Chapter 5:

Samus blasted open one of the two doors of the room she was in that she hadn't explored. As she walked in she was ambushed by a Beta Qq. Samus quickly responded by firing a Charged Power Beam shot. The Beta Qq saw this and dodged out of the way. It responded by using it's telepathy to malfunction her Combat Visor. Samus swore. She quickly switched to the Scan Visor as it was the only visor left in her arsenal. Samus fired a Charged Power Beam shot at it's eye. It winced in pain. Samus then quickly fired 3 uncharged Power Beam shots at it. It was knocked back against the wall. It quickly fled by turning into ectoplasms and flying through the wall.

"Oh no you don't!" Samus yelled after it.

Samus concentrated and focused on using her suit's ability to turn herself into ectoplasms. A bright light surrounded her and then she jumped through the wall the Beta Qq had also gone through. Samus arrived in a new room. She gulped. There were 2 Beta Qqs including the hurt one and a different type of Qq that she had never seen. Samus quickly scanned it.

Gamma Qq

The Gamma Qq is the more powerful version of the Beta Qq. It can disrupt most visor types. The Gamma Qq can also slightly control minds. The Gamma Qq has limited control of live bodies but can mostly control dead ones.

Recommended Visor:

Echo Visor

X-Ray Visor

Thermal Visor

Threat Level:

Dangerous

Samus swore. She didn't have any of those visors on her currently. The Echo Visor was still on her ship and the X-Ray and Thermal Visor were still on her damaged Power Suit. Samus got a warning on her HUD.

Warning!

Scan Visor malfunctioning!

Combat Visor malfunctioning!

No undamaged Visors to switch to!

Disabling Visors till the malfunction is cleared.

Samus growled. Her visor broke into 3 pieces and then slid into her Q-Suit. Samus was now exposed in her facial area. Samus quickly kicked the Gamma Qq. Samus half-expected her leg to pass through the Gamma Qq. But it struck home as the Qq was blasted into the wall. Samus then started charging a Power Beam shot. Suddenly one of the walls broke open. Samus was knocked back into a wall. The Federation troops that were under control of Dark Samus were here! The Gamma Qq and the Beta Qqs took their attention off Samus and redirected it to the Federation troops. The Gamma Qq quickly disabled their visors without much effort. The Federation troops quickly threw insults at the Qqs. The injured Beta Qq latched onto the closest Federation trooper's face and started taking the life force of the trooper. The trooper was killed in a few seconds. The other Federation troopers recoiled at the sight but were then pushed forward by Dark Samus's mind control. The dead trooper suddenly stood up. Samus realized that the Gamma Qq was controlling the dead trooper. The dead trooper launched itself at his old comrades. The Federation troops quickly retreated. Then the Qqs turned to Samus. Then the 2 Beta Qqs were blasted to pieces. Samus turned to the attacker. She saw 2 of the humanoid Qqs in a similar suit to hers. They then quickly blasted apart the Gamma Qq. The killed Beta and Gamma Qqs turned to humanoid Qqs and then looked at Samus. They nodded to a wall and a access panel flipped out. They then followed the Qqs that killed the Qqs and they all disappeared. Samus stood up. She walked over to the access panel when she heard:

Combat Visor and Scan Visor repaired.

Initiating Combat Visor.

The visor closed over Samus's face and then then she switched to the Scan Visor. She used it to scan the access panel.

Access Panel 002

This access panel connects to Q-Class Blast Doors 002. The access panel requires a code to get in.

Estimated password:

124297263

Samus typed in the recommended passcode.

The screen lit up and then on the screen it said, "Q-Class Blast Doors opened. Access granted."

Samus arrived at the previously covered area due to the blast doors. Samus then finallyopened the door with a blast from her arm cannon. Samus walked into the room. She then walked into the light in the middle of the room. A bright light swirled around her. Samus's suit jumped and then curled up into a vaguely ball shaped form. It looked similar to a Beta Qq but was longer, shorter and wider. Samus's normal Morph Ball would roll around but her new one levitates a fraction of a centimeter from the ground. Samus uncurled and a new message appeared on her HUD.

Q-Ball acquired.

Now you can fit into tighter spaces than before.

Samus left the room to see a mushy glob on the floor. It moved to the door she hadn't been through yet and then it crawled up onto the door. It suddenly hardened and blocked access to the door. Samus scanned it with her Scan Visor.

Liquid Qq

The Liquid Qq is normally in a liquid state. When it finds a target it will harden and become near the strength of Geoanium. There is currently no Human, Chozo or Space Pirate technology is capable of breaking a solidified Liquid Qq. Ecto matter can not pass through this substance. Qq databases show they have developed a way to break past these barriers.

Similar relatives:

{Ingworm}

Extinct

{Liquid Phazon}

Extinct

"Dang it," Samus swore to herself, "Now I need to find even more tech before I can advance!"

Now Samus would have to find a new weapon to pass the barrier.