16
- Location
- HELL
- Pronouns
- They/It
When they woke up that morning, Samus had the group move. They slowly stalked through the halls as a loud thud echoed through it. Nova held her gun up, while Chloe kept hers close to her chest. Anthony's knuckles went white as his grip tightened, Sakamoto kept his grip on his gun, and Barnes stuck close to him as they moved through the empty hallways.
"Samus...you do know how deep we are in the ship, right?"
"We're closer to the long-range beacon." Samus kept her cannon up. "It's less than ten kilometers from here...unfortunately, this is where the Queen was last spotted. I'm not confident in our ability to avoid it."
"That's a first."
"What's a first?" Samus' eyebrow quirked up beneath her helmet.
"You not being confident." Anthony said.
"I'm realistic." Samus said. "That's it."
Nova sighed. "We're so fucking boned."
"Someone's a negative Nancy." Anthony said.
"Day five and you're still a ways to go." Charlie said over the comm. "I mean...chances are, shit might still go south. At least you're getting closer to the end, right?"
"I wouldn't be that pessimistic." Anthony quirked an eyebrow up.
"You're still doing well, team." Adam said.
"We're doing well?" Nova sighed. "I feel like fucking baggage."
"You're still alive."
"Yeah, but only because of Samus, here." She noted with a tense tone. "...Fuckin' A."
"No need to get testy." Charles said.
"I'm not being fucking testy. I'm stating facts. We'd be dead without her...and honestly, I'm surprised we aren't dead now."
Samus pressed a hand against her helmet's earpiece. "Let's just keep moving..." A loud thud, followed by the groaning of metal echoed through the hallway. Immedaitely, Chloe held her gun tighter.
"W-what the hell was that?" Sakamoto shouted.
"I'm guessing that would be our Queen." Samus raised her gun. "Stay close. Don't split. Keep each other in sight."
Charles and Adam sat in their own room as they watched the group on-screen move. Charles looked between the crew and the captain as he idly munched on a ration cube. "...Want a bite?"
"I already ate." Adam said.
"...Alright." Charles sighed. "Tastes like dry ass, anyway."
"Dry ass is preferable to starving." Adam leaned forward, while Charles pushed his chair back and propped his feet on the control panel.
"Yeah, well...okay." He popped off another piece of cube and chucked it into his mouth. "...So...what was she like?"
"Hm?"
"Samus." Charles looked over. "I mean...she was part of your team before, right?"
"All she had was her...zero suit, they called it. Rudimentary armor with some life-support...not much protection but it was enough to stop a slug and multiple powerbeam shots." He leaned back. "...She was an interesting member of the team...she didn't get access to the power suit until after training. I think it was a protocol from the Chozo that raised her."
Charles stopped eating. "Wait...Chozo? She was raised by space Santa?"
Adam laughed. "She was indeed raised by birds. I knew this because she told me. She didn't realize just what she said, either...I even made her my protege. She had potential...and she's using it to its full extent." He chuckled. "You don't become the best bounty hunter in a galaxy filled with trillions with untapped potential."
"I thought we went over this before, captain."
"I guess we did." Adam said. "...I think being cooped up in a room is driving me mad." He leaned back into his chair again.
"...willing to tell me what happened this time?"
The captain let out a loud laugh. "Not a chance!"
"Fair enough."
A/N: Captain is being coy.
"Samus...you do know how deep we are in the ship, right?"
"We're closer to the long-range beacon." Samus kept her cannon up. "It's less than ten kilometers from here...unfortunately, this is where the Queen was last spotted. I'm not confident in our ability to avoid it."
"That's a first."
"What's a first?" Samus' eyebrow quirked up beneath her helmet.
"You not being confident." Anthony said.
"I'm realistic." Samus said. "That's it."
Nova sighed. "We're so fucking boned."
"Someone's a negative Nancy." Anthony said.
"Day five and you're still a ways to go." Charlie said over the comm. "I mean...chances are, shit might still go south. At least you're getting closer to the end, right?"
"I wouldn't be that pessimistic." Anthony quirked an eyebrow up.
"You're still doing well, team." Adam said.
"We're doing well?" Nova sighed. "I feel like fucking baggage."
"You're still alive."
"Yeah, but only because of Samus, here." She noted with a tense tone. "...Fuckin' A."
"No need to get testy." Charles said.
"I'm not being fucking testy. I'm stating facts. We'd be dead without her...and honestly, I'm surprised we aren't dead now."
Samus pressed a hand against her helmet's earpiece. "Let's just keep moving..." A loud thud, followed by the groaning of metal echoed through the hallway. Immedaitely, Chloe held her gun tighter.
"W-what the hell was that?" Sakamoto shouted.
"I'm guessing that would be our Queen." Samus raised her gun. "Stay close. Don't split. Keep each other in sight."
[=]
Charles and Adam sat in their own room as they watched the group on-screen move. Charles looked between the crew and the captain as he idly munched on a ration cube. "...Want a bite?"
"I already ate." Adam said.
"...Alright." Charles sighed. "Tastes like dry ass, anyway."
"Dry ass is preferable to starving." Adam leaned forward, while Charles pushed his chair back and propped his feet on the control panel.
"Yeah, well...okay." He popped off another piece of cube and chucked it into his mouth. "...So...what was she like?"
"Hm?"
"Samus." Charles looked over. "I mean...she was part of your team before, right?"
"All she had was her...zero suit, they called it. Rudimentary armor with some life-support...not much protection but it was enough to stop a slug and multiple powerbeam shots." He leaned back. "...She was an interesting member of the team...she didn't get access to the power suit until after training. I think it was a protocol from the Chozo that raised her."
Charles stopped eating. "Wait...Chozo? She was raised by space Santa?"
Adam laughed. "She was indeed raised by birds. I knew this because she told me. She didn't realize just what she said, either...I even made her my protege. She had potential...and she's using it to its full extent." He chuckled. "You don't become the best bounty hunter in a galaxy filled with trillions with untapped potential."
"I thought we went over this before, captain."
"I guess we did." Adam said. "...I think being cooped up in a room is driving me mad." He leaned back into his chair again.
"...willing to tell me what happened this time?"
The captain let out a loud laugh. "Not a chance!"
"Fair enough."
[=]
A/N: Captain is being coy.
