Chapter 12: The Space Jump Boots: Learning About Samus
Samus and Zoey trekked through the Magmoor Caverns and took an elevator that to their luck, leads back to the Tallon Overworld. They got back to their ship's landing point and searched for Ridley. Sadly, the Space Pirate that slain Samus's parents was nowhere to be found.
"Shoot. That no good space dragon is nowhere to be found..." Zoey frowned, it was then Zoey turned to her mentor for a question. "Hey Samus? Back on that Space Pirate frigate, didn't you say you killed Ridley before? Sorry to say this, but I want to know how a evil Space Pirate who killed your parents came back to life after you killed him on Zebes." Zoey asked in concern.
Samus sighed and replied with "That is I wanted to know. I thought by killing that monster, I would avenge my parents and the people of K2-L, but now I have to do it again. Sorry you have to hear that, Zoey..."
"It's okay. Maybe it's time you tell the TDI contestants about your past. Plus, I'm getting hungry again. So whip us up some of your delicious Chozo recipes with tasty alien food." Zoey closed her eyes and they showed happiness.
Samus chuckled and replied with "Sure. I heard from you on TDI that Chef cooks disgusting food that makes people puke. I'll help Dita with the cooking." The Nirvana landed near Samus's gunship and the duo entered the ship.
In the Mess Hall...
"WHAT?! I ain't cooking?! I am a way better chef than any of you idiots, plus I promised Chris a good meal." Chef yelled out in complete anger in the kitchen as Haruhi, Hibiki and Dita were taking over cooking until Samus got back, and that Chef wasn't going to have a part in the cooking process.
"I am so sorry, but we have already decided who's cooking tonight, and you aren't one of them. At least you will be serving the food." Haruhi told Chef, and Chef was mad and furious that he isn't getting to cook one bit tonight.
"But I am a good chef! I can surely figure something out with the alien recipes, trust me." Chef pleaded, but to no avail.
"Sorry, but the decision is final, so please leave." Dita closed her eyes and smiled.
"But…" Chef said before she was interrupted.
"Do not argue with the lady! Now shut up and leave!" Hibiki snarled at him, and then Chef leaves in shame. Hibiki doesn't like it when someone shouts at Dita, he knows he has feelings for the ditzy Dread pilot, but is too afraid to admit it.
The guys at the mess hall were all surprised to see Chef being unable to cook, especially Chris, who really wanted to at least see the other contestants puke. "So, how did it went?" Chris asked.
"It went (Beeping) bad. Those 2 girls or a.k.a. sons of (Beeping) bitches and that Hibiki brat wouldn't let me (Beeping) cook all because that they had Dita and (Beeping) Samus cook the (Beeping) food. " Chef cussed out expletively as he was so pissed that he didn't got to cook tonight.
"Dang, what a shame." Chris said, feeling sad for his co-worker Chef.
"Well whatever we would have cook, I am glad I am not eating. I just hope what they are cooking is good, as I AM SO (BEEPING) HUNGRY!" Owen shouted out in an uncontrollable rage as his stomach is grouching like a pig. "I just wonder, is there any soda here?"
"No, there isn't." Kyon sighed to Owen.
"Okay, water?" Owen then asked.
"Yes, there is water." Kyon replied.
"Well I am okay then." Owen smiled just as he gets himself a glass of water and drinks it, and feels relived. "Ah… refreshing."
"Well at least we know there is some water, that's a good thing." DJ added, as he gets himself a glass of water.
"Of course, we got plenty of water at least." Magno replied. "Make yourself feel at home."
The group then decided to get some water to drink just as Samus and Zoey comes back and they get out of their suits. Samus's Zero Suit is blue with pink orbs on the back. She is also armed with a stun pistol that can turn itself into a whip thanks to Chozo technology. However, this would soon lead to another incident of Duncan because when Samus and Zoey got out of their power suits, they notice their hot bodies, and Duncan gets all pervert crazy.
"Oh man, the babes that are smoking hot gets…" Duncan smirked just as he gets all perverted, before Samus punches him right in the crotch, and boy does it sting as Duncan screamed in pain as he was hit in the privates. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Gets…. More…. Painful…" Duncan said weak, as he was hit by a good deal of pain before collapsing. "Mommy, I know I shouldn't have been a bad boy."
Everyone was then laughing out loud, including Samus, who chuckled a bit. "That's what happens in your perverted mind gets all messed up, you get a dose of reality." Zoey smiled as she takes the satisfaction of hitting Duncan in the nuts.
"It's true, Duncan." Courtney said, getting Duncan up and back to his seat.
"(BEEP) this day." Duncan muttered.
"You know, the sad fact about it is that they are a lot more smoking hot chicks here." Harold said, noticing the Vandread girls all sexy, etc. Then Duncan suddenly collapses completely. "Hot chicks." He smiled, dreaming.
"Well, food should be ready in just a few minutes, let's just take a seat and be ready, and Courtney… make sure that Duncan doesn't think about leaving his seat to get all perverted on anyone, that includes yourself." Zoey told Courtney.
"Sure, but I think you knock him out cold." Courtney just as she has to drag Duncan herself to his seat.
"I got an idea." Haruhi said just as she comes out of the kitchen. "Let's separate the boys from the girls. Boys, one side, Girls… on the other." Haruhi suggested, and everyone liked the idea. "I don't want another Duncan getting perverted on my body, especially when he looked at my panties I was wearing."
"That sounds like a good idea." Hibiki smirked. He is starting to like Haruhi since both of them respected both genders.
The boys and girls then got out of their desk and moved to the opposite side to where there is a side of boys separated from the girls. DJ and Geoff keep Duncan away from the girls, while Owen is too big and got his own seat. Soon, the food came right out, and it was like alien chicken, along with some other alien food. (I don't know the recipes that Samus has, but she knows it for story purposes).
"Food is ready, and nice idea Haruhi separating the boys from the girls." Samus said just as she gets the tray and passes the food to everyone. From the reaction from the TDI and people, the food may seem nasty, but they have to eat something.
"Great, this is something I am not going to like at all. I hope I don't die eating this." Heather scoffed as she slowly takes the food into herself and tries a bite out of it, and for a moment, she was about to puke as she was making all sorts of bad motions with her mouth, but after tasting it a bit, she swallows it, and then her mind just explodes. "Hey, not bad at all, not great, but not bad."
"I actually like it." Chef said, impressed with the alien chicken. "But I could have done better."
"I agree, but not too shabby for the girls." Chris muttered, jealous that they took Chef's position away and the girls did better than them.
"Guess girls are superior cookers?" Dita smiled at Chef, and this got Chef mad.
"OH JUST YOU WAIT TILL TOMORROW SINCE I WILL COOK FOR EVERYONE! AND I CALL IT!" Chef shouted with all of his anger at him.
"Sorry, but I heard you would, so you are never cooking here." Dita smiled.
"And next time, be nice to the best damn cook on the Nirvana next to the bounty hunter." Rabat smirked.
"(BEEP) YOU, you son of a mother(beeping) bitch!" Chef grunted before a few of the contestants stop Chef from going all at it on Dita and Hibiki was glad cause he was going to kick Chef's ass before he can harm his future lover.
"Say… I can use more alien chicken, as I LOVE IT!" Owen yelled out, just as he eats the food and loves it like the dirty pig he is.
"Wow… guess we got someone who wants seconds, I will get it right away." Dita smiled, before Samus got up to share something very important.
"I am glad all of you enjoyed my dishes, but I got something very important I must tell you all, some may have heard of it, but now it's time for our new folks to hear about it." Samus said before she began to explain her story in depression.
"I was originally a native of the Earth colony K-2L. I was living with my parents, Rodney Aran and Virginia Aran, when, at the age of three, the colony was visited by the Chozo. The Chozo had come in hopes of gaining some of the Afloraltite the colony mined there, but the colony was unwilling to give them any. I, however, caught the attention of Old Bird, one of the Chozo elders. The two of us went for a walk, where we began to strike up a friendship. I began to call him "Grandpa" and Old Bird introduced me to my new pet, Pyonchi. However, a Space Pirate raid led by Ridley soon commenced on the colony. I myself had an encounter with Ridley, where I asked if we could become friends. Humiliated in front of his troops, Ridley attempted to kill me, but my mother pushed me out of the way at the cost of her own life. Meanwhile, my father sacrificed himself to destroy Ridley's flagship. Little did Ridley know that, in killing my mother and attempting to kill me, he had succeeded in creating his greatest enemy. Me! I was the sole survivor of the attack on K-2L. Eventually, the same group of Chozo found me alone and stranded on the destroyed colony, and Old Bird decided to take custody of me. The Chozo brought me to their planet, Zebes, and raised me with Chozo influence. I was infused with Chozo blood in order to boost my chances of survival on Zebes; and I was soon given the powerful bio-mechanical Power Suit built entirely from Chozo technology. I trained under the Chozo for many years. By the age of 14, I was already well past the physical limits of ordinary humans. The Chozo were unsure at first of my ability to become a true warrior until they witnessed my compassion for a flock of Iona Faria that had gone insane as a result of exposure to the Bajar Grove. Old Bird told me that I have his confidence and I immediately left the planet for the Federation. I joined the Federation as the Bounty Hunter to do one thing… kill the creature that has taken my family away from me, and I am prepared to do whatever it takes to make that goal a reality, no matter what the cost will be." Samus said to everyone. For a few moments, everyone was completely depressed, but Owen, just couldn't take it.
"NO!" Owen yelled out just as he gets out of his seat and hugs Samus really hard. "I know it must have been hard on you, but I never heard something like that. I hope you succeed one day, and avenge your family." Owen cried out with all of his emotions, and Samus couldn't help but chuckled.
"Okay… okay… let go of me, it's alright." Samus told Owen, and he did. He went back to his seat and ate his second offering of food.
And so, Samus told the TDI contestants, SOS Brigade, Nirvana crew and Zoey about her first mission on a Space Pirate occupied Zebes.
"And then, this huge Space Pirate general... His name was Kraid and he's huge..." Samus raised her arms while keeping her cool. "Really huge, like the size of a building."
"Wow..." Katie gasped in awe.
"Like Godzilla?" Sadie gulped.
"Close as Godzilla, but not as big. He was one of the Space Pirate generals I need to defeat in order to reach Mother Brain."
"So how did you beat him?" Jura asked, folding her arms.
"I fired missiles at his mouth when he opens it. His mouth was his weak point." Samus smiled.
"Is that how you defeated this Kraid guy? You blasted his mouth?" Trent raised an eyebrow.
Gwen smirked at Trent and teased him by saying "What, you scared of this Kraid guy?"
Trent blushed madly and said "Er, no! If he was alive, I can take him! Ya know, to stop the Space Pirates..." The future singer looked away bashfully.
"And then what happens next?" Beth asked, amazed by Samus's story.
"I move on. It was then, I fought the Space Pirates' secret weapons: the Metroids."
"Metroids?" Bart asked, eyebrows raised.
"Creatures from the planet SR388. These creatures have the ability to suck the energy out of you till you're nothing but dust. Before my first mission on Zebes, the Space Pirates hijacked a Galactic Federation Research vessel which houses the same Metroids from SR388. The villainous space outlaws saw what these monsters can do and decide to clone them to make a Metroid army so they can use them to conquer the entire universe. That is why I was sent to Zebes because the Federation discovered a Metroid breeding factory on the planet. I was ordered to destroy the factory and underground base so the Metroids will never be used for war." Samus explained as she took a sip of her mug filled with coffee.
"So how did you stop these Metroid things?" Leshawna asked.
"The Metroids have one weakness, cold temperatures. When hit with a ice attack, they are frozen solid and one blast will shatter them, killing the threat. When Zoey and I were on a Space Pirate frigate that escaped the destruction of the Zebes base, we discover a log indicating that the Metroids survived and are somewhere here on this world." Samus sighed as she took another bite out of her homemade alien chicken.
"Wow... I wish I was raised by an alien race so I can avenge my parents. I envy you, Samus." Owen smiled as he finished his chicken.
"Thanks. It's great to have those who listen to your tales." Samus smiled, suddenly, she used the Power Suit's systems to make it appear and wearing it. She tapped her helmet and found two upgrades near their location.
"Looks like we got two new upgrades to our Power Suits." Samus said out loud.
"Near here?" Zoey asked her mentor.
The bounty hunter nodded and stated "On a room somewhere in the landing area. We need some way to reach it."
"Leave that..." BC smiled as she stepped forward and finished by saying "to me. I have an idea."
Later...
The Vanguard and Dread launching ramps were positioned where the ledge to the upgrades are. BC moved the Nirvana to a position where Samus and Zoey can reach it by Morph Ball mode. Samus and Zoey were in Morph Ball mode and they used their Boost Ball features to speed off the ramp and landed on the ledge.
Samus and Zoey reverted to normal as they turned and waved at BC who waved back, meaning the plan worked. They entered the room.
Samus and Zoey saw two upgrades and upon touching them, Samus leaps up at a amazing height and landed on her feet perfectly. Zoey did the same.
"These must be the Space Jump Boots. With these, we can double jump whenever we want by jumping. We can use them to reach areas that were off limits." Samus smiled underneath her mask.
"Sweet. Maybe we should head back to the Phendrana Drifts to find areas we couldn't reach before." Zoey suggested.
"Sure. But right now, we need to rest to continue our journey." Her mentor suggested. Zoey nodded in agreement.
To be continued...
Next chapter: The Second Artifact: The Ghostly Guardians