Chapter 3- Encounter
Samus looked down at the patch of brown stuff. She had just realized it was blood, and had she not seen worse things before, she would have vomited into her suit (which wouldn't have been good). She quickly jumped out, then looked around the room. Strangely, she hadn't noticed earlier all the patches were on the floor or the lowest 2 feet of the wall. Something had killed nearly everything on this station, and she intended to find out what. After all, she had a day and a half to waste while her engines in her ship came back online. Walking out of the room, Samus entered another short, blood-covered hallway before coming across a small room with a computer terminal. Noting that it was completely undamaged, she started typing commands:
-data on "Incident"
information denied. Try again
-Data on "Delta Metroid"
See entry log 2384
-data on "Phazon experiments"
See "Tallon IV incident (entry 1426)"
-Data on "Phazon"
See "Tallon IV incident (entry 1426)" or "Phazon degeneration (entry 2253)"
Samus guessed that this "Delta Metroid" was something similar to Metroid Prime, so she thought it could be a phazon mutation. She continued typing:
-"entry log 2384"
The "Delta Metroid" is a strange creature we found recently on an uninhabited, airless asteroid in the area around the ruins of Zebes. It is similar, but not quite, to the "Metroid Prime" we found on Tallon IV (see entry 1426). It evolves extremely fast and seems to have some psychic ability, and is highly intelligent. For more complete information, check with research lab (Deck 16).
-"entry log 2253"
A recent discovery has shown that the remaining phazon after the Hunter (entry log 26) destroyed the strange Chozo temple on Tallon IV (entry 1426) has begun degenerating, though most vanished mysteriously shortly after the destruction of the temple (within 4 deca-cycles). We harvested what little was left, which is used sparingly in some of our experiments. A large amount (20%) has been invested in the "Dark Nightmare" project (Entry log 2383)
-"Entry log 2383"
Data is unavailable from this location.
This confused Samus even more. According to this, the "Dark Nightmare" project (whatever it was) had been started before-maybe shortly after- this "Delta Metroid" had been found. Were the two linked, and what were they? Suddenly, samus had an idea.
-Security camera access
access to the security network is on deck 15.
-Station map readout
Please wait...
The computer displayed a small hologram of the station, which Samus quickly loaded into the small databank her suit had for that type of thing. Leaving the room, Samus noted that she was on deck 12. Samus decided to head up to the research deck and find out more about the "delta metroid" she kept hearing about, or maybe even run into it. Also, Samus was curious about this "Dark Nightmare" project she had seen referred to. Samus walked down the hall while searching for some type of elevator on her map. Finding one relatively close to where she was, connected to a large room, she headed in that direction.
Samus walked into a gigantic room in the center of the station. According to her map, the elevator was directly ahead.
Suddenly she heard a strange noise that sounded like someone tapping the floor with a piece of steel. Whipping around, Samus didn't see anything. "Must be a broken fan, or something..." She walked up to the elevator and hit the "call" button. The odd noise kept getting louder, and she kept looking around. The room was so large there was an echo produced by all noises, and she couldn't tell where it was coming from. Just as the console with the elevator control informed her that the elevator was passing deck 20, a creature came out of one of the doors across the room.
She stared in shock as she realized it was the same creature from her dream she had earlier.
It was about 6 feet tall, and had a generally humanoid body (except it was blue). However, there were several thick, scythe-like blades attached to its arms, legs, back, and its tail she had just noticed. The blades were about a foot long and 8 inches thick. There were four of the blades on its tail, the last of which had a strange purple tint. Looking at its face, she noticed it had no mouth, nose, ears, hair, or any facial features except for eyes, which were slightly large, and were completely red with yellow, slitted pupils. It also had talons on its feet, which accounted for the tapping noise.
The creature looked at her, and began running across the room at the same instant the elevator doors opened. She jumped in right before it began moving its left arm, and the door closed seconds before it jumped in the elevator and attacked her.
"What the hell was that thing?" Samus asked herself before she realized that it could very well have been the Delta metroid.
Samus looked down at the patch of brown stuff. She had just realized it was blood, and had she not seen worse things before, she would have vomited into her suit (which wouldn't have been good). She quickly jumped out, then looked around the room. Strangely, she hadn't noticed earlier all the patches were on the floor or the lowest 2 feet of the wall. Something had killed nearly everything on this station, and she intended to find out what. After all, she had a day and a half to waste while her engines in her ship came back online. Walking out of the room, Samus entered another short, blood-covered hallway before coming across a small room with a computer terminal. Noting that it was completely undamaged, she started typing commands:
-data on "Incident"
information denied. Try again
-Data on "Delta Metroid"
See entry log 2384
-data on "Phazon experiments"
See "Tallon IV incident (entry 1426)"
-Data on "Phazon"
See "Tallon IV incident (entry 1426)" or "Phazon degeneration (entry 2253)"
Samus guessed that this "Delta Metroid" was something similar to Metroid Prime, so she thought it could be a phazon mutation. She continued typing:
-"entry log 2384"
The "Delta Metroid" is a strange creature we found recently on an uninhabited, airless asteroid in the area around the ruins of Zebes. It is similar, but not quite, to the "Metroid Prime" we found on Tallon IV (see entry 1426). It evolves extremely fast and seems to have some psychic ability, and is highly intelligent. For more complete information, check with research lab (Deck 16).
-"entry log 2253"
A recent discovery has shown that the remaining phazon after the Hunter (entry log 26) destroyed the strange Chozo temple on Tallon IV (entry 1426) has begun degenerating, though most vanished mysteriously shortly after the destruction of the temple (within 4 deca-cycles). We harvested what little was left, which is used sparingly in some of our experiments. A large amount (20%) has been invested in the "Dark Nightmare" project (Entry log 2383)
-"Entry log 2383"
Data is unavailable from this location.
This confused Samus even more. According to this, the "Dark Nightmare" project (whatever it was) had been started before-maybe shortly after- this "Delta Metroid" had been found. Were the two linked, and what were they? Suddenly, samus had an idea.
-Security camera access
access to the security network is on deck 15.
-Station map readout
Please wait...
The computer displayed a small hologram of the station, which Samus quickly loaded into the small databank her suit had for that type of thing. Leaving the room, Samus noted that she was on deck 12. Samus decided to head up to the research deck and find out more about the "delta metroid" she kept hearing about, or maybe even run into it. Also, Samus was curious about this "Dark Nightmare" project she had seen referred to. Samus walked down the hall while searching for some type of elevator on her map. Finding one relatively close to where she was, connected to a large room, she headed in that direction.
Samus walked into a gigantic room in the center of the station. According to her map, the elevator was directly ahead.
Suddenly she heard a strange noise that sounded like someone tapping the floor with a piece of steel. Whipping around, Samus didn't see anything. "Must be a broken fan, or something..." She walked up to the elevator and hit the "call" button. The odd noise kept getting louder, and she kept looking around. The room was so large there was an echo produced by all noises, and she couldn't tell where it was coming from. Just as the console with the elevator control informed her that the elevator was passing deck 20, a creature came out of one of the doors across the room.
She stared in shock as she realized it was the same creature from her dream she had earlier.
It was about 6 feet tall, and had a generally humanoid body (except it was blue). However, there were several thick, scythe-like blades attached to its arms, legs, back, and its tail she had just noticed. The blades were about a foot long and 8 inches thick. There were four of the blades on its tail, the last of which had a strange purple tint. Looking at its face, she noticed it had no mouth, nose, ears, hair, or any facial features except for eyes, which were slightly large, and were completely red with yellow, slitted pupils. It also had talons on its feet, which accounted for the tapping noise.
The creature looked at her, and began running across the room at the same instant the elevator doors opened. She jumped in right before it began moving its left arm, and the door closed seconds before it jumped in the elevator and attacked her.
"What the hell was that thing?" Samus asked herself before she realized that it could very well have been the Delta metroid.