Now for Chapter 4! Everyone still with me? And by "everyone" I guess like 3 or 4 people? xD I believe this one might be one of my shorter ones compared to the others, but don't fret! They get longer later!

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F.E.A.R.

FIRST ENCOUNTER ASSAULT RECON

INTERVAL 03 - ESCALATION

HEAVY RESISTANCE

The "Point Man"

Picking myself up from where I fell down the water, I checked the ammo in my weapons and reloaded for more bullets in them. Everything that I saw in that hallway shook me to the core, At HQ we went through psychological training to avoid letting these kind of wacky things get to us. There are no such thing as ghosts or monsters, that I knew for sure. However, what bothered me was how real it was. There is no possible way that all that can happen, no matter what. My thoughts were put on hold when Betters spoke over the radio to Jin.

"Jin, any word on Jankowski?"

"No, but I found some human remains. Impossible to ID without lab work."

"That can't be him. His life signs are a little unusual, but he's definitely alive. He's got to be around there somewhere."

"I'll keep looking." Jin finished as the line went off. I started worrying about Spen again, wondering if he was still alive. That face I saw earlier today just wouldn't be forgotten. And I can't tell the team this, because what good would my wild imaginations do us? It was time to get back to the mission. The ladder next to me only led to a door that was blocked on the other side, so I had to crouch next to the pipes to get out. I crawled out of where the pipes lead to another room. I saw a shadow of a Replica in a lone room ahead. "Check in" his team said with him responding "Nothing to report."

He must have scouted ahead for any survivors of this massacre. Lucky for me, he was by himself so he would be easy to take out. I walked slowly behind, grabbed him by the neck, and broke it with my bare hands. Continuing forward, I went past some machines probably venting out the pipes to the right. I looked up ahead and saw a walkway over some clean water, with it shining bright on the walls.

"She's afraid of you."

I recognized that voice. I looked over to my right and saw Jankowski just standing there. Where his eyes should be, they were gone. But even without them, I couldn't help feeling like he was staring through my soul. Blood dripping down from his face, his skin pale as a corpse. I tried to reach out to him when he disappeared into black dust right in front of me. Was it really Jankowski...? Or am I having some false hope he is alive? Whatever the case, if that wasn't him and I really am imagining this, then it is nothing to waste time for.

I continued past the walkway over the water and made my way through a hallway and stopped at the sound of Replicas ahead. "Stay out of sight. Draw him in." "Wait for my signal" there where saying, probably aware that I was nearby. Since I was sure they would spot me when I come out and no other direction around it, my hand went for one of the last two grenades on my belt. Hoping for the best, I let my arm take control and threw it up ahead from where they could be. The sound of the explosion filled the room and - lucky for me - the death cries of at least two Replicas were in the air.

Unfortunately for me, there were still about four more of them in the place, half on the ground next to some of the bigger pipes and the other half on the 2nd floor walkway. The ones on the walkway were too far for an accurate shot, so I opened fire at the ones on the ground. Thankfully, the distance between us saved me, for I was able to shoot them down while their gunfire barely missed me. The others tried to go around in a circle, probably to catch me off on both sides. Turning on my heightened reflexes, I ran forward to catch them by surprise. I jumped forward, turned around in the air, and opened fire at both them as I hit the ground. After I killed them, I got back on my feet and reloaded my rifle and realized it was my last clip. On the other hand, there were a bunch of free SMG guns lying around from the soldiers I just killed, so I took one of their weapons and restocked myself.

I went up the metal staircase to the 2nd floor and saw one path I could take and the other leading to a smaller room. It had some spare pistol ammo and grenades, so I decided to restock on those too. There was another phone on a table with a voicemail which I pressed Play on it with the machine saying "You have one new message."

"Hey, man, I heard something crazy's happening over there. You all right? Let me know. We're still on for Friday, right? Call me back, bro. I hope you're all right…" It was another worker of this plant. When he left the message, there was concern in his voice. It was hard to tell when this was.

I took the other path and followed it down some more hallways when I stopped at a big window. Looking outside, I saw large containers for storage, with several walkways leading around the building to the other side. No sign of any Replica Soldiers, but I still had to keep my guard. I went outside through one of the doors next to me and walked slowly ahead. I stopped after I heard some Replicas ahead of me. "Command, what's the SitRep?" "Still holding for orders. Remain where you are." "Understood."

I leaned around the corner of one of the containers and saw about three of them up ahead, one only about 20 ft from my position and the others standing around on the other walkway up ahead. I aimed down my sights and shot down the one closest to me. The others immediately turned around figuring out my position and opened fire. Hiding behind the container, I went around, leaned around the other corner and returned fire at them, killing both of them. Then four more of them arrived from the other walkway, all of them firing at me. These assholes are really starting to piss me off.

My options were limited, for the distance between us was hard for me to get a good shot. I couldn't wait for them to get closer, and I don't want to risk wasting a grenade. With so few choices left available, I took my chances and threw one more grenade out where they were. Unfortunately, they all jumped over the rail before the explosion went off, killing none of them. But on the other hand, they are now a little closer for me to aim. I shot about two of them down before they had time to react, while the others were quick enough to get out of the way. Taking advantage of this, I ran forward and followed them down in between one of the larger circular water containers. I got up to them pretty quickly and shot them down before they could turn around and counter.

I made it up the walkway these guys came from and went around another corner when out of nowhere I was getting shot at. I dodged the bullet, no pun intended, and took cover. I looked around the corner again and saw about six of them up ahead, with two of them on the metal staircase coming to where I was. Wanting to end this quick, I took out one more grenade, threw it back over where the other four soldiers were, and took out my gun and opened fire at the ones on the walkway with me.

I had gotten all of the soldiers that were near me, but the grenade only made contact with one of the soldiers, taking only two of them with him. There was, hopefully, only one left to take out. Cautiously making my way around, I saw that the last Replica that was still alive came out with a different weapon, the Vollmer VK-12 Combat Shotgun.

He opened fire at me, with only some careful dodging to the side saving my life. Before he could reload, I took out my weapon and killed him. My ammo for my rifle was low, so I restocked some more from the dead Replicas and decided to pick up the shotgun the last clone soldier had. There were about 12 shells in the gun, which was about as much as I could carry, so I had to use this wisely in close quarters. I attached it to my left side while still carrying my rifle.

I moved on inside one of the building through a blue door to the side and went down the hall when I stopped. The walkway that lead across to the other side was completely destroyed, with the water completely drained in the pool. I looked to the right and saw another hall with some steps I could go. I stopped when I saw a small radio on a table, with a news reporter - a male probably in his mid 30's - talking through the radio channel.

"According to police, an explosion that leveled a dockside warehouse this evening was most likely the result of an industrial accident. No injuries have been reported, but emergency workers are still on the scene.

From the sound of things, the situation is being contained through "accidents", which I guess sounds better than clone soldiers raiding the harbor. Ignoring it, I opened the door nearby that led back outside. It brought me back out where I faced the Replicas only with a red handle next to some of the machines. It was probably to help control the flow of the water, which might also let me get across in the other room. After turning it as much to the left as I could, I went back all the way to where the room was and saw the water rise up after a while. I slowly went in the water and swam across where I grabbed the rail of the other side and climbed up.

After making it down a little, I saw some more Replicas up ahead on another walkway on the 2nd floor. They were about to make it to the lower floor by going around. Not about to let these guys get the chance I opened fire on about three of them, killing them. There must have been others for one yelled "I need help!" in another room up ahead. I slowly went ahead until I made it to room with some lockers, gas tanks, and cabinets littered around. There were about four more of them up ahead as they opened fire from where I was.

I took cover next to some of the cabinets, and turned around firing back at them with my pistol drawn. I took out about three of them while the last one took cover behind a wall. I activated my reflexes and ran forward to where he was. I turned around the corner and saw him surprised to see me. I quickly grabbed his helmet by the hand and smashed it to the wall next to us. He fell down to the ground writhing in pain as I kicked him in the neck, breaking it. A little brutal, but these guys were getting on my nerves.

I went up ahead and saw another Replica on one of the walkways way above me across some pipes. I shot him in the legs, causing him to go over the rail and fall down to his death. I reloaded my handgun and took out my shotgun just in case if anymore are hiding close. There was a set of double doors up ahead I could use to get out of here. As I made it to the doors, they busted open by some kind of metallic monster crushing them apart in a second.

I had no idea what to make of this thing. It was huge, built with heavy armament all around it. It stood at about 7' feet high, armor-plating shoulder guards, and a metallic helmet with four blue lights coming off from the head. It had some kind of weapon it was carrying and I was not waiting to find out what. I picked up my shotgun and opened fire after this thing. It took all 12 shells of my weapon and only barely flinched to the ground with some blood coming from its armor. Just what the hell is this thing!

I turned around and ran as fast as I could from this thing keeping a lot of distance between us. It stood back up on its feet and started firing at me. But this weren't bullets. They looked more like long spear-like nails coming from the weapon. Whatever they were, I was not going to get hit by this. I hid behind one of the counters and waited till it stopped firing. It gave a monstrous, almost metallic growl as I saw it slowly walk to my position. If this thing could take all those shells, then maybe my best chance was to finish it with my last grenade. As it was getting closer I took out my grenade and left it near where I was sitting down. I ran as far from the grenade as I did as the giant hulking figure just made it to where I was. It looked down as it saw the grenade, with the explosion engulfing this metal monster. It gave off what I had to guess as a dying metallic growl. It fell to the ground dead with the sound of almost a radio going off in it. That was when I heard the sound of one Replica yell "He took out our Heavy Armor!".

So this things are called "Heavy Armors", huh? Fitting name. I made it back to where this Heavy Armor was and saw two more Replicas enter through the destroyed doors investigating. Tired of all this bullshit, I just took out my pistol and shot them down with ease. With my shotgun empty, I tossed it to the ground and looked over to the metal figure I just killed. Intel didn't say anything about these guys, so they must be a new type of Replica troops. Fucking hard to kill, that's what I know for sure. I looked over at its weapon and picked up. It looked like some kind of nail gun, with the description saying "Armacham 10mm HV Penetrator." on the side of it. How did these guys get this from Armacham anyway?

Never minding that, I took the weapon, attached it to my side where the shotgun was and went up ahead from where these guys came from and saw more of them up ahead. They were all running the opposite direction yelling "Fall back!". Are they really retreating, or setting me up a trap? I heard Betters over the comlink saying:

"Shit, looks like these fuckers are pulling out. I'm seeing a substantial mobilization on the satellite."

So these guys must really be retreating, but to where?I followed the soldiers to where they went until I stopped in a large area with some sewer water underneath me. And just as I thought, they were setting me up for an ambush. There were two next to some wooden crates with the third in a control room next to them with stuff blocking the entrance. They started firing at me when I took cover behind some pipes. I looked around from where they were and saw that they were next to a large pipe with lots of gas. Deciding to test out a theory, I shot at with my SMG at one of the pipes as it exploded in flames, covering the two soldiers as they screamed in agony. The other yelled "Oh, shit!" as I opened fire at him through the window, killing him.

I went into the nasty sewage water, seeing as there was no other way to enter the room. I climbed up a small ladder on one side of the place and saw another red handle on a small walkway, with the pipes for the water going through the room. If I turned this handle, I could make it to the control room with the water risen. After turning the handle to the left, the water started to rise, just enough for me to swim over to the open part of the control room. I went into the water and swam over to the other side and climbed up into the small room. Thankfully, none of my gear can get ruined from all this from this crap.

As I made my way into the room, I saw another ladder that lead to another walkway above me. I climbed up to the top and followed the walkway around to more hallways when I stopped at a door at the end. I opened it and took only a few steps forward when my sight was covered in bright white.

There were two people in front of me. One of them was Paxton Fettel standing up while another was sitting in a chair, his arms tied to the back. He had on a blue button up shirt with black pants and had short brown hair. He looked terrified from where I could see with Fettel standing next to him.

"Where is Alma?" Fettel asked him.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" the man said to him, scared out of his mind.

"Some secrets get buried deeper than others. But I know where to dig." Fettel explained with that menacing voice.

"No, wait! You've got the wrong guy!" the young man shouted, almost stuttering just trying to say that.

"Hush now, Mr. Moody. The time for talk is done." Fettel said with a malicious smile across his face. He leaned closer to this Moody person before everything faded to black.

"Please, no!" was the last thing I heard from Fettel's prisoner.

I was now back into the room I was in earlier. I wasn't quite sure of what to make of this one. If what I saw indeed happened, then does that mean Fettel is looking for someone? This "Alma" person? Only one way for me to find out. Not wanting to just stand around, I tried to open the door ahead of me. It was blocked off with several supplies on the other side. Cursing the chances of this happening, there was no other way to go. Then I saw another vent holder in the corner of the floor where some more pipes where going. Maybe I could use the pipes to get out of here. After busting open the vent holder, I crouched down next to the pipes and made my way around. Ahead of me, I heard something. It faintly sounded like:

"I'm over here"

Out of nowhere, the girl in red crawled towards me almost like a spider straight out of hell. I drew my weapon quickly out of reflex before she disappeared in front of me, steam from several pipes coming out. I really don't know how much more I can take from all this... Treading carefully, I slowly crawled ahead of the pipes and went around in some of the vents before I found an exit. I knocked off another vent holder and jumped down into a small locker room.

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