Freeman's Odyssey
Chapter: 19
The darkest day
Stardate 3287.2
One day ago
Planet Deneva
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The peaceful population of the planet Deneva is currently unaware of what is coming there way as the people are living peaceful lives upon this Federation planet. Like every other Federation planet this planet was colonized a century ago when humans came to the stars in learning how to use warp drives and that alone was the time before the Federation formed. Back then it was just known as Starfleet. This system is located in or near Federation space.
This system is a single star system. Deneva is a G-class star with a magnitude of +5, which was the same brightness as Sol. The Deneva colony established in the mid-22nd century, this planet is, also, the location of the Deneva Station.
The reason for colonization was that the planet would serve as a freighting-line base in the sector. Supplies would be sent to the miners in the system's asteroid belt and what was mined in the asteroids would be sent back to Deneva for transfer to other Earth, and later Federation, worlds and colonies.
It was a bright and sunny day out as people are going about their daily lives; peaceful tranquility is through out the lands of the planet itself. The people themselves didn't have a care in the world as all of them went about their business with daily tasks, it was quiet a little too quiet.
Suddenly a rumble of thunder was heard in the background that seemed to echo everywhere. The people paid no mind in thinking it is a storm is forming a fairly common for M-class planets that support life.
The sounds of storms got more intense as it echoed everywhere. That alone were odd itself and then the capitol of Deneva witnessed some form of phenomenon they have never seen before. A blue "wave" which resonates from a source like a tornado and moves across the landscape of the capitol of Deneva negating gravity as it goes. As a result, any object within its path would suffer damage or death from the brief weightlessness effect. A certain hole within the tornado grew larger.
This is known as a portal storm.
However the people upon this planet have no idea what this is. A portal storm is a convergence of energies between time and space indicating travel between the two as it is a form of dimensional travel. Coming out of the portal storm are aerial vehicles in what looks like gun ships.
These are combine gun ships.
Gun ships are living creatures that have been artificially altered and augmented with Combine technology. They are powered by an array of jet engines on their underside, and maneuver using a rear-mounted rotor with insect wing-like blades. Compound eyes that bear a close resemblance to those of a dragonfly are positioned directly behind the Gun ship's pulse gun.
In addition, the chassis itself has one large exposed compound eye on either side, which is assumed to be used to detect enemies under normal conditions. Like most Combine Synths and vehicles, the gunship is invulnerable to small arms fire and can only be damaged by heavy weapons, such as rocket-propelled grenades. Because of this weakness to explosives, gun ships will give any incoming explosives a priority over enemies and will attempt to shoot them down.
Moving in multiple of directions the gun ships are firing missiles into the air and the missiles exploded above certain areas of the planet. But what have they just fired. It was raining down from the skies but what were raining down were not rain drops but creatures. In a form of shells that spit open upon release. Of an unknown origin to the inhabitants of this planet as their fate awaits them.
They are small creatures, roughly the size of a pumpkin. They are covered in smooth skin, which varies in color between subspecies, and crawl on four short legs. These legs provide enough jumping power to leap up to 3 meters (10 feet) in any direction. Their underbelly is almost completely covered by a large, lipless mouth, with a hidden "beak" used for feeding and for latching onto the skulls of victims.
These are known as Headcrabs.
The people who were foolish enough to look up were immediately attacked by the headcrabs and taken control of by ways of leaping upon a person's face. A struggle to get the headcrabs off of the people's faces was not easy as it felt like glue had been put on their faces. It takes them several seconds to several minutes for the people who were attacked by the head crabs as a strange metamorphosis has occurred. But not in terms of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, not this was way different.
The Head crab then proceeds to take over its host's motor functions through some unknown biological process. The host will then undergo physical changes, presumably induced through chemical means; although the mutations vary between head crab subspecies, common changes include the elongation of hands and fingers, reduction or removal of skin and muscle tissue across much of the body, and the exposure of the organs inside the chest cavity. Head crabs keep their host alive throughout the entire process, helpless and unable to remove the head crab or resist its control.
Many of them become head crab zombies.
For others they ran for their lives and didn't know what to do to help. In which their nightmare has only begun. Then two more vehicles came out of the portal storm which looked like drop ships of some sort. The front and two rearmost pairs of "legs" on the craft contain engines that give the Dropship lift and movement. The front two legs also hold retractable wings used for maneuvering. The middle four legs end in large suction pads which are used to carry various forms of cargo. Then a couple more came as well.
They were dropping something but it wasn't the creatures. They were dropping armored people. They sported a distinctive white uniform and helmet with a single red ocular lens and holding some form of pulse rifle for they are battle ready as a shuttle tried to escape but it was immediately shot down by one of the armored people. These are known as the
Overwatch Elite
They are a transhuman elite infantry in a form of frontline soldiers for the Combine; the people who tried to escape were hit by stun beams from their pulse rifles and immediately dragged away to who knows where. Some security forces tried to resist but they were mowed down quickly.
A slug like creature emerged from the portal storm and is flying towards the main building of the captiol of Deneva followed behind the creature were a couple of gun ship as well like an escort.
This creature are large, pale, super intelligent grub-like creatures with no discernible facial features. The creature has a gas mask-like device attached to their front end as well as a cybernetic eyepiece on the left-hand side of the faceplate.
It wears a skintight olive-green body suit that covers all but both ends of it's body, with a collar around it's "necks" adorned with golden glyphs. It also has a pair of spindly black robotic arms implanted to their back that are capable of grabbing and lifting an adult human.
It is known by the combine to have a wide range of odd vocalizations, from robotic growls and groans, to loud shouting noises and screeching. Besides their technological prowess, the the creature or creatures that look like this also appear to possess incredible psychic and telekinetic powers. This creature is rougly known as a.
Combine advisor.
They are known as "Shu'ulathoi" by the Vortigaunts, are the masterminds behind the Combine occupation of Earth, and are commonly speculated as being the master race of the entire Combine empire.
Several humans came out of the captiol building of Deneva, however they are not fearful for their lives as the administrator of the planet Deneva and the rest of his followers, kneeled to one knee and bowed respectfully to their master.
"Infiltration has been successful master," said the human administrator "Communications have been cut off as the Federation has been unaware of your plans."
"Excellent work," spoke the combine in a robotic growl "This planet will be the first stage of many and if the Federation does come here, make sure everything is perfectly normal…until it is too late."
"It shall be done master," said the administrator "But what of Gordon Freeman, surely he will come here."
"If he does then kill him," said the advisor "I shall leave a significant force on this speck of rock, other than that do not fail me or there will be punishment for you."
"Yes Master," the administrator nodded
The combine advisor rises upwards in the air and flies towards the open portal storm in disappearing, but not before several more drop ships coming bringing in Combine troops.
Elsewhere Sam Kirk, his son and his wife flee his lab as it came under attack by some form of monsters or zombies of legend for that matter as Sam tried to get a distress call out, but couldn't due to the fact there is some for of communications black out. That means they'll have to head to the underground of the city for shelter. They are running for their lives as they are being shot at by men dressed in white armored uniforms.
"What are they dad?" asked Peter
"I don't know son," said Sam "They're not Klingons that is for sure, let's head to the underground quickly."
"Were going to die, were going to end up like those monsters," said Sam's wife
They kept on running until Sam's wife tripped over a piece of debris and sprained her ankle. A combine gun ship is narrowing in on her position as its weapons are primed and ready to kill the human. Unfortunately it didn't get the chance as a large piece of debris slammed into the backside of the gunship and spiraled out of control in the opposite direction. Then the gun ship exploded as a fire ball rises upwards into the sky, along with smoke.
This made the armored men in white armor paused for a moment and then they came under attack by a form of a RPG as the object exploded upon contact with the over watch elite. Their remains scattered all around the area as Sam Kirk went back to help his wife. But someone else appeared and with a comfortable hand to his wife. He is tall wearing glasses, a goatee and is wearing some form of armor and a symbol upon his chest.
This is Gordon Freeman.
Gordon helped her up and carried her to Sam Kirk as he held her in his arms and puzzlingly looked at the man who gave a comfortable hand with suspicion.
"Come on," said Gordon "I will help your wife get you to the underground."
"Who are you?" asked Sam "And what are those things?
"It's best to ask questions later," said Gordon "I will cover you and my name is Gordon, hurry there is an underground passage nearby."
"What about you," asked Sam's son
"Don't worry about me, I've been up against impossible odds before," said Gordon as he pointed in the other direction "Now go."
Wordlessly all three of them headed to the underground passage nearby. Gordon wandered back into the city as his survey the chaos before him as it would seem he is already too late.
The combine invaded this planet for some grand purpose in which he had picked up Combine transmissions in mentioning a dimension like this that is almost similar to the evil universe he had been in. But completely different, it seems he is alone and will do whatever he can to fight.
"Well here we go again," muttered the one free man as he is ready.
One day later
Dropping out of warp a partly saucer like ship has arrived with tube like objects sticking out of the sides of the ship and a antenna like device is on front as well. The ship has a markings in which it reads U.S.S Enterprise (NCC 1701) it has a boring grey design on the outside of the ship except for other markings as well like United Federation of Planets. This ship is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. On the bridge of the ship there is a hive of activity as Kirk is sitting in his chair upon the bridge of the ship.
"Anything, Lieutenant?" asked Kirk
"No, sir. I've tried every major transmitting station on Deneva." said Urhua "None of them have acknowledged my contact signal.
Try GSK-783," said Kirk "sub-space frequency 3.
"But sir," said Uhura "that's a call sign for a private transmitter."
I'm very well aware of that," said Kirk Lieutenant. Try it.
"Yes, sir." nodded Uhura
Kirk glared at his first officer "Evaluation," said Kirk "Mister Spock."
"As I speculated, Captain, the overall pattern of mass insanity destroying civilizations follows an almost straight line through this section of the galaxy." said Spock "Over here the Beta Portilin system the ancient civilizations. Archaeologists have given us information indicating that they were the beginning. Two hundred years ago," he added more to the conversation "Levinius Five was swept by mass insanity, then Theta Cygni Twelve. The last was Ingraham B, two years ago."
"And next in line, Deneva." said Kirk as he turned to look at his chief medical officer as he asked "Bones, what's your theory about the cause of all this?"
"There's no medical or scientific cause" said McCoy "for what happened on those planets. Jim"
After that the incident with the shuttle occurred.
"That Denevan ship headed deliberately into the sun." said Kirk "Why?"
"There's one possibility." said McCoy "The mass insanity may have reached this planet, too."
"Captain, I'm having difficulty on that transmitter call to Deneva." said Uhura
"Keep trying" growled Kirk in annoyance
"Yes, sir." said Uhura
"Jim, your brother Sam and his family," asked McCoy "aren't they stationed on this planet?
Jim Kirk nodded as he does a captain's log as the Enterprise reaches orbit upon the planet Deneva
Captain's log, stardate 3287.2. The mass insanity we have tracked across this section of the galaxy seems to have already touched Deneva. That planet, colonized over a century ago, is one of the most beautiful in the galaxy
Chapter: 20
Old School Trek