Corruption: Norion 1
Once Samus had managed to coax Spike out of hiding to sit at the table - accomplished by having Twilight and Rarity magically bind Gandrayda to her chair, which was moved to the opposite end of the table amongst the CMC with Discord hovering over her - everyone was ready to hear more of the story.
"In answer to your question Rainbow, no I didn't," Spike explained. "Though I did master it partially because of her."
"Mmmhmm," Gandrayda purred. "You most certainly-"
Discord promptly swatted Gandrayda's nose with a rolled up copy of the Foal Free Press. "Bad dog," he scolded. "No biscuit."
When Rundus finally stopped laughing, Samus continued the story. "At any rate, we headed down for Norion to deal with the pirates there..."
As the ship glided into landing on Norion, Spike spied Ridley in the distance. "So he's back," he muttered under his breath. "I guess it's time for a rematch."
"Be careful," Samus chided. "He's probably been training since your last encounter specifically for fighting you."
Spike chuckled and flashed her a smirk. "He's not the only one," he pointed out, gesturing to the well used VR trainer in the back of the ship.
"VR trainer?" Rainbow and Twilight both asked curiously.
"Interstellar flight tends to be very long, even with hyper-light travel," Samus explained. "Before finding Spike, I would alternate the time between planets between cryosleep and using the VR trainer to keep me physically fit. It basically creates a fight simulation in the mind, while using electrical stimulation in response to the simulation so the body experiences the strain and intensity of the training."
"Wait, you mean it's an exercise you can get while napping?" Rainbow asked eagerly, making Twilight face hoof.
"Basically," Samus chuckled. "Spike had been using it since Tallon IV to train against a simulation of Ridley in all sorts of environments. I suggested he train against other opponents, but he claimed Ridley would always give him the greatest challenge, and I had a lot of data on him to build the simulation."
"So I knew I was ready for Ridley when I went after him in the skies of Norion, while Mom went after the generators," Spike explained.
As Spike flew into battle, he saw Ridley had changed his strategy. He wasn't heavily armored as he had been before. However, his scales had been chemically altered to amplify their defensive attribute, taking on a strong blue tinge. Spike assumed that Ridley had experimented with Phazon augmentation the same way the other Pirates seemed to have. He was certain, however, that he was more than a match for the beast. He roared his challenge.
Ridley turned away from assaulting one of the Generators for the Planetary Defense System at the sound, and roared a challenge back. He immediately lunged through the air for the younger dragon.
Spike knew a direct assault wouldn't be a good idea. His armor was restricting his power output to take the planet's lower gravity - only 10Gs - into account, while Ridley was still flying at his peak. Locking claws or teeth wouldn't be a good idea unless he disengaged his armor's limiters, and then he might do more damage to the place than Ridley. However, the environment itself proved an advantage.
Rather than clashing with Ridley directly, he led the old wyrm to chase him, weaving in and out of the buildings. Ridley pursued him with alacrity, plainly determined to destroy the younger drake, blind to everything around them. When Spike dodged around a Pirate transport craft, Ridley blasted right through it, destroying the craft and its passengers. Ridley attempted the same with the buildings at first, but the lack of success and headaches made him decide to do otherwise.
Once he knew Ridley was following his path exactly - too close for breath attacks, since Spike could easily dodge - he put his plan into action. Flying over one of the bridges between buildings, he immediately dove down the other side, coming back under it. Ridley followed his path exactly, but Spike had just enough lead to catch hold of the end of Ridley's tail, catching him where he couldn't easily turn around to face him. Taking advantage, he dug into the lower half of Ridley's body with claws, fangs, and breath, trying to do as much damage as he could.
Ridley eventually managed to break free, and Spike had to give up a good amount of altitude to evade his counter attack, though he didn't come away unscathed. His readouts indicated the energy shields of his armor were down about 20%. He'd pushed the attack too long, and it wouldn't be so easy to lead Ridley into another such attack...which is why he didn't intend to.
Knowing Ridley would be more cautious in the bridge areas, Spike found the one he was looking for and flew through it. As expected, Ridley was slower in his approach of it, expecting Spike to pull the same trick as before. As a result, Ridley made himself a perfect target for the PED Delta marine squad, who happily blasted away at him with their Phazon enhanced weapons.
"PED squad?" Celestia asked curiously.
"Phazon enhanced weapons?" Luna's voice showed her distaste for the very idea.
"With how much the Pirates were making use of Phazon, the Federation had to respond in kind or be completely overwhelmed," Ghor explained. "However, seeing the harm Phazon could work when exposed directly to organic beings, they instead designed power suits that contained a Phazon reserve that could be used to temporarily turbo-charge weapons and armor until the system was disengaged or the Phazon reserve ran out. This was the PED - Phazon Enhancement Device - suits."
"And as I'd thought, the blue color of Ridley's scales was from Phazon enhancement, and Phazon based weaponry like the hypermode of a PED tore right through his scales," Spike explained eagerly. "While he was roaring in pain and getting ready to counter attack, I flew up between him and the marines, doing a fly by attack with claws and breath on the areas his scales had been weakened. Of course, Ridley immediately turned to follow me..."
"Which meant he took a full salvo of Phazon enhanced rounds to his back and wings, knocking him out of the sky!" Rundus finished. "I saw the end of that battle on my way back from Generator C to check on how Samus was doing at Generator B, since she'd already activated Generator A." He held out his closed fist.
Smiling, Spike returned the fist bump. "I admit, I was proud of that strategy."
"As well you should," Luna praised.
"Of course, there wasn't much time to celebrate," Samus explained. "Not only was Ridley not down for the count - we had to deal with him again later - but a massive meteorite filled with Phazon - what we'd later learn was a Leviathan Seed, as we've explained - had come out of a rift in space, and was on a collision course with the planet."
"We all met up at the elevator to the controls," Gandrayda explained. "We needed to activate the defense cannons right away."
"Our decision proved to be...tactically unsound," Ghor admitted.
As Spike came racing into the elevator, he found Samus, Rundus, Ghor in a larger battle body, and Gandrayda waiting for him. He immediately noticed the new upgrade on Samus' left arm, a new modification for the Grapple Beam his scanners identified as the Grapple Lasso, which could be used to latch onto objects for the purpose of yanking them from their moorings.
"Nice flying, Spike," Rundus complimented. "Saw you kick that other dragon's ass."
"I witnessed it myself through the security cameras," Ghor added in a much gruffer voice than normal as the elevator started moving. "I admit, I had my doubts about your abilities...but no longer."
"Not bad at all, big boy," Gandrayda purred.
Spike chuckled nervously at all the praise, but couldn't help but preen as Samus threw him a silent thumbs up.
Once the elevator stopped, the group rushed out to activate the Planetary Defense Cannons...but when they weren't looking, Dark Samus charged in in a blast of Phazon, and surrounded by a Phazon energy shield. The group immediately leapt to the attack, but each of them was felled one by one by a well placed Phazon shot near the center of their bodies.
Spike was the only one who'd had the sense to finish powering up the Defense Cannon before charging to the fight. As a result, Dark Samus' assault did not doom the planet...but it did have long reaching effects for the Hunters.
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Might want to add a Dark Samus tag.
There is an unnecessary hyphen in the second-to-last paragraph.
Spike is proving to be a good on the fly tactician, adapting strategies and finding the limits of what his enemy is willing to do, and so on. Then again, I imagine he is actually used to doing so with large groups rather than individual targets.
to evade his counter attack, the he didn't come away unscathed
1. Probably am extra The. I could be wrong.
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Typo and auto-correct of what should have been 'though', actually.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good work.
6542575 No! *smacks nose with Discord's newspaper* Bad! Go sit in the corner with Gandrayda!
Does Ridley have a deal with death or something? How is he still alive?
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See the last section of the chapter "Tallon IV: Aftermath". It explains it quite clearly.
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I have an awful memory. Thanks!
Now the real question is why hasn't Spike taken off his armor since he got, except when he mentally commands it to reveal a specific part of him? Also he hasn't fully revealed his head yet. Is there something wrong? A dark dark secret that even Samus doesn't know? Also where in the world is Ridley? I would have expected him to have found Spike in Equestria by now. Also a big metal dragon from another galaxy is sure to set off some alarm bells amongst Equestrian inhabitants. Oh well, all will (hopefully) be answered in due time.
In other news. Another great chapter. Keep er goin!
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To answer your questions in order...
It's already been explained that the armor limits his power so he doesn't break anything he touches, since he's 50 times stronger than normal on Equis otherwise.
He has removed the helmet enough to show the scars he uses it to conceal.
Ridley's still building his strength in the Badlands.
Yes I know that he has revealed the scars on his head. But I always expect the unexpected to be located on top of the head. Also good to know that Ridley has not been forgotten. Also please tell me that Spike does actually have a secret that he has concealed from the others and/or a secret that he has kept from Samus. Preferably a dark secret. I just like those cuz I'm kinda evil. Mwahaha.
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The top of his head is normally exposed by his helmet. How could he have a dark secret from Samus when - outside of flying time in missions - he's literally been by her side every moment since his second hatching?
6543676 It's a virtual impossibility for Spike to stay by Samus' side 24/7 except when flying. The guys' gotta do something besides sit around next to Samus and twiddle his thumbs (I think he has thumbs at least). He could've gotten seperated from Samus by a barrier of some sorts which forced him to seperate from Samus for a couple of hours or a day.
Also sorry if I come off as insulting. I'm not trying to attack your writing or insult your story. It's just that I like to speculate. Especially with the "what if" scenarios. I'm just hoping for something absolutely earth-shattering to be going on with Spike. I just love Spike to death.
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They spend most of their time inside a modified one person space craft. Samus was raised by the Chozo, and any 'modesty' taboo of humans is adopted of necessity. Spike is a completely different species all together, so neither of them has ever had need for personal privacy aboard ship. And on missions, they work as a team, so even if they aren't in the same place, they are in constant communication.
Is gud
Have ridley kick spikes ass please at some point, give us a nice plot twist. Right now it's basically repeating with with a bit of setting change, which I know is metroid in in a nutshell. Just my 2 cents though, whatever you do others others and I will still enjoy. Keep it comin.
Okay. But at least make it so that something extremely interesting happens to Spike in the present (outside of the story telling they're currently doing). Have something alter Spike in some way. Spice things up a bit in the present. Not saying that your story isn't interesting, I'm just wanting more things to happen to Spike besides what has already happened.
Also I like Badass Spike.
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Tats already had something alter Spike. Several somethings, in fact. There's all the Phazon mutations as well as Dark and Light Spike from the last game.
6544007 Yes I know that he's already undergone some changes. But with Ridley about to return stronger than ever. Nothing is certain.
OK, that's hilarious.
Most likely.
I can imagine.
Basically.
It happens when the guy just will not DIE.
That wouldn't surprise me.
Now, use said advantage, because as you know, given half a chance, Ridley will have you for lunch, or dinner, or whatever meal he feeels like.
Either way, that's one less crew of Pirates.
Clever Spike.
Wise move.
You clever bastard.
Hey, the Pirates are more than willing to abuse the damn stuff, it's only fair that the Federation make use of it in a safer manner.
Clever.
And got obliterated yet again?
Called it.
You have every right to be, it worked brilliantly.
Oh?
Neato.
Hey, she's your mother figure and one of the few being Badass enough to be able to fight toe to toe with you and who taught you a lot of what you know, you've got every right to preen.
Oh hell...
Yes, the titular Corruption.
(Now, let's see what's next, after the Phazon arc, we'll be getting the events of Metroid II, where they get to perform Operation: Metroid Genocide, then the much revered Super Metroid, then, Other M, though I hope that Samus won't be saying "Baby" every two seconds, and finally, Fusion. Did I get right?)
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Yes, you got it right.
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All righty then.
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6545106 What?
WHAT AM I MI-oh.
I noticed the comment, and the brilliance of it.
fascinating...
and perhaps a small adage of an arc http://nickinamerica.deviantart.com/gallery/40011554/Metroid-Revival
rather clever, really.
‘Ouch,’ goes Ridley’s pride, heh heh. Spike is really making the vile dragon into the fool. But, unfortunately, Dark Samus seems to be a bit more clever and sneaky with her ‘approach’. Also, gotta laughed at that 'bad dog' routine, heh.
C&Cs:
...making Twilight face hoof.
> Combine ‘face hoof’.
...doing a fly by attack with claws and breath on the areas his scales had been weakened.
> Either combine ‘fly by’ or put a dash between them.
Dark Samus charged in in a blast of Phazon, and surrounded by a Phazon energy shield.
> Replace one of the extra ‘in’ to something else.
...but it did have long reaching effects for the Hunters.
> Put a dash between ‘long’ and ‘reaching’.
Other words: Rarity isn't that powerful with magic (Unless she has that spell from that one book (I don't remember what it's called or episode))
Aside from that, Another good chapter.
Movin on to the next in sequence.
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Because Rarity was most offended by her antics. Twilight could have done it alone, but Rarity insisted on helping.
I could say so many things about this!
It's not every day that regular mooks can take pot-shots at Ridley and live to tell the tale.
In the immortal words of Sergeant Major Avery Johnson, "Buck up, boy! You're one very lucky marine."
Yep.
Hahahahahaha! I love you Discord!
Once again, another chapter with 1 in it and no continuation. Not to be mad or anything, just confused
I just realized, he's calling her a female dog!