Metroid: Mission Alpha

Episode 49: The Final Battle

Last time, Samus and Alpha traveled to Lavolca and destroyed the remaining machinery there. Afterward they came across Master Greblai, who revealed to them that he had no intentions of harming anyone; it was Master Silhouite who was the true enemy. Now, with the enemy having returned to Venine, it is time to defend the Snacanids once and for all.

Just after Samus, Alpha, and Master Greblai arrived on Venine, they saw a spaceship from HQ land beside them. As the three of them exited the Gunship, they found Michael also exiting his ship. "Michael? Why did you come here?" Samus asked him.

Michael looked back at Eta, who was alternating between pacing back and forth and lying down; she appeared uneasy. "I think it's time." the HQ leader said, "but Eta insisted on coming here to be with Alpha."

Samus looked over when she heard frantic yelping. The Snacanids were in chaos, running about to avoid Master Silhouite as he chased them. "Alpha, get Eta to a safe place," Samus said, "Michael, you'll be safer in your ship. I'll take care of Master Silhouite."

Alpha carefully and quietly helped Eta out of the danger. Michael started to run back to his ship, but a blast of darkness shot by Master Silhouite struck him. He was sent over a cliff by the blast! However, he stopped falling after a short distance. Looking up, he saw that Samus had acted quickly by grabbing onto him using her Grappling Beam. She used it to pull him up to the ground.

While Michael ran into his ship, Samus turned to face Master Silhouite, who by now had noticed her presence. "Stop this, Master Silhouite!" Master Greblai shouted.

"Master Greblai! What are you doing here?!" Master Silhouite exclaimed.

Master Greblai's eyes narrowed with anger. "You lied to me!"

"Well, I had to. Otherwise you would never have let me go through with my plans."

"Master Silhouite…there is no need for this. Lavolca already has the strength it needs," Samus said, "The Chozo were actually not enemies to the Greblai and Silhouites, either, but they were allies. We found the evidence in the Great Lavolcian Temple."

"She's right!" Master Greblai added, "Listen to her!"

"Silence! I will finish what I started!" Master Silhouite began to send dark power at Samus, but she jumped aside.

Samus fired Plasma Beams at Master Silhouite, but they had no effect on him. Then the villain sent dark power at Samus, knocking her back. How am I going to overcome his new power? she thought.

"Samus, the Chozo necklace!" Michael called out. Samus looked back to see the HQ leader standing at the Gunship's entrance, waving the blue and white necklace. He tossed it to her and she caught it.

Samus closed her eyes and clutched the necklace to her heart, where it glowed with an intense brightness. "The last of the Chozo blood flows in my veins," she said, "It is time for me to defend their legacy; now I must use their power to save Venine!"

Samus was surrounded in blue light as her Power Suit absorbed the Chozo necklace and was transformed by its power. Now the suit was orange, light orange, and yellow, with a blue visor and lights. Blue Chozo marks on the helmet and shoulders and Chozo necklace designs on the chest plate emitted light, and the arm cannon was dark blue. "This is it…the legendary Brilliance Suit described in Chozo legend!" Samus viewed her new suit with awe.

The new wearer of the Brilliance Suit sprang back into battle. She fired large blue blasts from her arm cannon, which Master Silhouite moved away from. He extended his tentacles at Samus, but to his surprise, she vanished before his eyes. He turned around to see that she had teleported behind him, where she struck him with a powerful missile.

Master Silhouite fell back but continued on. He hit his opponent with darkness, but it did nothing to her as before. As she prepared her next attack, he stretched out his tentacles, but Samus created a blue barrier around herself that deflected the blow. Then both sides charged forward, ramming into each other at once. They both fell back but were still ready for more.

Samus morphed into a ball and planted several bombs around Master Silhouite, which exploded with greater power than normal. The injured shadowy creature managed to succeed at lashing Samus with one tentacle, but she teleported before he could continue. Then, she jumped at him using a supercharged Screw Attack. He tried to ram into her, but she shielded herself.

The villain attempted to grab Samus, but she teleported behind him and sent strong Plasma Beams at him. In a desperate attempt to finish this, Master Silhouite swiftly charged at Samus. She ran out of the way, but he continued to chase her. However, little did he know what was in store, as Samus's arm cannon was slowly giving off a light that increased in brightness. Then, after waiting for some moments, the female stopped and pointed her arm cannon at him. An enormous and powerful blue beam shot out of it.

Master Silhouite fell to the ground, weakened by the heavy blow. Samus stood over him with her arm cannon pointed at his face. "It's not too late, Master Silhouite," she said firmly, "You have done much wrong, but you can still change your ways. You can either stop all of this, or I can finish you off right now."

"NOOO!" Master Silhouite cried out, "I'll change, I promise!" Samus lowered her arm cannon, and the Silhouite leader floated upright unsteadily. "I saw my whole life flash before my eyes right then, and I saw how wrong I've been. How could I have been so foolish and cruel?" he said, "All I wanted was to make Lavolca stronger, but I got carried away. I'm so sorry."

"We'll forgive you, but please don't do this ever again," Master Greblai replied.

"Master Greblai, from now on I'll be a true friend to you. Now my power will return to normal, Lavolca's volcanoes will again become dormant, and I will no longer harm anyone."

Master Greblai smiled and gripped Master Silhouite's upper tentacles in friendship. "Grebless and Silhouess will be glad to hear that. Let's return home and tell our friends this plot has been canceled." Then he turned to Samus. "Samus, thanks to you and Alpha we have seen our faults and changed our ways. You make a great team. Farewell, and good luck with your future missions."

Everyone waved goodbye as Master Greblai and Master Silhouite teleported home. Then Samus heard excited cries and looked around. As the Brilliance Suit reverted back to the Power Suit and the Chozo necklace appeared again in her hand, she smiled at what she saw. All the creatures of Venine were cheering and jumping for joy.

When Samus and Michael were in their ships, they removed their spacesuits to allow them to recover from the blows they had taken. They heard barking and looked out to see Alpha jumping excitedly. "It's Alpha!" Michael said.

"He wants us to follow him!" Samus replied. So Michael and she ran after Alpha.

To be continued…

(Original story from August 2018)

So, how did you like the final battle? I admit the battle wasn't quite as long as I'd wanted it to be, but I just had so many ideas for this episode! I still like how it turned out.

Stay tuned for the finale!