Okay, WE are tired of this routine, but WE do not own Sonic, Shadow, or Metroid… but my 4th personality now Governs Hawaii from within!
Chapter 6
Ridley's Metamorphosis
As Samus flew her ship toward the location of the next Chaos Emerald, which her Chaos Suit tracked like radar, she started wondering why the suit acted up and fired a chaos beam in Station Square. Maybe it has a mind of it's own she thought, but the facts led to only one explanation: "When the Master Emerald combined with my suit, it put Chaos energy into it. That energy is conflicting with my Chozo energy, making it harder to control; "I must learn to control it to unlock its real power!" "I came to the same conclusion!" Said Tails. Samus jumped, she did not realize that she was speaking aloud. "I also have another theory, "Tails continued, "You know so much about Chozo energy, and so little about Chaos energy, that you use Chozo energy more efficiently. You need someone to teach you about Chaos energy, so you can unlock the suit's true power!" "Who?" Samus asked, though she knew the answer… "Me!" said Shadow as he stepped into the cockpit. Samus frowned under her helmet; she had not quite forgiven Shadow for handing her first defeat to her. The last thing she wanted was to be stuck training with him.
Shadow was already frowning. He had not forgiven Samus for trying to kill him on false charges, or for bringing Ridley to the planet Maria had loved. Still, he had more knowledge of the Chaos Emeralds than Eggman himself.
Their harsh thoughts were interrupted by their arrival at the ruins of the old GUN base. Samus' armor told her that the Chaos Emerald was somewhere around there.
They searched through the pile of rubble and steel for hours, when Samus sensed the power of two Chaos Emeralds coming from the sky. That power source landed." Not you again!" Espio groaned, "And what's with that fancy armor?"
Indeed, Ridley wore shining steel machinery, with a helmet over his eyes, metal gloves on his hands, and metal soles on his feet. He looked quite intimidating. "This? Oh, just specially designed weaponry that runs on the unlimited Chaos energy resonating from my body! Get out, and leave the Chaos Emerald to me!" "Enough, let's fight already!" Knuckles yelled, charging.
Ridley's helmet suddenly shot out a beam from its visor, narrowly missing the red echidna. Knuckles jumped and tried to punch Ridley, who casually raised his foot, whose metal sole emitted a shield, knocking Knuckles back.
"Wait!" Shadow yelled, "Those aren't ordinary weapons, he just used Chaos Spear and Chaos Shield!" "Precisely!" Ridley taunted, "This armor really does nothing more than contain enough power in my body for me to use that power! Observe!" He clenched his right hand, "Chaos Control!"
He warped behind Shadow, and emitted a Chaos beam. But Shadow, much more experienced with that kind of stuff, turned and blasted him with a Chaos Spear, "How the hell do you know that stuff!" Shadow yelled. Ridley pointed to his helmet, "Another use of this helmet. If I have seen you do it, Shadow, I can do it!" And with that he used Chaos Blast, vaporizing all the rubble, Shadow took some damage.
Ridley breathed in, ready to finish him with Chaos Beam. But he forgot about Chaos control. The next second, Shadow was behind him, Emerald in hand. "Here's a new one for you! Chaos…Wave!" instantly, a powerful shockwave hit Ridley, destroying his armor. Ridley got up, but Shadow was too quick, after a homing attack, he ended the battle, "Chaos… Spear!' The concentrated blast hit Ridley, who fell to the ground, too weak to move.
"How…how did you beat me…?" he managed to say. "Because, if you only tried to use moves you've seen me do, you were vulnerable to a new attack. It's what you get for underestimating the Ultimate Life Form!"
One good thing that came from the battle was that with the rubble cleared, they easily found the light blue emerald. But before they could celebrate, Ridley summoned enough strength to snatch it up. He glowed even brighter than before.
"This cannot be good!" Samus yelled. As the light cleared they could see that Ridley had changed in more than color this time. Not only was Light Blue added to his flashing colors, but his snout was longer, with razor-sharp teeth, his back and tail had sprouted crystal spikes, which flashed colors like he did, but slower. He was also bigger.
"I feel rejuvenated!" He said in a more menacing voice than before. "I feel ready to fight again!" Samus stepped up "Shadow, you need rest, let me handle Ridley!"
"Foolish bounty hunter! I contain great power! I am Ridley no longer, I am… Chaos Ridley!" "How original!" Sonic said sarcastically, but even the great blue hedgehog was slightly scared.
Samus ignored her fear, and lunged toward Chaos Ridley, hoping that this fight would not be her last… To be continued
OUR first actual cliffhanger! If Ridley is this powerful with 3 emeralds, what would he be like with all 7? Let's hope that Samus wins! Please review!
