Interlude - Power Consumes
The following morning, everyone gathered around the table for breakfast, and Twilight decided to raise a question that had been bothering her. "Spike," she asked, "is it really so important for you to keep your armor on? You mentioned it keeps your strength in check, but surely you have some natural adaptions for it, right? Can't you control your strength on your own?"
Spike lowered his head, his eyes on his plate. "...no..." he replied morosely.
Seeing this, Samus sighed, stroking his head. "Spike, that was a long time ago, and no one was hurt. And those buildings were scheduled for demolition anyway..." She noticed everyone staring at her. "...what?"
Eventually, it was Rainbow who spoke up. "...buildings?"
Samus sighed. "Yeah...it was after his checkup at Ceres and getting the ship retrofitted, both for extra living space for him and for a new entrance that he didn't have to squeeze through. We decided to head to a more civilized planet for some R&R. Packed a picnic lunch, even brought a frisbee along so we could play catch. Would have been a perfect relaxing day in the park...except for one detail I overlooked."
"What's that?" Twilight asked nervously, knowing from experience how badly one missed detail could skew things.
"Spike had adapted to the 20Gs of Tallon IV," Samus explained. "Since I'm used to that as well from growing up on Zebes, I keep my ship at that gravity, too. Ceres is variable Gs, depending on what's being done in a given lab, and they kept Spike and I in a lab mirroring Tallon IV conditions while they studied how he'd grown. The planet I'd chosen for our recreation...was 1G."
Everyone winced in sympathy as Samus began recounting events.
Samus walked along happily in her Zero Suit, watching as Spike raced along the ground, investigating the healthy trees and flowers, at one point even ducking his head into a lake to taste the water. The other people in the park were nervous about his presence at first, but his enthusiastic greetings and overall happy attitude soon had him relaxing...although Samus had to laugh when one of the kids referred to him as 'dragon-puppy'.
Samus paused in her retelling to let the ponies' laughter and Spike's embarrassment subside. She was glad their laughter at this event didn't bother him.
After a time, Samus found a spot she liked and laid out the large blanket for them both to sit on while they ate. At first the day passed without incident. Spike curled up on the blanket to enjoy the sandwiches and fried chicken Samus had brought along, snapping up all the bones himself since the minerals were good for him, easily digestible, and the fragments had no danger of getting lodged in his throat. She was also looking forward to how he reacted to the cheesecake she'd brought along for dessert...but first, she wanted them both to get some exercise, so she pulled out the frisbee.
Spike and Samus passed the frisbee back and forth a few times, racing across the grass to catch it as they came down. Given how far they were throwing it, it wasn't long before they had drawn an audience, one that proved especially appreciative as Samus performed a particularly acrobatic flip to catch one of Spike's throws that went a little too high.
Then Samus threw hers a bit too high.
"I've got it!" Spike shouted, racing after it. He leapt into the air to catch the frisbee...only to lauch several dozen feet in the air and forwards at high speeds. He overshot the frisbee and was rapidly approaching a group of derelict buildings near the park. He tried to turn his body so he could spread his wings - the wind at his back left too much air resistance to spread his wings that way - but he didn't turn fast enough.
Samus winced as Spike crashed into the first building. She closed her eyes as he came out that one to crash into the second. She covered her face when she heard the third building fall into several others. She turned away when the gas main exploded.
When she finally raised her eyes, Spike was walking towards her, head low, frisbee in his mouth, and the entire block of former industrial buildings was a towering inferno.
Everyone stared slackjawed as Samus finished retelling the accidental chaos Spike had caused. "...what's he like when he's trying to break stuff?" Discord asked in awe.
"Discord!" Fluttershy snapped. Turning to Spike, she stepped forward and rubbed his shoulder comfortingly. "There, there, Spike...it's alright. You didn't mean to..."
"And, well, they were all meant for demolition anyway, right?" Applejack asked.
"Those buildings were," Spike replied. "But the next block over - which I could have just as easily smashed into - was residential."
"That...doesn't sound like good building planning," Twilight pointed out.
"The buildings were going to be demolished to be replaced with more residential," Samus pointed out.
"Ah."
Spike sighed sadly. "But...that wasn't the worst of it..."
Spike glanced back over his shoulder, seeing the destruction he'd accidentally wrought. Turning forwards, the frisbee melting in his mouth from the fire, he saw all the people staring at him, their eyes filled with awed fear.
He knew what they saw in him. He could read it far too easily. It was the first thing he'd thought when he'd first seen Ridley.
Monster...
He tried to face up to that gaze as long as he could, but eventually he turned and fled, racing back to the ship, diving into the new entrance and curling up in his corner, huddled and shivering as he hid from what he feared he had become.
Samus was caught off guard as every pony present leapt over the table to pile onto Spike in a massive, comforting hug. She could plainly hear each of them telling him how he wasn't a monster, how he was a good dragon, and various other comforting words as they nuzzled and embraced him. "Umm..."
"Yeah, this sort of thing happens a lot here," Discord commented. "Equestria's a very huggy place. You get used to it."
Samus shrugged. "I suppose I'll have to." She smiled over at Spike being assaulted with comfort. "At least this is better than him hiding out in the ship and refusing to come out until our next mission."
"Next mission?" Rainbow asked eagerly as all eyes once more turned to her.
"More stories?" Scootaloo asked eagerly.
Samus' laughed easily. "Alright...the next mission was to the planet Aether..."
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Heh Scootacute strikes again~
And there's the 'monster' name.
Geeze, you held out for this many chapters, might as well have that obligation of a tragedy scene with a being questioning their humanity and place in the world.
Or have a bunch of people stare at him, that works just as well.
Somehow, I want to know, and I don't at the same time...
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
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My big scaled teddy bear!
Ahh, now we get to Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, my first 3d Metroid game. (First 2D was Fusion)
It's just too funny to me
Well first talon now aether is no planets wildlife safe.
Oh yeah, Prime 2 time! Let us see Dark Samus!
6183190 like I said in an earlier comment...There is a good reason why you do not make a dragon mad.
How many days have they spend sitting around listening to stories? I know they had some breaks, don't get me wrong just an honest question.
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This will be the fourth day.
6183874 I remember that fight... Ah, memories.
Poor Spike, and he was having so much fun. I just hope Spike can help Samus fight Dark Samus... it would suck if every final boss he had to sit the fight out.
On the one hand, he had a safe place to get away from it all, on the other, Samus had a derp moment. They went from twenty times gravity, to normal gravity. Of course they are going to be over developed comparatively to every one else.
Man, the first Prime game was just so... perfect. Echoes was good, but dragged on a bit. I got a friend who's gotten as far as Quadraxis, but hasn't/refuses to fetch all the keys to beat the game.
Aether's next, huh? I thought Hunters came between Prime and Echoes … am I misremembering, or are you just skipping Hunters?
6184952 I'd skip personally, that one actually kind of sucked.
*Forgive me for a dumb comment coming up*
Twi: Aether, huh?
Spike: Yeah, it's a GREAT Aether!
Samus: *shudders*
Spike: It really taught Mom how to fight for her friends!
Samus: *punts him* YOU'LL GET NO SYMPATHY FROM ME.
6183581 what about the possibility of a Dark Spike?
6185201 he didn't meet Metroid Prime, so no need to worry about that... For now, at least
6183886 As SilverBolt mentioned, isn't Prime: Hunters next? Or are you skipping that one?
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Skipping. It has no bearing on the overall plot of the Metroid Series, has no place in it for Spike, and takes place almost exclusively in 1G environments.
6186087 Fine by me. The game was kinda meh anyway.
Dark Samus meet Spike, Spike meet dinner.
6186087 Fair enough.
Hmm Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. We already know that Dark Aether's atmosphere is Volatile to Samus while being perfectly safe for Dark Samus. Judging from the clip art for this story I can only assume that Spike will obtain the light armor. What I wonder is how long he will be able to survive in Dark Aether without any form of protection. That and I don't think that there would be two sets of the Dark Armor available from Amorbis (with one set being made for a dragon) available for both Samus and Spike.
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You are forgetting two things.
One, how quickly Spike can adapt to new environments when there's Phazon to eat.
Two, how plentiful Phazon is on Dark Aether.
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This is true that there is a plethora of Phazon to eat in Dark Aether, however it is mostly located around the Dark Temple Grounds and some in the Dark Agon Wastes. The Phazon is also not immediately available the first or second time you enter Dark Aether, grated the first time you cross over it is all a cinematic cut scene but I digress.
The space pirates also haven't been able to traverse Dark Aether without being corrupted by either the Atmosphere or the Ing.
That being said I have enjoyed what I have read so far and I look forward to seeing how you will possibly make Spike either more or completely resistant to the toxic air of Dark Aether.
*launch*
still awaiting more to come.
For those waiting for an update
20 times less gravity, oh boy...
Heh.
Oh boy.
I hope we find out.
All right, Prime 2: Echoes, here we come!
Foreshadowing?
6534445 I believe so.
said it in comments on a previous chapter--- but anything more than 3 or 4 Gs is ridiculous. The Gs being pulled here? beyond the ridiculous.
And no I don't CARE what is "canon." The writers of the lore for Metroid games are scientifically illiterate and even worse, LAZY. The gravity on the surface of the SUN is 28 Gs. Do you get what I'm saying here? At the Gs Samus and Spike are walking around, nuclear fusion starts taking place.
You need to go back through this story and move all the decimal points one place to the left.
6870818 How much was a single G again?
6881697 One G is Earth's gravity. The whole 20gs and 40gs thing is probably thanks to DBZ which throws 100gs at goku and vegeta like it's nothing.
I think this would be interesting. It might be hard for Spike to do much on Aether.
6881697 9.8 m/s ?
How much Gs is our planet?
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1G. G is a measure of gravity as related to Earth gravity.
And now we're coming to my favorite entry in the series, barring AM2R.
...and I just realized how many favorites of mine are the second installment of their series...
Yep.
Yep very huggy.
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I have the same thing. Mafia II, Assassin’s Creed II, Need for Speed 2, Call of Duty II. Not all of those are actually called ‘II’ or ‘2’, but the point is the same.
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Hunters wasnt fantastic but it was canon, and some call-backs later on could have worked out - first one that comes to mind offhand is Spire being the last Diamont because Ridley ATE the rest or something. You could even just throw in that Spike refused to come out the whole mission because it was all in 1g and he wasn't confident in his ability to NOT wreck something important.
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I don't know why, but i like to imagine Samus trying to tempt Spike out of the ship with food happened during the events of Hunters.