Major Motoko Kusanagi made her way down to the cell. The attack had left her confused about what happened. The weapons that the creatures used where clearly some kind of energy-based weapon. She had seen them before, her missions required her to be used to a lot of weapons so she was aware of a lot of them and their effects. But something felt off about the attack. She had fought many enemies of many different world, and she had never faced creatures like this before.

They did and didn't act like a hive mind. Most of them reacted to threats on their own but they react to a single order that made them retreat. Something was going on, and as much as she hated to admit it, she needed help. While the Queen wasn't happy, she did admit that the woman in the cells would be needed to figure out what was going on. She, after all, was a scientist with a specialisation in genetics. If anyone could figure out what was going on, it was her.

Motoko walked up to the cell that Vitaly was locked in and looked at the woman who looked back up. She was chained to the far wall with cuffs around her ankles and wrists. Looking up, the redhead smiled.

"So, you are in need of something," she stated in a matter-of-fact tone.

"I assume you heard about the attack?" the major asked.

"It was hard not to given the guard and explosions," she said as she stood and walked towards the bars. "But I want something in return if you need my help,"

"Obviously," Mokoto said. "Depending on the level of help, it can knock years off of your sentence,"

"Standard Federation negotiation," Vitaly sighed. "I supposes I cannot ask for more. Fine, I'll help,"

Mokoto said nothing as she opened up the cell and removed the chains linking the woman to the wall, but left the ones on that restricted her movement. But she did remove the collar and replace it with a tech one. The scientist said nothing but just accepted the tight-fitting collar before Motoko lead her up the stairs and out of the dungeon. The two said nothing as they walked up into the main floor and continued until they reached the top of one of the towers.

The Queen, in a tight-fitting dress, stood there looking over a shiny blue corpse of something that the scientist had never seen before.

"Is this the subject?" she asked as she walked around the creature.

"Yes, we aren't sure what it is. But it's human-looking at least," the queen said.

"The skin feels like latex," Mokoto added. "Not sure why though,"

Vitaly said nothing and offered her cuff to the major not taking her eyes of the body. After a look to the Queen, who nodded, the Major removed the cuffs and let the scientist look over the creature. After making another circuit she tapped the side of her head and an orange holographic HUD appeared over her eyes. She just frowned at the data that was being presented to her.

"Hand me a knife," she said presenting her hand, but after a moment she sighed. "You have lasers," giving them an unimpressed look, Motoko handed her a knife but not without some reluctance.

With a muttered 'thanks', Vitaly used it like a scalpel as she tried to separate some of the plates. While she had some problems trying to take it off, when she did it came off with some ease showing the underneath of the plate. All the three saw was the same blue latex skin but with holes in places meant to connect to the plate. Turning it around, Vitaly tapped the plate with the knife before trying to piece it with little success. She looked at the blade then at Mokoto.

"Mono-molecular?" she asked and the agent nodded.

"Plasma cut and sharpened," the agent clarified. "We've also tried using our weapons against the armour, but all it left was black marks,"

Vitaly nodded as she tapped it with her knuckle. "This is effectively tank armour," she muttered as she turned it from side to side.

Placing the knife down, she moved her hand in front of her and began to type as if there was a keyboard in front of her. But that just made her more confused.

"What the hell?" she muttered as she looked back to the body then back to the plate. "This… this doesn't make any sense," she finally said as she looked up.

"I'm detecting Class-4 durasteel in this," she said. "The stuff that is normally found in starships,"

Mokoto blinked. "How is that even possible?" she asked.

"I hav…." Vitaly began but paused and moved to the foot of the corpse and looked at it up and down before her eyes rested on the arm cannon.

Moving over to it, she used the knife to open the shell up to see what was underneath. It was difficult at first, but she managed to do it. To her surprise, the arm ended in not a hand but a set of tentacles that connected to the cannon's shell. Other than holding onto the shell, they wrapped around each other creating a cone of sorts as the barrel. Along the tentacles were small lines of buds that she assumed would light up when in use.

Using the knife, she removed the arm just below the elbow and began to pull it part. There was no sign of an arm or hand, just tentacles. As she did this, the queen went a little green but she ignored this as she backed up and looked at the creature in front of her seemingly confirming something. She rubbed the back of her neck and looked up to Mokoto.

"I… don't know where to start," she admitted, some fear evident on her face giving the agent more than a little concern.

"Start with the basics, what is this thing?" the purple haired special agent said.

Vitaliy nodded as she rubbed the back of her head, ruffling her red hair. "Well for starters, this thing is human, or used to be. The material you see before you is latex, or some organic form of it. The carapace is similar to that of Federation tanks but uses materials that come form space stations. How? I have no idea, but it makes these things next to impossible to kill. But that's not what concerns me," she took a deep breath and continued. "I think this thing has something to do with the disappearance of Samus Aran,"

Mokoto blinked once, twice then a third time as she processed that information. "How do you know that?" she asked in an even but concerned tone.

Not taking her eyes off the body, Vitaly shared the same even but concerned tone. "Look how the creature looks," Mokoto did.

Aside from the shades of blue she began to see what she had missed. The slim figure, muscular frame, the way creature was armoured, the arm cannon and the orbs for shoulders began to take form in her mind as she placed the image. It was hard to believe at first, but here was the evidence. Few tried to replicate Samus' look, as they didn't have the tech or form to pull it off. But something about this creature that said that this wasn't just a straight up copy. Her mind then turned to the trainee's video camera's about how the creatures reacted.

Digging though her memory, she recalled how Samus used to move and act in combat. Her blood ran cold as she realised that the creatures and Samus moved, for the most part, the same with the latter accommodating for a large number of troopers. But there was one point of note that she missed.

"They weren't capturing for interrogation or hostages, they were capturing people to turn them into this," she muttered as the thoughts linked.

"Or something like them," Vitaly agreed as she looked to Motoko. "But we do have an explanation for why Samus went missing. She was likely captured by these things and their soldiers based their styles on her,"

"Maybe," Motoko said biting her thumb. "Can you tell who this was,"

Vitaly nodded as she picked up the knife and pointed to where she pulled one of the plates off. "There's a tattoo under here," she said before using the knife carefully to separate the latex from the skin.

It was clear that it wasn't easy as the latex seemed to be bonded to the skin like glue. But the scientist managed to peel the latex off showing a military tattoo on the arm. She indicated to it and both the Queen and Agent looked to it.

"This is a tattoo for the 144th Star Corps. An elite space commando unit," Vitaly said as paused and the two looked to her. "And the best part? Most of the 144 are male,"

Motoko took that on right away and looked to the corpse while the Queen blinked in confusion. "I fail to see the relevance," she said.

"She's meaning that this creature was likely male," Motoko said as she cupped her chin. "So not only does it bind to the skin, but also forces a sex change. Pair that with the arm cannon… this is a problem,"

Vitaly nodded. "Whoever they took, are likely going to be converted into whatever they need,"

Motoko went pale at that as the looked to Vitaly. "What is likely going to happen if they were an agent?"

Vitaly thought for a moment but shook her head. "I have no idea," she said.

That answer wasn't a comfort to Mokoto.

OOOOO

It didn't take long for the ship to reach the space station on the other side of the moon. While she couldn't see the station, Serivia Notredame could tell as her pod was brought into a hanger then a larger room with even more pods. The knights with her remained calm but the others panicked as they saw the people around them. Remaining clam herself, she made as many mental notes as she could. While her armour and weapons were taken, she still had her cerebral implants allowing her to record and capture things that the human brain couldn't.

A she looked around, she took in the small details like how many people were in the pods, the fact that the area used to be some kind of mass storage area and other points. But the people in pods confused her as it didn't seem to be any pattern to numbers. The area was also covered in latex in some kind of HR Giger like with pipes being ribbed and the general organic look of the place.

But she was surprised at the different tones of purple. She saw blue earlier with the attackers and pods, but now purple. Was there any significance? She wasn't sure but it seemed significant somehow. Even more to her surprise the pod she was in didn't stop like others. Instead, it continued onwards into a corridor also covered in the latex like substance. The group looked to each other as they continued on to an unknown location.

After a while they stopped in front of what seemed to be a large gate with several creatures, at least 4 foot tall, stood. They looked very very different from the others. For starters they wore what seemed to be armour like those of knights. In one hand they had some kind of spear or glaive while the other appeared to be some kind of arm cannon. On the back of their heads seemed to be some form of tentacles that moved on their own.

They moved with a swiftness that seemed impossible but they managed it. They didn't have eyes or a nose, but they did have a mouth that was closed with a ball gag. But somehow, they communicated with each other and the doors before them opened up. The room was massive split into different sections with some kind of liquid filled pods in each section. In the middle was a raised platform with someone who was easily 8 feet stall sitting on a throne of black tentacles.

The pod was pulled close but stopped halfway along with the op opening up. A tentacle descended and grabbed the blacksmith first who tired to get the tentacle off, but failed as it pulled her out of the pod. It placed her to the side of the carriage with a blue warrior holding onto her. The barmaid was next but she was a little less aggressive and was pulled out with ease. Quickly, all seven of them were pulled out of the pod and were brought up to the woman on the platform.

As they moved onto the platform Serivia spotted someone she didn't expect to see. "Samus Aran?" she asked.

"Who?" one of the knights asked.

"She's a famous bounty hunter," Serivia replied in a low tone. "She was missing for over half a year,"

"Is that why she looks like one of the creatures?" the knight asked causing Serivia to do a double take.

"Oh shit," she realised as she sae Samus's look and realised that there was more going on.

"These are the people who fit the parameters mistress," Samus said indicating to the seven. "However, you are the best judge of that,"

"Yes," the large woman said as she stood and approached the group.

A tentacle reached down to pick up the blacksmith first by the arms. While she struggled, it was pointless as she was held up before the woman and turned around. After a moment the woman shook her head and placed her to one side before moving onto the next. Serivia was third in line and the agent looked around for an escape, but decided against it. That would soon be proven to be a bad idea as she felt the tentacle lift her up. While the eyes of the woman were covered Serivia could tell that she was interesting.

That was backed up as a holo-screen appeared next to her. "Well, that's a little concerning," the woman said in a deep but soft tone as she tilted her head slightly. "Your cybernetics could cause problems," but it was her smile that make Serivia uneasy. "Nothing ventured,"

As she said that she opened wide extending her fangs. "No, please don't," the agent said as she began to struggle, but the tentacles constricted holding her tightly.

The fangs pierced her sin with ease and entered her. Serivia braced for pain, but felt a surge of eutrophic pleasure and tiredness fill her as a cocoon descended. She blinked in an effort to stay awake as the cocoon opened and a triangular tentacle was fitted to her mouth. That forced her to sleep. Her pod mates watched as she was placed into the cocoon and closed up. It was then placed into one of the pods of liquid.

They weren't sure what was going on, but they didn't like it. It wouldn't last long however because they were taken to be corrupted.

OOOOO

Miranda walked down one of the corridors of the dungeon. The princess' personal maid, Makee, followed her. She wasn't sure as to why she was summoned to one of the abandoned dungeons, but orders where orders. So, in order to avoid losing her job, or worse her head, she made her way to where Rina was. But that didn't help her mind to buzz with curiosity and questioning motives.

Why did the princess what her here? Why here? Why was Makee following instead of leading her? She didn't have answers but knew that she could get them soon. They reached a door and Miranda opened it and immediately backed up. The inside of the room was covered in a purple substance which held several maids in the all. They were crying out in pleasure as tentacles moved in and out of their pussies an ass.

But most shocking was Rina who was walking around, her arms and legs covered in the substance. Tentacles inside her pussy and ass and her belly was swollen like she was pregnant. Miranda was about to turn around screaming when Makee pushed her inside and locked the door. Turning quickly, she slammed on the door with no success. A shadow soon descended over her making her turn to see a smiling Rina looking at her like a piece of meat.

"Time to expand the host," she said as a tentacle moved in front of Miranda's face and squirting something into her face sending her into a bliss filled dreams.