Celestroid Fusion

Rainbow ride stop and she enter the Navigation Room and contact Luna. She got the map for the area and waited for Luna to speak.

"The Varia Suit data is here from Work Tool, ready to download. Get moving to the Data Room, but be alert. X from the sub-zero sector ARC are in Sector 6 (NOC), and they…" Luna stop and Rainbow didn't like the sound of that.

"They what? What is it?" She ask almost afraid to find out the answer.

"They've been changed by the cold. If you absorb one, you'll be frozen from within. This seems like a deliberate tactic. Once you download the Varia Suit modification, you'll be out of danger. Just be extremely careful until then." Luna said and a blue X-parasites was showed to Rainbow.

Rainbow look at them for a bit longer before Luna spoke up again.

"The NOC Data Room is here. Remember, avoid the blue X. You should be able to use your beam to stun them. Be careful, as they are hunting you actively now, Rainbow… And this area is very dark. Proceed with extreme caution." She said and the contact was cut.

Rainbow stood there, making sure she won't forget about the Blue X-Parasites. She left the room and came to the dark Rooms pretty quickly. Rainbow even spotted a blue X-Parasite and shot at it as it try to get absorb by her. It was stun and Rainbow ran pass it. She ran into more, but stun them before they could try to get absorb.

Rainbow was doing great until she reach the door to the next area, when a Blue parasite came from nowhere and got absorb. Rainbow stop dead in her tracks. She felt her body freeze on the inside and struggle to stay on her hooves. She rise her Hoof Cannon and open the open, Then as quickly as her body will let her, she ran though the door.

Once on the other side, Rainbow sat down with her back against the wall. She remove her helmet and took deep breaths. Rainbow wasn't going deny it. She was really scare now. The RD-X scare her when she first saw and now for the first time in her life, she was scare of being frozen. Rainbow sat down for a few more minutes for her body to warn back up. Once it did, she place her Helmet on and continue to search for the Data Room.

Rainbow enter another room fill with small creatures that took a normal shot to turn back into X-Parasites. After clearing the room, Rainbow use her morph ball to travel though a tight place a found a E-tank. Seeing that she had to going down again she place bombs around and soon for a tunnel. Rainbow went though it and came to a room with was block off.

Rainbow scan the wall and saw it was made out of Bendezium, which none of her weapons could destroy. Then Rainbow felt a familiar presence approaching from behind her and was well as the same fear. She went into morph ball and place a bomb down and drop down as the doors open behind her.

The RD-X step in the room and Rainbow could hear its eerie hoof-steps. It stop at the same wall Rainbow was and look around, then for the first time Rainbow heard it spoke, "I know your here, Pegasus. There no use hiding."

Rainbow could tell that is spoke in her voice. Then a sound of flapping fill the air. Turn out RD-X was flying in the same spot building up speed. Then Rainbow hear a loud 'BOOM' and knew what happen. It just did a Sonic RainBoom! By flying in place! The Rainbow ring destroy the wall and most of the floor but, Rainbow found a part that didn't break off and roll under there. After the ring fade away, The RD-X look over the area.

"You got luckily this time, I will find you!" it said and walk away.

Rainbow remain in her spot until she sure it was gone. She roll out and uncurl. She once again remove her helmet and started to take deep breaths to clam herself. After recover from the short encounter, Rainbow place her Helmet back on and drop down to the room below. Rainbow travel though a few room before enter a room that lead to the Data room, but once she climb over the wall she saw a Red Eye!

"NO! I can't let it get that Varia suit!" Rainbow shouted and waited for the real eye to show.

She fire her Super Missiles at and it was taking down quickly. Rainbow run into the room thinking that the X-Parasite beat her to it already. Turns out she was right. The Core-X was in the Data machine taking the Varia Suit. Rainbow fire her missiles at it hoping to stop it but it destroy the machine and flew off.

"Hey!, I didn't almost freeze to death just to lose what I came down here for! GET OVER HERE, YOU UGLY BLOB!" Rainbow shouted and ran after it.

Following the Core-X into the nearby room, Rainbow found that it had become much bigger and had surrounded itself with a ring of smaller X! Rainbow dodge it charges and fire her Super Missiles at it but saw they had no affect. She was guessing that the Varia Suit was protecting it and switch to her charge shot, It work. The fight was pretty quick since the only attack the X had been using the whole time, which was a charge attack. After getting rid of the smaller X's, it turn back into the normal Core-X shape and Rainbow switch back to missiles.

The Super Missiles made quick work of it and Rainbow jump up and grab the X-Parasite. She land and hear her suit give an update.

"Varia Suit effect recovered! Can survive extreme temperatures." It said.

Then a glow appear around Rainbow Dash and she close her eyes. When it fade, she open her eyes and look at her hooves. The once light blue-yellow suit was gone. In their place was a green-yellow and purple suit, which Rainbow guess was the Varia Suit.

"Hope this works and this new color seems ok." Rainbow said and left the room.

Once Rainbow exit the room she spotted another Blue Parasite and it flew at her. But Rainbow didn't move, it touch her and was absorbed. Unlike last time, Rainbow didn't freeze up and felt some of her suit energy be refill.

"Huh, that is cool." Rainbow punned.

She started to travel back to the Navigation Room and watch as the Blue Parasite now flew away from her. Rainbow couldn't help but to laugh. The Metroid Weakness she had was gone and now she no longer fears of being frozen. As she travel though, she found more E-Tanks and Missile packs and every time she saw a Blue X she ether absorb it and let it flee. Once she reach the Navigation Room, she contact Luna.

"Luna, This is Rainbow Dash. I got the Varia Suit, but an X-parasite download it first." Rainbow report.

"How did the X download the Varia Suit data? This doesn't seem to make any sense at all, unless the X…" Luna started to say before stopping.

"Unless what?" Rainbow ask, like Luna she too was learning more and more about the X-Parasites.

"Unless the X have the ability to process data organically… At any rate, you have the Varia Suit data. Now you will be protected from extreme temperatures. More importantly, the RD-X will no longer be able to freeze you, so you can escape easier." Luna said after a while.

"Aw Yeah! It in trouble now! Oh by the way I ran into it again but was able to hide before it saw me." Rainbow said and the line was quiet.

"Hey, Princess Luna are you ok?" Rainbow ask hoping the Princess was alright.

"Yes, I'm fine, just shock. Even with the Varia Suit, you're still too weak. That thing is too much for you now. Scans indicate that it has somehow improved its defenses, despite not appearing any different. If it really has increased its defenses, then you currently have no way of damaging it. But my simulations indicate that a penetrating weapon like a Plasma Beam might work." Luna said.

"Plasma Beam? What's that?" Rainbow ask.

"You'll see once it ready, but that going to take some time. There's also a chance that you may be able to upgrade your beam to a Plasma Beam by absorbing a large Core-X, as you did with the Charge Beam function. Although I doubt you will be able to receive an Ice Beam function…" Luna said and stop.

"Wait, why can't I get an Ice Beam like the RD-X? I can't be frozen any more." Rainbow ask.

"True, but that's to protect your suit from damage caused by temperatures. Your current cellular makeup would likely reject such an addition. However, Work Tool has developed an Ice Missile upgrade. This will add a freezing effect to your Missiles. It will help. Go to Sector 5 (ARC) for the download." Luna said after explaining why Rainbow could use an ice beam weapon.

"Alright, I understand. See you in the next Navigation Room." Rainbow said and the line was cut.

Rainbow rode up the elevator thinking about the RD-X. It didn't just look like her, it sound like her too. She also guessing that it made the Sonic RainBoom because of the added power of the Elements it has. Still Rainbow knew she still had to be careful around it. She ran to the Sector 5 elevator and rode down it.

Luna lean back as she went over Rainbow report. She was surprise that the X-Parasites could do a thing like take the Varia Suit from the Data Room. She turn over Work Tool and knew he was working on the new upgrade for Rainbow. She only hope that it will help her stop the X-Parasites and the RD-X.

"Luna what wrong?" Celestia ask as she step up.

"I just got a report from Rainbow Dash." She said and the rest Mane 6 ran up to here the report.

"The X-Parasites got the Varia suit before she did." She said.

WHAT?!" The rest Mane 6 shouted.

"She also had another run in with the RD-X, but she was able to hide before it spot her." Luna added.

The others sigh as Rainbow was able to hide herself before the RD-X spotted her.

"And the Varia Suit?" Twilight ask.

"She got it, now the Metroid weakness is gone until the Varia feature is remove." Luna answer.

"So what now?" Fluttershy ask.

"I having Rainbow Dash head to Sector 5 to pick up the upgrades for her Missiles. They will help her greatly." Luna said.

Celestia nods and said, "I notice that you are more worry about Rainbow Dash then the station."

"Yes, The Station is useless now. The X-Parasites have taking over and all creatures in board is now an X-Parasite." Luna said.

"You are also afraid of losing Rainbow Dash." Celestia added.

"You can always read me well, sister. Yes I'm afraid that Rainbow Dash will not make it, but I'm giving her hope that she will come through." Luna admitted.

Celestia sat next to her sister and said, "Let all of us give Rainbow hope for her mission."

"Yeah! Rainbow not alone when her friends are cheering her on." Pinkie cheer happily.

"Pinkie right, no matter how far Rainbow Dash is, we are always with her." Apple Jack agree.

"Yes while Rainbow can be quiet a bash at time, she knows that she never alone." Rarity added.

"Well, I do hope Rainbow will stop the parasites unlike how she try to stop the one here." Fluttershy said meekly.

"Pinkie was able to take care of those Fluttershy, We need to find away how we can stop them beside getting Metroid DNA for everypony in Equestria." Twilight said.

Luna heard a beep and saw that Rainbow Dash was calling.

"Rainbow Dash is at the Sector, I must fill her up on where to go." She said.

Rainbow rode down the elevator and enter Sector 5 Navigation Room and call Luna.

"Rainbow glad you made ,You need to download the data for the Ice Missile upgrade, but…"Luna said but Rainbow cut her off.

"Let me guess. The Data Room is secured by a Level 3 lock." She said since she open two locks before hoof.

"Yes. Level 3 security hatches are yellow. You know what to do. Go to it. And experiment with those new Missiles. They will be helpful…" Luna said.

"Yeah! I got a feeling they will help." Rainbow agree.

"Rainbow Dash." Luna voice come again.

"Yeah?" Rainbow ask.

"Thanks for given me hope." She said.

Rainbow didn't know what Luna met, but smile and said, "No problem. That who I am." and the connection was cut.

Rainbow walk out to a room with ladders and saw that the door leaning to the next room was a yellow hatch. She scan some of the walls and found a crack piece and blast it with a missile. She climb though it and found a grey hatch. She open it and step into a room that was full with glass and small X-Parasites. Rainbow climb though the room and found another grey hatch and walk through it.

Rainbow step a the room fill with ice and she look around.

"Wow! It sure is cold in here, good thing the Varia Suit protects me. I don't feel a single hint of cold." Rainbow said and move on.

Rainbow move around the room, scanning the new form the X-Parasites took before using her Speed Boost to reach the lower areas. She travel though a few more rooms and soon came to a grey hatch. Instead of opening it, She look around as saw crack on the floor. She blast it open and fell down to another part if the sector. She ran though the hallways and soon came to the security room. She place her Hoof Cannon in the slot and unlock the yellow hatches. She loop around part of the sector and found the Data Room. She step in the machine and her suit glow and give her an update.

"Ice effect added to Missiles. Use to freeze enemies." It said.

Instead of going back the way she came she decide to give the now Super Ice Missiles a try. During her trip thought the sector to test her ice missiles she fond another E-Tank that was just a X-Parasite in disguise. After getting rid of it, Rainbow found a real E-Tank in the same room behind the wall. She even found a Missile pack before looping back to the room she came from and climb up and reenter the Glass room.

As Rainbow ran and climb though the room, some big kept pass by her and Rainbow kept thinking, What in Equestria is that?! every time it pass. She didn't relax for long before she enter the room that take her back to the Navigation Room, when she heard the alarms and saw red lights blaring and a female voice saying continuously , "Emergency in Sector 3. Emergency in Sector 3…"