Metroid V: The Last X
Copyrights: You should know damn well that I don't own Nintendo,
as I'm just a fan writing a FANFIC.
A/N: Well, the X-I-B's back, and ready to throw another chapter out to
you, the people! Pretty unexpected how the SA-X got the Hyper Beam,
huh? It has other abilities, too, at least one of which will be
revealed and highly-used in this chapter.
Chapter 3: Getting Inside Your Skin
"Tell me, Huntress, what emotions are you feeling right now? Emotional pain? Fear? Hatred?" This anonymous
voice echoed through my head, chilling me to the bone. It sounded alot like my voice, only heavily warped and
demonic-sounding. Wait a minute... what the hell?! Who was talking to me with my own voice?!
"You don't know? Look in front of you, the answer's really quite obvious." I looked back up, and into the
SA-X's blank, dead-looking eyes, which were intently fixed upon me.
"You..." I muttered. "But how the hell did you get inside my head?!" Now, I was practically shouting at
nothingness.
"Why, the very same way I got this little weapon," thought-spoke the SA-X, firing one rainbow-colored beam
squarely into my leg. I screamed, and then fell to the ground, holding my leg in pain.
"It hurts, doesn't it? Perhaps, now you know how the Mother Brain felt?" The SA-X said this with a sickly
sweet-yet-blunt voice, which made me sick with hatred. Luckily, the blast didn't penetrate my suit, otherwise
I'd be suffocated from all the air being sucked out. I looked down at my suit's leg, which was scorched badly.
This wasn't the first time I was on the ground... alone... helpless.
-= Flashback =- (A/N: Potential spoilers in this flashback if you haven't played Super Metroid.)
It seemed like a vacuum of energy was sucking energy from everywhere. The power-plant-supply-thing of
Tourian. And also, my Power Suit. I didn't know what the Mother Brain was up to, but it couldn't be good. I
charged up a Plasma Beam, and charged at the abomination. Just then, a ray of rainbow-y light struck me and
pinned me up against the wall, and drained my energy, all at the same time. The burning sensation of this
strange new weapon coursed through every cell of my being. I let out a scream as the ray dissipated, and I
fell to the ground.
"You're going down, you bitch!" I yelled, attempting to switch to my Super Missiles. But, to no avail. It
seemed that this ray drained my weapons, as well as my energy tanks. This wasn't good, as I couldn't even summon
the strength to get off my knees. The Mother Brain then screamed, and started charging up another ray. My ear drums
nearly literally popped from the sheer intensity of the scream.
Just as the leader of the Zebes base was about to release one final attack that would've ended my mission, as well
as my life, fate intervened. A giant Metroid zoomed in out of nowhere, and grabbed ahold of the Mother Brain's bulbous
brain. It started screaming some more, trying to rake it off frantically. I recognized this Metroid. Although it
was mutated and swollen to immense proportions, I recognized this Metroid as none other than the hatchling Metroid I had
rescued from SR388, come to the rescue of its parent-figure.
It sucked the Mother Brain's energy completely dry, leaving it as nothing more than a very fragile statue. The
Metroid flew over to me, and squeed happily.
"It's good to see you too. Now, let's ditch this hellhole." (A/N: If the Metroid has a name in fact, I don't know
it.) The Metroid warbled in concern, and attached itself to me. I panicked, as I thought it was so warped by the Pirates
that it didn't even recognize me. But I was wrong. I watched in awe as my energy tanks were completely refilled.
As it detached itself so we could leave, color came back to the Mother Brain. It screamed, and attacked the Metroid
in a rage. It could take a beating, I have to admit, but it couldn't take too much. It's death noise chilled me to the
bone, and filled me with rage, as well as power. Newfound power.
The hatchling. It sacrificed itself so that I could live. I looked at the words blinking on my visor. They read
"Hyper Beam". Hyper Beam? What's that? Oh well, I should definitely make use of it. I looked down at the hatchling's
battered, beaten, and lifeless body. I shed a tear, and was filled with rage.
"I stand corrected. NOW, you're going down... BITCH!!!" I yelled the last word with my rage and sorrow at the
innocent Metroid's death. Mother Brain then screamed a challenge, the likes of which even my suit couldn't translate.
"I'll avenge you," I whispered, another tear rolling down my cheek. I took aim, and fired a blast at the beast.
My arm was forced back, and ALMOST torn out-of-socket from the intensity. But it had the desired effect. Upon
contact, Mother Brain recoiled, stepped back, and screamed in pain.
-= End Flashback =-
"Touching. It's amazing, really, about how much you can learn about a person when you can read them like a book."
"You... you don't even DESERVE to use that weapon. I'll enjoy killing you off as much as I did the Mother Brain!"
"Relish the thought, Sister." Sister? Why the hell did this thing think that it could get away with calling me
its SISTER?!
"What the hell do you think you're pulling, calling me that??" I yelled.
"We're actually not so different. Aside from having the same DNA, there's personality traits that make you and I
undeniably similar. For example, you kill those who get in your way."
"Only if I have a reason. You, on the other hand, seem to find killing ENJOYABLE, you sadistic freak of nature!"
"Samus, Samus, Samus. You see, I have nothing against you personally. The point is, I must kill you to ensure the
life of the last of my species. And oh, how easily I could kill you right here, lying on the ground, helpless." The SA-X
peering around in my mind was enough to make me sick to my stomach.
-= Meanwhile, at Federation HQ =-
(A/N: Okay, I'll explain just what's goin on at Fed HQ. When they investigated the wreckage of BSL, they came across
an SA-X, battered, beaten, and unconscious. They took it with them, and attempted to heal its potentially-fatal wounds.
Of course, the 'Feds were planning to somehow control it and harness its powers. It being the second of the two SA-Xs
that survived the crash, it constantly searched around for its kin.)
"Call for backup! We can't let this thing escape, or we'll be screwed!" Meanwhile, the battered SA-X wandered
aimlessly around Federation HQ.
SA-X Point-of-view
"Where? Where is my kin? We must reunite to defeat the Metroid," I pondered. Apparently, I was beaten,
bruised, and traumatized by the crash, as I didn't know where I was. I then temporarily blanked out.
-= Flashback =-
"Propulsion sequence activated. Destination: SR388," droned a disembodied computer voice. Three of my kin, as well
as myself, were gathered in the depths of Sector 6: NOC. (A/N: For the sake of clarity, and since the X probably actually
'talk' in a different language, I'm going to use something like this for their language.)
Oh shit! We have to get out of here!
Samus Aran. She moves in the direction of the docking bay. We should intercept her there, if the bravest of us
hasn't done so already.
Most likely. But we lost contact after the fight in the navigation deck.
"Five."
Here goes. Brace yourselves!
"Four."
She'll die with the rest of us!
"Three. Two. One." The four of us then braced ourselves for the worst.
"Impact imminent. Have a nice day!" Just then, a massive explosion, followed by rock and shrapnel flew
all over the place, obliterated two of my kin. The other was knocked back to gelatinous form, and I was fatally
injured.
End of chapter 3.
A/N: Weeeellll.... another chapter, posted and ready for reading! Oh, and if you review, please don't only
praise/flame. I might need some advice, as well, as I'm kinda clueless as to what to do next. The bad news is,
I'm going out of town for 2 weeks starting Wednesday at 2 PM to visit relatives, so sadly, I probably won't be able
to update for those weeks... unless I can get to a computer. Well, peace out for now, and I'll be baaaaacckkkk...
(Echoing and spouting gibberish like fortune-cookie Yogurt from Spaceballs.)
Copyrights: You should know damn well that I don't own Nintendo,
as I'm just a fan writing a FANFIC.
A/N: Well, the X-I-B's back, and ready to throw another chapter out to
you, the people! Pretty unexpected how the SA-X got the Hyper Beam,
huh? It has other abilities, too, at least one of which will be
revealed and highly-used in this chapter.
Chapter 3: Getting Inside Your Skin
"Tell me, Huntress, what emotions are you feeling right now? Emotional pain? Fear? Hatred?" This anonymous
voice echoed through my head, chilling me to the bone. It sounded alot like my voice, only heavily warped and
demonic-sounding. Wait a minute... what the hell?! Who was talking to me with my own voice?!
"You don't know? Look in front of you, the answer's really quite obvious." I looked back up, and into the
SA-X's blank, dead-looking eyes, which were intently fixed upon me.
"You..." I muttered. "But how the hell did you get inside my head?!" Now, I was practically shouting at
nothingness.
"Why, the very same way I got this little weapon," thought-spoke the SA-X, firing one rainbow-colored beam
squarely into my leg. I screamed, and then fell to the ground, holding my leg in pain.
"It hurts, doesn't it? Perhaps, now you know how the Mother Brain felt?" The SA-X said this with a sickly
sweet-yet-blunt voice, which made me sick with hatred. Luckily, the blast didn't penetrate my suit, otherwise
I'd be suffocated from all the air being sucked out. I looked down at my suit's leg, which was scorched badly.
This wasn't the first time I was on the ground... alone... helpless.
-= Flashback =- (A/N: Potential spoilers in this flashback if you haven't played Super Metroid.)
It seemed like a vacuum of energy was sucking energy from everywhere. The power-plant-supply-thing of
Tourian. And also, my Power Suit. I didn't know what the Mother Brain was up to, but it couldn't be good. I
charged up a Plasma Beam, and charged at the abomination. Just then, a ray of rainbow-y light struck me and
pinned me up against the wall, and drained my energy, all at the same time. The burning sensation of this
strange new weapon coursed through every cell of my being. I let out a scream as the ray dissipated, and I
fell to the ground.
"You're going down, you bitch!" I yelled, attempting to switch to my Super Missiles. But, to no avail. It
seemed that this ray drained my weapons, as well as my energy tanks. This wasn't good, as I couldn't even summon
the strength to get off my knees. The Mother Brain then screamed, and started charging up another ray. My ear drums
nearly literally popped from the sheer intensity of the scream.
Just as the leader of the Zebes base was about to release one final attack that would've ended my mission, as well
as my life, fate intervened. A giant Metroid zoomed in out of nowhere, and grabbed ahold of the Mother Brain's bulbous
brain. It started screaming some more, trying to rake it off frantically. I recognized this Metroid. Although it
was mutated and swollen to immense proportions, I recognized this Metroid as none other than the hatchling Metroid I had
rescued from SR388, come to the rescue of its parent-figure.
It sucked the Mother Brain's energy completely dry, leaving it as nothing more than a very fragile statue. The
Metroid flew over to me, and squeed happily.
"It's good to see you too. Now, let's ditch this hellhole." (A/N: If the Metroid has a name in fact, I don't know
it.) The Metroid warbled in concern, and attached itself to me. I panicked, as I thought it was so warped by the Pirates
that it didn't even recognize me. But I was wrong. I watched in awe as my energy tanks were completely refilled.
As it detached itself so we could leave, color came back to the Mother Brain. It screamed, and attacked the Metroid
in a rage. It could take a beating, I have to admit, but it couldn't take too much. It's death noise chilled me to the
bone, and filled me with rage, as well as power. Newfound power.
The hatchling. It sacrificed itself so that I could live. I looked at the words blinking on my visor. They read
"Hyper Beam". Hyper Beam? What's that? Oh well, I should definitely make use of it. I looked down at the hatchling's
battered, beaten, and lifeless body. I shed a tear, and was filled with rage.
"I stand corrected. NOW, you're going down... BITCH!!!" I yelled the last word with my rage and sorrow at the
innocent Metroid's death. Mother Brain then screamed a challenge, the likes of which even my suit couldn't translate.
"I'll avenge you," I whispered, another tear rolling down my cheek. I took aim, and fired a blast at the beast.
My arm was forced back, and ALMOST torn out-of-socket from the intensity. But it had the desired effect. Upon
contact, Mother Brain recoiled, stepped back, and screamed in pain.
-= End Flashback =-
"Touching. It's amazing, really, about how much you can learn about a person when you can read them like a book."
"You... you don't even DESERVE to use that weapon. I'll enjoy killing you off as much as I did the Mother Brain!"
"Relish the thought, Sister." Sister? Why the hell did this thing think that it could get away with calling me
its SISTER?!
"What the hell do you think you're pulling, calling me that??" I yelled.
"We're actually not so different. Aside from having the same DNA, there's personality traits that make you and I
undeniably similar. For example, you kill those who get in your way."
"Only if I have a reason. You, on the other hand, seem to find killing ENJOYABLE, you sadistic freak of nature!"
"Samus, Samus, Samus. You see, I have nothing against you personally. The point is, I must kill you to ensure the
life of the last of my species. And oh, how easily I could kill you right here, lying on the ground, helpless." The SA-X
peering around in my mind was enough to make me sick to my stomach.
-= Meanwhile, at Federation HQ =-
(A/N: Okay, I'll explain just what's goin on at Fed HQ. When they investigated the wreckage of BSL, they came across
an SA-X, battered, beaten, and unconscious. They took it with them, and attempted to heal its potentially-fatal wounds.
Of course, the 'Feds were planning to somehow control it and harness its powers. It being the second of the two SA-Xs
that survived the crash, it constantly searched around for its kin.)
"Call for backup! We can't let this thing escape, or we'll be screwed!" Meanwhile, the battered SA-X wandered
aimlessly around Federation HQ.
SA-X Point-of-view
"Where? Where is my kin? We must reunite to defeat the Metroid," I pondered. Apparently, I was beaten,
bruised, and traumatized by the crash, as I didn't know where I was. I then temporarily blanked out.
-= Flashback =-
"Propulsion sequence activated. Destination: SR388," droned a disembodied computer voice. Three of my kin, as well
as myself, were gathered in the depths of Sector 6: NOC. (A/N: For the sake of clarity, and since the X probably actually
'talk' in a different language, I'm going to use something like this for their language.)
Oh shit! We have to get out of here!
Samus Aran. She moves in the direction of the docking bay. We should intercept her there, if the bravest of us
hasn't done so already.
Most likely. But we lost contact after the fight in the navigation deck.
"Five."
Here goes. Brace yourselves!
"Four."
She'll die with the rest of us!
"Three. Two. One." The four of us then braced ourselves for the worst.
"Impact imminent. Have a nice day!" Just then, a massive explosion, followed by rock and shrapnel flew
all over the place, obliterated two of my kin. The other was knocked back to gelatinous form, and I was fatally
injured.
End of chapter 3.
A/N: Weeeellll.... another chapter, posted and ready for reading! Oh, and if you review, please don't only
praise/flame. I might need some advice, as well, as I'm kinda clueless as to what to do next. The bad news is,
I'm going out of town for 2 weeks starting Wednesday at 2 PM to visit relatives, so sadly, I probably won't be able
to update for those weeks... unless I can get to a computer. Well, peace out for now, and I'll be baaaaacckkkk...
(Echoing and spouting gibberish like fortune-cookie Yogurt from Spaceballs.)