-Three weeks before the end of the Second Tiberium War-
-Recording Begin-
*Nod Scientist*: Entry 237.41, The end is drawing closer.. Our work is nearly complete but it won't matter, Kane has lost. Nod has lost!
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There's nothing left here.. I'm all alone, alone with my work. My precious, precious WORK!
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They will live and breathe our air, free of the constraints of us MERE beings! They will be able to walk among the holy green crystals, to touch the very surface and know how it feels to hold the most valued of our very lives… They..they…
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They will fight for Kane, for Nod, FOR TIBERIUM! But..
I am not worthy to see this beautiful new dawn..I.. I have completed my purpose..
*Muffled gunshot*
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-Automatic recording ending-
-Two months later-
As the sun slowly rose over the desolate, disfigured remnants of Italy, its once glorious skys clouded with Tiberian gas, and its once rolling hills scarred by massive spires of Tiberium. It was through this mutated land that to large six wheeled vehicles rolled through on massively oversized tires, their golden paint standing out against the sickly green glow of the crystals around them.
Inside the lead vehicle a small team of very irate men clothed in large sealed suits of armor continued to argue. "Dammit sarge, why are we even out here. There's nothing left in these zones, nothing!" the one closest to the entrance said. "Because we have orders Mendez, that's why!" the one near the back said, his voice full of annoyance. "Well.. What are we even loo-" 'Mendez' began before being cut off by a synthetic female voice. "Warning, Ion Storm approaching."
The man at the back sat up, popping open the hatch in the center of the roof before sticking his head up and out of the massive vehicle. Above him the clouds of toxic gas churned and twisted before finally erupting as a mass of pure energy shot down from the clouds and obliterated one of the few mutated tree's that had managed to hold on to life, reducing it to ash.
The man stuck his head back into the tank, yelling to the driver. "Move it, we need to get to cover now!" the driver responded by slamming his foot on the gas and sending the armored vehicle speeding down the trail with the second one following close behind.
Quickly the man looked back at the APC behind the lead vehicle, only to look away as a blinding light forced him to avert his eyes. When he looked back the vehicle was no longer behind them, but a large black crater and several large chunks of scrap told him all he needed to know as he closed the hatch above him.
"Driver, we need cover, NOW!" He yelled as the driver turned to reply, only to be engulfed in a flash of light as a Ion bolt struck the vehicles cockpit, throwing it like it was nothing against a large chunk of Tiberium, shattering the small spire and sending the vehicles occupants soaring from the wreck. The last thing the man saw was 'Mendez' impaled on a spire of Tiberium, and the ground rushing to meet him as he succumbed to the dark embrace of death.
-Meanwhile half a mile below the surface-
In a rather small black room far below to surface, lights flickered on as consoles that had sat inert for months began to power on, and nearby a small reactor began to come online as the power of the Ion electrons jumpstarted the system. Slowly the dark corridors began to glow a dull red as the lights slowly grew in power, some shorting out while others began to glow brightly. But as the systems began to return to what had once passed for 'normal' operations, something within the facility began to awaken as a pair of bright amber eyes opened in the still black portions of the complex.
The new dawn, had awakened...