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.

43. Chapter 43

Message #43.

To Samus Aran.

From: Ridley.

Subject: Satisfaction.

Before you killed him, Kraid was my friend. Mother brain put us both in charge of her forces, but I was always her favorite. She never trusted Kraid as much. He was too content with life, with being who he was.

He may have seemed like nothing but a fat lizard, but he was really someone before motherbrain fried his brain and made him nothing more than a slave. He was the only one of us to understand the chozo. Somehow he translated their language and studied their text. He told me all about a way to reach for the stars and to be with it without ever leaving the ground.

Kraid was wise, he was brilliant. He saw a way to resurrect the chozo, to reverse the wearing weathers of time and see all as one. But mother brain didn't listen. No one ever has. I doubt anyone will ever hear from me, I imagine you'll have to kill me. Through time all grows corrupt, even the ghosts of the chozo. Avoid the corruption. Avoid it and continue to see the light.