Author's Note: I do not own the Bioshock series or anything that pertains to it.
**(double star)= actual Audio Diaries/ Radio messages found in the game.
*^= Special Radio message(that only happens when you take to long to do something you're supposed to do)
The only reason I put the first diary mentioned is because no matter how many times I hear it I always think that it's sad.
The scene with the new model of Big Daddy(Which is known as a Rumbler) that Delta sees is actually a real scene you can see while out in the ocean.
The reason I put that Delta thought that the plane wreckage he saw was important was because it is, it is what is left of the plane crash Jack(the main character from the first game) used to get to Rapture.
The actual name for the tool Delta found is actually The Hacking tool, so no I wasnt just lazy and left out the name.
Anywho I hope you all enjoy this chapter, I ran out of space to write in my notebook so I'm literary just trying to come up with stuff of the top of my head. Also I hope you enjoy this chapter. Read and Review Would You Kindly, no flames but constructive criticism/advice is always welcome as are any other "nice" review.
Chapter 21:The Sad Beauty That is Rapture, Two New Tools, The Surprising Discovery and the New Enemy
Everything was all topsie turvy once the ocean water had finally settled, tables and even a few corpses were floating all over the place. Once my head was no longer spinning I decided that there was no point staying in the now flooded room and made my way out of the now broken window and into the ocean.
**"In that suit, even the ocean cannot harm you. This is good. But Rapture is the death of many great men. Alone, you will not last long. You can still reach the train station. Find me there." Tenenbaum said over my radio right as I excited into the ocean through the now shattered giant window.
I nodded obediently at this message, though of course she's nowhere around to see; I had already planned on going to find her and didn't really care that I now had to take a minor detour. Before I could head on however I noticed what looked like a sunken bathosphere, unable to prevent myself from being curious I made my way over to it to investigate. Though what I expected to find I'm not sure exactly but as I approached I defiantly was not prepared for what I did see. Inside the sunken bathosphere were two very dead people and one was holding an Audio diary which, out of respect for any last words they may have had I decided to play.
**"Sammy: All right, Diary - last entry! ...Lizzy and I ... we found a 'phere and we're going home! Ain't that right, baby? Next stop, topside!
Lizzy:Oh, I love you. It was you who saved us, Sammy. It was you, button. I - what was that? What's that sound?
Sammy: She's seen us! It's Lamb! Torpedo! ... I'll try to -" the voices said sound so happy at first, then panicked and then...then there was only screaming and gurgling.
"Oh Lamb, how could you do something like that." I said remembering the kind woman that had briefly made me feel better when I had left Persephone.
Unable to stand being near these poor people any longer I left as quickly as I could, a sign advertizing for the Adonis had fallen as I'd approached the bathosphere but thankfully it didn't take that much effort to jump over it and move on. I noticed some rivets as I walked and as I leaned down and picked it up through some nearby glass inside Rapture I suddenly saw a strange Big Daddy model I'd never seen before, he was with a little one who had apparently just finishing gathering ADAM. Suddenly of course they are attacked by a Splicer that had been hiding and waiting to pounce, the strange Big Daddy model threw what looked like grenades, only odder looking, at the Splicer and made quick work of the Splicer. I had to admit that I was impressed but I know that I can't spend all day staring and watching the Big Daddy fight, so with a sigh I continued onward. Thankfully as I walked there are other things to distract me, there was a sunken ship nearby and up on some coral is the tail of a plane; I have the strange sense that this is important but I can't really figure out why. Remembering to try to focus more I walked to an area with two paths, on one side there are whale bones and other a large rock.
"I have a feeling that it doesn't matter which of these I take...I'm going to take the one with the whale bones." I say to myself randomly before doing just that.
Unsurprisingly I was right about it not mattering which path I took, both lead into a sort of tunnel which I headed into; as I walked there is was beautiful coral and other sea plants all around me. Finally I reached the end of the tunnel and had to stop for a minute because of the sight in front of me. To my amazement in front of me is a gorgeous view of the city, a shark swims by not even noticing me; for a brief moment I allowed myself to take in the view and to be stunned by what I see. The city really is beautiful if one doesn't know about some of the things that go on inside, I cant help but think to myself that if things could change Rapture really would be a wonderful place. With this oddly optimistic thought in mind I suddenly have the urge to look down, much to my surprise I discovered that I'm on a sort of cliff and with no other way to get down and do the only thing I can think of doing...I jump off.
"It's strange to float down so slowly despite being so heavy." I mumbled to myself as I finally reached the ground.
In front of me I see a bright neon sign that says Atlantic Express, as I get closer I also see a Big Sister leaping away and despite wanting to get to her I know that there's no chance of getting to her and decide to just head to the draining station and flip the switch. Patiently I waited for the water to drain, right as it does and before the door opens Tenenbaum comes on my radio.
**"Ah, Herr Delta ... you arrive, as the Little Ones said you would. Come upstairs to the ticket booth, und I will offer what I know of you." she said in an oddly relieved way.
"Well I would come find you but the door wont..." I start to say when suddenly of course the door opens.
Right away I see a Splicer but he sprinted off before I could do anything about him, deciding to temporarily ignore him I examined all the lockers for useful items before heading through a door that has bold letters saying Atlantic Express over it. I headed up some stairs and heard a Splicer mumbling something, I'm not sure what he said exactly but I decide that it really doesn't matter as I made my way up the stairs. Out of the corner of my eye I spot another of the strange blue pod things, I ignored it though because the splicer is just ahead and I know that I can sneak up on him if I'm quiet. Unfortunately I don't seem to have been quiet enough because he heard me and sprinted off, also he seems to have locked the door and I have to go into a nearby room in hopes that I'll find something in there to open it so I can head on.
**"Now, most who survive are like this: are drug addicts, vicious animals." Tenenbaum said with a sad sigh.
"Yeah I noticed, what am I supposed to do now though." I mumble grumpily as I looked around in the search of something to help me open the door.
There's a strange-looking device sitting on the table near the window but I don't know what to do with it, there is also a vending machine with objects in it that I couldn't help but think went with the strange device.
*^"You can sometimes trick the security system into opening a door. But you must have the proper tool." Tenenbaum suddenly says over my radio as I look around in a confused way.
"Hey there's a security pad through that broken window, I wonder if this machine will...well only one way to find out." I said to myself seeing the security pad through the window and wondering if the strange device would help me get it to open the door.
Before getting the device I raided the vending machine of as many of the ammo and then after picking it up I aimed the device through the hole in the window at the pad,to my surprise a gauge appears on the machine; there are green bars and I wait until the dial is right over one before pressing a button.
"Well what do you know, this little device must be some sort of hacking tool." I said to myself excitedly as the door opened.
Feeling very happy I headed out of the room that had been in and through the previously locked door, I've just made through the door when suddenly I notice a little security robot; these little guys are useful so I quickly hacked into it to get it on my side. I don't need my hacking tool this time, there's a gauge inside the robot to tell me when to press the override button in the bot, wondering what'll happen I hit a blue colored part but it didn't seem like anything happened.
"Oh well at least I have another great little tool to use, I'll have to figure out what the blue part does." I said feeling both confused yet very excited at the same time as I walk onward.
I headed into what had once been one of the train workshops, as I do a train; which had originally been hanging up in the air; suddenly falls to the platform floor. Knowing this means that I'm not alone I quickly prepared for a fight and sure enough as I slowly edged over to a nearby first aid station I was attacked by two Splicer at once, thankfully I have my little robot with me to help deal with them. I hear Doctor Lamb over the P.A but it's hard to make out what she was saying what with all the screaming and cursing the Splicers are doing, I just get done with them right as the message gets finished so I missed it completely. Feeling a little ill I used the first aid machine to heal myself, to my slight delight I found that I could hack into this device too; I was even more delighted to discover that when I hit blue for this device I got a free medkit. There was a room nearby and of course I cant help but want to explore, I'm glad that I decided to do so because not only did I find a lot of useful stuff but I also found a diary which I accidentally pressed the button on before I could decide whether I actually wanted to hear its secrets.
**"I am told that the people grow tense and isolated in the absence of the sun. Now... they clamor for a psychiatrist. Do they miss the state censor, I wonder? Wartime seizure of private assets? Or the Cheka police, vanishing them in the night? Regardless, this Lamb woman is said to be the foremost practitioner in her "field." Fine. If she can quiet the rattling of the great chain's weakest links... I will leave her to it." Andrew Ryan's voice said long-windedly.
"Well it's obvious that you quickly regretted that decision Mr. Ryan." I said with a sigh knowing somehow that hostilities between the doctor and Ryan probably didn't start long after this diary had been made.
Eager to get the long-winded rant out of my head I headed for the only room left that I havent explored, my security bot followed behind, its helicopter like bladed buzzing as it did so. As I went in I spot the switch that will open the gates to the station so I can take a train, as I switch it however everything suddenly goes dark for a minute before suddenly all the monitors in the room come on showing a very familiar face.
**"I know symbol on your hand marks you a dead man. Ten years, Subject Delta, since I watched you put a gun to your head — and pull the trigger. But take heart: Out of your pain, paradise is born. I don't know how you survived, but your suffering is over now. These men will ease your burden. Please understand that like all I have done, this… is an act of love." Doctor Lamb said looking very surprised to see me when suddenly the gates that was blocking the window opens.
**"It is Sofia Lamb! She has found you!" Tenenbaum screams in a panic as a horde of Splicers appear with guns and start shooting at me.
I wanted to say something smart to her but of course there's no point, I also didn't have time to be shocked at what Lamb has just told me; right now I had to focus on not getting shot or getting burned by the fire all the shooting has caused. My bot is trying to drive all the Splicers but before I can let off a shot of my rivet gun the floor suddenly gives out and I fell into the now flooded Maintenance Runoff Pumping Station. For a moment I don't move, I'm in too much shock to anything but stand there and stare.
"Ten years...I've been dead for ten years." I say in a quiet absolutely stunned way before finally I knew that I really should move on.
**"Now you know of the enemy we share: Sofia Lamb. The camera in your helmet allows me to watch through your eyes — and help you to fight her." Tenenbaum says over my radio as I gather supplies from corpses floating in the water.
"Yes Lamb is my enemy, there's no denying it now and I suppose I'm glad that you're here to help Tenenbaum." I whisper not caring that even if she could hear she wouldn't understand because I was still in too much shock at my discovery and the fact that the woman who had once been so kind was now my new enemy.