Argh! It pops like a zit!
Posted By: Reiyou<tristan98006@yahoo.com>
Date: 6 May 2004, 1:51 AM
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4679 12th Omega P.H.F
93,716 years before Human Recorded History
2215 military standard time
In a massive corridor, near a dead end, twin golden bands of light appeared.
A floating blue orb appeared along with a Zurian with a shattered visor and massive holes in its armor appeared next to it.
"Hurry we must get to the index..." The orb trailed off.
"Look! I'm no reclaimer! I'm a fucking light infantryman, and you say I have to acquire the index! HHHEEELLL NOO!" He trailed off. Kess's eyes adjusted to the dim lighting and he saw the usual horde of monstrosities appear.
"Still, someone must claim the index." The orb said.
"Yeah, Not - Me!" Kess said as he dodged a burst of gunfire and returned the favor, killing the pot-shoter.
"Then who, if not you?" It replied. It watched as Kess razed the incoming horde, then collected ammo, and reloaded.
"Someone from the ZAL," he said. "I on the other hand, can't really hold out against this kind of fire power with my armor status, even if it was full strength." Kess said. He heard something drop and saw something new. It was bulbous with tentacles on two humps and waddled.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" He said and aimed at it. Kess snapped off a round and it promptly exploded instead of flying apart how flood usually do. It released a group of infection forms.
"Great. A carrier." He mumbled and stepped on, punched and kicked infection forms out of the air.
"Very well then, besides, scanning your combat skin, you're only a class 3." The orb said. Golden bands descended upon Kess and he felt the weightlessness and 'non-existence' of being converted into data and being relocated. He found himself outside of the outpost when he looked at the main gate.
It was blown off its hinges and a small fire roared in the middle of the compound. He shouldered his carbine and moved into the compound.
"HALT! DROP YOUR WEAPON!" someone bellowed and he found himself dropping the gun as he recognized the distinct tone of command.
A black armored trooper dropped down from the gate he passed through. The helmet was styled like a motorcycle except for the camera and LR comm. Unit mounted on the side. The figure's shoulder pauldrons were large enough to be small shields. The arms were thick as small tree trunks and so were the legs that ended into a boot with sharpened edges. The gauntlets had enough power to crush steel yet dexterous to be able to sew if need be. The torso had a massive pack on its back and the front had the rank insignia of a captain on the left breast. It was wide as a small barrel as well.
"Captain! What the hell happened-"Kess started and the captain cut him off.
"I ask the questions here, Kess." The captain said. Kess recognized as one of his cousins, who was a member of the ZAL.
"Sorry! Thought I'd never see you here!" Kess said.
"Hah, I'd say the same for you. What the hell happened?" Captain Tryastal said.
"I failed being a guard. ZLI guarding the flood containment facility, someone had to lose a couple of marbles over that." Kess said.
"Alright boys, stand down and someone keep watch. Kess looked up as he saw about 45 other figures in black with the same armor stand up. Some had red crosses and a blood drop on their pauldrons, marking them as medics. Someone else moved along the wall and dropped.
"Sir, who the hell is a ZLI Infantryman doing here?" The second figure said. Tryastal turned to him. "He's my cousin. He's probably got more guts then you! Ah, you haven't met. This is Dracadis, he's my aide. Dracadis, Kess, got it? Good." Kess shook hands with Dracadis, he could feel the pressure being exerted on Kess's gloves, and figured it required a lot of dexterity.
"Also, get Kess a new set of plating; it looks like he got shot at, plenty of times." The captain said and turned back to Kess.
"Tell me what happened. First we are attempted rape victims and we have warrior forms everywhere and the ones that pop like some teenager's zits and spew the little guys who are annoying at worst. And we even had a rocket fired at us. That was annoying." Tryastal said. Kess told him everything, up to closing time, the first attack, the disappearances, Taila, the last stand of Sere and Saran and the attempted Evac. Then he got shot up by his own commander.
Captain Tryastal took this in. "Damn, damn, damn, damn!" he repeated to himself.
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