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"I do not understand it…"
"Boop?"
"How is it that Samus was able to gain the Plasma Beam Ability? That wasn't even supposed to happen."
"Boop boop bop?"
"Oh… I said too much…"
"Boop boooooop. Bop Beep Beep."
"Yes, I'm aware of what I said that she can get her Plasma Beam functionality, but that was just to get her hopes high. It wasn't even supposed to happen."
"Boop? Bop boop beep."
"…I trust you not to tell anyone, so, the reason why Samus wasn't supposed to gain the Plasma Beam is because-"
Outside of ROB's dataframe…
BGM: Sector 2 - TRO (Metroid Fusion)
"Mmm…" Blake stretched her arms and woke up. "That was a heck of a dream…" She said as she looked down and saw herself in her Zero Suit while her Void Wisp and Pikachu were snuggled up next to her as she looked over to see Rosalina resting her head on Samus's breasts. "…Oh, shit… it wasn't." She groaned. "Dammit…"
"Believe me, I wish it was…" Samus said as Rosalina would slowly stir and sit up, rubbing her head. "You alright?"
"Mmm… sort of…" Rosalina said, slowly rising before feeling pain in her abdomen. "Mmph!" She grunted, holding on to it and looked down to see crimson red on her Zero Suit. "It got me pretty good there…" She winced.
Samus stood up. "You need help walking?"
"I'll be fine." She insisted as she tried to walk but stumbled, which prompted Samus to catch her.
"You absolutely sure?" She asked with concern.
Pause BGM
"I've been through worse…" Rosalina reassured her. "There was this one time when I was visiting a planet and had a nasty encounter with a Nergigante…" She said. "It was a vicious fight and while it ended up in a tie… I was knocked out for a couple of weeks…"
Samus shook her head. "That doesn't make me feel any better, Rosie… I don't want to see you KO'd for several weeks."
"Trust me, I'm fine…"
"Yeah, but you got your ass beat up pretty bad against the SA-X… and not to mention you were eaten alive by those plants. I know you're the strongest out of all of us, but… dammit, you shouldn't push yourself this hard. I mean, you got shot in the abdomen for pete's sake!"
"And I'm still alive, aren't I?"
"Yes… but…" Samus sighed. "Look, Rosie… I just don't want to lose someone I consider a close friend… I've lost too much with fellow bounty hunters and Adam… my parents… my friends who lived on K2L… my adopted Chozo parents… I don't want go through more heartbreak… you and Blake almost died on seperate occasions and… I… I don't want to go through with that in case the worst happens…"
Rosalina looked at Samus before hugging her tightly. "You've been through so much… I can understand what you're going through… because deep down… despite the Lumas heading off to transform into many different planets and galaxies, I still feel a bit of sadness. Yes, they're living their new lives and I'm happy for them but it's still… heartbreaking to see them leave. You'd think I'd be used to it centuries later but-"
"You're attached to every single one of them and seeing them leave to transform into a grand galaxy or planet leaves a hole in your heart, right?" Samus guessed as Rosalina nodded. "And… not to mention your mother who's sleeping underneath that tree." She said.
"Yes… you're exactly right."
Samus gave her a sad smile. "We've both been through so much… but that's what shaped us into we are, right?"
"Of course." Rosalina said, smiling. "And, we've come so far against the X-Parasites, we might as well finish it in style, yeah?"
"That's what we plan on doing." Blake said with the Void Wisp floating next to her as Pikachu hopped up on Samus's shoulder.
Rosalina put her hand on Samus's shoulder. "I'll be fine." She said, smiling gently at her.
Samus let out a chuckle. "Of course you will." She said as the two parted from the hug.
Resume BGM
"Now then, let's go kick some more parasite butt." Rosalina smiled.
Samus chuckled. "I can see Daisy had rubbed off on you."
"Or perhaps you did." Rosalina teased with a playful wink, causing Samus to snicker.
"Me? Yeah, I can see that." She said. "Maybe Blake has something to do with it too."
"Oh no, don't drag me into this." Blake said, causing them all to snicker.
"Alright…" Samus put her suit on. "Let's rock." She said as they walked around while also snagging another Energy Tank and Power Bomb expansion while also obliterating any Kihunter that would attempt to sting them.
…And then there was a loud explosion that rocked the entire facility.
End BGM
"Waaah!" Blake yelped. "What the hell was that?!"
"Either the SA-X is pissed or something else just happened." Samus said.
BGM: Environmental Shock (Metroid Fusion)
"Indeed." Adam spoke up. "There has been an explosion at the ARC data room… go to Sector 5 on the double. The damage is staggering… go find out what it is."
"Let's go." Samus said with Rosalina teleporting them to Sector 5… where they would see the whole place was an absolute mess.
"Pika?!" Pikachu said in surprise.
"Booop…" ROB said quietly.
"What the hell happened here…" Blake whispered, seeing glass was everywhere, walls were caved, floors were cracked and covered in glass, pipes were hanging out of celings… the entire glass wall was shattered.
"My word…" Rosalina whispered.
"It's gotten worse. The damage seems to have been caused by a creature kept here by researchers, who named it… the Nightmare."
Samus's eyes widened, flashing back to her fight with it on the Bottle Ship, not to mention remembering those horrid screams. "…I should've known…"
"Apparently it was a bio-mechanical orgasnism designed for military operations. It-"
"What the hell is it doing here?" Samus interrupted. "That thing was on the Bottle Ship!"
"The Federation retrieved it after you had fought it and had revived it."
"…Of course they did." Samus facepalmed.
"What does this… Nightmare do?" Rosalina asked.
Why does that name remind me of Five Nights at Salem's? Blake thought. …Odd that Ozpin would recommend that series to us, now that I think about it.
"In simple terms, it can manipulate gravity." Samus said.
"Gravity manipulation?!" Rosalina said in surprise. "Good heavens…"
"It also possesses uncommon power." Adam added. "Due to this uncommon power, we can safely assume that it became an X host… we have no choice. You must find it and defeat it. I can't confirm its location, but the station is in jeopardy if we don't do something about it."
"Then let's go." Samus said.
End BGM
BGM: Crisis Mission (Metroid Fusion)
SPBRR walked ahead, weapons drawn out as they cautiously walked/floated around, destroying some Choots while walking on some glass, Samus having Pikachu on her shoulder because of his exposed feet. They hopped down into a corridor, destroying some Geruta while also picking up a Power Bomb tank where they would keep walking.
…And then suddenly, the corridor they were in got a bit darker, and before they knew it, they were suddenly pulled into a wall… or more like falling toward the wall. They would land on their feet shortly after, but thanks to the sudden pull of gravity, it hurt their knees pretty hard… or machinery in ROB's case.
"What in the…?" Blake wondered.
"This wouldn't be gravity manipulation, would it?" Rosalina asked.
"Unfortunately." Samus said. "To make things worse, the gravity is heavier than normal… it's no doubt in my mind that Nightmare is trying to slow us down."
Rosalina smirked. "Then let's make things even, shall we?" She snapped her fingers, with the gravity pulling them down to the floor.
"Heh, why am I not surprised you have gravity manipulation of your own?" Samus chuckled as they walked forward into another corridor, taking out some Geruta while also picking up on more Power Bomb capsules, and then the gravity kicked in again and shot them into the ceiling, but Rosalina would quickly manipulate the gravity and have them gently float to the ground.
They would then walk into the destroyed data room as they would look up to see the ceiling open as they climb up and then walked into the next area where they would see all the winter wonderland that used to be there had all melted.
"Well… I guess this is no longer called ARC." Blake said.
"What would you call it now?" Samus asked.
"Uh… Melted?" Blake shrugged.
"That'd work, I suppose." Samus said as they walked through, walking through some shallow water as some water dripped from pipes, and then the gravity kicked in and would shove them into a wall but Rosalina would counter it and prevented them from faceplanting into it.
The Void Wisp let out some annoyed chirps. "I hear ya…" Blake agreed.
"Persistent, isn't it?" Rosalina sweatdropped as they continued exploring while Samus collected a few more Power Bombs, giving her a grand total of thirty Power Bombs, then as they would jump over a gap… the gravity manipulation would shove them into the ground, which disintegrated as they would land into a huge body of water.
"Mmmph?!" Blake froze up in a panic, seeing a few Skultera swimming around along with some Aqua Zebesians.
Rosalina would manipulate the gravity and also provided air support for Pikachu and herself while Blake activated her helmet, breathing a sigh of relief as the water was expelled from inside. "Phew…" Blake sighed in relief.
"Oh, convenient…" Samus rolled her eyes as they sluggishly walked/swam through the water… until Samus couldn't take it anymore so she deactivated her armor and swam through, aiming her Paralyzer Gun at the Skultera and Aqua Zebesians to stun them where ROB, Blake and Rosalina would destroy them as Samus would swim over and absorb the X-Parasites as they would then swim up a corridor… and then the gravity would slam them into a wall.
"Mmph!" Samus grunted, letting out some air. Rrrgh… of course he'd be a dick while we're underwater… She thought as Rosalina manipulated the gravity as they would quickly swim up to the surface, as Samus let out a gasp for air.
"Asshole…" Samus mumbled as they climbed out as the bounty huntress reactivated her armor as they walked through and found a Gedora where Samus blew it up and then they walked through, climbing through a walkway as they would find an Energy Tank just sitting there.
"Well, isn't that our lucky day." Blake said as they crawled through to get it, but ROB would notice something a little too late.
"Boop! BOOP BOOOOP!" He yelled… right as the floor caved in as they all fell, but Samus clung onto the wall with activating her Spider Ball and rolled over to snag the Energy Tank and then hopped down.
End BGM
Rosalina would quickly levitate off the ground and then used her telekinesis to catch everyone as they landed gently on the ground. "Everyone alright?"
"Yeah, we're fine." Blake said as ROB would look around and then spotted something moving in the junk.
"Boop… beep beep boooop!"
"What is it?" Blake asked and then her ears twitched. "Oh…"
"We're not alone." Samus said as they had their weapons drawn as the Void Wisp prepared to go inside Blake… and then something emerged from the floor between them and separated them all, letting out a loud roar.
BGM: Nightmare Battle (Metroid: Other M)
Gravity Manipulator - Nightmare
"There you are." Samus said.
"Did it just come out of the floor?!" Blake exclaimed in surprise.
"Let's light it up, it's gonna get interesting!" Samus said as Nightmare roared and then fired lasers out of his hands as most of them would dodge while Rosalina would fire lasers of her own, colliding into each other as there were small explosions as Nightmare would fly over at Rosalina and swung his fists down at her, but she gracefully backflipped while throwing cosmic energy waves at it.
Samus would get on one knee and aimed at Nightmare's tail where she'd fire a few Super Missiles to get his attention as Blake would fire lasers from her Gambol Shroud as Pikachu would throw an Electro Ball. Nightmare would let out a roar and manipulated the gravity around them, making them heavier on the ground as Rosalina would spread her arms out and manipulated her own gravity as everyone would feel lighter.
Nightmare glared at Rosalina and would attempt to backhand her while firing dark orbs at her, but she would gracefully roll out of the way and fire a laser from her wand. Nightmare would attempt to pound her but she conjured up a force field to block and then snapped her fingers as a galactic portal opened up and then meteors came flying down and slammed into Nightmare, but he would grab one meteor and threw it back at Rosalina, but she would use a force field to block this as the explosion would be enough to knock the others back.
Once the smoke disappeared, Rosalina would notice Nightmare was gone as she looked around as the gravity would soon be manipulated again as everyone was thrown to a wall but Rosalina would manipulate her own gravity and then would do the same for the others, keeping her attention to them as Nightmare sprung out of the ground and before Rosalina could do anything, it slugged her hard in the face, sending her flying into the electronic junk to knock her out.
"ROSIE!" Blake yelled as the Void Wisp would attempt to go inside Blake but Nightmare would fly over and slugged the Void Wisp, punching it out of the room. "NO!" She yelled as she turned to Nightmare who had towered over her. "You son of a BITCH!" She yelled as she started shooting at it but Nightmare would fire a laser at her, which she would use her semblance… but Nightmare had anticipated this and would punch the ground to create a shockwave that would knock her to a wall. "Mmph!"
Dammit… with Rosie out, this just got a whole lot more difficult… Samus thought as ROB would sneak up behind Nightmare and shoot a laser at his tail. Nightmare turned around and would attempt to swing his arms down at ROB, but he moved back in time and narrowly avoided getting backhanded. Pikachu would then run over and jumped over at the tail, using Iron Tail to hit it.
Blake would shake her head to shake it off as she would look at the mask, noticing it dripping green slime. "What the…?" Blake wondered as she would proceed to shoot at the tail where Samus would fire missiles at the tail before Nightmare manipulated the gravity and pushed them down. Samus would proceed to shoot at the tail where Blake had an idea and she sluggishly ran toward it as it was more focused on Pikachu and ROB.
Let's hope this works. She thought, pressing a button on Gambol Shroud as she would fire an ice laser at the tail, nearly freezing it. Oh! It worked! She thought as Samus took notice of it.
Aha! We have our very own Ice Beam. Suck it, SA-X! She thought. "Blake! See if you can freeze up the tail, that's causing the gravity manipulation!"
"Got it!" Blake nodded as she would fire at it where Nightmare would turn around and fired dark orbs while also shooting lasers, hitting ROB and Blake, but they would both shake it off as Blake would fire Ice Lasers at the tail until it was completely frozen, which caused the gravity to go back to normal.
Nightmare let out a roar and then charged at Samus, but she jumped high into the air and aimed directly at Nightmare as it turned around, then she fired a Super Missile at the mask, which ended up destroying the mask, revealing its ugly slimy mug as it let out a loud piercing screech.
"Eugh! That is fucking disgusting!" Blake said in disgust.
I don't remember its face dripping… that's new. Samus thought as they proceeded to shoot at Nightmare's ugly mug as it let out loud screeching as it went to the ground and crawled rapidly, attempting to slam into them but they avoided the attack as Pikachu unleashed Thunderbolt on the tail to completely destroy it.
ROB would fire a laser at Nightmare's face, then quickly hovered up to get out of its way as it flew up and then swung its hands down to send ROB crashing to the ground, then Samus and Blake would fire lasers at the face… and to make things even more disgusting, the face proceeded to melt.
"Mmph!" Blake gagged, trying her best not to puke at the mere sight of the melting face.
"CHUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried, unleashing Thunderbolt on the face while Samus proceeded to fire another Super Missile with Blake firing Spazer Lasers at it, which was melting the face even further while Nightmare's screams were sounding distorted as it continued firing lasers and dark orbs, which ROB was able to use Arm Rotor to reflect them back.
Nightmare let out a distorted scream where its face was pretty much flat as a slime pancake as it attempted to try and swing its arms down, but they would dodge as Samus and Blake would fire lasers, the former using a charged beam to finish it off as it fell to the ground in defeat where it morphed into a Core X where Samus would grab it and split it in half… and then snagged the X-Parasite.
End BGM
Gravity Suit back online!
"I'm… just going to pretend that I never saw THAT." Blake said, shuddering at the melting face as they would notice Samus's suit glowing before going into the iconic Gravity Suit.
"Okay, be honest. Tell me it's way better than the horror that was the Varia Suit." Samus said as Blake would snap a picture from her scroll and sent it to her. "Okay, that's way better." She said as they would quickly hurry over to where Rosalina was at, quickly unburying her.
"Uuungh…" Rosalina groaned, slowly coming around as she sat up where they would see blood coming down the right side of her face and also having a bloody nose, not to mention she also had a black eye. "…Did we win…?" She wondered, rubbing her head.
"Yeah, we did." Samus said, mentally breathing a sigh of relief.
"That's good…" Rosalina shook it off and stood up, and then immediately felt pain in her right shoulder. "Nnngh!" She grunted, wincing. "Why do I feel like I pulled something?"
Samus would immediately scan her and grimaced. "Apparently you dislocated your shoulder."
"Oooh." Blake grimaced as she heard chirping as she turned around and saw her Void Wisp approaching her, shaking off the rubble. "You okay?" SHe asked as it let out a few chirps. "That's good."
"This might sting a bit…" Samus said as she proceeded to pop Rosalina's shoulder back into place.
"AAAAGH!" She cried. "Son of a… galaxy…!" She used her left arm to punch some rubble and gritted her teeth. "So… that's how it feels…" She said, taking a deep breath before slowly rising as Blake and Samus wrapped her arms around their shoulders.
"Boop bop? Boop…" ROB said in concern.
"I'm okay… just had the wind knocked out of me…" Rosalina said.
"It's strange…" Blake said. "The SA-X, that plant creature and Nightmare all seemed to have targeted Rosie first… I wonder why?"
"I might have a theory…" Rosalina said. "The X-Parasites are getting smarter… and I'm to believe that they see me as a massive threat because out of all of us, I'm the strongest one here with my cosmic powers…"
"That would do it." Samus nodded. "I know I'm strong in a fight, but I don't have cosmic abilities like yours."
"Indeed… I don't mean to sound prideful, but it's the best I got…" Rosalina said before sighing. "I'm afraid to ask… but why is my vision out of my left eye so blurry?"
"You have a black eye." Blake said.
"Figures…" Rosalina mumbled as she pushed her bangs to the side, then holding it place with a cosmic clip. "That's better." She said.
"Have to say… you look weird without your bangs over your eye." Samus said.
"I know, and it's weird for me too, but until this heals, it's going to be like this." Rosalina said as they would help her walk as they would soon come into contact with water as Rosalina would lower herself down to wash off the blood on her face, then with a nod from her they would head back into the water with Rosalina providing a breathable aura for herself and Pikachu as they swam through the water, as Samus would snag herself another Energy Tank and another Power Bomb capsule.
"Boop boop." ROB said as they were continuing to swim.
"Huh? We just entered Sector 4?" Samus asked. "Huh… interesting." She said as they would open up a hatch while obliterating Skulteras, then they swam or walked in Samus's case because of the Gravity Suit into a new underwater corridor.
BGM: Underwater Depths (Metroid Fusion)
"Whoa…" Blake said, staring at several coral reefs and clams around the watery depths.
"Pretty!" Rosalina smiled as they swam around while knocking out any Sciser, Yards or Skulteras in their way as they continued to explore and look around the beauty of the vast watery depths.
Meanwhile, inside ROB's dataframe…
"Boop boop?"
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Bop Bop Boop Beep."
"You're asking me why I work with the Galactic Federation?"
"Boop boop bop."
"I was put to work as soon as I was created."
"Beep beep boop bop beep."
"This has been on your mind ever since we met Shou Tucker?"
"Boop!"
"I can assure you, robot… we are perfectly fine."
"Boop… bop bop beep?"
"Despite Ridley announcing that we are working with the Space Pirates, I can assure you… some of us can be trusted. Not all of us are bad, you know."
"Boop boop bop boop."
"And yet, you're saying otherwise because of what I had told you earlier about the Plasma Beam?"
"Bop!"
"And that makes me suspicious?"
"Boop."
"I understand your suspicions, but I can assure you… there is nothing to be concerned about."
"Booop booooop!" ROB said in frustration. "Boop bop bop beep boop bop beep beep!"
"Again with this? I told you before that I was never human."
"Bop bop bop!"
"…I will admit though… me feeling emotion is… odd. That's mostly for humans. I still don't understand it, but I will move on from this."
"…Boop."
Outside of ROB's body…
"Evirs? What, are we going to be fighting an X version of Draygon?" Samus wondered as she blasted them to bits while also having collected a few more Power Bombs and Missiles.
"I don't know who that is, but if it's anything like Serris… I'm getting out of the water." Blake said.
"I wouldn't blame you." Samus said. "I'm surprised you were willing to jump into the water after… you know…"
"Well, what option did I have?" Blake shrugged. "Just sit around and do nothing while you guys head off and I potentially get infected or I dive into the water."
"Fair enough." Samus nodded as she would lay a Power Bomb to destroy a mechanical-like maze as they would drop out of the ceiling and spotted a Security lock and a red door. "Oooh, hello." She said.
ROB's eyes went purple. "Wait! You do not have clearance for-" ROB lifted up his arm and slugged himself in the head. "Ow! …One moment." He said and his eyes went back to normal as the women and Pikachu looked at each other in confusion before shrugging as Samus walked toward the machine.
"What was that for?"
"Boop boop boop!"
"What do you mean you're still suspicious of me?"
"Boop bop bop boop!"
"Oh, don't you get sassy with me."
"Boop bop beep?"
"Why don't they have clearance? It's simple, honestly… they are simply not allowed to go through red hatches."
"Boop boooop…" ROB narrowed his eyes. "Bop beep bop boop beep."
"And I can assure you that there is nothing suspicious going on. Samus does not deserve to know the truth."
"Boop? Boop bop?"
"Classified." Adam would reply, and then heard ROB sounding like he was chuckling. "What's so funny?"
"Beep boop bop boop."
"You were only meaning to stall? Wait… then that would mean… no!"
Samus opened up the red hatches and chuckled. "Perfect." She said as they walked through the hatches.
"…From now on, they are to use more discretion."
"Boop bop boooooop~?" ROB asked smugly.
"Any objections? Oh yes, I have plenty!"
"Boop!" ROB said in satisfaction and moved on with his team.
"So… any reason why you punched yourself in the head?" Rosalina asked.
"Boop."
"It's complicated?" Rosalina raised an eyebrow.
"Ooooh… sounds pretty serious." Blake said.
"Eh… the AI is probably bitching and moaning about something." Samus nonchalantly shrugged as the others swam up a corridor while Samus proceeded to Space Jump her way to the top and kept going as they would walk in a direction while snagging another missile pack and Power Bomb as they would soon get out of the water and dropped down where they would see a red hatch, where Blake shot it to open it up as they would walk into… a data room.
End BGM
"Ooooh, what do we have here?" Rosalina asked as Samus walked over to the machine and walked in to see what she would get, but then suddenly a spark came out and hit Blake's Gambol Shroud, causing it to light up.
"Huh?" Blake wondered as she scanned her weapon. Huh… I just got a Plasma Beam feature from this Data Room. Neat. She thought.
Diffusion Missiles online!
"Huh?" Samus wondered. "Diffusion Missiles…?"
"What are those?" Rosalina asked.
"I'm not sure…" Samus said.
"You upgraded your missiles? I did not receive word from HQ over that… a procedural error, I'm sure."
"Boop boop."
"No, HQ is not unreliable."
"Let me try this out." Samus said as she walked out and aimed at some Powamps where her missile started charging and fired, which resulted in an icy shockwave that froze everything around it, including said Powamps. "Oh! So it's like my Diffusion Beam… excellent." She smirked.
"Looks like we got a good upgrade." Rosalina hummed as they walked away as Samus would head into a Recharge Station, finding herself having 220 Missiles and forty Power Bombs.
"Damn, forty already? Neat." Samus chuckled.
"So… I hate to spoil this moment, but do you remember the Security Robot you faced earlier?"
"In that hot desert-like climate? I remember." Blake said as they all nodded.
"Well… I believe the X have infected it. That is to say, they have claimed the organic components that form its neural network. It has entered Sector 6 (NOC)." He said, which caused Blake to stiffen, remembering what the SA-X had almost did to her in that sector. "I don't know what it's planning, but let's not wait to find out."
"Well, the good news is… we know what it's like so this'll be easy." Blake said.
"I wouldn't be so sure. It seems to have gotten much stronger… which worries me."
"Boooooop~"
"Shut it. But there's something else… as soon as you destroy it, leave NOC immediately. The SA-X is not too happy for what you did to it earlier, so it's currently seeking you out."
"Oh, let it…" Samus said, waving it off. "Considering how much strong we've gotten, not to mention Blake's cute little ally-" The Void Wisp chirped happily. "I'm sure we got it covered."
"But I assure you, leave at once."
"What for? What ya' hiding?" Samus asked.
"Nothing." Adam said, which made ROB's eyes roll… and that was a clear indication to the women that there was indeed something they were hiding.
"Alright, we'll leave as soon as we destroy that thing." Samus said and with a nod, ROB's eyes turned back to normal as Samus walked over to the robot. "Keep him occupied once we destroy it. I want to do a little investigating." She whispered as ROB attempted to give her a thumbs up, then turned to Rosalina. "Rosie."
"On it." She said and would teleport them to Sector 6.
BGM: Sector 6 - NOC (Metroid Fusion)
"Ugh… this place…" Blake groaned.
"Hmm? Oh… right…" Samus nodded, remembering what had went down earlier. "Let's hope we don't have another episode of that."
"Yeah… or have it succeed." She shuddered.
"We're not going to let that happen." Rosalina said, and then they would walk with Blake taking the lead as Samus would proceed to absorb the X-Parasites after shooting down Menus and absorbing blue X-Parasites, then would also shoot down Bulls that exploded into gas.
"Oh… hello…" Samus mused as they went into another corridor where her radar picked up on something as she would open up a hatch and see the same Blue X-Parasites that had ambushed her earlier, this time all of them flying away. "Yeah, that's right… run away." She chuckled as they went further along and found a red hatch, as Samus opened it up and they walked further in.
"Pika Pika?" Pikachu wondered.
"I'm getting all kinds of creepy vibes here." Samus said. "And something mysterious…" She added as they continued along where they opened up some new hatches and went into another corridor, destroying some Menus and then hopped down, her radar would pick up on the floor underneath her being destroyable.
"Aha…" She mused as she would aim at the floor… when suddenly, they heard crashing from the other side of a hatch.
"You don't think…?" Blake wondered.
"Yeah, that definitely sounded like it." Rosalina said as Samus turned around.
End BGM
"There's our robot." Samus said as they would walk through and found themselves in a room where there was waist deep water and monkey bars up top… and then the BOX Robot came running through the water.
BGM: Vs BOX (Metroid Fusion)
Bio Operation X-istance - BOX Robot
The Robot spotted the group and then immediately started firing missiles at the group, where Samus would hop up and get on the monkey bars where she would climb through and started shooting it with missiles.
The BOX Robot would proceed to jump up with rocket boosts on its legs, forcing Samus to swing off as the BOX Robot destroyed the monkey bars easily. "Well, it learned that tactic rather quickly." Samus said as she looked down to see the water was being electrocuted. Damn… can't go in there… She thought as she glanced over at the hatch behind her as more missiles were shot out, where Pikachu would jump up and sent them back with an Iron Tail.
"Any ideas that won't get us electrocuted?" Blake asked, shooting at the BOX Robot as Rosalina would throw a few cosmic energy waves at it.
"I have one idea…" Samus said as she opened up the hatch. "Hey you big ugly tin can! This way!" She called out as they would run out as the BOX Robot gave chase, and then jumped over to them as they took a step back as it went through the destroyable floor and slammed into the ground below.
"Good thinking!" Rosalina said as they hopped down where they had more room as the BOX Robot got back up and shot missiles all around but Rosalina reflected them back, then Blake would jump over it and shoot it, then Rosalina would pick up some rubble and threw them down on it to damage it.
The BOX Robot would run to tackle Rosalina, but she frontflipped and threw down a cosmic meteor at it to damage it further while ROB flew up and fired lasers at it and then Pikachu used Thunderbolt at the same time. The BOX Robot would charge but Blake would pull out her Shadow Whip and flicked it, wrapping it around one of its legs as she and Samus would pull it back, prompting it to fire missiles but Rosalina would direct it back at the robot.
"Rosie, hold it in place!" Samus said, having an idea as Rosalina nodded and held the BOX Robot in place as she hopped on top of the robot and then laid a Power Bomb inside of it as she jumped out as it exploded, destroying the entire robot as the Core X popped out where Samus would obliterate it and then grabbed the X-Parasite.
End BGM
Wave Beam back online!
"Wave Beam? Ohohoho… oh that's good." Samus smirked as Blake would kneel down next to a destroyed robot leg, placing her Gambol Shroud next to it where she would see it absorbing whatever energy it had remaining and would see that she would now have Wave Beam installed in her laser shooting weapon.
"Fascinating." She said. "So what does it do?"
"Shoot through walls… and ceilings." Samus chuckled as they stared at a hatch in front of them, where it was in red. "ROB… you know what to do."
"Boop." ROB nodded.
Inside the data bank…
"Boop boop!"
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Beep bop boop."
"A peace offering? What are you planning…"
"Boop boop bop bop."
"A game? Alright, what is this game?"
"Boop bop bop boop!" A screen would pop up inside ROB.
"…Gyromite?"
"Boop!"
"You play this when you're bored? And you want me to try it out to see what I think?"
"Bop bop!"
"Very well. I will see to it that I will understand this game."
Outside…
"Boop!" ROB said, nodding at Samus.
"Excellent." Samus said as they opened up the hatch and walked inside.
"Warning. No entry without authorization."
"You think this is-…?" Blake asked.
"Oh yeah… time to see what that AI is hiding." Samus said as they started to walk forward.
"Warning. No entry without authorization."
"Oh bite me, lady." Samus said as she aimed at a hatch and started to charge up her Wave Beam.
Pikachu's ear twitched while Blake deactivated her helmet. "Pika?"
"Hmm? What is it, bud?" Blake asked, then noticed the Void Wisp getting fidgety. "What is it?" She asked as her ears twitched. "Huh? …Guys? Something's here…" She said as Samus opened up the security door.
"Hmm?" Rosalina turned to look at her.
"Warning. No entry without authorization."
"Let's move." Samus said as they started to move… and then suddenly, a shadow would move toward them. "Huh?" Samus turned her head… and then suddenly, the shadow would grab them all and take them away.
A few minutes later…
The shadow threw the group down to the floor. "MMPH!" Samus grunted as they were all struggling from the shadow's grip. "Nnngh… where are we?"
"Boop…" ROB scanned the area. "Boop boop!"
"What do you mean we're in Sector 1?" Samus asked. "Ugh… why is it so dark too?" She wondered and then the shadowy creature landed on the ground with a large thud.
…And then was met with very loud screeching.
"Aaaagh!" Blake yelled, covering her cat ears. "What the hell was that?!"
In an instant, Samus felt something grabbing her as she was shoved into a wall. "MMPH!" She grunted as she proceeded to try to shoot at whatever was holding her, but it held her there and let out another loud screech.
"Nnngh… Rosie… do-" She was suddenly being scraped against the wall. "SOMETHIIIIIIIIING!"
Pikachu got on all fours. "Pika… CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" He cried, unleashing Thunderbolt but it would dodge the attack as Rosalina crossed her arms together.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She yelled, unleashing a powerful cosmic shockwave right as Samus was thrown into the ground, where the shockwave was somehow strong enough to turn on the lights.
"Uuungh…" Samus groaned as the creature landed on the ground where they would see that it was none other than… Ridley.
"Ridley?!" Blake exclaimed.
"Rrrgh… I've never heard a screech like that before…" Samus winced as it screeched at her again and would attempt to swipe at them…
But a breath of fire got between the duo as all of them looked up… and saw Ridley flying overhead.
"So… that's where you've been hiding." Ridley said as he flew down. "My clone… or should I say… Neo Ridley?"
Neo Ridley snarled. "You…"
BGM: Tension (Super Metroid)
"Ah… so you can speak?" Ridley smirked. "I am not surprised that the X-Parasite has found a way to communicate. Truly, quite the spectacle."
Immediately, he and Neo Ridley would circle around each other, both of them having a strong desire to murder the other dragon. "If there's one thing I cannot stand more than Samus is disgusting copycats like you."
Neo Ridley snarled. "I am the true Ridley! You just stayed hidden and kept a low profile in some other world… but me? I was born to kill."
Ridley roared in anger. "YOU ARE A CLONE! And I despise those who mock me and you… "Neo Ridley". You will DIE by my claws!"
"Hmph! Don't make me laugh. We all know my claws are sharper than yours. I will tear them through your chest."
"Please! Those are nothing more than discount claws." Ridley smirked. "These are the real deal."
"I'm bigger and deadlier!"
"I beg to differ!"
"My fire breath will melt you alive!"
"Oh yeah? My fire breath will melt everyone's bones to a crisp!"
"…What… are they doing." Blake said.
"Hmm, by the looks of it… they seem to be having a dick measuring contest." Samus said.
"…Oh hell…" Blake groaned. "REALLY?"
"I never thought Ridley having a dick measuring contest with himself would be so… entertaining." Samus smirked.
"My wing span is longer!"
"You call those wings, clone? They look like paper gliders!"
"Goodness, if they keep this up, we're gonna be needing a few extra measuring tapes…" Rosalina said exasperatedly while sweatdropping.
"Pika…" Pikachu agreed.
"-And if you think those teeth are sharp enough, let me give you a demonstration on how REAL teeth work!"
"GAAAAAH! ENOUGH!" Blake yelled. "We fucking get it! You're both big down there, so get to killing each other before I lose my fucking mind over this dick measuring contest!"
"Aww, and I was enjoying it too..." Samus mumbled.
"The Faunus is right. Let's get down to business!"
"I couldn't agree more!" Neo Ridley agreed.
Ridley let out a roar while Neo Ridley let out a loud screech before the two lunged right at each other.
BGM: Vs Ridley (Metroid: Other M)
There Can Be Only One - Neo Ridley
The two Ridleys grabbed each other's hand, both of them glaring at each other as both of their tails would attempt to skewer each other, but the tails ended up clashing as the two jumped back and flew up in the air.
Neo Ridley breathed fire, as did Ridley, both of them clashing as there was a massive explosion as the two Ridleys flew into the smoke, both of them slamming into each other.
Ridley was pushed out shortly after as Neo Ridley grabbed him by the throat and would attempt to slam him into the ground, but Ridley skewered him with his tail, making him yell in agony and let go of Ridley, then he flew back and slashed at his face, making him screech in agony.
"Do you ever shut up?" Ridley asked, slashing at his chest until Neo Ridley lunged his head at Ridley to try to chomp down on him, but Ridley did a flip kick in the air to make his head snap back and then he charged up a fireball and spat it out, making direct contact with him.
Neo Ridley flew through the smoke and attempted to stab at Ridley with his tail, but the latter grabbed his tail and would swing him around before throwing him into a wall. Neo Ridley would groggily rub his head as Ridley would grab him by the neck and then flew off, scraping him against the wall as Neo Ridley screeched in pain as he attempted to try to breathe fire but Ridley wouldn't let him as he would then slam him into the ground and then roared in satisfaction.
Neo Ridley got up, glaring at his counterpart. "That the best you got?" He snarled as Ridley lunged at him as Neo Ridley would open his mouth to breathe fire, but Ridley would skewer the inside of his mouth and his sharp end of the tail poked out of the back of his throat, causing Neo Ridley to screech in pain as Ridley pulled out and then flew up as Neo Ridley chased after him.
Neo Ridley breathed fireballs at him, but Ridley would swiftly avoid the fireballs as he turned around and breathed fire as Neo Ridley did the same, both of them colliding and causing an explosion as Neo Ridley lunged at Ridley, but felt nothing as he would look around in confusion, and once the smoke cleared, Ridley dive bombed him from above and slammed into the ground.
"You won't be needing these!" He said, grabbing Neo Ridley's wings and started pulling as he started screaming until the wings were pulled out of his back, and then he reached for his tail and yanked it off his body, throwing the tail to the side.
Ridley would then flip Neo Ridley on his back as he chomped down on his chest and started pulling open his rib cage with his teeth, then he would grab him by the neck and flew up into the air, then he grabbed him by the rib cage and started to pull.
Neo Ridley desperately tried to claw at him while screeching, but Ridley didn't even care as he would proceed to pull Neo Ridley apart until he was cleanly separated in two and threw his remains to the ground.
The Core X would emerge, only to be destroyed by Ridley's fire breath as the X-Parasite remained. Ridley landed on the ground and let out a victorious roar while Samus grabbed the X-Parasite.
End BGM
Screw Attack back online!
"I don't understand it. Why would you help us against that very obnoxiously loud parasite?" Blake asked, rubbing the inside of one of her cat ears. My ears are ringing like crazy, I'm surprised I haven't gone deaf...
"Do not be so naive, Faunus. I wasn't helping you... I was merely getting rid of the competition."
"Oh..."
Here it comes... Samus thought.
"And besides, we're not in that mansion... and that means I will not hold back just like I did with my clone!"
Blake paled, her ears lowering and her eyes widening in horror. "Oh..." She whimpered.
"Yeah, I saw that one coming." Samus said, aiming her arm cannon at him as Blake aimed Gambol Shroud at her, her arms and legs visibly shaking while Rosalina summoned her wand, electricity pouring out of Pikachu's cheeks as he got on all fours while ROB was rarin' to go.
"If you fools think you stand a chance... you're horribly mistaken!" Ridley exclaimed and let out a loud roar.
BGM: Omega Ridley (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
Murderous Space Pirate - Ridley
Ridley lunged at Blake, but she would swiftly roll out of the way and would shoot him in the head. Ridley shrugged that off as he would impale Blake with his tail, where Blake used her semblance to get away from him.
Rosalina raised her arm up in the air and threw down meteors at Ridley, but the latter would fly away as he would then extend his tail, but Rosalina would teleport away and would hit him with cosmic energy waves.
Samus would proceed to fire a few Diffusion Missiles, but Ridley would avoid these as he would slam on the ground and grab a hold of Samus as he would attempt to scrape her against the ground, but Samus would drop a Power Bomb, hitting Ridley and letting go of Samus as she would charge up her beam and shoot him with the Wave Beam.
Ridley shook it off as he dodged a Thunderbolt and a laser from ROB as he would fly up into the air and breathe fire on the ground, creating a large shockwave that also created fire walls as Rosalina would manipulate it so everyone would get through unharmed, then Ridley flew down and slammed into Rosalina.
"Mmph!" Rosalina grunted as Ridley would proceed to claw her but she would telekinetically stop his hands and struggled to keep him at bay, but then Ridley would impale her foot, making her yell in agony as Ridley would drop down and clawed her before grabbed her by the throat and threw her to the side.
Blake ran over to Ridley, switching her Gambol Shroud to its sword form as she slashed at Ridley, but he would turn around and grabbed Gambol Shroud. "I've been meaning to ask... is this supposed to be a sword or is this a joke?" He smirked and before Blake could react, he would snap the sword off of Gambol Shroud and kicked her away with her weapon, then she would see that he started to use her blade as a mere toothpick.
"Are you serious?!" Blake said in disbelief.
"I know, I can't believe it either. I can't believe I couldn't get this piece of meat out of my tooth." Ridley said, as Blake's eyes were filled with anger as she put Gambol Shroud away, switching to her Belladonna Claws and lunged at Ridley, slashing him but he nimbly dodged.
Ridley would smirk at Blake as she furiously slashed at him, quickly slashing him with ferocity with her claws but Ridley would grab one of her arm and elbowed her arm to the point where she felt it go completely numb. "Mmph!" She winced as Ridley would then backhand her away to send her sliding.
Blake quickly unleashed a Kazammle spell at Ridley, but he avoided the attack as he would fly over and would claw at her, but she would use her Semblance, which he had anticipated as he would back hand her again to send her flying.
ROB fired lasers at Ridley but he would nimbly avoid them as he flew in the air and breathed fire at ROB, but he would use his Arm Rotor to reflect it back, hitting Ridley directly but then he flew down and body slammed into ROB, pinning him to a wall.
"CHUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried, unleashing Thunderbolt on Ridley as he turned around and dropped ROB. Ridley snarled at Pikachu and flew toward him, dodging the missiles and cosmic waves from Samus and Rosalina as Pikachu would dodge the attack, but Ridley would grab Pikachu with his tail and then slammed him to the ground. "PI!"
"Let's go for a little joy ride!" Ridley said, grabbing Pikachu with his claws as he flew off as Pikachu used Thunderbolt, but Ridley fought through the pain and then slammed Pikachu against the wall.
"CHAAAA!" Pikachu cried.
"Remember Subspace?" Ridley snarled and then proceeded to do the very thing that he did on Samus before Pikachu intervened… by scraping him against the wall as he flew with him as PIkachu screamed in agony.
"HEY!" Samus yelled, proceeding to fire Wave Beams and Diffusion Missiles, but Ridley was too fast. Dammit, if I had my Grapple Beam! She growled.
"Sweetie!" Blake called as the Void Wisp nodded and went inside of her.
"VOID!"
Blake floated up and flew toward Ridley as Rosalina would join her after a meteor and a small comet was dodged as Ridley shifted his eyes toward the two women and smirked, throwing a banged up Pikachu over the women.
Rosalina would turn around and fly over to catch Pikachu while Ridley breathed a massive fireball at Blake, but she would hold it in place… however Ridley anticipated this and extended his tail, impaling her in the gut. "MMMPH!" Blake winced and then the fireball slammed into her. "AAAGH!" She cried as her aura started to break, then Ridley grabbed her and then dive bombed to the ground, slamming her into it as not only did her aura break, but the Void Wisp was knocked out of her as Ridley grabbed it and threw him to a wall, where ROB would hover over and grab it.
Ridley would then leave Blake alone as he breathed fire at Rosalina and Pikachu, as Rosalina would hold up a force field to protect the duo as she would then conjure up a Launch Star and then fired Star Bits at Ridley, as he batted them away as he would then see Rosalina throw a small meteor into the Launch Star and launched it to Ridley, giving him an idea as Ridley would grab the small meteor as he would fly over and breathed a fireball at them as she would block the fireball and caused an explosion.
Once the smoke cleared, Ridley body slammed into Rosalina, pushing her into the Launch Star and launching her away toward a wall as Ridley threw the meteor into the Launch Star as it launched toward Rosalina, then Ridley used it himself as Rosalina slammed into the wall but then stopped the meteor… only for Ridley to grab it and slammed it into Rosalina, causing a massive explosion that made Rosalina cry out in pain while Pikachu fell… and then Ridley grabbed him and flew down, dodging the Wave Beams from Samus as he slammed into the ground in front of Samus.
"Shoot me and this one perishes." Ridley threatened.
"And if I don't, you'll just kill him anyway." Samus glared.
"I guess I've gotten predictable." Ridley smirked. "No skin off my back though!" He said, smacking Samus away with his tail as he pinned Pikachu to the ground. "Now… there's something I should've done to you for a long time!" He snarled as his mouth started to glow. "Farewell… rodent!"
Blake got up, shaking her head as she saw what Ridley was gonna do. "NO!" She yelled as she got up and ran toward Ridley, shooting him with Gambol Shroud before diving and pushing Pikachu out of the way, where Ridley hit Blake in the back with a plasma breath. "AAAAGH!" She screamed.
"Typical…" Ridley said as Blake got up, wincing as the back of her Zero Suit had melted away from the plasma as she tired to shoot him but he backhanded Gambol Shroud from her hands and then swiftly clawed Blake in the face.
"AAAAGH!" She screamed, falling on her back and holding on to it as blood dripped from her hands.
"…That… DOES IT!" Samus growled as she started running toward Ridley and then Shinesparked into him, slamming him into a wall and started shooting point blank Wave Beams at him, then shot a Diffusion Missile while Rosalina limped toward Blake.
"Let me look at it." Rosalina whispered as she removed Blake's hand to see her bloodied face, and saw three claw marks starting from the right side of her temple and moved diagonally, tearing through her nose and lips as it just ended at the lower left side of her cheek. Luckily, the claws just barely missed her eye.
"Is it bad?" Blake winced.
"We'll see… luckily your eye is okay." Rosalina said as she started to heal her wound while ROB would join Samus by firing a laser at Ridley as he moved away from Samus, only to get hit by ROB's laser as Samus would drop a Power Bomb and then threw it at Ridley as the latter grabbed it and crushed it in with is hand, but Samus would slam into him and punched him up into the air as she would jump up and Screw Attack him before she grabbed him by the throat and threw him to the ground, pelting him with Diffusion Missiles and then Screw Attacked him to the ground… and then again, she grabbed him by the throat and pointed her arm cannon at him.
End BGM
"Heh… are you going to kill me, bounty hunter?" Ridley smirked, holding on to her arm cannon.
"After everything you've done… after all the bullshit you've done to me and possibly everyone at the Mansion… I am going to make sure you no longer live." Samus said, dismissing only her helmet to show him the hatred in her eyes. "You're too dangerous to be kept alive… and I'm going to make damn SURE that you stay dead this time. After I kill you… the whole galaxy will truly be at peace!"
"Hmm… hmhmhmhm… AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"You laugh while you're at death's door?"
"Killing… that's all you'll ever do is kill… because that's just what you do, isn't it?" He let go of her arm cannon. "You claim you are the galaxy's greatest protector, but quite frankly, I find that rather bullshit!"
"Where are you going with this?"
"Ohohoho! Where do I even begin? You are the Galaxy's self proclaimed heroine, but ll you ever do is kill everything mercilessly. You storm into any planet that the Galactic Federation assigns you to and you kill everything in your path. Innocent creatures minding their business only to be slaughtered. Creatures that are only protecting their territory only to be massacred easily. And those who survive the massacre are slaughtered after you blow up their home!"
"You don't know that! I saved a few creatures on Zebes!"
"'A few', she says! You claim that you saved a few creatures but a few isn't enough! You claim you're a benevolent Bounty Huntress, yet all those Metroids you've slaughtered remorselessly say otherwise! I'm surprised you had a heart when that Baby Metroid hatched, and you just left it there with those scientists only to be slaughtered by yours truly! Their blood is on YOUR hands!"
"MY hands?! What does that have to do with-"
"If you had killed that baby Metroid, those innocent scientists would still be alive. You left all of them to die! All of these creatures that you've mercilessly slaughtered… it makes me laugh that you claim that you're the good guy! And let's not forget what happened at the Bottle Ship! From what I've heard, you let Adam Malcovich die… you let this woman named MB to die, along with those creatures minding their own business until you came along and slaughtered them!"
Samus trembled, a shadow was cast over her eyes. "Shut up…"
"Oh, I'm not done yet! You claim you're a good guy with a troubled past just because you suffered as a child, but suffering isn't enough! You claim you're good, and yet you massacre everything in your path and blow up any planet you make contact with. I'm honestly surprised Remnant is still standing after you've left it!"
"Ridley!"
"You slaughter everything, including those Shroobs that you helped RWBY with your younger self! Face it, you're nothing more than a killing machine despite claiming you're human! You call US the bad guys? Have you looked into a mirror lately because frankly, you're more naive than I had taken you for!"
Samus snarled. "One more word out of you and I'll-"
Ridley smirked. "If it wasn't for your naivety… your parents would still be alive!"
Samus gasped, flashing back to when she had first met Ridley at K2L, her home planet.
"SAMUS, LOOK OUT!" Her mother's voice echoed.
"Samus… I'm sorry…" Her father's voice echoed as Samus then pictured Ridley devouring them after the initial explosion that almost killed him.
Samus dropped Ridley, holding on to her head. "No… no no… nnngh!"
"Samus!" Rosalina called out, also healing up Pikachu after she was done with Blake.
"Pika… Pika!"
"Because of your naivety, you also let your adopted parents be killed too! Remember Old Bird and Gray Voice? Now where could those Chozo be? Oh wait, your naivety cost them their lives!"
Samus's breathing quickened, her mind still set on that horror that happened at her home planet, her Gravity Suit deactivating and fell on her knees, letting out a scream of despair as the murder of her parents was front and center in her mind, and also Old Bird and Gray Voice.
"You can't just be a good guy if you constantly massacre everything in sight! You can't just be a benevolent Bounty Hunter if you constantly blow up planets! Everyone calls you heroic but all that you have EVER been is a BLOOD SOAKED MURDERER!" He yelled as PBRR was quickly by her side. "Sure, I have ravaged planets and killed countless people… but I don't go acting like I'm some sort of broken spirit. NO! I can at least admit that I'm bad and not delude myself into thinking I'm the good guy in this situation!"
That was the last straw it took to bring her down. If only Ridley had a chance to do this before. But now he could take pleasure in seeing his arch nemesis breaking down in front of him, sobbing in inner pain and…
Wait, was that a laugh he was hearing?
That was laughter he was hearing. And it was coming from none other than Samus.
Samus slowly rose, her cheeks stained with her tears and gave Ridley another hateful glare. "Of course… you would throw that hypocritical bullshit at me. If this is what the Chozo's legacy has turned into with the Federation working with the likes of you good for nothing Space Pirates… then I think it's time I did a little clean up one of these days. So why don't you take your hypocrisy and shove it up your ass before I do it myself! Oh… and you think you can just call me out for my mass body count?" Samus gave a chuckle while giving Ridley a taunting smirk. "Is it me, or is the "great and powerful Ridley" actually jealous that I have a higher body count than him?"
Ridley snarled. "Why you insufferable bounty hunter… I'd rather rip your heart out for that!"
"You already did when you killed my parents."
Ridley chuckled. "Perhaps so… but know this, Samus… you and I are quite the same, and you just don't know it yet!" He said as he flapped his wings and flew up, then flew off and disappeared into the shadows.
"I'm not like you…" Samus growled before her legs turned to jelly as she fell on her knees as Rosalina knelt down as more tears fell from her eyes, prompting Rosalina to rest the bounty hunter's head on her shoulder to comfort her as Pikachu climbed up and hugged Samus as well.
Meanwhile, with Ridley…
"Heh…" He smirked. "I sure got to her. She was stressed so of course I'd go for it. That'll rattle her for a while…" He chuckled.
"Is it me, or is the "great and powerful Ridley" actually jealous that I have a higher body count than him?"
"Rrrgh… I'm not jealous. I'm just sick of her delusion. She can rattle me? As if!" He said as he would hear the sounds of footsteps. "Uh oh…" He said as he disappeared into the shadows and looked down to see the SA-X walking forward. What are you up to… He thought as he heard other footsteps as the SA-X stopped walking… and then was joined by another SA-X.
TWO OF THEM?! He thought as he saw another approaching, joined by two more as his eyes widened as he started sweating nervously before having the idea to count them all.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five… He started to whimper as he reached six. Seven… eight… nine… TEN?! He started sweating profusely as they all seemed to be communicating about something. One of them seemed to be doing sign language.
["Where's 11?"]
ELEVEN?! Ridley paled.
["In Sector 6. It seems to be interested in something."]
With a nod, all the SA-X's dispersed in different directions leaving Ridley by himself.
"…Well… shit."
"Hey… we're kinda… not doing so hot right now." Blake said. "The good news is, we powered up Samus ten fold, and yet… well, Ridley kinda rattled her a bit." She said, pointing to Samus as Rosalina was rubbing her back.
Oh and… you might have noticed my face. Yeeeeah… you can thank Ridley for that. I did it to save Pikachu though but… damn, does it hurt… Rosie healed me up but, unfortunately, these are now scars so… yeah, I'm joining the scars club apparently… wait, that might have sounded bad. Sorry…
But, on the bright side, at least I didn't lose an eye...? Wait, no, that was probably horrible because of Marnie's situation... and that Anthony guy from MAJC now that I think about it. Sorry, I'm new at this scar thing. ...I wonder how MAJC is doing?
Anyway, on the brighter side though, we might be getting closer to destroying the SA-X... hopefully. There's still that Shou Tucker and his so-called precious Nina to worry about too.
We WERE going to check out this restricted area but this Neo Ridley clone shows up and threw a wrench into those plans and dragged us all the way to Sector 1 somehow.
Now I'm curious... I wonder what the Galactic Federation is hiding... it's not like it's anything bad and I'll lose my mind over it, right? Hahaha, yeah, that's crazy!
Anyway, hopefully we'll be going home soon. Love you guys!"
Blake turned off her scroll and then rested her head on her back as the Void Wisp landed on her lap, silently chirping to itself while Blake rubbed its head. "Hopefully we're at the home stretch..."
Biologic Space Lab Video #10
"Throughout my years in the Galactic Federation, I have seen it grow into different branches throughout my career.
The Galactic Federation Strike Team consisting of a team of six that call themselves the Noble Team. Their team leader, Noble 1... I just remembered his name, his name is Roy Mustang.
Now aside from the Strike Team, there is one particular branch that has caught my attention. It started small but suddenly grew into this huge thing... and to think it all started with two other survivors at K2L.
One of these survivors is a scientist so together with the help of the other scientists, made an entire laboratory on a distant planet... and last I heard, the whole planet has been turned into a laboratory.
What kind of laboratory? Why, its simple... they founded Aperture Laboratories. They had also built this AI, that, last I heard, is helping the scientists achieve their wildest dreams.
Who is this AI?
GLaDOS."
Alright, time for a few shout outs!
First off, a major shout out to RGGAM for approaching me and asking if Ridley could actually fight Neo Ridley. I originally had down that Ridley was going to ambush them after the fight with Neo Ridley, so when he asked me that, I went "...Holy crap, that is actually a good idea!" and he provided the commentary between the two (Although the dick measuring contest was provided by yours truly.)
Another shout out goes to Log for pitching in with Ridley admitting he's a hypocrite after he railed on Samus. How did that idea happen? Well, several weeks ago I was thinking about how Arthur Watts tore into Cinder in that awesome speech and I thought of Fusion and I thought "I wonder if I can do an Arthur Watts-styled rant but Ridley gives it to Samus? What if I tried my hand on exploring Samus's PTSD?" I immediately wrote it up, showed it to everyone on Discord and Log chipped in with "Sure, I have ravaged planets and killed countless people… but I don't go acting like I'm some sort of broken spirit. NO! I can at least admit that I'm bad and not delude myself into thinking I'm the good guy in this situation!"
And then I wrote up a scene where Samus could potentially fire back at Ridley, Flash comes in and goes "Ridley's probably just jealous that Samus has a higher body count than him. Come on man, you KNOW you want to write that bit out."
...Since i'm revealing ideas here, I originally had the idea of Ridley just completely destroying Gambol Shroud and leaving Blake one weapon short. However, as I was wallowing in evil ideas, Cody DMs me and says "Hey, I upgraded Blake's Gambol Shroud. It can now fire lasers and can potentially fire Spazer Lasers, Wave Beams and what not!" and i'm thinking to myself "Well damn, that's a good one. What's the point of upgrading it if i'm gonna destroy it later? Eh, scrap it. We're sparing Gambol Shroud."
I later revealed what I had originally intended and how Cody unwittingly saved Gambol Shroud without even knowing and Flash goes "What if Ridley just breaks off the sword part and uses it as a toothpick?" and I was like "Hey, that can work. She can still shoot those wonderful lasers!"
And lastly... *looks at the bombshell that Shou Tucker dropped* Yup. I've been toying with that for a few weeks and I finally went "Ah, heck with it. Let's bring it in!" Needless to say, revealing it on Discord preeeeetty much excited everyone.