Metroid: Return to Tallon IV
Chapter 4 - Thoughts and Memories
Most of this chapter is revolving around Samus's thoughts and memories.
"Did the X really follow me here, all the way to Tallon IV? Why? What is their motivation?" These were some of the
questions flying through my head upon reading the scan data. What did X Parasites want on Tallon IV? The only conclusion
I could come to was that they were after... me. Things were getting worse and worse for Tallon IV. First, mysterious
Phazon pools started showing up. Then, the SA-X showed up. I found an entire herd of dead Sheegoths that died from
X infection shortly after. All of this lead to one solution: keep my guard up at all times.
Aside from the whole X infestation, something else was bothering me, too. I had a feeling that something even more
sinister than the SA-X was at work here. My thoughts were set on the opinion that this 'sinister force' was none other than
Metroid Prime. Where else would all this Phazon have come from? With all of this going on, it was my guess that things were
about to get alot worse than before. With that herd of X-infected Sheegoths in Phendrana Drifts, it was quite obvious that
Phendrana itself would be the first to fall under the X infestation of Tallon IV.
The SA-X's Phazon infusion was definitely beneficial at the time. But, if my knowledge of Phazon was correct, the
SA-X would be getting very sick from it in the near future. The same thing happened to me after my first experience on
Tallon IV. Even after losing my Phazon Suit to Prime, I was sick from the Phazon radiation from the Impact Crater. Very sick. I was almost-deathly ill and incapacitated for a matter of weeks afterwards.
Years after that, I was infected by an X Parasite on SR-388. Not once, but twice had that Metroid hatchling saved me
from certain death. The first time, it came to my rescue on the now-nonexistant Zebes, when I was facing certain death by
the Mother Brain. It had absorbed the bio-mechanical abomination's energy, and gave it to me. It's death expelled all of
its remaining life force and energy into my suit, resulting in the Hyper Beam, and ultimately, the death of the Mother Brain.
Again, the hatchling had saved me after death. How this had happened was the Metroid vaccine I was administered contained
the DNA of the very same hatchling that had rescued me years before.
Unfortunately, my Power Suit had not been as lucky as I. The X remained in the suit, eventually manifesting into
none other than the SA-X itself. I could never forget that fateful, death-defying duel with the doppleganger in the
Operations Deck of B.S.L.. Later, I had been fighting a mutant Omega Metroid. When I was on the verge of death, none other
than the SA-X came to my rescue, for reasons unknown. Was it merely trying to eliminate the Metroid? Or was it feeling...
human emotions? Nonetheless, it's 'sacrifice' gave me the required power to eliminate the Omega: the Ice Beam. It might have been feeling an emotion of respect towards me, as just before the SA-X was struck down, it looked back at me, and I could have sworn I heard it say "It's up to you now, Aran. It's your fight now".
Since the SA-X that I had encountered on B.S.L. wasn't the same one that was here on Tallon IV, it was entirely possible that... the SA-Xs had each 'inherited' a different part of my personality. Apparently, the one here didn't get the most positive part of my personality. I know the X's instincts, but this one seems... evil. It followed me all the way here to Tallon IV in hopes of eliminating me for good. But why? Why would it go through so much trouble just to fight? Just then,
I was suddenly snapped out of my thoughts by a voice.
"Samus... we have company..." the outlaw I had been escorting said to me in an ominously sing-song voice, pointing
to the den entrance where I had fought that Phazon affected Sheegoth. I looked over, and to my horror, I saw what I was
hoping to not be here. Metroid Prime. I knew it definitely wasn't the SA-X, because this Phazon Suit looked warped. Also,
upon closer inspection, I noticed it had the Phazon Beam armed, despite there not being any significant source of Phazon
around. As soon as I noticed this, I quickly armed my Ice Beam, and started charging it up.
"We meet again," Metroid Prime stated firmly.
End of Chapter 4.
Well, did you enjoy Samus's flashbacks? Hope you did, because it isn't going to happen again. If you had noticed I was foreshadowing a few times along the line, earlier chapters obviously hinted that Prime was going to show up sooner or later.
Chapter 4 - Thoughts and Memories
Most of this chapter is revolving around Samus's thoughts and memories.
"Did the X really follow me here, all the way to Tallon IV? Why? What is their motivation?" These were some of the
questions flying through my head upon reading the scan data. What did X Parasites want on Tallon IV? The only conclusion
I could come to was that they were after... me. Things were getting worse and worse for Tallon IV. First, mysterious
Phazon pools started showing up. Then, the SA-X showed up. I found an entire herd of dead Sheegoths that died from
X infection shortly after. All of this lead to one solution: keep my guard up at all times.
Aside from the whole X infestation, something else was bothering me, too. I had a feeling that something even more
sinister than the SA-X was at work here. My thoughts were set on the opinion that this 'sinister force' was none other than
Metroid Prime. Where else would all this Phazon have come from? With all of this going on, it was my guess that things were
about to get alot worse than before. With that herd of X-infected Sheegoths in Phendrana Drifts, it was quite obvious that
Phendrana itself would be the first to fall under the X infestation of Tallon IV.
The SA-X's Phazon infusion was definitely beneficial at the time. But, if my knowledge of Phazon was correct, the
SA-X would be getting very sick from it in the near future. The same thing happened to me after my first experience on
Tallon IV. Even after losing my Phazon Suit to Prime, I was sick from the Phazon radiation from the Impact Crater. Very sick. I was almost-deathly ill and incapacitated for a matter of weeks afterwards.
Years after that, I was infected by an X Parasite on SR-388. Not once, but twice had that Metroid hatchling saved me
from certain death. The first time, it came to my rescue on the now-nonexistant Zebes, when I was facing certain death by
the Mother Brain. It had absorbed the bio-mechanical abomination's energy, and gave it to me. It's death expelled all of
its remaining life force and energy into my suit, resulting in the Hyper Beam, and ultimately, the death of the Mother Brain.
Again, the hatchling had saved me after death. How this had happened was the Metroid vaccine I was administered contained
the DNA of the very same hatchling that had rescued me years before.
Unfortunately, my Power Suit had not been as lucky as I. The X remained in the suit, eventually manifesting into
none other than the SA-X itself. I could never forget that fateful, death-defying duel with the doppleganger in the
Operations Deck of B.S.L.. Later, I had been fighting a mutant Omega Metroid. When I was on the verge of death, none other
than the SA-X came to my rescue, for reasons unknown. Was it merely trying to eliminate the Metroid? Or was it feeling...
human emotions? Nonetheless, it's 'sacrifice' gave me the required power to eliminate the Omega: the Ice Beam. It might have been feeling an emotion of respect towards me, as just before the SA-X was struck down, it looked back at me, and I could have sworn I heard it say "It's up to you now, Aran. It's your fight now".
Since the SA-X that I had encountered on B.S.L. wasn't the same one that was here on Tallon IV, it was entirely possible that... the SA-Xs had each 'inherited' a different part of my personality. Apparently, the one here didn't get the most positive part of my personality. I know the X's instincts, but this one seems... evil. It followed me all the way here to Tallon IV in hopes of eliminating me for good. But why? Why would it go through so much trouble just to fight? Just then,
I was suddenly snapped out of my thoughts by a voice.
"Samus... we have company..." the outlaw I had been escorting said to me in an ominously sing-song voice, pointing
to the den entrance where I had fought that Phazon affected Sheegoth. I looked over, and to my horror, I saw what I was
hoping to not be here. Metroid Prime. I knew it definitely wasn't the SA-X, because this Phazon Suit looked warped. Also,
upon closer inspection, I noticed it had the Phazon Beam armed, despite there not being any significant source of Phazon
around. As soon as I noticed this, I quickly armed my Ice Beam, and started charging it up.
"We meet again," Metroid Prime stated firmly.
End of Chapter 4.
Well, did you enjoy Samus's flashbacks? Hope you did, because it isn't going to happen again. If you had noticed I was foreshadowing a few times along the line, earlier chapters obviously hinted that Prime was going to show up sooner or later.