Tallon IV: Nomnoms
Once everyone stopped laughing, Twilight managed to get herself under control. "So what happened next?" she asked curiously. "I have a feeling we've a long way to go."
Samus nodded. "Five more missions beyond this one, which isn't even half over."
Applejack's eyes widened. "We're gonna be here for a while..."
"Then we'd best keep going," Spike replied, before continuing the tale.
With the Wave Beam acquired, the pair continued to explore the Phendrana Drifts, seeking out paths made available by the weapon and Samus' Space Jump Boots. On the way, Spike got his first taste of Scarabs - small beetles that traveled in swarms, detonating themselves to protect the rest of the swarm - which he said, "Taste exactly like a potato chip," before proceeding to eat the entire swarm.
Reaching a wide open area with several Boost Switches - spinning switches that had to be activated by the Boost Ball - Morph Ball slots, and low levels of water, Samus sighed. "I've got some puzzles to solve."
"Alternatively, I could carry you up," Spike suggested.
"How?"
Smirking, Spike gripped the snow covered wall and ascended with his claws, arching his tail so the spade tip formed a cradle.
Samus chuckled. "Good thinking," she replied, entering Morph Ball. Hopping into the cradle, she let him carry them up to the upper level. On the way up, he managed to eat a Flickerbat that came too close. He wound up spitting it out. "Ick! Tastes like cold medicine."
Once on the upper level, they entered a door shielded against all but the electrical energy of the Wave Beam, entering a Space Pirate research facility. Right inside the door, they came under attack by a Space Pirate - a Shadow Pirate to be exact, one equipped with a stealth field - which Spike promptly tried to eat.
He just as promptly spit it out. "Eeyuck!" he complained. "Tastes like those candies with all the artificial colors and sweeteners you wouldn't let me eat! Disgusting! It's like a mouthful of chemicals!"
"Then don't eat them," Samus offered as she stared at the headless corpse and the half chewed head.
"That's for sure," Spike growled, rubbing his slowly lengthening muzzle.
Curious, Samus scanned him again.
Spike has reached another stage of his growth. His muzzle is lengthening into a pointed beak for greater biting power and to act as a pointed weapon to stab enemies with. Claws are also lengthening, both for combat and more efficient climbing.
Interesting, Samus mused to herself, continuing further inward.
Seeing plenty of Phazon in sealed canisters along the walls being processed for energy, Spike demonstrated the penetrative power of his new beak as he washed the taste of the Pirate from his mouth. Chuckling, Samus let him drink his fill before continuing onward.
In the next chamber, they encountered some normal Space Pirates without the stealth tech. Spike, ever game, gave these a try as well, only to find the taste unchanged. He cleansed his mouth this time with his fire breath, torching the attacking pirates.
Scanning various display screens, Samus was able to determine that this facility served two purposes for the Pirates. The first was as a research facility to study Phazon and its possible uses. The second was as a Metroid power station.
"Metroid?" Fluttershy asked.
"Power station?" Twilight added.
Samus scanned through her log book, finally revealing an image that resembled a green jellyfish with red nodes inside of it, and claw like fangs instead of tendrils.
"Metroids are a predatory race that feed by draining the life force from other creatures," Samus explained. "The exact feeding method is unknown, but once they latch onto you, there's little you can do to break free. They were...designed to be super predators."
"Designed?" Rainbow inquired.
"By the Chozo."
Everypony gasped. "Why?" Luna demanded. "Why would the Chozo do such a thing?"
Samus pointed to Pinkie's sign.
"...I see," Luna replied, rather put out.
"At any rate, while the Metroid energy metabolism process isn't completely understood, it can be taken advantage of," Samus continued, turning to face Twilight. "The Space Pirates trapped Metroids in capsules and continuously fed and drained them, using them as an easily replenishable power source."
"H...how horrible," Fluttershy whimpered.
Samus was silent for a time, her arm stroking the spikes on the arm of her power suit. "...yeah..." she agreed softly.
Fluttershy's eyes widened in shock and realization.
"Moving on," Spike said quickly. "After Samus downloaded the map of the facility from a Map Station, we explored around for a while. Found a few upgrades for Samus and another Chozo Artifact."
"Oh?" Pinkie asked eagerly.
"Yes," Samus replied. "In an Astrodome - a holographic planetarium for storing and displaying astronomical data - I reacquired my Super Missile as a Charge Combo - a combination of charging a Beam Weapon and missile attack - and scan data for other planets of interest to the space pirates."
"Afterwards, we went up to the Control Tower," Spike explained. "I felt the presence of another Chozo Artifact - Elder - and climbed over the wall to retrieve it before we continued onward."
"It was past there that we first encountered a Metroid..." Samus explained.
As they entered the new lab, they saw a Metroid contained inside a glass stasis chamber. However, the chamber shattered as it smashed against the glass, and promptly charge - mouth first - straight at Spike.
"Spike, watch out!" Samus shouted, charging her power beam to prepare for a Super Missile.
Spike raised his head, staring right at the Metroid as it rushed him.
The Metroid wrapped around his beak, and Samus saw his jaws open as the tip entered the gelatinous interior. Spike's jaws then snapped closed on the nucleus, instantly killing the Metroid and letting him slurp it up. He licked his lips and grinned widely. "Blueberry jelly!" he said happily. "These are delicious! Do they always charge like that?"
Completely stumped, Samus nodded.
Spike grinned widely. "Wonderful!"
The ponies stared at Samus and Spike. "...really?" Applejack asked. "Ya were building up those Metroids like they were a huge threat, the worst thing ya ever faced...and Spike beats 'em just by biting first?"
Samus could only shrug helplessly.
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...Dammit, Spike.
Spike it now officially OP.
... Oh shit, I just realized what happens when we get to Metroid Fusion and the SA-X? Imagine if the X parasites got ahold of Spike's DNA.
Could've gone into a bit more detail about the previous adventures with them... but it's a great story and can't wait to read more (and find out how much more badass Spike's gonna get)
Spieke's motto:
If it could be a dealt alien parasite that could suck your lifeforce dry... Eat it
If I remember the timeline correctly it was: Metroid/Zero Mission > Prime > Prime Hunters > Prime 2 > Prime 3 > Metroid 2 > Super Metroid > Other M > Fusion.
My question is, will you be covering all the games, from the moment we are at (Prime) to Fusion and how they got to Equestria? And are you going to do it in the "upgrade to upgrade" fashion? Just trying to gauge how long this fanfic will be.
I think you meant Wave beam at the start there...
*spike's
**deadly
Do you want toast with that Metroid Spike?
....great....now i'm craving jelly...
Yodai Higashizawa's got nothing on Spike.
Im a noob in metroid history, at this point did they meet the baby metroid samus had?
Another enjoyable chapter. Well done.
Metroids: if you want to survive, just bite first.
6080345
lol
We totally need a fic of just Spike describing in greater detail all the creatures he ate. Like a cookbook/bestiary of sorts.
6080297 That would be bad.
Or an alicorn's DNA: open this in a new tab, wait a moment, and open it again in another
6080297 Why do you want the universe to end? tell me, why?
6080440 The way I see his mutation going is if the X parasites tried to take control of him, then they would be absorbed the same way the metroid and phazon are. I say this because metroids absorb X parasites.
Anyway, I have to agree with Applejack here. Metroids are supposed to be enormously dangerous. If they could be so easily overcome with simple solid state weapons, I'm certain the Space Pirates would just have guards equipped with traditional melee weapons and slug throwers to guard them. With that said, I can give this a tentative pass, given that the Tallon Metroids were significantly weaker than the Zebes and SR388 breeds.
6080367
No. The Metroid Hatchling is first encountered in Metroid II, which chronologically is the first game after the Prime series.
The recounting of Spije and Samus' mission feels too analytical, too be honest. No real suspense or build up, or even much detail of where they are beyond a title a vague description. It feels...kind of boring sometimes, to be honest.
Was that just a baby metroid or is dragon adaptation that strong?
Wait they swim in lava and can eat phaziom like candy .
6080307
All of them, as I've gone thus far.
6080495
The issue is, Metroids are vulnerable to bladed and compression damage above a certain threshold inside their bodies. This would basically be the equivalent of having a crocodile close its jaws on your brain.
6080539
It was an Alpha Tallon Metroid. SR388 Metroids are a different variety with a different attack pattern.
6080556
But that's why they have the two pairs of pincers. One pair grips while the other siphons energy. Externally, Zebesian and SR388 Metroids are just membrane and pincers. That being said, Metroids on other planets tend to develop exposed flesh between their pincers and membranes, a small "mouth," and a generally weakened membrane, which is the only reason I can make sense of such an anticlimactic defeat for it.
Looks like Fluttershy might have figured out something about Samus having a more personal connection to the Metroids. Though I would love for it to be revealed there's a newly hatched Metroid baby sleeping on the ship that they managed to save.
6080297 Dragon Armor Samus X... which would look awesomePossibly this
6080367 Metroid II: The Return of Samus
6080421 Oooohhh, that's sending shivers down my spine.
6080308
6080556
Xenotype is right Tatsurou, that should be Wave Beam, not Plasma Beam.
I'm almost expecting Spike to, literally, go, "Om nom nom!" on something.
Is Samus wearing her Fusion Suit?
..... I am not amused that the Metroid was taken care of like that. First off it would actually ATTACH ITSELF to his face and then drain him dry.... fucking cop out.
6080975
Hey? You want serious, I don't suggest this series.
Spike is making a pallet out of everything they come across, makes you wonder what will happen when he gets ADULT dragon size.
6081003 Yeah well I still expected the Metroids to still be bad ass. If they could be taken care of this easily I don't see why Ridley and the pirates worried about them and why Ridley didn't start eating a Metroid to remind them who's top of the food chain.
6081003
Making it his mission to taste any incarnation of Ridley?
6080297 I have an easy answer
RUN AWAY
6081059
Enemies... in a Tatsurou styled 'little Dashie' story? Being badass... and still evil?
Sorry, those words do not compute.
As an explanation to how Spike was able to, MAGIC+PHAZON SON!
6081116
Hey, at least no one made a 'I ship it' joke yet.
6081324 Yeah sure. Just wait till we get to the Omega Metroid. Spike won't know what hit him. Plus I was looking forward to actually seeing Spike having a hard time but naturally that gets over ridden because rule of "Spike eats shit" which is slowly starting to get boring.
It's funny, I was expecting to see some written action of Samus' and her combat abilities. Instead I feel like I'm reading a foreign handbook on the universe and the different cuisines available.
It's hilarious and I love it!
6081335
Hey! The classic power of 'eat to get better' has been in lots of games and media, Megaman for one is killing a Robotmaster and getting better off it's own power, a popular manga called Re: Monster goes off the same literal mechanic of eating and getting abilities from it, 'Spike eats shit' is a nice mechanic here since he is likely going to get dozens of awesome abilities!
And really, i wouldn't hold my breath, have you seen what Applejack is doing to everything in her story?
I suppose the lack of a giant group like the Sparta family is a different factor, but considering the rate he's growing at...
6081369 Then I hope he meets Ridley gets his shit kicked in.
6081376
Yeesh, why are you so testy? Your not a Spike hater are you? Because hating Spike was so 'Spike at your Service' ago.
Speaking about that episode, I bet the meeting with Ridley will end the same way as the Timbrewolf.
6081450 Actually? I'm not a Spike hater. In fact I like the little guy... I just want the Metroid series to be portrayed accurately like how Batman's universe was.
6081452
Well, I won't say much... only that Phazon is like nano-machines in this place.
I bet fifty bits they, at most, have a little difficulty when defeating him the first time.
6081594 True..... but Ridley's like.... the Armstrong of Metroid.
Spike, "Ultimate Cheat Code"!
looks like Spike is the world eater. . . literally.
It seems yhat there will be a couples of chapters ahead
I approve
Interesting, Spike is starting to act like an invasive predator....... I wonder what's going to end up stopping him in his tracks...
6081726
I'll give you that, but yet again, he was only strong BECAUSE of nanomachines, so technically, Spike trumps him by being his source of power...
Let's leave it to the writer and see what turns up.
Looks at picture of Metroid and groans/whines pitifully I hate Metroids, when I played the first game the first time, those things killed me 10 freakin times!
6086123 Better yet fight Ganon and Sonic.
That's IT!
Okay, that does it. Spike is officially the Eater of Worlds.
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