Metroid: Return to Remnant Chapter 8: Trials of Remnant, a Metroid + RWBY Crossover fanfic

Robotic Voice: "Metroid"

Thinking: "Metroid"

Comms: [Metroid]

Texting: "Metroid"

Alien language: {Metroid}

Whispering: *Metroid*

Talking: "Metroid"

A/N Hey everyone. I just want to note that some of the Metroid abilities and upgrades may be a bit different than canon.

Chapter 9: Trials of Remnant

Teams WBY and JNPR stood there in amazement. Each suit hung suspended in the tubes seeming to have parts phase in and out of existence. They looked similar to Ruby's own Power Suit, though the shoulder pads were not as big and they were all colorless. Above each tube was a screen that had different symbols. They were the emblems of each person.

"Ever since I found this place, I have been working to build these things for you guys." Ruby said as they observed the suits. "It is amazing really. As far as I know, this is the only place in the universe that has the functioning tech to make these things. The Chozo technology has been scattered so widely that most of it has been destroyed."

Weiss turned to Ruby, a still shocked, and now worried, and confused look on her face. "W-Why did you make this for us?" She asked. "All of this…" she gestured around them, "Are pieces of the beings who saved and raised you. Why do this for us?"

Everyone looked at Ruby who looked down with a sad expression on her face. "I mentioned to you before how this was not my first team, right?" Ruby asked Weiss who nodded. "All of my previous teams… everyone from them, except for one or two… are dead, because I could not, with all of the power that I have, protect them."

Everyone's eyes widened at this. Ruby, the most powerful of them, was scared. Not of some daunting foe, not of some trap or enemy. No, she was scared of losing her friends and family and she went to the lengths of using hyper advanced technology to create something to protect them.

Yang walked up to Ruby, who looked up at her approach, and hugged her. "Ruby, we may not know how you feel, or exactly what you have gone through, but we are here for you and it would be a cold day in hell before any of us let the others die. I lost you once, I am not losing you again."

This made Ruby smile as she hugged back. "Thanks Yang. But I would feel a lot better if you guys had these. Your weapons will also get upgraded with some of this tech."

It was Pyrrha that spoke up. "Isn't this too much? All of this would cost millions!" she said and she had a point. A lot of this was beyond Atlas tech, and that stuff was expensive.

"No it is not," Ruby said sternly as she released Yang to look at the others. "I am NOT losing any more team mates or friends."

Ruby then walked over to a console and pressed a few buttons. A moment later, the suits dissolved completely and the pods opened. Turning back to the group, Ruby smirked and said, "What are you guys waiting for, do you guys want these suits or not? Just hop in the pods to sync with your suits."

There were a few that were hesitant, like Weiss and Pyrrha. Others almost instantly got into their pods, those being Yang and Nora. Once everyone was in their pods, Ruby pressed a button that closed the doors. Over the intercom, Ruby heard Weiss ask, "Are you sure this is safe?"

"Of course it is, why would it not be?" Ruby replied, gaining a glare from the Ice Queen.

"Maybe because this is an alien machine that is who knows how old!" came the usual outcry.

"Don't worry, you will be fine," Ruby pushed a final button and the pods started to glow. "Oh, you also might need to pass a test as well."

Nobody got the chance to respond as the light in the pods became blinding… "Welp, I'm going to take a nap while that is happening." Ruby remarked before sitting on a chair and doing just that.

{So these are the chosen companions of The Hatchling. Let us test their wings…}

Yang 3rd person pov…

Yang opened her eyes and found herself on some sort of landing pad. It did not look like a normal Bullhead landing pad, the wall behind her had a strange futuristic door and the sky was not one she had ever seen.

Yang walked to the edge of the pad and looked down. She gasped in surprise and amazement. Far below her were strange and alien clouds. She was on some sort of flying building… no, a town in the sky of some alien world. "Is this somewhere Ruby has been?" Yang wondered.

Yang turned around just in time to see a red and orange ship get thrown at her. Yang immediately unfolded her gauntlets and blasted herself out of the way as the ship went over the edge. "So you are little Red's sister."

Yang looks towards where the ship came from to see a hulking robotic figure, the head being near the top and significantly smaller in comparison to the rest of the body. "Who are you, and how do you know Ruby?!" Yang yelled at the hulking robot.

"Easy there, my name is Ghor. I was a fellow bounty hunter of your sister and for a period of time I was also her teammate." the now named Ghor explained.

"Wait… Was? Does that mean…" Yang's eyes widened at what that one word could implicate.

"Yes, I am no longer among the living. I was infected by Phazon, but unlike your sister, I lost myself to it and became corrupted. She ended up needing to put me down." confirmed Ghor looking down solemnly.

"Well, I'm glad that she stopped your 'Mech'-inations, hehe. But how are you here if you are dead?" Speaking of which, how was she here as well, wherever here was.

Ghor sighed in response to the bad pun. "You would have gotten along well with Gandrayda, the jokester of the group." Recomposing himself he continued, "I am but a memory… and a test. You must prove you are worthy to wield such armor."

"Well, she did mention a test at the last moment." Yang then got herself into position to fight. "Let's do this!"

Blake 3rd person pov

Blake was in a large advanced looking metal chamber that had 4 strange capacitor-like units around the center. She was continuing to observe her surroundings when she heard female laughter behind her. Turning around she saw a woman with violet transparent skin and what looked like purple electricity flowing through her body.

"Sammy really has a way of making strange friends," said the strange woman.

"I'm sorry, but who are you? And who is Sammy?" Blake asked

"My name is Gandrayda, and I was talking about my former friend, colleague, and rival Ruby Samus Rose." Said the alien woman

Blake narrowed her eyes, "So you are one of Ruby's former teammates?" she asked cautiously.

"Yes and no. I'm just a memory brought back to test you. A few powerful individuals want to make sure each one of you are worthy, and it made sense for some of Sammy's former compatriots to test her current ones." Gandrayda said, still seeming to be cheerful.

"So there are other allies of Ruby testing our two teams?" Blake asked, curious about the situation.

"Just your team, the others are being tested in other ways," replied Gandrayda.

"That's not ominous at all." Blake states dryly, earning a laugh from the alien.

"Oh don't worry, they will be fine. Now how about we get going with this test and have some fun." Gandrayda crouched down into a combative stance, Blake does so as well, drawing her weapon.

Weiss 3rd person pov

"Let me get this straight…" Weiss was talking to some sort of white armored alien who called himself Rundas. "You are the memory of one of Ruby's fallen comrades who she had to kill after you were taken over by Phazon, and now you are her to test me?"

"That's the gist of it." shrugged the Phrygisian. "Honestly though, I'm not expecting much from you princess."

A flash of anger came across Weiss's face, "I am not a princess!" If Rundas had eyes, they would have rolled.

"Keep telling yourself that. What are you, 17? Up against a veteran bounty hunter such as myself, you stand no chance. You are more liable to freeze up." Rundas said.

"Why you!" Weiss had enough. Drawing her saber, she lunged at Rundas in an attempt to catch him off guard.

Team JNPR were having similar tests. Each fighting a major enemy that Ruby had faced in the past. Ren was facing off against the cloaking alien named Corpius. Nora was fighting Kraid from Ruby's second time of Zebes. And Pyrrha was being assaulted by a Berserk Lord.

Jaune was having a somewhat different experience as not only was he fighting the robotic monstrosity that is Mecha Ridley, without missiles mind you, but he was also trying to protect a seemingly injured 'Pyrrha'.

Each and every one of Ruby's friends were being tested. Some were having more trouble than others. How will these tests proceed?

Far Away: Grimmlands

Summer, after taking stock of what she had and what she could do. She was still really weak compared to what Dark Rose originally had, only having access to a phazon based version to Ruby's power and charge beam as well as one for missiles, however she did not have any missiles available. She also had the Morph Ball. Summer had opted to keep her helmet on. Not wanting to be seen by a Grimm and recognised by Salem.

Her HUD included a meter showing the integrity of her energy shield as well as one for her Aura. The Aura one surprised her at first as Dark Rose did not have one previously, but thinking about it, Summer had a soul and Dark Rose did not, only a mind, so her soul could have caused the HUD to change.

There was also a progress meter, currently at 5%. This was what told her the progress of restoring Dark Rose's abilities through generating what was now her life blood, phazon. Summer knew how dangerous the substance was and vowed to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. This would not be a problem however as it turned out that any phazon that left her body quickly deteriorated and disappeared.

Summer was satisfied with what she had, but wished she still had her own weapon, an ax rifle hybrid she called Cleaving Rose. However, she had to admit that she might be recognised with it and with the cannon on her arm, she would not be able to use it.

Summer got up and floated, somehow she can do this because of Dark Rose, to the cave opening and looked out over the barren wasteland. She could see purple crystals and black rocks scattered across the land. She also identified many Grimm pools throughout the area, along with the monsters they spawned. Even from this distance she could sense the immense wrongness that came from those pools. The substance actually seemed similar to phazon in the fact that it killed or took over and mutated whatever came in contact with it, but it did not have the energy aspect that phazon had.

She continued to look at the landscape and saw the dark castle of Salem as well as something that she recognised, not from her own memories, but from Dark Rose's. The wreckage of a large ship, one used by the Space Pirates.

"The Space Pirates! What are they doing here?!" Thought Summer as she quickly took cover behind some rocks. She could see the pirates moving around transporting equipment and supplies from place to place. "And who is leading them? They always have a leader of some sort. Could they be following Salem?" Summer thought, a slight hint of fear gripping her heart.

Moments later, she saw a large winged figure swop down from the castle and land among the other Pirates. "Meta Ridley if I remember correctly. That lizard is still alive? Damn he is resilient. That answers my question about who is leading the pirates."

Not wanting to encounter the pirates yet, Summer silently hovered away from the rocks before making her way down the other side of the cliff. If she was going to do anything, she was going to need to get stronger, and that was going to take time.

Summer traveled across the Grimmlands for some time avoiding coming into contact with any Grimm for the moment. It was when she reached the shore, where the weaker Grimm were, that she was finally noticed by a Beowulf. The Grimm was young and did not recognise the danger of such an odd being, only seeing it as a human, so it charged right in.

Summer spun around when she heard the Beowulf charging, dropping into the Morph Ball and rolling back to dodge. "My first fight like this… time to have some fun!" Summer thought as she unfolded from the Morph Ball and brought her armcannon to bear as it charged. The Beowulf charged once again, its talons tearing up the ground as it rushed forward. It was raising a claw to attack when its head was blasted off.

Summer watched as the Grimm fell to the ground after she shot the things head off. She was surprised that the arm cannon had so much power and it was not even at full strength. That was when she noticed that something was happening to the dead Beowulf. As it disolved like it normally did, the particles that came off turned blue and coalesced into a blue orb. The orb then flew into Summer, being absorbed into her.

"... did that Grimm just turn into phazon and I absorbed it?" True to her thoughts, the material that made up the Grimm was close enough that, when killed by Summers Phaz Power Beam (PPB), it turned into condensed phazon, devoid of what it once was. The moment the phazon came into existence it was then drawn into her. This had two effects. The first and most noticeable one was that she now had 5 Phaz Missiles, filling her missile tank. The second less noticeable one was that the Phazon meter was now at 5.01%. So killing Grimm could recharge her weapons AND accelerate the restoration process.

A wide grin grew on Summer's face. "I am going to enjoy making Salem's pets my dinner" She thought darkly as she stalked off, silently floating to search for her next target.

A/N: Hey everyone, I know that this chapter is really short. My idea for the next 4 chapters is to have one for each of the remaining members of team RWBY doing their trials and one for all of team JNPR. The idea for the Grimmstuff turning into phazon came from the games where items and Energy come from dead enemies. This will also come into play later on.

I will note that I will not be answering comments directly in my stories anymore. I will still answer questions here and there, but to keep things shorter I will just answer them without adding the original comment.

There was a comment about the Silver Eyes. Just wait and see. I have a plane for that.

Overall I am happy to see that people are enjoying the story.

Please don't mind that my writing style changes over the course of the story. That is me learning and trying to do better. In the future I will likely go back and revise the earlier chapters.

Remember to keep asking questions and making suggestions.

Till next time.

SUIT UPDATE:

Aeion: A powerful energy source from SR388. In this story, I am having it where Aeion is also a hidden aspect of Aura. That is how the two teams will be able to use it without have been to SR388. However, it can only be used while in a power suit. For certain abilities, if Aeion runs out, instead of consuming the suit's energy, it can deplete Aura.

Racial Traits: These abilities are gained by being part of a particular species or modified to have the genetic code. Not everyone has a Racial Trait

Friendly Fire Protection: All power suits are protected from being damaged by morph bombs, cross bombs, and power bombs produced by Ruby. Similar attacks produced by enemies still cause damage at a reduced strength.

Aura Points (Ap): Used to quantify Aura.

Ruby Rose (RWBY)

Base Stats:

Race: Hybrid - Human variant (?), Chozo (Multi Faction), Metroid

Aura Points (Ap): 1299

Semblance: Petal Burst - a transmutation power that turns the user and everything in contact with the user's Aura into rose petals. Can be used to move at extreme speeds of up to 195 km/h.

Racial Traits:

Energy Drain: Metroid racial trait - When the user latches onto the head of a target, they can begin to drain the energy from it. This can be used on other things that have energy, but if it has a head (central processor), the user can only drain from the head. Some materials can block this ability. The effectiveness of this ability changes depending on the current suit equipped.

Energy Transfer: Metroid racial trait - The user is able to transfer energy it has absorbed to another vessel. This can be a living or nonliving vessel. Physical contact is required, but unlike Energy Drain, it does not need to be the head. The effectiveness of this ability changes depending on the current suit equipped.

?: Human variant racial trait - user can ? and ?. In conjunction with Energy Drain, will purify any form of tainted energy absorbed leaving the user unharmed.

Combat Zero Suit

Description: A lightly armored version of the original Zero Suit with extra pockets and straps for ammo. Has Ruby's color scheme.

Primary Defense Method: Ap 1299

Abilities:

Screw Attack: Activated when spin jumping. Covers the user in a potentially deadly aura of plasma, capable of killing most enemies instantly, however, can not be used on the ground as the effect deactivates upon ground contact.

Jet Boots: These boots can provide an extra boost of speed, redirect momentum, and even allow the user to fly for a short time.

Energy Drain (25%)

Energy Transfer (25%)

Weapon (Thorned Rose [Modified Paralyzer Pistol]):

Stun (Paralysis) shot: An electrical bolt that stuns the target for a short period of time (2 - 3 sec). When fully charged the shot paralyzes the target for a longer period of time (5 - 10 sec).

Plasma Bolt: A lethal attack similar to the Plasma Beam. While weaker than its beam counterpart, it is still powerful enough to kill an Alpha Beowulf with one shot to the head.

Dust augmentation (Fire, Lightning, Earth): This weapon is able to augment its attacks with the Dust Types listed.

Weapon (Thorned Rose [Whip]):

Plasma Whip: A whip of plasma. Behaves like a normal whip in addition to being able to inflict more damage.

Dust augmentation (Fire, Lightning, Earth): This weapon is able to augment its attacks with the Dust Types listed.

Weapon (Thorned Rose [Sword]):

Plasma Sword: A hand-and-a-half (Bastard) sword of plasma. The blade is made of condensed plasma. The user is able to adjust the output to make it more or less lethal. If made less lethal, it will act as an ordinary sword, if a bit hot.

Dust augmentation (Fire, Lightning, Earth): This weapon is able to augment its attacks with the Dust Types listed.

Strength: Fast and agile

Weakness: Low armor, leaves primary defense to Aura

Crescent Rose (Power Suit)

Description: The fully upgraded power suit from Metroid Dread, sans the Metroid Suit, Hyper beam, and Omega Cannon. Is colored black and crimson with a red visor

Primary Defense Method: Energy Shield 1299

Secondary Defense Method: Ap 1299

Union on another level: Due to being bonded to the suit for so long, Energy Tanks affect Ruby's Aura. This makes it so that if the Max Energy of the suit is greater than her Aura capacity, her Aura capacity will permanently increase to match it.

Abilities:

Phantom Cloak: Aeion Ability - Renders the user silent and invisible. Consumes Aeion slowly when stationary and faster when moving. User can only walk slowly when Phantom Cloak is active. If Aeion runs out and the cloak is still active, it will draw on Energy or Aura.

Flash Shift: Aeion Ability - A short range instant dash. This can be used to avoid damage. Can only be used with Aeion, does not drain Aura or Energy. Can be used 3 times in a row before Aeion runs out.

Pulse Radar: Aeion Ability - A radar pulse that allows the user to see things that they normally would not be able to, along with detecting enemies. Uses all Anion per use.

Spider Magnet: Electromagnet used to climb on metal surfaces

Speed Booster/Shine Spark: Using the jets on the suit, the user can reach mach speeds and activate the Shine Spark, an overcharged boost that sends the user at incredible speeds in any one direction. Any enemy or weak solid object will be damaged when hit during speed boost or Shine Spark if not outright destroyed.

Spin Boost: Increases jump hight when performing a spin jump.

Space Jump: While spin jumping, the user can jump infinity while in mid air.

Energy Drain (50%)

Energy Transfer (50%)

Suit Upgrades:

Varia Suit Module: increases defense and protects user from high temperature environments.

Gravity Suit Module: increases defense, protects user from low temperature environments, prevents freezing, allows user to move in lava and water with no ill side effects.

Alt Form (Morph Ball): User is encased in an armored ball that can roll through tight spaces.

Bomb: basic explosive

Cross Bomb: when detonated, sends out systematic explosives for 5 meters in all axises (x, y, and z) oriented in the direction the user is facing.

Power Bomb: A deadly, thermonuclear, explosive device that kills almost any and all organic matter not protected within its blast radius, leaving behind only the inorganic material. In some instances, it will damage glass and other such materials.

Weapon (Beam Cannon): Main armament of the Chozo Power Suit

Power Beam: The default beam used when none of the other beams are equipped.

Charge Beam: Enables user to charge beam attacks to make them more powerful

Wide/Spazer Beam: This beam creates two more beams when fired that follow parallel to the original beam. The orientation of the extra beams can be changed by rotating the barrel of the cannon.

Diffusion Beam: A very complicated type of beam, this beam can spread its damage across a wider area on impact. It is also able to damage enemies directly behind cover, but does not pass through the cover.

Grapple Beam: A non combat oriented beam, this beam can be used to grapple onto most surfaces, even enemies.

Plasma Beam: Possibly the most deadly beam besides the Hyper or Omega Beams, this beam is used to do more damage to robotic or armored enemies. It is limited as it was not able to destroy the nearly indestructible E.M.M.I. however it is far more powerful than any of the other beams on their own.

Wave Beam: Fires an oscillating energy beam that does not damage the environment and passes through walls to hit enemies. Can be used to stun enemies as posed to kill them by reducing the power output.

Dust Beam/Augmentation (Fire, Earth, Water, Air): This beam, like the others, can be fired on its own or used to augment the other beams. It fires a beam powered by Dust, causing a variety of effects based on the type of Dust used.

Weapon (Power Blade): Prototype weapon inspired by Remnant mechashift tech. A lade that extends from the muzzle of the beam cannon

Plasma Edge: The edge of the blade can be coated in plasma

Dust Augmentation (Fire, Earth, Water, Air): This weapon is able to augment its attacks with the Dust Types listed.

Weapon (Missile):

Missile: Basic long ranged explosive

Super Missile: High yield explosive projectile, able to shake the ground.

Ice Missile: explosive that freezes its target. (Most of the time)

Storm Missile: paired with an aiming laser, allows the user to lock onto multiple targets before releasing a 'storm' of missiles.

Strength: Strong and Durable

Weakness: Heavy and not as agile, Not able to crawl (can slide),

Metroid Suit

Description: The Metroid side of Ruby unleashed. Is colored dark crimson and silver with a silver visor

Primary Defense Method: Error Can only be damaged by Cold type attacks. If user is frozen, high explosive type attacks become effective.

Abilities:

Pulse Radar: Aeion AbilityA radar pulse that allows the user to see things that they normally would not be able to, along with detecting enemies. Uses all Anion per use.

Spider Magnet: Electromagnet used to climb on metal surfaces

Spin Boost: Increases jump hight when performing a spin jump.

Space Jump: While spin jumping, the user can jump infinity while in mid air.

Energy Drain (100%)

Energy Transfer (100%)

Suit Upgrades:

Metroid Suit: Possibly the most powerful suit. The user is effectively invulnerable, and can only take damage from cold attacks or high explosive attacks when frozen. This invulnerability also includes heat/lava damage (magma still hurts) and the user still can move through liquids without any troubles. Will passively drain excess energy gains from Energy Drain.

Alt Form (Morph Ball):

User is encased in an armored ball that can roll through tight spaces.

Bomb: basic explosive

Cross Bomb: when detonated, sends out systematic explosives for 5 meters in all axises (x, y, and z) oriented in the direction the user is facing.

Weapon (Beam):

Main armament of the Chozo Power Suit

Power Beam: The default beam used when none of the other beams are equipped.

Charge Beam: Enables user to charge beam attacks to make them more powerful

Wide/Spazer Beam: This beam creates two more beams when fired that follow parallel to the original beam. The orientation of the extra beams can be changed by rotating the barrel of the cannon.

Grapple Beam: A non combat oriented beam, this beam can be used to grapple onto most surfaces, even enemies.

Hyper Beam: The most powerful beam. Requires a moment to charge and fires a large, constant, and deadly beam that can kill almost anything instantly. Will drain excess energy gained from Energy Drain faster than the passive drain while in the Metroid suit.

Weapon (Missile):

Missile: Basic long ranged explosive

Super Missile: High yield explosive projectile, able to shake the ground.

Storm Missile: paired with an aiming laser, allows the user to lock onto multiple targets before releasing a 'storm' of missiles.

Strength: Fully powered and has the Hyper beam, virtually invincible.

Weakness: Heavy and not as agile, Unable to crawl (can slide), Need enough energy to use, can't use Aura and semblance, can't use Dust Beam or Power Blade, can't use ice missiles, super weak to the cold.