere VERY far away. These bandits we call "Space Pirates" had apparently been causing trouble there. The famous Samus Aran, the greatest bounty hunter to roam the galaxy, had gone there to stop the Space Pirates from doing any harm. She was successful. It turns out, the Space Pirates had developed a lab there to research metroids in. A metroid is a sort of... giant... parasitic... flying... thing. Sucks your brains out, not fun.
Anyway, after stopping the Space Pirates, approximately a week later, the Pirates were chased into another planet, called Aether. This time, the Galactic Federation had gone to stop them. However, after they mysteriously disappeared, it was up to Samus to find out what was going on. This time, it turns out the GF squad was killed by Aether-exclusive creatures called Ing. She pulled it all together, and managed to stop the Ing AND the Space Pirates!
It has been months since then, and Samus was in the middle of ANOTHER fight against the Space Pirates, this time on the planet Higurya XII (so what if I made it up).
The Pirates had ambushed her, all around in every direction. However, Samus curled up into a tiny little ball and blew them all up! ...Literally. She had just used the Morph Ball Bomb, and was about to continue her search for the Space Pirates' clone of the last metroid in existance when Meta-Ridley(boss of the Pirates) broke in and roared! Samus didn't want to waste time fighting this mechanized dragon, until she noticed that it was clutching the clone in its talons! And the rest is history, you could say, as I'm not too good at fight scenes. So, I'll simply skip ahead to the climax of the fight. Samus and Ridley stood, eye-to-eye, each awaiting the others' next move. Ridley began to lift into the air when Samus fired one shot of her ice beam, which she accidentally pulled out. She meant to fire a missile, but something struck her-- something she never expected. A Space Pirate had snook into the arena and took one big jab into Samus' suit! Right in the back. With this chance, Ridley flew away at high speeds. For a second, Samus stood, eyes wide open under her visor. Instantly, she turned around, chose the most powerful weapon she still had ammo for, and wasted the rest of it. Overkill.
Minutes later, Samus was in her ship, chasing the beast. They swerved through stars faster than you could imagine, until Ridley found what he was looking for-- Tallon IV. He went in fast, but Samus paused for a split second, in hesitation. Memories filled her mind. Bad ones. Then, she followed. Meta-Ridley flew right into what Samus was hoping he'd not-- the impact crater. Months ago, Samus fought a giant metroid, or what she thought of as one, anyway. Metroid Prime. She fought it in the crater of a large astronomical object that destroyed the Chozo civilization. The object was, actually, Prime.
Anyway, Samus exited her ship and pursued Ridley on foot. Deep inside the Phazon-infested crater, Ridley stopped, as did Samus. He had reached a dead end, and turned around. Quickly, Ridley tossed the metroid into a pile of phazon, hoping for it to somehow mutate. Whaddyaknow, it did. This humongus metroid started to resemble Metroid Prime, but it didn't have that ghastly glare. Samus stood in awe, and in partial, concealed fear. Before the mutated metroid clone could grow any bigger, Samus shot it right in the center, and it collapsed. Meta-Ridley looked at Samus nervously, and began to fly away. However, this time, Samus DIDN'T mess up; the missle impacted Ridley, and Ridley was sent "flying" into the skies.
Samus slowly stepped out of the crater, and gazed upon the stars above. She knew that Ridley would return some day, and when he did, it wouldn't be fun.
Then, she got a call from the Galactic Federation telling her that their artificial "brain," the Aurora, is beginning to mess up.