Phase 3.0 – "Welcome, welcome to City17"
Location: Train Station 51A, City17, Russia.
Date: March 5th 2028
"Citizen, Move along!" Mathew Adams was shoved off his seat by a local Civil Protection officer and thrown to the floor along with his luggage. "Go on move it!" It barked. 28 years after the 7 hour war the world was under complete Combine domination and control. Shortly after the war the Combine began collecting humans for gruesome and terrible experiments, trying to morph them into half human half machine super soldiers. The process of turning a human being into a Combine slave was a horrific experience. First, most of the human fluids, blood, plasma, and almost every gland or fluid producing organ in the body (this included the reproductive organs) was removed and replaced with machinery and artificial organs for ultimate efficiency, then comes the brain and free will. To turn a human being into a completely loyal soldier willingly to sacrifice themselves at anytime was a hard task indeed. The Combine started by torturing you into submission, then if you still did not agree to there terms… they tortured you some more, after they would open up your mind (literally) and fill it with propaganda and lies, along with the history of the Combine world, they also fitted your brain with micro chips that allowed you to receive instant orders from the Citadel or nearest Nexus – The Combines Citadel is a colossal mechanical tower in the middle of City17 that stretches at least 1000 ft into the air and serves as there main fortress, a Combine Nexus is a HQ for all nearby CP (Civil Protection) units or Combine soldiers - The stages of augmentation varies from the tasks the unit will be performing, Combine soldiers have further muscle transformation for strength and much more neural implants for quicker reaction times. Combine Elites have every thing in there body stripped and become a walking, living, breathing, robot. They are unstoppable. The lowest form of augmentation however is a Civil Protection officer, they implant micro chips into your brain that you could receive orders from, which is all, yet the downside is that they conduct the dirty jobs…
Mathew scrambled to his feet and grabbed his luggage.
"Sorry, sir, no problem here" Matt groveled as he backed off the train into the station.
"Go on, move it." The CP officer gave him a swift whack to the back with his stun stick, thankfully off; Matt grabbed the back of his head and stumbled down the stairs into the dense crowds exiting the train.
"Welcome, welcome to City17" began
Dr. Breen on the huge television monitors all over the city, "You have chosen or been chosen to relocate to one of our finest remaining establishments, so fine in fact I myself have chosen to live here myself." Mathew continued walking along the street as Breen prattled on about the future for mankind being secure for the human race now that they were suppressed by the combine, Matt begged to differ.
"No! Please! NO!" A citizen across the street ran to Matt, blood trickling down his face "Please, they have taken her! You need to help me!"
Matt attempted to ignore him as any concern aroused by the combine would mean a week in the detention center or worse, a trip to Nova Prospekt, the combines' jail.
"Hold!" A CP ran up behind the man, electric baton armed and ready. The man hollered and attempted to back away but in an instance the CP had shoved the weapon through his neck, the man convulsed as the condensed electric energy surged through his body, he screamed with agony then collapsed to the ground… dead.
"Welcome to City17… Its safer here" The TV monitors went blank.
Phase 4.0 – CP 01
Location: The Citadel, City17, Russia.
Date: March 5th 2028
Keades was in his regeneration chamber when he received the message from the Citadel. A short quick input into his mind and he knows what was going on. The Rebels have become more than an annoyance now, and he has been ordered to assemble a small team of five, he not included, to take them down. He was to meet then a few minutes from now outside the Citadel. Their names are 023, 096, 437, 174 and 931. He personally knew 023 before the seven hour war by the name of Frederick Lambert but he was also turned into a Trans-human Overwatch unit. Keades' name was Jacob Zanier but after his gruesome transformation he was known as 'CP – 01' But he always had liked the name Keades, only a select few bothered to call him by this name, and that annoyed him, he would rather be accepted as an individual, not a number. As 023 passed by him in a different rail pod Keades remembered how they had stood on the street staring at the Combines machines overtaking the earth before there eyes, those memories were distant now… He entered a few alien symbols into a nearby control panel and was taken into his own personal rail pod and attached to the maze of rails that made up most of the citadel, the pod was only big enough for him and even then it was a tight fit, but it was home. The pod had come to a halt at the dark energy teleport of the citadel, the cocoon opened and Keades stepped out.
"Whenever your ready 01" A soldier said to Keades as he adjusted his helmet and engaged his respirator.
"Ready" He said in monotone, his voice now muffled through the mask and coming out scratchy from the internal microphone.
"Engaging entanglement device" The soldier tapped at a control panel and in a flash of light Keades was transported outside to be greeted by the other units in his squad.
"23, have them bring the land ripper around front, were going to need all the help we can get." Keades commanded.
"Roger" 23 said obediently
"And 96 secure my AR2 pulse rifle from the vehicle once it arrives with a full magazine."
"Yes sir" 96 confirmed.
Soon enough the armor platted vehicle spun around the corner ripping up the soil with its iron clad wheels, hence the name 'Land ripper'. All perfectly calm they climbed aboard and got ready for the ride.
"Your AR2 and weapon of choice, sir" 96 handed Keades the energy rifle and a baton, electrified of course, he enjoyed the sizzling popping sounds that were made when he stuck one into a disobedient citizen.
A pang of sadness hit Keades as 023 walked by, not realizing how close they were before they became Combine, Keades didn't regret becoming a Combine though. He felt more capable now, perfecting his skills that he had tried so hard to master as a human. As he got into the drivers seat and as 23 got on the plasma cannon, he spent a split second of thought on his life before the Combine rule. But he quickly averted his attention back to the road. He didn't hate humans, but he loved to 'play' with them. Teasing them with his superior hand-to-hand combat and blade skills, it was great fun… The massive gates to the citadels main entrance opened up in a swift inward motion and Keades drove the vehicle out into the open streets of City17.
"Expect anti-citizen activity" Keades said, arming his AR2 from safety to automatic fire.
