Hey guys, just a quick bit from the author before the story begins. This is my first attempt at fanfiction... sort of. I had this idea late one night, so it might be bad. So please burn it with the hot flames of cutting reviews as much as it pleases you. Also, in case it's not apparent, I like the Metroid games, so I hope I look like I know what I'm talking about, but if you see something blatantly wrong, please let me know! Enjoy!

Alone.

Always alone.

I hated the cold darkness of space stretching around me. I hated the stars blinking throughout the galaxy, surrounded by planets covered in life. I hated my ship for keeping me alive as I traveled through the vacuum. I hated it all, because it only reminded me just how alone I was.

My designation is SA-00. I am the first of many.

I am a genetic duplicate of the great hero of the galaxy, Samus Aran.

I hate her most of all.

My destination is an as of yet unnamed planet, designated SR-915.

My mission: Genocide

This wasn't my choice of course. The only reason I was here was the bomb embedded deep within my chest, right next to my heart. That little gift made decision making a little easier. The Federation certainly knew how to keep someone in line, especially when that someone was a clone, and therefore held no rights in the galaxy. All I had was myself in this vast universe. It was a lonely life, if it could be called that.

A holographic image of my destination appeared on my ships monitor, and I knew I was close enough to begin the deceleration process. There was no doubt, this was the formerly uninhabited world now home to the last of the Space Pirates. I almost felt sorry for them. After the events of the bottle ship, my namesake had taken it upon herself to finally rid the universe of the dreaded Space Pirates. Of course, she realized it would be impossible on her own, as they spread at a rate slightly faster than she could destroy their planets and space stations. She was forced to rejoin the Federation in order to enact her plan, which was relatively simple. If she could not destroy the Space Pirates alone, then she would simply create another Samus Aran, one equally capable and just as deadly. I was the first of these.

Suddenly, my ship began to shake violently as I entered the planet's atmosphere, jarring me from my memories. I braced myself, expecting at any moment to be turned to a bloody mist from a planet-side phazon cannon. When I finally reached the ground uninjured, I rose from my seat, and began to equip my Federation issue power suit, complete with Varia technology. To distinguish me from my many sisters, they had decided that my suit should be white, which worked well for display purposes, but was extremely unhelpful in actual combat, basically making me a walking target that even a half blind zebesian could spot at 60 meters.

Just how I liked it.

As I snapped on my helmet and heard the cold, mechanical hum of machinery, I forgot for a moment that I was here against my will. As the HUD popped into my visor, my purpose was brought to the forefront once more, and I moved quickly to the platform that would release me onto this uncharted world, a weapon for destruction, and nothing more. I could almost feel the bomb in my chest as my breathing came faster and faster, the familiar experience that accompanied the beginning of almost all of my missions. I was ready.

Before the platform could even begin to rise, however, the front half of my ship disappeared, gone in an instant. I had no time to assess the situation as a massive hand, almost a claw reached into the remaining portion of my ship, wrapped its deadly talons around my torso, and pulled me violently from my position. Suddenly, I was face to face with an incredibly large, angry face, one I knew from the histories I'd grown up with.

"Ridley." The word somehow managed it's way past my lips, before everything went black.

Chapter 1 END

Hopefully you enjoyed this relatively short chapter, leave a review with your thoughts! I'll probably make chapter 2 soon, depending on how this pans out, so until next time,

CM signing off.