Disclaimer: I do not own Metroid, but all original characters belong to me.

Authors Note: This is my second try at this fic. I have come up with a slightly different plot. Now I understand reviews at the Metroid section are slow, but it would be appreciated if I could get a few. The plot will have many twists, and I would love if you guys guessed as they went through so I can get a keen idea of what you think is going on. Constructive critism will also be welcomed. Without further ado, enjoy!

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Bill looked up at the small girl hugging her knees on the beach. Her bright pink towel under her was crumpled and filled with sand as her eyes reflected boredom and anxiety.

"Yo, Scully! What's wrong," The little girl mumbled a "nothing" and continued to stare at the ocean. "Why don't you go play in the ocean?" He asked, taking a seat next to her. The girl he called "Scully" simply shrugged. He had to pry a little before she finally squeaked out,

"Promise you won't tell anyone?"

"Promise, with all my honor, how ever little there may be." Scully smiled but it was a small one.

"I'm scared," She whispered.

"You're scared?" Bill exclaimed. "What are you scared of? It's just salty water."

"It's so endless and mysterious," She exclaimed. "I like home. It's small and nuthin' changes. I ain't like you and Uncle Ream. I like normal."

"Don't you ever want to see the galaxy?" Bill inquired. Scully shook her head.

"I'd probably get lost and die."

"Hey, I promise you this. One day, I will take you out to see the galaxy, and I will show you it myself, every nook and cranny. Ever since that rouge Ream Nevaria left me to explore all on my lonesome self, I have had no partner. I like you, Scully; you're my favorite. Don't go and the others that now; they'll be jealous. I want you to be my partner when you grow up, but you have to promise that you will stay the cute, adorable little thing you are. I am sick of crazy idiots like myself; we'd make a fine team with a brain such as yours. What do you say? Do you agree?"

The girl thought it over for a second. "Well, alright, but you have to promise me that you won't back out on it. I don't wanna get my hopes up." Bill smiled.

"I would never think of doing such a thing."

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For some reason, Samus Aran liked to visit the Taras Sports Bar when ever she had free time on her hands. She was no fan of athletics, and she hated alcohol, but the noisy crowd and dank surroundings somehow gave her comfort. She was not a social person, and this place gave her the closest human interaction she usually ever had outside the Galatic Federation.

She always landed her ship on the outskirts of Taras, which was on the moon of Wyles, and she always arrived in clothes that would blend her into the mess of humans and aliens. She did not want to be noticed, even if it was unlikely that someone would recongize her.

On this particular night, though, someone did. It was when Samus left the bar that she sensed someone following her. She quickened her pace just a slight bit to see what the stranger would do. She, (and it was a woman), hurried a little bit to keep up. Sighing, Samus regained her normal speed, but she kept a hand on the blaster hidden in her outfit just in case this woman tried any sudden moves.

It was when Samus finally reached her ship when the woman spoke.

"Always so cautious, are you Sammy," She said, pronoucing the nickname as Sa-me, rather than Sam-my. A pang of rememberance hit her heart as the woman said it. How did she know? "Yes, it was always a strong character trait of yours," The woman continued. "But a bounty hunter?" She laughed. "Your father would have never have guessed. You were supposed to become a lawyer or a doctor or something else to make the old man proud."

Samus turned and in the dim light, she studied the woman. She appeared to be in her mid or late fifties, with long, wavy blond hair and blue eyes that stood out brightly. "Who are you?" Samus asked, slightly confused by what she had just said.

The woman flashed her ID; one made out for the Galatic Federation. "Colleen A. Eurynache" it read. "I work for the big GF," She said, using the slang term as if she were one of the younger officers and not a middle aged...what ever she was. "I'm a spy, on the case of Bill Werster. The name sound familiar?" She smiled knowingly.

"Maybe," Was all Samus responded. Her grip on her blaster tightened.

"I was a friend of your fathers," Colleen explained, her smug tone softening. "A childhood friend. I never had the honor of meeting his family, but two years before his untimely death, he started contacting me again. He sent me pictures and told me all the wonderful things about you and your mother and..." She drifted off and sighed. "I know you know who Bill Werster is because you want him dead as much as I do."

"He was behind the death of my family," Samus said platonically. "Not to mention the deaths of thousands of other people. The single human Space Pirate Operative, him, convinced them to destory three space colonies, with signifigant power against K2L, where he knew my family lived. Naturally I have some sort of vengance against him." Colleen shook her head sadly.

"It's more than that." She mumbled before coninuing on in a louder voice. "I lost part of my family too," She said. "My brother's family. He had children too. With my parents already dead, I had nothing and no one." A small, melancholy smile grew on her lips. "But I am luckier now I guess. My husband and another niece are there with me. You did not have anyone Samus and still don't. I gained the trust of Bill, and he informed me about you and your Chozo family. He figured they used mind tricks against you, and, for the good of his own neck, you forgot about him along with the rest of your childhood, but somehow, I doubted that."

"He was right in some ways," Samus said. "They did use memory blockers to lock it away, not erase. They are still apart of me, and there are some small things that escaped the grasp. I asked them to leave one thing out in the process. Him. There was one thing I needed to remember, to make me stronger. Just one thing."

"And that was?" Colleen prodded.

"Perhaps I will see you again one day, Mrs. Eurynache," Samus said, changing the subject to her farewell as her ship's hatch opened. "Good bye for now."

"Oh, you will see me very soon," She said. "For I have the one chance you want to strike back against Bill Werster. Listen now, for it will never come up again." Samus stopped in her tracks, intrigue growing throughout her. She turned back to face the woman.

"Interesting," She mused. "Please explain."

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