Chapter 7
Cat and Mouse Part 2
Isaac and Bastian go to the main hall where they're the roars of a legion of necromorphs moving up the path they dug to the sector.
"My god there must thousands of them."
"Yep." [Hands him a plasma rifle]
"You trust me with a gun?"
"Can I?" [Isaac asked]
[Takes the rifle]
"Okay cover me while I hack the door."
Isaac starts hacking the security door, while Bastian keeps a look out he hears the roars getting louder and closer. In seconds Lurkers and Slashers emerge from the breach.
"Shit they're coming!" [Starts shooting]
"Hold on!"
More and more necromorphs come out of the hole with two Brutes behind them.
"Isaac two big ones are coming!"
"Hang on I almost got it!"
As necromorph after another fall to Bastian many keep coming as a horde of Packs enter the fray screeching as they run blindly to them.
"I got it let's go!" [The door opens]
Bastian runs to the door while the Brutes chase after him, he makes it to the door barely as it closes. They hear the Brutes bang on the door but give shortly, as Isaac walks to the stair leading down Bastian stops him when his RIG reads a squadron of security block their way.
"They're waiting for us at the entrance down there."
"How many?"
"I'd say about 10 maybe more heavily armed."
"Okay… any chance you know this place?"
"No I started this morning and for the most was station at the public sector… let me see." [Pulls up a map]
"How does yours work and mine doesn't I think it's because I'm still registered as an employee, guess Tiedemann didn't take me out of the system… okay here right down the stairs to the right there's a security office."
"We might be able to get in through there."
Both go down the stairs Isaac goes to the left stair Bastian the right, they meet on the other side and go down together the center.
"There."
Suddenly the lights turn on blinding both.
"Isaac Clarke, Private Ryder stand down and drop your weapons."
"There go!"
"Open fire!"
Both run to the office door dodge a barrage of fire from Earthgov forces.
"Stay down or they'll see us." [Isaac Whispers]
They sneak past the window as a few troops scan the window with his light and weapon. They use the maintenance crawl space that leads them to the control center without being noticed.
"Dead end this looks like the control center for the defenses." [Said Isaac]
"And there a lot more of course he was lying when he said 200 troops." [Said Bastian]
"I got an idea on how to clear us a path." [Isaac looks a power cell in the wall]
"Dark but in this case necessary, you there are legion of them out and turning off the power will open the doors we through this place will get swarmed."
"Yes, get ready… lights out bastards." [Pulls the cell out knocking out the power]
Soon they hear as the light go out the far doors to the entrance are pried open by the necromorphs.
"Fuck there in fire, fire!" [One of the troops shouted as he opens fired]
Both watch as hundreds swarm in and hearing the troops get slaughtered, Bastian catches sight of a very peculiar necromorph like slasher types. The creature looks up at the window of the control office with its five-glowing eye like bulbs on its head, he gets a sharp pain in his eyes when they seemingly lock sight with each other.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm okay but that thing…"
[RIGLink opens]
"You compromised the compound you idiots… if any of them reach the marker, fall back to the marker chamber we have to seal it off!" [Link closes]
They make their way down to the main hall which is littered with torn up bodies and puddles of blood.
"That did it let's go!"
[They enter the inner lobby]
As they enter Bastian gets a pin from Matland's RIG.
"Matland you thank god your guys are alive."
"Your friends?"
"Yeah they're here in the sector they must have found another way in."
"Look Ryder I can this myself okay you don't have to come with me, go help your friends and get out here."
"What about you?"
"I'll be fine I have to finish this with any luck there should still be transports or shuttles up there near the top of the sector tower."
"Okay good luck then."
"You too."
Bastian and Clarke part and go their separate ways through on of the side doors. Bastian traveled alone through the sector facilities trying to find his friends, while Isaac ventured alone trying to get to the marker chamber. Along the way, Bastian finally gets out of the jamming's range and receive transmissions.
[RIGLink opens]
"Bastian thank god your oaky, we've been trying to get to you but those things breached the sector." [Said Karrie]
"Hey kid you're okay, we saw you fighting with Clarke?"
"Yeah for now but I still feel it it's not done with me yet."
"Where are you now?"
"In a research center near the core area."
"Okay we got you we're heading there now see you soon." [RIG closes]
Suddenly the floor near him is bashed open and a familiar necromorph emerges to fight him again.
"Fuck no we killed we crushed you!"
The Tormentor screams as it attacks him with more ferocity then it did previously, this time its body being much larger having mutated further taking up most of the room. After dealing significant damage to its weak spots it fully climbs out of the floor, Bastian runs out of the room and the Tormentor pursues him. It bashes through the doorways desperately trying to snare him, he periodically fires at the beast barely doing damage to it but merely enraging it. Upon entering a long large corridor, he meets up with his companions losing it momentarily.
"Bastian!"
"Am I glad to see yours guys we have to move that thing is back."
"What thing?" [Karrie asked]
"That thing we fought much earlier."
"Damnit does anything stay dead anymore?"
"Where's Matland?"
"He went to an armory nearby to get more weapons and ammo."
The Tormentor peeks from the doorway and roars as it runs to them.
"Run!"
They run for their lives barely dodging its blows, slashes and snaps from its sharp mouth. They make it up a long flight of stairs up to the high level of the sector tower, both meet Matland half way at the hallway armed with a large rocket launcher-like weapon.
"Duck!" [Fires]
Both drop to the floor as the beast makes it up the stairs and the bolt from the weapon blows the carapace armor off its chest also blowing its right arm off. It falls halfway down the stairs but quickly recovers, as it rises its head slips in two becoming a larger toothed mouth with multiple tentacles swirling out of it.
"Matland another shot from that gun would be nice!"
"It has to recharge!"
"Shit at least its art is exposed."
"Karrie and Bastian fight while Matland waits for the weapon to recharge."
Having gravely wounded it grabs Bastian by his arm, it holds him up to its mouth with the intent of eating him. Karrie takes out her plasma saw and attacks its heart.
"Let… him… go!" [Shouts with each slash]
She then plunges it into its heart cutting into it full speed making it release him but then grabs hold of her instead and throws her violently against the hall. Bastian then grabs the plasma saw still embedded in its heart and continues cutting until he pulls it out making the heart rupture squirting gushing amounts of blood from it as well as making it gag up some of its blood. Finally, the weapon recharges and Matland fires it, the bolt flies directly into the beast's heart and its entire body explodes in many fragments killing the Tormentor for good.
"Fuck me sideways I love this gun."
Bastian gets up and runs to Karrie's aid who was injured by the creature.
"Hey you okay?"
"Is it finally dead?"
"Yes, it is never see it again."
"Good that's a relief… your hurt." [Notices a wound on his right side of his torso]
"Never mind me I'm more concerned about you."
"Your too kind." [As he cleans some blood off her face]
[Laughs]
"Holy fuck guys look at this."
Bastian helps Karrie up and both walk to a large window to find themselves gazing at the marker in its chamber with legions of necromorphs gathering all around it.
"My god that the marker I didn't expect it to be that big."
"Look at them all you really think Isaac made it through all that?"
"Let's hope he did. "
Right then a massive thunderous boom and bright flashes emit from the marker followed by an ear throbbing fog horn sound.
"The hell!" [Matland exclaimed]
"This must be convergence!" [Said Karrie]
The rumbling all over the station becomes more violent as the marker fully initiates convergence emitting an even louder sound as the chamber is engulfed in fire and energy. After the second flash Bastian's head throbs with pain as its influence becomes stronger, he sees marker symbols everywhere on every surface he sees even his friends.
"Bastian what the matter?"
"The marker… it's trying to get in my head again!"
[Hearing voices whisper to him]