Samus creeped through the quiet halls of the abandoned factory. She knew there was something amiss here. Being abandoned ten years ago, it shouldn't have any kind of power reading.

Ting!

She spun, her arm cannon at the ready, but nothing was there. Her muscles tensed, her eyes scanning through the visor, but the hall was empty. Dark too. It was lucky her visor had night-vision installed, otherwise this would be impossible to scope out. Finally, she noticed what had made the sound. A single screw had fallen from a loose metal plate of the roof.

Samus looked up to inspect, but only had a moment to react as someone fired at her!

She dodged, but not quickly enough. The bullets struck her Varia Suit, making a loud clanging noise ring throughout the hallway. She winced as the sound reverberated in her helmet loudly.

Her ears were still ringing as a figure dropped in front of her and dashed towards her. She just barely raised her arm cannon in time to meet with a small dagger. She could finally see that in front of her was someone they'd been hunting for awhile. Someone with answers.

His nickname in the field was Joker.