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"Hahahaha… heh, I haven't had this much fun in a while." Ridley smirked.
"Mama! Papa! Where are you?"
"Hmm?" Ridley turned his head.
"Did something happen?" A young girl emerged from the smoke and then spotted Ridley, causing her to gasp while everyone nearby was getting massacred, but all she focused on was the large space dragon himself, as Ridley towered over the small girl.
"Lord Ridley, we've captured the facility. We've begun transporting the containers." A Zebesian said.
"Good."
"A-are you… Mister Ridley?"
"Mmph!" Ridley turned back to the girl.
"I… I'm Samus Aran… th-three years old…" She said. "E-Even if you look different… you're not scary… I'm perfectly fine… w-we can still be friends!"
Ridley gave her a somewhat sad look, seeming to have taken pity on the girl. Such innocence… I almost feel bad for what I'm about to do. …Almost. He thought. "Mmm, you're so cute. I'm sorry miss, but… that's impossible!"
"Huh…?"
"Because…" Ridley let out a terrifying screech, causing the small Samus to shrink back and causing her to scream. "YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE!" He roared.
"SAMUS!" A voice cried out as Samus turned to see her mother running toward her.
"Mama?!"
Ridley swung his claws down on Samus, but her mother pushed her out of the way and took the fatal blow. "GYAAAAAAAH!"
"MAMA!" Samus screamed, watching blood spill out of her mother's chest as Ridley smirked, breathing fire on her to obliterate her.
On the Space Pirate's cargo ship, Samus's father was hiding behind a corner. "Dammit… I've snuck onto their cargo ship… but what now…" He growled, holding on to his weapon. "What should I do? I can't let them leave with even this small amount of afloraltite… but it doesn't look like the Federation Police will get here in time!"
"Hey bastard, what are you doing there? How did you get in?!" A voice yelled as he turned to see two Zebesians.
"Damn." He mumbled under his breath as he aimed his weapon at them.
"Pffft, hahaha! What the hell! Is that a welding laser used to make repairs?"
"What can you do with that toy? DIE!"
The first Zebesian realized what was going to happen. "AH! Wait, if he hits the Afloratite, it'll blow!" He said before realizing what he just said. "…Oh…"
"You idiot!"
"Heh, that's right you crab assholes…" He smirked. "Looks like the soup between your ears actually is good for something." He said as he started shooting at it.
"AAAAH! FOOL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! CUT IT OUT! IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'LL DIE TOO!"
"Sorry Virginia… but it seems this is my only option…" He said, pulling the trigger as he closed his eyes. "Samus… I'm sorry… I love you!" He closed his eyes right as the mineral that K2L had ignited.
"So that's how it happened…" Rosalina said. "Everything you held dear in your home planet was destroyed in seconds… and you're the only survivor."
"Yes… and Ridley decided to go for the heart… all because I thought I could be friends with that monster…" Samus mumbled, her eyes bloodshot from her tears. Rosalina would hand her some cosmic water she conjured up as Samus would look at it before proceeding to take it and splashed it against her face.
"Thanks…" Samus said and took a deep breath, rubbing Pikachu's head as she then turned to Blake who was moving her fingers on her arm. "How's your arm?"
"Well, the feeling in my arm is coming back, so that's good. I didn't think he'd make it completely numb."
"Seems he went for a pressure point to try and stop you. Doesn't surprise me, he didn't seem too worried about you." Samus said as she stood up. "I don't know about you, but I'm ready to go investigate Sector 6 again."
"Yeah. I'm ready to go too." Blake said as she stood up. "Because I want to know if-nnngh!" She grunted, wincing. "Dammit… why is my back burning…?" She wondered as Samus and Rosalina would take a look, seeing a nasty burn on her back.
"Ooooh, plasma burn…" Samus grimaced as Blake flashbacked to where she saved Pikachu from getting severely burned.
"Figures." Blake mumbled.
"Hmm, if I had some special ointment on me… it could easily take care of the burn." Rosalina said. "Unfortunately, I need a few leaves from a galaxy that's far away from here and the last time I used it was… oh, two hundred years ago, I believe?"
"What galaxy?" Samus wodered.
"Tall Trunk Galaxy. This massive tree has a special kind of leaf that when you grind it, it produces this salve that treats all burns ranging from your typical first degree burns to intense acid burns. No burn can withstand such a salve."
"…Come to think of it, I think I came across that galaxy at one point during my space travels. I recall seeing a gigantic tree."
"That would be the one. It also has a… slide for some reason. I never really understood it, to be honest." Rosalina scratched the back of her head. "But it's the only leaf in the universe that can cure burns, plus it feels so good on the skin!"
"Have you heard of aloe vera? It's basically the same thing… probably not for plasma or acid burns, but it's enough to soothe it. That's what we have in Remnant." Samus said.
Rosalina stared at her. "…Huh?"
"Yeah, there's aloe plants where you can cut off the stems and then apply it to the skin. There's also bottles of it in stores."
Rosalina blinked. "…I beg your pardon?"
Samus snickered, patting Rosalina on the shoulder. "I think you've been in space for far too long." She said.
"Heavens, what else have I missed?" Rosalina rubbed her head before shrugging. It's probably not the same though. She thought as she conjured up cosmic water and would apply it to Blake's back. "There, that should cool it off for a while."
"You conjured up water?"
"Yes."
"…And you couldn't have used it on your face after we fought Nightmare?" Blake pointed out.
Rosalina blushed a deep red. "It… didn't cross my mind…" She sheepishly said. "So uh… should we head back to Sector 6?"
"Of course." Samus nodded, resummoning her suit and then looked down at Rosalina's foot. "How's your foot?"
"Oh… it's been through worse." Rosalina said as she limped a little. "Come on, let's go." She said and with a nod, they all teleported back to where they originally were at.
BGM: Sector 6 - NOC (Metroid Fusion)
"Warning. No entry without author-"
"Oh shut it." Samus said, shooting the speaker to destroy it as they started walking, Samus and Blake helping Rosalina walk just in case. As they walked, they would notice the area was getting darker and more mechanical.
"ROB?" Blake spoke up. "Do you know where we're headed?"
"Boop boop bop."
"A Restricted Zone? Now I'm all curious…" Samus mused as they reached a dead end… until Samus shot up the floor as they dropped down and went through another corridor, shooting up a hatch as they would walk through a tube-like corridor that they would see the outer reaches of space.
"Pretty…" Blake smiled with her Void Wisp looking at it in awe.
"Pika!" Pikachu said, staring out into the stars.
"No matter how long I've been in space… it's always so breathtaking to look at." Rosalina smiled as Samus stared at what was head.
"Why do I have a bad feeling…" Samus mumbled as they would open up the hatch and walk inside.
End BGM
As they walked inside, they would immediately see a glass container filled with Metroid Larva. "Wh-what the hell…?!" Samus said in shock.
"Oh my…" Rosalina whispered as she limped toward the Metroids. "Fascinating…" She mused.
"Boop boop?" ROB tilted his head. "Bop bop beep?"
"What the hell… are these idiots doing?" Samus said in a low voice.
A Metroid in particular would float over to Blake, letting out a small chirp. "It's a lil' baby…" Blake quietly said, softly smiling at it.
"No… this isn't right…" Samus said as she opened up a hatch, where the others would curiously follow her as Samus would see an Alpha Metroid in a tube, and would also see a Gamma, a Zeta… and even an Omega.
As Blake saw these, her ears lowered and whimpered a bit as she moved to the Omega Metroid. "What the hell…" She whispered as the Omega Metroid moved its hands and slammed them on the glass. "AAAAH!" Blake screamed, jumping back.
"That's some sturdy glass…" Rosalina said while Blake took a deep breath, putting her hand over her heart and controlled her breathing.
"Is… Is this how Metroids are made?" Blake asked.
"No. This is how you play god." Samus said, pumping her arm cannon as she opened up the hatch nearby. "Let's go."
Meanwhile…
"As you can see, the Metroids here are one hundred percent healthy." Shou Tucker said.
"Very fascinating." One of the Zebesians nodded as several other Space Pirates were putting the Larval Metroids into containers and taking them to the ship.
"Indeed. We will continue working on these wonderful species." Shou said.
"Is it true though? These Metroids are engineered to metamorphosize into Omegas in days?"
"Indeed! Why, imagine what we'd have with a bunch of Omega Metroids by our side!"
"Fascinating! Lord Ridley will be pleased. I wonder where he's at?"
"Mmm, I'm sure he's busy with something." Shou shrugged. "Now then, gentleman… allow me to show you-"
"HEY!" A voice yelled as the Zebesians and Shou turned to see SPBRR.
BGM: Tension (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Oh, hello there!" Shou said with a smile, then spotting Rosalina and lightly scowled as Rosalina scowled back at him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Samus demanded. "Why are you creating Metroids?!"
"We had to restart what we did after that little incident back at the bottle ship." Shou informed. "You destroyed all our work."
"First of all, Adam put a stop to that. Second of all, creating Metroids after what had happened earlier? No… I am not allowing this!" Samus said. "Shut. It. DOWN."
"Hahahaha! You think you can stop this? We're already shipping Metroids out as we speak!" A Zebesian said.
"If I have to blow Ridley's ship up, I will." Samus growled. "But I can stop this mass production of Metroids! The Galactic Federation is making a huge mistake… and I'm going to stop it!"
Shou chuckled, picking up a weapon. "Oh Samus… you really think you can stop the Galactic Federation's goals all by yourself?"
"She's not alone." Blake readied Gambol Shroud. "She has a team." She said as Pikachu got on all fours, ROB pounded his robot hands together, Rosalina readied her wand as Samus aimed her Arm Cannon at them. "Team SPBRR!"
"Hmhmmhm… you will not stop us, SPBRR." Shou said as the Zebesians opened up their claws as Shou pumped his weapon. "How about we put our weapons down before everything in here gets destroyed?"
"I have a better idea." Samus said as her arm cannon started charging up.
Shou let out a chuckle. "So be it."
End BGM
Both Samus and Shou fired their weapons, both shots colliding into each other and creating an explosion that covered the entire room… and then massive gunfire was heard throughout the lab.
BGM: Evacuate Immediately! (AM2R)
A Zebesian would fire at Blake, but she used her semblance to avoid it as she would charge ahead and kicked the Zebesian in the gut, before shooting him in the face. Another Zebesian would try to slug her, but Blake rolled out of the way and would counter with a Wave Beam to the chest.
Samus would proceed to jump into the air, attempting to kill a Zebesian with a Screw Attack but it had jumped back and would lunge at her, but she Melee countered and shot him in the head before delivering a swift kick to the gut before doing a flip kick.
Shou would shoot at Rosalina as would a few Zebesians, but she would swiftly block with a force field as she would quickly throw out cosmic waves as they would dodge these but they would damage part of the lab.
Shou shot at Rosalina, but she would gracefully block… and then the latter would see a smirk on his face as Rosalina would shift her eyes and then quickly turned around and round house kicked a Zebesian that snuck up on her. Thank you, Daisy. She thought, and then teleported toward Shou as she kicked him to the side, then would throw Star Bits at him.
"Rrrgh! They sting, but they won't do any good." Shou said.
"Oh no, that was just a distraction." Rosalina smirked as Shou looked up to see a meteor coming down as his eyes widened as he quickly dove for cover as it exploded and made a giant hole in the ground. Pikachu would leap through the smoke and Iron Tailed a Zebesian in the head before he turned around and threw an Electro Ball at Shou, hitting him in the head.
"Rrrgh!" He grunted as a Zebesian would charge at Pikachu and attempt to slash him with its lobster-like claws but ROB would grab a hold of it and would drill him into the ground before using this thrusters to burn him up.
Blake had taken cover from a few Zebesians, pumping her laser filed Gambol Shroud as she heard hissing as she turned around, only to get pinned to the ground by Nina. "OH PISS OFF!" She yelled, kneeing the Zeta Metroid between the legs and kicking her off of her.
Nina glared at Blake, licking her chops as she wanted more of her aura as it roared at her while Blake hissed at her, switching to her Belladonna Claws, then she enveloped them in her dark magic as she ran forward and Kazammle Slashed Nina, knocking her away. Nina would then breathe fire at Blake, but she rolled out of the way and nodded at her Violet Wisp as it went inside of her.
"VOID!"
Blake would quickly bring the flames back and then sent it back at Nina, making her screech as Blake would then viciously slash at the Zeta Metroid, grabbing her by the tail and throwing her to the shooting gallery that was going on. "I've just about had it with you." She glared as she and the Metroid glared at each other as they lunged at each other, clashing with their claws as both of them hissed at each other.
Pause BGM
Suddenly, there was a loud crash from below, making everyone stop from killing each other as they looked down, seeing part of the ground start to grow before part of it exploded, and then suddenly, the SA-X jumped through the hole with a Screw Attack.
"…Oh dear." Shou paled at the sight of it.
"Oh boy…" A Zebesian said, in a head lock courtesy of Samus while Rosalina had telekinetically held up a few Zebesians.
"Oh that figures." Samus rolled her eyes as the SA-X turned its head and glared at everyone… before turning toward the Zeta Metroid and with a clench of the fist, it fired a Super Missile at it.
However, Nina would grab the Super Missile with her hands and tossed it behind her, where it exploded into a Larval Metroid container, destroying the glass as the Metroids burst out.
"…Oh, that's not good." A Zebesian whimpered.
"Sixty seconds to isolation lockdown."
Resume BGM
"Isolation lockdown?!" Blake said in shock as the Larval Metroids would suddenly circle around Samus, all of them chirping.
"What…?" Samus wondered as she wondered why none of them were hurting her, before it hit her. Wait… I'm part Metroid now. They sense I'm one of them! She thought as she smirked and aimed her Arm Cannon at the SA-X. "Alright, attack that thing right there!" She ordered as the Metroids hissed and started charging at the SA-X.
Nina, meanwhile, did not take orders from Samus… but seeing the SA-X really made her angry as she lunged in as well as the SA-X tried to shoot them down but Samus would charge up her Wave Beam and fired, hitting it dead center as it was pushed to a wall where the Metroids all swarmed it.
"Go! Now!" Samus ordered as Rosalina would see a hatch up above as she would swiftly telekinetically grab her team.
"No!" Shou yelled as he would try to lunge for Samus, but she would turn around and slugged him in the face, which knocked him into a wall.
"Hasta lavista, asshole!" Samus said as they would quickly leave the lab.
End BGM
As they left the lab, it wasn't about a few seconds later where they would see the lab detach from the station as they would watch it drift down into the cosmos where they would witness it lighting up and exploding.
As they watched the beautiful light show that went on, it would then dawn on Blake what had transpired as she fell on her knees and then on her back… and then started laughing. "Yes… finally!" She exclaimed. "That SA-X nightmare's finally over! Hahahaha! WOOO!" She pumped her fist up into the air.
"Damn right it is." Samus smiled as Rosalina breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh thank heavens, it's finished."
"Now all we have left is the miniature ones." Samus said. "Of course, that's gonna take forever to clean up… but ya know what? I'll take it over that SA-X asshole breathing down our necks." She chuckled as Blake would spring back up and happily hugged Samus and Rosalina, the latter two hugging her back as Pikachu and the Wisp would happily join in.
"Hey ROB, how come you're not joining the hug?" Blake asked as they would see him looking down at the glass, his eyes closed. "…ROB? Buddy? Are you okay?"
"Does he need a battery change?" Rosalina wondered.
"I don't… think so." Samus said.
It was then that ROB's eyes turned purple as he looked up to give them all a glare. "You shouldn't have done that. All of you may have to pay a price for it soon."
BGM: Environmental Mystery (Metroid Fusion)
"What the… the AI?" Blake asked.
"What are you talking about?" Samus asked.
"It's simple. You ignored your orders. All because you got curious."
"Well, it's a good thing I did because of that Metroid lab. What the HELL are you guys doing?!" Samus demanded.
"As you can see, the Federation has been secretly working on a Metroid breeding program. For peaceful application only, of course. Please understand."
"PEACEFUL?!" Samus sounded completely surprised. "Are you out of your mind? The Federation ordered me to get rid of the Metroids after Mother Brain took control of them in Zebes and on top of that, an investigation team had disappeared on SR-388! And now you guys have the audacity to make new ones for PEACE?!"
"What are you talking about? You have a Metroid back at home, correct? You raised it in a peaceful environment after a magical being revived it, correct? If you can raise a Metroid in captivity for peaceful reasons, then I'm sure the Federation can do the same."
"Yeah, but I raised the little thing with tender loving care!" Samus said.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
"What the federation is going to do will be anything BUT that! Considering that the Space Pirates are involved, I have a feeling you'll be using those Metroids to silence anyone who opposes you!"
"Hmph. I would ask if you already knew of this program's existence, but I'm fairly certain you already know of this from the Bottle Ship. However, you must have had doubts when you saw Sector 1. SRX, a faithful replica of the SR-388 system…"
"I didn't think much of it…" Samus admitted.
"I don't think any of us did." Rosalina said with Blake nodding.
"Indeed. It is ideal for raising Alpha, Gamma, Zeta and even Omega Metroids. This research even uncovered techniques for rapid growth. Imagine… creating an Omega from a larval Metroid in days… but that research is finished. The X has smelled out its natural enemy… and one of the SA-X is on its way here…"
"ONE?!" Blake said in shock, hoping that she heard him wrong. Rosalina and Pikachu had similar reactions.
"What do you mean one?" Samus walked over to ROB, putting her hands on her robotic shoulders. "Are you suggesting there's more?"
"Don't be so surprised. You know that the X reproduce by asexual division. Because of this mechanism, there are now no fewer than ten SA-X aboard this station. There was eleven… but that one died with the lab."
End BGM
BGM: Fifth Laboratory (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
"Te-ten…?!" Blake's ears lowered, paling at the thought. "You're… you're joking! Please… tell me you're joking! You're absolutely JOKING, right?!" She demanded as fear and a hint of despair was creeping in her voice. "We… we destroyed that SA-X! How can there be more?!"
"Oh my gosh…" Rosalina whispered. "We celebrated for nothing…"
"Pika…" Pikachu said.
"All of you must go. The SA-X will destroy you. Head to a Navigation Room where you will more than likely have to answer for what you did." He said as ROB's eyes would turn back to normal, but the purple eyes stayed.
"…Why aren't you going dormant? Why isn't ROB taking control of his body again?"
"It's simple. Because of your actions earlier, I may have lost myself… so I took full control of his body. Your Robotic Operating Buddy is gone."
"YOU WHAT?!" Samus yelled.
"PIKA!" Pikachu yelled.
"Can that even be possible?" Rosalina wondered.
"It is possible, as of just now."
Samus let out a growl. "You piece of shit AI…" She growled as she moved away from ROB so she wouldn't unintentionally destroy him as she punched a wall in frustration, denting it before she knelt down.
She didn't like doing this… but it was the only option she had as there were only ten SA-Xs on the station.
"Can anyone read me?" She called out. "This is Samus Aran, I need back up now! Can anyone hear me? It's a dire situation in the BSL Station and we need back up ASAP! Anyone out there, I don't care who you are, but we need back up on the double!" She said.
"…This is Noble One of the Galactic Federation Strike Force. We hear you loud and clear, Samus. We are currently en route to your location. Hold on as tight as you can, we are about ten lightyears away from your location."
"Ten lightyears?! We'll probably be dead by the time you get here… or worse!"
"We'll do what we can. Stay put."
Samus let out a growl. "That's just perfect." She grumbled.
End BGM
"Come on… let's go…" Samus said as they opened up the hatch… only to see Ridley. "OH FOR THE LOVE OF!" She yelled.
"Nice to see you too, Aran." Ridley said.
"What the hell do you want? Can't you see we're busy at the moment?"
"Yeah, blowing up the Metroid Lab definitely classified as busy." Ridley rolled his eyes. "So, we have a problem. There are eleven SA-Xs in this station."
"Ten actually. One of them was in the Metroid Lab." Rosalina corrected.
"Hmph! That makes it even better." He said. "Anyway, there are ten SA-Xs in this station and-"
"Let me guess, you're scared out of your wits end?" Samus took off her helmet to smirk at him. "After all, I distinctly recall that you were terrified of another Samus entering your life during the Shroob crisis."
"Oh, don't you start!" Ridley snarled. "It's bad enough that I have to deal with ONE Samus in my life, but now I have to deal with at least ten copy cats who will definitely kick my tail if I'm not careful!"
"Sooo, you're afraid then." Samus continued smirking.
"Like I would admit that to you, you naive child." Ridley glared.
"Alright, alright… simmer down." Rosalina said, getting between the two. "I think I know what's going on here. You're absolutely scared of the SA-X-"
"I said I wasn't scared!" He defended.
"Okay, you're absolutely… on edge of the SA-X prowling about with ten of them ready to kill us." Rosalina rolled her eyes. "We just learned about the ten SA-X as well, so… we have a common enemy."
"Wait, hold up now, Rosie!" Samus said. "Are you suggesting that Ridley-"
"-Is wanting to form a temporary alliance? Yes."
"Make no mistake, I'm not a big fan of it either… but if any of them leave this station, this galaxy is good as done for." Ridley said. "So… like it or not, I'm joining your team temporarily. …I can't believe I'm going to ask this but… truce for now?" He asked, extending his arm.
"Rrrgh…" Samus glared at him. "After what you've done in my life? I'd rather trust a black hole than side with you." She said, looking away while folding her arms. "…That said… I'd rather this galaxy live to flourish another day and not see it go to shit." She said, turning toward Ridley as she reached out for his clawed hand, but hesitated.
She closed her eyes. Swallow your pride… She thought to herself as she opened them and then awkwardly shook his hand, although both of them had awkward looks on their faces as they both looked away.
"By no means does this make us friends." Samus said.
"Oh believe me, I'd rather destroy a planet than be friends with someone like you." Ridley said.
"Pika…" Pikachu sweatdropped.
"…By the way, I have two questions."
"Fire away." Rosalina said.
"First off, why is the robot's eyes purple?"
"I am their companion on their journey. I have been helping them out on this journey."
"He also did a 180 on us and he took over ROB's body. As far as he's concerned, ROB is completely gone." Samus said.
"Really!" Ridley said. "That annoying easy going robot is no more? Hmph… he has a happy reunion with his kind and he ends up being shut down. What are the odds?"
"And your second question?"
"Yes. Where's the faunus?"
"Huh?" Samus turned to see that Blake wasn't with them. In fact, the Violet Wisp was there but it just looked as surprised to see Blake gone. "Where'd she go?"
"I remember her asking if the AI was joking…" Rosalina mused. "Oh no… don't tell me she ran away when we learned about the AI fully taking over ROB's body!"
"I am surprised you just noticed her absence just now."
"I thought she was with us, letting it fully sink in there's ten SA-X in the station!" Samus exclaimed. "Dammit! Where is she?!"
Meanwhile, in a Navigation Room…
BGM: Sad Girl (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Guys… I… I don't know what to say…" Blake sobbed, as tears were streaming down her cheeks as her eyes seemed to be filled with despair. "We're… we're totally fucked… we're absolutely totally fucked… we thought we destroyed the SA-X once and for all but we… we just found out that there's ten more. It asexually reproduced and none of us thought about it!
I… I don't think we're gonna make it out… I thought there was a light at the end of the tunnel but that was just wishful thinking on my part… we're not gonna make it out… all of us are gonna die… we're not going to make it out with ten fucking SA-X breathing down our necks!
Guys… if you ever find this… please… take care of my Pokemon, my wisp and my parents… because… I… I don't see a way out of here… please… just… just take care of them because I don't know if we're going to make it out of here alive…
I… I love you all… so much…"
Blake hit the recording button as she curled up into a fetal position and started crying loudly, despair was coming out of her sobbing mess.
"Blake? Blake! Can you hear me? Blake!"
"It's no use… this whole universe fucking hates me! Ten! TEN FUCKING SA-X!" She screamed. "Ha… Hahaha… HAHAHAHAHA! YEAH! This universe fucking hates me! The SA-X! All of them! All fucking ten of them! They're out to get me and everyone else! I thought there was a hope spot when my wisp came but apparently it was all for fucking NAUGHT!"
"Blake!"
"It's game over! GAME! FUCKING! OVER! HAHAHAHA! Yeah! This whole thing went to shit in a handbasket! We're all gonna die… all because of the SA-X! This whole universe is good as dead! Hahahahaha!" She exclaimed to herself.
Down in Remnant…
"My word!" Calyrex exclaimed. "She's completely tuning me out!"
"Oh no…" Zelda whispered as Weiss stepped forward into the ring.
"Blake! Hey! Can you hear me? It's me, Weiss! Can you hear me!" She exclaimed but received no response. "Blake Belladonna, don't you dare ignore me!" She said before her eyes were swiftly met with tears. "Blake… please… what's going on? Please… just answer me!"
"HEY BLAKE!" Yang yelled. "YOOHOO! OVER HERE!
"Blaaaaaaaake! Heeeeeeeey!" Ruby yelled.
"…It's no use… she's tuning all of us out… it's as if she's full on despairing…" Calyrex said.
"Something had happened over night, I'm afraid…" Arceus mused.
"Blake… no…" Weiss whispered as for tears fell. "No… no no no no… BLAAAAAAAAAAAKE!"
Back in the station…
End BGM
Blake continued to laugh before it resulted back to her sobbing uncontrollably, not even hearing Weiss's screams for her.
Her ears twitched as she looked up and saw Samus, still in her suit, standing inside the hatch. "Oh thank goodness!" Samus said. "Guys, I found her!" She called out as she approached her, but Blake would quickly pull out Gambol Shroud and started shooting her.
"STAY AWAY!" She screamed.
"Whoa!" Samus exclaimed, dodging the attack as she would immediately see Blake's eyes, as they were filled with despair. Oh no… She thought. She probably sees me as an SA-X in that state… She would then deactivate the armor. "Hey… it's me!"
"Oh god… it mutated into her Zero Suit too!" Blake said to herself.
"Blake… it's me!"
"Obviously, this isn't working." A voice said as Ridley walked past Samus. "Allow me."
"Ridley, go easy on her!"
Ridley continued to approach Blake, soaking in the laser bullets that hit him without much of a care as he towered over Blake, then backhanded Gambol Shroud off of her as he got on all fours and roared at Blake, making her scream… and then Ridley backhanded her on the cheek.
"OW!" Blake yelled, shaking her head as her eyes went back to normal as she looked up to see Ridley backing away.
"Consider that your personal alarm clock." He said as Samus knelt down and hugged Blake tightly.
"Oh… oh god, I… did… did I pull a Ruby? Oh no… don't tell me I… I shot you, didn't I?!"
"Don't worry about it… I'm just so glad you're safe… but please, don't give us any more heart attacks, okay? I didn't want to lose you." She said as Blake would feel another comforting hug as Rosalina would be hugging her as well, and then her Wisp and Pikachu joined in as well, all of them hugging her.
Blake's breathing would soon be in control again as she would return the hug. "I'm so sorry…" She whispered, sniffling as they held her there while ROB's body would stay motionless while Ridley tapped his arm impatiently.
"Yes yes, this is very touching! Now let's go and destroy these assholes before they destroy us!" Ridley said.
Blake would look at Ridley. "What's he doing with you guys?"
"A temporary alliance." Samus said. "He's scared of the ten SA-X too."
"I am NOT!" He defended as he would walk toward the hatch. "It's not that I want to side with you guys…" He said as he walked passed the group before he turned to look at them. "I just need the SA-X to lose."
"I see…" Blake let out a chuckle.
"Now then, let's get out of here." Ridley said as he would attempt to open up the hatch, but it didn't work. "…What?" He wondered as he tried to pry it open. "What in the hell…"
"What's wrong?" Samus asked.
"It's stuck! It won't open for some reason!"
"What? Let me try." Samus said as she shot at it, but it didn't work. "What…?"
BGM: Environmental Intrigue (Metroid Fusion)
"That is because I am responsible for it."
"…You gotta be shitting me." Samus said as Rosalina would whisper in Blake's ear about what happened with ROB.
"IT DID WHAT?!" Blake yelled.
"The Federation are coming, so you are to remain here. As soon as they arrive, you are to leave quietly while the Federation handles the rest. I have been ordered to keep you in here until they arrive."
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Samus yelled. "Do they not realize what they're doing?! Do they not know how dangerous the X are? How quickly they reproduce?"
"The Federation has taken an interest in the X and the SA-X. They believe this life form has endless potential applications."
"That's ridiculous!" Rosalina spoke up. "The X are heartless abominations! What exactly do these abominations have as potential?"
"It is not necessary that you understand such matters. The Federation is coming…"
"Rrrrgh… this is madness!" Samus yelled. "They won't stand a chance here! This station will devour them… why is it worth the risk?!"
"Capturing the SA-X, of course."
"Are those Federation fools out of their mind!" Ridley spoke up. "Do they think they can succeed with those hollow creatures?"
"For once, I agree with Ridley!" Samus said.
"It will certainly be difficult, but they will not need SPBRR's help. They knew you would try to destroy the SA-X. That's why they stopped sending support data for Samus. The Plasma Beam modification was ready some time ago, but they withheld it to keep her from engaging the SA-X. Yet somehow, she was able to restore that function all on her own."
"Typical. She always finds a way around it." Ridley mumbled to himself.
"They also tried to withhold the Diffusion Missile upgrade because they didn't want you to grow too powerful."
Blake's ears lowered, scowling at this revelation. "You gotta be shitting me…"
"However, they already sent it and you had tracked it down. Bravo, Samus."
"They need to cancel this mission! Open a channel to HQ!" Samus demanded. "We're not going to allow this to happen!"
"They are already on their way."
"Dammit! It's a suicide mission!" Blake exclaimed.
"They do not even realize what they're up against." Rosalina said in a low voice.
"Idiots!" Samus yelled, punching the wall. "They don't know what's about to happen…"
"So what are we going to do?" Blake asked.
"…This station has a self-destruct mechanism." Samus said. "If we blow this up, it'll take care of the problem but I'm not sure how much time we'd have to get the hell out of here. You open this hatch right now!"
"No."
"Well, there's always Plan B then. Rosie!"
"On it." Rosalina nodded as she started to teleport them out but she noticed the AI was going to shoot her so she formed a barrier… when suddenly the laser went through the barrier and struck her in the chest. "AAAAAAAGH!"
"ROSIE!" Blake yelled as Rosalina fell on her knees, as SPB were quickly by her side.
"Do not attempt it. I had found a way to upgrade your robot friend's lasers. It can now pierce through barriers and walls." She said as Rosalina would raise her head up and gave him a glare, some blood trickling down her lips.
"Now I love me some chaos as much as the next space pirate, but holy shit, this is absurd!" Ridley exclaimed.
"You piece of shit." Samus growled, giving the AI a hateful glare. "Don't you even realize what's about to happen? Can't you see shit is about to go down, because obviously, you're nothing more than a heartless AI!"
"This coming from the bounty hunter who disobeyed orders. If you hadn't done such a thing as blowing up the lab, your friend wouldn't be writhing in pain. You should be lucky I didn't kill her on the spot."
End BGM
"DAMMIT ADAM, WILL YOU STOP BEING SUCH A STUBBORN BASTARD FOR TWO FUCKING SECONDS!" Samus snapped, as everyone looked at her in surprise.
"Adam? As in Adam Malcovich?" Ridley raised an eyebrow. "Pffft, I know the situation is tense here but there's no way that can be-"
"…Adam? Who is this… Adam?" The AI interrupted Ridley.
"…He… he used to be a good friend of mine." Samus mumbled, blushing a little for having accidentally blurting it out.
"And what would this friend of yours advise you to do?"
"He would know the only way to end this is to start the self-destruct cycle. He'd know how important it is…"
"Hmph… hmhmhmhm… hahahaha!" ROB's body leaned back to laugh a bit. "Did this Adam care for you? Would he have sat in a safe Command Room and order you to die?"
Samus clenched her fists, remembering what had went down in the Bottle Ship… how he sat there barking out orders to his team and her, while one by one, everyone had died from unforeseen circumstances. The only ones who left that station alive were her, Anthony and a woman by the name of Madeline Bergman… along with a handful of other Federation Police that had shot MB to death.
"He would understand that some must live and some must die… he knew what it meant… he made that sacrifice once."
"Hold on, Adam… what are you planning on doing with the Metroids in Sector Zero?"
"Leave it to me. I'll deal with this place."
Samus looked at him as if he lost his mind. "You have a plan for dealing with Metroids that can't be frozen?"
"Sector Zero has a self destruct protocol. If the sector receives a significant amount of damage, the unit is programmed to detach and self-destruct. A powerful explosion will eliminate the Metroids and MB without leaving a trace."
"Don't you DARE, Adam! Let me go in! I'm the only one who has a shot against the Metroids. We have to take the chance!" Samus slowly limped toward him, slowly recovering after being shot in the back by him. "Please, Adam! You have to trust me! You have to trust me… just give me a chance!" She said as she reached out to him but stumbled, however Adam caught her.
"Samus… I wish I could battle Ridley, but I can't. Unlike you, I'm no galactic savior. I'm merely human… but I can save you. You should be completely healed soon… there isn't much time. We both need to get started on our missions. I'm sorry for getting a little rough with you… and I'm sorry for shooting you in the back."
"Adam… no…" Samus quietly said, her eyes begging him not to go.
"Good luck, Samus." Adam would turn around and walked off.
"Wait!" Samus said, as her Power Suit would come back online. "Nnngh!" She grunted, struggling to keep up. "ADAM!" She helpessly reached out to him as he walked through a hatch. "Wait… Adam!" The hatch locked as she reached for it and helpessly pounded on the door. "ADAM!"
Adam kept walking as Samus kept screaming her name, then he stopped walking as he turned to look at her. "No objections, right, Lady?"
"He made his choice…" Samus said. "And while I respect his deciscion… I'm still mad at him for what he did. He threw his life away so I could still live…" She clenched her fists. "He shot me in the back when he could have easily done something else… and most importantly… because of what I've learned today in the Metroid Lab… his sacrifice was all for naught!"
"Pffft! Ha! Now that's true irony right there." Ridley mocked.
"Zip it."
"Hmph! So, he chose life for you and it ended up being all for naught? Truly, you must have cared for him."
"He was my best friend… and while we didn't see eye to eye, I knew that deep down, despite his gruff behavior, he cared for me too. He was a bit stubborn and sometimes he was a bit careless as to what had happened in the bottleship…"
"He let everyone die. He was careless."
"Yes… he was… he wasn't himself that day, I could see it in his eyes… and yet, he was able to snap out of it later. A little too late, I might add but… deep down, I could tell he was regretting his actions. However, despite all of that… he was still a good man."
"Hmph! Our fair warrior, Samus Aran… your Adam gave his life so that he might keep yours… for the sake of the universe… hmph… how foolish."
"Rrrgh…" Samus growled. "While I will admit he made some foolish decisions at the Bottleship… at least I don't speak ill of him! We all make dumb decisions because that's what all makes us human or Faunus… or a giant ugly space dragon."
"Hey!"
"How could an AI like you understand? After all… you mercilessly got rid of ROB and is using his body for their own personal gain, you heartless piece of shit."
"Mmph!" Adam suddenly grunted, holding on to ROB's head. "Nnnngh…" He groaned as suddenly everything, all at once, had pierced through his robotic head.
"What's wrong?" Blake asked.
"It seems as if he's having a brain aneurysm." Ridley said.
"Pika?" Pikachu wondered.
"Mmm…" ROB's head shook itself. "…You know that detonating this station in high orbit would not guarantee the complete extinction of the X-Parasite, even though the station would be utterly destroyed… you would only succeed in removing the one obstacle to the galaxy's ruin… yourself… and your team. You would ignore this simple fact and choose death. When Adam decided who would live, he chose incorrectly."
His voice sounded entirely different… in fact, it sounded all too familiar to Samus.
"What…?" Am I… hearing things?
"Now if you were to… say…alter the station's orbit, then you might be able to include the planet in the vaporization field of the self destruct detonation."
"Where are you-…?"
"You would have to start the propulsion sequence now… before the Federation arrives. SPBRR… and Ridley, go to the Operations Room and adjust the station's orbit path to intercept SR-388."
"What/Pika?!" Everyone said as Samus's eyes widened in surprise.
"What just happened!" Ridley demanded to know.
The way this AI was talking all of a sudden… it sounded like Adam.
"Return to your ship and escape. Stay alive… that is an order."
"What… why are you speaking like-"
"Any objections… Lady?"
Samus gasped. "A-Adam…?!" She said as she subconsciously started tearing up. "No… is that really…?"
"Correct, Samus… it's me. When you called me by my name… it slowly started to wake me up from my , shall we say, corruption. And… there's something I need to do." He said as ROB's eyes slowly went back to normal.
"Booooop…?" ROB blinked a few times and rubbed his head. "Boop bop… bop?" He wondered and then spotted Ridley. "BOOP?! BOOP BOP?!"
"What the… I thought you got rid of him?" Rosalina wondered.
"I didn't. I had just put him in a deep sleep." Adam said as they saw a blinking purple light on his head instead of the usual red, but ROB's eyes were still the same.
"Boop boop boop?"
"As far as I'm concerned, I am no longer part of the Federation. I am with SPBRR."
"Adam…" Samus whispered.
"Lady, are you crying?"
"What? …No, I just had some dust hit my eyes…" She said as Samus would smile and walked over to him… and then slapped ROB on the face.
"Boop!"
"Ow!"
"That was for that stunt you pulled in the Bottle ship!" Samus said. "AND for shooting me in the back!"
"Heh… I supposed I deserved that…" Adam chuckled.
BGM: Menu Select Theme (Metroid Prime)
"Now then… Samus, Pikachu, Blake, Rosalina, ROB… and Ridley, let's destroy this place for good."
Samus smirked, activating her Gravity Suit. "I am so with you there." She said with everyone agreeing.
"I'm ready to blow this popcicle stand." Blake said.
"I could go for a nice spa treatment after this." Rosalina said.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
"Boop!"
"Wait, hold on a second! If we throw this hunk of junk into SR-388…" Ridley trailed off. "Gah! My men are down there!"
"And why are your men down there?" Samus asked suspiciously.
"That is for me to know and for you to find out way later." Ridley said as the hatches opened up.
"Let's move." Adam said.
End BGM
Meanwhile…
Shou let out a low growl, deep within the station while Nina happily munched on the SA-X that she had killed in the lab. "I have lost everything…" He growled. "Damn that SPBRR!" He yelled as he looked at his gun near him… and then heard a low whine as he turned to Nina as he saw her lie down before starting to metamorphosize into the next stage.
"You ate that entire SA-X to the point that you could potentially morph into the last stage… not just stop at the Omega…" Shou whispered before grabbing his weapon and cocked it. "SPBRR will not get away with this. Come Nina… we have business to attend to."
Biologic Space Lab Video #11
"The X Parasites are vast and curious creatures… why, they can be smart enough to mimick sounds and mimick speech! Just imagine the potential of the possibilities of this fine specimen!
Why, you could even-… hmm? Why, it looks like someone is on their way here. Oh, it's Master Ridley! I wonder what he wants? Hello, Master Ridley!"
"Ah, greetings. I take it everything is going smoothly at the station?"
"Yes, however we have a small hiccup. A team by the name of SPBRR is working their way around the station and messing up our plans as we speak."
"Meh, why should I care about SPBRR?"
"Because, SPBRR is led by Samus Aran."
"Samus, you say? Who else is on her team?"
"A rodent, a cat girl, a woman with bangs over her eye with magical abilities and a robot."
"Fascinating! And they're at the BSL station?"
"That is correct, Master Ridley."
"Most intriguing. I'll be there momentarily… I'm mostly interested in this Metroid breeding but I wouldn't mind having some fun with that bounty huntress. Mhmhmhmhm…"
"I look forward to your visit. Hmhmmhm… well well, looks like Master Ridley is coming to visit us! I wonder what he'll think of Nina… perhaps he'll be thrilled that I gained such a powerful creature. …If only SPBRR will stop tormenting my precious daughter. Perhaps Master Ridley will take care of them… hmhmhmhm…"
So... is there such a thing as a backhanded bitch slap? I had Samus do that to Shou before they left before I resorted to having her slug him in the face. I wasn't so sure if such a thing like that was a thing.
