The Last Metroid (Another Story)
Prologue
It was a typical day as Quothos walked down the street to the store. He knew what he would do when he got there. He would head straight for electronics to see the newest games on the market. He had beaten Super Metroid a few days ago and needed a new game to master. He still couldn't believe that Mother Brain had killed the last Metroid. He walked into the store, but nothing he saw caught his eye. He walked back home and turned on his Super Nintendo. The Super Metroid logo appeared and he selected a new file, aiming for a better time.
"I know I can do better than two hours" he thought to himself. "I'll wipe Metroid off the face of the solar system again." Outside the clouds started to get dark, and a low wind picked up. Off in the distance, a clap of thunder was heard.
"Another storm? Oh well, as long as the power doesn't go off." He said to no one inparticular. He hurried through the space center and entered the hatchling room, where Ridley sat in waiting. Another clap of thunder went off outside and Quothos jumped.
"Jesus Christ that one was close. I hope that surge protector keeps the TV from blowing up." He crushed Ridley like he always did and laughed as the large creature took off with the hatchling. Then there was a huge flash as thunder and lightning combined in a strike of sheer power. The two obliterated a power pole and the electricity surged through the wires. The lights in Quothos house went dark, but the TV remained on. Quothos looked around.
"Freaky. Why didn't the TV go off?" Then he felt the electricity travel up through the machine, into the controller, and into his body. He could feel his body being burned up from the inside, but then something unnatural happened. His legs weren't numb. They weren't there at all. His body was starting to de-materialize. The shock over took him and his world went dark.
Chapter 1
A new realization of fear
When Quothos opened his eyes, the room was dark around him. But he was no longer in his bedroom, not even his house. Something reeked in the air around him and it burned his nostrils. His eyes started to focus in the low light and he felt sick. There were mangled bodies strung throughout the room. Computers hummed softly with flashing lights, but there was no one there to control them. The people were all dead. Suddenly he felt the room start to shake. In the distance he heard a door open and loud metal footsteps head in his direction. He shrank back to avoid whatever was coming down the hall. Whatever did this to these people could very easily do it to him. He saw a figure running down a hall and enter the room he was in. Then it stopped short and looked at its arm.
"Lifesigns? But I just checked and there were none!" The figure said. The voice was obviously female. Suddenly there was a bright light shining in Quothos face.
"Leave me alone! Don't hurt me!" Quothos blurted out putting his hands up to protect himself.
"I'm not going to hurt you. Come on. We have to get out of here. This place is about to blow!" The woman said. Quothos saw a large chunk of a ceiling plate hit the ground about three inches to his left and he jumped up.
"You don't need to tell me twice." He said running towards the opposite end of the room. For some reason he seemed to know where to go, yet he'd never been here. The door opened and the two ran ahead. They made it to the top of the room, but there was no door or ladder.
"Now what?" Quothos cried, dodging a large puff of red-hot steam.
"Get on the platform of course." She said, pointing to a glowing platform. Quothos hesitated but she pushed him on and then got on herself. The platform started to move upwards towards the ceiling. At the top a hidden door opened and they were lifted into a vehicle of some sort.
"Sit down and hang on. This is gonna be close!" She said as she sat in a chair. She pressed a few buttons and Quothos could feel whatever they were in start to move. Then there was a huge jolt and Quothos was thrown out of his chair.
"Shit! Two more seconds and we woulda been space dust." She pushed some more buttons then turned around and looked at Quothos. Quothos hoisted himself up and rubbed his head. "You okay?" She asked.
"I'm fine. But what just happened? Where am I?" Quothos asked, trying to get his eyes to focus.
"You're on board my space ship. We just escaped the space colony that blew up. Now I've got a few questions for you." She said. "Why are you alive? How come Ridley didn't slice you up like the others? How did you hide from him? He's not easily fooled you know."
"Ridley? Space Stations? Wha…?" Quothos looked at the figure and got a clear look for the first time. If it was a woman, she was in some odd armor or something. She had a cannon on her right hand. Just like Samus Aran did in Super Metroid.
"I realize you're dazed by the attack, but I want some answers." She said taking off her helmet. Long blond hair fell out and Quothos' eyes grew wide.
"S..Samus?" He didn't recall saying the words, but they came out just the same.
"Well at least you remember who I am. Now do you wanna tell me what happened?" Samus asked. Quothos' mouth went dry. What was he supposed to say. He knew exactly what she knew. She wasn't more than a video game. But here he was talking to her. His instincts from the game kicked in.
"Follow Ridley. He's taking the hatchling to Mother Brain. She's waiting for him on Metroid!" Quothos blurted, thinking this was just a dream.
"Metroid? Mother Brain? Look doc, I don't know what kind of trauma you're in, but Mother Brain is dead, and Metroid was long destroyed. I was there." She said a hint of laughter in her voice.
"Not anymore. She's very much alive. If you follow Ridley I'll prove it." He said, moving towards the controls.
"I've already got the ship following Ridley. But he's got a good lead on us. But first things first. How do you know this?" She asked, a quizzical look on her face.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you Samus. Trust me on this one. All you need to know is that I'm as confused as you are."