Yet another chapter of Metroid: Ridley's story. In this chapter, Samus learns of what they did to Ridley and meets someone that had been following her since….well I won't spoil it, but it's not an OC.

Disclaimer: I do not own Metroid, thought I wish I did sometimes.

Samus stepped into the office as James sat down in his chair. It was decorated with medals and other trinkets that he had been awarded. A computer that had a bunch of files on prisoners was on his desk, which was a silvery color.

"Can I get you something to drink, Samus?" James asked politely as he poured some tea into his mug, which he grabbed from his desk.

"No thank you, I just had something." Samus replied as James nodded as he took a seat at his desk.

"Very well, now onto the subject at hand. Why are you so interested in Ridley's case anyway?" James asked her as she sighed.

"I was there at the trial, and he didn't look like his normal kill-joy self." Samus said sternly, even thought she that's what she used to think about him.

"I'll be honest with you, we only used the memory retriever and he ended up like that. He didn't use anything else because we feared that he may snap or just die, and then there would be no trial." He replied, taking a sip from his cup.

"…that's it? That's all it took to break him!?" Samus asked in disbelieve. She could not believe that he was broken by simple memories. Unless, she thought absent mindedly, he had some pretty bad memories.

"I thought the same thing. I looked back and saw what went through his mind, and I was pretty damn shocked to see it." James told her.

"What happened?" she asked him, now curious.

"Well, the federation-what the hell?" James began as the power suddenly shut down.

"WARNING, UNKNOWN LIFEFORM ON SHIP, ALL PERSONAL REPORT THE COMMAND ROOM." A computer blared through the entire ship. Since it was not connected to the ship's power, it could still work.

"We should do what it says; I don't want that thing catching us off-guard." James said, and Samus found no disagreement in her. They went to the command room and saw that most of the crew was already there.

"What's going on!?" a pilot asked.

"How did it get in?" asked another.

"Quiet! We don't want this thing finding out where we are, do we?" the white dragon hissed at them.

"Ornlu's right, we cannot let it find us. We need a scout party to go out and find out what we can about it, and how to defeat it. After all, it could be just a space rat." James added jokingly, trying to ease the tension.

"I'll find out what it is, though I may need backup just in case it proves to be too powerful." Samus said, scanning the crew for anyone willing to go.

"I'll go, better than just sitting here." Ornlu volunteered.

"Same here, I'd rather go down with a fight than cower in fear." The same sergeant that escorted Samus to here said.

"Since you may need help rewiring the system, I shall go." A scientist said as he pulled a laser gun from his lab jacket.

"Very well, I pray you come back safely, and watch out for any stray prisoners. They may be hostile to you and you have the authority to terminate them. Now, move out!" James commanded. Samus nodded and began to walk out when the computer blared again.

"WARNING: UNKNOWN VESSEL APPROACHING SHIP QND IS REQUESTING PERMITION TO LAND." It said.

"Give me a visual on the ship, and then I'll decide." James told it. A picture of a purple ship that slightly resembled Samus's ship appeared. It looked a bit smaller, so she doubted it could cause any harm.

"Very well, access granted." James replied. He then turned to Samus and her party. "I now need you too greet our guest and escort him here. I will develop another scout unit and have them go out for an hour before returning."

Samus nodded and walked out of the room and continued down the dark hallway.

"This place always freaked me out, now it's ten times worse." Charles, who Samus identified as the sergeant, spoke.

"Same here, but just ignore it. We'll get power back online." Ornlu assured him, looking a bit uneasy himself.

"Just keep looking straight and don't think about anything else. Besides, we can take anything on this ship." Samus told them, a bit uneasy herself. While she didn't fear the dark, she wondered if they could take the thing that knocked out the power.

"Right, sorry about that. Just a bit freaked out." Charles apologized as the lights suddenly flickered on.

"What the…?" Ornlu wondered out loud.

"This is impossible; the lights don't run on themselves!" Bob the scientist exclaimed.

Samus wasn't listening after the lights went on, for she was to busy looking in the cells. Every single prisoner was mutilated beyond belief and their blood was pouring into the hall.

"Samus are you paying attention?" Bob asked her. She just pointed at the cells, her mouth unable to move.

"HOLY SHIT!" Charles yelled, now aiming his blaster everywhere.

"What could have done this?" Ornlu asked as he examined a corpse. Samus switched on her scan visor and scanned one.

Prisoner no. 325: subject has been mutilated by bite and claws marks. High traces of toxin found in corpse. Unable to identify attacker.

Samus swore under her breath. She didn't expect this to take so long, and she had to calm down Charles before he alerted the entire station.

"Charles shut up. You'll attract this thing back, and that is the last thing we want." Samus growled at him.

"Sorry, I'm getting very bad chills. Like I feel that this thing is still in this room." He apologized.

"We should get to the docking bay; we can use all the help we can get here." Ornlu told them, his right forearm turning into a cannon resembling Samus's.

"Why is your arm a cannon?" Samus asked him as she began walking again.

"I lost my real one a while back, so they rebuilt it with the ability to turn into a weapon." He explained to her.

"I see, can we-LOOK OUT!" Bob yelled as something came behind Charles, which was shot a second later by Samus.

"What is that?!" Charles exclaimed as he looked at it with fear in his eyes. The thing was a giant worm that had a huge gaping mouth and large claws. It had no visible eyes, so Samus guessed it was relying on smell.

"Samus, can you scan it?" Ornlu asked her. Samus nodded scanned it.

UNKNOWN LIFEFORM: subject had gone under heavy bio engineering and is mutated beyond its normal standards. 1 of normal genes intact.

"Well that sucks; there can be more of them." Bob swore.

"They are the result of bio engineering of ordinary leaches. It disgusts me that the federation has been doing things like this." A voice said from behind them.

Immediately, they turned around and aimed their weapons at the stranger, who Samus had a shock of recognition from. He had purple armor and cannon that had icy mist coming from it, and blue eyes.

"It has been a while, Samus." He said.

"Noxus!?" Samus exclaimed.

And now my favorite hunter has made an appearance. I don't feel satisfied with this chapter and hopefully the next one will be better. Next chapter, Samus learns who is behind the attack and why Noxus is here. I hope to return to Ridley in a few chapters, but I need to wrap this up first, so don't think I forgot about him!