Ok... hope you've like the previous chapters...

here goes....

Chapter Four: Partners

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"One..."

"Two..."

"Three!" Samus yelled as she and Terran jumped down from their post in an outcropping of rocks above the room. As the two fell, they fired off multiple shots at the pirates below them. Before hitting the ground, they fired off their grapple beams, and used them to swing over to opposite sides of the room.

Samus quickly fired off two missles into the fray, while her team mate tossed a grenade into their midst. The simultaneous explosions were enough to send the pirates to the ground.

"Gee... that was easy." Terran said lightheartedly as he examined the locked exit. "Samus, chck that coputer over there for a map, while I work on opening this door." He said as he hacked into the door's lock system.

"Ok." Samus said as she logged on the computer and plugged her suit into it. The data on the computer appeared in her visor. "Ok... hmm... it seems that we're about 2 floors over the main lab for the base here. Right now there is a ship taking off from the docks, but it's not an emergency flight, so they don't know we're here." Samus explained as she read on. "It seems that the big shot pirates that were here... are on that shuttle." She finished.

"That's not good, they would have brought in alot of cash." Terran stated as he pushed the door open. "Let's go, this elevator should take us down to the docks and lab."

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"Samus, I wonder how she is doing right now." Te'kiltec said to himself as he walked around the sun chamber. Other chozo were out, relaxing, reading, some were working on chizeling lore on tablets posted on the wall.

"I know Te, things just aren't the same without her here, she was so full of energy, she allways kept us from going insane from boredom." A chozo standing next to him put in.

"I just hope she's safe."said A female chozo sitting on a large rock above them. "She should be fine, after all, she has the power suit, and she is perfectly capable of using it." Te said as he walked towards the exit. "I'm going to give her a call, I'll be back in a little bit."

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"That was pathetic, I can't beleive that these are the infamous space pirates that have caused so much trouble." Samus said as she dragged a few of the unconscience bodies and locked them away in a closet. "Terran, make sure you get those DNA samples, so we can prove we killed these guys." Samus instructed as she paged her ship.

"Let's get to the docks, it won't take too long for our ships to get there." Terran stated as he finished what he was doing and activated the elevator.

They stepped inside the small room, it went down one floor, and as soon as the door opened, Samus and Terran ran out shooting at each and every pirate.

They moved quickly towards a stack of metal boxes, they jumped behind them and used them for a shield as they fired. It took only a few minutes for them to take out all of the pirates. Seconds later their ships arrived. "Finish with the DNA, I'll go search the side rooms." Samus called as she waked away.

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As soon as Samus climbed down into her ship she set a course for the space station she had come from. She activated her com, and called Terran's ship. "Terran, remind me to find a good locator when we get back, I can find my own, just make sure I don't forget." Samus asked him. "Sure, but good luck finding a decent locator, mine is just some stupid ex-pirate, I usually do the searching myself." Terran said dryly.

She closed the com link, and took her helmet off. "Man it's hot in there." She said to herself. Several seconds later her com went off. "What now..." the hunter groaned as she activated it. "Samus, are you there, it's me Te." a familiar voice came. "Te, hi, it's me, do you need something?" Samus asked. "Just wandering how you're doing, did you find anything out?" Te questioned.

"Actualy, I just got done raiding one of the pirate bases." Samus answered. "Already! that was quick, you've only been gone three days!" Te said in shock. "Yeah, but I had alot of help." Samus said modestly. "Actualy, I got help from a guy named Terran, he has a Power suit like mine, he has a Vanya model." Samus told him.

"Terran, yes, I met him once before, I gave him the Vanya suit, it's a prototype to your Varia model." Te explained. "Oh, that explains why they're so similar, maybe I can get him to come back to Tallon IV with me." Samus suggested. "Maybe, well, I look forward to seeing you again, be careful, Te'kiltec Out." He finished as the com line disconnected.

"Hmmm, so Terran and Te know each other, sure is a small galaxy." She said as she pressed a button and sent the gunship towards the space station.

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I know, it's a small chapter, but I couldn't think of anything big to put in, it was just one of those chapters meant to take up space. Well, the next chapter will explain some of the stuff from Metroid 1, and Metroid awakenings...

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