I swear, writer's block is out to get me. Alrighty then! Here's part two of my Metroid/Star Wars Xova fic!
Oh, and there were two reasons why I had to wait until mid-August to post this. Firstly, I wanted to get as many reviews as possible before posting. And secondly, my schedule was really cramped tight, so it kept me from my work. A thousand apologies to all who reviewed. I hope no one flames me, and if anyone does, I will use that flame to nuke them. And sorry if I was behind schedule!
Responses to your reviews: I only got three reviews. BOO! I expected better from you!
Alleycat1312: Thanks for the review. I'll remember to keep Yoda's lines more…Yoda-ish. Sorry if I've kept you waiting. And thanks for accepting my idea of Samus being a Jedi. Finally, thanks for being my first reviewer.
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Disclaimer: Star Wars belongs to George Lucas. Metroid belongs to Nintendo and Retro Studios. That means I don't own either of them and never will. But this plot is mine, so don't even think about taking it, lest ye be SUED to hell. Got that? Good, good. Now on with the fic!
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Anakin VS Samus: The Ultimate Battle
Part Two
Two weeks have passed since Anakin's encounter with the Hunter, a.k.a. Samus Aran, who was not only a bounty hunter, but a Jedi as well. He had no idea why she came for him or how she defeated him so easily. But he pushed these thoughts aside as he and Sidious headed to the hangar. This time, he thought, there will be no interruptions.
They just made it to the hangar when they saw a heavily damaged Clone gunship parked next to Anakin's starship. A lone Clone trooper staggered out of the gunship, wounds all over his body and his left arm missing. He collapsed in front of Anakin and Sidious.
"Ugh…sorry…my lord," he said weakly, coughing up blood.
Sidious was shocked and furious. "What happened?" he demanded.
The trooper looked fearful, but he had to answer. "Something…something happened…at the clone facility on Kamino. But was it a dream…or reality? It's…it's all mixed up in my head. She…she came out of nowhere." The trooper then spoke with a loud, agonized voice. "JUST…ONE…BOUNTY HUNTER. HOW COULD ONE BOUNTY HUNTER SLAUGHTER 500,000 CLONES!"
"WHAT!" Anakin gasped.
"The entire Clone manufacturing plant was destroyed by one bounty hunter!" Sidious angrily shouted.
The trooper nodded. "First…she came dressed in orange and red armor…wiped out so many of my troops and commanders…she left for reasons unknown…but two weeks later…she came back…clad in white…and she annihilated the entire plant. I managed to escape…but my troops did not." He wheezed part of his last breath. "For…give…me…my…lord." The trooper then fell silent, leaving Anakin and Sidious both shocked and furious.
"What should we do, my master?" Anakin asked in slight anger.
Sidious paused. "This is indeed a problem. Thanks to her, we only have a limited amount of Clones," he said, "but we will deal with her later. The important thing now is for you to go to Mustafar and wipe out all of the traitors there." Sidious said.
"Yes, Master," Anakin replied, hopping into his Jedi starship.
On the planet of Mustafar, Anakin ruthlessly slaughtered everyone in the facility. There were no signs of life in the facility. But then, Anakin sensed a disturbance in the force. Someone with whom the Force is strong with. Someone like…the Hunter.
"Have you come again to try and kill me…Samus Aran?" he stated without turning around. The Hunter stepped through the back entrance of the control room.
"You learned well…Darth Vader," she stated. Anakin turned to face her, but her armor looked different. Instead of it being orange and red lined with green, it was all white. Four circles of white light marked the breastplate. The circular shoulder plates were smaller, and the helmet was white with a white, Y-shaped visor. Her arm cannon was the same, though. "I assume you know what I did to the Clone manufacturing plant. Well, not that it matters." She raised her arm cannon and aimed it at Anakin. "I won't back down this time."
She then unleashed a barrage of Power Beam shots upon Anakin, who barely had time to dodge all of them. Her beam's rate of fire is faster than before, he thought. He then unsheathed his crystal lightsaber and charged for Samus, despite the rain of fire he was under. He then made a slash on Samus, but she dodged easily, sprint-jumping sideways and let fly with a missile. Anakin dodged just in time as the missile missed him and it exploded on a control panel. Samus then charged up her Seeker Missile Launcher and shot five missiles at once upon Anakin. But he used the Force to change the missiles' target—right at Samus!
But Samus was smarter than that. She used the Force to let the missiles explode upon each other, creating a smokescreen between herself and Anakin. As the smoke cleared, she changed her weapon. Its up-and-down width expanded, but instead of ice lining it, pulses of dark energy lined it. Parts of her arm cannon changed from the usual blue-silver color to a light purple. She then fired blasts of dark energy at Anakin. He deflected them easily with his lightsaber. But Samus was well aware of that as she charged up a sphere of dark energy. Dark tentacles seemed to entangle her weapon as she charged it to full power. Then she fired it upon Anakin. It hit his lightsaber, but it didn't bounce off it. Instead, streams of dark energy entangled Anakin, rendering him immobilized.
What? I…can't…move! Anakin thought, desperately trying to break free of his dark prison. Samus walked up to him.
"Well, it seems that the Entangler feature of my Dark Beam actually works on a Sith Lord," she said as she charged up another sphere of dark energy. "Now, go to the dark abyss where you belong. DARKBURST!" she shouted as a missile enshrouded with dark energy erupted out of her arm cannon. As it came closer, Anakin desperately tried to break free from the dark trap. Finally, with a roar of anger, he destroyed the entanglement and dodged the dark missile. It made impact on another control panel, and a dark hole opened, pulling anything that came near into a dark dimension. Anakin barely resisted the pull as the hole finally closed.
"Curses," Samus muttered to herself as she changed weapons again. This time, the side-to-side width expanded, but instead of purple electrical impulses lining it, light energy seemed to radiate it. Parts of her arm cannon went from light purple to light blue. She then fired a stream of white-hot energy at Anakin, who deflected it easily. More streams, more deflections. Samus then charged up three spheres of light energy. She then unleashed a barrage of small streams of white-hot energy. Now, there was no way for Anakin to deflect all of those at once, so he dodged, but some of the streams hit him, burning him just enough to make him fall. Samus charged her Light Beam again and aimed it at the downed Anakin.
"Burn," she said coldly. "SUNBURST!" A missile of pure light erupted out of her arm cannon and made its way slowly towards Anakin. Anakin was confused at first. A slow-moving missile? It would be almost too easy to dodge. But he suddenly realized that it wouldn't be easy as a thin ray seared Anakin's left side. He lifted his lightsaber to deflect the ray right at the missile. It exploded with a bright light, temporarily blinding him. Samus took this opportunity to change back to her Power Beam and charge up a sphere of energy for a super missile assault. A very large missile burst out of her cannon and flew towards Anakin. But he regained his sight and dodged the missile, and it succeeded in taking out a chunk of the facility.
"You're as skilled as ever," she said as she removed her arm cannon from her arm and setting it in a hole in the center of the room. "And as foolish." The cannon then burst out a stream of power energy and formed it into a dome about as high as a four-story building. "I trust you recognize this type of format."
Anakin did recognize it; it was one of the set-ups for a lightsaber duel back in his training as a Jedi. So she was finally going to take things seriously.
"Now let us see who has more skill as a Jedi," she said as she pulled out two intricately carved lightsaber handles out from compartments on the sides of her legs. Shining white beams emerged from them as she got into a battle position. Anakin did the same
"Let's go," he said simply.
They lunged for each other. Anakin made many blinding slashes, but Samus easily dodged every one of them. Now she changed to offensive and slashed with god-like speed. Anakin was barely keeping up with her speed. How was she moving so fast? Slash after slash, Samus was attacking with a ferocity only a demon could possess, leaving Anakin totally on the defensive. Every now and then, Anakin would change from defense to offense, only to find his efforts futile; Samus was too fast. She had the skills of both a Jedi and a bounty hunter. Perhaps that was why she is so hard to get past. But Anakin's determination would not die. His anger, his effort, his soul drove him onward. He had to defeat Samus. For Padmé's sake.
They had fought for well over three hours, and where Anakin was breathing heavily, Samus was barely sweating.
"You may have gotten stronger, but at the level you are now, you still cannot defeat me," Samus said as she lunged for him again. Now Anakin was barely managing to hang on. Then Samus caught Anakin off-guard with a kick to the gut, and she swung her lightsabers with all her might. Anakin dodged a little too late as the lightsabers clipped his left leg. The wounds weren't that deep, but it still caused Anakin to fall to the ground. Samus circled him slowly.
"Have you forgotten what Master Yoda told you?" she said as she continued circling around him. "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, then anger leads to hatred, and hatred leads only to a life of suffering. It was fear of losing your mother that you had to go back home to help her. When you witnessed her death, you became angry, and in that anger you killed those who killed her. Then you grew to hate them afterwards. Then you suffer over that heavy loss. And now, it is the same, only with your loved one. Your fear of losing her drove you to the Dark Side, to Sidious. And in the end, you will find that you will accomplish nothing out of it."
Anakin was aghast. How did she know all of that? Did Obi-Wan tell her? If he did, then he would make him pay for his insolence. These Jedi, they were all the same. Nosy, self-centered, and unable to save individuals from dying. He would learn how to save Padmé and crush all in his way. He would defeat this Jedi, then he would kill Obi-Wan, and he would save Yoda for last.
His rage has revived, Samus thought as she saw Anakin rising to his feet, lightsaber firmly in hand.
"I will not lose to you! I CANNOT LOSE!" he yelled in pure rage as he lunged for Samus. His strikes were considerably more powerful, but even that did not get past her. Samus was well-prepared for his rage from the very start. She blocked more oncoming blows. Then she caught Anakin off guard by dodging a thrust by leaping and landing right on his lightsaber. He was stunned at such a feat as he noticed an energy field between the bottom of her boot and his lightsaber. Once again, she kicked him in the gut and clipped his other leg, causing Anakin to fall again.
"Are you forgetting who you are dealing with?" Samus said, lightsaber pointing at Anakin. "I know you understand that life isn't fair. It never is fair, it never was fair, and it never will be fair. Just accept life's comforts and tragedies and live your life to the fullest. And even though you call yourself a Sith Lord, you cannot stop being a Jedi. A Jedi is a Jedi until the day he dies. He cannot become anything else. Even though I work as a bounty hunter, I am still a Jedi. It holds true for every Jedi. And even though you succumbed to the Dark Side, it holds true for you as well." Her words were cold as ice.
Anakin would not take anymore of these lies. He lifted himself up from the ground and turned to face his opponent. His eyes were now burning with rage that only a demon lord could possess. He lunged for Samus again. This time, they were evenly matched. But then Anakin did something unexpected; he kicked one of Samus's lightsabers out of her hand and sliced it with his own. This didn't phase her, though, as she began to attack more viciously than before. This was the ferocity of a Jedi who had faced a million deaths.
Anakin was now completely on the defensive again, but his rage would not allow it. He then lunged forward and succeeded in kicking her lightsaber out of her hands and slicing it in two. But that made him vulnerable to a Force attack by Samus, which sent him flying into the dome generated by her arm cannon. Samus then took this opportunity to summon her arm cannon with the Force and place it back on her right arm. She then changed beams. The length of it extended, but instead of angry red lava lining it, strips of flashing black and white lined it. Parts of the cannon changed from blue-silver to grey.
"Now allow me to show you the most powerful beam in my arsenal," Samus said as she fired a black sphere with a white tail at Anakin. He deflected it with his lightsaber, but it came back and hit him on the back, causing him to wince in pain.
"This is my Annihilator Beam. It combines both the Light and Dark Beams, thus creating a sound-based beam. It follows anything emitting a loud sound, namely the humming of your lightsaber," she said. Then she fired three more blasts of sonic energy at Anakin. No matter how many times he deflected them, the sonic energy spheres kept coming back. Samus took the time and charged up a giant sphere of resonating light and dark energy and fired it upon Anakin. It hit Anakin full force along with the other three sonic blasts, sending him flying to the other side of the now-decimated room. This did not stop him, though. Anakin stood up and charged at Samus as she was charging up another Disruptor. She dodged his slashes with ease, but she was caught off-guard with a kick to the gut. Anakin then created a deep gash in her armor and flesh and clipped her arm cannon. She fell, but not before using the Force to push him away.
Her arm cannon could only stand the recoil of two shots of her most powerful attack. Still on the ground, she charged up another sphere of light and dark energy. Anakin stood and leaped into the air about to perform a devastating downward slash. Time itself seemed to slow down as Anakin came ever closer to slicing his opponent clean in two. After what seemed like an eternity, Samus closed her eyes.
Gotcha.
Anakin never saw it coming. The instant her arm flew back from recoil, a giant wall of sonic energy formed between Anakin and Samus, hitting him full force. Pain of an unheard of magnitude surged through Anakin's body. It was a full five seconds before the wall disappeared and let Anakin collapse on the ground. He was barely conscious.
Samus breathed a sigh of relief. Then she stood slowly and said this to Anakin: "Remember, it was your own rage that led to your defeat." She then walked slowly to where her gunship was waiting.
Anakin wasn't down yet. He may have lost to her, but he wasn't going to give up so easily. Despite his serious injuries and endless pain, he crawled to a rejuvenation chamber that, despite Samus, had barely been touched. He then lifted himself into the chamber and sealed himself inside. It had been a full thirty minutes before he sensed Padmé. Now fully healed, he headed outside to see what Padmé was doing.
Samus was now inside her Hunter-Class Gunship, getting her wound treated. But then she sensed the souls of two Jedi fighting. It was Obi-Wan and Anakin! She moved her gunship to get a better view. First she saw a woman lying unconscious on the ground of the landing port, who she assumed was Padmé. Then she saw the duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan going on in the middle of a river of lava. They were dueling their very souls out. Then she saw Obi-Wan jump to a slope on the side of the lava river.
It wasn't like her to sit on the sidelines watching a fellow Jedi about to be killed. Then she glanced at her arm cannon, which was still in its Annihilator form. Sparks were flying out of it, and it was burned slightly. It can withstand only one more shock from the Sonic Boom before shutting down completely. And she noticed that Obi-Wan was on higher ground than Anakin was. To add to the advantage, she knew that Anakin would sense the Sonic Boom, thus throwing him off-guard and thus giving Obi-Wan the finishing blow. But she had to time it right.
She decided to go for it. She charged up a giant sonic orb once more. Sparks flew from her arm cannon and into the orb, thus giving it more power. Then she saw Anakin leap from the lone platform on the lava. Now was the time. She closed her eyes and fired
In the descending arc of his leap, Anakin sensed something coming his way. He raised his lightsaber to the left at the very last second. Another sonic wall formed on his left, but his lightsaber was able to cut the pain by half. Obi-Wan took his chance and sliced off Anakin's legs and his left arm. Anakin fell dangerously close to the river of lava. It was finally over.
Samus's arm cannon wasn't able to withstand the shock of the recoil. It was cracked and burned and sparks were furiously eking out of it before it finally shut down. Samus paid it no thought, though. Her next intention was the safety of Padmé. She flew her gunship towards the landing bay and leaped onto it. She then ran to the unconscious woman and inspected her. Then Obi-Wan came up to her, sweating furiously.
"How is she?" he asked her.
"Despite the intense heat and pressure on her neck, she's just unconscious. We better get her out of here," Samus stated as she lifted her up and handed her to Obi-Wan with great care. Then she leaped onto her gunship and followed Obi-Wan's transport.
After Padmé gave birth to her twins, whom she named Leia and Luke, she lost her will to live, and then she died. It was a heavy impact even to Samus. Now she was ready to leave. Before going, she said this to Obi-Wan:
"This will be the last time I may see you. I am going back to being a bounty hunter. But I will always remember these past battles. And I thank you."
Obi-Wan shook his head. "No, I should be the one that's thanking you. You gave me the opportunity to defeat Anakin with your Sonic Boom. I know, he was like a brother to me, and I had loved him very much. But it was best for the galaxy."
"Do not worry," Samus said with a smile, something that she hardly ever did. "What we did was best for everyone." She turned to her gunship. "And with that, excuse me. Farewell." She started to her gunship.
"Samus, may the Force be with you," Obi-Wan said. A lone tear fell down Samus's cheek, a tear that she thought dried up long ago.
"It shall be with me, Master Kenobi. Always."
And there you have it. I win, writer's block!
Oh, and if I feel like writing again, I'll write an epilogue that takes place after Episode VI. I hope you enjoyed it, Star Wars and Metroid fans! Now please review!
May the light guide your dream of writing!
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