Samus slowly piloted her ship towards the Olympus, hoping desperately not to see or hear weapons-fire from the immense ship as Adam sent the transmission informing of her intention to land aboard the ship. Samus had made the split-second decision that she was tired of running, and that the risks were too great, even for a talented and reckless pilot like her.
"Proceed to Docking Bay 7, Samus Aran. Any escape to escape and you will be fired upon."
Samus was hunched over the controls, making sure she didn't accidently make a sudden move. Samus never would've guessed that she would be doing this a year, or even 6 months ago. She continued to fly towards the ship, eventually reaching the Docking Bay.
The ship landed precisely in the middle of the Landing Pad using its advanced technology. The gunship's four landing 'legs' split apart, and Samus gracefully descended down her ship's tractor beam, and Samus stood on ground other than her ships for the first time in 3 months. Samus had been here before, both before and after she was corrupted with a radioactive mutagen called Phazon. Some troopers radioed something inaudible, and walked towards Samus. Samus noted that their grey suits were more heavily armoured than the typical Federation trooper. It was just like the Federation to take every precaution possible to achieve goals. Some would call it overkill, but the Federation would sooner say 'Better safe than sorry.' The troopers approached Samus, guns raised, though only set to stun.
"Samus Aran," started the trooper moving behind Samus "Follow us. Any attempt at escape and be will fire at you."
The other trooper stood in front to lead a path. This was another precautionary measure taken by the Federation, it was clear they no longer trusted her at all. While that was to be expected, Samus didn't expect two threats like the ones she received. Samus was being led through paths of the ship she had never been before. She became suspicious of what was going to happen; she saw very few troopers, and she could have sworn she saw a prisoner. Samus took a moment to think about the Space Pirate Probe she saw; the Space Pirates knew where she was, maybe the Federation wanted to keep her from defecting to the Space Pirates. After what felt like hours of walking, the two troopers stooped before a door.
"Remove your suit." one of them ordered. Samus didn't respond.
"Remove your suit, or we will use force! Then step inside!"
Samus reluctantly disengaged her suit, by completing a matter to energy reaction, a technology unique to Chozo creations. Her suit was now nothing but energy around her. Samus, now positive that she was going to be imprisoned, stepped inside the room, and looked around. Samus glared at the two troopers from behind her visor, as the door sealed behind her. Samus looked around, scouring the room for windows in the pale blue light. She found nothing, and it was then she realised what was really happening. Samus clutched her head has the pains began. She felt dizzy, and fell to the ground in pain. Samus futily hung on to what consciousness she had left as the fumes entered the room. Slowly, but surely, Samus blacked out.
******
"Our probe tracking Samus Aran has brought some bad news chief." came a harsh voice from the end of the seemingly organic room.
"What would that bad news be." a deep, imposing voice responded.
"Samus Aran has been captured, sir." the voice revealed nervously.
"Incompetent failure!" yelled the second voice.
"I'm sorry, Vulcan, I mean Sir." the voice was panicked now.
"Not good enough!" the voice of Vulcan, a Space Pirate Commander screamed intensely. "You...have failed me...for the last time!"
Vulcan charged swiftly at his 'victim', injecting his poison into the whimpering Space Pirate's cowering body. He fell to the ground in a lifeless heap. Vulcan walked over to another Pirate in the room, still fuming.
"Lets hope you can do a better job than your predecessor." Vulcan said "For your sake. Now, your first order of duty is to bring me Kraid. You can do that, can't you."
"Uh-"
"Don't answer. Now GO!" Vulcan demanded. Vulcan waited for his new 'assistant' to leave the room. "Samus must be captured. We failed three months ago and we will fail now unless I take some action." Vulcan soliloquised "Our plan will not succeed without her."
Vulcan was a tall, muscular Pirate renown for his awesome speed and agility as much as his ruthless leadership. Vulcan had a short temper, and his favourite way of disposing of poor troopers or Pirates that let him down would be to poison them with his deadly venom or transplanted organic 'upgrades' he uses to make himself more powerful. Minutes passed, and eventually, Kraid arrived. Kraid was considerably smaller than in Samus' previous encounters with him, and minus the protrusions on his back and stomach. As a result of his two previous failures against Samus, Kraid had been considerably demoted.
"You sent for me, master." Kraid's crackly, influent voice said.
"Yes, I did." answered Vulcan, finally calming down. "You are to lead an invasion force on to the Galactic Federation Ship Olympus. Your objective is to capture Samus Aran alive at all costs. Do you unterstand?
"Yes, Sir." Kraid answered. Despite Vulcan's vague commands, Kraid knew what he had to do, though even if he didn't understand, he wouldn't dare make Vulcan repeat himself.
"Kraid, make sure you don't fail." Vulcan said "Samus is vital to our mission."
"Sure thing, Sir." Kraid responded assuringly as he left into the acid rain outdoor environment of the Space Pirate Homeworld, known as 'Utragia' to the Pirates. Kraid knew that it was hard a task, however, though his self-confidence was low. He wasn't even close to full power; he was only roughly twice the size of a human Samus' height, and lacking many of the things that originally made him so formiddable. In spite of this, Kraid must try his best to succeed, as Vulcan's wrath exceeds any suffering than death could possibly bring.
What will happen to Samus? Why is Kraid only at a fraction of his maximum power? The answers to these questions and more, when Chapter 3 comes later this week.
