Hey guys. This is the long awaited(well For me anyway) second chapter to
Half~Life: Code Red. I just want to say I'm having a blast writing this!
And want to personally thank My friend Lauren for turning me on to this
site. thanks a lot! ^_^
~Kessler
Anyway, here it is!
Chapter II:
Acquaintances
As Simon sits in the tram, talking and getting to know Gordon, he looks in amazement at the technology in Black Mesa. All the robots and computers were a bit overwhelming after working in the Lab in LA for ten years. Now there was an Awkward silence between Gordon and Simon. Suddenly the trams computer announces "Now arriving at.... Sector C, Anomalous Materials."
"Ah! Here's our stop!" Gordon Exclaimed.
"Good, But why isn't the door opening?" Simon asked.
"Hold on..."
Soon the tram stops completely and a security guard walks up. On the other side of the glass door, in a muffled voice he says. "Hey there Freeman! Good to see you, Ah who's this?" He looks at Simon "New guy eh? Kessler is it?" Simon nods.
"Your wanted at the administrator's office. He wants to talk to you. You Better hurry! He hates people who are late!"
He taps on a keypad on the side of the tram. The door hisses open. The guard waves "See you later guys!" Simon walks out first, out on to a bridge leading to a large iron door. Simon's heart races as he walked up to the large door.
[This It] He Thought [Today, My life changes!]
The guard follows and punches another number into a keypad and the door splits open Revealing large room filled with monitors, and a large view screen showing the same Lambda symbol Simon saw in the commercial. He and Gordon walked up to the front desk where another security guard was sitting at a computer terminal. Simon wanted to ask the guard a question but he seemed to ignore Simon and looked directly at Gordon who was about to walk into the next hallway.
"Uh. Gordon!" Gordon turns around "Yes? What is it?"
"The supervisor wants to see you, to go over the experiment tomorrow." the guard reminded Gordon.
"Oh yes, Thank you!" Gordon nodded and walked off, and the guard went back to his work on the computer. Simon stood there for few seconds before the guard looks up and says "Uh. You need something?"
"Yes Actually I was wondering where the administrators office is?"
"Yeah That's one floor up," He points to the hallway to his right "Go down that hall, and right after the locker rooms go up the elevator, down the hall and look for the door that has the name John Corbin on it. That's his office."
Simon thanks the guard and walks down the hall. Meanwhile The guard presses a button on his desk "Mr. Corbin Sir? Kessler's on his way to your office."
Simon quickly goes to the locker room to drop off his suitcase, He finds the locker that reads "Kessler" on the front, as it turns out it wasn't to far from Freeman's, He places his hand on the scanner and the locker opens. He drops off his Things and heads for the elevator.
***
Meanwhile Gordon speaks with his supervisor, "So What's the plan?"
The supervisor looks up from his papers and says "Well seems that you will have to take an unknown substance we've found and we're going to analyze it. Your job it to take the specimen and push it into the beam. Can you handle it?"
Gordon wipes off his glasses and says " Yes, I think I can handle it."
***
Simon sits on a leather couch, watching a secretary tap on her computer keyboard, waiting to meet the administrator. Suddenly as soon as he was going to ask the secretary a question, the room goes black.
"What the Hell?" Simon curses as he blindly shoots up from his seat.
"Aww it's just a power surge. The emergency generator should kick up any minute." No sooner does she say that, the lights turn back on, and Simon sits back down.
"Swanson, what the hell was that?" A disgruntled voice erupts from the intercom on the secretary's desk.
"Just another power surge, Mr. Corbin."
"Oh, Yes well, send a grease monkey down to the generators and see that it gets fixed, and set up a meeting with me and the boss."
"Right Away Sir."
"Has that Kessler guy come in yet?" The secretary looks at Simon, He nods.
"Yes he has. Should I send him in?"
"Yes. Thank you"
The secretary presses a button and the door behind her unlocks. He opens the door and walks in. Behind the door a pretty generic looking administrator's office which somewhat reminded him of his grade school principles office. On the wall were diplomas and in the center of the room was a mahogany desk with a tall leather chair turned around facing a big screen showing the lambda symbol again. The chair turns around showing a black haired man in about his late forties wearing a black suit a red tie.
"You must be Professor Kessler," He holds out his hand "John Corbin, Anomalous Materials administrator."
Simon Shakes his hand "Nice to meet you"
" I just wanted to meet you personally, and to give you this," He lays out an ID with a picture of Simon on it. Simon remembers them taking his picture back at the training facility. "In my lab, one mistake, will be your last. Do I make myself clear Kessler?"
"Yes Sir." Simon responds picking up the badge Suddenly John slaps his hand on the ID.
"Don't screw up! One wrong move and I'll make sure this ID wont see the light of day again. you hear me?"
"Yes sir..." Simon takes the ID from Johns grasp and clips it to his lab coat.
"Good luck Kessler and welcome to the team." John says as he motions to the door. Simon exits, and goes back down the elevator.
Simon Exits the elevator and goes further down the hall where he bumps into Freeman.
"Oh Excuse me I... Oh Kessler, How was your meeting with Corbin?"
"He came off as a bit threatening..."
"Oh yeah he does that to all the new guys, his bark is worse than his bite!"
"I'll take your word on that! Where do I go now?"
Gordon points behind him " Just proceed to lab B, you'll find something to do there."
"Okay, thanks!" Simon says, but just as he's about to walk away Gordon says "Hey, Simon!"
"Yeah?"
"Why don't you meet me and some of my friends down in the mess hall at twelve thirty? Have lunch with us?"
"Sure," Simon smiles "I'd Like that!" He says has he heads down to lab B.
***
While working in the lab Simon looks at his watch only to reveal that it's Twelve twenty. He sets down his specimen and his notepad, and headed back the hall. He followed down the hall until he reached the big room again. He walked up to the front desk and asked "Way to the mess hall?" The guard, not even looking at him pointed to his left another hallway with a sign above it reading; Test Chamber, Labs G-K, Mess Hall.
He thanks the guard and proceeds down the hallway. After walking past lab G there was something in Lab I that caught his attention. There was a Scientist and a man in a Blue suit carrying a brief case arguing back and forth. He stood there trying to understand what they were saying, but it was too muffled behind the glass to hear. Suddenly the Man in the suit looks a him, Startled, Simon walks on.
Later, Simon walks through the double swing doors of the mess hall. There he saw Freeman, two other scientists, and a security guard. They must of been his friends he was talking about. Simon walks over to the vending machine, he deposits two dollars into the slot and vends a sandwich, and a cola. He takes his lunch over to the table Freeman's sitting at and sits down.
"Hey, Kessler, You made it! Let me introduce you to my colleagues and friends," He points to a man black hair and a goatee 'This is professor Kyle," He waves and says Hi, then Gordon points to a gray haired balding man, "This is professor Lakesfield," He says Hi as well. Next Gordon points at the security guard "And this is my 'Rent-a-cop' friend Barney Calhoun."
" I Prefer the term, security guard. Nice to meet you!" He shakes Simon's hand.
Gordon Announced "Guys this is Simon Kessler, He's new."
During Lunch, Gordon, Simon, and all his new friends talked about things around the labs, mostly about how mostly things are falling apart and breaking down, and ranking on Calhoun and how he's not a real cop. After lunch, they all parted their separate ways and Simon went back to Lab A, feeling good for meeting new friends.
***
Simon works for Four more hours until his shift ended. He walks down to the locker rooms and picks up his suitcase. He closes his locker to see Freeman packing his things up too. "See you tomorrow Kessler!"
"See ya, Freeman" Simon says as he walks to the tram to his new dorm somewhere in the Black Mesa Facility.
There's the second chapter! hoped you all liked it! Write me some reviews! I love to hear your voice! Later until Next Chapter ~Kessler
Anyway, here it is!
Chapter II:
Acquaintances
As Simon sits in the tram, talking and getting to know Gordon, he looks in amazement at the technology in Black Mesa. All the robots and computers were a bit overwhelming after working in the Lab in LA for ten years. Now there was an Awkward silence between Gordon and Simon. Suddenly the trams computer announces "Now arriving at.... Sector C, Anomalous Materials."
"Ah! Here's our stop!" Gordon Exclaimed.
"Good, But why isn't the door opening?" Simon asked.
"Hold on..."
Soon the tram stops completely and a security guard walks up. On the other side of the glass door, in a muffled voice he says. "Hey there Freeman! Good to see you, Ah who's this?" He looks at Simon "New guy eh? Kessler is it?" Simon nods.
"Your wanted at the administrator's office. He wants to talk to you. You Better hurry! He hates people who are late!"
He taps on a keypad on the side of the tram. The door hisses open. The guard waves "See you later guys!" Simon walks out first, out on to a bridge leading to a large iron door. Simon's heart races as he walked up to the large door.
[This It] He Thought [Today, My life changes!]
The guard follows and punches another number into a keypad and the door splits open Revealing large room filled with monitors, and a large view screen showing the same Lambda symbol Simon saw in the commercial. He and Gordon walked up to the front desk where another security guard was sitting at a computer terminal. Simon wanted to ask the guard a question but he seemed to ignore Simon and looked directly at Gordon who was about to walk into the next hallway.
"Uh. Gordon!" Gordon turns around "Yes? What is it?"
"The supervisor wants to see you, to go over the experiment tomorrow." the guard reminded Gordon.
"Oh yes, Thank you!" Gordon nodded and walked off, and the guard went back to his work on the computer. Simon stood there for few seconds before the guard looks up and says "Uh. You need something?"
"Yes Actually I was wondering where the administrators office is?"
"Yeah That's one floor up," He points to the hallway to his right "Go down that hall, and right after the locker rooms go up the elevator, down the hall and look for the door that has the name John Corbin on it. That's his office."
Simon thanks the guard and walks down the hall. Meanwhile The guard presses a button on his desk "Mr. Corbin Sir? Kessler's on his way to your office."
Simon quickly goes to the locker room to drop off his suitcase, He finds the locker that reads "Kessler" on the front, as it turns out it wasn't to far from Freeman's, He places his hand on the scanner and the locker opens. He drops off his Things and heads for the elevator.
***
Meanwhile Gordon speaks with his supervisor, "So What's the plan?"
The supervisor looks up from his papers and says "Well seems that you will have to take an unknown substance we've found and we're going to analyze it. Your job it to take the specimen and push it into the beam. Can you handle it?"
Gordon wipes off his glasses and says " Yes, I think I can handle it."
***
Simon sits on a leather couch, watching a secretary tap on her computer keyboard, waiting to meet the administrator. Suddenly as soon as he was going to ask the secretary a question, the room goes black.
"What the Hell?" Simon curses as he blindly shoots up from his seat.
"Aww it's just a power surge. The emergency generator should kick up any minute." No sooner does she say that, the lights turn back on, and Simon sits back down.
"Swanson, what the hell was that?" A disgruntled voice erupts from the intercom on the secretary's desk.
"Just another power surge, Mr. Corbin."
"Oh, Yes well, send a grease monkey down to the generators and see that it gets fixed, and set up a meeting with me and the boss."
"Right Away Sir."
"Has that Kessler guy come in yet?" The secretary looks at Simon, He nods.
"Yes he has. Should I send him in?"
"Yes. Thank you"
The secretary presses a button and the door behind her unlocks. He opens the door and walks in. Behind the door a pretty generic looking administrator's office which somewhat reminded him of his grade school principles office. On the wall were diplomas and in the center of the room was a mahogany desk with a tall leather chair turned around facing a big screen showing the lambda symbol again. The chair turns around showing a black haired man in about his late forties wearing a black suit a red tie.
"You must be Professor Kessler," He holds out his hand "John Corbin, Anomalous Materials administrator."
Simon Shakes his hand "Nice to meet you"
" I just wanted to meet you personally, and to give you this," He lays out an ID with a picture of Simon on it. Simon remembers them taking his picture back at the training facility. "In my lab, one mistake, will be your last. Do I make myself clear Kessler?"
"Yes Sir." Simon responds picking up the badge Suddenly John slaps his hand on the ID.
"Don't screw up! One wrong move and I'll make sure this ID wont see the light of day again. you hear me?"
"Yes sir..." Simon takes the ID from Johns grasp and clips it to his lab coat.
"Good luck Kessler and welcome to the team." John says as he motions to the door. Simon exits, and goes back down the elevator.
Simon Exits the elevator and goes further down the hall where he bumps into Freeman.
"Oh Excuse me I... Oh Kessler, How was your meeting with Corbin?"
"He came off as a bit threatening..."
"Oh yeah he does that to all the new guys, his bark is worse than his bite!"
"I'll take your word on that! Where do I go now?"
Gordon points behind him " Just proceed to lab B, you'll find something to do there."
"Okay, thanks!" Simon says, but just as he's about to walk away Gordon says "Hey, Simon!"
"Yeah?"
"Why don't you meet me and some of my friends down in the mess hall at twelve thirty? Have lunch with us?"
"Sure," Simon smiles "I'd Like that!" He says has he heads down to lab B.
***
While working in the lab Simon looks at his watch only to reveal that it's Twelve twenty. He sets down his specimen and his notepad, and headed back the hall. He followed down the hall until he reached the big room again. He walked up to the front desk and asked "Way to the mess hall?" The guard, not even looking at him pointed to his left another hallway with a sign above it reading; Test Chamber, Labs G-K, Mess Hall.
He thanks the guard and proceeds down the hallway. After walking past lab G there was something in Lab I that caught his attention. There was a Scientist and a man in a Blue suit carrying a brief case arguing back and forth. He stood there trying to understand what they were saying, but it was too muffled behind the glass to hear. Suddenly the Man in the suit looks a him, Startled, Simon walks on.
Later, Simon walks through the double swing doors of the mess hall. There he saw Freeman, two other scientists, and a security guard. They must of been his friends he was talking about. Simon walks over to the vending machine, he deposits two dollars into the slot and vends a sandwich, and a cola. He takes his lunch over to the table Freeman's sitting at and sits down.
"Hey, Kessler, You made it! Let me introduce you to my colleagues and friends," He points to a man black hair and a goatee 'This is professor Kyle," He waves and says Hi, then Gordon points to a gray haired balding man, "This is professor Lakesfield," He says Hi as well. Next Gordon points at the security guard "And this is my 'Rent-a-cop' friend Barney Calhoun."
" I Prefer the term, security guard. Nice to meet you!" He shakes Simon's hand.
Gordon Announced "Guys this is Simon Kessler, He's new."
During Lunch, Gordon, Simon, and all his new friends talked about things around the labs, mostly about how mostly things are falling apart and breaking down, and ranking on Calhoun and how he's not a real cop. After lunch, they all parted their separate ways and Simon went back to Lab A, feeling good for meeting new friends.
***
Simon works for Four more hours until his shift ended. He walks down to the locker rooms and picks up his suitcase. He closes his locker to see Freeman packing his things up too. "See you tomorrow Kessler!"
"See ya, Freeman" Simon says as he walks to the tram to his new dorm somewhere in the Black Mesa Facility.
There's the second chapter! hoped you all liked it! Write me some reviews! I love to hear your voice! Later until Next Chapter ~Kessler