Marathon
Don't worry, this episode will be much more pleasant.
The doctors and Barney stepped out into the outside. The light was so bright, they had to shield their eyes, for a few minutes.
Gordon:Man. I sort of forgot how bright it was, from being underground so much.
Colette: Let's try to stay focused. The entire exterior is controlled by the military. First, we have to make it past the hydro-electric dam.
Gina: Okay, let's go.
Gina tried to walk forward, and almost fell over backwards. Gordon catches her just in time.
Gordon: What's wrong now?
Colette:Something's wrong, alright. The emergency healing system sapped most of the nutrients from Gina's bones. If she so much as steps wrong, she could break her leg.
Gina:Wonderful. So, what now?
Gordon:I'm thinking, I'm thinking. Okay, here's the deal. I'll help Gina, and the rest of you should stay as close as humanly possible. I refuse to split up again, considering what's happened.
Barney: Alright. Actually, that makes perfect sense.
Colette: I have to admit, your leadership skills are impressive.
Gordon: One important thing with survival skills: be smart. Your life depends on it.
Meanwhile, Laser device room.
Shepard was finally coming back to his senses.
Adrian:OW....So close....Forget it. I don't need Gina. I just need Gordon dead.
Sargent(Radio): Shepard....Shepard, come in!
Adrian:What is it?
Sargent:Shepard, you're alive! We're getting smashed, and orders are coming through: pull out! It looks like the brass plans to nuke the facility, so pull out!
Shepard:Negative. I need to take care of something.
Sargent(Radio):Suit yourself. But don't expect a rescue.
Shepard:I never expect anything.
He dropped the suit radio and made his way towards the exit.
Meanwhile, at the Hydro-electric dam, an Apache flew overhead. Gordon carefully assisted Gina to a natural wall to the left of the dam.
Barney took a peek around the dam.
Barney:Okay, there's a soldier, a mounted gun, and the Apache.
Gordon: Let's start with the gun. The armor can be penetrated with anything high-velocity, and explode the ammo. Barney, you handle the soldier, and for god's sake, don't let the helicopter see you!
Gordon took out his crossbow and took aim at the gun. It hit the ammo reserve, working just as planned.
Barney shot short bursts at the grunt, dropping the soldier to the ground.
The Apache swept by, firing Hellfire missiles at the natural wall Gina, Colette, and Dr. Rosenberg were hiding behind. Small rocks littered down on them.
Gina:Damn. Gordon, any ideas for the helicopter?
Gordon: Quickly, Colette, get it's attention somehow. Try something. Anything!
Colette took out her pistol and shot at the cockpit.
The chopper lowered and turned around to aim at her.
Gordon quickly took action.
He grabbed onto the wheel and climbed into the chopper. He rushed up to the gunner, and pushed him out of the chopper, then did the same to the pilot.
Gordon(Radio): All done.
Colette:Okay. According to schematics, we can get out through the turbines, but first, we have to shut down the control center. In the water area is a ladder that leads up there.
Gina:That's it. I'm going in there, and you're not stopping me.
Colette:Gina, stop right now! You're in no shape for stuff like this!
Gina dived into the water.
She started heading for the ladder, when suddenly, a large fish creature swims past, causing her to panic to the surface.
Gina:Guys, I think I just saw something nasty there.
Barney:Uh oh. Remember the last time the word, "nasty" was used?
All of a sudden, Gina was dragged under the water.
Gordon:Damn it! I'm going in!
Gordon jumped out of the Apache and into the water.
The Icythosaur had Gina's right leg in it's large mouth, and was fervently chewing on it. Gina was already suffering from a lack of oxygen.
Gordon quickly shot the Icythosaur in the eye with the crossbow, which forced it to release her. Then, he killed the creature by jamming his crowbar in the creature's mouth.
It screamed, and went belly up. Gordon went to Gina, and helped her to the surface.
Gordon pulled her up to the turbine control tower. He began trying mouth to mouth, to clear out any water in her system. After removing about a quart of water, Gina pulled Gordon over to her, and kissed him again.
Gordon:So, do you make a point of getting in trouble?
Gina:Guess so.
She got up on her own power, and deactivated the turbines.
Gordon(Radio):Okay. Let's go. Follow me.
They all followed down to a pipe that lead.......over a cliff.
2 jet planes fly overhead.
Gordon: Dear lord. Gina, be very careful. Stick with me. I mean it.
Gina:Okay.
There were 7 soldiers, and a long-range auto turret.
Gordon leaned around the outside and picked off the turret with the revolver.
Fighting off the urge to throw up, Gordon carefully navigated the cliff side, knocking 3 grunts off the cliff side.
The others followed closely, nailing 2 more soldiers. Up ahead, they quietly killed the rest of the troops.
All of a sudden, another Apache helicopter flew overhead.
Colette: Any bright ideas?
A doorway opened up containing a rocket launcher, with a bunch of rockets.
Gordon:As a matter of fact, yes.
Gordon picked up the launcher, and loaded it with a rocket. Once the Apache was past them, he fired the rocket, and guided the missile directly into the left engine. The Apache stuttered, spun, and exploded in a huge flame ball.
Gina: WOAH!......Holy....what a.... Jesus, Gordon. Remind me not to piss you off.
Gordon:I'm not good. I'm the best.
They proceed up the cliff side to a pipe. A zombie reached out of the pipe and grabbed Gordon by the head, and started trying to pull him into the pipe.
Gordon:AHH! Goddamn it! Get it off me!
The others pull Gordon out of the pipe by his legs.
The zombie comes out of the hole with him. It has no legs.
Gordon:Mutilated to the extreme.
Gordon picks the zombie torso up, and throws it over the cliff.
They climb through the pipe to the next area, which has much more ground to stand on.
Gordon takes a peek beyond the pipes.
There are 10 grunts, and a tank.
Gordon:Okay, I have an idea. There's a tank we could use to bust through here.
I hate to do this, but this is almost guaranteed to work. Colette and Gina, pop up in their bunker, and get their attention. Barney, Rosenberg, you're with me.
Colette and Gina took the pathway that went left. They ended up in the middle of the grunts. They got their attention by whistling, then dropping their weapons.
Soldier:I think we just hit a jackpot, men.
Meanwhile, Gordon and Barney sneaked up on the tank from behind. Barney jumped onto the tank, opened the hatch, and let Gordon inside. A few seconds later...
Gordon:Alright, we got the tank. Get in here, Barney.
Barney joined Gordon inside. Barney turned on the MG42 mounted on the outside.
The grunts prepared to execute the doctors.
Soldier:Ready....Aim....
Gordon:Fire!
A flurry of MG42 rounds hit the soldiers, dropping them quickly.
Barney:Hey, it actually works!
Gordon:Wonderful. Alright, you can come out now, Dr. Rosenberg.
Everyone met in front of the tank.
Gordon:Now, we will crash along the facility with this tank. Barney, you will have to stay outside. We need your skills to spot enemies for us. Everyone else pile in. Rosenberg will handle movement. Colette will deal with repairs. Gina, you get the machine gun, and I...I get the cannon.
Colette:Fine by me. By the way, I see you found the Tau cannon.
Gordon: Yeah, this thing. What is it, exactly?
Colette:Exactly what you think it is. A weapon. The first concept of using a superheated laser to damage vehicles. We're still working out how to prevent an overcharge, which is when the energy in a charged blast is held for too long.
Gordon:Okay, then. Barney, you might need this.
Gordon hands Barney another rocket launcher that was laying around, and some rockets.
Barney:Now, we're talking.
Gordon:Only use it against vehicles.
Everyone got into their respective positions, with Barney sitting on the rear of the tank.
Gordon blew a big hole in the door with the cannon, which they drove through.
Barney:Uh oh. We have company. Another tank.
Gordon:Stall it while we prepare to fire.
The other tank was armed with a missile launcher.
Barney:I'll do better than that.
The missile tank shot a rocket that struck right in the turret.
Colette:Argh! I don't know if we can take another one.
Gordon:Eat this, tank.
Both the tank and Barney hit the enemy tank with a rocket, causing the tank to explode.
[Cheering]
Gordon:Yes! Destroyed!
Dr. Rosenberg:Wonderful. We might make it yet.
Gordon:Drive on.
They continued on to a long road full of troops, tanks, etc. Cut to picture of Alien Grunt being run over.
Gina:Yeah! Get some! Get some!
Next, they were in a parking lot, of some kind.
Colette:It would seem to be the Lambda complex parking lot.
Suddenly, a large, bluish-green robot started smashing the cars.
Gordon:Crap! It's too close! Everybody out, now!
Everybody ran away from the tank, just as the gargantuan picked it up, and threw it into the wall, causing it to explode.
It then looked down, and saw Gordon and the others, 5 feet away.
It let out a very loud roar.
Gordon:Shit! Run!
The garg chased them right out of the parking lot.
Now they were in some sort of containment zone. They went up a tower of some sort. There was a digital map, and a radio.
The garg began to come out of the parking lot.
Gordon:There's a message on the radio.
Radio: Shepard, you're alive! Listen, we've been hit hard, and orders are coming down to pull out! Looks like the military has decided to drop the nuke on black mesa, so pull out! If there are any last targets, mark them on the tactical map, otherwise, get the hell out of there! Repeat,we are performing air strikes and pulling out. Either mark your targets or get below!
Barney:Oh, yeah! The army's on the run!
Gordon:I bet we could destroy the gargantuan with airstrikes.
He positioned the cursor to where the Garg was, and hit the fire button.
A blast of bombs hit the garg, forcing it to cower.
Gordon:Yeah. Don't like that, do you?
The Garg ran over, and grabbed Colette.
Gordon:Damn it. We can't shoot it now. That's it. I'm going in.
Colette:And to think, I majored in robotics.
Gordon leaped onto the robot, and acrobatically made it to the hand holding Colette.
Gordon:Mark IV, give me all you can spare.
Suit(Freeman):Yes, sir. Power lifts at max.
He pushed the fingers apart, one by one.
Gordon:Okay, Colette! Now!
Colette got up and climbed down, and Gordon did the same. Barney then activated the air raid on the garg, causing it to blow up.
Colette:Well, that was fun.
Gordon:You know, you all owe me, and I owe all of you for something or another.
Gina:Let's not worry about that until after we get out of here. If we get out of here.
Gordon:I'll clear a path for us.
Air strikes hit a communications tower, knocking it over, a wall, busting it down, and blew open a door.
They easily passed on through to the Lambda offices.
A more frantic message was on the radio.
Radio:Forget about Freeman! We are cutting our losses and pulling out! Anyone left down there is on his own! If you haven't left already, stay now!
Gina:Ha! Let's see them escape now!
They walked into an elevator inbound for the Lambda reactor complex.
There was a massive fight ensuing between Alien grunts and soldiers. After the fighting had stopped, Gordon and the others stormed the place. There was a tank that was under repairs. Gordon manned the cannon, and blew apart what was left of the aliens, and blew open a door.
Unfortunately, this brought in a bunch of alien grunts.
The others joined the fray, and fought off the aliens, with Gordon manning the tank's machine gun.
When the fighting was over, they went through an airlock door.
The sign read, "Lambda Reactor Complex."
Colette:We finally made it!
Woot! I wonder what will happen in the next episode. Everything will come out soon enough.
See you later!