(I figured I'd take advantage of the subscription I have and start up a poll story kind of like the one I did with Tsunade. This time it'll be handled by a popular vote using the poll section of my page. At the end of each part there will be a choice that's going to be left to a vote and the story will continue from there. The vote be active for at least a full day. I'll only set the new poll to send out notices of updates, so when you see that go to my journal to read the updated story.)


--Tetra Galaxy: GFS Empyrean: Olympus class battleship--

-System override is complete- A computer system announced to group of gathered Federation marines. They had surrounded a ship that was docked on one of the ship's many ports and had their weapons aimed at an airlock of the Hunter class gunship.

"T-they shut down her suit right?" One of the marines spoke up.

"Not quite... we could only deactivate some of the upgrades. The ones the Federation gave her..." His commanding officer answered. He turned to give a command to another trooper manning a nearby system panel. "Open the door."

"She still destroyed a space station and an entire planet in one blow." Another marine said to the others, "I don't think an Olympus class battleship is enough..."

"You're going in first, Jenkins!" The commanding officer yelled at the marine who just finished talking and pointed to the now opened hatch.

"Great..." He stepped into the anti grav beam that lifted him into the gunship. The marine pointed his weapon toward the cockpit and stepped forward. A second marine, the one who started the chatter in the first place, followed him in. The first one motioned with his gun to the pilot chair. The target was there, but not moving to face them. It wasn't moving at all, actually. "Samus Aran... you'll have to come with us. You're under arrest."

"She's not moving." The second marine stood right beside the chair. "She better be alive..." He looked over her helmet then focused on her visor, "Hey, isn't there supposed to be a woman in there?"

"That's just her fusion suit..." He took another quick look around the ship, there seemed to be no place for her to hide, but they would have to give the ship a thermal or x-ray scan to be sure. "Okay... let's get this suit and..."

-Self destruct activated: Two minute countdown- The male voice of the ship's computer rang through the cabin.

"What? You got to be kidding!" The second marine backed up towards the hatch,

"Forget the suit, let's get out of here!" They both hurried out of the ship, two minutes was just enough time for the gunship to be ejected from the docking bay and to let it drift away before it exploded out in space.

--Eris Colony: The Crazy Blastcap Bar and Grill--

-Ding ding ding- "Yeeehaw we got the latest on a new bounty"

"Wow, that the biggest one I've seen yet!"

"Shucks howdy, this one is Samus Aran. She's a human woman who's helped the Galactic Federation a ton of times, but went rogue when she attacked a Federation station!"

"Why would she do that?"

"Well, she's been fused with the DNA from a dangerous life form. Not only did she have the station blown up, but she managed to destroy the planet it was orbiting!"

"Oh yeah there is one catch, you gotta bring her in alive. She doesn't have her armored suit anymore, but she's still dangerous! tee-hee!"

"Here's a picture we have! She's a blond human... and over 6 feet woo wee"

"Ugh, that's a horrible picture. Turn that slag off..." The screen near the bar was shut off of requested.

"You looked good with a ponytail." The bartender, who was a short, hooded non-human with claw hands, smiled at the woman who had told him to turn off the screen. "Why did you change it Samus dear?"

She shook her head and smiled back, "Maybe because I'm a criminal now?" Her blond hair was loose now, and she was wearing a blue bikini-like crop top and 'hot' pants instead of that "zero" suit she wore on the picture that was shown on the screen. She had blue wristbands as well, along with her boots, that was it, no power suit or an other type of armor that she was well known for.

"I suppose I should be grateful... I had some peace for three months." She said, knowing what her favorite bartender was thinking. When she had escaped from the Biologic Space Laboratories research station she knew someone was going to be after her. So did Adam, her ship's main computer; he informed her that the Federation had put safeguards in the ship and the weapon upgrades they sent her, so that they could shut them down with a certain override code. She had little choice but to leave her new fusion suit behind, along with her gunship, and Adam. Once she and the creatures she had saved from the station had been dropped off on an inhabited planet, Adam would pilot the ship, doing his best to lead the Federation away from Samus. He would sacrifice himself for her, just like the flesh and blood man who the computer's mind data originated from.

All she had was her clothes and paralyzer gun. She had to start from scratch, though that was something she was used to. It took her these three months to transfer the funds she had received from past bounties secretly to an alias account. Her intention was to buy a ship and return to a Chozo world, hopefully finding something to help her build a new power suit.

"You know..." The bartender interrupted her deep thoughts, "...it won't be long until you're hounded by every bounty hunter in the galaxy. Even with a different hair style, well, you're like... what are those warrior women?"

"Amazon?" She finished up her drink, "Don't worry, I'll be careful."

She didn't have long to wait because suddenly...

--part 2--

...she found that a pair of shackles had closed around her wrists. There was a small bar that connected them together, keeping her hands cuffed in front. As she tried to pull them apart she could hear an electronic hum coming from the shackles, with every bit of strength she resisted with, they resisted right back. She got up from her seat and turned around.

Before her stood a bounty hunter with armor that was glowing a green-yellow color. "I finally finally captured you! After all these years!!!! YEARS!"

Samus, with her hands secure in front of her, stood and stared at him. "So, who are you?"

"What???!!!!" The alien staggered back, "You don't remember me?!" He jumped up on a table and posed. "The finest bounty hunter of them all! The electrifying Enoema, KAAAAANDEN!"

"Huh?" Samus just remanded where she was and gave him an odd look. "So we've met before? Kaaaaanden?" She raised her hands and tried to move the cuffs a bit, they would rotate a bit but they couldn't be pulled.

"Auuuuurrrg! It's just Kanden!" He held his head as if he was in pain, "And we met in the Alimbic Cluster!!!"

Samus snapped her fingers, the best she could with those cuffs on, "That's right, you used that fire based weapon, the magmal."

"No No NO!" Kanden shrieked, "I use the volt driver! It's an electrically based weapon!"

"Thanks, I wasn't sure..." Samus moved her arms to pick up her glass and throw her drink at Kanden, that could cause him to short out. Problem was, she finished her drink.

"Hehehehhehe! Those cuffs are charged with a magnetic energy, it's powered by your own body energy! The more energy you uuuuuse to try and get out the more power you're feeding them!" Kanden laughed again, "You're as helpless as a kitten!"

She jumped up, her legs still in good condition, and with her Chozo infused abilities she was able to land hard on his head. The impact made his head and neck instantly sink into his shoulders. Samus then landed behind him, "Meow."

She dashed out of the front door. As she ran she held the cuffs in front of her, trying to do something the get them off. She tried pulling and then prying at them with her teeth. It was no good, she was stuck good. She lowered them and fussed a bit, at least the cloth bands she wore kept the metal from directly biting into her skin. "Well at least I can be comfortable." She paused for a moment, to give herself some time to figure out was her next step was. She had to get those cuffs off, and had to get off the planet since she was already found out. There was also the question of how Kanden managed to find her so quickly, and how he managed to get those cuffs on her without her noticing.

She was in for another surprise however...

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