The 3 years rolled by quickly and Samus was the youngest full-fledged Star Commando ever to join the Federations. Along this long journey, she had gained many new friends, along with a few enemies. Those who were her enemies only had the reason of her being better than them. They hated to see a girl overtake a man so quickly in the training exercise and hated it even more when she racked up the most points in any of the target practices. Every time they saw her, their hate was fueled even further, until one day, they decided to sabotage a contest.
Samus was in her best of moods the day she was sabotaged. The reason: today was her last day and she would finally return to Tallon IV after the 3 long years of training. She was already a Star Commando and was the highest ranked student to ever achieve this in such short time. The three men stood at a simulator and pretended to "Ooh" and "Ahh" at a fight inside. Samus, being a curious type, especially with the training simulators, walked over.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing," replied a short, burly man. "It's just that one of the toughest fighters is here!"
"Really…?" she answered with disbelief. "I could have sworn I took out all the toughest fighters here…"
"Well, he's no ordinary fighter!" the second officer replied.
"Can I see?"
"Sure! You might even want to fight him, but be warned, he be the toughest of them all…"
"I'll be the judge of that." And with that said, she marched in, fully armored.
A skinny officer ran to the control panel and hacked into the main system, causing the simulation to be ridiculously difficult. The 3 looked on as a Space Pirate, 4 times Samus' height, stood at the center of the ring, and roared. Samus was not too happy at their prank, but took up the challenge.
"I'll show them not to mess with me next time," she thought. "They'll get it once I finish this sorry excuse of a simulation…"
For 5 straight hours, the battle went on, neither the simulation nor Samus letting up. A whole group of officers now stood around the dome and watched, betting that the Pirate would eventually take out the new Star Commando. Others who had gone up against her knew that she had a chance of surviving the whole thing. It was almost the end of the match when High Command came to investigate.
"What's going on here?" the commander barked.
Everyone got on to their feet and saluted.
"Well?" the commander inquired.
One of the officers stepped up and explained what was going on, but even he had no clue as to how a 24-foot Zebesian Space Pirate was standing there fighting Samus. The commander looked here and there until his eyes rested on the main computer, where the 3 pranksters were standing, laughing at the whole event. He walked over and asked them what was going on. The group, fearing the commanders, especially this one, told him everything and were sent off to High Command's office for their punishment. Of course, this was not your ordinary commander, but the only commander to ever lead troopers on to Zebes and not lose one. Everyone knew that Zebes was a death planet and that almost every group had been killed but his. The reason, not only they had the ships needed to get in and out fast but also the men who were just as fast. No one had ever been into the interior of Zebes, so it was hard for anyone to see what the Space Pirates of Zebes were up to. Toward the evening, Samus stood at the hangar, packed and ready to go back to what she called home.
"Well, looks like this is where we leave," said Tal, with a slight hint of sadness in his tone.
"Don't worry," she replied. "I'll come back to visit!"
She also talked to him telepathically.
If you want, I'll take you to Tallon IV sometime.
Tal nodded then saluted. Samus saluted back and was on her way home, but little did she know that a frightening surprise awaited her…