Chapter 10- Getting the Power Back

"Here we are." said John, stopping at a heavy metal door. "This is the teleportation room. It's not quite as nice as the one on Earth, but it will do." John typed in a code on a small number pad and the door slid open.
The room beyond was dramatically smaller and the machine was the same size. It took up more than half of the room. John ran across the room and climbed a latter up to a catwalk. Adrian and Lorenz looked around the room to make sure it was clear.
John opened the door to the control room and entered it. They heard him typing for a minute and he looked out the small window.
"We have a problem. The clones must have shut the power off. Someone needs to go restart the generator." he said over the rooms loudspeaker.
"I'll do it." said Adrian, pulling the hammer on his P90 back. "Kelly, I want you to go to the elevator and wait for me. Make sure no clones get past that point." Lorenz nodded his head.
"Lieutenant, I will need to guide you through." said John climbing down the latter. "There is a security room just down the hall. From there I can guide you." Adrian turned and walked toward the door with Lorenz close behind him.
John stopped at a door and swiped his card. The door opened and revealed a room with several monitors. "I will talk to you over your radio. Is it on?"
"Yes." replied Shephard. The doors to the elevator slid open and Adrian rushed out of it. He ducked behind a wall right as three clones walked around and checked the elevator.
"First, your going to take hallway B4. It's just behind you." said John into his ear from the radio. Adrian looked around the corner and quietly slipped the silencer onto his P90. "Be careful, don't leave their bodies where others will find them." Adrian noticed a camera on the ceiling just above the clones.
He came around the corner and fired. The silenced rounds tore into the clones. They slumped to the ground and blood oozed from their wounds. Adrian stepped over them and followed the hall.
"Take care of their bodies sir." Adrian ignored him and came to the end of the long corridor. It sounded like there was a fight going on down to hall to the right. "Turn right. Go until you get to the catwalk above the lake."
"Figures." Adrian muttered to himself. He leveled his gun and slowly moved down the hall. The gunfire lessened and stopped by the time he arrived. Clone and alien bodies were strew across the floor. A couple of the dog-like creatures and one of the large acid spitting lizards trotted in and attacked the smaller ones. They charged up their attacks and tried to fend off the big one. It quickly dispatched them and started munching on the bodies.
Adrian turned and kept walking before the alien saw him. He eventually came to a catwalk that extended across a small bay that was under the palace. At the opening, Adrian could see the sunlight bouncing off the water. He remembered that it had been dark before and looked at his watch.
The face was covered in dust and blood. Adrian wiped it off and pressed the button for the backlight. "Jesus." he said to himself. It was 2300 hours. Sixteen hours had passed since they stepped out of the portal to where he was standing now. Sixteen hours of hell. "I'm here." he said, clicking his radio.
"Okay, be careful, there don't seem to be lights down there and I can't see you with the cameras. Go across the catwalk and find a way through the door at the end." Adrian walked toward the end of the catwalk and just as John said, he stopped at a heavy steel door. "It's locked and I can't open it from here." Adrian looked around and spotted a vent in the ceiling. It looked big enough for him to fit though.
Adrian reached up and smashed the vent in with the butt of his gun. It collapsed inward and he pulled it out and tossed it onto the ground. He shouldered his gun, grabbed the end of the vent and pulled himself up. It was a narrow fit but he could do it. He came to the end of the vent and heard a familiar distorted voice.
"This is unit 297, area is secure. No sign of Shephard or Lorenz." said the clone. He walked across the room and went through a door. Adrian waited and smashed his way through the vent. He tumbled out of the hole and fell on the floor. The clone heard him and turned around. Adrian got to his feet and was met with the clone's gun in his face. "Drop your weapon." he ordered.
Adrian slowly stood up straight. He let the strap of the P90 slip off his shoulder and drop to the floor. "Put your hands on your head." Adrian slowly rose his hands and slapped the gun away surprising the clone. He spun and landed a powerful kick on the side of the clones head. He fell to the ground and Adrian tried to bring his palm down on his face but the clone moved and he hit the floor. The clone kicked Adrian in the side and sent him flying off and into a wall. Adrian got to his feet and the clone did the same.
They both looked at each other, unarmed and wanting to kill the other. The clone started first and they both ran at each other. The clone threw at punch and Adrian blocked it. He brought his fist up and smashed the clone in the stomach. He keeled over and rammed Adrian. He slammed Adrian into the wall and Adrian reacted by kneeing the clone in the face.
He stood up and threw another punch which Adrian blocked and threw one of his own. The clone blocked it and Adrian head-butted him. The clone staggered back and Adrian took the chance. He lunged at the clone and grabbed his head. He tried to struggle free but Adrian snapped his neck with a sickening crack.
The clone's body went limp and Adrian let him go. He got up and retrieved his P90. He spotted a small white piece of paper in the clones pocket. He bent down to pick it up and realized it was his picture of Hanz, Lorenz, Fine, and him. He looked down at the clone's body and kicked it.
"You bastard." he muttered. He clicked the radio. "Where now, John?" said Adrian pocketing the picture.
"Where- oh, I see you. Go through the door to your right." Adrian did as he was told and found himself in a small room with a control panel. "Now, you need to restart the system and un-dam the lake."
"How do I do that?"
"Do you know how to use a computer?"
"Yes."
"Just look for the system restart program and activate it. It should do everything automatically." Adrian moved the mouse and let the computer wake up from his sleep. He clicked various things and hit the enter button. The lights dimmed and brightened again. He heard the water from outside start to rush and flow through the dam. "Good work. Go across the dam and start the generator. Adrian returned to the room where he had killed the clone and opened the door. The hatch was on this side of the door so it made it easier than climbing through the vent.
He could see better now that the lights where on. The dam was about six feet wide with a short rail. It was the only thing that stood between the person walking across and the rushing water. Adrian walked across it and entered a small room with a large generator.
He reached up and pulled the string on the light bulb which lit the room.
"There is a red handle on the side, pump it up four times and then press the blue button." Adrian pumped the lever and pressed the button. "Very good. That should get the machine working. Get back here and we are home free."
Adrian opened the door and walked out onto the dam. He wasn't prepared for what was waiting for him. Between him and the end of the dam were three men. Dels, Jaques, and Martin.