Alrighty-righty, here we are, Chapter 2!
I don't own Metroid, but I do own Kairn, the Drengr, and possibly Thurdan Prime if nobody else has used it already. Not sure on that point =S
In any case, enjoy, and leave me a review, I need the feedback!
~Imps
That Was Then
Chapter 2: Introductions
Kairn groaned, and rubbed his face. He had just fallen out of bed, again. 'Well, it's not like they had anything in size 7'5".' he thought grumpily. He yawned, scratched himself, got up, made sure he was properly dressed, and made for the Mess Hall. As he passed dorm No. 13576 he couldn't help the feeling that he was forgetting something important. He shrugged and yawned again, and looked left in deep surprise as a whoosh marked the opening of said door.
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Samus wasn't a morning person, by any stretch of the imagination. She especially didn't like it when people woke her up by being noisy, so when she awoke to the sound of extremely heavy footsteps, she was, needless to say, less than pleased. She got out of bed, grumbling to herself about idiots who couldn't be at least half-way quiet, and opened the door. The sight which greeted her wasn't too distinct, but it was big, and it had glowing white eyes. At this point, she did what any sensible girl would do in such a situation, and punched it.
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Kairn clutched his stomach, groaned, and crumpled onto the floor. "Ugh," he moaned, "What the," he coughed "HELL was that for?" He slowly began to get up, and looked into the surprised face of his assailant. 'Oh, that's right, the lady who just transferred. KNEW I was forgetting something…' He thought. Then he coughed again and said "I apologize, I had almost forgotten about you, I would have been a bit more careful if I had remembered. I'm Kairn Lágrjotun, from last night, remember?" He rubbed his stomach and winced, watching her face carefully. Relief washed over him as recognition crept into her features. "I'm the one who should be apologizing," she said "You gave me a bit of a fright." "No problem." he replied, "And Ma'am?" "Yes?" "With all due respect, what do you do for exercise? Bench-press cruisers? That hurt!" For some reason, he felt a tinge of satisfaction as she smirked and said "Nothing of the sort Private, now let's get breakfast." "Sounds good, Ma'am."
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While they were eating the nutrient-heavy and taste-free slop they served in the Mess Hall, Samus got a better chance to look over the features of the giant of a man across the table from her. He had Dark Green hair, and his skin was somewhat… metallic? Her eyes narrowed a bit in confusion, but then she continued her once-over. His eyes, which had been white when she punched him, were now a flat brown. He was certainly a strange one. He looked up and she saw his eyes smoothly change to a smoky gray. "Something wrong, Ma'am?"
She snapped out of her thoughts, realizing that she had been openly staring. "I was just wondering about your hair…" "Hm? Oh! You mean, how, with all the rules and regulations and stuff, I got to keep it like this?" He tugged a strand "M-hm." "Well," he replied, pulling the strand out and handing it to her "It's because I can't do a thing about it. Here, feel it." she gave him a look suggesting he was a nut, but took the strand of hair anyways. It was at this point that she realized it wasn't hair in the normal sense. "This is…" "Gemstone, yup. Peridot, to be exact." He seemed… almost proud of how bizarre he was. "It's one of the quirks of the Jörð tribe." she furrowed her brow for a moment, shrugged, dropped the hair and continued eating.
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'Well,' Kairn thought to himself, 'that was interesting.' He shook his head and continued eating. He took this time to give the woman across from him a quick visual examination. She had blonde hair, cut short as per Military Regulation, and she was in great shape. She also seemed to have an intellect surpassing the collective IQ of every other man in the base. Probably his too. He gave a short chuckle, then came to his senses and mentally chastised himself for staring. He didn't fancy getting another punch like the one he'd received in the dorms. Then something occurred to him. He coughed politely, causing the Corporal to look up. "Yes?" she asked "I'm sorry, but I don't think I got your name, Ma'am." She stared at him for a bit before replying "My name is Samus Aran." "Pleased to meet you, Miss Aran." She gave a strange combination of a cough and a laugh "Just Samus works fine, thank you." "Alright." she looked lost in thought for a minute. "You said your name was Kairn, right? Back at the Dorms?" She queried "Sure is." She nodded and went back to eating. Kairn finished eating and pulled out his standard-issue PDA.
"What are you doing?" Samus asked.
"Checking my assignment for today."
"Oh, I guess I should too." Samus grumbled
There was a small "bloop" sound from Kairn's PDA, and his assignment was somewhat surprising to him. "That won't be necessary." he murmured. Samus gave him a quizzical look, to which he replied "We're on patrol today."
Well, there it is. I hope you liked it, despite my status as a Newbie Writer.
A Routine Patrol, nothing could go wrong, right? Find out in the next Chapter, please rate and Review!
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Please?
See you all later! ~Imps