Alright here is chapter 2 of this story. Like I said, I don't own anything but the imagination I have of this story that Monolith Studios made. So don't tell them that I said this was really all my idea. Please? xD

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1. Once again, enjoy :P

F.E.A.R.

FIRST ENCOUNTER ASSAULT RECON

INTERVAL 02 - INITIATION

FIRST ENCOUNTER

The "Point Man"

We were soon to arrive at the harbor, with my team reaching the southwestern section, Jankowski's at the north. Our team was ready to be dropped off in less than a minute. This time, instead of just my pistol, I got myself the same SMG that Delta and Jankowski had. This just make things a lot smoother in case we encounter any Replicas. The pilot stopped above what looked like tons of crates by the water. "This is our stop, people!" the leader of the our small Delta unit said as we were just above the LZ. Time to go to work.

"Let's go fuck shit up!" he expressed with excitement as rappel lines came down from the chopper. All of us went down the ropes with our weapons armed and ready. As we all landed on the ground, the leader instantly said "Den Mother, this is Little Bird. We're on the ground." He sure seemed to be in a rush, since he raced forward with his team all the way to the gate blocking our way.

"Copy that. Proceed to first objective." Den Mother said to us before he went off the line.

"Since you're on point, see if you can get this gate open!" the leader of the unit told me as everyone else was waiting by the gate.

"I'd send one of my boys, but I think we need a "specialist" for this one." he said with a mocking tone. Great, it's like having Jankowski here. Not wanting to argue with them, I looked around and saw a control room up ahead on the second floor of the warehouse nearby. That must be where the switch for the gate was. With my SMG ready, I went pass the large crates next to us to locate an entrance. As luck would have it, there was a metal staircase that led upstairs to the building. I made my way through some of the smaller rooms before I made it to the control room.

There was a dead body on the floor with blood all across the floor. He must've been one of the employees who was working here before Fettel's forces got here. Not anymore apparently. I turned towards a yellow lever, which was the switch for the gate. Putting my left hand off my weapon, I used it to push the lever up. It only took about a second for the gate to open as my squad proceeded forward.

"Good job. Head on back." the team leader said. I headed back the way I came and stopped when I noticed the lights above me go off. My radio also started to act funny too. Gunfire took up the silence outside where Delta Force was. I heard one of them yell "What the hell is that!" on the radio. "Over there!" "Look out!" was all I could hear on the other line. Was this a Replica ambush? I hurried back as fast as my legs could take me.

"Little Bird, what's your situation, over? Little Bird, come in!" Den Mother tried to contact us over the radio. The signal must've been weak 'cause I couldn't hear him anymore. Betters tried contacting me too, but I could barely understand him too. It made me wonder if the Replicas were possibly interfering with our communications. The last thing I heard from Betters before the radio died was "I'm losing your signal! If you can hear me, rendezvous with Jankowski! Repeat, rendezvous to Jankowski!". I hurried back to where Delta Force was as quickly as I could. What I saw nearly made me throw up.

They were nowhere to be found. All that remained were bones of people covered in blood, the red liquid splattered everywhere on the ground. I had never seen this much blood before in my life. Fresh steam was coming off from - what I was afraid to guess - the remains of my Delta Force squad. I moved forward from what must've been forever to look closer, to just understand how this could have happened. My sight then turned to darkness.

I didn't know what to make of all this. From what I could see, Delta Force was running away, firing the weapons behind them in fear. Everything that was happening was at a slow pace, as if time itself was slowing down for this moment. My sight turned to what they were shooting at. It was a little girl. She looked no older than probably 8 years old. She had a small red dress with long black hair, completely barefoot. Her skin was deathly white, her eyes covered by the bangs of her hair. A large fire was behind her, as if it was following her every step. Delta Force was falling towards the ground as the little girl was approaching them, blood oozing out of their bodies. She looked at me before my sight turned back to Delta, from where their skin was practically burned off from their bodies in a few seconds, leaving only both bones and blood to where they once were.

I was now back in the present. All I could do was stare at the remains of my squad. There is no way they deserved this. What the fuck am I talking about? None of this I should be thinking that all of this is really happening. This... Goddam, shit like this just does not happen. As much as I wanted to see this as a bad dream, deep down... I was only trying to fool myself. This REALLY happened. Everyone was dead... and I have no idea how to explain this to anyone.

I must've stayed there for what must've been 5 minutes before I finally gained the courage to continue. I had to meet up with Jankowski's squad and get my radio working. I moved forward to the building in front of me, looking for a door that I can enter. One of the light bulbs on the side of the warehouse then broke. I ignored it, for I felt like I wasted enough time. As I got closer, I saw a door to the side of the building I could use. Gunfire was heard from the inside. Cautiously, I made my way to the door with my SMG ready. I opened the door slowly and noticed someone bleeding out on the floor inside.

"They just started shooting… Help me…". It was one of the maintenance crew who was working here. I went to his side only for him to die right away. Voices were heard just up ahead in the warehouse. Quietly, I made my way to the side of the entrance of the room ahead. Looking around the corner, that was when I saw the Replica troops.

There were two of them, one next to me and the other in a smaller room about 20 feet from the first soldier. They definitely looked like hardcore bastards. They had on military camouflage uniforms and black boots, the symbol of two yellow arrows pointing down - the Replica insignia - stitched on their outfit. Brown bullet vests and black shoulder guards worn on their chests. They were carrying the same SMG weapon as me, with multiple caches on their belts for extra ammunition. They had on helmets with black visors covering their head, so I couldn't get a look at their face. And to be honest, I didn't want to know what they looked like without 'em.

"Command, all civilians have been neutralized." one of the Replicas said over their radio. They had a deep, almost robotic voice which I wasn't sure if that was from their radio or their real voice. It looked as if they had killed all the workers in this building, for there were other bodies scattered across this place. "Echo Zero, report." another Replica said, which must've been one of the commanders for this unit. "Echo Zero, roger. Hold position and intercept hostile forces." the other one said. They both stood there waiting for new orders. I decided to take this opportunity to kill them all for what they did to everyone.

With one of them having his back to me, I snuck up behind the son of a bitch and shot him right in the head. The other yelled "Threat sighted!" before I took him down quickly with about 7 rounds of my weapon through the glass of another room up ahead. From the sound of things, there were no other Replicas nearby. Luckily for me, since we had the same weapon, I could pilfer some of their sub-machine gun ammunition.

I went ahead slowly and saw that I was under the 2nd floor of this part of the warehouse. There was blood dripping down from one of the rails above me. A body of another worker fell down to the floor right next to me. Blue electricity was running through upstairs, and I swore I heard something run away very quickly. Not wanting to wait, I kept on going and took the stairs to the upper floor. I went around until I saw where one of the windows was supposed to be. It was covered with only a few wooden boards. I looked past them and saw another building across the other side with a small door, with only a fence preventing me from getting there on foot. I knocked off the boards and walked slowly along the balcony.

After I dropped down, I then quietly opened the door with my submachine gun held tightly. More Replicas were just up ahead with one saying "All elements, be advised that Echo Zero is not responding." I noticed that he was walking away from the supplies that were inside. Also, there was another one of them walking across the other side of a huge shutter gate about halfway opened that led back outside. Their radio went off again with one of them saying "Command, this is Echo Seven. Should we investigate?". "Negative. I'll dispatch a search team." one of the Replicas replied back before they stopped they got off their channel.

Drawing my SMG out, I fired down one of the Replicas as his body fell to the ground. I then opened fire at the other soldier beyond the gate before he could return fire back at me. I ran to the small room to my right, checking for anyone else nearby. All I saw was another dead worker on the floor and another Replica running towards the door to this room from the outside. He noticed me for only a second until I shot him with several bullets, his dead corpse falling to the floor soon after.

Another one from outside was firing at me through the window. I ducked and waited until he stopped. Quickly, I stood back up and returned fire with multiple rounds killing him. I ran outside and looked around for anymore of them. One Replica was running towards one of the larger crates taking cover. I followed him next to what seemed like a maze of metal crates. That was when he jumped out and drew his weapon. In order to save myself, I kicked off my reflexes and time slowed down for me. I opened fire at the soldier before he could even pull the trigger to where I was. His body fell to the ground as my reflexes went back to normal.

Pretty sure that I took down the whole unit in this area, I made my way out of the shipping supplies and entered the other warehouse from where they came from. Going forward through a couple of hallways, I stopped when I entered a large storage of several different items. Only one small light was working in the middle of this place. Suddenly, some of the items dropped down to the floor. That same blue electricity was on the other exit across from where I was. It looked like it went down the hallway up ahead.

I followed it down the hallway until I heard more Replicas activity. I looked around the corner when I saw just about a couple of them ahead of me. "This is Echo Six, we've reached the first marker." "Roger, Echo Six. Secure the area. Intruders have been confirmed." They must've noticed Jankowski's team. This time, I decided to mix things up a bit since I was low on ammo with my SMG. I drew my pistol and opened fire at the two Replicas in the room. It only took half a clip for me to finish them off.

Another Replica burst through the window from another room and opened fire at me. I kicked in my reflexes again, dodged to the side and returned fire at him. He was soon dead before time went to a normal pace for me. I continued forward where I heard about two more of them up ahead. Next to me was a table that had several grenades on it. They were N6A3 Frags, grenades that explode shortly after they are thrown. They also explode on impact if they make contact with someone. These are sure to come in handy.

The Replicas in the huge storage room both started firing at me after I entered. Dodging behind some supplies, I waited for them to reload. When they had to, I turned back around the corner and returned fire at them. One of them was dead soon, the other right after as he was trying to run for cover. After they were down, all I had to do was reload and figure out where to go next. I noticed there were two balconies both on the 2nd floor to my left and right. I'm sure if I find the stairs, I'll figure out where to go.

I found the stairs and went up when I noticed one more of these freaks waiting for me. Before he could raise his weapon, I ran up to him and knocked him down to the ground. I grabbed him by his helmet and smashed his head to the ground. It must've killed him, for I could practically hear his skull break. Making my way through some of the hallways - some blocked off - I came across where the balcony I saw before ended. There was no way to get around, and the door on the other balcony was out of reach. I looked to my left and found a lever located in another room I couldn't enter, since it was blocked by a table from the other side. There were, however, a few containers full of supplies I can walk on that could help me get to where the lever was.

Before I pushed the lever up, I noticed a phone on the table. It was blinking red, which probably means someone left a voicemail. With my curiosity intrigued, I pressed "Play" on the machine. It said out loud with a soft female voice "You have one new message." The one who left the voicemail sounded like a young man in his mid 20's with him saying "Yeah, this is Chet in accounting. Nobody seems to know what's going on, but we've been hearing a lot of loud noises. Have you guys heard anything over there?". Whoever this guy was, he probably was one of the unfortunate workers that the Replicas probably killed earlier. "End of messages." was said by the voicemail when it turned off.

Turning back to the lever, I took my grip off the submachine gun and pulled it the device straight up. A large metal crane holding a gigantic metal container was moving to the right side of the room. With the way it was going, I could use this to jump on and get to the balcony on the other side. The door on the other side opened up with a group of about three Replicas barging in. From here, I couldn't get a clear shot with my weapon. I then decided that now would be a great idea to put those new grenades I picked up earlier to good use. I took one of them out from my belt and tossed it over to the group of Replicas. The grenade made contact with one of soldiers and exploded with quite a loud bang. There was nothing remaining after the explosion, well except maybe for a few limbs and blood all over.

I jumped on the container and crossed over to the other side. Entering the room, there were two more Replicas waiting for me. They started shooting at me when I kicked in my reflexes to back up. I crouched down and went back in there firing the remainder of ammo in my SMG into them. After reloading, I continued forward through some rooms into another huge storehouse. I heard more Replicas yell out "Over here!" as I noticed three more of them come out from another shutter downstairs. I killed them all after I fired my weapon at them before they could locate me. I made my way downstairs and noticed the new weapons they started carrying. They had one of the most useful assault rifles that have been developed recently, the Rakow G2A2. I was running low on ammo for the SMG, so I decided to get rid of it and take one of the rifles and magazines for it. They obviously no longer needed it.

I went outside from the double doors next the stairs to where there were trucks parked that they probably used to ship supplies. Before I knew it, there were about three Replicas shooting at me. I started shooting back at them with the rifle and - lucky me - got them all. In the back of my mind, I kind of felt I was making all of this seem easier than it actually is.

A door opened far ahead from another building to what must have been the last two members of this small unit coming out. They were shooting at me with such accuracy, I think the distance between us was what really saved me. I took cover and waited for the perfect moment to strike back. I took a chance and threw one last grenade as far as I could possibly throw it over to where they were. They tried to get out of the way before it blew up, with them just barely out of the crossfire. I ran up to them quickly and finished them off with my pistol.

After scavenging some spare ammo from the rifles off the dead Replicas I just killed, I looked around and tried to figure out where to go from here. There was a huge building to the right of me with some small steps to the side of it leading inside. This way should lead me to where I could meet up with the other squad. I opened the door cautiously and walked into a small room. There was nothing special in particular here, so I continued on to the hallway. Time then slowed down for me again, and I knew it wasn't from the reflexes. The flash of a persons face came right before my eyes, just like earlier today at the abandoned building. He had a very pale face, almost as if he was dead. What shocked me more was the holes in his head where his eyes should be, blood running down.

I went down into the hallway and saw someone up ahead slowly walking away. It was Jankowski. But where was the rest of his squad? He wasn't even carrying his weapon. He looked like he was… far away. Not actual distance, just his presence gave me that feeling. I didn't know how to explain it. I had to follow him and ask him what was going on. I tried to catch up, only to see his body just dissipate into the air. It was just like before, back at that building where we found the body of Charles Habegger. I then began to hear Spencer's voice, a deep echo going through my mind.

"Is someone there?"

The whispers of that girl were heard again, this time lasting longer than before. I went down the hallway to see if I could find Jankowski. I saw him again walking further ahead, this time with a trail of blood where he came from. Desperately, I tried to reach out for him only for him to disappear right in front of me again. I heard his voice echo across in my head.

"Is someone there?"

This time that he said it, it was not with confusion. It seemed to show a bit of concern in the way it was spoken. Time started moving normal for me again. What could have happened to Spen? I followed the trail of blood into a much larger room up ahead.

Blood was everywhere, skeletons littered across the floor. It was just like with my squad, steam coming off from what was left. Could this have been Spen's squad? But something was strange. His squad had about three Delta's in it, along with Spen. But here, there were only three of their remains in front of me. Does it have something to do with how I just saw Jankowski? That was when it hit me. That flash I saw of that person's face… Could it have been him? I wasn't able to get a good look on Jankowski's face when I tried to follow him, so I couldn't tell the difference. Just what was going on here?

So much for rendezvous with the other team. I have to try to get in contact with Betters somehow or someway. I took the stairs to my right upwards and opened the door in the hallway. I ended up in what was probably an old office, for their were tables and boxes everywhere. There was a large window nearby mainly broken open, it leading down into a narrow hallway. With nowhere else to go, I jumped down below. But just as soon as I did, the other side of the room exploded into flame.

Time slowed down as the hallway started to become consumed in fire. What I saw in the flames brought fear inside of me. It was that same little girl. The same one I saw earlier that killed my teammates. There's no way this can be happening. I barely had enough time to figure out what to do, for the rest of this building was starting to come down in fire and smoke. I had to get out as quickly as possible. Even though everything going around me was slow, it felt like there was no more time left for me. I ran the opposite direction, my sight making it difficult of what was in this hall. There was a door to the right I could take to get out. Before I could reach it, I was completely blown away by an explosion. My body was propelled forward to the window up several feet up. I crashed through the window and fell to the ground outside of the building. The pain was intense at first, but went away in time.

I was still alive, but now more scared than ever for my life. As sleep took over my body, I began to wonder what exactly we had gotten ourselves into.

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