Coded Messages: Ridley's Plea

by theclownsarethere

After the events of metroid 1, Ridley reaches out to Samus in an attempt to break free of mother brain during her second uprising. This piece is told in a series of e-mail like messages between the two as they battle away, but come to a greater understanding of each other.

40. Chapter 40

Message #40.

To: Ridley.

From: Samus Aran.

Subject: What Will They Remember.

I wonder now I as travel further and further into the pirate's mines, your people's mines, I wonder what history will remember. The galaxy knows me as a hero, the one who vanquished you and all your people.

But now I wonder if the chozo were right about the flow of time, if it is possible to see into it and change the course of history. It's funny really, but the more I read what your people do, the more I see of them, the more I feel a sense of pity in a way I don't understand.

Maybe your not the one to talk to about this, but I have no one else. I wonder if what you say holds some merit, if there is possibly a way to make some sort of peace.

Then again this thought may leave me as the river of time flows on.