She turned on her heels, and stepped once right outside of the room. And then, everything seemed to move in slow motion. An insect, much like the one that appeared before,
slammed into Samus's chest, nailing her with a loud crash of metal. Without hesitation, Samus aimed her plasma beam at its wings and blasted them to burnt shreds before she nailed the top of its head with three good shots. There was a shriek, followed by a spray of blue blood, as the corpse collapsed at her feet.
"Close the door." Samus said. "Close the door
now!"
Higgs nodded before he
slammed the door shut and shoved a trolley right into it. And then, right then, there was the sound of skittering. Thousands of legs upon thousands of legs tapped against the walls, followed by the screams of pirates. Samus clenched her teeth, as she checked her missile ammo count and scanned the hallway.
And with that, it lit up, as
yellow lights filled the hall. There was a shriek, followed by a single spray of acid. Samus dodged to the side, watching it as it splattered against the ground and started dissolving first the stone, then the metal framework underneath. She held her gun up and screamed, before she
charged forwards.
[=]
The sound of flames and carnage could be heard from inside the room. Chloe held her pistol close, as Higgs held the door up with the trolley. The food was spilled onto the floor, and the two scientists quickly rushed it away...before suddenly, a spray of acid hit the door. In seconds, a hole was burnt through the door, and a red leg started clawing its way in. Without hesitation, Higgs moved away from the door, pulled up his gun, and
fired several times at it.
The leg was frozen in seconds, as the rest of the kihunter screamed at the sudden motion. He raised a fist and
ripped the leg off, and the kihunter's scream grew louder and more shrill. He switched out his ammo canister and shoved a grenade through the hole, and just as the explosion rocked the hallway outside, he started firing
wildly into the swarm of monsters.
[=]
Meanwhile, Samus's cannon spat out a constant barrage of flame. Her gun screamed as she spent several missiles of ammunition, the number ticking down before she looked over to the door.
"Higgs." She kept firing as she called him.
"Kind of busy!" He said.
"Get away from the door." She took a deep breath.
"Tell the two scientists to cover their ears."
"Huh? Why?"
"Give me a second." Samus took a deep breath, before she started to run. She turned away, the kihunters following suit, before she dug her heel into the ground and turned back towards the swarm.
"This is going to hurt."
"The hell are you-" Suddenly, there was the sound of several hundred loud thuds against stone and metal. Higgs paused for a second, before suddenly, there was a
woosh of air, followed by a tremendous
bang. The entire room shuddered as everyone inside felt a wind
rip into the room, pulling the door open even more than it already was as dust was sent flying.
Outside, Samus's feet
slammed against the ground at a rapid pace, and a counter emerged at the center of her visor. At the end of the hall there was a wall, and right before then, there were still many,
many kihunters. She looked behind once as the others were splattered against the walls, before she thrust her gun forwards and fired five missiles, all in an arc.
Whatever was left was quickly destroyed by the blast, and she shouted once into her suit.
"Speedboost off." There was a hiss of air and a scream of metal, and with that, she started decelerating. She took a deep, relaxed breath, before she slid across the ground, stance wide, gun still aimed forwards. She shook her cannon once as smoke rose from it, and she quickly looked back.
"Is everyone alright?" She asked.
There was a pause on the other end. Several seconds later, Nova eventually spoke up.
"What the fuck
was that?"
"Speedboost." Samus said.
"I don't like to use it and it's situationally useful at best."
"What the fuck
was that?!"
"I'll be back with the rest of you soon enough."
"HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK?!"
