HλLF-LIFE: PΘIΠT ΘF VIΣЩ
Chapter 4: Step Into My Parlor(Part 1 of 2)
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Half-Life belongs to Valve.
Point of View belongs to Toadman, DAV & Doc Brown.
Xonxt pressed on, the tunnel now bathed in a reddish glow due to his nightvision being active. Not far from the first door did he find a larger pair of doors. They didn't open for him this time, instead needing a certain code to be input in a control panel conviently next to the doors. Xonxt gutted said panel, and to his suprise, the doors opened! The next area was well-lit, so Xonxt disengaged his nightvision, lessening the strain on his eyes.
Today seemed to be chock-full of suprises, because when he rounded the corner, two more soldiers, this time clad in gray-brown armor with black visors, opened fire on the Vortigaunt. Their weapons were different than those the previous soldiers carried. They were larger, and hit harder too. Xonxt ignored the pain, charged, and fried the first soldier. The second was nowhere to be seen.
'Coward,' Xonxt thought.
He crept around the corner, and slit the soldier's throat. His voice was unintelligible through the gurgling, but Xonxt thought he heard a curse or two. He shook his head.
'There's a time for making friends later, Xonxt. Now's not that time.'
He jogged further down the tunnel, and came across a large room, with 3 more of the trucks he saw earlier, and even more dark soldiers. He'd been hoping to sneak past them, but the gunfire from earlier alerted them to his presence.
"SQUAD, WE'VE GOT HOSTILES!"
About half a dozen soldiers fired at Xonxt, some with the large rifles, others with pistols. They died the same.
Xonxt searched for a way out, and was rewarded with a door. He pushed it open, and went down the stairs. At the bottom, he came across a train. One of the doors was open, and before walking in, he spotted two soda machines across from said door. He pushed the top-most button, and a red soda can fell to the bottom. Picking it up, Xonxt eyed the container curiously. Unable to open it any other way, he settled for poking a hole in the top with his claw. Holding the can to his mouth, he sucked the fizzy drink out the hole. It tasted sweet, and the fizz from the carbonation wasn't unpleasant. He finished the drink, satisfied with having quenched his thirst with something other than blood & water for once, and stepped inside the train.
The door closed behind him, and when he tried the other doors, they were locked. Then, the train started moving. To where, Xonxt didn't know, but what he did know was it couldn't be anywhere good. The door infront of Xonxt opened, and one of the dark soldiers opened fire. Xonxt charged another electric shock and killed said soldier. Xonxt continued through the train. As he neared the front, he could hear train-crossing bells. Still he moved through the train. More soldiers fired at him. He fried them too and pressed forward. He saw some of his companions in cages. One beat on the glass, trying his hardest to escape, but to no avail. Xonxt came to a door marked "03" and looked out the window of the train when it stopped. Two more of the dark soldiers approached a human in a blue suit, holding a briefcase. Xonxt wondered if this one was the humans' counterpart to the Nihilanth. One of the dark soldiers held a small chrome sphere.
The XTBU!
Author's Notes:
This chapter I strangely remember pretty well. I included the soda part just for laughs. I thought it'd be funny if Xonxt, instead of slashing & zapping everything in sight, tried something new peacefully. Can you guess who the briefcase man is?