Chapter 2
Dust stirred up as the husky continued to make way through the narrow dark duct, trying his best to get through in such a small narrow area.
"Great, two paths. Which way do I go?" He muttered under his breath to himself.
A ringing in his ears signaled someone tried to get back into contact with him. Rolling on his side, he opened the COM link.
"Thellos, long time." A male wolf with tied back hair and thick sunglasses communicated with him through the personal system, using his own unique frequency.
"Master?"
"Hello Thellos, I've been asked to help you out and give any useful advice I can."
"Well, you can give me directions on how to get out of here." Shooing off a few mice that had wandered his way. "Damn rodents."
"Thellos, follow those mice, being natural survivors they will lead you to an exit."
Spotting them, he thanked his master and began crawling through the tight airspace following them. After going through some water and a few minutes later, he came to an opening, a ventilation duct that had its grate knocked off.
"Bout time…"
Thellos slowly slid out of the duct, observing the area then moving to cover, getting out of the local guard's view. Two large tanks adorned the center of the room.
"It seems that I have found the Tank Hanger. So then that means the Elevator leading to the Darpa Chiefs cell should be around here somewhere." Thellos said to himself, concentrating on the guard's movement patterns so as not to be caught.
Walking towards the elevator but staying in the shadows, keeping out of sight of the guards and cameras he finally reached it and pressed the button that what he hoped would be the Chiefs floor.
The elevator doors opened but showed an empty compartment. Not a soul wandered the hallway and once all was clear Thellos dropped from the roof of the elevator into sight. Taking out his gun and peering around the corner, making sure all was clear, he snuck down the hallway, hugging the eastern wall until a ladder came into view. Pulling out the black P.D.A, he pressed a button with his thumb claw, bringing up the circular grid. Three dots appeared on it, two that seemed in cells and what appeared to be a guard. Shoving it back into its pocket he made way up the ladder to another ventilation duct. He sighed and began crawling through it coming to a junction but decided against it and continued further. The voice of a guard caught his ear but he still pressed further coming to a grate in the duct. "A women?" A female Anthro wolf with blondish hair, tanktop and camo pants was doing sit-ups on a bed in the cell she was in. He dismissed it and headed further finding another grate. "The Darpa Chief. Finally." He hit the grate, making it swing open forcefully.
"Who…who are you?" A feline asked as the Canine dropped from the hole and onto his foot-paws.
"I'm the pawn they sent here to save your worthless ass." Thellos said while looking around the room.
They engaged in a long conversation. He began telling snake about the metal gear project, REX.
In the next cell the female wolf leaned against the wall, trying to listen in on what was being discussed. Suddenly she heard a cry of pain and backed from the wall. "I need to get out of here…"
Thellos looked down at the Darpa Chief. Now dead on the floor from what appeared to be a violent heart attack. He held the card in his paw that he had given him before he died. As he secured it into a pocket on his belt, his ears picked up muffled sounds of a door opening then a thud. Moments later the door to the cell he was in opened. He walked out cautiously but his attention was distracted by a male German Shepherd morph with a little blue fur bent over and tail in the air. Before he knew what hit him he felt the cold steel of a gun barrel pressed against his neck.
"Who are you?" The female said as she peered into the cell seeing the darpa chief's body lying on the floor.
"You killed the Chief! You bastard." She hissed as she pulled the bolt back on the rifle, chambering a round.
"You're a rookie." Thellos stated his body motionless. "Can you pull the trigger?"
"I'm no rookie!" She pressed the gun harder into his neck, it shaking a little in her paws.
In one smooth motion he spun to his right and drew his gun, the laser sight aimed between her eyes before she could process what had happened.
"Your green." Thellos stated, holding his breath slightly and keeping the grip he had on his Socom .45 firm.
"I'm not a rookie!" She stated as the gun shook a little in her paws.
"Your eyes. Their rookie eyes. Beautiful, compassionate eyes. Not the eyes of a cold-blooded killer. I don't think you could pull the trigger."
"She raised the gun higher, both of them at a standoff, but there attention was broken when an alarm went off, Signaling that guards had been alerted to them, he spun around to find a security camera in the corner of the room.
"Damn it!" Thellos growled. His ears picking up the footsteps of soldiers running toward the room, he dashed over to the guards office, blowing a round through the lens of the camera and taking cover behind a wall and crouched under the glass window, the female taking cover behind the wall of her old cell. The guards rushing in and spotted her taking cover; they fired at her but missed, covering the wall with bullet holes. They were greeted with return fire from Thellos's side arm. He ducked behind the wall as they returned fire, shattering the glass above him, covering him in it, his thick fur and suit keeping it out. He leaned around the corner and fired, taking out four of the guards kneeling by the doorway then spun back around and popped the clip out of his gun, as he reached to his side for the extra clip he looked up and saw The wolf shaking, holding back.
"What are you waiting for shoot!" He yelled, reloading his gun.
The female, shaking and her eyes closed, gave a moments hesitation but spun around the corner and gave a war cry. Pulling the trigger and letting loose a hail of gun fire. Bringing down what was left of the guards. The siren stopped after that and both of them walked out, Thellos looking at the guard's bodies while putting his sidearm away.
"You are green. You hesitated."
"I didn't hesitate."
"You did. In this place if you hesitate you end up worm food."
She just looked at him, both of them walking toward the exit. She took off running for the elevator. Thellos jumped out but was greeted by gunfire, he pressed himself up against a nearby wall. She let go of the trigger and made a gesture of success with her paws in a fist. The doors closed and the elevator moved to a new floor. Thellos with a look that said unbelievable on his face, kneeled down
"The Darpa Chief said Baker was in the basement…and to look for where the walls were a different color." Thellos recapped the conversation in his mind as he walked into the elevator, pressing the button for the basement level. The doors closed and he proceeded deeper into the base.
Dust stirred up as the husky continued to make way through the narrow dark duct, trying his best to get through in such a small narrow area.
"Great, two paths. Which way do I go?" He muttered under his breath to himself.
A ringing in his ears signaled someone tried to get back into contact with him. Rolling on his side, he opened the COM link.
"Thellos, long time." A male wolf with tied back hair and thick sunglasses communicated with him through the personal system, using his own unique frequency.
"Master?"
"Hello Thellos, I've been asked to help you out and give any useful advice I can."
"Well, you can give me directions on how to get out of here." Shooing off a few mice that had wandered his way. "Damn rodents."
"Thellos, follow those mice, being natural survivors they will lead you to an exit."
Spotting them, he thanked his master and began crawling through the tight airspace following them. After going through some water and a few minutes later, he came to an opening, a ventilation duct that had its grate knocked off.
"Bout time…"
Thellos slowly slid out of the duct, observing the area then moving to cover, getting out of the local guard's view. Two large tanks adorned the center of the room.
"It seems that I have found the Tank Hanger. So then that means the Elevator leading to the Darpa Chiefs cell should be around here somewhere." Thellos said to himself, concentrating on the guard's movement patterns so as not to be caught.
Walking towards the elevator but staying in the shadows, keeping out of sight of the guards and cameras he finally reached it and pressed the button that what he hoped would be the Chiefs floor.
The elevator doors opened but showed an empty compartment. Not a soul wandered the hallway and once all was clear Thellos dropped from the roof of the elevator into sight. Taking out his gun and peering around the corner, making sure all was clear, he snuck down the hallway, hugging the eastern wall until a ladder came into view. Pulling out the black P.D.A, he pressed a button with his thumb claw, bringing up the circular grid. Three dots appeared on it, two that seemed in cells and what appeared to be a guard. Shoving it back into its pocket he made way up the ladder to another ventilation duct. He sighed and began crawling through it coming to a junction but decided against it and continued further. The voice of a guard caught his ear but he still pressed further coming to a grate in the duct. "A women?" A female Anthro wolf with blondish hair, tanktop and camo pants was doing sit-ups on a bed in the cell she was in. He dismissed it and headed further finding another grate. "The Darpa Chief. Finally." He hit the grate, making it swing open forcefully.
"Who…who are you?" A feline asked as the Canine dropped from the hole and onto his foot-paws.
"I'm the pawn they sent here to save your worthless ass." Thellos said while looking around the room.
They engaged in a long conversation. He began telling snake about the metal gear project, REX.
In the next cell the female wolf leaned against the wall, trying to listen in on what was being discussed. Suddenly she heard a cry of pain and backed from the wall. "I need to get out of here…"
Thellos looked down at the Darpa Chief. Now dead on the floor from what appeared to be a violent heart attack. He held the card in his paw that he had given him before he died. As he secured it into a pocket on his belt, his ears picked up muffled sounds of a door opening then a thud. Moments later the door to the cell he was in opened. He walked out cautiously but his attention was distracted by a male German Shepherd morph with a little blue fur bent over and tail in the air. Before he knew what hit him he felt the cold steel of a gun barrel pressed against his neck.
"Who are you?" The female said as she peered into the cell seeing the darpa chief's body lying on the floor.
"You killed the Chief! You bastard." She hissed as she pulled the bolt back on the rifle, chambering a round.
"You're a rookie." Thellos stated his body motionless. "Can you pull the trigger?"
"I'm no rookie!" She pressed the gun harder into his neck, it shaking a little in her paws.
In one smooth motion he spun to his right and drew his gun, the laser sight aimed between her eyes before she could process what had happened.
"Your green." Thellos stated, holding his breath slightly and keeping the grip he had on his Socom .45 firm.
"I'm not a rookie!" She stated as the gun shook a little in her paws.
"Your eyes. Their rookie eyes. Beautiful, compassionate eyes. Not the eyes of a cold-blooded killer. I don't think you could pull the trigger."
"She raised the gun higher, both of them at a standoff, but there attention was broken when an alarm went off, Signaling that guards had been alerted to them, he spun around to find a security camera in the corner of the room.
"Damn it!" Thellos growled. His ears picking up the footsteps of soldiers running toward the room, he dashed over to the guards office, blowing a round through the lens of the camera and taking cover behind a wall and crouched under the glass window, the female taking cover behind the wall of her old cell. The guards rushing in and spotted her taking cover; they fired at her but missed, covering the wall with bullet holes. They were greeted with return fire from Thellos's side arm. He ducked behind the wall as they returned fire, shattering the glass above him, covering him in it, his thick fur and suit keeping it out. He leaned around the corner and fired, taking out four of the guards kneeling by the doorway then spun back around and popped the clip out of his gun, as he reached to his side for the extra clip he looked up and saw The wolf shaking, holding back.
"What are you waiting for shoot!" He yelled, reloading his gun.
The female, shaking and her eyes closed, gave a moments hesitation but spun around the corner and gave a war cry. Pulling the trigger and letting loose a hail of gun fire. Bringing down what was left of the guards. The siren stopped after that and both of them walked out, Thellos looking at the guard's bodies while putting his sidearm away.
"You are green. You hesitated."
"I didn't hesitate."
"You did. In this place if you hesitate you end up worm food."
She just looked at him, both of them walking toward the exit. She took off running for the elevator. Thellos jumped out but was greeted by gunfire, he pressed himself up against a nearby wall. She let go of the trigger and made a gesture of success with her paws in a fist. The doors closed and the elevator moved to a new floor. Thellos with a look that said unbelievable on his face, kneeled down
"The Darpa Chief said Baker was in the basement…and to look for where the walls were a different color." Thellos recapped the conversation in his mind as he walked into the elevator, pressing the button for the basement level. The doors closed and he proceeded deeper into the base.