Hey people! We're nearing the end of my tale, and I'm thinking about a sequel. Not sure though... Oh well. It's been a fun ride while it lasted...

Special Thanks:

All you crazy reviewer people who actually liked my work. Parents, without them I wouldn't have a laptop or a life. My friends at school, for being idiots but keeping it to themselves. Mr. Poe and other teachers, for letting me update the story in class. ^_^* God, for saving my soul and helping keep my sanity intact. Nuf said.

Nick Wong, for being the greatest person I will ever know. (And so we came to hume lake, and they were like "Your gonna lose at broom hockey!", and we was like, "Yeah, whatever!")

Anyway, On with the resurgence!

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Ryan and Samus descended into the mines, both edgy about combat around civvies. Within moments of reaching the bottom of the lift, a Pirate guard spotted them. Both Ryan and Samus cut him down with power beams, but not before he slammed his fist on the alarm.

"Great. Just peachy." Samus said as she charged he Ice beam.

"Oh yeah." A troop of Pirates appeared in an adjoining hallway. Samus fired her Ice beam into the center of the Pirates, freezing half their numbers. The rest of the Pirates fired on Samus, but all missed he when she space jumped away. Ryan charged forward and drained several opponents, then threw a power bomb into the remaining Pirates. One screeched when it saw the bomb at his feet, but didn't move fast enough to avoid it. The resounding explosion sent the pirates into the wall, making decent sized imprints in the rock.

"Nice work kid. Lets move on." Samus walked on, Ryan trailing behind. A few corridors later, Samus found a map room for the mine. After gaining a map, Ryan spotted a morph ball tube.

"Samus, you want to take the tunnel?" Ryan was downloading his own copy of the map.

"Why can't you?" Samus questioned.

"Um... I don't have morph ball Samus." Ryan said.

"Oh. Yeah, that could be an issue." Samus morphed and rolled into the tube, leaving Ryan standing in the map room.

"...What about me?"

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Somewhere, deep in mines, Milly was being separated from the other prisoners. By Ridley's previous decree, the Pirates had found and separated her from the rest. He had not told them what he intended to do with her, so her fate was to be decided by the pirates master.

"Why did master Ridley want you. TELL ME WOMAN!"

Milly was afraid to say the least. Besides the fact that Ryan hadn't come to save her, she was being held aloft by the two remaining Omega pirates. "I... I..."

"Spit it out already! Gad, if master Ridley was still alive, then we wouldn't have to deal with this stupid human. Take her back to her cell. I have to deal with getting some back-up to fend off the Hunter."

The Omega pirates shrugged their massive shoulders and carried Milly back to the cell...

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Ryan was running deeper into the mines. The Pirate patrols had increased since their arrival, but that still didn't phase him. Ryan used his map to guide him toward the mining area, and found the people of the colony working as slaves. Pirates patrolled the mining operations, and outnumbered him 100 or more to one. He decided(with good reason) to use ice beam on them. Before he could though, a small metal ball rolled out of a nearby pipe.

"Doctor Livingston you are not."

"Doctor Who?" Samus said as she returned to normal form.

"No, Dr. Who was a scientist in a 60's TV show on earth, while Dr. Livingston was a real person who lived in Africa(or something like that...)"

Samus shook her head. "OK, forget the long explanations about nothing, and lets kick the pirates out all ready."

Samus charged her Ice beam and fired her Ice spreader at the closest group of pirates. The frozen Pirates attracted the attention of every Pirate in the room. Soon a fire fight broke out, and the prisoners dropped to the floor to avoid the energy blasts. Within minutes, every pirate on the floor was either frozen by Samus's Ice beam, or burnt to a crisp by Ryan's twin plasma beams. The colonists freed themselves once the pirates were gone, and were so excited about being rescued that they simply charged out of the mines. This left Samus and Ryan wondering where everyone went.

"... And I was all like-" Samus started.

"-Yeah! Whatever!" Ryan finished.(Please humor me and laugh. It's an inside joke.)

A moment of silence passes, then our hero's decided to move on. After walking down several corridors, they found themselves at the Command Center of the mining operation. A lone pirate was standing at the head of the center, yelling over a communications terminal at someone. Samus didn't hesitate to blow him to kingdom come with a missile.
Ryan approached a terminal and accessed the compounds operation log to see if any Phazon had been loaded on the pirate vessels. None had, so Ryan was logging off when he noticed an alert notice. The alert stated that Bio-form 'Milly' had been returned to her cell.

"MILLY! Why... Oh. Yeah. I guess I should have told Ridley I was kidding about the whole cheese cake thing..."

Samus shook her head and started to walk toward the prison section, when an Omega pirate burst through the doorway. "Great. Guess I have to use up a little MORE of my energy." Samus once again switched to the OMNI Beam, and created a hole where the creatures face should have been. Her HUD showed her power suit's energy levels at 50%. "Hey Ryan, does the map show an energy room nearby? I don't want to risk using the beam again unless I have full power."

"Sorry Samus, but the nearest one is on the ship. I should be able to take out whatever defenses they have guarding Milly on my own, so don't worry about it. You go back to the ship and I'll rescue Milly."

"OK kid. Just be careful." Samus turned to walk away.

"Fine, just don't call me kid."

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Samus had speed boosted to the lift, and made it outside by the time she realized something. From the scans Adam had taken on re-entry, there were supposed to be THREE Omega pirates, and Samus had only killed two! After recharging at her ship, Samus pushed her suit to it's limits, trying to reach Ryan in time...

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Ryan was walking down the last corridor to the prison section when he heard giant footsteps coming his way. A Omega pirate was walking away from the lone cell of the prison. And Ryan was right in his path. Ryan took this information in and summed it up in his own words.

"Joy." With that, Ryan flew into the air and grappled onto the creatures head with his bare hands. The Omega pirate clawed at him, but his agility overcame the beast's reach. Within moments, the helpless Omega pirate had fallen into the abyss, leaving only ash behind.

Ryan landed out of sight of the cell. His arms were stinging strangely after absorbing the pirate...

Samus charged into the room blindly, and quickly released Milly from her cell. Lucky for Samus, the pirates had carved out the tunnels in the caves so the Omega pirates could move freely, thus allowing her to Speed boost freely. This did, however, detract her attention from her immediate surroundings.

"Are you all right?" Samus said, helping Milly out of her cell.

"Yes, I'm just a little shaken up is all. Where's Ryan?"

Samus heard the heavy breathing before Milly, and almost instantly recognized it from Ryan's mutation on DC-834. She quickly turned Milly around, and almost shoved her back into the cell.

"You should stay here for a second Milly. Just wait until I come back, OK? Ryan's gonna be fine."

"What? Samus, what's going on? Where is Ryan? I have to thank him for taking out that stupid creature. It was him, wasn't it?"

"Yes. And that's the problem." With that, Samus grabbed Ryan and speed boosted out of the room, leaving Milly rather confused...

"I really hope he's all right... He did come after me and all that, but I think I want him for more than that... HUH?" Milly heard a growing rumble, almost like an earth quake...

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Cliff hanger. Yeah, I know I said I hate them, but I have no choice at this point. My batteries low, and I barely have time to update, so yeah. Get over it. I should have the end by tomorrow night(I hope.) Review please, cause next chapter is the end.