Chapter 2: Losing Everything

Samus and Rime headed off toward their destination, the pirates new home world. The two set the ship to go into hyper drive and then ship zoomed off and disappeared. Once they reappeared, they were no more then a mile away from the Pirates home world but when they looked at the place, it didn't look like a world at all but more of a tiny base. 'Wonder why they would consider this a new home world, are they disappearing that quickly?' Samus thought as they flew over to the landing pad. The two exited the ship and looked around. After looking around for a bit, Samus and Rime headed for the first door. They went through and found a space pirate guarding the door. Rime quickly froze the pirate and then smashed it into pieces. The two continued on their way and then found some stairs going downward. The two cautiously walked over to the edge and looked down but quickly backed up after seeing the many Pirates down below.

Rime thought about what they could do and then looked up. She gave Samus a nudge and then pointed upward. "You think we could get up there?"

Samus looked around and then found a way up. Samus used her grapple and pulled herself up toward the top. Before getting all the way up, Samus made sure to check for any pirates that may be up their. There are none and so Samus went all the way up and signaled Rime to follow. There are a few pillars in the area and so they hid behind them while looking cautiously below them. Rime then pointed Samus to something the pirates were surrounding. Samus nodded and switched to her scan visor and scanned the machine in the middle.

Fusion Mechanism Online: Fusion two types of creatures together giving the user(s) extra strength. Also gives abilities of the species they are combining with. A single explosive shot will permanently take it offline. Caution: don't stand to close when doing so.

Samus switched back to her command visor and explained everything to Rime. Rime stood back while Samus did her thing. Samus also took a small step backward so that she could barely see it and fired off a single missile. The Pirates looked as the missile flew by their heads and hit the Fusion Mechanism. The explosion caused a wave to go through the pirates and hit every one of them. Samus hadn't had time to back away and also got hit by the blast.

Rime had been just far enough away from the blast when it hit. Quickly Rime went over to Samus and picked her up and dragged her to the ship. Once they entered the ship, they contacted the commander. "Rime, have you two figured out what the project is." The commander asked.

"Yes sir and the thing has been destroyed. It seems that the pirates have been fusing themselves with another species DNA. Samus managed to destroy the machine but it caused a wave and hit Samus. She is out cold." Rime said looking over at Samus.

"Rime we got another alert but from another quadrant. It is a ship right above earth but at a good distance away. It appears that the pirates have the idea off taking earth over for a new bigger home world. They are in the ship and are gathering some unknown troops to help them. I take it that they expect Samus to interfere. I want you to go help out." The commander said.

"Sir, can't earth take care of themselves? They have many weapons don't they?" Rime asked hearing Samus start to wake up.

"Yes Rime, but earth is having troubles of their own at the moment. If the pirates are able to accomplish this task in taking over earth, they will be able to use their weapons and fuse them with their own. They may already be more powerful then Samus can handle alone, both you and Samus are needed." Rime accepted and the screen went black.

Samus had finally woken up. "Samus, we're off to save earth." Just then the Pirates could bee seen heading toward them, and Samus took control and flew away.

Once they were far enough away, Samus noticed something with her suite.

Missile Launcher: Offline

Space Boots: Offline

Grapple Beam: Offline

Morph Ball: Offline

"Rime, everything but my power beam and scanner is offline." Samus said and then something else popped up.

Warning: Power Beam unstable. Any hit or strain on beam gun will cause it to go offline.

"This is great, I can't charge up my beam or I lose that too." Samus said as the ship received coordinates for their next destination. Samus plugged the coordinates into her ship and then the two once again went hyper speed and soon the two were near a big ship. Samus turned on her scanner and found the entire ship scan able. Samus quickly scanned the ship.

The USG Ishimura: The ship though still stable has had much damage done to it over the years. Change on inside of ships design detected, not much more known about it.

Samus laid back in her chair and relaxed for the time being and trying to figure out how to work with an unstable Beam. "Samus, you ok?" Rime asked worried.

"Huh, oh yeah, just thinking about how I'm going to use my beam without it going offline. If it is so much as hit, it will go offline and I doubt that I'll find anything useful here." Samus said as they got near the entrance and then their ship started getting pulled in. Samus tried to get her ship under control but it was of no use.

"Samus, what's going on? Magnetic field?" Rime asked and got a nod from Samus.

"Get ready for impact Rime." The two braced themselves and crashed into multiple objects before landing on the walkway and skidding some distance. The shook their heads and to clear them. Samus and Rime got out of the ship and to Samus's dismay; news of her ship came up.

Ship has been greatly damaged from landing. Engines are offline and everything is now stuck in position. Repairs will take time.

"We aren't leaving for a while, I'll say that. I guess we had better get going." Samus said while looking around. They had walked through the first door when something grabbed onto Rime and pulled her back. Samus tried to free Rime but she couldn't get to her in time and the door slammed shut. Samus didn't have to scan to know that the door has locked behind her. Samus pounded her fist against the door. "I shouldn't have let her come with me." Just then, the lights went out. "Great."

A/N: Thanks for the reviews and Luiz 4200, this is the right story. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.