Freeman's odyssey
Chapter: 4
A Case of mistaken identiy
St. Canard
USA
1993
0:6:30:0 hours afternoon time
A portal opened up in an empty alley as Gordon Freeman stepped into another dimension as the sun is slowly setting over the horizon in which Gordon does not recognize this place one bit as the architecture of this place is astounding in which there is an old style bridge and a mega-massive sky scraper almost as large as the Combine Citadels.
This place almost looks like something out of the 1990's as he found a newspaper on the ground as it reads 1993. Gordon remembered the 1990's all too well. He passed by several posters showing some form of animal and other animals as they appeared to be human-like but not human-like. The smell in the air has an industrial smell worn like cheap perfume as garbage cans are nearby as well
Gordon walked from out the empty alley his eyes almost bugged out of his glasses.
Animals acting like people.
Wearing clothes
Driving!
This made no sense at all as he started walking hopefully the local population does not consider him a freak as he is not from this dimension. In fact he maybe the first human to ever be in this dimension in which the local population may not even understands what humans are? He began to form some theories as in why there is a dimension full of animals that act like people perhaps. Dogs, monkeys, ducks and numerous of other animals are walking the streets in this late afternoon.
To his left he sees a sign that reads St. Canard. Even animal children are playing in a playground in which Gordon knows thanks to the Suppression field in his home dimension and the slaughter of so much innocent children by the hands of the Combine. Kliner had already stated that Humanity cannot have any children period so basically humankind in his dimension is the very last generation. This caused his to sigh and almost weep a bit, but he managed to put himself together
St. Canard though the one-free-man Never heard of it
All of a sudden someone shouted from behind him.
"Halt police." said the animal that looked like a dog in a police outfit "You're under arrest Mega-Volt"
"I don't know who this Mega-volt is" said Gordon "But you clearly have the wrong guy."
"All units" said the dog who is talking into a radio "I need back-up; I have Mega-volt in my sites I need back-up repeat in need back-up"
Police sirens are heard off in the distance.
"Great, just great." muttered Gordon as he makes a run for it as he dashes down the street.
"Stop in the name of the law." said the police officer
The police officer draws out his standard weapon and fired at Gordon Freeman as the bullets hit the back of him in which the bullets bounced off his mark eight armor in which this newer model can handle small arms fire, although his head isn't protected he does have something compensate for that in a form of the armors energy shields.
Dr. Kliner told him the schematics of the kinetic energy shield that is an unknown form of technology that is not Combine technology at all. While running he used the armors weapon replication system to bring forth a crossbow.
The weapon itself fires a piece of heated rebar over a long distance, and can be used to pin people to wall. It is a one shot one kill weapon against all but the toughest enemies. He wasn't going to kill anyone today, but he is being chased by the local police for being someone called Mega-volt.
Gordon ducked for cover behind a car and can hear gun shots over head as he had enough of this. Gordon came out of cover and fired the crossbow as the rebar or arrow takes the police officer by surprise as the rebar-arrow pierced the shoulder of the officer as blood splatters out and he is send flying to the fall as the animal is pinned to the wall, knocking him out cold.
Gordon Freeman makes a run for it down the street as several police cars come to a halt in which several armed police officers take positions, along with drawing out their standard issued weapons.
"Put your hands in air and surrender." said the police officer "Mega-volt."
"I'm not this mega-volt." growled Gordon as he draws closer to the police officers.
"Open fire." said one of the officers.
"Shields." muttered Gordon
A shield barrier went up around him as the officers have opened fired upon him as Gordon folded his arms and narrowed his eyes as he stands there for a moment. The bullets bounce off his shields with no problems as all, he had to admit Dr. Kliner had out-done himself at this one. He quietly de-replicated his cross-bow and replicated another weapon a submachine gun.
The MP7 is a respectable little submachine gun with a high rate of fire but fairly low level of damage. To make up for that it also has a grenade launcher alternate fire that can be very useful in tight situations.
The officers looked shocked as their weapons do no damage to the person. Once they stopped firing Gordon used the grenade launcher attachment and fired as the officers got out of the way as the shot causes several explosions that completely trash their police cars as smoke and fire rise upwards into the air. The officers are knocked back by the momentum of the explosions in which all them then realize that they could be wrong about this person being Mega-volt.
It is already too late.
Gordon had switched weapons and brought forth an old friend of his, his trusty crow bar as Gordon goes on the attack as he landing a crushing blow to the stomach of one, a kick to the face of another one. Another crowbar shot to the back of the head of another one and a series of round house punches that Gordon does to take the last one down. The police officers of this city called St. Canard are bloodied and beaten as they lay motionless on the streets, they'll live to fight crime another day.
He quickly hears more police sirens off the distance as he is running away along with that a police helicopter is following him, he can heard them yelling into the police band radio as his armor is picking up radio transmissions. Gordon then fired at the police helicopter as the helicopter is hit and is making an emergency landing nearby.
The One-free-man wondered what else is in store for him as he kept on moving upon the streets of St. Canard. Civilians are moving out of the way as they witnessed what is happening. It would seem to them the police are powerless to stop Mega-volt or someone that looks like him.
Elsewhere in the city, In a old warehouse a certain person is laying down as he is coughing and sneezing as he is wearing a jumpsuit, gloves, boots and safety goggles from the power company as well as a giant battery worn on his back to keep his power flowing on the go and a headpiece that resembles a big plug. It has been a few days and he hates the flu, ugh looks like he will be out of action for awhile.
"Hey guys I need some juice" said Mega-volt
An animal in a jester costume, another animal that looks like a cross between a plant and an animal, and another one is a liquefied animal sitting at the table listing to the police band radio. For they are four members of the fearsome five as their leader Nega-duck is current elsewhere.
"Keep it down." said Quacker-jack "Mega-volt, we are trying to listen."
"What?" asked Mega-volt as he coughed and sneezed a bit!
"Nothing beats the original," said the liquidator "And you can own it for $19:95 at a low price."
"Huh." said Mega-volt
"He means the police are chasing." said Bush-root "A fake Mega-volt just listen."
"Officers down, I repeat officers down" shouted one of them
"What is the location of Mega-volt?" asked another one.
"On the run, I repeat on the run." said another
"Well, maybe you guys should go after this faker." said the costumed animal "I'm too sick to do anything."
"Maybe one of us will get lucky and find this faker." said Quacker-jack "What do you think Mr. Banana Brain?" then he does ventriloquism to change his voice "Oh we will be the first to smash him." Then Quacker-jack smiled and said "My thoughts exactly, you almost read my mind." He laughed as he left the warehouse.
All three of them nodded in agreement as they left the warehouse as Mega-volt is sneezing and coughing as he used a tissue to blow his nose as he lays there.
Back in the city of St Canard. Gordon Freeman leaps over a fence after doing battle against people in attack helicopters that are calling themselves S.H.U.S.H as they were lead by a Grizzly bear who has a Russian accent. Gordon used the Gravity gun to shoot down the helicopters that were shooting at him.
The helicopters dropped like flies afterwards Gordon kept on sprinting quickly until he tripped over a rope that was placed while he ran. He lost his footing and crashed to the ground. Gordon then got up and spotted a duck who is dressed in a jester costume holding an ugly doll of some sorts.
"Oh, looks like I found you faker." said Quacker Jack "Boy you don't even look like Mega-volt, oh well you are a dead one anyway."
"And you are?" asked Gordon.
"Why I am Quacker Jack." smiled the villain sinisterly "And it's play time."
Then he throws chatter teeth at Gordon as these chattering teeth approach the one-free-man, in which Gordon noted that this guy must be serious. Having already out his trusty crowbar as these chattering teeth are jumping at him. Gordon then used his crowbar to smash a few of them as these deadly teeth break apart to bits.
A few tried to bite his armor with no such luck and he repeatedly smashed the teeth over and over until these toy-like teeth are nothing more than trash on the ground. These things are just as bad as head crabs.
"Oh want to play rough." said Quacker Jack "What was that Mr. Banana Brain?" he nodded his head a few times "Uh-huh….good, good. Yes I agree it is time for the big bomb, meaning this one." He smiled as a large orb like object with a fuse and the villain lights it up and throws it at Gordon "Here you'll get a blast out of this one." The villain laughed at the pun.
He noted it almost looked cartoonist as Gordon wound up for the hit like a batter in a batter box, as the large orb like bomb came right at him and with a loud clang from his trusty crowbar as the hit is sent right back at Quacker Jack with so much velocity the villain did not had time to move out of the way as it exploded right in front of him.
"BLAM!"
The impact of the explosion and the momentum throws Quacker Jack into the air so far away the villain impacted on the ground so hard it made a sickening thud that echoed everywhere. Gordon's armor can withstand such explosions as he stood right there went it happened of course dust and debris raised upwards in the air
Gordon Freeman kept on moving quickly as he headed into the park and spotted someone else coming out of the ground in a form of a half-plant and half duck. Freeman noticed how strange this creature looked as it looks like some sort of genetic mutation.
"Get them my pretties." said bush root "Make that faker pay for disrespecting my friend."
Coming out of the ground is a half of a dozen of these plant creatures like either a large carnivorous plant loosely resembling a Venus Flytraps with a shaggy mop of orange hair and vampire potatoes. For these plant creatures have him surrounded from all sides, but Gordon had defied the odds before by taking down overwhelming odds. His expression hardened as he isn't going to play nice with these creatures. He rolled to the right as two of these creatures lunged at him as Gordon replicated a weapon of his choice.
An assault pulse Rifle.
He is Using the omnipresent Combine pulse technology, the Combine Assault Rifle does devastating amounts of damage quickly, at the expense of ammunition at a high rate. In which he is doing right now as he is blasting away these plant creatures as the large one is looking on in shock and awe in thinking he has it easy on this faker.
The alternate fire shoots a plasma ball that bounces around like a giant rubber ball, killing anything it touches outright in which Gordon does to use the plasma ball to ensnare the rest of these plant creatures in which there is nothing left, but a plasma stain on the ground.
"Uh-oh." said Bush root "I uh….can we be friends."
"No." said Gordon.
Then he used his crossbow weapon as he used the de-replicated the assault pulse rifle and brought forth of the crossbow weapon of his as he shoots the plant creature in the chest as the plant creature tried to run away. Then the superheated arrow bursts into flames as the creature kept on running away like a runway inferno.
Gordon is really not in the mood now as he kept on running and running for a bit down some more streets as it is getting dark soon for it gave him a creepy feeling what is in store for him next and what is in store for him is water as a wave of water from out no where knocked him back a bit as Gordon stumbled, but got up momentarily what he saw completely baffled him as it is living water and a dog too.
"Now you two can own." said the liquidator "A life time supply of death and if you act now faker out operators are standing by to confirm your death."
"I don't think so." said Gordon
"Hah, bold to the end." said the villain "I am water and I am invincible…go ahead and try nothing you do will work."
Gordon looked closely that this dog water creature is made of water, so no physical attacks would not do any good; he had to think and discovered an idea as he draws out the gravity gun. In which Gordon looked around for something to use and found it as he activated the gravity gun and used it's energies to latch around a large truck filled with something special on the inside as he throws it at this liquid villain, with a second click the vehicle broke apart in front of the villain as a white sludgy substance dropped on top of the villain taking him by surprise.
"Nothing stops." said the villain slowly as he is walking towards Gordon "The liquidator…" the water villain turns to cement as he is as stony as a statue in which could not move at all.
"Next time clean up your act." said Gordon
Gordon then walked away as the sun has finally set over the horizon as night had fallen, he can heard police sirens off in the distance as Gordon Freeman decided to find a place to settle down for a bit. He wanted to know more what is going on and if the combine are here or not. He'll portal out afterwards.
Also, elsewhere in the city at house in the suburbs of St Canard, Drake Mallard also known as Dark wing duck stares at the news report, while a young girlish duck his adoptive daughter Gosalyn Mallard and a duck that is dressed in a pilots look as he is Launch pad McQuack who used to work for the worlds richest duck Scrooge McDuck. In which all of them are watching the late breaking news reports about Mega-volt who injured dozens of police officers, single handedly took down dozens of shush agents and is on the run.
"What do you think DW?" asked Launchpad who is dark-wing's side kick
His eyes narrowed at this in formulating an idea as he knows his old enemy all to well, but this time something is different as these news reports made no sense to him.
"Yeah," said Gosyslain "Are you going to become Dark-wing and stop him."
"I think its time." said the duck sitting in the chair "To get dangerous."
Then he springs into action as he activated the chairs in which to take him to Dark-wings secret hide out on top of one of them spires of St. Canard Bridge to transform into his alter ego darkwing duck.
Gordon Freeman is walking around in the side streets and ally ways to avoid the police and people as it would seem he got on the bad side of the city inhabitants. For a moment he spotted a shadow and a pair of eyes moving from left to right.
Gordon has a feeling he is being followed by a certain some thing or some one as the freaks seem to popup every where. The city itself has a dark and creepy feeling like Ravenholme as the only person to live there is a crazed man who preaches on and on. Then he decided to start a log about the event so far.
Freeman's log
Supplemental
Nothing is ever as it seems to be, I come to this dimension to look for the combine and what is I find is trouble. So far, I had been attacked by the police; an organization called Shush and attacked by a couple of idiots who think I am a faker to this Mega-volt person. If everyone back home would laugh if I told them that animals are acting like people, however I've seen it with my own eyes to know it is true…now.
He ended the log as he heard a noise in the background.
"All right who is out there." said Gordon Freeman as he narrowed his eyes at this.
"I am the terror that flaps in the night." Echoed the voice Dark wing out from a puff of smoke
"I am the wardrobe malfunction that causes you to be embarrassed." said Dark wing.
"I am!" said Dark-wing as he is interrupted by Gordon
"A loud-mouthed Schmuck." said Gordon.
"Darkwing." said dark as he comes out of the puff of purple smoke "Shmuck." Then thought about it for a moment "It's duck!...duck." he stomps on the ground for a moment and so regaining his composure in which he narrowed his eyes behind his mask and pulls out his gas gun "Let's get dangerous." The tone in his voice got darker.
Gordon rolled his eyes at this and stares down this costumed duck with his own weapon of choice.
I wonder what his story is about. Thought, Gordon
To be continued:
After Gordon's world is turned upside down as people of St. Canard mistake him for Mega-Volt, the local police attack him, he is then attacked by the villians allies three memebers of the Fearsome five and after fighting them off he encounters a local hero. Meanwhile Negaduck gets an offer he cannot refuse.
Chapter: 5
Enter: Darkwing Duck