Before I start anything, I am not going to type out Ricky-tofens accent. I don't have the patience. Plus when I read some of the others on here, it confuses the hell out of me and really destroys the groove of the story if I'm stuck trying to decipher what's going on. Just thought I'd say that. Enjoy :) Also, for anyone who doesn't know and for some reason decided to read this, Richtofen is German. Nikolai is Russian, and Takeo is Japanese. And ya boi Dempsey is American. Also note that Origins takes place in 1918 aka the end of WWI.
"GO GO GO- NO!" I scream at my TV that reads 'You have survived 31 rounds'. That was the first time I've ever made it that far on Origins! Hell, it's the farthest I've ever made on zombies period. Ugh, Call of Duty stresses me out when it should be doing the opposite; it's should make me forget my stresses for a while. My sorrowful thoughts are interrupted by my friend laughing really hard. He's almost wheezing. "What's so funny?" I pout feeling like he's making fun of me.
"You, of all people, died!" He teased before laughing again.
"Shuddup, Cameron," I mumble, slightly disappointed in myself. I really wanted this to be a long game. Okay.. a longer game.
"Listen, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel bad; You did a great job carrying us." I laugh at that. Out of all my friends on the PlayStation, I'm the one that knows where everything is, where to get stuff, and how to get us out of sticky situations. Black Ops 2 Zombies is my religion. Obviously, my "religious practices" didn't come into play this game.
I smile in pride, "Thank you. You are forgiven." We both chuckle, "but I'm going to bed. It's late, so you should too."
"Yeah, yeah, mom." He teases before we say our goodbyes.
I lean back onto my bed thinking about Origins. Sometimes, I wish I could meet the original four. Wouldn't that be fucking awesome? Having Dempsey being an asshole, but all in good fun. Having conversations with Takeo about how much we hate people. Even though I know nothing about alcohol, talking to Nikolai about Vodka. Now that I think about it, that's 1.0 Nikolai. Lastly, meeting the Richtofen who hadn't had a mental break with reality. I sigh. Only in my dreams.. I think as I drift off unintentionally.
I yawn while sitting up, stretching my arms out, but I'm interrupted by feeling cold metal on the center of my forehead. My eyes shoot open as my whole body freezes. I go cross eyed looking at what I find out to be a pistol pointed at me. My eyes travel up the persons arm to find- Dempsey? I'm dreaming..
"Who are you? How did you get here?" He questions pushing the pistol further into my forehead.
I gulp, "I'm Aoife, (pronounced: ee-fuh) and I have no idea how I got here. Please, believe me."
He stares into my eyes, trying to read me. I mean, he can go ahead, all he is going to find is fear and reassurance. Weird combination, but it's true. I'm afraid because I'm trapped in a game, but I'm reassured because I know the original four know what they're doing. To an extent. He grunts, urgency in his voice, dropping his arm to his side. "Listen to me, we don't have time. I'm Dempsey, now do you know how to handle a gun?"
A little more than I'd like to admit. And I may or may not have learned how to use a gun because of Call of Duty... But of course I don't say admit that, I only nod.
"Good, here." He hands me a Remington 870 MCS. This is a fucking chill ass shotgun. "We need to get out of here and meet up with my group."
Again, I nod as he helps me off the ground. I take a second to look around, scanning where we are. If I remember correctly, we are at generator 5. I notice Stamin-up, so I know we are at gen 5. I look passed the generator to see that Odin (the big robot) is on his way to fuck our lives up. "Um if we're leaving, we might want to do it now."
He turns to me then looks to where I'm pointing making his eyes widen. "Shit. Come on!"
He grabs my wrist dragging me along with him and pretty much giving me an Indian rug burn. I struggle to keep up, since he's taller and has more leg length, but I know I need to or else I will be crushed. I push myself to run, somehow running faster than he was but not without a price. My legs were on fire! He picks it up too and by the time we are out of the Robots footprint, the robot steps down. (There are three Robots that walk around the map. Freya, Odin, and Thor in that order if you're looking from Gen 4 to Gen 5, opposite ends of the map. They make footprints because they weigh probably over 100,000 tons. They step in the same footprints too.)
I run to the side, so the robot won't kick me when he goes to step again. Dempsey follows my lead, getting there right before the Robot moves. I fall into the mud, not even giving a fuck that I'm going to get all dirty. "Fuck. That was terrible."
"Well get ready for some more terrible shit." He says looking passed me. I look where he's looking and see a shit-ton of zombies heading towards us.
Fuck.
I cock my Remington letting the zombies get close enough for me to kill them. Tank (Dempsey's first name, more like a nickname) has a machine gun, so he doesn't do that. He shoots the ones far away while I shoot the ones close. When the ones close die out, I turn towards Dempsey to see some zombies behind him, ready to swing at him. Instead of telling him to turn around and get them, I go behind him and fire at them myself- even knifing a few. I want to prove myself if I'm going to be with the Original Four.
After successfully clearing the freak-o-lopes out, I turn towards Dempsey seeing him looking at me, smiling. "That was good, kid. You're a natural."
Holy shit. You have no idea how long I've wanted to hear those words. I didn't even know I needed to hear those words until they were said. And coming from Tank Dempsey? My fucking homie? Yeah, it was amazing. I grin at him, letting my pride in his words show. "Thank you."
He chuckles, "now that the zom-bitches have calmed down a little," I laugh hard, making a wheezy sound come out, at 'zom-bitches' making him smile. I guess none of the others appreciate his jokes. "We need to get to the rest."
I silently nod in agreement making him lead the way.
My breathing was heavy and my chest felt like it was on fire by the time Dempsey and I were half way near generator 4. He noticed and laughed, "do you want some help?"
In the midst of catching my breath, I reply, "nah, I'm fine."
"Like hell, you are." He responds before crouching in front of me. I stare at his back in confusion. When I don't make any sudden movements, he looks back in slight annoyance. "Well? Are you getting on my back or not?"
"Oh hELl yeAh." I respond, relieved, making him laugh. I hop on his back, latching my arms around his neck, and he straitened up taking us the rest of the way to Gen 4. "Thank you." I speak with a smile on my face.
He lightly smiles too. I can hear it, "don't mention it."
When we are a few feet away from our destination, I ask- more like command- him to let me down. He seems confused on why but complies. I pretend I don't notice his confused stare that rests on me as I walk the wagon and pick up the Lightning Staff Record with a smirk. I spin to look towards him asking, a light hint of 'I know you need this, but I'll pretend I don't just gonna fuck with you', "do you need this?"
His eyebrows furrow describing the confusion while walking over to me and grabbing the disk. "Yeah, actually." He gave me the side eye as we continued to Generator 4. He was obviously confused how I knew what that was, but I don't mind it. If needed, I'll explain myself later on.
"Alright, Aoife, here we are." Tank said pulling my attention to him and the three men next to him.
HOLY SHIT! I practically scream internally. I'm meeting all of my heroes! MY FUCKING HEROES! Maybe not under the best circumstances, but who cares? I'M MEETING THE ORIGINAL FOUR.
"That is Nikolai over there. This is Takeo, and this is Richtofen." Holy fuck, I internally freak out as they all greet me politely. Even Takeo gave a small smile! This is too good to be true.
"Hello, nice to meet you all," I shyly introduce myself, my voice faintly shaking. This is a lot of pressure! If I didn't mention it before, these are my HEROES! "I'm Aoife." (Again: ee-fuh)
"I've never heard that name before," Nikolai speaks.
"It's Irish. My parents are both from Ireland but they moved to America before I was born. Also, my red hair and green eyes could've given the Irish part away." I chuckle at myself. I'm a little racked up in my mind which explains why I just rambled. I can't shake my nervousness off, not helping that I have bad anxiety. It's almost to the point where I'm physically shaking. I'll be fine though. I just need to keep telling myself that. "Anyways," I try to get their attention, snapping myself out of my thoughts as well. "Can someone fill me in on what you guys have done so far?"
"Yeah," Dempsey answered, "so far we've gotten generators 1, 2, and 4 done. We've found the records for the Ice and Lightning Staff. Speaking of those Staffs, apparently they're essential for us to get out. We don't know where to find them, but we've got to keep going."
I nod, already knowing what he's talking about, but he doesn't know that. He doesn't need to know that either; none of them do. Maybe I should ask about Samantha? No, because they'll wonder how I know about her. Oh, well. The less I ask, the better, I guess.
"Well, I guess we better get going with a plan. What did you guys have in mind?"
Richtofen speaks up, "Well, all we had was find the staff parts and try not to die on our way there."
I can't help it, but I immediately start laughing making him and the others frown. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to laugh, but that's really what you've got?"
They all nodded; Nikolai, Richtofen, and Dempsey with offended looks on their faces. Takeo had the look of "who the fuck does this bitch think she's talking to?".
"Okay, well how many generators are there? 6? Exactly, so we need to activate all of them first and then go into there." I say, pointing to the excavation site. "Bet it has some important things in there." Yeah, both of the musical pieces. But again, I cant say anything or else they'll be suspicious. Okay, they're definitely suspicious at this point.
"How did you just come up with that?" Takeo asks, his eyes narrowed threateningly at me.
"I'm a good at planning stuff." I come up with quickly, selling it fairly well for how nervous I was on the inside. "Now are we going to do this or not?"
They all nod in unison. I notice Dempsey has a smile on his face as he chuckles. "Alright, leader. Are we all doing this together or are we splitting up?"
I laugh at 'leader', also noticing the slight teasing in it, yet it was serious, "whatever makes it go by faster. Before any of you say anything, yes, I can handle myself."
"Then we shall split up," Richtofen decides. "Aoife, go to generator 3, there are signs everywhere so you should make it. I'm going to the church to get generator 6. Dempsey go to gen 5. Nikolai and Takeo can follow whoever they want."
"I'm going with Aoife," Nikolai declares. Fuck, I wanted to do it alone, so I could get stuff without looking suspicious. Well, even more suspicious. *awkwardly laughs*
"Uh, Nikolai, I think I'll be okay. Go with Dempsey and Takeo can go with Richtofen." I try to convince him.
"Okay." Well, that was easy.
I nod while walking down the path for the tank to get to Generator 3. If you jump off at the right spot, you have a shortcut to Gen 3. So, I jump at the spot and make it to 3 in no time. But before I go up the steps and set the generator to go, I need to find the shield part first. Like Nikolai says in the game, "this will help protect my flank from attack." ... I think I might play the game a little too much.
I go under the 'bridge' and past a box to look at the zombie on the floor. Luckily the shield part was on him, so I go to touch it. When my fingers make contact, it disappears. Weird. I don't question it though.
I go up the steps and to the generator, turning it on. I see the Templar Zombies spawn while I run around, but I pay no attention to them. It's a waste of ammo, unless they get in my way and almost kill me.
"Conversion process complete. Generator 3 now activated." Maxis' voice speak from within the Generator.
Perfect.
Well, my part of the mission is done. Now I'm going to the Excavation Site to get the Musical Parts, so we can make the staffs.
"I really hope one of them is just keeping a crawler alive and that's why no zombies are coming for us, because if not, I'm screwed." I mumble to myself as I open the Excavation Site. After the entrance is opened, I stumble down the ramp into the Site and look for the Gramophone. I see it sitting next to the table and place it in said table. Oh shit, I forgot I need the record.
I go back up, next to the Pack-a-Punch (which is in the center) and grab the record. I take it down the ramp and place it into the Gramophone.
"Yes, yes! You found it! For the doorways to open, they need to hear the songs." Samantha speaks. I hope everyone heard that, so they'll come over here.
When the music stops playing and the entrance to the staff place opens, I go to grab the Gramophone and record so I can leave, but when I touch them, they disappear. Why the fuck is everything disappearing? We kind of need that for the future. And by kind of, I don't mean kind of. I mean we just fucking need it.
"Everything happens for a reason, Aoife.." Samantha whispers.
I shudder feeling like someone is right behind me.
The boys better get here soon.
"Aoife! Where are you?" I hear Dempsey shout from outside the dig site. I follow his voice to the top of the Dig Site so maybe I'd be able to hear him clearer, but I find that he isn't there. "Aoife!" I hear from even farther away. It sounds like it's coming from Generator 5. I look in the sky to see if Odin is walking in his path, but I find that Thor is walking in his. Okay, so I'm in the clear. I walk all the way to Gen 5 but still no one is here. What the hell?
Sirens. You know, the sirens warning that the Panzer-douche is coming? Yeah, those start blaring, and much to my disadvantage, I feel the earth shake behind me signaling he's going after me.
I only have a shot gun. So what do you do when you have bad guns? You run towards someone with a good gun and hope they can fix this problem. So, I start sprinting the fuck out of there, tripping over my feet at some points. Sadly because the Panzer-asshole is out, so are the zombies. While I run, I shoot the hell out of the zombies trying to find where any of the boys are. They are the ones with good guns. I don't know if they are all at generator 6 or what, but I need help and quickly.
"BOYS! DEMPSEY! NIKOLAI! TAKEO! RICKY-TOFEN! ANYONE, PLEASE, DEAR GOD, HELP!" I scream while running towards Generator 4, a little way ahead of me.
Suddenly, I see Takeo pop out of nowhere in front of me. "Move, child!" He yells before firing the ray gun multiple times at the Panzer-Ass. Bitch, I want a ray gun. I continue running, because fuck this shit; I'm out. While Takeo runs with me and reloads his Raygun, Dempsey is suddenly next to us shooting an LMG.
Now that so much force has gone into the Panzer-Douche's head, he falls to the ground, exploading.
I sigh in relief while dodging the zombies to grab the staff part he left. Tank is yelling at me for risking my life like an idiot, but hey, someone has to be the idiot and get it. I shoot the zombies with my Remington and finally I reach the part. The third part to the fire staff, nice.
While I'm jumping, I do so backwards, so I can kill the zom-bitches following me. I land on Generator 4's platform and decide to train around there. A shotgun might be the worst thing to use when training, but who cares?
After all but one is dead, I run to Jug and drink it, feeling my taste buds wanting to eject the drink. I immediately cringe, yelling, "UGH! That's the most disgusting thing ever!"
"Just wait until you have to drink Quick Revive." Dempsey remarks out of nowhere making me laugh.
We both walk in circles, with the zombie following us, talking, "so do you have any idea where Richtofen and Nikolai are?"
"Not a clue, but hey I have a question for you."
"Shoot."
"Why do you seem to know more than you're letting on?"
I mentally freeze. Of course I want to tell him, but I don't want him to think I'm lying either. "Well, I know it might sound hard to believe, but I'm not from this.. universe. Okay- sorry, that was worded wrong. Let me try again. I'm not from this dimension. I'm from 2017, a dimension that never had zombies to deal with."
"That sounds nice. But why wouldn't I believe that? With all the shit that goes on here, it seems plausible. But that also doesn't explain how you know what's going on."
"Oh, right! Well, this is all a video game for me. I know every single corner of this map like its the back of my hand," I chuckle at myself while Dempsey stares intently at me, fully paying attention to my words, interest etched on his face. "I have played this map religiously. I know how it started. I know how it ends up." I look directly into his eyes, passion filling mine, "and I'm not sure I'm okay with it." Passion because I am passionate to help them get out of here.
He draws his lips into a thin line in conflict while looking away. "Wow. I'm not going to lie, its kinda creepy you know more about me than I do."
I laugh with a smile, but that smile slowly fades. "I don't know why I was sent here, but I intend to do good things. Even if I wasn't sent for a good reason, I'll help you guys." Man, this felt good to talk to him about. I've always felt 'connected' to Dempsey in a way. I always knew that his tough guy persona was an act. Like I could read him. Like I knew him. I don't really get it. "Sorry if that was creepy, but I thought it should be said."
"No no, its fine. I just kind of wish I knew what the hell is going on. I'm kinda in the dark here."
A grin finds its way on my face at the last sentence. He says that in the game, and I just heard it in real life. Oh hell yeah, I'm having the time of my life here. "Well. There are four staffs. Ice, Wind, Fire, and Lightning. If you wanna know their parts locations, I'll tell you in a second. But you can upgrade the staffs, I also know how to do that for all of them. Enough about the staffs though, did you guys find the mystery box? Yeah? Okay, well I assume it was at generator 2? Because I could really use a Ray Gun or some shit."
"Wow." He said. His whole entire facial expression read: "I'm confused as fuck, but I believe what you're telling me."
I suddenly stop walking in circles, turn around, and shoot the zombie behind me. I don't know what that was, but I felt I needed to do it. It almost felt like I wasn't in control of myself. "Maybe we should go to generator 6.." I tell Dempsey who looks at me with his eyebrows furrowed. I furrowed my eyes brows at myself. Why did I say that?
"Why did you do that?" He questions with nothing less than confusion.
"I don't.. know.." I slowly speak, looking around confused. Confused on why I killed that zombie and why no new zombies were coming out. That was the last, wasn't it?
Suddenly, Dempsey and I see two orange-yellow Revive signs pop up over at the church aka Generator 6. Fuck, that's probably Richtofen and Nikolai. I bet they had some zombies over there.
"TAKEO!" I shout at the sky, "I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WENT, BUT MEET US AT GENERATOR 6!"
I give no one time to answer before I'm sprinting over to Gen 6, my shotgun out and ready to kill these meat bags. When I'm at the stairs of the Church, I notice their revive signs are about to turn red, meaning they could die. "No, no, no! DEMPSEY, HURRY UP!" I shout, my voice sounding scratchy, even though he's behind me.
We both sprint up the stairs and into the footprint where they both are. I revive Richtofen while Dempsey revives Nikolai, both of us mumbling, "get up, get up, get up." When they both get up and say their thanks, I sigh in relief, but my relief ends when Nikolai yells, "A ROBOT," and I see red lights flashing. This basically means we have five seconds to get the fuck out of the footprint, or we're being crushed.
"RUN!" I scream as loud as possible, so loud that they even flinched. Since we are closer to the generator than the Church, they run to the Generator and make it safely.
I can't say the same for me, but what I can say is: The foot was shootable, so I shot it and entered the foot when Freya stepped down, hearing Dempsey screaming for me. (Sometimes, you can shoot the foot of the big Robots and enter them. Like Aoife just did.)
I gasp while my eyes open. I'm in the foot. I'M IN THE FOOT! I DIDN'T DIE! HALLELUJAH, I WASN'T READY TO GIVE UP ON MY BOYS ANYWAYS.
I get off of the cold metal under me and grab the Wind staff part then make my way to the ejection pad.
When the white light goes away, I'm on the footprint, standing still, unharmed, holding a part to the Wind Staff. What the hell? I look over the the Generator to see Dempsey looking at me with disbelief. "Are you really here or is my mind fucking with me?" He asks me cautiously.
I smile, "I'm really here, Dempsey."
He laughs hysterically, "oh GOOD!" He runs over to hug me which throws me off guard. But after a second of uncertainty, I hug him back. He gives warm hugs :)
I happily sigh, leaning my head on his shoulder. "I'm okay, Dempsey. I told you I knew everything about this map."
He pulls back with a grin, "that you did, kid. That you did."