Chapter 6 - The Hunter

Back at Fed HQ, a man in a suit similar to Samus's, except black, walked into the main meeting hall, where the man in the suit from before was waiting for him. The man spoke out in a deep british voice

Man: Director Smith I trust

Smith: You've done your research, I see, how have you been doi..

Man: Cut to the chase Smith, whats this about a job

Smith: erm.. right, Are you aware of Samus Aran

The man yawned, bored, and proceeded to state his answer

Man: Samus Aran, legendary bounty hunter responsible for the extermination of the metroids, allegedly involved in the destruction of Ceres station, short temper, no known past, rarely seen outside her suit, a loose cannon probably out shooting something right now

Smith: Very good Mr.. ah let me look up your last name here

Man: Call me Stanley, I hate last names..

Smith: Whatever, ok then, you know your stuff, so i'll be blunt, we need her dead

Stanley: She would be a worthy opponent.. a dead one, but worthy, you realize that my services don't come cheap however.

Smith: I think something can be arranged

Smith types something into his computer, diagrams of a new arm cannon weapon come up on the screen

Stanley: And this is supposed to be..?

Smith: Stan...its..

Stanley: Stanley.. I said call me Stanley

Smith: Whatever, its the most powerful weapon in existance right now.. weapon code 29134-E delta 6, more affectionately dubbed by its researchers as "Hyper Beam", a blast of multi phasic energy from within the arm cannon allows for maxi..

Stanley: I don't want the geek version, whats it capable of

Smith: Well... we aren't really sure.. we found this weapon at a chozo ruins site, and our scientists are still trying to find out its capabilities.. We think it has something to do with the amount of raw energy inverted in the charge cycle of the..

Stanley: Laymans terms..

Smith: We think its determined by how powerful your arm cannon is.. Stan

At that Stanley raised his arm cannon at Smith, a loud charging noise came out of his arm cannon

Stanley: For the last time call me Stanley.. I don't go by Stan

Smith: Sorry, anyways, your payment will be this weapon, and every other upgrade we have

He lowered it again, smirking discretely under his black visor as the charge dissipated

Stanley: What other upgrades?

Smith: All the usual refinements, enhanced Charge, Spazer, Ice, Wave and Plasma beam functionality, high jump, morph ball,Tri-missile/super missile launcher, Space jump with energy shield, or Screw Jump as its more commonly called.. Fusion "Power" bomb...

Stanley: All that plus 1 billion galactic credits..

Smith: what??? no!!

Stanley: Very well then

Stanley turns and heads slowly towards the door

Smith: Alright..alright.. i'll pay the

Stanley: 2 billion

Smith: But you just said...

Stanley: and you refused my price, so I made another

Smith: 1 billion

Stanley: 3.. and I want it up front

Smith: Jeez.. alright alright.. 3 billion.. and the upgrades

Stanley: It'll be a pleasure killing Samus for you, Smith

Smith: Research labs down the hall, you can get your upgrades there, the money will be transferred to your account upon your completion of your mission

Stanley: What part of upfront did you not understand..

Smith: I need time to.. allocate.. if you will.. that kind of funding.. the rest of the senate has no clue this is going on, and I intend to keep it that way

Stanley: Hmph.. do you know why I want the money upfront?

Smith: Because you don't think i'll pay right? I will I assure you

Stanley: No you idiot, I need it to upgrade the armor on my suit, I could care less about the money, Samus's head is my reward here

Smith: ..Why do I get the feeling you know Samus a bit more then your file says?

Stanley: Lets just say I know her more then she thinks I do..

Smith: Care to explain?

Stanley: No I don't

With that he walks out the door and heads down to the research lab, as he walked he mumbled something under his breath

Stanley: After all these years I'll finally have my revenge on you Samus!

**End Chapter 6**

Whats Stanleys past with Samus? What is this devastating new weapon they've found? Will I stop talking like this? (as for that last one dream on). All in the next episode of.. hey wait this isn't a TV show.. its my fanfic... erm.. never mind that line..

Hope you guys are enjoying this! And no i don't own Metroid, or Samus (although I wouldn't mind owning a fully upgraded power suit.. Whee missiles away!)

- Hal Emmerich