Author's Note: Ahh this is one of my favorite entries I have written so far. None of it actually happens in any of the games, but that's why it's a fanfic. By the way themagnusson, Barney will show up in entry 9 (another good entry in my opinion). Anyway as I always say, read, enjoy, and review! :D
Entry 8, Gene Markey the Headcrab
When a person screams, it's only natural to run to their aid. When Dr. Kleiner screams, it's a bit more like give me five minutes to finish this book. Kliener has always had this bad habit of over reacting to things that frighten him, so last night I figured it would probably be the same. I can say I was defiantly wrong and I'm glad that I didn't take five minutes to finish my book, well journal in this case.
When I left the sleeping area and entered the lab, the first thing I saw was Kleiner cowering up in the little nook where he kept his storage. The second thing I saw was a headcrab shrieking and jumping at the frightened Kliener. My initial thought was that Lamarr had finally snapped and was attempting to attack Kliener even without her teeth. However that theory was pushed aside when I saw Kliener clutching Lamarr for dear life (if she had eyes they would have probably popped out of her skull erm body). Kliener eventually noticed me and yelled for me to trap the headcrab. Now I'm not sure how many people would react to this but my jaw literally dropped. I mean if he had yelled to me and told me to kill it then that it would have been a different story and I would have done so. However after seeing what headcrabs can and have done to people, I wasn't about to take the same risk. I did what anyone would do in my situation and killed it…or so I thought.
As I looked frantically around searching for Kleiner's shotgun, I realized that it wasn't hung up in the correct area. This surprised me since it was Kleiner's favorite souvenir from Black Mesa, his lab coat being second. Anyway, seeing as how I couldn't locate the shotgun I chose the first capable weapon I saw, a book. After smacking the thing with the book about fifteen times (thank you Shakespeare), Kliener shouted at me to stop. I really didn't want to since I was upset that this headcrab had tried to kill my mentor and friend, but once I took once glance at Kliener's face I knew I had to. Sometimes in life a person can look at another and know exactly how they are feeling or what they are thinking. This moment was one of those. Sympathy, sorrow, and rage filled Kliener's eyes and I could feel nothing but regret.
I tired apologizing but Kliener kept stopping me half way through. I didn't know what to do. I mean what would anyone have done if they were in my position? Kliener cleaned up the mess the best he could and decided he'd use Markey (the dead headcrab whom Kliener had already named) for experiments on headcrab biology. He didn't get far into storing the headcrab when Markey sprung to life and tried to attack Kliener again. This time I was successful at tackling and trapping the headcrab.
The next few hours consisted of Kleiner teaching me how to de-beak and train a headcrab. We also had a very long talk as to how he had got the thing. He told me that Alyx had come in the other day with a dead headcrab, and she figured Kleiner could get some good use out of it for experimentations. Kleiner had put the headcrab away for another time but discovered it had come back to life magically. So he decided to de-beak it so Lamarr could have a male companion. Well when he opened the cage that's where I stepped in and bashed it to 'death'. Looks like this headcrab has nine lives, much like a cat supposedly.
After Markey woke up, Kleiner fed him and introduced him to Lamarr. I expected the worse, but turns out the two actually like each other. Kleiner told me he predicted as much since Gene Markey was once the husband of the actress Hedy Lamarr. Ahh Dr. Kleiner you are a unique one. Well looks like there will be one more headcrab around the lab now; I just hope Kleiner doesn't try to 'adopt' any children.
– Val
Author's Final Note: So apparently an anonymous reader posted a comment with a link, and it led to a worst fanfic ever thread. Now I don't want to sound rude but if you find a site like this, keep it to yourself. I understand that not everyone is going to like my story, I understand that my story might not be absolutely perfect, and I understand that everyone is entitled to an opinion. However, I do not appreciate spam that will not improve my writing. Hatred towards my story is not something that can help me, constructive criticism is. For all future reviewers...anything that bashes my story completely down for no other reason than that, will be removed. Also, for now anonymous reviews are disabled, sorry for any inconveniences this may have caused.