Not Exactly Typical
A metroid Fan fiction by RebelX
Chapter Two: The unusual rear their ugly heads
Author's note: I = lazy. Disclaimer = first chapter only. Kapeesh? Ahem...thank you to all who reviewed ( all one of you ). I would like to say now that the real connections to metroid and everything related to the Metroid games will not be noticeable for a while, so until that particular plot twist comes around those who are unfamiliar with metroid should know
that until I say so almost everything is made up except the Federation
itself and some obscure references to space pirates and bounty hunters. Also note that I have made changes to the first chapter, so if you read it
a while ago you should reread it. And review, too.
~ Alert type 58; time 10:03 am date 07.12.9603 ~
Proximity alert
Unidentified object has brought unknown life form to planet surface.
Investigate immediately. Crash site located in sector 27, coordinates
targeted in scanner.
John shook his head as he finished reading the printout from the alert system.
"Who's gonna go?"
"I will. Joxer could use a walk" Lucius strapped on the wrist- mounted scanner as she spoke, her tone bored and tired.
"You sure? You don't seem to really have woken up yet"
"I'll be fine. Just get me coffee"
With another shake of the head, John obliged while Lucius finished gearing up for the outing. She had equipped herself with two small S blasters, one hanging from each side of her belt; the scanner, a small square device resembling a cross between a palm pilot and a radio; and a leash for Joxer. John promptly came back and handed her a cup of brown liquid.
"Do you want any sug- "
Lucius downed the entire contents of the mug before he could even finish his sentence.
"Never mind then"
With a yawn, Lucius stepped out of the compound. The morning sun gently warmed her back as she crossed the small field surrounding the bunker. The misty light glinted off the tiny drops of morning dew that covered the lush grass of the field. Small exotic flowers dotted the gently sloping hill, and small alien birds whizzed through the air above. All in all the meadow had a feeling of pristine beauty that lay in stark contrast to the jungle beyond. Dark, foreboding, and overgrown, the jungle was not somewhere anyone cared to wander about at 10 o'clock in the morning. The outpost caretakers avoided the jungle whenever they could but this was difficult to do, as it expanded from sector 22 to 42 lengthwise, and from sector 22 to 29 widthwise. The sector system was based on a kind of grid that spanned the entire continent. The first number of a sector came from the left, vertical line of the grid. The second came from the bottom horizontal line. Starting from zero at the lower left hand corner of the grid, the numbers progressed upwards numerically to 9. The continent was small, and each sector measured only a mile square. There were 81 sectors in all. Upon reaching the meadow's edge, Lucius took out her left S blaster. S blasters, commonly just called spikes, were small, silenced plasma shooters with one oddity. On the bottom of the handle there was a curved metal spike that could extend into a scythe not unlike those wielded by the space pirates. This made the weapon ideal for outdoor work, as it cleared away underbrush with ease. There were no trails in the jungle, and one had to rely only on their scanners (which included a triangulation system for pinpointing their exact location on a map) to keep from getting lost. This is why Lucius was surprised when she found a giant path of trampled, crushed, and slightly burned vegetation stretching two meters wide and cutting up three meters into the jungle canopy. At first she thought it had been made by the unidentified object's crash landing, but upon glancing at her scanner decided that this could not be so. The vegetation had been crushed in the direction opposite that of the crash site's coordinates. Lucius ran a quick bio scan and found the unknown life form was moving away from her in direct line with the trampled section. It was obvious that this creature was the cause of the destruction, which led Lucius to wondering what kind of animal it could possibly be. All she could tell was that it was large and had either been moving very fast or had some access to fire. By following the trail of carnage she figured she'd find the crash site with ease, but the farther she went up along it the more puzzled she became. The destruction was becoming less widespread, the cleared path shrinking steadily from 3 meters to 2 meters and on until it was barely a foot both width and length-wise. It resembled the path of a high speed object crashing at a low angle in every way, except that the trampled vegetation lay in the wrong direction. Soon she found herself cutting her way through the thick jungle again, the path now so small there was barely room for even little Joxer. The trail had just disappeared entirely when she happened upon the object of her expedition. A smoking crater lay before her, though it was exceedingly small. It was almost unusually so, considering the speeds objects could reach when entering an atmosphere. The crashed object was actually more than one jagged sheet of thick metal, all roughly larger than her torso. The pieces had obviously been assembled at some time, and she couldn't understand how such a large object could leave such a small crater, but put the thought aside as she checked it for dangerous radiation. Upon finding it safe, she got a little closer and examined it thoroughly. The objects were surprisingly light for their size, none heavier than a full grown man. For most people this would still be a considerable burden, but most bounty hunters were able to lift twice that much with ease. Lucius, being like most bounty hunters, had no trouble lifting and carrying one of the things on her back. Indeed, its bulk posed more of a problem than its weight, but after shifting it a few times this too was rectified. She had chosen the one that had had some remnants of an engraving on it, though it was too burned to decipher with the naked eye. This particular piece was smaller and easier to carry as well, and with it tucked under her arm she headed back to the outpost. On her way back she saw something she hadn't noticed before. Dotted among the singed and broken jungle growth were the corpses of various animal life, mainly predators. The only marks of violence on the bodies were in the stomach area, which had been cleanly cut open. The flesh alongside the cut was seared as if by an old blow torch, and the insides seemed to be missing. Feeling slightly sick (only slightly, she had seen plenty of nasty things in her time) she hurried on, calling Joxer away from the corpse he was sniffing. She had barely gone a few feet more when a hideous scream filled the air, chilling her to the bone. It was not the cry of a distressed or frightened animal, but a great roar of pain and rage that tore through the jungle. Dozing birds quickly took to flight at that awful noise, and in a sense so did Lucius, with Joxer far in the lead.
Upon reaching the outpost they placed her sample into the analyzer and waited for results. While they were waiting Lucius filled John in with what she had happened then sat down to type up the unusual events log. She looked up now as a faint beeping broke into her recollections of the day, and quickly exited the chair to see what was up.
A/N: Well? Getting interesting now, huh? If you would like to learn more about how I imagine their technology to work (ie: the triangulation thing or just the scanner in general) feel free to e-mail me at midg3t2000@yahoo.com, which is my more business type e-mail. If you'd like to just chat with me or something though, use the e-mail listed in my profile. That is all.
A metroid Fan fiction by RebelX
Chapter Two: The unusual rear their ugly heads
Author's note: I = lazy. Disclaimer = first chapter only. Kapeesh? Ahem...thank you to all who reviewed ( all one of you ). I would like to say now that the real connections to metroid and everything related to the Metroid games will not be noticeable for a while, so until that particular plot twist comes around those who are unfamiliar with metroid should know
that until I say so almost everything is made up except the Federation
itself and some obscure references to space pirates and bounty hunters. Also note that I have made changes to the first chapter, so if you read it
a while ago you should reread it. And review, too.
~ Alert type 58; time 10:03 am date 07.12.9603 ~
Proximity alert
Unidentified object has brought unknown life form to planet surface.
Investigate immediately. Crash site located in sector 27, coordinates
targeted in scanner.
John shook his head as he finished reading the printout from the alert system.
"Who's gonna go?"
"I will. Joxer could use a walk" Lucius strapped on the wrist- mounted scanner as she spoke, her tone bored and tired.
"You sure? You don't seem to really have woken up yet"
"I'll be fine. Just get me coffee"
With another shake of the head, John obliged while Lucius finished gearing up for the outing. She had equipped herself with two small S blasters, one hanging from each side of her belt; the scanner, a small square device resembling a cross between a palm pilot and a radio; and a leash for Joxer. John promptly came back and handed her a cup of brown liquid.
"Do you want any sug- "
Lucius downed the entire contents of the mug before he could even finish his sentence.
"Never mind then"
With a yawn, Lucius stepped out of the compound. The morning sun gently warmed her back as she crossed the small field surrounding the bunker. The misty light glinted off the tiny drops of morning dew that covered the lush grass of the field. Small exotic flowers dotted the gently sloping hill, and small alien birds whizzed through the air above. All in all the meadow had a feeling of pristine beauty that lay in stark contrast to the jungle beyond. Dark, foreboding, and overgrown, the jungle was not somewhere anyone cared to wander about at 10 o'clock in the morning. The outpost caretakers avoided the jungle whenever they could but this was difficult to do, as it expanded from sector 22 to 42 lengthwise, and from sector 22 to 29 widthwise. The sector system was based on a kind of grid that spanned the entire continent. The first number of a sector came from the left, vertical line of the grid. The second came from the bottom horizontal line. Starting from zero at the lower left hand corner of the grid, the numbers progressed upwards numerically to 9. The continent was small, and each sector measured only a mile square. There were 81 sectors in all. Upon reaching the meadow's edge, Lucius took out her left S blaster. S blasters, commonly just called spikes, were small, silenced plasma shooters with one oddity. On the bottom of the handle there was a curved metal spike that could extend into a scythe not unlike those wielded by the space pirates. This made the weapon ideal for outdoor work, as it cleared away underbrush with ease. There were no trails in the jungle, and one had to rely only on their scanners (which included a triangulation system for pinpointing their exact location on a map) to keep from getting lost. This is why Lucius was surprised when she found a giant path of trampled, crushed, and slightly burned vegetation stretching two meters wide and cutting up three meters into the jungle canopy. At first she thought it had been made by the unidentified object's crash landing, but upon glancing at her scanner decided that this could not be so. The vegetation had been crushed in the direction opposite that of the crash site's coordinates. Lucius ran a quick bio scan and found the unknown life form was moving away from her in direct line with the trampled section. It was obvious that this creature was the cause of the destruction, which led Lucius to wondering what kind of animal it could possibly be. All she could tell was that it was large and had either been moving very fast or had some access to fire. By following the trail of carnage she figured she'd find the crash site with ease, but the farther she went up along it the more puzzled she became. The destruction was becoming less widespread, the cleared path shrinking steadily from 3 meters to 2 meters and on until it was barely a foot both width and length-wise. It resembled the path of a high speed object crashing at a low angle in every way, except that the trampled vegetation lay in the wrong direction. Soon she found herself cutting her way through the thick jungle again, the path now so small there was barely room for even little Joxer. The trail had just disappeared entirely when she happened upon the object of her expedition. A smoking crater lay before her, though it was exceedingly small. It was almost unusually so, considering the speeds objects could reach when entering an atmosphere. The crashed object was actually more than one jagged sheet of thick metal, all roughly larger than her torso. The pieces had obviously been assembled at some time, and she couldn't understand how such a large object could leave such a small crater, but put the thought aside as she checked it for dangerous radiation. Upon finding it safe, she got a little closer and examined it thoroughly. The objects were surprisingly light for their size, none heavier than a full grown man. For most people this would still be a considerable burden, but most bounty hunters were able to lift twice that much with ease. Lucius, being like most bounty hunters, had no trouble lifting and carrying one of the things on her back. Indeed, its bulk posed more of a problem than its weight, but after shifting it a few times this too was rectified. She had chosen the one that had had some remnants of an engraving on it, though it was too burned to decipher with the naked eye. This particular piece was smaller and easier to carry as well, and with it tucked under her arm she headed back to the outpost. On her way back she saw something she hadn't noticed before. Dotted among the singed and broken jungle growth were the corpses of various animal life, mainly predators. The only marks of violence on the bodies were in the stomach area, which had been cleanly cut open. The flesh alongside the cut was seared as if by an old blow torch, and the insides seemed to be missing. Feeling slightly sick (only slightly, she had seen plenty of nasty things in her time) she hurried on, calling Joxer away from the corpse he was sniffing. She had barely gone a few feet more when a hideous scream filled the air, chilling her to the bone. It was not the cry of a distressed or frightened animal, but a great roar of pain and rage that tore through the jungle. Dozing birds quickly took to flight at that awful noise, and in a sense so did Lucius, with Joxer far in the lead.
Upon reaching the outpost they placed her sample into the analyzer and waited for results. While they were waiting Lucius filled John in with what she had happened then sat down to type up the unusual events log. She looked up now as a faint beeping broke into her recollections of the day, and quickly exited the chair to see what was up.
A/N: Well? Getting interesting now, huh? If you would like to learn more about how I imagine their technology to work (ie: the triangulation thing or just the scanner in general) feel free to e-mail me at midg3t2000@yahoo.com, which is my more business type e-mail. If you'd like to just chat with me or something though, use the e-mail listed in my profile. That is all.