Chapter 7: Research Facility
In a futuristic headquarters of operations, Samus came out of the air duct, in her full Varia Suit. She went through the base, as she had to shot down any monsters or guards that roamed the Facility. She made it the docking bay where they transport goods. She was confused on why the Galactic Federation was now making ties with the Space Pirates and the X Parasite that they were supposed to oppose. But they became evil, and started to behave like an empire engaging in unethical manners like trading slaves. She went there to see if she can find a special kind of device that she can install on her ship so she can easily hop through realities and avoid being killed and tortured. She searched around, decided that it may be better to go under stealth mode, as the docking bay is more heavily guarded than the rest of the facility. The bounty hunter already considered herself lucky that she did not activate any alarms while shotting any of the Space Pirates, Primids or other enemies she have fought against.
She came across cargo she found was a Pikachu contained in the same material offered to two Team Galactic Grunts. They were revealed to be torturing Pikachu, who was the same one that traveled with Mario and Link. Samus stood motionless, then acting without a second thought, she ambushed the Grants, shooting them both, and used her grappling hook to break the container, freeing Pikachu. This caused an alarm to go off, as then the R.O.B. Squad came there to arrest them both, seeing them both as intruders. As a result, both Samus and Pikachu instantly teamed up to face the R.O.B.s. They both wandered through the hallways, going to many rooms while being chased. Samus would find there to be a maze, and she groaned not wanting to go through one again, from her aggravating experiences. Pikachu told the bounty hunter that he actually been through a maze once before he got captured and taken away from his friends, so he suggest he should take charge to get them both out as quickly as possible. Samus hoped that Pikachu knew what he was doing, so they entered the maze, seeing that they need to accomplish certain tasks like getting a platform operating and into a certain part of the maze, being one big puzzle. The Pokemon was no better at solving this than Samus herself, as he wished that he had Link with him, as he's good at solving many different puzzles. So in the end, Samus criticized Pikachu for his puzzle solving skills in a constructive manner, concluding that they should work together in a solving those rather than have do them, and he agrees. Transversing through the maze, they found that they seems to get lost once again, and more monsters seem to come there catching up. Samus was already frustrated as she yelled out at the top of her voice that she has to fight more monsters yet again. Pikachu quickly noticed something with the walls, and the seem to be moving on their own. While Samus was shotting missiles and charge shots at the various Primids, Pikachu quickly pointed out this fact, and she noticed this as well. They ran, and once they got to a corner, Pikachu went around the wall, as he saw it moving, and got through just in the nick of time. The electric mouse and the bounty hunter got out of the maze and entered a camera room, where they saw security footage.
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The two looked around, as Samus looked for the Energy Tank with a IDT instead of an E on it. Samus knew she needed this to travel to other worlds without side effects, so she told Pikachu that they should escape so they can survive. Pikachu understood, as he is loyal to Samus as she saved him, deciding that he should trust her in getting out of this situation. Samus agrees, as she say that those portal balls are not enough as they only have one use, and the requirement of many is not sufficient to survive this oncoming onslaught of foes they are dealing with. Pikachu nodded and said they may have to think of a plan to get there, with Samus opening up another door aside from the one of the maze to see there to be another area, exclusive for the administrators. She says the Energy Tank is stored in there for extra security, and they should be able to get it. So the two went through to find it to see if they can get out of the Facility on time.