Metroid Reality, Chapter 4
As I ran down the hall I checked my suits functions. A screen popped up I saw an outline of my body. It showed all the upgrades I had. "Varia Suit, Missiles, Morphing Ball, Super Missiles, High Jump Boots." I said counting off all I had gotten. "Seems to be fine." I said looking at my map. "Navigation Room not far from here. Great!" I yelled with excitement. I noticed a small counter on the bottom of my visor. It read 5:57:45. "A timer? What for?" I wondered approaching the door to the Navigation Room.
"What happened?" Adam immediately questioned. "I was captured by a bunch of pirates." I told him. "I see. You encountered the SA-X. And won?" he said sounding puzzled. "Samus killed it actually." I told him. "You found her? Why didn't you bring her back?" He screamed. For a computer he was quite scary. "I tried. She just left. Her eyes were freaky too." I told him. "I see." He said. "My suit was stolen but I found it. Just this weird timer is on my visor." I told him. "Timer? Upload your cannon for a moment." He suggested. I inserted my cannon into the familiar slot.
"Bad news." He told me. "What?" I said beginning to worry. "The pirates knew you would find your suit and they in fact were counting on it." He began. "And?" I asked. "They placed a self-destruct device inside the suit. The timer is the amount of time remaining before your suit explodes." He said sounding worried himself. "What? Get it outta me! Disarm it! Do whatever Adam!!!" I screamed. "You have roughly five minutes before detonation. Hurry back to the ship. I will disarm it with the ship's computers there. Hurry!" he said. The map on the screen showed the ship's location. Wasn't too far but still I would have to sprint. "Is your objective..." he started. I was already out the door. "I'll take that as a yes. I must prepare for her return."
I ran as fast as my legs could take me. Running through rooms ignoring everything I found. I lost some energy for that but not enough to kill me. Four minutes! Have to move! I was back in the first area I had entered from this whole adventure. I climbed my way up the ledges to the ship but on the final one I lost my balance and fell back down. "Dammit Fara! Move!" I yelled at myself starting the climb again. Less than three minutes left. I ran out the door and was on the surface again. There was the ship. I ran under it and was taken aboard.
"Hurry, run into this room!" Adam said over the ship's intercom as lights guided me to the room I first put the suit on. "Stand in here." He instructed. It was a pool of water. I jumped in and the timer froze where it was. 2:14:02. "You did it!" I said feeling relieved. "Actually this pool contains a metallic liquid. It caused the components of the self- destruct device to freeze in place. Should you get out it will begin where it left off." He told me. "I thought you would disarm it." I told him. "I will. Hold still for a moment." He instructed. Small mechanical arms came out and removed my suit. "As long as the suit is in the bath it will be safe. In the meantime find Samus' quarters and put something on. " he instructed. "You can see me?" I wondered. "I have cameras placed all over the ship and where you have been in the planet." He told me. "Don't get any wrong ideas. Just leave the bomb to me." He said.
I searched for Samus' room and eventually found it. In a closet were a bunch of clothes. I found a pair of black shorts made from some material I've never felt before and a black vest made of the same material as the shorts. "Much better. At least Samus has good taste in clothing." I said. Then Adam's voice came over the intercom. "I've finished disarming the self-destruct device. Return to the room and put your suit back on." He commanded. Even though I had to kill things with this suit I did miss wearing it. It felt like a part of me almost.
I walked back to the room and put my suit back on. The timer was gone. "Thanks Adam. I owe you my life." I thanked him. "I would have done that for anyone. You need to stay alive on this mission Fara. Now I've been monitoring the activity of space pirate movement and tracked them to this location." A large screen in the room turned on and I saw a map of the area. "I've also detected some kind of magnet for energy at this location. See what they're up to. Is your objective clear?" he asked. "Yes. I'm on my way." I said.
Leaving the ship I returned back the area I once was in. The TARGET was nearby the room I got the Morphing Ball from. I went back to in front and looked up at the ceiling. The area where the pirates came from. Using my high jump I easily reached the room above. "I've gotten better at this whole suit thing." I said to myself. At first it was hard to keep my balance in this silly thing but now I've become accustomed to it. The room above was very mechanical. A green door blocked my path. "Super Missile I suppose." I said arming them with the lower trigger in my arm cannon. A different missile display was selected below the one for regular missiles. It read five. I fired one at the door and it opened. "These things can sure knock you off balance." I said before entering the new room.
Inside was some odd thing on the ceiling. It dropped down to my level. It was like a large beetle. I scanned this new creature.
"Morphology: Spider Beetle. This is an artificial creature constructed by the space pirates through DNA experiments. It has some machines installed into its body. It can produce bombs that can destroy multiple objects in one blast. Its one weakness is the large horn coming from the head. Any weapon can harm this target. Use the auto targeting to acquire this new target."
Aiming my cannon at the horn a small circle appeared around it and the arm cannon was locked in place. "Must be auto targeting." I said to myself firing a Missile at the horn. It homed in to the horn and connected. I continued to fire missiles until it dropped something under itself and backed away. "What is this?" I wondered. It exploded and flung me against a wall. "A bomb I guess." I said standing up again and continuing to fire missiles and super missiles at it. After a few more shots it fell down and exploded. Where its body was some case with a sphere in it. "Bombs." The scan told me. I touched these and absorbed this ability. Rolling into the morphing ball automatically I felt this weapon activate.
"Bombs obtained. When in Morphing Ball mode saying 'Bomb' will drop a bomb at your location. If near a bomb when it explodes you will be vaulted into the air. This is a Bomb Jump." The suit told me.
"Handy. This isn't the TARGET though." I thought. I kept going forward past the door the Spider Beetle was guarding. Up a few ledges was where the target was. In the center of the room was a small icon. Looked like an alligator with a ball in its mouth. When I walked up to it sank into the ground and the door closed. "What the?" I said. The room went dark and some odd ghost appeared before me.
"Apparition: Phantoon. The Commander of Science of the Space Pirates. Able to draw energy from electrical sources. It seems that if it is exposed to even minimal electricity it will remain invincible. Scans show that if not exposed to electricity it will become vulnerable to missiles. Use caution as it can phase in and out of sight." The scan told me. Then I noticed another object in the room near Phantoon.
"Electrical conduit. It has been severed and energy is surging from it. Avoid it to prevent from being electrocuted." The scan said. There were four in this room but only one was active. "I need to shut it off." I said forming a plan. I noticed a hole in the wall under where the conduit was.
Phantoon too knew of my plan and opened its one eye at me. "Get away from me!" I screamed with both resolve and horror. Shooting him with the power beam he began to weave back and forth. He looked dazed. Now's my chance. "Morph!" I said turning into the morph ball. I rolled down the shaft under the exposed conduit and faced a dead end. It had lights on it. "Bomb!" I said just experimenting with my plan further. A bomb dropped and an explosion was heard. The force of it ejected me from the tube. "Morph!" I said once more returning to my regular mode. Phantoon looked very weakened.
I fired a super missile into his eye using the auto targeting. It hit right on the target and Phantoon screamed in pain. Of course this time I didn't feel sorry for what I was hurting. Space Pirates are evil creatures. Then two more electrical conduits started. Phantoon looked revitalized. His health meter appeared below my own and it had some percentage missing. I shot him in the eye with the power beam and then rolled into both of the conduits and bombed both. With another super missile his health was almost gone. Then all four conduits in the room turned on. He grew larger and redder. "Oh crap. This doesn't look good." I said as he roared at me. I didn't know how he did it.
I shot his eye with the Power Beam but nothing happened. He shot fireballs at me and they were slowly draining me of energy. Energy at 78. I still had the energy tank full but it may not be enough. I fired a missile at him and it looked like it did some damage to him. I noticed that there were no more tunnels to roll into. I bombed three of them and the last conduit had no tunnel. "This isn't good at all." I said firing another missile at him. No change in his health. Missiles at 4. Super Missiles at 3. I looked at the conduits.
"Maybe this will work?" I said. I fired a Super Missiles at one of them and it was destroyed. Phantoon's health went down. It seems that in his weakened state the loss of power will slowly kill him. "That's the idea!" I said with new resolve. I fired my remaining two Super Missiles into two more conduits and they were destroyed. "Out of Super Missiles!" I realized. I used my last four missiles on the final conduit. Nothing. Phantoon then shot one long stream of fire from his eye. I dodged but he continued to follow me with it. I then stood right in front of the final conduit and at the last possible second I rolled out of the way. I was damaged a little but the conduit was destroyed. Phantoon began to phase in and out as he exploded. The room lit back up and the floor exploded. Up came the platform that went down.
"Charge Beam." My scan told me. I touched and absorbed this power-up as usual. "Charge Beam obtained! Hold down primary trigger to charge Beam Weaponry. Charged Beam's can also clear certain wreckage." The suit told me. I decided to return to the Navigation Room and find out what Adam has for me this time.
As I ran down the hall I checked my suits functions. A screen popped up I saw an outline of my body. It showed all the upgrades I had. "Varia Suit, Missiles, Morphing Ball, Super Missiles, High Jump Boots." I said counting off all I had gotten. "Seems to be fine." I said looking at my map. "Navigation Room not far from here. Great!" I yelled with excitement. I noticed a small counter on the bottom of my visor. It read 5:57:45. "A timer? What for?" I wondered approaching the door to the Navigation Room.
"What happened?" Adam immediately questioned. "I was captured by a bunch of pirates." I told him. "I see. You encountered the SA-X. And won?" he said sounding puzzled. "Samus killed it actually." I told him. "You found her? Why didn't you bring her back?" He screamed. For a computer he was quite scary. "I tried. She just left. Her eyes were freaky too." I told him. "I see." He said. "My suit was stolen but I found it. Just this weird timer is on my visor." I told him. "Timer? Upload your cannon for a moment." He suggested. I inserted my cannon into the familiar slot.
"Bad news." He told me. "What?" I said beginning to worry. "The pirates knew you would find your suit and they in fact were counting on it." He began. "And?" I asked. "They placed a self-destruct device inside the suit. The timer is the amount of time remaining before your suit explodes." He said sounding worried himself. "What? Get it outta me! Disarm it! Do whatever Adam!!!" I screamed. "You have roughly five minutes before detonation. Hurry back to the ship. I will disarm it with the ship's computers there. Hurry!" he said. The map on the screen showed the ship's location. Wasn't too far but still I would have to sprint. "Is your objective..." he started. I was already out the door. "I'll take that as a yes. I must prepare for her return."
I ran as fast as my legs could take me. Running through rooms ignoring everything I found. I lost some energy for that but not enough to kill me. Four minutes! Have to move! I was back in the first area I had entered from this whole adventure. I climbed my way up the ledges to the ship but on the final one I lost my balance and fell back down. "Dammit Fara! Move!" I yelled at myself starting the climb again. Less than three minutes left. I ran out the door and was on the surface again. There was the ship. I ran under it and was taken aboard.
"Hurry, run into this room!" Adam said over the ship's intercom as lights guided me to the room I first put the suit on. "Stand in here." He instructed. It was a pool of water. I jumped in and the timer froze where it was. 2:14:02. "You did it!" I said feeling relieved. "Actually this pool contains a metallic liquid. It caused the components of the self- destruct device to freeze in place. Should you get out it will begin where it left off." He told me. "I thought you would disarm it." I told him. "I will. Hold still for a moment." He instructed. Small mechanical arms came out and removed my suit. "As long as the suit is in the bath it will be safe. In the meantime find Samus' quarters and put something on. " he instructed. "You can see me?" I wondered. "I have cameras placed all over the ship and where you have been in the planet." He told me. "Don't get any wrong ideas. Just leave the bomb to me." He said.
I searched for Samus' room and eventually found it. In a closet were a bunch of clothes. I found a pair of black shorts made from some material I've never felt before and a black vest made of the same material as the shorts. "Much better. At least Samus has good taste in clothing." I said. Then Adam's voice came over the intercom. "I've finished disarming the self-destruct device. Return to the room and put your suit back on." He commanded. Even though I had to kill things with this suit I did miss wearing it. It felt like a part of me almost.
I walked back to the room and put my suit back on. The timer was gone. "Thanks Adam. I owe you my life." I thanked him. "I would have done that for anyone. You need to stay alive on this mission Fara. Now I've been monitoring the activity of space pirate movement and tracked them to this location." A large screen in the room turned on and I saw a map of the area. "I've also detected some kind of magnet for energy at this location. See what they're up to. Is your objective clear?" he asked. "Yes. I'm on my way." I said.
Leaving the ship I returned back the area I once was in. The TARGET was nearby the room I got the Morphing Ball from. I went back to in front and looked up at the ceiling. The area where the pirates came from. Using my high jump I easily reached the room above. "I've gotten better at this whole suit thing." I said to myself. At first it was hard to keep my balance in this silly thing but now I've become accustomed to it. The room above was very mechanical. A green door blocked my path. "Super Missile I suppose." I said arming them with the lower trigger in my arm cannon. A different missile display was selected below the one for regular missiles. It read five. I fired one at the door and it opened. "These things can sure knock you off balance." I said before entering the new room.
Inside was some odd thing on the ceiling. It dropped down to my level. It was like a large beetle. I scanned this new creature.
"Morphology: Spider Beetle. This is an artificial creature constructed by the space pirates through DNA experiments. It has some machines installed into its body. It can produce bombs that can destroy multiple objects in one blast. Its one weakness is the large horn coming from the head. Any weapon can harm this target. Use the auto targeting to acquire this new target."
Aiming my cannon at the horn a small circle appeared around it and the arm cannon was locked in place. "Must be auto targeting." I said to myself firing a Missile at the horn. It homed in to the horn and connected. I continued to fire missiles until it dropped something under itself and backed away. "What is this?" I wondered. It exploded and flung me against a wall. "A bomb I guess." I said standing up again and continuing to fire missiles and super missiles at it. After a few more shots it fell down and exploded. Where its body was some case with a sphere in it. "Bombs." The scan told me. I touched these and absorbed this ability. Rolling into the morphing ball automatically I felt this weapon activate.
"Bombs obtained. When in Morphing Ball mode saying 'Bomb' will drop a bomb at your location. If near a bomb when it explodes you will be vaulted into the air. This is a Bomb Jump." The suit told me.
"Handy. This isn't the TARGET though." I thought. I kept going forward past the door the Spider Beetle was guarding. Up a few ledges was where the target was. In the center of the room was a small icon. Looked like an alligator with a ball in its mouth. When I walked up to it sank into the ground and the door closed. "What the?" I said. The room went dark and some odd ghost appeared before me.
"Apparition: Phantoon. The Commander of Science of the Space Pirates. Able to draw energy from electrical sources. It seems that if it is exposed to even minimal electricity it will remain invincible. Scans show that if not exposed to electricity it will become vulnerable to missiles. Use caution as it can phase in and out of sight." The scan told me. Then I noticed another object in the room near Phantoon.
"Electrical conduit. It has been severed and energy is surging from it. Avoid it to prevent from being electrocuted." The scan said. There were four in this room but only one was active. "I need to shut it off." I said forming a plan. I noticed a hole in the wall under where the conduit was.
Phantoon too knew of my plan and opened its one eye at me. "Get away from me!" I screamed with both resolve and horror. Shooting him with the power beam he began to weave back and forth. He looked dazed. Now's my chance. "Morph!" I said turning into the morph ball. I rolled down the shaft under the exposed conduit and faced a dead end. It had lights on it. "Bomb!" I said just experimenting with my plan further. A bomb dropped and an explosion was heard. The force of it ejected me from the tube. "Morph!" I said once more returning to my regular mode. Phantoon looked very weakened.
I fired a super missile into his eye using the auto targeting. It hit right on the target and Phantoon screamed in pain. Of course this time I didn't feel sorry for what I was hurting. Space Pirates are evil creatures. Then two more electrical conduits started. Phantoon looked revitalized. His health meter appeared below my own and it had some percentage missing. I shot him in the eye with the power beam and then rolled into both of the conduits and bombed both. With another super missile his health was almost gone. Then all four conduits in the room turned on. He grew larger and redder. "Oh crap. This doesn't look good." I said as he roared at me. I didn't know how he did it.
I shot his eye with the Power Beam but nothing happened. He shot fireballs at me and they were slowly draining me of energy. Energy at 78. I still had the energy tank full but it may not be enough. I fired a missile at him and it looked like it did some damage to him. I noticed that there were no more tunnels to roll into. I bombed three of them and the last conduit had no tunnel. "This isn't good at all." I said firing another missile at him. No change in his health. Missiles at 4. Super Missiles at 3. I looked at the conduits.
"Maybe this will work?" I said. I fired a Super Missiles at one of them and it was destroyed. Phantoon's health went down. It seems that in his weakened state the loss of power will slowly kill him. "That's the idea!" I said with new resolve. I fired my remaining two Super Missiles into two more conduits and they were destroyed. "Out of Super Missiles!" I realized. I used my last four missiles on the final conduit. Nothing. Phantoon then shot one long stream of fire from his eye. I dodged but he continued to follow me with it. I then stood right in front of the final conduit and at the last possible second I rolled out of the way. I was damaged a little but the conduit was destroyed. Phantoon began to phase in and out as he exploded. The room lit back up and the floor exploded. Up came the platform that went down.
"Charge Beam." My scan told me. I touched and absorbed this power-up as usual. "Charge Beam obtained! Hold down primary trigger to charge Beam Weaponry. Charged Beam's can also clear certain wreckage." The suit told me. I decided to return to the Navigation Room and find out what Adam has for me this time.