Chapter Six
The Subterranean Super Metroid
Under Samus and Alex's feet, the ground cracked and dust flew into the air. The very terrain in front of them exploded, sending rocks flying, and a massive green-red monster with ferocious jaws emerged. Suzie screamed in terror and knelt, shaking and whimpering as the shadow of the newly-arrived beast loomed over.
"A Metroid Serpent." Samus remarked, scanning the humongous beast staring down upon her and Alex.
"First they have dragons, now they have serpents that lurk beneath the surface?" Alex exclaimed, "Damn, as if shit can't hit the fan even more. How many of these things are there and will they come if we take out this one?"
The Metroid Serpent roared again and gnashed its dangerous fangs as thunder rumbled in the distance. Samus looked at Alex firmly, then she looked back at the enemy. If there was one more thing to agree on, it was that this monster had to go down. Samus primed her weapon again and took aim at the gigantic underground monstrosity and Alex did the same.
"MONSTER!" Suzie threw a rock at the Metroid Serpent, which did nothing, as the beast only snarled at the little girl.
'Hang on, Suzie.' Samus thought, 'I know your folks would want you safe.'
She and Alex fired at the monstrous alien entity, aiming for the head while going for other parts of its exposed body. The Metroid Serpent lunged and attempted to bite Alex, who fired a well-timed charged shot into the alien abomination's mouth, causing the beast to recoil its head while letting out a slight snarl.
'Let's hope the Power Bomb still works.' Samus thought, she reached into her inventory and grabbed one of her spare Power Bombs from inside her suit. She watched it blink to life and then she fired a shot at the Metroid Serpent, getting the monster's attention.
The monster roared and Samus threw the bomb, watching it fly into the hideous alien's jaws. The bomb detonated and the Metroid Serpent howled, its eyes flashing angrily. The beast moved towards Samus, tearing apart the ground with its weight and shaking the surface of the planet even more with every move it made.
Samus fired several volleys from her cannon and blasted the Serpent in the eye, causing the horrifying alien horror to recoil its head and cry in pain before Alex blasted its other eye out of the socket with a well-timed shot.
"Nice shooting!" Samus called.
"Don't thank me yet!" Alex called back.
Alex brought up his ZAC-7.5 and tapped the trigger as hard as he could, letting the Metroid Serpent have it. Samus charged up another shot and opened fire, joining up with the Space Marine to combine their attacks. The Metroid Serpent howled as the shots tore into its body. And then, it toppled over and lay motionless on the ground.
Suzie looked up and approached Samus and Alex nervously, studying the monstrous monster with an uneasy look in her eyes. Samus put her arm in front of the little girl, keeping her from getting closer towards the Metroid Serpent.
"The readings are goin' wonky!" Alex exclaimed.
"What?" Samus started to scan the Metroid Serpent...
Without warning, the beast shot back up and roared at the bounty hunter, the soldier and the little girl before it. The monstrous creature's back glowed and blobs emerged from its body, turning into Metroids. The Metroid Serpent glared down upon Samus and Alex with larger teeth emerging from its jaws and the Metroids began to swarm the trio.
Defensive reflexes kicked in and Samus blasted away the Metroids, then she and Alex started blasting the Serpent again, throwing all they had at the monster. Samus brought out a power missile and fired it into the beast's jaws, blasting off some teeth and making it recoil with a howl of pain.
A Metroid attacked Suzie, trying to latch onto her, but Alex blasted it away and the little girl yelped with fright. The Metroid Serpent lumbered towards the group, threatening to crush or eat them. Samus grabbed another Power Bomb and threw it into the creature's mouth, sending it right down its throat.
Another Metroid emerged, bigger than the other Metroids, and floated towards Samus, who blasted the incoming enemy just as the bomb exploded in the body of the Metroid Serpent. The middle area of the creature's upper body exploded and the beast toppled over again, leaking green liquid from the wound.
Samus, Alex and Suzie watched, wondering what would happen next. The Metroid Serpent let out a weakened roar and then, its head went limp, and the beast's body disintegrated into a pile of ooze and ash...
