Location: Tallon Underworld, Upper Phazon Mine Shafts
Samus seemed to be off her guard. If I had arrived a minute later, I'd have been alone in the depths of a planet of which I knew nearly nothing of. All I knew was that which Samus had reported.
"So, where'd you go off to in this hell hole?" She asked with a grunt.
"You sound irritated. Is something bothering you?"
"Waking up alone and almost being killed by an X-Parasite mutated Space Pirate is not my ideal way of starting the day."
"Point taken.....I thought I'd take a look around and see where we are. I saw some pretty unusual things while I was out."
"You mean like him?" She pointed to the fallen alien. The corpse began to decay and smell as bad as the Federation's rations.
"Something like that. Some of our fellow hunters were infected by X- Parasites. I ...had to gun down half of them." Not something I was proud of, but it was either them or myself.
"Half of them doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. What happened to the rest?"
"The rest were too battered for the parasites to make good use of. That's the good news."
She took her helmet off and ran her hands through her hair. Despite my knowledge of this woman, it was the first time I had ever seen her face. She looked at me, and I nearly froze. I had expected a more tomboyish look, but this shocked me more than any creature I had ever encountered.
"That's the good news?" she asked "Tell me that it gets better before it gets worse."
"Umm....I'm afraid not." I saw ELM flying some distance off. "Elm! Go through that hole and get me a biological scan on the large metallic life form at the bottom of the chasm."
The robot turned to me. "Yes sir Mister Cirrus." He was a very loyal assistant, but a little too proper for me. Samus giggled at the robot's speech, but quickly silenced after she realized something.
She looked around. "This place looks familiar....." She turned to see a shattered window and a large mass of land suspended in the air by thick tree branches and vines. This looks like an elevator shaft in the Phazon mines....it's a little beat up......but I think that's where we are.....but if we're there, then what metallic creature are you talking about?"
"It's been altered physically, but it looks to be the enhanced remains of the Space Pirate Ridley. Do you know what happened to him?"
"Yeah. There was a space station in orbit around Tallon VI a few months ago. Soon after I landed, the station crashed into the planet. While I was up there, I read some stuff about them recovering his body from the remains of Zebes and rebuilding his body." She put her helmet back on, no longer able to bear the smell of the rotting body. "I chased him around the planet for a while and eventually killed him."
"Hmm...." A vicious thought crossed my mind. "Samus, I think we may have trouble soon....."
She grew silent. "Why? What's wrong?"
"Ridley may be dead, but his body was in excellent condition the last time I saw him. If an X-Parasite were to take control of him, he could evolve to his full potential. And that's factoring in his strength without exposure to phazon!" That's when the cruel mistress know as Fate took action. A Core-X flew right behind me and dashed through the same hole ELM had flown through. "......tell me that did not just happen."
"I could but I'd be lying." Samus got up and began climbing out of the pit as fast as she could. I followed, knowing that if the parasite was able to fuse with Ridley, hell would break out for the galaxy. I had only seen some of the rapid evolution an X-Parasite could deliver to smaller life forms. I didn't even want to know what the results would be for the most powerful creature I had ever seen. As Samus reached the top, she yelled to me. "Jack! Hurry! We've got a problem!"
I climbed out and saw that we were too late. The gelatinous ooze was already fusing with Ridley. Sections of his armor began to light up. The armor on his body began to reform, and his eyes were glowing a fiery red. "I've never really seen this particular kind of thing before, but I'm guessing no good will come of it......"
Samus seemed to be off her guard. If I had arrived a minute later, I'd have been alone in the depths of a planet of which I knew nearly nothing of. All I knew was that which Samus had reported.
"So, where'd you go off to in this hell hole?" She asked with a grunt.
"You sound irritated. Is something bothering you?"
"Waking up alone and almost being killed by an X-Parasite mutated Space Pirate is not my ideal way of starting the day."
"Point taken.....I thought I'd take a look around and see where we are. I saw some pretty unusual things while I was out."
"You mean like him?" She pointed to the fallen alien. The corpse began to decay and smell as bad as the Federation's rations.
"Something like that. Some of our fellow hunters were infected by X- Parasites. I ...had to gun down half of them." Not something I was proud of, but it was either them or myself.
"Half of them doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. What happened to the rest?"
"The rest were too battered for the parasites to make good use of. That's the good news."
She took her helmet off and ran her hands through her hair. Despite my knowledge of this woman, it was the first time I had ever seen her face. She looked at me, and I nearly froze. I had expected a more tomboyish look, but this shocked me more than any creature I had ever encountered.
"That's the good news?" she asked "Tell me that it gets better before it gets worse."
"Umm....I'm afraid not." I saw ELM flying some distance off. "Elm! Go through that hole and get me a biological scan on the large metallic life form at the bottom of the chasm."
The robot turned to me. "Yes sir Mister Cirrus." He was a very loyal assistant, but a little too proper for me. Samus giggled at the robot's speech, but quickly silenced after she realized something.
She looked around. "This place looks familiar....." She turned to see a shattered window and a large mass of land suspended in the air by thick tree branches and vines. This looks like an elevator shaft in the Phazon mines....it's a little beat up......but I think that's where we are.....but if we're there, then what metallic creature are you talking about?"
"It's been altered physically, but it looks to be the enhanced remains of the Space Pirate Ridley. Do you know what happened to him?"
"Yeah. There was a space station in orbit around Tallon VI a few months ago. Soon after I landed, the station crashed into the planet. While I was up there, I read some stuff about them recovering his body from the remains of Zebes and rebuilding his body." She put her helmet back on, no longer able to bear the smell of the rotting body. "I chased him around the planet for a while and eventually killed him."
"Hmm...." A vicious thought crossed my mind. "Samus, I think we may have trouble soon....."
She grew silent. "Why? What's wrong?"
"Ridley may be dead, but his body was in excellent condition the last time I saw him. If an X-Parasite were to take control of him, he could evolve to his full potential. And that's factoring in his strength without exposure to phazon!" That's when the cruel mistress know as Fate took action. A Core-X flew right behind me and dashed through the same hole ELM had flown through. "......tell me that did not just happen."
"I could but I'd be lying." Samus got up and began climbing out of the pit as fast as she could. I followed, knowing that if the parasite was able to fuse with Ridley, hell would break out for the galaxy. I had only seen some of the rapid evolution an X-Parasite could deliver to smaller life forms. I didn't even want to know what the results would be for the most powerful creature I had ever seen. As Samus reached the top, she yelled to me. "Jack! Hurry! We've got a problem!"
I climbed out and saw that we were too late. The gelatinous ooze was already fusing with Ridley. Sections of his armor began to light up. The armor on his body began to reform, and his eyes were glowing a fiery red. "I've never really seen this particular kind of thing before, but I'm guessing no good will come of it......"