Halo-Year 2557, Atmospheric Mountains
"Which direction exactly should we go?" Samus asked. She had to man the controls-some transmission prevented auto-pilot. Probably from the Halo.
"That way," Cortana pointed off with a computerized finger. Samus flew that direction and pulled the ship up. Gah! A curve, Samus thought. It's a freaking Halo. No duh, a curve. It took about two minutes before they heard Ridley screech out.
"Attacking defenses!" he screeched. Samus looked ahead. Woohoo! Sentry bots. This was going to be fun. Sarcasm used. The ship was inflicted on the side and shook horribly, Ridley had to slip to the side to prevent being hit down. Watch it, nuthead, Ridley thought. Samus thought quickly.
"John! Arbiter! Go to the side ship turrets!" she commanded, signaling Master Chief and the Arbiter. They nodded at each other and split: one turret on each side, two sides.
"This is way too easy," MC said as he pulled the trigger to the turret. Giant green shots popped out of the barrel, and MC was stunned. The sentry bots within maybe two-hundred foot range were screwed. The Stinger moved too fast to see the bots explode helplessly, but you could hear their little malfunctioning and obnoxious Reeee! noise that they made when they saw you in the Halo games. Yeah, Guilty Spark bots. Not 343 Guilty Spark, of course, just showing I beat Halo 3. (Those who have too know what I mean) In fact, who knew which Guilty Spark it was-no, who cared? Seriously, that guy is freaking annoying. I think we all could agree to that. The ship was hit on the front, but little damage was caused. Nothing special is in the front of a Stinger. Just the pilot. No sarcasm used. Really, Samus was fine. The glass a Stinger has in the front is extremely strong. No doubt.
Ridley reached down and stabbed a sentry bot head-on (apply directly to the forehead) with his claws at the abnormally-fast-for-a-natural-being speed he was going at. The bot exploded as expected, barely with a trace. Ridley flew up closer to the window and screeched high-pitched into it. Samus could hear him.
"Are we almost there?" he yelled. Samus looked at Cortana, who nodded in response. Samus nodded at Ridley. "Good! Now, make sure you don't let them hit the core!" Ridley screeched.
"What?" Samus asked.
"MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LET THEM HIT THE MAIN CORE!" Ridley screeched. Samus heard him, and took consideration. Crap. Usually in a situation like this, irony kicks into place. Boy, who doesn't love irony. Nothing can beat it or out-sneak it. And yes, that's what happened. Just thought I should tell you first. Ridley swooped below the Stinger, ready to hack a door open into the "Library". Seriously, what could that thing be? Where you borrow books? I mean, yeah I know what it is, I beat the Halo trilogy. I was speaking in Ridley's point of view.
A tiny little orb-like thing floated up to the Stinger's main core and-I warned you of the irony-started firing a beam at it. What? The sentry bots couldn't keep up! No. This was something else, and it's 343's emerald-green counterpart: the 347 Guilty Spark. It fired at the core, and the core started to erupt liquid mercury from the engine. Mercury? It must not effect the Space Pirates. The inner of the Stinger blasted an obnoxiously loud and annoying noise: the alarm. It was so loud, Ridley heard it. Enraged, he flew over and busted the glass down. Hey, how come that didn't work with the sentry bots? Eh, forget it.
"Why didn't you watch the core status?" he yelled. Samus looked down. One screen said 'CORE STATUS' in huge letters, and it was flashing red. Duh.
"Samus! What by the Prophets is going on?" the Arbiter yelled.
"Get back to your turret before-" she yelled but was cut off by a loud BOOM! After a large shock that sent MC out of his chair, the Arbiter off of his feet, Huta and Tura hitting their heads on the ground, and Samus to be jerked forward harshly, the ship had stopped. Ridley flew over to the closest hole in a side of the Stinger and glared at Samus.
"Anything to say?" he said.
"We're here..." Samus said dizzily. Ridley shook his head angrily and tore a random Stinger wall down to find Huta and Tura. Ridley dashed in and harshly kicked them, and only Tura woke up.
"What?"
"We're at the Library," Ridley said. Tura's brain flashed awake and he knocked Huta awake and informed him. They went to inform the Arbiter, who wasn't unconscious, who then helped MC up, who went in and took Cortana's chip back into his helmet. Ridley picked up Samus with one claw and walked out past the river of liquid mercury that was flowing down.
"Hurry!" Ridley called behind him. "The Stinger will blow!" MC and the Elites zipped out. All of them ran in except the Arbiter. He walked slowly near Ridley, who was still holding Samus over his tough shoulder.
"If you are going to kill her, I believe she'll prefer it quick," the Arbiter said, eyes narrowed. Ridley laughed screechily.
"If I was going to kill her, I'd prefer it nice and slow," Ridley retorted. "But you still don't know if I'm against you or not." The Arbiter huffed and stomped off to the smashed door, thanks to the Stinger. Ridley turned around and barely took one step.
"Halt! Forerunner!" an annoying, robotic and squealy voice said. Ridley turned his head around.
"Excuse me?" Ridley barked. Samus woke up slighter, and Ridley signaled her to go into the Library. She jumped off and did just that.
"You are the Forerunner leader, and you plan on firing this ring!" the spherical robot behind Ridley said. Oh, God. Another lecture from the 347 Imanerd.
"And, who by Enrekeita are you?"
"I? I am the 347 Guilty Spark! Those sentry bots you have destroyed a while back are mine!" he yelled in an annoying fashion. Ridley shook his head and turned his whole body around.
"How long ago were you created?" Ridley wondered. The 347 Guilty Spark laughed annoyingly.
"Exactly one-hundred years ago," he said. Ridley laughed sarcastically right back.
"Well, Mr. Guilty Spark, you're memory is damaged," Ridley said.
"Why is that?" the annoying robot asked.
"Because I could very well be your creator," Ridley whispered, and as soon as he said that, he smashed the annoying little robot against a pillar. The 347 made an annoying roar. Ridley smashed the squealing sphere against the pillar multiple times, until it slipped free.
"You are demonic!" it called from far off, sparking crazily, eye almost falling out of its mechanical socket. The thing malfunctioned and zapped Ridley with a light green beam. Ow. Ridley stood there, no reaction. What an attack. Heheh. Ridley smashed the robot again, and the robot levitated its small body into a door into the Library. Ridley laughed. God, this was too freaking easy. And it was fun. Smashing an annoying and tiny, spherical robot that makes deafening cries against a titanium pillar with no holding back and no bit of mercy at all, well, that is probably the most fun you would ever have in your life. Don't believe me? You must have never interacted with the Guilty Spark models on the Halo games. Once you do, then you'll believe me. But that just makes you wonder...why the heck did MC never bother to do that? Maybe because he doesn't have gargantuan wings that allow you to fly at jet speed or an intelligence quotient beyond 541 like Ridley. Ridley walked slowly into the Library. He wanted to give number 347 a head start. Heheh. Well, you kind of have to feel somewhat sorry for the Guilty Spark. A bratty know-it-all robot that just can't stop talking or betraying. Yeah, that's him.
Halo-Year 2557, The Library
Samus, MC and the Elites were far into the Library. Yeah, like, about a mile inward. Whew! Just look at it this way: only about twenty-nine more miles to go. And, we lack the ability to hit jet speed. And, after the first mile, our legs hurt! You know I'm speaking in the protagonists' point of view, right? The 347 wasn't near them. Thank God. They didn't deserve the lecture about the bird and chipmunk from him.
"It smells too clean," the Arbiter said. The Elites and the other two looked at him.
"How so?" Cortana wondered.
"I usually smell Flood in here," he said. Samus snickered in her thoughts. Flood? How could you smell/fear a flood? Just the thought of it made Samus feel funny. If these guys are afraid of a flood, maybe it was worse than she thought it may be. But who cares? The Elites couldn't smell anything but cold-hard titanium and machinery. After maybe about six minutes, the 17-foot winged creature that is Ridley was behind them. Dang, he was fast.
"Well, this is too precariously easy," he said. Samus agreed, and same with the Elites, and MC. They all know that if the area is too quiet, something is waiting.
"It couldn't be Flood," Cortana said. "Gravemind was killed on the second Halo."
"Was he?" the Arbiter retorted.
"Well..." Cortana was cut off by a screech by Ridley. They looked over. It was a large, ugly and circular like a "hive" stuck on a wall.
"A...Flood hive?" Cortana wondered.
"No..." Ridley said, and scanned it with his over-developed eyes.
"No, not Flood. Worse. Taridians," Ridley replied.
"What's the difference?"
"Taridians have a tougher cellular structure, are a little more tinged in red, and they can overrun nearly anything possible including inanimate objects," Ridley replied. "If I hadn't built Mother Brain, Taridians wouldn't be here. Guilty as charged."
"Mother Brain?" the Arbiter asked.
"Enough explanations. We have to keep moving, and I'll lead. Samus will explain Mother Brain," Ridley retorted. The Arbiter nodded, eyes narrowed. He wasn't happy with that answer.
They were walking downwards the Library.
"What exactly is Mother Brain?" the Arbiter asked Samus. Samus sighed.
"Mother Brain is a creature created by Ridley long ago-his first crime, illegal experimentation. He visited SR388 and harnessed the Metroids, which are deadly creatures that suck the life right out of you through your head. He used a powerful artifact called the Mertonia Sphere, in which had a strange aura that controlled the Metroids safely. So, Ridley also got a chemical from SR388 called Glomintosin and he sacrificed one hundred Metroids' cores and the Glomintosin into a glass container connected to wires. He moved the container into Tourian, the central base of Zebes, the planet I was raised on..."
"And Samus came in to thwart us, and prevailed," Ridley interrupted. Samus glared at Ridley. He said he'd do no talking. Oh, well. Right now, the antagonist of the Metroid saga was working together with the protagonist, and Samus hopes it stays that way. Ridley could turn on them at any time. That, hopefully, will never happen, or at least until Phantoon is slain. A platform lay ahead of them. It was a dead end that dangled over an edge. Woohoo.
"Great...a dead end," MC said. Samus sighed. Ridley growled and slammed his fists on the titanium floor.
"Why does this always happen to us? Why are we always screwed like this?" he yelled. Cortana appeared on the floor.
"Actually...it's not a dead end. Tell me, Ridley, are you a proffessional hacker?" Cortana asked. Ridley's rage halted, and Ridley laughed-and meant it.
"You must be stupider than I thought."
"Good! You can hack the locks so the door ahead can open!" Cortana said, analyzing the locks' status. Ridley grinned slightly and jumped down. He looked around and spotted the locks.
"Excellent," he said, and ripped the wiring out of the lock. He snipped at wires, ripped out wires, reset wires in different locations-and it all looked like he knew what he was doing. The room was huge, and looked titaniumly regal. A little too regal. The Arbiter noticed something-the Library was empty. He wasn't expecting the Flood-more likely sentry bots. Ridley re-circuited a couple wires and then pressed a few buttons. He stuffed the wires back into the main lock and punched a hacker's code in the screen nearby. Something odd happened-it worked. The oversized door in front of the many protagonists slid open.
"People, we have a working door!" Ridley yelled proudly. The Elites cheered at Ridley's hacking expertise. Cortana wondered something though, in MC's mind.
"Chief...something strange is about Ridley. Do you want to hear a history on him?" she asked. Chief looked down and saw the others already standing on the platform programmed to progress to the next section of the Library.
"Not right now," Chief said calmly.