Hello Half~Life fans! I am up and rearing to go on to the third chapter!
My last chapter took me until two in the morning working on it! Now it's
like 9:30 am and now I'm filled with fresh ideas! Here we go!
Chapter III:
State Of Emergency
Simon walks into the tram and sits down. Soon the tram starts to leave, the computerized voice announced "Now departing from... Sector C, Anomalous Materials... To... Sector C, Dormitories. Estimated time of arrival, Seven Minutes." Simon watches as the large door disappears, wondering why Freeman didn't get on board. Simon's the only one on the tram, so he quietly sits in the tram admiring the technology deep in the underground facility.
***
"Now arriving at Sector C Dormitories." Finally, an announcement Simon wanted to hear, Simon felt relieved that the dormitories were topside, and the light from the sun hurt his eyes a little. The light from the sun was red and orange, as it set on the desert horizon. The tram comes to a stop as another security guard, this one bald, taps a number on a keypad next to the door. The door hisses open and Simon walks out.
"Are you Simon Kessler?" The guard asks.
"Yes." Simon responds as the guard pulls out the stylus from his PDA and taps on the screen, he stares at it then says " Yeah, uh... Your in dorm..." He taps on it some more, "Ah, Yes, Dorm 723, have nice day, Kessler!" They both wave good-bye as Simon walks into the dormitory.
Simon walks up to dorm 723, he places his hand on the scanner, kind of like the one on his locker. The door beeps and unlocks, he walks in. This dorm was a lot bigger than the one at the training facility, which was like a cheap hotel room compared to this! This dorm had one office room where you could work on paper work, a small kitchen, A bathroom, for various reasons, and one bed in the middle of the room facing a television which was next to a dresser. He unpacks his things and puts them in the dresser. Then lies on the bed and watches television. Soon he falls asleep.
***
The next morning he awakes, with his lab coat still on, as well as the TV He checks his watch, it's 5:30. He gets up and stretches, shuffles over The T.V and turns the power off. He goes to the bathroom and does his routine of taking a shower and shaving. After walking into the kitchen and having a bite to eat, he grabs his lab coat and briefcase, and heads to the tram.
On the tram Simon was suprised to see Freeman. He sits next to him. "Hey Kessler, sleep well?"
"Ugh, I feel like someone hit me wit a baseball bat."
'Yeah well welcome to Black Mesa."
Simon curses under his breath and rubs his eyes. "So What's on your agenda today?"
"Uh...Just...Lab work same shit, different day." Says Freeman biting his fingernail.
"Ah, okay." Says Simon as the tram starts to descend into the tunnels of Black Mesa.
Simon watches as the giant doors opened to reveal more bridges and even more tunnel. Simon took his attention off the "Scenery" and watches Freeman tapping away at the keyboard of his expensive looking laptop. Then Simon noticed something, the annoying announcements on the tram started to slow down, as the feminine voice gets lower and lower, Freeman looks up. Suddenly the tram come to a screeching halt, and the lights turn off. The tram as well as the tunnel was pitch black. The only illumination was the light from the screen of Freeman's laptop.
"What in the Hell is going on?" Freeman shouts as he sets down his laptop and stands up. "This damn place is falling apart I swear! I can't be late!"
"Is there anything we can do?" Simon asked
"Nothing, just wait for the auxiliary power to turn on and the system to reboot."
Suddenly the lights turn back on and the tram comes whirring to life. The computer announces "Tram...7...23....Systems operational, Commencing diagnostics check."
"Great," Freeman says, "That's going to take 20 minutes!"
"Does the tram do this often?" Simon asks.
"No, but when it does, I'm always Late!" Freeman cussed.
"Diagnostics Complete, now departing for Sector C, Anomalous Materials. " The tram announced.
"It's about time! Corbin's going to kill me!" Gordon says as he sits down.
The tram slowly accelerates to its normal speed. Simon sighs a sigh of relief. as he looks out the window, passing all the scientists walking around the board-walk who are a bit jumpy after the recent power failure. Then the tram passes the board walk, turning the corner, revealing a security guard pounding on a door, trying to get in. Simon started thinking about how safe this place really is.
"Now arriving at Sector C, An-An-Anomalous Materials." The trams computer stutters out. The guard walked up to the door, "Hey Freeman, late again I see?"
"Don't you need to guard some doughnuts or something?" Freeman snaps back.
"Hey, now, no need for an attitude!," He taps the number on the keypad, "go on in!" He says as he walks over to the keypad to open the door. The door hisses open to the large room with the monitors. "Have a good day guys." The guard says as they both walk into the room.
Inside the room the guard at the desk turns to face them both and says, "Sorry guys, I can't access your messages, the computer's on the fritz. All I know is, Freeman you're wanted in the test chamber, grab you HEV suit and get down there!"
Simon looked at Freeman wondering if that was, "The same shit." he was talking about, But he didn't have time to ask, because he was already running to the locker rooms.
"Kessler," The guard says, "Your wanted in lab J today."
"All right, Thanks." he says as he goes down the hall to lab J.
***
Simon looks at a specimen in a glass beaker, as he picks up his clipboard to write down his observations. Suddenly the lights dim, flicker, then go back to normal. Simon looks around, then a loud whirring sound surrounds the room. He looks to his left when another scientist is working, "What the hell is that noise?" He Shouts..
"That's just the boys down In the test chamber again!" he says holding his ears as the whirring noise gets louder. Simon nods and hold his ears shut. Suddenly there was a noise that could be heard, even with his ears shut. The sound, like a gun shot, startles Simon. The room begins to shake violently, and the scientist next to him screams. Beakers fall and crash on the ground, computer terminals tip over and spark on the floor. Then another sound like a cannon going off shatters through the room. But this time louder. Now Alarms start to blare, and Simon runs out to the hall way. He runs dodging flying debris, as the explosions get louder and more frequent.Then the whole hallway shakes violently and Simon almost looses his balance. He runs into the main room where red lights rotate like police lights. The guard stands behind the desk with his gun at the ready, "Kessler! You've got to get out of here! You've got to get top-AH-WAHHHH!" Just then an arc of electricity hits him as he spasms the hits the floor.
Simon now frightened by what he just saw, runs into the other hallway. Just as he was about to run into the locker room, a terminal Explodes which sends Simon flying as he hits the wall behind him. It knocks the breath out of him. He tries to get up, but he blacks out.
***
Simon wakes up disoriented. He gets up and stumbles around. He rubs the pounding pain in his head. The alarms were still blaring but the explosions have stopped. He looks around, all he can see is hell. Fallen debris, crumbles walls and sparking computer equipment.
"Hey! Hey is anyone here?" Simon yells and listens for a response. Suddenly he hears gun shots.
"Ha, Ha! Take that! You little varmint!" He hears down the hall. Cautiously he peeks around the corner. Only to see another security guard shooting his gun at the ground.
"Hey you!" Simon shouts.
"Oh good! Another survivor besides me of course!"
"What are you shooting at?" Simon asks.
"See That?," He points at a White, crab looking thing, on the ground spasming and bleeding a yellowish ooze. "Those things grab on to your noggin, and your toast!"
"Holy Shi- Hey Look out!" Simon yells. Suddenly down the hall a scientist walks Their way, but something wasn't right. He had one of those crabs on his head, and his chest was split open, revealing his ribs and his internal organs. He was running straight at the security guard with giant claws.
"Oh yeah Tough guy ? Well take this!" He points his gun and pulls the trigger. But the sound he was expecting didn't come. There was only a click. The Guard looked at his sidearm, aimed, and pulled the trigger again. But there was only a click. As that creature lunges closer to the guard, in panic he checks his belt for another magazine. Then, Like a lion and his prey, the creature leaps towards the guard and all ten claws impale The guard through the chest. With a loud scream, the guard falls to the ground with the creature on top of him, ripping away at his chest.
Simon slowly backs away to avoid being heard from the creature. He backs into a metal table and all the instruments and the table fall to the ground with a loud clatter. All the creature's attention was on Simon now. As the creature started to get up from its spoils, Simon turns around and runs with the creature behind him! He goes back down the hall into the room filled with monitors. Simon quickly dives behind the desk and grabs the gun of the electrocuted guard. The creature slowly walks towards him. He fires a shot, but the creature only flinches. Simon aims for its chest, the creature screams in pain, but doesn't fall to the ground. Suddenly, a gun shot which wasn't his own was fired. The bullet hit the creature square in the head! The creature screams a blood curdling scream, falls to it's knees as a second shot was fired. The creature falls forward on its ripped open chest and leaks a pool of yellow blood. Simon looks behind him only to see someone in an orange HEV suit.
"Kessler? Hey are you all right?" The muffled voice call to him.
"Yeah, Freeman is that you?"
"No, It's Kyle. Man is it good to see you. The experiment in the test chamber went all to hell!"
"Oh God!" Simon exclaimed, Remembering where Freeman was going "Did you see Gordon?"
"No, I was in lab B when it all happened, So I grabbed an HEV suit and- AHH!" Suddenly a computer terminal falls on top of him crushing him from the waist down
"Dear Lord! Professor Kyle!" Simon runs up to him. "Can you hear me?"
Professor Kyle coughs and mutters "Go...go get an HEV....suit and... go to find a.... weapon! Go...To my office in lab D.... you'll find a Pistol in.... My desk... Then... Get your ass... O-Out of here!"
"Okay, Kyle, but what about-"
"Just...Leave me..Aughh...If you run... Out of ammo..... Look for the.... weapons test facility... in sector D. Go! Simon... Before another....zombie comes." Professor Kyle after his last words, lay his head down. There he lies dead under a computer terminal. Simon waits a few seconds and turns around and steps over the rotting corpse of the creature Professor Kyle so courageously killed before he died. Simon takes a second look at the rotting flesh of the corpse, He heaves over and vomits onto the checkered tile. He stands up wipes his mouth and heads down the corridor, listening to the sound of the male computerized voice repeating. "Emergency....Code...Red...All Personnel, Evacuate Topside." And Simon knew for some people it was too late.
Woo! What great chapter I worked on this all day on my laptop! Please send me some reviews! I need to know what you think! Until Next Chapter ~Kessler
Chapter III:
State Of Emergency
Simon walks into the tram and sits down. Soon the tram starts to leave, the computerized voice announced "Now departing from... Sector C, Anomalous Materials... To... Sector C, Dormitories. Estimated time of arrival, Seven Minutes." Simon watches as the large door disappears, wondering why Freeman didn't get on board. Simon's the only one on the tram, so he quietly sits in the tram admiring the technology deep in the underground facility.
***
"Now arriving at Sector C Dormitories." Finally, an announcement Simon wanted to hear, Simon felt relieved that the dormitories were topside, and the light from the sun hurt his eyes a little. The light from the sun was red and orange, as it set on the desert horizon. The tram comes to a stop as another security guard, this one bald, taps a number on a keypad next to the door. The door hisses open and Simon walks out.
"Are you Simon Kessler?" The guard asks.
"Yes." Simon responds as the guard pulls out the stylus from his PDA and taps on the screen, he stares at it then says " Yeah, uh... Your in dorm..." He taps on it some more, "Ah, Yes, Dorm 723, have nice day, Kessler!" They both wave good-bye as Simon walks into the dormitory.
Simon walks up to dorm 723, he places his hand on the scanner, kind of like the one on his locker. The door beeps and unlocks, he walks in. This dorm was a lot bigger than the one at the training facility, which was like a cheap hotel room compared to this! This dorm had one office room where you could work on paper work, a small kitchen, A bathroom, for various reasons, and one bed in the middle of the room facing a television which was next to a dresser. He unpacks his things and puts them in the dresser. Then lies on the bed and watches television. Soon he falls asleep.
***
The next morning he awakes, with his lab coat still on, as well as the TV He checks his watch, it's 5:30. He gets up and stretches, shuffles over The T.V and turns the power off. He goes to the bathroom and does his routine of taking a shower and shaving. After walking into the kitchen and having a bite to eat, he grabs his lab coat and briefcase, and heads to the tram.
On the tram Simon was suprised to see Freeman. He sits next to him. "Hey Kessler, sleep well?"
"Ugh, I feel like someone hit me wit a baseball bat."
'Yeah well welcome to Black Mesa."
Simon curses under his breath and rubs his eyes. "So What's on your agenda today?"
"Uh...Just...Lab work same shit, different day." Says Freeman biting his fingernail.
"Ah, okay." Says Simon as the tram starts to descend into the tunnels of Black Mesa.
Simon watches as the giant doors opened to reveal more bridges and even more tunnel. Simon took his attention off the "Scenery" and watches Freeman tapping away at the keyboard of his expensive looking laptop. Then Simon noticed something, the annoying announcements on the tram started to slow down, as the feminine voice gets lower and lower, Freeman looks up. Suddenly the tram come to a screeching halt, and the lights turn off. The tram as well as the tunnel was pitch black. The only illumination was the light from the screen of Freeman's laptop.
"What in the Hell is going on?" Freeman shouts as he sets down his laptop and stands up. "This damn place is falling apart I swear! I can't be late!"
"Is there anything we can do?" Simon asked
"Nothing, just wait for the auxiliary power to turn on and the system to reboot."
Suddenly the lights turn back on and the tram comes whirring to life. The computer announces "Tram...7...23....Systems operational, Commencing diagnostics check."
"Great," Freeman says, "That's going to take 20 minutes!"
"Does the tram do this often?" Simon asks.
"No, but when it does, I'm always Late!" Freeman cussed.
"Diagnostics Complete, now departing for Sector C, Anomalous Materials. " The tram announced.
"It's about time! Corbin's going to kill me!" Gordon says as he sits down.
The tram slowly accelerates to its normal speed. Simon sighs a sigh of relief. as he looks out the window, passing all the scientists walking around the board-walk who are a bit jumpy after the recent power failure. Then the tram passes the board walk, turning the corner, revealing a security guard pounding on a door, trying to get in. Simon started thinking about how safe this place really is.
"Now arriving at Sector C, An-An-Anomalous Materials." The trams computer stutters out. The guard walked up to the door, "Hey Freeman, late again I see?"
"Don't you need to guard some doughnuts or something?" Freeman snaps back.
"Hey, now, no need for an attitude!," He taps the number on the keypad, "go on in!" He says as he walks over to the keypad to open the door. The door hisses open to the large room with the monitors. "Have a good day guys." The guard says as they both walk into the room.
Inside the room the guard at the desk turns to face them both and says, "Sorry guys, I can't access your messages, the computer's on the fritz. All I know is, Freeman you're wanted in the test chamber, grab you HEV suit and get down there!"
Simon looked at Freeman wondering if that was, "The same shit." he was talking about, But he didn't have time to ask, because he was already running to the locker rooms.
"Kessler," The guard says, "Your wanted in lab J today."
"All right, Thanks." he says as he goes down the hall to lab J.
***
Simon looks at a specimen in a glass beaker, as he picks up his clipboard to write down his observations. Suddenly the lights dim, flicker, then go back to normal. Simon looks around, then a loud whirring sound surrounds the room. He looks to his left when another scientist is working, "What the hell is that noise?" He Shouts..
"That's just the boys down In the test chamber again!" he says holding his ears as the whirring noise gets louder. Simon nods and hold his ears shut. Suddenly there was a noise that could be heard, even with his ears shut. The sound, like a gun shot, startles Simon. The room begins to shake violently, and the scientist next to him screams. Beakers fall and crash on the ground, computer terminals tip over and spark on the floor. Then another sound like a cannon going off shatters through the room. But this time louder. Now Alarms start to blare, and Simon runs out to the hall way. He runs dodging flying debris, as the explosions get louder and more frequent.Then the whole hallway shakes violently and Simon almost looses his balance. He runs into the main room where red lights rotate like police lights. The guard stands behind the desk with his gun at the ready, "Kessler! You've got to get out of here! You've got to get top-AH-WAHHHH!" Just then an arc of electricity hits him as he spasms the hits the floor.
Simon now frightened by what he just saw, runs into the other hallway. Just as he was about to run into the locker room, a terminal Explodes which sends Simon flying as he hits the wall behind him. It knocks the breath out of him. He tries to get up, but he blacks out.
***
Simon wakes up disoriented. He gets up and stumbles around. He rubs the pounding pain in his head. The alarms were still blaring but the explosions have stopped. He looks around, all he can see is hell. Fallen debris, crumbles walls and sparking computer equipment.
"Hey! Hey is anyone here?" Simon yells and listens for a response. Suddenly he hears gun shots.
"Ha, Ha! Take that! You little varmint!" He hears down the hall. Cautiously he peeks around the corner. Only to see another security guard shooting his gun at the ground.
"Hey you!" Simon shouts.
"Oh good! Another survivor besides me of course!"
"What are you shooting at?" Simon asks.
"See That?," He points at a White, crab looking thing, on the ground spasming and bleeding a yellowish ooze. "Those things grab on to your noggin, and your toast!"
"Holy Shi- Hey Look out!" Simon yells. Suddenly down the hall a scientist walks Their way, but something wasn't right. He had one of those crabs on his head, and his chest was split open, revealing his ribs and his internal organs. He was running straight at the security guard with giant claws.
"Oh yeah Tough guy ? Well take this!" He points his gun and pulls the trigger. But the sound he was expecting didn't come. There was only a click. The Guard looked at his sidearm, aimed, and pulled the trigger again. But there was only a click. As that creature lunges closer to the guard, in panic he checks his belt for another magazine. Then, Like a lion and his prey, the creature leaps towards the guard and all ten claws impale The guard through the chest. With a loud scream, the guard falls to the ground with the creature on top of him, ripping away at his chest.
Simon slowly backs away to avoid being heard from the creature. He backs into a metal table and all the instruments and the table fall to the ground with a loud clatter. All the creature's attention was on Simon now. As the creature started to get up from its spoils, Simon turns around and runs with the creature behind him! He goes back down the hall into the room filled with monitors. Simon quickly dives behind the desk and grabs the gun of the electrocuted guard. The creature slowly walks towards him. He fires a shot, but the creature only flinches. Simon aims for its chest, the creature screams in pain, but doesn't fall to the ground. Suddenly, a gun shot which wasn't his own was fired. The bullet hit the creature square in the head! The creature screams a blood curdling scream, falls to it's knees as a second shot was fired. The creature falls forward on its ripped open chest and leaks a pool of yellow blood. Simon looks behind him only to see someone in an orange HEV suit.
"Kessler? Hey are you all right?" The muffled voice call to him.
"Yeah, Freeman is that you?"
"No, It's Kyle. Man is it good to see you. The experiment in the test chamber went all to hell!"
"Oh God!" Simon exclaimed, Remembering where Freeman was going "Did you see Gordon?"
"No, I was in lab B when it all happened, So I grabbed an HEV suit and- AHH!" Suddenly a computer terminal falls on top of him crushing him from the waist down
"Dear Lord! Professor Kyle!" Simon runs up to him. "Can you hear me?"
Professor Kyle coughs and mutters "Go...go get an HEV....suit and... go to find a.... weapon! Go...To my office in lab D.... you'll find a Pistol in.... My desk... Then... Get your ass... O-Out of here!"
"Okay, Kyle, but what about-"
"Just...Leave me..Aughh...If you run... Out of ammo..... Look for the.... weapons test facility... in sector D. Go! Simon... Before another....zombie comes." Professor Kyle after his last words, lay his head down. There he lies dead under a computer terminal. Simon waits a few seconds and turns around and steps over the rotting corpse of the creature Professor Kyle so courageously killed before he died. Simon takes a second look at the rotting flesh of the corpse, He heaves over and vomits onto the checkered tile. He stands up wipes his mouth and heads down the corridor, listening to the sound of the male computerized voice repeating. "Emergency....Code...Red...All Personnel, Evacuate Topside." And Simon knew for some people it was too late.
Woo! What great chapter I worked on this all day on my laptop! Please send me some reviews! I need to know what you think! Until Next Chapter ~Kessler