/The group met in the server room/
"So, what's our next angle?" asked Alexandr
"I don't know, the FSB along with XANA has been quiet" said Jeremie
"My opinion is that we wait until they attack" said Dylan
"I agree, if we can't find out anything then we might as well wait" said Chase
"It sounds stupid" said Ulrich
"What choice do we have?" asked Rebecca
"We can attack them" said Yumi
/They looked at Yumi with interest/
"Huh, I think that's a pretty good idea" said Chase
"Haven't we already been attacking the FSB?" asked Laura
"No, those supercomputers were just to counter XANA's influence" said Jeremie
"Alright, then what happens if we actually attack them?" asked Ulrich
/Jeremie started typing on the keyboard, he brought up a diagram of the Skid/
"So its time to go in the sea?" asked Chase
"Yep" said Jeremie
"What about Chernobyl?" asked Dylan
"We're doing it at the same time" said Jeremie
"I'm going to Chernobyl" said Dylan
"I'm going with him" said Alexandr
"And the rest of you are either going on the Skid or to Chernobyl" said Jeremie
/Everyone nodded/
"We're heading to the Ukraine" said Dylan
"Good luck, and keep away from the radiation!" said Chase
"Yes mom" said Dylan sarcastically
/Dylan and Alexandr walked to the ladder/
"Once they go in, I'll send you guys to the Skid" said Jeremie
/Dylan and Alexandr walked into a scanner/
"Alright, scanning Dylan" said Jeremie
/Dylan started to get scanned/
"Scanning Alexandr" said Jeremie
/Alexandr started to get scanned/
"Transfer, and virtualization!" said Jeremie
/Alexandr and Dylan landed in the outskirts of Pripyat, a town near Chernobyl/
"What are we looking for?" asked Dylan
"We don't know, but its something interesting and valuable to the FSB" said Jeremie
"Well its something, lets go" said Alexandr
/Dylan and Alexandr started running through a field/
/In the server room/
"Alright get to the scanners" said Jeremie
/Chase, Aelita, Odd, Ulrich, and Rebecca walked to the ladder/
/Dylan and Alexandr stopped to look at the old nuclear reactor that was miles away/
"Wow" said Dylan
"Yeah, I had a grandfather that had to help clean that shit up" said Alexandr
"Really? he still alive?" asked Dylan
"Yeah, he's a world war two veteran so he won't die very easily" said Alexandr
"Guys? I found the location of a munitions stockpile inside a church about half a mile from your location" said Jeremie
"Thanks Jeremie" said Dylan
/Alexandr and Dylan started running to the church/
/Chase, Aelita, Odd, Ulrich, and Rebecca landed next to the Skid/
"Who's driving?" asked Ulrich
"I'll go for it" said Chase
"This isn't going to end well" said Aelita
"You worry too much sis" said Chase
/They virtualized inside the Skid/
"Lets see what they think of this" said Chase
/The Skid detached and exited the drydock/
"Alright, where are we going?" asked Chase
"Head 290 degrees to the north" said Jeremie
"Copy, turning 290 degrees north" said Chase
/He started driving the Skid north/
/Dylan and Alexandr saw the church/
"Unguarded, I don't like this" said Dylan
"Maybe they all had to take a piss or something" said Alexandr
"Good to have you back comrade" said Dylan
"Yeah, before we get all emotional can we get some guns?" asked Alexandr
/They started walking to the church/
"So where's the guards?" asked Alexandr
"Maybe they went on patrol, but its strange they didn't leave anyone to watch over the weapons" said Dylan
/Alexandr kicked down the door/
"Eh, these weapons will do" said Dylan
"What's so bad about them?" asked Alexandr
"G3's, AK47's, and mini uzi's, I'd rather have an M4" said Dylan
"I guess, but an AK suits me just fine" said Alexandr
/They each picked up an AK47, a M9, four grenades, four flashbangs, and ammo/
/Chase was trying to get used to the throttle/
"Man, this thing is pretty easy to drive" said Chase
"Yep, its not that hard to control" said Aelita
"Anybody want music?" asked Odd
/He put on one of Beethoven's songs/
"You're a classical music fan?" asked Rebecca
"I, love, classical, music!" said Odd
"Huh, never would have guessed" said Chase
"You're lucky, I'm forced to listen to this all day" said Ulrich
/They continued driving when the sonar started beeping/
"We've got bogeys" said Chase
"Copy that, multiple bogeys coming from the west" said Rebecca
"Lets split up, get the drop on them" said Ulrich
/Chase pressed several buttons and the Skid separated into five smaller craft/
"Take down the bogeys" said Chase
/The group separated and went into separate dogfights with the monsters/
/Alexandr and Dylan finally got their gear on/
"You ready?" asked Dylan
"Yep" said Alexandr
"Lets go find whatever it is we're looking for" said Dylan
/They walked out to hear voices/
"Quick hide in the field!" said Dylan
/Alexandr and Dylan went prone in the field and saw several Merryweather soldiers walk into the church/
"Who are those guys?" asked Alexandr
"Fucking Merryweather, we saw them when we were in Tehran" said Dylan
"Merryweather?! I thought it was the FSB!" said Jeremie
"Looks like our intel was off" said Dylan
"What do we do?" asked Alexandr
"Sneak past them and find the objective" said Dylan
"Then what?" asked Alexandr
"Either steal it or destroy it" said Dylan
/They ran towards the center of Pripyat/
/Chase was driving away from a monster/
"I got one on my tail!" said Chase
/Jennifer drove behind the monster/
"I got it" said Jennifer
/She shot a missile and destroyed the monster/
"Thanks Jen" said Chase
"Don't mention it" said Jennifer
/The last of the monsters were wiped out/
"Alright lets get back on track" said Chase
/Everyone regrouped and joined back into one ship/
"Alright I see it" said Aelita
/She saw what appeared to be a giant door/
"Looks like XANA or the FSB has a good hideout" said Odd
"Lets just get in there and do something dangerous" said Chase
"My kind of plan!" said Alexandr
/Jeremie typed in some coding and opened the door, then the group drove in/
/Alexandr and Dylan ran inside a building and saw all of the old items left behind, all have years worth of dust and muck on them/
"Man, look at this place" said Dylan
"Yeah, fifty thousand people used to live here and now its a ghost town, never seen anything like it" said Alexandr
"I know, its unbelievable" said Dylan
"Uh guys? Can you hurry up a little because Merryweather guys are heading towards you with an APC" said Jeremie
"Shit! How many?" asked Dylan
"Around thirty or forty" said Jeremie
"Dammit! What do we do?" asked Alexandr
"I know, but you won't like it" said Dylan
/Dylan ran back to the door and opened it, the two of them saw the enemy convoy stopped on the street/
"What are you thinking Dylan?" asked Alexandr
"We have to get through them" said Dylan
"Are you fucking insane?! There's forty of them out there!" said Alexandr
"Just do what I say and do what I do, and we'll get through this" said Dylan
/He looked out at the convoy for the right moment/
"Standby" said Dylan
/He saw the last of the soldiers passing the vehicles/
"Now!" said Dylan
/He kicked open the door and he and Alexandr ran out, they hid behind a truck/
"Under the trucks!" said Dylan
/They went prone and started crawling under the trucks/
"Don't do anything stupid" said Dylan
/They stopped at the end of the trucks underside/
"Hold" said Dylan
/He noticed no soldiers/
"Now!" said Dylan
/They crawled out and ran/
/The group was taking in the sight of the inside of whatever they drove into/
"What is this place?" asked Aelita
"I don't know, keep your eyes open everyone" said Chase
"Roger that" said Yumi
/They noticed a drydock/
"I see a drydock" said Aelita
"Land, I'll go and do recon on this place" said Chase
"Good luck, and try not to die" said Rebecca
"I think you mean, try not to die again" said Chase
/They landed and Chase exited/
/Dylan and Alexandr made it to the other side and ran inside another building/
"Holy hell!" said Alexandr
"Fuck I saw a BTR and I'm still breathing!" said Dylan
"Where's the thing we are looking for Jeremie?" asked Alexandr
"Not far, its inside an apartment complex about a klick away from you" said Jeremie
"Copy your last, we're Oscar mike" said Dylan
"What's with the military terms?" asked Alexandr
"Habit, Chase has the same habit too" said Dylan
/They started walking towards the apartment complex/
"So is there any Merryweather at the complex?" asked Alexandr
"Probably" said Dylan
"And what do you think the thing we are looking for is?" asked Alexandr
"Who knows, but if its important to them then I want to steal it or blow it up!" said Dylan
"Sounds like a plan" said Alexandr
/They ran inside the apartment complex/
/Chase had his ACR out and was walking slowly and carefully through wherever he was/
"Alright where am I Jeremie?" asked Chase
"I'm not sure, but you're close to wherever you need to be" said Jeremie
"Copy your last, I am moving towards the location of interest" said Chase
/He walked until he saw a glowing podium/
"Well this is spooky" said Chase
"What is it?" asked Jeremie
"A glowing podium, it looks like the goddamn Luxor" said Chase
"See if you can't find out what it does" said Jeremie
"Roger that" said Chase
/He walked to the podium/
"Alexandr and Dylan were looking in every room they passed when they saw a podium with a tube on it/
"What is that?" asked Alexandr
/Dylan walked a little closer and gasped/
"What?" asked Alexandr
"That is Sierra 9!" said Dylan
"Please make me understand!" said Alexandr
"Its a nerve toxin so deadly that it could take out half of Europe if released!" said Dylan
"What do we do?!" asked Alexandr
"I'm taking it and we're going to get it destroyed" said Dylan
/He carefully opened the podium/
"This will make me, the most dangerous man in the country" said Dylan
"If not the world" said Alexandr
/Dylan carefully took the tube of Sierra 9 and carefully put it in one of his pouches/
"Jeremie? We found it" said Dylan
"What is it?" asked Jeremie
"A canister of Sierra 9" said Alexandr
"What?! Oh my god!" said Jeremie
"We'll talk about it later, right now we got to destroy it!" said Dylan
/They heard helicopters/
"Helicopters?" asked Alexandr
"We need to leave now!" said Dylan
/Alexandr and Dylan cocked their AK47's and started running, they made it outside when they saw an attack chopper/
"Aim for the pilot!" said Dylan
/After a few shots, Dylan managed to take it down/
"Goodnight you bastard" said Dylan
/He started walking away when the helicopter went out of control, it landed and it started sliding towards Dylan and Alexandr/
"Shit run!" said Dylan
/Dylan started running but he tripped, and the blades from the helicopter cut his legs/
"AH!" said Dylan in pain
/Alexandr ran to Dylan/
"Are you alright?!" asked Alexandr
"No! I can't move my legs!" said Dylan
/They heard voices/
"You need to carry me out of here!" said Dylan
/Alexandr grabbed him and started running/
/Chase was directly in front of the podium/
"Lets see what we got here" said Chase
/He touched it and a hologram appeared/
"What the hell is this?" asked Chase
"What did you find?" asked Jeremie
"A hologram of something" said Chase
"I downloaded it, now get out of there!" said Jeremie
/Suddenly the entire room started shaking/
"I need to go" said Chase
/He started running/
/The group was checking the Skid's mainframe when they saw Chase running out/
"Start the bloody Skid! We need to leave!" said Chase
/He jumped into his seat and they took off as the building toppled/
"What did you find?" asked Aelita
"A hologram of something, I sent it to Jeremie" said Chase
"Get to your drydock fast!" said Jeremie
"What's going on?" asked Yumi
"Dylan and Alexandr are in trouble in Chernobyl, you need to get here now!" said Jeremie
/Chase started driving faster towards the drydock/
/Dylan was in pain as Alexandr was running and carrying him/
"Which way?!" asked Alexandr
"Take a left!" said Jeremie
/Alexandr started running when he heard voices/
"Shit! Hide me and I'll give you cover fire!" said Dylan
/Alexandr put him down near some bushes and together they took out several Merryweather soldiers/
"Alright pick me up and lets get out of here" said Dylan
/Alexandr picked him up/
"Guys! There's an old amusement park not far from your location to the east! Get there so I can get you out!" said Jeremie
/Alexandr ran as Dylan's eyes rolled back into his head/
"He's going into shock!" said Alexandr
"Alexandr you need to stay calm, now just slap him in the face" said Jeremie
/Alexandr slapped Dylan in the face, and Dylan woke up/
"Shit did I go into shock?" asked Dylan
"Yeah" said Alexandr
/They saw the amusement park, or what was left of it after over twenty years of neglect/
/Chase drove very fast into the drydock, but he managed to land the Skid and everyone exited/
"Get us out of here now!" said Chase
/Jeremie devirtualized everyone and moments later they exited the scanners/
"Get upstairs!" said Chase
/Everyone ran into the elevator and exited in the server room/
"Tell me what in the sam hell happened!" said Chase
"I don't know, a helicopter crashed on Dylan I think!" said Jeremie
"Is he alright?!" asked Rebecca
"He'll be fine!" said Chase
"How do you know?" asked Rebecca
"He's trained to deal with situations like that! He's going to be fucking fine!" said Chase
/Alexandr started running with Dylan into the amusement park/
"Put me down on the grass" said Dylan
/Alexandr ran to a small hill and set Dylan down/
"I'm working on the codes to get you back, it's going to take a few minutes" said Jeremie
"Roger that, we'll be waiting" said Alexandr
"We're doing a stand, get your AK and find a good spot" said Dylan
"Got it, and good luck" said Alexandr
"You too" said Dylan
/Several Merryweather soldiers started running towards them/
/In the server room/
"How many are there?" asked Ulrich
"Around seventy or eighty!" said Jeremie
"Dammit" said Chase
/The computer started beeping/
"What's going on?" asked Yumi
"There's a specter on the main floor of the factory!" said Jeremie
"Me and Chase will deal with it!" said Ulrich
"I'm coming too!" said Yumi
/Chase, Yumi, and Ulrich ran inside the elevator and pressed the up button/
/Dylan was shooting at the soldiers/
"Are you still combat ready, Alexandr?" asked Dylan
"Yeah! But I see several Merryweather soldiers running over here!" said Alexandr
"Regroup with me! We're making a stand!" said Dylan
/Alexandr ran to Dylan/
/Chase, Yumi, and Ulrich ran out of the elevator to see the specter/
"Time to die!" said the specter
"Not today asshole! I know all of your tricks!" said Chase
/He aimed his M1911 at the specter/
"Not all of them" said the specter
/The specter ran and grabbed Ulrich and lifted him up, then he stabbed him with his arm-blade/
"NO!" said Yumi
"You bastard!" said Chase
/Chase aimed his pistol at the specter and shot it in the head, killing it instantly/
"Ulrich!" said Yumi
/She ran to the semiconscious Ulrich/
"Y- Yumi?" asked Ulrich
/His eyes rolled back into his head/
"Help him!" said Yumi
/Chase ran and crouched next to Ulrich/
"I have a first aid kit under Jeremie's chair! Go and get it!" said Chase
/Yumi just stuttered a little and continued to stare at Ulrich's wounds/
"Yumi!" said Chase
"Alright, alright" said Yumi
/She ran to the elevator/
"Chase?" asked Ulrich
"You're awake!" said Chase
"H- How bad is it?" asked Ulrich
"Its not good, but you'll get through this" said Chase
"I'm n- not going to die am I?" asked Ulrich
"Of course you're not going to die! What's wrong with you?" said Chase with a grin
/Dylan watched as Alexandr threw his knife at a Merryweather soldier while cussing at him in Russian/
"Jeremie?! Get us the hell out of here!" said Dylan
"I'm sending to codes!" said Jeremie
/Dylan and Alexandr were devirtualized, and Dylan fell out of the scanner/
"Dylan!" said Rebecca
/Yumi ran to Jeremie's chair and grabbed the kit/
"What's going on?" asked Jeremie
"Ulrich's hurt!" said Yumi
"I'll get everyone upstairs!" said Jeremie
/Yumi ran into the elevator/
"Alright hang in there Ulrich!" said Chase
"Is- Is Yumi alright?" asked Ulrich
"Yeah she's fine" said Chase
/Chase noticed blood pooling around the two of them as Yumi ran out of the elevator/
"Here!" said Yumi
/She handed him the kit/
"You need to call an ambulance now!" said Chase
/Yumi got out her phone as the rest of the group exited the elevator, Odd was helping Alexandr drag Dylan/
"What happened to him?!" asked Odd
"Can it Odd! We need to get both of the to the hospital now!" said Chase
"We got to get near the streets so the ambulance can see us" said Aelita
"Move it!" said Chase
/Chase and Yumi grabbed Ulrich's arms and wrapped them around their necks, then they all started running to the back door of the factory/
(First chapter that's over three thousand words, I feel even more squishy!)
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