Chapter 5: 48 hours

(Y/N): Your name


(H/C): Hair color


(E/C): Eye Color


(H/L): Hair Length


Thinking


Speaking Chozo


Location, Time, Date, POV switch


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Samus POV, Planet Jigrad




To say I was getting pissed off with the bastard would be an understatement, I wanted to blast his brains out and paint the pristine white wall a blood red. I was immediately taken out of my thoughts when one of the communications officers came bursting through the hallway.


Comm Officer: "General Adam, we just received an emergency transmission, Zebes is under attack by the Space Pirates!" He yelled.


They'll be slaughtered!


My mind drifts to thoughts of Gray, Old Bird, Pyonchi, and Y/N. It conjures up images of him fighting off the space pirates, but eventually being brutally gunned down. He was a good warrior, but how long could he keep this up? a couple hours? a day? certainly not long enough. I can only hope he can holdout until help arrives.




Y/N POV, Planet Zebes




The stillness before battle, is unbearable. Me and the rest of my robot companion fighters were lined up at a fort, the same on used 23 years ago. I look out into the expanse, the hole in the protective planetary shell had been pierced in front of me and they would soon be flooding in. No Chozo warriors this time, just me, alone, against the whole of the space pirate army.


They don't stand a chance do they?




Samus POV, Planet Jigrad ports




I don't care what the federation said, I'm not waiting for some politician to declare action, I lost one family, I'm not losing another. I'm going there now whether the federation approves or not. I found the fastest ship they had there and I run towards it intending to board, but I hear a voice from behind me call out.


Adam: "So, you're following your personal emotions and abandoning your duty?" He said.


I snap back and point my cannon at him, I'm probably already a criminal in the federation's eyes anyway. 


Samus: "Don't stop me, I'm going to Zebes!" I say to him cannon at the ready.


Despite the obvious danger he was in, he didn't flinch, his face stayed a stoically calm blank face. The way he carried himself, the military discipline, his entire demeanor felt like a carbon copy of Y/N. His E/C eyes stared down at me with the slightest trace of understanding.


(A/N Yes you and Adam have the same eye color)


Adam: "You have 48 hours." He said still calm as ever.


Samus: "Huh?" I say absolutely confused.


Adam: "The army will arrive in 48 hours federation time." He said 


He then turned the other way and it was dead silent as his boots clicked on the metal.


Adam: "That is all." He said leaving me alone.


I turn to the ship and see my two friends Mauk and Kreatz already there, fully intent on helping me on my mission.




Y/N POV, Planet Zebes, 42 hours to arrival




They had come, finally, me and my army of 189 took on the horde. It was a hard fought fight, but thankfully they had no tanks or artillery backing them up. Their air support was rendered useless by our advanced AA system, and as for their infantry, They just charged at us, and me and my robotic warriors mowed them down with volley fire. They got close, but when it was all over it was clear there was no contest, when they finally let up I counted over 500 casualties, none of them ours. I had them on the run, and I was looking to pursue, I had gotten my army ready and was preparing to charge their mothership and hit them where it would hurt, but I was pulled out of my thoughts by Gray Voice coming up to me.


Y/N: "Gray, as you can see their army has been beaten back." I say gesturing to the battlefield.


Gray Voice: "Y/N, That won't be necessary." He said with almost a sad voice.


Y/N: "what's with the tone? I beat them back, and I plan to attack them directly!" I say to him confused.


Gray Voice: "No, we're not, I am going to negotiate surrender terms." He said looking down.


Y/N: "Surrender? at a moment of triumph? I would expect this illogical thinking from a human, but you?" I ask concerned.


Gray Voice: "It's true you've staved off their army, and I am glad you won this battle, but we will not win this war." He said looking to the distance.


I want to be angry at him, I want to scream that "you're wrong, I can destroy their ship by myself" but I can't, I look deep inside myself, I know he's right. what's 500 troops to a intergalactic organization. I look back to my own robotic army of 189 and then look to the battlefield. I could fight longer, a couple more days, maybe even a month, but I'd lose. If we surrender here, I can at least guarantee some of us are safe.


I sigh defeated and called off the attack. 




*Timeskip brought to you by Y/N begrudgingly putting up a white flag*




I sat by listening to Gray Voice talk about the surrender, he said that as long as the Chozo were unharmed and he made a commander he would supply them Chozo tech. Ridley may have been dumb enough to believe him, but I knew this was a front for something different. Gray was smart enough to know that Ridley wouldn't keep up his end, and I knew Gray wasn't going to keep up his. 


Ridley: "One more thing," He said with venom in his voice.


Gray Voice: "What may that be?" He asked


Ridley pointed to me


Ridley: "I'm going to make an example of the tin man over there." He said looking me dead in the eye.


Gray Voice: "That was not part of the deal at all." He said concerned for me.


Ridley: "Let's say, I have altered the deal, If you want to fight me on it, then do so." He said pulling a claw to Gray's neck.


Gray Voice: "Fine, you may take the boy, but do not kill him." He said looking towards me sympathetically.


Ridley: "I wasn't going to kill him, there are far worse fates than death." He said.


Immediately I attacked the thing. I fired missiles into his body, but they seemed to do nothing. He fired his fire at me, and I narrowly dodged them by flipping back. He clawed at me and it hurt like hell but I kept going. Missile after missile I pumped into his body, but it did nothing. Now flying around I had to jump up to get a good shot. I got careless on one and he grabbed me and scraped me across the floor. My energy was dropping fast 83, 76, 58, 32, 12, and finally it hit 5 and I prepared for the worst. 


Gray Voice: "That's enough Ridley, you promised you wouldn't kill him." He said desperately.


Ridley: "Fine, but I'm taking a souvenir." He said as he ripped my helmet off. "You have my respect, not many could last as long as you." He said mockingly before flying off.



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