Samus walked back into the main room of the Chozo Ruins. She had adventured through all of the caverns and corners of the complex tunnels of the ruins, recovering every ability she found along the way. She had currently restored her Morph Ball, Bombs, her usual, stronger Missiles, the Varia Suit, several Energy Tanks and Missile Expansions; even the Ice Beam. Samus was unsure how exactly the Federation managed to emulate the suit she absorbed after defeating the SA-X, an X parasite mimicking her, as the Metroid Vaccine used to cure her X Infection left her vulnerable to cold, but whatever they did, she could now use her Ice Beam harmlessly.

Samus had also began to reconstruct her logbook, she had regained her scans of Zoomers, Geemers, Beetles, various kinds of War Wasps, Tangleweed, as well as all sorts of Chozo Lore and Architecture. Samus had basically everything in the ruins and the Tallon Overworld scanned and recorded to her log book.

Samus walked towards the door leading to the Tallon Overworld and her ship. She felt there was no need to explore the other areas of Tallon IV, she didn't need to restore too many more of her abilities, the only one she might miss that could be found on this planet would be Power Bombs, Hi-Jump and Screw Attack were nowhere to be found on Tallon IV, and the Space Jump found here was right found in a room right behind her ship, though it didn't provide quite the same effect; it only provided a small mid-air boost compared to the infinite jump the other, more advanced Space Jump provided.

Samus was about to shoot the door in front of her when she heard a loud screech and and saw sand fly into her visor as she turned to look at the source. Samus cleared her visor with her hand, and spotted an Plated Beetle emerged from the sand. Before Samus could run for the door, the creature blocked her escape route. Samus quickly scanned it, and waited for it to charge as it strafed from side to side. Plated Beetles could only be damaged by striking them in the back, where their armour couldn't protect them, so allowing it to charge was the only way to defeat it. It soon charged head on at Samus, who jumped out of the way, and fired a missile at its exposed back. It hit the creature's hindquarters directly, throwing it straight forward into the wall in front of it. The Plated Beetle fell to the ground, and no sooner leapt to its feet angrily. It charged again furiously at Samus, who rolled to the right and fired another missile at its back. The Beetle was hit again, and this time it destroyed the armour, which cracked around it and fell to pieces. Samus charged an Ice Beam shot, and unloaded it into the creature, freezing it, and then used another missile to shatter it, finishing it off.

Samus collected the Missile Ammunition the Beetle dropped, and turned towards the door. Before she could leave, Samus heard a loud cracking sound to her left, where the creature had collided with the wall. She turned to investigate as the wall began to crumble and fall apart. Samus almost thought the ruins were falling apart around her, but the wall stopped breaking past the initial impact area. Samus was half relieved as the dust from the falling stones started to subside. Samus watched as the dust cleared, revealing a door that was once hidden by the wall. Samus had never seen this before on her previous adventure here.

Surprised, Samus shot the door and ran through, arm cannon raised in case of hostility inside. All Samus saw was a small, circular room with pillars lining a large inner circle, as if a centrepiece was once there. Looking around further in the room, Samus discovered two glowing panels; these indicated Chozo Lore around the ruins, so Samus readied her Scan Visor.

Surely enough, they were lore scans; Samus aimed her Scan Visor at a panel, and viewed the scan results:

"After the revival, the surviving Chozo set about analysing the damage that had occurred during the Period of Haze. The few remaining Chozo decided to investigate the environments of the planet to analyse what had changed in our precious homeworld. The results were atrocious. The mountains of the Phendrana Drifts had Laboraties carved into the beautiful rockface, and the pristine jungle overworld had been desecrated with the wreckage of a large interstellar object. But the worst was yet to come. Further into the homeworld, a mine was discovered,with a drill leading directly to the Artifact Temple; surely the operaters of this mine had been mining the Great Poison. With this foul discovery in mind, the remaining elders made the decision to leave the planet; we needed to go to another known Chozo world, and our elders decided on Zebes."

Samus thought about this carefully. What could the revival be? To find out, Samus scanned the second, and last panel.

"To set about getting Zebes the elders proposed we build a vessel to take us to Zebes. A new section was erected off the main room of the ruins of our society, which we would seal off after we were finished, so those that ruined our homeland would be oblivious to our actions. The prophets declared that our construction would one day be discovered by the same 'Chosen One' who saved the planet from the Great Poison during the in Period of Haze. The operation was successful, and, years later, the area was sealed, knowing that only the worthy would ever see it, and prepared to leave the next year. However, our astromers witnessed a large explosion within the area of Zebes, and we were forced to depart prematurely to investigate, for the good of our people, and our operation."

Samus wondered about what this lore meant. When Samus first arrived on Tallon IV, the Laboraties and Mine were there, and that was when the only Chozo occupying the ruins were the Chozo Ghosts, Chozo corrupted by Phazon. Then something inside Samus clicked, and she realised what the 'Period of Haze' was. When the Chozo were corrupted their judgement was clouded, hence the 'Haze', and lurked around certain areas of the ruins mindlessly. They were then 'revived'; the Phazon corruption cured after the destruction of all Phazon, thanks to Samus' actions on Phaaze, the source of Phazon, and the events stated in the lore occurred. The explosion on Zebes was when Samus destroyed Zebes after taking out the Space Pirate Base there, triggering the planetary self-destruct system. The Chozo were on a hopeless mission.

Samus then left back for her ship; there was nothing no more to see, and it was clear see had to make a decision; the Chozo, the people that took her in, and made her who she was today, were still alive, but the Federation posed a major direct threat to her welfare, as well as the rest of the cosmos.

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Jonathan Baxter had the Federation Staff onboard the GFS Olympus hard at work. The researchers had detected a major energy disturbance around the location Zebes once was, and dispatched a Bounty Hunter to investigate. Since this was relevant to their current research, they had to find out what was happening, an energy rift could potentially ruin the plan to take over the things beyond physical existance should anyone settle in first.

Baxter was restless; the Development Team had already created and polished the technology to open 'portals' beyond the physical world, all they were waiting on was the tests to show that it was safe for transport, and the 'revolution' could go ahead. Baxter was off in a world of his own, and missed his assistant entering the room.

"Sir." the assistant started.

"What?" Baxted asked impatiently, his train of thought interrupted.

"The energy disturbance is confirmed to be a portal, according to our bounty hunters reports." the assistant answered.

"Looks like we will have to combat someone, or something upon entry." Baxter said. "What a shame. We will have to use force."

"The report also indicates that the Space Pirates aren't involved at all." the assistant stated. "So using force is most likely uneccessary."

"You miss the point." Baxter said bluntly. "There will be no rules beyond this world. No law, no authority. We can do whatever we like until we enforce our own rules. All we need is the Space Pirates out of the way and we are in clear. The Federation will control everything in the cosmos, using energy itself to fuel their operations, and, best of all, even the Federation Council have approved of the operation."

"Shall we call a truce?" the assistant asked.

"Yes... perfect." Baxter responded. "Prepare it now. That will keep them at bay until we can use our new technology to eliminate the threat once and for all."

"I shall start work immediately." the assistant declared as he left the room.

Baxter realised that the Federation was drawing ever closer to the objective of using the world of energy to control outside territories. Soon the Federation would be able to take over every system known to the Federation, plus more, and go unopposed throughout the many universes, taking over by force if needed. Baxter had always craved that kind of power, and this thought made Baxter both excited, and anxious. Soon, he would have to report to his superiors at Daiban, the Federation Capital, and explain why his mission was way behind schedule, and its current progress, knowing that a poor showing could result in him missing out on the spoils once the mission was complete. He would need to do everything perfectly, or risk losing everything he had been working for, and more...

Glad I managed to finish another chapter. The next one will take a little longer (About half a week.) to write, as I will be on holiday at Phillip Island. Maybe some fellow Australians might know where that is, but I seriously doubt anyone else would. Anyway, in the meantime, enjoy this chapter, and, if you have any comments, questions or critisms, don't hesitate to leave a review or send me a message, and I will get back to you after I get back.