Warning! Violence! And the F word!
Half Life 2 Episode 3: Becoming the Monster
Chapter 2: the Battle of Death
Gordon woke up rubbing his eyes to fully wake himself up. He groaned as he sat up. He hadn't slept in so long that his body ached badly now that he did. Ignoring the pain he stood up and walked out of his room. He walked to the next door over and peeked into Alyx's room she also had fallen asleep. He gently closed the door being sure not to wake her up. Just as he left down the hall he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey! Gordon!" He turned around to see Barney walking down the hall towards him. "Hey buddy. Whats up?" He asked patting Gordon on the back. Gordon looked back at Barney trying to act happy even though he wasn't. "So how ya feelin?" Barney asked. Gordon gave a thumbs up not wanting to say anything. "Well that's good. Cause the Combine's on the move. They should be here in a hour. I'm just spreading the word sense that damn head humper is matting with the microphone again." Gordon rolled his eyes. That headcrab was a lot of trouble. "Anyways I got to go. See ya!" He said and ran down the hall and out the door. 'So...' Gordon thought. 'The Combine's on the way... I should tell Alyx.' He walked over to her door and opened it. He walked over to Alyx and sat on her bed. The problem was he had no way to tell her about the Combine. Like always he didn't feel like talking. After a while of pondering an idea popped into his head. He picked up a piece of paper and a pen. He wrote a bit and then he carefully placed the paper in her hand. Then he quietly left slamming the door behind him to wake her up. Gordon went back to his room and pressed his ear against the wall listening to her.
"Whats this?" she asked noticing Gordon's paper in her hand. There was a silence as Alyx read the paper. "So the Combine's on the way... Huh. Funny way of telling me." she sighed. "Well I better head over to Kleiner and Magnusson's office. I'll pick up Gordon on the way." Alyx left her room and walked over to Gordon's. "hey. Gordon." She said knocking on his door. Gordon got up from the wall and opened the door. "Hi Gordon." She said smiling trying to act happy even though she was still upset. Gordon smiled back. "I'm heading over to see Kleiner and Magnusson to get some information on the attack. You should come too." He nodded and followed Alyx down the hall.
Kleiner and Magnusson's office wasn't that far from their rooms even though the base was so big
"Well here we are." She said as they stopped in front of the door. "Dr. Kleiner. Magnusson." She called knocking on the door. They heard some rustling around and muffled talking before the door opened.
"Alyx Gordon. We were expecting you sooner or latter." Kleiner said inviting them in. "So how are you two?" He asked.
"Were good." She said smiling with Gordon doing the same. "How are you guys?"
"Oh were just fine. Still trying to get Lamar off the microphone so we can make the announcements." He said adjusting his glasses a little.
"Kleiner are you going to help me out or am I going to have to deal with this parasite by myself!" Magnusson yelled irritated.
"yes Magnusson I'm on my way. Please have a seat." he said turning back to Alyx and Gordon before walking over to Magnusson.
"Any idea when the Combine will be here?" Alyx asked sitting down with Gordon.
"Were not exactly sure but they will be here very soon." Kleiner answered.
"Yes and if we do not get this pathetic parasite off this microphone no one will know!" Magnusson yelled pulling on Lamar.
"Well don't hurt her!" he yelled running over to stop Magnusson.
"We have alarms and sentries correct?" Alyx asked.
"Correct."
"So if the Combine get here we'll know."
"True. But we still need to prepare." Kleiner said finally getting Lamar off the microphone. "There we are. Now you and me need to have a talk." he said carrying Lamar away.
"Finally!" Magnusson said shaking his head. "Now for the announcement." As Magnusson made the announcement Gordon thought of what the outcome would be of this upcoming battle. 'I pray that everything goes well... We barely survived the last two encounters and plus we took heavy losses.' He looked down at the ground with a worried look. 'And what if we have to abandon the base? Where will we go?' Gordon looked up in surprise 'Aw shit! I'm thinking bad again! Why do I do that? Maybe because I'm worried. I also have to admit that I'm scared. Always have been. I'm just good at hiding it.' He sighed. His focus immediately turned back to the world around him when he heard Dr. Magnusson stop talking.
"Freeman." Magnusson said turning to Gordon. Gordon looked up his mind focused on Magnusson. "We just got word that there is synths of every kind coming even Mortar Synths and Crab Synths." 'Wonderful... I never even heard of those...' "Mostly Hunters and Striders. There also being lead by two Advisers. Most likely the ones that attacked earlier." 'Great... I hate all those...'
"How many?" Alyx asked.
"Frighteningly many more than us. A full army I would say." Kleiner said coming back from his talk with Lamar.
"Then how will we fight?" Alyx asked with a worried expression.
"We found that the Magnusson devices work on crab Synths and Gun Ships. So there's an advantage."
"Anything else?"
"Nothing yet." The four of them looked down at the ground in silence.
"Now now don't lose hope!" Kleiner said breaking the silence. "There is always a chance of wining."
"You're right." Alyx said nodding.
"Well we better get ready." Magnusson said. "Alyx Gordon head out to the battle field. We will get everything ready for the move if that's what it comes to."
"Right!" Alyx said nodding. "Lets go." She said to Gordon and ran out with Gordon following.
When Gordon and Alyx arrived out on the filed they were greeted by the other resistance members and a few vortigaunts.
"Alyx. Gordon." one of the resistance members said walking over to them. "Over here." he said beckoning them.
"So whats the plan?" Alyx asked.
"We have set up several blockades." He explained. "Six near the base and four out on the far battle filed. The enemy has four large waves the last will be the biggest." 'Perfect... just what I need four waves of those bastards... "plus we have about a few hundred soldiers." 'A "few" hundred? How many do we have? Great I'm panicking again... "First wave has gunships, soldiers and hunters." 'Good God this sounds like a slaughter already.' "second wave has crab synths motar synths and soldiers. Third is the same as the second. Forth has a little of everything mostly hunters and striders." 'Oh God! this is going to be bloody. Alyx I want you behind the front. Gordon you're in the front. Now get out their and hurry." They nodded and ran out onto the battle filed.
Once out in Alyx's spot they stopped and turned to each other.
"Gordon..." She said putting her hands together. He stopped and looked at her. He could see the fear in her eyes "Be careful." Gordon smiled and nodded before running out to the front line. 'Well. This is it... I hope and pray that everything goes well.' He thought. He slowed down to a walk when he reached the front. Gordon made himself look confident to help encourage the others. It helped a little bit but not very much. They took their formation. Medics in the middle of the regular soldiers and vortigaunts up front with Gordon. He took a deep breath when they saw some Combine coming out of the trees. More and more of them came out of the forest frightening the resistance soldiers and even Gordon. 'first wave.' Gordon thought as the hunters and soldiers approached. The soldiers and hunters stopped and then they heard the gunships arrive. Out of the corner of his eye he saw someone shaking slightly. Gordon got into a fighting stance and aimed a Magnusson device at the gun ship. One of the hunters saw him and charged causing everything else to charge as well. He kneeled down next to the Magnusson dispenser so he wouldn't get shot while shooting the gunships. The vortigaunts protected Gordon while he shot Magnusson devices at the gunships. He was able to kill the first six no problem but there were still many more to kill. It was seven more gunships before they were all gone. Most of the soldiers and hunters were dead too. Before all the soldiers and hunters were gone the second wave came.
Second wave. Gordon's group had to move back to Alyx's group so they wouldn't get surrounded. He kneeled down next to the other Magnusson device dispenser. Through the parting in the group he saw what was called a crab synth followed by smaller ones that were the motar synths. He immediately shot the Magnusson device at the crab synth. Then one of the resistance members blew it up. The creature let out a piercing cry of pain as its shell fell off leaving its vulnerable flesh. Enraged the creature shot a huge beam of energy disintegrating meany resistance members. Soon the creature bled to death and collapsed. The motar synths fired mini versions of the energy beam that the crab synth fires. The second and what Gordon hoped was the last crab synth walked to front. Gordon shot a magnusson device at it but a hunter knocked it off. When the same hunter went for Gordon he shot it with a charged pulse energy ball disintegrating it. He tried for the crab synth again this time he was able to kill it.
Third wave. The third wave had more soldiers that anything else. Only one synth crab he had to worry about and the only hunters that were there had been killed. Gordon easily killed the crab synth but the Combine soldiers were pushing them back closer to the base. Then they heard sniper rifle shots ring out with fifteen Combine soldiers dead. More shots more soldiers dead. More and more soldiers fell to the ground. Both the Combine and resistance looking for who was shooting. Once all the soldiers were dead a girl came out of a tree to the side. She walked over to them holding a crossbow in her hands. She had greenish blue eyes and blond hair with a green piece of lose hair down the side of her face. She wore a white T-shirt with green stripes and green jeans. Gordon had no idea who she was but Alyx did.
"Abby? What are you doing here?" Alyx asked.
"Thought I might lend a hand." The girl named Abby said happily.
"I thought you died in the Seven Hour War!" Alyx said in shock.
"What can I say? I'm hard to kill."
"Here they come!" 'well that wasn't very long...' He thought. One of Abby's friends yelled from the tree tops. They could hear the footsteps of the striders in the distance. Last wave.
Fourth wave. "here we go!" Abby said with excitement. 'she is crazy!' Gorgon thought. 'why is SHE enjoying this?... Just- Just... Fight...' Shaking the unnecessary thoughts out of his head he grabbed a Magnusson device from the dispenser and aimed it at the approaching strider. He shot it at the strider but the hunters blew it up before it attached its self to the strider. 'Damn it! You stupid hunters.' Gordon thought. After five more tries he finally got it. 'Finally!' Gordon's celebration was short lived for more striders and hunters came out of the forest pushing them back two more spots. The snipers helped a lot with the soldiers and hunters but not the striders. Gordon had already killed the last of the motar and crab sybths. Now only hunters and striders were left. One of the hunters made a noise calling to the others. They charged at Gordon weaving in between him and the resistance members. Finally they broke him away from the others chasing him to the trees next to the battle filed. All the hunters had unintentionally left the last strider with a Magnusson device on it. Not knowing what to do Gordon spun around quickly with his pulse rifle and shot a charged pulse at the hunter. Once it desintagrated he ran through the gap in the hunters formation. He was able t get through but on of the hunters turned around and charged at him. The hunter hit him in the back knocking him against a tree. Before he could get his bearings he felt horrible pain in his stomach. 'F*CK!' he screamed in his mind biting his tongue so he didn't say it out loud. The hunter twisted its blades inside his stomach as it pulled out. Gordon let out a gasp that was cut off by gagging on his own blood 'Shit... Must have punctured a lung...' He thought barely able to think clearly. He saw the last strider getting close to the base. He grabbed his pistol with a shaking hand. Carefully he aimed at the Magnusson device and fired. The hunter pining him down fired fleches at it but Gordons bullet got there first. YES...' he thought weakly. The strider exploded all the resistance members looked over to where the bullet came from.
"NO!" Alyx cried running over to Gordon. "Gordon! Wake up! Wake up!" she yelled starting to panic. Gordon was bleeding badly and his lungs were filled full of blood. Alyx backed off as a couple of medics came over to help. Gordon could still feel and hear everything but nothing else. He couldn't even cry. He could feel his body dissolving into nothing like a uncoated pill in a glass of soda. It started at his hands and feet and spread throughout his body. Soon he could feel nothing as if he was floating in a void of darkness. Then he heard muffled voices. They sounded like Kleiner's, Magnusson's and Alyx's voice. 'Am... Am I dead?' he wandered. The voices slowly faded now he was all alone in the void of nothingness.
N/A: Wow... Now my fingers hurt. Well that was chapter two. If you're wondering if I killed Gordon I didn't. So don't kill me. Plus on FanFiction I put that the story is about Gordon so I can't kill him even if I wanted to. Well... Now that I think about it I did kinda kill him didn't I? What I'm trying to say is his role in the story isn't over. Anyways like always help with spelling and grammar is always appreciated! Especially for names. Oh God I hate names. Oh well see ya next chapter! :D