A/N: Okay, thing being busy like always, I haven't had much time to write. Actually that's not entirely true. I've had time to write, it just hasn't come this way. I spend most of my writing time in a Coop Fan fic over at www.zeldauniverse.net, it's really cool, if you like Zelda, and or just group fan fics, then head over to ZU and check out the forums. It's in the fan fic section(good place for it no?) Anyway, I'm going to try and devote more time to this and my zelda fic Four Swords, well sorta. But keep in mind, I'm not a great writer, or even a good one, I'm trying to make this a good story, but not to rush it and make it just.. stupid and boring. I want it to be great, not just another fic. Not that it will achieve greatness, but atleasts I've got something to shoot for.
I'd like to take this time to thank my many reviewers, this will take awhile. I'd like to thank, Dark-Titan, he shared some great ideas, I just may use them, at the very least they help me out. I'd like to thank nitnit, although you nitpicked my summary, but I'm terrible at those, so oh well.
Shadow Fox777 also was kind enough to review. Garret Jax, who gave me my longest, and most helpful review ever. And Desert Lynx who's been reading since day one, well since the prologue anyway. And finally ChaosGallantmon. If I've missed anyone, I'm sorry. I'm kinda trying to just thank those who reviewed my latest chapter so as to not drag this out to much. If you want your name in this oh so coveted position, all it takes is... A REVIEW! But make it worthwhile! Thanks!
Update: Eh, only a little bit here and there changed. Just a few discriptions here and there, and a few things reworded. But its still a good chapter.
Metroid: Mutation
Chapter Three: Federation Head Quarters
Blazing through space at amazing speeds, and knowing that every minute could be their last, Adam tried to get the hyperdrive under his control, while Samus did her best to stop it. They were stuck there, until the ship ran out of power, or ran out of empty space to fly through. A drop of sweat rolled down Samus's face from inside her suit, she was really starting to wish she had heeded Adam's warning. But it was far too late for that now.
"All attempts to deactivate the new hyperdrive have failed. I don't know how long the ship can handle this Samus, it's exceeding maximum velocity, if it goes much further the ship will rip apart." Adam's monotoned compu-voice spoke out through the ship audio system.
Samus looked over the panel in front of her, she was coming up with nothing, not even a last resort. If they eject the hyperdrive, the result would be catastrophic, if they don't try something soon though, the ship's integrity will fall apart. She beat her helmet, trying to jar something into place.
"I've got it!" Samus shouted, who says violence never solves anything? She thought to herself, she then plugged her arm cannon into the slot, and began hitting keys, after a short while, her smile changed to sorrow. She was trying to hack into the main subsystems, and reroute power away from the hyperdrive, but nothing worked. She was just about to give up hope when the drive suddenly shut off, and their ship glided gracefully to tolerable speeds.
"You did it lady! Good job." Adam said
"I.... I didn't do anything, what I tried didn't work, it just... shut itself off." Samus replied, completely bewieldered at this new turn of events.
As the two checked things over, to figure out what happened, the comm system was activated, and they received a hail. It originated from a small light class scoutship. It was equiped with minimal weaponry, but the fast engines and long range radar were obviously it's most valuable assets.
It was about half the size of Samus's purple colored gunship. Samus laughed at the sight of it, her escape pod was almost bigger than that thing. But nevertheless she was at the disadvantage.
"This is lieutenant Willis of the federation scout group 'Exeter'. State your name and purpose in federation space." the voice said over the comm
"This is Samus Aran, my ship was seriously damaged in an explosion, and needs immediate repairs."
"Samus Aran eh? You've got guts showing your face around federation space."
Samus rolled her eyes and ingaged her thrusters to close in on the scout group. "I need help, and this is the only place I could go. So if you'll kindly escort me to the nearest docking port, I'll"
"Hold your position." Willis said, then switched off the frequency.
"What now lady?" Adam asked
"I'm not sure. We can't fight them, nor could we ever outrun them unless we powered up that hyperdrive again, but I'd rather not do that, considering what happened last time." Samus said, punching up a star chart, to try and figure out where exactly they were.
"I don't believe this, we're only five light years from federation HQ. In our uncontrolable flight, we traveled over one thousand light years!"
"Lady, that's impossible. My sensors still show...... that we're only five light years from federation HQ..... but how? The hyperdrive was only active for a minute and thirty-seven seconds."
"Apparently that was all it needed." Samus said, as she brought the ship to a stop.
The comm light switched on, and lieutenant Willis' voice came back over the system with his orders.
"Samus Aran, I've been instructed to escort you to Federation Head Quarters. Based on our preliminary scans, your engines are non functioning, so we'll have to tow you in."
"Alright then, tow away." Samus said, pushing a few controls, preping the ship for the towing clamps.
"Clamps away.... standby." Willis said, Samus watched as his ship manuevered above hers, she then heard the distinct sound of the graviton clamps that attached to her ship. Within minutes they were moving, at full impulse. Samus didn't like being put on a leash, but in this case it was necessary.
"Any chance you could lose some extra weight? My scout ship wasn't exactly designed for towing gun ships into dock." Willis asked
"I could dump my busted up hyperdrive, but I don't think that the federation wants an anti-matter spill inside their territory." Samus replied
"Acknowledged." came the reply, he then switched over to signal for a tugger, a ship with everything needed to move ships into dock, even cruisers, that is with enough combined effort from multiple tugs.
"So what do you think the federation will do first? Accuse me of destroying an entire star system? Or still complain about their space station?" Samus asked, smiling behind her helmet.
"I could calculate the odds, but let's just say that you'll hear both before you've left." Adam replied
"Probably." Samus said with half a grin and a raised eyebrow, as a flash of light came from the space before them, and a large vessel appeared. It was large enough to fit all these smaller scouts inside with room to spare. It was a little on the blocky side, having only a few parts that weren't right angles or perfectly symmetrical. There were some manipulator arms hanging down from it's under belly, most likely for low grade repairs. It had a yellowish color, with black lines along its sides, signifying its class.
"Samus? This ship will tow you the rest of the way, good luck. You're gonna need it." Willis said, Samus could then hear the clamps remove themselves, and saw the squadron fly off to her starboard side.
"Samus Aran, this is captain Douglas, of the tugger ship 'Good fellow'. Prepare your ship for towing."
"Already is captain. She's all yours."
"Acknowledged." the captain replied, she watched as the larger ship took up place over hers, and then several of the under hanging arms attached themselves to her ship, pulling it up closer to the main vessel. It finally stopped, latching it onto a docking port.
"You're free to come aboard." the captain said
"I'd much rather stay on my ship thanks." Samus said
"I've got orders to perform minor maitenance on your vessels systems, and for that we need you off it." he replied, strongly, but still in a kind manner.
"Fine, have it your way." Samus said as she killed the comm channel. "Upload yourself into the drone." Samus said, as she locked down her ship, securing all files and memory banks from tampering.
"Done." Adam's voice said, as a small robot flew out from the back of the ship. It was only about as big as Samus's torso, but it had two arms for doing whatever work it might. It was equiped with an anti-grav converter, which allowed it to "fly" so to speak. Its body was positioned horizontally, with the arms on the front, and the hovering systems in the center towards the back.
"Alright, let's hope that they don't screw it up to bad." Samus said, as she walked over to the hatch, she and Adam were surrounded with a light field, and then lowered gentley down to the waiting deck. The ship had moveable decks that could position themselves under vessels for work. This one had a small ferry that was waiting to take her to the main vessel.
"Howdy Ma'am!" a suited up person shouted when she stepped inside the ferry 'ship'.
"Hello to you too." Samus said, raising an eyebrow behind her visor.
"What's with the drone?"
"It's my ship's computer."
"You that desperate for friends?"
"It's the personality of an old friend, he's also my computer."
"Oh right, that's what our captain is, best tug captain there ever was."
"Your ship's commander is a compu-personality?" Adam asked
"You bet, and he's always joking about it, cause he can be everywhere on the ship, so he knows when we aren't working. Heh."
"I'm certainly glad you're not so nosey Adam." Samus said, looking at the floating droid
"I've still got some respect for people's privacy lady, since I have none."
"True, very true."
Their ferry finally returned to its hatch, and Samus was led to the bridge, where she was met by a screen, captain Douglas.
"Welcome aboard Samus Aran, we've heard some interesting stories about you." Douglas said as she was offered a seat.
"I don't doubt it. Which twisted version have you heard?" Samus asked, taking a seat a short distance behind the 'captains chair'.
"Well, actually, the federation tells us that you destroyed our research station, but I somehow doubt that, especially when I heard rumors that there were metroids involved."
"Do you want the truth? Or just rumors?"
"I would very much like the truth. I am a man... well, I used to be a man of unmatched honesty and truth. I would like to hear the story from your side." he said, showing about as much emotion and interest as compu-personalities are wont to do.
Samus then began to summarize her adventures, from the first time she set out after the pirates, up until the events that crippled her ship just today. She wisely neglected to inform him of her 'condition'. This took up all their travel time between the pick up point, and Federation HQ. Her ship's engines had been repaired, somehow, even though she thought they were unsalvagable. So she set out at minor impluse with her escort leaving for another mission. As soon as she drew near, she was given clearance to dock, and upon doing so she exited her ship. But she was met with quite the welcome wagon.
"Samus Aran! You are hereby charged with the destruction of the Osiris system, you are under arrest." said a man who was well armored, and holding an automatic beam rifle at her, he was not alone though, atleast ten other men were all pointing their guns at her.
'What else could go wrong today!?' Samus thought, as she raised her arms and surrendered.
I'd like to take this time to thank my many reviewers, this will take awhile. I'd like to thank, Dark-Titan, he shared some great ideas, I just may use them, at the very least they help me out. I'd like to thank nitnit, although you nitpicked my summary, but I'm terrible at those, so oh well.
Shadow Fox777 also was kind enough to review. Garret Jax, who gave me my longest, and most helpful review ever. And Desert Lynx who's been reading since day one, well since the prologue anyway. And finally ChaosGallantmon. If I've missed anyone, I'm sorry. I'm kinda trying to just thank those who reviewed my latest chapter so as to not drag this out to much. If you want your name in this oh so coveted position, all it takes is... A REVIEW! But make it worthwhile! Thanks!
Update: Eh, only a little bit here and there changed. Just a few discriptions here and there, and a few things reworded. But its still a good chapter.
Metroid: Mutation
Chapter Three: Federation Head Quarters
Blazing through space at amazing speeds, and knowing that every minute could be their last, Adam tried to get the hyperdrive under his control, while Samus did her best to stop it. They were stuck there, until the ship ran out of power, or ran out of empty space to fly through. A drop of sweat rolled down Samus's face from inside her suit, she was really starting to wish she had heeded Adam's warning. But it was far too late for that now.
"All attempts to deactivate the new hyperdrive have failed. I don't know how long the ship can handle this Samus, it's exceeding maximum velocity, if it goes much further the ship will rip apart." Adam's monotoned compu-voice spoke out through the ship audio system.
Samus looked over the panel in front of her, she was coming up with nothing, not even a last resort. If they eject the hyperdrive, the result would be catastrophic, if they don't try something soon though, the ship's integrity will fall apart. She beat her helmet, trying to jar something into place.
"I've got it!" Samus shouted, who says violence never solves anything? She thought to herself, she then plugged her arm cannon into the slot, and began hitting keys, after a short while, her smile changed to sorrow. She was trying to hack into the main subsystems, and reroute power away from the hyperdrive, but nothing worked. She was just about to give up hope when the drive suddenly shut off, and their ship glided gracefully to tolerable speeds.
"You did it lady! Good job." Adam said
"I.... I didn't do anything, what I tried didn't work, it just... shut itself off." Samus replied, completely bewieldered at this new turn of events.
As the two checked things over, to figure out what happened, the comm system was activated, and they received a hail. It originated from a small light class scoutship. It was equiped with minimal weaponry, but the fast engines and long range radar were obviously it's most valuable assets.
It was about half the size of Samus's purple colored gunship. Samus laughed at the sight of it, her escape pod was almost bigger than that thing. But nevertheless she was at the disadvantage.
"This is lieutenant Willis of the federation scout group 'Exeter'. State your name and purpose in federation space." the voice said over the comm
"This is Samus Aran, my ship was seriously damaged in an explosion, and needs immediate repairs."
"Samus Aran eh? You've got guts showing your face around federation space."
Samus rolled her eyes and ingaged her thrusters to close in on the scout group. "I need help, and this is the only place I could go. So if you'll kindly escort me to the nearest docking port, I'll"
"Hold your position." Willis said, then switched off the frequency.
"What now lady?" Adam asked
"I'm not sure. We can't fight them, nor could we ever outrun them unless we powered up that hyperdrive again, but I'd rather not do that, considering what happened last time." Samus said, punching up a star chart, to try and figure out where exactly they were.
"I don't believe this, we're only five light years from federation HQ. In our uncontrolable flight, we traveled over one thousand light years!"
"Lady, that's impossible. My sensors still show...... that we're only five light years from federation HQ..... but how? The hyperdrive was only active for a minute and thirty-seven seconds."
"Apparently that was all it needed." Samus said, as she brought the ship to a stop.
The comm light switched on, and lieutenant Willis' voice came back over the system with his orders.
"Samus Aran, I've been instructed to escort you to Federation Head Quarters. Based on our preliminary scans, your engines are non functioning, so we'll have to tow you in."
"Alright then, tow away." Samus said, pushing a few controls, preping the ship for the towing clamps.
"Clamps away.... standby." Willis said, Samus watched as his ship manuevered above hers, she then heard the distinct sound of the graviton clamps that attached to her ship. Within minutes they were moving, at full impulse. Samus didn't like being put on a leash, but in this case it was necessary.
"Any chance you could lose some extra weight? My scout ship wasn't exactly designed for towing gun ships into dock." Willis asked
"I could dump my busted up hyperdrive, but I don't think that the federation wants an anti-matter spill inside their territory." Samus replied
"Acknowledged." came the reply, he then switched over to signal for a tugger, a ship with everything needed to move ships into dock, even cruisers, that is with enough combined effort from multiple tugs.
"So what do you think the federation will do first? Accuse me of destroying an entire star system? Or still complain about their space station?" Samus asked, smiling behind her helmet.
"I could calculate the odds, but let's just say that you'll hear both before you've left." Adam replied
"Probably." Samus said with half a grin and a raised eyebrow, as a flash of light came from the space before them, and a large vessel appeared. It was large enough to fit all these smaller scouts inside with room to spare. It was a little on the blocky side, having only a few parts that weren't right angles or perfectly symmetrical. There were some manipulator arms hanging down from it's under belly, most likely for low grade repairs. It had a yellowish color, with black lines along its sides, signifying its class.
"Samus? This ship will tow you the rest of the way, good luck. You're gonna need it." Willis said, Samus could then hear the clamps remove themselves, and saw the squadron fly off to her starboard side.
"Samus Aran, this is captain Douglas, of the tugger ship 'Good fellow'. Prepare your ship for towing."
"Already is captain. She's all yours."
"Acknowledged." the captain replied, she watched as the larger ship took up place over hers, and then several of the under hanging arms attached themselves to her ship, pulling it up closer to the main vessel. It finally stopped, latching it onto a docking port.
"You're free to come aboard." the captain said
"I'd much rather stay on my ship thanks." Samus said
"I've got orders to perform minor maitenance on your vessels systems, and for that we need you off it." he replied, strongly, but still in a kind manner.
"Fine, have it your way." Samus said as she killed the comm channel. "Upload yourself into the drone." Samus said, as she locked down her ship, securing all files and memory banks from tampering.
"Done." Adam's voice said, as a small robot flew out from the back of the ship. It was only about as big as Samus's torso, but it had two arms for doing whatever work it might. It was equiped with an anti-grav converter, which allowed it to "fly" so to speak. Its body was positioned horizontally, with the arms on the front, and the hovering systems in the center towards the back.
"Alright, let's hope that they don't screw it up to bad." Samus said, as she walked over to the hatch, she and Adam were surrounded with a light field, and then lowered gentley down to the waiting deck. The ship had moveable decks that could position themselves under vessels for work. This one had a small ferry that was waiting to take her to the main vessel.
"Howdy Ma'am!" a suited up person shouted when she stepped inside the ferry 'ship'.
"Hello to you too." Samus said, raising an eyebrow behind her visor.
"What's with the drone?"
"It's my ship's computer."
"You that desperate for friends?"
"It's the personality of an old friend, he's also my computer."
"Oh right, that's what our captain is, best tug captain there ever was."
"Your ship's commander is a compu-personality?" Adam asked
"You bet, and he's always joking about it, cause he can be everywhere on the ship, so he knows when we aren't working. Heh."
"I'm certainly glad you're not so nosey Adam." Samus said, looking at the floating droid
"I've still got some respect for people's privacy lady, since I have none."
"True, very true."
Their ferry finally returned to its hatch, and Samus was led to the bridge, where she was met by a screen, captain Douglas.
"Welcome aboard Samus Aran, we've heard some interesting stories about you." Douglas said as she was offered a seat.
"I don't doubt it. Which twisted version have you heard?" Samus asked, taking a seat a short distance behind the 'captains chair'.
"Well, actually, the federation tells us that you destroyed our research station, but I somehow doubt that, especially when I heard rumors that there were metroids involved."
"Do you want the truth? Or just rumors?"
"I would very much like the truth. I am a man... well, I used to be a man of unmatched honesty and truth. I would like to hear the story from your side." he said, showing about as much emotion and interest as compu-personalities are wont to do.
Samus then began to summarize her adventures, from the first time she set out after the pirates, up until the events that crippled her ship just today. She wisely neglected to inform him of her 'condition'. This took up all their travel time between the pick up point, and Federation HQ. Her ship's engines had been repaired, somehow, even though she thought they were unsalvagable. So she set out at minor impluse with her escort leaving for another mission. As soon as she drew near, she was given clearance to dock, and upon doing so she exited her ship. But she was met with quite the welcome wagon.
"Samus Aran! You are hereby charged with the destruction of the Osiris system, you are under arrest." said a man who was well armored, and holding an automatic beam rifle at her, he was not alone though, atleast ten other men were all pointing their guns at her.
'What else could go wrong today!?' Samus thought, as she raised her arms and surrendered.