A Metroid Among Zoanthropes

A Metroid/Bloody Roar Fan Fiction Crossover

by Derald Snyder

Part 8- The Iron Mole

*Aran-Nonomura Residence*

The landline phone rang, Samus swiftly answering... "Hello? Burtory? ...WHAT?! Is she all right?! ...I see. Yugo's tracking him? Say no more, I'm on my way." She swiftly hung up. "Adam, I need you to link with GPS to locate Yugo's cell! He's tracking the killer as we speak!"

"Understood, Lady," Adam responded, a map of the city popping on the monitor, which soon zoomed in on a particular point. "I seem to have located Ogami. He's on the move. I will transfer the data to your suit when you're ready."

"Roger that," Samus acknowledged as she focused her mind, her Power Suit soon materializing over her body in the Gravity setting.

"Mommy, what's going on?" Samus turned to see Uriko standing there, looking as if she was expecting to be scolded for leaving her room.

"Shina found the killer, but he messed her up pretty badly. Alice is trying to patch her up, while Yugo's using his wolf form to track the killer's scent. I'm going to go join up with him to take this criminal down. You need to stay here, it's the safest place for you right now. Do you understand?"

"Okay," Uriko nodded, relaxing a little. "Kick his butt hard, okay Mommy?"

"Don't worry, I will," Samus nodded, before turning and departing, the door automatically locking behind her...

*Out on the streets...*

"This would be the most efficient path for you to take to catch up with Ogami," Adam said as a route was marked on the city map displayed on Samus' HUD. "I would caution you about using your Speed Booster, however, due to civilians walking the streets, not to mention vehicular traffic..."

"You're telling me what I already know," Samus grunted as she ran down the sidewalk, jumping and flipping over a few shocked civilians before dashing off again.

"Anyway, given the speed at which Ogami is moving, I calculate that you will intercept in about 15-20 minutes, barring any delays," Adam continued. "If he is engaged with the killer when you arrive, you should wait and look for an opportunity to intervene, perhaps using your Phantom Cloak to catch him by surprise if possible. Any objections, Lady?"

"Thanks, Adam," was Samus' only reply, briefly engaging her Speed Booster down a clear road, cutting it off when she reached the corner, looking out for cross traffic. Making a left turn down an alley, she used her Flash Shift to cover the distance from entrance to exit, then turning right and running down a back road...

But suddenly something erupted from beneath her feet, sending her tumbling! Samus rolled into the morph ball to dissipate momentum, before uncurling and looking back to see what had assaulted her... "What the...?"

It appeared to be a human-sized robotic mole with orange highlights, it's parts folding in on themselves as the robot 'rearranged' itself to a more human form, looking like a samurai with a white mask/helmet, dressed in red armor with black legs, white feet and hands. "Subject identified: Samus Aran. Ambush only successful in knocking target off balance. Proceeding with combat engagement," it spoke in a metallic tone.

(Is this thing based off Bakuryu...?) Samus pondered. "I don't have time for this. Move aside."

"Invalid input. Mission of unit Kohryu is to terminate all persons blocking retrieval of test subject Uriko Nonomura," the robot responded.

Samus' eyes widened slightly at the mention of her daughter, promptly leveling her arm cannon at her adversary. "...You've just sealed your fate. No one lays a finger on Uriko as long as I'm around!"

"Response accepted. Commence combat." Kohryu charged forward, easily shifting to the side to dodge the Super Missile Samus fired at it, going into a slide that knocked the hunter off her feet! Samus promptly curled into the morph ball, laying a few bombs to cover herself as she rolled away. Kohryu simply flip-jumped over the bombs, going for a kick which barely missed! Samus uncurled and hit Kohryu with a melee counter, before blasting him with a charged Plasma Beam! The robot staggered, but regained control, shifting into mole mode and tunneling underground!

"Just like the first Bakuryu..." Samus muttered to herself, keeping an eye on the pavement below and around her... Sure enough, the pavement started to crack under her feet, but she was ready this time, jumping and rolling into morph ball mode as Kohryu burst out of the ground! This time, she laid a Power Bomb, the explosion knocking the Iron Mole off its feet and into a stone wall! Samus then uncurled, arm cannon at the ready... Kohryu managed to recover, charging forward, Samus firing off a Super Missile before Flash Shifting to the side... But the robot simply smacked the missile aside with a claw swipe, changing direction to try and impale Samus with it's other claw, the hunter easily jumping over and landing behind her foe, swiftly turning and firing an uncharged plasma/wave shot, which had little effect.

Kohryu abruptly shifted back to humanoid mode, hitting Samus with three quick punches, the hunter managing to block the followup uppercut, only for Kohryu to hit her with a leg sweep, sending her to the pavement! She instinctively curled into the morph ball, only for Kohryu to kick her like a soccer ball into the side of an apartment building! Samus unmorphed, slightly dizzy as Kohryu charged at again-

-only for the robot to be knocked aside by a right straight from a new arrival! "Samus, stand up! A hunter like you shouldn't fall to this machine!"

"Long...?" Samus groaned as she stood up. "What are you doing here?"

"I had a bad omen," the former assassin stated. "Is Uriko all right?"

"She's safe at home, for now," Samus grunted, "but this robot intends to kidnap her!"

"Target identified: Long Shin. Engaging new threat," Kohryu intoned, transforming to mole form again, and charging forth, Long easily sidestepping, before transforming himself, his tiger form pouncing on the robot from behind!

"I'll leave him to you then!" Samus called, turning and engaging her Speed Booster. "Adam, do you still have a lock on Ogami?"

"I appear to have lost his cell's signal," Adam replied. "Here is his last known location. I suggest you hurry, Lady."

"Acknowledged," the hunter grunted as she stopped and turned left to run down another alley...

*Temple of the Tabula*

Xion sighed as he meditated in the depths of the temple, a demonic statue on one side of the massive room, a shrine of some sort on the opposite side. Here was where the Tabula's power was strongest, Xion drawing on said power to heal his wounds from the battle with Shina...

"There you are! I found you, murderer!" Xion's eyes opened, to see a well-built man with short brown hair and an X-shaped scar on his face approaching. "Your reign of terror ends here and now, Xion!"

"...You must be a friend of that woman who wounded me, however slightly," Xion commented as he rose to his feet. "If you think you have me cornered, you are gravely mistaken. How did you find me, though?"

"My beast form is the wolf! I tracked the scent of the blood you shed!" Yugo answered. "And you shouldn't underestimate me! I'm a world-class professional boxer!"

"A pugilist... how primitive," Xion sniffed. "I shall you the superiority of my beast form- The Unborn!" A platform seemingly made of light beams materialized beneath their feet, rising high into the air! "There will be no escape for you!"

"Right back at you! Let's do this!" Yugo challenged, taking his stance.

*To be continued...*