Metroid: Conspiracy Theory

by Ryguy09264

Samus is left stranded on a Pirate destroyer class ship after her gunship explodes. I apologize that the first chapter is so short, it's more of a prologue. This is my first fan fiction story, so please just go a little easy on me.

2. Point of no Return

Metroid: Conspiracy Theory

Chapter Two: Point of no Return

Samus placed her hand on the ignition sensor. A blue line of light swept over her hand, starting the ignition. Samus was not in her power suit at the current time, because she had to be able to pilot the gunship. Her target: a small Space Pirate convoy in orbit above the planet of Zebes. She would have to land her ship in the docking bay of the main ship, the Destroyer VII, and release the metroids into the ventilation system. Doing so would infect the entire station.

Zebes grew large on Samus's monitor in her gunship. When she looked closely, she could make out a few black dots moving in front of the planet. The convoy. She piloted her ship to face the convoy, but she wasn't ready for what happened next. Out of nowhere, a group of Space Pirate attack fighters swarmed her. She dodged the lasers and fired back with her own, shooting down all of the fighters but one.

Samus and this fighter were headed right for each other. As she looked into the cockpit of the Space Pirate fighter, she thought that she saw a Space Pirate that she had seen somewhere before, but she couldn't put her finger on what it was. Instead, she put her finger on her space fighter's trigger. She took aim and fired, but it wasn't enough. The Space Pirate had shot a barrage of missiles at Samus's gunship. She used evasive maneuvers to dodge the fire. The missiles shot right past her gunship and came back around for another pass. This time, Samus was helpless. Nothing she could do could save her from the missiles. They made a high impact on Samus's engine, and her ship began to heat up. It couldn't catch fire due to lack of oxygen, but the second that oxygen came into play, it would.

The Space Pirate pulled his ship away and started to fly back to the convoy. Samus followed. Her ship could barely move because of the heavy impact on the engine, but she could make it. It was then that Samus realized what cost the impact on the engine had. She could dock one of the Space Pirate ships, but then her ship would catch fire, giving her a minimal chance of escape, let alone the fact that she had to get the metroids out as well. Or, she could eject. Simply get into her power suit and eject. If she were to take this option, however, she could become stranded with no way back to the Galactic Federation's HQ. The convoy was coming up fast. She didn't have time to mull over her options. She had to make a decision, now.

Whoomph! Samus shot out of her gunship in her power suit, carrying one metroid capsule. The gunship, pilotless, then proceeded to crash into a small Pirate frigate. Samus, meanwhile, pulled herself into the docking bay of the Destroyer VII.