The helicopter engines roared through the wind, it was an infernal sound Gordon thought.
It has been around nine hours since they had left white forest and now were crossing the Atlantic.
"Hey Gordon." Barney broke the loud silence
"Huh?"
"If we pull this off i might just repay my debt to you heheh."
"You should... I've been waiting more than twenty years for that beer."
"Is it already that long?"
"Uh huh..." Gordon nodded before looking out one of the small windows on the side. On the horizon there was nothing but a clean sea and clear sky. The sea looked like it held no dangers at all but then he remembered what kind of alien creatures live in the waters of xen and what they were capable of.
Gordon kept watching the view before he drifted to sleep.
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"Freeeeemaaaaaan..." Its voice boomend across the arena, the creature or the nihilanth as the vortigaunts called it stared down at Gordon with eyes of pure hatred...
A battle ensued with Gordon being victorious.
As Gordon whatched the nihilanth spin out of control releasing a great amount of portals he realised where he would end up.
On the very same tram he took to black mesa hours before the resonance cascade... with... him...
He didn't even know his name... but ever since that day he always appeared out of nowhere in various locations as if he was testing Gordons strengh and skill.
But he never appeared... neither him or the tram, instead gordon woke up in the middle of an arena that had a very familiar look... a combine look.
When Gordon rose to his feet he realised that he was surrounded by a sea of warriors of different shapes and sizes... all battle ready, but what caught Gordons eyes were the six giant pairs of white glowing eyes that whatched from the shadows.
then Gordon heard something weak coming from somewhere
"Their slaves... we are... their slaves... we are..."
he then realised that the voice belonged to the nihilanth and that the warriors and the figured from the shadows must be the real combine
as he examined the sea of warriors he heard a voice come from the shadows
"come..."
Gordon immediately tensed up and looked at the source of the sound
"come... DIEEEEEE!" it screamed as the sea of warriors joined in with their own metalic screeches and screams
Gordon put his hands on his ears as the ear deafening sound made his head hurt as if it was about to explode
it wasnt long until gordon fell on the ground as he lay there unable to stop the agonizing sound, suddenly the sound stopped and Gordon closed his eyes as he heard the voice spoke again.
"He will lead you to your doom... stop what you are doing and give yourself in Freeman... there's no need for more bloodshed... now wake up"
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Gordon opened his eyes to find Alyx and Barney flying the helicopter.
"Hey... how long have I been out?" he asked
"About two hours." Alyx replied "Hey, are you okay Gordon? I heard you whimpering in your sleep." she added
"I'm okay, just had a nightmare... just a nightmare." the last part he muttered to himself
"So how long till we reach our destination?"
"Just a few kilometers left Gordon... we should be seeing icebergs by now but i don't see any." Barney replied
"Wait there's one." Alyx pointed out in the distance
"Yea, only now i see them." Barney replied
Suddenly an alarm blarred catching the attention of everyone
"What's going on?!" Alyx starting to get worried
"we've got company..." Barney replied before looking at the radar "east 1.5 kilometers away and closing in fast... its only one."
"How long until we reach the shore?" Gordon asked
"We should be seeing it by now, just a little more."
"Is there any way we can defend ourselves?"
"The chopper doesn't have any weapons so no..." Alyx replied
"Great... wait, I have a idea."
He quickly went to the back of the helicopter and grabbed two safety cables and wrapped them around him
"Uhh Gordon, what are you doing?" Barney replied
"Mounting a defence." Gordon replied taking out his rpg
"Alright, I need you to change course for a bit... head west."
"But why?"
"If we keep our course it will hit us from the sides which are vulnerable, but if we head west it will be right on our back and i will be able to fire back... good thing i bought extra rockets just for this mission... now I need you to open up the ramp once its within 100 meters, got it?
"Yes"
"Alright"
Every fibre from Gordon screamed that the plan wouldn't work... what if the creature changed course, what if it flanked them... they wouldn't be able to fight back... no... the plan had to work... it had to...
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Minutes passed since their change of course and Gordon felt that anytime now the creature would be on top of them...
"Its within 200 meters already... I can even see it in the horizon, its a gunship." Barney spoke
"Just a little more..." Gordon muttered to himself
"Gordon, get ready im about to drop the ramp... be ready to take it down." Barney added
Gordon nodded and took aim with his rpg at the ramp
"3...2...1... NOW!"
the ramp dropped in a second and Gordon could see the gunship heading straight for them... taking aim he fired the first rocket and fixed his sight on the gunships nose. The rocket hit home and the gunship took a hard right as it went out of control for a few seconds before regaining its bearings
"Great shot Gordon!" Alyx burst out
"Its not over yet... that thing is still going."
taking aim again Gordon realised something... that the gunship hadn't opened fire on the rockets like it usualy does.
he fired again fixing his sight on the gunship... another score, could the gunship have no ammo?
"Another hit great!" Alyx cheered
"I don't think it has ammo." Gordon replied
"What?"
"It should be already in range to take us down easily... yet it hadn't fired a shot, I think it tries to perform a kamikaze attack on us."
"Than take it down before it takes both us and itself down."
"Im trying..."
Taking aim again Gordon realised that the gunship had gotten closer then ever. He fired and scored another hit on the gunship but the gunship was already onto them as it slammed itself from below and to everyones surprise it let out a volley of dark energy pulses as they pierced the hull from the gas tank all the way to the rotors.
Gordon could only watch dumbstruck as the gunship detached from below and flanked the from the right
"Sneaky bastard..." he muttered before realising that their helicopter was in bad shape
"Quick take us to the mainland!"
"What do you think were doing Gordon!" Alyx replied
"And take out that damn gunship will ya?" Barney added
"I don't have a shot... its right to the side!" he screamed before having an idea
slowly but surely he stepped on the ramp praying that the cables woudn't break and he took aim once more
"two more rockets... one is all i need." he whispered
firing the rocket alarmed the gunship as it slowed down and started taking pot shots at the rocket that was being maneuvered by the lazer sight from Gordons rpg
it impacted on its side as it let out a mecanical screech but to Gordons surprise it survived the shot but without smoke coming from its sides
"one more rocket... please die."
He fired and maneuvered the rocket around the incoming shots from the gunship. As he let the rocket bypass the gunship to hit it from behind he realised that the gunship had opened fire on him
as shots went all around him a lucky shot hit him in the right shoulder with enough force to drop the rpg as it slided down the ramp
Gordon slided twice as fast to grab it but the safety cables sprung into action stopping Gordon just as he was about to grab it. He watched the only hope of taking down the gunship fall into the ocean down below.
"Fuck!" He shouted before grabbing the cables and bringing himself up
"Gordon what are you doing?! Take that thing down!" Barney shouted
"The rpg is gone..."
"What? Oh no..."
"Get us to the mainland as fast as you can... the gunship doesn't appear as it want to fight, its just following us."
"Probably following us to our next to be crash sight so he can tell his friends where to find us."
"There's the mainland!" Alyx pointed out in the distance before a cracked sound from the helicopter "No! Not now... come on!"
"Just a little more!"
As the helicopter finally made its way to the icy lands the rotors finaly gave in as the helicopter started descending down
"Hang on!" as the three of them grabbed onto everything they could and braced for impact
When the helicopter hit the ground the gunship stopped in its tracks and waited for a few seconds before changing course back to base to inform them of the Freemans presence
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Everything went silent... everything went black for Gordon when the helicopter crashed into the snowy lands
Once again Gordon woke up in that same arena, but this there were no warriors and no eyes of the shadows. He was all alone to stare into the darkness this nightmare provided... was it even a nightmare? He couldn't tell.
but then there was this eerie silence until he spoke.
Doctor Freeeman... it was him
"I realised this may not be the most perfect moment to talk concerning the recent... events... but only now... i find out that they..." immediately the silhouettes of the warriors and the glowing eyes appeared behind the Gman "Tried to... reason with you through your sleep, and i have to admit that i was a little... shocked when i found that they tried to reason with anyone after everything that they have done... Freeman you have to realise that such monsters as these do not deserve any reason to begin with... but of course there was a time when they weren't the monsters of today but the worlds greatest... heroes..." the word heroes rolling out no more then a hiss "In a time where they tried to help and guide young races... such as yours they somehow fell to decadence and became what they are today... The multiverses conquerors..." the last three words rolled out with a sad tone. "Do what is right Doctor Freeman... save mankind"
Then everything went black as Gordon began to wake up
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When Gordon finally woke up he was laid next to Barney right next to the helicopter
"Ugh..." Gordon groaned before getting up and trying to wake Barney up
"Uhhh..." he opened his eyes "hey, where are we?"
"next to the helicopter, where's Alyx?" Gordon asked
"Im over here!" a voice came from inside the helicopter
the two sprung into action thinking Alyx was trapped inside but were stopped in their tracks as they found her looking through the helicopters equipment
"How long have we been out?" Barney asked
"About twenty minutes... I left your equipment up front, and here you go Barney" she handed him a white winter coat
"Thanks"
"Gordon, you want one too?"
"No im good." he replied before going to pick up his equipment
just as he picked his crowbar Gordon could see something on the horizon as it made its way to their location
"We've got company... quick hide" as the three of them ran over a small snow dune overlooking the heli crash
"Apc... we have to capture it" Alyx said
"we all agree on that" Gordon replied
"wait for them to get off and inspect the crash site then we smoke them"
as the apc stopped in front of the crash site two snow camouflaged soldiers stepped out
"We'll fire on my mark"
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Black one has been inspecting the crash site while Razor two had kept watch for Anticitizen one and his allies
"Overwatch, no sight on aniticitizen one or his accomplices Black one out" he said as he made his way out of the wreckage "Permission to do a sweep then return to base over"
"Roger"
"Razor two come, we'll do a swee-" his words were cut off as bullets impacted in his head killing him instantly
Razor two jumped in cover behind the wreckage firing blind with his mp7 from cover as he didn't see where the shots were coming from
as stress started to overcome the soldier he came with the idea of getting into the apc and blast them to death using the built in rocket launcher
he pulled his two grenades out and threw them in the general direction where the shots came from as he started running as fast as he could towards the apc
he heard the grenades go off when he reached the apc only to come face to face with Gordon wielding a shotgun
the soldier started screaming at the top of his lungs as he was blasted away by Gordon
"Jeez, shut up"
"Great job Gordon" Barney said as he made his way to the apc
"Lets get inside and see if we can go anywhere"
As they entered the vehicle Gordon realised how tight the interior actually was in this vehicles
"Any locations on the GPS?" asked gordon who was in the driver's seat
"only one... designated D5506"
"Then thats where were going"
I do not own Half life or any character's as they are Valve's property
After all this time i finally decided to do the second chapter
all the delay was on my part because im a lazy person
As for the next time
Stay frosty