Chapter 5
Ridley's Hideout
*I forgot to add that Samus obtained the wave beam in the before chapter. Sorry just got so caught up.
Samus jumped down from the elevator platform onto the ground five feet below her. Filled with a renewed energy in finding Ridley, Samus ran from room to room searching the fiend out. The temperature rose tremendously as she ventured further into the planet's core. Without her Varia Suit Samus would have surely been burned up by now. The stone in some areas had become so hot that the walls glowed bright orange nearly blinding the bounty hunter here and there. The walls in some rooms were covered in ash where vegetation once thrived but now, many centuries before her time, had submitted to the intense heat of the subterranean world. Samus entered rooms collecting a few extra missiles here and there. A few brave creatures had managed to make there dwellings deep within including the Gambits, Multiviolas and Holtz. She was very careful to make sure that her energy tanks were full and that her battery was maximized.
In a small corridor Samus located another energy tank. She grabbed the tank and was about to enter the next door when she heard a voice on the other side. She quickly stepped back planning on surprising the speaker when they entered. She was backing up when her foot fell upon a crumbled block, which gave way under her weight, and she began to fall backwards through the hole. She yelped in surprise as she tried to right herself. She fell down the ash-covered duct and soon fell into a larger cavern. She feared the worse and braced herself for the impact. The suit became loose and a screen appeared with a question. "Initiate terminal velocity reverse booster?" Samus didn't have time to think about answering questions but bearing in mind the words reverse booster, she immediately answered yes. The suit began to move around and a thruster in the rear of the suit appeared and engaged. Samus' fall rate decreased dramatically and when she hit the floor the suit took the brunt of the fall and fell into a momentary state of paralysis. After a moment the suit regained the capability to function and a message appeared on the visor, "All systems are normal."
Samus ran through the blue door on her left and entered a green room swarming with Multiviolas. Samus quickly dispatched the bouncy ball-like creatures and entered the next room. She found herself in a room much like the one before the green room except exceptionally larger. This room had ledges up top where she was but the bottom half of the room was void of any ledges.
"Here goes nothing!" Samus said as she jumped past a crawling creature down into the void below her. The visor soon asked her to initiate the reverse boosters and she did. She landed in much the same manner as before and after regaining control continued through the door on her right. She entered a humongous purple corridor running a good two miles down from what she could see. The room was littered with columns and pipes, which Samus had no doubt lived numerous Gambits. There was barely enough room for Samus to jump or roll pass the columns and she fought her way through the aggravated Gambits and Novas. After a strenuous battle with the creatures and what ended up being a two and half mile stretch Samus was not only at the end of the tunnel but also five missiles more up. She entered the next door to find herself in another vertical shaft. This one was scattered with ledges and Samus spotted a door just above her. She quickly made her way up to the door and entered. She found herself in a green corridor this time only about half the length of the previous purple one. She made her way through taking damage from the many Multiviolas bouncing about the room. The next room contained another vertical shaft, this one null of any ledges with the exception of the open floor high above her. She continued to her left entering the next room where she was greeted by Novas and fiery crawling creatures. The room was nothing but a lake of boiling lava and columns floated mere inches above the surface of the lake. The fiery creatures made their sentries around the columns and Samus took them and the Novas out as she made her way across the lake.
Once on the other side Samus entered the door.
"Ridley", she growled as the red dragon came into site. Samus had entered into Ridley's lair. Much like the previous room but much smaller, the floor consisted of molten lava while nothing but a ledge floated in the middle of the room where Ridley made his perch.
"Well the human pawn has shown her face again." Ridley said as he rose from his perched position. "What brings you down here?" He said forcing a grimacing smirk.
Samus armed her cannon with the wave beam and raised her arm up to Ridley. "You are about to pay for all the trouble you have caused my friends and I." Samus jumped over to the ledge where Ridley was standing. "Before I destroy you though, what have you done with the Metroid?"
"Well I did have it in the back room there awhile ago," Ridley said bringing a clawed finger up to his chin, "though it wanted the Metroid located elsewhere." Samus leapt over Ridley's tail as he shot it at her and missed. Samus retaliated with her wave beam. Ridley took a little damage and he staggered backwards upon impact. "OH, haven't we got a new assortment of weaponry. Try this on for size", he said spewing hot flames at Samus. She fell back into the molten lava.
"WARNING: Immense heat diminishing suits energy supply", the suit warned. Samus could feel the heat around the joints of her suit and she tried climbing up and out of the lava. She climbed onto the ledge falling in a heap.
"Am I too hot to handle?"
"Not nearly", Samus said switching her beam to the ice beam. Samus rolled into her morph ball and rolled closer to a now shocked Ridley. Once she came out of it she fired the beam at the red dragon. The beam shot from the cannon freezing the hot particles surrounding its path as it made its way to Ridley. Ridley raised his hand up to block and found that his hand was now paralyzed from the tremendous cold. He quickly breathed hot flames on his hand thawing out the ice. The dragon swiped at Samus who again jumped over it.
"It will be happy when I get rid of you."
"Who is this it?" Samus asked Ridley through gasps of breath.
"It is Mother Brain. It is the one who wants the Metroid. I didn't want anything to do with those nasty little buggers."
Samus shot a missile at Ridley and caught him off guard. A small trickle of blood appeared on his chest where the impact occurred. "Then when I get through with you, I will have to meet this Mother Brain."
"Good luck with that, you can't even beat me!"
Samus was beginning to become aggravated by the dragon's jabbering. She switched back to her ice beam and shot Ridley in the face. The ice began covering his face stopping just below the neck. Ridley shook his iced over head trying to dislodge the frozen chunk of water but with no success. He blindly swiped at the bounty hunter who shot missiles at him while dodging his attacks. After a few hits the dragon staggered back and tripped over his tail falling head first into the boiling lava. The ice melted over his face and he began screaming in pain as the lava burned away at his wings. He then slowly disappeared beneath the red lake leaving Samus Aran to herself.
"Start Log: I have managed to find and destroy the space pirate Ridley. He babbled something or another about another being called Mother Brain. I have yet to find the Metroid specimen and will continue searching for this Metroid creature and this Mother Brain. End Log:
Samus closed the logbook and head to her left. This room was nothing but another lava lake. On the far side of the room sat another energy tank but there was no way to cross the lake seeing ledges did not exist in the room. A few Desgeegas made there homes on the ceiling of the cavern. As they swooped down to attack the bounty hunter she froze them in place and used them as temporary ledges. She jumped from one to another but still could not make her way across as soon as she ran out of the creatures to freeze. She turned around to find a Desgeega shaking off the ice and ram into her dropping her into the lake of lava. Samus hit the floor hard noticing first and foremost that the floor was not made of lava but was a hoax. She quickly ran across the rest of the room and jumped up to the ledge to grab the energy tank and refill her dwindling supply. She promptly turned and headed back out of Ridley's Hideout. Another backtrack brought Samus back to Brinstar.
*I forgot to add that Samus obtained the wave beam in the before chapter. Sorry just got so caught up.
Samus jumped down from the elevator platform onto the ground five feet below her. Filled with a renewed energy in finding Ridley, Samus ran from room to room searching the fiend out. The temperature rose tremendously as she ventured further into the planet's core. Without her Varia Suit Samus would have surely been burned up by now. The stone in some areas had become so hot that the walls glowed bright orange nearly blinding the bounty hunter here and there. The walls in some rooms were covered in ash where vegetation once thrived but now, many centuries before her time, had submitted to the intense heat of the subterranean world. Samus entered rooms collecting a few extra missiles here and there. A few brave creatures had managed to make there dwellings deep within including the Gambits, Multiviolas and Holtz. She was very careful to make sure that her energy tanks were full and that her battery was maximized.
In a small corridor Samus located another energy tank. She grabbed the tank and was about to enter the next door when she heard a voice on the other side. She quickly stepped back planning on surprising the speaker when they entered. She was backing up when her foot fell upon a crumbled block, which gave way under her weight, and she began to fall backwards through the hole. She yelped in surprise as she tried to right herself. She fell down the ash-covered duct and soon fell into a larger cavern. She feared the worse and braced herself for the impact. The suit became loose and a screen appeared with a question. "Initiate terminal velocity reverse booster?" Samus didn't have time to think about answering questions but bearing in mind the words reverse booster, she immediately answered yes. The suit began to move around and a thruster in the rear of the suit appeared and engaged. Samus' fall rate decreased dramatically and when she hit the floor the suit took the brunt of the fall and fell into a momentary state of paralysis. After a moment the suit regained the capability to function and a message appeared on the visor, "All systems are normal."
Samus ran through the blue door on her left and entered a green room swarming with Multiviolas. Samus quickly dispatched the bouncy ball-like creatures and entered the next room. She found herself in a room much like the one before the green room except exceptionally larger. This room had ledges up top where she was but the bottom half of the room was void of any ledges.
"Here goes nothing!" Samus said as she jumped past a crawling creature down into the void below her. The visor soon asked her to initiate the reverse boosters and she did. She landed in much the same manner as before and after regaining control continued through the door on her right. She entered a humongous purple corridor running a good two miles down from what she could see. The room was littered with columns and pipes, which Samus had no doubt lived numerous Gambits. There was barely enough room for Samus to jump or roll pass the columns and she fought her way through the aggravated Gambits and Novas. After a strenuous battle with the creatures and what ended up being a two and half mile stretch Samus was not only at the end of the tunnel but also five missiles more up. She entered the next door to find herself in another vertical shaft. This one was scattered with ledges and Samus spotted a door just above her. She quickly made her way up to the door and entered. She found herself in a green corridor this time only about half the length of the previous purple one. She made her way through taking damage from the many Multiviolas bouncing about the room. The next room contained another vertical shaft, this one null of any ledges with the exception of the open floor high above her. She continued to her left entering the next room where she was greeted by Novas and fiery crawling creatures. The room was nothing but a lake of boiling lava and columns floated mere inches above the surface of the lake. The fiery creatures made their sentries around the columns and Samus took them and the Novas out as she made her way across the lake.
Once on the other side Samus entered the door.
"Ridley", she growled as the red dragon came into site. Samus had entered into Ridley's lair. Much like the previous room but much smaller, the floor consisted of molten lava while nothing but a ledge floated in the middle of the room where Ridley made his perch.
"Well the human pawn has shown her face again." Ridley said as he rose from his perched position. "What brings you down here?" He said forcing a grimacing smirk.
Samus armed her cannon with the wave beam and raised her arm up to Ridley. "You are about to pay for all the trouble you have caused my friends and I." Samus jumped over to the ledge where Ridley was standing. "Before I destroy you though, what have you done with the Metroid?"
"Well I did have it in the back room there awhile ago," Ridley said bringing a clawed finger up to his chin, "though it wanted the Metroid located elsewhere." Samus leapt over Ridley's tail as he shot it at her and missed. Samus retaliated with her wave beam. Ridley took a little damage and he staggered backwards upon impact. "OH, haven't we got a new assortment of weaponry. Try this on for size", he said spewing hot flames at Samus. She fell back into the molten lava.
"WARNING: Immense heat diminishing suits energy supply", the suit warned. Samus could feel the heat around the joints of her suit and she tried climbing up and out of the lava. She climbed onto the ledge falling in a heap.
"Am I too hot to handle?"
"Not nearly", Samus said switching her beam to the ice beam. Samus rolled into her morph ball and rolled closer to a now shocked Ridley. Once she came out of it she fired the beam at the red dragon. The beam shot from the cannon freezing the hot particles surrounding its path as it made its way to Ridley. Ridley raised his hand up to block and found that his hand was now paralyzed from the tremendous cold. He quickly breathed hot flames on his hand thawing out the ice. The dragon swiped at Samus who again jumped over it.
"It will be happy when I get rid of you."
"Who is this it?" Samus asked Ridley through gasps of breath.
"It is Mother Brain. It is the one who wants the Metroid. I didn't want anything to do with those nasty little buggers."
Samus shot a missile at Ridley and caught him off guard. A small trickle of blood appeared on his chest where the impact occurred. "Then when I get through with you, I will have to meet this Mother Brain."
"Good luck with that, you can't even beat me!"
Samus was beginning to become aggravated by the dragon's jabbering. She switched back to her ice beam and shot Ridley in the face. The ice began covering his face stopping just below the neck. Ridley shook his iced over head trying to dislodge the frozen chunk of water but with no success. He blindly swiped at the bounty hunter who shot missiles at him while dodging his attacks. After a few hits the dragon staggered back and tripped over his tail falling head first into the boiling lava. The ice melted over his face and he began screaming in pain as the lava burned away at his wings. He then slowly disappeared beneath the red lake leaving Samus Aran to herself.
"Start Log: I have managed to find and destroy the space pirate Ridley. He babbled something or another about another being called Mother Brain. I have yet to find the Metroid specimen and will continue searching for this Metroid creature and this Mother Brain. End Log:
Samus closed the logbook and head to her left. This room was nothing but another lava lake. On the far side of the room sat another energy tank but there was no way to cross the lake seeing ledges did not exist in the room. A few Desgeegas made there homes on the ceiling of the cavern. As they swooped down to attack the bounty hunter she froze them in place and used them as temporary ledges. She jumped from one to another but still could not make her way across as soon as she ran out of the creatures to freeze. She turned around to find a Desgeega shaking off the ice and ram into her dropping her into the lake of lava. Samus hit the floor hard noticing first and foremost that the floor was not made of lava but was a hoax. She quickly ran across the rest of the room and jumped up to the ledge to grab the energy tank and refill her dwindling supply. She promptly turned and headed back out of Ridley's Hideout. Another backtrack brought Samus back to Brinstar.