Metroid Diffusion

Landing Site

A dark valley gave perfect shelter from the elements. It had a small dip in the middle, Samus' ship fitted right in. She engaged the clamping docks and latched the ship on to a rock ledge. She entered the lift and was carried up through a force field to outer world. Gas readings showed the air was breathable but Samus wasn't going to take chances and kept her helmet on.

The valley was beautiful, the sunlight streamed through the trees. A wind had picked up and the leaves' shadows danced like small fairies along the ground. Samus wished she could stay and admire the land, she hadn't been able on previous journeys as the planets usually had a tendency to blow up. If she ever gave up bounty hunting she would take up cataloguing different species of animal, though the creatures in all the planets she had been to seemed to hate or something. They always attacked her with provocation. The valley had steep sides but wasn't very big about 50 metres long and 40 metres wide.

A stone door led into the valley wall, Samus pushed the heavy sandstone door ajar and stepped back as shriekbats flew out past her, shrieking and colliding into a near tree like some possessed kamikaze. Samus checked the room, it was safe enough but then shivers went down her spine; a blue light illuminated the back wall and was crawling like a vine up a statue. She scanned the statue; all her computer could translate was 'Nara, Entombed, and forever'. She leaned closer and looked around the statue to the Phazon lying in the corner. She tried to scan it but came up as a scrambled message, her suit rebooted. That was strange; the last time that had happened was when she got hit by a computer virus. She saw a small indent in the rock and gingerly touched it with her hand.

A strange presence entered the room, her head throbbed, and words span around her visor 'Only those who have suffered and will suffer can take the power'. The statue glowed blue, Samus didn't know if was her mind playing tricks or the statue came alive. A transparent blue figure replaced the statue; it turned and stared at Samus. She felt suddenly cold, on the inside, as if something was sucking what was left of her happiness. It swirled around and flew into Samus. An ice fist gripped her heart. Black spots appeared before her eyes, she was losing conscience and quickly. She felt numb, and a dull thud as she hit the floor.

Power surged into her, filling her veins with power. Her suit began sending out distress signals to the ships which in turn began sending signals to a nearby ship floating in the outer atmosphere. It bared a white claw emblem. It veered direction and headed straight for the landing site. The occupants were hurrying.

TERM Signal True Chapter 2