A/N: This one's going to be all about Samus and Star Fox teaming up to stop the Space Pirates from obtaining X! And also stopping it from infecting CZ-820's populous. So fun times! From a gameplay standpoint, this would mostly be you playing as Samus, for context. I don't own anything here, so don't sue.
Orbiting above CZ-820…
Unbeknownst to the Star Fox team, they had jumped into a trap. Andross was back, and Star Wolf with them, which made things that much more difficult for them. "Why do these things keep happening to us…" Falco moaned as they fought it out in the vacuum. "Be glad you're not down there, Falco. We all know how much you-" "-prefer the air. Yeah, can I not be in the Landmaster this time? That thing sucks balls… Give me an Arwing any day." With that, the banter continued, everyone being their usual self, Wolf inserting his own comments every now and again. "Oh, look, we got a loudmouth in here. Give you three guesses who it is and the first two don't count." "It's Falco!" the rest replied, and there was more groaning. That is until the Space Pirates dropped in. "We're here to kick ass, take names, and not get infected, and we're all out of names to knock off our list! So hope you like ass-whoopings!" With that, Wolf, in an unprecedented move, ordered Star Wolf to break off, citing, "Only we get to take Star Fox down. So get the hell out or we will send you into that star over there." The comms pirate responded, "Ooh, we got a tough guy over here! You know what we do with those?" The response from the rest was, "WE CHEW THEM UP!" With that, the ship's guns started blasting in all directions, and Fox pulled the rest of the team in to take the ship down. There was no way they were letting the Space Pirates have X, not on their watch. He also called Samus for good measure. "So, the Space Pirates are here." "Great. What else is new." "They want X." "Of course they do. Well we can't have that, now can we." "Taking them down as we speak." "I'll get ready just in case. They are resilient bastards. Half expecting one to-" *BOOM!* "-show up. And now they're landing! Just what I needed. Fun times all around. Alright, gonna hang up. Need to focus on killing." With that, the screen blinked off, and Fox returned his attention to the giant ship shooting at things rather non-discriminately. "Alright, you all heard Samus! We've gotta stop these pirates from landing on the planet, stat! So move in!"
On the surface…
Samus had noticed there were significantly more people being sent at her than usual, and she pondered why as she vaporized them. New recruits? Some other faction? Screw it, they're all pirates, they all need taking down. But then she picked up a transmission on a frequency she'd only heard used a few times before. Well, frequency was the wrong term. More accurate would be synaptic link. She had obtained the ability to tap into such links from the Chozo, and her suit enhanced its power greatly. She focused on the link itself. Soon, a voice popped in: "Lady Palutena! I could use some info on these things!" Pit!
"Those are Shroobs. They are an alien race that invaded the Mushroom Kingdom when the Mario brothers were toddlers. They use life force draining technology to fuel their ships, and all of their weapons are energy based."
"So what should I do?"
"Use your better mobility against them. Shroobs apparently have poor aim, though if a shot is coming at you, use your Guardian Orbitars. But they will adapt if you use them too much."
"Dodge and block. Got it."
"Good luck out there, Pit."
The link severed then, and Samus was left with the question of, Why now? That would soon answer itself, however, as just after Samus obliterated her 100th pirate, she saw a swarm of snakes approaching. Then a head. And finally, a body to rival herself without her suit on. "Who are you!?" She demanded as the mysterious woman turned towards her. "I am Medusa. Once co-ruler of Skyworld, I was banished to the Underworld. However, Hades has brought my return, and he said that I was to obliterate you. Speaking of which…" she turned around, then let out a cry of, "RIDLEY! THAT DREADED HUNTER WANTS TO FACE YOU NOW!" Before Samus could react, Ridley swooped in, and the two massive demons started attacking with all of their might, with more minions swooping in to act as a distraction. "Alright, I suppose backup could be useful… But who to call…" Samus pondered for a short while, before realizing that she was well and truly on her own against Ridley and Medusa, who was an actual goddess. "Well, it's not like it could get much worse…" But she was so, so wrong.
As she started blasting away at Ridley, she used her synaptic link to contact Palutena, and sure enough, the goddess of light responded in turn. "Samus? What's going on?" "So, I'm currently fighting Ridley and this giant woman who calls herself Medusa. Do you know who she is?" "Yes. And based on your personality, I presume you are asking about weak points?" "Yes." "Well, what does she look like now?" "Really, really gorgeous, and also huge." "In that case, aim at her hair. Take down as many snakes as you can. Eventually, she will resort to her more demonic form, which has a large eyeball. I'm sure you can go from there." "Thanks. I'll try to contact you later!" "No problem! See you around, Samus!" With that, she used her various projectiles to target as many snakes as she could on Medusa's head, and sure enough, a missile hit its mark, clearing out a large swath of snakes. Unfortunately, this enraged Medusa, and the goddess proceeded to summon a massive horde of floating eyeballs at Samus, while simultaneously using her voice as a lethal weapon, by using shockwaves. Samus, however, had gotten used to such tactics, and was not thrown off, though it helped her a great deal, as Ridley's flight patterns were less unorthodox, making the giant purple dragon that much easier to hit. "Well, I should be done in no time, and then I can get back to stopping X from spreading."
By this point, Samus had cleared out all the snakes, and Medusa finally snapped. Her body disappeared, and in place of her face was a giant, glowing eyeball. Remembering Palutena's advice, she shot at it, but nothing got through. At first she was rather confused, but then everything made much more sense when out of nowhere, a massive beam shot from Medusa's eye! It proceeded to tear through her suit, and Ridley quickly seized the opportunity, swooping in a grabbing the now suitless Samus. He kept a tight grip on her, making absolutely sure she could not escape, then prepared to fall back to the ship. Meanwhile, Medusa reverted to her normal form, and debated on who to target next…
A/N: And that's the first stage done! Of course, in real life, if this was the first stage, that would really suck, since it forcibly kills you. I mean, who in their right mind would attempt to take two proper bosses at the same time!? It's madness! But you don't have a choice, and it shows.