Ghor and Gandrayda came to my aid, both had shocked looks on their faces. They kept repeating my name, with the robot trying to slow my gushing wounds. The girl held my face in her hands, desperately asking me questions: "Are you okay?", "What's wrong?", "What's happening to him?"

I couldn't move, throbbing, aching pain stabbed at my own heart. I gasped and choked, more blood spurting from me as my throat squeezed itself shut and then reopened.

Ghor placed his hand on my chest and laid me on my back, examining the holes in my torso. "Rundas? Can you hear me?"

I couldn't speak, so I weakly nodded. He and Gandrayda seemed relieved, and both their shoulders tensed less.

The pain was starting to subside now, and I was able to breathe regularly again. The ground beneath us was easing up on shaking, which made me less dizzy. I coughed more, blood dribbling down my chin.

"Oh my gosh! Is that bad?" Gandrayda panicked to Ghor.

He squinted at her, making a face. "Obviously!" he returned his gaze to me as I heaved in breaths. "How do you feel?"

I sighed, which tingled. "Painfully tired,"

Ghor was tracing around the scars on me, he looked deeply concerned. "Hm... Your blood loss has gotten worse..."

I chuckled. "Obviously,"

Ghor shot me a glare. "I wonder what caused this..."

"Well, he did suddenly get all hurt and stuff when you hit Dark Samus's heart," Gandrayda mentioned, wiping away the gore that was dripping all over my limbs. "Do you have some sort of tie with Dark Samus or what, Rundas?"

An expression of realization plastered Ghor's face. "Maybe since when she was inside you-"

"Dark Samus was what?!" she exclaimed, eyes growing wide. "That's not right!!"

"Gandrayda, please! Your obnoxious blabbing made me lose my train of thought!!" Ghor shouted, glaring darkly.

"Hmph!" she shocked the robot with purple electricity, causing him to twitch.

"Ouch!" he extended his plasma cannon at her.

I sighed heavily. "You guys are being stupid again! What were you going to say, Ghor?" I demanded.

He pried his gaze from Gandrayda and down to me. "Before I was interrupted," he slitted his eyes towards her. She sneered. "I was going to say that when Dark Samus possessed you, your souls were possibly linked. And now that you're inside her, the link still holds. So whenever we hurt her, you're hurt as well."

Gandrayda whistled. "Wow, that's confusing."

I exhaled. "You're telling me," I slowly rose to my feet, stumbling a bit. Ghor was right by my side ready to catch me if I fell. "Let's leave this place. I don't like it." The two of them obeyed and we all left Dark Samus's central nervous system together.