Phantasy Star: Death Among us
Chapter V -
This room was brighter than the rest. The air hung with the horrid stench of death, and the floor shined crimson with stains of blood. The deceased littered the floor and the signs of battle decorated its walls. We stepped into the room, warily, but we could never have been ready for what was going to happen next.
"These bodies are fresh, they look like hunters from Pioneer 2." Yuni explained.
"They sure have been made a mess of." I added. The bodies were really torn up, and it made me sick to my stomach. "What do you suppose happened?"
"I'm not entirely sure.. But there's something strange about these bodies. The wounds here seemed to have been cauterized, or burnt shut by something of extremely high temperature." Yuni explained her analysis.
An uneasy feeling of death lingered in the room, and haunted our thoughts. What could have done this, I wish I never had to find out, but it's my luck that I did. I noticed something dripping from the ceiling.blood. I slowly tilted my head back. revealing the creatures responsible for this crime. Three large creatures with what seemed to be two creatures connected together, each creature had a long photon saber on one arm. It's eyes were closed.it was sleeping. However no one else had noticed yet.
"Can we.keep moving.?" Yuni asked frightened.
"It'll take me a while to unlock this door." Yuni stated as she hacked into the control panel of the door.
Heat Charge was beginning to check the bodies, for what I'm not sure of. I was debating on whether or not I should tell them, Akino may go into a panic, and wake them up.My mind was made up.
"Guys, stay quiet. don't make a sound you got that? Look." I pointed a finger towards the roof and the group glanced up. Heat Charge immediately drew his rifle and aimed at one of them.
"NO! Stop! They're still sleeping." I frantically whispered.
Akino's eyes widened and she huddled into a corner covering her mouth, as if holding back a scream. The one directly above me twitched, and breathed heavily for a moment, I took a step back and drew my photon blade cautiously. The creature's body emanated with a kind of slime, and blood painted its menacing fangs. Its whole body seemed to be covered in a sort of exoskeleton armor, head to toe. It's then that I discovered a small chrome ball laying next to one of the bodies on the floor. I picked it up for closer examination, and it began to play a message. I tried frantically to turn it off however I could not.
The recording played the following message. "We're entering another room, this one's a lot smaller than the last one. Alright, here's the door, Cecil, get that door open. Alright guys take a breather. Get me one of those drinks, it's been a long day. We're almost to the second level. what was that? That noise. what was it? . There it is again, it's coming from behind us. oh shit. please don't let it be. oh my god, Pan-Arms. Get your weapons ready, here they come."
I'd rather not discuss the remainder of that recording, I dare not repeat what I heard. Too many bad memories. I still struggled to get the blasted thing off. The creatures began to stir in there sleep. The sweat beaded on my face as I finally found the off button, a wave of relief swept over me, I relaxed for a second. I relaxed too much, my hand opened and the sound recorder began to fall towards the floor. All eyes were on the little metallic ball as it sailed towards the stained flooring, and towards our impending doom. I attempted to catch it, my arms made a valiant effort , but it was in vain. It slammed against the ground, bouncing two or three times with loud metal claps. The creature's eyes' flicked open, and scanned the room quickly. It opened its large fanged jaws and let out a blood- curdling shriek. The three monsters immediately dropped to the floor, and began to circle us. The two bodies connected to each other then did the most unexpected thing; they separated. Broke into six creatures now they moved closer to Heat Charge and I. Just then the door Yuni had been working on flung open.
"The doors open! Let's move!" Yuni shouted as she grabbed Akino's arm and ran through.
However it was not so easy for us. Our exit was blocked. As they grew nearer I took swings at them with my saber, but the dodged with ease. Heat Charge held his fire, looking for an escape route. I found one, we were standing on what seemed to be a grate, leading to some type of piping system, I pointed down and Heat Charge got the message. I took my blade and sliced off the lock, the grate swung open and we fell, just as the creatures made they're attack. We slid onto some-sort of pipe and that carried us downhill for quite some time. It was too dark to see, I have no idea where or how far we went. And then we stopped with a crash onto the cold, wet floor of a cave. Heat Charge flipped on his light, we were in the piping station.
Yuni and Akino sprinted through several rooms and hallways. The Pan-Arms were now following them, after losing us. The creatures were incredibly fast and agile, jumping from wall to wall and dashing down hallways after the two. Yuni unsheathed two small Mech-guns and trotted backwards while firing. The photon beams deflected off their exoskeleton and they continued forward. The hallways were getting darker and smaller; they came to a crossroad.
"Which way!? Which way!?!?" Akino shouted frantically.
"Uhh. Left!" Yuni shouted as she shoved Akino down the left passage. "FASTER!"
The creatures came to the intersection and stopped. The six split up into groups of two and separated down the three passages. Many doors lined the passage that Akino and Yuni sped down. The signs above them read 'Medical', 'Quarters', 'Armory'..
"Here we are!" Yuni slammed through the door of the armory. Guns, swords, grenades and every other weapon you could think of were either on the wall or in a shelf in this large metallic room.
"Take this." Yuni handed Akino a large sniper rifle with some very interesting modifications. The scope was much larger, and had a battery pack taped to it. Night Vision. Yuni herself grabbed a large weapon off the wall, on the side it had painted "Flame Visit." An interesting looking weapon with the same basic design of a flamethrower, yet much more advanced.
"Alright. Here we take our stand. no more running." Yuni declared. "We're going to take down these sons of bitches if it kills me."
Chapter V -
This room was brighter than the rest. The air hung with the horrid stench of death, and the floor shined crimson with stains of blood. The deceased littered the floor and the signs of battle decorated its walls. We stepped into the room, warily, but we could never have been ready for what was going to happen next.
"These bodies are fresh, they look like hunters from Pioneer 2." Yuni explained.
"They sure have been made a mess of." I added. The bodies were really torn up, and it made me sick to my stomach. "What do you suppose happened?"
"I'm not entirely sure.. But there's something strange about these bodies. The wounds here seemed to have been cauterized, or burnt shut by something of extremely high temperature." Yuni explained her analysis.
An uneasy feeling of death lingered in the room, and haunted our thoughts. What could have done this, I wish I never had to find out, but it's my luck that I did. I noticed something dripping from the ceiling.blood. I slowly tilted my head back. revealing the creatures responsible for this crime. Three large creatures with what seemed to be two creatures connected together, each creature had a long photon saber on one arm. It's eyes were closed.it was sleeping. However no one else had noticed yet.
"Can we.keep moving.?" Yuni asked frightened.
"It'll take me a while to unlock this door." Yuni stated as she hacked into the control panel of the door.
Heat Charge was beginning to check the bodies, for what I'm not sure of. I was debating on whether or not I should tell them, Akino may go into a panic, and wake them up.My mind was made up.
"Guys, stay quiet. don't make a sound you got that? Look." I pointed a finger towards the roof and the group glanced up. Heat Charge immediately drew his rifle and aimed at one of them.
"NO! Stop! They're still sleeping." I frantically whispered.
Akino's eyes widened and she huddled into a corner covering her mouth, as if holding back a scream. The one directly above me twitched, and breathed heavily for a moment, I took a step back and drew my photon blade cautiously. The creature's body emanated with a kind of slime, and blood painted its menacing fangs. Its whole body seemed to be covered in a sort of exoskeleton armor, head to toe. It's then that I discovered a small chrome ball laying next to one of the bodies on the floor. I picked it up for closer examination, and it began to play a message. I tried frantically to turn it off however I could not.
The recording played the following message. "We're entering another room, this one's a lot smaller than the last one. Alright, here's the door, Cecil, get that door open. Alright guys take a breather. Get me one of those drinks, it's been a long day. We're almost to the second level. what was that? That noise. what was it? . There it is again, it's coming from behind us. oh shit. please don't let it be. oh my god, Pan-Arms. Get your weapons ready, here they come."
I'd rather not discuss the remainder of that recording, I dare not repeat what I heard. Too many bad memories. I still struggled to get the blasted thing off. The creatures began to stir in there sleep. The sweat beaded on my face as I finally found the off button, a wave of relief swept over me, I relaxed for a second. I relaxed too much, my hand opened and the sound recorder began to fall towards the floor. All eyes were on the little metallic ball as it sailed towards the stained flooring, and towards our impending doom. I attempted to catch it, my arms made a valiant effort , but it was in vain. It slammed against the ground, bouncing two or three times with loud metal claps. The creature's eyes' flicked open, and scanned the room quickly. It opened its large fanged jaws and let out a blood- curdling shriek. The three monsters immediately dropped to the floor, and began to circle us. The two bodies connected to each other then did the most unexpected thing; they separated. Broke into six creatures now they moved closer to Heat Charge and I. Just then the door Yuni had been working on flung open.
"The doors open! Let's move!" Yuni shouted as she grabbed Akino's arm and ran through.
However it was not so easy for us. Our exit was blocked. As they grew nearer I took swings at them with my saber, but the dodged with ease. Heat Charge held his fire, looking for an escape route. I found one, we were standing on what seemed to be a grate, leading to some type of piping system, I pointed down and Heat Charge got the message. I took my blade and sliced off the lock, the grate swung open and we fell, just as the creatures made they're attack. We slid onto some-sort of pipe and that carried us downhill for quite some time. It was too dark to see, I have no idea where or how far we went. And then we stopped with a crash onto the cold, wet floor of a cave. Heat Charge flipped on his light, we were in the piping station.
Yuni and Akino sprinted through several rooms and hallways. The Pan-Arms were now following them, after losing us. The creatures were incredibly fast and agile, jumping from wall to wall and dashing down hallways after the two. Yuni unsheathed two small Mech-guns and trotted backwards while firing. The photon beams deflected off their exoskeleton and they continued forward. The hallways were getting darker and smaller; they came to a crossroad.
"Which way!? Which way!?!?" Akino shouted frantically.
"Uhh. Left!" Yuni shouted as she shoved Akino down the left passage. "FASTER!"
The creatures came to the intersection and stopped. The six split up into groups of two and separated down the three passages. Many doors lined the passage that Akino and Yuni sped down. The signs above them read 'Medical', 'Quarters', 'Armory'..
"Here we are!" Yuni slammed through the door of the armory. Guns, swords, grenades and every other weapon you could think of were either on the wall or in a shelf in this large metallic room.
"Take this." Yuni handed Akino a large sniper rifle with some very interesting modifications. The scope was much larger, and had a battery pack taped to it. Night Vision. Yuni herself grabbed a large weapon off the wall, on the side it had painted "Flame Visit." An interesting looking weapon with the same basic design of a flamethrower, yet much more advanced.
"Alright. Here we take our stand. no more running." Yuni declared. "We're going to take down these sons of bitches if it kills me."
