Goliath station is a lot more mysterious than I thought, not to mention creepy. Everywhere we went, blood decorated the walls and floor. Captain Gerald lead us to the service tunnels so that we could avoid further complications along the way, we have no idea how many there are, and with our numbers, we could easily be outnumbered and outgunned. The service tunnels should ease our travels towards the security tower in sector 7.
Once we reached the tunnels, I thought it may have been a smooth sail towards sector 7, but turns out we're in for one hell of a ride.
"Come on this way." Said Captain Gerald as he opened the door to the service tunnel.
"Ugh..." complained Fred waving his hand in front of his face. "What's that smell? Thought you said it was a service tunnel, not a sewer!"
"It isn't! But I can't see a thing in here!"
Apparently the power was out, so the service tunnels was pitch black and impossible to see with the naked eye. I handed the Captain a flash light since he isn't exactly geared up like us in Raptor team.
"Sir, take this." I said as I handed him a flash light.
"Ah thank you." He replied.
The moment he turned it on, he froze.
"What in the world..." said Sarah.
The Captain shone the light down the tunnel, and it turns outs that the city upstairs was the only place filled with blood. Even in the service tunnels, there were mutilated bodies everywhere.
"You doing ok rookie?" asked Diego.
"I... I don't know..." he replied, breathing heavily.
"This... this is just wrong..."
"What could have done this?"
"Captain." I said. "Are you sure the marker test lab is secure?"
"Yes it is!" he replied. "Up until now it's safe and secured! All activities have been ceased to be safe!"
"No other marker test labs within the quarantine zone?!"
"No! 2 marker test labs in a single station? That's too dangerous! You're not suggesting there's a necromorph outbreak in Goliath?!"
"These bodies seem to suggest that sir." added Fred. "There's no gunshot wounds in any of them, plus no gun I know could do this damage."
"I ... I don't know..." shivered the Captain. "I..."
Before the Captain could finish, we heard a scream down the tunnel.
"What was that?!" panicked Lars.
"Trouble..." said Diego.
"Let's move Raptor!" I shouted.
We rushed to where we heard the scream, it sounded like this person was being chased. Eventually it got louder and louder, and the tone of the voice suggested terror and horror.
"NO! GET AWAY! NOOOO!" shouted the voice.
We turned into a corner and we found the man giving out the scream, he was being pummelled by another man.
"FREEZE!" I shouted as we raised our guns and shone our flashlights. "What the hell..."
Apparently it wasn't a man pummelling the victim, it had a human body structure but it was something I've never seen before, nor was it in any of the files of necromorph variations. I couldn't even tell if it was a necromorph, but it definitely wasn't human. The creature turned around and reacted violently to the light we shone, it was so skinny to the point you can see the bones, lower torso's been ripped open and exposed, limbs were filled with blood and looked mutated and grotesque, bones were even popping out of its skin. And its face, the jaw was opened so wide that no human could ever pull off, the nose was missing and the eyes, it's like they weren't even there anymore, the skin around it was rotten to the point you could see the eye sockets.
Unfortunately, this thing killed the man by pulling out his organs from his stomach, the poor man didn't stand a chance. Before we could open fire, that thing leaped away and disappeared into the ventilation ducts.
"W-what the hell was that?!" shouted Lars.
"Was that a necromorph?!" added Sarah.
"Keep it together Raptor team!" I said. "One at a time! Fred Diego, Lars, secure the area! We're going to find out what we're dealing with here. Sarah, Captain, check the victim, I'm going to call this in."
Sarah and the Captain investigated the man, unfortunately he was dead, but from his injuries, who wouldn't have died from that. They identified the man and it turns out he was a police officer in sector 7.
"Ben Tyson." Said the Captain. "I know this man, I was his commander when he was still in basic."
"Oh." Said Sarah. "I'm so sorry to hear that."
"Good man he is... God bless his soul."
I tried to call this in but apparently the signal is being interfered with by the tunnels itself.
"Piece of shit..." I complained.
"Sir." Said Sarah. "Come on, we've got to get moving."
"Yeah I guess so, alright, let's move out."
"What about the body?" asked Diego.
"Explain."
"We can't just leave him here, that thing might come back for him."
"Well we can't help him now, no one could've survived those injuries."
"Yeah but, it doesn't seem right, leaving him here only for those things to come back."
"He'll slow us down then. We're leaving him."
"I... yes sir."
"We're moving out! Keep your guns at the ready! Safeties off!"
"Yes sir!" they shouted in unison.
We carefully proceeded deeper into the tunnels, everywhere we go, mutilated bodies were all over like trash. I'm already starting to be convinced that this is a necromorph outbreak. The disappearing bodies, and now this thing, it looked nothing like a necromorph, but the possibility of a new species. The whole thing is still a mystery though, the marker test lab here is secured and there's no sign of an outbreak. Something else is going on here, and I know for sure, my team and I, are not prepared for it.
It has been a whole hour and a half since we saw that thing, and we've encountered nothing but blood and bodies so far, but we're nearing the security tower in sector 7.
"Once we reach the tower, we need to initiate the WAR protocol." Said the Captain.
"WAR protocol?" I asked.
"It locks down the entire base, making it somewhat a fortress, windows and doors will be reinforced with 10-inches of pure steel and complimented by a plasma coating."
"I guess nothing will get in or out in that case, well that'd be a good thing to do in case of any attacks." Said Sarah.
"Fair enough." I replied.
As we walked further and further into the tunnels, I felt quite uneasy. We only saw that one thing kill a man a few hours back but I'm getting a strong feeling we're being watched. I know we're not alone in here but what is watching us.
"Lieutenant." Said Fred as he pointed to a door in a distance. "Sector 7 security tower! That must be the basement door!"
"About damn time!" said Diego.
"Alright, once we're in, we clear the area one level at a time and initiate the war protocol." I replied. "Captain, we made it!... Captain?"
I turned around to look at the Captain, but it turns out he disappeared.
"What the? Where did he go?!" exclaimed Sarah.
The team shone their lights in multiple directions looking for Captain Gerald, but could not figure out where he is. Well at least until we found his flashlight.
"Sir!" said Lars as he picked up a flash light. "Wasn't this the flashlight you lent the Captain?"
I inspected it, and apparently it was the same one I lent the Captain. Now this is creepy, I swear he was right behind us not too long ago, he couldn't have wondered off on his own, but then again the flashlight, he can't exactly see in the dark without one.
Next thing I knew, I heard a scream, we shone our flashlights to the direction to where we heard it, and we saw that thing again. It reacted violently and tosses something roughly round at Diego.
"Ugh it's throwing rocks now?!" he complained. "Wait... that didn't feel like a rock."
"What?" asked Fred.
Diego shone his light at the object the creature threw at him.
"HOLY SHIT!" he shouted as he took a few steps back. "IT'S ... IT'S..."
I turned around to investigate what the hell it was, and low and behold, it was the head of Captain Gerald, he had been taken while we weren't looking probably. I turned back to that thing and it turns out that it wasn't alone, it was accompanied by a lot more of those things, I didn't have to count, but we were out numbered.
"Pull back!" I shouted.
"What?! We can take them!" complained Fred.
"We're at a disadvantage! We'll be surrounded! Run for the door! MOVE!"
"Son of a bitch!"
We ran towards the door as fast as we could, returned fire as we peeled our way. But every time we kill one, it's as if 3 more take its place, they're coming in like a bloody mob. They were catching up but we made it to the door. We entered and tried to slam the door shut, but some of those things managed to block the door from closing.
"EAT SHIT AND DIE!" shouted Sarah as she shot those who were blocking the door.
"Come on! Push!" I shouted as Diego, Lars and I tried to push the door shut.
After some struggle, we drove them back and managed to slam the door shut.
"Holy shit..." said Diego, trying to catch his breath. "There was so many of them!
We can still hear those things banging on the door, but it seems to be holding out, and I doubt they'd be getting in any time soon, we still need to put the tower under WAR protocol.
"Freeze!" shouted a voice from upstairs.
I turned my head towards where I heard the voices, and I saw two men in security suits pointing rifles at us. The team and I reacted by doing the same action with ours.
"Drop your guns!" shouted the first man.
"There's 5 of us, and 2 of you. " I replied. "You sure you want to see this through?"
"Damn it..." said the second man. "Are you unitologists?!"
"What? Yeah sure we are!" said Diego sarcastically.
"Bloody hell! We're Earth Gov. Spec Ops! For the last time lower your guns!" I added.
"Earth Gov.?" Said the first man as he lowered his rifle. "You could've said so in the first place!"
"Dude are you sure that's a good idea?" asked the second man. "What if they're disguised?"
"If they were unitologists we'd be dead by now. They don't usually negotiate anyway."
"Fair enough." Said the second man as he lowered his rifle.
I thought there was going to be more trouble, lucky both sides lowered their guns.
"Identify yourselves." I said.
"Sector 7 security officers. " said the first man. "I'm Corporal Matthias Kendron, this is my partner Corporal Kiel Fieldron."
"Better come with us, it's not exactly safe here." Said Kiel.
I agreed as they lead us out of the basement of the tower. At least the team can catch their breaths and get their heads together for now. Whatever's going on here, where ever we go, it's all blood and chaos, and I get the strong feeling we're right in the middle of the whole damn thing.
