I walked through a hallway, the Galactic Federation workers doing their duties on Olympus. A few paused what they were doing to stare at me. I paid no heed.

I arrived on the central command deck, where the Admiral was waiting, along with two figures I recognized. Ghor and Gandrayda. Both bounty hunters were wearing PED Suits.

Gandrayda's suit was nothing more than a glowing blue GFED insignia necklace that covered her small chest. A few metal straps were around her shoulders, yet nothing else was keeping the PED Suit onto her purple mirage body. She turned around and grinned. "Well, look who decided to show up?"

"Hm? What?" Ghor murmured, and turned around also. His frail mechanical body was almost normal, except for a few blue Phazon platings on his arms and legs. He also had a GFED insignia breastplate on his chest, which was a lot smaller than Gandrayda's, but it glowed brighter. He looked me up and down. "How come you get a fancy new suit? All I got were upgrades..." He grumbled, frowning.

I shrugged. "Maybe I was further damaged than you were."

His face sank. "Oh. I guess that does count against my battle wounds," He and Grandrayda turned back around to look at Dane, who was waiting for us to stop chatting.

"All right, bounty hunters. We have a problem. See, after your success on Norion, two other Leviathan Seeds implanted themselves on nearby planets: Elysia and Bryyo. Their Phazon filled bodies are corrupting the planets' surfaces as we speak, so we must waste no time in transporting you down there to destroy them." The Admiral explained, the holograms of the GFED's Galaxy floating above the small console we stood before.

"Who will be going where?" Gandrayda asked, tilting her uniquely colored head to the side.

"Well, we decided that Ghor will be dropped on Elysia, where machines are mostly present. Even the Elysians are mechanical! This should be an easy mission for you, Ghor," he nodded to the robot, who acknowledge him back with the same gesture.

"You, Rundas, are going to Bryyo. We trust that you are skilled enough to handle the hot Fuel Gel that courses through the planet and the harsh environment on top of that," He raised an eyebrow up at me.

"Of course I can handle it. I'm perfectly capable of conquering this Leviathan Seed." I defended my title as bounty hunter. Did he think I was incapable?

"So where do I go?" Gandrayda asked in impatience, seeing that she had been left out.

"You are on a special mission," The Admiral said, pressing a few buttons. The Galaxy hologram retreated, a new hologram of a reddish planet appearing. "We are sending you to the Pirate Homeworld, where you will find information about the Aurora Unit Investigation. We want you all to succeed, and hopefully come out alive. And with those new PED Suits, that shouldn't be much of a struggle, eh?" He chuckled.

"Where is Samus?" I asked, only now finding out that she hadn't been present.

Three pairs of eyes locked onto me, Gandrayda's purple ones slitted. "Why are you concerned, Rundas? Aw, do you have a little crush on Sammy?" She smirked.

I recoiled. "What makes you say that?"

"Oh, nothing much. Except that I always see that twitter-pated look in your eyes whenever she's around." She giggled. "Why do you find her attractive? All she really is on the outside is an ugly metal suit!" Gandrayda posed, her dazzling, curvy body seeming to lure me into some sort of trap. "Aren't I at least something to look at?"

"Enough, Gandrayda!" I screamed, practically feeling the Phazon course through my veins like acid as I grew more impatient. "If you won't shut up, then I'll make you!" I held my hand up to her sneering face, ice forming rapidly around my fingers.

The woman stared, her cruel smile disappearing. "Fine, be protective of your girlfriend." She swiftly turned away and followed Admiral Dane down a walkway.

Ghor looked at me. "I thought I was the only one!"

I tilted my head to the side. "Only what?"

He laughed once. "The only one who thinks that Gandrayda should keep her big mouth shut," I sighed to myself. "But anyway, Rundas. We should probably follow Dane to the shuttle bays. You know how the Admiral doesn't like to be kept waiting." Ghor walked down the same path Gandrayda and Dane had.

I heaved another sigh, following in step behind Ghor.