Metroid Ultima saga: Episode 11 X Vs. Predator part 2
Pete sat in front of the stretcher Samus was laid upon. She had saved his life. Samus still hadn't woken up, but she seemed restless. He wondered what had become of that Samus clone. Its name was unknown to him. He tilted his head back wondering why Samus had saved his life, after he had been such a jerk. But who was he kidding, he did care for Samus, more than he was willing to admit.
The cold ship drifted through space, on a slow pace but it had a destination. Lee accessed the ships mainframe, the only part of it he couldn't access was the navigational star. The ships main AI [Mother] had been infected by the virus, because of her organic network. Lee couldn't access the ships navigational star because of this.
A nightmare ran through Samus head. It had a lot to do with her past and these events. She could feel the cold hand of a space pirate run over her back. She turned around to see not a pirate but Ultima. He rose his bionic arm and held her on her throat. He snapped her neck, as Samus let out a blood curdling scream. The dream broke from her head as she fell off of the stretcher. Pete ran over to her. "Samus are you ok?" Pete had a scared look on his face as he turned her right side up.
Samus's eye's were crimson red instead of their usual emerald green. She sat up and looked at Pete with a blank stare. Her eye color then went back to normal. "Are you ok?" Pete asked, with a worried look on his face. "What do you care?!" The two of them walked onto the upper deck, to let Lee know she was awake. Lee turned towards them and threw Samus a chip. "Insert that into the wall console." Samus did so and an graphic image appeared.
Samus gasped at the sight of it. Her power suit was badly damaged. The left upper shoulder had a crack in it. The right was shattered. The breast plate had a few burn marks, as well as cracks. The visor had a crack as well. Lee pointed towards the breastplate. "Samus your lucky the FCS wasn't damaged, or you'd be stuck in that thing. I cant repair it here you'll have to wait tell we get back to Earth."
Samus was pissed. "Great my suit is busted because I saved that idiots life." She shot Pete an angry look, but then blushed afterwards. Lee had a job for Samus. "Sam you're the only one immune to the X, these things are all over the ship. You have to go out and at least find a way to shut Mother down. I know you cant use your suit but I have an alternative solution.
Samus rode the elevator back up to the upper level. She had on the second layer blue jump suit, equip with a com link on her ear, as well as a rifle on her back
And 1 in her hand. "Samus that suit will give you some protection but you cant do close range combat. If you run into that SA-X thing just run you cant face it. Try to neutralize the pirates that are here as well." Samus rolled her eyes as eh gave him the affirmative. The SA-X prowled through the halls. All that could be heard was its footsteps.
Lee wanted Samus to retrieve a data disk on Mother. It would allow Lee to get into her mainframe. Samus began to pick up Pulsations, thinking it was the SA-X she pointed her rifle in its direction. Slime dripped on her shoulder. Samus looked up to see a pale looking creature with four legs and a miss formed head. The creature jumped down in front of her and growled. Samus stepped back a few and pointed her rifle at it. It just stood there looking at her.
Samus pulled the trigger and the creature was reduced to nothing but pulp. Only and X cell was left. Samus absorbed it and looked at a tank nearby. She wiped the gunk off to see a balled female human sleeping in the tank. Samus decided to leave it alone. She picked up a disc on a desk and transferred the data to Lee. "Ok Samus great, now I need data on the virus. Go to sub sector B to retrieve it. Careful I see a big bio sign near you."
Samus thought about it, mother had an organic component. A brain maybe? She took the elevator up to sub sector B, things were quiet to quiet. Samus stayed alert as she passed each corner. Once she transferred the data to Lee he gave her some shocking news. "Samus we have another pest on this ship. Life forms called Xenomorphs. Like the X they are parasitic, however they cannot be infected by the X like metroids. If an X tried to infect one it would become a part of the Xeno being and cause it to evolve. Like metroids they are weakened by the cold. Be careful if you see one Samus."
Once the com link clicked a pulsation became visible on Samus's radar. It was 5 meters ahead, eventually footsteps could be heard. The SA-X stopped walking once it caught sight of Samus. It shot the left door leaving her trapped. "Samus run you cant face it like this." Lee didn't know what this thing was capable of. The SA-X shot Samus on her side, she yelled in pain as she clutched it. "85 life points Samus" She began to shoot the SA-X with one of the rifles she was armed with.
It seemed to do more damage to the SA-X than a super missile. The SA-X fell to one knee as its body disappeared and it became a blue X core. It ascended into the air, Samus didn't try to absorb it. "Well Samus I see that I can use this thing for my own purposes." Ultima appeared out of the shadows. Samus pointed her rifle at him. Ultima jumped up and absorbed the X core. He morphed into a power suit figure covered with metroid body parts. He shot Samus with a super missile knocking her up against the wall.
"20 life points Samus. Get to the elevator to the right side." Surprisingly Ultima shot a hole into the ground and jumped in. "The hunt is on!!!!!" Samus took the elevator back to the colony. Samus didn't understand why Ultima didn't take her right then and there. Lee had no idea how to stop him. "Samus that thing Ultima has is called the larva suit made from merging with the SA-X and metroid DNA. Theirs a point in the ship where the X were gathering. They all just disappeared, I think that Ultima is the Predator now lets let him exterminate them. Why he didn't kill you, I'm not sure has something to do with his natural metroid nature.