Chapter 3
Zone 2: Kraid's Hideout!
Samus awoke from her sleep and the first thing that came to her mind was food. She regretted leaving her survival kit inside her ship but she did manage to grab a pack of matches, a couple of small rags and a first aid kit. Samus looked around for the Zoomer she had knocked out earlier and spotted it where she had laid it out. She opened the compartment on her suit that held her small supply and took out a rag and the matches. Grabbing some dried out bushes nearby and a couple of thick wood like branches she was able to start a small fire. She carefully removed the spikes from the Zoomer and set the meat on the rock beside the fire hoping to cook the meat. While it was roasting, Samus took her semi-wet leotard and set it on the opposite side of the fire hoping the heat would dry it out. She then walked over to the small pool of water and soaking the rag she began to clean herself up some. After taking care of her personal business she returned to the cooking Zoomer and after a few extra minutes took a bite out of hit. Though it was a bit rare still, the meat was tender and juicy. She took her time eating her meal, enjoying the free time she had. Once she was done she slipped back into the leotard and put her power suit on. The system came on line and Samus started her logbook.
"Start Log: After an exhaustive venture into Zebes, I have found no sign of the Metroid life form; however, I have come across a population of Space Pirates and as asked have destroyed them. At the moment I seem to be lost and I plan on venturing a little deeper to try and find more evidence of pirate activity. End log."
Samus closed the logbook and exited the room heading back for the shaft she had been in earlier. Now that she was refreshed she began her journey with renewed strength. She headed down the shaft and upon entering the next door on her right remembered exactly where she was. She crossed under a small ledge with her morph ball and planting a bomb, she destroyed the crumbled bricks beneath her. She fell down into the hole and found herself in another shaft she had yet to encounter. A few mellows made there nest in here and quickly swarmed the bounty hunter who desperately tried to fend them off taking minimal damage in the process. Within the next room Samus found a gruesome sight. A gigantic statue had been carved into the wall. The hideous creature was nowhere near the feature that the Chozo possessed. The head jutted out from the wall and with a gaping mouth an elevator appeared inside. The stone statue had huge stone teeth with horns sticking out from the sides of its head. Samus stepped inside the statues mouth and the hum of the elevator greeted her as the device began to descend down. As the elevator entered the next chamber Samus first noticed the change in scenery. Instead of the blue rock that dominated the northern portion of Brinstar, this area consisted of a gray sandstone type rock. This area of Brinstar contained a high concentration of cave dwelling vegetation. As Samus left the elevator shaft and headed down she entered the first door on her right. The room consisted of a purple variation of the blue rock she had seen earlier and except for the various ledges in the room; the floor was covered with acidic sand. At the top of a step like set of pedestals sat another missile expansion. Samus made her way to it destroying creatures and pirates on the way. Samus continued through to another vertical shaft, this one heading up. Samus complied with the direction of the chamber and began to head up. Venturing through the top door, Samus went through a set of rooms and before long she found herself looping back to the same shaft she had been in earlier. She backtracked to the elevator shaft and headed down one door, destroying the red door with her missiles. The small room herein contained another sand pit with some ledges. A Side hopper made is home in the room and quickly attacked the bounty hunter. It flew from its grasp on the ceiling and plunged toward Samus. She quickly dispatched the creature and quite by accident blew a hole in the wall. A small crack formed and Samus went to investigate. She bombed the crack and the block gave way revealing another passage. Passing through Samus found herself in another small room much like the other but with more pedestals. Atop the pedestal was an energy tank. Samus grabbed the tank and added it to her suit. A block appeared above her remaining energy showing she had three full blocks of energy. With nothing left to do in the room, Samus backtracked again to the elevator shaft and decided before heading down to investigate the doors on the opposite side of the shaft. After passing through enormous passages, destroying a clan of pirates and collecting another missile expansion, Samus re-emerged in the elevator shaft just below the door she had entered. Samus was becoming annoyed at the looping she had done but continued down. At the bottom of the shaft a small hole on her right caught her attention. She rolled into the morph ball and entered the hole to find she would need to bomb jump to get up and over the ledge. After a few attempts she made it over and entered the door on the other side.
She went through another tunnel and emerged into another smaller shaft half the size of the elevator shaft. On the bottom of the shaft a space pirate sat against the wall daydreaming. Its wings were folded over his front hiding his claws. Samus crept up to the pirate and before she could stop her foot, she stepped on a dry branch. With the crack of the limb the space pirate woke up alerted to someone's presence. He was face to face with Samus Aran's arm cannon. A light glow emitted from the end of the cannon and the pirate began to tremble. It said something in its dialect then managed in broken English "please.no."
"You speak my language?" Samus asked surprised motioning for the creature to back against the wall. It hobbled back on trembling legs and answered yes with a nod of its head. "Tell me then, who is your superior?"
"I can't just tell you such information."
"Tell me damn it or I'll blow you damn legs off!" She screamed at the creature grabbing it by the throat with her free hand and thrusting the arm cannon into the creature's thigh.
"I told you I can't.they'll kill me if I do", the pirate rasped trying to suck in air. Samus hesitated a second before firing a missile into the creature's leg separating it from its body. The pirate screamed in pain as green liquid spilt from its severed appendage. "Kraid, Kraid is my captain."
"And where can I find him?"
"He's around here somewhere."
"WHERE?" Samus yelled as she brought the arm cannon to the pirate's face.
"I don't kn.", it began before its body was disintegrated leaving a missile for the bounty hunter to collect.
"Wrong answer", Samus said aloud as she collected the ammunition and left through the door on her left. She went through another purple room swarming with side hoppers and after dispatching them she found herself in a tunnel. A side hopper attacked her but she couldn't get far enough back to blast it without hurting herself in the small confines of the tunnel. She morphed into her ball planning on exiting the other side of the room with a bomb. She laid the bomb and it exploded, creating a hole in the floor whereupon she fell through. She found herself in a small green room. The moss covered bricks hinted water was nearby. She left the room and found herself in another long green corridor. A figure was standing over an air pipe in the middle of the room. A hard shell covered with spikes protected the creature's back. Samus could see two horns growing from out from its head, it somewhat resembled the huge carving at the top of the elevator in Brinstar.
"Kraid?!" Samus yelled leaping from the entry way and somersaulting over the creature. She landed on the other side of him and was shot to the ground by a spike.
With a loud growl the creature lumbered toward the bounty hunter. Three small orifices appeared on the monsters belly and a barrage of spikes flew toward Samus while spikes were catapulted into the air toward her. She took damage from the attack and quickly rolled out of the way. Samus quickly jumped out of the way of more spikes and armed her missiles. She fired one at the creature and upon impact Kraid blew to pieces. Samus collected the energy and missiles lying about.
"That was easy! I didn't even get a chance to ask him about Ridley. Damn!" She continued down the corridor destroying side hoppers and Zebs along the way. In the next corridor Samus noticed a crumbling piece of floor and after destroying the side hopper she bombed the spot and fell through into another room. This room was the same green as the others but the roof on this was covered with stalactites giving the impression of teeth. Samus entered the room to her left and found herself in a state of shock. In front of her was Kraid!
"I thought I destroyed your sorry ass!" Samus yelled surprising Kraid upon her entry. Kraid instantly began attacking her in the same manner he had done so earlier. She was prepared this time and dodged the attacks firing her arm cannon at him. When she attacked him with the missiles little damage was done to the creature unlike the Kraid of before where it had taken only one missile to destroy him. She continued to the best of her ability to destroy the grotesque creature but made little leeway. She fired her ice beam at Kraid who just shook the ice off and continued attacking her. She was finally able to get the upper hand on the lizard like creature when she fired a missile at one of the openings on his belly. The missile exploded the firing spike in the monsters face throwing Kraid to the ground. Samus took the opportunity and fired at the back of Kraid's head blowing a hole just below his scalp. The creature laid writhing in pain trying to hold the back of his head as the blood pooled by his body. Its three eyes slowly rolled to the back of his head as it heaved one last breath.
Samus fell to the floor in exhaustion taking a moment to catch her breath. She had almost completely depleted her missile armament and her arm cannon was covered in ice. Before exiting the room Samus noticed a few missile expansions and an energy tank in the room. With the suit back at full power and missiles ready, Samus left through the door she had entered. She made her way back up through Kraid's hideout continuing her onslaught of the pirates and other irate creatures. Samus made her way back to Brinstar and found herself back in the Chozo room where she had found her long shot.
"I guess this makes a pretty good base for me. Clean air and water is the main reason and I can always grab a Zoomer to chow down on." Samus made herself comfortable trying to map out a strategy on where Ridley was hiding. She could feel his presence but knew nothing of the terrain she was traversing.
Samus awoke from her sleep and the first thing that came to her mind was food. She regretted leaving her survival kit inside her ship but she did manage to grab a pack of matches, a couple of small rags and a first aid kit. Samus looked around for the Zoomer she had knocked out earlier and spotted it where she had laid it out. She opened the compartment on her suit that held her small supply and took out a rag and the matches. Grabbing some dried out bushes nearby and a couple of thick wood like branches she was able to start a small fire. She carefully removed the spikes from the Zoomer and set the meat on the rock beside the fire hoping to cook the meat. While it was roasting, Samus took her semi-wet leotard and set it on the opposite side of the fire hoping the heat would dry it out. She then walked over to the small pool of water and soaking the rag she began to clean herself up some. After taking care of her personal business she returned to the cooking Zoomer and after a few extra minutes took a bite out of hit. Though it was a bit rare still, the meat was tender and juicy. She took her time eating her meal, enjoying the free time she had. Once she was done she slipped back into the leotard and put her power suit on. The system came on line and Samus started her logbook.
"Start Log: After an exhaustive venture into Zebes, I have found no sign of the Metroid life form; however, I have come across a population of Space Pirates and as asked have destroyed them. At the moment I seem to be lost and I plan on venturing a little deeper to try and find more evidence of pirate activity. End log."
Samus closed the logbook and exited the room heading back for the shaft she had been in earlier. Now that she was refreshed she began her journey with renewed strength. She headed down the shaft and upon entering the next door on her right remembered exactly where she was. She crossed under a small ledge with her morph ball and planting a bomb, she destroyed the crumbled bricks beneath her. She fell down into the hole and found herself in another shaft she had yet to encounter. A few mellows made there nest in here and quickly swarmed the bounty hunter who desperately tried to fend them off taking minimal damage in the process. Within the next room Samus found a gruesome sight. A gigantic statue had been carved into the wall. The hideous creature was nowhere near the feature that the Chozo possessed. The head jutted out from the wall and with a gaping mouth an elevator appeared inside. The stone statue had huge stone teeth with horns sticking out from the sides of its head. Samus stepped inside the statues mouth and the hum of the elevator greeted her as the device began to descend down. As the elevator entered the next chamber Samus first noticed the change in scenery. Instead of the blue rock that dominated the northern portion of Brinstar, this area consisted of a gray sandstone type rock. This area of Brinstar contained a high concentration of cave dwelling vegetation. As Samus left the elevator shaft and headed down she entered the first door on her right. The room consisted of a purple variation of the blue rock she had seen earlier and except for the various ledges in the room; the floor was covered with acidic sand. At the top of a step like set of pedestals sat another missile expansion. Samus made her way to it destroying creatures and pirates on the way. Samus continued through to another vertical shaft, this one heading up. Samus complied with the direction of the chamber and began to head up. Venturing through the top door, Samus went through a set of rooms and before long she found herself looping back to the same shaft she had been in earlier. She backtracked to the elevator shaft and headed down one door, destroying the red door with her missiles. The small room herein contained another sand pit with some ledges. A Side hopper made is home in the room and quickly attacked the bounty hunter. It flew from its grasp on the ceiling and plunged toward Samus. She quickly dispatched the creature and quite by accident blew a hole in the wall. A small crack formed and Samus went to investigate. She bombed the crack and the block gave way revealing another passage. Passing through Samus found herself in another small room much like the other but with more pedestals. Atop the pedestal was an energy tank. Samus grabbed the tank and added it to her suit. A block appeared above her remaining energy showing she had three full blocks of energy. With nothing left to do in the room, Samus backtracked again to the elevator shaft and decided before heading down to investigate the doors on the opposite side of the shaft. After passing through enormous passages, destroying a clan of pirates and collecting another missile expansion, Samus re-emerged in the elevator shaft just below the door she had entered. Samus was becoming annoyed at the looping she had done but continued down. At the bottom of the shaft a small hole on her right caught her attention. She rolled into the morph ball and entered the hole to find she would need to bomb jump to get up and over the ledge. After a few attempts she made it over and entered the door on the other side.
She went through another tunnel and emerged into another smaller shaft half the size of the elevator shaft. On the bottom of the shaft a space pirate sat against the wall daydreaming. Its wings were folded over his front hiding his claws. Samus crept up to the pirate and before she could stop her foot, she stepped on a dry branch. With the crack of the limb the space pirate woke up alerted to someone's presence. He was face to face with Samus Aran's arm cannon. A light glow emitted from the end of the cannon and the pirate began to tremble. It said something in its dialect then managed in broken English "please.no."
"You speak my language?" Samus asked surprised motioning for the creature to back against the wall. It hobbled back on trembling legs and answered yes with a nod of its head. "Tell me then, who is your superior?"
"I can't just tell you such information."
"Tell me damn it or I'll blow you damn legs off!" She screamed at the creature grabbing it by the throat with her free hand and thrusting the arm cannon into the creature's thigh.
"I told you I can't.they'll kill me if I do", the pirate rasped trying to suck in air. Samus hesitated a second before firing a missile into the creature's leg separating it from its body. The pirate screamed in pain as green liquid spilt from its severed appendage. "Kraid, Kraid is my captain."
"And where can I find him?"
"He's around here somewhere."
"WHERE?" Samus yelled as she brought the arm cannon to the pirate's face.
"I don't kn.", it began before its body was disintegrated leaving a missile for the bounty hunter to collect.
"Wrong answer", Samus said aloud as she collected the ammunition and left through the door on her left. She went through another purple room swarming with side hoppers and after dispatching them she found herself in a tunnel. A side hopper attacked her but she couldn't get far enough back to blast it without hurting herself in the small confines of the tunnel. She morphed into her ball planning on exiting the other side of the room with a bomb. She laid the bomb and it exploded, creating a hole in the floor whereupon she fell through. She found herself in a small green room. The moss covered bricks hinted water was nearby. She left the room and found herself in another long green corridor. A figure was standing over an air pipe in the middle of the room. A hard shell covered with spikes protected the creature's back. Samus could see two horns growing from out from its head, it somewhat resembled the huge carving at the top of the elevator in Brinstar.
"Kraid?!" Samus yelled leaping from the entry way and somersaulting over the creature. She landed on the other side of him and was shot to the ground by a spike.
With a loud growl the creature lumbered toward the bounty hunter. Three small orifices appeared on the monsters belly and a barrage of spikes flew toward Samus while spikes were catapulted into the air toward her. She took damage from the attack and quickly rolled out of the way. Samus quickly jumped out of the way of more spikes and armed her missiles. She fired one at the creature and upon impact Kraid blew to pieces. Samus collected the energy and missiles lying about.
"That was easy! I didn't even get a chance to ask him about Ridley. Damn!" She continued down the corridor destroying side hoppers and Zebs along the way. In the next corridor Samus noticed a crumbling piece of floor and after destroying the side hopper she bombed the spot and fell through into another room. This room was the same green as the others but the roof on this was covered with stalactites giving the impression of teeth. Samus entered the room to her left and found herself in a state of shock. In front of her was Kraid!
"I thought I destroyed your sorry ass!" Samus yelled surprising Kraid upon her entry. Kraid instantly began attacking her in the same manner he had done so earlier. She was prepared this time and dodged the attacks firing her arm cannon at him. When she attacked him with the missiles little damage was done to the creature unlike the Kraid of before where it had taken only one missile to destroy him. She continued to the best of her ability to destroy the grotesque creature but made little leeway. She fired her ice beam at Kraid who just shook the ice off and continued attacking her. She was finally able to get the upper hand on the lizard like creature when she fired a missile at one of the openings on his belly. The missile exploded the firing spike in the monsters face throwing Kraid to the ground. Samus took the opportunity and fired at the back of Kraid's head blowing a hole just below his scalp. The creature laid writhing in pain trying to hold the back of his head as the blood pooled by his body. Its three eyes slowly rolled to the back of his head as it heaved one last breath.
Samus fell to the floor in exhaustion taking a moment to catch her breath. She had almost completely depleted her missile armament and her arm cannon was covered in ice. Before exiting the room Samus noticed a few missile expansions and an energy tank in the room. With the suit back at full power and missiles ready, Samus left through the door she had entered. She made her way back up through Kraid's hideout continuing her onslaught of the pirates and other irate creatures. Samus made her way back to Brinstar and found herself back in the Chozo room where she had found her long shot.
"I guess this makes a pretty good base for me. Clean air and water is the main reason and I can always grab a Zoomer to chow down on." Samus made herself comfortable trying to map out a strategy on where Ridley was hiding. She could feel his presence but knew nothing of the terrain she was traversing.