Robotic Voice: "Metroid"
Thinking: "Metroid"
Comms: [Metroid]
Texting: "Metroid"
Chozo: {Metroid}
Whispering: *Metroid*
Talking: "Metroid"
Chapter 1: Dread
Ruby in her black and crimson Chozo power suit, named Crescent Rose, was riding an elevator on a large ship to finally face the one that orchestrated this Dread-ed nightmare… wait, why did it feel like she just made a pun. Ruby reached the top of the elevator and turned around to see a terminal. As she walks up to it the terminal outlet comes online, opening revealing a large glowing blue plug. Ruby takes her arm cannon, inserting it into the terminal. In response, a female robot voice sounds. "Uploading Data". On the wall facing Ruby, a sphere with numerous large cables connected to it comes to life, causing the surface to ripple, seemingly made of large pixels.
The robotic male voice of Adam, Ruby's AI, echoes through the room. "It appears your Metroid DNA has caused you to become a Metroid." Adam said, the globe on the wall pulsing inward with each word. 'Yah, no shit Sherlock,' thought Ruby ', like the fact that I can now absorb the energy from opponents like the damn parasites wasn't enough of a give away.'
"Ordinarily, this would have happened immediately after the DNA transplant." Continued Adam, "Your Thoha genes must have slowed down the process. They were the only tribe capable of controlling the Metroids. Though you possess their DNA, you are not a Thoha. Your physical prowess suggests that you must also possess Mawkin DNA. Metroids are programmed to identify Mawkin as enemies. This suggests one thing to me. It is very probable that your metamorphosis occurred as a result of Raven Beak's attack. His presence awakened the Metroid's killer instinct." Ruby thought about that for a moment, "I guess that makes sense why these powers are only showing up now, but that makes me wonder how my body is not attacking itself if I have Metroid AND Mawkin DNA… ehh, Chozo space magic."
"Since then, your metamorphosis has accelerated. It can no longer be controlled. You are now a Metroid, Ruby Rose. Your very existence poses a grave threat to the galaxy." Ruby's eyes widened at this. "Now hold on," thought the bounty hunter. "There is no way I'm going to destroy the galaxy that I have saved repeatedly and like hell I'm – " Adam interrupted Ruby's thinking, "However, there is no need to fear. You can still contribute to galactic peace. You need only use your new powers correctly. You have followed my instructions faithfully so far. Continue to do so. It's that simple." "OK hold up, this does not sound like you Adam. This is not right," thought Ruby with alarm.
"I consider your performance here on ZDR highly satisfactory. As I hoped, it has even awakened your Metroid powers. I was right to let you live during our first encounter. That one glimpse you showed told me everything. Submit and offer up your power. My plan is the only way to bring order to the galaxy. Fulfill your destiny Ruby. This is an order. Disobedience will not be tolerated."
"Alright, that's enough!" said Ruby, whipping her arm cannon up, the muzzle opening up wider to fire a missile. The missile hit the Globe exploding, causing the holo matter that made up the fake terminal room to dissipate, revealing a large circular throne room. The room had two massive Chozo statues on either side of the throne. On the throne was none other than the bird headed Mawkin Chozo himself, Raven Beak.
{You disappoint me…} started Raven Beak, as Ruby had flashbacks to when she was five. Memories of floating in a tube, beeps of a heart monitor, a laboratory, and finally of Raven Beak. {My daughter} finished Raven Beak. "Like hell your my father bird brain," thought Ruby readying herself as Raven Beak stood up and leaped from the throne to land in front of Ruby. Time for the final battle to start.
Immediately Ruby moved forward blasting Raven Beak with her plasma/wide beam combo, narrowly avoiding an area beam attack from Raven Beak. Ruby then jumped up to avoid a swipe, flash shifting behind him and countering with a salvo of ice missiles. "OK, too tough to freeze, noted, but they still pack a punch" thought Ruby as she rolled into her morph ball to avoid an aerial electric shockwave then popping back up to fire a few more missiles.
Raven Beak charges Ruby, attempting to grab her, only for her to counter with a swipe of her cannon. Backing off a bit, he charges up a hyper beam slashing it sideways. "What! He has the hyper beam?" thought Ruby as she jumped over the beam, landing while firing off a super missile causing Raven Beak to stumble back. He flash shifts back away from Ruby and fires off some sort of black orb crackling with purple lightning. Ruby blasts the orb with a few ice missiles destroying it, but gets slammed into by another flash shift from Raven Beak. "Ow, gonna feel that in the morning" groaned Ruby before dashing to Raven Beak to avoid another area beam.
Ruby attempts to hit Raven Beak with a charged punch with her cannon, but he back hands her and follows up with an uppercut. Ruby counters it and gets in a few more shots before Raven Beak fires another hyper beam, this time swinging in a downward motion. Ruby sidesteps the beam spinning around firing a few ice missiles before jumping over a claw attack. Raven Beak turns around and tries to stomp on Ruby, but she suddenly bursts into rose petals, the cloud of petals splitting in half going around Raven Beak and reforming behind him.
"What's the matter, too fast for you?" asked Ruby, discreetly charging her cannon. {Insolent child, you would do – Gahh!} Raven Beak was interrupted when Ruby boosted forward, slamming her cannon into his stomach and releasing the charge plasma beam. Unfortunately the blast did little more than shredding the ceremonial cloak. {So be it} said Raven Beak, unleashing his wings. "What! Wings? No fair!" complained Ruby as Raven Beak took off.
Raven Beak proceeds to fire another hyper beam while in the air, raking it across the ground. Ruby dove out of the way with a flash shift, and shot another salvo of missiles. Flying up Raven Beak then attempts to smash into Ruby, charging into the ground and walls. Ruby uses her ability to shift into petals multiple times, to avoid getting hit. Raven Beak then charges his arm cannon and starts to fire it like a mini gun, Ruby needing to use space jump to avoid getting hit, summersaulting in midair to avoid the shots. When Ruby landed after the gatling fire stopped, she was suddenly blasted away after Raven Beak fired another hyper beam. Raven Beak tried to charge into Ruby again, with her dodging out of the way.
When ramming her did not work, he tried to fire another hyper beam, but she sidestepped it, charged up her cannon, and shot off one of Raven Beak's wings. {Grahhh!} growled Raven Beak as he fell to the ground. {Smart, and strategic. I would be proud if not for the fact that you are so infuriatingly disobedient} he said before ripping off the remaining wing. "Oh shoot! He did that without flinching!" thought Ruby. Now back on the ground, Raven Beak tried to back hand her. Rolling back Ruby started spamming more missiles.
Raven Beak fires another area beam, forcing Ruby to dive in close. He tries another swipe, hitting Ruby causing her to stumble back. He then charges his cannon again, this time releasing a floating ball of fire or magma. "That's not good" said Ruby as she fires ice missiles at it but doing nothing. She then drops into her morph ball and releases a power bomb, the thermonuclear energy destroying the orb. Raven Beak fires a hyper beam right at Ruby, throwing her into the wall and then proceeds to charge at her. Ruby recovers just in time to counter his attack, firing a few more missiles before dodging a hyper beam downward swing. Raven Beak swipes at Ruby but misses as she turns into rose petals and materializes behind him. Spinning around he tries to ax kick her but she dashes under him. Getting fed up, he does a horizontal swipe with the hyper beam across the floor, making Ruby jump back.
Raven Beak goes in for two more swipes with his claw, Ruby countering both and causing him to stumble back and fall to his knee. "Time to end this," said Ruby opening her left hand as crimson energy formed around it. Narrowing her eyes she leaps forward to grab Raven Beaks head, but he back hands her away. Before she can recover Raven back Flash Shifts forward and grabs her by her neck.
{Did you truly believe you could defeat me? You overestimate yourself.} said Raven Beak as Ruby struggles to get free, her hand still glowing crimson. Failing that she tries to grab Raven Beak's head, but it is out of reach. {You no longer serve any purpose. Even your Metroid DNA is no longer necessary. Do you want to know why?} Raven Beak continued Ruby continuing to struggle as she slammed her arm cannon into Raven Beaks arm to no avail. {It is because I can now clone an army of the most powerful Metroid of all… Ruby Rose,} with that he tightened his grip on Ruby cutting off her airway as she tried reaching for him again. She tries to shake free "No! I won't let you!" She screamed in her head as she redoubled her efforts. {No one can stand in my way. Not even you} Ruby started to have flashbacks, of Raven Beak standing triumphant over dead Thoha Chozo, of Quiet Robe, the now dead Thoha that saved her from an E.M.M.I. {Foolish daughter… Leave the galaxy to me. Close your eyes and rest.} Ruby started to lose consciousness, growing weak from lack of air. "No," she thought, "I can't give up, not yet, I still… I… still…" her vision started to go black as the crimson energy around her hand faded. Finally her hand dropped and the light in her visor turned off. {Power is everything} was the last thing she heard.
Ruby was floating in a dark void. She knew not how, nor when she got there. She just was. Suddenly the void around her shifted, she saw the image of a woman that looked like her with a white cloak sitting in a chair playing with two little girls. One had dark crimson, on the verge of black, bob cut hair and the other had long bright golden hair. "The little one, that's me!" thought Ruby "Is this a memory? Is that my mom?!" Ruby continues to watch. Soon the woman was tucking the 4 year old Ruby in bed. "Ruby, I am going out on a mission now, I won't be back for a bit. Promise me, promise me that you will always follow the light that is in your soul, fight for what you feel in your heart is right, and protect everything and everyone you care about." the woman said. Little Ruby looked up at her and said "I promise mommy!" With that the memory faded and Ruby was left floating in the void. "How can I keep my promise? I can't fight him! He is too strong!" Ruby then heard a voice, the voice of the woman, no her MOM. "Let the light of your soul ignite and burn bright" it said before fading away followed by a familiar chirping noise, the call of the being that saved her life twice now, first from Bother Brain, then when she was infected by the X virus. The baby metroid. The chirping seemed to push her, urge her to fight on. Then she heard a voice she did not recognize, one full of sadness, "I miss you little sis, I wish I could talk to you at least one more time. Please Ruby, I need you." At this, something ignited in Ruby, a fire unlike any seen before. "I will find you, whoever you are. And I will keep my promise" Ruby thought as the void shattered into silver light.
Back in the real world, Raven Beak thought himself triumphant. He had finally gotten the most powerful weapon in his possession. He was about to start dragging Ruby away when suddenly there was a flash of crimson and silver light and it was coming from Ruby. "RRAAAAAAA" yelled Ruby as she flexed her hand, sharp claws forming along with the crimson energy. Ruby's eyes shot open as silver light flooded from them, seeming to take the shape of wings. Her helmet also changed, forming to look more like a crimson and silver version of a metroids exoskeleton, along with the rest of her armor and her visor was tinted silver due to the light. {What… What is this power!} said a shocked Raven Beak. Ruby's eyes locked onto him and she swung her arm, latching onto his face and shattering his helmet. Then, as if a black hole had opened up, all of the energy on the ship started to be siphoned into Ruby's hand as well as Raven Beak's own life energy. {NOOOO!} screeched the bird headed overlord trying to hit Ruby off of himself with hyper beams. They continued to grapple as the energy of the ship ran out, causing it to fall. "RRAAAAAAAAAA" continued to scream as she finally pinned down Raven Beak. At the same time, the ship gained speed, developing a reentry as it picked up speed until it smashed into the ground.
Ruby got up as if nothing happened and looked around. The ship was gone, nothing more than scrap. She heard the clanking of armor behind her. Spinning around she saw a heavily injured Raven Beak. He limped forward and Ruby quickly raised her arm cannon. {I… will. Win…} gasped the half dead birdman. "Yah.. I don't think so." deadpanned Ruby right as she spotted an X behind Raven Beak. The X flew into Raven Beak who cried out in pain as he began to mutate. He grew larger, and larger until the unforgettable face of Kraid. Then Kraid's head split down the middle and with a blood curdling roar, revealed Raven Beak's head. "OK, that is just disturbing" said Ruby, taking aim and charging her cannon as Raven Beak X started to lumber forward. After a second she fired, a crimson and silver hyper beam slamming into the abomination holding it back. The beast struggled against the beam, trying to get at the human metroid, but failing. After about 16 seconds, as the beast loomed over Ruby, she let out one last blast, finally killing the monstrosity. It collapsed on the ground, already starting the degenerate back into an X. Ruby immediately incinerated it with another hyper beam.
With that, she heard Adam in her helmet radio. "Quick, get back to the ship! When the cruiser crashed it caused the self-destruct of the planet to start!" Rolling her eyes, Ruby thought "Really, am I going to need to run off after every final baddy due to a self-destruct?" as she speed boosted forward and shine sparking up into the caverns.
Ruby ran out of the tunnel as she saw her sleek black and crimson Hunter-class Gunship she called Solar Rose. She ran inside and sat in the cockpit chair and was reaching for the control orb when Adam stopped her, "Don't! You'll drain the ship of its energy." Ruby's eyes widened at that. "Oh no, If I can't touch the controls we can't get off the planet!" She thought in a panic, pulling back her hand looking at it. Hearing something behind her, she spin around raising her cannon. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the dead Thoha, Quiet Robe, standing in front of her, his eyes a glowing white, betraying that he was infected by X.
The next moment was one of surprise as Thoha held his right arm over his chest and bowed his head, much in the same way he did when they first met. He then placed a PDA on the dashboard and looked back at her. He started to degenerate back into an X viral form and flew into Ruby causing her to shine with light. Much to Ruby's surprise, she felt something unlocked in her mind, a control over herself, her Metroid self, she had not had before. As the light faded, Ruby was back in her normal armor.
Ruby looked down at herself for a moment before remembering the situation and leaped back into the seat. Grabbing the controls she activated the ship's thrusters and took off. Ruby had just made it a safe distance away when the planet exploded in a dazzling display. Ruby let out a sigh of relief and leaned back in her chair. "Finally," Ruby said, relief plainly evident, "One more mission complete and another time I saved the galaxy. This is really getting old." "I couldn't agree more," replied Adam.
AN: Hello everyone, this is my first chapter to my first fanfiction and crossover. Just a bit of an explanation. Ruby's power armor, named Crescent Rose because she does not have her sniper scythe, will go with the normal power suit design with Ruby's color scheme. The Metroid armor, yes she will have access to it thanks to now having control over her Metroid self due to absorbing the Quiet Robe X, again will be the same design but replacing the green with dark crimson and the red highlights with silver. No pairings yet, but they may happen.
Please ask any questions or give suggestions.
One last thing, this is most definitely an OP Ruby, but I don't think it would be fair if I left out the rest of Team RWBY on the upgrades. Do you guys have any suggestions?
Till next time.