Samus clicked her cannon several times over, as they both silently stalked the hallways. "...I have nothing."
"Oh. Well, okay." Sullivan shrugged.
"Maybe...a..." She paused, before she turned around with her plasma beam. There was a burst of fiery plasma right behind Sullivan's head, and a Gullugg exploded into burning lumps of flesh. "...Mined from SR388." Samus said, before she turned to fire another shot.
This time, a Zebesian was smacked in the chest by a missile, before it exploded messily. Shards of the creature rained onto the ground, armor clattering against the ground as Samus stared. "...That's strange."
"What? What is?" Sullivan asked.
"That creature was a space pirate." Samus said.
"...Huh?"
"Look." Samus walked over, and picked up the head of the creature. It was slightly scorched, and badly damaged, but she tapped it once. Immediately, the severed, ruined head of the space pirate dropped out of the helmet, and Sullivan jumped back in surprise.
"Oh
god!"
"More specifically, it's one of the ones stationed on what used to be Zebes."
"...Zebes?"
"Planet orbiting FS-176. As it used to be. It exploded."
"...Wait, the pirates can
do that?"
"Yes." Samus said. "Though that used to be their headquarters, anyway. As of the moment, it's no longer..." She gulps a little. "An issue."
"...you gulped."
Samus ignored her, as she continued talking. "Though why a fully-sentient creature is here is unsettling."
"...Okay, that I
can agree with." Sullivan murmured. "...Do you know why they'd be experimenting on pirates?"
"Whatever the reason, it's unethical, even considering that they're pirates." Samus said. "The GF is violating their own rules." Samus trailed off...before she shot the severed head, obliterating it with a single powerbeam shot.
Sullivan jumped a little in surprise.
"JESUS-"
"Perhaps we will run into more. Just be prepared."
"You were just saying it was unethical-!"
"Torturing them in a prolonged way is unethical. Desecrating a space pirate corpse is not."
Sullivan had something on the tip of her tongue, before she just bit it, and sighed. "...nevermind." She muttered.
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