BSL: Emergency!
"Wait...the X downloaded the Varia Suit?" Twilight gasped out. "That's...fascinating! They could process electronic data organically?"
"That's the theory we developed," Samus confirmed. "Was more disturbing than fascinating to me, since they could apparently steal my data-based power ups that way. Not fun."
"Thankfully, the back of that chamber led to a rather straightforward path back to the Navigation Room which let us evade most of the Blue X," Spike continued. "While Mom could absorb them now...I still preferred to avoid them."
"I had...unfortunate news for them when we got back in contact..." Ghor admitted.
Samus stared at Ghor through the screen. "...repeat that, please," she said calmly.
"I'm...afraid I will be unable to provide you with any downloadable beam weapon data," Ghor admitted. "All my efforts of simulating the downloads with your current arm cannon configuration results in data rejection. Were it just the Metroidal alterations, I believe it might have been possible...but your arm cannon received the majority of the suit modification from the draconic DNA you received from Spike. And the simulation data I have from your acquisition of the Charge Beam indicates that it is similar to how Spike unlocked new breath type weapons...and that's something I can't analyze." He lowered his gaze. "...I'm sorry."
Samus sighed, rubbing her faceplate with her palm. "It's fine," she reassured him. "Honestly, I'm not surprised there's more difficulties. This is quickly turning into our roughest mission ever, so why shouldn't it be all the harder?" She shook her head. "Sorry, Ghor. It's not your fault. I know you're doing your best. I'm...just a bit stressed out about the whole 'biological agent designed to kill Spike' thing."
"Understandably," Ghor answered. "I do have good news, however. Your missile system proves to be far more versatile and adaptable to data downloads, and I was able to retrieve some data from Rundas. I have Ice Missile data ready for download."
"That's great!" Samus replied eagerly. "While ice damage didn't penetrate my old armor the way it did with this new suit before I got the Varia effect, an Ice Missile should still freeze the SA-X for a few moments so I can get past it."
"Too bad the X Core destroyed the Data Room here..." Spike grumbled.
"You will just have to use the Data Room in Sector 5 (ARC)," Adam instructed. "With your Varia Suit effect recovered, the sub-zero temperatures will no longer harm you. And Spike, your flame breath will be supremely effective there, both to fight and dispel the Blue X."
"We're on our way," Samus confirmed stoically, even as Spike looked nervous.
"Of course, getting the Ice Missiles wasn't nearly as straightforward as talking about it," Samus admitted.
"Anything other than finding the next Security Room to complicate it?" Gandrayda spoke up teasingly.
"...admittedly, no," Samus admitted, getting quite a few chuckles around the table. "However, Ghor did have a bit of a surprise for me..."
As Samus downloaded the Ice Missiles in the Data Room, she found a second file awaiting her, along with a note.
Samus,
What I said about your arm cannon getting most of the draconic adaptions, and getting new beam weapons the way Spike gained new breath weapons, got me thinking. I haven't had time to fully test out this program, but I think it might help you.
Ghor
Curious, Samus gave the mental command for her suit to download the new program.
Suit downloading...download complete.
Checking for compatibility...no errors found.
Uploading...upload complete.
New Arm Cannon functionality unlocked. Charge function/Dragon Blast Autofire switch enabled.
Initiating test.
Samus lifted her arm cannon and turned towards the wall. As the cannon shifted to the new functionality, it gathered energy...and then unleashed a continuous stream of weapon shots, exceeding the normal fire limiter by a huge factor to the point it more closely resembled Spike's breath attacks than ordinary weapons fire. When she stopped the assault, her arm cannon wasn't even hot.
Dragon Blast Autofire Acquired
Fire Governor has been rendered obsolete. Arm Cannon can now fire continuous stream of uncharged shots indefinitely.
Samus stared at her Arm Cannon in awe. "Wow..."
"You okay, Mom?" Spike asked curiously.
"I'm fine," Samus replied. "But I think I need to get Ghor a pony this Christmas..."
The looks had changed from awe to shock at the last few words, and Cadence had quickly snatched Flurry Heart from Ghor's cradling arms. Samus quickly lifted her hand. "Not the sentient variety found here," she hastened to assure them. "It's just, amongst human society, a child getting a pony for birthday or holiday gift was a way of saying they were incredibly spoiled."
"Personally, I'd have preferred a mecha-dragon," Ghor countered jokingly.
"I do happen to have the S.P.I.K.E. specs from B.S.L. still," Samus offered. "It wouldn't be that hard for you to get the parts and program it to not be a mindless killing machine."
Ghor stared at Samus, his jaw manipulators hanging limp, his hands clenched together and his optics sparking.
"Umm...?" Spike asked worriedly.
Ember snickered. "I think you made him squee," she teased.
Samus chuckled a bit at that, making a mental note to get the specs out of her ship's computers when they next took a break. "Of course, releasing the yellow security locks had its own drawbacks, as we discovered on our way back to the Navigation Room. Just before we got there, alarms started going off about an Emergency in Sector 3. We found out from Adam what it was..."
"Sector 3 is on the verge of meltdown!" Adam called out as soon as communication was open in the Navigation Room. "The Main Boiler's Cooling Unit is malfunctioning. Melissa's trying to reactivate it remotely, but she's being stonewalled somehow. If it's not reactivated soon, it could trigger the station's auto-destruct explosives. Samus, you've got about six minutes to get to the Boiler's control room, find out what's causing the problem, and fix it!"
Samus and Spike were racing for Sector 3 before Adam had even finished speaking.
Everyone stared with bated breath as Samus paused to take a drink. Ember was the first to speak after that. "Did...did you make it in time?" she asked breathlessly. She frowned as this resulted in several snickers. "What?" she demanded angrily. "They might have had to abandon ship instead!"
Spike chuckled softly. "We did make it in time," he replied. "The only new obstacle we had to deal with was lava in some of the super-heated chambers along the new path, which we dealt with by having me swim across it while Mom stood on my back and shot at any hostiles. Since the Blue X couldn't function in Sector 3, we didn't even have to worry about them."
"The only point of concern was when we reached the entrance to the control room, with five minutes to spare," Samus explained. "It was another eye door. And you all know what that meant..."
As Samus and Spike raced into the control room, they saw what looked like a human scientist at the controls, actively fighting Melissa's attempts to reactivate the cooling unit. While normally Samus might have hesitated at firing on a human, somehow she didn't need her sensors to know unequivocally that what she saw before her was an X host, fully enslaved by the parasites within. Neither of them hesitated before blowing it away.
When the body collapsed, a Large Core X with a thicker membrane protecting it took shape. It moved faster than the previous ones had, keeping out of Spike's grapple range to maintain freedom of movement. Fortunately, this was the only new tactic it had at its disposal, and Samus' missiles still proved effective at breaching the membrane when it opened an 'eye' to fire on them.
Four missiles and one minute later, the membrane collapsed. Samus quickly absorbed the X core, recovering her Wide Beam functionality. Spike, meanwhile, accessed the controls and reactivated the Cooling Unit.
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Fix'd that for ya.
Ah, the race to stop Pyro sectors meltdown... I remember you fondly.
And I like how you're adding in the custom upgrades to keep Samus and Spike stronger while also making their foes stronger.
(And, Second!)
Ah, the first time I played Fusion, I killed that Core X with less than a minute to spare....
that part of the game actually had me worried cause I was never very good with timers. Though luck was smiling on me that day even if it was close.
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
Gotta watch those equine analogies.
"Lead a horse to water."
"Looking a gift-horse in the mouth."
"Beating a dead horse."
Ah, I remember that. The breathless sprint and panic, since up till that point the game had allowed me to take my time.
I managed to stop it with, if I recall, about 2 minutes to spare, though.
ROTFLMAO!!!!
I'm in agreement with Ghor
I approve of this plan!!!
Now, will Ghor want a large mecha dragon or a small one that can perch on his arm????? And the idea of him holding Flurry Heart is adorable!
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And frightening, but yeah.
Thankfully this is the only time they tried this sort of stunt.
Naturally.
Fascinating... Also, relax, there's only so much you can do.
Understandable.
Ah yes, Ice Missiles, pity that (I think) this is the only game with them.
Exactly. Also, this is going to end on a cliffhanger of "Emergency in Sector 3" isn't it?
Neato.
Naturally.
Surprise?
OK, this should be good...
So would most of the internet.
Among other things.
Wow, guess you didn't cliffhanger us on Emergency in Sector 3. Good on ya!
True, but they did.
Sweet.
A Core X.
Well, you are part Metroid now, and Metroids are the X's natural predators.
Phew.
Yeah, I had a feeling that something like that was coming after Ghor said that her cannon was heavily draconic now.
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That one was actually used in show, way back in season one if I'm remembering correctly.
7300698 Yep, it was in Twilight's friendship lesson in Season 1 Episode 14 Suited for Success.
7300698 Now I'm thinking of a mail pony getting tired of that joke, especially from their dentist.
7299376 Well, there is the problem of shrinking down the original spechs to small size, it's a sure thing he can get a big one built with the plans as is, but the small one will take some time and testing to make sure it works fine.
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Or just make a big one and have Twilight cast a shrinking spell.
7301431 That is a good point. I had not thought of that and figured Ghor might have wanted to do the building himself.
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So he builds two, and Twilight shrinks one.
am i the only one who wants to see some time-space event occur that pulls the original Samus into this universe?
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On that note though, there is one boss in the game that managed to rustle ma' jimmies; bloody thing is aptly named too.
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And speaking of which; hey Tats, don't forget to mention the disturbing shadow the 2nd time they leave the ARC sector.
7302121 not your story let Tats do his thing.
7305534 i know. it was just a thought that popped into my head.
You know, I was wondering about giving the Grapple Beam a function where it can drain energy from a variety of sources and use that energy to heal Samus, or make her stronger, based off of how the Metroids feed off of various types of matter and energy and store/produce their own, plus it could release stored energy to heal others, or power up machines... I call it the Vampire Beam, or maybe the Drain/Heal Beam....
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So...basically Grapple Voltage from Prime 3 Corruption, but for creatures instead of machines?
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Don't forget the Hyper Grapple. Though that was limited to Phazze.
Which you skipped. Not that I blame you, mind; as enjoyable as that planet is for me, it really only amounts to so much useless padding.
Oh dear.