Part 11 - Samus is ridiculous
The corridor to the south that previously spat molten rocks at me is now a ruined bridge, and I do a shinespark across a broken section of it, failing to reach the other side and enduring a nice hot lava bath for...about 8 damage. Varia Suit you are the best. The next corridor has Zebesians as regular enemies which is pretty neat (they are still the best part of this game so far), and back in the room with the armored bug miniboss, I am attacked by...the armored bug miniboss again. His surprise attack completely fails to knock me off guard and I obliterate it with ease, though when it turns into its 'worm' form it wraps around Samus and explodes for a measly 20 damage. Whatever. The computer in this room unlocks the eastern door from the start of the sector, so I backtrack there.
The eastern section has a room with a grapple beam point. As I arrive there, the flying tentacle creature from before has just managed to grab onto Anthony (how Anthony got up there is beyond me), and so I switch into first-person view and have a look up at the chaos and see if I can help with missiles. Samus however catches sight of the grapple beam point, which causes Adam to authorize the use of the grapple beam. I use it to swing over and save Anthony from being dropped into the lava, and begin my rematch with the tentacle creature.
There's not much different about the monster now except that it can use its Macross Missile Massacre attack while on the ground now. Anthony also helps out in this fight but I try to keep the monster away from him to avoid any silly situations. After doing enough damage to it, it starts to fly away and then...dives into the lava to escape. Well that's one way to lose your pursuers.
Anthony is of course quite glad to be saved. Anthony says they were called to move as a unit to open up the geothermal spot inside Sector 3. Anthony wonders how Samus feels about Adam, and Samus thinks back a bit...
Suddenly she has a flashback about someone named Ian, who is a soldier on a rescue mission. Okay. He gets into some trouble and Adam gives the order to let Ian basically die, even though Samus says she can rescue him. Samus mentions Ian is Adam's little brother (!!!) and begs for a chance to save Ian, but Adam will have none of it and allows Ian to die to save everyone else. Anthony mentions the commander was scared of losing someone like Samus, and we get to see Ian's portrait explode.
"All I could do was question his authority and make things more difficult."
Oh, so that's why you need to put yourself in suicidal situations. Except no, that's dumb Samus and I hate you.
Anthony wondered if Samus could do the same thing if it happened again. She mentions she would try to rescue whoever was in danger if the same situation happened. So basically, if Anthony is ever put into a situation where his life is in jeopardy Samus is going to wait and ask Adam if she can pretty-please-save-his-life-really-Adam-I-can-do-it and not do a thing if he says no. Which is pretty much exactly what happened this time (note that Samus didn't even use the grapple beam until Adam told her to use it. Samus is being quite truthful when she says she'll do the exact same thing again!
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