A/N: Alright, I'm kind of getting a feeling for where I want this to go, but I'm a slow writer, so bare with me. Also, this chapter and from now on will be third person narraration unless I state otherwise.
Thanks to Desert Lynx and Darkrenl86 for reviewing, and thanks to sjd372 for reviewing, I also wish it to be noted that I took their advice and made the first part a prologue. Thanks for reading, and please do review and tell me what you think needs changing, but if you've got a flame, then save it.
Update: Not alot changed here, a paragraph of description here, a short dialogue there, but still helps it I think.
Metroid: Mutation
Chapter One: Desolation
Once the light dimmed, and the space dust cleared, not much was left of this once beautiful solar system. Osiris one through three were gone, completely destroyed, only a few fragments remained of planets four and five, and planet six was about half the size it had been.
The chaos was caused from the destruction of the system's main star, which caused a massive shockwave that decimated the system. To make matter's worse, that wave caused the other two smaller stars to supernova, spreading more destruction. However few people would care, maybe a few wandering scientists and astronomers, but since the system was lifeless, no one had any reason to care..... except her.
"Samus, wake up, we don't have time for nappin lady." Adam said, trying to wake the unconscious bounty hunter.
"Eunnn, what happe... did we make it?" Samus asked as she stood up, and made her way back to her seat, albeit a little shaken.
"Yes, although I cannot say the same for the ship." he replied
"Ugh.. Damage report." she said sitting down and holding her head. It felt like the blood coursing through her was on fire, and she thought her head would explode at any moment from the intense throbbing.
The smoking hulk that was their ship, glided powerless through the star system which only an hour ago, had been at peace. A few asteroids and fragments ricocheted off the hull, simply adding insult to injury. In a few more minutes, Adam's computerized voice came back, with his analysis complete.
"Shields- offline"
"No surprise" Samus replied
"Weapons- offline"
"Hopefully not a problem"
"Engines- destroyed, replacement required"
"Oh great, and with what money?" Samus remarked, rolling her eyes as she did so.
"Hyperdrive- severly damaged, repairs needed"
"I hope the comm still works"
"Communications array- damaged, but functional"
"Finally, something that isn't broken, scan for the nearest non hostile vessel and hail them" Samus ordered, plugging her arm cannon into the vessel's specially fitted port.
"Scanning."
As the computer searched for aid, Samus continued looking over the damage, it wasn't going to be cheap to fix. And with no jobs coming her way, money wasn't going to be easy to come by.
"No vessels within range. Recommend launching a becon." Adam advised, although in reality, he was already preparing it.
"Do it."
Within a few seconds a becon was launched, on its way in search of help. As Samus tried to get up, she fell back down in agony, something was wrong, very wrong. A horrible pain came over her as she grabbed her side.
"What's the matter Samus?" Adam asked
"I don't know, it feels like something is ripping my insides apart." She said, through clenched teeth, letting out a quick sigh and then whincing again as the increasingly familiar pain came over her again.
"I'll conduct some scans." A small device came down from the ceiling and scanned Samus's body, from head to toe. Seperating DNA from DNA, and technology from biology, he came to a speedy conclusion.
"I think I've found your problem." Adam said displaying a holographic image in front of her. It was an image of her own body, with several points highlighted.
"This is your cellular structure. These are your human DNA strands, these are the Metroid hatchling DNA strands, but these, these are something new, and they seem to be attacking and changing your human DNA." Adam said pointing each one out in the projection
"What? Why?" she asked, there were more questions on the tip of her tongue, but she decided it best to save them.
"Think of it this way, the metroid DNA injected into your system to save you from the X parasites 'bonded' with your DNA, making you one, but the DNA still show up seperate. Think of this new strand as say, an Omega Metroid if you will, it's attacking your human DNA, because it thinks it's an enemy, but it's also adapting it, so as to make it hospitable."
"Ok, but that still doesn't explain why it's happening." Samus said with a very annoyed tone.
"I believe it was this." he said changing the image to show the system they were in, as the shockwave hit the ship. "Ok, this is the first wave, from the main star, the shields managed to stave off most of the effects, but after that the generator was finished. But as the second and third waves hit, the structrual shielding kept it from ripping the ship apart, but the effects of the radioactive waves still came through knocking out systems, and I believe causing your DNA to turn upon itself, although I'm not sure why it would do that."
"So what's going to happen to me? Will I just become a little more metroid-like than I am now? No big, I can handle that." Samus said, trying to seem confident.
"No Samus, it's not just adding a little metroid, it's changing you into some strange new creature, but I assure you, whatever it is, it won't be human."
"Sounds like I've got to go begging the federation for help again." she said, sliding back into her seat, not enjoying the thought of such a prospect.
"If you don't Samus, there's no telling what could happen. For all we know, it could kill you, or at the very least, turn you into a raging lunatic."
"Well keep on reminding me why don't ya?"
"Samus, I'm picking up a signal, it's a ship and it's heading this way....."
"Is it hostile? Is it responding to our distress call?"
"I don't know, my scanners are failing, we're dead in the water, "
"And blind as a bat."
Don't forget to review!
Thanks to Desert Lynx and Darkrenl86 for reviewing, and thanks to sjd372 for reviewing, I also wish it to be noted that I took their advice and made the first part a prologue. Thanks for reading, and please do review and tell me what you think needs changing, but if you've got a flame, then save it.
Update: Not alot changed here, a paragraph of description here, a short dialogue there, but still helps it I think.
Metroid: Mutation
Chapter One: Desolation
Once the light dimmed, and the space dust cleared, not much was left of this once beautiful solar system. Osiris one through three were gone, completely destroyed, only a few fragments remained of planets four and five, and planet six was about half the size it had been.
The chaos was caused from the destruction of the system's main star, which caused a massive shockwave that decimated the system. To make matter's worse, that wave caused the other two smaller stars to supernova, spreading more destruction. However few people would care, maybe a few wandering scientists and astronomers, but since the system was lifeless, no one had any reason to care..... except her.
"Samus, wake up, we don't have time for nappin lady." Adam said, trying to wake the unconscious bounty hunter.
"Eunnn, what happe... did we make it?" Samus asked as she stood up, and made her way back to her seat, albeit a little shaken.
"Yes, although I cannot say the same for the ship." he replied
"Ugh.. Damage report." she said sitting down and holding her head. It felt like the blood coursing through her was on fire, and she thought her head would explode at any moment from the intense throbbing.
The smoking hulk that was their ship, glided powerless through the star system which only an hour ago, had been at peace. A few asteroids and fragments ricocheted off the hull, simply adding insult to injury. In a few more minutes, Adam's computerized voice came back, with his analysis complete.
"Shields- offline"
"No surprise" Samus replied
"Weapons- offline"
"Hopefully not a problem"
"Engines- destroyed, replacement required"
"Oh great, and with what money?" Samus remarked, rolling her eyes as she did so.
"Hyperdrive- severly damaged, repairs needed"
"I hope the comm still works"
"Communications array- damaged, but functional"
"Finally, something that isn't broken, scan for the nearest non hostile vessel and hail them" Samus ordered, plugging her arm cannon into the vessel's specially fitted port.
"Scanning."
As the computer searched for aid, Samus continued looking over the damage, it wasn't going to be cheap to fix. And with no jobs coming her way, money wasn't going to be easy to come by.
"No vessels within range. Recommend launching a becon." Adam advised, although in reality, he was already preparing it.
"Do it."
Within a few seconds a becon was launched, on its way in search of help. As Samus tried to get up, she fell back down in agony, something was wrong, very wrong. A horrible pain came over her as she grabbed her side.
"What's the matter Samus?" Adam asked
"I don't know, it feels like something is ripping my insides apart." She said, through clenched teeth, letting out a quick sigh and then whincing again as the increasingly familiar pain came over her again.
"I'll conduct some scans." A small device came down from the ceiling and scanned Samus's body, from head to toe. Seperating DNA from DNA, and technology from biology, he came to a speedy conclusion.
"I think I've found your problem." Adam said displaying a holographic image in front of her. It was an image of her own body, with several points highlighted.
"This is your cellular structure. These are your human DNA strands, these are the Metroid hatchling DNA strands, but these, these are something new, and they seem to be attacking and changing your human DNA." Adam said pointing each one out in the projection
"What? Why?" she asked, there were more questions on the tip of her tongue, but she decided it best to save them.
"Think of it this way, the metroid DNA injected into your system to save you from the X parasites 'bonded' with your DNA, making you one, but the DNA still show up seperate. Think of this new strand as say, an Omega Metroid if you will, it's attacking your human DNA, because it thinks it's an enemy, but it's also adapting it, so as to make it hospitable."
"Ok, but that still doesn't explain why it's happening." Samus said with a very annoyed tone.
"I believe it was this." he said changing the image to show the system they were in, as the shockwave hit the ship. "Ok, this is the first wave, from the main star, the shields managed to stave off most of the effects, but after that the generator was finished. But as the second and third waves hit, the structrual shielding kept it from ripping the ship apart, but the effects of the radioactive waves still came through knocking out systems, and I believe causing your DNA to turn upon itself, although I'm not sure why it would do that."
"So what's going to happen to me? Will I just become a little more metroid-like than I am now? No big, I can handle that." Samus said, trying to seem confident.
"No Samus, it's not just adding a little metroid, it's changing you into some strange new creature, but I assure you, whatever it is, it won't be human."
"Sounds like I've got to go begging the federation for help again." she said, sliding back into her seat, not enjoying the thought of such a prospect.
"If you don't Samus, there's no telling what could happen. For all we know, it could kill you, or at the very least, turn you into a raging lunatic."
"Well keep on reminding me why don't ya?"
"Samus, I'm picking up a signal, it's a ship and it's heading this way....."
"Is it hostile? Is it responding to our distress call?"
"I don't know, my scanners are failing, we're dead in the water, "
"And blind as a bat."
Don't forget to review!