Metroid Diffusion XVI

FEAR OF PHAZON

(the last chapter, i promise, find out what phazon really is! And please if you've managed to read this far, why not review?)

Dark Samus opened her eyes. She was floating in a multi-coloured dust cloud. A figure's dark shadow crept towards her through the cloud. All her hatred, pain and craving had gone. The cloud passed and she realised she was floating in space, even though she could feel hard ground beneath her. The figure standing in front of her was Fadley. She felt deep remorse when she saw him; he had been so betrayed by her. Her emotions got the better of her and began to cry. Fadley walked over to her and wiped a tear from her cheek, "Look at the galaxy." Dark Samus saw planets charred grey and battered remains of spaceships floating in the inky blackness. Her voice was shaky, "Is this what'll happen now?"

"It may be."

"What do you mean?"

"The Cosmos is a continuation of time that ebbs and flows, you can't change it no matter what you think or do. What you can do is affect the parallel universes that are connected to it. By affecting these certain things happen and don't happen. The parallel universes all affect our world and so if you had won against yourself you would have cut it out of this universe."

"Fadley, I'm glad you're here"

"I am not Fadley, I am you. I am a spirit conjured by your mind to tell you." Fadley's image warped and turned into Sumas, "You see that Sumas was you all along and not Dark Samus. Usually something new will disturb a person but you weren't disturbed by Sumas because you knew him, you were him. Dark Samus however was a creation of your fear. That is what Phazon is, fear. That's why it affects the whole galaxy. A plant-eater has a hereditary fear of predators and so, in contact with phazon, will turn into a predator. This disrupts the food chain and can destroy whole planets but mutations don't always work, sometimes an animal transforms too much and therefore cannot adapt to its surroundings and dies. You are here to help; you have seen these mutations through yourself and you now know what you are fighting. You can turn back to that side, if you want."

Dark Samus was unsure, her fear was creeping up on her, no she decided that she wouldn't walk the path of darkness, a path that led no where. Her skin turned from the dark blue back to its original pink and she felt the craving and pain flow away in the wind. "I'm ready to go back to my world."

Sumas looked sad, "Then you know I must go as well, I am also awoken by your fear, to guide you. You have passed the test set many eons ago by an ancient race. They did not know how it would affect normal creatures or other life forms but they still watch and wait."

Samus now knew what she was giving up, Sumas had been such a good help, if not for him she wouldn't have got here. But what were the consequences? A destroyed universe, Sumas wouldn't want that. "I'm giving up a lot but I know that people will not suffer by hands anymore, I have seen what could happen but I am not going to let that happen. I'm sorry Sumas."

A pleasant voice behind her said, "You have fully passed the test little bird." Samus turned round and faced the Chozo who had been speaking to her. There was only one who called her 'little bird', her foster father, Elder Iom. Tears reached her eyelids and she began to cry, not out of sadness but happiness, "Father!"

"I'm here my child… but only in spirit. A lot of your loved ones are already spirits, but that does not mean there is less hope for others. Phazon is our test of the galaxy, those who squander it die and those who have no control but are pure of heart live. So little bird, I can send you back to the time that is now for you."

Samus smiled and said, "I'm ready". The stars and planets spun quickly around her getting faster and faster until they were just bright streak across her vision. The light disappeared and she felt herself falling. She fell onto the floor of her spaceship and quickly spun round to see what she had come through; a white hole was closing fast and soon disappeared. She picked herself up off the floor and accessed the spaceship database. Her previous destinations were, Tallon IV, Zebes, Brinstar, SRC388, Aether and Cinibus, the planet where she had first found that phazon. She put on her normal suit and walked through the hanger and down the corridor. A familiar voice shouted down the hallway, "SAMUS ARAN, GET YOUR METAL ASS IN HERE!" Samus' spine tingled, Commander Binus was still here. As she walked down, a janitor passed, she stopped him and asked, "What year is it?" The man looked puzzled and rolled his eyes,

"If I had a memory like yours I'd forget to go to the toilet…it's 299 AGF, almost 300 years since the GF was first set-up. How could forget a date like that?"

Samus walked into the office and saw the old commander sitting in the chair, "Samus finally, what took you so long?"

"Sorry sir I was busy"

"Well you'll be a bloody heck busier in a minute. There's a rebel group trying to kill the leader of a peace group, Peace Brothers, your old friends the space pirates. Infiltrate this vessel and destroy their weapons, no one must die. GOT THAT SAMUS?"

Samus smiled sincerely, "Yes sir" for some reason this scared the crap out of the Commander. Samus, on the other hand, was glad to be back on duty, it was time to assume the role she had always dreamt of fulfilling, to be the best bounty hunter ever. Samus boarded her ship and took off into space, which didn't seem so dark anymore, or maybe she had seen the light.

End Chapter XVI

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(well there you go, look out for more metroid fics coming your way)