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===Prologue===

After [[Samus Aran|Samus]] completed her mission and eradicated the entire [[Metroid (species)|Metroid]] population on [[SR388]] as commanded by the [[Galactic Federation]] (sans the [[Metroid Hatchling]], which she nicknamed "Baby"), she brought the Hatchling to the Ceres Space Colony for research. However, shortly after she left, she received a distress signal from the Station and returned to investigate. She approaches the Space Science Academy where the Baby was being studied and finds all the scientists slaughtered and the containment unit that held the Baby missing. Upon further exploration of the Station, she finds the Baby in a small capsule with it inside. As she approaches, [[Ridley]] appears and grabs the capsule. After a short battle, Samus repels Ridley, and he begins a countdown to destroy Ceres. After escaping the explosion, Ridley flees to [[Zebes]], and Samus goes after him. [[File:Baby_and_Ridley_-_Ceres.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ridley roars at Samus on the Ceres Space Colony]]

===Zebes===

As Samus lands on Zebes, she explores the surface of the planet, known as [[Crateria]], and heads deeper into the planet. She finds that the old base of [[Tourian]], which was destroyed after Samus defeated [[Mother Brain]] during her [[Metroid (game)|last visit]], has been completely rebuilt, and [[Space Pirate]]s have resurfaced their activities on Zebes. Samus heads deeper still back into [[Brinstar]] to explore, and upon returning, she finds [[Zebesian]]s all over the rebuilt Tourian base. As Samus moves farther along, she unknowingly finds the entrance to the "new" Tourian, which is blocked by golden statues of [[Kraid]], Ridley, [[Draygon]], and [[Phantoon]], all of which shine with gemstones that only vanish once Samus has defeated the respective bosses in their domains.

[[File:New_Tourian_gateway.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Golden Statues that block the entrance to "new' Tourian]]

Samus sets out to find all her original [[Upgrade|upgrades]] from ''Metroid'' as well as some new ones that help her along her way. She encounters numerous enemies barring her way to find the four guardians. She finds Kraid, who was one of the guardians of "old" Tourian and has rebuilt his lair, which takes up a large part of Brinstar, and defeats him to claim the [[Varia Suit]] as her own. She then makes her way to the [[Wrecked Ship]] and finds Phantoon, who has shut off the power supply to the ship, making progress impossible until she defeats him. She then takes the [[Gravity Suit]] from a storage room in the Ship. After making her way through the Wrecked Ship and its mazes, she finds her way into the submerged Space Pirate research facility in [[Maridia]]. After moving through Maridia, Samus find many more upgrades and makes her way to [[Ridley's Lair]] in [[Norfair]], where she also finds the Baby's broken capsule. Along the way, Samus find the [[Mochtroid]]s, the products of the Pirates' failed experiment to clone [[Metroid (species)|Metroid]]s for use as bioweapons. She annihilates them and continues her quest to make her way into "new" Tourian.

After defeating all the guardians, Samus sets off to return to "new" Tourian's gateway. She enters the facility and finds real Metroids that attack her on sight. [[File:Super_Metroid_Tourian_Metroids.png|right|250px|Samus battling Metroids in Tourian]] After delving deep into Tourian, she kills all of the Metroids and gets close to the end of the facility before entering a room and encountering a massive Metroid, much larger than any Metroid she has ever encountered in any of her travels across the universe. After draining the energy of a few creatures in the room, the Metroid moves in Samus and begins draining her energy. By the time it recognizes Samus as its mother, Samus only has one unit of health left. The Baby feels disgraced for attacking its adopted mother and flies off shrieking. Samus, barely able to even stand, finds an energy recharge station and re-energizes herself. [[File:Baby_attacking_Samus.gif|thumb|left|250px|The Baby after it nearly kills Samus]]

She continues on and confronts Mother Brain yet again. She destroys Mother Brain's control unit, and the machine appears to be defeated, but it is revealed to be housed in a separate room and attaches itself to a giant, bipedal mechanical body that it can control freely, offering many more offensive armaments than the previous phase of the fight. After dealing damage to it, Samus is overpowered by Mother Brain's [[Hyper Beam (Mother Brain)|Hyper Beam]] attack. As Samus in on the verge of death, Mother Brain rears back to deliver the death blow but is stopped by the Baby, who rushes in and absorbs its energy. After apparently depleting Mother Brain's energy, the Baby releases its hold on Mother Brain, and it falls to the floor, gray and lifeless, the same fate of the creatures it attacked earlier in Tourian. The Baby then attaches to Samus, who feared death from her own adopted child, but the Baby did not take the last of Samus' energy. It instead delivered the energy it stole from Mother Brain into Samus' body, completely recharging and energizing Samus like never before. During this time, Mother Brain miraculously recovers its energy and commences to attack the Baby. After releasing Samus, the Baby rears back for one final attack, intent on destroying Mother Brain, but Mother Brain delivers one final attack and killed the Baby, effectively making the Metroid race extinct.

[[File:Motherbrain.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Mother Brain in its control unit]]

[[File:Mother_Brain_Bipedal.png|thumb|right|250px|Mother Brain in its bipedal form]]

Samus, who is now glowing and pulsating with the energy given to her by the Baby, knows she possesses the power to defeat Mother Brain. A fierce, final battle ensues, and Samus easily defeats Mother Brain using the Hyper Beam. Samus destroys Mother Brain once and for all.

After exploding, a countdown begins until "new" Tourian explodes. Racing for her life, Samus runs through hidden passages in Tourian and [[Crateria]]. Along the way, she rescues three Etecoons and a Dachora that she met in Brinstar as she makes her way back to her [[Samus' Gunship|Gunship]]. As she leaves Zebes, home of the [[Chozo]] and the place where Samus was raised until she was mature enough to venture off on her own, the planet explodes with violent force and nothing is left behind.