"At least pay your respects!"
Samus slowly awoke to a bright light. Her vision was blurred at first, but after waiting a few minutes it cleared up. She began to lift her head, but a shooting pain that ran all the way down her spine caused her to drop it back down. She moved her eyes to the side to see that she was in a small, white room, with the examination table as it felt she was laying on was positioned in the middle of the room. She slowly moved her hand up to her face, and when she saw the skin of her hand noticed that her Power Suit had been removed.
Samus jerked her head to the side in distress, and let out a shriek of pain as her whole body felt like a surge of electricity had just passed through it. She saw a young man, who looked no younger than twenty five, sitting at a computer facing away from her. He paid no notice to her agony, but instead continued to work on his computer. Samus saw that he wore a black and glowing blue, lightly armored suit, with shorter spiked hair. She waited for at least ten more minutes until she decided to move again, but this time hurt just as much as the last.
"I wouldn't keep doing that if I were you," she heard the young man say, still facing his computer. "You still have twelve volts of electricity coursing through your CNS." Samus, still in a daze, attempted to get up. In one quick motion, she leapt from the examination table, screaming in agony as she progressed forward as quickly as her body would let her. She ran towards the man until she collapsed from pain. The man stood up from his chair and walked over to her lying on the floor. He crouched down, looking her straight in the eye. Samus could now see his face; he looked much younger than she originally thought, possibly twenty or twenty one. He had a strong face with blazing eyes, helped by the fact that his irises were a deep red. "I told you not to do that," he said sternly yet calmly, picking her up and placing her down gently on the table.
"Where am I?" Samus asked through heavy, painful breaths.
"You're in my infirmary. I guess it's what you deserve for attacking Commanding General Ajax," said the man. Samus thought for a second. She could vaguely recall the events that occurred upon her arrival to this unidentified planet. "I believe you're lucky to be alive. Your DNA structure is like none I've ever seen! It's as if your DNA stream is combined with Chozo DNA."
"What is with everyone here and Chozo? What planet am I on anyway? And who are you?" Samus asked, her voice getting stronger as her body did.
"You are on planet HR77-L. It is a secluded planet in the Zinaidah Galaxy, near the Platon Sun. And I'm Commander Linux Epis. Now sit up, you should be strong enough now." Sitting up, Samus felt more pain course through her body, but it seemed weaker now. Linux proceeded to walk back to his computer, but Samus quickly reached out and grabbed his shoulder firmly. Turning his head around, Linux saw fire in her eyes as she stood herself up. "Astounding," he said. "No one has ever survived a blast of my tazer and recovered so quickly." There was a beep from the computer. And image of General Ajax appeared on-screen. Linux stood at the ready, waiting for his general to speak.
"Commander, status report on the prisoner," spoke the general in his unassailable tone.
"She is making a full recovery, Sir," said Linux directly. "She actually is recovering faster than anyone, or anything for that matter, that I've ever seen."
"Can she walk and speak?" asked Ajax sternly.
"She can stand, but as far as I know-"
"I'm fine," interrupted Samus.
"Bring her in for interrogation," spoke Ajax, ending the transmission. The screen again displayed the bio-signs it had earlier.
"Come on, you don't want to keep him waiting," said Linux calmly. He escorted Samus out of the room. "This way," he told her, and started walking down the hall. Samus followed close behind. He led her down hallways and through doors until finally they reached a door with a retinal scanner. Before going in, Linux turned to Samus. "Now remember, General Ajax demands respe-"
"I'm not answering any questions," said Samus plainly.
"Just get this over with, Samus. It's virtually harmless," Linux said with a smile. Samus let out a small sigh.
"Fine," uttered Samus calmly. She didn't know how to explain it, even to herself, but she trusted Linux. She just felt something about him was worthy of her trust, that he was someone who cared. Linux smiled, turned to the fingerprint scanner, and put his eye up to the scanner. The scanner glowed a light green for a few seconds, the door opened. Linux directed Samus to go inside.
Inside, there sat Ajax at a wide table, with three figures sitting on either side of him. Three screens were positioned right next to each other behind them. Looking around, Samus saw her power suit being inspected by three scientists behind a glass window.
"Hey, what are you doing with my Power Suit?" Samus shouted as she started running towards the glass. Linux immediately wrapped his right arm around her to stop her, holding her where she stood. A sly smile could be seen on Ajax's face as Linux attempted to calm her down.
"Samus, remember what I told you," he told her quietly enough that Ajax and the others couldn't hear. "Just get it over with." Samus calmed down and turned back to Ajax.
"What do you want from me?" she asked, glaring into Ajax's eyes. Ajax smile disappeared from his face as he spoke.
"It is planetary law that the atmosphere of the colony Artemia may not be entered in any way by anyone without explicit permission from any of the seven leaders of HR77-L," explained Ajax in his fierce growl of a voice. "Elucidate yourself, Samus."
"I was resting, and my gunship drifted into your gravitational pull while in auto-pilot," Samus started. "The Galactic Federation has no knowledge of this planet, so I descended to explore its surface." Samus crossed her arms, wanting no part in this interrogation.
"How are we to know you are not here to inspect our planet for invasion?" asked the women to the far left of Ajax.
"I'm not here to 'inspect' anything for 'invasion.' I just wanted to gather information on the planet to update the Galactic Federation database. I see no harm in curiousness."
"If you are who you say you are, bounty hunter, than you wouldn't mind if I sent a transmission to this 'Galactic Federation' of yours?" asked Ajax indifferently as he stood from his seat.
"Be my guest, Commanding General Sir," said Samus sarcastically. Ajax pressed a button on the table in front of him and a screen illuminated above its surface. He started typing and working for a few minutes.
"The GFS Olympus is the most nearby ship," Ajax finally said after what seemed like an eternity to Samus.
"Then contact it," Samus snapped. Ignoring Samus' interruption, Ajax continued.
"GFS Olympus, requesting permission for communication."
"Identification please," said a woman's kind voice.
"I am Commanding General Ajax of colony Artemia from planet HR77-L. I wish to speak to your commander."
"Processing," said the woman's voice. "I'm sorry, 'Commanding General Ajax of colony Artemia from planet HR77-L' not found. Attempting to end transmission."
"No you don't!" Ajax yelled at the woman. "I demand to speak to your commander! I have Samus Aran who says she is in league with your operation." There was a pause, and then the woman spoke again.
"Samus, this is Aurora Unit 242 speaking. Our transmission…by…your way…immediately…" the transmission faded until all that was left was static.
"Hello?" Ajax asked. "HELLO?"
"We lost their signal, Sir," said a worker coming into the room.
"What? Now what are we supposed to do? What are we going to do with you?" he asked, beaming at Samus. A few seconds later, the entire building was shuck by what sounded like an explosion. One after another the explosions came, shaking everything as they did. "What is happening?" yelled Ajax into his computer. A man's image appeared on all three of the screens behind them.
"We're under attack! Unidentified vessels entering the airspace!" he yelled. "Setting alarm," he said as an alarm went off. Samus and Linux looked up at the table to see that the colony leaders had all gone.
"We've got to get you to safety," Linux yelled over the commotion. Ignoring him, Samus took off toward her Power Suit. "Stop! There's no time," Linux yelled to her, but she kept moving, running at an amazing speed like Linux had never seen before. She finally reached her Power Suit when Linux started to run over to her. A large support beam fell between them through the wall, cutting them off and mixing up a cloud of dust that filled the whole room. Linux stopped in fear and covered his face to shield it from the dust. He felt something pick him up and start running, but in the dust he couldn't see a thing. When he finally got out in the hallway, the dust had cleared enough for him to see that it was Samus in her Power Suit.
"Samus it's you" he exclaimed with relief. "We need to get to my lab, it's right down this hall, next right." Samus kept running, holding Linux as she ran. "Right here! Stop," he yelled. Samus stopped and put him down, and he opened the door to his lab. Inside Samus saw a small gunship engine and weapon parts. Linux ran to the computer and pressed a few buttons, opening a hatch in the wall. Inside was an Armor Suit. Linux walked up to it, pressed his finder against the chest of the suit, and it opened up from the front. Linux quickly walked in and the suit formed around him. He put on his helmet, put his right arm down into an arm cannon, and they both latched themselves to the suit. "Let's go."
To be continued...
Author's notes:
Linux's Armor Suit is relevant to a Federation Marine suit, but instead has an arm cannon like the Fusion Suit and a different helmet that's tough to explain here. It will be explained at a later date.
Next chapter will be better with a storyline and all, so I guess that's good.