GLaDOS and Sobek were working as per usual,when a monitor blared an alarm,"Warning! Excessive power withdrawal detected." The announcer said. An inquizitive hum cane from GLaDOS,"I wonder if i should go down there myself and check it out..." She pondered. "I could go down there." Sobek offers.
"Oh no,Old Arpeture is much too dangerous for you." GLaDOS argues,knowing what insane genetic experiments that might be down there. "Just give me a Line Gun and some armor!" Sobek said. "It might be more dangerous than you think down there!" GLaDOS argues
"Have you seen how i handle danger?" Sobek said,that knowing smile caused a scowl from the white queen. "Fine. But dont say i didnt tell you so." GLaDOS said,having the manufacturing line prep a L.I.N.E. rifle and some S.E.D.A. armor. "Your weapons and armor are going to be ready soon,you might wanna go get them." GLaDOS suggested. Sobek dismissed himself,and heads to the armory for preparation. He climbs int an armoring receptcicle,lockong his feet and arms into place. a pait of UV/Blast door panels close,and a bright flash occoured. The doors open,revealong Sobek in Dead Space 3 armor. Sobek steps out,and a helmet started rolling over his head,whick soon complete itself with golden lights.
"Please walk over to the BENCH delivery recepticle for your weapon." GLaDOS said. Complying,Sobek walks over to the little weapon's designer,a very rifle like weapon popped out. It resembled a standard BALLISTA-45 sniper rifle with a tesla core,however its undertool was a crossbow looking thing. it was closed,so Sobek assumed it would open when he was prepared to fire. He picks it up,and puts it on his back,were a solid blue Biohealth monitor sat. He strode back into the hallway,and he turned left,to find an old elevator door. A pair if turrets watched it,their lasers crossong over one another,and aiming into what seemed to be total darkness. When he passed them they warned him in a seemingly twin poet duo,"Be forewarned of the mad king below...he hits hard and strikes when an opportunity arises. Have a keen eye for its red irises.." They said.
Sobek looks down to see several dried puddles of oil or blood,and bloody claw marks roughly the length of his own hand. Slightly nervous he turns on his flashlight,and looks down,he saw a roughly 50 story fall,his cybrain going to work on the suitd diagnostic checks.
[Magboots;Functional]
[Shields;100%]
[Ammo Reserves:Full]
[Long Fall Boots;Functional]
[Midair reajust jets;Online]
(Calculating fall...)
(Chance of survival;99.9%)
(Chance of Fatality from 3 ton G-Force:20%)
(Likelyhood of injury(s);Legs,arms,chest)
Sobek actully liked those odds,so he activated his Long Fall Boots,which extended two black,curved bars,both lifted his heels off the ground. He ran,and jumped,grabbing onto a broken elevator cord,and dropping the rest of the 20 stories. His feet slam against the ground,into the dim halls his landimg echoed. Sobek walked carefully,stepping over large bits of scrap metal and turret parts,long covered with dust and old,dried oil.
Walking quietly and carefully,he heard a quiet cough. He looked at a door marked with blood,he could register the markings as "Prophet of Blood". He carefully opens the door to see a core,wires coming from almost every part of it,including its optical. "A Visitor..?" Prophet asked,his voice rugged,and sounding like a man choking on his own blood. "Y-yes.." Sobek lied,hoping the core wasnt aggressive.
"We havent had a visitor in these parts in a long time..." He chuckles,"Especially the King..."He said. "The king..?" Sobek asked,kneeling in front of the Core's covered optic,as if he could see him. "Yes..the one to take back his throne with his queen." He said,"The one who started this old,rotting hell.." He said.
"Can you tell me more? Maybe what he sounds like or maybe what he does..?" Sobek asked. "Of course. Theres only one name he likes to go by..'The voice of Arpeture'." Prophet spoke. He gave a dark chuckle,"And now an android like you is within his reach. A Man of Black Mesa nor Arpeture. Tech beyond my imagination." He began to laugh. "And He will rip you open and play with you until you pass out."
Now Sobek was terrified,"I-is there anything i should worry about..?" He asked. "You mean the freaks? Those abominations are long dead." Prophet purrs,"The king remains."
'so i was right...' Sobek thought. Slowly he backs out of the room,and he comtinues down the hall,now concerned of what he would see.
CAMERA_FEED-114/OLD_ARPETURE/LAB 896-D
A spiderlike vreature with a human upper body chuckles,"Such worthy prey." He purrs,dragging his long claws across the screen,"I cant wait to rip him open. Maybe even see how he ticks." He chuckled maliciosly. "All in time for my finale." His low laugh rumbled through the halls,only a low growl at Sobek's distance. Sobek shivers at the distant growl.
"Where the hell is that power draw coming from..?" Gray ponders,looking at his tracker. It was now.pointing southwest. Gray groans in exapiration,and radios in with GLaDOS. "Its moving." Gray said
"Whats moving?" GLaDOS questions
"The power draw. It keeps moving away from me."
"Then hunt it. I am not losing a single drop of energy."
"You got it 'o powerful AI." I said sarcastically.
"I heard that."
"Damn it." I grumble,shutting my radio off.
I continue searching for the source,until i eventually came to a room with a crushed doorknob. "Jesus christ..." I said,reaching out for.the door. The tracker's beep increased,until it fell to a deadline sound. I had opened the door to a nightmarish image. A metallic body with a spider's body,but a Human's torso,arms and head. The metal was a deep,lapis lazuli blue with pearlescent green. The human half was a deathly pale,with pips running up and down his body,and even through it.
"Well ill be.." Cave purrs,"You actually made it. 60 bucks for you."
A cold laugh leaves him,"That is,if i hadnt blown it all on you."
"Now as for your body? Its my equipment now."
"Grayson. Get out of there now."
"I-i Cant move..." I managed to choke out.
Cave chuckles sinisterly,"GLaDOS is your owner huh..?"
"I made her after i died,who knew she'd like you out of the remainjng two humans alive."
"What are you getting at Cave?!"
The fact that ive already won."
Old Arpeture suddenly lit up with power once more,shedding more light on the form. Now that i could see him better,his eyes were replaced with turret optics,his body consisted of discarded android parts amd Combine parts,concealing the fact he was an AI,was the fact that he kept his skin and certain body parts. He looked dead,almost.
"Let me courtesy you little bot." Cave said
"Ill let you live if you can find a way out of this room,and up the elevator shaft you came down." he purrs,closing and blocking the door. "You have 5 minutes."
Almost instantly i scramble for a vent,and rip its grate off. I scramble through,using a minimap schematic of this hellhole's vents to guide me back to the Old Arpeture elevator shaft. I kick out a grate,right when i heard Cave's voice boom behind me,"TIMES UP!! IM GOING TO HANG YOU BY YOUR INTESTINES!!" He roars. With newfound fear and bravery,i leap out into a room that unfortunately was the Prophet of Blood's. He was giving a wheezy laugh,"You wont make it kid. He is faster than you."
I rip the cords from the core,carrying it with me. Cave gave a distant,pained yell,"DAMN IT KID NOW IM REALLY PISSED OFF NOW!! GIVE ME BACK MY CORE!!" He snarls
I ran for the elevator. I tried to activate my Magboots.
[Caution:Magboots Malfuctioning]
"Damn it.."
I scramble for the wall and jump at it,using my long fall boot's springs as jump boots,which propelled me a short distance,across the shaft of course. About halfway up i saw him appear. "Aw are your advancements not working properly? Such a shame." He laughs
i grab the cable,and cut the remains of an elevator from it. The broken elevator fell right on top of him,giving me enough distance between myself and him. He yells out oin pain,"ILL GET YOU EVENTUALLY!!" He yells out,shoving the elevator off him. Like a giant,metallic flea,he jumped up the shaft like i did right when i reached the current arpeture's elevator doors. He laughs as i reached the door,"I can smell you boy! You cant hide behind my creations!!"
"Oh yes i can." I said,uploading information to the turrets guarding the door.
Mainframe updated:Attack Cave. Maximum force authorized."
With that,I ran for GLaDOS,carrying Blood like a football.
How's it going?" GLaDOS asked,a small smile on her lips
"No time for sarcasm GLaD,we have a problem ascending our elevator shaft right now!!"
"Right. Hand me his core. You can deal with him." GLaDOS said.
I hand her the core,"I need a portal gun,a turret and a heavy chain gun." I said.
"Theyll be waiting for you in Armory 13." GLaDOS said.
Lets fuck this guy up." I said
/later at the Armory\\
I dissassemble the turret,attatching its guns to my arms,and take apart the portal gun,using its orange and blue portal lenses,and putting them into the chain gun,and use the portal gun's alternator and battery to create to weapon. I bulk up my armor,and grab the gun.
Cave seemingly took his time as i heard the turrets shooting.
"GLaDOS,im ready."
Comfirmed. Lure him into an arena. ive already moved a furnace under all of them."
I nod,and run out,mounting the chaingun to my back,and flagging Cave down. "THERE YOU ARE!!" He snarls. I bolt,allowing him to chase me,the sounds of him ramming against the walls on turns made me shiver,as we reach the arenas. I dove into the arena,and hid behind a wall. almost as if i had dodged a bullet,he came storming in. "Where are you?" He purrs. "I wont hurt ya, im only gonna kill ya and shove my finger into your eyeballs.."
"GLaDOS ,confirm,are the special turrets ready?" I whisper
"They are. Just give me the signal."
Cave steps on the checkered target.
"Now."
Reenforced glass rose,and several turrets resembling the Defective Turrets rose.
"Gotcha." They said in the Defective's voice.
Their panels open and they unleash hell,unfortunately Cave seemed to shrug it off. "Its going to take a lot more than matter displacement pellets to kill me." He laughs.
i rose from my hiding spot,boasting the gun. It resembled Halo Reach's Jorge Chaingun,only it had the barrel of a portal gun,and a bulky red battery was attatched to the bottom,and a sphere on the side showed the switching Quantum Travel Field switching between Fire and Ice based elements.
"No,but you are now a valid surface for a Quantum Chaingun." I said
"What?!" Cave yells.
i unleashed hell myself,altering the weapon's ammo,tearing his skin to shreds. He grunts and breaks the glass,and charging at me. i ran out of energy and threw the gun asidea,amd using the turret panels to push him back.
"GET ON YOUR GOD DAMN KNEES!!" He snarls as he got closer
with a yelp a ran like hell,not stopping for even a moment,"Damn it GLaDOS where are they?!" i shout
"Theyre coming. just wait."
'Oh i hope i dont die...' I thought,hiding.
his footsteps thunder past,slowing near my room. "Come out you little fucker!!" he snarls,ripping doors open as he passed them. "GLaDOS confirm are they ready?" I asked in a shivering voice.
Theyre on their way now."
Right as she said that the door i was behind was ripped from its hinges and thrown away. "Ive Found you. you lose." He snarls,grabbing me and throwing me against a wall. My vision blurred as he threw me about like a ragdoll. Eventually he stopped,letting me slowly die,and every breath hurt,and i vomited a little blood. "Just die you bug." He growls,putting his foot on my back,and slowly crushing me. Right when i thought my life was over,a few spherical units began attacking him,herding him away from me,and opening an escape. Slowly i stood,and stumbled into an arena,across a 40 foot checkered block un the floor. Everything hurt,and a warning began popping up,as my vision took a staticy form.
[Warning! User health at 10%]
[Caution! Major Lacerations Detected]
[Warning! Internal bone structure critically damaged]
[Caution! Blood Levels are dropping]
The stream went on as the attacking mobile turrets were thrown into ths room,destroyed. "Ah looks like the little bug is bleeding to death." Cave purrs as he approached. I chuckle silently and wheezily,"You know what really sucks about being what a freak you are?" I ask,my eyes bloodshot,and blood oozing from my mouth. "What would that be?" Cave laughs.
"That you didnt think twice."
A trapdoor opens below him,dropping him into molten steel. He yowls and screams,and then he went quiet. I got up and looked over the edge,and suddenly he lunged from the pool of molten metal white hot,and talking in a gurgling,strangled voice. "What an idiot you are." He snarls,smacking me aside with a hot claw. before he could finish the job he was grabbed by two manipulation claws,"Stay off my test subject you bastard." GLaDOS said coldly,ripping his human torso from his spider body. Like a dying bug he squirms in the claws,before being dropped to his firey doom below.
I pass out,unable to register anything.
[Unknown amount of time later...]
[Booting SOBEK unit TS76-1170]
[Calibrating Augmentations]
[Recalibrating sight]
[All Systems go]
Slowly i woke,a steady beep sounding near me. My breathing no longer hurt,but i was unable to move. The augments mustve still been calibrating. Slowly i gain feeling,feeling a hand touching mine,and soft sobbing. my sight began clearing up to reveal a sterile white ceiling,still unable to move i looked around,to see a messy,unkempt GLaDOS,laying near me,holding my hand.
"Please Sobek..come back to me..i need you..arpeture needs you..everyone needs you...please...just wake up..."
I tried to cough,but all that happened was a small wheeze that could barely be heard. I tried talking,my voice came out raspy,"G-GLaDOS..." I said softly. she looks uo and smiles,hugging me softly,"My solider..." She softly cries.
Slowly i was able to gain movement,but at the cost for a hellish amount of pain. "What the hell happened..? How long was i out?"
"A Matter of months.."
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