Chapter 4: Samus and Dark Samus (The Hunters)
Planet Zebes- Brinstar Entrance
The atmosphere was quiet and untouched. The stars shined bright in the sky and the planet's inhabitants headed inside the caverns to sleep for the night. Little did they know that this cavernous area they were inside of was once used by the Space Pirates as a base and was led by bio-mechanical super computer that controlled Planet Zebes itself: Mother Brain. Years had passed since the last time Mother Brain was on this planet and it has made this world feel at peace, but little did they know was that two new foes were walking around the cavernous area. Inside one of the rooms was False Samus and False Dark Samus; patrolling the room and then looking at the Trophies of the Hunters they had copied; ready to attack whatever comes their way.
A few moments have passed in the land, and then a blue circle appeared on the ground; revealing DK, Mario, Link, and I inside it as the blue light faded. I put my hood on and my eyes began to glow green as I looked around where I stood. "We're here." said Mario. "Yep… wait? How are we breathing on the Planet?" I said. "What do you mean?" Mario asked me. "Oh you would know, Mr. Space Plumber." said Link. "Hey!" Mario replied. "What? That's what you did a long time ago, collect Power and Grand Stars to help Rosalina's Comet Observatory move, defeat Bowser in his own galaxy, and then rescue Peach there at the same time." Link replied as the four of us started walking. DK and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes; knowing that their argument was completely pointless. "I-a like to see you try fighting off-a aliens, Link… unless you are too scared." said Mario with a smirk. "Oh yeah?" Link replied in a slight angry tone. They got up too each other's faces and glared at each other angrily. "Uh guys?" I said. "What?" they replied. "Is that Samus's ship?" I asked them.
Mario and Link look ahead of me and saw a orange ship with a green window shown like the visor on Samus's helmet. As we all walked closer to it, Link and Mario now began to recognize it. "It is… this is her ship…" said Link. "But… how did it get here?" Mario replied. As I walked closer to Samus's Ship, the top of the ship opened on its own! I climbed up the Ship and the team followed my lead. "Are you sure to go in there? I don't think she would want us in her Ship…" said Link to me. "As of right now, we have no choice to go in here. She might have something to help us in here." I said. "If you say so." Link sighed. After that, we went inside her Ship.
Inside Samus's Ship
"Okay, we're in... now what?" Link asked me. After he said that, we heard a little noise near the cockpit of the Ship; scaring us a little bit. "What was that?" Mario asked us nervously. "I don't know?" Link replied nervously. I turned to the cockpit and walked over to it slowly; hearing the noise a little bit louder. "Taylor, what are you doing?" said Link nervously. I walked upto Samus's seat; crouched down, and saw a little group of baby aliens on the other side of the seat. "Hi, little guys." I said calmly. The group of baby aliens slowly came out of their hiding spot and slowly flew towards me. "Are those... baby Metroids?" said Link. "Yeah... but I thought Samus exterminated the entire Metroid species? Didn't she?" Mario asked. The baby Metroids gently flew around us and made little happy cries; as if they sensed a calming aura around us. "I guess that the Metroids were brought back to life by some weird time effect or something?" I said. "You think Calamity Tabuu brought them back to life?" Link asked me. "Or maybe they-a came from another planet that revived their species?" Mario replied.
As we thought about the two questions, I looked at the baby Metroids and saw something on one of their nuclei. One of the baby Metroids made a happy sound to me and then flew down to me; meeting me face to face. As I looked at the nuclei, I saw a white Screw Attack symbol on it as if it was branded onto it. "She owns them." I said. "Who?" Mario asked me. "Samus. She owns them... look at the symbol on one of their nuclei. No other Metroid has ever had that before." I replied. "Oh yeah..? That is-a... interesting?" Mario replied. "So does that mean Samus is their Mother?" Link asked us. Mario and I turned to him and nodded our heads yes to his question. After we did that, my Trophy Slate began to glow wildly! "Whoa!" said Mario surprised. "What the hell is going on?!" I said surprised. "Taylor, what did you do?!" Link asked me. "I did nothing! It's acting out on its own!" I replied. The Slate glew brightly and began scanning the Ship. "What in Din's name is it doing?" Link asked us. "I don't know?" I replied. The Slate stopped scanning the Ship and then its light faded away. "New vehicle for transportation acquired." said the Slate. We all stared at the Slate in shock; wondering what just happened. "Uh..?" said Mario. "What just happened?" said Link. "I think this means we can use her Ship to travel places alot more faster than teleporting..." I said. "Let's hope Samus will be okay with this, once we save her." Link sighed.
"Yeah, but how are we going to defeat the aliens over there? I don't want to risk the lives of the baby Metroids." I said. After I said that, the group of baby Metroids began heading to the top of the door and began crying out to us. "What are they up too?" Mario asked. "I think they want to help us." Link replied. The baby Metroids cried happily to Link's answer and then flew down to us. "You guys really want to help us?" I asked them. They cried happily to my question. "Do you know where she is kept?" I asked them again. They made a happy sound again and then flew out of the Ship; making us follow them. "Are you sure about this, Tay?" Link asked me. "I'm sure. And from what I can see in them... they'll do anything to get their Mother back. No matter what it takes: Samus is the only person that they truly care about." I replied. After that, we left the Ship and went inside Brinstar with the Metroids.
Brinstar
We made it inside and stood still in the center; looking around for a door. As we looked around, I saw one of the Metroids fly towards one door and I followed it quietly. We turned and saw the rest of the group walk to another door with the other Metroids and watched them go through it on their own; making us go through our door. As I traveled with the lead baby Metroid and fought many Geega, Skree, Zeela, and many other creatures; we heard a deep roar from below. We made it to the lower section of Brinstar and saw a giant alien had fallen! As I walked closer to it, I fully recognized the giant alien. "Kraid... so, they got to him too. Damnit... now what are we going to do?" I said. I kept examining what happened to Kraid and then I started to hear something charging behind me; knowing exactly what kind of danger is still here. The baby Metroid cried out to me and I ran upto it; holding it in my arms as the attack came way to close to us. I stood up and watched the baby Metroid hide behind me and saw both False Samus and False Dark Samus walk out of the shadows; pointing their arm cannons at me. I guarded the Metroid and felt my power through my veins as I stared them down; ready to face them on my own. "Well, looks like the hunt begins." I said.
Both of the False Hunters fired another Charge Shot at me, but I got down and use my power to create a shield; protecting me and the Metroid as the attacks hit. After that, I made a energy shield around the Metroid and watched it hide behind a rock. After that, the Hunters ran upto me and began their next phase of attacks. The three of us kept punching and kicking each other and then hitting our backs to the walls. I stood up slowly and watched them walk upto me again and then I heard a door open and saw the two False Hunters fall onto their knees. "Taylor! You okay?" yelled a voice. I looked up and saw Mario, DK, Link, and the other baby Metroids looking at me as they ran upto me. "Yeah, I'm okay. How did you guys find us?" I asked them. "Well, after we went through our doors... we made it to a room and found both Samus and Dark Samus's Trophies inside! As we watched them being guarded by their False selves: they heard Kraid from a few floors away and went after him. As they left, Mario and I grabbed their Trophies and ran out of the room. We kept on running and following the Metroids as they lead us to where you went and heard you fighting them... so we ran in and I shot a Sword Beam at them; knocking them down for a bit, and here we are." said Link.
I looked at the two Trophies in DK's arms and watched him put them down in front of us. "Well, are you going to wake them up or not?" Mario asked me. I walked upto the Trophies and gave them a little touch; waking them up from their slumber. "What? Where am I?" said Samus. "Hey there Samus." said Mario. "Wait a second... Mario? Donkey Kong? Link? H-how did you..?" Samus asked them. "Taylor revived us." Link replied. "She did?" she asked him. Link nodded his head yes to my question and Samus looked at me; recognizing my height. "Hey Samus." I said. "Hey." Samus replied. She stood up and shook hands with me. Dark Samus looked at us for a moment and then turned to the False Hunters; making her Phazon energy rise in anger. Samus then turned to our foes with us and then stared them down. "Look at this... it's two versus six." I said. "Numbers are good with us now." said Link. "And now they can't escape. Let's end this." Samus replied. We all nodded our heads in agreement and then charged at them together.
We attacked them with ease and left our foes confused and in shock as we kept taking them down with our fists, feet, and abilities. As we fought them, Samus and Dark Samus created energy whips, grabbed their foes with them, and threw them down; holding them in the whips. "Now!" Samus yelled to me. I charged up a light beam and hit the False Hunters; watching them disintegrate. After we won, all of the baby Metroids reunited with each other and Samus; happy to see the family back together again. "Its good to see you all safe and sound. I'm sorry for worrying you all." said Samus. After the little reunion, we heard the sound of alarms in the room. "What's happening?" Mario asked. "We need to get out of here, now!" Samus replied. "Or else we get turned to space dust!" I said. "Come on, let's get out of here!" said Link. After that, we all went running out of Brinstar and went to Samus's Ship; jumping inside the Ship and flew away from the planet. Link and I looked back at the Planet; seeing it disappear from the chaos.
Flying through Space- Inside Samus's Ship
"Well that was a close one." Mario sighed in relief. "Yeah... let's hope we never do that again." Link replied. "Don't go saying that, Link. Have you forgotten about some of our friends come from different planets?" said Samus. Link looked at her in shock and then put his head down in embarrassment; feeling his face blush. I looked at them silently and then saw the lead baby Metroid gently fly to me and then stayed by my side; making little happy cries to me. "I think it likes you." said Link to me. "Does it?" I asked. "It does like you, Taylor. I can sense it." Samus replied. "Your motherly instincts told you that?" I said. She nodded her head yes to my question. I lightly smiled at her in thanks and then saw Dark Samus try to approach the baby Metroids; scaring them a little bit. "Dark Samus... don't think about it." said Samus sternly. Dark Samus sat back down and then looked around the Ship. "So..? How did you guys find us?" Samus asked. Mario, Link, and I told her the whole story; especially when the Slate connected to her Ship. "So that little Slate scanned my Ship and added it for transportation?" said Samus. "Yeah. But now that I think of it... I know that you don't want anyone using your ship for nearly any reason..." I said. "Heh, it's alright Taylor. Don't worry." she said.
My eyes widened in shock to her response; making the three boy's jaws drop for a moment. "If this can get us to our friends locations alot more faster than teleporting, I'll be glad to let you borrow my Ship... as long as I drive it." she said. "Sure thing." I replied. Wow... she actually said yes to letting us borrow her Ship. I actually thought she would be totally against it, but I guess that with everything going on... she really wouldn't have much of a choice. "So you're saying that you will help us?" I asked. She nodded her head yes to my question. "That includes Dark Samus too, right?" Link asked. "She pretty much has no choice." Samus. "Besides, she would want to destroy Tabuu for taking away alot of Phazon energy away from her." I said. Dark Samus nodded her head in agreement to my statement. A minute had passed and my Slate began to beep! "It found someone?" Samus asked me. "Yeah... can you bring it up on the screen, please?" I asked her. "Sure." she replied. The Slate screen appeared on Samus's hologram screen and showed the new signal and location. "Where are heading?" Samus asked. "Yoshi's Island." I replied. "What?!" said Mario in shock. He jumped off his seat and looked at the screen. "Is-a Yoshi there?" he asked us. "Yeah, he's there alright." I replied. "Then let's-a go! We need to save Yoshi!" he replied. "Okay, let's go." Samus replied. After that, we set off to Yoshi's Island and prepared ourselves for what is to come.
Thank you so much for reading Chapter 4! Surprise! It's out a little early! I wanted to get this Chapter done before the deadline and I'm so happy that I did. So, what did you think of the baby Metroids? I personally love how I portrayed them in the Chapter, but I wonder how Samus found them with her symbol on them? I wonder how she tamed them too? Who knows... but as long as they're happy, I'm happy. Anyways, thank you so much for reading and have an awesome day!
Next time, Chapter 5: Yoshi (The Island Protector). The team arrives on Yoshi's Island and search for their friend. Meanwhile, Mario is very worried about his dinosaur friend; making the team worried about him. Will Mario's worries fade away? Where on the Island is Yoshi hiding? Find out in Chapter 5!