I began to come to, my eyes slowly adjusting to the light in the room. I groaned as I felt a sharp pain in my right shoulder, a pain that stung like a wasp of sorts. I lifted my hand off of the ground in an attempt to rub my shoulder, but quickly became somewhat surprised.

"Huh? Why can't I lift my hands?"

I struggled for a moment, trying to get my hands farther up. As I struggled, I noticed the sound of moving chains, and I realized that I had been chained to the wall.

'Why the hell am I chained to the wall? And where the hell am I?"

I began to look around the room, finding only a few more chains attached to the wall. There was little else to look at, save for a dim light that hung from the ceiling. The walls were black, as the light was dying, fading in and out of life.

Suddenly, adoor swung open, and a large flash of blinding light came into the room. I only saw three shadows, two of which stood on their feet. The third seemed to limp on their feet quite a bit, as if beaten. This shadow was tossed into the room, and a quiet thunk could be heard as the person fell to the floor. The door slammed shut, and the room became dark once more.

My eyes adjusted once more to the darkness, and I began to notice who was on the floor. Blonde hair, blue jumpsuit, pale white hands...

"Samus!"

"…"

"Samus, wake up."

"Eh…" She began to cough for a moment, her voice almost gone. She seemed very tired, and she could not even raise her hand to cover her mouth.

"Samus, what happened?"

"Th-they…"

I then started to see water dripping from her hair, falling to the floor. She looked at me, and fatigue was clearly visible. She could hardly keep her eyes open.

"They tortured you, didn't they?"

"Yeah…"

"Samus grab my foot; I'll pull you over here."

I extended my foot a far as I could, even with the chains on my arms. I managed to place my foot by her hands, which were stating to crawl towards me. Samus grasped my boot, and I carefully pulled her towards me. Once she was close enough to me, I grasped her by her shoulder and lifted her onto my waist. I began to feel the water from her seep into my pants, and the chill she had was causing her to shiver like a frozen child.

"Samus, you're freezing. Take off the top of your jumpsuit; I'll give you my shirt."

"I've had worse…"

These words were followed by a sneeze, which caused Samus to move about slightly.

"Samus if you don't, you're going to get hypothermia. It'll be better for you to wear this shirt of mine."

"Fine…"

A minuet later, there was no sound of a zipper coming down. I became worried for Samus, so I began to talk to her.

"Samus, what's wrong?"

"I… I can't lift my arms… Too… tired…"

"Alright, I'll help you out then. Where is the zipper for this thing?"

"…"

"Is it in the back?"

She shook her head.

"Alright, well don't get mad at me later. I'm just trying to help."

Samus rested her head against my chest, and it seemed as though she had gone completely lifeless. Know better, I simply went on to unzip her jumpsuit only until her waist. I then gently peeled the sleeves off of her arms, which then revealed her body to me. She now wore only a bra, and that was soaking wet too. Carefully, I unbuckled it in the back the placed the item aside for the moment.

With Samus being… naked from the waist up, I pulled off of my shirt and then stuck Samus' head through the neckline. I pulled her hair out, and then tuck both of her arms through the sleeves. I then pulled the shirt all the way down, and then tucked the excess into the waist of her jumpsuit. This would keep her warm, and keep as much heat from escaping as possible.

Samus, though somewhat more comfortable then before, continued to shiver in place. I placed my arms around her shoulder and held her to me. And although the chains restrained my body quite a bit, I still managed to pull my arms that far. Now with my arms around her, I began to slowly rub her left shoulder and arm. If this worked, I would at least raise her temperature a few degrees. If not, then she would die of hypothermia very soon.

"Michael… they…"

"Don't' worry Samus. Just go to sleep, when they come for me, I'll deal with them."

Time passed, and they came. They had tazer bats, and with anger in their hands, the moved Samus away from me and gave me quite the thrashing. I let it happen though, this way I could conserve as much energy as I needed for later.

I was then unchained and the two guards tazered me again. They then lifted me by my arms and began to drag me through the doors. Once outside the door, another guard closed it, and a fourth guard came with a set of arm restraints.

To their surprise, I released myself from the grasp of the two guards, as well as deal with the other guards around me. My actions were swift, and with surprise on my hand, I managed to take these guards out easily. Once the guards were out cold, I began to take their weapon off. I placed the cannon attachment onto my left forearm, wrapping it with a material similar to Velcro. As for the scythe, I pulled it off and attached it to my right arm.

Now with a few new weapons, I looked for my jacket and Samus' Varia suit. Samus' suit was the first thing I found, as it was in a large metal cage. I knew better then to try and break it open, as both the canon and the scythe were no match for the steel of the cage. My jacket on the other hand was not well guarded, as it was left on the back of a chair in the room. I eased the jacket on, and then put one of my pistols into my right hand, so that if an enemy was too close, I could still slash with the scythe, as well as shoot with my concealed pistol.

Just then, a door opened to my right, and several space pirates came into the right. I charged first, blasting a few shots from the cannon and my pistol, and once I was within range, I began to hack and slash at the group.

'They don't stand a chance.'

The battle was over before they could even fight back. Their bodies now lied on the ground, lifeless. I looked back at the cage Samus' suit was in, and noticed that in order to open the cage, one would need a keycard. I looked among the group of those I had taken care of, rummaging through their belongings. Body after body, there was no keycard, though I soon came into a great bit of luck. A single guard had several keycards on them, each with a different color.

Quickly, I rushed over to the cage and began swiping the cards. There were four cards, a blue, a red, a black, and a yellow card. I swiped the black card first, followed y the red and then the blue. As luck would have it, the yellow card opened the cage, and Samus' armor was soon in my hands.

"Samus, wake up!"

"…"

"Samus… Samus!"

She was responding to me. I dragged the armor over to her, then dropped it onto the ground. Quickly, I kneeled beside her and lifted her head. I checked her pulse, finding it to be weak and fading. Her skin was cold to the touch, and she was already beginning to turn pale.

"Shit, how am I supposed to save her if she's going to die soon? Cassandra, do you hear me?"

There was no response. This startled me, so I checked my ear, where I usually had a small communicator that allowed me to link up with Cassandra. It wasn't there.

'Shit, if it fell out, then there is no way I'm going to find it. I'm just going to have to see if I can use this suit and get it onto Samus.'

I picked up the helmet, and then placed it onto my head. It was pretty easy to put on, but I didn't have as much hair as Samus, so it might be easy to figure out why. Several visors flickered on, each trying to identify me. A warning sign came on, and I instantly understood why.

"There must be a DNA recognition program in here. It won't read unless I put it onto Samus."

I took off the helmet, then began to inspect the suit. Upon further inspection, I noticed a small button on the chest, which I thought was just a light. I pressed it, it flickered green, and then the suit opened up. It was as if it were a large eggshell, opening straight along the center. Once open, there seemed to be more then enough room in there for Samus to fit. Hell, it looked as though I could fit inside the thing.

"Come on, Samus. Time for some life support."

I lifted Samus off of the ground, then placed her inside of the suit. Carefully, I placed her legs and arms inside as well, and then made sure that her hair flowed out of the armor, so as to not get tangled inside.

Once safely tucked inside, the armor reacted on its own, closing itself around Samus. Once locked up, several beeps could be heard coming from the helmet. I put the helmet on once more, and several new screens had appeared. One was a simple welcome message, another a weapons warning alert. I quickly read the notices, and the last disturbed me. A health warning was flashing, repeating a single message time and again.

"DANGER, LIFE SIGNS FAILING! DANGER, LIFE SIGNS FAILING!"

"How the hell do I help that then?"

And as if responding to my voice, the message vanished, and another popped up in its place.

"Activating life support."

A status menu on Samus' health then appeared, and several details about her appeared inside of it. Temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, and other such things came up, and the suit began to respond to the abnormalities. Soon, Samus was returning to her normal state as a human, and the symptoms of hypothermia were beginning to dissipate.

"Good, now I don't have to worry about yo-"

Just then, a very loud sound came from just above me. The sound was very strange, and part of it sounded as though claws were screeching along the roof. I looked up in curiosity, and several screens began to pop-up. The screens blinked and flickered, and soon enough, a single message was left.

"Bio-form detected. Meta-Ridley "

'Meta-Ridley? Who's that?'

A picture in the screen soon came up, and a dragon like creature was what it showed. Metallic armor, heavy weaponry, and a large mass was what it was comprised off. Talons, a long snout, and a very long tail were some other details shown, and I became a bit worried.

"Damn… I gotta take care of this guy now."

'Hmm… I say its weak spot is its chest… I'll try to remember that.'

With my information gathered, I took off the helmet and laid it next to Samus.

"Don't worry Samus, I'll take care of this guy."

It may have been pointless to say this, considering that she was still sleeping. However, I had a feeling that she heard me, though she did not really respond.

I walked out of the room, weapons still attached to my arms. Slowly, I left the building, and then looked up, finding this Meta-Ridley looking about. He seemed to be searching for something, most likely one of the other Pirates.

"HEY UGLY!"

This definitely got its attention. Meta-Ridley turned around to face me, and just as it did, its tail nearly whacked me in the face. I ducked though, as I usually kept a good eye on my surrounding.

"Hmm, you are not Samus. Who are you, human?"

"I am Michael Lindel."

"I see. So you are the intruder that was described in the report."

"I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Please, enlighten me."

"A Tall, dark haired, gun wielding man who wears clothing from ages past. I did not expect to find one as foolish as you within my lifetime, though Samus Aran has proven to be a nuisance. No before I kill you, where is she?"

"Why the hell would I tell you? Besides, what makes you think you can kill me?"

"Simple, you are but a human. And seeing as you have not told me where she is, I will simply have fun torturing you to get what I want."

"Sorry, but I'm not one to be tortured. If you want to find her, you will have to find her yourself."

"Then prepare to die, human."

With these last words, Ridley opened his mouth, and a burst of fire began to spew forward. I began to run away from him, all the while keeping my eyes on the fire. I aimed my arm at his mouth, and carefully placed a good shot into his jaws.

The fire ceased, and a great yelp came forth from the beast.

"HOW DARE YOU! I AM META-RIDLEY, GREAT WARRIOR OF THE SPACE PIRATES!"

"How little I care. Now if you want to live, I suggest you get the hell out of here. Cassandra, you there?"

I forgot that I had lost the communicator. I could not hear her if she even thought of replying. But I did know one thing about my ship. Even if I didn't have the communicator in my ear, she could still hear me.

"Who are you talking to human? Thin air?"

"Cassandra, come to the base ASAP. I have a large bug to deal with, and his weak point is his chest. Oh, and make sure you bring out the UMDs."

"I have no idea what you are talking about, foolish human. But soon, you will parish by my ha-"

I began to blast the big beast in the chest, using bother the graviton cannon, as well as my pistol.

"HA, you think those small shots of your can do me any harm. I am Meta-Ridley, the one who will-"

"Oh shut up. I know your name, and the only thing I was doing was stalling. And in about twenty seconds, my ship will come and blow you into itty bitty pieces."

"Why you… I shall teach you pain in ways you shall never wish upon anyone."

Just then, Meta-Ridley leaped into the air, his wings taking him several dozen feet into the air. He flew away for a moment, then flew around and began heading for me. Flame was coming from his snout once more, and this time, I was sure he would hit me. My only chance of getting away would have to be diving behind the building the beast was sitting on just a moment ago.

Quickly, I ran over to the building, trying to get away from his flame. Meta-Ridley was now over me, his speed being incredible. I dove, trying to dodge the fire, and it worked. I had gotten passed the fire and Meta-Ridleys attack, but just in time.

"MICHAEL, ARE YOU ALRIGHT!"

"Don't worry about me, just take this guy out. His weak point is his chest."

"Alright. Launching UMDs now."

"What! This is your ship?"

"Yes, and she is here to blow you the hell up. Cassandra, launch a missile at him now."

"Yes sir."

Cassandra's metallic body soon flew over me in chase of Meta-Ridley, who was now trying to avoid the fire of the six UMDs Cassandra had launched. Then, a missile was fired, and the trail of smoke started to head for the ground. It was going low, so as to sneak up on Ridley. It managed to work too, as he was busy trying to deal with the UMDs. A loud thunk could be heard in the distance, and the sound of falling snow echoed throughout the mountains nearby. I could only think that Meta-Ridley had been either blown into small chunks of flesh, or had been covered by the avalanche.

Cassandra returned, and then carefully landed on an empty piece of land in the base. He cargo hatch opened, giving me full access to the hull.

"Cassandra, have you located the laser while I was away?"

"I have taken the liberty of blowing it up, as well. The Space Pirates tried to use it earlier after you and Samus had been knocked unconscious. Before they could fire, I blew it up, and then they had to close the main door before snow could interfere any more of the dying circuitry."

"I see. Alright then, I'll just have to finish the base off before we leave, but I must retrieve Samus first. Wait for me here."

"Alright, but come back soon."

"I will, don't worry."