Chapter 4 (Xeron's Point of View)

The G.F.S Poseidon, one of the biggest ships I had ever seen. I had been provided a map when I was on Samus' ship, and now, I was relying on it with my life. They had called me to the AU chamber; apparently, an Aurora Unit was basically a giant brain that controlled the ship. The particular AU I was being sent to was AU 711, a female-personality AU.

I walked down the maze of hallways, until I met a GF marine guarding the door. I said, "Please step aside; I am needed in the AU chamber." The marine just stood there and said, "No access to the Aurora chamber without ID." I took a step back, "I don't have an ID, they want to catalogue me into the Hunter Database." The marine pointed his gun at me, apparently quite trigger-happy, "No ID, no access." I sighed and placed my hand on the hand scanner. A monitor with the AU's image came down from somewhere in the ceiling. "Identify." The AU had a female voice, although it was still quite generic, "Xeron." The monitor rose back up into the ceiling and the door behind the marine opened. He looked behind and slowly, awkwardly, moved to the side, "Erm, you're good, p-proceed."

I snickered to myself, and walked through the door into the chamber. The giant AU was in front of me, a giant brain, connected to the entire ship through the thousands of cords connected to it and its tank.

I stepped up to the platform and placed my hand on the scanner to talk with it. "AU, you wanted to see me?" The panels glowed, and the AU replied, "Xeron, DNA scan: unknown, presence of Metroid DNA, Human DNA, and Phazon detected. Bioform Xeron origin: unknown, input coordinates of origin planet." I looked over to the panel on my left, and entered the coordinates for Tallon IV, my true home. "Origin identified as Tallon IV, proceed to molecular scan."

I went through countless scans, tests, and various data cataloguing. Finally, it reported, "Hunter ID 503852.854X, name: Xeron, Origin: Tallon IV, technology: unknown." I pressed a button on the control pad to my right. "Hunter database addition confirmed. Please proceed to the docking bay to receive a ship.

I, relying on my map once again, walked slowly to the docking bay, wondering what kind of ship I would be getting, probably anything but new. I entered a large room, but there was only one guy in the entire place. I walked over to him, "Um, is this the Ship Factory…or whatever it's called." He chuckled and pointed to a computer panel, "Go nuts." He pulled out a toothpick from his pocket and started chewing on it. I walked over to the panel and placed my hand on the scanner. A holoscreen rose from the panel and displayed a blank screen, while a stylus appeared from an unseen hatch on the panel.

The screen displayed the words 'Input ship design.' I picked up the stylus and started drawing on the screen. Soon enough, I had designed a ship that looked strikingly similar to my visor. It had flared wings, with a point at the front of the ship. It also had pointed missile launchers under the wings that could extend and rotate to help with landing; finally, it had a hatch on the top, allowing access in and out of it. The inside was already predetermined by the outside design. Its colour design was similar to my suit: red and black.

I pressed 'Confirm' on the holoscreen, and it went back into the terminal, while I placed the stylus in its compartment.

Suddenly, I heard machines start clanking and and whatnot. The room became alive with various mechanical arms, cutting, bolting, soldering, and welding gigantic pieces of metal. The man just chuckled and asked, "First time, eh? Hehe, what'cha think?" I turned back to him and just replied, "Cool…"

Soon enough, there was a gigantic, silver version of the ship I had drawn, then more metal arms came down and started painting it.

Soon enough, I had a real, physical version of my previously sketched ship. I walked down to it, touching one of the wings. I jumped up onto the top, and looked back at the man by the computer panels, "grinning" (as much as I could, seeing as I had no mouth) at him, "Time to take this baby out for a spin!"

I went through the hatch on the top and sat down in the control chair. The computer greeted me, "Hello, Xeron." It paused, "Uploading ship schematics. Would you like for me to download flight instructions to your suit?" I replied, "Um, yes please…" The computer made a few clicking and beeping noises, and suddenly my visor was filled with images. Somehow, my brain almost "absorbed" them, because I suddenly knew how to do everything.

I pressed a button and asked, "Computer, can you open the Docking Bay doors?" My question was answered when the two giant doors slid apart behind me, "Oh yes, this is going to be AWESOME!"

I pressed a few more buttons and off I went into space, flying around, having the time of my life. Then, I got an idea, and headed towards the hospital wing.

(Samus' Point of View)

I faced towards the window, laying down. Suddenly, I heard a whoosh beside my window. I sat up, and a giant black and read ship flew by, while I heard a loud "HONK HONK." It took me a minute to register the sound, but, then I said out loud to myself, "He has a HORN in that thing?!"