All right here is chapter three. The more positive reviews I get the better the chapters will become or the longer anywise. Also just to try and clear up this confusion Samus's mind is in Phoenix's body along with his own. Also early warning I'm about to heat the story up quite a few notches in the gore factor so this is not the chapter for the faint of heart. Oh and the italics mean thoughts and there may be a romance factor involved. And I am horrible at romance so cut me some slack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

Project Phoenix Chapter 3
The Powers That Be

Phoenix awoke once again this time within a lab next to a man inside a older model power suit. Phoenix grunted as a long sharp piece of metal entered into his side and deep into his rib cage. "The subject is awake and we have him restrained. Beginning the experiment," the man within the suit said as suddenly a massive surge of power was sent through the metal and began to scan Phoenix on a cellular level. Phoenix was screaming in pain as the scan felt like he was being disassembled on the cellular level.

-------------In the control room-------------

"Damn it stop doing that can't you see he is in enough pain already," a woman in a lab coat shouted at the man in the suit through a com. "Fine aborting test," was the response.

------------The lab------------

The rod slowly was pulled from Phoenix's side. Phoenix winced as it came out and the skin was pulled back. Then a young woman ran to his side and looked at the whole and pulled out a bandage and began attaching it to his side. "Who are you?" Phoenix asks her as she attaches he bandage. "Just a friend," she replies as she begins to stand up and walk away. "Thank you," Phoenix says weakly. The woman stopped where she stood and looked over her shoulder and gave Phoenix a smile and says, "I always seem to be helping people. But you're the first to actually thank me." Her eyes seemed to peer into Phoenix as if she was looking for something inside of him. God what do I see in him. He is some pirate test thats all yet there is something in him, she thought as she looked at him. "Elizabeth," a booming voice says from behind her. Elizabeth breaks the interlocking gazes and turns around and looks at the man who called her "What?" "Don't get to close to him. I don't want to be going to my son's future wife's memorial." Phoenix just glared at the man who moved back ever so slightly as not to be within the range of him. {Looks like the subject has developed a type of anger for the human in the suit. Proceeding with care,} the watcher says into a recorder as he slowly began aproching Phoenix with a blade drawn and began to slowly cut away at the restraints.

Phoenix noticed this and began to wait until the restraint was weaker. "Hey what is that smell," Elizabeth says as she looks around and suddenly sees Phoenix's left hand break free of his bindings. "HOLY SHIT!!!" the man screams as he raises his arm cannon and opens fire on Phoenix. In stead of hitting Phoenix the blasts stop only three feet away from him and the Watcher collapsed on the ground with a hole through his neck. "So that's what they had on me," Phoenix says under his breath as he ripped off the second hand restraint and moved down to his leg ones. "Don't move you.freak," the man says as he has his cannon aimed at Phoenix. "Try me," Phoenix just says as he rips off the two other restraints.

The man took aim and fired a shot. Phoenix only moved to the left when it grazed his shoulder leaving a deep burn type cut in his shoulder. "Arg I'm gonna kill you!" Phoenix shouted in rage as he let his arm fall limp. He then stood up and began to run at the man bellowing a deep roar of rage and power. Elizabeth just stood her ground in shock. She was right in front of Phoenix who was not stopping. She braced for the unstoppable. Suddenly Phoenix stopped only inches away from her trying not to hurt her. "Are you ok?" he asks in a kind humane voice where no trace of the evil brute that was there only seconds before. "What the hell are you?" she asked with a slight quiver of fear in her voice. "I'm something that doesn't want to hurt you," he said in return as his other arm moved to his wounded shoulder and clutched it in pain. The skin cracked and the burned part flaked off revealing a horrible burn down to his shoulder's joint. "My god are you ok?" Elizabeth asks him with a look of shock and pain on her face at seeing the wound. "Just a scratch. It'll be fine in no time," he says just before he falls to his knees in pain. "No your not fine now let me help you," she says as she stands up offering her hand to help him up. "Alright just keep the maniac with the gun away from me," Phoenix says taking her hand with his good arm and pulls himself up and looks into her eyes. "Alright he won't be there," she says with a smile and meets Phoenix's gaze and slightly blushing. "What? Don't you always get to see a hot topless guy with a very bad burn?" Phoenix asks playfully. She just blushes more and keeps leading him towards a medical table feeling quite stupid. Why me? She thinks And why him? Him of all people. She quickly moves her train of thought towards helping Phoenix. "So what is your name?" she asks as she putts on some gloves to keep the equipment sterile. "All I can remember is my name is Phoenix. It feels as if I have something else inside of my mind though. I do remember being called Phoe once," he says in his response as a needle enters the wound and Elizabeth injects a fluid into his system. He feels slightly woozy before suddenly he leans over and kisses Elizabeth. She just suddenly feels his lips hit hers and she suddenly falls back form him tipping over. Well that was interesting.