Metroid: The Adventure Begins
Adapted By: Matthew Sharonlover Sharpe
First and foremost, I would like to say that I do not own any characters or ideas within this story related to Nintendo's NES game titled "Metroid" or any concepts from "Metroid Prime". With that out of the way I say in my best Michael Buffer voice (Whom I don't own either :P), "Welcome avid Metroid fans of all ages to another installment of my Metroid saga. You must be forewarned that unless you have read "In One We Will Find A Warrior", also located in the Metroid section at Fanfiction.net, you might find yourself at a misunderstanding of Samus' past. "In One We Will Find A Warrior" is a prequel to this story underlining Samus Aran's childhood and beginning through my own interpretation of the Nintendo Power special comics in Volumes 59 through 62. "Metroid: The Adventure Begins" is a direct sequel as well as a retelling of NES' "Metroid". So sit back and be ready for a whirlwind of action and adventure as Samus Aran begins her journey into the life of a bounty hunter.
Sharonlover
Chapter 1 Introduction
Samus brought her ship into the planet Zebes orbit. The view port showed the orange planet and its nearby moons lazily floating through its set course in space. The space pirates, led by a red dragon that called himself Ridley, had taken control of Zebes six months earlier destroying the race of Chozo that once occupied the planet. Those Chozo who were able to escape the pirates raid found shelter on the nearby planet of Amidos, while a few others had found there way to another nearby planet, Tallon IV, where the Chozo had settled long ago to become more in touch with the spirit of nature. The pirates found that Zebes was a natural fortress with its labyrinth of tunnels and high mountain ranges.
"Start log", Samus said activating the electronic logbook she had integrated into her power suit. "Earth date January 5, 2041. I have reached the outer orbit of Zebes, a world that I once called home. My plan is to infiltrate Zebes and make my way to Ridley. End Log." Samus closed her logbook screen and was about to descend toward Zebes when an incoming message came over the COM link.
"Samus, this is Old Bird. I've heard that you are going after Ridley. The Federation believes that you are some sort of legendary bounty hunter. A while back a bounty hunter with a suit of armor similar to yours took jobs but he would never give out his or any other personal information. I'm assuming you were being hotheaded when you took this assignment. Please don't forget that your power suit has the ability to go beyond its current capabilities by adding enhancements. These enrichments can be found in the palms of Chozo statues located throughout Zebes. I know that anything I say cannot change your mind and so I beg you to be careful my dear child. Your destiny awaits you, protector of the Chozo." Old Bird's transmission ended leaving the cockpit silent with the exception of the hum from the engines.
Samus broke the silence, "Legendary bounty hunter? I better not disappoint them then." Another message appeared on the view port, this one from the Galactic Federation Headquarters.
"Samus Aran, your mission has become more important then the capture or death of the space pirate Ridley. The Federation is asking you to first and foremost destroy the Metroid threat before it can be multiplied. The space pirates plan on using the life force sucking creatures as a weapon. The Metroid are dangerous and deadly creatures that will latch onto its prey and with razor sharp fangs will drain the victim of there life force. A Metroid, according to our sources, is only weak to icy elements. That means that these creatures need to be frozen before they can be destroyed. Please keep this in mind when you encounter this creature. Your secondary objective is the eradication of the Space Pirate Ridley. If you encounter other pirates, they too need to be destroyed. Keep a record of how many are destroyed so that we may compensate you for your work. The best of luck to you Samus Aran. End of transmission M150."
Samus found herself irritated at the Federation for changing her objectives but after little thought Samus thought nothing of it since she would get around to Ridley sooner or later. Samus put the engines into action setting her landing site in the rocky area of Crateria. Samus lowered the power going to her engines as she came closer to the surface, trying to keep her arrival as stealth as possible. With the ship set down just a few feet from the ground, Samus cut the engines and the anti-gravity thrusters kicked in keeping the ship afloat hovering at its current height. A screen came up asking Samus if she would like to test the atmospheric conditions outside and Samus consented. A report came on screen a second later describing the atmosphere as intolerable. The report showed that the air was filled with a gaseous form of a mysterious chemical called Phazon. According to the computer, Phazon is a poisonous chemical that when breathed in causes the host to act out in anger, often attacking others for no reason. Prolonged exposure to the gas with radiation properties could also make the victim vulnerable to cancer and other bodily diseases. Samus locked her helmet on, insuring her helmet was sealed and exited the ship making her way to the nearest cave entrance. Entered and began making her way through the tunnels of Zebes. The last time Samus had been on Zebes there was a friendly and homely buzz of life running through the ancient passageways, but now an eerie silence encompassed the passageway that if broken Samus felt would unleash hordes of Zebesian creatures on her. The pirates had managed to keep the power running as she noticed a disk of energy indicating an elevator. She climbed on and the elevator started with a low drone as it descended into the depths of Brinstar.
Samus' memory had slowly started to return during her residency at the Galactic Federation Hospital. The use of her power suit and her combat training was one of the first things that had come back to Samus. Her life on Zebes was still shaky but she did remember a few of the Chozo such as Old Bird and Skint. Her biggest problem was with the bounty hunter named Houston Armstrong who claimed that the two of them were a hot item but she did not remember the bounty hunter and only saw him as someone to get in her way. Samus remembered Zebes but the layout of the tunnels still seemed foreign to her as she stepped off of the elevator. Radiance to her right caught her attention and she gated over to the rock face from which the light emitted. She tried peeking through various stress fractures in the wall but could only see the wall within the little room. Noticing a hole near the top of the wall, Samus began scaling the rock face and crawled into the tiny space. Samus stared into the room catching a glimpse of a spherical object sitting on a pedestal before the light it emitted forced her to shield her eyes. Samus dropped into the room and walked toward the light. The ball of light gave off heat, not a hot heat but a sort of warmth that felt welcoming. Samus reached her hand out towards the ball and touched what was a warm metallic object. With her touch, Samus' suit seemed to come to life, forcing her body into a fetal position. Samus gasped out of surprise as the suit morphed into a small ball about three- fourths her size. The ball then de-morphed and Samus returned to her normal state of being. A message appeared on her visor, "The Maru-Mari ball has been acquired." A small description of the uses for the ball came up on the screen as an introduction to the ball. Samus tried her newest ability out, morphing in and then back out of the ball.
"Start log. I have made my way to the interior tunnels of Zebes. Upon my entry I have come across a new enhancement for my power suit called a Maru-Mari ball. I think for ease of mind I will call it the morph ball for short. I've yet to encounter any threats but the atmosphere is filled with a gaseous chemical called Phazon. End log." Samus looked up at the crawl space from which she had dropped into the room and tried to jump for it but was not able to reach the edge. The rock face was too slick to climb as Samus noticed while feeling for a place for her hands to grasp.
"Damn it! How am I supposed to get out of here?" Samus asked herself kicking at the wall. A small portion of the wall gave way where she kicked it as if to say, "Right here." Samus bent over and looked through the hole and was able to see the other side of the wall and the disk of energy. She activated her morph ball and found herself thrown into the spherical shape. The morph ball option switched Samus' visor view into a radar. The radar bounced back the geographic topology that surrounded her and she was easily able to maneuver the small tunnel. Samus rolled out of the ball and was thrown face first into the floor, "Damn, that's going to take some getting use to." Samus continued down the passageway passing the elevator and heading toward a blue door at the opposite side of the room. Samus pressed her hand on the door expecting it to recognize her and open up. It wasn't until the door stayed lit that she realized that she had her suit on and therefore would need a shot from the power beam to deactivate and open the door. She backed up a few steps and armed her cannon. With a quick blast from the arm cannon the beam of energy swiftly dissipated throughout the door and the blue light around the door diffused and opened allowing the bounty hunter admittance. A Zoomer caught Samus off guard as it hurtled its way toward the unsuspecting bounty hunter who found herself on the floor once again as it tripped her up. She noticed that her energy level had dropped with the damage taken by the creature. At the bottom of the wall on the far side of the room there was another tunnel requiring the morph ball. Samus changed form and rolled through the tunnel and out to the other side where she was immediately attacked by a pirate. This was her first encounter with a space pirate since her battle with Ridley months earlier. The pirate began conversing in some un- decipherable language she assumed was its native tongue. The pirate walked toward Samus raising its knife like appendages in an effort to lash out at the bounty hunter. Samus strafed to the side firing her power beam at the creature that was hit in the abdomen.
"Where is Ridley hiding?" Samus asked the bewildered and wounded pirate. The pirate cocked his head to the side and then spit a sticky acid toward Samus. Samus jumped out of the way as the acid hit the ground, eating away at the rocky surface. "I guess that means your resisting?" Samus took a good look at the disfigured pirate. The pirate stood about five feet tall and had a gray complexion. Its appendages hung down on its side and each one had a claw like hand folded toward its body. Its yellow eyes narrowed at Samus and it produced two sets of wings and took flight to the ceiling where it hung and watched Samus. Samus aimed at the being and shot at it, its body disintegrated into ash before becoming part of Zebes. Where the pirate had been there was now a small ball of light floating just out of Samus' reach. Samus switched her visor to her scanning mode. This mode allowed her to scan certain objects or creatures and then the suit would contact the ship and try to find information about the scanned object. Samus scanned the small ball of light and a second later a message appeared on her visor saying that the ball of light was energy and that the energy was compatible with her suit. It went on to say that when acquired the suits energy level would increase. Samus continued through the next door and found herself in a long vertical shaft made out of the blue tinted rock. The shaft was littered with ledges and outcropping rocks. A Zoomer lazily making its path around it or a Ripper flying between the walls inhabited almost every ledge. Each one seemed to be protecting its shelf, keeping other creatures from coming near them. Samus' only option now was to head up the shaft. She jumped from ledge to ledge trying to avoid the Zoomers and Rippers who seemed to be out to destroy her. She really didn't want to kill any native creatures of the planet unless she was forced to. She came to one door but seeing the top of the shaft and a door she decided to continue up. Once through the blue door Samus encountered a few pipes in which dwelled Zebs. Samus scanned one and the creature came up on her visor, "A Zeb is a Zebesian pipe dwelling creature that is able to fly. These creatures are usually peaceful unless disturbed by an intruder. When these creatures attack it is usually one after another."
"I guess that intruder would be me", Samus said to the suit as if expecting it to respond to her sarcastic comment. Samus had to eradicate a few of the parasites in order to safely pass through the room where she came to a red door. She scanned this door as well after she found her power beam would not open it up. "This door is coated with a layer of cooled lava. An explosive device, such as five missiles is needed to clear it."
Samus cursed herself for not keeping the missile launcher, which she had left at the Galactic Federation Hospital during her "escape". She promptly turned around and headed back out to the shaft and then passing through the tunnel through the door she had passed up earlier she found herself in another shaft with the exception that this one was gold tinted. "This is going to be a long day", Samus said to herself as she looked up and down the huge vertical shaft with it's many creatures on the ledges.
First and foremost, I would like to say that I do not own any characters or ideas within this story related to Nintendo's NES game titled "Metroid" or any concepts from "Metroid Prime". With that out of the way I say in my best Michael Buffer voice (Whom I don't own either :P), "Welcome avid Metroid fans of all ages to another installment of my Metroid saga. You must be forewarned that unless you have read "In One We Will Find A Warrior", also located in the Metroid section at Fanfiction.net, you might find yourself at a misunderstanding of Samus' past. "In One We Will Find A Warrior" is a prequel to this story underlining Samus Aran's childhood and beginning through my own interpretation of the Nintendo Power special comics in Volumes 59 through 62. "Metroid: The Adventure Begins" is a direct sequel as well as a retelling of NES' "Metroid". So sit back and be ready for a whirlwind of action and adventure as Samus Aran begins her journey into the life of a bounty hunter.
Sharonlover
Chapter 1 Introduction
Samus brought her ship into the planet Zebes orbit. The view port showed the orange planet and its nearby moons lazily floating through its set course in space. The space pirates, led by a red dragon that called himself Ridley, had taken control of Zebes six months earlier destroying the race of Chozo that once occupied the planet. Those Chozo who were able to escape the pirates raid found shelter on the nearby planet of Amidos, while a few others had found there way to another nearby planet, Tallon IV, where the Chozo had settled long ago to become more in touch with the spirit of nature. The pirates found that Zebes was a natural fortress with its labyrinth of tunnels and high mountain ranges.
"Start log", Samus said activating the electronic logbook she had integrated into her power suit. "Earth date January 5, 2041. I have reached the outer orbit of Zebes, a world that I once called home. My plan is to infiltrate Zebes and make my way to Ridley. End Log." Samus closed her logbook screen and was about to descend toward Zebes when an incoming message came over the COM link.
"Samus, this is Old Bird. I've heard that you are going after Ridley. The Federation believes that you are some sort of legendary bounty hunter. A while back a bounty hunter with a suit of armor similar to yours took jobs but he would never give out his or any other personal information. I'm assuming you were being hotheaded when you took this assignment. Please don't forget that your power suit has the ability to go beyond its current capabilities by adding enhancements. These enrichments can be found in the palms of Chozo statues located throughout Zebes. I know that anything I say cannot change your mind and so I beg you to be careful my dear child. Your destiny awaits you, protector of the Chozo." Old Bird's transmission ended leaving the cockpit silent with the exception of the hum from the engines.
Samus broke the silence, "Legendary bounty hunter? I better not disappoint them then." Another message appeared on the view port, this one from the Galactic Federation Headquarters.
"Samus Aran, your mission has become more important then the capture or death of the space pirate Ridley. The Federation is asking you to first and foremost destroy the Metroid threat before it can be multiplied. The space pirates plan on using the life force sucking creatures as a weapon. The Metroid are dangerous and deadly creatures that will latch onto its prey and with razor sharp fangs will drain the victim of there life force. A Metroid, according to our sources, is only weak to icy elements. That means that these creatures need to be frozen before they can be destroyed. Please keep this in mind when you encounter this creature. Your secondary objective is the eradication of the Space Pirate Ridley. If you encounter other pirates, they too need to be destroyed. Keep a record of how many are destroyed so that we may compensate you for your work. The best of luck to you Samus Aran. End of transmission M150."
Samus found herself irritated at the Federation for changing her objectives but after little thought Samus thought nothing of it since she would get around to Ridley sooner or later. Samus put the engines into action setting her landing site in the rocky area of Crateria. Samus lowered the power going to her engines as she came closer to the surface, trying to keep her arrival as stealth as possible. With the ship set down just a few feet from the ground, Samus cut the engines and the anti-gravity thrusters kicked in keeping the ship afloat hovering at its current height. A screen came up asking Samus if she would like to test the atmospheric conditions outside and Samus consented. A report came on screen a second later describing the atmosphere as intolerable. The report showed that the air was filled with a gaseous form of a mysterious chemical called Phazon. According to the computer, Phazon is a poisonous chemical that when breathed in causes the host to act out in anger, often attacking others for no reason. Prolonged exposure to the gas with radiation properties could also make the victim vulnerable to cancer and other bodily diseases. Samus locked her helmet on, insuring her helmet was sealed and exited the ship making her way to the nearest cave entrance. Entered and began making her way through the tunnels of Zebes. The last time Samus had been on Zebes there was a friendly and homely buzz of life running through the ancient passageways, but now an eerie silence encompassed the passageway that if broken Samus felt would unleash hordes of Zebesian creatures on her. The pirates had managed to keep the power running as she noticed a disk of energy indicating an elevator. She climbed on and the elevator started with a low drone as it descended into the depths of Brinstar.
Samus' memory had slowly started to return during her residency at the Galactic Federation Hospital. The use of her power suit and her combat training was one of the first things that had come back to Samus. Her life on Zebes was still shaky but she did remember a few of the Chozo such as Old Bird and Skint. Her biggest problem was with the bounty hunter named Houston Armstrong who claimed that the two of them were a hot item but she did not remember the bounty hunter and only saw him as someone to get in her way. Samus remembered Zebes but the layout of the tunnels still seemed foreign to her as she stepped off of the elevator. Radiance to her right caught her attention and she gated over to the rock face from which the light emitted. She tried peeking through various stress fractures in the wall but could only see the wall within the little room. Noticing a hole near the top of the wall, Samus began scaling the rock face and crawled into the tiny space. Samus stared into the room catching a glimpse of a spherical object sitting on a pedestal before the light it emitted forced her to shield her eyes. Samus dropped into the room and walked toward the light. The ball of light gave off heat, not a hot heat but a sort of warmth that felt welcoming. Samus reached her hand out towards the ball and touched what was a warm metallic object. With her touch, Samus' suit seemed to come to life, forcing her body into a fetal position. Samus gasped out of surprise as the suit morphed into a small ball about three- fourths her size. The ball then de-morphed and Samus returned to her normal state of being. A message appeared on her visor, "The Maru-Mari ball has been acquired." A small description of the uses for the ball came up on the screen as an introduction to the ball. Samus tried her newest ability out, morphing in and then back out of the ball.
"Start log. I have made my way to the interior tunnels of Zebes. Upon my entry I have come across a new enhancement for my power suit called a Maru-Mari ball. I think for ease of mind I will call it the morph ball for short. I've yet to encounter any threats but the atmosphere is filled with a gaseous chemical called Phazon. End log." Samus looked up at the crawl space from which she had dropped into the room and tried to jump for it but was not able to reach the edge. The rock face was too slick to climb as Samus noticed while feeling for a place for her hands to grasp.
"Damn it! How am I supposed to get out of here?" Samus asked herself kicking at the wall. A small portion of the wall gave way where she kicked it as if to say, "Right here." Samus bent over and looked through the hole and was able to see the other side of the wall and the disk of energy. She activated her morph ball and found herself thrown into the spherical shape. The morph ball option switched Samus' visor view into a radar. The radar bounced back the geographic topology that surrounded her and she was easily able to maneuver the small tunnel. Samus rolled out of the ball and was thrown face first into the floor, "Damn, that's going to take some getting use to." Samus continued down the passageway passing the elevator and heading toward a blue door at the opposite side of the room. Samus pressed her hand on the door expecting it to recognize her and open up. It wasn't until the door stayed lit that she realized that she had her suit on and therefore would need a shot from the power beam to deactivate and open the door. She backed up a few steps and armed her cannon. With a quick blast from the arm cannon the beam of energy swiftly dissipated throughout the door and the blue light around the door diffused and opened allowing the bounty hunter admittance. A Zoomer caught Samus off guard as it hurtled its way toward the unsuspecting bounty hunter who found herself on the floor once again as it tripped her up. She noticed that her energy level had dropped with the damage taken by the creature. At the bottom of the wall on the far side of the room there was another tunnel requiring the morph ball. Samus changed form and rolled through the tunnel and out to the other side where she was immediately attacked by a pirate. This was her first encounter with a space pirate since her battle with Ridley months earlier. The pirate began conversing in some un- decipherable language she assumed was its native tongue. The pirate walked toward Samus raising its knife like appendages in an effort to lash out at the bounty hunter. Samus strafed to the side firing her power beam at the creature that was hit in the abdomen.
"Where is Ridley hiding?" Samus asked the bewildered and wounded pirate. The pirate cocked his head to the side and then spit a sticky acid toward Samus. Samus jumped out of the way as the acid hit the ground, eating away at the rocky surface. "I guess that means your resisting?" Samus took a good look at the disfigured pirate. The pirate stood about five feet tall and had a gray complexion. Its appendages hung down on its side and each one had a claw like hand folded toward its body. Its yellow eyes narrowed at Samus and it produced two sets of wings and took flight to the ceiling where it hung and watched Samus. Samus aimed at the being and shot at it, its body disintegrated into ash before becoming part of Zebes. Where the pirate had been there was now a small ball of light floating just out of Samus' reach. Samus switched her visor to her scanning mode. This mode allowed her to scan certain objects or creatures and then the suit would contact the ship and try to find information about the scanned object. Samus scanned the small ball of light and a second later a message appeared on her visor saying that the ball of light was energy and that the energy was compatible with her suit. It went on to say that when acquired the suits energy level would increase. Samus continued through the next door and found herself in a long vertical shaft made out of the blue tinted rock. The shaft was littered with ledges and outcropping rocks. A Zoomer lazily making its path around it or a Ripper flying between the walls inhabited almost every ledge. Each one seemed to be protecting its shelf, keeping other creatures from coming near them. Samus' only option now was to head up the shaft. She jumped from ledge to ledge trying to avoid the Zoomers and Rippers who seemed to be out to destroy her. She really didn't want to kill any native creatures of the planet unless she was forced to. She came to one door but seeing the top of the shaft and a door she decided to continue up. Once through the blue door Samus encountered a few pipes in which dwelled Zebs. Samus scanned one and the creature came up on her visor, "A Zeb is a Zebesian pipe dwelling creature that is able to fly. These creatures are usually peaceful unless disturbed by an intruder. When these creatures attack it is usually one after another."
"I guess that intruder would be me", Samus said to the suit as if expecting it to respond to her sarcastic comment. Samus had to eradicate a few of the parasites in order to safely pass through the room where she came to a red door. She scanned this door as well after she found her power beam would not open it up. "This door is coated with a layer of cooled lava. An explosive device, such as five missiles is needed to clear it."
Samus cursed herself for not keeping the missile launcher, which she had left at the Galactic Federation Hospital during her "escape". She promptly turned around and headed back out to the shaft and then passing through the tunnel through the door she had passed up earlier she found herself in another shaft with the exception that this one was gold tinted. "This is going to be a long day", Samus said to herself as she looked up and down the huge vertical shaft with it's many creatures on the ledges.
