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Sometime after her return from the Bottle Ship, Samus is sent to SR388 to protect a group of [[Biologic Space Laboratories Research Station]] employees who are studying the planet's life-forms now that the Metroid population has been exterminated. While exploring an underground cavern, Samus encounters a [[Hornoad]] and dispatches it with a Missile. However, upon its defeat, the Hornoad turns into an unknown, amorphous organism known as an [[X Parasite]], which immediately infects Samus.<ref>{{cite|It was there that I was attacked by a life-form I had never encountered before.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref><ref>{{cite|It was only later that I learned the identity of my attacker: the parasitic organism we now know as X.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> As Samus begins her return to the B.S.L. Research Station, her central nervous system is compromised, causing her to lose consciousness and control of her ship. She is ejected via an escape pod, and the ship crashes into a nearby asteroid belt.<ref>{{cite|Once the X had infested my central nervous system, I lost consciousness and my ship drifted into an asteroid belt.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> B.S.L. employees discover the pod and send it to Galactic Federation headquarters. During the trip, the X multiply inside Samus's body, severely endangering her life. Infected portions of Samus's suit are surgically removed, and a vaccine is developed from the DNA of the Metroid Hatchling to rid Samus of the X inside her body. since it is too dangerous to directly remove the X from her nervous system.<ref>{{cite|It then came to light that the organic components of my Power Suit had become so integrated with my system that it could not be removed while I was unconscious. Large portions of my suit had to be surgically removed, dramatically altering my physical appearance. However, the X in my central nervous system were too embedded to be removed safely. I was given a minimal chance of survival.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref><ref>{{cite|They proposed using a Metroid cell to make an anti-X vaccine. It seems that the Federation had managed to preserve a cell culture from the last infant Metroid from SR388. The serum was prepared and injected without delay.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> The vaccine grants Samus the ability to absorb the X to regain health and weapons<ref>{{cite|You will never be infected by X again... In fact, you can now absorb any free-floating X parasites without a host by merely touching them. This will allow you to replenish health and restore weapons.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> while also imparting the Metroids' weakness to cold upon her (an unexpected side effect). Once she recovers, Samus, clad in the [[Fusion Suit]], is given a new ship (with a built-in computer through which she receives orders) and is tasked with investigating the B.S.L. Research Station after it is marred by a large explosion.<ref>{{cite|After regaining consciousness, I learned that an unexplained explosion rocked the station. For some reason, this awoke a nameless fear in my heart, and now I am being sent there to investigate. My mission on the B.S.L station will be overseen by my new ship's computer.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref><ref>{{cite|Following the commands of this blunt, computerized CO is something I have to bear, as it was a condition of my taking the ship.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref>

Once Samus is on board the station, she is told to uplink to her ship's computer via a [[Navigation Room]] in order to receive her mission directives. She is sent to the Quarantine Bay, the station's holding area for the specimens brought from SR388, and discovers that the specimens are infected with X Parasites.<ref>{{cite|There's been an explosion in the Quarantine Bay. The bay currently stores capsules containing recent samples from SR388 as well as parts of your suit infected by the X parasites. The cause of the explosion is as yet unclear. Investigate.|Adam Malkovich|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> Samus is then ordered to find and exterminate the X on board the station so as to keep them out of its six simulated breeding environments (sectors): [[Sector 1 (SRX)]], a replica of SR388, [[Sector 2 (TRO)]], a tropical jungle, [[Sector 3 (PYR)]], half desert and half lava-filled, volcanic area, [[Sector 4 (AQA)]], an aquatic environment, [[Sector 5 (ARC)]], a frozen, icy area, and [[Sector 6 (NOC)]], a dark sector designed for the cultivation of nocturnal organisms.<ref>{{cite|This station is home to many species...some violent ones. We must keep the X out of the breeding environments at all costs. This is vital, Samus.|Adam Malkovich|Metroid Fusion}}</ref>  

In Sector 1, after learning that the Main Elevator has been damaged by an unknown source, and X have been released into the sector, Samus rectifies an atmospheric irregularity after some X hijack the sector's five environmental stabilizers in order to suit their needs.<ref>{{cite|The Main Elevator leading to the access shaft has been severely damaged. It will be totally unusable for some time, unfortunately. Some unknown agent is at work. Something very powerful... certainly not human. I'll report when I know more. Now, listen closely. The X in Sector 1 have invaded the atmospheric stabilizers. They must want to alter the environment to their needs. They are already reproducing. Clear all 5 atmospheric stabilizers to stop them.|Adam Malkovich|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> The computer on Samus's ship then detects a disturbance in Sector 2, the presence of X Parasites, and once there, Samus learns of the existence of the [[SA-X]], an X Parasite that has adopted her form and has all of her weaponry at its disposal. It is also the source of the explosion in the Quarantine Bay. Because of her weakness to cold and the SA-X's possession of the Ice Beam, Samus is instructed to avoid it<ref>{{cite|I have named it the SA-X. I believe the SA-X came from the capsule containing your infected suit parts. It used a Power Bomb to escape the Quarantine Bay. That explosion breached the capsules containing all the X that started this disaster. But the SA-X is definitely our biggest worry right now. The SA-X is mimicking you at full power. You can't face it. If you see the SA-X, just run. Don't think about fighting... You are still very vulnerable to cold, an unexpected side-effect of the Metroid vaccine. Like Metroids, you can be frozen by an Ice Beam. Of course, the SA-X is armed with the Ice Beam. Stay away. If you see it, just run.|Adam Malkovich|Metroid Fusion}}</ref>, and after receiving the [[Bomb]] upgrade, Samus travels to Sector 4 to investigate reports of damage, which Samus's ship computer attributes to [[Serris]], a fast-moving, snake-like organism whose rampage has severed some power nodes and electrified pools of water throughout the sector.