Metroid: Songs for the Future Chapter 1: Fighter, a metroid fanfic

DISCLAIMER: I own Metroid… ::laughs uncontrollably:: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA……!!!

Songfic Numbero Uno: "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera

Scenario Numbero Uno: What was, for some ppl, their first experience with the Chozo Ghosts. Not mine, though, b/c I cheated…….. ^ u ^

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Chapter One:

Fighter
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Strength

The fourth rune in the Sun Tower began to glow white, and a section of the wall split apart to complete the yellow-and-black magnetic railway system. Samus Aran shook her head to clear the innards of a War Wasp from her visor and looked up. The rail eventually gave way to sandstone blocks surrounded by small portions of the rail, and were dotted with crawling little monsters that could easily be avoided if Samus timed her movements right. She crouched over, and within seconds had become no greater than a meter in diameter; a ball the fraction of her previous size. Mentally activating the Spider Ball feature in the Morph Ball, She moved herself towards the rail and began the climb.

When I thought I knew you

Thinking that you were true

I guess I… I couldn't trust

Called your bluff, time is up

'Cause I've had enough

You were there by my side

Always down for the ride

But your joy ride just came down in flames

'Cause your greed sold me out of shame

She reached the top without problems, and uncurled to open the Level 1 Hatch on the door. As soon as the door opened, Samus caught a glimpse of some glowing, white creature jump around the corner. She ran after it, but when she rounded the corner, the apparition was gone. Samus dismissed it as a hoax, and collected the Missile and Energy replenishments inside the crates next to her. Then, there came a hoarse cry from seemingly nowhere, and Samus snapped to attention, her head darting this way and that. The cry continued, doubling in volume as the Hunter moved towards the door to the Sunchamber; first walking, then running.

The Sunchamber was exactly as Samus remembered it, but with the absence of the plant monster trying to kill her. The large pink flower was in its place atop a crystal clear pool of water, and there was still a net of vines covering the only other door out of the chamber. But something was different, Samus could feel it. Something was wrong. And when the lights in the room went out despite the sun being visible through a rectangular window in the circular room's wall, Samus knew what it was.

After all of the stealing and cheating

You probably think that I hold resentment for you

But… Uh uh… Oh no… You're wrong

'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do

I wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through

So I wanna say thank you

Three white-and-black orbs came out of the open flower and hung in the air, slowly taking the form of the creature Samus had seen in the hall. In an instant, she realized what they were. They were the Chozo. Or what was left of them. They were the Turned, Chozo corrupted by the Great Poison. They had lost the love for life that the Chozo once had, and haunted the places of spiritual significance in the ruins. Now it looked like they were after Samus.

One of the ghosts cried out in the same voice Samus had heard before, and shot a blast of white energy at her. Surprise kept Samus from moving, and she was hit with the full force of the blast. Her left hand flew up, and she cried out in shock as her visor fizzled out for a few moments.

"Wait!!" Samus called even as she began to charge her Wave Beam. "Why are you attacking me?! Don't you recognize me?! Do you even know who I am?!"

'Cause it makes me that much stronger

Makes me work a little bit harder

It makes me that much wiser

So thanks for making me a fighter

Made me learn a little bit faster

Made my skin a little bit thicker

Makes me that much smarter

So thanks for making me a fighter

She turned to find a ghost behind her, and released the Wave Beam. But the electric blast simply ricocheted back at Samus, who was knocked backwards for a second time. So the Wave Beam didn't work. That was all right. She had a secret weapon: the Super Missile, the beam combo for her Power Beam. It would drain her missiles rather fast, but she didn't care; she wanted the Chozo out of the way.

She switched her gun to the Power Beam, and double dashed to avoid being hit by another energy blast. Charging it up, she waited until she saw another white form, then let the weapon fly. The Chozo cried out in shock, and flew towards her, vanishing a few meters away from the flower. 'Stay still,' Samus told herself, 'They'll come to you.'

Sure enough, another beam of light landed inches away from her foot, and Samus turned to see the Chozo vanish. Carefully watching the scanner on the top-left corner of her visor, she saw a small orange dot appear to her right. She charged her beam again, turned without warning, and blasted the Chozo into the afterlife.

Never saw it coming

All of your backstopping

Just so you could cash in

On a good thing before I realized your game

I heard you're going around

Playing the victim now

But don't even begin

Feeling I'm the one to blame

'Cause you dug your own grave… Uh huh

The other two Chozo looked at Samus in shock, screamed in those scratchy, high-pitched voices, and vanished. Samus felt a chill go up her spine as the invisible voices echoed in agony:

"This is not the Chosen One!! She destroyed one of our own!!"

"She cannot be the Hatchling!! She is another invader!!"

"No!" Samus replied, shouting into the emptiness. "You started it!! I never meant to hurt you, but you attacked me first!!"

One of the ghosts appeared, hovering a few inches above the ground, charging two energy balls in their hands. "You will never have our treasure!!" He screamed, "DIE!!!"

The shot came so fast Samus had no idea it was coming, and in a matter of seconds, she was lying on the ground, surprised, her vision turned to static that soon died. But she jumped to her feet.

"Believe me…" she whispered bitterly, "I never wanted to hurt you, but you just didn't want to listen to reason!!" Her voice raised to a shout as she hit the next ghost that appeared with another Missile Combo. Then, screaming, all composure and sense lost, she ran forward, pumping the Chozo full of energy bullets until it vanished in a purple light.

After all of the fights and the lies

Yes you wanted to harm me but that won't work anymore

No more… Oh no… It's over

'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture

I wouldn't know how to be this way now, and never back down

So I wanna say thank you

She didn't want to stand still anymore. Samus ran around the room, looking for the last ghost like a hungry predator in search of its prey. Her beam charged, she spotted an orange dot behind her range of vision, turned on a point, and hit the ghost with a full-fledged blast. It flew backwards, but appeared a few meters away, charging that quick energy blast. Samus responded by charging her Power Beam. The room was lit for an instant as the two attacks hit each other, and Samus was knocked across the small pool of water, hitting her head on the flower. The ghost wailed, and was laid to rest.

Samus seemed to have regained composure of herself, and stayed underneath the flower as the sunlight filtered into the room again, purging the vines from the door. She took her arm cannon off, revealing a fleshy pink human hand, and took off her helmet in time to hear an unusual wind drift through the room. Carried on the wind was a whisper. "Samussssssss…"

'Cause it makes me that much stronger

Makes me work a little bit harder

Makes me that much wiser

So thanks for making me a fighter

Made me learn a little bit faster

Made my skin a little bit thicker

It makes me that much smarter

So thanks for making me a fighter

A light blue Artifact appeared near Samus's forgotten cannon, and she picked it up, turning it over in her fingers. What had happened? She had gotten upset at what the ghosts had screamed at her, and she lost control. That was a stupid reason. She let those… things… get to her. She had gotten angry… and went on a killing spree. But she had won… At what costs? The lives of three Chozo? Those Chozo were neither living nor dead. She might have known them once… Samus shook her head. She was doing it again. Letting her emotions get in the way during something that might determine the fate of her life and the lives of others. There were no emotions in bounty hunting. It was do or die.

Despite the homeostasis environment in her suit, Samus shivered. She put her helmet back on her head, reattached the cannon to her suit, and left the room in a hurry.