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Chapter 11[]
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Inside complete darkness, or what seems to be a cave. A large portal opens from thin air. The Commander, Cygni guards, Phoenix Team, and trio emerge from the blinding light. They activate their night vision and look around to see they're in a small area. "Hmmm, some sort of cavern", says the Commander. Footsteps echo from a distance. The soldiers hide behind a wall. The footsteps become louder and a shadow is seen in a dim light in a tunnel connecting to the soldiers' area. A figure is seen walking by. It comes to a stop and looks around, mumbling in an unknown language. A Cygni guard sneaks up to the figure while it's not looking, Windblade in hand. He grabs the figure's head and stabs his Windblade deep into its skull, causing it to collapse. The soldiers take a closer look at the figure to see it wearing the mysterious Chaos armor. Voices of the same strange language are heard, as if calling out to someone. "Geerrstrahv? Errrshtav moacka glinof. Glinof, Merkua?" The Cygni guards equip grenade launchers and fire down opposite ends of the tunnel. They all take cover as two other Chaos figures walk toward the corpse. "URRRMAK!" *BOOM* "Well, now what?", asks Phoenix Doug. The sounds of a siren. *BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP* "Now that", comments Daniel sarcasitcally. "Run!", the Commander orders. "Which way, sir?" Shadows are seens approaching from one end of the tunnel. The Commander points to the opposite end. "This way!" They run down one tunnel hallway end, with unknown figures in pursuit. Mark, Daniel, and Jarod stop running and fire at the ceiling, creating a cave-in to block the pursuers.
At the end of the tunnel, they reach a large metal wall with three doors. The soldiers ready their weapons as the Commander counts down. "3... 2... 1... GO!" The doors break down, with the trio entering the left door, the Phoenix Team entering the right door, and the Commander and guards entering the middle door. In the left room, the trio find themselves in a large room. "Woah", says Mark. "This looks like a warehouse!" They explore and find cryogenic chambers with Chaos soldiers inside each one. "Oh my God!", says Daniel. "I think... I think this is Hell's Army." Jarod captures their attention. "Hey look, one of these chambers is broken." They look closely to see a serial number on the chamber: 6066. "6066?", thinks Daniel. "That thing we saw at the Space Station had that serial number on his helmet." Footsteps are heard. "Auhm murr chem." "Hide!" They hide behind cryotubes as Chaos guards walk by. One guard looks around in circles and begins sniffing the air. *sniff sniff* "Grrrrr." *KZZZRT* "Garrr ruh, Merr Y Ahh men sem ti yer klak... mhmm? Ah, si, merhgka." *KZZRT* "Herr bum nah koo chu." "What the devil are these things saying", wonders Daniel. The guards leave the room. "That was close. Let's see what else we can find." They walk past a window and see a testing chamber with a Chaos soldier firing a white/blue plasma weapon. "Oh, crap", says Jarod. "Looks like they've enhanced the Plasma Neo!" Daniel radios the Commander. *KZZRT* "Sir, there's more of these things. The Chaos armor. They're all wearing it, in cryotubes and they have a new plasma weapon in the works!" The Commander responds. "Good work, Daniel. Continue searching and be sure not to get caught." "Yes, sir!" *KZZRT*
In the right room, the Phoenix Team find themselves in a dark and moist den, stepping over sticky fleshy membrane on the floor. "Guhck, this stuff is nasty", says Mike. "Wait, what is that?", Scott asks. A small creature slithers across the floor. The Phoenixes equip their weapons and creep toward the center of the den. "I don't like this", says Mike. "Stay focused, guys. We may see arrows flying everywhere, if you know what I mean. Take advice from your old pal Doug." "You're right. Let's keep going." They reach the center, unsure of the purpose of the moist membrane material on the floor. Suddenly, something drops on Mike's helmet. "AHH GET IT OFF!" The creature burrows into the metal helmet as if it's made of paper. "OH GOD, IT HURTS! EH.. EHH..." "Get out of our friend, you stupid leech!", shouts Scott. Mike stands back on his feet, very calmly. "Uhh Mike? You alright?" The blue lights on Mike's Phoenix armor begin to glow red. "Muushtav Grantavh!" "Come again?" "Scott, I think Mike's gone." The infected corpse of Mike points his Trinity bow at Scott and Doug. *FEUU FEUU FEUU* Scott and Doug dodge the exploding arrows, failing to notice more creatures slithering around the walls and ceiling. "Screw this, RUN!" Scott and Doug attempt to make for the door, but see it covered with the membrane. "No! No! NO!!!!" "Sterav Mangach kiv... accept your fate..." The leeches swarm over Doug and Scott, with their screams the last thing heard.
In the middle room, the Commander and Cygni guards climb a staircase. "Ah, good. Time to see where the portal took us." They open a hatch and reach the surface, only to see the ruins of a city overgrown with vegetation. "What in the Hell is this place?", the Commander asks with much confusion in his speaking tone. A Cygni guard offers a suggestion. "Sir, this place... it looks like humans lived here. Perhaps we are in a deserted part of UBW-594244." The Commander checks his HUD for navigation. "This sector is uncharted. Besides, this place sure doesn't look like ol' UBW." "Sir, look! An ancient scroll!" "Let me see that." The guard hands the Commander what appears to be a tattered newspaper. "Top story: Earth declared uninhabitable, but hope still remains. Two weeks ago, astronomer Charles Manthackis had discovered..." The Commander crumples the newspaper and tosses it on the ground, followed by staring at the environment. He mutters to himself, "how can this be?" "Sir, how could Earth be so lush now?" The Commander ignores the guard and activates his radio transmitter. *KZZRT* "Phoenix Team, do you come in?... this is the Commander!... Answer me!" No answer. "Dammit, we've lost them! They're as good as dead!" *KZRRT* "Daniel, this is the Commander! We've reached the planet's surface. What's your status?" "Sir, these Chaos things, these Southern UBW soldiers, are preparing for war! We need to... uhh I'll have to call you back. My apologies." *KZZRRT*
"Might get crap for that later", says Daniel. They enter a strange room filled with stasis chambers. Inside the chambers, are the creatures that had been attacking territory on UBW-594244, one of each in the chambers. Suddenly, empty chambers near the occupied ones begin to glow. They emit blinding lights and go away, revealing clones inside the other chambers. "It's a cloning project!", says Jarod. "These things are bioweapons!" Suddenly, the chambers open and the creatures step out. Mark, Daniel, and Jarod ready their weapons, but the creatures do not attack. The Speedlings, Rhinos, Energy Flies, Panthers, Scorpions, Plasma Slugs, Acid Bombers, and Armored Armadillos simply walk past them. They're all confused, with Daniel the first to speak. "What is this, some sort of trick?" A portal opens in the room and the alien clones march straight into it. "Mark, Jarod. We know what must be done." They ready their weapons at the stasis chambers containing the original aliens. "FIRE!" The chambers shatter, spilling out water and the creatures. The original aliens stand up, looking at the three soldiers pointing their weapons. Instead of attacking, they flee with much terror in their cries. "Poor things. Can only imagine how long they've been in those chambers."
Footsteps are heard. The sounds of many people running toward the area. "Oh no", says Daniel. "Weapons ready!" 10 Chaos guards burst into the room, weapons ready. "FRUGAH! DRAW DAR CABCAR!" "FIRE!" A firefight commences. The Chaos guards fire LIT07 rifles while the trio take cover behind the stasis chambers. "Boy, I could sure use a grenade launcher right now", says Jarod. This gives Daniel an idea. He equips his Morpheus and fires. *PSSHHH* "GRAHHHHH!!" *PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW* "They want to throw lasers at us, let's fight fire with fire!" Mark and Jarod equip their NOVA27 rifles and fire back, killing 4 guards. "Wait, what is that thing?" One guard equips the white plasma gun and fires. *CLAU CLAU CLAU CLAU* The three soldiers roll over behind different chambers and fire their weapons back. The remaining guards are killed and the soldiers raid their corpses of their weapons. Daniel takes the plasma gun and Mark and Jarod take the LIT07 rifles. "Aww yea! Been aching to try one of these out!", says Mark in excitement.
"We should get going", says Jarod. "Let's get to the Commander's position." "Hold that thought, Jarod." *KZZRT* "Commander sir, this is Daniel again. We had to kill more guards, but we got ahold of their weapons! Where are you?" "Good work, men! We're still at the surface. We may have found another alien building. We'll rendezvous at the surface entrance. Get going!" "Sir, yes sir!" *KZZRT* "Let's get to the three door chamber!" The trio backtrack their steps and eventually reach the room where they all originally seperated. "We made it!" *pant* "Up the staircase!" Low rumbling sounds are heard from the sealed door on the right. The door bursts open and the Phoenixes emerge, glowing red. "Woah", says Mark. "How'd you get your armor to glow red?" They stand silent. "You guys alright?" "Mark,... I don't think they're here to help us." The Phoenixes point their weapons at the trio. "CHUUR GRUM LAAA!! GURSTAV MUN CHO!" "Oh God, they've turned! FIRE!!!" The infected Phoenix Team rips the weapons out of the trio's hands and drop their weapons too. "What do you want, a fistfight?" The Phoenixes raise their fists and nod. "You got it! ATTACK!" Daniel delivers the first blow at one of them. The infected Phoenix dodges and immediately elbows him in the back, causing him to fall. It grabs Daniel by the legs and slams him against Mark, then throws him at Jarod. "AHHH CA CA!! DAMMIT!" It starts kicking Daniel then bodyslams Jarod. The infected Phoenixes let out a gruesome laughter. The soldiers lay there in pain. Mark crawls toward his LIT07 and fires through their heads, killing all three simultaneously.
The trio gets back to their feet, grunting in pain. "Oh, I think I may have a bruise", says Jarod. Daniel is amused by his sarcasm. "Haha! I think they did a bit worse. Hope you guys have enough energy to climb up those stairs." "Wait", says Mark. "I found some things in their backpacks. Yes! They're giant med kits!" "Ah yes. These things will patch us up in no time!" They take the medicine and their pain is eased within a minute. "Yes! I feel like I could take on this whole planet!", says Daniel. They run up the stairs faster than they have ever climbed stairs. They burst through the latch and reach the planet's surface, where the Commander and Cygni guards await. "Glad you made it alive, men." "Our pleasure, Commander! But the Phoenixes. They were infected. They started talking that gibber jabber like the Chaos guards." "Shame. We really could have used their help right about now... anyway, we think we may have found the main body of these aliens. About a mile north (or what I think is north), there's a building covered in alien markings. A large building that leads back to the underground base. Let's get going!" "Sir, yes sir", they say in unison. They head off into the distance, with the hopes to end the madness once and for all.