The Monster Within

The Metroid transit elevator dropped down its shaft slowly, as if trying its best to drag out my anticipation. The human stood opposite me, he was shivering out of cold fear, as if he had pathogens in his body. He did, but in another sense, more of a parasite that would take over the brain waves and 'hijack' the body. This I learnt later, if I had known before then they're might have been a chance.

The empty elevator was a chilling sight, as if the security of the TSC had been erased. I was more cautious of this human than any others, I didn't know what was wrong with him, I didn't even know his name. "What is your name?"

"People call me SR1"

"A numerical name?"

"It refers to my rank, Gamma as well as a user name in the systems." I didn't seem to reassure him, he looked haunted and in his eyes I saw a dark, foreboding look hidden within. The Metroid Prime level came up and SR1 began hyperventilating and began muttering of what I presume was human obscenities. He opened his mouth to scream but no noise came out, a darkness spread over his skin, shrouding him as if in shadow. His eyes pleaded with me as if I could stop his pain. His face erupted in some hideous dark being, something I sensed was pure evil, a being made mad by years of exposure to high doses of radiation. It bared its teeth at me, all I could do was laugh, it was compulsory as if i had inhaled Nitrous Oxide. I couldn't react in time and the creature grabbed me and threw me against the wall. My ribs began to hurt and pain seared like a hot poker through my spine. The start of my torture.

The monster began stabbing me with its long sickle-like claws like a butcher preparing meat, the armor could only do so much. I saw my blood on its claws and felt myself slipping away, on a boat on water floating away into the distance. Something awoke deep inside me, a killer instinct that was now also my protector, my vision blurred and I let the evil inside me engulf my entire being and let loose power within.

All I felt was the urge to survive, the urge to destroy and to rip apart, to cause as much pain to this creature as possible. I lashed left and right, striking its face and its body, I too now had claws and sharper teeth. I began to rip apart at its neck, sucking in its inner fluids like some vampiric metroid. Then my human self awoke again, the only thoughts I felt was those for SR1, if I killed this monster, I would kill SR1 as well. I couldn't live with myself doing that.