"You see, while you were unconscious," explained the doctor. "we placed on you a PED Suit," I shook my head, yet I was still confused. "PED stands for Phazon Enhancement Device. What happened was, when you were assaulted by Dark Samus, she fired a massive blast of Phazon into your body,"

I stared at him. "Did it have any effects?"

He sighed. "Only one," I braced myself. "Your body now naturally produces Phazon, which is what is keeping you alive after all that."

I tilted my head downward at my newly acquired suit. I'd never worn one before, except for the ice that I occasionally encase myself in.

There was a large black pad on either shoulder, with a torso piece that fitted my alien body perfectly. Dark armor on my biceps reached only to my elbows, which allotted my hands the freedom to manipulate the ice I used especially for bounty hunting. On my legs were heavy metal tubes that were the same shape as my calfs, and instead of running around barefoot like I usually did, I was equipped with Phazon infused armor that completely covered my flat feet. In my lap was the finishing touch: a helmet. Which mirrored my head structure. A clear yet thick piece of shatter resistant glass was in the face area so I could see, and it would glow bluish once I put it on.

Seeing all this technology that had been placed onto me, I felt like I wasn't Phrygisian anymore. More like I had been turned into some sort of non-self-induced science experiment.

"What does the suit do?" I wondered aloud to the doctor, who was beaming at his work.

He smiled. "Would you like to test it?"

"If you violated my body to merely place robotics onto me, then no. But if it has some sort of purpose, then I will accept." I leaned back into the chair and placed the helmet over my head, little clicks signifying it was on tight. Restraints lowered themselves from the backing of the seat, locking themselves around me. I soon couldn't move anything but my head and arms.

"Ready, Rundas?"

"Always." I focused on the blue, bubble-like targets that appeared around the room at random intervals.

"Fire away!" The doctor called from a safety control room at the far corner of the chamber.

I raised my hands and immediately shot out as many ice balls as I could possibly manage, sparks of bright blue erupting in the cores of them as they rocketed towards the targets. Once they made contact with them, the Phazon inside ignited, a large cloud of Phaazoid gas obscuring the target from my view. Once it cleared, I found that the target had vanished.

"Outstanding! You seem to know how to use the PED Suit! Well done, Rundas!" the doctor cheered from his safety room.

I smirked. "It comes naturally."

"We just have one more thing to test..." he muttered into a microphone as he studied a computer monitor, touching it with his finger in commanding sections. "Hyper Mode. This, Rundas, is the most important, deadly power that Phazon has to offer. You can deal out incredible energy bursts at rapid speed, but once you finish, you really need to focus to stop yourself. If you go overboard, the Phazon will corrupt your body in Corrupt Hyper Mode, till you aren't in control of yourself. You will die shortly after without knowing it. Do you think you're ready? Or did that last exercise wear you out?"

I was up for the challenge. "I don't need a break. Show me how to do this... Hyper Mode. The faster I learn it, the stronger I'll be." I squared my shoulders.

"Very well," the doctor said, tapping more options on the screen. "Your suit separated the Phazon inside you into larger bodies I like to call Energy Tanks. Once injected, it will allow you to enter Hyper Mode. You will see things sharper, your movements quicker, and your power unmatched. Be warned, the injection will be painful, so you will lose a fraction of your vitality every time you do it. You must ration your Phazon, so you don't burn yourself out. But if you find yourself lacking, then scavenge around for small Phazon Cores, they will provide you with what you need to survive." I prepared myself for this new sensation I was about to experience.

"Are you ready?"

I nodded. "Do it."

With a single push of a button, and a whoosh of air, I felt a sharp, agonizing sting in my spine. I grunted, frigidness speeding through my body like lightning. It made me twitch in some places by mere surprise.

Energy Tank Injected

My helmet posted the message before my eyes.

I felt I was completely frozen from the inside out, then suddenly my vision warped, a hollow echo resonating in my ears. Everything turned inverted, white circles floating around me. The doctor was nothing more than a blob of bright blue.

I lifted up my right hand and concentrated, thinking of the unimaginable power that I possessed. It took all of my might to exert a single, gigantic beam of pure Phazon destruction.

The electric blue explosion devoured the entire room in its greatness. I could see nothing but the shocked sapphire color.

There was a metallic tearing sound, and I felt like I was being propelled backward. Something inside me ripped.

After a few moments of energized devastation, all went quiet. The brightness of my attack died, and for a minute, I thought I had as well. But, opening my eyes, I found that I was very much alive. And extremely tired.

I sat up slowly, my spine and limbs screaming in protest. I groaned and saw that the entire room had been obliterated. The walls were black, with holes in some places revealing melted wire and piping. The floor was also black, with more pits that went deep enough to see the Federation Troopers and workers on the story below gazing upward in shock as to what happened. The chair I had been in was completely gone, I was sitting where it used to be in a pile of ashes.

A door opened creakily, the doctor stepping out of the doorway wide eyed. As soon as he left the room he was previously in, the door disintegrated, leaving behind more black that went up to his ankles. "I told you it was surreal," I realized he was shaking. "I had to stop you from destroying Olympus. The only way was to cut off the Hyper Mode immediately. I see now that you are extremely powerful," the man sank to the holey floor, bowing to me. "Oh, Rundas, I plead you to use your gifts well. If anything goes wrong, I fear it might be the end of one of the greatest bounty hunters that ever existed." He looked up, his face streaked with dust.

I nodded once, my neck popping. "I never fail."

"Doctor! What the-" The Galactic Admiral Dane ran into the doorway, not having enough time to cuss once he saw the condition of the room.

"It's all right, Admiral. Rundas's testing was... overly successful. I think he and the other bounty hunters are ready for your assignment." The doctor said, standing up and brushing off his scrubs.

The Admiral was baffled. "Well, then. If you will follow me, Rundas. I have a job for you." He turned around after a look at me and the rest of the battered room, then left.

I stood and followed Dane out the door, not bothering to thank the doctor for anything he did or said.