Notes: Okay, well, I may be digging myself into an even bigger ditch, but I need something to put on the site... Anyways, this is my Zelda/Metroid crossover that I wrote shortly after finishing Warriors Across Dimensions. Therefore, the writing is a bit primitive. I'll make sure to improve it once I work on the other chapters that haven't been finished...

Staring out into the deep portions of space, Samus began to reflect upon her life as a bounty hunter. She had defeated the Space Pirates, eradicated the evil soul-sucking life-forms known as Metroids, and the even more dangerous X Parasite.

However, at what cost? She had lost everyone that she was ever close to. She had lost her former Commanding Officer, Adam Malkovich, during her assistance with her former team from the Galactic Federation, as well as most of her former team. She seen the baby Metroid, which had thought of her as its mother, destroyed by Mother Brain. Her fellow bounty hunters were killed by the evil presense of a dark Phazon clone of her.

Suddenly, an electronic voice spoke to her. "Samus, are you alright? You seem more silent than usual."

Samus shook off her grief and looked at the AI. "I'm alright, ADAM. I was just thinking…"

"Yes. I understand what you're going through. You've lost a lot of people. However, we cannot greive over them and let their deaths be in vain. Now, we should get going to our next mission. Any objections, lady?"

Lady. Samus remembered that name all too well. Malkovich used to called her that out of respect for her. However, despite ADAM, the AI that she had obtained from the GF as well as her ship, the Hunter 5, after her previous ship had been lost, being a copy of her friend's personality and being, it didn't feel the same.

Passing a sector of planets, the violet-colored Hunter was on its way to locate a distress signal in deep space. Letting ADAM take the ship into auto-pilot, Samus sat her chair back to relax. Her blond hair fell below her shoulders and down her back. She hadn't kept it in a short ponytail for quite a while. She wore a light blue body suit that encased all but her head.

Suddenly, the ship began to rock around. Weird space fighters came out of nowhere and attacked the Hunter 5. "Warning: Space Pirate attack in process."

"I thought we had finished them all off already!" Samus shouted frustratedly, "ADAM, see if you can outrun them."

"I'm trying my best to steer the ship away from them, but there's too many!"

Samus then realized there was no other way to handle this. She began to stand up, and move toward the back of the ship. Her suit began to glow brightly and transform into bright orange armor. She then grabbed a helmet from a compartment and put it on her head, completely activating her Power Suit.

"Gravity mode activated. ADAM, keep me tethered to the Hunter. I'll be right back."

The bottom hatch suddenly opened, lowering Samus into space. Activating the cannon that was attached to the left arm of her Power Suit, she shot down one of the fighters with a charged blast of power. One of the other fighters shot Samus in the back, taking out a fair amount of the suit's shield energy. If she didn't watch herself, her shields would disappear and she'd be at the mercy of the fighters.

Suddenly, the Hunter 5 began to tilt forward. The space fighters also were pulled in that direction. "ADAM, what's going on?" Samus asked.

"Strange temporal vortex… it's pulling us in! I don't have enough power to stop it!"

Sucked into the vortex, Samus floated in space until a piece of debris slammed her in the helmet, knocking her out.

Notes: Man, I realize now how much my writing style was so primitive back then. Anyways, this is the first chapter of three that I wrote for this story. I have considered piling that on my already massive schedule of projects. However, since AP tests are almost out of the way, my school life should begin to calm down... I hope.

Anyways, I find Samus's character very interesting. She is a rather cold person because she has lost many, but she does indeed care for others, and eventually for Link. I find Samus one of the most depressing characters in gaming. Well, second depressing...

This was supposed to be a fic that would lead into my Smash Bros fanfic. Hopefully, if all goes well, I'll have this finished by June along with Battle for Space and Time and then will work on the Smash Bros fic... and then I still have X-Cyber and Next Den-O to worry about... :S