Chapter 2 - They're not Asteroids

The hunters were completely nervous. Where are they? What happened to them? And what was with that meteor shower? Samus was still trying to hold onto her own ship in the vacuum-like tunnel. Losing her grip, she immediately crashed onto the front of Trace's ship.

"Get off my ship, you pervert!" shouted Trace, annoyed, yet still wondering the same three questions as the others.

Samus just ignored him, mainly to the fact that the pressure of the tunnel was pushing her against the ship. But then, she quickly flew right back into the back of her own ship. Looking around, the hunters guessed it was a docking bay. Small robots teleported into the room, and Samus quickly recognised them; Federation docking bots.

"What kind of retard would send those things to try to attack us?" Kanden said, laughing like crazy. "Hey, wait. Let go of my ship you little pests!"

Their ships were easily carried by the bots to open areas, in front of airlocks. Samus was already walking towards the docking bay's lockdown switch, since six dangerous bounty hunters were in the area. A nearby screen soon turned on, showing one of the Federation's leaders; a video transmission.

"Samus Aran. Your mission is complete, but there are still some problems. You cannot rest. There is another mission ahead of you."

"Yes, I know. These six were after the 'ultimate power' for their own reasons; Trace, for acceptance and to lead the Kriken empire to universal invasion. Kanden, for terrorism. Noxus's reason is unknown. Sylux, to destroy the Federation. Spire's reason is also unknown. And Weavel, to kill me due to our past battles, where I was always victorious." Samus said that last part with a bragging tone.

"Stop being cocky, this is serious," sternly stated the leader.

"Sorry, sir. Anyway, they must all be destroyed, or put into the prisoner cell."

The hunters were now all wondering what would happen to them. They tried to activate their ships, but the lockdown disabled them, due to the Federation "tags" the bots attached to them. They were now forced to accept their fate.

"Actually, Samus, they will not have any punishment," the leader stated, now more serious than ever. "You may have noticed a meteor shower as you were leaving the Alimbic Cluster."

"Yes, I have. And I have also found something out before I was brought into this base."

"We have already found out. Anyway, you all need rest. We will take the weapons and disable the alternate forms of the other bounty hunters. You will all need some rest before your next mission."

Samus could not control her rage any longer. "What! There's no way we're keeping them in here! They're dangerous criminals and must be eliminated!"

"SAMUS! CALM DOWN OR YOU WILL BE PUNISHED! Anyway, they are all needed on our next mission. Now, go get some rest."

Later that day (or as the clock in the base shows), Samus was starting to control herself. But, there were still many things on her mind. Why were the other hunters being allowed to stay in the base and not in the prisoner chamber? And why were they necessary for the next mission?

"I've got more important things to worry about. What's for dinner? I'm starving!"

As if they read her mind, the speaker in her "room" called to her, "Samus, Kanden, Spire, Trace, Noxus, Sylux, and Weavel, please report to the dining area." Surprisingly, when Samus got there, she noticed the other hunters acting very polite, as they were told to do.

"How much did they bribe you to act like this anyway, Sylux?" Trace whispered to Sylux.

"Actually, $250. Then again, they're humans, so I don't know how much that is in my own area."

Many other side conversations started while they were eating (including the fact that all the other hunters were surprised that Samus was human, and even more surprised she was female). But then, the leader who appeared on the transmission in the docking bay came out onto a stand nearby.

"Attention. Attention."

At that moment, everyone became silent.

"I am sure you are wondering why we have not put you into the prisoner chamber. And why we let you stay in some of our best rooms. It is because you are all needed for the most dangerous mission we have ever had."

At this moment, Samus came onto the stage.

" We understand that you and I are all rivals. But this is an important mission. That was not a meteor shower in the Alimbic Cluster earlier. I have looked as far as I could, and had discovered something. Those were not meteors."

"Then what the heck are they! Cause unless it's something that could destroy the entire Kriken Empire, I won't do a thing!" Trace screamed.

"Oh, you will need to help. This could destroy more than the Kriken Empire. It could also destroy Cylosis, Vho, and the entire universe. There were millions of meteors. But they are NOT meteors...

Everyone was silent and seemed to forget their rivalries at this point. They knew it was something awful.

"They're Goreas..."