Hi everyone! This is my first metroid fic so go easy on the Samurai. Many more chapters are to come as soon as I get around to typing them! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Samus, space pirates or the frigate. I do, however, own Skhilik. HE'S MINE! ALL MINE! MY PRECIOUSSSSSSSS!
The space pirate frigate was a floating fortress; Invincible to attack and completely impenetrable to the enemy.
And a metal clad bounty hunter was running stealthily through its halls.
To the Galactic Federation, she was known as Samus Aran. To her enemies, she was merely known as The Hunter. And her job was to make sure the Frigate never flew again.
Samus had been intercepted by space pirate squads three times. Those particular troopers wouldn't be bothering her any time soon. The bounty hunter checked her map. The main control room was growing closer. When that was destroyed, the pirate ship would blow up faster than Samus could fire a missile. Luckily, Samus already had an escape route planned : Her small ship wasfloating out of view near the frigate, ready to come when she called. Her plan was perfect.
But she hadn't counted on Skhilik.
The Hunter reached the door to the control room and scanned the lock, only to find that it had a restricted code. Shrugging, she stepped back and blasted the door open.
The chaos that ensued was, well, chaotic. As soon as Samus stepped in the room she was attacked by space pirates from all sides. The bounty hunter easily dodged their attacks and dealt out some of her own. Leaping into the air, she fired her flamethrower at the pirates below. She would have kept it up but in mid-attack, her missiles depleted. Muttering a Chozo curse under her breath, Samus landed and switched to her wave beam. It had a higher range and better seeking capabilities than her other weapons, and that was what she needed right now. In about five minutes, all of her assailants weredestroyed or in groaning heaps on the ground. All but one.
Samus turned to a lone space pirate standing in front of the main control panel. "Move." Samus ordered icily, leveling her weapon at him. "Or I'll make you move."
"Wait!" the space pirate pleaded, holding up his clawed hands. "You can't kill me!" Samus raisd an eyebrow behind her mask. His voice sounded a lot more like actual speech than than the hissing of the other space pirates.
Even so, Samus didn't move her weapon, but her eyes narrowed. "Why can't I kill you?"
"My people are planning a full force attack on the federation." The space pirate responded, eyes set as if it had taken him a long time to come to terms with this decision. "Destroy me and I'll be quite incapable of giving you the details. "
The bounty hunter gritted her teeth. He was sharp, whatever he was, but there was no way the Samus Aran would trust a space pirate. But if the federation waas in danger, she couldn't just over look it. Besides, if it meant another chance to nettle the space pirates, Samus was in. "Why should I believe you?"
"Why should I tell you?"
As much as she hated to do so, Samus lowered her weapon. "Fine. No guns. Now tell me."
"Take me with you."
Samus rolled her eyes in contempt and aimed at the annoying space pirate again. "For the last time, move. I have a mission and I intend to complete it."
The space pirate looked at the open door behind Samus. "I think they might have something to say about that." The bounty hunter whipped around to see another two troops of specialized space pirate fighters running down the hall toward them. Cursing again, Samus stood for a moment, torn by indecision. Knowing she would regret her choice, she turned, shoved the unusual space pirate aside and put a time bomb on the panel set for thirty seconds.
"Come on!" Samus grabbed the pirate by the arm and melted a hole in the wall with her plasma beam. The quick press of a button brought Samus' small ship to a stop hovering directly outside the newly created hole. With a last look back at the control room, the bounty hunter took a strong jump and landed on her ship.