Behind Cold Metal
Chapter 17: Mentality Breakdown
Samus was holding back her tears, but the occasional one slipped out and slid down her face before dripping on the white cloth.
"Samus...please, stop crying...now is not the time..." Meta Ridley said.
"If you were me..." Samus said, looking up angrily. "...If you were me, you would not be able to control yourself...because of what you've done, I've spent my entire life killing without any purpose...I haven't got any friends or anything because of what I do, and what I do is kill so I can escape from my past...and it's all your fault...*sniff*..." she said, sobbing slightly. Meta Ridley felt hurt and needed to say something that would cheer Samus up.
"Samus...I'm...I'm sorry......" he said. He had never apologized before in his life, and this was a first for him. But it didn't work. Samus just looked away. Meta Ridley felt his heartbeat increasing faster and faster, until it just cracked. He felt something inside him click. He looked down, looked at his hands, then stood up.
"Everybody, leave this room now!!!" he shouted. Confusion was spread around the room and Samus looked up in fright.
"What?" she said. The room fell under confusion.
"Didn't anyone hear me???" Meta Ridley screamed. "Get out!!!!!!!! Get out of my throne room now!!!!!!!!!" he yelled. He then breathed fire all over the room, destroying all the ornaments. Everyone inside panicked and ran out of the room. A guard quickly escorted Samus out of the room and away from Meta Ridley, who had become manic and was firing missiles everywhere, breathing fire and tearing at the walls in a rage.
As the guards closed the doors hastily, one turned to Samus.
"I recommend you head back down to your cell. Meta Ridley has never broken down like this in his entire life of reigning. If you believe in your own safety, then leave" he said.
It took Meta Ridley half a hour to calm down. Throughout the entire time, Samus sat in her cell, cursing herself.
"What was I thinking?" she thought. "I didn't want to make him cry...I was just too lost in my anger to do anything..." she said. Then, she suddenly feared for her life. Speechless, she started to cry, huddled on her bed, still in her suit, crying the night away until she fell asleep through exhaustion.