Author's note:
This is my first crossover and my first story I have put on ... well, any site. (Not a good combo for a first story is it? XD) please be nice and review :)
Edit 5/7/15: Oops forgot to add a disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for this storyline and my Oc's
Gordon's POV
About 0700 hours
Although it's been a week since Eli Vance's violent death, Gordon Freeman couldn't shake the vulnerable feeling from the advisors. Except for the hunter attack that almost killed Alyx and when his "employer" had him, he never felt this vulnerable. Not when the marines took him, not when fighting Nihilanth, nor when he was in that prisoner pod at the Citadel. Now, he was in a helicopter heading to where Dr. Mossman's transmission came from. This just so happened to be able in the direction the Advisors fled. Oh joy. He listened to the spin of the rotors for a moment before looking over to Alyx, who was sitting beside him staring at the ground. She, by far, took Eli's death the hardest. She was still trying to deny his passing when they left to rescue Mossman and to try to find the Borealis. Gordon reached for her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. She looked up at him, eyes puffy and red from frequent crying; it apparently was just sinking in. Gordon gave her a look as if to say, "It's going to be okay Alyx," and kissed her on the cheek. She looked at the floor again before she leaned over onto him and rested her head on his chest. Gordon wrapped his arms around her, hugging her. Then, letting go while keeping his right arm around her. She slowly began to fall asleep against him, completely exhausted. Barney, who had shown up the day after Eli died was sitting across from them and, watched the scene from a distance, smirking.
"Gordon, you lucky dog."(1) said Barney. "I know I said that before, but still." Gordon looked back down at Alyx before smiling and looking back at Barney,
"Yeah, I guess I am." he replied, smirking.
"Jeez, it's still weird hearing you talk again." He just nodded a response. Luckily for Gordon, whatever was keeping him from speaking since he got off that train at city 17, had stopped. He had a hunch it was his employer, but he didn't know for sure. Barney stood up and went over to look outside the helicopter, noticing that they were over a forest.
"I didn't know we're going over a forest. Maybe we'll see a yeti." Barney attempted a joke. Gordon just smirked. He looked out the door behind Barney. He was glad that he and Alyx took the first shift of flying the helicopter, otherwise he would have missed this. The view was absolutely breathtaking and the forest spread out to the horizon. Nothing but snow-covered trees. Then he noticed what looked like a watchtower about a quarter of a mile away. "That's weird." He said.
"What's weird?" Barney asked.
"That tower behind you, it looks like there's movement there." Gordon answered, using the zoom on his heads-up display to get a better view.
"Huh, I didn't think we had any watchtowers this far north. Is it a resistance watchtower?"
"I don't know but, it doesn't look like a combine one, that's for sure. Wait... Their firing at us!" Gordon shouted. Barney went pale, and immediately went to the cockpit to alert the pilot. Gordon picked Alyx up gently and moved her away from the door to the rear of the helicopter. He watched a rocket fly towards the helicopter. Grabbing his own rpg, he aimed and shot the rocket down mid-flight. He watched in horror as the watchman fired three rockets.
Sarah's POV
A lone pair of blue-green eyes searches the forest for any sign of the combine.
"As if the combine ever came this far north." she thought. Sarah sighed as she put down her binoculars and started cleaning her Force-a-nature. She had been on scouting duty for at least three hours, which had been part of her daily assignments for at least six months. She had quickly grown tired of it. She was one of the best they had, but she was stuck doing the same crap since she was sixteen.
"Just because my dad is head of Mann Co. Resistance, shouldn't mean that I get the jobs with no action."(2) she complained to herself as she cleaned her gun, while periodically looking, checking for any non-existent movement. Just as she finished cleaning her gun she looked up and saw a helicopter. She quickly reached for her binoculars to see if the helicopter had the word "Mann" spray painted on the rear of the helicopter. Her eyes widened when she didn't see any friendly markings. She immediately reached for her direct hit and fired a rocket at the approaching helicopter. She growled as her rocket was shot down, and, in response, fired three rockets at the helicopter. She watched as the helicopter tried to dodge them, but was hit in the propeller. She couldn't help but grin as the helicopter started spinning uncontrollably and crashed into the forest, taking down several trees with it. She radioed the base,
"This is Sarah to Coldfront, come in Coldfront."
"Coldfront to Sarah, I read you loud and clear" a dull, monotone, male voice answered. "See anything?"
"I saw and shot down a Hunter-Chopper a quarter of a mile away." Sarah responded. "I am not sure if there are any survivors, and I request back-up to make sure."
"Granted, backup is on the way."
"Can you not send me a group of all trainees like last time? This needs experienced people."
"That's not for me to decide. Bring them all back alive for questioning."
"Fine."
"Coldfront out."
"Sarah out" She put the radio down, and looked at her weapons, trying to decide which to take. She had: a Medi-gun, Cloak and dagger, Force-a-nature, Fortified compound, Disguise kit, Dead ringer, and a Direct hit. She takes the Dead ringer, the Force-a-nature, and the Fortified compound; then, puts the others into one of the several lockers. Sarah walks out of the watchtower and waits for the back-up.
"I hope they don't send a lot of the trainees
as back-up." she bitterly thought. "Especially not the soldiers, gosh they are all so arrogant." Sarah sighed as she saw a truck with the "back-up" in the cab and the back. All but two out of the group were trainees.
Author's note: I'm sorry if this chapter feels rushed in anyway, this is the first one I typed. (And definitely not the best I have.) If you see any grammatical or spelling mistakes let me know (I'll admit I am weak in those areas). Now on to the references (or things that may be confusing).
(1) This is stated by Barney in Half Life 2 Episode 1.
(2) This is the branch of Resistance that is armed by, primarily, TF2 weapons. The bases are on various TF2 maps from various game modes.
Thank you and please review.
-Elizabethia
