A/N: Okay, I am afraid to say that I will be out of town for a week and a half, so I'm trying to do another chapter, but at the same time, not ruin it. I have also been playing Zero Mission, so that takes up some of my time. But as always the main drain on my time is The War of the Triforce at ZU. So bear with me, and I'll try to make this chapter good.
And as always, I like to thank my reviewers. Thankyou, ChaosGallantmon for your review. Thankyou Executor Zurg for your.. err... interesting suggestions, but I've already got my ideas about what Samus will look like when she mutates further. I'd like to thank Garret Jax for another encouraging, and helpful review. Thank you, ShadowFox777, Unseen Dark Templar, Dark-Titan, Desert Lynx, sjd372, paladin2007(formerly Mega Man X). To the best of my knowledge, this is everyone.
Okay, after getting half way into this chapter, I decided I'd do it in first person from Samus's POV. Note there could be some inconsistencies. I hope to make it good though.
Update: Fixed a few flaws in the POV speech. Also added some bits here and there.
Metroid: Mutation
Chapter Four: Confinement
Here I sit in my cell, thinking of what could possibly be going on outside the small room. I had no idea where they'd taken Adam, most likely they are trying to scramble his circuits. Good thing we developed an intricate security system for his neural pathways, it didn't matter what they did to him, they weren't going to find their answers. There was an interesting creature being detained across the block. A curious life-form indeed, it was robotic as far as I could tell, and since they ordered me to get out of my fusion suit, I couldn't scan it to find out. It noticed I was stareing at it, and it asked me something I could not understand, the robots language being rather confounding. I checked my combat uniform over, they had searched me thoroughly, made certain I had no weapons on me anywhere. But fortunately, they didn't check everywhere.
"They should really up their security around here." I thought to myself as I dug into my deeper pockets, and made certain the key card I snatched off of the guard was still there. I'd need it some time I figured. I then heard someone in the next cell over mention my name.
"So.... the great Samus Aran brought down to the cell block with the rest of us thugs, how ironic."
"I find no irony in the fact that the federation is frameing me." I replied
"Of course Samus, of course. 'Everyone' is innocent." the man said in a mocking tone. "I'm just glad I lived to see this day."
"Who are you anyway?" I asked
"You don't remember me? That hurts me Samus." he said, and then paused for a chuckle. "I'm not surprised though. You wouldn't remember a single one of the souls you locked up."
"You never know, I might. Try me." I said, although in reality, I really didn't know how he was at all, being a bounty hunter, you meet your fair share of people. Some good, most bad. Some with a price to offer, and some with a price on their heads.
"Alright then Samus, does the name 'Hawk' ring any bells?" he said to me, almost as if he were enjoying himself.
"Not at the moment, but I've kind of had a bad last few days."
"My sincerest sympathies go out to you Samus, heh." snorting for a moment, he then continued. "You should remember this," he said, then paused briefly, before uttering "Orion Six."
My eyes flew open and I immediately sat up from the bed in my cell, I remember who this jerk is now. If only I'd had my suit on, I would have blasted that wall down and beat the man to death. Hawk was his alias, and a feather and talon on the victim were his calling card. He was a lunatic responsible for the death of more than one hundred victims, of all kinds of species.
"You pig! Why hasn't the federation ripped your heart out, or whatever you've got in there." I asked, anger and hatred beginning to overwhelm me.
"Politics my dear, politics. They can't kill me because it would violate an ancient custom of my people, which just so happen to be in the federation. The custom states that none of our people may be killed in exchange for them having killed others, and so in order to keep my people their ally, the federation let's me rot away in this cell." he said, laughing for a moment and then standing up to walk around his cell.
"I guarantee, that if my people should ever decide to leave the federation, they'll send me down the long walk to the end of this hall, and make sure that I suffer long and painfully. I look forward to it, I'll finally be able to quit having to stare at this disgusting filth across the way." Hawk said, refering to a strange slug like creature which occupied the other side of the block.
"Don't you worry about your precious little custom, the second I get my suit back, I'll tear you apart, you don't deserve the food nor the oxygen they give you. Your hide is mine! And I intend to collect." I shouted at him, ready to break his neck with my bare hands, if only I could have gotten to him. I managed to draw one of the passing guards attention by doing so.
"Quiet down in there! I don't have the patience to put up with your griping!" the guard shouted at me, then began to walk away.
While perhaps I should have been a bit more subtle in my approach, I couldn't take it anymore, and was losing it so I shouted back at him; "Well then you best find a new coridor to meander down, because I'm just getting started!"
"I said be quiet!" he yelled, pushing a button on the panel outside my cell, releasing the force field, and reaching for an energy tonfa. He was ready to smash it across my face, but I had other plans. I fell back to the floor and kicked him in the groin, the look on his face was priceless. He dropped to the floor gasping in pain, and I quickly kicked him again, this time across his face, knocking him into the wall and consequently, unconscious. I then jumped to my feet, and grabbed his beam rifle and key card, two keys are better than one right? I looked out into the hall, fortunately, no guards were present, but I knew there would be cameras everywhere. I was about ready to start sneaking down the hall, knowing I probably wouldn't get far, but then that strange robot from the other cell started going nuts.
He was beeping and whizzing, and making other sounds, that sounded like he was trying to tell me something important, but without my suits translator, I didn't have a clue what he was saying. I told him as such, and then he seemed elated at the fact that I had spoken. Within a minutes time I soon heard him speaking, although very poorly, my own language. With only a handful of words he was already analyzing my speech patterns and grammer, as I communicated further with him, he picked up more and more, soon being able to identify himself as Maverick. At first I thought it was his name, but I later learned it was the model of his chasis, he was actually a flesh creature, inside that machine. His name was, Jax.
After a brief chat, he informed me that he was being held, simply because they assumed him dangerous. He was from a distant galaxy where war had raged for thousands of years, and showed no signs of stopping soon. He also had a device that he was able to alter in order to jam the security cameras.
So, with my new companion, and maybe a little luck, my new mission to discover the truth about what happened in the Osiris system, and why I'm being framed for it, will actually proceed, but not without difficulty.
"YOU THERE, HALT!"
A/N: Whew, changing that stuff was kinda annoying, but I think I got it all in order. Anyway, I thank you for reviewing, and be sure to be helpful in your future reviews.
And yes, I did insert Jax from one of my reviewers, SEE! It pays to review! So if you want to end up with a minor role, be sure and be helpful in those reviews! And remember, there will be no updates for two weeks atleast. So... about my normal rate ;)
And as always, I like to thank my reviewers. Thankyou, ChaosGallantmon for your review. Thankyou Executor Zurg for your.. err... interesting suggestions, but I've already got my ideas about what Samus will look like when she mutates further. I'd like to thank Garret Jax for another encouraging, and helpful review. Thank you, ShadowFox777, Unseen Dark Templar, Dark-Titan, Desert Lynx, sjd372, paladin2007(formerly Mega Man X). To the best of my knowledge, this is everyone.
Okay, after getting half way into this chapter, I decided I'd do it in first person from Samus's POV. Note there could be some inconsistencies. I hope to make it good though.
Update: Fixed a few flaws in the POV speech. Also added some bits here and there.
Metroid: Mutation
Chapter Four: Confinement
Here I sit in my cell, thinking of what could possibly be going on outside the small room. I had no idea where they'd taken Adam, most likely they are trying to scramble his circuits. Good thing we developed an intricate security system for his neural pathways, it didn't matter what they did to him, they weren't going to find their answers. There was an interesting creature being detained across the block. A curious life-form indeed, it was robotic as far as I could tell, and since they ordered me to get out of my fusion suit, I couldn't scan it to find out. It noticed I was stareing at it, and it asked me something I could not understand, the robots language being rather confounding. I checked my combat uniform over, they had searched me thoroughly, made certain I had no weapons on me anywhere. But fortunately, they didn't check everywhere.
"They should really up their security around here." I thought to myself as I dug into my deeper pockets, and made certain the key card I snatched off of the guard was still there. I'd need it some time I figured. I then heard someone in the next cell over mention my name.
"So.... the great Samus Aran brought down to the cell block with the rest of us thugs, how ironic."
"I find no irony in the fact that the federation is frameing me." I replied
"Of course Samus, of course. 'Everyone' is innocent." the man said in a mocking tone. "I'm just glad I lived to see this day."
"Who are you anyway?" I asked
"You don't remember me? That hurts me Samus." he said, and then paused for a chuckle. "I'm not surprised though. You wouldn't remember a single one of the souls you locked up."
"You never know, I might. Try me." I said, although in reality, I really didn't know how he was at all, being a bounty hunter, you meet your fair share of people. Some good, most bad. Some with a price to offer, and some with a price on their heads.
"Alright then Samus, does the name 'Hawk' ring any bells?" he said to me, almost as if he were enjoying himself.
"Not at the moment, but I've kind of had a bad last few days."
"My sincerest sympathies go out to you Samus, heh." snorting for a moment, he then continued. "You should remember this," he said, then paused briefly, before uttering "Orion Six."
My eyes flew open and I immediately sat up from the bed in my cell, I remember who this jerk is now. If only I'd had my suit on, I would have blasted that wall down and beat the man to death. Hawk was his alias, and a feather and talon on the victim were his calling card. He was a lunatic responsible for the death of more than one hundred victims, of all kinds of species.
"You pig! Why hasn't the federation ripped your heart out, or whatever you've got in there." I asked, anger and hatred beginning to overwhelm me.
"Politics my dear, politics. They can't kill me because it would violate an ancient custom of my people, which just so happen to be in the federation. The custom states that none of our people may be killed in exchange for them having killed others, and so in order to keep my people their ally, the federation let's me rot away in this cell." he said, laughing for a moment and then standing up to walk around his cell.
"I guarantee, that if my people should ever decide to leave the federation, they'll send me down the long walk to the end of this hall, and make sure that I suffer long and painfully. I look forward to it, I'll finally be able to quit having to stare at this disgusting filth across the way." Hawk said, refering to a strange slug like creature which occupied the other side of the block.
"Don't you worry about your precious little custom, the second I get my suit back, I'll tear you apart, you don't deserve the food nor the oxygen they give you. Your hide is mine! And I intend to collect." I shouted at him, ready to break his neck with my bare hands, if only I could have gotten to him. I managed to draw one of the passing guards attention by doing so.
"Quiet down in there! I don't have the patience to put up with your griping!" the guard shouted at me, then began to walk away.
While perhaps I should have been a bit more subtle in my approach, I couldn't take it anymore, and was losing it so I shouted back at him; "Well then you best find a new coridor to meander down, because I'm just getting started!"
"I said be quiet!" he yelled, pushing a button on the panel outside my cell, releasing the force field, and reaching for an energy tonfa. He was ready to smash it across my face, but I had other plans. I fell back to the floor and kicked him in the groin, the look on his face was priceless. He dropped to the floor gasping in pain, and I quickly kicked him again, this time across his face, knocking him into the wall and consequently, unconscious. I then jumped to my feet, and grabbed his beam rifle and key card, two keys are better than one right? I looked out into the hall, fortunately, no guards were present, but I knew there would be cameras everywhere. I was about ready to start sneaking down the hall, knowing I probably wouldn't get far, but then that strange robot from the other cell started going nuts.
He was beeping and whizzing, and making other sounds, that sounded like he was trying to tell me something important, but without my suits translator, I didn't have a clue what he was saying. I told him as such, and then he seemed elated at the fact that I had spoken. Within a minutes time I soon heard him speaking, although very poorly, my own language. With only a handful of words he was already analyzing my speech patterns and grammer, as I communicated further with him, he picked up more and more, soon being able to identify himself as Maverick. At first I thought it was his name, but I later learned it was the model of his chasis, he was actually a flesh creature, inside that machine. His name was, Jax.
After a brief chat, he informed me that he was being held, simply because they assumed him dangerous. He was from a distant galaxy where war had raged for thousands of years, and showed no signs of stopping soon. He also had a device that he was able to alter in order to jam the security cameras.
So, with my new companion, and maybe a little luck, my new mission to discover the truth about what happened in the Osiris system, and why I'm being framed for it, will actually proceed, but not without difficulty.
"YOU THERE, HALT!"
A/N: Whew, changing that stuff was kinda annoying, but I think I got it all in order. Anyway, I thank you for reviewing, and be sure to be helpful in your future reviews.
And yes, I did insert Jax from one of my reviewers, SEE! It pays to review! So if you want to end up with a minor role, be sure and be helpful in those reviews! And remember, there will be no updates for two weeks atleast. So... about my normal rate ;)