"The pirates attacked the Olympus?" Twilight gasped in shock.
"Actually, they were attacking Norion," Samus clarified. "They were after the planetary defense system."
"Why would they want to break that?" Rainbow asked curiously.
"Well, we didn't know it at the time," Samus began, "but-"
She paused as she noticed Pinkie reaching around in her mane, only to become confused. She then ducked under the table. When she came back out, she was holding her 'Spoilers!' sign and looking rather put out about something, and could be barely heard to be muttering about 'spartans' and 'robot ponies'.
"The Space Pirates were working for Dark Samus, and had accessed the source of Phazon and were trying to crash a Phazon meteorite into Norion, amongst other worlds," Ghor explained. "Of course, we didn't get the full details of that for quite some time."
"Nor were we able to do much about it," Rundus admitted, lowering his head.
"I'd say we did okay as far as Norion was concerned," Gandrayda countered.
"At any rate," Samus continued, "Rundus, Ghor, and Gandrayda were ordered immediately to the planet's surface to assist the ground troops. While Spike and I had the same orders, we decided to make sure everything was more or less stable in orbit and the Olympus before heading for the surface..."
As Samus and Spike made their way back to the docking bay, they bore witness to a single massive energy blast disabling another warship through a view screen. Continuing on, they spotted Pirate Militia troops attacking some of the techs. While they were able to take out the milita, they had already killed the techs. Also, the fighting had led to the security doors locking shut, forcing Samus and Spike to take an alternate route.
On the way, a pirate boarding craft slammed into the side of the ship. Pirate troops poured out, but were quickly taken down by both Samus' Power Beam and Spike's flame breath, keeping the few troops in the hall alive. In the next hallway, another Trooper was pinned down by Pirate automatons, which fell rapidly to the pair's joint assault. Spike tossed the trooper a med pack as they raced by.
In the next hallway, a fighter crashed into the side of the ship, creating a vacuum that sucked several Pirates out. Seeing two of the troops being pulled towards the opening, Spike leapt forward. He managed to catch the first troop in one claw as he sank the other claw into the floor, his tail snaking out to grab the other trooper just before he was pulled out.
Some quick thinking on Samus' part triggered the shutters to seal the breach, giving Spike just enough time to pull his tail back before it was cut off. Both troops clung to the hull as they caught their breath. Turning back to seek another path, they encountered a swarm of pirates, who managed to pull an Energy Cell from its housing, disabling several security measures.
Unfortunately for the Pirates, while Samus had lost most of her weaponry from previous adventures, Spike's breath had lost none of its potency. The scent of cooked pirate quickly filled the passageway, making Spike gag and Samus glad her suit purified any air it absorbed from the environment.
The retelling was paused as several of the gathered audience members gagged. "Did ya have ta tell that part?" Applejack gasped out desperately.
Samus scratched her chin. "...probably not-"
"Yes," Spike growled. "Ugh...this helm needs an air freshener attachment or something..."
"Now I know why you were so happy after saving me," Rundus commented.
"We'll explain when we get to that part of the story," Samus stated quickly as she saw everypony turn towards her with curious faces...and one sign waved like a bludgeon. "At any rate..."
Putting the Energy Cell back in its socket restored power to the room, which - much to Spike's appreciation - also activated the air circulation system, which rapidly purged the stench of the dead pirates. Unfortunately, it also heralded the approach of numerous explosive automatons. Samus was able to escape by way of air vents in her Morph Ball, while Spike took the path the Pirates had blasted inward to escape.
"My route involved me taking a brief detour outside the ship, as well as regaining my Missile Launcher from the ship's armory," Samus explained.
"Mine involved a detour through the ship's mess hall," Spike explained. "Which was even more of a mess thanks to the Pirates' attack. There wasn't even anything left worth eating...except that bento Gandrayda'd hidden away for me on her way through."
As several pairs of eyes turned to her, Gandrayda chuckled and shrugged. "What? I was on that route myself, and boys of any race are always hungry. When he shot me the thumbs up over my pretending to be Samus, he piqued my interest, and I figured leaving a meal for him would earn me some points if he were looking."
"The thought would have been more appreciated if you hadn't cut the weenies into miniature hearts and images of you," Spike pointed out from his hiding spot in the chandelier.
"Aw...didn't you like eating little old me?" Gandrayda asked teasingly.
"Can we skip to the Berserker Lord?" Spike pleaded.
"Berserker Lord?" several ponies asked.
"A new mainstay of the Pirate forces," Samus explained. "Large and bulky, with crystalized Phazon armor and launching Phazon based projectiles. Best way to fight it was to hit its own projectiles back at it with charged shots or, in Spike's case, breath attacks."
"One of them caught up to us at the ship," Spike continued.
As the Berserker Lord stomped up, Samus sent the command to her ship to get out of range of the fight. The Berserker Lord's primary attacks involved spraying liquid Phazon from its mouth and Phazon based lasers. Spike and Samus started the battle by focusing on the Lord's shoulders, where they could tell the armor was weaker. They each took one shoulder to speed the fight up. Once it had taken enough damage, it started launching the Phazon spheres, which Samus and Spike shot back.
After four shots were reflected that way, the armor plating broke off, and Spike lunged in, digging his claws into the exposed flesh, tearing it to shreds. The Lord did not remain standing for long, especially after he'd dug a big enough hole to fire a blast of flame straight into its brain.
"Impressive," Rundus commented, nodding to Spike.
"You've done well incorporating your instinctive side into educated combat," Ghor praised. "Few can manage that."
"Wish I'd seen more of you fighting if you fight like that," Gandrayda purred. "Rar!"
Samus sighed. "After that, we took the ship down to Norion...and I'll tell you about that just as soon as I get Spike out of the chandelier..."
"So, did Spike master size changing as a way to hide from Gandrayda?" Rainbow Dash joked as Samus went in amongst the roots in her Morph Ball. Laughter and Gandrayda's pout greeting it.
One away from 1000 likes
6528844 No longer
6528856 it happens that fast
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Over one thousand now.
Why I didn't give one before, I have no idea. I love Metroid.
The likes are (now) OVER 1000!!!!!(I couldn't resist, and I'm not apologizing)
Boopp 1003
he peaked my interest, and I figured
joked as Samus wen in amongst
1. Isn't it Piqued? I remember you mentioning you had trouble with one word that you could never get right. Not sure if it was this one.
2. Went.
Is gud
1008 likes now. Any way, I am surprised at Ghor. Of course Spike would turn his instincts to a honed and skilled edge when that works most of the time. Plus, when you have decent natural armor, gouging blades for fingers, and wings to make it that much more unfair to your enemies, your going to use what you got. And that's not even mentioning his fire breath, which now that I think about it is akin to molten aluminum in normal usage, but can be cranked up to the point of straight up plasma if needed for a short time.
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What Ghor was complimenting was how he blended it with modern tactics. Most fighters with that level of natural advantage would go pure instinct the whole way, disregarding civilization or tools as "weak impurities". Spike, however, combines his strong combat instincts with heavy martial arts training, high end technology, and highly advanced tactics. That's what impresses Ghor.
6529056 Okay, never mind then.
6529056 And the idiots stupid enough to disregard those advantages deserve to get steamrolled by Spike.
Always cheat.
Always win.
The only unfair fight is the one you loose.
And in the (paraphrazed) words of Urdnot Wrex: Anyone/thing fighting them is either stupid or on the Pirates' payroll. Killing the latter is business. Killing the former is a favor to the galaxy.
trooper
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I dunno, I think Pinkie's actually a lot smarter than most people think, she just has a very unique way of seeing things. That, and sometimes she choses to act stupider/sillier than she actually is for whatever reason. Possibly because it amuses her.
Oh, that Gandrayda
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Am I the only one who could completely believe that being the primary motivation for achieving such mastery?
I'm sensing a reference here but I can't quite place it...
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If you follow all my stories, you'll get it on Friday.
Of course.
tossed the troopeR a med pack.
That, and while Samus may not have her full arsenal, she's still a threat to be reckoned with.
Agreed.
Useful.
Neato.
GrandrayDa. ALso, no comment.
Fantastic.
To be fair to the Berserker Lord, not many being can survive a blast of dragon fire straight to the brain short of having one hell of a Healing Factor.
Indeed.
Probably.
6529452 If you could be so kind as to enlighten me on the specific story I should catch up on to prepare to have the reference revealed to me on Friday it would be much appreciated. It would appear this is the only incomplete story by you that I'm currently keeping up with. (And also that I've yet to follow you when this is the third story by you that I've really liked. The other two being Merc with the Moth and Equis Interlude)
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Melody of the Future.
And its linked story, Wily's Wittle Wubs.
i can only imagine when female dragons ever see Spike fighting with Ripley.... we will be hearing lot more woofs when this is over.
6529186 OOH CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE RAISED BY WREX?
Why the spartans reference? is there a story with Chief raising someone that im not aware off?
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If you follow all currently updating stories, you'll get the reference tomorrow.
Edit: Also, wrong Spartans.
Nice chapter, I especially loved Spike baking the Berserker Lord's brain and mastering size changing to escape unwanted romantic attentions.
6529423 No, I believe it.
Am I the only one imagining Pinkie dressed up as Melody Pond/River Song?
Heh, oh boy. The first opponent that Spike can't beat with his brawn (at least directly): unwanted romance. Heh heh, oh boy indeed.
C&C:
...and could be barely heard to be muttering about 'spartans' and 'robot ponies'.
> Okay, when I read this line over and over in both my head and out loud, it was giving me a headache trying to make any sense out of it. Would ‘as she was muttering something’ be a better replacement in this case than ‘to be muttering’?
6529633 I DEMAND A THREE WAY CROSSOVER WITH THE CMC!
One with Master Chief(Scootaloo)Future
One with Solid Snake(Apple Bloom)Present
One with Assassin's Creed(Sweetie Belle)Past
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Nope.
CMC to be raised by Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures.
6532880 All three?
Wouldn't it be better to have somepony else for that one?
I mean imagine all the things.
Forerunners could have visited and created humanity(Golden Apples), Solid Snake could be finding out that Otacon is a direct descendant of a modified human and Snake was an assassin(How the hell could they defeat bloody giant robots!), and Master Chief is of course self explanatory.
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Except I know nothing about any of those series.
6532896 Oh...
Well...
Shit...
It's just that I think it'd be cool if you did somethign similar to Melody and Wubs!
Have Babs Seed instead!
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Melody and Wubs is a one time thing.
6532905 BUt can it be more?
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No.
Trying to balance timelines like that is a headache I don't want again.
6532916 I feel your pain.
6533848 That's the villain for this fic. I was asking about his planned crossover fic My Little Pwny,which will connect all of his displaced adopted ficsin one awesome crossover event
I haven't even read the first chapter yet, and I'm not sure if someone has said this yet. The cover image for the story makes spike look like a Pokemon. Not just any Pokemon but a Salamence, a bulky purple and green Salamence with a visor from star wars. In short, i think he looks cool. I always thought Salamence was awesome, just as awesome as Blaziken.
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Don't you mean roots considering the rest of the tree was blown beyond repair/salvage. And wouldn't Samus also be in her spider ball so she can scale the roots.
Another interesting chapter! Gonna read more tomorrow.
Yeah, partly... not fully, there's that part, too... so what do you think, Tatsurou?
6619349 You do know that this takes place during season 5 right?
Ah, I caught that reference - nice shout-out.
Ill take that bet.
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Me too.
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All signs point to yes
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Care to explain?
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It's a shout-out (or maybe just a reference, I'm not always clear on the difference) to two other fics from the same series: "You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter" and "Melody of the Future", respectively. First one's entire premise is Pinkie Pie raised by Kratos from God of War (a.k.a. the most Spartan Spartan to ever Spartan), second one is a Mega Man X crossover and has a Pinkie cameo or two, Spoilers sign shows up in both cases.
(Before anyone asks, the spoiler filter is because I'm not sure if this counts as a spoiler or not.)
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To continue the discussion:
That "robot Pinkie" from Melody of the Future was actually cameoing from yet another story, "The Rock in the Gulch". That one hadn't even been written yet, but Tats must've had that planned out by that point.
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