Out in the ruins, an armored entity was looking around cautiously. Its armor was green in color, but it did not have an arm cannon nor did its armor look like the woman's armor. As it looked around, it said in a deep, yet gruff and calm voice: "Cortana, do you detect any Covenant in the area?" The man was speaking within his head, and a feminine voice that was sweeter than the other woman's replied: "Negative Chief. The activity here is only with the ruins local creatures. Other than that, no Covenant here."

"Hmm… Detect anything else that's unusual?" The man replied.

"Wait… there might be something near the entrance of the ruins, but I don't know what." Cortana replied back.

"Think it's another Spartan?"

"Could be. Could be an enemy. Just keep your eyes peeled Chief. If this thing does attack, you can take it down easily."

The armored man walked slowly towards the entrance, until he was suddenly attacked by one the beetles. The beetle kept ramming into him, but for a man who wore armor that weighed half a ton, he moved quickly on his feet. With a gun in his hands, he fired many bullets into the soft abdomen of the beetle, killing it quickly. "Good thing the Assault Rifle worked." The man kept moving forward, and was soon at the entrance of the ruins. On the other side, he was surprised at what he had seen.

The woman looked ahead and saw the man in green armor. She did not know what to do at first, since she can't guarantee it's an enemy or not. She tried scanning the creature, but only got this information: Genetically enhanced human called Master Chief S-117 John. He- It seemed like the scan was cut off by something else. The woman did not mind it and decided to approach the man, until she was attacked by four beetles that rose from the ground. She dodged them the best she could, but she took a few hits to her armor. Seeing her in trouble, Master Chief jumped in and shot on the beetle's abdomens while it was turned around facing the woman. Master Chief and the woman dodged and fought the beetles until all of them were exterminated. Finally, Master Chief and the woman stood close to one another. Not face-to-face, but still close. The woman's face was visible through her light green visor, but the Master Chief's face wasn't through his golden yellow visor. "Are you alright?" Master Chief said.

"….." The woman remained silent.

"Your armor… is very unusual. Nothing like the Mjolinr I've seen. Are you a part of the U.N.S.C?"

"…."

"….. Guess I'll leave. I don't have time to stand around and chat anyways." Master Chief began to walk off until the woman finally spoke: "Why are you here?" Master Chief turned around as he heard her voice.

"Since you're not military, I can't tell you, sorry."

"Military? What are you?"

"A Spartan who works for the U.N.S.C. I'm Master Chief, and that's all you need to know."

"What's your real name?"

"I… don't want to say. Can you tell me yours?"

"Samus. Samus Aran. I'm a bounty hunter for the Galactic Federation."

"Samus… I'll remember that." Master Chief soon started walking towards the blue door that exits from the ruins until Samus exclaimed: "Where are you going?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Master Chief replied in a bit of an irritated voice.

"Why get mad?"

"Because you're wasting my time."

"You could be a bit nicer… but that doesn't matter right now. What does is that I need to find the missing parts of my suit."

"Your suit is missing parts?"

"Well, functions to be exact. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to find them. Oh, and watch it for the Space Pirates."

"Space Pirates? Who are they?"

"I don't have time either to tell you these things. Just go." Samus replied to Master Chief in the same annoyed tone. She had her arms crossed and her back against Master Chief. Master Chief stood and tried to collect his thoughts until Cortana chimed in: "Maybe we should help Samus. These Space Pirates might be as bad as the Covenant. Besides, it would be the right thing to do." Her tone was a bit serious, yet also kind.

"Do you really have to bring in morals?" Master Chief chuckled a bit.

"No, just my opinion. It's your call to help her Chief." Cortana replied in a calm tone.

Master Chief stood and thought about what to do. In his mind, he wanted to find the Covenant on this planet and stop them. And yet, he also doesn't know anything of the Space Pirates, not to mention Samus had some suit functions missing that could possibly be scattered across the whole planet. "Damn…" He muttered to himself.

Samus soon took a few steps forward towards the Chozo Ruins. In her mind, she thought to herself: "Why was he so… cold? Doesn't matter. If the Space Pirates kill him, they kill him. What matters is that I find my suit functions and find out what those Pirates are up to, not to mention that mysterious Impact Crater." While Samus walked off, Master Chief was collecting his thoughts on what to do. Finally, a decision was made. "Cortana?"

"What's up Chief?"

"This might sound crazy, but I think I should help Samus. I did help her out with those beetles, so why should I stop helping now?"

"And it's crazy that I like. Better go catch her before she walks off." Cortana laughed a bit.

Before Samus was completely inside of the Chozo Ruins, Master Chief called out to her: "Bounty Hunter!" Samus turned around and was amazed that he was even still there. "What the hell is he doing? I thought he had to leave?" Samus' confused thoughts raced through her head.

"What? If it's important, say it now."

"I want to help you out."

Samus was shocked to hear this. "….. Why?"

"Because I want to know more about the Space Pirates, not to mention I helped you with those beetles. So, if I help you, you tell me more about the Space Pirates. Deal?"

Samus stood silently. She didn't know what to think. But she replied in a somewhat cold voice: "Fine. But don't get in my way. I don't need any distractions."

"Trust me; I'll be sure to stay out of your way." Master Chief and Samus walked into the ruins together, not knowing who, or what is inside. Could Samus' suit functions be inside? Is the Covenant hiding in there so cleverly that even Master Chief couldn't detect? And what are the Space Pirates up to? Fate now rests on their shoulders….