Freeman's Odyssey
Chapter: 20
Old School Trek
Captain James T. Kirk had just done a captain's log and his chief engineer Montgomery Scott a red shirted man has just came upon the bridge of the U.S.S Enterprise. Spock the Vulcan is doing scans of the planet and Uhura is still looking for signals coming from the planet Deneva.
"Planet development is normal; Captain." said Spock Originally colonized as a freighting-line base in this area."
"Aye, they make regular trips from here carrying supplies to the asteroid belt for the miners and bringing cargo out. I've made the run a couple of times myself as an engineering advisor." said Scotty with a flawless Scottish accent
"No Federation contacts for over a year." said Spock
"Captain." said Uhura "I've made contact with your private transmitter, sir."
"Put it on audio." said Kirk with a nod
To anyone that can hear the sound of my voice. Do not come here I repeat do not come here. Hostile forces-
Static is heard on the bridge of the Enterprise.
"Sam, his is Jim on the Enterprise." said Kirk Repeat your message."
"Contact broken, sir." said Uhura
Re-establish." said Kirk
"Sorry, sir." said Uhura apologetically
"I'm not interested in your excuses, Lieutenant." said Kirk "Re-establish contact with that transmitter."
"I'm afraid that's impossible at the moment, Captain." said Uhura "They stopped broadcasting immediately. They do not acknowledge my contact signal."
"Keep trying to raise them." said Kirk
"Yes, sir." nodded Uhura
"Jim, did you know who that man is" asked McCoy.
"Yes. You were right a while back. My brother Sam lives on Deneva. He's a research biologist. That was his voice" said Kirk
The away team is picked as all of them headed to the transporter room as Yeoman who is the transporter chief is calmly waiting for orders as the away team assembled by Captain James T. Kirk for all of them will be leaving soon.
"Set your phasers on stun." said Kirk "We're going to beam directly into the capital city." He turned to his first officer "Alert status. Mister Spock."
"Lieutenant Uhura has had no further response to our signals." said Spock "Sensors report the expected number of humans on the planet surface. However, they are strangely quiet. Very little activity"
"I'll want a complete transcript of everything that happens down there, Yeoman." said Kirk
"Yes, sir." nodded the other Yeoman
"Let's go. Energise." ordered the Captain of the Enterprise
A circulation of light, sound and color happens as all of them immediately transport down to the planet's surface. You have to wonder what Gordon Freeman is doing during this time. Helping and disruption considering the
Combine have set a foothold upon this planet by firing missiles with head crabs inside and they rained down upon the people of the planet Deneva any person that was outside was attacked by the head crabs and transformed. They never stood a chance and many people who were inside homes and buildings didn't fair well either.
Roughly up to Three-hundred thousand people were immediately transformed into head crab zombies and overrun the people were fleeing the crisis as were either killed, transformed, or taken away by the Overwatch Elite. It was made to look like they were never there by cleaning up their own mess.
Gordon had shot down another gun ship by way of a RPG in which the combine aerial vehicle crashed into a large lake on the planet. He saved several lives and told them to head to the underground to be safe for the time being.
Gordon could have taken them to another dimension, however it would have raised too many questions and going to a different environment would terrify people.
Log activated.
Freeman's log continuation, after intercepting Combine transmissions I found myself to be too late in stopping the Combine in doing a foothold upon this planet called Deneva a beautiful world that may soon change to be war torn. I will learn what I can about this place.
Log deactivated
The one free man trekked quickly upon the streets of the capitol as he found a working computer in Sam Kirks lab and learned what he could about the planet Deneva as this is a planet that is a member of the United Federation of planets or Star Fleet for that matter. It did remind him of that evil dimension however this Federation seems friendly.
He had to leave quickly after learning information about the United Federation of planets as a wave of head crab zombies were coming for him and Gordon has the right fire power to take care of them as he used either his gravity gun or a pluse rifle he took off of one of the Overwatch Elite to kill the head crab zombies. There is nothing he can do to save them because they're already dead.
Nearby he heard a sound and witnessed before his eyes people have appeared by using a transporter of some sorts. They don't look well armed and have no idea of what they are up against. Gordon doesn't know who they are but appear to be wearing star fleet officers and he almost laughed because they look like pajamas.
He stayed hidden for a moment. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, the Yeoman and two security guards beam into an open area with grass, formal ponds and sculpture in front of a concrete and glass-fronted building.
"There are almost a million inhabitants of Deneva." said Kirk "There's more than one hundred thousand in this city alone. Where is everyone?"
"They're here, Captain." said Spock using his tricorder "In the buildings, strangely quiescent and elsewhere as well."
"My brother's lab is over there. They signalled us once." said Kirk "There should be someone there. Let's find out what's happening."
"Captain, several people approaching." said Spock.
However on this case Spock is wrong as these were people not people at all and approached the away team in a lumbering effect as they are no longer people but head crab zombies.
"By god what are these things," asked McCoy
"Stand by to fire. Fire" said Kirk
The head crab zombies move even closer to the away team as all of them fired their phaser weapons in which they are set to stun as narrow beams of energy hit the head crab zombies in which they fall for a moment but get right back up. On the attack once again as they have the away team surrounded.
"Fascinating," said Spock "They appeared to be unaffected by our phasers, Captain permission to set weapons to-"
Gordon had enough as he entered in the fight. He pulls the pin throws a MK3A2 grenade right at a small group of head crab zombies and seconds later the grenade explodes right in front of the zombies in a way blasting them to bits or incinerating them. Body parts did fly around everywhere.
The away team is taken by surprise as Gordon Freeman springs into action and uses his suits weapons replication system to bring forth a M249 saw machine gun. He locked, loaded and fired at the incoming head crab zombies.
"Don't stand there like a bunch of idiots," said Gordon "You have the weapons, use them."
"Set phasers to heavy stun," ordered Kirk as he fired at one of the head crab zombies but it would seem it is unaffected by the heavy stun.
"Captain, heavy stun isn't working," said Scotty as he fired his phaser
"Damn it Jim, I'm Doctor" said McCoy "Not a solider in an infantry unit."
"Set phasers to kill," ordered Kirk with sigh in his voice
One by one the charging head crab zombies are vaporized by the narrow beams coming from their phasers. Unfortunately the two security guards that came down with the away team did not survive as the head crab zombies killed them by ripping apart their bodies in which blood spattered around.
The fighting has stopped as all the head crab zombies are killed and Gordon put away his heavy weapon for the time being. Spock raised a brow and heard a noise as a small creature leaped right at him. He is too late to move away.
BANG!
The head crab who was about to attack the pointy eared alien named Spock is shot to pieces by one shot by Gordon Freeman as the-one-Free-Man holds in his hand a Desert Eagle pistol as smoke rises upwards from the gun barrel of the weapon and as for Spock his face is splattered by the remains of the head crab as he appears emotionless in which he put his hands behind his back.
"I find this highly illogical," said Spock "Thank you stranger."
Gordon nodded as he put his weapon away and the Doctor known as McCoy began to scan the remains of the head crab zombies.
"Jim," said McCoy "These things were once human."
"Aye," said Scotty "It was like fighting zombies in those old Earth movies"
"Scotty, don't be ridicules," said Kirk "There is no such thing as zombies."
"I believe our mysterious stranger," said Spock "Might have the answer."
"Well explain yourself Mister," said Kirk
"My name is Doctor Gordon Freeman," said Gordon "It's one of those long stories, however I will give you the short version. The Combine has invaded this world and most of the colonists have been transformed into head crab zombies, the rest are either dead or taken away or in hiding in the underground."
"By god we killed them," said McCoy in shock. "This is madness."
"No," shook the head of Gordon "They are already dead, so basically there is nothing you can do to save them."
"I'm looking for someone named Sam Kirk, along with his wife and son," said Kirk "Do you know where they are?"
Gordon nodded as he wordlessly opened a hatch to the underground.
"Hey, you can come out now help is here." said Gordon.
One by one Sam Kirk, his wife and son emerge from the hatch, among others as well who survived. Jim Kirk is happy to see him alive.
"Sam," said Kirk
"Jim," said Sam "Good to see you have come,"
"Uncle James good to see you again," said Sam's son "Please get us out of here"
"Yes I agree," said Sam's wife.
"What happened here," asked Jim Kirk.
"You really don't want to know Jim," said Sam "Take us to your ship, please."
Kirk's communicator goes off as Jim Kirk flips it and presses a button.
Enterprise to Kirk, ships sensors are detecting a strange craft approaching your position at high speed.
"Identification" said Jim Kirk
Unknown, the craft is not responding to hails
"Captain I see something," said the Yeoman as he took point "It looks like-"
A single pulse shot is fired from the incoming gun ship as the shot itself hits the Yeoman right in the chest as the body is thrown backwards into the air and slammed into the wall as blood is spilled all around.
Gordon once again springs into action and using his replication program upon his hazmat suit he brings forth theZero Point Energy Field Manipulator or gravity gun that Gordon uses from time to time as the gun ship is speeding towards the away team, along with a dozen of civilians.
Gordon found a heavy object in a form of a small shuttle that had not been used and he used the gravity gun as a stream of energy surrounded the shuttle for it is lifted in the air and easly controls the gravity gun to throw the shuttle right at the gun ship. Both collided in midair as the gun ship is damaged and spirling out of control, flying overhead of them the gun ship crashed hard into a building and exploded afterwards.
"Flawlessly logical," said Spock "The device appears to be some form of gravity manipulation weapon of-" Spock is interrupted by Gordon.
"It's a Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator," said Gordon "No need to drool over it."
"Vulcans do not drool," said Spock
"They're dead Jim," said McCoy who is exmaining the security officers and the yeoman.
"Gee what are you," said Gordon "A Doctor or the master of the odvious."
"It is logical to assume," said Spock "Master of the odvious."
"Oh shut up," rolled the eyes of McCoy. "I want to examine one of the Zombies back on the Enterprise, maybe I can cure them."
"I suggest you come along with us, Mister Freeman, you have some explaining to do" said Kirk as he used his communicator "Kirk to Enterprise, a lot of us to beam up."
Chapter: 21
Operation: Obliterate