Ratchet examined his new wrench. It was an omniwrench 8000, exactly like his old one. This one was slightly worn, however, with scuffs and scratches here and there.
He brought it down hard on one of the wooden planks blocking his path through the doorway in the link fence. The board splintered in half and fell to the ground. He repeated the process with three more slats and continued through.
The fence continued on the left accompanied by a brick wall to the right, creating a hallway of sorts with a makeshift roof crafted of wooden planks. Looking past the fence, he saw that he was walking along an elevated path above a train yard.
He reached the end of the tunnel, as shown by the brick on the right making a sudden left. The last section of the fence was knocked down. Just as Ratchet was about to jump down into the train yard, he heard a familiar beeping noise. The same type of camera that had taken his picture before rounded the corner. It was quickly smashed thanks to Ratchet's quick reaction.
He waited for a moment to make sure there was nothing else coming, then hopped down about six feet onto a wooden crate which smashed under the force of Ratchet's fall. He lost his balance from the unexpectancy and tumbled onto his back. He quickly recovered once he heard the grinding voice of the Bind yell "There he is!"
About thirty meters the right, on the uprisen side of the train yard, two bind police officers drew their weapons, one also shooting a red flare into the sky.
Ratchet couldn't move forward; a long train blocked his path. He ran to the left and found an alcove in the concrete wall. There was a small wooden crate on the ground. It was marked simply "supplies". He smashed it and a small, square power unit, the size of a C cell battery, clattered out. It was a power cell for his HEV suit. He picked it up and inserted the output into a charging unit in the chest of his suit. After a few moments a digitized computer voice chimed in "Power is at fifteen percent."
He removed the battery and tossed it to the ground. Refocusing on evading the Bind, he looked for his escape. One of the cars of the train had its doors hanging wide open. He ran from the alcove to the car directly across from him and jumped inside as bullets exploded the ground and wall and sparked against the metal surface of the train.
There was a door on the other side but the car was full of old mattresses, crates, wooden pallets, and other miscellaneous junk. He began smashing his way to the other side, wrench flying full force.
Before exiting, he looked for his next route. A set of empty tracks separated him and another train. The train went down the left pretty far. His best bet was to go right. He hopped out and the second he stepped on the dirt, a train blared its horn. It was on its way down the empty tracks, headed in the same direction as Ratchet needed to go. He pressed himself against the idle train from which he just left.
The train rushed past, sending small scraps and papers flying in the wind. After the last car went by, he ran behind it, hoping it would cover him from Bind eyes. It didn't work, though. Small pops could be heard accompanied by the clang of the shot hitting nearby metal siding. He quickly reached the end car of the train blocking his passage and rounded it.
Yet another train blocked his next advancement. He took another left and ran between the two, finding another open car. This one had a ladder leading up to the roof of the car but no other door. He clambered up and onto the roof. He saw his escape: a door on the other side of a chain fence. He jumped to another train and from this location down onto the grass on the near the door. He rolled to lessen the impact and kept running through the door. Inside was a dark, straight, cement stairway leading down. He felt his way down the narrow stairway to the botton.
"What are you doing? Stop it! Somebody please help!"
Ratchet quickly rounded a corner to see a badly beaten male cazar with his upper back propped against the wall. Another, probably his wife, was yelling for help; two Bind cops were standing over the cazar. One raised his baton and struck him across his face. Ratchet ran up and whacked the Bind officer over the head, instantly killing him. A high pitch squealing sound emitted from the downed officer, signaling for backup. The other fumbled with a pistol holster but couldn't get it out in time.
"Are you okay?" Ratchet asked.
Ignoring Ratchet's question, the cazar knelt down next to her deceased spouse and sobbed, "Now they'll be after you. There's nothing more you can do here. You'd better just go."
She wiped her eyes with her forearm and Ratchet opened his mouth to speak but she said, "Please. Just go."
He picked up the Bind officer's pistol, a nine millimeter USP Match. With a sigh and a last glance at the mourning cazar, he stepped through the exit door. He realized that he had just inflicted the first casualties in the fight against the Bind.
I contemplated for a while over whether to use rac or hl2 weapons. I decided to go with both. I know I'm not supposed to put reviewer responses here but I dunno why I didn't think to use a wrench instead of a crowbar. Thx for the tip, random rac fan.