Glitch: Ok, the last chapter was just a filler, but this chapter should dive into the main action of the story, here goes nothin... (sorry for the huge delay in getting it out) and to anyone who read the really small, like, 300 word version of this chapter, that was only half the chapter, I'm sorry, I posted teh wrong version

Chapter Six: The pirates of Rilana

"So that's Rilana eh?" Terran said as he stared out the window of the ship, onto the small planet below. They were all currently aboard the Chozo ship, the gun ships were waiting in the docks. "Yes, there is a major pirate outpost down there, our job is to destroy whatever their working on, and bring some of the scientists in, we then collect our bounty, and keep the planet." Samus explained.

"I don't know, it sounds to good to be true..." Te said with concern in his voice. "Well, they did say there was risk factor, but we are bounty hunters, and you are Chozo, for us it wont be a problem." she said as she sat down in front of the controls. "We're gonna send in a landing party first, we'll check it out, then call in for the rest of you guys." she instructed as she put in her clearance code for the gun ship to be cleared for launch. "That landing party is, Me, Terran, Te, and any chozo warriors that can fit in the Gun ship." she continued.

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One hour later they landed on the planet, and slowly climbed out of the ship. "Is the air breathable?" Te asked, his voice muffled by the breathing mask over his mouth. Samus quickly ran an air scan, the data came up on her visor. "Um, let's see, high Oxygen content, average nitrogen, and carbon chemicals, a little more Hydrogen than usual, but other than that, it's good." she reported.

Te and the other chozo removed their breathing masks, and took large deep breaths. "So, where is this base supposed to be?" Terran wondered aloud as he started up his long range scanner. "The ships scanners say it is in that general direction" She said pointing a finger to the northwest. "Well then, what are we waiting for, let's get going!" Te said as he and some of the other chozo started walking in that direction.

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"Gee, this is eventful" Terran said dryly as he blasted open yet another door. "Quit complaining, if you showed more enthusiasm this would go quicker." Samus scolded. They had busted into the lab, only to find it completely deserted, no one to be seen, all the computers deactivated or broken, no lab experiments whatsoever. Te was first to say it, "Samus, I think that this is a wild goose chase, there is nothing here."

The hunter looked around a bit more, she looked back at Te and said, "No, this place is deserted, but it's not the real lab... Think about it, they probably know about the bounty on them, so they took precautions." Te and Terran exchanged glances. "I suppose you're right, maybe we should be checking in other places." Terran admitted."Of course I'm right." Samus said smugly.

The group of hunters continued to search, checking everywhere for any signs of life. After at least three hours of searching, they found their lead.

It was while Samus was downloading the information from a computer into her suit. Just as she was finishing up, she heard the sound of running feet on metal flooring.

"Hey Terran!" She called out as she jumped down from the computer station, back into the main room. "We got a runner." She finished.
Terran ran to her side as she activated her thermal sensors. "There he is... he's trying to get to that access hatch hidden behind the shelves." She switched back to normal and led Terran down a side hall, this side hall then connected to another three side halls. "Hmm, the scanner says, to go, this way." Samus said as she turned and ran down the left hallway. With their enhanced ability they quickly caught up to the scientist.

"There he is!" Samus shouted. The scientist was busy trying to force a disabled door open, and didn't have time to dodge the stun shot from Terran's blaster. The pirate dropped to the ground, and stayed there. Terran bent down to read the tag on his lab coat. "Dr. Waeyner, hmm, let's hope the doc has some answers for us when he wakes up.

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"So doctor, what's it gonna be?" Samus asked the pirate. She and Terran had not waited for him to wake up, instead they just kicked him till he awoke. "Either you tell me what you're doing here, and then maybe I'll let you live. Or I just kill you now and save some time." Samus explained. "Please don't hurt me, I'll tell you everything, just as soon as you die." he said as he pulled out a small handgun. Samus fired a beam through his stomach before he could even twitch. "Oh well, his loss." Samus said as she turned and left.

"Samus he might have been our only chance." Terran complained. "No, there are others, he wasn't even working on the main project, just some weapons program, cloaking devices or something." Samus replied. They had been exploring this lab for some time now, Samus had read every one of the files on the computer, she knew exactly who to look for.

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The two hunters had gathered the party of chozo warriors and led them to the access hatch. "Alright now, I'm gonna blow the door, once it's open, two Chozo go in, be prepared to attack. Then as soon as their in, Samus and I follow, then the rest of you come in after Te." Terran explained as he finished setting the charges on a detonation pack. "Alright, that does it." He said as he placed the bomb directly over the center of the hatch. "Fire in the Hole!" He yelled with a hint of boyish amusement.

"That's real mature." Samus said just before the bomb went off, blowing the hatch into pieces of metal, and scorching the wall behind it. No sooner than five seconds after the bomb had gone off, did the Chozo warriors rush in. Samus and Terran waited three seconds, listening for any sounds of battle.

"It's all clear!" one of the warriors yelled back from the room. The remainder of the group entered the room, and began to search. "Looks like some kind of safe room, pretty much empty, but that door in the back must lead somewhere." said Terran, he and Samus were trying to hack into the one piece of equipment in the room, a barely active computer.

"Ah hah!" Samus shouted, five minutes later. Te and several chozo came running to her side. "What is it?" One of them inquired. "It's a personel safety report, in the event of an emergency, there are several steps to take. It looks like, based on the state the laboratory was left in, this emergency was a break out by one of the experiments." Samus explained as she pulled up two screens. One showed a laboratory in perfect condition, with scientists standing at consoles, the other showed the same lab, in a much worse condition. Consoles turned over and screened crushed in.

"In the event of a break out, they have several protocols." Samus continued. "Based on the state of the laboratory now, I would say, this is the most extreme protocol. That means that whatever escaped, couldn't be stopped, so they have to flee, before leaving though, they must wipe all computer records of the experiments, and then destroy whatever equipment they can."She finished

Terran took over as he brought up a time sheet. "Though this record says that the escape was only about a 25 minutes before we got here, and judging by how long it takes to finish the escape process, we should have seen the ships leaving, as we came in." A few of the chozo thought about that for a while. One of them spoke up. "So, then they're still here, which means, we have two dangers to worry about, the pirates, and whatever experiment escaped."

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Well, it's finally here, after like, 4 months, or so... probably not that much, but anyway, well, enjoy, review if you want, whatever, I know, it's like realy short, but don't worry, this is just setting u up for the big stuff