Note: The main setting of this place is on the planet Zebes from the SNES game "Super Metroid". All references made are from "Super Metroid". I apologize for not saying so sooner.
Ridley was still atop the rock in his lair, watching the bubbling magma beneath him. He began to sense a different yet familiar creatur's presence. A human . . . a female . . . Samus Aran had infiltrated his home once more. The dragon felt that it was time to begin phase one of his plan. It was ready . . . and so was he.
Ridley nodded his head towards the green and gray guards and motioned to the metroid larvae. The Space Pirates nodded obediently and went to the glass tube that the metroid was struggling to shatter with its insignificant body strength. The guards pressed a button and more smaller, thinner tubes dropped down inside of the larger one. The metroid, with some curiosity, squeaked and calmed itself down as the smaller tubes were dropped from the ceiling of the bigger glass cell. Ridley grinned and nodded slowly. The green Space Pirate pulled a lever attached to the control panel on the cell. The smaller tubes suctioned onto the little metroid as thought they had become external veins. The larvae began to squeal in fright once more, terrified as any child would be.
Ridley roared with fierce enjoyment upon seeing the creature's energy being sucked from its body. The vein-like tubes that were connecting the metroid to a glowing mechanical orb that was storing the energy. The metroid's tortured body was losing its faint glow of energy and life. The red interior faded into a dull purple color. The little creature began to weaken, spitting little spurts of what had been repeatedly screeching cries. The luster of its body diminished as the orb's luster grew more illuminated by the second. Ridley stuck out his snaky tongue and licked his sharp yellow teeth impatiently. Finally, the metroid's brilliance faded completely and the orb's brightness was at its highest level. The small green critter had lost its life and energy and was now nothing but a blob of green with protruding white teeth and purple entrails. Ridley licked his teeth again and raised his head, letting out one last screech of dark elation.
The Space Pirates, without hesitation, took hold of the glowing metallic orb and carefully handed it over to their master. Ridley used his front talons to grip the orb and feel it between his fingers. It was a meager sphere with the ability to harness great energy. Ridley's men had worked on the device for some time, and, having succeeded, used it on the metroid to gain the powers of energy drainage . . . and perhaps more.
The dragon inserted his long claws into four circular spaces in the sphere, all designed specifically to fit the shape of the dragon talons. The orb's light pulsed into the gray claws and dimmed as each pulse transferred directly to the dragon's body. The light acted as electrical pulses, sparking and zapping as the dragon's energy levels grew to the same as the once-living metroid.
A loud clamoring followed. Ridley's shrieking reptilian voice became deeper and more . . . human. The shrieking faded as a blinding flash assaulted the Space Pirates' eyes. They averted their eyes, crying out in pain. Once last blast of deafening sound waves and a final pulse of electric light let loose, and then the room went dark.
A low, quiet sound. Footsteps, not the heavy ones of a dragon, but small ones. A human's. The Space Pirates readied their scythes in preparation for battle, startled by the sudden change in atmosphere and confused by the unexpected turn of events. The footsteps stopped abruptly, and then a single light shone in the middle of the room. A figure, tall and thin with long and bony limbs stepped into the light. The figure had long, perfectly straight black hair that cascaded down to his mid-back. He wore a violet coat that fell to his knees, complete with yellow accents and gold cuff links. The figure's face was long and pale. He licked his lips with a long, forked tongue, allowing his red eyes to dart around. The figure let out a low chuckle.
"I'll sssoon have her . . ." he said with a deep and snake-like voice, " . . . I'll have my revenge oncccce and for all . . ."
The Space Pirates dropped their arms to their sides in terror.
". . . Master Ridley?" they stuttered, shaking with fright.
The human grinned in a sickening way, displaying sharp, yellow teeth.
"My men . . ." he said, taking pleasure in forming words for the first time, "bring her to me, but keep her alive. I mussst kill her myssself. And then . . ." Ridley grinned widely, "I'll have thisss planet and all of thissss power as my own . . ."
The Space Pirates nodded quickly, still in shock that their master had transformed into a human. They scurried away, obeying the human. After placing the orb gingerly into his coat's inside pocket, Ridley perched himself once again on the same rock in the same manner as his dragon from would. He laughed. Oh, what a delightful thing laughter was! Ridley the human let out bouts of screeching laughter, gasping with pleasure. One could only imagine the image of a dragon letting out shrieking maniacal roars of twisted happiness. No evil laughter can compare to that of a dragon's new howling cackle of jubilation.