Mareoid Fusion

Chapter 7: Diffusion

This story begins during the Neo-Ridley fight in Metroid Fusion. Metroid is owned by Nintendo and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is owned by Hasbro. Major thanks to Pissfer for amazing ideas, editing and awesome-ifying it.

Before you read I’d just like to thank the lot of ya who decided to stick through this half-assed march through sci-fi narrative. I’ll see ya when I see ya... oh, and also, be ready, for I am about to try comedy!

“Damn that red light,” Samus entered with a sour thought when the glare of a nearby emergency light illuminated itself through her helmet. The portal collapsed behind her a moment later, leaving her to worry about the rest of the mission. Taking note of her suit’s systems she saw her energy reserves were at full, she even still had the upgraded missile system given to her by the hydra.

She glanced upwards as she heard the sporadic sound of something zooming overhead, finding it to be an X-Parasite orb which must have been expelled from the Ridley clone. Just as those before, it moved randomly through the air before it seemed to notice her and came to a stop.

The silent being wasted no time in charging her with its spiked carapace on full display. Samus, in return, gave it a smile.

She couldn’t take any more of this. The gargantuan claws, tearing and ripping at her. Nothing could hurt it. Nothing could stop it. The Omega Metroid was a beast of utter reckoning, and without her ice beam, she was helpless to fight it. It gave another roar from where it stood before slowly advancing upon her again. Alarms were blaring in the background with an orbital impact warning.

She raised her head, peeling her eyes from staring at the cool ground beneath her feet. She saw it inch closer and closer, but she also saw what came next.

The X-Parasite, the SA-X to be exact, materialized above them before dropping down into its suit form and standing defensively before Samus. Without missing a beat it began firing upon the Metroid, tearing at its flesh with terrific power. The SA-X stalked forward confidently, a constant salvo of energy spewing from her cannon. However, she got within arm’s reach and the Metroid immediately brought a claw forward and swiped at the parasite, striking it far back and destroying much of its organic armor.

The SA-X dissolved into its parasitic form, but instead of running, floated directly above Samus. She knew what it meant, even though she could not understand why. Without dwelling on the puzzling behaviour she forced her legs to obey her, she strained against the exhaustion and vaulted into the parasite, absorbing its abilities and energy in a split second.

She hit the ground on her feet, an orange variant of her Fusion Suit materialized around her form and the tiring lack of energy swept away in a torrent of power for the second time in as many hours. She felt everything flooding back into her; her arm cannon held the ice beam, her suit held the resistance, and everything felt right.

She looked back up at the Omega Metroid. One of its claws extended, the beast swiped at the air then gave a roar before shuffling forward once more. Samus took one more look over on her suit and noticed the pastry still painted on the palm of her hand; dutifully staying attached despite the literal physical change of armor. She smiled at it before setting to work against one last pest.

The explosion was not heard within her shuttle. The blinding burst of light from the colossal impact was her only sign that the collision had occurred.

Samus slowed her ship down before setting it to autopilot and sitting back to rest her head. She let loose a collected breath she didn’t realize was there, the sound and feeling reminding her that she was alive. The anxious feeling of getting to her ship while the timer counted down to titanic death had sent her heart racing. Not only had she been forced to wait and watch it come into dock, but then she had to rush inside and manually blast it back out where it came in within the ten or so seconds she had left. Her eyes wandered to the console, the A.I. within bringing her back to her old commander.

“That perfect military mind... The wisdom of Adam Malkovich continued to serve even after death. Until today, I had no idea that the minds of leaders and scientists were frequently uploaded to computers. My incredible reunion with Adam may have saved the universe... But how will the beings of the universe view our resolve? I doubt they will understand what we did... the danger we barely averted. They will hold tribunals and investigations. They will hold us responsible. Adam understood this, and he spoke to me in my anger...”

A voice spoke up from her memory, “Do not worry. One of them will understand. One of them must.”

“I’ve reflected upon his words, and I see the wisdom in them. We are all bound by our experiences. They are the limits of our consciousness. But in the end, the human soul will ever reach for the truth... This is what Adam taught me. Just one detail still bothers me. This ship can only be started manually. Yet, before I faced the Omega Metroid, the ship moved on its own, guided by someone’s hands. Is it possible,” she spoke aloud, “Adam...?”

The console lit up as words flared on the screen, “Lady, what’s troubling you? You wonder how I started the ship? Just think about it. They lent me a hand...”

Samus shifted in her seat and looked behind her. Seated together, in the corner of the ship, lay the animals she had freed from the space station. She hadn’t realized they were there in her haste. Not only that, but she finally figured out where she remembered them from. They were the same animals she had saved from the destruction of Zebes.

She switched back to face the front, her mind frozen from the sheer impact that one act of kindness has had upon her life. Those animals, along with the mind of Adam had been the saviors of both her and possibly the galaxy.

She laughed. It was beautiful, laughing for the first time in what seemed like years. Her voice resounded inside the cabin, the waves of it pouring out of her soul in a flow of angelic sound. She laughed until she was curled into her seat and crying. It was done. She killed Ridley, destroyed the X-Parasite, brought the space station down upon the planet and even managed to save some wildlife while at it.

Her two reddened eyes found themselves drawn to the cupcake painted on her hand. She hadn’t noticed before, but it seemed to glow with whatever residual magic might’ve been held within. “And,” she whispered, “I made some friends along the way.”

She took ahold of the controls and pushed the throttle forward, “mission accomplished.”

A/N

Thank you all for joining me on this fantastic ride of fantastic...ness. It's been quite the journey hasn't it? Seemed like Samus may have been at the end of her rope a few times but she always prevails, aye? Well, I know this chapter was short but I couldn't have put much more in without it just be useless filler.

I like how the ending turned out, but this mostly stems from the fact that I like how I had actually put the effort I should have originaly into this. This story was fully planned out to be the best it could be after the chapter two fiasco. Now that it's done I think I can rightly say, "mission accomplished".

Love all you people who stuck through till the end, and I hope you'll join me on my next literary crusade within the lands of equine. This has been Sixinthehood, your friendy, neighborhood wackjob, signing off.

p.s. Oh, and I also should probably mention I'm planning on "re-writing" this after I finish my second story (not Memorie's of The Eye of Twilight) so that it doesn't sound so crappy in the first few chapters. Chiao.