Chapter Nine: Samus vs. Fox, Two Titans Fight
Fox didn't come out of the dark room like she thought he would. This confused Samus a little, but it didn't matter. The Purple man was asking her to enter the room. Maybe Fox had stayed in the room, waiting for her to enter. The third battle, and the final battle. So why was she so nervous all of a sudden. It was the first time she felt like this, but not as bad. Something was going to happen, and something bad. She entered the room.
The stage this time was a bit smaller than the DK stage, but it was a little more dangerous. There were three buildings right next to each other called Silph Co. The middle building was bigger than the others and had an awkward garage on top. Sounds came from it, trying to scare people away, probably. At the edge of the middle building, a floating platform went up and down every now and then. On the smallest building, there was a slanted platform moving in sequence with the other platform. Small, but it looked a little more dangerous than DK's stage.
Samus heard a metallic noise and turned to it. It was Fox, walking across the top of the garage. Time for the fun to begin. Samus started to power up her attack, waiting for the man to tell them to fight. Fox look a little jittery. His head piece was gone, but she could see where it had been. A metal clamp was on his head, full of energy. Evil energy. Why would he have that on? He was suppose to be a good guy. They were controlling him. They? The Purple Men. The Corrupted Ones. The big evil. Who was that evil?
"His name is Master Hand and your his next victim."
"How..."
"This new head piece they gave me allows me to read your thoughts. I like this advantage over my enemy.
"But I'm..."
"Your my master's enemy, so you will be mine, too. Now lets have some fun. BEGIN!" With that, he jumped from the garage and landed in front of Samus. She fired her weapon, but Fox was all ready jumping out of the way. The ball hit the garage door, leaving a dent. Fox landed on the other side of her and did a back kick into her spine. Samus went flying up and over the garage door and landed on the farthest building. She was up within a second, but Fox was already attacking her again.
He grabbed her and threw her back onto the garage door. Fox waited. Samus started to power up her attack, but Fox stayed put. She finished it and watched what Fox was going to do. He jumped.
Samus took aim and fired. The ball shot out and at Fox, but he put up his shield. It knocked him back a second, but not enough to make him miss the landing. He was smiling an evil smile. Samus shot a second ball of energy at him. Instead of his shield, he put up a strange blue mirror that rebounded the attack. Right at Samus.
She never knew how badly it felt to be hit by her own attack. She was launched off and down onto the small building. She heard his monotonous laugh as he came for her. She tried kicking upward, but Fox dodged the attack and came down with his own kick. Samus felt her suit crack and creak as his weight multiplied with his force and strength. She felt little pain this time, because her own attack fried her nerve impulses. She had to think of a way to block his psychic power.
"That isn't possible," said Fox, kicking Samus into the air. He then did a front flip kick, sending her back down with a crunching thud. She then went into a trance. She wasn't awake, she wasn't asleep. Her mind just shut off. She found herself thinking about all her enemies and how she defeated them all. Ridley was more worthy than Kraid. Kraid was just a big monster. That's how he conquered people. Ridley was just his servant. He was more worthy. She then thought through her mind how she beat him. She even thought she was battling him again. As she did, she felt every blow she did to him. As if it were real.
As she did this, she felt her gun hit something harder than Ridley's head. Samus was awake now, and she saw she had broken Fox's new head piece. It was broken into three different pieces. They fell and so did Fox.
Samus looked around and saw that she was still on the small building. She was then grabbed by Fox and thrown-kicked up to the big building. She made another dent into the garage door. Fox jumped up to meet her.
"That was a very valuable piece of equipment you broke there. Now your going to have to die." With this, he ran right to her. From behind her, the garage door opened and a strangely colored animal shot out, hitting both Samus and Fox. They hit the sides.
Samus felt herself being sucked into the light by the think film that covered her. She was about to be sucked all the way in. Fox exploded, a few moments before Samus did. She felt the slight pain as she was killed.
NO! She wasn't dead. She wasn't. But where was she? A blue room. Had she been knocked out and taken to the medical facility? No, the Purple Men were too cruel for that. They were going to make her like Fox and the others! She then noticed she wasn't wearing her suit. What did they do to her? She tried to get up, but she was strapped to the bed, no, table, she was on. Why would they need her tied down?
She then saw her suit in a pile on the floor.
With a burst of strength and anger, she broke free of her harness. She walked over to her suit and put it on. She suddenly thought she heard laughter, but it was faint. It sounded familiar. The Purple Man that looked like Link? No, he was still in the waiting room. Was he? Where was she? She was going to find out.
She broke down the door to her room and heard the laughter, which was really loud through the abandoned hall. She walked towards the laughter.
She had been walking for five minute when she came to a locked door with a sign on it saying, 'Mezzanine.' She walked in.
It took Samus a little while to realize that it was a lounge. Whoever was running this place was very smart. No one was in there though. She did see a bunch of paper on a table. She went and looked at them.
On it was a list of a dozen people she never heard of:
Jigglypuff,
Ness,
Luigi,
Captain Falcon...
Captain Falcon? Was he the one she was going to fight? She heard a noise from outside and turned to looked at the door. It opened and someone walked inside.
It was two of the Purple Men.
Fox didn't come out of the dark room like she thought he would. This confused Samus a little, but it didn't matter. The Purple man was asking her to enter the room. Maybe Fox had stayed in the room, waiting for her to enter. The third battle, and the final battle. So why was she so nervous all of a sudden. It was the first time she felt like this, but not as bad. Something was going to happen, and something bad. She entered the room.
The stage this time was a bit smaller than the DK stage, but it was a little more dangerous. There were three buildings right next to each other called Silph Co. The middle building was bigger than the others and had an awkward garage on top. Sounds came from it, trying to scare people away, probably. At the edge of the middle building, a floating platform went up and down every now and then. On the smallest building, there was a slanted platform moving in sequence with the other platform. Small, but it looked a little more dangerous than DK's stage.
Samus heard a metallic noise and turned to it. It was Fox, walking across the top of the garage. Time for the fun to begin. Samus started to power up her attack, waiting for the man to tell them to fight. Fox look a little jittery. His head piece was gone, but she could see where it had been. A metal clamp was on his head, full of energy. Evil energy. Why would he have that on? He was suppose to be a good guy. They were controlling him. They? The Purple Men. The Corrupted Ones. The big evil. Who was that evil?
"His name is Master Hand and your his next victim."
"How..."
"This new head piece they gave me allows me to read your thoughts. I like this advantage over my enemy.
"But I'm..."
"Your my master's enemy, so you will be mine, too. Now lets have some fun. BEGIN!" With that, he jumped from the garage and landed in front of Samus. She fired her weapon, but Fox was all ready jumping out of the way. The ball hit the garage door, leaving a dent. Fox landed on the other side of her and did a back kick into her spine. Samus went flying up and over the garage door and landed on the farthest building. She was up within a second, but Fox was already attacking her again.
He grabbed her and threw her back onto the garage door. Fox waited. Samus started to power up her attack, but Fox stayed put. She finished it and watched what Fox was going to do. He jumped.
Samus took aim and fired. The ball shot out and at Fox, but he put up his shield. It knocked him back a second, but not enough to make him miss the landing. He was smiling an evil smile. Samus shot a second ball of energy at him. Instead of his shield, he put up a strange blue mirror that rebounded the attack. Right at Samus.
She never knew how badly it felt to be hit by her own attack. She was launched off and down onto the small building. She heard his monotonous laugh as he came for her. She tried kicking upward, but Fox dodged the attack and came down with his own kick. Samus felt her suit crack and creak as his weight multiplied with his force and strength. She felt little pain this time, because her own attack fried her nerve impulses. She had to think of a way to block his psychic power.
"That isn't possible," said Fox, kicking Samus into the air. He then did a front flip kick, sending her back down with a crunching thud. She then went into a trance. She wasn't awake, she wasn't asleep. Her mind just shut off. She found herself thinking about all her enemies and how she defeated them all. Ridley was more worthy than Kraid. Kraid was just a big monster. That's how he conquered people. Ridley was just his servant. He was more worthy. She then thought through her mind how she beat him. She even thought she was battling him again. As she did, she felt every blow she did to him. As if it were real.
As she did this, she felt her gun hit something harder than Ridley's head. Samus was awake now, and she saw she had broken Fox's new head piece. It was broken into three different pieces. They fell and so did Fox.
Samus looked around and saw that she was still on the small building. She was then grabbed by Fox and thrown-kicked up to the big building. She made another dent into the garage door. Fox jumped up to meet her.
"That was a very valuable piece of equipment you broke there. Now your going to have to die." With this, he ran right to her. From behind her, the garage door opened and a strangely colored animal shot out, hitting both Samus and Fox. They hit the sides.
Samus felt herself being sucked into the light by the think film that covered her. She was about to be sucked all the way in. Fox exploded, a few moments before Samus did. She felt the slight pain as she was killed.
NO! She wasn't dead. She wasn't. But where was she? A blue room. Had she been knocked out and taken to the medical facility? No, the Purple Men were too cruel for that. They were going to make her like Fox and the others! She then noticed she wasn't wearing her suit. What did they do to her? She tried to get up, but she was strapped to the bed, no, table, she was on. Why would they need her tied down?
She then saw her suit in a pile on the floor.
With a burst of strength and anger, she broke free of her harness. She walked over to her suit and put it on. She suddenly thought she heard laughter, but it was faint. It sounded familiar. The Purple Man that looked like Link? No, he was still in the waiting room. Was he? Where was she? She was going to find out.
She broke down the door to her room and heard the laughter, which was really loud through the abandoned hall. She walked towards the laughter.
She had been walking for five minute when she came to a locked door with a sign on it saying, 'Mezzanine.' She walked in.
It took Samus a little while to realize that it was a lounge. Whoever was running this place was very smart. No one was in there though. She did see a bunch of paper on a table. She went and looked at them.
On it was a list of a dozen people she never heard of:
Jigglypuff,
Ness,
Luigi,
Captain Falcon...
Captain Falcon? Was he the one she was going to fight? She heard a noise from outside and turned to looked at the door. It opened and someone walked inside.
It was two of the Purple Men.