A/N: Well it has been a while since I updated this story hasn't it? My ideas had been lagging behind with this plot, but I've finally got something to put this story back in the saddle, I don't quit on my stories; no matter how far back they go, not if I can help it, will I leave them lacking since I can pick them up and breathe life into them. I'll be updating more regularly than I have, so just bear with me in that manner; things are going to be real intense now, on with the fic.

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Chapter 9: Desparation, Release, and New Hope

As Samus made her way back to the main hangar, she found that the floor had been dented, many claw markings and signs of a serious struggle having gone off; her fist was clenched as an inhuman shriek was released in her anguish, as it weren't enough being here that was on her case, she found her mate beaten on the ground; he wasn't conscious, but even his armored scales were torn in places, by which were red now from the rapid healing they were undergoing.

Samus's nose even through the Varia suit smelled the sex on the air, it was obvious what this was a sign of; what she couldn't prevent is more likely the case; that the SA-X had been allowed to take this to a level it shouldn't have gotten to, she knelt beside Shuzyn and took his left claw, rubbing it against her face; she so desperately had wished to see him while she was running around getting her weapons, but the mission came first.

"Shuzyn…open your eyes, it's me…its Samus." She said with her tone rather gentle, she took notice immediately of his demeanor. Her proud warrior dragon was beaten on the floor, his beautiful feathered wings were actually plucked heavily in several spots that she took notice of, the feathers were already returning; but at the cost of being colorless now.There were a few moments of silence as she watched Shuzyn's dragonic eyes open up to her, that ring around his left socket was no doubt a black eye of a sort; she found razor fang markings on his neck, a fine discoloration that made her snarl. This was the equivalent of a hickey left by her dubious double, by which angered her more.

His eyes opened up, even the beautiful color that lit his eyes were filled with some fear at first, a jerked reaction; though he felt her let his claw go as she looked at him with pain in her eyes. "My dearest, I am sorry…" he whispered gently, shutting his eyes again as he ignored the pain his body went through. He felt that he had failed her on the side of fighting harder; he had yet to tell the difference before it was too late; he had suffered a little but there was nothing quite worse than the bitter feeling of being taken advantage of.

"Don't you dare apologize; I let you know very well that I could have done the same." Samus's tone was bitter, since she knew she should have let him know, before her change Shuzyn was very much capable of defeating her; though he held her weakness, it didn't mean it worked on her in full power. Her fingers swept along his scales, there the ever present armor not bothering Shu that he was feeling her touch through them.

"She said that she was making a point and that she was going to take me from you Samus, whether I want to or not doesn't matter to her in the slightest…just dealing with you now she says is important." Shuzyn told her what was the deal, making it very clear that she was no longer afraid of Samus; not now that she had discovered herself.

"Well, I'm going to finish gathering up what powers I can first, then I'll show her what's the damned case, she just made the last mistake of her sorry existence; she should've been smart enough to remain a clueless bitch; now she's marked and I'm going to kill her…she crossed the last line." Samus's intelligence was still showing despite her rage now as it was, there was nothing but a fierce lover now; that scooped up her mate and took him back inside of her ship.

Shu felt out of place since it was her carrying him, but he was too weak to do whatever he wanted, too weak to fight at this point; but he could smell Samus's arousal, since he knew her new instincts couldn't help but have her excited at seeing him ravaged and smelling the result of it. He knew what he was deciding for himself; there his mind seemed to be being made up as he was set down on her bed.

"Everything's so clean…Shu did you?" She was looking to her mate, who nodded softly again at this point; she clenched her fist and shook her head. Why did he have to think of her welfare despite his own being caused by great pain? "I'll repay this Shuzyn; you are too good to me even after what happened…my inability." Samus was upset that she couldn't stop this, and that she wasn't here when it happened.

Though Shuzyn could very easily smell her arousal and her rejecting herself for feeling that way, he noted Samus was starting to leave; he immediately lashed his tail around her waist.

"Shu? What are you…?" Samus was answered as she was yanked onto her mate who she had just laid down on the bed, she heard his sweet purr and shuddered softly; why was it so easy for this to happen? It wasn't right. "No Shu, we shouldn't do this now." She said in a straining tone, trying to resist the powerful urges she had; all of her feelings having been pent up at this point now were starting to flood her mind and senses.

"Computer…Lock doors, cut off sound, secure the ship." His voice was husky with a heavy dragonic purr on the rise, his left leg rising up and forcing Samus to stop on top of him.

"Shu stop this, I can't stop myself easily…you should know better." Samus seemed to be trying to stop herself, trying to find the reason in his eyes as to why he was willing to put himself through this?

"Then don't, I want my lover to know that this thing…what brutalized me wasn't you, I can sense your need; you hide it away well, but do you think you can handle yourself with rage and pent up need? You are not as human as before Samus, you need this…and I want need you to know that I am not hesitant, despite what happened." He was nibbling on her armor, which she still had yet to remove.

A tear flickered in her eyes as she looked at her mate, she watched that heavy chainmail cloth clatter to the ground; she watched him laying back and looking up at her in a way that was only just…and sexy to her.

"You…foolish dragon, I wish I knew why I loved you…" Samus had said, removing the helmet and soon enough much of that armor followed, leaving her in her shorts and her tank top; he was thinking of her the entire way, she was more than a little flattered that he was doing this and going this far as he was to ensure that she was in her prime.

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Samus's inhuman snarl came to her rather quickly, a fit of needful lust had overcome her, there as her body pressed into his and gave a nice long grind as she let off a moan, it was a shuddering moan that proved his words.

"You know me…mmm, so well Shuzyn, its more why I love you…" she said this with a longing sigh.She wondered how she was so fortunate, for someone who thought himself a monster a short time ago, he had grown beyond that; become a wonderful friend at first..then her lover.

She laughed softly at this simple fact, she knew how lucky she was and she thanked the heavens for it. Shuzyn was such a terrific male, she would have said man; but he'd reminded her, though he was intelligent he was no man; not anymore. She wasn't that surprised that he wished to say that so often, his DNA tested negative to being any one part human.

"Unnh.." Samus's gasp sounded in surprise, she felt his touch, his claws rubbing against her breasts, there the rough scales dragging against her skin, while his talons played with her skin, the talon tips teasing her nipples as she watched them rolled over her chest. She was very needy of him then.

Her cries came with growing pace, as she drew herself onto his waist, lowering her hips until they were resting against his form, shortly after she grounded softly into his waist vigorously but still kindly. She was going to be gentle, still wanted to show him that she wasn't always so aggressive, she really wanted to make him feel more love than any other feeling; a way to thank him for everything thus far.

There was no movement from her at first, she took a moment to draw him from his sheath; which she had managed to shortly after rocking into him, to help his dragonhood come out first; using her hand to draw it from his sheath and hold him steady.

"Are you ready?" Samus whispered to him, looking at his eyes as she saw him not to her, this made him smile again; he was so brave to do this again after what happened to him.

Without another moment to wait, she drew his dragonhood into her heat, taking just the head in first; nice and slowl, her hips working to draw him into her as she bit back a moan, she smiled down at him and let her hands rest on his chest. Her instincts were sooner getting the better of her however, her hips gyrated slowly and forced the rest of his length into her walls; while she scratched gently at his chest.

"Nnhh.." Shuzyn's soft grunt was not one of pain, he felt her walls were massaging his member much the whole way through, as he slipped forward to hilt inside of her; he reached up and cupped her left breast within his claw.

"Shu...my delecate Shu.." she grinned at him in a manner that was animalistic, it was one grin of need, perhaps restrained effort on her part to keep from making him writhe. Her eyes shut as she arched her back and made sure that his his body was pressed to hers entirely.

It seemed that her sweet dragon had some nimble claws, she could feel that both of her nipples had grown near stone hard from his touch; his soft squeezing and rolling of her breasts made her whimper, it was the only thing from the only male she chose to be with could make her do.

"Mmphh!" A low and slightly frustrated cry came from her again, his teasing was getting worse since he introduced his tongue into play, this wasn't fair! She wanted to speak her words of disapproval, but a quick attentive lick on her nipple made her shudder.

"It's alright Samus, stop holding back alright? We're past that already, you've been kind enough to me now." his words were seriously meant, he kissed her then as he felt her walls gripping him tighter; he knew obviously what her body desired right now.

"B-But...nnh..." she bit her lip as he forced her to moan, she was flustered a little at this point, cheeks bright red from his hips working their way in a manner which forced her walls to part more now; from his masterfully shifting hips, it was odd how one might find a powerful dragonic being like Shuzyn as the bottom in the relationship but that's how it was.

"No more buts, no more toying...you know that your body wants it harder; I want this real lover of mine to stop hiding, you want ferocity...give in." Shuzyn wanted her to let go of the rage, his tail wrapped around her waist and led the rest to wrap around her left thigh; to give it a squeeze. "You must stop holding it in or you'll burst with it...at the wrong time, let's make some real love now woman." Shu's tone was dangerously aggressive, and was obviously bait for a certain lust of his mate's picking up.

"You said the magic word my pet..." her tone was hardly kind sounding, on the verge of being more amazon-like; with a firm command behind her words, her nails had grown out over this time, she thrust them both into his shoulders and forced him flat to the bed. No more words now, only actions to speak for how she felt, and what she knew she needed as well...just some serious rough love now.

The next moment was a stunning blow for Shuzyn, all he felt his Samus's body rubbing him wholly, rocking him up and slamming him down; with her hips moving with the intense lust she had, her movements were full of rage, and held back emotion; it was something that Shuzyn recognized inside of Samus when they were bonding in this way; their union through mating was something close and spiritual at times when one of them had a tied emotion or emotions that were growing serious.

Samus in her own mind was reliving the events that had befallen her the last few days, from her hunting her clone, from this strange mission parameters coming from her contractors, from her and Shuzyn's separation to try and complete the mission even faster; she found all of it so frustrating. It had become worse the moment she knew that Shuzyn was in danger, it had been worse that she failed to save him; a sudden buck from her lover had brought her mind back to reality, she yelped from a deep buck of his hips.

"Samus..." he bit on the side of her neck and twisted his waist in a powerful gyration as he thrusted up into her, his purring softly right in her ear had seemed to hit the spot on his lover; he felt her toes curl up as he thighs clutched his sides harder than they had been.

The actions had thrown her mind out of context, she lost all touch with that rage that was once there, she found herself inside of a sphere of pleasure; in her mind being helplessly thrown around an ocean of tension that was building around her. Her fingernails burrowed into her mate's shoulders as she drew him to sit upright forcefully, immediately punishing him for that thrust by riding him feverishly; those powerful hips pounding into his dragonhood with tremendous force, whipping up more and more friction with each shift and pull of her muscular legs as she forced her body to adjust in his lap.

There were no words that could describe it! This sudden pouring of carnal lust into her actions, as her legs locked around his lowerback, her hips pummeled into his body forcefully; just within those last moments of her powerful slams down onto his base, she locked them together by hilting him inside of her, and clenching her muscles as she seized upon him. Her body had simply exploded, a dam breaking under pressure from powerful stress, she felt him then; the sudden blast of his essence into her body, one that made her feel complete. Her eyes widened and a silly smile crossed her face; before her eyes shut tightly and she shuddered, letting off a deep cry that joined her mate's dragonic roar; the union had been complete now.

She collapsed on his chest and faded into darkness, such power had ended afterwards; she was finally satisfied.

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Shuzyn's mind had lost its ability to focus for the next few hours that passed them by, he lay beneath his mate; tangled up with her in the bed, both of his powerful wings wrapped around her partly as he watched her rest; his finger claws strumming through her blond hair as he smiled and nuzzled her lightly.

"My sweet... I promise I'll grow stronger, I can't let her do this to me again...not destroy what we've re-established, I promise I won't fail this time; I will find the power that I know is here...something calling to me." Shu knew that he could get stronger, he had fought with the creature Serris and absorbed its tremendous speed, a level of invulnerability while moving at that high pace; but he knew he could do more.

"I'll simply go and find it myself, its alright...I know where it is." Shuzyn's tone had taken one level for the stronger, a grin crossing his snout as he nuzzled Samus's hair; making sure not to waking the beautiful blond as she rested, they'd been through a lot in such a short time, but he seemed to know it was just beginning.

-- In Sector 3 (PYR) --

The SA-X knew that Samus had returned, she wasn't surprised by this move, and also seemed to ignore it; standing over her current victim, she absorbed more of her relatives...the native X here had been a fine meal for her; she watched part of her armor start to shift, before it retained its past form.

"Need More..." she growled now, annoyed that she didn't have enough of what she needed, just how many X did she to absorb? It was no longer a problem of maintaining personality, she had since evolved beyond that...indeed now she was greater than all other X.

"Heh, computer not half stupid; watching me, he know it too late." the SA-X laughed softly, at this point she knew that she was being watched; like an intelligent creature would, she had learned where the sensors were and knew just what she was doing; she was superior to it now, she was what he'd call a Meta-X.

As she left the area, allowing the computer to track her, she went off to hunt more of her own form; for the desire to grow was even more powerful. She'd had a taste of pleasure, something that she forcefully took from her male...yes, her male that was something that she had established by walking in and forcing him down. The SA-X demanded pleasure from him and had it, she shivered again at that last feeling that overtook her; it was so strong that it made her lay on him for over 15 minutes of rest.

"I...have more of that, monster male not refuse; I'll have that again." her voice was determined and her body seemed to shift slightly with that, her body agreed as to what she wanted; she was more than some Core-X with the form of Samus, as if mating with that dragon gave her something new. She felt more alive, and savored the feeling of that male's essence that had shot into her; something that she'd never had happen to her before.

"Male must...burst in me again." the SA-X was blushing, but had no idea what that heat was; she took what she desired from Shuzyn, but felt that she owed it to them both to make him do that again; as she went off, her mind still stuck on the subject of mating with the space dragon hybrid, she would first solve her immediate need for more X; then she would have the male again in celebration once absorbing what she needed.

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A bit of a twist I know, I've been doing some thinking about the SA-X and how she was unlike any other simple Core-X in the game, with a mind of her own she was able to use Samus's armor's ability to her advantage; I got to thinking that something as basic as satisfying a need to be with a significant other and having that, might draw this out in her. I hope you like the twist to it, the Meta-X thing isn't real of course, but a fine idea that I believe supports this growth.

Well until next chapter, adieu.

-Quentix