982456 prayed that he wasn't right in suspecting that the hunter had found
their base. Fortunately, he was in Sector 5, furthest from Sector 1. So
he doubted that the hunter could break through the base's ranks. He had
also heard rumors of an "Elite Pirate" program that which turned normal
space pirates, such as himself, into mutated perfect killing machines with
the phazon mutagen. He chuckled to himself and realized that there was no
way the hunter could reach him through all the guards and drone security.
Confident that he was safe, 982456 continued through the hatch. And found his daily rations on the table. He missed the real food that he used to eat at the academy. Instead, he was forced to dry food pellets that left him with a bad taste in his mouth. He removed his safety mask and seized a claw full of pellets. He reluctantly poured the pellets into his mouth and quickly drank water through a tube located in the wall.
Feeling nourished 982456 returned to the lab to conduct more research on the metroids. His fellow scientists and him were the only ones in the lab since the soldiers were all defending against the intruder. He walked over to the force field which was the only thing protecting him from the metroids and the phazon in their environment. This did not concern him however because despite the power surges they had been having all day, the force field could run without power from the dynamo. Only the control panel, which was encrypted with a complex code, could deactivate the force field. He carefully studied the metroid's behavior and took notes.
982456 was surprised he hadn't heard any new news about the intruder, so he assumed that the intruder had been annihilated. If that was the case, he hoped it was the hunter who invaded the base.
Suddenly without warning the entire lab rumbled violently. 982456 clamped onto the wall will his claw to retain his footing. Without warning the lights started to flicker on and off several times before the room finally became pitch black. Remaining still 982456 listened as he heard the low humming of machinery behind the wall he was clamped onto. The reserve power activated and the room became lit. Worried despite his previous confidence he checked the force field relived to find it was still functioning properly.
"What could have happened?" 982456 asked himself "The dynamo must have been destroyed to have the lab suffer a power outage. But what could have destroyed. it." 982456 paused as his fear of the hunter once again came to life. "No, the hunter could not have penetrated the ranks, it had to have been a huge malfunction in the dynamo." He forced himself to believe.
Confident that he was safe, 982456 continued through the hatch. And found his daily rations on the table. He missed the real food that he used to eat at the academy. Instead, he was forced to dry food pellets that left him with a bad taste in his mouth. He removed his safety mask and seized a claw full of pellets. He reluctantly poured the pellets into his mouth and quickly drank water through a tube located in the wall.
Feeling nourished 982456 returned to the lab to conduct more research on the metroids. His fellow scientists and him were the only ones in the lab since the soldiers were all defending against the intruder. He walked over to the force field which was the only thing protecting him from the metroids and the phazon in their environment. This did not concern him however because despite the power surges they had been having all day, the force field could run without power from the dynamo. Only the control panel, which was encrypted with a complex code, could deactivate the force field. He carefully studied the metroid's behavior and took notes.
982456 was surprised he hadn't heard any new news about the intruder, so he assumed that the intruder had been annihilated. If that was the case, he hoped it was the hunter who invaded the base.
Suddenly without warning the entire lab rumbled violently. 982456 clamped onto the wall will his claw to retain his footing. Without warning the lights started to flicker on and off several times before the room finally became pitch black. Remaining still 982456 listened as he heard the low humming of machinery behind the wall he was clamped onto. The reserve power activated and the room became lit. Worried despite his previous confidence he checked the force field relived to find it was still functioning properly.
"What could have happened?" 982456 asked himself "The dynamo must have been destroyed to have the lab suffer a power outage. But what could have destroyed. it." 982456 paused as his fear of the hunter once again came to life. "No, the hunter could not have penetrated the ranks, it had to have been a huge malfunction in the dynamo." He forced himself to believe.