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F.E.A.R.

FIRST ENCOUNTER ASSAULT RECON

INTERVAL 09 - INCURSION

LAPDOG

The "Point Man"
It took several minutes for the elevator to eventually reach the lowest floor of this place. As the doors opened up, I knew that this was not the same building I was at that had the ruined interior. This facility looked a lot like that of Armacham HQ, only more like a facility than bunch of offices. Even though this place must've been built ages ago, it was still in top condition. Many of the boxes and crates here all had Armacham's logo on them. This is the definitely the place. Now I just got to find both Harlan and Alice Wade and get them to safety... and kill Paxton Fettel.

The elevator had started to malfunction as the control panel was then fried. I guess I'm not taking this exit back. Just as I begun to exit the lift, an alarm went off inside here. Looking ahead along the roof north of me, I saw one of those defense turrets similar to ATC's descend from the ceiling. Shit, this place has them too...

I took cover by some supplies to where I was out of the turret's view. I saw it turn left and right, looking for any intruders in this place, in which case, is me. Unlike the others, I was going to have to fight this thing, for it was defending the hallway around the corner behind me. Raising my rifle, I opened fire at the machine as several rounds pierced through its armor. It tried to return fire at me to where I ducked to avoid its assault. We both took turns at each other in small gun battle until I came out the victor by completely blasting it apart. It exploded into a blue cloud as none of it was remaining.

Reloading my G2A2, I walked on over towards the corner to the left of me. I stopped when another one of those turrets were placed over here. If I went this way, this thing would definitely shred me to pieces. And I sure don't have enough ammo to destroy these things and whoever I fight later on. Looking for an alternative path back where I came, I saw a small fence-like door near where the previously destroyed security mechanism was. Shooting the padlock of the handle, I saw that it lead into both a small ventilation system and some pipes that went into the other room. From here, the ventilation only stopped to a dead end by a fan, so I decided to take walk on over the pipes.

The turret was still looking at the corner as I ran through the hallway over here. The only other exit that wasn't blocked off by a security gate was the underfloor below this corridor. I jumped down into there from an exposed opening and slowly walked through the pipes nearby. The path down here was just some more turns until I eventually exited out into a another room with a small ladder. There was a security gate in place to the left of me that I presume just led back into the previous area I was at. The room I was at was some kind of place that forklifts would drive through to drop off some supplies.

I was then being shot at from above on the upper balcony by three ATC security guards. Using my reflexes, I ran backwards to a spot underneath a ledge above me that I could avoid their gunfire. With my reflexes still heightened, I ran back out after they had stop firing to shoot them all through the head with my rifle. Another two came out and tried to stop me, only with them meeting the same end as their comrades. Since these guys are inside this facility, then that fatass Norton Mapes is here too. I'm going to have to hurry and stop them from destroying any more information about their involvement here.

Continuing through the corridor, I ended up into another open area with a few balconies laid out above me. Predictably, some of the security trooper were running towards the railings as they began to draw their weapons at me. What they didn't notice was that there was some gasoline inside a barrel right by them that I soon took advantage of. Quickly, I fired a lone bullet to the container as it exploded into flames. The squad died soon after for the burns were too painful for them to live through. Looking over to the right, I saw a room up ahead behind some thick glass windows to where something was burning in a garbage can. That was when I also saw Mapes standing by a computer. He was talking into what I guessed to be the radio channel this extermination team was using.

"Do something about him!" he yelled out, probably not aware that I just killed some of his lackeys.

He looked over his shoulder to see me standing next to the windows. The look on his face was priceless, for he instantly knew that if I got my hands on him, it wouldn't be pretty. The electrical sliding door leading inside the place was sealed shut, probably by Mapes messing with the control circuits on the other side. Mapes then shouted back onto the radio system saying:

"I'm not finished wiping these drives! I need more time!". Your time was up the moment you decided to fuck with me.

In order to get where he was at, I'm going to have to find another entry point. Moving through the grayish corridors with the pipes along the ceiling, I was standing at the far end of some kind of laboratory. There were five more of those ATC goons stationed on the other side as they were scouting the area. Grabbing my last grenade available, I tossed it as far as I could with my left hand over to where the squad was. Just as they saw the device coming towards them, the explosion went off in mid-air as they were consumed in the blast radius. Another one of their radios was nearby as Mapes heard the explosion go off. Despite his efforts in getting a hold of the squad, he still tried harder to talk to them.

"Come on, it's just one guy!" he said as he sounded in a bigger rush than before. Norton, you'd be surprised at how much I've gotten done in just one day...

Moving through the lab, I tried to see if there was some kind of way to leave this place. Only thing I found of any worth value was just some ammo for the G2A2 and some spare grenades on a table. Picking those up, I then saw a laptop on the counter with some Armacham files on the screen. This must have been information Mapes and his crew haven't gotten around to erasing yet. I should send this to Betters now while I still have the chance. Mailing the information to him, Betters soon contacted me.

"More info on Origin. The genetic reference they used for the program was apparently a powerful psychic. Makes sense. If you want a telepathic commander, you need a telepath. And it was a woman. Says here she gave live birth to the prototypes. Seems Wade wasn't convinced the psychic characteristics were genetic. He figured there was a better chance they'd be passed along if the fetus gestated inside the subject. So they put her in a coma, made her carry a genetically engineered baby to term, then induced labor. That's pretty fucking sick..." Betters said, with that last part spoken in an disgusted manner.

My God... How would somebody even do that to someone like that, especially a woman? My anger towards these people grew stronger than it was before. They used that woman for their own fucking little experiments just to make some psychic prototypes. No wonder Aristide and Mapes wanted to "clean up" this place. There are so many illegal activities conducted here that the entire company would be destroyed if this were to reach the light of day. If I can collect more evidence on Armacham's wrongdoings, they will eventually burn for this...

Behind some big hard drives in the corner of this lab was a red ladder that led up on top of the pipes along the ceiling. If I can move on through these, then I can probably find an exit out of this room. Walking along the pipes slowly in case if any were to break, I continued through until I saw a small opening below me to the east. Dropping down, I was now inside the room to where I last saw Mapes. He was long gone, and the information on the computer he was on was completely trashed.

With no way to collect the data, I went up the small steps near this desk to where a monitor screen was placed on the wall. The image of Armacham was replaced by a live feed of someone looking at the screen. It was Harlan Wade, and it seemed like he was talking to me. Don't know why, but he still looked so familiar to me... The way he was talking implied that he thought Mapes was still in this room, for he said:

"Norton, do you really think you can get rid of the evidence by shredding documents and wiping hard drives? Genevieve Aristide dug her own grave, and she's going to have to make herself comfortable in it. Don't be a fucking lapdog and jump in after her."

I kind of wondered a bit what it is Harlan was doing here anyway. Does he not realize that Fettel has his daughter? And if Harlan isn't sided with Norton or Genevieve or ATC, then what is it he's got planned down here? I'll have to get the answers out of him in person, if I can find him. And definitely before Fettel gets to him first.

I took the stairs nearby to the upper floor where the windows overlooked the previous room. Two of those ATC goons turned around the corner and saw me. Before they could do anything I rammed into first one and tossed towards the ground. I then stood before the other soldier and punched them across the face so hard that it broke his jaw. As the other one tried to get back on his feet, I stomped his face with my boot as it broke his nose. He was screaming out in pain until I did it again to kill him.

Continuing through the hallways here, I know appeared to be above on the balcony to where I first encountered the guards. There was one more still standing nearby, for he probably intended to sneak up on me. I shot him at point-blank range with my shotgun that I pulled out from my back as his chest was blown open, blood splattered everywhere. Moving on, I went towards another corridor to where there was another room to the right of some thick glass. Before I entered the place, I saw another defense turret descend from the ceiling. If I went in now, it would mean certain death. I'll have to find another way through...

There was some pipes near the entrance to where I could climb on top of that would lead somewhere. After eventually moving on through, I found a small opening that led to another room. Carefully hopping down below, I saw two of those security troopers running away from a yellow pipe. One of them shouted out "It's gonna blow!" as the pipe then exploded. Fire consumed the middle section of the hallway, preventing me from going that way. I guess this is their idea of slowing me down. Well not for long, you bastards.

There was another room to the left I could enter that led back out the other side of the hallway the previous one led to. As I entered the small laboratory here, another defense mechanism was deployed as it lowered itself. Taking cover by a white desk, I saw it patrol the area as it moved horizontally back and forth. The door that led into the next hallway was right by where this turret was, which leaves me no choice but to destroy this thing. A fierce gun battle ensued as both me and the turret exchanged bullets until I managed to blow the mechanism apart. After it was taken care of, I went out through the electrical sliding door onto the corridor. To the left was a larger room with some more balconies layered out all around this place.

The squad that caused the explosion earlier were still here as two of them were on ground level. They were close enough for me to blast apart with my shotgun as both of them were soon killed. To the balcony above me after I came out into the room were three more ATC security guards as they were about to shoot me soon. Like before, their mistake was being too close to some gasoline barrels. Shooting the canisters, the explosion went off as the three of them were all killed from being burned alive. As I was about to approach the stairs near some machinery that went up, I saw Norton Mapes cowering in fear behind some tough glass. He shouted out "He's coming! What good are you jackoffs!" as a look of fear was plastered all over his face.

"Forget this, the Vault is open. Let's finish what we came for." as he was saying, he was running away down the corridor behind him as fast as he could. There are only so many places for you to go, Norton. I promise that wherever you will be, I won't be far behind.

Climbing up the stairs, I went around the balcony nearby to where another huge laboratory was. 4 more of those ATC guys were running inside this place from another entryway as they were getting ready to assume battle positions. Before they could set up a defensive perimeter, I opened fire with my G2A2 towards the squadron ahead. Two of them were easily disposed of, while the other two took cover behind some of the walls near the desks. As they were attempting to shoot me back, I hid behind some cover of my own near some crates. The soldiers were getting desperate as they were beginning to panic seeing me get closer and closer from each burst of bullets.

By the time I had gotten close enough to corner them, I pulled back out my shotgun after holstering the rifle. Bringing it towards them as I got closer, I blasted them both with a few shells towards their chest and heads. After they were both killed, I looked around to see where it was that they came from. There was some small stairs that lead down to a dark hallway. By the machinery, there were two of those soldiers positioned down there as they began to shoot towards where I am.

I ran back up the stairs while contemplating how to dispose of the guards. Taking out a grenade, I threw it over to the wall nearby where they were. And just like how good old physics should work, it bounced off the wall and flew on over towards the soldiers. The explosion went off as the two of them down below screamed out in agony. Looking back down, I waited for the smoke to settle off to see their bodies laid out all across the ground. Going back down, I went through a couple more corridors and saw that I passed the last spot I saw Mapes run off. Hopefully he was close for me to catch him.

Turning the next corner, there were 4 more soldiers coming towards me as they were surprised to see me. Using my shotgun, I fired the remaining shells inside to each of them until they were all dead. Reloading 12 more shells into the Vokkler, I went past some white crates to where to the far left was a hallway I could take. As I was going down there, some security gates came down and blocked the entrance for the next hallway. These guys must be trying every trick possible to block my progress.

Going to the next hallway left of me, I then saw some more of ATC security running off to the next hallway. As I tried to follow them, one of them shouted "Secure that exit!" as another security gate came down from the ceiling. At this rate, I'm going to be stuck in this damn place. There was small office to the left of me where some supercomputer hard drives were laid out by the wall.

A desk inside had another computer with some documents displayed, saying something about that "synchronicity event" I heard about before from those phone messages left by Chuck Habegger and Marshell Disler.. Figuring them to be important, I mailed the information to HQ. Betters then got a hold of me shortly after.

"I figured out what a 'synchronicity event' is. There was an incident where they lost control of Fettel. He just suddenly started freaking out. He was only about 10 years old at the time, but I guess he killed a few people. In the investigation, they discovered that there had been a telepathic link between Fettel and Alma, even though she was in a coma. They concluded that she was influencing him. That must have been why they pulled the plug on Origin."

Alma... I remember the name. Bill Moody mentioned shortly before he died back at the Treatment Plant. He was saying something about how if Fettel found her and also Origin. So Alma was the name of the woman used to give birth to Fettel then? And if she is such a powerful psychic and Fettel inherited her capabilities, then she could've been the one responsible for him to start this revolt. That also means that even though she was miles and miles away from him and all the way underground, she can still continue to speak to him.

Then I thought about how much of this was really caused by Fettel or how much of it happened because of Alma. Paxton could just be a puppet for this psychic to exact her revenge towards those who committed those horrible experiments on her. But if she is responsible for all this, then who is the little girl I keep seeing? What role does she play into all of this? Right now, I was beginning to find answers for what was going on, but this puzzle still isn't finished. I have to keep on pushing through to the source until I get the answers I seek.

There was a red ladder nearby that I think led to some kind of basement. Climbing down there, I saw that know I was in some kind of advanced piping system. They were huge, some attached to the ceiling or walls. The walls were all of a silver tone, the lights inside working while others were not. I noticed on the metal pathway nearby was some proximity mines laid out. The troopers here must've put these here to stop me from getting out of this place. Using my pistol, I only fired a single shot towards one of the mines as an explosion went off. With the path clear of explosives, I turned around the next corner to see 3 of those guys entering this place. They must be trying to check if the blast got me or not.

I killed each one of them by using my AT-14 handgun and shooting each of them in the head. These guys never stood a chance. Moving past their dead bodies, I crouched under a large pipe in the upper section of the next room and walked up to a locked fence door. Shooting the lock off, I opened it and walked through a tight corridor leading down to where the next corner took me to a long tunnel. A giant pipe extended from one of this tunnel to the other, with a side pipe preventing me from going any further in this dark tunnel.

I turned left into a smaller corner to where a large section of this area was. Some more mines were set in my path, so I blew those up by shooting them from here. The explosion caused by the mines blew off the valve off some flammable ventilations, causing fire to spew out from the pipes. Passing through to the next area, there was another room similar to the previous with another large pipe sticking out on the upper half of this place. Two of ATC security guards were standing next to some barrels, unaware that I was watching them from here. Crouching down, I disposed of the two soldiers with a few bullets to the neck and face as their bodies fell to the ground. There shouldn't be any more of these guys left, considering that from outside there weren't many vehicles to take any more of them.

After I reloaded my handgun, I went under the giant pipe along the room and entered an area with some stairs to the far left. Taking those up, there was a metal red ladder on top of a ledge that went up. Climbing up the long ladder, I reached the top to where I appeared to be back up to where I previously was in the upper floor. Looking around the area, I saw I was now on the other side of those locked gates I couldn't go through before. To my bad luck, there were even more placed out here blocking my route.

I then noticed some ventilations behind a pipe along the wall. If I take this, I could find another detour out of this place. Squeezing through the thick pipe, I crawled through the tight ventilation systems until i found an exit alongside the left side. The yellow made it easier to see down the shaft in front of me. Below was a back room of some kind I could drop down by jumping onto each of the extended vents.

After I reached the bottom, I saw a path available through the vents ahead. God knows where they lead...

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