Chapter 3: Grandfather

"WHAT!" David screamed. "You mean to tell me that the entire time I've been married I've been related to the famous Chozo?" Samus nodded her head yes. "WOW! I'd never have thought that you were of Chozo decent. You look completely human."

"I am human. I was only saved and taken in by the Chozo. Sure they raised me for the majority of my life and they did infuse me with Chozo blood, but do I look like a seven foot tall walking, talking bird to you?"

"No I just never would have thought that you were Chozo," David said. "Exactly how much of your blood is Chozo anyway?"

"Almost seventy-six percent exactly. Courtesy of Chozo blood transfusion technology," she said.

"This is amazing," he continued. I knew he would have some sort of reaction, but I didn't think it would be this, she thought to herself. "You know how I'm an archaeologist, right?" he asked. Samus nodded. "Well at least ninety percent of our digs have to do with the Chozo since they've inhabited most of the planets in this quadrant." Samus looked surprised at this bit of information. "You didn't know that?" he asked her. She shook her head no. "Well that's a bit of a surprise," he said, "I thought that you would have known that given that you were Chozo." Again, she shook her head no.

"I never thought that you would react like this," Samus told him blatantly.

"Why not?" he asked her.

"I just didn't, that's all."

"Oh."

Their conversation was interrupted by their daughter coming through the door.

"Mommy! Daddy! I'm home!" Sara shouted through the house. She came running to them when she saw them in the kitchen, but stopped when she noticed they had been talking. "What's wrong?" she asked while frowning at the two of them.

"Nothing honey," David said, "your grandpa is just coming to visit." When Sara heard this her eyes lit up. "I have a grandpa?" she asked.

"Yes, you do," Samus told her, "so lets go see him shall we."

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Six hours later: 9:00 pm …

The three of them sat on a rock together, waiting patiently for Old Bird. It was nighttime and was almost pitch black except for the lantern that they had taken with them to the cave. It was deathly silent.

The silence was broken by the complaints of a four-year old. "Mommy, when's grandpa going to get here?" Sara asked. God, why did you have to gift this child with such an intellect, Samus thought to herself, why couldn't she have been like every other pre-school student and have the brain and grammar of a four-year old, not the brain of a twelve-year old and the grammar of an adult. At least she still has the maturity level of a four-year old still. Her thoughts were interrupted by the roar of a ship, one of Chozo origin by the sound of the engine.

She looked up to see a ship pass over their heads. It was much bigger than she had expected it to be. From the looks of it, it looked big enough to hold the entire Chozo population it was so big, but then she noticed something. The ship wasn't Chozo. She looked to David with a worried look on her face.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Leave now," she said, "this isn't a Chozo ship. It some other race's, but what worries me the most is that this isn't even a Space Pirate ship."

"Why would that worry you?" he asked in a confused voice. "If it's not a Space Pirate ship then that's a good thing, right?"

"It worries me because I would've expected a pirate ship. They've been trying to kill the Chozo for as long as I can remember. Since we were expecting Old Bird, a Space Pirate ship would've been much more logical, but this ship isn't something I recognize…" she paused as the ship flew over their heads and crash landed into the side of the mountain, "and that worries me even more."

She reached down and opened up her duffel bag. I never thought I would have to use this suit ever again unless the Space Pirates found out I was here and tried to kill me, she thought. She took out her Power Suit with the Varia Suit upgrade and her husband stared at her in amazement. "Take Sara home and hide in the basement. Take this and use it if you need to," she tossed him a Federation Energy Rifle as she began to put on her suit, "and I know that it's powerful enough to kill just about anything. It could kill Ing warriors fast enough to save the Federation trooper that used it before it ran into the Metroid Prime. In the basement there's a hidden door. The number pad that normally looks useless and powerless controls it. Enter the code 888475 to open it and close it behind you. If you get trapped in there you should be fine because it has enough food in there to last us for about thirty years. If I'm not back in 4 hours, put the haven into lock-down mode. If I need to get in I can just override the lock-down with my arm cannon," she said. She was about to begin to speak again when she heard a moan behind her. She had all of her suit on except for her helmet when she heard it. What she saw made all of the blood drain from her face. Old Bird was crawling away from the crash site with a metroid slowly floating after him. She shot the metroid with her ice beam and froze it. Once Old Bird was far enough away she shot it with a missile and killed it. She immediately turned around and walked to David. She took out something that resembled an injection module and stuck it in the side of Sara's neck. She immediately fell asleep. "She'll be out for two days and everything should be safe then." She started towards Old Bird. He looked up and saw her and a look of relief spread across his face, but it was immediately with concern

"Stop there child, come no further, I've been corrupted by the Great Poison." When he said this she looked closer and saw Phazon had corrupted nearly half of Old Bird's body. "Hold on," she told him. She put on her helmet and grabbed Old Bird and slung him over her shoulder. She ran to the cave because she had left one thing behind in the cave. She'd used it to remove the Phazon that had corrupted her body, but couldn't move it on account of its size. "David!" she yelled, "Come here." He ran over to her with Sara in his arms. She laid Old Bird down on the table and started up the machine. "Once the machine is finished he'll be in full health and able to walk himself. Take him with you and initiate lock-down immediately. If I don't make it back by the time Sara wakes up take her out and continue life as usual, with the exception of Old Bird. Tell Sara that I'll be gone for a while and I won't be back for a long time." She looked at him and finally told him the last thing he would ever hear from her, "Keep her safe and know that I love you both very much." With that, she turned on her Speed Booster and ran towards the wrecked ship. That was the last time anyone ever saw her.

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At the ship…

Samus arrived at the ship and looked at it. It was unlike any ship she had ever seen. The ship was bigger than she originally thought, much bigger. It was a quarter of the size of the mountain and looked as damaged as the wrecked ship she'd had to explore on Zebes during her mission to retrieve the metroid hatchling from the Space Pirates. In fact, that's exactly what it looked like. She looked inside the ship and saw that Phazon covered a majority of the inside of the entryway to the ship. She looked down at the upgrade capsule she was holding. She initiated the upgrade sequence and a bright light shined around her. Once the light cleared, Samus dropped to the ground in her Phazon Suit. She armed her Power Beam and walked into the ship.