Acquainting

I wonder what the point was of this, as he had already eliminated the dark ones. But decided not to question him and went on with my expedition. I've heard rumors that the Dark Ones, as they called them, were just trying to come in peace. But our ignorance and fear lead us to believe that they were trying to hurt us. But, that was just a speculation, theories if you will. I thought that we were going to finish off any remaining Dark Ones that could be furious after the missile strikes. How wrong was I...?

"So Vladimir, what did you do before this?" I asked curiously.

"I worked with Col. Artyom and Miller, back when Miller was still a Colonel and Artyom wasn't even an official Ranger. I helped set up the missile strikes within D6, a secret military base located underneath the metro system. I had to stay behind with Ulman to monitor D6. Another higher ranking Ranger we have." Said Vladimir.

"Whoa, so you were the one who set up the guidance system and launched the missiles?"

"No my friend, that was Artyom. I launched the missiles, but he had to climb to the top of a destroyed Ostankino tower, to set up the missile guidance. From the stories Miller had told, it wasn't an easy feat."

"Oh! I have seen that tower. I can't believe he even got half way, I have seen so many demons around it. That and the tricks you must have to do to climb it. I thought there were no stairs or anything left." I said in awe.

"Yes, and Miller got injured so badly his legs had to be amputated. A demon crashed through an opening and attacked him. That's why Artyom is Colonel now; Miller had seen something in him."

"Wow... And you Denila? What did you do prior to this?"

"I was with Artyom as well. We went to the Library with Miller but I got severely injured by a demon and had to be brought back. That's where Artyom went through the whole place by himself. I couldn't believe he had done that by himself. Amazing..." Denila said, just as much in awe as I was at the time.

"You too? Cool, you all were with him at one point. Well, Vladimir do you think you can get this airlock open so the railcar can get through? Denila and I will guard the back of the railcar." I explained as I went to the back of the cart, careful not to fall.

He quickly attempted to open the airlock but it got stuck half over the rail. We spent a bit of time trying to figure out why it wouldn't open, but I said I would go through the door beside it to try and find something.

"Is there anything I should be aware of in this tunnel? Like some super-mutated thing?" I said with a bit of humor.

"There shouldn't be anything in there; we're right next to The Hanza so it shouldn't be a problem. But, Look out for ghosts and anomalies. They are both passive and should not harm if you stand still. You need your flashlight on to see ghosts so charge it up before you go. I'll let you know if I get it open."

As I walked in the room with my Kalash 2012, I turned on my flashlight and scanned for anything that shouldn't be there. I quickly found that the generator was off and needed some gas to be turned.

"Hey! Danila, Vladimir can one of you fetch me a can of gas? Just a bit will do, this old generator will open up the door." I said with a bit of strain in my voice.

"Okay Kaspurov, I'll send Danila to give you the gas. Get back here quick though, I don't like this tunnel... Bad memories here..."