Metroid: Regeneration
Chapter 5: New Chozodia
Nearly a month had passed since the board room meeting at Nahr'Kayneea Outpost and already Samus's jump ship was approaching Tallon IV. The large orange planet slowly crept up on Samus as she finally felt the nostalgia taking its toll. A while back, before SR388 was destroyed, she had come to this planet in pursuit of the space pirates, and found a wrecked space frigate, belonging to the pirates. When Tallon IV came into view, images of lush green jungles, arid deserts of sand and ice, and maze-like caverns bombarded her mind.
Samus entered the atmosphere of Tallon IV and slowly brought the ship in to land. She looked out the window of her ship and surely enough it was raining, as it always did on the Tallon Overworld. And because of it, the grass was a deep, dark, green and the creek was refreshingly blue. But there was something there Samus did not prepare for. There were many miniature chozo running and playing. This struck her as odd since the last time she was here, this place was desolate and dangerous.
"These are our children," said a voice. Samus quickly turned, arm cannon pointing at whoever was behind her. "Don't be startled Samus, we won't hurt you." It was a chozo dressed in a large brown and red robe, typical chozo garb. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Goldensteen. A resident of New Chozodia."
"New Chozodia?" asked Samus. "Is that what you call this place?"
"No, this is still the Tallon Overworld. New Chozodia is simply the city we chozo constructed upon our return to Tallon IV," Goldensteen replied, smartly. "But I trust someone as yourself does not come to a place like Tallon IV for rest and relaxation, and your true intentions are much more confidential and, perhaps even controversial. We shall go to my humble abode within the city. Come."
Goldensteen turned and brushed aside some vines hanging over the edge of a cliff to reveal a door that Samus had never seen before. The construction of this door was unlike any door upon Tallon IV. She assumed this was the entrance to New Chozodia. On the other side was just a long tunnel that constantly wound downwards, seemingly endlessly. But, as all things, the tunnel did end with another door which opened as Goldensteen approached it. Beyond the door was an enormously large cavern filled with what Samus first thought were large ice spires, but upon closer inspection, she noticed that they were buildings constructed by the chozo.
"Welcome to New Chozodia!" Goldensteen announced, "The only chozo city that I know of which is built entirely underground."
"Its name sure is resonant," Samus noted, bluntly.
"There were two names being considered for this settlement. One was The Underground, the other name was New Chozodia. The latter was chosen in honor of those who have died during the Raid of Zebes and the destruction of old Chozodia." Goldensteen bowed his head and remained silent for about thirty seconds before saying, "My home is just through this corridor."
Goldensteen led Samus through a skinny rock corridor lined with glowing orbs seemingly attached to the walls for lighting. On their way through the tunnel, they past many other chozo continuing with their daily lives, all of them staring at Samus. It's not every day a bounty hunter wearing chozo-made armor walks through New Chozodia. Some of the chozo were heard saying, "It's about time someone arrived to help us!" or, "Finally, those lazy bird-brains on city council are doing something useful for once!" It became obvious to Samus something was happening against the wishes of the chozo. Hopefully, for the sake of Samus's purpose, it meant space pirates.
"This is my home." Goldensteen pointed to a door in the rock wall. Beside the door were chozo runes which roughly translated to 'Apartment 15, Cavern 5'.
