While Harry was napping, Samus decided that it would be a good idea to get more familiar with the layout of the base. She left the ship, giving Harry another peck on the cheek before doing so, and headed towards a door to her right.

It lead to a long hallway with metal doors that looked plain and uninteresting to her. She continued walking until she saw a door at the end that had a plaque that said 'Research facility' right befor a turn.

"Hmm...Research facility, huh? Seems interesting..." She entered.

To say that it was weird and messing was an understatement. There were parts of machinery on every single surface and some even on the floor.

Samus crossed her arms and cocked a brow. "Huh...Interesting decorative tastes the guy in charge has here..."

"Why hello there my dear." Greeted a raspy voice behind her. Samus had to stop herself from jumping in surprise as she turn around to be greeted by the weirdest looking man she ever met. The man was thinner then a rail, with greying hair that looked like a birds nest that never saw a brush in its life. He was slightly shorter then her by mere inches and a crazed look in his eyes as he looked into her own.

Samus slowly backed away, hands raised defensively. "Uh...Hi. You're creepy."

If he even heard what she called him, he gave no indication at all that he heard it. "If I'm not mistaken, your the new...member of our humble organization that came from space." The creepy man stated. "I am Dr. Melvin Quackerminer, the head of the research department for anything alien related." The mad man now known as Quackerminer told her as he looked her over with a creepy grin.

"That's...nice..." Samus replied uncomfortably. "Now please get the hell away from me or I'll punch your teeth out."

"But my dear!" Quackerminer started to say as he got nearer. "We haven't had the chance to do a though examination." He told her as he pulled out a syringe and a scalpel. "Inside and out." With that, he started to laugh that sounded like a dying moose who was being cut open alive. Samus's eye twitched as she pulled her arm back and gave him a punch to the face, making him drop his instruments. He swayed slightly. "Ow...that hurts mommy." The Doctor said as he fell over backwards, unconscious.

'Weirdo.' Was Samus's thoughts as she walked out the way she came from and turned left towards the part of the hallway she haven't been through yet. After a two minutes, she saw a plaque that said "Training Hall". 'At least there's somewhere I can keep in shape.' Samus thought as she went through the door next to the plaque.

When she went in, she was in a big gymnasium with various exercise equipment. The young woman smirked and placed a hand on her hip. "Huh. Not half bad..." Suddenly, a large hand clasped down on her shoulder, causing her to fall facefirst to the floor from the impact.

Samus was dazed from the combination of the hit and falling to the floor.

"Opps! Sorry about that!" Said a booming voice as Samus felt herself getting picked up and placed on her feet.

She slowly turned around to meet a wall of muscle. She had to look up to see the man's face. 'H-He's almost as tall as Ridley!' Samus thought in shock as she examined him.

He had very short black hair and a square shaped head. He looked apologetic as he looked down at her.

"Uh...It's fine...No worries..." Samus replied. "...Please quit squeezing my shoulder, I think you're about to dislocate it." The giant of a man looked at her in confusion then looked at her arm, which was currently being squeezed by his hand. He quickly let go and brought his arm to his side, making Samus breathe in relief as the feeling in her arm was slowly returning.

"My apologies. I only meant to pat you on the back in greetings." He explained in a very, very deep voice.

"Okay, that's fine... So...uh...Nice workout room you've got here."

He beamed with pride at her praise. "Thank you, I try my best to keep everything in good working condition." He told her as his eyes widened. "I've forgotten to introduce myself! My name is Leroy Reuben, the training instructor for new recruits." Leroy introduced himself as he held his hand out for a hand shake. Samus hesitated, then cringed as she reached out to accept the handshake...

"YIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE!" She yelled as an audible crack was heard in her wrist.

Leroy immediately lets go after hearing her scream in agony. "OH MY GOD I'M SORRY!" Leroy yelled loudly.

Samus scowled as she shook her wrist. Good...It wasn't broken. "Forget about it." She said calmly. "It's fine..."

Leroy nodded his head solemnly. "I should probably leave you be before I hurt you some more...I needed to start my morning warm ups before I start the heavier stuff." Leroy said sadly before walking away and heading towards the biggest pair of dumbbells Samus ever saw.

'Holy Crozo! They look heavy!" Samus thought before being interrupted by Leroy.

"It was a pleasure meeting you miss." Leroy stated as he sat down on a bench and lifted one of the 100 Ib dumbbells with one hand effortlessly. "I wish it was under better circumstances." He said sadly as he focused on his exercise. "Now for the 500 count lift. 1,2,3,4,5-" Leroy said as he started his insane workout.

Samus nodded awkwardly, and walked away. She shook her head. "This place sure has some interesting people..." She mused. She walked out of the Training room and walked down the hallway before she ended up back to the cafeteria, which was empty of all the soldiers from earlier.

'I guess everyone got down with breakfast.' Samus thought as she saw movement in the kitchen area from the corner of her eyes.

Cocking a brow, the young woman stepped forward to see what was happening in the kitchen. She regretted entering moments later.

"Hi! I'm Stevie!" She immediately turned to her right so see Stevie right next to her. "Hey! Your that Lady from earlier!" Stevie said in his nasally voice. Samus cringed at his voice and appearance.

"Um...Yes...I am..." She replied.

"Cool! Wanna check out the kitchen?!" He pushed Samus into the kitchen.

"No, I must be getting back to-NO STOP-"

CRASH!

Stevie shoved her right into a shelf, causing a bag of flour to fall on top of her, covering her entire body.

Stevie stopped for a moment as he looked at her now flour covered form. "Opps, sorry." Stevie told her, never losing this big stupid grin.

Samus's eye twitched in irritation. "Well, this is just WONDERFUL." She groaned.

"Don't worry! I can still give you the grand tour! Hey, check it out! Here come a few of my other cookers!"

"You mean chefs?"

"That's what I said!"

Sure enough, three men, one short and round, one tall and thin, and one with a large head stepped into the room, all carrying large stacks of cream pies in their hands, much to Samus's bafflement.

"Hi, boss!" The short one said in a voice similar to that of Barney the dinosaur. "We got the pies you wanted us to finish!"

"...Should you really be carrying so many..." Samus froze when the chef in the front tripped, causing the two behind him to trip as well. The young woman's eyes widened as the creamy desserts bared down on her. "...Pies...?"

SPLAT!

"Ooooooh! So THAT'S why I don't let you three carry the food!" Stevie said. "Hahaha! I'm so silly!" He and his three chefs laughed. "Hey, uh...Where'd Samus go?" He heard an incredibly muffled series of curses coming from the large blob of cream next to him. "...Guys, is the cream alive?"

Samus shook her arms to get the cream off her body, scaring everyone else.

"IT IS ALIVE!" yelled Stevie yelled.

"WHAT DO WE DO!" The guy with the large head yelled after Stevie.

"KILL IT BEFORE IT GETS US!" The short, round man said.

"I GOT IT!" The Tall and lanky one said, holding a shove that appeared out of no where.

Samus groaned in annoyance...then grunted in pain as a blunt object slammed into her cranium, knocking her flat on her back.

"TAKE THAT, MONSTER!" The man raised for another swing, only for the blob of cream to grab the shovel and toss it away.

"You guys are idiots..."

Samus shook her body and was able to dislodge most the cream and the flour.

The four guys gasped.

"Hooray! We saved her from the monster!" The round faced chef exclaimed.

"We're Heroes!" Stevie stated loudly, high fiving the other three.

"We should celebrate!" The tall guy excitedly said.

"Yeah! With Cake!" THe bigged headed guy agreed.

While they were distracted, Samus took the chance she was given to escape. She immediately ran out of the kitchen and towards the Hanger. 'EVERYONE HERE IS CRAZY!' Samus yelled in her head as she went past the Training Hall and the Research lab.

The moment she was in the carrier, she sighed in relief as she came to a stop next to her ship. She noticed she got a little bit of cream on the orange vehicle, and scowled when she realized, while she no longer resembled a blob of cream, she was still covered in the substance from head to toe.

"Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" A dry sounding voice said sarcastically. Samus looks around and spots a crimson haired man with green eyes wearing blue overalls and a tan shirt covered in oil stains.

"Excuse me?" Samus asked curtly.

"Forget I said a word." The man replied with a shrug. "By the way, you got a little cream on your entire body, might wanna do something about that."Samus scowled as she swiped at some of the cream and flicked it away, almost hitting a jeep. "OI! Don't flick that stuff at Jess! I just got done working on him!" The red head told her, barely breaking his monotone.

"Well sorry." Samus muttered, not feeling very sorry at all in all honesty.

"I guess you're forgiven. Now get back in your ship or whatever and let me finish my job."

Samus rolled her eyes then does a mock salute. "Yes sir, right away sir." Samus said, dripping in sarcasm As she went on her ship and where Harry was. He was still fast asleep, causing her to smile for the first time since she decided to look around the base. 'At least I have you.' Samus thought as she walked to the pilot's seat and sat down, exhausted from the horrible ordeals she had to suffer through. 'And that's all I need.' Samus thought to her self as she took a breather.

Meanwhile, near Earth.

A lone carrier class space craft was drifting through space. T anyone flying by, they wouldn't think that it was a threat to them and leave it be. However, deep inside, something nefarious was brewing. For this wasn't just any carrier, but one that was owned by the Space Pirate, specifically, the leader of the Space Pirates.

Ridley.