1Hello again! I am here at last with a new chapter to the ficcy! Yay me! Not much else to say, so I'll just get the story rolling, kay?
Chapter 9: A plan in motion
A large, ominous ship now hung over the capital planet. Several space pirates were on board, making the final calculations for the launch. The intercom buzzed. "Attention all personnel! Our time of triumph is at hand! Prepare to launch the the metroid missile!"
All the activity on the ship was ceased as the missile was dropped, and it started falling, pulled in by the planet's gravity. Within it, several metroids bounced around, half asleep due to the cold within it.
It entered the atmosphere, the friction causing the missile to heat up to an unbearable level. But the metroids remained unfazed.
It kept going closer and closer...
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Ridley chuckled and sighed, content. "Samus, that was unbelievable!"
Samus giggled a bit, hugging Ridley. "Tell me about it, Ridley. That was just so wonderful. I love you so much."
Ridley grinned and gave her a soft kiss. "I love you too... and I knew that you had some stamina, but damn! Twelve times?"
Samus smirked and kissed his neck. "You're just that irristsiable, Ridley.
Ridley chuckled again. "Wanna make it thirteen?" he asked hopefully.
Samus grinned. "Why not?"
Just before they were able to get ready for another round, there was a loud crash, right outside the building. They both looked at each other, fear in their eyes before they leapt up and grabbed all of their clothing and armor before heading downstairs. As they exited, right in front of them was a large missile. Ridley gulped. "It's space pirate build, Samus."
Samus growled gently. "Damn it! They've perfected it?"
Ridley nodded and walked over to it, examining it. He shook his head. "We have to get out of here!" he shouted suddenly. "The metroids have already made it past the crust and are heading to the inner layers!"
Samus gasped. "Ridley, we've got to stop them!"
Ridley shook his head. "There isn't any time, Samus! There's nothing we can do since they're so far under the surface! Our only option is to evacuate the planet and get off of it before the decay starts!"
Samus looked like she was about to weep, but she sucked it in and nodded. "Come on, we need to get to the government office, now!" She grabbed his hand and started to run towards the government building, half dragging Ridley with her.
As they ran, Ridley could feel the earth shake under them slightly, showing that the metroids were not only starting to drain the life force of the planet, but they were also shifting around the plates of the planet's structure! "Samus, this is more serious than I thought! They metroids are absorbing so much energy that they've started to grow too quickly for the planet's mass to handle! If they keep this up, this whole planet's gonna get blown sky high!"
This only encouraged Samus to run faster. "God damn them!" she shouted, rushing into the governmental building, rushing by any security guards that barred her path. She burst into the federation council's office and started breathing heavily as the council gave the two strange glances. "Samus Aran? What are you doing here?" one of them asked.
Samus managed to gather her breath before saying, "This entire planet is going to explode soon! We have to administer a full planetary evacuation!"
The council chuckled at this. "Easy Samus, if there was such a danger, then we would know."
Ridley came forward. "But this a deeper matter than that! Metroids have been injected into the earth's inner core and they're sucking all the energy out of the planet and they're growing so fast that they'll make the planet burst if this continues!"
Once again, their pleas were answered with laughter. "Come now, I don't suppose that you have any proof that metroids are under the earth's crust?"
Samus sighed in exasperation. "How about the giant missile that's lodged in the street in front of our place?" she asked, slightly sarcastically.
Once again, the council ignored her. "That could have been an attempted terrorist attack. We'll put the force on alert for them, don't worry miss Aran."
Samus was about to snap at them, but Ridley placed a hand on her shoulder. "Samus, don't waste your breath. They aren't going to listen to reason. We need to get off the planet before we get destroyed along with it."
Samus frowned at Ridley. "Ridley, I can't leave all these people here to die! If they won't listen, I'm going to find someone who will!" She quickly ran out of the building.
Ridley ran up and grabbed her arm as they exited the building. "Samus, there isn't any time! By this time, the metroids must have exausted most of the energy from the core! We need to get out of here before the planet explodes!"
Samus shook his head. "I won't let all these innocent people be killed, Ridley! I won't!"
Ridley ground his teeth together. "Very well, if you won't come willingly, I'll bring you along the hard way!" He wrapped his arms around her and lifted her up, hauling her over his shoulder. She started to struggle, but Ridley held her fast and started to run as fast as he could towards the hanger where their ship was.
Samus kicked and pounded against his back with her fists. "Ridley, let me go NOW!"
Ridley ignored her and entered his ship, which was still attached to Samus' by means of grappling cable. He closed the door and put Samus down on the co-pilot seat and quickly bound her with the restraining belts. Still, she struggled against him. "Damn it, Ridley! I said let me go now!"
Still, Ridley didn't pay any attention to her and sat down in the pilot's seat. "Initiating launch sequence..." he said calmly. As soon as he received clearance, he blasted out of the hanger, straight up and out of the planet's atmosphere. Then, he turned the ship around so that they could see the planet. It already looked as if it was decaying! The oceans seemed to be deminishing and the patches of green on it were quickly withering into patches of brown and yellow. Finally, it seemed as if the entire earth was turning red and cracking. About five seconds later, the entire planet exploded in a brilliant flash of white light. Chuncks of rock from it were hurled in every direction and pieces of the metroids that had been eating the earth's energy could be seen flying past them as well.
Samus' eyes were wide in horror as she looked at the destruction of a planet that had served as her home for so long. It was gone... all gone. Ridley got up and unstrapped the restraining harnesses from her. "I'm sorry, but there was no time, Samus. I didn't want to lose you."
Samus jumped up and started at him, angry. "You... you..." she didn't finish her though. She just broke down in his arms and started crying. "Ridley, it's gone! All those people, my home, OUR home! All gone!"
Ridley nodded, gently hugging her and rubbing her back. "Shhh.... Samus, don't cry. It'll be alright. The pirates won't get away with this, I promise. They will pay for what they've done."
Samus dried her tears and nodded. "Yes... yes they will." She sat back down in the co-pilot's seat. "Ridley, we're paying the pirate command a visit. Set a course for their base, seeing as you're the only one who knows the coordinates for it."
Ridley smirked and sat down next to her. "Eye-eye!" He tapped the main computer a few times. "Computer, set a course for the Kimoron star system, planet seven."
The computer beeped in response. "Request processed. Estimated time to destination: ten hours."
Ridley nodded and looked towards Samus. "I'm sorry."
Samus smiled at him, her first genuine smile since they had gotten off the earth. "No, you don't have to apologize. I understand that you didn't want me to get hurt. I'm sorry that I put up a resistance... but now we're going to make sure that all of those people get their revenge for what the pirates did."
Ridley nodded. "I'll do all I can to get them back for what they've done. I can't forgive them. I'm done with that life." He leaned in and kissed her gently. "I have a new life now."
Samus nodded. "So do I, Ridley... So do I."
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