Chapter 6
Old Bird and Samus walked into their home soaking wet. Old Bird tossed Samus a cotton towel and a dry leotard. "Here child, dry and change before you catch cold." Samus stripped herself of her wet leotard, tossing it to the side. Old Bird in the meantime started a small fire to warm themselves. Samus walked over to the fire patting herself dry, her body glistened as the fire light bounced off of her wet skin. Samus let down her hair and began roughly rubbing it dry then slipped into the leotard.
"What I am about to give you will become a second skin for you," Old Bird said.
Samus looked confused.
Old Bird continued, "The training that you have under gone is great for hand to hand combat, but the Chozo of the past have also relied on a power suit. The power suit is a suit of armor that is designed to enhance your physical abilities. It runs off of uranium-based energy. This suit will only work with you; it is designed to interact within the presence of Chozo blood. Everything you need to know will be displayed in the helmets visor, from remaining energy to armament inventory."
"You mean this thing has weapons?"
"Yes, it has a built in blaster, which can be equipped with more powerful add-ons. This would also include missiles and bombs. Now these are all powerful weapons only to be used against evil. These weapons do not come built in, though you may find the attachments, refills, and extra storage on any planet the Chozo tribe has inhabited. The one amazing thing about this suit is that it has the ability to create refills of your weaponry for you if you have the add-on. The blaster uses a special energy that reacts with a living creature; it uses the creature's own energy to harness and use as needed, whether it's energy for the suit or missiles. There are also numerous techniques you can learn with the suit, to greatly enhance your physical abilities, still you need to acquired the proper add- on for it to work", Old Bird opened an orange door in the back of the room, "follow me Samus".
The two entered into the passageway that the orange door hid. They walked deep into the tunnel before entering into a small but roomy cave. The room was full of computers and tools. On a hook in the middle of the room hung a suit of armor. The orange and red colored suit shined in the light.
"This is the basic power suit. I had to specially build it to fit your body since you are not a Chozo. Once you have the suit on you will be sealed into it for the duration that you use it. As you can see, the helmet locks onto the suit and oxygen is provided by the air injection system. Not only does this allow you to explore on planets with little atmosphere, you can also use it in the dead of space."
Samus listened intently, carefully looking over her newest addition to her wardrobe. She couldn't wait to try it on. As if reading her mind, Old Bird walked over to her.
"Well then, I think that about covers the basics, but you won't learn to use it until you put it on." Old Bird smiled as he took the suit off of its hangar. "This button here opens the suit", Old Bird said pressing a button on the red chest plate. "Also, the suit reads your brain waves to perform its functions, once you go to move, the suit will move just as fast as your body would respond. The right arm also contains a keypad for switching weapons, changing options and such. I know this is a lot of information but it is all necessary."
The back of the suit split, the front side of the suit bent over. Samus walked over and hesitated for a moment. She slowly put her legs in the suit. She instantly chilled as the cold fabric slipped over her legs before it slowly began to warm up. She then bent over and placed her arms into the armor and stood back up. The armor began to automatically go through a locking sequence as the air was sucked out of the suit causing the inner lining to conform to Samus' body. The back of the suit came up and with a hiss it snapped to the front side of the armor. Old Bird handed Samus the arm canon, "this snaps in like this", he said inserting her hand into the canon, "then twist and it snaps on." Samus twisted the canon and felt it snap into place. She placed her finger around the trigger and pulled, clicking the trigger device. Samus felt round objects press against her body.
"What are these things pressing into me?" She asked.
"Those are the sensors that will read your body and brain waves. They will interpret your normal thoughts. You can either type a command in or think of it. Whichever you feel more comfortable with. Think the command "arm"".
Samus did as she was told ~arm~. The arm canon came to life, energy pulsating from the canon. Samus could see the circuitry racing and here the hum from within. Old Bird handed her the helmet. The helmet consisted of two entries for oxygen and then hearing devices on the side. The visor was green and the back of the helmet looked like it would extend down to the bottom of her neck.
"This will lock on once the pins insert into the right grooves. Be sure to tuck all of your hair in, otherwise the helmet will not seal properly and that could cause you some problems. The hearing devices on the side will magnify sounds from at least a hundred feet away and will modify the decibel level so as not to deafen you. The visor will conform to any eye problems you might have such as focusing", Old Bird said pointing to the different devices and such on the helmet.
Samus carefully tucked her hair under the helmet as she slipped the head gear on. There was a slight click and shirr as the air injection system was activated. The visor came to life, showing all sorts of information. She noticed all of her functions were normal and all systems were good.
"Lets go and do a little basic training with this", Old Bird said walking out into the tunnel. Samus followed to the best of her ability, trying to accustom herself with the operation of the power suit. She wobbled into the elevator and the two ascended to the peak.
On the peak it was still raining heavily. The thunder crashed overhead as the lightning flashed across the sky. The wind was light but the ground was slippery.
"I want you to train on the basics: walking, running, crouching, jumping and rolling. Any basic movements that you would do need to be mastered before anything. These things are the basis for some very important special techniques that you will learn in the future", Old Bird said.
"Yes Old Bird", Samus replied, her voice coming out in a low muffled tone much like that of a man. Samus began walking around the peak, tripping many times before she mastered one of the simplest tasks. Old Bird sat on a rock, the water splattering off of his skin, watching Samus train. The two were on the peak basic training for two hours. In those two hours Samus mastered all the basics of movement. Old Bird was amazed at Samus' ability to adjust to new environments. "You are such a fast learner Samus! I believe you are ready for some basic weapon training. We will begin with the blaster", Old Bird said, "arm the canon please."
Samus armed the canon and a weapons status message flashed on the visor, "Okay Old Bird, I'm ready."
"Now you must understand Samus, that the blaster will not effect a non-living entity. The blaster is designed to basically fry the living beings internal energy. So do not worry about blowing something up with your blaster; however, the missiles and other weapons will physically damage whatever it may hit. Now lets start with a challenge. See that rock on top of that boulder?" Old Bird asked pointing across the peak. Samus nodded her head in understanding. "I want you to hit that rock."
Samus raised the arm canon, the cross hair on her visor stayed steady on screen. She placed the cross hair on the rock and pulled the trigger. In a split second Samus felt energy build up in the barrel of the canon then fly across the peak, hitting the larger boulder. The energy dissipated into the air. She fired again, this time the small ball of energy flew over the rock and out into the horizon. She fired again, this time hitting the rock. She continued this exercise for sometime until almost every three out of five shots hit.
"That is very good Samus. Over time you will learn to master the blaster. Now let's change over to missiles." Old Bird handed Samus a small launcher. She placed the add-on in the appropriate slot on the canon. A missile icon appeared in her visor.
"Here you go; these are the missiles. Do not forget that this can physically harm anything. Old Bird placed the pencil thick missiles in a slot on Samus' thigh, "All missiles and bombs go in here." Samus nodded in understanding. The missile icon on the visor changed, indicating she had twenty missiles. Old Bird walked around the peak gathering small rocks the size of Samus' helmet. Once he had collected some, he spread them about the peak.
"Now I want you to blow up each one. If you can master firing that beam and the missiles, then you will have no problem with any of your other weaponry."
Samus activated her missiles and the missile icon highlighted in green. The cross hair doubled in size making it easier for Samus to aim at her mark. She moved the canon up and down putting the cross hair on the rock. Once on she fired the missile and the force from the shot caught Samus by surprise sending the arm canon aimed up where the missile flew off into the heavens. Old Bird gave a small snicker. Samus smiled within her helmet and aimed again. She tried again, this time barely missing the rock and creating a small crater where the missile had landed. She fired again and missed. Samus continued this type of training for a while till she had the firing of the missile down. She was more accurate with the missile then she was with the beam.
"Do not fret any, you will become better over time. I think that is all the training we will do for the day. You may if you wish, continue to train but I am becoming tired. Do not use the missiles please, but you may work on your other basics. Oh and Samu....", Old Bird was cut off by the sound of a loud explosion in the air. The two turned toward the Sea of Maridia and looked up. The rain made it difficult to see, but a huge fireball seemed to be heading toward land, falling at an incredible rate of speed. "Samus get down!" Old Bird yelled as the fireball began to come closer. The huge ball of fire came almost parallel to the water. Samus could see a glint of metal within the fireball.
"I think it's a ship!" Samus yelled over the roar of the incoming fireball. Whatever it may have been missed the mountain by a mere twenty feet, the shockwave from it's passing sent rocks as well as Samus and Old Bird slamming into the ground. With a loud thud and screech, the fireball slammed into the surface of Crateria about five miles in. Samus stood up, helping the old Chozo to his feet, "Are you all right Old Bird?"
"I am fine", he said wobbling toward the elevator, "come child, let us take cover inside."
"That was a ship Old Bird. We can't just let it go like it was nothing. What if there are survivors?"
"Samus we must go, now!"
"No Old Bird, I have to see if there is anyone alive."
Before Old Bird could stop the energetic Samus, she climbed down the side of the peak and started heading for the wreckage.
"Oh dear, be safe Samus", Old Bird said to himself watching from the top of the peak.
Old Bird and Samus walked into their home soaking wet. Old Bird tossed Samus a cotton towel and a dry leotard. "Here child, dry and change before you catch cold." Samus stripped herself of her wet leotard, tossing it to the side. Old Bird in the meantime started a small fire to warm themselves. Samus walked over to the fire patting herself dry, her body glistened as the fire light bounced off of her wet skin. Samus let down her hair and began roughly rubbing it dry then slipped into the leotard.
"What I am about to give you will become a second skin for you," Old Bird said.
Samus looked confused.
Old Bird continued, "The training that you have under gone is great for hand to hand combat, but the Chozo of the past have also relied on a power suit. The power suit is a suit of armor that is designed to enhance your physical abilities. It runs off of uranium-based energy. This suit will only work with you; it is designed to interact within the presence of Chozo blood. Everything you need to know will be displayed in the helmets visor, from remaining energy to armament inventory."
"You mean this thing has weapons?"
"Yes, it has a built in blaster, which can be equipped with more powerful add-ons. This would also include missiles and bombs. Now these are all powerful weapons only to be used against evil. These weapons do not come built in, though you may find the attachments, refills, and extra storage on any planet the Chozo tribe has inhabited. The one amazing thing about this suit is that it has the ability to create refills of your weaponry for you if you have the add-on. The blaster uses a special energy that reacts with a living creature; it uses the creature's own energy to harness and use as needed, whether it's energy for the suit or missiles. There are also numerous techniques you can learn with the suit, to greatly enhance your physical abilities, still you need to acquired the proper add- on for it to work", Old Bird opened an orange door in the back of the room, "follow me Samus".
The two entered into the passageway that the orange door hid. They walked deep into the tunnel before entering into a small but roomy cave. The room was full of computers and tools. On a hook in the middle of the room hung a suit of armor. The orange and red colored suit shined in the light.
"This is the basic power suit. I had to specially build it to fit your body since you are not a Chozo. Once you have the suit on you will be sealed into it for the duration that you use it. As you can see, the helmet locks onto the suit and oxygen is provided by the air injection system. Not only does this allow you to explore on planets with little atmosphere, you can also use it in the dead of space."
Samus listened intently, carefully looking over her newest addition to her wardrobe. She couldn't wait to try it on. As if reading her mind, Old Bird walked over to her.
"Well then, I think that about covers the basics, but you won't learn to use it until you put it on." Old Bird smiled as he took the suit off of its hangar. "This button here opens the suit", Old Bird said pressing a button on the red chest plate. "Also, the suit reads your brain waves to perform its functions, once you go to move, the suit will move just as fast as your body would respond. The right arm also contains a keypad for switching weapons, changing options and such. I know this is a lot of information but it is all necessary."
The back of the suit split, the front side of the suit bent over. Samus walked over and hesitated for a moment. She slowly put her legs in the suit. She instantly chilled as the cold fabric slipped over her legs before it slowly began to warm up. She then bent over and placed her arms into the armor and stood back up. The armor began to automatically go through a locking sequence as the air was sucked out of the suit causing the inner lining to conform to Samus' body. The back of the suit came up and with a hiss it snapped to the front side of the armor. Old Bird handed Samus the arm canon, "this snaps in like this", he said inserting her hand into the canon, "then twist and it snaps on." Samus twisted the canon and felt it snap into place. She placed her finger around the trigger and pulled, clicking the trigger device. Samus felt round objects press against her body.
"What are these things pressing into me?" She asked.
"Those are the sensors that will read your body and brain waves. They will interpret your normal thoughts. You can either type a command in or think of it. Whichever you feel more comfortable with. Think the command "arm"".
Samus did as she was told ~arm~. The arm canon came to life, energy pulsating from the canon. Samus could see the circuitry racing and here the hum from within. Old Bird handed her the helmet. The helmet consisted of two entries for oxygen and then hearing devices on the side. The visor was green and the back of the helmet looked like it would extend down to the bottom of her neck.
"This will lock on once the pins insert into the right grooves. Be sure to tuck all of your hair in, otherwise the helmet will not seal properly and that could cause you some problems. The hearing devices on the side will magnify sounds from at least a hundred feet away and will modify the decibel level so as not to deafen you. The visor will conform to any eye problems you might have such as focusing", Old Bird said pointing to the different devices and such on the helmet.
Samus carefully tucked her hair under the helmet as she slipped the head gear on. There was a slight click and shirr as the air injection system was activated. The visor came to life, showing all sorts of information. She noticed all of her functions were normal and all systems were good.
"Lets go and do a little basic training with this", Old Bird said walking out into the tunnel. Samus followed to the best of her ability, trying to accustom herself with the operation of the power suit. She wobbled into the elevator and the two ascended to the peak.
On the peak it was still raining heavily. The thunder crashed overhead as the lightning flashed across the sky. The wind was light but the ground was slippery.
"I want you to train on the basics: walking, running, crouching, jumping and rolling. Any basic movements that you would do need to be mastered before anything. These things are the basis for some very important special techniques that you will learn in the future", Old Bird said.
"Yes Old Bird", Samus replied, her voice coming out in a low muffled tone much like that of a man. Samus began walking around the peak, tripping many times before she mastered one of the simplest tasks. Old Bird sat on a rock, the water splattering off of his skin, watching Samus train. The two were on the peak basic training for two hours. In those two hours Samus mastered all the basics of movement. Old Bird was amazed at Samus' ability to adjust to new environments. "You are such a fast learner Samus! I believe you are ready for some basic weapon training. We will begin with the blaster", Old Bird said, "arm the canon please."
Samus armed the canon and a weapons status message flashed on the visor, "Okay Old Bird, I'm ready."
"Now you must understand Samus, that the blaster will not effect a non-living entity. The blaster is designed to basically fry the living beings internal energy. So do not worry about blowing something up with your blaster; however, the missiles and other weapons will physically damage whatever it may hit. Now lets start with a challenge. See that rock on top of that boulder?" Old Bird asked pointing across the peak. Samus nodded her head in understanding. "I want you to hit that rock."
Samus raised the arm canon, the cross hair on her visor stayed steady on screen. She placed the cross hair on the rock and pulled the trigger. In a split second Samus felt energy build up in the barrel of the canon then fly across the peak, hitting the larger boulder. The energy dissipated into the air. She fired again, this time the small ball of energy flew over the rock and out into the horizon. She fired again, this time hitting the rock. She continued this exercise for sometime until almost every three out of five shots hit.
"That is very good Samus. Over time you will learn to master the blaster. Now let's change over to missiles." Old Bird handed Samus a small launcher. She placed the add-on in the appropriate slot on the canon. A missile icon appeared in her visor.
"Here you go; these are the missiles. Do not forget that this can physically harm anything. Old Bird placed the pencil thick missiles in a slot on Samus' thigh, "All missiles and bombs go in here." Samus nodded in understanding. The missile icon on the visor changed, indicating she had twenty missiles. Old Bird walked around the peak gathering small rocks the size of Samus' helmet. Once he had collected some, he spread them about the peak.
"Now I want you to blow up each one. If you can master firing that beam and the missiles, then you will have no problem with any of your other weaponry."
Samus activated her missiles and the missile icon highlighted in green. The cross hair doubled in size making it easier for Samus to aim at her mark. She moved the canon up and down putting the cross hair on the rock. Once on she fired the missile and the force from the shot caught Samus by surprise sending the arm canon aimed up where the missile flew off into the heavens. Old Bird gave a small snicker. Samus smiled within her helmet and aimed again. She tried again, this time barely missing the rock and creating a small crater where the missile had landed. She fired again and missed. Samus continued this type of training for a while till she had the firing of the missile down. She was more accurate with the missile then she was with the beam.
"Do not fret any, you will become better over time. I think that is all the training we will do for the day. You may if you wish, continue to train but I am becoming tired. Do not use the missiles please, but you may work on your other basics. Oh and Samu....", Old Bird was cut off by the sound of a loud explosion in the air. The two turned toward the Sea of Maridia and looked up. The rain made it difficult to see, but a huge fireball seemed to be heading toward land, falling at an incredible rate of speed. "Samus get down!" Old Bird yelled as the fireball began to come closer. The huge ball of fire came almost parallel to the water. Samus could see a glint of metal within the fireball.
"I think it's a ship!" Samus yelled over the roar of the incoming fireball. Whatever it may have been missed the mountain by a mere twenty feet, the shockwave from it's passing sent rocks as well as Samus and Old Bird slamming into the ground. With a loud thud and screech, the fireball slammed into the surface of Crateria about five miles in. Samus stood up, helping the old Chozo to his feet, "Are you all right Old Bird?"
"I am fine", he said wobbling toward the elevator, "come child, let us take cover inside."
"That was a ship Old Bird. We can't just let it go like it was nothing. What if there are survivors?"
"Samus we must go, now!"
"No Old Bird, I have to see if there is anyone alive."
Before Old Bird could stop the energetic Samus, she climbed down the side of the peak and started heading for the wreckage.
"Oh dear, be safe Samus", Old Bird said to himself watching from the top of the peak.