A/N: Hi, thanks for taking the time to read my fic. Before you get into, there are a few things you should know. #1, Since Nintendo isn't big on the spaceships in Metroid, I've had to be "creative" Secondly, this chapter is sorta from Samus's POV, but later things will be straightforward narraration. Thirdly, I need feedback people! If you read this, and wish to read more, don't just come back every now and then, review it, tell me what's good, what's bad, what needs changing. I realize this being the first bit, and fairly short, there isn't much for you to critic, but nevertheless.
Update: I changed things up in here, and added a few things as well. I think its better now. Enjoy.
Metroid: Mutation
Prologue: And so it begins.....
It has been one year since my encounter with........ myself. The SA-X, as Adam named it, was a parasitic creature known as the X mimicing me. It had all my powers, making it my greatest enemy.
However, it also had the ability to reproduce, A sexually. From some infected parts of my power suit, atleast 10 of these things were spawned. One, was destroyed with a secret portion of the B.S.L. station that we were on. Another, I destroyed myself. The rest, I presume were obliterated in the destruction of the station as it collided with SR388, the Metroid homeworld. Or, it used to be. Some time ago, although at times it seems shorter than it is, when I learned of the Metroids, I went to SR388. And destroyed the Metroid Queen. I killed every Metroid I found, spareing only a lonely hatchling, which for some reason I still don't understand, imprinted on me as it's mother, protecting me with it's life.
And it did just that, in my last battle with Mother Brain, it absorbed her energy, and gave it to me, allowing me to finish Mother Brain off for good, or so I hope. But in doing so it died.
"Samus, we are passing through the Mushroom nebula, in the Osiris system." Adam, the on board computer, and my CO has informed me of our position.
Now where was I? Oh yes. The Metroid hatchling. It saved my life once, then yet again. When I first met this X, it infected me, major parts of my suit had to be removed surgically. But there were X deep in my nervous system, unable to be removed, until they used a vaccine made up of Metroid DNA taken from the hatchling, while it was in federation possesion. Making me as I am now, slightly smaller, well from an armor standpoint. But I'm just as powerful, if not more so than before all this transpired.
"I'm getting some strange readings from one of this system's stars......... Should I raise shields?" Adam said.
"Why not?" I said, not really caring one way or the other. "Maybe something exciting will come of it?"
"Perhaps, raising shields."
A few beeps and buzzes and then a sound from somewhere inside the ship, and the shields were raised.
Things are pretty boring for a bounty hunter recently. The federation wasn't exactly thrilled that I destroyed the research station. Nor were they pleased to hear I had eradicated the X. Needless to say, I haven't had any business from them. But I should expect something, from somewhere. I've not gotten a thing, it's as if the whole universe just straightened up and started behaving itself. No space pirate activity, no Ridley, not even petty asteroid disputes!
"Samus, I'm picking up an ion trail, headed straight for that star from earlier, IT'S A MISSILE SAMUS!" Adam shouted at me, quickly getting my attention. Looks like things won't be so boring after all.
"What's it's trajectory? Can we even stop it?" I asked, but it was to late, an explosion appeared on the lower corona, turning the once bright blue star, black as the space around it. It also, however, released a massive shockwave, which struck the two other stars in this system, causing them to supernova as well. Luckily this system wasn't inhabited, because of the three stars in such close proximity to the six planets, each of them were desert like. Not a drop of water on them.
"Samus, we've got to get out of here, prepare to launch into hyperspace!" Adam said as he prepared the ship for faster than light travel.
"But we've got to get clear of this nebula first, the engines will never engage with this much interference." I replied, trying to get a handle of things.
"There's no time! We won't be able to get free for another five minutes, that shockwave will be here in less than three!" Adam responded, ready to overload the engines.
"Adam, I don't think it will work, we'll probably just end up overloading the engines, and shutting down the whole system. I say we boost power to the shields, and try our best to turn us into the wave." I made my suggestion, and waited for a response....... "Come on Adam! We need answers!" I shouted, not getting anything back from him.
"Calculations complete, there is a 38.459281% chance of success if we engage hyperspace, there is a 45.5832029831% chance of success if we boost the shields, everything left over says we die anyway, your choice lady." Adam said, leaving his mark on the sentence.
"Shields it is then!" I said as I got to working out the controls to perform just such a task.
"Thirty seconds, work faster lady!" Adam said, as he did his part to get the shields in order.
"Almost got it, almost...." I said as I was simaltaniously piloting the ship to the right path, while also setting up a extra strength shield grid.
"5..4..3..2" Adam counted down.
"GOT IT!" I screamed.
"1.. BRACE FOR IMPACT!"
Update: I changed things up in here, and added a few things as well. I think its better now. Enjoy.
Metroid: Mutation
Prologue: And so it begins.....
It has been one year since my encounter with........ myself. The SA-X, as Adam named it, was a parasitic creature known as the X mimicing me. It had all my powers, making it my greatest enemy.
However, it also had the ability to reproduce, A sexually. From some infected parts of my power suit, atleast 10 of these things were spawned. One, was destroyed with a secret portion of the B.S.L. station that we were on. Another, I destroyed myself. The rest, I presume were obliterated in the destruction of the station as it collided with SR388, the Metroid homeworld. Or, it used to be. Some time ago, although at times it seems shorter than it is, when I learned of the Metroids, I went to SR388. And destroyed the Metroid Queen. I killed every Metroid I found, spareing only a lonely hatchling, which for some reason I still don't understand, imprinted on me as it's mother, protecting me with it's life.
And it did just that, in my last battle with Mother Brain, it absorbed her energy, and gave it to me, allowing me to finish Mother Brain off for good, or so I hope. But in doing so it died.
"Samus, we are passing through the Mushroom nebula, in the Osiris system." Adam, the on board computer, and my CO has informed me of our position.
Now where was I? Oh yes. The Metroid hatchling. It saved my life once, then yet again. When I first met this X, it infected me, major parts of my suit had to be removed surgically. But there were X deep in my nervous system, unable to be removed, until they used a vaccine made up of Metroid DNA taken from the hatchling, while it was in federation possesion. Making me as I am now, slightly smaller, well from an armor standpoint. But I'm just as powerful, if not more so than before all this transpired.
"I'm getting some strange readings from one of this system's stars......... Should I raise shields?" Adam said.
"Why not?" I said, not really caring one way or the other. "Maybe something exciting will come of it?"
"Perhaps, raising shields."
A few beeps and buzzes and then a sound from somewhere inside the ship, and the shields were raised.
Things are pretty boring for a bounty hunter recently. The federation wasn't exactly thrilled that I destroyed the research station. Nor were they pleased to hear I had eradicated the X. Needless to say, I haven't had any business from them. But I should expect something, from somewhere. I've not gotten a thing, it's as if the whole universe just straightened up and started behaving itself. No space pirate activity, no Ridley, not even petty asteroid disputes!
"Samus, I'm picking up an ion trail, headed straight for that star from earlier, IT'S A MISSILE SAMUS!" Adam shouted at me, quickly getting my attention. Looks like things won't be so boring after all.
"What's it's trajectory? Can we even stop it?" I asked, but it was to late, an explosion appeared on the lower corona, turning the once bright blue star, black as the space around it. It also, however, released a massive shockwave, which struck the two other stars in this system, causing them to supernova as well. Luckily this system wasn't inhabited, because of the three stars in such close proximity to the six planets, each of them were desert like. Not a drop of water on them.
"Samus, we've got to get out of here, prepare to launch into hyperspace!" Adam said as he prepared the ship for faster than light travel.
"But we've got to get clear of this nebula first, the engines will never engage with this much interference." I replied, trying to get a handle of things.
"There's no time! We won't be able to get free for another five minutes, that shockwave will be here in less than three!" Adam responded, ready to overload the engines.
"Adam, I don't think it will work, we'll probably just end up overloading the engines, and shutting down the whole system. I say we boost power to the shields, and try our best to turn us into the wave." I made my suggestion, and waited for a response....... "Come on Adam! We need answers!" I shouted, not getting anything back from him.
"Calculations complete, there is a 38.459281% chance of success if we engage hyperspace, there is a 45.5832029831% chance of success if we boost the shields, everything left over says we die anyway, your choice lady." Adam said, leaving his mark on the sentence.
"Shields it is then!" I said as I got to working out the controls to perform just such a task.
"Thirty seconds, work faster lady!" Adam said, as he did his part to get the shields in order.
"Almost got it, almost...." I said as I was simaltaniously piloting the ship to the right path, while also setting up a extra strength shield grid.
"5..4..3..2" Adam counted down.
"GOT IT!" I screamed.
"1.. BRACE FOR IMPACT!"