Chapter 6: Second Third Leg
Date: June 18, 2010
Location: Route to Human Village
Condition of target area: Stable
After leaving the shrine, the girls decided to take Samus to the Human Village, but during the trek (due to the fact Samus cannot fly, the girls decided to stay earthbound and walk to the Village) the girls decided to ask Samus about her life.
"So what do you do for an occupation Samus?" Reimu asked.
"I'm a full-time bounty hunter," Samus replied, "I have a contract with the government of my time period to assist them when they need help, though. But other than that I roam the galaxy independently searching for new bounty."
"I suppose you made a lot of enemies then-ze?" Marisa asked.
"On that subject, you would be correct," Samus replied.
"Who are they?" Aya asked, all the while jotting down this conversation.
"Well let's see," Samus answered, trying to think of the enemies she's made, "One of them is a bounty hunter named Sylux, and another is a large group of creatures known as the Space Pirates. Their goal seems to be to cause as much chaos as physically possible in the galaxy. They have a bounty hunter of their own named, Weavel. At first, I thought I killed him, then the Pirates brought him back. There's a lot more but they're either dead or I don't remember them. Do any of you girls have any enemies?"
"Tsk, Reimu seems to friends with everyone," Marisa replied dryly, "She's even befriended some of her past enemies!"
"Well that's not entirely true," Reimu responded back, "Utsuho still gives me problems every now and then."
"Utsuho?" Samus asked curiously.
"Usuho Reiuji to be exact," explained Aya, "She's what's known as a Hell Raven. Her job is to regulate the fires of Hell. One time she wanted to conquer the entire world using something called a 'Third Leg.' Anyway she isn't a big problem anymore thanks to Reimu, right?"
"Yeah I guess," Reimu said distractedly.
"What's wrong Reimu?" Marisa asked.
"I just have a bad feeling that something is going to happen soon," Reimu replied.
"Don't worry," Samus said reassuringly, "I'm pretty sure if something is going to happen, I'm sure you can handle it. You did save the world, right?"
"I suppose you're right," Reimu said a little more reassured than before, "It probably is just one of false feelings."
As if on time to ruin the day, large blasts of energy terrorized the group. An insidious laugh peeled through air as a winged, person shaped object flew over them. The only part that didn't seem very person-like was the large, mechanical outgrowth replacing one the arms.
Samus, quick to recover, quickly put on her helmet and scanned the winged person. The scanner read species unknown, but detected a high threat level.
"Samus, get out of here!" Reimu ordered Samus, "She can easily overwhelm you."
"Not gonna happen," Samus replied back. As some of her past commanding officers know, Samus is not one to listen to orders.
The girl who shot at the girls and Samus landed in front of them. She had long, raven black hair tied with a large, green bow. She wore a white shirt with a large red "eye" in the center, a short, green skirt, and a white cape that held up by her large, black wings. But some of her most defining features were the large arm cannon-like device on her right arm, a casing of solid, gray matter on her right leg, and atoms circling her left.
"Aw did I scare all of you?" the girl asked in a sarcastic voice.
"No, but you did piss us off, so thanks for asking Utsuho," Reimu responded coldly while drawing her amulets.
"Oh I see you brought a new friend," Utsuho observed, "And what's your name."
Samus, still rather angry at being shot at herself, responded by raising her middle finger with her left hand.
"Your a tad fiery I see," Utsuho responded chuckling slightly. She then noticed Samus's arm cannon.
"I see you have Third Leg too," Utsuho observed, now no longer smiling, "Where did you get that?"
"If you must know," Samus responded, "I got it from a race that you have never heard of."
Then Samus switched to her Ice Beam and fired a shot at Utsuho. Due to the Ice Beam's slow rate of movement, Utsuho dodged this attack with ease.
"You don't know what you've just done," Utsuho responded in a dangerous tone. She then pulled out a spell card.
"Atomic Fire: Nuclear Fusion!"
Huge balls of fire and smaller balls of energy were sent flying towards Samus. Samus dodged the attack but not without taking damage.
"Reimu, you and the other girls get out of here!" Samus shouted at the girls.
Without question, the girls ran to hide somewhere.
Samus then switched to her Wave beam, a beam that fires three oscillating beams of electrical energy that homes on targets, and charged it. Utsuho fired beams of energy at Samus. Samus dodged these and used a missile combo called the Wavebuster. A beam of electrical energy hit Utsuho and sent her to flying backwards. Samus continued the long burst of energy until she was felt she used too many missiles.
That should of ended things, Samus thought to herself.
Then out of the smoke and dust Samus heard a loud and clear voice.
"Atomic Fire: Uncontainable Nuclear Reaction!"
More large fire balls and energy balls, this time in higher volume, bombarded Samus. When the barrage stopped, Samus looked at her HUD. Her suit had very little energy left. She knew she had to defeat Utsuho before her suit was destroyed and her in the process. Samus got up and fired missiles at Utsuho. Utsuho flew up in the air at a high rate of speed. Samus locked onto Utsuho waiting for her to fly close enough to her. Utsuho did a u-turn in the air and was about to do another strafe. She was firing at Samus when she felt something grab onto her leg. A stream of blue energy was holding her back. Samus, struggling to keep the Hell Raven attached to her grapple beam, switched to her Power Beam and charged it. Realizing what Samus was about to do, Utsuho tried desperately to free herself from Samus's grapple beam. Samus then fired a Super Missile that landed a direct hit in the center of Utsuho's "eye." She screamed in pain and dropped to the ground.
"If that didn't persuade her to leave us alone I don't know what will," Samus said to know one in particular.
Reimu, Marisa, and Aya all ran towards Samus.
"Whoa, I didn't know you were capable of that much power-ze!" Marisa said amazed at Samus's skills.
"You didn't kill her did you?" Reimu asked worried.
Samus walked over to Utsuho who was lying on the ground motionless. Samus did a scan of Utsuho's vitals. There was a large crack running down the length of Utsuho's "eye."
"She's still alive, but she'll be hurting when she wakes up," Samus replied, not too worried about Utsuho's injuries.
Aya was busy snapping photos of Samus and an unconscious Utsuho excitedly.
"Wow this is going to make an excellent story in this week's paper!" Aya said to herself, "'Armored Stranger Defeats Hell Raven With Ease.' I like the sound of it already!"
"It wasn't easy," Samus replied.
"Just ignore her," Marisa told Samus.
"Well that was interesting," Reimu said, "But why would Utsuho just randomly attack us. This is the third time this week she did this."
The group all heard a weak coughing noise coming from Utsuho. Samus briskly walked towards Utsuho and not so gently picked her up by her collar.
"Why did you attack us?" Samus demanded.
After getting no response from injured girl, Samus pointed her beam cannon at Utsuho's head.
"Answer me dammit!" Samus shouted at her.
"Ow," Utsuho groaned, "Why am I in so much pain?"
"I shot you!" Samus told her, infuriated by Utsuho's seemingly stupid question, "Don't you remember?"
"No," Utsuho replied, "I was busy tending the fires then I saw a blue light, and then...nothing. I don't even know where I am or who you are, much less than why I attacked you. Now will please put me down, you're starting to hurt me."
Samus gently put Utsuho down.
"So you don't remember how you got here?" Reimu asked. Utsuho shook her head.
"No and I'm really sorry I attacked all of you," Utsuho replied apologetically, "I'll make it up to you somehow, I promise. Well I have to get back to work. Satori must be furious at me by now."
Utsuho flew off leaving Samus, Reimu, Marisa, and Aya wondering how Utsuho didn't remember anything.