Chapter 16 Idryll Ruins Part 3
The lift descended into the facility. With weapons raised they stepped off the lift.
"It's beautiful." Said Cortana
"It reflects a culture in an advanced stage of development." Said Chell
"It reflects a culture that knows its enemies are easily distracted." Replied Korban.
Then the automated voice spoke. "Unknown life forms infesting facility. Basic eradication systems coming online in ten seconds."
"Chief! I can't stop it!" said Cortana
"Nine…eight…seven…six…five…four…three…two…one…"
From the columns surrounding the team, circular turrets lowered and began firing at them. The turrets raised and lowered avoiding return fire.
"Projectiles ineffective. Go to energy weapons!" yelled Munro
The team switched to phaser rifles and began taking out turrets one by one the turrets exploded until none remained. Then a door opened. The team stepped through and continued down a hall until they were in another large room. The door dropped behind them. Another door dropped on the other side, sealing the team in. Again the computer spoke.
"Infestation becoming acute. Detection of individual life forms required. Escalating to localized eradication system."
They could see some kind of gas coming from vents in the walls.
"Poison gas! Secure helmets, switch to trace gas view mode." Ordered Munro
Their view changed and they could see the gas being pumped into the room via the vents.
"Munro, you can seal the vents with your phasers. That should stop the gas and open the doors. Be advised there are other security measures I can't override. Most of them are turrets so I recommend sticking to energy weapons for the time being." Said Cortana.
"Got it Cortana, let's do it." Said Munro
The team pulled out their phasers and fired at the different vents. They didn't even have to seal all the vents, just enough of them to stop the gas. The doors opened and the gas vented. The team continued down a hall, up some stairs through a door into a smaller corridor then through another door…