Life On Helghan.
OK just in time eh? I'm getting inFAMOUS 2 in a matter of hours lol, I did want to put this up before then though so here ya go.
We were moving pretty quickly through the tunnel heading back to junction, those gunshots had made a lot of noise and were bound to bring hell down on us, Jigatropes live together as large family groups so the chances that one was on it's own were seriously low, and when they attack it's always in groups we just got lucky finding a lone one, against a pack we'd have next to no chance, but luckily they aren't too clever.
Approaching the junction we heard a lot of noise, it was an entire pack coming up the middle tunnel we'd left, if we didn't run now we'd have no chance so I shouted 'run' to the men and we charged past the tunnel, the beasts obviously saw us because we heard a loud roar behind us, I looked back and saw them chasing us, the worst part was the tunnel was opening up now so they were spreading out rather than chasing single file, I saw one of them lunge through the air and it got the two men trailing, we kept running and I could hear them screaming as they got ripped apart by the creatures, but they'd bought us time and got a few of them off our back.
We kept running without looking back but hearing the short growls and snorts of the ones that didn't give up the chase, suddenly the floor gave out and we all fell into a deep pit.
I woke up unsure how long I'd been out from the fall, I checked all the men, most of them hadn't survived it, it was only my agility that had saved me, I managed to bring six of them 'round, that was it just six out of a squad that was forty strong when we started this fucking mission, this pit was dark, there were no holes in the ceiling or thin ice sheets for sunlight to get in like the tunnels above, we'd managed to move through the caves without using any artificial light but we had to now, I told the men not switch their torches on till I'd checked the area with mine.
When I saw the walls I crapped myself, there were holes everywhere, holes big enough for spiders to creep in lined with webs, we were in a fucking Helghan Spider nest, I switched my torch off immediately and whispered to the men to switch on their night vision.
"(OK boys keep as silent as you can, if we get attacked in here we're fucked. We have to find a way out.)"
I led the men through a pretty large opening in the web-covered cave, we were in another tunnel, albeit much larger than the previous, I saw an entrance to a really big chamber ahead, we went through and could see Jigatrope corpses hanging from the ceiling and even a few humans, this place was fucking big and pitch black, not two qualities that go well together.
'A big dark room, yeah nothing bad ever happens in places like this(!)' I thought to myself, then I saw something move in my green-tinted vision, I don't think the men noticed so I turned to them and gave them the sign I'd seen something, we advanced toward it slowly, the men had their guns raised.
End of chapter 17.
How's that for a cliffhanger? Lol hope it's a good 'un, you'll have to wait a few days to find out what happens next, hope you come back and read chapter 18, oh and hey if you're getting inFAMOUS 2 enjoy it. And please don't leave any guesses in reviews, it may spoil it for others.