After the last couple of chapters being on a little too short, I decided to
make sure that this chapter would be longer and go into more detail.
Thanks for your patience,
-Bojack
ALIENS: Wolf Soldier
Chapter Seven
The corridor was concealed in darkness; nothing moved or made a sound.
Until the faint noise of the doors mechanical release system activated. The door deftly slid open and cast the hall into dim gray lighting.
The marines quickly entered the corridor, the two Pig Men having taken point.
Blake looked around. He then called for Jackson.
"Yes sir." Jackson spoke.
Blake looked over at him. "We're going to need the systems back up again, I want you to find the nearest access panel get the power back on." He instructed him. He then turned to McKenzie. "Go with him." He informed him.
"Yes sir." McKenzie replied.
Blake watched as the two of them disappeared into the shadows. "And now it is time to establish a command post." He then remarked.
***
Jackson removed the bolts from the panel and then handed it to McKenzie. "Shine the light here while I reboot this thing." He instructed him.
Jackson then peered into the illuminated circuitry and began examining them, looking for the right one. He finally stopped at one of them and pulled it out. He then reached up and pulled another one out of its holding place and inserted it in where the old once has been. "I've replaced the blown circuit." Jackson explained as McKenzie held the light for him.
McKenzie suddenly heard a strange metallic clanking sound behind him and turned the light away from Jackson to see what was there.
Jackson frowned and looked over his shoulder. "Damnit, I'm almost done with this, can't you just hold still a little longer?" He asked.
"I'm sorry," He replied when he didn't see anything. "I just thought I heard something behind me." He concluded, uneasily.
"We don't have time for this shit; we have to get the systems back on." Jackson replied, berating the other marine.
"Sorry." McKenzie replied as he shined the light back onto the panel.
Jackson reached back in and threw a large switch beside the circuit-board.
McKenzie looked up, waiting for the lights to turn back on.
***
Blake looked around as the lights suddenly flickered back on, filling the whole area in dull light.
He turned around to see Able standing there, looking at him. "Might I recommend that we go ahead and find a suitable place to set up operations, eh?" He asked, rhetorically.
Blake turned to Jaeger. "Have you finished checking the blue-prints?" He asked her.
The tall blond rolled the paper back up and nodded, as if to imply "yes". She then tucked the paper back into her backpack. "The Security Command Post is on this level." She replied. "It's perfect, because we can access the computer mainframe and all of the security cameras from there, as well." She finished telling him.
"Well then, it looks like we've found what we were looking for." Able remarked.
"As soon as Jackson and McKenzie get back, we'll head straight there." Blake announced.
***
Harmon looked around and sighed. "I don't like this at all; something about this place feels wrong." He uttered to his friend, Salazar, as the two of them stood there.
"You're just being paranoid." Salazar replied. "We have everything under control." He added.
"Then why haven't Jackson and McKenzie gotten back yet?" He asked, uneasily.
"Cool it, they'll be here." Salazar told him, calmly.
***
"Damnit!" McKenzie exclaimed. "I heard it again." He added.
Jackson placed the cover back over the panel and turned to face his colleague. "Cut that out, we don't have time to screw around." He told him. "We have to get back to the others" He then added.
"Go on ahead, I'll catch up with you in a second." McKenzie replied.
"What?!" Jackson exclaimed.
"Just go!" McKenzie shot back as he looked at his pulse-rifle.
"Whatever, man, it's your funeral." Jackson replied as he started walking away.
***
Blake watched as Jackson joined them.
"Where the hell is McKenzie?" He asked him.
"The idiot went to go check on some strange noises." He replied. "And he said he's be here in just a minute." He added, after thinking about it for a moment.
"Fuck!" Blake exclaimed. "We don't have time for this!" He added.
"We've waited long enough." Able replied.
"You're right." He admitted. "He'll just have to catch up with us later." He added.
Jaeger nodded ant turned back to the others. "Alright, fall in." She instructed them. "We're moving out!" She added.
As the marines departed from the area, they failed to notice the camera that had been watching them the whole time they were there, recording their every movement.
***
Blake walked up alongside Jaeger. "How much further is the Security Command Post?" He asked.
"Less then thirty meters." She replied.
"Good." He replied. "Is anything coming up on the motion tracker?" He then asked.
"Nothing, sir." Goldman replied as he looked down at the hand-held device in his hands
Swanson walked up alongside Artorus and looked at him as the two of them moved along.
"I don't like this at all." Swanson remarked. "This whole thing as has been too easy." He added.
"I know." Artorus replied, looking back over his shoulder, uneasily.
"Hey, sir!" Goldman exclaimed as he ran up beside Blake and Jaeger. The two them turned to look at him.
"What is it, Goldman?" Blake asked dryly.
"It's the S.C.P, sir." He began, speaking nervously. "I'm picking up multiple readings from inside it!" He added.
Blake called a halt to the team's progression and looked towards the door- leading to the S.C.P.- and turned to his men.
***
Blake crept up to the door and then motioned for Jackson to join him. "Get ready to override the security lock." He instructed him.
"Hernandez." He began. "Take point." He instructed the heavy-arms marine.
Hernandez stepped forward and aimed his Smart-gun at the doorway.
Jackson nodded and kneeled down and examined the lock. It was a key-card system. So he took out a small device and inserted it into the card slot- triggering its magnetic lock and causing the door to slide open.
Einrich watched nervously as her comrade crept into the room.
Artorus and Harmon moved in to cover Hernandez, followed by O'Bryan and Salazar.
***
Hernandez slipped into the room quietly, and suddenly heard a click off to his side and swore to himself.
"What the hell?!" He exclaimed as he saw a man in a gray jumpsuit pointing a gun him.
Artorus and the other burst into the room and saw another man in a lab coat standing on the other end of the room.
"You must be the rescue team?" The man in the lab coat asked. He was thin and had thinning gray hair.
The man in the gray jumpsuit lowered his weapon and sighed.
***
Blake looked at the man in the lab coat as he introduced himself.
"I am Dr. Clement." He told them. He then pointed towards the other man. "And this is Stanton." He began. "Part of the Security Force." He then added.
Stanton smiled weakly. He had a crew-cut and looked to have not shaved for a couple of days.
"I am Sergeant Blake of the United Stated Colonial Marines." He replied. "And this is my Team." He added as he motioned to the others.
"Perhaps I should explain what exactly is going on here." Clement remarked.
***
He watched as the marines entered the room where the two survivors were hiding in. He could see them through the cameras. He had been watching them the whole time, and everything was working out just the way he wanted it.
"Perfect." He murmured. "Soon, all the Pawns will be in position." He added.
~End of Chapter Seven~
***
I finally finished this one, and I'm glad to say that with this chapter now out- I am back into the swing of things. At any rate, this chapter helped me to finally get out of the writer's block that I was dealing with.
I'm sorry to keep you all waiting for the action to get started, but as you probably are now guessing, something big is about to happen. especially with those creepy security cameras and the fact that McKenzie is missing.
.hmm, I wonder what happened to him?
Later,
-Bojack747
P.s. Thanks to BlackDawn, Zinic, Corporal Hicks, and all of the others who have sent me such nice reviews. See you guys around.
Thanks for your patience,
-Bojack
ALIENS: Wolf Soldier
Chapter Seven
The corridor was concealed in darkness; nothing moved or made a sound.
Until the faint noise of the doors mechanical release system activated. The door deftly slid open and cast the hall into dim gray lighting.
The marines quickly entered the corridor, the two Pig Men having taken point.
Blake looked around. He then called for Jackson.
"Yes sir." Jackson spoke.
Blake looked over at him. "We're going to need the systems back up again, I want you to find the nearest access panel get the power back on." He instructed him. He then turned to McKenzie. "Go with him." He informed him.
"Yes sir." McKenzie replied.
Blake watched as the two of them disappeared into the shadows. "And now it is time to establish a command post." He then remarked.
***
Jackson removed the bolts from the panel and then handed it to McKenzie. "Shine the light here while I reboot this thing." He instructed him.
Jackson then peered into the illuminated circuitry and began examining them, looking for the right one. He finally stopped at one of them and pulled it out. He then reached up and pulled another one out of its holding place and inserted it in where the old once has been. "I've replaced the blown circuit." Jackson explained as McKenzie held the light for him.
McKenzie suddenly heard a strange metallic clanking sound behind him and turned the light away from Jackson to see what was there.
Jackson frowned and looked over his shoulder. "Damnit, I'm almost done with this, can't you just hold still a little longer?" He asked.
"I'm sorry," He replied when he didn't see anything. "I just thought I heard something behind me." He concluded, uneasily.
"We don't have time for this shit; we have to get the systems back on." Jackson replied, berating the other marine.
"Sorry." McKenzie replied as he shined the light back onto the panel.
Jackson reached back in and threw a large switch beside the circuit-board.
McKenzie looked up, waiting for the lights to turn back on.
***
Blake looked around as the lights suddenly flickered back on, filling the whole area in dull light.
He turned around to see Able standing there, looking at him. "Might I recommend that we go ahead and find a suitable place to set up operations, eh?" He asked, rhetorically.
Blake turned to Jaeger. "Have you finished checking the blue-prints?" He asked her.
The tall blond rolled the paper back up and nodded, as if to imply "yes". She then tucked the paper back into her backpack. "The Security Command Post is on this level." She replied. "It's perfect, because we can access the computer mainframe and all of the security cameras from there, as well." She finished telling him.
"Well then, it looks like we've found what we were looking for." Able remarked.
"As soon as Jackson and McKenzie get back, we'll head straight there." Blake announced.
***
Harmon looked around and sighed. "I don't like this at all; something about this place feels wrong." He uttered to his friend, Salazar, as the two of them stood there.
"You're just being paranoid." Salazar replied. "We have everything under control." He added.
"Then why haven't Jackson and McKenzie gotten back yet?" He asked, uneasily.
"Cool it, they'll be here." Salazar told him, calmly.
***
"Damnit!" McKenzie exclaimed. "I heard it again." He added.
Jackson placed the cover back over the panel and turned to face his colleague. "Cut that out, we don't have time to screw around." He told him. "We have to get back to the others" He then added.
"Go on ahead, I'll catch up with you in a second." McKenzie replied.
"What?!" Jackson exclaimed.
"Just go!" McKenzie shot back as he looked at his pulse-rifle.
"Whatever, man, it's your funeral." Jackson replied as he started walking away.
***
Blake watched as Jackson joined them.
"Where the hell is McKenzie?" He asked him.
"The idiot went to go check on some strange noises." He replied. "And he said he's be here in just a minute." He added, after thinking about it for a moment.
"Fuck!" Blake exclaimed. "We don't have time for this!" He added.
"We've waited long enough." Able replied.
"You're right." He admitted. "He'll just have to catch up with us later." He added.
Jaeger nodded ant turned back to the others. "Alright, fall in." She instructed them. "We're moving out!" She added.
As the marines departed from the area, they failed to notice the camera that had been watching them the whole time they were there, recording their every movement.
***
Blake walked up alongside Jaeger. "How much further is the Security Command Post?" He asked.
"Less then thirty meters." She replied.
"Good." He replied. "Is anything coming up on the motion tracker?" He then asked.
"Nothing, sir." Goldman replied as he looked down at the hand-held device in his hands
Swanson walked up alongside Artorus and looked at him as the two of them moved along.
"I don't like this at all." Swanson remarked. "This whole thing as has been too easy." He added.
"I know." Artorus replied, looking back over his shoulder, uneasily.
"Hey, sir!" Goldman exclaimed as he ran up beside Blake and Jaeger. The two them turned to look at him.
"What is it, Goldman?" Blake asked dryly.
"It's the S.C.P, sir." He began, speaking nervously. "I'm picking up multiple readings from inside it!" He added.
Blake called a halt to the team's progression and looked towards the door- leading to the S.C.P.- and turned to his men.
***
Blake crept up to the door and then motioned for Jackson to join him. "Get ready to override the security lock." He instructed him.
"Hernandez." He began. "Take point." He instructed the heavy-arms marine.
Hernandez stepped forward and aimed his Smart-gun at the doorway.
Jackson nodded and kneeled down and examined the lock. It was a key-card system. So he took out a small device and inserted it into the card slot- triggering its magnetic lock and causing the door to slide open.
Einrich watched nervously as her comrade crept into the room.
Artorus and Harmon moved in to cover Hernandez, followed by O'Bryan and Salazar.
***
Hernandez slipped into the room quietly, and suddenly heard a click off to his side and swore to himself.
"What the hell?!" He exclaimed as he saw a man in a gray jumpsuit pointing a gun him.
Artorus and the other burst into the room and saw another man in a lab coat standing on the other end of the room.
"You must be the rescue team?" The man in the lab coat asked. He was thin and had thinning gray hair.
The man in the gray jumpsuit lowered his weapon and sighed.
***
Blake looked at the man in the lab coat as he introduced himself.
"I am Dr. Clement." He told them. He then pointed towards the other man. "And this is Stanton." He began. "Part of the Security Force." He then added.
Stanton smiled weakly. He had a crew-cut and looked to have not shaved for a couple of days.
"I am Sergeant Blake of the United Stated Colonial Marines." He replied. "And this is my Team." He added as he motioned to the others.
"Perhaps I should explain what exactly is going on here." Clement remarked.
***
He watched as the marines entered the room where the two survivors were hiding in. He could see them through the cameras. He had been watching them the whole time, and everything was working out just the way he wanted it.
"Perfect." He murmured. "Soon, all the Pawns will be in position." He added.
~End of Chapter Seven~
***
I finally finished this one, and I'm glad to say that with this chapter now out- I am back into the swing of things. At any rate, this chapter helped me to finally get out of the writer's block that I was dealing with.
I'm sorry to keep you all waiting for the action to get started, but as you probably are now guessing, something big is about to happen. especially with those creepy security cameras and the fact that McKenzie is missing.
.hmm, I wonder what happened to him?
Later,
-Bojack747
P.s. Thanks to BlackDawn, Zinic, Corporal Hicks, and all of the others who have sent me such nice reviews. See you guys around.