Chapter 8: Buried
Sometimes I'd forget that I was talking to a computer. Adam felt so human. It gave me a weird feeling, especially because he could communicate with me at any time without physically being next to me. I would never even consider that he was just programming when I'd argue with him. I was yelling at a computer at times. It just never passed my train of thought. Nevertheless, he was the last person I needed to piss off and I would be only aware of it until after I was done speaking with him. I couldn't lose him. I'd die without him.
My head turned, rotated, rose, and fell. I just couldn't see it. I had no clue where it was. I had explored every damn inch of this place. Where the hell could it be? Maybe it wasn't in the tower. No, that wouldn't make sense. All the other associated ones were here. There was no hint of where it could be or anything about The Garden in other pieces. I didn't want to destroy anything looking for it and risk hurting it. I wouldn't forgive myself if I destroyed the most valuable thing on this planet.
"Samus...when exactly did you regain your Power Bomb when you were here?"
"Not until I reached Phendrana Drifts, why?"
"Maybe that's why you didn't find it at first."
"But what-"
Blow up the temple. That's what he wanted me to do. I didn't want to at first, but then it hit me. He was exactly right. I backtracked here before I reached the Space Pirate facilities at the drifts. I didn't have the Power Bomb until I went back later. I never came back here after that. Adam is right. Maybe the Power Bomb could find that writing for me.
"Stand back."
"Samus, I'm not next to you, I'm...never mind."
I quickly rolled up into the Morph Ball and bounced my way into the direct center of the building. Neon glowed from the crevices of the ball. I slowed to a stop, slowly rocking in one position before being completely still. Finally, a small bulb of energy formed below me. A circular wave of energy formed around it. The air shattered as the wave expanded and exploded in the temple. The ground shook with the might of an earthquake. I was flung against a wall and landed on a soft patch of flowers.
"Power Bomb activated."
I jumped out of the ball and scanned the temple. I noticed it was starting to shake and crumble. Pieces of the walls around me fell from above.
"Samus, it's going to fall! Get out of there now!"
"Shit!"
Boulders began to fall around me, puncturing the earth with tremendous force. I tried to jump from ledge to ledge, but rocks rammed me from all directions. At that point, I couldn't even see the exit anymore.
"Damn it Adam, how the fuck do I get out of here?"
"Straight ahead!"
There was no exit before me, just a huge rock blocking my path. I charged up my Power Beam, but just as I was going to shoot it, another boulder began to fall from above. Its sharp, pointed bottom seemed locked on to my skull. I slapped my arm cannon and swung my arm upwards. A devastating Super Missile rocketed from my gun and impacted the boulder. Shards of rock flew in every direction. I blocked myself with my cannon from many of them. I then readied my gun in front of me and let a flurry of missiles fly towards the rock. It exploded after the first few.
"Samus, not much time left!
"I'm working on it!"
More and more rocks fell as more and more missiles were shot. I couldn't keep up as much as I would have liked to. Where the previous boulder stood, four more were in my path. I looked up and a shower of rocks were falling. I had to do something fast. I wasn't getting out of here. My body curled up into the Morph Ball. Rocks dropped on top of me by the dozens. I became buried by them.
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"Damn it. Samus? Samus? Are you alright?"
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"Try again!"
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