Episode Ten.
BLACK MESA_ _ _|
"BAKA BAKA BAKA!" I curse my stupidity as I race across the storage facility on the surface of the complex known as Black Mesa. Why am I doing this?
BRUUUW! BRUUUUW! BRUUUUUW!
BLAM-BLAM-BLAM!
The Military is not only shooting at us with guns, but they are also shooting at eachother with Laser like bombs!
Oh? Why am I running? Because my partner in escape, Nova Tsuruya, spoted a small bunker on the other side of the field, which could possibly provide shelter from the crazy Military, and decided to make a run for it.
So, here I am. Gordon Freeman. Known as "Kyon" Back in high-school, which, would you beleive it, I was friends with an ESPer, an Alien, a god, and a Time Traveler. Koizumi, Itsuki; Suzumiya, Haruhi; Nagato, Yuki; and Asahina, Mikuru respectivly. Although, when I first found out about their rolls, I was told Nagato was the alien, and Haruhi was the god. We were all part of a "Save the world by Overloading it with excitement, Suzumiya Haruhi Brigade," or "S.O.S. Dan" for short.
See, my life has become some twisted thing of fate. Ever since I was little, things have never gone right for me. First the incident on Tokyo Tower when I was Six, then Haruhi durring High school, Now Black Mesa, present.
"GORDOOOOON!" Nova cried from the bunker, having reached it. I pick up my pace, not wanting to get left behind.
The one constant in my life since high school has been this girl with green hair. Tsuruya, Nova. She's from this rich family, or was, atleast. Back In high school there was an incident in Gymnastics, leading to her failing a year and being held back, resulting in her family baisicly "banishing" her from the family fortune. Nova joined the SOS Brigade, and we became close friends over very strange video games. Good thing too, Otherwise I don't think we would have survived ANY of today- has it really been one whole day already?- to this point.
I dive into the bunker, grab ahold of a ladder, and slide down into a tunnel just before the laser bombs hit dangerously close to the shelter.
Nova grins at me. "See, Gordon? I knew this was a good idea!"
"The only thing down here is 'Vent Access', do we really need more vent crawling?" I ask.
"Oh yes! Especially since we can get back into that security office with the Shot gun!" Oh, that grin on her face. One thing I've learned about Nova over the years is that she LOVES weapons of mass destruction. Be they MP5s, Shotguns, Grenades, RPGs, You name it, it will probably explode something in the near future.
"You took that MP5 off of that one soilder a while ago, and you still want a SHOTGUN?" I ask.
"Well, you have one, so I want one too!" was her reply. I sigh. This is going to be another long day.
*Cue Bouken Desho Desho*
SOMEWHERE IN THE AIR VENTS_ _ _|
"*krrrk* I just killed twelve dumb-old scientists and not one of 'em fought back. This day's just getting better and better! Hahaha...*krrrk*" a soilder below us started.
I can't beleive these "H.E.C.U." soilders, they're ENJOYING Killing people!
Nova takes the easy route, grab a grenade from my pocket, pull the pin, and drop it through a hole in the grating.
"*krrk* Hey! What's that? *krrk*" one asked.
"*Krrk* Oh..Shi---!"
BAM!
I look over my shoulder to Nova, who's now grinning like that chesshire cat. "Nicely done. But next time, don't steal my grenades."
"Sorry, Gordon. But they were just rubbing me the wrong way!"
And who doesn't?
So, back to crawling around in dusty air vents.
"You know...I bet Aperture doesn't have air vents like these." Nova mused randomly. "I bet they've got little robots that crawl around and clean everything!" I blinked. "I want one of those little 'bots right now!"
Then, we heard familiar voices.
"I predicted all of this, you know. All of it!"
"Do you know who ate all the doughnuts?"
Those two scientists.
We avoided that branch of the ducts with a vengence.
Then, Nova grinned as she peered through a vent. "I see Silo D!" She looked back to me. "We're close!"
Sure enough, next vent we entered, there was that splotch of blood.
Nova dived through the vent with a cry of "SHOTGUN!!"
I crawl out into the office, then spot a scientist in the opposite corner of the room as Nova starts cradeling the shotgun and naming it "Donna Noble" or "The Doctor" or some such thing.
I decide to not question her sanity, and turn to the scientist.
"So much for the Military rescue!" he starts before I get a word out. "Their idea of 'containment' is to kill everyone associated with the project!"
I frown. "Yeah, that's bad."
He continues on as if I didn't say a thing. "Judging from your Hazard suits, I'd say you were part of what went wrong."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" I ask.
"Look, if there's anyone who can end this mess it's the science team at the Lambda complex on the other side of the building! with the transit system out, I couldn't tell you how to get there, but there's an old de-comissioned rail system somewhere through here..." But you just did tell me! "...If you can make it through the old rocket test labs, you might be able to get to whatever's left of the lambda team!" At my questioning look, he adds. "You can trust them. You can trust us all."
I go to punch him, when a shot gun goes off.
The scientist flees, and I glare at Nova, now staring proudly at the hole in the bullet proof glass. "Wow, that's powerfull." she looks towards me. "How come my crowbar didn't make a dent?"
"Bullet proof on one side only." I gently tap the other, intact window, shattering it. "The joys of Black Mesa."
"Oh, right." Nova grins, then presses a bunch of buttons on the consol near by randomly. "So, what was he saying again?"
Out of the corner of my eye, I spy the Silo D door opening. "Just another seemingly random quest."
PAST_ _ _|
"Random question." Haruhi had asked at the start of one of the meetings. "What's the one thing that hero's always have to do?"
Miss Tsuruya...Nova... raised her hand immediately. "You have to fullfill random, seemingly unrelated quests inorder to accomplish your main goal!"
Haruhi grined. "Exactly! So, what do we have to do inorder to find a hero?"
I sighed as Koizumi replied. "We have to find who-ever hands out the random quests, correct?"
"Exactamundo!"
PRESENT_ _ _|
I watch in amusement as Nova plows through the wooden barrier before us with her shotgun. She didn't even realize in her gun-hyped state that she had also killed a...Cuthulu dog?...Bull Squid?...Acid spitter?...whatever, one less monster to kill.
"Okay, so the controlls are up there..." I point up a near by ramp to a controll unit. "I'll summon the lift, then we can get going."
Nova just noded absently, then slid down a nearby ladder to where an elevator would come up, hopefully.
I walk up to the controll consol, noting the big red lever marked "Trolly Summon," then go to push it into the "Power" mark when a near by door explodes. I aim my glock over and shoot a zombie point blank without even looking.
If my little sister could see me right now, I'm sure she'd be afraid. Very, very afraid.
I push the lever, then examine the room the zombie came out of, First thing I notice. TONS Of Explosives. A Large crate full, infact. I take a couple of grenades, then head down to the elevator.
Nova looks towards me as I hand her a couple of the grenades. "What? I'm trustworthy now?"
"No, but if we're descending into the depths of hell, I figure we're going to need all the fire power we can get."
A very fast ride later, and we reach the old track system.
"One cart...ONE?!" Nova asks, incrediously. Yes, there was only one car on the tracks.
"Well, it is an abandoned system." I shrug, then start the car. I'll take this moment to say one thing: I now know why it was abandoned. It has only two speeds, Fast, and Faster. And it's stuck on faster.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!" We both scream as the track races past those ham eyes, and squid-hounds and Head crabs, even sending a few backfliping when hit.
Then we come to a crashing halt infront of a pool of green, radio active, smelly stuff.
END EPISODE TEN.
AN: Shorah! It's strange, The "we both scream" Line wasn't a bunch of "!!!!"'s when I uploaded it, Nope. Infact it said
"AIIIEEE" In a really drawn out line. So, No clue why it changed like that. Anywho, I'm STILL Working on that Primeval Update, For those of you interrested, that I mentioned in the Connection Backfire update, so...yeah. *Cues _DTC, URU EXPLORER