Civil Unrest

Prologue

1410 HOURS NOVA PROSPEKT

"Gordon! It's recharged, let's go!" yelled Alyx Vance

Gordon ducked under a Combine soldier's blow and unloaded his last shotgun shell into its face, it's head exploding by the force of the shell and showered the soldier behind it with gore, just before the bloodied soldier got shredded by turret fire, leaving it's body dancing underneath the force of the shots long after the body was dead.

A stray shot disabled the turret and Gordon saw a group of Combine come running down the hall, so he primed a grenade and threw it down the hall and then ran to the Combine Teleporter. He was rewarded with the sounds of an explosion and the splatter of blood hitting the walls.

"Tight fit," commented Alyx dryly as Gordon got in and the energy field came down and the teleport

platform started rising. Combine soldiers started to pour into the room and there was a flash and the roof started to cave in. But it was too late, Alyx and Gordon were gone.

O413 HOURS THE TRAIN STATION

Ada Boracovich and Leon Gant were strapped to chairs, back-to-back, their faces bloodied but defiant as Civil Protection 'interrogated' them. The two CP's started to get impatient and they powered up there shock sticks.

Ada, a cute, blond German woman of about 28 , who is slim but strong and was a major in the German Army, cracked.

"We don't know anything!" screamed Ada

"You were found at a resistance base that you rebels call 'Station 12'" droned the CP.

"We're not re-," replied Ada

The CP's obviously lost there patience with them and they raised there shock sticks but then they powered them down and cocked there heads, listening to their radios, then they went to the security station. The door to the interrogation room opened and another CP walked in, raised his sidearm and fired twice.