Chapter Five
After hours of tunneling through the dark caverns, Master Chief noticed more and more Metroid spawns. He must be closing in on the Pirate stronghold.
Killing this Metroid Queen will not be easy. He knew it is not guaranteed to survive. He noticed a large hatch with blue shield protecting it. John activated his two-way comlink.
"I am finding a non-biological presence," 117 started. "It is some sort of… hatch. I don't see any device here to open it. Anything I need to know?"
"Shield can be broken using any laser based device including your weapon," Vlad started. "Picking up some"—static—"…ference. I"—static—"longer safe to"—static—"…tact."
The rest was completely static so John deactivated his connection. He used the instruction Kurek gave him and found himself shocked. Huge crop-like stalks towered high above John going through the ceiling. Pods with what looked like bizarre-looking alien fetuses clung to the sides of each stalk. Master Chief found himself inside the Space Pirate birthing chamber.
He was about to cross through this immense room when he heard a rumble beneath his feet. One by one, the pods began to shake violently. John looked at the pod closest him carefully. A sharply clawed hand burst out of the pod's thin membrane and ripped it to shreds. The creature fell to the ground. His umbilical cord ripped out, taking organs out with it. The bloody wound closed up immediately as if it were a mouth. This "infant" stood up from the ground. It was as tall if not taller than Master Chief. He wanted to contact Vladimir but remembered what happened to the signal.
Not knowing what to do, John ran for the hatch on the far side of the room. Two floating machines soon blocked his path each carrying a baby. Without thinking, Master Chief blazed projectiles at the infant creatures that blew to small pieces. He leapt on a tray the left robot was holding then hopped on the right one's head. John shot the hatch open and ran for it. A security alarm went off and the hatch started to close. With all his might, John dove through the hatch just as it closed shut. He turned on his comlink:
"Spartan-117 to Corinth, I am inside."