Chapter 3
Log 3451210 I-AND1
Bauer contacted me from the ship and told me that Seely was indeed the one working with the Space Pirates. I decided to get someone from outside, someone who had no reason to help him escape, to bring him in. However, he has disappeared. Security feeds show there is no way he could have exited the building, so I initiated a lockdown. We are systematically searching all the rooms. This will take a while, and I think that Nick will be back before we find him.
Nick's ship had just landed at the GF headquarters. When he left the ship, a messenger shouted for him.
"Sir! You have a message from Commander Anderson. He says that he brought in someone outside to take in Seely. Seely has disappeared since then and they're searching the building."
Nick bolted up the stairs into the lobby before the hangar. He found Anderson waiting for him in the lobby.
"We've got him surrounded in a maintenance room downstairs. Let's go."
They both started running down the stairs. It was just two floors below.
"Is your gun loaded?" asked Ivan.
"Yeah. Tell your squad not to move in. Seely's good."
They reached the basement. Nick saw several soldiers outside the door. He walked up to the captain who was waiting there.
"Captain, open the door a little bit. I'm going in."
"Nick, that's crazy," said Ivan.
"I've worked with him for a good three years. I might be able to reason with him."
He opened the door slightly and crawled in the room. Seely fired three shots at the door, hitting nothing.
"Dan, this is crazy. We've got you surrounded. Give it up."
"They'll kill me. I don't want to die!" shouted Seely.
"There's a better chance of you dying this way."
Another door in the room suddenly fell in with a bang. Three quick shots rang out in Seely's direction. During the din Seely managed to fall back to the next room.
"Are you alright, Nick?" said the new arrival.
The smoke cleared.
"Samus?"
"Ivan called me to bring Seely in. You need to get in that next room before he can barricade himself."
Nick ran up to the door and kicked it down. He quickly ducked behind some boxes. Seely shot a few times, but missed. Nick shot from behind his cover, and knocked over the box Dan was hiding behind. Nick moved out from behind his cover with his gun pointed at Seely. Seely also had his gun pointed at Nick.
"It's over. You're surrounded. I'd like to take you in alive; please don't make me shoot you."
Seely aimed his gun, and his finger closed around the trigger.
"God forgive me," said Nick.
He shot three times. All three shots hit perfectly through the chest. Seely fell down on the floor, immediately dead.