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Ahh... Half-Life flashback. Although I think that's from Opposing Force, but still. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The entire place began to rumble and shake. "What now?!" Sophie thought in dismay. Cracks appeared on the surface of the wall and soon, the wall started to point outwards as if something was poking through. As everyone watched in shock and awe, a terrible horn bursted through. What followed up was two lower horns and a monstrous body of a great beast.
The wall broke and everyone dashed out of the way as debris and dust showered down. Mike dived to the floor, narrowly avoiding a piece of metal debris. The walkway echoed with the loud bellow of the creature as it emerged completely from the wall.
They could only make out the great shape of a huge beast on fours due to the immense amount of dust which burned their eyes and throat. The creature far towered over them and it shook its head furiously, as if dazed. "RUN!!!!" Jack cried and sped away with Sophie and Mike following closely behind. As they ran, there was a sniffing sound followed by a ear-piercing hiss.
Without stopping or turning around, Jack reached the door and yanked it open. Instead of leaving, he turned around to face the creature.
The dust settled, and a large frill with several tentacles became apparent. There were three large horns and a fat body with four enormous feets. The same thought went into everyone's mind : The Onos from earlier
Jack "Onii..............." Sophie "Onii? It looks like an Onos to me" Mike "What the hell is Onii?" Jack "The Japanese word for 'demon'. This Kharaa is an Onii" Mike "Wow, what an appropriate time for thinking up a name for the Kharaa. RUN!"
As the Onii kicked away several pieces of debris from its feet, it raised its head and sniffed the air, detecting the three of them. Letting out an excited grunt, it turned to face the three of them. The Onii stamped its feet several times and raced towards them.
Raising his HMG, Jack fired wildly at the Onii's head. For a moment, it halted as the loud gunshots echoed through the walkway. Then the echoes died suddenly and the Onii advanced towards them again.
Together, Jack, Mike and Sophie left the walkway and entered the 'Prototype Testing Facilty A10'. It was a huge room with a cylinder in the middle reaching the ceiling, several doors, rooms and the top was a dazling and complicated web of pipes, ladders and metal ramps.
"No time to lose! Quick!" Jack cried as he dashed to a ladder and climbed up, with Sophie doing the same. Mike didn't heed Jack's warning and he slammed the door and stood his ground. "What are you doing! Climb up!" Jack shouted to Mike from a metal ramp.
The Onii reached the door and with a single bump, the metal door broke and was flung away. Yet, Mike didn't move and pointed his Shotgun at the Onii. Retreating several steps, the Onii charged and bursted through the wall.
Immediately, Mike strafed left and right calmly, shooting the Onii several times. Meanwhile from high above, Sophie and Jack fired down at the Onii's back. There was a hail of sparks and gunfire as the Onii was assaulted in all three directions at once.
Confused and enraged, the Onii swung its head left and right to find out where the attacks were coming from. Yet, even with this combined might, the bullets seemed to annoy the Onii more than they were hurting it. Until at last, the Onii fixed its eyes on one target : Mike
The Onii suddenly doubled its speed as it went directly at Mike. Swiftly leaping away, Mike fired at the Onii's side before he hit the floor. The Onii rammed into the other side of the wall, forming a huge dent.
The Onii spun around, greenish-yellowish blood dripped down from several wounds on its side as it glared at Mike angrily, who now took several steps backward steadily while continuing to fire at the foe many times his size.
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This must be one of the hardest chapter I have ever written
<!--QuoteBegin-Fire Eel+Feb 1 2004, 08:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fire Eel @ Feb 1 2004, 08:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Simply put, Onii is simply an Onos 5 metres high, 8 metres long and 20 tonnes heavy and very very tough and very very strong. Maybe you are right. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Freight train... :/
<!--QuoteBegin-Fire Eel+Feb 2 2004, 12:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fire Eel @ Feb 2 2004, 12:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Simply put, Onii is simply an Onos 5 metres high, 8 metres long and 20 tonnes heavy and very very tough and very very strong. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Thanx
Bullets bounched off the Onii's head and got trampled underneth it's feets. Mike fired again at the Onii and it grunted angrily. 'Clik Clik Clik' Mike stared at his Shotgun in shock and the answer suddenly came to him : It had no ammo left
Sensing a chance, the Onii let out a mighty roar and Onii charged at Mike. Gracefully, Mike leapt out of its way and hastily sprinted towards a ladder.
Spinning around, the Onii didn't stop as it went at Mike again. "MIKE!!! UP UP!!! DON'T STOP!!!" Jack cried in alarm as he too, was out of ammo. Fortunately for Mike, he managed to get himself up onto a ramp just as the Onii's horns gazed past his feet.
All of a sudden, the Onii reared up and its great nose horn bored right through the metal ramp. As Mike gaped at the Onii, it twisted its head downwards. "MIKE! NOT ENOUGH!!! GET UP HIGHER!!!" Sophie screamed at Mike as the ramp started to bend down. With a sickening screech, nails broke as the ramp started to loosen, still attached to the Onii's horn. With another twist from the Onii, the ramp broke away from the wall. Mike sprang away like a frog, and grabbed on to another ladder. Slamming the ramp onto the floor, the Onii trampled it apart as Mike climbed up the ladder to reach an even higher ramp.
"Are you alright Mike?" Jack asked as he pulled Mike up to the ramp as Sophie looked on in concern from another ramp.
Mike "I am fine, yeah, why didn't you help to shoot it?" Jack "Out of ammo" Mike "Damn, it's much stronger than I thought" Jack "Yeah, another chances of it reaching us up here?" Mike "Nah, unlikely, but be on your guard at all times" Jack "Well.............now what?"
The Onii was now trudging about on the floor, growling excitedly, as if it was like a shark circling around its prey. Mike glanced at Reza's watch, 0:28:37. The situation was a lot more dire than they thought.
There was another loud clang as the Onii wrenched another ramp off the wall. Clearly, it was cutting off all means of escape from them.
Mike fundled his pocket, hoping that he had a B-Grenade. To his dismay however, there was nothing more than four Shotgun bullets. Sighing tiredly, he reloaded his Shotgun, at least four spare bullets is better than nothing. Jack dangled his feet in the air and pulled them up in alarm when he noticed the Onii staring at him in interest.
"GUYS!" Sophie shouted from a room. "THERE ARE ITEMS HERE!!!" Immediately, Jack and Mike got across to her by using several ramps and pipes as catwalks. Jack almost slipped down a pipe but was grabbed by Mike in time. There was no time left!
At last, everyone entered the room which had several lockers and seats and damaged computers. One of the locker was open and Sophie was rummaging through the files and clothes. "What's here?" Mike asked. Sophie dumped 2 HMG clips on the floor. As she continued through the mess, there was another LMG clip. Until at last, Sophie smiled proudly and held up a B-Grenade.
Mike "Good job Sophie, but what about those two......" Sophie "What do you expect? They are digitally-locked and the lock has been 'tainted' by Bacterium" Jack "Damn!" Mike "Better than nothing, at least the two of you will have HMG ammo" Jack "And a B-Grenade" Sophie "But how are we going to use it? Its gonna blast us apart if we throw it down now" Mike "I will think of a plan, now, we better get the hell out of this place before the Onii tears it down" Jack "How?" Mike "Theres an door over to the bottom left, I will show you later" Jack "Is it locked?" Mike "Unlikely, its those type with a wheel that you have to turn, and its closed" Sophie "So that means its going to take a long time to turn the wheel and open the door right?" Mike "Right" Jack "Fine then, well, someone have to be a bait to distract the Onii, I......." Mike "Oh no you don't. I will hold it back"
Mike pushed Reza's watch into Jack's palm and the three of them left the room onto the ramp. The Onii was still pulling off even more ramps and the floor was now littered with nails and large pieces of debris and metal.
Mike "The two of you better open the door fast, I don't know how long I can hold it back" Jack "But you are going to survive ain't you? You are going to come with us right? Mike "Yes, pass me the B-Grenade, I got a plan"
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Another sucky chapter, but prolly due to the fact I got a fever running.
<!--QuoteBegin-Fire Eel+Feb 2 2004, 05:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fire Eel @ Feb 2 2004, 05:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The floor was now littered with nails and large pieces of debris and metal.
<!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> mike better not dive again <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> and yet anouther B-gren
<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Chapter 31 - An Enemy You Cannot See</span>
It suddenly became very quiet and Mike glanced down again, but the Onii was nowhere to be seen. Other than a faint dripping sound of water, nothing else could be heard.
Mike "Erm, guys, we got a problem here" Jack "What? Hey! Where the hell did Onii go?!" Mike "I don't know! It just went...missing" Sophie "One moment it was at the bottom, another moment its gone"
Everyone looked around their surrondings desperately, fearing that the Onii could climb up and reach them. But it was gone, no trail, no sights of it, nothing.
Sophie "Did it leave? After failing to get us?" Mike "Unlikely, Onii seemed at lot more persistant than that" Jack "Well, let us find out shall we?"
Jack fired several pot shots at the floor, thinking that would drive the Onii out, but there was no response. As the ground sizzled with smoke, the three of them looked around again. Still, the Onii was missing.
Mike "Well, I guess hes gone, I still don't see Onii" Sophie "Okay, that means we should make use of this chance and get down and open the damn door?" Mike "No, that means we should be extra careful, for Onii may be anywhere. Who knows, if we get down now, it may suddenly charge out and kill us all" Jack "What's that dripping noise? I didn't hear it just now" Mike "Of course you didn't! Neither of us did! Who in the right state of mind would try to listen for dripping water when we are all running for our lifes?!" Sophie "Jack has a point, its impossible for there to be water because BH has been......." Mike "Yes, I understand. But Onii may have bursted a water pipe just now right?" Jack "Okay, but whatever it is, if Onii suddenly appears, what do we do?" Mike "Original plan, I hold him off and the two of you open the door" Jack "Didn't you just said you would be a bait?" Mike "Its all the same. Whatever, lets stop wasting time here and just got and open the door and get to the 'Missile Silo'. Okay?" Jack "Okay, one last thing Mike. Make sure you live on" Mike "Sure" Jack "That's not enough, say 'I promise' " Mike "I promise to you and Sophie that I will survive and the three of us will stop the damn nukes"
Mike was the first to get down. Leaping down, he gripped on to several pipes and swung around like an agile monkey before he landed on his feet with a loud 'thud', carefully avoiding the nasty nails. Immediately, he raised his Shotgun and scanned the area with his eyes. Still no sign of Onii.
"Is it clear?" Sophie shouted from the ramp, worried that something wrong might happen. "Yes! Get down fast! I don't know how long would Onii be away!" Mike responded.
Jack swallowed his breathe as Sophie gracefully balanced herself on several pipes and leapt down as well. Still, the dripping noise continued on, only it was getting slightly louder now. Something was wrong, none of them had saw the Onii leaving the room and yet, it simply disappeared like that. And there was also the suspicious dripping noise. Surely, the Onii wouldn't be so dumb as to leave like that, it must be planning something. From below, he saw Sophie struggling as she desperately tried to turn the wheel on the door but with little effect. Meanwhile, Mike stood in front of her, looking everywhere, standing guard against the Onii. And still, the dripping noise got louder. What if its a trap?
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR JACK?! GET DOWN HERE AND HELP ME!!!" Sophie shouted in frustration as she stared at him. Mike kicked away several nails from his feet and pointed to the spot. "Land here, theres no nails" He said.
Sighing again, Jack jumped to several pipes and grabbed on to them. Using them as monkey bars, he climbed to the spot where he was beside Mike and let go. Immediately, he moved to the door and together, he and Sophie turned the wheel which was fastened tightly.
All of a sudden, Jack realised the sick truth. The Onii was cloaked! That was exactly how it managed to eat Jeff when they just arrived at BH! The dripping noise was blood dripping from its wounds which they inflicted on it earlier on.
"WATCH OUT EVERYONE!!! ITS A TRAP!!! ONII IS CLOAKED!!! THE DRIPPING NOISE IS ITS BLOOD!!!" Jack screamed as he stopped turning the wheel. "MIKE!!! CHECK THE FLOOR FOR ANY TRAILS OF ITS BLOOD NOW!!!"
yes, and he is also the one with the most talent you forgot.
Tell me, why do you guys love B-Grenade so much?
You know what it stands for?
Brigadier-Grenade, named after BrigadierWolf, the one who motivated Flayra to include Grenades in NS. If only he was here to read about how useful a Grenade named after him would become...............
<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Chapter 32 - The Three of Us</span>
Mike's eyes darted about wildly as he searched the floor for any trail of greenish-yellowish blood. With his sharp ears, he could hear the dripping sound to the left.
Staring hard the ruins of debris, Mike saw it at last. From twenty metres away, several nails and metal were squeezed as flat as paper by an invisible force. And near them, a drop of greenish-yellowish blood suddenly appeared on the floor, followed by more drops getting even nearer and nearer.
"Open the damn door, NOW!" Mike cried as he fired at shot at the air beside the floor. There was a loud growl and the several bullets stopped and stayed in the air while others dropped to the floor with 'clank clank' sounds.
The bullets appeared to be floating as they bounched up and down while advancing nearer and nearer to them. "IS IT OPEN YET?!" Mike screamed again, never looking away.
"Mike! It's jammed!" Sophie cried in fear. "What do we do now?!"
Jack didn't say anything as he furiously tugged at the wheel but it stubbornly refused to bulge.
Mike fired another shot at the 'floating' bullets and the 'floating' bullets halted for a while. Sophie and Jack gripped the wheel and desperately pulled it, still, the wheel didn't move. Sweat-drenched, Jack placed one foot on the door and with every last bit of his strength yanked at wheel repeatedly.
The 'floating' bullets halted again, and like magic, the faint shape of the Onii slowly emerged. It soon changed into a transparent image of the Onii followed by a translucent form. Mike blinked once, and the Onii was now fully visible.
"Oh no" Mike whispered.
The Onii appeared to be taking its time as it slowly took several lumbering steps forward, crushing all debris in the way. No even nails slowed it down. Its eyes flamed with hatred and anger. Blood continued dripping down several bullet holes on its knee and side.
Mike closed his eyes and uttered a prayer before he fired another shot at the Onii's head. All of the bullets bounched off its great frill harmlessly and it stamped both its front feet forward suddenly. The Onii snorted several times and lowered its head. It was getting ready to charge.
Mike "Guys, is the door opened?" Jack "Almost! Just a while more!" Mike "Damn, we are out of time!" Sophie "Oh no......" Mike "I will buy the two of you some time, for now, just open the door" Jack "What the hell are you going to do? You only have one last bullet!" Mike "I know, whatever happens, take care of Sophie, and stop the nuke. If I can manage to fire just once at its eyes, that will stop it" Jack "How? Wait a minute.....you ain't planning on......." Sophie "Mike! You promise us!" Mike "You two, remember to stop the nukes. Goodbye"
The two of them stared hard at each other's eyes. Mike and the Onii. Both didn't looked away for even a second, and together, they charged at each other.
Jack and Sophie heard the Onii's bellow and Mike's warcry, but they didn't turned and concentrated on opening the door. At long last, things were in their favour, the wheel became loose. Jack and Sophie excitedly turned the wheel quickly, and the door let out a click and flipped open.
There was a gunshot and Jack spun around. "Hey Mike! The door is......"
Mike was impaled on the Onii's nose horn. Its enormous hole had pierced through his torso and came out through his back. For the first time ever, Jack heard the Onii chuckle. It was a chuckle of cruelty, of sadist pleasure, of doom.
As Mike dropped his empty Shotgun, his face turned around slowly. Blood spluttered out of his wound and mouth. Yet, even in this situation, Mike knew that the door was open and that Jack and Sophie could now escape. Letting out a weak smile, Mike's eyes seemed to tell Jack : Run! Run and forget about me!
Reaching into his pocket, Mike whipped out a B-Grenade. Sophie turned and saw Mike, and she screamed. "NOOOO!!! MIKE!!!" Sophie ran towards the Onii but Jack grabbed her. "No! Don't go! You will die!" Jack cried as he pulled Sophie back. "NO! NO! MIKE!!! LET ME GO!!!" She protested loudly as she struggled in Jack's grip.
Dragging Sophie back, Jack slammed the door shut as Sophie continued screaming.
The Onii jerked its head as it tried to shake Mike from its horn. After a while, it became clear. Mike was stuck firmly on its horn and he did not intend to go off. Smiling, he bit off the pin off the B-Grenade and held it up directly in between the Onii's forehead. Tilting its head upwards, Mike was raised 5 metres above the ground and the Onii twisted its head furiously again.
It was Mike's turn to chuckle, and he said with his last dying voice, "I am taking you with me. Son of a B****!" and he spat on the Onii's head. "How honorable to die in the same method as Commander Reza. Jack......Sophie........live on" was Mike's last dying thought and the B-Grenade exploded.
The Onii was engulfed in a great flame as it let out a final, monstrous cry of rage.
Meanwhile, Jack and Sophie found themselves weeping as Jack gripped on her wrist, running as fast as they could.
Behind them, the fire greedily consumed all in its path and incenerated everything. The two of them threw themselves behind a large metal crate and hugged each other for a long time as they felt the flame all around them.
For a long time, neither of them looked around. At last, Jack summoned his courage and gazed around. There was flame everywhere, and everything else laid in ruins. They had survived.
Almost immediately, Jack burst into tears as he and Sophie sobbed badly when they realised what Mike had done for them.
Jack no longer knew if the liquid on his face was blood, sweat or tears as he slanted against the hot metal crate. Only he and Sophie were left, Mike was gone. He was taken by the Onii and flame, and he died valiantly.
Jack pounded his fist on the floor as he cried, "WHY?! WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE!??! WHY?!?!? WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE FOR US??!?!" and he weeped again. Jack hugged Sophie again as memories of Burt, Reza and Mike's last moment flashed before their eyes.
<span style='font-family:Times'>Reza "No one had meant for this things to happen, Jack. It isn't your fault, it is no one's fault. We do only what we are meant to do in the time that is given to us. If we do not do anything, if we do not help to warn Earth, if we do not stop the Kharaa, then it is our fault. For it is our duty, as Frontiersmen of the TSA, it is what we must do!</span>
Jack looked up again at the ceiling, which was burnt beyond recognition as well. They still had to get to the 'Missile Silo' and stop the nuclear missiles in time. Burt, Reza and Mike would not have died in vain. Their deaths will be worthwhile and the Kharaas shall pay.
no one cried for Mike ar? He sacrifaced himself for everyone <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
let's all remember Mike the way he wanted to be remembered.. the guy that killed the onii !
( pllzz dont stop this story.. its so great <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Chapter 33 - That Isn't Kharaa</span>
Thick smoke trailed up to the ceiling and a sharp smell lingered in the air. Sophie knelt on the floor weeping for a long time as Jack stared blankly around, silent and speechless. He remembered Reza's words well, and Reza's watch was still with him. And there was still hope, for with them was 2 fully-loaded HMGs. Time was precious, 0:19:58 left.
Jack glanced down at Sophie again, his only companion left. Burt was lost to the Kharaas. Reza was taken by the Queen. Mike had sacrifaced himself for the two of them.
Wiping away the last of his tears, Jack began, "There is no time to grief, Sophie. I understand exactly how you feel. I will make sure that Mike's death would not had been in vain. I swear I will!" and yet Jack wept again as he finished. "Come, Sophie. We only have slightly less than twenty minutes!"
Sophie laid her HMG by her feet and got up wearily. "What hope is there?" She questioned. "Mike is gone. And he was the strongest and most experienced of the three of us here. What hope is there for us to save Earth?"
Jack held her hand and pulled her up, and stared into her eyes seriously. "If we think we can do it. We will be able to do it! Sophie, I need you with me for this last twenty minutes. I don't know what other Kharaa will there be, but I really need you with me!"
Sophie smiled at last, and another tear rolled down her cheek. "Yes, Jack. I will follow you to whatever end there is!"
Picking up their guns, they ignored the ruins and destruction everywhere and sprinted ahead. Great oil vaults, shaped like giant metal flasks many inches thick lined the floor. Sophie and Jack went down a path leading to the 'Missile Silo'. Past oil vaults and doors, it was as if they were in an endless maze of tall silver strutures. Yet, nothing slowed them down. No skulks halted them, no tentacles entangled them. At the very end of the past they saw a light. 2 opened doors with glaring red lights like the doorway to a new dimension. The Missile Silo.
The two ran past the doors into the light, and they gasped in shock at the sight before them. Hundreds of gigantic missiles were positioned through the huge hanger which was at least 50 metres tall. Blazing red warning lights on the ceiling flashed past their faces over and over again. Each missile was at least twenty-metres tall and a complicating web of metal and pipes were surrond each missile.
"Warning : All personnals please leave the area. Nuclear Missiles will be fired in fifteen minutes time" A cold robotic voice suddenly echoed through the entire hanger.
Jack climbed up the pipes and metal surronding a missile and glanced through the entire area. "Sophie! This place is too damn big! I can't even see the other end of it! Lets go!" He cried to her as he slided down a slanted pipe.
Walking side by side quickly past the missiles, they looked around desperately, hoping to find the control room fast. After a while, they reached the end of the pathway, which ended up with a ladder leading up to a huge ramp.
"Sophie, stay here. I will go up and look. Shout to me if anything happens" Jack said and he began climbing up the ladder rapidly.
As soon as he reached the top of the ladder, Jack gave a loud yelp and jumped off, landing on his feet heavily with a loud 'thud'. "What?! What?!" Sophie cried concerned as she ran to his side.
A loud clicking sound from above startled the both of them and they looked up. It was followed by several softer but rapid clicks and a ear-piercing metallic shrill.
Sophie turned to face Jack. "Skulks?!" She thought in shock, "But it can't be. They....." A shadow suddenly felt over her and she looked up again.
High up, hovering in the air was a dark and grotesque inhuman shape. It appeared to have a weirdly-formed body with 10 limbs and a long straight tail.
"Scorpian?!" was Sophie's final thought bufore the creature attacked.
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YOU GUYS GUESSED IT!!!!! Its the SCORPIAN THAT HOVARS WITHOUT FLAPPING!!!! Everyone call the people at S&I to read this! They will be trilled! Don't forget to tell Smartbomb as well!
AngeluszHarmonic entropistJoin Date: 2003-07-10Member: 18072Members, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
Dude, you must have loads of time, it's nice, but i just can't read it all, i'd suggest: Take all chapters, make one psdfile, like an online-book, would be really cool. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Fire Eel+Feb 7 2004, 12:45 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fire Eel @ Feb 7 2004, 12:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> YOU GUYS GUESSED IT!!!!! Its the SCORPIAN THAT HOVARS WITHOUT FLAPPING!!!! Everyone call the people at S&I to read this! They will be trilled! Don't forget to tell Smartbomb as well! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> We didn't thave to guess, i think you gave this out as a spoiler earlier in the thread.
The story is awesome, once your done with this story I suggest you write another one right away!
read the all deal, amazing work man! novel like, when its done make a pdf with drawings and things and ask whether the staff mind making it official.. just amazing! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Wow, best story evar. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Ahh... Half-Life flashback. Although I think that's from Opposing Force, but still. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Good chapter!
Heres what you would look like if you saw 'the thing thats making the noise'
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The entire place began to rumble and shake. "What now?!" Sophie thought in dismay. Cracks appeared on the surface of the wall and soon, the wall started to point outwards as if something was poking through. As everyone watched in shock and awe, a terrible horn bursted through. What followed up was two lower horns and a monstrous body of a great beast.
The wall broke and everyone dashed out of the way as debris and dust showered down. Mike dived to the floor, narrowly avoiding a piece of metal debris. The walkway echoed with the loud bellow of the creature as it emerged completely from the wall.
They could only make out the great shape of a huge beast on fours due to the immense amount of dust which burned their eyes and throat. The creature far towered over them and it shook its head furiously, as if dazed. "RUN!!!!" Jack cried and sped away with Sophie and Mike following closely behind. As they ran, there was a sniffing sound followed by a ear-piercing hiss.
Without stopping or turning around, Jack reached the door and yanked it open. Instead of leaving, he turned around to face the creature.
The dust settled, and a large frill with several tentacles became apparent. There were three large horns and a fat body with four enormous feets. The same thought went into everyone's mind : The Onos from earlier
Jack "Onii..............."
Sophie "Onii? It looks like an Onos to me"
Mike "What the hell is Onii?"
Jack "The Japanese word for 'demon'. This Kharaa is an Onii"
Mike "Wow, what an appropriate time for thinking up a name for the Kharaa. RUN!"
As the Onii kicked away several pieces of debris from its feet, it raised its head and sniffed the air, detecting the three of them. Letting out an excited grunt, it turned to face the three of them. The Onii stamped its feet several times and raced towards them.
Raising his HMG, Jack fired wildly at the Onii's head. For a moment, it halted as the loud gunshots echoed through the walkway. Then the echoes died suddenly and the Onii advanced towards them again.
Together, Jack, Mike and Sophie left the walkway and entered the 'Prototype Testing Facilty A10'. It was a huge room with a cylinder in the middle reaching the ceiling, several doors, rooms and the top was a dazling and complicated web of pipes, ladders and metal ramps.
"No time to lose! Quick!" Jack cried as he dashed to a ladder and climbed up, with Sophie doing the same. Mike didn't heed Jack's warning and he slammed the door and stood his ground. "What are you doing! Climb up!" Jack shouted to Mike from a metal ramp.
The Onii reached the door and with a single bump, the metal door broke and was flung away. Yet, Mike didn't move and pointed his Shotgun at the Onii. Retreating several steps, the Onii charged and bursted through the wall.
Immediately, Mike strafed left and right calmly, shooting the Onii several times. Meanwhile from high above, Sophie and Jack fired down at the Onii's back. There was a hail of sparks and gunfire as the Onii was assaulted in all three directions at once.
Confused and enraged, the Onii swung its head left and right to find out where the attacks were coming from. Yet, even with this combined might, the bullets seemed to annoy the Onii more than they were hurting it. Until at last, the Onii fixed its eyes on one target : Mike
The Onii suddenly doubled its speed as it went directly at Mike. Swiftly leaping away, Mike fired at the Onii's side before he hit the floor. The Onii rammed into the other side of the wall, forming a huge dent.
The Onii spun around, greenish-yellowish blood dripped down from several wounds on its side as it glared at Mike angrily, who now took several steps backward steadily while continuing to fire at the foe many times his size.
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This must be one of the hardest chapter I have ever written
Freight train... :/
Thanx
Bullets bounched off the Onii's head and got trampled underneth it's feets. Mike fired again at the Onii and it grunted angrily. 'Clik Clik Clik' Mike stared at his Shotgun in shock and the answer suddenly came to him : It had no ammo left
Sensing a chance, the Onii let out a mighty roar and Onii charged at Mike. Gracefully, Mike leapt out of its way and hastily sprinted towards a ladder.
Spinning around, the Onii didn't stop as it went at Mike again. "MIKE!!! UP UP!!! DON'T STOP!!!" Jack cried in alarm as he too, was out of ammo. Fortunately for Mike, he managed to get himself up onto a ramp just as the Onii's horns gazed past his feet.
All of a sudden, the Onii reared up and its great nose horn bored right through the metal ramp. As Mike gaped at the Onii, it twisted its head downwards. "MIKE! NOT ENOUGH!!! GET UP HIGHER!!!" Sophie screamed at Mike as the ramp started to bend down. With a sickening screech, nails broke as the ramp started to loosen, still attached to the Onii's horn. With another twist from the Onii, the ramp broke away from the wall. Mike sprang away like a frog, and grabbed on to another ladder. Slamming the ramp onto the floor, the Onii trampled it apart as Mike climbed up the ladder to reach an even higher ramp.
"Are you alright Mike?" Jack asked as he pulled Mike up to the ramp as Sophie looked on in concern from another ramp.
Mike "I am fine, yeah, why didn't you help to shoot it?"
Jack "Out of ammo"
Mike "Damn, it's much stronger than I thought"
Jack "Yeah, another chances of it reaching us up here?"
Mike "Nah, unlikely, but be on your guard at all times"
Jack "Well.............now what?"
The Onii was now trudging about on the floor, growling excitedly, as if it was like a shark circling around its prey. Mike glanced at Reza's watch, 0:28:37. The situation was a lot more dire than they thought.
There was another loud clang as the Onii wrenched another ramp off the wall. Clearly, it was cutting off all means of escape from them.
Mike fundled his pocket, hoping that he had a B-Grenade. To his dismay however, there was nothing more than four Shotgun bullets. Sighing tiredly, he reloaded his Shotgun, at least four spare bullets is better than nothing. Jack dangled his feet in the air and pulled them up in alarm when he noticed the Onii staring at him in interest.
"GUYS!" Sophie shouted from a room. "THERE ARE ITEMS HERE!!!" Immediately, Jack and Mike got across to her by using several ramps and pipes as catwalks. Jack almost slipped down a pipe but was grabbed by Mike in time. There was no time left!
At last, everyone entered the room which had several lockers and seats and damaged computers. One of the locker was open and Sophie was rummaging through the files and clothes. "What's here?" Mike asked. Sophie dumped 2 HMG clips on the floor. As she continued through the mess, there was another LMG clip. Until at last, Sophie smiled proudly and held up a B-Grenade.
Mike "Good job Sophie, but what about those two......"
Sophie "What do you expect? They are digitally-locked and the lock has been 'tainted' by Bacterium"
Jack "Damn!"
Mike "Better than nothing, at least the two of you will have HMG ammo"
Jack "And a B-Grenade"
Sophie "But how are we going to use it? Its gonna blast us apart if we throw it down now"
Mike "I will think of a plan, now, we better get the hell out of this place before the Onii tears it down"
Jack "How?"
Mike "Theres an door over to the bottom left, I will show you later"
Jack "Is it locked?"
Mike "Unlikely, its those type with a wheel that you have to turn, and its closed"
Sophie "So that means its going to take a long time to turn the wheel and open the door right?"
Mike "Right"
Jack "Fine then, well, someone have to be a bait to distract the Onii, I......."
Mike "Oh no you don't. I will hold it back"
Mike pushed Reza's watch into Jack's palm and the three of them left the room onto the ramp. The Onii was still pulling off even more ramps and the floor was now littered with nails and large pieces of debris and metal.
Mike "The two of you better open the door fast, I don't know how long I can hold it back"
Jack "But you are going to survive ain't you? You are going to come with us right?
Mike "Yes, pass me the B-Grenade, I got a plan"
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Another sucky chapter, but prolly due to the fact I got a fever running.
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mike better not dive again <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> and yet anouther B-gren
cant wait till next chapter.. keep up the good work
thanks fire eel
It suddenly became very quiet and Mike glanced down again, but the Onii was nowhere to be seen. Other than a faint dripping sound of water, nothing else could be heard.
Mike "Erm, guys, we got a problem here"
Jack "What? Hey! Where the hell did Onii go?!"
Mike "I don't know! It just went...missing"
Sophie "One moment it was at the bottom, another moment its gone"
Everyone looked around their surrondings desperately, fearing that the Onii could climb up and reach them. But it was gone, no trail, no sights of it, nothing.
Sophie "Did it leave? After failing to get us?"
Mike "Unlikely, Onii seemed at lot more persistant than that"
Jack "Well, let us find out shall we?"
Jack fired several pot shots at the floor, thinking that would drive the Onii out, but there was no response. As the ground sizzled with smoke, the three of them looked around again. Still, the Onii was missing.
Mike "Well, I guess hes gone, I still don't see Onii"
Sophie "Okay, that means we should make use of this chance and get down and open the damn door?"
Mike "No, that means we should be extra careful, for Onii may be anywhere. Who knows, if we get down now, it may suddenly charge out and kill us all"
Jack "What's that dripping noise? I didn't hear it just now"
Mike "Of course you didn't! Neither of us did! Who in the right state of mind would try to listen for dripping water when we are all running for our lifes?!"
Sophie "Jack has a point, its impossible for there to be water because BH has been......."
Mike "Yes, I understand. But Onii may have bursted a water pipe just now right?"
Jack "Okay, but whatever it is, if Onii suddenly appears, what do we do?"
Mike "Original plan, I hold him off and the two of you open the door"
Jack "Didn't you just said you would be a bait?"
Mike "Its all the same. Whatever, lets stop wasting time here and just got and open the door and get to the 'Missile Silo'. Okay?"
Jack "Okay, one last thing Mike. Make sure you live on"
Mike "Sure"
Jack "That's not enough, say 'I promise' "
Mike "I promise to you and Sophie that I will survive and the three of us will stop the damn nukes"
Mike was the first to get down. Leaping down, he gripped on to several pipes and swung around like an agile monkey before he landed on his feet with a loud 'thud', carefully avoiding the nasty nails. Immediately, he raised his Shotgun and scanned the area with his eyes. Still no sign of Onii.
"Is it clear?" Sophie shouted from the ramp, worried that something wrong might happen. "Yes! Get down fast! I don't know how long would Onii be away!" Mike responded.
Jack swallowed his breathe as Sophie gracefully balanced herself on several pipes and leapt down as well. Still, the dripping noise continued on, only it was getting slightly louder now. Something was wrong, none of them had saw the Onii leaving the room and yet, it simply disappeared like that. And there was also the suspicious dripping noise. Surely, the Onii wouldn't be so dumb as to leave like that, it must be planning something. From below, he saw Sophie struggling as she desperately tried to turn the wheel on the door but with little effect. Meanwhile, Mike stood in front of her, looking everywhere, standing guard against the Onii. And still, the dripping noise got louder. What if its a trap?
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR JACK?! GET DOWN HERE AND HELP ME!!!" Sophie shouted in frustration as she stared at him. Mike kicked away several nails from his feet and pointed to the spot. "Land here, theres no nails" He said.
Sighing again, Jack jumped to several pipes and grabbed on to them. Using them as monkey bars, he climbed to the spot where he was beside Mike and let go. Immediately, he moved to the door and together, he and Sophie turned the wheel which was fastened tightly.
All of a sudden, Jack realised the sick truth. The Onii was cloaked! That was exactly how it managed to eat Jeff when they just arrived at BH! The dripping noise was blood dripping from its wounds which they inflicted on it earlier on.
"WATCH OUT EVERYONE!!! ITS A TRAP!!! ONII IS CLOAKED!!! THE DRIPPING NOISE IS ITS BLOOD!!!" Jack screamed as he stopped turning the wheel. "MIKE!!! CHECK THE FLOOR FOR ANY TRAILS OF ITS BLOOD NOW!!!"
Tell me, why do you guys love B-Grenade so much?
You know what it stands for?
Brigadier-Grenade, named after BrigadierWolf, the one who motivated Flayra to include Grenades in NS. If only he was here to read about how useful a Grenade named after him would become...............
Mike's eyes darted about wildly as he searched the floor for any trail of greenish-yellowish blood. With his sharp ears, he could hear the dripping sound to the left.
Staring hard the ruins of debris, Mike saw it at last. From twenty metres away, several nails and metal were squeezed as flat as paper by an invisible force. And near them, a drop of greenish-yellowish blood suddenly appeared on the floor, followed by more drops getting even nearer and nearer.
"Open the damn door, NOW!" Mike cried as he fired at shot at the air beside the floor. There was a loud growl and the several bullets stopped and stayed in the air while others dropped to the floor with 'clank clank' sounds.
The bullets appeared to be floating as they bounched up and down while advancing nearer and nearer to them. "IS IT OPEN YET?!" Mike screamed again, never looking away.
"Mike! It's jammed!" Sophie cried in fear. "What do we do now?!"
Jack didn't say anything as he furiously tugged at the wheel but it stubbornly refused to bulge.
Mike fired another shot at the 'floating' bullets and the 'floating' bullets halted for a while. Sophie and Jack gripped the wheel and desperately pulled it, still, the wheel didn't move. Sweat-drenched, Jack placed one foot on the door and with every last bit of his strength yanked at wheel repeatedly.
The 'floating' bullets halted again, and like magic, the faint shape of the Onii slowly emerged. It soon changed into a transparent image of the Onii followed by a translucent form. Mike blinked once, and the Onii was now fully visible.
"Oh no" Mike whispered.
The Onii appeared to be taking its time as it slowly took several lumbering steps forward, crushing all debris in the way. No even nails slowed it down. Its eyes flamed with hatred and anger. Blood continued dripping down several bullet holes on its knee and side.
Mike closed his eyes and uttered a prayer before he fired another shot at the Onii's head. All of the bullets bounched off its great frill harmlessly and it stamped both its front feet forward suddenly. The Onii snorted several times and lowered its head. It was getting ready to charge.
Mike "Guys, is the door opened?"
Jack "Almost! Just a while more!"
Mike "Damn, we are out of time!"
Sophie "Oh no......"
Mike "I will buy the two of you some time, for now, just open the door"
Jack "What the hell are you going to do? You only have one last bullet!"
Mike "I know, whatever happens, take care of Sophie, and stop the nuke. If I can manage to fire just once at its eyes, that will stop it"
Jack "How? Wait a minute.....you ain't planning on......."
Sophie "Mike! You promise us!"
Mike "You two, remember to stop the nukes. Goodbye"
The two of them stared hard at each other's eyes. Mike and the Onii. Both didn't looked away for even a second, and together, they charged at each other.
Jack and Sophie heard the Onii's bellow and Mike's warcry, but they didn't turned and concentrated on opening the door. At long last, things were in their favour, the wheel became loose. Jack and Sophie excitedly turned the wheel quickly, and the door let out a click and flipped open.
There was a gunshot and Jack spun around. "Hey Mike! The door is......"
Mike was impaled on the Onii's nose horn. Its enormous hole had pierced through his torso and came out through his back. For the first time ever, Jack heard the Onii chuckle. It was a chuckle of cruelty, of sadist pleasure, of doom.
As Mike dropped his empty Shotgun, his face turned around slowly. Blood spluttered out of his wound and mouth. Yet, even in this situation, Mike knew that the door was open and that Jack and Sophie could now escape. Letting out a weak smile, Mike's eyes seemed to tell Jack : Run! Run and forget about me!
Reaching into his pocket, Mike whipped out a B-Grenade. Sophie turned and saw Mike, and she screamed. "NOOOO!!! MIKE!!!" Sophie ran towards the Onii but Jack grabbed her. "No! Don't go! You will die!" Jack cried as he pulled Sophie back. "NO! NO! MIKE!!! LET ME GO!!!" She protested loudly as she struggled in Jack's grip.
Dragging Sophie back, Jack slammed the door shut as Sophie continued screaming.
The Onii jerked its head as it tried to shake Mike from its horn. After a while, it became clear. Mike was stuck firmly on its horn and he did not intend to go off. Smiling, he bit off the pin off the B-Grenade and held it up directly in between the Onii's forehead. Tilting its head upwards, Mike was raised 5 metres above the ground and the Onii twisted its head furiously again.
It was Mike's turn to chuckle, and he said with his last dying voice, "I am taking you with me. Son of a B****!" and he spat on the Onii's head. "How honorable to die in the same method as Commander Reza. Jack......Sophie........live on" was Mike's last dying thought and the B-Grenade exploded.
The Onii was engulfed in a great flame as it let out a final, monstrous cry of rage.
Meanwhile, Jack and Sophie found themselves weeping as Jack gripped on her wrist, running as fast as they could.
Behind them, the fire greedily consumed all in its path and incenerated everything. The two of them threw themselves behind a large metal crate and hugged each other for a long time as they felt the flame all around them.
For a long time, neither of them looked around. At last, Jack summoned his courage and gazed around. There was flame everywhere, and everything else laid in ruins. They had survived.
Almost immediately, Jack burst into tears as he and Sophie sobbed badly when they realised what Mike had done for them.
Jack no longer knew if the liquid on his face was blood, sweat or tears as he slanted against the hot metal crate. Only he and Sophie were left, Mike was gone. He was taken by the Onii and flame, and he died valiantly.
Jack pounded his fist on the floor as he cried, "WHY?! WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE!??! WHY?!?!? WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE FOR US??!?!" and he weeped again. Jack hugged Sophie again as memories of Burt, Reza and Mike's last moment flashed before their eyes.
<span style='font-family:Times'>Reza "No one had meant for this things to happen, Jack. It isn't your fault, it is no one's fault. We do only what we are meant to do in the time that is given to us. If we do not do anything, if we do not help to warn Earth, if we do not stop the Kharaa, then it is our fault. For it is our duty, as Frontiersmen of the TSA, it is what we must do!</span>
Jack looked up again at the ceiling, which was burnt beyond recognition as well. They still had to get to the 'Missile Silo' and stop the nuclear missiles in time. Burt, Reza and Mike would not have died in vain. Their deaths will be worthwhile and the Kharaas shall pay.
What was his last name, anyway? We can't do a proper crying for him.
( pllzz dont stop this story.. its so great <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
Thick smoke trailed up to the ceiling and a sharp smell lingered in the air. Sophie knelt on the floor weeping for a long time as Jack stared blankly around, silent and speechless. He remembered Reza's words well, and Reza's watch was still with him. And there was still hope, for with them was 2 fully-loaded HMGs. Time was precious, 0:19:58 left.
Jack glanced down at Sophie again, his only companion left. Burt was lost to the Kharaas. Reza was taken by the Queen. Mike had sacrifaced himself for the two of them.
Wiping away the last of his tears, Jack began, "There is no time to grief, Sophie. I understand exactly how you feel. I will make sure that Mike's death would not had been in vain. I swear I will!" and yet Jack wept again as he finished. "Come, Sophie. We only have slightly less than twenty minutes!"
Sophie laid her HMG by her feet and got up wearily. "What hope is there?" She questioned. "Mike is gone. And he was the strongest and most experienced of the three of us here. What hope is there for us to save Earth?"
Jack held her hand and pulled her up, and stared into her eyes seriously. "If we think we can do it. We will be able to do it! Sophie, I need you with me for this last twenty minutes. I don't know what other Kharaa will there be, but I really need you with me!"
Sophie smiled at last, and another tear rolled down her cheek. "Yes, Jack. I will follow you to whatever end there is!"
Picking up their guns, they ignored the ruins and destruction everywhere and sprinted ahead. Great oil vaults, shaped like giant metal flasks many inches thick lined the floor. Sophie and Jack went down a path leading to the 'Missile Silo'. Past oil vaults and doors, it was as if they were in an endless maze of tall silver strutures. Yet, nothing slowed them down. No skulks halted them, no tentacles entangled them. At the very end of the past they saw a light. 2 opened doors with glaring red lights like the doorway to a new dimension. The Missile Silo.
The two ran past the doors into the light, and they gasped in shock at the sight before them. Hundreds of gigantic missiles were positioned through the huge hanger which was at least 50 metres tall. Blazing red warning lights on the ceiling flashed past their faces over and over again. Each missile was at least twenty-metres tall and a complicating web of metal and pipes were surrond each missile.
"Warning : All personnals please leave the area. Nuclear Missiles will be fired in fifteen minutes time" A cold robotic voice suddenly echoed through the entire hanger.
Jack climbed up the pipes and metal surronding a missile and glanced through the entire area. "Sophie! This place is too damn big! I can't even see the other end of it! Lets go!" He cried to her as he slided down a slanted pipe.
Walking side by side quickly past the missiles, they looked around desperately, hoping to find the control room fast. After a while, they reached the end of the pathway, which ended up with a ladder leading up to a huge ramp.
"Sophie, stay here. I will go up and look. Shout to me if anything happens" Jack said and he began climbing up the ladder rapidly.
As soon as he reached the top of the ladder, Jack gave a loud yelp and jumped off, landing on his feet heavily with a loud 'thud'. "What?! What?!" Sophie cried concerned as she ran to his side.
A loud clicking sound from above startled the both of them and they looked up. It was followed by several softer but rapid clicks and a ear-piercing metallic shrill.
Sophie turned to face Jack. "Skulks?!" She thought in shock, "But it can't be. They....." A shadow suddenly felt over her and she looked up again.
High up, hovering in the air was a dark and grotesque inhuman shape. It appeared to have a weirdly-formed body with 10 limbs and a long straight tail.
"Scorpian?!" was Sophie's final thought bufore the creature attacked.
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YOU GUYS GUESSED IT!!!!! Its the SCORPIAN THAT HOVARS WITHOUT FLAPPING!!!! Everyone call the people at S&I to read this! They will be trilled! Don't forget to tell Smartbomb as well!
Take all chapters, make one psdfile, like an online-book, would be really cool. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
We didn't thave to guess, i think you gave this out as a spoiler earlier in the thread.
The story is awesome, once your done with this story I suggest you write another one right away!
Dustin Michaels
amazing work man!
novel like,
when its done make a pdf with drawings and things and ask whether the staff mind making it official..
just amazing! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->