Chapter Twenty Nine: Echoes Part Eighteen: The Light Suit

"We made it." Sammy said, smiling. "We got to the Energy Controller."

"Now all you have to do is heal." Dark said.

"If only it were that simple." Kira said.

"What do you mean?" Sammy asked. "I just have to take energy from the Controller and my suit will heal itself."

"It isn't that simple, Sammy." Kira said. "Your suit was damaged in the Dark Water and in the fight with Chykka. It won't heal if this energy is introduced into it. It'll shatter."

"So" Sammy said, thinking. "The Ing lied?"

"I don't think so." Kira said. "I think it underestimated the damage to your suit."

"Oh." Sammy said. "Well, I have to try. If I don't, this planet is doomed."

"I understand." Kira said, nodding. "Do what you must."

Sammy nodded, plunging her Cannon arm into the slot. The energy began to transfer into her.

However, as it transferred into her, her Dark Suit began to crack. The glowing white cracks spread over the entire suit. After some time, the Dark Suit shattered, Sammy being flung back into the wall.

Sammy gasped for air, clutching at her throat as her now burning lungs inhaled the near toxic Dark Aether air.

"Sammy!" Dark exclaimed, unable to help her. "Please don't die!"

"She's not conscious enough for me to switch places with her." Kira said, panicked slightly. "If she dies, this was all for nothing."

"Right." Dark said. "What do we do?"

"WE've got to get her air and out of this environment." Kira said. "But, we can't take control unless she lets us. She's too distracted to let us. Before, when she was unaware of us, it was one thing, but now, we can't."

"Great." Dark said. "I guess we just wait till something happens."

"Wait" Kira said, noticing something. "What's that?"

Sammy's chest had begun to glow as the girl was still writhing. The glow surrounded her entire body as she lay still, unconscious and unmoving.

The light stopped glowing as Sammy began to levitate into the air, her arms now outstretched and her head limp as she was rotated into a standing position. Her head was thrown back as energy identical to the energy from the Controller began to surround her again, exploding off of her, then coming straight back and surrounding her body as it began to take a shape. It was a very familiar shape that Sammy was by now well accustomed to.

She was dressed in a battle suit like she was before her Dark Suit exploded. However, this battle suit was different than her Dark Suit.

This Suit was a very light grey, almost the opposite of her Dark Suit. It was also smoother and less metallic looking as compared to her Dark Suit. Her chest area had white lights in it, which generated energy, the same energy as the one from the Controller. Her knees had large spikes as plating. They looked sharp enough to impale a person on. Her shoulder pieces were also a little larger, but it could be argued that it was because they were more rounded. Her Blaster arm was also larger as well, seemingly much more powerful. Her Visor was also a grey color, seeming nearly invisible.

"Wh-" Sammy asked, waking up groggily and slowly. "What is this? What happened to me? I thought I was—"

"Seems you got an upgrade." Dark said, looking at her new Suit, highly impressed. "An, I'm liking it a lot."

Check the Data Log for this." Kira said, impressed as well. "It might have any data you require for the functionality of this Suit."

"Right." Sammy said, opening her equipment log. She scanned through the listings. Eventually, she found one marked Inventory. She opened it, selecting the one marked Suit. Her Suits came up on the marker. She touched the new one she didn't recognize.

"Light Suit." The data entry read. "A very powerful Suit made in the energy of the Aether Controller. Fully capable of resisting Dark Aether's atmosphere's toxic effects. Is twice as powerful as the crafted Dark Suit. It also is capable of resisting the damaging effects of Dark Water and Toxic Spores. It also has the capability to travel to the other energy Controllers."

"Wow.' Sammy said, impressed with her new Suit. "This thing's pretty cool. I like it."

"It's impressive.' Dark said. "And, it's got a teleport feature."

"Yeah." Sammy said, nodding. "That's pretty cool."

"It looks like you can use this to enter some Dark Water if we ever come across it." Kira said.

"That's a handy feature that I could have used when fighting Chykka." Sammy said, crossing her arms.

"Definitely wouldn't have given us the scare it did." Dark said.

"Yeah." Sammy said, shuddering. "I had no idea what was happening. I could see a strange place that looked like the old Pirate hideout, but different. I could see Ridley and that strange blonde woman doing some of those tests on us—"

At this Sammy curled into a ball, shuddering, her breathing quickened.

"It's okay.' Dark said. "It's over. That was just your life flashing before your eyes because your body thought it was going to die."

"Oh.' Sammy said. "Th-that's a bit of a relief."

"How?" Kira asked.

"Well" Sammy said. "If I only see that vision when I'm about to die, I won't have to see it that often, will I?"

"Huh." Dark said, impressed. "That's actually an interesting way to look at it."

"So" Sammy said. "What's the next thing we need to do?"

"The next thing I'd advise" U-Mos voice came from Sammy's head. "Would be to find the Keys to the Sky Temple."

"That is a good move." The Ing's voice came through. "The Sky Keys are needed to remove the Phazon Meteor. The Luminoth speaks intelligently. However, you are lacking several useful tools."

"What are they?" Sammy asked.

"You will need an upgraded Beam, several other Beam upgrades, a new Visor, and Power Bombs." The Ing said. "I will locate their locations on your map. Be warned: you will be tested by Ing to receive several of these."

"Understood." Sammy said as several dots flashed on her map, both in Light Aether and Dark Aether. She located the nearest one, rushing for it.


Oh good. She's fine. That's good. I wonder what item she'll get first. Find out soon.