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Chapter 10 The Impact Crater: Do the Space Pirates have Metroid Prime
Riku was more than surprised when the Metroid's started attacking the pirates instead of him and Samus. They latched onto their faces and drained them of their energy. "Let's move while the Metroids are distracted" said Samus, they moved quickly. One of the Metroid screeched and charged towards them "Freeze!" shouted Riku, freezing it in place, it collapsed and shattered when it hit the ground.
They kept running and made it through the exit with the Metroids right on their tale. Riku couldn't help but let out a small laugh of relive as the door closed behind them "That was close" he said glad to be alive, Samus looked at him "Part of the job Riku" was all she said before she kept moving.
They kept moving through the mines, the Phazon was becoming more and more common. They began to see less Space Pirates and more Metroids, these were bigger and thinner and they were bright red.
They shot spear like tentacles at them; while they were more annoying they still had the weakness of cold. With some time and precise aiming from Samus they were able to clear the room of the Hunter Metroids.
"I think we're getting close" said Riku as he read his scanning tablet; the Phazon readings were very high. "I'm detecting a large bioweapon ahead of us, get ready" said Samus, Riku nodded.
They slowly made their way to a red door at the end of a large room filled with blue luminous large mushrooms. Riku kept focused as they got closer and closer to the door. He had no idea what was lurking behind that door but he could sense that is was something powerful.
Samus fired a shot at the red door, opening it. She equipped her plasma beam and looked to Riku. He nodded to tell her he was ready and they entered the room.
Inside was a massive container, the entire room had phazon around the edges and inside the capsule was a giant Space Pirate; the Omega Pirate. As they slowly approached Riku took the time to scan it.
"Omega Pirate, the most powerful of the Elite Pirate forces. Omega Pirate can become invisible to normal sight. It is vulnerable when cloaked, as all energy is drawn from defense systems. By exposing itself to Phazon, it can regenerate damaged tissue and organs. Considered the pinnacle of the Elite Pirate program, this enemy should be handled with extreme caution and maximum firepower" he said, the Omega Pirate awoke and smashed its container to pieces before advancing slowly towards them.
The Omega Pirate was a mighty creature, over twenty feet tall with purple crystal like armour on its shoulders and knees, it had huge cannons on its back and its glowing yellow eyes sent shivers down Riku's spine, Samus readied her arm cannon "Ready Riku?", he armed the Way to the Dawn "Let's do this!" as he charged towards the beast.
He leapt up and brought his blade down on one of its shoulder pieces hard "Zandatsu!" he shouted as the armour shattered, the Pirate howled and tried to grab him, he back flipped away and landed safely.
The pirate raised its fists and smashed it down on the ground sending massive purple shockwaves, Samus and Riku jumped to avoid them, Samus fired a charged Plasma Beam shot at another piece of armour; destroying it. Despite doing some damage to it they had no idea what would happen once they destroyed the plates on its body.
When they finally did the Omega Pirate knelt down; wounded it then shouted "Finish them!" before disappearing. "Shit!" cried out Riku as several Beam Troopers appeared into the room. He fired some spells at the Pirates and slashed them with his sword when they were stunned, Samus was looking around with her X-Ray visor but to Riku it looked like she was looking around blindly "Samus, what are you doing?" he shouted as he kicked a Pirate away from her.
"You deal with them, I'll find the Omega Pirate" she shouted back, he didn't understand but followed her orders nonetheless. She suddenly fired a Super Missile at what appeared to be nothing but seconds later the Omega Pirate reappeared but clutching its chest in pain. "What did you do?" shouted Riku as it stood back up.
"It's weaker when it's invisible, I'll use my super missiles to kill it!" she shouted back, the Omega Pirate roared in frustration and once again tried to crush them. While Riku jumped Samus morphed in her Morph Ball, Riku stood dumbfounded as she rolled to underneath the Omega Pirates legs and set off a Power Bomb destroying all the pieces of armour. The Pirate disappeared and Riku watched were Samus was aiming "Come on Xion lets not have Samus get all the fun!" he shouted.
He aimed his sword and threw it just as Samus fired another super missile at it, the sword pierced the Omega Pirates heart and the missile launched the blade so that it fired out the other end, going right through the beast's chest.
Riku walked over to where his blade was embedded in the wall as Samus kept her aim on the Omega Pirate as it collapsed on its knees. Then before Riku or Samus could react the Omega Pirate fell and crushed her.
"SAMUS!" Riku shouted and ran over to the Omega Pirates corpse, he stopped as it began to bubble and melt "Damn it!" he shouted, he could only bow his head for his fallen comrade. Then something broke out from the melting pirate, it was a hand. Riku ran forward and grabbed the hand and pulled Samus out of the slime, her armour had changed.
Instead of the purple and yellow Gravity Suit he had first met her in, now her suit had become black and silver, the Phazon Suit. "What is this?" he asked as she looked at her new armour "Something new" was all she said, she cautiously walked into some Phazon and was surprised that she wasn't effected. "It prevents damage from Phazon; we can use this to infiltrate the Impact Crater the Chozo mentioned" said Samus.
She gave Riku the same ability, his armour becoming black and silver like hers, "There is a Chozo Artifact not far from here, from what I've gathered it's the last one, you wait here while I go retrieve it" said Samus, Riku nodded. She grabbed his shoulder "Good work" before she left.
Riku sat down against the wall and let out a sigh of relief "Riku what are you thinking?" said Xion, he sighed and lifted his blade so he could see her in the reflection, "Remember what Master Yen Sid said before this mission began?", she nodded "Yes it was to keep you dark powers in check as you have been relying on them too much"
"Well I've been thinking, why not just accept the darkness inside of me, It has become a part of me now and there's nothing they can do about it, I can learn to ignore the path to darkness and instead walk a different path, the path to dawn" he said, she smiled "You've been thinking a lot about this haven't you?"
He nodded "Watching Samus I realised that you can follow your own path regardless of your past or your fears, she lost her parents when she was just a little girl and yet she had already figured out her path from a young age and she had stuck with it to this day, it has inspired me to do the same" he looked to her "I'm not going to hide the darkness, I will accept it!"
KHROS
Sora remained completely focused as he parried and blocked every attack Maximus sent his way; they had been fighting nonstop in Trance form for over two hours and had yet to land a single hit on each other. Since learning how to use Trance Sora had improved dramatically, he had learned to achieve the transformation perfectly and had mastered various different attacks; he couldn't wait to tell Kairi about all the different abilities she could use with him now.
He had also become very skilled in hand to hand combat, as well as knife and magic thanks to Aht and Garnet. Maximus and Zidane would take turns fighting him, he had managed to defeat Zidane but not Maximus and he was determined to do it today.
"That's excellent Sora" said Maximus as Sora unleashed a vary of punches at him, he dodged them but not as easily as before, Sora was fast, very fast and getting stronger by the day, it wasn't longer before he was as good as him. Sora sent a roundhouse kick flying his way, Maximus blocked and countered with a knee to the gut and an elbow to the back of the head, Sora back flipped and kicked him hard in the head.
The two were sent flying back, they paused but only momentarily before Sora attacked again, Maximus dodged his attack and punched him hard in the face, probably a bit too hard as Sora struggled to lift himself. Maximus powered down and immediately felt exhausted and sore "Come on Sora I think that's enough for just now, how about a break?" he said before walking back to the entrance.
He could hear Sora get up "Wait Max" he said, Maximus turned round, surprised. Sora was standing up though barley able to keep his balance "Let's keep going" he challenged. Then something extraordinary happened, Sora powered up and for only a few seconds he changed completely, his hair became far more sharp and bolts of electricity swarmed him, not only that but the soul wavelength was so strong that Maximus actually felt a shiver go through him and then as suddenly as it happened Sora powered down and collapsed.
"Aht!" he shouted and seconds later she appeared, she knelt down and checked his head "He's ok but he's severely exhausted, jeez Max what did you do to him?" she quizzed. Maximus didn't say anything just continued to look shocked, Aht's face grew with concern "Max what's wrong"
Maximus looked to her and then to Sora "It seems there more to Sora than meets the eye that I can assure you, the training is done. We can go home"
KHROS
The Impact Crater was located not far from Samus's ship which was the spaceship Riku and Xion had found when they first explored the planet, the Space Pirates base was in ruins, despite their searching they couldn't find Cell or Ridley, the place was overfilled with escaped Metroid and they decided locking it down was the best bet.
"So once we enter this Impact Crater what do we do?" asked Riku as they healed in Samus's ship. "We find whatever it is that's done there and we terminate it" she said, she was sending a message to the Galactic Federation to let the DW academy know that he and Xion were alive. "Your academy will send someone to pick you up soon, are you still willing to accompany me into the Impact Crater?" she said.
Riku grinned and nodded "Of course, it not in my nature to let my friend fight her battles by herself" Samus looked surprised "Friend?" she said as if the word was alien to her "You don't have friends?" said Riku surprised, she nodded "I have lived my life alone as a bounty hunter, I never thought about having friends but it would be nice to have some" she admitted. He grinned and squeezed her shoulder "Well you have some now"
They climbed up to the entrance of the Chozo Temple, it was a wide open area on the edge of a cliff, and huge statues of the Chozo surrounded the central pillar which was decorated with hieroglyphs. Samus and Riku presented the Chozo Artifacts; the central pillar glowed and shot out a massive beam of blue light into the sky.
A familiar roar caught Riku and Samus's attention, they looked up to see Ridley flying towards them in all of his cybernetic glory, he charged forward and smashed straight into the central pillar, destroying it. Riku cursed out loud as Ridley circled around the arena and flew towards them and let loose a cluster of fireballs forcing them to take cover behind on of the statues.
"How did Ridley know we were here!" shouted Riku, Samus pointed her cannon and let off a charged shot at Ridley's chest sending him flying back "Never mind that, let just deal with him!" Samus shouted back before running to duck behind another statue as Ridley fired a barrage of missiles. Riku ran out and shot several Dark Firaga's at Ridley, Ridley backed off and flew around the arena before flying back and barraging the area with cluster bombs.
Riku was sent flying back and was smashed into the wall, his vision became dark and he began to black out as Ridley landed on the arena sending shockwaves that stung and burnt him, Ridley grabbed him with one of his hand and lifted off before Samus could stop him "Riku!" she shouted as Ridley smashed him against the wall and proceeded to scrape him against the wall. He then lifted Riku and reared his head back ready to incinerate him.
Samus leapt into the air and landed on Ridley's back, she leapt over and opened Ridley's mouth and fired a Super missile straight into his mouth. Ridley let go of Riku as he collapsed to the ground, Samus caught Riku and they landed back on the arena. She rested him against the wall, he was in bad shape but he was alive before she turned her attention towards Ridley.
"Shame he didn't die screaming like your precious mother did!" said Ridley as he growled fiercely at Samus, his wings were in very bad shape, and it was highly unlikely he could fly anymore. Samus didn't say anything just aimed her arm cannon at him, he crouched and then charged forward knocking into her and grabbing her with his hand, she tried to break free but his grip was too strong, his tail sneaked up until its sharp end was facing her face.
"Poor little Samus Aran, no mother, no father and no friends! All alone!" he taunted as his tail scraped against her armour, "She not alone!" shouted Riku from behind him, Ridley turned round only to have Riku stab him straight in the chest with his Way to the Dawn, Ridley howled in pain as he flailed around helplessly, letting go of Samus. She ripped out the Way to the Dawn and aimed at his chest "Ridley, go to hell and stay there this time!" she said before firing Super Missile straight into his chest.
Ridley clutched his chest in pain as he began to over load, the Chozo statues eyes glowed red as red beams shot out from them and into Ridley's chest, he tried to stay standing but the blast were too much for him and they sent him flying him over the edge "Samus Aran!" he screamed as he fell.
Samus and Riku looked down as a massive explosion happened at the bottom of the cliff. Then the Chozo ghosts appeared were the destroyed statue was and beams of light appeared at centre, the elevator to the Impact Crater was unlocked.
Riku collapsed, he was in incredible pain and he felt like every bone in his body had been broken, Samus knelt down next to him and gave him some of her energy, Xion transformed back into her human form and cupped his face, she looked mortified "Riku! Are you ok? Please Say something!" she cried, his face became pained "Xion, too loud" he croaked.
She groaned and turned to Samus "Will he be ok?" Samus nodded "Yes I think he will be fine, you stay here while I deal with what lurks down there" she said, Riku grabbed her hand before she turned to leave "Samus, good luck down there" he said, she nodded "Wait here until I return"
The elevator took her down leaving Riku and Xion alone, she placed her hand on his head "How you holding up Riku?" she said gently, he groaned "Shit" was all he could say.
KHROS
Samus made her way through the Impact Crater as quickly as she could; she quickly discovered that the Phazon was much deadlier down in the Crater than on the surface. The entire crater seemed to be organic, small clusters of creatures crawled across the floor and as she entered a large room, filled with what looked like giant teeth, a new type of Metroid.
The Fission Metroid was similar in appearance to the regular Metroid but it was white and slightly larger. When Samus tried to freeze it however she was surprised when it split into two different Metroids each a different colure. Just like with the Beam Troopers the colure matched on of her beams. After disposing of them with the corresponding beams she continued her way to the top of the room. She checked her missiles and how much energy she had left before she entered the last door in the crater. Inside was a massive cave filled with blue crystals and hanging from the ceiling was a massive black crystal shaped structure.
Suddenly the room shook and Samus was surprised as the hanging black structure opened its tip revealing an orange human like face that looked down to her with glowing red eyes, many long legs uncoiled themselves and the giant crab like creature dropped to the ground, there was no denying this was the Metroid Prime.
The Metroid Prime roared and then smashed through the wall behind it and Samus gave chase, she landed in another tunnel with it and the bottom. The Metroid Prime had an almighty thick black carapace and its shield would change colure, much like with the Beam Troopers and the Fission Metroids the Metroid Prime could only be damaged to the respective beam of the same colure. It was also heavily armed complete with Multi Missiles, Ultrafraid beam, Snare beam and Particle wave projectors.
The battle was one of the toughest Samus had ever fought, the creature used its body like a tank to smash into Samus and it tried to catch her in its tractor beam and reel her in to eat her, she had to shoot it in the eyes with whatever beam would work, when it closed its tip in pain it would then lunge forward, forcing her to change into her morph ball mode to avoid it.
To damage the Metroid Prime Samus had to fire her charge combos into its eyes which was the only part of its body that could be damaged by her weapons, every time she fired a combo it would smash through more walls and she was forced to give chase. As she kept firing into its face it became more and more erratic in its movement, it kept changing its armour colure.
She launched a charged plasma beam shot into its face, it lurched and then collapsed sideways down a shaft, and she jumped down after it. When she arrived its shell had cracked and Phazon oozed out like blood. She cautiously approached and she thought for a second that it was dead then it stirred and a huge squid emerged out of the exoskeleton.
It looked like the face of the Metroid Prime but it was blue and red with six long tentacles. It created massive purple shockwaves that she had to jump over to avoid. She tried every kind of beam attack but nothing seemed to work, every beam bounced off it. Then it created what looked like a pool of Phazon before it disappeared, she turned on her Thermal visor and she found it.
Then an idea struck her and she stepped into the Phazon, when she did her beam turned blue. She aimed at the floating core of the Metroid Prime and fired a continuous beam of pure Phazon at the core causing it convulse in pain and screech out. Samus now knew how to kill it.
She repeated this process several times; the core would change to different visibilities forcing her to switch visors whenever it created another pool of Phazon. It also spawned numerous Metroids including Hunter and Fission Metroids. After she had fired it enough times it began to convulse and morph into an odd-looking blob with small tentacles all over it and a bright orange nucleus.
Samus approached cautiously, it convulsed and then suddenly one of its tentacles shot forward and grabbed hold of Samus, she struggled and pulled back until she broke free, however she lost her Phazon Suit which disappeared into the blob, it then began to shake and convulse more violently and the room began to cave in, she quickly ran as fast as she could out of the Impact Crater.
KHROS
Riku was resting at the Chozo temple when he felt the entire ground begin to shake and crumble, he stood up but nearly collapsed in pain, he told Xion to morph and saw Samus's ship fly towards the temple. Samus herself appeared seconds later she shouted for Riku and grabbed his hand; they jumped onto her ship just as the crater collapsed in on itself.
They both stood on the top of her ship watching as the crater collapsed in on itself, Samus took of her helmet and watched over in silence as did Riku, it felt refreshing to finally breathe fresh air again. "What happened down there" he asked, she turned and gave him the first smile he had seen from her "The hunter fulfilled her prophecy"
They flew away from the planet, Xion finally being able to relax and get some rest, she had been in weapon form for so long she was just too tired; she rested her head against Riku's shoulder. Samus sent out her signal and it was picked up by a DW cruise ship, the Highwind. "This is bounty hunter Samus Aran; I have two students ready to be taken home"
"Roger that Samus, I'll swing by and pick them up; hope they didn't cause you too much trouble" came the familiar voice of Cid the pilot from the academy. Her ship docked on the Highwind, Samus turned to Riku, her suit dematerialised leaving her in a skin tight blue suit, "Guess this is goodbye then" she said.
Riku shrugged "Who knows maybe we'll run into each other again, until then" he shook her hand, she squeezed his shoulder "You did well today Riku, your parent would have been proud of you" he smiled back at her "And yours would as well" she nodded and gave him one last smile before turning back to her ship.
"What the hell happened to you two anyway" said Cid as he rested Xion on a chair and sat down himself "Crash landed on an alien planet, fought some ghosts, uncovered a pirate lab, fought a giant Space Pirate, killed a deadly cybernetic dragon and fought alongside one of the most badass bounty hunters ever" Riku said without taking a breath. Cid nodded impressed "Let's get you home then" Riku watched Samus's ship fly away "Yes, lets"
KHROS
"I trust that we won't have any problems recovering the Metroid Prime exoskeleton from the remains of the tomb?" said a man with combed back blonde hair and a thick pair of shades on his face. He was wearing a black suit with a black overcoat. "Shouldn't be any trouble, the Pirates are already filling out the tomb as we speak" said Beezlemon.
"It is a shame we lost Ridley, but it was for a good cause" said Cell, he didn't sound like he cared much. "Actually we just got word from one of the scout teams, they found him, he's in bad shape but he's still alive" said Envy. Cell looked surprised "Impressive, he has cheated death yet again"
"Once the Devils Machine had been completed and its secrets activated all of us will be immortal" said the man smirking. "Hey Wesker, do you know what it is that lurk in the devils machine cause me and the other Homunculi would like to know what exactly it is that we're fighting for?"
Wesker took off his glasses revealing his amber cat like eyes, "The source of true power"
A/N The first saga of this fic DONE! Woohoo! This is the end of what I call the "Training" arc of the story, now we'll be moving on to the real story. This also finished the Metroid Prime world but it is by no means the last we will see of that universe. The next chapter will kind of be a filler chapter which will see everyone meet up again and briefed on what's in store next. Many more antagonists and world will be revealed and the story of the Devils Machine and its affiliates will continue.
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Next time in Chapter 11 Reunion: Tipsy time's at the Motorhouse?