Chapter 7 - The Alimbic Cannon
After their meeting, the hunters immediately set off for the Vesper Defense Outpost, a subzero space station made by the Alimbics.
"Okay. We gotta find parts we could use for that superweapon thing. Hopefully it'll work. But remember, it'll take a few days to build it, maybe a few weeks," Spire was saying to the others.
"Right," said Samus. "Then we have to look for newborn Goreas. Keep on the lookout for smaller ones."
The search for parts began. It seemed more like a scavenger hunt, since even after an hour the only parts found were frozen, unable to be used. They went back to the VDO Gateway for another meeting.
"Spire, give everyone a Magmaul. It can be used to heat up the parts so we can use them," Sylux ordered.
Almost immediately, Spire started passing out orange orbs to the other five hunters (Samus already had it), which they loaded into their guns. They set off for parts again.
"Okay, let's see here. We have a power generator, steel plating, and a drill. Hopefully the others have some stuff we can use," Trace was saying to Spire. Although, neither of them payed attention to his words, not even himself. They were both too deep in thought.
"I'm gonna go to Alinos. No Goreas are in the Oubliette, so we can seal it off. The Octoliths are still there," Spire said. He was still wondering about his past, and thought that the Alimbic Cannon may give him clues about it. What happened the rest of his race, making him the last Diamont? What were they like?
"Spire, you feeling okay? You seem kinda sick," Trace was said, dropping the parts. He had finished his thinking, and had decided; he would be a traitor... a traitor to the Kriken Empire.
"You know how to do this? It's kinda tricky." Kanden was explaining to Weavel how to train a Gorea.
"Kanden, you are an altered Enoema; a life form built to be a super-weapon using the original species's powers and altering the mind. I am a former space pirate; a life-form who captures creatures for research and power. I think I can handle this," Weavel said. Kanden had no clue what he just said.
"Huh? Oh, whatever. You just need to jump on its back and shoot it in the back of the head. Then start talking to it. That's how I trained Denkan here," Kanden said.
"Reeeeawww!" Denkan excalimed.
"Uh... Denkan...? Anyway, I have an easier way." Weavel then split in half for his alternate form, the Halfturret. Kanden immediately ran behind a wall to hide from the Battlehammer shots the turret was shooting.
"Hey, watch it!" he shouted at Weavel. But he just ignored him. Instead, he used his upper half of the Halfturret, the Halfturret Slicer (or, his head, arms, and torso), to attack a nearby Gorea. Next thing Kanden knew, Weavel had it under his control. He then turned back into his biped form.
"You just got lucky."
"What'd you guys find? I found the dead body of a Guardian, which may actually work to our advantage," she said, pointing to a robotic thing with a head like a Kriken and a body of a chicken. "I also found a few UA packs, which we should keep stored in the weapon. And this part of a dead Cretaphid tower may be able to power the weapon."
"We couldn't find anything," Sylux and Noxus both said in unison.
"Nothing? Not even some glass or sheet metal? Nothing! Go back and search, we don't have much time."
On Alinos, Spire was about to activate the Alimbic Cannon.
"Hey, wait. What's that hole right there?" he said, obviously staring at a hole. Looking in, though, he saw a giant beast. The Supreme metroid...
Ignoring this, he went to the Almbic Cannon activator in the middle of the room. With one step, the Oubliette would be sealed. But, the Cannon was running out of power. It would need to stay dormant for twenty years after this to be able to be used again. But he activated it anyway.
The Cannon, on Alinos's surface, started turning towards the Oubliette. Suddenly, it shot a laser that could be heard throughout the Tetra Galaxy. The Infinity Void and the Oubliette were now sealed.
"Damn. Nothing. No clu-" he started to say, but then froze. Something was in front of him. It was a spirit of an Alimbic Elder, which was held in one of the Octoliths!
"Spire. What have you just done? This was the wors possible time to close the Infinity Void. We opened the Void originally to trap a Gorea. But, although Samus Aran opening it allowed her to destroy it, closing it again may just bring its spirit into the rest of the Alimbic Cluster It will also cause more Goreas to fall onto the other planets and space stations, destroying them!"
Spire was in shock. "You mean... wait. How would it bring back the spirit of the strongest ever Gorea?"
The Elder spirit spoke again. "The spirit cannot be held in the Infinity Void. No spirits can. It will escape, and become an unbeatable foe. Spirits cannot easily be harmed."
Spire then dropped his gun and turned his head toward the ground. "I failed. I just made it so we can't win this war, just because of my own greed. I failed."
"No you have not. There is one thing that can destroy the Spirit Gorea. Follow me," the Elder's spirit stated, emotionless.
Spire, despite his hatred of himself at the time, started to follow the Elder. It took him back to the Alinos Gateway. But, they went behind the small pillar that holds the ships. They were heading towards the lava flow in the back!
"The Diamonts have a resistance to heat, correct?" The Elder asked.
"Yeah, of course. Kinda obvious," Spire replied.
Walking through the lava flow brought them into a huge path. When they got to the end, there was some kind of glowing platform.
"Spire. This platform controls another part of the Alimbic Cannon. It was a weapon with this function, used during wars. Unfortunately, it will have to be used again. Think of what you want to destroy, then step on the platform."
He was once again in shock. He could have sworn the Alimbics were a peaceful race. But... a weapon like this, stronger than the Omega Cannon, only it was not sealed.
Despite these thoughts, he thought of the image of the Spirit Gorea and stepped on the platform. Nothing happened.
"Something is wrong. This function was only used in dire circumstances. Since it has not been used for hundreds of years, I will try to, as you say, speed it up. It has been accepted your target, though. You may go back to your mission. Although the Diamonts' past is important to you, you must discover it later." The Elder was very clear.
Spire bowed his head, then turned into his alternative form for more speed. The spiked, morph-ball like Dialanche was not very fast, but still faster than his biped form. He then got into his ship and headed towards the Vesper Defense Outpost.
As soon as he got there, he found the hunters at the Gateway.
"Spire! Where the hell were you!" Samus yelled.
"I'm sorry. I was being selfish, looking for my past. So selfish, in fact, I thought closing the Infinity Void would help me find out about my pa-" He said, but got cut off.
"YOU CLOSED THE INFINITY VOID!" Almost half the hunters yelled. They knew the dangers of it; more Goreas would appear where they are.
"But, I have also discovered more than that. On Alinos, I was led by an Alimbic Elder's spirit. He showed me a weapon built into the Alimbic Cannon. I will not speak the location, however. It will not help defeat the Goreas."
"Okay. We'll talk about this later. Now, we need another plan. We could not find enough parts to build this weapon. It works, but can only cover one planet at a time. And it also needs to charge after every shot. It'll never work," Samus was saying.
"Also, taining Goreas may give us more teammates, but they are not easy to train, despite how fast I trained Kraid-2 here. They are also not that much of an asset to our team. They can only kill one other Gorea at a time. We need a new plan," Weavel stated. He was right. Training Goreas wasn't worth it.
"I have an idea. First, we kill one of the Goreas with the Omega Cannon. We extract it out of it, then give it to each of us." Noxus said. His plan might just work.
"We'll split into teams again. Noxus, you and Tra-" Samus began.
"HIM AGAIN! THAT BASTARD TRIED TO KILL ME!" Noxus screamed.
"Shut up and settle down. As I said before, I'm gonna be a traitor again. A traitor to the Kriken Empire," Trace said. Judging by the look in his eye, he meant what he said.
Sighing, Noxus agreed to work with Trace.
"Okay then. Noxus, you and Trace go to the Celestial Archives and look for more parts. Kill any Goreas you find. Bring Kraid-2," Samus ordered.
"Raaaawwweeee!" Kraid-2, a trained Gorea, excalimed.
"That just scarred me for life. Anyway, me and Spire will go to Arcterra with Danken. There have been strange events there, judging by the amount of Goreas," she continued. "And Kanden, Sylux, and Weavel, you all go to Alinos. Everyone, kill all Goreas you find, and just keep searching for anything that could help."
Samus finally finished. Just in time, too. At least twenty Goreas were falling right in the Gateway!
"Hurry! Get in your ships and go to your destinations!" Sylux screamed.
Spire's past would just have to wait.