Chapter 4: The Landing
Samus's ship lurched through the atmosphere of Zebes. There was a heavy weather system passing through the most viable landing site, with high winds, and heavy thunderstorms, but Samus didn't care, the only thought in her mind was making Ridley pay for what he had done. With a violent blast of thrusters she adjusted course and took the ship down in a small clearing outside the place she saw Ridley land.
Samus: Now where did he go...
When the ship finally landed she emerged from the hatch on the top. Suddenly she heard her computer go off inside.
Computer: Warning.. engine failure.. auto repair will take several days to complete
Samus: Alright..well looks like I'm here for a while..
Samus climbed down from her ship and began looking around. The place seemed deserted, except for one blue door samus could see inside of a cave.
Samus: He must have gone this way..
Samus began heading towards the door, as she walked toward it, her visor indicated that it was of space pirate design, and was made to be opened using the natural energy in their bodies as an identifying system, so that if so much energy came into it, it would register and open. Samus fired her arm cannon at the door, and it opened with a mechanical whirr sound. Inside the cave was completely deserted.
Samus: .. this is way too easy..
Samus headed inside, arm cannon aiming around at whatever might be moving, but all she saw were spider like insects and bugs retreating from her step.. this place had been deserted for a long time. She continued walking, until finally she got to a large pit with another blue door at the bottom. She began wall kicking her way down the shaft, but stopped when she heard footsteps up above. She could see the white boots of the Federation space suits stop just above the pit.
Sentry 1: I don't think Aran went this way sir, theres none of her usual trade marks, blaster scorch marks, dead bodies
Commander: Alright, get the other teams down here and begin search immediately. Form omega 3
Samus thought to herself "why so much interest in me?" as she began quietly making her way down to the door. She fired her cannon and slipped down through it.
Sentry 2: Sir did you hear that?
Commander: (laughing) Probably some space pirate ghost, ignore it
Now samus was in a familliar room. After her fight with mother brain she had to escape via a shaft that lead directly to the surface. Only it didn't seem to lead to the surface any more, it also seemed to have been several levels shorter then she remembered, so maybe the blast had taken off five or six levels of it. She made her way down the ruined corridor, down and down and down into the depths of zebes, until she came to the door that lead to mother brains old chamber. With another blast she opened it up, and emerged in the Mother brains chamber, which was in shambles. What was left of the life support glass she used to reside in was the top and bottom of the tube, and broken glass lay everywhere. As well, the acidic liquid that samus guessed had been the brains cerebral fluid had drained from the chamber via several decently sized holes. Samus leapt along the room, proceeding through where her glass barrier tubes used to be, and headed out the door. The next room was new, she remembered there being a path that lead close to the surface before mother brains room. Yet before her was an elevator leading down.
Samus: .. something is definitely not right here...
Samus stepped on and let it take its course. When she emerged she was in Brinstar, where she had started her first mission.
Samus: This must be a part of the elevator I used to get down here before.. but what happened to the upper passages then.
Samus turned to look around, and saw something glowing behind a rock formation. She leapt over the top of it, to find a glowing ball of orange energy. Her suit recognized this as a Chozo upgrade, and she leapt down to grab it. The moment her hand went through it, her suit pulsed with energy, and the words came on her visor "Morph Ball Restored"
Samus: Morph ball, that should come in handy
Suddenly a spotlight came down on samus, and locked on to her. She tried to leap back over the rock formation but found it was too high to jump. She rolled into her morph ball and rolled through a crack on the ground.
Samus: And yet another new thing... who's been down here since I was
Samus headed down the opposite cavern, now curious as to what else had been altered. The next room was the remainder of the shaft she used to have to climb to access the other areas of the planet, such as Lower brinstar and Norfair, as well as the mother brains chamber. Only the down portion remained, so samus assumed the blast had eliminated the upper shaft. She leapt down the lower shaft and entered the room that was there. Inside was another chozo upgrade, which she put her hand down on to pick up. Her visor flashed "Missile Launcher Add-on Restored."
Samus: Ballistics, Ridley you'd better watch out now!
Samus headed back out, and after returning to the surface of the cavern she continued until she came to a door with a different energy signature. Her visor registered it would take more energy then her arm cannon could fire even at maximum charge (let alone the fact her charge function was disabled.) She looked at her arm cannon, and decided to try out the new missile addon. With a click her arm cannon opened and changed ammunition. She aimed her arm straight out and fired a missile directly into the center of the green door, it responded, but it still wasn't enough, four more however was, and the door opened, revealing another large cavern, the remains of part of the access way to tourain.
Samus: ... this brings back far to many memories
Samus recalled the time she had spent fighting her way up this area, across the area above it, and back down into the tourain sector.
Samus: ... Damn why didn't I see this path earlier, I could have skipped most of the planet and just gone to take out Mother Brain herself..
She cursed her luck, and went further down into the room, where another chozo upgrade awaited her, on a strange pedastal. Once again it was a missile pack, but as she took it, the pedastal sank into the ground, and a search light came on, tracking her every move. Samus dived back out the door to the room, and she could hear the searchlight shut off.
Samus: What the hell is this?? There was nothing left when I left before, I made sure of that
Samus gave herself a bit of a coy smirk as she said the last line, and headed back to the elevator to the old tourain, which she had dubbed Crateria, due to the amount of holes in the ground from the explosives set by mother brain. Little did she know she was being watched..
In another part of the planet... A space pirate walked along a catwalk into a large room with monitors covering the walls, as well as several life support tubes known as Zebetites,
a large central casing sat in the center of the room, however gleam of the lights in the room prevented anyone from seeing inside. Several turrets tracked the movements of the pirate, however none fired...
?????: Who izzz this one that disturbs us?
Pirate: She is the chozo hunter... the one from before, my queen
Something from within the casing hissed, and let out a loud scream, the pirate backed off a bit. The zebetites pulsed as it screamed.
?????: Sammmmus Aran, that annnnnnnoying little pestilence, how I loathheeee the name...
what is her ssssssssstatus
Pirate: She has infiltrated the old tunnels, your highness, and has succeeded in restoring several of her old abilities we..erm... forgot to collect.. when we were clearing the area
?????: Iiiiiiiiiiiiingrate, I should sssssssshoot you where you stand for your idioccccccccy
Numerous turrets locked onto the pirate, and began powering up
Pirate: My queen, please, give me another chance
?????: hmmmmmm.... very well.. but shhhhhhhhhhhhhould you fail again, your bonessssssssss will line the bottom of this room
The turrets went back to just normal tracking at this remark
?????: dissssssspatch a welcoming party for her... see that sssssssshe is made uncomfortable
Pirate: Yes, my queen
The pirate bowed and exitted the room
When samus reached the top of the elevator shaft to tourain.. she swore she heard movement on the other side of the door......
*** end Chapter 4 ***
Note, I apologize for the lack of updates to the story, for those of you waiting for another chapter, Also a special thanks goes out to borris533 for informing me that people are hoping for me to continue writing, thanks Boris!
And no I don't own anything in this story.. well.. I own the game Super Metroid.. or at least a copy of the game, does that count for anything? :P
Samus's ship lurched through the atmosphere of Zebes. There was a heavy weather system passing through the most viable landing site, with high winds, and heavy thunderstorms, but Samus didn't care, the only thought in her mind was making Ridley pay for what he had done. With a violent blast of thrusters she adjusted course and took the ship down in a small clearing outside the place she saw Ridley land.
Samus: Now where did he go...
When the ship finally landed she emerged from the hatch on the top. Suddenly she heard her computer go off inside.
Computer: Warning.. engine failure.. auto repair will take several days to complete
Samus: Alright..well looks like I'm here for a while..
Samus climbed down from her ship and began looking around. The place seemed deserted, except for one blue door samus could see inside of a cave.
Samus: He must have gone this way..
Samus began heading towards the door, as she walked toward it, her visor indicated that it was of space pirate design, and was made to be opened using the natural energy in their bodies as an identifying system, so that if so much energy came into it, it would register and open. Samus fired her arm cannon at the door, and it opened with a mechanical whirr sound. Inside the cave was completely deserted.
Samus: .. this is way too easy..
Samus headed inside, arm cannon aiming around at whatever might be moving, but all she saw were spider like insects and bugs retreating from her step.. this place had been deserted for a long time. She continued walking, until finally she got to a large pit with another blue door at the bottom. She began wall kicking her way down the shaft, but stopped when she heard footsteps up above. She could see the white boots of the Federation space suits stop just above the pit.
Sentry 1: I don't think Aran went this way sir, theres none of her usual trade marks, blaster scorch marks, dead bodies
Commander: Alright, get the other teams down here and begin search immediately. Form omega 3
Samus thought to herself "why so much interest in me?" as she began quietly making her way down to the door. She fired her cannon and slipped down through it.
Sentry 2: Sir did you hear that?
Commander: (laughing) Probably some space pirate ghost, ignore it
Now samus was in a familliar room. After her fight with mother brain she had to escape via a shaft that lead directly to the surface. Only it didn't seem to lead to the surface any more, it also seemed to have been several levels shorter then she remembered, so maybe the blast had taken off five or six levels of it. She made her way down the ruined corridor, down and down and down into the depths of zebes, until she came to the door that lead to mother brains old chamber. With another blast she opened it up, and emerged in the Mother brains chamber, which was in shambles. What was left of the life support glass she used to reside in was the top and bottom of the tube, and broken glass lay everywhere. As well, the acidic liquid that samus guessed had been the brains cerebral fluid had drained from the chamber via several decently sized holes. Samus leapt along the room, proceeding through where her glass barrier tubes used to be, and headed out the door. The next room was new, she remembered there being a path that lead close to the surface before mother brains room. Yet before her was an elevator leading down.
Samus: .. something is definitely not right here...
Samus stepped on and let it take its course. When she emerged she was in Brinstar, where she had started her first mission.
Samus: This must be a part of the elevator I used to get down here before.. but what happened to the upper passages then.
Samus turned to look around, and saw something glowing behind a rock formation. She leapt over the top of it, to find a glowing ball of orange energy. Her suit recognized this as a Chozo upgrade, and she leapt down to grab it. The moment her hand went through it, her suit pulsed with energy, and the words came on her visor "Morph Ball Restored"
Samus: Morph ball, that should come in handy
Suddenly a spotlight came down on samus, and locked on to her. She tried to leap back over the rock formation but found it was too high to jump. She rolled into her morph ball and rolled through a crack on the ground.
Samus: And yet another new thing... who's been down here since I was
Samus headed down the opposite cavern, now curious as to what else had been altered. The next room was the remainder of the shaft she used to have to climb to access the other areas of the planet, such as Lower brinstar and Norfair, as well as the mother brains chamber. Only the down portion remained, so samus assumed the blast had eliminated the upper shaft. She leapt down the lower shaft and entered the room that was there. Inside was another chozo upgrade, which she put her hand down on to pick up. Her visor flashed "Missile Launcher Add-on Restored."
Samus: Ballistics, Ridley you'd better watch out now!
Samus headed back out, and after returning to the surface of the cavern she continued until she came to a door with a different energy signature. Her visor registered it would take more energy then her arm cannon could fire even at maximum charge (let alone the fact her charge function was disabled.) She looked at her arm cannon, and decided to try out the new missile addon. With a click her arm cannon opened and changed ammunition. She aimed her arm straight out and fired a missile directly into the center of the green door, it responded, but it still wasn't enough, four more however was, and the door opened, revealing another large cavern, the remains of part of the access way to tourain.
Samus: ... this brings back far to many memories
Samus recalled the time she had spent fighting her way up this area, across the area above it, and back down into the tourain sector.
Samus: ... Damn why didn't I see this path earlier, I could have skipped most of the planet and just gone to take out Mother Brain herself..
She cursed her luck, and went further down into the room, where another chozo upgrade awaited her, on a strange pedastal. Once again it was a missile pack, but as she took it, the pedastal sank into the ground, and a search light came on, tracking her every move. Samus dived back out the door to the room, and she could hear the searchlight shut off.
Samus: What the hell is this?? There was nothing left when I left before, I made sure of that
Samus gave herself a bit of a coy smirk as she said the last line, and headed back to the elevator to the old tourain, which she had dubbed Crateria, due to the amount of holes in the ground from the explosives set by mother brain. Little did she know she was being watched..
In another part of the planet... A space pirate walked along a catwalk into a large room with monitors covering the walls, as well as several life support tubes known as Zebetites,
a large central casing sat in the center of the room, however gleam of the lights in the room prevented anyone from seeing inside. Several turrets tracked the movements of the pirate, however none fired...
?????: Who izzz this one that disturbs us?
Pirate: She is the chozo hunter... the one from before, my queen
Something from within the casing hissed, and let out a loud scream, the pirate backed off a bit. The zebetites pulsed as it screamed.
?????: Sammmmus Aran, that annnnnnnoying little pestilence, how I loathheeee the name...
what is her ssssssssstatus
Pirate: She has infiltrated the old tunnels, your highness, and has succeeded in restoring several of her old abilities we..erm... forgot to collect.. when we were clearing the area
?????: Iiiiiiiiiiiiingrate, I should sssssssshoot you where you stand for your idioccccccccy
Numerous turrets locked onto the pirate, and began powering up
Pirate: My queen, please, give me another chance
?????: hmmmmmm.... very well.. but shhhhhhhhhhhhhould you fail again, your bonessssssssss will line the bottom of this room
The turrets went back to just normal tracking at this remark
?????: dissssssspatch a welcoming party for her... see that sssssssshe is made uncomfortable
Pirate: Yes, my queen
The pirate bowed and exitted the room
When samus reached the top of the elevator shaft to tourain.. she swore she heard movement on the other side of the door......
*** end Chapter 4 ***
Note, I apologize for the lack of updates to the story, for those of you waiting for another chapter, Also a special thanks goes out to borris533 for informing me that people are hoping for me to continue writing, thanks Boris!
And no I don't own anything in this story.. well.. I own the game Super Metroid.. or at least a copy of the game, does that count for anything? :P
