Alien Slave 2
Chapter 10: Back to before
"Sergeant, we have em! The alien is likely to be at coordinates 341, 512. Find a cave. It's off the main path so be prepared for harsh travelling conditions."
"Roger that sir! We will move in immediately!" The sergeant shouted into the radio. "Men! We have the coordinates, lets move! On the double!"
"I'll travelling in the heli with the rest of the squad and will be there approximately fifteen minutes. You can get there faster. If you spot the alien, note it's position and track it. We cannot afford to lose it!" General Romata said as he gather all his maps and GPS equipment.
"Roger that sir." The sergeant than turned to his men. "Corporal, have you planned a route to the objective?"
"Yes Sergeant. Follow me, it's not far from here." The Corporal shouted and started hacking though the bushes with his machete. The rest of the soldiers followed him, shielding themselves from the flying torns and branches.
"Men, lets move! On the double! There's no time to waste!" General Romata shouted and signalled to his men to enter the helicopter. The soldiers slipped into the seats and quickly checked they had forgotten nothing.
"Lets go! Co-Pilot, here's the map!" Romata passed the map over to the co-pilot and the pilot tilted the stick, the helicopter immediately lifted off the ground and flew over the tress.
"All right men! No time to waste! I've consulted with my experts and we have discovered the possible location of the alien. Probability is 75%. Alpha team is already moving in on foot and will meet with us at the objective point. We need to storm the cave and capture the alien without any hiccups."
"Will do sir." The men responded.
"Sergeant, what's your progress?" The General said into the radio.
"We are nearly there. Our locator found us a shortcut." The sergeant said as he ducked to avoid a low branch only to be slapped by a bunch of leaves.
"When you get there, hold your position. Make sure nothing gets out of the area." General Romata said and looked out of the helicopter to find out where he was.
"Roger that." The sergeant replied automatically. "Corporal, are we there?"
"Yes sir. We are nearly there, watch out for a trap hole! On the right!" The Corporal, shouted out, he brushed away the leaves covering the trap and revealed it.
"Sure is deep. If someone gets stuck in there, he'll be trap for a while." The Corporal said as he pointed to a skeleton which laid in the hole.
"Sergeant! We've spotted a cave." One of the soldiers shouted.
"Halt. Everyone, take cover and keep your voices down. We don't want to get heard."
The Sergeant inched slowly forward and pulled away a branch. In front of them was a pile of rocks with an small entrance, no higher than 2 meters. The entrances was covered with vines which could act as a rope ladder. Leaves littered the entrance and moss covered the rocks. The Sergeant pulled out his radio.
"General. We've spotted the cave. I'm pretty sure it's the right one. Preparing the beacon to guide you in."
"Roger that Sergeant. We are nearly over the target area."
"Shall we proceed?"
"Yes. But do not go together, 2 of you will have to provide cover, another 2 will slowly enter the cave. No lighting devices."
"Sir yes sir." The sergeant said. "Charlie, Dicks. Stay here and cover our backs. Farlei, follow me, no lights and be quiet."
The Sergeant dropped his bag and moved forward with only his weapons. One of the soldiers followed, trailing behind him with weapons at the ready.
"Lower me in. We don't know how deep the cave can go." The Sergeant whispered.
"Roger." The soldier took out his rope and tied it against the nearby tree. The Sergeant grabbed it and carefully lowered himself down. The Sergeant disappeared into the darkness of the cave. The Corporal waited for a response.
"Coast clear. The ground is only a metre down." The Sergeants whispered. The cave entrance was dark but he could see light ahead. There must have been an open sky light to the cave. He began to squeeze himself into the tiny hole where the light came from.
"Sergeant, you sure you can fit in there?"
"Of course. I've been through smaller holes."
The Sergeant slowly flexed his muscles backwards, and pushed his shoulder forwards, he attempted to lift himself up but could not.
"Farlei, clear the rocks."
The soldier took out a tiny pick axe and attempted to break off the rocks. The Sergeant moved out of the way while using his hand to clear his path ahead.
"PRACK!"
"Quiet!"
"Sorry, the rock hit the ground pretty hard."
The Sergeant tried to push through and succeed. He lifted the Farlei up with him and they slowly crawled through the tunnel. Luckily, the tunnel grew bigger and was able to fit both of them.
"Me Tim Human Male, You?" A voice echoed from the cave.
"What the?" The Sergeant whispered.
"Meeeeeee Inissss Aliennnn Maleeee.."
"I know that voice. You heard it before too." Farlei whispered.
"A Vortigaunt."
"Yeah, but what is it doing with a human?"
"No idea. I thought the Vortigaunt was aggressive to foreign beings."
"I have no idea. Contact headquarters."
"Yeah." The Sergeant took out his radio and crawled his way back to the entrance.
"General Romata, we've have confirmation of the alien. The Vortigaunt seems to be with communicating with the human, possibly the park ranger."
"Roger. Do you have enough fire power to take them hostage till we arrive?"
"We have 2 M249, it wont be a problem."
"All right. Attempt to capture them, we will be there ETA 1 minute."
The Sergeant crawled back to Farlei. The voices of the park ranger and the vortigaunt distinctively clear.
"We capture them alive. Follow my tail." The Sergeant whispered. He crawled towards the voice and came to a large cave. They were on top of a ledge. The Sergeant peeked forward and right below him was the Vortigaunt. Farlei, who did not encountered a Vortigaunt at Black Mesa, looked at the Vortigaunt carefully.
It had an arched forward neck with a big red eye in the middle and some secondary eyes at the side of it's head. The Vortigaunt had an arched back like an elderly person and was covered in brown. The alien's fingers was claws which had sharp ends meant to slice.
"Jump and roll at the count of three. One. Two Three!"
I could sense the black humans, but any reaction on my part would have been dangerous. So I acted like I did not know the human was there. But I kept my Zapper ready.
"Good job Iniss. You sure are smart." The human, Tim, said.
"Thannkkkkk Youuuu Timmmmm."
I turned and proceeded to get the container of water to quench my thrist. The talking took alot of concentration and effort. Than out of the corner of my eye, I saw the black human advance. It twisted around and fired my zap.
"ARRR!" One of the black human screamed as the electric shock struck it's target. The other human rolled over the cave ground and fired opened fire at me. I ducked backwards and hit against a pointy rock.
'ARRR!' I let out a telepath scream. The rock hit my spinal column making me paralysed for a while. The black human lifted it's weapon and pointed it at me. The human hit the trigger.
"Ra-tat-tat-tat-tat!" I rolled aside and the bullets chipped off the rocks hit. The pain almost got to me.
"Hands up. Black Operative." I said. I poked my shotgun into the Black soldier.
"You are making a mistake. This alien will kill once it is done with you." The soldier said.
"Really eah? Iniss, tell him." I looked over to Iniss who was on the ground trying to lift himself up.
"Inissss Alien Friendsss withhh Timmmm Humannn."
"You are making a huge mistake....the Xens will in-" The soldier jerked and my finger slipped.
"BLAMM!" The shells tore a hole through the soldier's through the soldier's chest. Guts splattered all over the cave. Stomach, intestines, you name it. Iniss was covered in blood and with something that looked like the soldier's heart. It was still beating. The soldier collapsed. I collapsed too.
"Oh my....I just murdered a person...I just.." I dropped the shotgun, and looked at my hands which was covered with blood. I had murdered, I was a criminal. I had killed a person cold blooded.
"Timmmmmm okayyy?"
"Tim just killed fellow human." I said out blindly. I was too horrified to speak. The alien extended his arm out to lift me up.
"Weeee muusttt gettt ouuttt of hereeee. Blackk humannn cominggg to killll us." The alien spoke.
"Yes. We must go." I grabbed the alien's arm and pulled myself up. We looked face to face, eye to eye. The alien's eyes contracted, he saw the terror in my eyes. He tried to console me.
"Timmmmm shottt innnn deeefeeenceeee."
"Yes. I did, but i stilled murdered a person." I fell on my knees again. Tear drops dripped from my eyes. I looked across to the dead soldier. Than I spotted something, I grabbed from the soldiers pocket a piece of paper. After examining it, I realise it was a photo.
It was the photo of the soldier's family. He had a young boy. The boy was about three to four years old. And now, the boy would never celebrate father's day because of me. Becaused I murdered his father.
"Timmmmm, weeeee gooooo nowwww!" The alien pleaded.
"O.k. Lets go. I said, still clutching the photo.
"Go? I don't think so." Came a voice. I turned and standing at the cave entrance was a man in uniform. He hid in the darkness so I could not see his face. I saw 4 golden stars reflecting the sun light on his shoulders.
"Who are you and what do you want?" I picked up my shotgun and shouted.
"I'm just doing my job. Capturing you and the alien."
"And who sent you?" I question.
"None of your concern. Men, move in. If he fires. Kill him." Men in black suits advanced from behind the men in charged. I loaded my shotgun and aimmed it at the General.
"BLITZ!"
A bright light appeared, it illuminated the whole cave. Than a ball of light condensed and appeared in the middle of cave. I immediately knew what it was!
'Star Controller Colath 44, it worked! The teleporter is working!'
'COLATH??!'
'INISS???'
"RUNNNNNN!" I shrieked to the human, I immediately ran and jumped into the Portal.
'COLATH! CLOSE THE PORTAL! CLOSE IT!'
'SOMETHING JUST ENTERED THE PORTAL TOO!'
'JUST CLOSE IT!'
The ball of light disappeared before the soldiers could fire their weapons. Within a second, the cave became dark again with the alien and the park ranger no where to be seen. The General looked around, shocked beyond description. He dropped his weapon and started to panic.
"No.....no....nooooooooooo!" He screamed!