Chapter 7: Gaining Bombs

After gaining the Charge Beams, Samus and Zoey lead the SOS Brigade into a safe room with no hostile creatures. It was then, they decided to have a conversation with them.

Samus sat down on the floor and looked at the SOS Brigade. She asked "Before we can continue on, I want to know more about you lot."

Kyon sighed and began by saying "Well, the SOS Brigade's purpose is to bring excitement to the world. Though I doubt we bring excitement with Haruhi as our leader."

Haruhi glared at Kyon for a bit before she turned to Samus and Zoey with a grin and shouted excitedly "The SOS Brigade's true goal is to meet espers, aliens and time travelers. We have succeed in going to an alien world, now all that's left are time travelers and espers!" She pumped her fist in the air.

Zoey sweat dropped even when she's wearing her space helmet while Samus remained silent.

"And now that Sammy has mentioned the Galactic Federation in this timeline, I want her and Zoey to have us join the Federation so we can meet aliens and avenge Sammy's parents by helping the Federation wipe those Space Pirate scum off the face of the universe! You will do that, would you Sammy?" The SOS Brigade leader looked at Samus with pleading eyes.

Samus pondered about this for a minute and she told Haruhi "I'll think about it. Right now, we need to solve the mystery of Tallon IV. We'll talk more about ourselves later." The bounty hunter stood up, she exited the room followed by Zoey and a marching Haruhi.

Kyon turned to his three not normal friends. "Is this really our universe in the future?" He turned to Mikuru for answers.

Mikuru shook her head no and said "N-No. In my future, there is no Galactic Federation. Even if it was true, space travel would take another hundred years to perfect."

"So that leaves one explanation..." Itsuki was serious again.

"We are in another universe..." Yuki calculated emotionlessly.

"Whoa, wait what?" Kyon turned to the cyborg alien with wide eyes. "Are you saying we jumped into another reality that Haruhi didn't created?"

Yuki nodded and said "Before that light appeared and took us to this universe, I felt an evil energy from that light. Something must be responsible for that universe hoping occurrence."

"So... someone brought us here to this universe?" Mikuru stammered.

"It would appear so... But the Chozo have me curious... Samus said they raised her after her real parents were killed by the Space Pirates. They must be ancient enough to create the Power Suit she is wearing. We need to learn more about the Chozo while traveling with Samus." Itsuki suggested.

"Good idea. Well, don't wanna keep Suzumiya waiting." Kyon sighed as the rest of the Brigade followed Samus, Zoey and their bird brained leader.

The party were back in the room where the strange spore like plants and poisonous water was. They noticed the way to the next upgrades Samus detected on her HUD were too high and narrowed for her and Zoey's new companions. Samus turned to them and said "I'm afraid you lot need to head back to my gunship."

"What?! Whhhhhhhyyyy?!" Haruhi wailed, upset that her journey has ended here.

"The path we're taking is too difficult for normal humans without the aid of Chozo technology. Here's an idea. Head back to my gunship and you can provide support from the safety of my ship. Do any of you know any computer skills?" Yuki raised her hand. "Good. Here, take this." Samus made a gun appear and gave it to Kyon.
"Use it to fight your way to my ship if necessary." She told him.

Kyon nodded and said "Got it. We'll see you back at your ship. You said it's in the Tallon Overworld, right? We'll see you there." He said as he dragged a pouting Haruhi with the rest of the Brigade following behind.

"It'll be too risky for them, so it would be wise to have them wait at our ship." Zoey pointed out.

Samus nodded and said "They will provide support by comlink. So we'll be okay, Zoey." Zoey agreed and the duo got to the top and entered the next room.

The next room has a little bit of technology, but more of that poisonous water, so they took an alternative route. They encountered a Stone Toad who seems harmless, but Samus scanned it and found out it will attack if she or Zoey entered Morph Ball mode. They entered the next room.

To their surprise, there was a large War Wasp hive in the ceiling. Then, a metallic pole like machine rose out of the tiny bit of poisonous water and spewed flames!

Incinerator Drone: Theme: Incinerator Drone mini Boss Theme

The duo have to dodge the flames spewing from the Drone.

"Did the Space Pirates built that thing?!" Zoey gawked as she used Morph Ball mode to dodge the flames.

Samus finished her scan and shook her head no. "It was probably built by the Chozo as a defense mechanism. When it stops spewing flames, hit the target that will appear!"

After awhile, the flames stopped and the Drone's weak point appeared. Samus and Zoey saw their chance and fired at the hit point, it gave enough damage for the first round as it spewed flames at the War Wasp hive, making War Wasps appear out of it in anger.

"Not these guys again!" Zoey moaned as she fired at the War Wasps, killing them while dodging flames from the Drone.

Samus was hit a bit by the flames, but it's nothing her Power Suit can't handle. The Drone's weak spot appeared. Samus charged up her Power Beam and fired a charged shot at the hit point, giving it some heavy damage, the flames hit the War Wasp hive again and more War Wasps appeared out of it.

Samus and Zoey worked together to kill the War Wasps while dodging flames. Eventually, the Drone's weak spot appeared again and Samus and Zoey fired charged shots at the weak spot, causing the Drone to spew flames on the hive one last time, destroying it and killing all the War Wasps residing within it. The Drone then exploded, leaving two upgrades in its stead.

"Bomb upgrades... One for me to repair my own bombs and one for you to have." Samus smiled underneath her mask.

Zoey nodded as she and Samus grabbed the Bomb Upgrades, they turned into Morph Balls and planted bombs which gave a small explosion and lifted them up the air for a bit. They returned to normal form.

"These bombs will come in handy." Zoey commented.

"Samus, Zoey, can you hear me?" A voice said in their comlinks. It was Kyon's.

"Kyon, so you found my ship?" Samus asked, not surprised that the SOS Brigade found it so quickly.

"Yeah, it wasn't easy with Haruhi complaining and moaning all the time. Anyway, your ship's computer read that it found the source of the poisonous water in the Chozo Ruins/ Do you want Yuki to upload them into your suits?" Kyon's voice asked.

"Yes, that would be wonderful." Zoey beamed. The data was uploaded into their Power Suits.

"Thank you, Kyon. We'll keep in touch." Samus nodded as she cut the connection. Samus turned to her partner and said "We still need to learn more about what happened to the Chozo on Tallon IV and I believe we need to explore any nook and cranny of the Chozo Ruins before we terminate the source of that poisonous water... What says you?"

"You bet!" Zoey gave a thumbs up as they backtracked to areas that were previously inaccessible.

To be continued...

Next chapter: The Source of the Poisonous Water