Chapter 3- AWOL Agents

Dr. Glenshaw walked down the hallway toward Colonel Jenkens' office. He went into the small lobby and greeted the secretary and knocked on the door.
"Come in." said the colonel from inside. Dr. Glenshaw opened the door and walked in.
"Sir, I just got off the phone with Dr. Leyla from Black Mesa." said Dr. Glenshaw to Colonel Jenkens.
"Really, what did he say?"
"They discovered that there are problems with the rematerialization process during the teleportation process."
"Are they dangerous?"
"No, not immediatly. After about fifty or so rematerializations it can get dangerous."
"What happens?"
"There is a chance they can go crazy."
"That's all?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Let me know if anything more develops."
"Yes sir." Glenshaw turned and left. Jenkens sat for a minute thinking about what to do. Team four was about to leave, he realized.
Jenkens got up and started walking to the control room.

Alarms blared through out the complex. Adrian and his team wondered what was going on.
"Teams nine, twelve, and fourteen, please report to the portal room. Repeat, combat teams, nine, twelve, and fourteen, please report to the portal room." Adrian looked up as he heard the message over the loud speaker.
"Let's go!" yelled Hanz. The team bolted up and ran across the complex to the elevator. Team twelve arrived at the elevator first and nine followed soon after.
"Come on Richers." mumbled one of the nine members. The four of them arrived a moment later and joined the other's in the elevator. Adrian hit the button and the doors closed.
Given the urgency of the message the elevator seemed to be moving very slowly. It finally stopped and the doors opened. All of the soldiers rushed out and ran down the hall toward the Gear Room.
They quickly got their vests and robes on and guns ready.
"Move quickly!" Adrian's team was the first to leave the locker room and get back into the main hall. They ran down it and entered the main portal room.
"Major Hanz, your orders are to find team four and eliminate them. They have gone AWOL and are hunting down the science teams. Take them out." The pyramid hummed and went through the process of activating the portal again. The other two teams walked in just as the portal activated. "Twelve, you are clear to go."
"Come on people. Let's get them." They ran across the room and entered the portal. The last thing Adrian heard was Colonel Jenkens giving them their orders.
The planet materialized around him and he saw that he was in the same place he had been three days before.
The sky was black and the night was quiet. The solders quickly drew their weapons and turned their flashlights on. The powerful beams lit up the ground and revealed a numerous amount of bodies lying on the ground.
The small reciever hummed and the other two teams appeared a moment later.
"Major Hanz, Colonel Jenkens put you in charge sir." Hanz looked suprised for a moment.
"Okay, your nine right?"
"Yes sir."
"I want you to keep an eye on the reciever here. Make sure they don't take it out and strand us here."
"Yes sir."
"Fourteen, you secure whats left with the science teams and bring them back here. My team will track four and kill them. Understood?" The men soluted.
"Sir, these are of the science teams sir." said one of the nine men turning over a body.
"Let's go. Shephard, your with me, Lorenz, Fine, stick together. This is going to be a long night said Hanz as they jogged out of the trees and into the grassy field.

Adrian and Hanz moved into the city and buried their guns in their robes. People seemed frightened. A man ran down the street at them.
"Sha! Konleafgrs ad tyeid!" he yelled at them as they passed him. Adrian clicked the small radio in his ear and played what the man had said. One of the nine men knew the language.
"What did he say?" asked Adrian.
"Hold on," there was a pause. "He said to run, magic men are attacking."
"Thats our cue." said Hanz. They kept walking down the street looking for team four. Gunfire erupted and a law enforcement man fell to the ground riddled with bullets from what looked like a Squad Assault Weapon.
"Get down!" yelled Hanz and pushed Adrian. He tripped and fell just as Hanz exchanged fire with some unseen enemy.
Hanz dove behind a wooden wagon followed by a stream of bullets from the SAW. Adrian bared his P90 and fired trying to get attention on himself so Hanz could take him out. It worked and Adrian rolled behind the wall of a stone building. Hanz got up and fired some rounds off and the shooting stopped. Adrian got to his feet and looked around the corner. Blood oozed from the police officers body and his sword lay a few feet from him.
"Shephard!" hissed Hanz. Adrian looked at him. He put two fingers to his eyes and then pointed them down the street. Adrian brought his P90 up and aimed it down the street. Hanz leveled his gun and slowly moved up the street sweeping it back and forth. The flashlight beam sweaped across numerous bodies including that of a fellow soldier from combat team six. "Clear." he said. "He got away." Adrian walked out from his cover and joined Hanz.
"Where the hell did they get SAW's?" he asked.
"The combat teams had a small armory built near the farm in case something happened. I guess they found it."
"We are going to get slaughtered if they have SAW's and we don't." said Adrian.
"No Adrian, those are only to be used in emergencies."
"This is an emergency! Those guns could rip through our vests like they aren't even there. Our guns could probably only weaken them. We need machine guns." he said forcefully. Hanz looked at him, then at his gun, and back at Adrian.
"Alright. There is the possibility that they took them all."
"Then we go back and get more."
"Let's go." Adrian turned and ran back to the farm with Hanz close behind.

The sun was just breaking the horizon when the two soldiers arrived at the farm house. Hanz had let everyone know what was happening and to watch out.
Adrian kicked the door in and he and Hanz moved into the house. The first thing they saw was the bodies of the family. Hanz quickly found the trap door and opened it. They dropped down and turned on their flashlights. Magazines and bullets were scattered all over the floor and the usually neatly arranged weapons were turned in all different directions.
"Look around. Hopefully they left a SAW."
"Here. Damn, it's not loaded." Hanz picked up the heavy machine gun and handed it to Adrian. He took it and put down his P90 and kept looking around for ammo boxes. Hanz opened a green metal box and smiled.
"They missed some." Adrian turned around and walked to Hanz. He reached in and picked up one of the boxes. He pulled the first of the bullets out and inserted it into the chamber. He pulled the hammer back and clipped the box to the hook on the side of the gun. Hanz picked up the other two boxes and put them in the pocket of his robes.
"Let's go."
"You've had training with that thing?"
"Are you kidding? I was second to be the heavy weapons expert during boot." said Adrian as he climbed out of the hole and helped Hanz out also.
"Sir! Dels is attacking the palace. I think they're going for the sultan!" yelled Fine over the radio. "Get down Lorenz!" Gunfire erupted over the channel. "Take cover!" yelled Lorenz into their ears through the radio.
"Julian!" More gunfire thudded. "Man down! Man down!" There were two more shots and they could hear Lorenz yell in pain. Hanz turned and clicked his radio.
"Lorenz! Come in!" He didn't answer. "Repeat, Come in Kel." The radio stayed silent except for people yelling and gunfire.
"The palace guards don't stand a chance." said Adrian. "Hold this." He handed the SAW to Hanz and jumped back down to retrieve his P90.
"Walder, take your men and meet Shephard and I at the palace." said Hanz into the radio.
"Roger."
"Come on Adrian." He pulled himself up.
"We've got to go now." he said. They sprinted out of the house and Hanz handed the SAW back to Adrian. They just hoped they wouldn't be too late to save Lorenz.