PREY II

Guns don't kill experiments, Nicole does!

Omega Upsilon's sense of humour was daunting, had he gone mad? He was supposed to be the perfect soldier, not a stand-up comedian. Ghost found a bowl of soup shoved under his nose, it smelled like honey and lemon. It didn't burn your tongue, and it warmed you inside. Omega looked at him and shook his head, "My God, You like that stuff? I think somebody has been living on Happy Pops too long!" Ghost muffled a laugh, 'It could be worse' he thought.

Nicole concentrated on the point she was reaching and when she close she moved her body so that her feet were facing any doors in the way. The last door was stubborn and wouldn't open so she had no option and launched herself into the door and let momentum deal out the blows. Crash! The door shattered but Nicole kept going right into the control panel and hit the plasma screen, activating security reboot for the whole base. Nicole's heart was beating hard and her breathing shallow. The intercom crackled, "Systems…online, safety…online, warning…shhhhttt" and then static. Nicole leaned her back against mesh wall covering the back-up power generator. Suddenly something pounced at her back, its claws digging into her back through the mesh. Nicole jumped across the room and turned 180 degrees to face her attacker. Piercing yellow eyes were staring at her through the thin metal and she glanced at where the monster had already attacked, the area had a huge dent. It would probably take two minutes for this monster to break through. Nicole turned round and smiled, in front of her was cabinet which had a gun symbol on the front. The door opened easily and sure enough, Nicole found several rows of shotguns and bullets, she took a gun and loaded it. Then faced her enemy and waited 5 long and painful minutes. The creature poked its head through the small hole it had made. It crept slowly and looked up at Nicole and bared its teeth. Nicole suddenly turned round and shot the larger version of that creature that was behind her. Its chest blew up and scattered blood and organs everywhere. The small creature took a hint and scampered away. Nicole knew that more would come and she, personally, didn't feel she could take on 50 at a time. She decided to load the trolley with shotguns and bullets and began to walk up the empty chrome corridors. It was an adrenaline-pumping walk, waiting for something to come and attack you, watching every corner and listening to the unnerving silence. Nicole longed to shout but she knew she would just attract the attention of other creatures that are released. When she thought she couldn't go on any longer she saw up ahead, the small group of people who had survived. As she got nearer they began to cheer and clap but the intercom came on and everyone went silent, "Specimens 1-1999 are free," The scientist let out a sigh of relief, Nicole was confused, "Tons of your experiments are released! Why aren't you a bit afraid?"

One of the younger scientist said, "If experiment 2k gets out we'll be as good as dead!"

And as if on cue, the intercom crackled, "Warning, all personnel proceed to emergency bunker, experiment 2000 is released!"

The huge sun poked over the endless sand of the red desert, which reminded Ghost of the old western movies with the cowboys riding into the sunset. Ghost sat up and remembered a few problems with jumping through dimensions, power shortage!

That would mean…, Omega broke his train of thoughts by banging a wooden spoon against the metal pot he was using yesterday. He walked over to Ghost and shouted in his ear, "WAKEY, WAKEY RISE AND SHINE!" Ghost didn't react. Omega looked puzzled and said, "Something bothering you?"

"Yes in fact there is!"

"What?"

"The effects of jumping!"

"And?"

"Do you know that you weren't the only experiment at the base?"

"Oh"

"And most of the cages are connected to the mainframe for easier access"

"But wait… you said most of the cages are connected"

"I know there's something else…we call it Soul. It was an accident but we can't destroy it"

"Why?"

"It's too small!"

"What's the other problem with it?"

"It's programmed to be like you"

"What? I'm not that bad!"

"That's because you've malfunctioned"

"Oh…"

"This is a robot that is programmed to kill and that is what it will do."

End of Chapter 14