Rowan pulled out his silenced pistol and mutely crept forward, he got to the back right of the triangle combine formation and pulled the trigger. He caught the body before it hit the ground and lowered it gently. Rowan then turned and shot the second back corner before he fell Cleave caught him and lowered him, he brought the shotgun off from the combines body and tossed it to Rowan. He ran forward, as his heavy boots crushed along the floor the top combine turned, Rowan hit his face with the butt of the shotgun and he fell with the sound of cracking bone, he pressed the shotgun to his head and pulled the trigger. The combines head exploded and Rowan smiled with a laugh, but as Cleave and Ty came out from their hiding place they heard gun fire, and then a huge crash as a strider stumbled around the corner. The trio all rushed into a side arch, as Rowan ran he stopped dead in his tracks and looked down to the dizzying drop.
"For a moment there I almost…" he started to laugh until he fell, the was a huge crash and the sky lit up. "Guys!" Rowan shouted straining to hold on to the ledge . A hand then closed around his wrist and started to pull him up, he smiled expecting to see the face of Cleave or Ty, but neither. A girl was clung to Rowan's arm, she then pulled him over the ridge and slumped against a half wall. Cleave and Ty ran back through the arch and almost immediately pointed their guns at the new presence,
"Hey! I just saved your friends life" she said just looking up casually,
"It's true" Rowan replied out of breath,
"Come on, this way" she then said standing and sliding down a flat piece of concrete. The trio then reluctantly followed…
The 4 sat around the sides of an open top tunnel.
"I'm Rowan, this is Cleave and Ty, what's your name?" Rowan asked looking across to the new member of the group. She laughed,
"Does it matter? If… when I die I'll just be 'nameless rebel citizen' right? We all will" her eyes then widened and she lifted her pistol aiming close to Rowan's head , she shot twice quickly, Cleave and Ty lifted their guns to shoot her but saw Rowan still alive. She smiled, "Saved your life", Rowan turned and saw 2 dead combine on the floor 10 feet away. He sighed with relief and looked back as she stood,
"It's not safe here, we need to go" Ty said. They started to walk down the narrow pass very silent until Ty spoke again, "So, whatever's going down at the Citadel, you reckon it's got something to do with Freeman?" Cleave replied with a laugh,
"After all we've been through, you still think he's real?", before Ty could answer their new companion spoke,
"He is real" she said,
"How would you know?" Cleave asked,
"I knew him, before all… this, I worked at Black Mesa" she then stopped walking and turned, she looked at all 3 men, "My name is Cressholm" she smiled weakly,
"Great a doctor, mind taking a look at this..." she cut in before Cleave could finish,
"Not that kind of doctor, I'm a doctor of physics, specialising in the particle composition of lasers" she replied,
"Well..." Cleave turned to Ty with a smile, "That's useful"…
Okay so here it is, the first chapter. It took a while because I don't like typing from something written, I had about 50 ideas for other FanFics, the space bar on the keyboard has been dodgy since I pulled it off (oops, I'd also like to point out, I pulled it off while playing Half Life), and also because I've been distracted by writing out more of it…so yeah, it's finally here I guess… (I don't own Half Life, but I do own the characters mentioned up there).
