Metroid: Nightmares…
Chapter 3: it all begins…Samus could feel them carrying her around as she drifted in and out of consciousness. Conversing in their native tongue, the beings laid her on a table and began discussing what to do with her. A large creature walked up to the table, cackling gleefully. Samus knew she hated this creature, but she could not remember who it was or why. She could feel the armour protecting her, but yet, the creatures could pierce it. Piece by piece, they removed her armour, leaving her in her skintight orange flight suit and letting her long blonde hair flow down onto the table.
"The drugs they must have used must've been powerful…" Samus thought to herself. Powerful, the drugs were, but they were starting to wear off, and slowly, she could feel her strength and memory returning. Now only faking the stupor, Samus listened to what the pirates were conversing about.
"What are we going to do with her, Master?" One pirate asked. Ridley thought for a moment.
"We should kill her. Clean and quick. Then there'll be no trouble from her again!" Another added. The pirates were already starting to draw their weapons. Ridley raised a claw.
"No. She's caused us too much trouble to just simply kill her. No, I have a better idea." Ridley and the pirates turned away and talked in low tones, so Samus couldn't hear what they were saying. The group split, with Ridley and the pirates looking even doubly pleased. Ridley stalked forward and leaned in close to Samus's face. "We shall see who is the greater now. Oh, do we have plans for you!" Samus snapped her eyes open and grabbed Ridley by the throat with one hand. She pulled him in closer and squeezed even tighter.
"Well, here's a bit of news for you. That isn't how this is going to work." Samus sneered through clenched teeth. Ridley tried to speak, but all that came out was a choked gurgle. He flailed his arms wildly, and by pure chance, grabbed a needle filled with a silvery liquid, and jabbed it into Samus's shoulder. Once again pain shot through her body, and everything faded to black…
(Ridley's point of view) Ridley fell to the floor with a gasp, clutching his throat. The pirates, whom had been to busy talking to notice that he was being strangled, rushed to his side, but he pushed them away and stood up. Lying there on the table was Samus, now unconscious, with the needle still sticking out of her shoulder. Smirking, Ridley ripped the needle out of her shoulder and licked the tip, tasting her blood. He quickly spat it out onto the floor and wiped his mouth. Confused, the pirates stood around, just looking at each other dumbly.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GO FIND A TORTURE CHAMBER, AND FIND A GOOD SUPPLY OF POWER!" Ridley roared. The pirates stumbled out of the room and went off to prepare the device. Still gasping for breath, Ridley grabbed Samus and carried her out of the room.
(Back to Samus) Samus could feel the dragon carrying her over his shoulder, but where to, she did not know. They put her in a cool chamber and probably left her to die, and the drugs finally wore off, letting her fully wake up. All there was was glass. Sheer glass encased her, and brilliant white light glowed in from the outside. Air could get in and circulate, but she knew she couldn't. She knew, but she couldn't figure out why. She sighed and sat down, waiting for the interrogation to begin.
It never did. Samus got up and examined the glass. It didn't look very thick, but in the glowing white light, she couldn't really judge. Samus gritted her teeth, determined not to crack. Then, to her fury, she began to pace. After about an hour of that Samus gazed at the glass curiously. Then focused all her strength and punched the glass as hard as she could. It didn't even make a dent. Samus continued hitting the glass, but it led to no avail, except to leave her hands torn and bloody. Then, to her relief and horror, ten inches of water came into the tank and surrounded her ankles. Samus sat down in the water, not caring about getting wet. Only then did she really notice that her hands were injured. Cautiously, she dipped her hands into the water. It stung a bit, but still cleaned her wounds, sealing them instantly. Samus gazed at her reflection. Then she finally realized what was so familiar. This situation was part of her nightmares! Samus leaped out of the water in horror, just as the tank shrank in size. Samus stood in the corner, arms crossed, and (sort of0 ready for what would come next.
(Ridley) This was great! Not only was seeing his arch-nemesis suffer, but she would soon feel the real torture! She had the substance in her bloodstream now, so it was only a matter of time before the real torture began. He rubbed his arm where the blood sample had been taken. He'd gallantly decided to use his blood in the substance, so the changes would torture her even more. But something still bothered him. When he had tasted her blood earlier, it didn't taste like it had before this encounter. Bcak then it tasted like Chozo and human mixed, but now, it had the bitter taste of a metroid in there. This bothered him. The substance had the ability of bringing out the best features of the blood mixture, so if a metroid's blood was in her as well, what would it cause? He pushed that thought aside and laughed as Samus leaped up out of the water in fear. This was going to be quite entertaining.
End of chapter three.