Location: Chozo Ruins, Underside
Seeing Ridley alive again was a nightmare for me. The fact that a parasite from my armor had fused with him could only mean a long fight ahead. He rose from the ground as rocks slid off his body and armor plates began to self recover. He roared as his stood to his full height and the sun shone off his metal surface.
"Ahh...Samus Aran!" He looked down at me with flaring red eyes.
"Can't you EVER stay dead?!" I yelled as I raised my cannon to him.
"Samus!" Jack called to me. "We can't beat him as we are! We'd better fall back!"
"What?" Ridley turned to Jack and took notice of his armor. "Ahhh...so the Federation has finally copied the Power Suit! Your cold dead corpse will make a fine research aide when I take you back to the laboratory."
"Hah! Zebes is gone, and Federation officers have this entire planet under martial law! You have nowhere to run!" Jack raised his cannon. "It'll be easier if you surrender!"
"Bah!" Ridley raised a claw and swept Jack aside. I could hear his armor crash against the rocks. "Just look at yourself. You couldn't put a dent in my armor, let alone force my surrender!" He returned his gaze to me. "Looks like I have two research subjects! Your no better off than he was!"
"Maybe not, but have I ever lost to you?" I began firing round after round of ammo, but they just bounced off his thick metal hide.
"Pathetic!" Ridley took to the sky with his newly repaired wings. Jack ran toward me and watched the beast fly off and begin to turn.
"He's going to bomb us!" I said, recognizing this tactic from my final battle with him. As he swept by, bombs dropped as Jack and I leapt aside.
"He's going to make another pass." Jack fired a missile that missed it's target by meters. "We can't keep this up forever....we need to run!"
"No chance!" With a final swoop, he released a volley of bombs that destroyed the ground we stood on.
"This just isn't my day...." I muttered as the ground gave way.
Setting: Tallon IV Underworld, Underground Ruins
"Uh.............." I awoke again to find myself in a room of yellow bricks and lit torches. How they had come to be lit was beyond me, but I welcomed any source of light in this unknown area.
"Jack? Jack?" He wasn't anywhere to be seen. If he had fallen near me, he had run off on his own again. "Just perfect.......could today get any better?"
"Snap"
"Who's there?!" I turned to see a rat crawling through a hole. Just for mild amusement, I fired a shot to watch it scurry off. It relieved me of some boredom, but looking at a statue next to the hole, I found a salvation in disguise.
"What the....." It was a large bird-like figure with a sphere in it's hand. I had encountered them before, and it only made me realize that the Chozo were always one step ahead of me. Seeing a large stone tablet with Chozo characters on it, I turned my barely operating scan visor on.
"Hatchling, if you are here, then the time has come for you to fulfill your final destiny and restore order to the universe. A great evil is about to revive, and only the one possessing this artifact may deliver justice to it. Stand boldly on the altar and take the first step toward your deliverance from your life of strife and turmoil. We Chozo shall always watch over you Samus."
".......it's my final destiny? Could they have forseen my final fight with Ridley coming?" Looking down, I saw a small rising in the stone floor. "I guess I'd better do this then. I've always wanted a normal life, but I can't believe that I can finally have one..." Stepping onto the altar, I raised my cannon at the sphere the statue held. "Chozo Elders......give me strength!" My gun fired and the stone sphere shattered into pieces. That's when it happened.
The stone circle I stood on began to glow with a calm blue light. My body began to hover in the air. I felt a cleansing feeling through my entire body. Like I had died and had been brought back to life. My eyes closed as the feeling rushed through me. When I felt my feet touch down, I reopened my eyes. Something felt different about me, and yet familiar at the same time. Looking down, I took notice of my arms. The fusion components were no longer exposed. The thin layer of armor had become thick. Turning around, I saw myself in a mirror. It was my old power suit, fully restored and ready to fight again.
Seeing Ridley alive again was a nightmare for me. The fact that a parasite from my armor had fused with him could only mean a long fight ahead. He rose from the ground as rocks slid off his body and armor plates began to self recover. He roared as his stood to his full height and the sun shone off his metal surface.
"Ahh...Samus Aran!" He looked down at me with flaring red eyes.
"Can't you EVER stay dead?!" I yelled as I raised my cannon to him.
"Samus!" Jack called to me. "We can't beat him as we are! We'd better fall back!"
"What?" Ridley turned to Jack and took notice of his armor. "Ahhh...so the Federation has finally copied the Power Suit! Your cold dead corpse will make a fine research aide when I take you back to the laboratory."
"Hah! Zebes is gone, and Federation officers have this entire planet under martial law! You have nowhere to run!" Jack raised his cannon. "It'll be easier if you surrender!"
"Bah!" Ridley raised a claw and swept Jack aside. I could hear his armor crash against the rocks. "Just look at yourself. You couldn't put a dent in my armor, let alone force my surrender!" He returned his gaze to me. "Looks like I have two research subjects! Your no better off than he was!"
"Maybe not, but have I ever lost to you?" I began firing round after round of ammo, but they just bounced off his thick metal hide.
"Pathetic!" Ridley took to the sky with his newly repaired wings. Jack ran toward me and watched the beast fly off and begin to turn.
"He's going to bomb us!" I said, recognizing this tactic from my final battle with him. As he swept by, bombs dropped as Jack and I leapt aside.
"He's going to make another pass." Jack fired a missile that missed it's target by meters. "We can't keep this up forever....we need to run!"
"No chance!" With a final swoop, he released a volley of bombs that destroyed the ground we stood on.
"This just isn't my day...." I muttered as the ground gave way.
Setting: Tallon IV Underworld, Underground Ruins
"Uh.............." I awoke again to find myself in a room of yellow bricks and lit torches. How they had come to be lit was beyond me, but I welcomed any source of light in this unknown area.
"Jack? Jack?" He wasn't anywhere to be seen. If he had fallen near me, he had run off on his own again. "Just perfect.......could today get any better?"
"Snap"
"Who's there?!" I turned to see a rat crawling through a hole. Just for mild amusement, I fired a shot to watch it scurry off. It relieved me of some boredom, but looking at a statue next to the hole, I found a salvation in disguise.
"What the....." It was a large bird-like figure with a sphere in it's hand. I had encountered them before, and it only made me realize that the Chozo were always one step ahead of me. Seeing a large stone tablet with Chozo characters on it, I turned my barely operating scan visor on.
"Hatchling, if you are here, then the time has come for you to fulfill your final destiny and restore order to the universe. A great evil is about to revive, and only the one possessing this artifact may deliver justice to it. Stand boldly on the altar and take the first step toward your deliverance from your life of strife and turmoil. We Chozo shall always watch over you Samus."
".......it's my final destiny? Could they have forseen my final fight with Ridley coming?" Looking down, I saw a small rising in the stone floor. "I guess I'd better do this then. I've always wanted a normal life, but I can't believe that I can finally have one..." Stepping onto the altar, I raised my cannon at the sphere the statue held. "Chozo Elders......give me strength!" My gun fired and the stone sphere shattered into pieces. That's when it happened.
The stone circle I stood on began to glow with a calm blue light. My body began to hover in the air. I felt a cleansing feeling through my entire body. Like I had died and had been brought back to life. My eyes closed as the feeling rushed through me. When I felt my feet touch down, I reopened my eyes. Something felt different about me, and yet familiar at the same time. Looking down, I took notice of my arms. The fusion components were no longer exposed. The thin layer of armor had become thick. Turning around, I saw myself in a mirror. It was my old power suit, fully restored and ready to fight again.