What's up guys, sorry for the while of not uploading any chapters. I've been doing other things, so I didn't even think of writing for a while. That and I've been relying on other fanfics on an outline for this because I honestly haven't gotten far in Dead Space 1, and it's honestly gotten a bit annoying to write like that. So, I'm going to try and stick with what usually happens and also cut it down as well so that I'm also adding my own flair. I am glad that people are following and favoriting the story as well, it at least tells me that people like my stories and want to read more of it. Plus, I hope you guys like the reasoning for there being the 'caretakers' of the multiple universes, like the Traveler for Destiny and the Advisor for Dead Space. I like to think that they take care of their universe and the multiple dimensions for that universe, as well as be in contact with the other caretakers and are friendly with them. There's my little lore bit for you guys about my stories, now onto the story.
By the way, I don't need to mention this at all, but I only own my OC's (aka Jeremy Clarke, Bill, and the Advisor) and nothing else. They belong to their respective owners.
Chapter 3: Late but not better than ever
Jeremy Clarke POV
We got out of the tram at the Control Room station, and we walked to where Zach is at. When we entered the room, we noticed Zach at a console typing on it. "Jeremy, Isaac, Bill do you read me!? Come on come on!" Zach was furiously yelling into his RIG comm for us. "We're right here Zach." I say, announcing our presence. "Oh, thank God. I've been trying to reach you guys after we were last in contact. I need you guys to do something." Zach said to the three of us. "Alright but first, remember that hidden comm channel me, you, and Conrad made back in basic?" I ask Zach before he could explain what he needs us to do. "Yeah, why?" He asked me, with the most confused face towards me. "Switch to it when trying to contact me and the group. But don't do it with Kendra, I have a suspicion that she has something to do with our communication problems. Isaac, Bill I'm sending you guys the broadcast for the comm channel." I said to Zach as I sent my brother and Bill the broadcast info. They got into the comm channel now so that we could have a secure way to talk to each other. "What's so special about this comm channel, and who's Conrad?" Bill asked me and Zach about the channel. "Conrad is an old friend of ours who is currently near the top of the Earthgov Cyber Unit, he designed the one of a kind virus and intrusion protector for this channel. We used to pull a lot of pranks the three of us." I explained to Bill and Isaac. "Yeah, wonder what that bastard is doing right now?" Zach said more to himself than us. I actually find myself wondering what he's doing right now as well. "Anyway, the defense systems are down and the ships engines are currently down, we'll need to restart the centrifuge manually to bring us out of orbit. I think we should bring those defenses online first." Zach said to us. "Wilco. We'll get the defenses online." I say to Zach.
This is different, Zach actually is telling us about the downed defenses instead of Kendra bringing it up after we restart the planet cracker's engine. This is definitely different than the game other than me being inside it. We then made our way back to the tram to go to the outside defenses. "You're going to have to manually activate the defenses at a turret to get their targeting array online. I can send the targeting data to the other parts of the ships defenses and we'd be good to go." Zach said to us over our RIG comm units. "Alright, Jeremy out." I said to Zach on the comm channel. We then got onto the tram and made our way to the medical wing due to there being a maintenance hatch to one of the defense towers there for some reason. At least it will be an easy way to get to the tower without walking into space. Don't know why you have to do that when there's a maintenance hatch right there. Then again, I don't think there's a maintenance hatch here in the game either, but I won't lie and say that the hatch is not welcome. We then have to wait on the tram to reach the medical wing station. As we get settled in I check the Advisors' contact info, I decided to give him a call.
"Hello? Who is this?" I heard a tired voice from the other side of the line. "You alright there Advisor?" I asked him. "Oh, Jeremy didn't know you called. What do you need?" The Advisor asked me. "Nothing. Just wanted to talk and ask as to why some things have changed in this universe?" I answered, telling him the reason why I called. I heard the Advisor 'hmm' on the other side of the line. "Changed as in how?" The Advisor asked now curious. "The Hunter Necromorph, it wasn't there. Neither was Dr. Mercer." I tell the Advisor. "What?! What do you mean they weren't there? What happened to them?" The Advisor asked surprised. Now I'm seriously confused if the Advisor is confused. "I don't know, I'm just as confused as you are at this. I'm wondering if they're going to show up later or when we get back to the medical wing." I explain to the Advisor. "Why are you heading to the medical wing?" The Advisor asked. "We're ignoring Kendra and activating the defense systems first before bringing the Ishimura back online. That way we don't need to go on a space walk and possibly suffocate or get hit by a giant rock. Instead we're going into a maintenance hatch that connects to a defense tower. I'm guessing it gets destroyed usually because it runs along the outer hull. So, we're doing that first." I explained to the Advisor our plan. "That does sound like a good plan, I'm surprised that things went off course so far. I am concerned with how things are going, especially if things happen differently than in the story. I hope bringing you here was worth it, because I don't know if these changes are good or not." The Advisor said to me. I can understand why he is thinking like he is. "I also wanted to ask you why I was needed to be brought into this universe, what happened to bring me into this? I haven't even finished Dead Space one and barely played Dead Space 2!" I asked. Both Bill and Isaac who have been listening the entire time perked up at this question. "Well, things went extremely bad in more ways than one. For instance, Isaac actually died on the Ishimura instead of living through it, Zach Hammond lived and took his place, they woke up early during the time of Dead Space 2 and destroyed everything. I actually had to reset everything back to the beginning to fix things. And the reason I chose you I don't even know, but I'm glad I did because you have done better than I thought and I'm glad for it. Now you know the reason, talk to you later Jeremy." The Advisor said before he hung up.
The tram was silent after the Advisor hung up, enough so that I swear I hear something at the other end of the station. The silence continued until one of us decided to speak up. "So, what do you think will happen Jeremy? After the Ishimura, after the series ends." Isaac asked me, clearly stunned that essentially the god of this universe was both surprised and confused. "Yeah, I want to know what you think as well." Bill said, equally shocked by the revelation. "I don't know honestly, it could all end here, not likely, it could end in Dead Space 2, again not likely, or could be possibly like the normal series but different and end in Dead Space 3. I don't know if all three of us will live or not, I could die and both of you continue on, you both could die and I would be the only survivor, or all of us except Kendra could make it out. Like I said I don't know, but what I do know is that I will try my best to make sure we all make it out alive." I said to them, telling them the truth of what I thought. I see them both look at the ground for a little bit and then look back at me with a light in their eyes, a light to survive whatever comes their way.
As I gave them a small smile, which I have noticed I did a lot less. Guess the Ishimura is getting to me, seems like I might need to lift everyone's spirits every now and again. I think to myself as the tram arrives at the station and we get off. As we enter the medical wing I noticed the woman from before that died was gone now, probably made into a Slasher while we were away. We moved on past her location and into the area that would usually hold the Hunter, but no sign of it or Dr. Mercer, which is starting to freak me out badly. Then I hear something bone-chilling come over the loud-speakers, it's that damn song. "Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, when there nothing shines upon. Then you show your little light, twinkle twinkle all the night. Then the traveler in the dark, thanks you for your little spark. He could not see which way to go, if you did not twinkle so." As the song started the hall got bloodier and bloodier the longer it went on. And I noticed I'm not the only one on edge from this song. "When the blazing sun is gone, when there nothing shines upon. Though I know not what you are, twinkle twinkle little star." The song finished with a very creepy vibe and ended right at the end of the hallway, right at a very blood covered door that was unlocked. "Anyone else hear that song?" I heard Bill ask, with fear laced in his voice. "Yes, I did. And it has me creeped the fuck out." I say to them both. "Has this ever happened in the game?" Isaac asked me as I reached for the door. "No, no it hasn't." I simply say, bringing my Pulse Rifle up to bear as I opened the door.
When I opened the door, I didn't see anything that would have what the very bloody door would hold in it. But when we entered the room the door shut and locked us in. But there was no quarantine happening, but I saw a window shutter open and show a doctor with blood on his lab coat and what looked to be a crazed smile. "Hello gentlemen, I am Doctor Mercer. And you have joined me at a very special occasion." The doctor said with a crazed smile. "And what would that occasion be?" Isaac asked as he got a good look at Mercer. "Why, to see Humanity's children rise from us." Mercer said to us, which I noticed he was behind bulletproof glass. "'Humanity's children', you mean the Necromorphs?" Bill asked starting to realize what Mercer was saying. "Yes, our children. I have even managed to make a special one, one that will truly live on after us." Mercer said as he motioned to a cryo-tank with an E-Hunter in it. "Well, fuck." Is all I said as I looked at the E-Hunter that was frozen. "Behold, the child of Humanity!" Mercer said as if his god had made him into an apostle. I then noticed that he pressed a button on a console to release it. "Guys get as far away from that thing as possible!" I yell as I moved into a corner and saw the others do it as well in different corners of the room. But when I saw the E-Hunter get out of the ice I noticed something different about it, more specifically its' glowing blue eyes. "Uhm guys, this thing is different from the others." I say to Bill and Isaac. "Now my child, kill them so that they can become something more!" I heard Mercer yell to the E-Hunter, but it didn't move. "Uhm, hello?" I ask to the E-Hunter, hoping what I'm doing won't get me killed. But if I'm right, then this thing might be useful. "Yes, wait. Is that my voice!" I hear the E-Hunter yelled out in a very deep and rough voice, then look at its' body. "Is this my body!?" I hear the E-Hunter ask itself, clearly close to having a panic attack. "Whoa, calm down. What's your name?" I ask the E-Hunter, I then look to Mercer and see his extremely confused face. "James, James Kington. Who are you?" The E-Hunter now named James asked me. "Wait, James is that really you?" I hear Bill ask James as his helmet retracted. "Bill, yeah it's me. Nice armor by the way, you get it from the store?" James asked Bill, who payed attention to him. "Yeah, but it's more to keep me safe from the necromorphs." Bill said to James. "What's a Necromorph?" James asked. "A necromorph used to be Human but are changed by a rock called a Marker. You are a regenerating Necromorph that can immediately regenerate lost limbs and can only be killed by being immediately incinerated or being frozen." I state to James. I see James turn to me with a questioning look. "Oh, and my name is Jeremy Clarke, and this is my older brother Isaac Clarke." I say to James. "Uh, hello Jeremy and Isaac." James said to us. "Wait, so I'm essentially invincible?" James asked me, his voice being a little bit hopeful. "Yeah you kinda are." I say to James. "That…is…AWESOME!" James exclaimed as he then for some reason picked me up in a strange bro-hug. "Hey guys, can someone get this Hunter to stop hugging me?" I ask the others, to which they start laughing their asses off. (See what I did with the description of the story there.) "Hang on, you said that the Marker does this to people? Then why the hell did we even bring it on board!" James asked us. "I don't know dude, but can you break down that glass for us?" I ask James as I point at an extremely confused Mercer. "Sure. Is that Dr. Mercer, what is he doing here?" James asks me. "Well originally you were supposed to kill us because that deranged psycho made you. But now I can prevent someone else's death." I say to James as I glare at Mercer.
"Then I have no need to wait." James growled out as he swung his right arm-thing at the window, effectively breaking it. "Wait what are you doing?! You're supposed to kill them!" Mercer said as he started backing up. "I don't think so Mercer!" I yell out as I lined up a shot from my Plasma Cutter to his neck. At a pull of the trigger his head went flying off, and that's when I felt cold inside. Then it just dawned on me that this is the first time ever that I took a life. I have taken lives in the past, but those were implanted memories, not the real thing, and necromorphs didn't count since they were already dead. I just stood there for a minute, staring at his corpse in a daze. "That… is the first time… I ever killed somebody…" I said in a low voice, making Isaac get worried about me. "Hey, it's alright. He would have killed others otherwise." Bill said to me in a poor attempt to make me feel better, only that I didn't hear him due to me being completely wrapped in my head that I just the life of another man. "Hey Jeremy! JEREMY!" Isaac yelled at me, effectively pulling me from my train of thought. "Don't you dare go down that road lil bro. I need you to make it out of here in one piece. You hear me?" Isaac said to me. "Yeah bro, I hear you." I said to Isaac, who just nodded while giving me a concerned look. That is when I noticed Bill and even James giving me concerned looks. "I'm fine guys, I just need a minute." I said to the group. "All right, we'll be up ahead when you're ready." Isaac said to me, letting me have some alone time to come to terms with what I just did. As they left I leaned against a wall and slid down it with my head resting against my knees. "You know, I thought those memories would have helped you through this, but I didn't expect you to have to kill so soon." A voice said to me as they sat next to me. I looked to my left and saw the Advisor sitting next to me on the ground with a guilty look on his face. "I think they actually are, otherwise I would most likely be worse than I am now." I said to the Advisor as I just looked at the floor. "It is still my fault though, if I had chosen someone else who has killed then you wouldn't be scarred like you are now." The Advisor said as if I wasn't before this point. "I became scarred as soon as I saw my first real necromorph Advisor, but I most likely would have to have killed someone in the future. Life would have made sure of it." I said to the Advisor, essentially telling him it would have happened anyway. "Still, I'm sorry that you had to be put through this." The Advisor said to me. "I better catch up with the group, and Advisor." I say, getting his attention. "I don't blame you, I pulled the trigger myself after all." I say while putting on a small smile. "Yeah, you did. No point in making myself depressed over it. I didn't expect James to be in full control either, so having you come along was kind of a good idea after all." The Advisor said, finally getting ahold of himself as well. "Well after this journey, you better send me to somewhere nice." I said to the Advisor in a joking manner, to which he chuckled at. "Yeah, I'll try to." The Advisor said as he went away. Going basically poof.
That is when I took a breath and pushed on towards the others. They all had concern essentially written on their faces as I walked in. "You doing alright bro?" Isaac asked me with concern, to which I just nodded. "Yeah, I'm feeling better. Let's move on, we still need to get to that maintenance hatch and activate the defense systems." I say to everyone giving them a small smile to tell them I'm all right. It partially worked because everyone else tried to smile back in one way or another, but they still gave me concerned glances. We then reached the hatch and I was voted to go in. Isaac stayed behind since he was a normal starship kind of engineer and not really trained to calibrate defense turrets, Bill was much the same except he's a technician and was never given this job or trained in it. There's no need to explain James since he's a necromorph, but it also turns out he was one of the Ishimura's cooks. So I was saddled with the job since I did have experience with it. After that Zach said that Kendra contacted him saying that she could not reach us and that he was going to stop a poisonous gas leak in hydroponics. "Zach no, you don't have a helmet or filtration system to go in there. We do, plus we have a necromorph who was a part of the original crew that is still in control of himself. So I am sending him to you so you have more protection from other necros, just don't shoot the giant dark Necromorph with glowing blue eyes." I said to Zach, trying to convince him to stay there. "Fine, I'll stay here and wait for the guy you're sending. What's his name by the way so I have something to call him while he's with me." Zach replied to us, sounding both annoyed and tired because he can't do anything to help. "Don't worry Zach we'll get out of here. And his name is James Kington." I said to Zach as we finished the call. "Alright, you can head towards him now, I don't think any necromorph will try to bother you on the way so get to him as fast as you can." I say to James as we get onto the tram to head to engineering so we can start the engines of the planet cracker class vessel. "Will do, I'll try to get there as fast as I can!" James said as he dived into an air vent.
We then headed to engineering and fixed the engines with us only getting ambushed once by necromorphs. We then headed to hydroponics as soon as Kendra called us saying that she thinks Zach knows about the Marker and overall trying to start shit. To which I told her to shut up and hung up on her, then I told Zach what happened to warn him to watch out for Kendra. We then head to hydroponics and clear it out and do what usually happens in the game, then we head back to the tram as Kendra is telling us of a rock that we can attach a device to call for help with. Though I know it's for her buddies to get here and grab the Marker and possibly kill us too. So what happens when we get there and attach the device? I space it and blow it up just to piss her off, then tell Zach, not Kendra, of an executive shuttle still on board that we can use to get out of here. I also told them of the things we need to get so that we could get out of here as well as warn them about Dr. Kynes.
Kendra POV
This was supposed to be a simple retrieval mission, grab a strange rock and give it to some cultists freaks and get some easy money. Now I'm stuck in the computer core with all of the ways in or out blocked and I'm tying to download the data from the Ishimura's computers. If only I didn't have that asshole of a man Jeremy Clarke there to piss me off, he just thought he knew everything the fucking jarhead. Oh I can't wait for him doing what he's doing to bite him in the ass. I thought to myself as I put all of the downloaded data into a drive for safe keeping. I already read all of the reports on the Marker, it was strange how these cultists seem to worship the thing. Oh well, now I just need to find a way out of this hellhole. "Hey sis, do you know a way we can get out of here?" I hear my little bro say. "Don't worry little bro, big sis has that handled. We just need to avoid the mean guy that annoys big sis." I say to my little brother, since he somehow was here and got in here with me, not that I'm complaining. "Ok, thanks big sis!" He says to me, getting a smile across my face. Yes, I'll just have to deal with Jeremy and get out of here with the Marker.
And that is the end of the chapter. I hope you guys liked what I did with the description for the story and put it in here. I also decided to put a little bit of Kendra's POV in there to see her sharp decline in mental stability and overall foreshadowing of what's to come in a later chapter or next chapter. I also put in a little bit of my character killing another person in there for the first time, which I think I did great at it. It was his first kill afterall so he would freak out, no matter how insane the person he killed was, Mercer was still a person. And taking another's life is no joke, it's called taking a life for a reason. Other than that, I'm once again sorry that this took so long to get out. I need to get into a groove of doing this so I can complete this story and my Destiny story. I still want to complete my Destiny story so it can move on to something more, and not to just complete it. I like making stories, and I like that you guys are enjoying them. So I just want to say thank you guys for reading my stories. It actually does make me happy that you guys read them.
Well anyway, this is Diamond signing out.