I totally love this chapter with Samus somewhat poking fun of her Chozo guardian... XD;;; Anyway, please read and review!
See you next mission!
Learning the Ways of the Warriors
The next day, early morning, Commander Ishuzu woke Samus up in her sleep.
"Samus?" he whispered mentally. "Wake up. It's time for your fighting class."
"Sa?" she mumbled, turning in the covers. "Whit fit cass?"
He gave a chuckle.
"Up and up, Samus-San! It's time for training!"
He ripped off the blankets and found her curled up, trying to grab the blanket. She opened one eye and saw her father looking back at her. She stretched out her legs and sat up.
"Now that's more like it! Up and off to the showers you go!"
"I'm going… I'm going…" she mumbled as she shuffled into the bathroom.
He heard the water run and went to the closet to pull out some equipment and weapons. Samus came walking out and sat at the table. In front of her was a plate of sliced melons and a few wild berries. She popped the berries into her mouth and saw her father prepare a couple weapons.
"What are those for?" she asked.
"This is to help you train for the fight that might happen in the future," he explained. "Besides, you said yourself once that you wanted to take on those Space Pirates."
She blushed a bit as she tried to hide it by pretending not to hear that and going about business.
"There," he sighed as he took up on of the weapons, an arm cannon. "You think you can handle this?"
"I sure can!" she exclaimed as she put the plate away.
She took the cannon, but right when the commander let go, she fell over with a heavy thud. Samus stared at the weapon with wide azure orbs. Looking at it was one thing, but carrying it? After a close observation, she found that it had a place where she could slip her arm in, so she did, but it took all her strength just to lift it above her knee. The girl could hear her father chuckle.
"'Sure can,' eh?"
"Hey, I'm working on it… Just how much does this thing weigh?"
"Hmm… About 10 kilograms."
Samus looked at him then at the gun. There was no way that he could carry it if it was 10 kilos. She strained under the weight until her father picked it up for her with ease.
"How did you do that?" she huffed.
"Years of training, no doubt."
"Think you can help me then?"
"Of course, if you are willing to learn…"
For the next few weeks, Samus trained hard everyday, building strength physically and mentally. The weapons the Chozo once used were not at all the same as humans. The mind and hands controlled them, but the user had to have a sufficient amount of knowledge to use such weapons. It was all too soon when Samus was able to defeat even her own father when it came to close combat melee.
"You've done well, my Samus-San," he said one day when they were cleaning up, the Tallon sun setting behind the mountains. "But I am afraid that this is all I can do for you."
"What do you mean?" she asked as they went into the house, out of breath and sweaty.
"I have taught you all I know, and I know you yearn for more, that is why I have enrolled you at the Federation of the Galactic Police."
Samus couldn't believe her mind. She had heard about the Federation and how good they were, hoping that she would one day join them and now, she was!
"You are kidding, right, Father Ishuzu?"
"I'm afraid not. You see, one of the officers came to me when you were out playing in the garden and asked if you wanted to go. I said yes that you would like it a lot, but you were not of age yet. Now that you are 15, they will allow you to train with their Elite Forces."
"Elite Forces? But am I not a bit too young for that?"
"No, you can even ask the officer; he's right behind you."
Samus turned around and saw an officer standing right behind her. She fell backwards in surprise, but was caught by her father.