Sorry this one took so long, was on holiday so I didn't have any way of uploading this next chapter.

Behind Cold Metal

Chapter 11: Unidentifiable Emotion

They landed in a different place this time, by a cliff that led into the forest, where the barks on the trees were white and the trees themselves stretched tall into the sky. Meta Ridley walked and turned to see Samus scanning things again.

"We shall have to eat soon" he said. "First, we find a suitable place to rest. I will go look for food" he said. Samus said nothing as the two walked into the woods.

Half an hour into their trip, Meta Ridley stopped nearby the river they passed last time and stopped.

"Here shall suffice" he said. "Um...Samus, can I ask you something?" he asked.

"What now?" Samus said, rather impatiently.

"...What would your thoughts be if....if I suggested we stay the night down here?" he said. Samus felt a little strange upon hearing the request.

"Why is he doing this? Why won't he just tell me?" she asked herself. "...He did say in time he'd tell me. But how long?"

"Uh...okay" she said.

"Splendid" Meta Ridley said. "Stay here and go forage for some wood. Start a fire and wait for me to return with food. I know of an animal on this planet whose flesh tastes like the meat of gods" he said. He then roared and jumped into the air, taking flight before breaking through the leaves and flying off into the distance. Samus looked up at the air for a second, shook her head and started to look for some good wood.

Three hours had passed and Meta Ridley came back down to the old spot with a large, koala shaped animal in his hand. There were bite marks in its neck, indicating Meta Ridley caused it. He landed and saw that Samus had gathered a lot of wood and had even built a roaster out of the tough, durable wood.

"I see you have done a sufficient job of constructing a fireplace" he said. "And there is plenty of wood to keep a fire going all night. I commend your job" he said. He then grabbed a large metal rod from his wing and impaled the animal before setting it on the roaster. He then opened his chest plate and fumbled inside him. A small click was heard and he brought out a small box with a cog on the outside of it. He set it so the spinning cog turned the stick, and the animal with it. He opened his mouth and was about to breathe fire on the fireplace, where Samus stopped him.

"I'll do it" she said, switching her arm cannon to the plasma beam. She then shot the fireplace once and a golden fire emitted from the wood. Samus then sat down and an awkward silence followed.

Unfortunately, as the night drew over and the animal cooked, the silence reigned. They didn't say anything for the two hours they waited, both feeling a little nervous. Meta Ridley finally broke the ice.

"So, ready to eat?"