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June 22, 2007
Research Site, Arizona
"Ready Aya?" Sam asked.
Fisher was waiting for Aya inside the Armory, while Fisher and I kept a look out for any NMC's.
"I'm all set," Aya replied.
Aya stepped out of the armory, and a quick glance took in enough information. She put on a Kevlar jacket like I did, and the extra bulge behind the material told me she put in some titanium plates.
As for weapons, she had an Mk23 USSOCOM pistol, complete with silencer and laser sight, stowed into an appropriate holster for her left shoulder. An L85A2 was held carefully in her arm, and ammunition for both weapons were stored into the pockets of the jacket, along with several grenades. The grades were mostly frags, with only two being flash bang grenades.
"Nice choice," I said, commenting on her weapons. "Never thought I'd actually see anyone use one of those Socom pistols."
"What do you mean?" she said, a little confused.
"Well, the Mk23, you're pistol… It's been in a bunch of video as of late."
"Really?" she said, still confused.
"Yeah… What was it called…? Solid Gear?"
Everyone still seemed confused by my comment, so it would seem I needed to elaborate.
"It's a military gun, and it's kind of pricey, so most people will tend to stay away from it."
"Yeah…" said Fisher, uncaring to my words.
"I'm a gun buff, I need to know these things."
"Let's just get to work," Aya said.
"We need to get to Dr. Pereira," said Fisher. "He's probably in his personal quarters down in floor B-5."
"Please tell me it's that easy," I said sarcastically.
"It's not. None of the normal staff can enter the basement floors, except for Dr. Pereira and Dr. Maeda."
"Why?" asked Aya, fairly curious at the developments.
"What's down there?" I said, suspecting a little foul play.
"We're not sure," said Samantha. "Sam and I have looked into the server and have hacked into everyone's files, but no one knows what's down there, not even the guards."
"So we're just going to find out what's going on when we get there?" I said.
"Exactly."
With little else to go on, we began to make our way to the floor elevator. We had gone just a short bit when we heard another roar from the golem beasts, followed by the screaming of a grown man. Down the hall, a man in a lab coat came from around the corner, a golem with a blade attached to his arm following.
Aya, Fisher, and Sam all began to fire at the golem, and I simply rushed him, ready for a fight. I past the scientists, and soon had a tussle with the golem. A couple good punches followed by a quick body slam took the thing down, and I finished the job with two shots from my revolver.
"Oh… Thank god!" said the scientist, breathing heavily.
"Maeda!" said Aya, shocked at the sight of the scientist.
"Aya!" said the scientist, just before being strangled by a passionate Aya.
"How have you been Maeda?"
"A-alright, I suppose," he said a little embarrassed.
"Doctor, what are you doing here?" asked Sam.
"Well, I came to meet you all," he said calmly, now that he had his breath back.
"What for?" said Fisher seriously.
"You are all here to stop Emilia, right?" he said.
"Emilia?" I said, confused at the name. "Who's that?"
"Sorry, I suppose you don't know."
Maeda cleared his throat, and then continued to speak. The words that followed seemed detached, as if he had taken the role of scientist very seriously, and chose to stay away from the love of his work.
"Emilia is another attempt at creating an ultimate being."
"What!" said Aya, stunned. "You can't mean like the one in Manhattan!"
"No, no. Not like that. The one that Dr. Pereira has had me working on is supposed to be controllable by humans. I've been given the task of monitoring her status while another scientist is charged with taking care of her needs and teaching her the necessary information so that Dr. Pereira can control her."
"Cripes, so we got another Eve to tangle with!" I said angrily.
"No. Though she has all the capabilities to be in the league of another Eve, she has been taught the majority of human emotions and morals, under my secret request."
"What?" I asked.
"I made sure she was treated like a normal human," Maeda responded.
"So… She wouldn't even bother us if we said hello?" Aya asked.
"Normally yes, but Dr. Pereira made Emilia angry, so anyone who goes onto floor B5 would immediately combust," said Maeda.
"Well, shouldn't John and I be able to get there?" asked Aya.
"Of course you can, Aya. But like I said-"
"I have Aya's blood," I said, cutting Maeda off.
"I see. So you're the one that Dr. Pereira told me about," Maeda said, almost as if he was thinking to himself. "If that's true, then the only thing you two would have to do is quell her anger, and then we all can easily proceed to Dr. Pereira's personal floor."
"Then let's go," said Fisher.
With most of the information settled, the five of us headed toward the elevator. Seeing as the golems we had encountered so far had been successfully dealt with, there were no more enemies on the floor.
Maeda proceeded into the elevator first, and once everyone was inside, he used his ID card in a special scanner that permitted access to the lower floors. He pressed the button for floor B1, and elevator began to act on its own.
"I haven't said this yet, but there is a security measure implemented to prevent access to the fifth floor," said Maeda.
"What do you mean, doctor?" asked Sam.
"There is a console on the first the floors of the basement levels, each of which need to be pressed within thirty seconds of each other."
"So we need to split up and then use these consoles within the time limit, right?" I said.
"Precisely."
"One question," said Fisher. "Why would Dr. Pereira do this? Wouldn't it take him too long to do this himself?"
"Of course. But he has a key card that lets him go to any floor."
We soon came to B1. The door opened, revealing a rather long hallway with a number of rooms attached to the left wall. Maeda stepped out, taking his time.
"This floor and the next should be clear of any Neo-Mitochondrial Creatures, so I would suggest that Aya and John take the third floor," he said.
"Alright," said Aya and Fisher at the same time.
The door closed, and Sam pressed the button for the next floor. Sam then pulled a cell phone from her jacket. She opened it up, and then clicked a few buttons.
"Aya, do you have a cell phone?"
"Of course."
"Does it have any signal right now?"
"Let me check."
Aya reached into her jacket, and after a quick moment of searching, she retracted her arm, phone in hand. She opened hers as well, and at a quick glance, she spoke again.
"I have three bars of service. You?"
"I have three as well. When we get to our console, I'm going to call you and the doctor. This way, we can time it right the first time."
"Okay."
The door opened once more, and both Samantha and Fisher stepped out. Fisher kept a grip on his P90, but if what Maeda said was true, then he wouldn't need it. Hopefully neither of them would have to get into a gun fight with any NMC's.
"I'll call you later," Samantha said cheerfully, waving goodbye quickly before the door closed. Aya and I returned the wave, and then Aya pressed the button for the next floor.
Silence ensued. It was a little awkward, what with the objective so clear. All we had to do was press a button, and then deal with this "Emilia." Perhaps we were on edge, but either way, it was quiet in the elevator.
The elevator came to a stop, and I raised my shotgun.
"Get ready, Aya," I said.
The door opened, and the first thing I saw was a deranged NMC head sticking through the door. I fired immediately, sending the beast backward. As the door continued to open, I saw at least a dozen more NMC's, much like bipedal camels and rats. Towards the rear, I could see four golems, who seemed too interested in us to care about their NMC brethren.
I continued to fire my shotgun, wasting all eleven of my shots quickly. Aya drew up her L85A2 then fired madly into the crown of beasts. Making sure to put my foot before the elevator doors, I reached for my F2000 and began firing away. The crown in their ignorance and stupidity only tried to move forward, and thus were slowly mowed down. It wasn't easy, seeing as they did manage to get within striking distance, but a few punches were all I needed to push them away for a moment.
Once my first full clip was finished, I drew out my revolver and took quick aim. By this time, eleven from the original dozen were down for the count, leaving one NMC and the golems. The revolver made quick work of the NMC, and thanks to Aya reloading and continuing her fire, I took down two golems before they could get to the elevator.
Unfortunately, these two also wielded the arm blades that the previous golem did. I was unable to shot the golem that lunged at me, and the golem took its first chance to stab me in the side. Yet with the golem so close, I dropped the revolver and simply gripped the golems and a ripped it clean off the body, leaving the spurting blood to spray about the elevator.
The other golem, ignoring the blood pummeling him from behind, had been attacking Aya. Using the arm blade and his left hand to stab at the wall, Aya was quickly reduced to dodging carefully. Ignoring my wound, I grabbed the golems shoulder and pulled him away. The golem however used his left arm to throw me away, and I knocked heavily against the wall, by the previous golem.
Aya took advantage of this event and used her mitochondria to blast a kinetically charged shot from her SOCOM into the chest of the golem. Seemingly stunned, the golem grasped at the new hole in his body. However, he soon fell dead on the floor, what with the lack of two major organs, his lung and his heart. Blood pooled on the floor, and I managed to step out of the elevator.
"John!" said Aya, rushing over to me. She laid me against the nearby wall, making it easier for me to sit.
"I'll be alright," I said calmly. "I don't need a medic."
I focused on my mitochondria, and the burning sensation came to me again. This time, however, I went to the task of mending my wounds, rather then trying to melt some steel. A tingling sensation covered my side, but I was sure that my wound was healing up. For a moment, I thought I was like the guy in the "Doom" movie one he went into "god" mode.
I opened my eyes, and sure enough, my wound was nothing more then a tear in the fabric of my shirt and jacket.
"See, all better," I said jokingly.
Aya, seemingly bubbling with tears, hugged me tightly.
"You idiot."
"I know… Sorry."
I placed my hands on her back and her head, comforting her a little as she cried into my shoulder. She was usually stronger then this, but I suppose she still isn't used seeing someone with abilities like her own. She was probably used to Rupert and Pierce, who would die if mortally wounded.
Suddenly, Aya's phone rang, cutting the emotional scene between me and her a little early. At first, Aya tried to ignore, still recovering from the moment. I gave her two of the rings, but then I decided to break the mood and be a dumb ass again.
"Aren't you gonna answer that."
That's right, I wrote "SOLID GEAR". I meant it that way. That should say something about John and video games. Its supposed to be Meatal Gear Solid, and seeing as the story is set in 2007, it could be feesable (did i use that word right/ or did I spell it wrong) that the new one (which looks friggin sweet mind you) could come out during that time. And yes, the SOCOM is a real gun, and it is in the game.
ALSO, I made a reference to the DOOM movie and game. The movie for how the guy felt when he went into FIRST PERSON after being injected weith the genes, and the game for GOD mode.
One last thing, PLEASE REVIEW. SERIOUSLY, I got a review from one guy... ONE GUY! I don't care if you just wanna write hate mail (ok I care a little) just write something, like you mispelled this word, or you put him when Aya clearly has boobs, or Aya is to wussy, or something. Just PLEASE REVIEW! I NEED IT FOR MY EGO! SORT OF (My Metroid friggin has so much popularity right now, what with all those bleeding hits.)
Thats it for my ranting. 'Night.
ZF
